You might think that your only option is to start lifting weights but you would be wrong – in fact, there are a number of ways you can build big muscle using bodyweight alone and it's probably a lot easier than you suspect.
In this chapter, we're going to be looking at how building muscle works and we're going to look at how you can do it using bodyweight. This is all about theory.
Towards the end of the book we'll be looking at the individual bodyweight moves you can use and providing a kind of glossary of exercises for you to dip in and out of. So read this and then apply it to those moves. Although to be honest, you can do most of this with just the regular few bodyweight exercises you probably already know.
Muscle growth in response to training is technically known as 'hypertrophy'. Hypertrophy is what bodybuilding is all about and if you're trying to look big and bulky, it's what you need to be all about as well. So the question is: how does hypertrophy work? How can you stimulate your body to produce more muscle?
Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is the type of hypertrophy that is caused when you increase the number of repetitions. This is the kind of muscle growth that you get when you train with rep-ranges of around 12-15 or even higher. It's also increased when you increase your 'time under tension' which is the amount of time you spend actually straining under the weight (rather than setting it down to rest between sets).
When you increase the number of repetitions you perform and when you hold the weight in position, you are calling on your muscle's endurance. This, in turn, relies on the amount of fluid and the amount of energy (ATP) stored in the muscle cells – the sarcoplasm.
When you use this kind of training, it means that the muscle is constantly tensed and working. In turn, this causes the blood to 'occlude'. In other words, it gets sent to the muscle and it stays there. This is also what causes us to get the feeling of 'pump' when we're working out.
As this happens, you also get a build-up of metabolites – muscle-building products that are found in the blood and that end up flooding the muscles. Metabolites include the likes of testosterone, growth hormone and IGF1. You also get a lot of nutrients in here.
As a result, the muscle responds by growing and specifically by swelling and taking on more water mass. This gives the muscles a bigger, bloated look. They may be quite 'soft' but it's a great way to get big fast and to increase your ability to perform large sets of exercise.
Another thing that occurs as you train is that you create tiny tears in the muscle fibre. These are called 'microtears' and they're so small as to not be damaging in any way or that painful (although this can lead to 'DOMS' the next day – delayed onset muscle soreness).
What these microtears can do though, is to cause the muscle to appear damaged to the body and that means it needs to get repaired. When you're resting later on then, the body will use protein from your diet in order to rebuild the muscle and each of those muscle fibres will come back slightly thicker and slightly stronger than before.
This increases size and strength and the best way to trigger this kind of hypertrophy is by training with heavy weights. This is how 'power lifters' will train and it's how they manage to get very strong lifting a weight only a few times.
Fast twitch fibres are capable of creating greater acceleration and greater force – and that means that they are the most useful kinds for lifting heavy weights. Your body will use these first when you move heavy weight and once they've become fatigued/torn, it will move on to the slow twitch fibres.
Eventually, you don't have enough power to move the weight – but some slow twitch fibres will remain which will mean you're still able to move your arms!
There's something else that occurs here too though and that's that you are also strengthening your 'mind-muscle connection'. This is the ability of your brain to actually use the muscle you've got in order to exert force and the more you train, the greater that ability becomes.
Each time you contract a muscle, you do so by sending signals from your brain through your central nervous system. When that signal reaches the end of the nerve, acetylcholine is released across the 'neuromuscular junction' and this causes the muscle cells to fire.
As you do this repeatedly, you are actually able to increase the number of nuclei in your muscle cells (called myonuclei) which means that more of your muscle fibres can fire in response to that signal. This also contributes to extra muscle growth, because the number of nuclei is directly related to protein synthesis – the ability of the muscles to use the protein in your diet to build muscle!
That's a lot of science to take on board but don't worry if you don't follow it all.
All you really need to know is that lifting weights creates tears in the muscle fibre and builds up the number of fluids in the muscle cells and that both these processes contribute to muscle growth and strength increases.
Both these processes also hurt slightly. No matter what anyone tells you (and some people try to deny this), working out to build muscle should be uncomfortable.
It's a very specific type of pain and you shouldn't push it too far. But building up lactic acid (which accumulates along with the metabolites) and tearing the muscle both cause the muscle to burn during your training and the next day. Ask any bodybuilder or athlete and they'll say the same thing.
Now the trouble we face is going to be trying to get the muscle to grow using only our own bodyweight.
If you're training with weights this is easy. All you have to do is add an extra 10kg to your bar and you've made it more difficult.
But if you're training with your body, then things get significantly harder. Once you can do 100 press ups, how can you make it more difficult?
Fortunately, there are a number of tricks and methods we can use…The good news is that your body doesn't care whether you're lifting a heavy weight or not. As far as your body is concerned, the amount of force is all that matters. So we can keep the weight the same (our bodies) as long as we increase the amount of force we're using.
One way to make training more difficult is simply to change the angle of the exercise. This is called 'extending the lever arm' which basically means that we're moving the weight (our body) further away from the point where we're applying force. This then makes the exercise more difficult because the amount of force generated has to be greater.
The easiest way to demonstrate this is by doing a press up. Get into push up position as you normally would but now, instead of performing the press up like that, you're going to move your arms down slightly (so that they're level with the bottoms of your pecs) and you're going to turn your hands to face slightly outward.
What you have just done is to extend the lever. You are now lifting more weight because your body is hanging over the top and the force needs to travel further along your arm and at an angle. Although the amount of weight hasn't changed, the amount of force has. This is called a 'maltese press-ups' by the way.
As far as your muscle fibre is concerned, acceleration and strength are the same things. In other words, to contract your muscle quickly is the exact same thing as to contract your muscle hard. This then means that we can now use something called 'plyometrics' in order to train the same explosive 'fast twitch' muscle fibres that we would with a heavy weight. The perfect example?
Clapping press ups! Simply perform press-ups as normal but launch yourself up into the air as high as you can and clap once or twice. In doing this, you are still performing press-ups with the same amount of weight but now you are launching yourself into the air through the sheer acceleration. You'll find you fatigue a lot more quickly as a result!
Want to quickly double the amount of weight that you're using to lift yourself during a pull-up? The very simple solution is to remove one arm from the bar. This way, you are now lifting the same amount of weight but with just one bicep, one lat and one side of your body. The same applies to press ups and tricep dips and numerous other types of exercise.
manipulate the amount of force you exert on each side too and in doing that, you're improving your mind-muscle connection and also your agility and body control! Very cool.
So, perform a pull up leaning slightly more to one side, then move more toward the other side on the next rep and continue to alternate like that. This way, you are going to be able to gradually build up the strength to lift yourself entirely on just one side eventually!
As you can see then, there are plenty of ways you can make bodyweight training hard. Can you do a handstand push up with one hand yet? Can you hold planche (arms on the Maltese push-up position, legs hovering behind you)? If not, then you haven't exhausted all the possibilities with bodyweight training yet!
The problem is that a lot of people just don't apply these techniques right when doing bodyweight training to try and build muscle. They do 30 press ups three times and then call it a day for pecs! Either that you have a weak attempt at a Maltese push-up, or at a one-handed push-up and then they give up.
But remember: to accomplish the very most growth you need to increase volume and that means the number of repetitions and the amount of weight.
And you need to find ways to push yourself past failure. If you stop before you're forced too then you won't cause those microtears and you won't trigger that much growth.
