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ADAC GT Masters With 30 Plus Cars Already Registered For 2021
33 Cars, 8 Brands already on Provisional Entry
The ADAC GT Masters will be embarking on its 15th season in 2021 with a field of more than 30 super sports cars from eight different brands.
The field will be even more diverse next year as Aston Martin and Honda return to the series. The ADAC GT Masters will get the new season under way in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on the weekend of 14 -16 May 2021.
From when the season ended in November to 15th December, 20 teams had entered a total of 33 GT3 cars with even more brand diversity from 2020.
Whilst Bentley won't be represented in 2021, cars from Audi, BMW, Corvette, Lamborghini, Porsche and Mercedes-AMG will return and an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and a Honda NSX GT3 will again be seen on the grid in 2021.
The standard of teams remains high, as the championship-winning outfits from the past six years are back in the line-up and a new team specialising in Porsches, Joos Sportwagentechnik, is now set to join the series after making several test outings this year.
"Working closely with participants over the past few months, we have ensured a high degree of planning security right from the start and can now look forward to having a strong field," said ADAC Sports President Hermann Tomczyk. "For the fifth consecutive year, teams have entered more than 30 vehicles between them, registering their intention to participate early on. In these times especially, it shows we are on the right track as far as our concept is concerned and sends out a strong signal that we have an extremely attractive series. We can now look forward to delivering a strong International German GT Championship in 2021 along with our new TV partner, RTL NITRO."
Starting next season, NITRO TV will broadcast pictures from all ADAC GT Masters races.ntv News and the online platforms managed by the RTL Deutschland media group will in future provide information about the Super Sports Cars League. Fans will still be able to watch ADAC GT Masters races online as a free live stream.
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Unlocking the Sixth Committee's Potential to Act for Crimes Against...
Unlocking the Sixth Committee's Potential to Act for Crimes Against Humanity as It Did for Genocide
Keywords crimes against humanity, General Assembly, International Law Commission, Sixth Committee, United Nations
Authors Michael Imran Kanu
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Michael Imran Kanu is a Doctor of Juridical Science (CEU, Budapest and Vienna), and currently Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative for Legal Affairs, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations. michaelimrankanu@gmail.com.
The International Law Commission, on completion of its work on the draft articles on prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity, recommended to the General Assembly the elaboration of a convention by the said Assembly or by an international conference of plenipotentiaries based on the said draft articles. The Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly at the first opportunity only took note of the draft articles and postponed consideration of the recommendation to its next session. The resolution of the General Assembly, as recommended by the Sixth Committee, does not readily disclose the full extent of the debate, proposals and concerns expressed in the Sixth Committee that prevented the General Assembly from acting on the Commission's recommendation. This article, in considering the cornucopia of views expressed by States, outlines a path to unlock the Sixth Committee's potential to act, by proposing a separation of the organizational and substantive matters and future-proofing the further consideration of elaborating a convention through the adoption of a structured approach.

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Esports group aims to put Erie on gaming map
Ron Leonardi @etnleonardi
First big tournament is set for Sunday.
From early childhood, video games were Andrew Wykoff's passion.
"I got Super Nintendo for my fourth birthday and I never looked back," the 27-year-old Erie resident said with a laugh. "I've been playing video games since I was old enough to walk."
For years, Wykoff and several of his friends have played video games and esports religiously, particularly their favorite game, "Super Smash Bros."
Wykoff in November founded SmashErie, an Erie-based esports organization, in an effort to regionally promote one of the fastest-growing events in sports tourism. He also serves as the organization's lead event organizer.
"There were three or four of us who were constant staples," Wykoff said. "We were always serious and then we started inviting people over. I have a big house, but having 15, 20 or 30 people in my living room at a time trying to play was getting a little overbearing. We had an idea that why don't we rent out a place and we'll open it to the public."
SmashErie has held monthly regional tournaments since January. The organization's seventh and largest event — Brawl on the Bay, featuring Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — is scheduled for Sunday at the Bel-Aire Clarion Hotel, 2800 W. Eighth St.
Wykoff hopes that more than 200 of the region's most talented payers will compete in the event, which features a $1,500 minimum prize pool. Players from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, West Virginia and Virginia have pre-registered.
Supporting the endeavor is the Erie Sports Commission, which contributed $500 to the prize pool.
"We've been traveling to conferences for the past three or four years and at every conference, esports has been a discussion point in at least one session," Erie Sports Commission Executive Director Mark Jeanneret said. "That made us consider how we as a local destination could do an event."
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will add an esports team for competitive gaming as a varsity sport. The team will start play this coming fall and will compete in the National Association of Collegiate ESports.
Not long after that announcement in fall 2018, officials from Edinboro and the Erie Sports Commission traveled to Albany, New York, to experience an organized college esports competition.
"None of us had ever been to one," Jeanneret said. "We checked it out and it was valuable to see. It made us think how do we do something bigger than what SmashErie was doing monthly. There were different levels of technology between the events, but the end result was the same — a bunch of people playing each other and trying to determine who's best in the room."
By 2020, the global esports market is expected to generate $1.5 billion in annual revenues, primarily from sponsorships and advertising, to an estimated global audience of 600 million fans, according to a report posted on Deloitte Insights, a website that provides research, analysis and perspectives for business and government.
The global eSports market in 2018 was valued at nearly $865 million and is expected to reach $1.79 billion by 2022, according to a report on Statista, an online portal for statistics, market research and market data.
The National Association of Collegiate ESports has 131 varsity esports member programs comprising more than 3,000 student-athletes.
"Around the world, esports are really growing because video games have set an even playing field where anybody can pick up a game, learn the mechanics and become good at it," Wykoff said. "We found that people of all types can come and play their favorite games. Our events are attended by the most eclectic group of people I've ever met. You have military members, we have athletes, there are special-needs players who are autistic or who have cerebral palsy, we have younger players, and some older players in their 40s and 50s."
SmashErie held its first monthly competition in January at Basement Transmissions, 145 W. 11th St. Wykoff expected 40 to 50 participants; about 85 showed up.
"It was mind-blowing," he said.
SmashErie events are open to players 18 and older.
"It was always our intention to aim at young adults," said Wykoff, who said the bulk of esports players fall in the 18 to 30 age group.
Wykoff's organization is composed of 15 members and several volunteers who assist at tournaments.
"My goal is to be that center point," Wykoff said. "We want to become the pillar that anybody interested in esports can come to us and find out how to get involved, how to get started, whether it's a player looking to play or somebody wanting to have their own tournament. We don't want to run everything, that's not it. If somebody who shows up to one of my events says, 'Hey, I want to hold a tournament at this other place in two weeks and can you help us out,' I'll give them everything I own. Yeah, dude, go for it."
Some of the tri-state region's highest-ranked gamers are expected to compete at Brawl on the Bay. Registration is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Competition starts at noon.
Wykoff said 135 players pre-registered. He expects more than 50 additional entries. Tournament registration is $30. Walk-in entries will be accepted. For tournament information, visit Facebook.com/SmashErie.
The tournament will be a three-stock with 7-minute rounds. The stage list includes "Battlefield," "Final Destination," "Pokemon Stadium 2," "Smashville" and "Town and City." Counterpicks include "Yoshi's Story," "Kalos League" and "Unova Pokemon League."
"My hope is that we hit over 200 players because at that point, we get to be classified as a major tournament and I'm hoping once we can bring a major to this area, maybe some higher-ups in some more important places might start paying attention and listening to what we have to say," Wykoff said. "This is something that isn't going away. It's becoming very serious on a professional and college varsity level."
The event will be capped at 256 players, Wykoff said.
"Our expectations are conservative," Jeanneret said. "SmashErie has already built up an audience. We're looking to see where this can go. We're trying to grow with it. It's a good opportunity for us to get our toes wet and work with a young group that is more educated on the sport than we are."
Jeanneret believes one of the world's fastest-growing sports has a future in the Erie region.
"Our goal is to drive tourism through sporting events," Jeanneret said. "We'll assess it after the tournament and determine what we can do support-wise moving forward. I think it's going to be around. We need to embrace it as a community and see how we can play a role in this. We're not going to be competing with Cleveland, Buffalo and Philadelphia, because they have the corporate money, but certainly there is a place for Erie and Erie County to play a role."
It may be to help ignite in others the same enthusiasm that Wykoff has for competitive gaming.
"My goal is to grow the gaming community here, to get kids out of their living rooms and into a venue where they can meet and socialize with other players maybe they wouldn't have met any other way," Wykoff said. "Eventually, I would like to make a name for Erie as an esports hub. I aim to be like a banner that all the gamers in this area can rally behind and stand behind, grow, compete and thrive with."
Ron Leonardi can be reached at 870-1680 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/ETNLeonardi.


