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"To the strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American male, red meat is a strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, All-American food," the authors write.
There's plenty of material flexing to go around, but it all sounds so empty, so spiteful; "Ride Around Shining" promises just enough flexing to mark the slow decay of muscle and bone.
Other senators are also flexing their muscles on key issues.
You know, like you said, trying out, flexing different muscles.
Urban and Kidman are flexing their power where it matters.
Develop that muscle and you'll want to keep flexing it.
So those platforms are more about flexing your technical muscles?
Rashida Jones is flexing so many creative muscles this year!
Eventually, he started getting involved in flexing as a dancer.
He's also flexing his brain muscles by getting his GED.
A user activates the glove by lightly flexing their wrist.
In her words It's a muscle that needs consistent flexing.
Twitter is flexing its muscles, and some businesses are pissed.
In this respect, India is very much flexing its muscles.
Here, he's showing off, flexing his proximity to the fashion elite.
America doesn't have a monopoly on muscle: Mercedes is flexing too.
Logan Morrison flexing the rare -21 OPS+ with 25 strikeouts. Exquisite.
But that subtle limitation won't stop its enthusiastic users from flexing.
Even without a conservative president, the hardliners are flexing their muscles.
But it is not just billionaires who are flexing their muscles.
Joseph Baena was flexing and grinning after buying groceries in Malibu.
So here you have it: 10 celebs flexing at the polls.
" Russia's Gatilov was more antagonistic, calling the U.S. exercises "muscle flexing.
It was like flexing a muscle until it became a habit.
"It's far too early to start flexing muscles," Mr. Espaillat said.
And Russia is flexing its military muscle in the Middle East.
Flexing spacemen shooting at green Martians with lasers this is not.
Ethiopia is flexing its ambitions to become Africa's next startup hub.
Pretty much all you do is walk around, flexing your outfit.
Unfortunately for Soulja, the IG flexing has caught up to him.
A little corporate muscle flexing can work wonders, it turns out.
As SpaceX was flexing, the rocket launch market began to change.
Freedom Caucus members have been flexing their muscle on the budget.
And Beijing was about to begin flexing its muscle more forcefully.
And Beijing was about to begin flexing its muscle more forcefully.
These flexing fathers are truly something extra to celebrate this weekend.
The man is seen confronting the vehicle and flexing before punching it.
Google might be flexing its muscle to keep users in its ecosystem.
The pared-down ensemble has more screen time, and less superpowered flexing.
Once again [Caity Weaver's] just flexing her writing muscles and showing off.
My fans grow with me versus it seeming like I'm just flexing.
And right now, the flexing of f— you money muscles is down.
Apple is flexing its hiring muscle in the field of virtual reality.
Walmart is flexing its massive workforce in its quest to overtake Amazon.
Flexing in general is more of an emotional response to feeling inadequate.
Recently Russia has been flexing its muscles in the Black Sea region.
In just a few months after surgery, Brandon began flexing his leg.
Soulja's flexing here is some of the best ever committed to tape.
"The celebrities are always flexing for the 'gram," she declared between chuckles.
You celebrate and contribute to your fave's flexing, or you're a hater.
Thirdly, China's rare earth muscle-flexing has destroyed demand for its products.
"This is the first muscle-flexing by the hard-liners," he said.
"This was the United States of America, flexing its muscles on me."
And it's not the only film this autumn flexing its political muscles.
Poke jammed his hands in his pockets, flexing his fingers, unforming fists.
Eventually, Ferrigno's flexing arm began to tire and he took a break.
Bolsonaro. He did so with a brazen flexing of his media influence.
And there's a Russian model that isn't pretty that's flexing its muscle.
The photograph shows Ali standing over a prone Liston, flexing and yelling.
And then it was back to flexing America's global power as usual.
But take a closer look and you'll see its secret: flexing plates.
In another, he sent a shirtless photo of himself flexing his muscles.
Sanders isn't flexing the electoral muscle that he keeps claiming to have.
It's a loose-limbed little exercise — Carrington is just flexing her imagination.
It's refreshing to witness a writer flexing in so many expository modes.
Wall-E out here flexing all over FedEx delivery drivers #whatisnewyork pic.twitter.
Other aspiring Republican leaders see virtues in muscle flexing while dismissing diplomacy.
Flexing muscles You need to be uncomfortable to grow professionally and personally.
The five-time Super Bowl champion commented with a simple arm flexing emoji.
After a lengthy swoon, the White Sox are flexing their muscles once again.
When someone is flexing muscles at your doorstep, wouldn't you ­prepare a slingshot?
Rollins proves here that he can be terrifying without flexing his neck veins.
It limits their power at a time when Sansa has been flexing hers.
Langberg's larger pieces find him clear-eyed and flexing his arsenal of talents.
I'm lightly flexing and I've adjusted my bottoms to hide my love handles.
He's always flexing how much money he has and how rich he is.
The five-time Super Bowl champion commented with a simple arm flexing emoji.
North Korea The US is flexing a little muscle in the western Pacific.
But he doesn't: He's much too busy preening and flexing in the mirror.
With more than 2374 million enrollees, our customers are flexing their consumer muscles.
Then he stepped back and let the flexing bar bounce to the mat.
What matters is that Rihanna's method of flexing for the 'gram was better.
He wants to make sure he's flexing his skills for the right people.
"We were seeing the native Hawaiian movement flexing its muscles," Dr. Bolte said.