This is where we can turn to bodybuilders for inspiration. They will combine a number of different exercises in unique ways in order to push past failure and increase their volume and their time under tension. These techniques are referred to as 'intensity techniques' or the 'Joe Weider principles'.
– cheats (cheating through the move so they can do just a couple more reps)… and more!
This is how you need to start thinking about your bodyweight training if you want to trigger maximum muscle growth.
Now you are fatiguing the fast twitch muscle fibers multiple times during the movement and you are pushing yourself far past failure. You've increased the weight, the time under tension and more and you should feel this start to burn in the muscle. Really focus on that – listen to your body and try to feel how your muscles are responding.
Can you feel the pump and the burn? Are you getting the same kind of workout from this training as you would do by lifting very heavy weights in the gym?. If it doesn't feel hard enough, then you need to go back to the drawing board and start making it harder!
You can even use 'burns' at the end of these sequences. So once you've done as many pull-ups as you can, you simply hang and perform as much of the movement as you can and feel the muscle burning as you do.
Who said that bodyweight workouts had to be easy?
Note that for this kind of intense training, you should avoid training the same muscle group more than once a week. This isn't like the SSE workout because it's too much to do every body part like this every day.
Use multiple exercises that are similar and repeatedly push each muscle group to failure. You can perform PPL once or twice a week and then just make sure to rest well and eat lots of protein during your off days.


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Should voting in LEs and GEs be compulsory
Thread starter Disillusioned democrat
Disillusioned democrat
I was reading an article the other week about the Euro and Local elections, specifically about voter turnout and entire swathes of society that didn't engage at all.
We often wonder why we keep returning to the same old politics, over and over again and I'm beginning to believe it's down to voter management rather than policies.
A sure cure for this would be making voting compulsory as they do in many countries already:
Compulsory voting - Wikipedia
Low turnout and pockets of concentrated party allegiances is distorting the actual democratic process - if I were one of the rag tag collection of small parties in Ireland I'd start agitating collectively for a law to make voting compulsory. The "democrats" would struggle to argue against it and the general public should in theory welcome it.
The more things change....
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Kevin Parlon
Deiscirt
Generally I'm not in favor of state coercion, but I make an exception on this. Voting should be compulsory. It is in Australia.
"an intelligent, well-informed sparring partner for real debate" - Chris Alexander, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 2013 to 2015.
drjimryan2
and the skank class would be listened to.....
drjimryan2 said:
Interesting attitude - so do you think there are people out there who shouldn't be listened to?
The problem is that people can have real reasons for not voting. I almost always vote, but missed a referendum when my son was in intensive care in Crumlin.
Even for the more flippant reasons, like people going on holiday, we can get General Elections at the last minute, when people have booked months in advance. Any fines risk becoming a randomly-allocated holiday tax.
Any attempt at mandatory voting would have to be accompanied by a means of making it easier to vote, whether by allowing early voting at a county hall before the official polling day or by postal or electronic voting (not personally in favour due to concerns over privacy of the ballot, but it may be the lesser of two evils in the circumstance).
Baron von Biffo
The Electoral Register being largely a work of fantasy would make such a law pointless.
Even if we fixed the register and put the law on the books, this being Ireland it wouldn't be enforced.
Even if it was enforced it could only require people to turn up and put a ballot in the box. It couldn't ensure that they voted rather than spoil the paper or leave it blank.
Bunreacht na hÉireann
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Baron von Biffo said:
But that's not a problem in this context, black/spoiled votes carry their own information as opposed to having none when people don't vote.
You're right, fix the register, streamline the process, and then add the non-voting fine. It'll solve turnout, and make people choose for themselves rather than moan about politicians they never voted for.
Really sick and tired of Irish people blaming everyone but themselves for the state of the politicians they elect.
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With the right to vote comes the right not to while ideally everyone should vote there may be logical reasons why many others dont disillusionment of the whole thing being a major factor many are genuinely fed up of the current political situation that they are either voting for alternatives or choosing to not participate entirely indeed the lack of alternative choices to the current political establishment is most likely why those people are choosing to stay away in the first place they simply have no one credible to vote for and they have decided to not to do so because of it which is quite understandable really.
RelentlessApathy! said:
What information was carried in the 'Mayo for Sam' spoiled vote beyond the fact that we don't have a minimum IQ requirement for voting?
What about the thousands of blank EU papers? Any meaning attached to them would say more about the interpreter than those who didn't bother to express any preference.
Turnout in the EU elections was I think, around 50%. To enforce a non voting fine would mean gardaí knocking on the doors of almost half the adults in the state.
Now you might argue that the mere possibility of a fine would see that turnout figure rise and you'd be right. I suspect though that it wouldn't rise significantly and the increase would come in the main from people who might otherwise vote but didn't see that election (and the woeful selection of candidates) as worth the effort.
The likes of Anto and KayLee whose only interest in the state is on dole and child benefit days wouldn't be remotely concerned about the risk of a fine. It would just be a case of adding it to the pile of others that will never be paid.
The reality is that this is Ireland. We don't even enforce rules of the road that could save lives so why would we devote resources to enforcing a mandatory voting law?
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At a minimum it identifies deficiencies of voter knowledge about EU elections and how it works. Not that we don't know the state has a civics deficit, but it would be far harder for the the government of the day to ignore it if turnout numbers were high. Also spoiled votes give fair indication to voter disenfranchisement and are internationally accepted as being a fair indicator for where a country might be in trouble.
Information enough for me regardless of how it's interpreted.
You're kind of contradicting yourself, on one hand you're saying that the Gardai will be enforcing the fine, on the other hand you're saying that it will just be another unenforceable fine. We both should know that a fine could be deductible through SW payments or regular fines for people who are working.
Also, the "Anto and KayLee" example is a piss poor analogy...we legislate for the majority of society, not some miserable portion of the population that is very much a minority.
A fine is a very simple proposition, get off your hole and save yourself 50 Euro...or don't and give the state 50 Euro. There's no need to complicate it otherwise.
Disillusioned democrat said:
Everyone who votes should be listened to.......
Which is why everyone should be made to vote, right?
I think we'd need huge changes to our postal voting system to make it feasible - I wonder also would there be huge queues at the polling booths if it were universal and compulsory?
I used to be of the view that compulsory voting is an unjustified incursion into people's freedom to decide not to vote. But increasingly I've seen the distorting effect that has in how political representatives act - whether that's shaping the policies they prioritise (e.g. issues affecting older people being seen as sacrosanct, but issues like housing being treated as far lower priority than it should be), or actively in shaping attempts at voter suppression we see in the US.
And fundamentally, there can be no argument, I think, that higher turnout means a better and more representative form of democracy. And if it's legitimate to require someone to give up weeks of their life in jury service because we all have an obligation to further a purer system of justice, then I see no reason we can't legitimately ask people to give up some of their time to cast a vote in pursuance of a purer form of democracy.
As has been noted above though - there needs to be changes for it to work. First, the register needs massive reform. Second, it needs to be much easier to vote - everyone should be able to vote by post if they wish. We cannot have a scenario where someone in a rural area gets fined because they had no transport and didn't fancy a four mile walk to the polling station in the rain. There should be some legitimate grounds to appeal any fine, such as illness of the voter or close family members. But in principle, I see no reason not to introduce compulsory voting with those changes.