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10 Essential Mom-Centric TV Episodes to Stream This Weekend
By Marianne Eloise
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Everyone approaches Mother's Day their own way, and for many of us, it's a chance to celebrate the woman who sacrificed everything to raise us. It's one of maybe two times of year when your mom's ungrateful children will come around with flowers and a mug to thank her for her endless, priceless, unconditional care and love and sometimes money. Thanks, moms!
Whether you are a mom, have a mom, or don't speak to yours at all, one thing remains true: Moms are some of the most enjoyable characters to watch on TV. Since the dawn of the medium, we've had moms on TV — but they aren't quite Mrs. Brady anymore. Now we have moms who are drunk, loving, selfish, loud, and everything in between — and as TV gets more nuanced, moms are becoming more like actual people onscreen every day, with all of their quirks. Maybe you even see a little bit of your own mom in Jessica Huang or Lucille Bluth.
There is no one perfect type of mom, so to celebrate them all, we've put together this list of ten iconic TV moms and one episode that saw them at their best, worst, or just most on-brand. Watch them all this weekend.
Julie Cooper, The O.C.
"The Strip" (Season 1, Episode 26)
Melinda Clarke, who plays iconic good/bad mom Julie Cooper in The O.C., was only supposed to be a secondary character. That was until fans loved her so much that she got signed on to be a regular in season two, and we are so glad. Julie has her bad moments — like blackmail, deception, general shitty parenting — but she grows up a lot over four seasons. This episode doesn't showcase that growth, but it does show her hilariously begging Kirsten for "one little stripper" for her bachelorette party before flirting with a stripper despite being almost married to Caleb. It shows her at her fun, silly best, and gives us a preview for the multifaceted Julie that's to come.
Bree Hodge, Desperate Housewives
"One Wonderful Day" (Season 1, Episode 23)
Bree Hodge/Van De Kamp isn't really the first name that comes to mind when you think of good moms on Wisteria Lane. She cooks, sure, but she also ships her son away for being gay. While Bree has plenty of iconic lines, she's known for being cold and detached, so her most pivotal moment comes in the episode where she and Rex reconcile despite his cheating on her. He writes her a note saying that he forgives her for "poisoning him" and passes away. Bree is at home spring-cleaning, polishing her silverware to take her mind off things and because it reminds her that the "best is yet to come." Still, when she receives the phone call, she breaks her icy exterior and starts sobbing. Bree often cleans through emotional crises, but this is the first moment we really see her break and have feelings. Even the most prim of moms have hearts, too.
Emily Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
"Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller" (Season 5, Episode 1)
A chump might put selfish, self-centered, childish Lorelai Gilmore on this list, but real heads know that Emily Gilmore is the best Gilmore girl. She might usually be perfectly uptight in very proper, tailored Chanel suits, but "Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller" sees Emily stooping to levels of sloppy and petty that make Lorelai look grown up. As her fight with Richard escalates, Emily grows increasingly unreasonable, to the point where she disappears to Europe with Rory instead of dealing with her problems, yelling, "I am going to Europe, Richard. I'm going to Europe and I'm going to have a marvelous time! I'm going to get up at 10 and have two glasses of wine at lunch every single day!" When Richard rudely tells her that "only prostitutes have two glasses of wine at lunch," she yells, "Then buy me a boa and drive me to Reno because I am open for business!" Emily Gilmore uptight is still funny, but Emily Gilmore letting loose is a real sight.
Mrs. Kelly, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
"Mac's Mom Burns Her House Down" (Season 6, Episode 6)
Mrs. Kelly, Charlie's neurotic, high-pitched mom, is as funny as she is completely insane. We first really get to know her in this episode, when Mac's mom burns her house down and has to move in with Mrs. Kelly. Mrs. Kelly is not keen — she panics that Mrs. Mac's mom is moving in with her dog, Poppins, as "I DON'T WANT A DOG TO EAT MY FACE, CHARLIEEE!" and despises Mrs. Mac's habits. Mrs. Kelly's behaviors and fears start to reveal that she suffers with obsessive compulsive disorder, insisting on doing everything in threes "so Charlie doesn't die." This is all our moms, basically.
Bobbi Wexler, Broad City
"Knockoffs" (Season 2, Episode 4)
Ilana Wexler's mom's appearances in Broad City are rare, but they are iconic. Played by Susie Essman, Bobbi is the perfect portrayal of a loud but loving Jewish mom — and she's exactly like her daughter. In "Knockoffs," Bobbi is grieving her mother and milking it: "My mother just DIED," she cries, justifying her need to look into Abbi's handbag at Grandma Esther's shiva. What she finds in the bag is a dildo from Abbi's adventures pegging Jeremy — something that becomes the topic of conversation and that she hilariously tries to convince her husband, played by Bob Balaban, to try. "Knockoffs" sees Ilana and Bobbi go fully underground in the search for perfect knockoff handbags, speaking Mandarin, and screaming at police officers. It's a perfect Broad City episode in so many ways, but it's also a joy to see a mother and daughter so similar.
Lucille Bluth, Arrested Development
"Motherboy XXX" (Season 2, Episode 13)
Lucille Bluth is by no means a perfect mom. She is coarse, deceitful, distant, unloving, critical … where am I going with this? Oh, yeah — she is all of that, but at least she is funny. In "Motherboy XXX," Lucille proves that she is invested in one of her children — Buster, whom she has roped into the Motherboy dinner dance over 25 times. While they have won "Cutest Couple" on several occasions, Lucille decides to take Michael because Buster is "moody after losing his hands." He says no, so she enlists the help of George Michael, pretending that he is an orphan. Buster and Michael attempt to save him from a life of being sheltered, and Buster ends up dancing with his mom anyway. If there's anything to be learned from this wacky, all-over-the-place, Lucille-starring episode, it's (A) that Jessica Walter will always steal the show, and (B) that we should always try to spend time with our mothers, no matter how insufferable.
Naomi Bunch, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
"I Will Help You" (Season 4, Episode 7)
Naomi isn't perfect, but whose mom is? Sure, she drugged her own daughter, but it came from the warmest (if very misguided) of places. Rebecca and Naomi's relationship is tense, but "I Will Help You" sees Naomi at her most human. In this episode, Rebecca tries to solve some unfinished business with her mom. They attend an event together and Naomi attempts to lie about Rebecca's current status, but Rebecca tells the truth … until it's time to take to the stage and lie for her mom. Naomi sings two songs in this episode, and while the Jewish camp duet with Elayne Boosler is good, "Forget It," in which she lays into Rebecca for sticking to her pretzel-based dreams and being a "loser" and a "disgrace" — all while backed by moms telling their kids that "Moms don't suffer tsuris and pain to have their daughters bring them shame" — is iconic. Many women may see their moms in Naomi, but while the dynamic is difficult, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend always does a nuanced (and hilarious) job of showing that healing those wounds is possible.
Lois Wilkerson, Malcolm in the Middle
"Traffic Ticket" (Season 2, Episode 16)
This list is full of difficult moms who try their best for their ungrateful kids, and Lois is at the top. Sure she's abrasive, she's loud, and sometimes she's even mean … but so are her kids. Her perhaps most infuriating trait, as with so many moms, is her constant need to always be right. In "Traffic Ticket," Lois is pulled over by a cop and arrested when her record shows that she has 16 unpaid parking tickets. The tickets all turn out to be the fault of Francis, whom Lois punishes, but she also tries to take the cop (who she believes has it in for her) to court. She is desperate to prove she is right, going to ridiculous lengths because, well, that's what moms do.
Estelle Costanza, Seinfeld
"The Contest" (Season 4, Episode 11)
Is there any worse scenario you could possibly end up in than your mom walking in on you when … you know. "The Contest," one of the most iconic episodes of Seinfeld of all time, is the one where Estelle Costanza, George's legendary mom, makes her first appearance as played by Estelle Harris. Estelle is opinionated and prone to outbursts, which many of us may find familiar. In "The Contest," she catches George masturbating, slips, and ends up in the hospital — leading to the entire gang abstaining from … you know … as part of a very aggressive and competitive contest. In the hospital, Estelle rages at George while he sits with his hands clasped in a pose many of us, no matter what age, will recognize from being told off. This results in her screaming that iconic line: "You have nothing better to do at three o'clock in the afternoon? I go out for a quart of milk, I come home and find my son treating his body like it was an amusement park!" It's hilarious, with a dose of secondhand shame.
Jessica Huang, Fresh Off the Boat