Degeneration X said:
I never waited more than about ten minutes to vote in Ireland - and most times I walked in, got my paper and voted in about two minutes. As you say, we need to greatly increase availability to postal voting, so not all extra voters will be in person voters at polling stations. There might be some increase in queues but I can't see them being excessive.
brughahaha
Why should you be forced to Vote if there is nobody espousing policies you agree with ?
Why should you be forced tp vote if you believe Irish MEPs make not 1 jot of difference to EU policy ? (11 out of 705) - (and your vote will be taken as evidence of support for the EU)
Why should you be forced to vote for counciillors that have no powers
Why should you be forced to vote for people to earn € 500,000 a year while thousands wait on Trollies in Hospitals
I didnt vote and have no intention of voting in the GE ....and you want to fine me for holding those beliefs ?
Is there any Incompetence Scandal or Corruption that would actually make the Irish electorate wake up ....It seems not, so screw em
brughahaha said:
Have no desire to fine you, but you could just as easily have written the above on a ballot paper instead of a website only weirdos and kooks hang out on. You might even get your scrawl in a newspaper for your efforts.
Round tower
Where u believe in that u spoil the vote,
people who don't vote can have no complaints about the politicions that the people have voted in
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Round tower said:
People who don't vote double the value of the vote of those who do. Hard to complain about shit politicians when by staying at home you give their voters twice the voting power.
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Therein lies the problem - the established parties can mobilize a base vote from those with a vested interest and the impact of those votes is effectively double what it should be, largely drowning our the "policy" driven voters who want to vote for the people with capability and integrity - the big parties will ALWAY win elections due to the apathy of the citizens and funnily enough I've never heard the topic of compulsory voting ever discussed in the Dail, despite us looking to Australia for many good examples of democracy.
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A council committee has just approved proposed rules for a year-long pilot program. They include a 15 miles per hour speed limit for scooters. Another council committee has recommended 12 miles per hour. Councilmember Joe Buscaino is backing the higher limit while Councilmember Paul Koretz says he's not convinced there's any way to make scooters legal and safe. Buscaino says the city can impose rules and regulations, but it can't control "stupidity and personal irresponsibility."
The full city council will meet within the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, in West Hollywood, they may be popular, but West Hollywood is taking a stand against motorized scooters. The City Council has approved a ban on the scooters from companies like Lime and Bird.
West Hollywood Mayor John Duran tells KNX, the problem is, people aren't riding them safely, and the scooters are being left all over sidewalks and streets.


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Gordon Duff
Assange and Arab Spring: More Deceit than "Openness"
By Gordon Duff and Press TV
The aftermath of the last world altering months may mean life or death, war or peace for millions, perhaps the entire world. Real conflict in Syria, the attempts by others to expand regional conflicts, tribal feuds and ethnic rivalries into war of aggression is becoming openly recognized, perhaps for the first time in history.
Since the days of Machiavelli, war through deception has been the rule but the information age has made deception a more powerful tool than ever imagined.
Perhaps it is time the tables were turned and the "deceivers" were to receive some of the recognition they have, for so long, been denied.
Today's story will involve Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Israel, the Mossad. Along with Netanyahu, Assange has tried to insert his way into the American election on the side of a losing candidate whose platform is simply war with Iran. Some explanation is needed.
His recent statement, theoretically to the United Nations, one attacking President Obama, always sparing any mention of Israel or the rights of the Palestinian people, are cheap showmanship, utter lies and a form of "holocaust flag waving" he learned from Netanyahu.
No move has ever been made against Wikileaks by the United States, they and their allies in the paid press and Israeli lobby and intelligence services have had free reign while the kingly live of Julian Assange sheds crocodile tears over the imprisonment of Bradley Manning whose relationship with Wikileaks has become increasingly remote.
I know heroes, I work with them daily, VT has many on its staff who have sacrificed their futures, their safety and several, their lives, putting out hard truths that aren't filtered by the rich and powerful. A dozen lifetimes of training in counter-espionage, psychological warfare and "cover operations" has left our staff more than able to tell a "pig" from a "chicken."
Our most recent episode and the concurrent orchestrated reactions, the things no news agency would see or touch is where we begin;
Nothing at the UN General Assembly meeting or anything else that went on in New York happened the way some wanted. A critical issue is the US election. It shouldn't be but it is.
Currently, Iran and the United States are going through a period of, what many of us hope, will lead to more dialog and even reconciliation.
Few Americans are aware of the CIA's role in the 1953 overthrow of Iran's government or the brutality of the Shah. However, many Americans remember decades of working with the Iranian people, their friends there and how, one day in 1979, all of that changed.
There were Americans in Iran supporting the government's oppression of the people, part of what was considered a policy justified by the "Cold War" against the Soviet Union. America had forced dozens, many dozens of dictatorships on the people of the world to "oppose communism." Some of those governments survive to this day, some in the Middle East.
This week, from his balcony at the Ecuadorian embassy, Assange unleashed his program, carefully coordinated with the world's druglords, his "bankster" friends and, closest of all, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, his strongest supporter, one to interfere in the American election on behalf of Mitt Romney.
We got to know Assange initially with his video of a US helicopter killing civilians in Iraq. The problem is, of course, Assange supported the war in Iraq, supported a US attack on Iran for Iraq, supported war with Pakistan, supports US interference in Syria and, where he stands apart from most well informed people of the world, is a lead figure in suppressing an investigation of 9/11.
Yet no media outlet ever asked why someone whose official beliefs support war on Islam for Israel would build a cult of personal fame directing world attention to US actions when those actions are commonly known to have been proof of American submission to pressure from the AIPAC lobby that totally controlled the Bush administration.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were Israel's wars, words never to pass Julian Assange's lips.
Assange is a pure Islamophobe.
Assange, an intelligence asset of Israel, as Zbigniew Brzezinski pointed out on December 2, 2010 on National Public Radio in an interview with Judy Woodruff, one tasked with supplying a platform for Israeli intelligence to insert carefully crafted "pointed intelligence" wrapped in "Wikileaks."
The whole thing is not just a con.
When, back in early 2011, it was exposed to the world that all Wikileaks were filtered through Israel and then the "pop culture" mainstream media before release, meaning there is no more censored source of information than Wikileaks, he fell from grace.
When the Mossad's Assange hogs the controlled news, the same way the CIA's Terry Jones hogs the news with his blasphemies against the Prophet, it is a clear demonstration of how rogue intelligence agencies, how rogue states, no matter how small, how morally decrepit, are able to control the public agenda through orchestration of the media and manufactured drama.
Assange, living as a princeling for years, obsesses on his life of imaginary victimization. Not one document has ever been filed in the United States asking a question of Assange much less accusing him of a crime or attempting extradition.
In fact, he is totally free to travel unmolested in America at will, or would be except for the risk of extradition to Sweden. In fact, he is totally free to seek political asylum in the United States if capable of making a prima fascia case for political persecution.
Assange has many friends in America, the entire Israel lobby, billionaire "banksters" wait to fete him, Fox News has a standing offer to let him openly broadcast on government approved public airways all day every day.
This is his persecution.
As Jones is tasked with making America appear to be a nation at war with Islam, something that ended with the election of President Obama, Julian Assange is tasked with selling Iran as a threatening nuclear power.
Assange, Murdoch and Netanyahu are as "of the same mother," perhaps one not of human origin however.
We could go "technical."
Last week, both President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu acknowledged receipt of a letter from IAEA Lead Consultant and the world's top nuclear weapons expert, Clinton Bastin who plainly stated that no process exists for turning uranium hexafluoride gas into a metal in order to build nuclear weapons.
This letter was leaked by Jim Dean with Press TV. Such information, exposing world threatening international corruption is considered "untouchable "by Wikileaks. After all, it exposes Netanyahu as a liar.
America can't do it, Iran can't do it but a rogue IAEA "related" group whose spokesman, Israeli David Albright hogs the press like Terry Jones and Julian Assange, peddles junk science straight into the New York Times, the same channel Assange used to sell his message supporting war on Islam.
For those who never noticed, Julian Assange is the darling of Europe's ultra-nationalists and "anti-immigration" crowd, seemingly a genetic twin to Andrew Breveik, the Norwegian mass murderer who killed 77 children of party members who supported the Israeli boycott.
We started a fire? Who is "we?" We are the freedom loving people of the world, representing the Non-Aligned Movement, Americans willing to retrench the old "policeman of the world" foreign policy and those who politically stand on the front lines, groups like "Occupy," that stand up for the "99%" or the "47%" as Romney told his audience of guests largely from Israel during his secretly recorded private dinner back in May.
Few look behind the politics to the actual agenda of the New World Order, the "Malthusians" who believe that there are simply what they call too many "useless eaters."
What is a "useless eater?"
It is you and me.
It is our children.
What is "their plan" for useless eater, the invisible faces behind Romney and Netanyahu, behind Koch and Adelson, behind Terry Jones and Julian Assange?
Their goal is a decline in world population, overtly through manipulation of food supplies, fuel prices, currency collapses and orchestrated war.
Their real agenda goes much further, well into the conspiracies we see on the internet and beyond, manipulated weather, genetically modified foods, billions spent on bio-chemical warfare in the US, Israel, Britain, Russia and elsewhere that is totally unregulated and never explained.
No one is touching these questions, real conspiracies, all tied to well established policies of those secret societies whose agenda has long been public, the need to end population growth or drastically lower its levels, the desire to control all human information and a willingness to suppress technologies, manipulate wars and destroy economies to bring about a world no one admits to wanting but that so many "respected" national leaders are more than comfortable with.
Do we at least respect Netanyahu and Mitt Romney because they are overtly among the despised and hateful, willing to stand, at least partially unmasked as the representatives of the unseen cabal where human life is worthless, where a well fed and educated child with a certain future is very much "the enemy?"
President Ahmadinejad has suggested that the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) may well be the real United Nations. No western leader will acknowledge the key issue, that five nations, leftovers of feudal nation states or newfound economic neocolonialists, warring over the world's resources, represent national interests that can only exist if dialog is stifled, if dissent is crushed, if human aspirations are denied.
It was no accident that the current financial collapse in the West was engineered to leave no option but war, increased oligarchical rule, and descent into brutalization and totalitarianism in order to feed what is perceived as the "too big to fail" economic model that has bred generations of poverty.
That poverty is now engulfing even the United States where fully 25% of Americans suffer malnutrition and where 85% know real poverty at some time during their lives. Nearly half of the citizens of what had been the greatest economy in the world live "one paycheck" from disaster.
As long as our attention is "bought" so cheaply, like the blood of the innocents, bought by the braying of narcissistic asses, the gifts of the ruling elites to us, the useless eaters, the underlings, those not yet chosen for slaughter, those of us yet to be fully bled, we empower our predators.
They lead us to feed on our own and we offer them only thanks.
Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world's largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than "several" countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.
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This is an ART BATTLE...!!! Heather, Cristina, and I will be a team and have 4(!) hours to paint. We'll be competing against some other teams for some other prizes. We're gonna make this a 100% improvisation-type job, so we'll see how much of a bad idea THAT turns-out to be. I've also been getting some CRAZY poison ivy reactions lately which have resulted in my left arm being colonized by no-less than 3 distinct demons. The most worrisome for Friday's event is the one called "Infektion" and his little stooge: "swelling."


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The 10 Richest Twitch Streamers in 2019
Dana Hanson 8 months ago
Twitch has made it possible for talented entertainers to get their name and their acts out there. Streaming is a great way to make money for some, although not everyone is quite so successful. Their streams can be something as simple as playing a game and offering an entertaining or informative commentary, or just being themselves. We marvel at those who have become wealthy doing what they love and keeping us entertained in the process. To pay tribute to these talented folks, here are the 10 richest Twitch Streaners for 2019.
10. Imaqtpie – Net Worth: 1.5 Million
Imaqtpie is an American streamer from Florida who became well known as a competitor in League of Legends, becoming a part of the Oh God bears, Delta Fox and Dignitas teams. He embarked on his on streaming career and has had tremendous success. He streams on YouTube as well as Twitch and his gaming skills have attracted huge followings on both platforms. He's one of the better known streamers within the gaming community and it's been reported that he brings in about $8,000 per month for his endorsements, videos and other online business ventures, with an estimated net worth of $1.5 million as of 2019.
9. Summit1G – Net Worth: $2 Million
Summit1G is an American Twitch online gamer with a penchant for Counter Strike: Global Offensive. He's best known for his live streams with are entertaining for those in the gaming community. He's become a celebrity on Twitch and has garnered over 3.1 million followers and in addition, he has more than 28,000 subscribers and a net worth of $2 million. His given name is Jared Lazar.
8. Dr. Disrespect – Net worth: $3 Million
Dr. Disrespect is an American online gamer who has become famous as a YouTube and Twitch streamer. He's been around since the late 2000s and is easily recognized by is mullet, mustache and sunglasses. given name is Guy Beahm. His character is involve with Call of Duty:Modern WArfare 2, halo 2 and others and he started his stream on YouTube, but discontinued his channel in 2011, when he joined Sledgehammer Games as a level designer. He also became a celebrity on Twitch where his following was about 2.2 million. His current net worth is estimated to be at around 43 million.
7. PhantomLord – Net Worth: $4 Million
James Verga is also known as Phantom Lord on Twitch. He became a celebrity on the site in 2016, and went on hiatus for a period of time after he became ostracized for rigging streamed bets to his advantage. he wasn't gone for that long though, as he returned in 2017, but his career is not unblemished and he ended up in court filing a lawsuit over the event that cost him a few million.
6. Shroud – Net Worth; $4 Million
Shroud was previously known as Meclipse. He's a Twitch streamer from California who has entered he FPS scene delivering some serious competition. His real name is Michael Grzesiek and he's become one of the most well known and respected online gaming personalities. His Black Ops 4, Call of Duty and Apex Legends streams are the most frequently watched and his following and streams have helped him to achieve a net worth of $4 million as of 2019.
5. Syndicate -Net Worth: $5 million
Syndicate isn't even the most dedicated gaming streamer online, but he's among the wealthiest. His forte is OG Call of Duty, and Black Ops content and he's amassed a huge following on both YouTube and Twitch. His name is Tom Cassell and he isn't as active as he once was, but he's still a face and a tag that is recognize in the gaming communities and he's got an estimated net wealth of $5 million.
4. NightBlue3 – Net Worth: $6 Million
NightBlue3 is a member of Team Solomid and his history with League of Legends goes way back. He's ben ranked as North America's number one Jungler and his dedication to the game cannot be denied. His real name is Rabia Yazbek and he is well known as a gamer of American origin on YouTube and on Twitch, where he has amassed more than 1.7 million followers who watch his streams.