"Dribbling Tiger, Bounce Pass Dragon" (Season 1, Episode 12)
Jessica Huang has a lot of really incredible, funny moments on Fresh off the Boat, but at the heart of all of that is her desperation to see her children succeed. While there's not much point in controlling Eddie, she has more luck with genius kids Evan and Emery — which is why she panics so much when they join the school play in "Dribbling Tiger, Bounce Pass Dragon." While Louis teaches Eddie basketball, Jessica opts to spend time with the other two, directing their school play The Sunflower Gang Goes to Yumland, giving it a rewrite to denounce acting and encourage different, more meaningful careers that offer guaranteed financial success. Her edits are discarded, and the play ends up being full of rainbows, animals, and happy flowers — it lacks any kind of educational value, but at least the kids had fun. It's a valuable reminder for parents, this one — not everything kids do has to be geared toward success, mom.
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Totally Outright: Adapting TO in Winnipeg
Totally Outright (TO), a sexual health leadership training program for gay, bi, two spirit and trans men between the ages of 18 and 26, was first held in Winnipeg in 2013. It was offered by the Rainbow Resource Centre (RRC), Canada's longest continuously running lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and two-spirit (LGBTT) resource centre. The program was first developed in 2005 by the Community-based Research Centre for Gay Men's Health, and is offered in Vancouver by the Health Initiative for Men and in Toronto by the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Although each program is adapted to the local context, all three courses foster learning and community building among different generations of queer men, and through this, seek to develop a cadre of young men with the skills to be sexual health leaders.
The RRC faces a number of unique challenges in delivering TO in Winnipeg. Totally Outright is offered in a context where young queer men may be isolated because of a lack of gay spaces. There is not a defined and vibrant gay village, few gay venues and although the Gay Men's Health Clinic caters to the specific health needs of queer men, including young queer men, health and well-being resources for this community are limited.
In addition, Winnipeg is surrounded by rural communities where many young gay, bi, trans and two-spirit men live. TO would be an ideal program to reduce feelings of isolation these youth may experience; however, to date, RRC has not had the funds to support young men from rural communities to attend.
Despite being located in a smaller urban centre, the RRC has not had difficulty recruiting young men to the program. The program has been just as successful at recruiting its targeted audience—motivated young men of diverse backgrounds—as Vancouver and Toronto have been. A priority for TO Winnipeg has also been to engage men who are less likely to have strong connections to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit and transgendered community and/or to other queer men as a way to reduce the isolation they may feel.
TO Winnipeg has also been popular among international university students who may not be out as gay and who have applied to the program as a way to access the LGBTT community. Although many of these men are looking more for a support program than a leadership program, Totally Outright is an important point of entry to the community for these men. Staff are careful to link them to other programs, including New Pride of Winnipeg, a peer-support group for newcomers.
Although TO Winnipeg follows much of the same curriculum and structure (facilitated sessions and a group project) of TO Vancouver and TO Toronto, some of the content has been adapted to address the needs of young men in Winnipeg. Winnipeg's program includes sessions on two-spirit identities and culture, and the sessions on coming out and homophobia address these challenges in the context of a smaller city.
The RRC's take on the group project has been perhaps the most successful part of the program to date. Across all three programs, the group project is a way to get participants thinking about the challenges queer men face. Group members develop a solution to the challenge and typically, present it to their fellow participants on the last day of the program. Participants develop facilitation, outreach and critical thinking skills throughout the process.
TO Winnipeg has actively used the group projects to address gaps in knowledge about health and well-being for queer men that are specific to Winnipeg. In the first TO Winnipeg series, participants were divided into groups and asked to develop an awareness campaign about an issue facing the community. They worked with a graphic designer and marketing expert to develop mock-ups of their ideas and then presented their ideas on the final day of the program. One of the campaigns, Don't Let Shame Decide, was so strong that it has been funded by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority as a city-wide campaign aimed at providing new, youth-focused sexual health information that approaches health and well-being holistically with an emphasis on living without shame.
In the second series, participants were asked to develop a research project rather than a campaign. Sessions on community-based research and survey development were led by a professor from the University of Manitoba. Although the intention was to have participants go to local Pride Week celebrations to distribute the survey, It's Really [blank] Out Here, which asks men about what it's like to be a young gay guy in rural Manitoba, has turned into a formal research project, led by Totally Outright participants. The results will be used to inform RRC's future work.
Like other Totally Outright programs, TO Winnipeg has been successful at developing a corps of young, trained, informed and confident men who are knowledgeable about sexual health. The short-term impact in Winnipeg is already being felt through Don't Let Shame Decide and It's Really [Blank] Out Here. TO Winnipeg has only to look to Vancouver to see how a core group of young TO graduates can shape gay men's health programming over the long term.
Ultimately, Totally Outright in Winnipeg is successful because it overcomes many of the challenges young queer men may face as a result of a lack of a sense of community. It provides a validating space where they learn about gay, bi, trans and two-spirit culture and history, and get the skills they need to improve their health and the health of their communities. Critically, it gives them the tools to share the knowledge they gain with others and connects them to other men that support them long after their participation in Totally Outright has ended.
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Breathe easy, red-blooded Americans: that's no bald eagle.
The above photo, first posted to the popular Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page on Wednesday, shows the aftermath of a bird strike that occurred during a routine landing of F-16 Fighting Falcon at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico April 17, 2019, a spokesperson for the 49th Wing confirmed.
"When a bird strike occurs, the remains are sent to the Smithsonian where they classify the bird and determine how it was struck," 2nd Lt. Jasmine Manning told Task & Purpose in an email. "The bird pictured is a Swanson's Hawk."
"HAFB takes measures to prevent as many of these strikes as possible, as well as any obstruction that would affect a safe take-off or landing of our aircraft," she added.
Holloman AFB is host to both the 49th Wing's fleet of F-16C/D Fighting Falcon fighter jets and the F-16C training aircraft assigned to the 54th Fighter Group as part of the Air Force's Education and Training Command.
We now go live to the Holloman DFAC:
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Being fit is a very important aspect of our everyday lives and you can get strong and lean legs with easy steps. For lovely legs, it&#39s important to do the exercises in exact order. These tips are designed to tone your muscles to the max.
For ultra-toned legs, squats are your best friend. To start, keep them simple: Take two light dumbbells and hold them firmly in a straight line from your shoulder. Bend your knees and, keeping your back nice and straight, squat down. Try to perform these movements under control, drawing your naval to your spine at all times.
These only require one weight, held in-between your legs, which are now placed slightly further apart. While doing sumo squats, try to focus on contracting your inner thigh muscles, keeping the movement steady and pulsing. As with regular squats, keep a straight back, and always remember to breathe in on the downwards movement and out as you push upward.
For these, start with your two feet shoulder distance apart, and then step forwards with alternate legs. When doing lunges, make sure you go down until your rear knee nearly touches the mat. And remember, no pain, no gain!
For quick-fire side lunges, keep your back straight, and set out left, back to centre, then right. If you&#39re doing these pulsing lunges correctly, you&#39ll feel a tightening in your front thigh. When that starts to happen, don't stop! Make doubly sure you carry on with the repetitions.
The lateral bounce involves you jumping from foot to foot, kicking your alternative heel up behind you as you go. Make sure when you land performing this movement, that you do so safely and softly, always keeping your knees bent. Don't underestimate this exercise – it&#39s a tough one!


In this episode, you'll hear a case for each of the finalists for MVP, as viewed by LeTom James. You'll also hear why LeTom should be MVP, as well as why Chuck should not.
Also, has anyone actually received a hat?


The 6 best Guard Dog breeds to protect your home and family.
With the increasing levels of crime, that is often accompanied by acts of violence, it has become more and more important to have a dog that is both a loyal companion and also an excellent watchdog.
There are a number of breeds that make excellent. lovable pets but are quite useless as guard dogs. In some instances they welcome the criminal into your home like a long-lost friend.
In my experience the following five breeds will serve the dual purpose of being a loyal companion and also a fearsome guard should the need ever arise.
Top of my list is the German Shepherd Dog. This is a breed that has a long history of being a wonderful companion for children and also a most discriminating guard dog. A well-bred German Shepherd Dog knows instinctively when a situation is potentially dangerous. The dog instinctively reacts to your body language and your tone of voice. This comes from generations of breeding for this specific purpose.
But it is important to note that the dog must be well-bred. By the term "well-bred" I am not referring to show quality, but rather the temperament of the parents. If both the Sire and Dam of the pup you intend getting are stable, confident animals, there is every likelihood of your pup turning out to a good guard dog. If they are nervous and unsure of themselves, this is the type of temperament you are going to have with your pup.
A well-bred Rottweiler is also an excellent choice as guard dog. But here again the question of well-bred has to be taken into account. Generally speaking Rottweilers are completely reliable, trustworthy dogs, and excellent with children, but there are some dogs that not as confident as they should be. Because of it's size, strength and powerful jaws a good Rottweiler can be relied on to warn off any would-be criminal.
This is another breed of dogs that was originally bred as a watchdog. It is an agile, athletic and intelligent dog that that has a natural, inborn tendency to guard. But here again it is important to have a look at both parents of the pup you intend buying to make sure that their temperaments are sound. Unfortunately in recent years, many of the show winning Doberman Pinchers are not as confident as they used to be.
This large, well-muscled breed is becoming increasingly popular. Originally bred to assist in tracking lions, this breed is generally an extremely confident animal that is both and excellent family companion dog and a very reliable watch dog. The dog has a very stable temperament and is excellent with children.
This very large breed with a beautiful white coat was originally bred to guard flocks of sheep. Because of its massive size and strength it can ward off even the most determined intruder. It has excellent guarding characteristics. With a dog of this size early training is necessary to make certain understands that it cannot have it's own way and must listen to commands.
Bull breeds are generally excellent with children and the Bull Mastiff is no exception. It is an excellent family dog, and can also prove to be a wonderful guard. A useful feature of the Bull Mastiff is that, although it is a large dog, it is not a particularly active animals so that it does not need quite as much as space as the other large breeds of dogs.


Yes, I am still reading the book: the small big. According to the book , the answer is : just ask. From the studies, people will underestimate the likelihood of other people's willingness to help. When you ask strangers to walk you to a local gym or to use their cellular phone to make a quick phone call, people is very happy to help actually.
I had a refinance case a few months back when my client was doing the refi. Since she had 6 months waiting period, the agent would have a penalty if close the refi earlier. So the agent asked the borrower to cancel the refinance with me. When borrower told me the story, I actually helped to delay the closing for 3 more weeks to meet the deadline if waiting period required by the previous lender. The agent should have asked me for the help. There is nothing to lose even I were not willing to help, so she should try. And she was very surprised when I told her that I can help her.


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Pop culture references in the fashion and beauty industry seem to have been getting more and more power recently, especially after the Barbie inspired collection was unveiled by Moschino for the new spring/summer 2015 season. We love going back to our reckless childhoods and playing with fun motifs that can add so much fun and personality to our day-to-day casual looks. And who doesn't love those playful Mickey and Minnie Mouse motifs, which are like timeless classics in the magical Disney world? Our favorite style icon Lauren Conrad looks to this cutie Disney character for her new LC summer collection for Kohl's that comes drenched in a whimsical, girly style we all love so much. Playing with the iconic color palette of red, white and black at times spiced up with blue motifs, Lauren Conrad's Minnie Mouse collection for Kohl's lets us embrace an easy-breezy and pretty summer style come the warm months.
Despite the fact that the famous cartoon character has inspired Lauren for this particular collection, the clothing pieces available look rather mature, yet packed with a distinctive flirty vibe. Summer is all about breezy sundresses and we have some lovely printed options in the collection, including the printed red dress that can be the ideal oiece for donning when organizing a picnic in the sun. And when you wear it with a pair of feminine heeled sandals, you're ready to hit summer cocktail parties looking positively radiant and girly. There are cute casual tees and shirts as well in the collection that come teamed with little skirts and white denim skinnies, which you are going to wear a lot in the warmer months. Those navy blue polka dotted pieces are the ultimate style staples you'll need for putting together fresh and feminine looks perfect for various occasions.
What makes the entire lookbook of Lauren Conrad's Minnie Mouse collection so fun and flirty is the usage of the iconic Minnie Mouse ears with the blue or red dotted bows that add kind of a childish and whimsical touch to Lauren's tousled blonde bob. And then, we also discover trendy black pumps and heeled sandals in the collection that look pretty versatile accessories to be matched with various summer clothing pieces.
The Lauren Conrad Minnie Mouse collection for Kohl's will hit the famous department store come May 10, and what makes us especially rejoice at is the affordable price tag that will let us update our summer wardrobes with a fun summer breath without going bankrupt. After all, who would mind getting a lovely white tee with Minnie Mouse imprinted on it to match it with the trendiest denim shorts for summer 2015?


Sandy • It wasn't as hot as it could have been for a mid-July soccer match along the Wasatch Front, as overcast skies created an unseasonably cool day despite the 5 p.m. first kick.
But Utah Royals FC coach Laura Harvey still went away steaming after her club lost 2-1 to the visiting Orlando Pride in front of an announced crowd of 8,761 at Rio Tinto Stadium. Now she will probably be a little lighter in the pocketbook.
Harvey went off on how the match was officiated, and was particularly perturbed by a penalty kick awarded to the Pride late in the first half that was scored by longtime U.S. Women's National Team forward Alex Morgan and tied the match at 1-1.
The game-winner came early in the second half when Royals goalkeeper Abby Smith was woefully out of position, allowing Orlando's Kristen Edmonds to chip the ball over her head in the 52nd minute.
Later, Smith collided with a teammate, flipped head over heels, and landed on her head. After a lengthy delay, she slowly walked off the pitch under the direction of a trainer and was replaced by backup Nicole Barnhart.
Harvey said she didn't know anything about Smith's condition in her postgame news conference.
That would have been the story of the day, but Harvey let loose with her remarks, after basically acknowledging she would be fined for criticizing some of the decisions made by referee Reyna Fonseca and her crew.
Asked if she received an explanation from the officials after Morgan's equalizer, Harvey scoffed.
She also said a yellow card assessed to Orlando's Alanna Kennedy on the play in which Smith was injured was not the right call.
The Royals (5-6-6) remained in sixth place in the NWSL, but are stuck on 21 points and will tumble to seventh if Houston wins Sunday. It was their third-straight loss, the first time this season they've dropped three in a row. They haven't won a match since June 30.
Defender Rachel Corsie called the Pride's penalty kick goal "really hard to take" and a "real sucker punch" to the team's morale.
"It just takes the wind out of your sails," she said.
And some cash out of the coach's bank account, probably.