3. TimTheTatman – Net Worth: $6.5 Million
TimTheTatman is an American streamer who occupies one of the highest ranks on Twitch in 2019. He's also among the wealthiest top four in the business. He's a member of the Fortnite community, as well as some others.
2. Ninja – Net Worth: $10 Million
Tyler Blevins is more commonly known as Ninja on Twitch. He's one of the most well known gamers on the site and his prolific streaming career has earned him a fortune. His estimated net wealth as of 2019 is estimated to be at $10 million. He's worked hard to battle his way to this position and it hasn't been easy.
1. PewDiePie – Net Worth: $20 Million
PewDiePie is a professional social media personality who has millions of follower on his YouTube and Twitch channels. At the young age of just 29, the Swedish born streamer has amassed a net worth of $20 million already. He is one of the best known celebrities in online gaming and although streaming is not his only line of work, it's one that he's the best known for. He's been around since 2011. He wasn't wealthy when he started out and the fabulous fortune that he now enjoys was earned through a lot of hard work and dedication. With more than a hundred million followers and the largest fortune of them all, PewDiePie is definitely in the number one position for the richest Twitch streamers.
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Contrary to my previous life in software sales, one of the things I appreciate about the mortgage business is working with people at one of the happiest times in their lives. Whether my clients are buying their first home ever or the home they hope to retire in, this is an exciting moment. This is also a moment you want to work with someone you can trust as you make pivotal decisions negotiating price, inspections and then, of course, securing your mortgage.
The truth is there are several routes you can take when determining whom your lender should be. There are both positives and potential drawbacks to working with a big bank, local in-house lender or an online lender, and to decide which route to go, you first have to decide what is important to you. Do you feel most comfortable with face-to-face transactions? Is simplicity and ease of use the most important aspect to you? Will you need 24/7 communication?
If you are in the home buying stage, the best thing you can do is step back and evaluate your options before securing a loan. Online lending options, like QuickenLoans and LendingTree, are on the rise and the promise of lower rates and instant loan approvals can be appealing. On the other hand, the promotion of stability and customer support from big banks can be equally so. But when it's time to purchase a home or refinance your current mortgage, here's where in-house lenders stand out.
I don't know about you, but I feel much more comfortable working with a company or individual when I can meet them in person, especially when dealing with a large investment. Working in-house means no 1-800 numbers or dealing with several different individuals to get a question answered.
I work in an office with many Real Estate Agents, so there is constant access and communication between when it come to clients and financing during the buying process.
Having a personal knowledge of the market you're buying in is important. Not only do we live here ourselves, but we are constantly up on deals, updates to the area that can help you make the right decision for your situation.
As a consumer, there is incredible value in having a lender who is in direct and instant contact with operations and IT staff.
Deciding on a lender is totally personal choice that can oftentimes be influenced by a 'gut feeling' and/or past experiences. I'll use my own decision as an example. When presented with the opportunity to work for a big bank and local lending company, I did my own investigation into the decision. I obviously wanted to work for a company that I believed in, somewhere that cared about the people and the southern values I was raised on. It led me to turn the tables. I'm a newlywed in hopes of starting a family. This isn't SO foreign to me. What direction would I go when buying a house? When I was able to answer that question, I found myself at local, in-house lender FM Lending.


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The Fateh Mobin is an Iranian single-stage solid propelled Terminal Infrared homing dual surface-to-surface and anti-ship short-range ballistic missile. It was first unveiled on a military parade in Tehran on 13 August 2018 two days after American media reported it. It is an upgraded version of the Fateh-110 with better guidance. The Iranians plan on using its guidance systems on the Zolfaghar SRBM which some sources suggest does have a poor guidance system.

Characteristics
In the words of Iranian defense minister Amir Hatami the missile is purely indigenous, low-observable and precision guided. The missile is thought to be a variant of the Fateh-110 with only a better guidance system and same range of 200-300 km. The missile probably has Terminal guidance through Imaging Infrared which explains its nose cone. A missile with such guidance itself is radar-evasive. The missile has a length of just 9 m which means that it can be loaded in sea containers to be launched from sea platforms.

See also
 Fateh-110
 List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
 Science and technology in Iran

References

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Short-range ballistic missiles of Iran
Surface-to-surface missiles of Iran
Tactical ballistic missiles of Iran
Theatre ballistic missiles
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established 11 January, 2007, New York, NY
1. The name of this organization is the NGO Committee on Migration
The NGO Committee on Migration is constituted as a Committee of the Conference of Non Governmental Organizations (CONGO) in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This Committee was formed in New York in 2006 at the urging of various non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC, in light of the United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 59/241 and 60/227, the Secretary General's report of 18 May 2006, the Civil Society Hearings held on 12-13 July 2006, and the United Nations General Assembly high level segment devoted to global migration issues, 13-14 September 2006.
2. Authority and Purpose
The purpose of the NGO Committee on Migration is to encourage the promotion and protection of migrants and their human rights, in accordance with the United Nations Charter. This is accomplished by: a. Facilitating cooperation among its member organizations for the exchange of information, education and awareness and for substantive discussions on the issues and policies related to all facets of global migration under United Nations consideration.
b. Encouraging UN bodies and agencies to include migration policies and issues in their planning and social policy considerations.
c. Acting as a forum which raises awareness of migration in a human rights framework.
d. Cooperating with UN departments, bodies, organizations and agencies to raise public awareness about the frameworks on migration in order to promote, protect, and defend the human rights of migrants.
e. Recommending appropriate policies for migration issues, in cooperation with UN bodies and consistent with UN frameworks.
3. Membership
a. Member: A representative of a non-governmental organization in consultative status with ECOSOC or a representative of a non governmental organization associated with the UN Department of Information upon payment of dues to the Treasurer may become a Member of the Committee, be eligible to vote and hold office. In the event that more than one representative of the same non- governmental organization belongs to the Committee, only one vote may be cast per NGO organization.
b. Supporting Member: A representative of a non-governmental organization, civil society or an academic institution having no status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) or the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), a concerned individual, or a person affiliated with a United Nations programme or agency may become a Supporting Member.
Such a member may attend meetings, serve on ad hoc committees or subcommittees, but shall not hold office or vote on Committee business.
4. Membership Dues
The membership year of the NGO Committee on Migration shall be January 1 through December 31. Membership dues shall be let by vote of two-thirds of the Executive Committee. Payment
of membership dues shall constitute membership and shall entitle members to receive notices and other materials as determined by the Executive Committee. Yearly dues shall be payable
at the beginning of the fiscal year. A notice of delinquency shall be sent to members who have not paid dues by March 1. Failure to pay by March 15 shall declare the member as not in good standing.
5. Meetings
a. The Exec Com shall meet at least four (4) times a year.
b. The Chairperson, in consultation with the other officers, shall call all plenary meetings of the NGO Committee on Migration to take place on the second Thursday of every month from 11:30
am to 1:00 pm during the NGO program year, (usually from September through June) unless circumstances related to the calendar require adjustment.
c. Voting at general meetings shall be by majority except at the request of any Member Organization on a specific question, providing a quorum is present. A quorum shall consist of at
least one-third of the Member Organizations. Each Member Organization in consultative status with ECOSOC or DPI shall have (1) one vote.
d. A letter ballot will be taken in the absence of a quorum.