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const path = require('path');

const Registrar = require('./index');

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 * An implementation of {@link Registrar} where the name of the files in each directory is checked and, if it's a
 * supported verb, it's loaded as a module and the result should be one or more handlers which are then mounted against
 * that verb.
 *
 * @public
 * @extends Registrar
 */
class VerbRegistrar extends Registrar {

  /**
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   * @override
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    return 'verb';
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  /**
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    const name = path.basename(file, options.ext);
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    }

    const handlers = this.loadRouter(file, options);
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    options.mounter.mount(url, name, handlers, options);
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}

module.exports = VerbRegistrar;


Eyebrows have an important facilitative role in communication, strengthening expressions. Many makeup artists view eyebrows as a major feature in defining the face. Your eyebrows shape your face and give gloss to your eyes and forehead.
At chic nails & beauty, we will personalize and beautify your eyebrows!


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Anti-lock brake module (abs) 2015 and 2016 jk only; before replacing the abs module, please call breanne scherbaty at cell (586) 604-4582. if you don't receive response within 15 minutes, please continue with normal repair procedure.
Actuator- a/c heater before replacing this actuator call matt sasina at cell (248) 464-4982. if no response in 15 minutes, continue with repair.
Discolored door hinge nuts this bulletin involves replacing all the lower nuts on the side upper and lower door hinges. the customer may describe discoloring or rust from the lower nut securing the doors to the hinges.
Passenger seat is difficult to move this bulletin involves greasing the inboard passenger seat track. the customer may describe it is difficult to move the passenger seat forward or backwards.
Pentastar oil filter adapter before replacing this part, please call any one of the following people. engineering is seeking information regarding this part.~ dye must be used to determine where the leak is coming from before replacing.


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Submisson
Glenn Kenny March 02, 2018
There are moments during this picture, adapted by writer-director Robert Levine from the novel Blue Angel by Francine Prose, that crackle with the kind of adult dramatic tension and life that could belie the old saw about how they don't make movies for grownups anymore.
In particular, there's an abortive sex scene between two characters that begins with one becoming suddenly, and to the male character, miraculously, naked, after which a chipped tooth puts the kibosh on the whole encounter and the female, strangely triumphant, parades around her dorm room in a posture of triumph while the humiliated male pulls his pants back up. It's a triumph of staging and acting that nails a particular form of humiliation in a way that only cinema can.
What's wrong with other sections of "Submission" is that it gets lured back to its literary source, and does things in a literary way. The movie's about a not-entirely failed novelist, Ted Swenson, played by Stanley Tucci. As Ted puts it in the narration of the opening scene, "I'd been touted as a novelist to watch; little did I realize that that christening would turn into my eulogy." Now a tenured creative writing teacher at a prim Vermont college, he's cynical about his teaching responsibilities and his students. Not even halfway through the semester and he's got three stories about bestiality to deal with. But then Ted asks for a story from the shy Angela (Addison Timlin), who seems kind and self-effacing. And who not only tells Ted about her love for his novel Phoenix Time but also drops the name of Stendhal. It's lit-dude catnip!
As is Angela's own manuscript, for a novel, no less, called Eggs, about a young girl who has an affair with his teacher. Despite being happily, and lustily married to wife Sherrie (Kyra Sedgwick), Ted experiences "Because I Can" temptations concerning infidelity, and he quite stupidly gives into them. And he is then caught in an increasingly nasty … what's the term? ... "honey trap"? Only there's about a hundred times more trap than honey.
The problem with the movie isn't that, during our current #metoo moment, it takes a male's side in a sexual harassment tale. Francine Prose is that most rare of contemporary writers: a provocateur who's pointedly smart about flipping certain scripts. She gets human behavior, and in the movie's best moments so does director Levine. And the actors sure do. Tucci is wonderful, but Timlin comes close to eating him up almost as thoroughly as her character does his.
Where the movie wobbles is in expecting dialogue that may look well enough on a page to sound normal coming out of a human being's mouth, as when Ted's editor (Peter Gallagher) tells Ted that a memoir he wants Ted to do would have "the juicy gleam, the bloody smell of truth." Um, ick. "Submission" has a sufficient number of such awkward bits to make it a not-quite ideal movie for grownups.
Glenn Kenny was the chief film critic of Premiere magazine for almost half of its existence. He has written for a host of other publications and resides in Brooklyn. Read his answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here.
Ciara Wardlow
Film Credits
Submission (2018)
Stanley Tucci as Ted Swenson
Addison Timlin as Angela Argo
Kyra Sedgwick as Sherrie Swenson
Janeane Garofalo as Magda Moynahan
Ritchie Coster as Dean Bentham
Richard Levine
Writer (novel)
Hillary Spera


Mutual fund investors incur taxation at several levels. First taxes are levied on the profits the fund makes while the investor holds it (the so called capital gains tax). The second type of taxes levied is observed when investors sell the shares of the mutual fund s/he owns.
Unrealized gains are not taxed until they are distributed to the investors since they are gains presented only on paper. In case the securities in which a mutual fund invests appreciate and the fund does not sell them, taxes will not be paid on the part of shareholders.
Realized gains are taxed whenever the assets have appreciated to the desired levels and are sold by the fund. A tactic applied by portfolio managers for the purposes of reducing tax burden on capital gains is the offsetting of profits by the losses incurred by another stock.
The investor holds the assets for no more than one year. Gains from the short-term category incur the same tax levels as your income does.
The investor holds the assets for more than one year. The tax rates incurred in this category of capital gains is greater than 5% but doesn't exceed 15%. The value is determined by the tax bracket in which the investor falls. The good news is that as for 2008, the tax rate on long-term capital gains will be zero to tax-payers falling in the lowest tax brackets.
It is recommended to invest in stock funds that experience lower turnover rates. The reason for this is that such funds hold stocks for longer periods of time and thus provide for potentially higher gains. Growth stock funds also apply the strategy of frequent buying and selling and in this way keeping taxable gains at minimums. Bonds have become less attractive point of investment since their gains are being taxed as ordinary income.


Francesca Hetfield is a former costume designer for the heavy metal band, Metallica. Francesca who was just an ordinary person living a normal life rose into fame after getting linked to the lead singer of Metallica, James Hetfield.
Francesca Hetfield was born on 27 January 1970 according to her biography. Born in Rosaria, Argentina, her nationality is Argentinean and her birth name is Francesca Tomasi. Now of age 48, Francesca attended the Overland High School located in Colorado. Her height and other details on her early life are unknown.
Francesca Hetfield's net worth is unknown. However, she shares her husband's substantial net worth. Her husband, world-renowned guitarist, and vocalist, James Hetfield has garnered a net worth of $300 million.
Francesca started her career as an ordinary costume designer, but she wasn't aware of what fate had to bring. Francesca met James Hetfield while she was designing the costumes for the world's most influential American band, Metallica. James at that time was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the group. After meeting each other, the spark between them couldn't be denied which led them to start dating in 1992.
The couple made it longer than people expected. After being genuinely in love for almost five years, Francesca and James decided to tie the knots. Their wedding took place on 17 August 1997. A year later, Francesca and her husband welcomed their first child, Cali Tee Hetfield on 13 June 1998. Wishing for another bundle of happiness in their lives, Francesca and James had another child, Castor Virgil Hetfield on 18 May 2000. They also welcomed their youngest daughter Marcella Francesca Hetfield on 17 January 2002. Francesca and James renewed their vows on 2004 after seven years of married life. The happy family of five resides in Vail, Colorado.
However, their married life wasn't always rainbows and cupcakes. James faced a great deal of suffering due to his anger issues and alcohol addiction. He said in one interview, how grateful he was for his wife sticking by his side even during the darkest times. He also revealed how Francesca kicked him out of the house for being an alcoholic saying only therapy wouldn't help him.
James being devoted to his family got frightened that he would lose them which eventually led him to quit. James added how fear was an excellent motivator as he had abandonment issues; he has had one family that disintegrated (his parents got divorced, and mother died due to cancer) and he didn't want another one to fall apart too. James also said how he and Francesca went through more complicated things but only came out stronger. If that wasn't enough, the singer confessed that the moment he met her, James knew she was brought to help him get out of the hell hole.
As of now Francesca and James are living a happy married life with their children.


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Same-Sex Marriage Wins Easily In Ireland
By Nate Silver
Filed under Same-Sex Marriage
A woman celebrates a landslide victory for same-sex marriage in Ireland at Dublin Castle on Saturday in Dublin, Ireland.
Clodagh Kilcoyne / Getty Images)
Ireland voted "yes" on gay marriage on Friday, approving a constitutional amendment that made it the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.
The amendment was approved 62 percent to 38 percent. By comparison, the past five polls had shown the "yes" side ahead, on average, 64 percent to 23 percent, with 13 percent undecided. So the polls did a pretty good job of projecting the "yes" vote, but most of the undecided voters turned out to vote "no" instead, a reasonably common pattern for ballot propositions of this kind.
What's more impressive is how quickly Irish opinion on gay rights has changed. The country once had a reputation for being homophobic, and it did not decriminalize homosexuality until 1993. And in a 2006 Eurobarometer poll, only 41 percent of Irish residents say they favored same-sex marriage. That means the pro-gay marriage side gained more than 2 percentage points of support per year to have reached 62 percent now, a rate of change similar to or slightly faster than the United States over the same period.
Which European countries might be next to legalize gay marriage? In the 2006 poll, 12 countries were more supportive of gay marriage than Ireland. They were The Netherlands (82 percent), Sweden (71 percent), Denmark (69 percent), Belgium (62 percent) Luxembourg (58 percent), Spain (56 percent), Germany (52 percent), the Czech Republic (52 percent), Austria (49 percent), France (48 percent), the United Kingdom (46 percent) and Finland (45 percent).
Gay marriage is now legal in eight of those countries, and it will become legal in Finland in 2017.
CORRECTION (May 24, 8:27 p.m.): A previous version of this article incorrectly said same-sex marriage is legal in the Czech Republic.
Gay Rights (55 posts) Same-Sex Marriage (38) Ireland (5)


up in the form.elements collection.
no name attribute belong to no group.
Firefox 3.6 does what the spec currently prescribes.
was made by me, though I don't remember if it was an intentional change or not.
It could have been a side effect of some code cleanup).
Webkit puts empty-named radio buttons in no group.
behave like Firefox 3.6 whereas IE9 behave like Firefox 4 and webkit.
buttons like nameless radio buttons and make them not belong to a group.
Reply: bugzilla@jessica.w3.org: "[Bug 12301] Make empty-named radio buttons not belong to a group"


Whole Fair-trade non-alcohol dipped vanilla beans are blended with Honey Lady Raw Honey to create this decadent and delicious treat. Honey Lady Vanilla Bean Honey is perfect for use on cakes, over yoghurt and ricotta, baked apples, ice cream or straight off the spoon. Use in place of vanilla essence in recipes.


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A Darkness of Dragons
All the ingredients of a perfect fantasy: adventure, magic, unusual heroes and of course…dragons
Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear
A dragon-shaped retelling of the darkest legend of them all!
In a world of dragons, song-spells, pipers and battles, Patch Brightwater is a boy in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one's idea of a hero. But only he knows a deadly truth: the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the loose.
So it's up to Patch — with the help of Wren, a girl cursed to live as a rat, and Barver, a fire-breathing dracogriff — to stop the Piper of Hamelyn unleashing the catastrophic End of the Skies.
Three accidental heroes versus one legendary villain — an epic adventure is born.
Perfect for fans of The Hobbit and Terry Pratchett — A Darkness of Dragons if the first fiery tale in Songs of Magic, an epic fantasy series inspired by The Pied Piper of Hamelyn.
The author slowly gives you clues
Throughout the book, the author slowly gives you clues about the plot so you are constantly trying to solve it. The clues stick in your head even when you are not reading.
Allegra, Kent
A fun and witty adventure
A fun and witty adventure based on an English folk tale. It brings fantasy to life and you really feel as though you are there.
Mia, West Sussex
Adventure, mystery, fiction
This book has adventure, mystery and fiction. The book made me feel lots of emotions.
Danielle, London
I was drawn in from the beginning
I really enjoyed reading this book. I was drawn in from the beginning. I want to read more by this author!
Beulah, London
A story about trust
People didn't trust him but then he found a friend.
Simi, London
It make me feel like I was there
I really enjoyed reading this adventure book. It make me feel like I was there with the characters. I really wanted to read more.
Gina, London
Lots of ups and downs
There are lots of ups and downs in this book, and every time I turned a page, I was so excited to see what came next.
Amber-Lily, Sussex
The clues stick in your head
The clues stick in your head even when you're not reading the book, constantly urging you to carry on reading.
S.A. Patrick
S. A. Patrick was born in Belfast. When he was a child, he wanted to write video games, become an author, and have magical powers. The first two came true. If he ever does get magical powers, he hopes people like dragons and griffins because there'll suddenly be a lot of them around. A Darkness of Dragons is his first book for children.
The Starman and Me Boy Underwater