6. Officers and the Executive Committee
The responsibility of the Executive Committee (Exec Com) shall be to carry on the work of the NGO Committee on Migration. The members of the NGO Committee on Migration as a whole
shall be kept informed of the activities of the Executive Committee at the general meetings.
a. The Officers of the NGO Committee on Migration shall be the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, the Secretary, and the Treasurer. A candidate for the office of Chairperson shall have served by election on the Executive Committee for at least two years unless special circumstances occur. The candidate for an office on the Executive Committee, whenever possible, shall have been a member of the NGO Committee for at least one
year unless special circumstances occur. Officers shall be elected for a term of two years. No person shall hold the same office for more than two consecutive terms (four years).
b. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the four Officers, the immediate Past Chairperson, and three Members at Large. No more than two representatives from any single organization shall serve concurrently on the Executive Committee.
c. Three Members at Large shall be elected to serve on the Executive Committee for a term of two years. Other members-at large may be appointed at the discretion of the Chairperson in
consultation with the Executive Committee. No members-at large shall hold the same office for more than two consecutive terms (four years).
d. If a vacancy occurs on the Executive Committee, the position shall be filled by appointment of the Executive Committee based on recommendations from the Chairperson within thirty
days of the vacancy.
e. The Chairperson of the NGO Committee on Migration, with the approval of the Executive Committee Officers, shall determine when a Subcommittee, Task Force or Working Group is necessary to fulfill a current need to further the purposes of the NGO Committee on Migration.
f. Members of the NGO Committee on Migration may petition the Executive Committee to form a Subcommittee, Task Force or Working Group. The decision shall be made by the Chairperson
in consultation with the Executive Committee.
g. Chairpersons of all Subcommittees, Task Forces and/or Working Groups shall be responsible to the Executive Committee and shall report periodically.
h. Subcommittee, Task Force and/or Working Group Chairpersons will be invited to attend Executive Committee meetings.
7. Duties of Officers and Executive Committee
a. The Chairperson shall preside over meetings, promote the general effectiveness of the NGO Committee, ensure communication with the Congress of NGOs (CONGO) and maintain communications with any NGO Committees relating to global migration in Geneva and Vienna as well as appropriate persons in the UN Secretariat.
b. The Vice Chairperson shall be in charge of program planning for the meetings of the overall membership. The Vice Chairperson shall also act in the absence of the Chairperson and
undertake any of the responsibilities defined above.
c. The Secretary shall maintain minutes of Committee meetings, keep a record of attendance and arrange for distribution of minutes to the Executive Committee. The Secretary shall also arrange for distribution of announcements of meetings to all Members and to such other persons and organizations as the Board may decide.
d. The Treasurer shall collect membership dues and other contributions, and be responsible for disbursement and maintenance of accounts. The Executive Committee shall determine the
amount of dues and approve the budget of the NGO Committee on Migration. At the Annual Meeting of the NGO Committee on Migration, the Treasurer shall present a report showing in appropriate detail the assets and liabilities of the committee. This report shall be filed with the minutes of the Annual Meeting and a copy shall be made available to the Conference of NGOs.
The report may consist of a verified or certified copy of any report by the NGO Committee on Migration to the Internal Revenue Service
e. The responsibility of the Executive Committee shall be to carry on the business of the NGO Committee between meetings. All Members of the NGO Committee shall be kept informed of the activities of the Executive Committee through regular reports at each general meeting.
8. Nominations and Elections
a. The Committee Chairperson, in consultation with Committee Officers, shall appoint a Nominating Committee no later than February 1 in the year in which the election of Officers takes place. The Nominating Committee shall be composed of a Chair and at least two other members.
b. Nominations for the four Officers and three Members at Large shall be presented by the Nominating Committee in a written report that shall be circulated to all Members of the NGO Committee one month prior to the meeting at which the election will take place.
c. The election of the four Officers and the three Executive Committee Members at Large shall take place in even numbered years at a general meeting in June. Election of the Executive
Committee shall be decided by a vote of the majority of members present at the meeting. New Officers shall assume office the following September.
d. The election of officers and procedural matters shall be decided by the vote of the majority of those organizations voting.
e. A letter ballot may be taken in the event that a meeting of the NGO Committee on Migration is not possible or in the absence of a quorum.
9. Finances
a. The Executive Committee is authorized to select the banks or depositories it deems proper for the funds of the NGO Committee on Migration. The Executive Committee shall determine
who shall be authorized from time to time on the NGO Committee on Migration's behalf to sign checks or to order for the payment of money and to enter into contracts.
b. The payment of dues to the Treasurer, as determined by the Executive Committee, shall entitle members to participate in the activities of the NGO Committee on Migration and to receive the minutes of its general meetings and other materials.
c. The fiscal year shall be from June 1 to May 31 of the next year.
10. Committee Recommendations, Resolutions and Position
a. The NGO Committee on Migration shall produce recommendations and position statements as appropriate and related to United Nations issues and objectives and reflecting the purpose
of the NGO Committee on Migration.
b. The submission of such materials to ECOSOC, the specialized agencies or any other bodies within the United Nations, however, may not be made in the name of the Committee but shall
be submitted in the name of a Member Organization joined by the names of other Member Organizations that have expressed willingness to endorse the statement and are in consultative
status with ECOSOC.
c. Members may submit recommendations and position statements in writing to the Executive Committee for review and, with recommendation from the Executive committee, to the
membership for action.
11. Amendments to By Laws
a. An amendment to the By-Laws may be proposed by any member in good standing. A proposed amendment shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Committee for consideration for adoption at least 30 days prior to the general meeting at which it would be presented for adoption.
b. Upon approval of the proposed amendment under consideration, the Committee Chairperson, in consultation with the Executive Committee, shall appoint an ad hoc By-Laws Review Sub Committee. The By-Laws Sub Committee shall circulate the proposed amendment and its recommendation regarding it to the general membership at least thirty (30) days prior to the
adoption meeting.
c. Members may recommend changes or additions to the proposed amendment prior to or during the adoption meeting
d. Fifty percent plus one of the voting Members present and in good standing shall be required for the adoption of the proposed amendment.
e. Upon adoption, an amendment becomes part of the By-Laws and is effective immediately.
f. In the event of the dissolution of the NGO Committee on Migration, the Executive Committee, after the payment of all liabilities has been made, shall make assignments and disbursements
of the remaining assets to the Conference of Nongovernmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (CONGO). Working Group. The decision shall be made by the Chairperson in consultation with the Executive Committee.


Waterproof receiver box? Not really! Waterproofing new receiver unit.
Today I installed two easy upgrades to my Axial Yeti. First is aluminium body post mount, second are new ProLine PowerStroke shocks – and these are great – highly recommended, perfect fit for Yeti!
Lets get inside Axial Yeti for the first time!


India is looking to expedite discovery efforts to establish the country's shale oil and gas potential and has asked companies to submit a plan, two industry sources said on Feb. 10.
In late 2013, India gave rights to Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd. to explore for shale oil and gas reserves. However, after years of exploratory reserves, it has failed to find significant resources.
India is a gas-starved country and imports almost half of its annual natural gas consumption. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants India to be a gas-based economy and increase the share of gas in the country's energy mix to 15% by 2030 from 6.5% now.