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The following article by Elysa Gardner appeared in a June 1996 issue of Replay magazine...
The importance of being Sting. Rock's mercurial aristocrat embraces his art, his family... and middle age.
The best single word to describe Sting's in-person appearance is taut. His face seems even more neatly chiselled than it does on television, his body even more impeccably lean and fit. There isn't an ounce of excess flesh on this man, and he's clearly quite proud of that. Greeting me in the dining room of his tastefully decorated apartment on New York City's Central Park West, he stands tall and offers a firm, authoritative handshake. Then he sits down and rips off his shirt.
After a brief moment of gleeful anticipation - after all, Sting's fondness for baring his chest is legendary - I realize that he's still wearing a short-sleeved undergarment. But it clings so tightly that I can practically see the outline of his ribs. That is, until he crosses his arms and begins to slowly, deliberately rub his biceps.
It's no secret that Sting is a guy who pays, and draws, a lot of attention to his looks. Over the course of his 15-plus years as one of the most famous people on the planet, he's been chastised repeatedly for his vanity and narcissism, sometimes with a vindictiveness that smacks faintly of jealousy. (Lest we forget, the majority of rock critics are male, and as a group they're not exactly known for their devastating sex appeal.)
At 44, however, Sting knows that his stud-muffin days are numbered. As an international heart throb, and as a recovering Catholic with existential tendencies, the singer never has been able to hide his preoccupation with mortality. Particularly not since his parents died of cancer in the late '80s. There was an element of protesting too much in the way he publicly embraced middle age: commemorating his 40th birthday in 1991 with a festive pay-per-view concert, for example, or boosting about his physical and sexual stamina in interviews. In contrast, the wistful reflection on albums like 1987's 'Nothing Like the Sun' and 1991's 'The Soul Cages' - respectively inspired by and dedicated to his mother and father - mode it plain that Sting was grappling with the some anxieties that face us all as the years pass.
If his new album, 'Mercury Falling', is any indication, all that heady contemplation wasn't for naught. The title is a reference to the onset of winter, a process with which, figuratively speaking, Sting now appears genuinely to be coming to terms. The theme that ties the album's 10 songs together, he says, is acceptance, mainly of things that are inevitable - like growing old and dying.
"This is a new acquisition for me," Sting admits, leaning forward in his chair. "I normally accepted nothing. I would fight against anything that mode me feet uncomfortable. Now I'm learning to differentiate between things I can change and things I simply can't. And I actually feel better because of it.
"It's an interesting subject, mortality, and it's one that our industry as a whole, the media, tends to ignore. We are all pretending to be so much younger than we are, getting faceifts, all kinds of things. for people to admit their age is almost considered an aberration. But I'm actually very proud of being forty-four. There's a certain wisdom that comes to you, increasingly, and I'm enjoying that. I'm enjoying being wiser than I used to be."
Certainly, Sting's mood appeared to be taking an upward turn on his previous album, 1993's 'Ten Summoner's Tales'. It is the singer's purest, shiniest pop album, full of radiant melodies and lyrics that substitute witty self-deprecation for brooding self-analysis. On 'Mercury Falling', Sting returns to earlier themes of pain and loss, but this time he and his characters are able to take their lumps and move on. Songs like 'I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying', a country-flavoured ditty about a divorced father making peace with his situation, and the spirited, gospel-tinged single 'Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot' suggest that he's come a long way from the romantic depressive he seemed to he on previous solo albums or back in the Police's heyday, when he penned such dour classics as 'So Lonely' and 'King of Pain'.
"Ten years ago, I would have said that it was impossible for someone successful or happy to make music," he muses. "I thought you needed to be suffering some sort of trauma to write music, or else what you're saying will be glib and useless. That's the sort of trap I think a lot of people fall into - that they have to manufacture crises in order to be artists, you know? Whether it's drugs or relationships that fall foul or just general recklessness. I think a lot of us don't make it."
I mention Kurt Cobain, whose recordings with Nirvana remind some of the Police's punk-pop economy. He nods ruefully. "My son [Joe] was a big Nirvana fan, and he was mortified when [Cobain] died. I was angry too. It's perfectly correct for young people to use music as a vehicle for negative emotions. But I have a feeling that as you process those emotions through music, something else comes back, and it heals you. Music healed me. It served my life. It's a shame that that opportunity wasn't left to Kurt Cobain, because I think he was an enormously talented boy."
In addition to making music, Sting claims he has reaped great rewards from being a dad. And he's been just as prolific in this arena. In addition to 19-year-old Joe, a fledgling musician in his own right, the rock star's brood includes Kate, 14, also from his first marriage, and four children with current wife Trudie Styler: Mickey, 12, Jake, 11, Coco, five, and Giacomo, born last December. So it's fitting that Sting cites Johann Sebastian Bach, who fathered 13 children with his second wife alone, as an inspirational figure.
"Bach seems like he was a happy guy," Sting scars. "Complex, but ultimately enjoying his life. He had all these kids, and every day he would play music with his wife in the kitchen. I play Bach's music all the time now, and I feet like I've gotten to know him. He's a better role model for me than the dying poet.
"I still want to be a singer when I'm 50, or 60. But I want to have carved a niche for myself where I don't have to pretend that I'm in some sort of teenaged gang. I mean, I've lived as wild and as profligate a life as any rock star, but I feel it's all been balanced out. I'm a different person now than who I was." Once again, he brings up that word, savoring it like a newly discovered treat: "I'm happy the way I am at the moment."
The band that supports Sting on 'Mercury Failing' and is accompanying him on tour this year consists predominantly of old friends. The principal players are keyboardist Kenny Kirkland, who appeared on Sting's 1985 solo debut, 'The Dream of the Blue Turtles', and later joined fellow 'Blue Turtles' alum Branford Marsalis (who also pops up on 'Mercury Falling') in Marsalis' Tonight Show band, and two musicians who have worked with the singer since 'The Soul Cages', drummer Vinnie Colaiuto and guitarist Dominic Miller.
Miller recorded and/or toured with artists ranging from World Party to Phil Collins prior to booking up with Sting through producer Hugh Padgham seven years ago. Taking a break from a rehearsal session the week after my interview with Sting, Miller recalls that he wasn't an avid Sting fan when he first landed the gig and had little idea of what to expect.
"I had no preconceived notions,' Miller says. "I mean, I'd heard rumours that he was incredibly pretentious - which he's not at all. I mean, to be as successful as he is, there has to be a certain amount of ego involved. You have to be a leader, and he is a natural leader."
As such, the guitarist points out, Sting encourages individual expression among his associates. "The music we make is all under his banner, so there is a certain amount of regimentation," Miller says. "But Sting wants us to push the boundaries. I've been given the freedom to come up with my own personality."
Why, then, do so many people view Sting as a control freak? Perhaps it's the utter discipline he brings to his professional and personal endeavours, right down to his strict power-yoga regimen. Or perhaps it's his penchant for playing authoritarian villains and cads in the movies in which he occasionally acts - such as the scheming butler he portrays an upcoming adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel 'The Grotesque', which was produced by and costars Styler.
This perception of Sting also might owe something to the elusiveness of his lyrics, which manage to be introspective without offering any concrete personal info. Other baby-oomer rock bards - like Sting's buddies James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen, for instance - tend to either wax confessional or create narratives about made-up characters. Sting typically takes a more complicated approach, using metaphors and storytelling to allow himself some psychic distance as he explores intimate concerns.
'I'm not interested in confession, really," Sting says with a shrug. "I don't think my life has much to do with the listener. But if I con find a metaphor that reflects my life and con still have resonance for listeners, then that's perfect. I don't even start a song unless I have some kind of metaphor in mind."
Sting has, of course, been more open and direct with some of his political views, expressing them both in his songwriting and through activism. (Though it should be noted that 'Mercury Falling' contains one political song that's disguised behind a romantic metaphor 'La Belle Dame Sans Regrets', which co-writer Miller says is a critique of France's recent nuclear-testing shenanigans. "You're not supposed to get it," Miller assures me. "It's in French, for God's sake.") An issue that presently concerns him is the criminalization of drug use in his native country.
'There are many problems associated with drug-taking, and I'm not trying to minimize them,' Sting stresses. 'But I don't think the current situation protects anyone. I think we need to look into why people take drugs, to have a meaningful dialogue. Are there ways to assimilate drug-taking into our society in a safer way? Tony Blair [the leader of England's ascendant Labour Party, whom Sting has praised in the post] will not discuss it. He's going to at least have to open up a debate if he's gonna get my vote."
Sting realizes that his outspokenness on various political and environmental matters has provoked at least as much criticism as positive change. "When a celebrity takes on a cause, it's not a bed of roses," he says with a laugh. "You have to accept that at least 50 percent of the population will look at it in a negative way. But I don't lose any steep over that. I get enough rewards and adulation in my life; I don't need any more.
"I don't take on a lot of causes. I've worked with Amnesty International for years, and the Rainforest Foundation, and I'll continue to. I feel justified and fulfilled by what I've done. And I'm quite practical in my advocacy. People ask me on a weekly basis to tie myself to the front of a train for various causes, and I have to say, 'Look, I can only do so much. The bloke next door hasn't done very much this week - try him, you know?'
Shortly after beginning a 90-minute sat previewing material from 'Mercury Falling' at the Midtown Manhattan club the Academy, Sting apologizes in advance for making the audience listen to songs they're unfamiliar with and explains that there may be a few mistakes. But he manages to get through the new tunes and a few old favorites without screwing up - or, notably, taking his shirt off - and no one seems bored. Industry executives and ageing professionals litter the crowd, but there are also plenty of teenagers and postcollegiate types. It's about as diverse a group as you're likely to see at a pop concert these days.
"I've never been interested in honing in on one cult following," Sting says. "I like the idea of music being a cohesive force. My audiences tend to be about 50 percent male, 50 percent female, and to range in age from 15 to 45. I think you can appeal on a broad level like that, without going for the lowest common denominator. I'm still a student of music myself. I still work hard so that the songs can develop, become more sophisticated. And I never want to underestimate an audience's ability to grow with me."
Later that evening, there's a post concert party at a trendy Italian restaurant. Fabulous people like Robin Williams and Brad Pitt are in attendance, as are a number of press and record-company bigwigs, but Sting spends most of his time sitting at a table with his wife and a few friends. He seems, well, happy that way. As he had told me the previous week, 'The media is a game to me. It's a game I quite enjoy playing, but my private life is much more important. My family and close friends know who I really am and that's enough.
"Not that I'm secretive about my life; if you ask me a question, I'll usually give you the answer. But then I have no control over what happens to that information. It can be like Chinese whispers: You tell somebody something, and that message becomes altered. But Sting the persona doesn't concern me. I think the music is what matters. The music tells the truth."
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Mainstream, Vol XLVII, No 48, November 14, 2009
India Must Beware of the Chinese Dragon
Tuesday 17 November 2009, by Suvrokamal Dutta
China's demand for the removal of two Indian Army bunkers from its outpost at Batang La in Sikkim near the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction recently can be seen from two angles. First, as a case of highhandedness of a few Chinese border officials who entered the Indian territory inadvertently and came face to face with these Indian bunkers. Oblivious of where their actual position on the ground is, these officials then raised objections about the bunkers. This scenario seems probable because, according to the Indian Army, these bunkers were constructed two years ago and there were no protests from the Chinese side till now. But then India has to be cautious as it comes after several violations of its border in Arunachal Pradesh by the Chinese Army in the past.
The Indian Army has moved several thousand troops to the Sino-India border recently following reports of Chinese intrusions in the Sikkim-Bhutan area. The shifting of Army formations north of Nathu-La comes in the wake of reports that Chinese troops are coming close to the Siliguri corridor, which is also called the Chicken's Neck connecting the North-East of India with the rest of the country. It is about 33 sq kms wide. The Army authorities said Chinese forces had been coming close to the Dolam Plateau for more than two decades, as the boundary in the area is still to be precisely defined.
In May 2007 on the Chinese Intrusion into Arunachal Pradesh the Home Minister of the Government of India had this to say: "The reports (of intrusion) are not true." The Minister was reacting to media reports quoting a lawmaker from Arunachal Pradesh who claimed that the Chinese Army had moved 20 km inside the State that borders China's Tibet region. However, the BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh had this to say: "There has been a Chinese incursion in our country particularly in Arunachal Pradesh. I have written to the Government of India and raised the issue in Parliament. The government is not accepting the incursion openly. But defence personnel acknowledge that this is happening and the Chinese are occupying our land." This could be true even as the Chinese have in the past violated the Arunachal borders on many occasion. Matters of such violations have to be taken seriously more so after the Chinese ambassador to India, Sun Yuxi, said in November 2006: "The whole of what you call the State of Arunachal Pradesh is Chinese territory… We are claiming the whole of that." India then strongly reacted to the Chinese claims with the External Affairs Ministry saying: "Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India."
Matters in relation to Arunachal should be seen in the context of what happened recently in the Kashmir-Himachal border sector when the Chinese Army entered almost three to six kms inside the Indian territory and wrote China with red paint in the rocks of the mountainous area of the border areas. The Indian Army has also reported several violations by the Chinese Army in the Uttarakhand region in the recent past. Unofficial reports claim that in the last three months or so the Chinese Army has violated the Indian borders almost 300 times.
Besides border violations China has tried to use every international platform to present the disputed status of Arunachal Pradesh. The recent happenings in the Board meeting of the Asian Development Bank for a developmental loan for Arunachal Pradesh demonstrates this further. After the first defeat and total isolation of China, in the board meeting China used her diplomatic and strategic skills to get Japan and other East Asian countries on board and got the Arunachal package defeated which was a serious failure of Indian diplomacy.
Looking into the history of the border dispute the McMahon Line, an imaginary border now known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC), separates the India-China border along Arunachal Pradesh. China has never recognised the 1914 McMahon Line and claims 90,000 sq km—nearly all of Arunachal Pradesh. India also accuses China of occupying 25,000 sq km in Kashmir.
After 1962, tensions flared again in 1986 with Indian and Chinese forces clashing in Sumdorong Chu valley of Arunachal. Chinese troops reportedly built a helipad in the valley leading to fresh skirmishes along the borders.
The two countries signed the 1993 Border Peace and Tranquillity Agreement (BPTA). The agreement renamed the border the Line of Actual Control (LAC), implying a military held line that could be changed by military means. Indian forces have been ordered to match the growing border management by Chinese troops by building 12 strategic border roads. The Indian Government has budgeted the equivalent of $ 357 million for 27 roads along the LAC.
Looking into the historical factors the whole of the Arunachal border problem and the Aksai Chin in Jammu and Kashmir started after the Chinese annexation of Tibet. Let us try to analyse certain historical evidences based on the conversations of Pandit Nehru and the Chinese PM of that time, Zhou Enlai. Fifty years ago Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai paid three state visits to India in less than two months. It was the zenith of the brotherhood relationship. Premier Zhou was in India from November 28 to December 10, 1956; December 30 to January 3 and again from January 24 to 26, 1957. After the signing of the Panchsheel agreement in April 1954 Chinese intrusion of Indian borders started with the first reported intrusion taking place in Barahoti in July 1954.
Zhou took the initiative to bring up the situation in Tibet. He gave a long briefing to the Indian PM on the historical status of the Land of Snows, while Nehru kept quiet about the intrusions. Zhou made some stray remarks on Tibet and the border, which are worth noting:
That Tibet is part of China is a fact, but it was never an administrative province of China but kept an autonomous character.
Nehru replied:
My impression was that for all practical purposes Tibet has all along been autonomous.
Zhou spoke again about autonomy:
When we started negotiations for peaceful liberation of Tibet [in 1951 in Beijing], we from the first recognised the autonomous character of the region.
Then he interestingly added:
When I said that India knew more about Tibet, I meant about the past history. For example, I knew nothing about McMahon Line until recently when we came to study the border problem after [the] liberation of China.
Zhou had also then added which seems quite surprising now as the present Chinese leadership refuses to accept the McMahon line (Line of Actual Control). The then Premier of China had added:
Although this Line was never recognised by us, still apparently there was a secret pact between Britain and Tibet and it was announced at the time of the Simla Conference. And now that it is an accomplished fact, we should accept it. But we have not consulted Tibet so far.
Where did the question of consulting Tibet arise as China had forcefully occupied Tibet in 1959?
The present political leadership of India, specially the one in the Central Government, should take all these historical factors into account while arguing forcefully with China on the border problems with China. Strategically and economically Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan are very important for India and India cannot afford to lose an inch of land in the Arunachal area and it cannot ignore the happenings in the Sikkim-Bhutan or in the Kashmir-Himachal areas. It's time for the Indian Government to follow a bold and firm policy towards China on the border issue.
India should not only claim back forcefully the areas of Aksai Chin in Jammu and Kashmir which China had occupied it in 1962 but should also claim back almost 25,000 sq kms of territory on the other side of the Karakoram watershed in the Yarkhand areas on the other side of K2 peaks which originally belonged to the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir but was quietly taken over by China in 1947-48.
It should also ask China to cede the 5000 Sq kms of land in the Karakoram area which Pakistan had given to China after 1965.At the same time the Government of India should make it clear once for all that China should stop bargaining on its claim over Arunachal Pradesh. For this if required India should go back on its assurance of accepting Tibet as an autonomous part of China and declare the independent status of Tibet. If the present Chinese leadership can ignore the acceptance of Zhou Enlai on the McMahon line in 1957. So why can't the present leadership of India do the same on the question of Tibet? At the same time India should raise the question of ethnic cleansing in Tibet and Xinjiang at every international forum and also derecognise Xinjiang as a part of China and make it disputed.
After all in diplomacy there is also a notion of tit for tat as well as the carrot and stick policy.
Suvrokamal Dutta is a writer and foreign affairs expert. He can contacted by email at: sk_dutta70@ yahoo.co.in and dutta007@hotmail.com
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Fresh off the release of his newest single, "Waiting For Love," Avicii unveiled his new collaboration with Zac Brown Band, "Broken Arrows (Hope In Your Heart)," which will be featured on the next album, Stories. Now, we've been presented with a new track from the follow up album to the 2013 release True, which comes in the form of a collaboration with Wyclef Jean and Matisyahu. Listen to "Can't Catch Me" above. While Stories does not yet have a release date, Avicii is sure to have a plethora of new music like this track to share as he makes his rounds at some of the world's biggest dance music festivals this summer. Stay tuned for more information to come on the official release of the album.
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