Background and Aim: The purpose of this study was to establish for the first time reference curves for body fat levels in a Greek pediatric population aged 7-15y.
Methods: Six hundred and seven (607) children randomly selected from 8 primary and secondary schools from Northern Greece. Percentage body fat was measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis and percentile curves were constructed using the LMS method. All children were measured twice in the morning and the mean number of the two measurements was considered as the percentage of body fat.
Results: The mean number of the percentage body fat for the age group (7-9) was 18.2 ? 5.1 and 18.4 ? 6.1 for boys and girls, respectively. In the second age group (10-12) the girls had higher mean fat levels than boys (22.6 ? 5.8 vs. 20.4 ? 6.2). This increase was continued also in the third age group (13-15) with the girls having higher mean body fat levels (24.2 ? 5.5 vs. 17 ? 5.9). The 85th and 95th percentiles represented the cut-off point for overweight and obesity and it was (26.3, 33.0 and 28.9%) and (34.0, 38.2 and 38.1) for boys for the three age groups (7-9, 10-12 and 13-15), respectively. On the other hand, the girls had higher 85th and 95th percentiles for the same age group (7-9, 10-12, 13-15y) and it was (34.5, 32.9 and 33.6%) and (39.0, 370 and 38.3%), respectively.
Conclusion: Body fat level, which is the component of overweight that leads to pathology, is a better representative over body mass index. These first percentile curves will be at great assistance helping the medical community to identify obesity in these children at early stages and to prevent development at pathological diseases early in their lives.


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Carrie Underwood dazzles in a silver sequin gown next to her husband Mike Fisher at the CMA Awards in Nashville
By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com
Carrie Underwood looked absolutely sensational next to her husband Mike Fisher, as she arrived at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.
On Wednesday evening, the seven-time Grammy winner wore a hyper-embellished gown with two daring thigh-high slits, which showcased her incredibly toned legs.
As she paraded into the ceremony with her hunky man, the longtime lovebirds posed side-by-side with their arms comfortably wrapped around each other.
Lovebirds: Carrie Underwood looked absolutely sensational next to her husband Mike Fisher, as she arrived at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee
The Before He Cheats crooner oozed confidence with one hand on her hip, a self-assured smile and her luscious blonde locks in gorgeous curls.
To complete her show-stopping ensemble, the American Idol alum carried a patent black clutch and showed off her fresh pedicure in a pair of strappy heels.
CMA Awards 2020 WINNERS: Maren Morris leads with THREE... Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and Maren Morris bring...
Standing by his wife of ten year's side, the 39-year-old retired NHL player wore a classic suit and coordinating black and silver paisley tie.
This marks the duo's first red carpet since attending the 2019 CMA Awards last year, just months before welcoming their son Jacob Bryan, ten months, in January.
Stunning: The seven-time Grammy winner wore a hyper-embellished gown with two daring thigh-high slits, which showcased her incredibly toned legs on Wednesday evening
The spouses, who are also parents to five-year-old Isaiah Michael, also stuck by each other's side inside the ceremony, while mingling with other stars, like Gabby Barrett.
Underwood, who has taken home nine CMA Awards, was nominated for two of the prizes, including Entertainer of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year.
Unlike many other award shows of the past few months, the CMA Awards took place with an audience.
Nine-time CMA winner: Underwood, who has taken home CMA Awards over the years, was nominated for top of the prizes: Entertainer of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year
Puttin' on the glitz: Carrie put her best foot forward in a breathtaking silver sequin-covered gown that featured a sexy A-line slit
Nashville and the CEO of the Country Music Association, Sarah Trahern, commented on fans being in attendance as she said: 'Although the show will feel a bit more intimate this year, we look forward to hosting our nominated artists and their guests as we celebrate the best of country music in a fully safe and physically distant environment.
'It will be an honor to bring the biggest country stars in the world together – in one room – for the first time this year. You won't want to miss it!'
The celebration of country music's greatest was hosted by Darius Rucker and returning host Reba McEntire.
While it's sure to be a night filled with fun already two performers, Lee Brice and Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard, have had to drop out after testing positive for COVID-19.
Interesting: Unlike many other award shows of the past few months, the CMA Awards took place with an audience
The hosting pair are still looking forward to the festivities, with Reba telling Us Weekly: 'I'm thrilled to be back hosting the CMA Awards and even more thrilled that I get to share the stage with Darius Rucker. We're looking forward to a night of celebrating great country music and hope you'll tune in and watch!'
Rucker said: 'I look forward to the CMA Awards every year because of the incredible performances and the opportunity to celebrate the year in country music.
'To be invited to host this year's awards alongside Reba — are you kidding me?! — it is an absolute honor. Even though this year will look a little different than normal, I know that we're all eager for a night of musical celebration, and this year's show definitely won't disappoint!'
Chatting away: The spouses, who are also parents to five-year-old Isaiah Michael, also stuck by each other's side inside the ceremony, while mingling with other stars, like Gabby Barrett
Protection: Carrie and Lauren Alaina took cautious measures amid the coronavirus pandemic
Safety first! The two singers held plastic visors up to their faces in a bid to keep safe at the awards ceremony during the crisis
Stylish: Carrie and Lauren both opted for sparkling show-stopping dresses at the event
Making things even more exciting, the pair performed at the event.
Other performers include country heavyweights Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Keith Urban.
Luke Combs, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Lady A, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts will also take the stage along with Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth, Ashley McBryde, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi (a tribute to Joe Diffie), Carly Pearce with Charles Kelley, Rascal Flatts, Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, acollaboration by Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott and Chris Tomlin and opening performance by Jason Aldean, Dierks Bently, Brothers Osborne, Jenee Fleenor, and Ashley McBryde.
Dan + Shay will appear with their 10,000 Hours collaborator Justin Bieber to give the show some pop flair.
Hosting duties: The celebration of country music's greatest was hosted by Darius Rucker and returning host Reba McEntire
Miranda Lambert has come out on top with awards nominations, earning seven nods.
Right behinds her is Luke Combs and and Dan + Shay's Dan Smyers, with six nominations each. In addition to earning five nominations for the duo, Smyers earned extra recognition as a producer.
Bieber was able to earn three nominations for his Dan + Shay collab.
Nomination domination: Miranda Lambert has come out on top with awards nominations, earning seven nods
Genre bending: Justin Bieber was able to earn three nominations for his Dan + Shay collab titled 10,000 Hours
This year's Lifetime Achievement honor will be bestowed upon classic Charley Pride, whose hits include Mountain of Love, Roll on Mississippi and Kiss and Angel Good Mornin'.
The late Charlie Daniels, famed for his song Devil Went Down to Georgia is also set to be honored along with Joe Diffie and Kenny Rogers.
Presenters include Lauren Akins, Lauren Alaina, Dierks Bently, Bobby Bones, Charles Esten, Sara Evans, Taylor Hill, Jake Owen, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and CeCe Winans.
CMA Awards Winners 2020
Eric Church - WINNER
Top honor: Eric Church was the biggest winner of the night as he took home Entertainer of the Year
Maren Morris - WINNER
Triple threat: Miranda Lambert won in three of five categories including Female Vocalist of the Year
Luke Combs - WINNER
King of the mountain: :Luke Combs took home Male Artist Of The Year
Old Dominion - WINNER
Squad goals: Old Dominion beat out Lady A, Little Big Town, Midland, and Rascal Flatts to earn Vocal Group of the Year
Dan + Shay - WINNER
Dynamic: Dan + Shay earned Vocal Duo of the Year as they accepted after their performance with Justin Bieber
Morgan Wallen - WINNER
Rookie of the year: Morgan Wallen earned the coveted New Artist of the Year
Jon Pardi – Heartache Medication
Ashley McBryde – Never Will
Old Dominion – Old Dominion
Miranda Lambert – Wildcard
Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get - WINNER
Bluebird – Miranda Lambert
The Bones – Maren Morris - WINNER
Even Though I'm Leaving – Luke Combs
I Hope You're Happy Now – Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
More Hearts Than Mine – Ingrid Andress
Single of the Year
I Hope – Gabby Barrett
Beer Never Broke My Heart – Luke Combs
10,000 Hours – Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber
Be a Light – Thomas Rhett with Reba McEntire, Lady A, Chris Tomlin and Keith Urban
The Bones – Maren Morris feat. Hozier
Fooled Around and Fell in Love – Miranda Lambert with Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack and Elle King
I Hope You're Happy Now – Carly Pearce and Lee Brice - WINNER
Carly Pearce and Lee Brice won Musical Event Of The Year for I Hope You're Happy Now
Music Video of the Year
Bluebird – Miranda Lambert - WINNER
Homemade – Jake Owen
Second One to Know – Chris Stapleton
Lambert won Music Video of the Year for her song Bluebird
Jenee Fleenor (Fiddle) - WINNER
Paul Franklin (Steel Guitar)
Rob McNelley (Guitar)
Ilya Toshinsky (Guitar)
Derek Wells (Guitar)
Fiddleist Jenee Fleenor won for Musician of the Year but was unable to attend due to testing positive for COVID-19
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Carrie Underwood dazzles in a silver sequin gown next to her husband Mike Fisher at the CMA Awards


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President delivers speech at APEC second session
At the event, APEC economic leaders approved the Bangkok Goals on Bio-Circular-Green Economic Model.
Participants attended the second session of the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Bangkok on November 19. VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất
BANGKOK — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has stated that trade and investment benefits must harmonise with responsibility for environment protection and green transformation, and promotion of sci-tech and innovation.
Addressing the second session of the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Bangkok on November 19, President Phúc suggested APEC focus on ensuring an open, transparent and non-discriminatory trade and investment environment through the serious implementation of free trade and investment protection agreements, together with the removal of inappropriate technical barriers, supporting economies in reform and simplification of administrative procedures; ensuring continuity, reliability, sustainability and innovation of regional supply chains; and stepping up regional economic connectivity initiatives towards forming the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area.
He called for aligning trade and investment with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, encouraging trade in clean technology and agro-fisheries products that meet sustainability standards, and assisting firms in applying for international-standard farming certifications.
In investment, it is necessary to promote clean energy projects, sustainable infrastructure, climate change adaptation, smart agriculture, and resources for digital transformation, he said.
At the same time, APEC should train and re-train human resources, particularly high-quality workforce, to meet requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, green and digital transformation.
At the event, leaders approved the Bangkok Goals on Bio-Circular-Green Economic Model.
Concluding the event, they adopted a Joint Declaration which underscores the determination to intensify cooperation in economic recovery; promoting balanced, sustainable, inclusive growth and comprehensive connectivity.
They also agreed to hold the 30th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in the US next year. — VNS
Seafood exports' profit expected to fall in 2023
Railway network aims to turn tide against low-cost airlines, cars with improved service
Positive prospects for Việt Nam stock market this year
Steel industry to gradually recover in 2023
Government lays down Resolution No.01
Unripe jackfruit highly sought by EU businesses: experts
Exports of Việt Nam's unripe jackfruit to the EU have been lucrative due to a trend of using plant protein over meat protein, experts said.
Việt Nam invests more in Central Highlands
The Central Highlands has become a large-scale production area for several key agricultural products, especially industrial crops and fruit trees.
Mekong Delta needs more tourism products to attract visitors: conference
Tourism companies and operators in the Cửu Long (Mekong Delta) provinces need to be more creative in offering new products and services Hà Văn Siêu, deputy head of the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism, has said.
Domestic car sales to rise before Tết holiday: automobile experts
The Việt Nam's automotive market is expected to see sees car sales rise in Holiday season by the end this year, returning to its growth track after sluggish sales, according to industry insiders.
Hybrid electric vehicles breathe new life into VN's auto industry
Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) seem to be prevailed with the advantage of not requiring on-site charging in Việt Nam as electric vehicles (Evs) are still struggling with many barriers in term of charging stations, according to car experts.
Hard-hit steel producers need governmental push to pick up: insiders
Steel producers have begun to feel the pinch as weakening demand and mouting input costs have dealt a heavy blow to their steel sales. Insiders are calling for favourable policies to lift them out of hardship.
Cần Thơ City to host Mekong Connect 2022 Forum
It is an annual forum for entrepreneurs, government leaders, and domestic and foreign experts who have concerns and interests related to the Mekong Delta.
General Department of Taxation tightens up on tax avoidance
General Department of Taxation said it will take tougher measures to fight tax frauds as VNĐ1.87 trillion of tax refund in the first nine month of 2022 has been withheld on grounds of unqualified claimants.
APEC leaders and ABAC in a talk at APEC Summit Week
The President asked ABAC to continue promoting its active role in APEC for a peaceful Asia-Pacific region, sustainable development, and prosperity for all people.


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Published November 16, 2022 12:50pm EST
12 hurt, many displaced after fire, explosion at Maryland apartment complex
Gaithersburg residents displaced from 24 units following fire, explosion
By Pilar Arias | Fox News
Firefighters say 12 people were hurt, and many others displaced after a fire and explosion led to a collapse at an apartment complex in Maryland.
The fire was reported around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Gaithersburg, FOX 5 DC reports.
A press conference held at the site of the fire revealed 10 of the injured were taken to a hospital. Two of them have critical injuries, while the other eight, identified as four adults and four children, have mild to moderate injuries.
Two people were treated at the scene. No fatalities have been reported.
MARYLAND MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS AFTER 15-MONTH-OLD INGESTS HEROIN AND ALCOHOL
Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said that the fire still active as of late morning was being fed by gas from the basement area of one of the buildings. He said crews were working with Washington Gas to shut off the supply.
MARYLAND COUNTY VOTES TO RESTRICT GUN POSSESSION IN MOST PUBLIC PLACES
Officials have no record of 911 calls from residents reporting the odor of gas.
The cause of the explosion has yet to be determined.
Building fire and explosion, heavy fire conditions upon arrival, 2nd alarm dispatched. (Pete Piringer, Chief Spokesman for Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
Another view of the apartment fire and explosion in Maryland Nov. 16, 2022. (Pete Piringer, Chief Spokesman for Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
A look at the raging fire at an apartment complex in Maryland by the fire department spokesman. (Pete Piringer, Chief Spokesman for Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue Service via Twitter)
Building numbers 826 and 828 suffered the most damage in the explosion. Residents in 24 of the units are displaced. Crews were continuing to look for any unaccounted for residents, as some buildings were still too dangerous for firefighters to enter.
Red Cross units are on the scene to assist those displaced.