China has been visibly flexing its marine science arm for past five years.
In the real world, people are flexing worker muscle to make things happen.
Dan walks into the New Hampshire campaign headquarters flexing his Jonah-whispering muscles.
Both China and Japan are also flexing their military muscles further from home.
I always enjoy flexing new creative muscles, and this was very much that.
He reached for a Civil War analogy to explain the muscle-flexing strategy.
We can't know for sure, but Comey has always enjoyed flexing his power.
Silicon Valley's top political operatives are flexing their muscle in the 2016 campaign.
His portrait hung outside a flagship store near Times Square, golden muscles flexing.
He tests each foil, flexing it between his hands for give and tension.
The limp was my faith, my version of flexing muscles or jumping hurdles.
What you don't get ... Matthew McConaughey or Orlando Bloom flexing on the beach.
Speculative money is definitely in the mix, fund positioning flexing higher across the spectrum.
That impression of (relative) durability is obviously as broken as the flexing screen now.
The Russian-Chinese military partnership has already been flexing its muscles in the region.
This merry-go-round of military flexing in the Pacific has become the norm.
The gun lobbyists are aging white men flexing their privilege to protect their racket.
That day, instinctively, I knew that people were going to be flexing on me.
"Run Up" features Nicki Minaj and PartyNextDoor flexing their Caribbean heritages, as they should.
He punctuated the play by flexing his biceps as Love writhed in pain nearby.
"It's sometimes useful in flexing your patronage muscle," said British-based analyst Neil Partrick.
Even in a saturated market of internet flexing, Gnar's social media presence is enthralling.
This time, however, the Indonesians are flexing their economic leverage — and Asia is watching.
When a billion customers a month come to some place, we gotta start flexing.
What better end to put my energies than flexing a muscle over and over?
Most come and go, flexing their super powers just when you need them most.
The military muscle-flexing has caused alarm in Washington and directly influenced trade policy.
"I could see Ruby's fingers flexing on the trigger, trying to fire," he said.
"I could see Ruby's fingers flexing on the trigger, trying to fire," he said.
They rely on muscle flexing, dictation and unilateralism, which are mere postures, not strategy.
I give no fucks about him flexing racks or Fat Joe's weird snakeskin jumpsuit.
But it's not just China that is flexing military muscles in the South China Sea.
"Here's to ice baths and flexing in tiny shorts," the actor, 27, captioned the photos.
They were essentially flexing their muscles, John Hultquist, FireEye's manager of analysis, told BuzzFeed News.
Amazon Web Services is flexing its muscles, and legacy hardware vendors are feeling the pain.
Muhammad bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, is flexing his muscles in Yemen and beyond.
" On flexing his acting muscles… "I'm not going to lie, it was a bit exhausting.
Designing—I love flexing that side of my brain, whether it's for work or not.
The Massachusetts senator, who's been flexing her progressive chops in an effort to overtake Sen.
And if you look closely, you could tell they were all flexing because they're shirtless.
If his flexing had occurred a few feet away, it probably would have been legal.
About nine months into the process, he was still having trouble flexing his right ankle.
Fair Game Institutional investors have been flexing their muscles on corporate governance issues this year.
His ankle is flexing and pointing, a really good sign for being able to walk.
It's muscle-flexing to show the U.S. that they're going to continue to make progress.
Don’t be flexing that ugly ass phone around me if you buy it.
He's flexing them by denying America's place in the world and saying China's taking over.
"Check it out, this is Rex still trying to talk," he said, flexing the muscle.
The 50-year-old mother of two makes flexing on a stripper pole look easy.
Beijing, by flexing its muscle, seems to have succeeded only in pushing the Taiwanese away.
Over the past week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been flexing her muscle all over Washington.
Now the fight over wall funding may incite yet another round of congressional muscle-flexing.
Paak is flexing his connections by putting OutKast's famed Andre 3000 on Ventura's opening track.
Groups that felt excluded in a system once dominated by Tigrayans are flexing their muscles.
With just a few creative cookout essentials, flexing your hostess prowess and impressing guests is simple.
ESMA has already begun flexing its new MiFID II muscles to curb or ban financial products.
With super turbo hyper capitalism, we are privatizing everything - breathing, eating, flexing, drinking and even vomiting.
And is H&M from Sweden or does Mero just like flexing his European accent skills?
The arbitrage between LME and COMEX copper prices responded accordingly, flexing out to multi-year levels.
Please enjoy this deeply terrifying video of a bridge flexing under the weight of a bus.
"We have no option," says Ms Mikorasi, her muscles flexing as she pulls down her miniskirt.
Matt Kemp and the San Diego Padres haven't been shy about flexing their muscle of late.
The drop in the number of transits has coincided with stepped-up muscle-flexing by China.
China is increasingly flexing its financial muscle in Africa, funding massive infrastructure projects across the continent.
The world has not seen this kind of flexing of muscle and strength in some time.
"There is nothing inherently 'manly' about being strong," she wrote alongside a photo of herself flexing.
His cock grew harder, the muscles in his arms flexing as his hips picked up speed.
"It was definitely intentional, it wasn't from the pipe flexing or anything like that," Brown said.
There is nothing novel about a party in power flexing its muscles regardless of public sentiment.
This D pillar is needed to prevent the unibody from twisting and flexing when under load.
The speeches given about it, especially from Vice President Pence, had a lot of muscle-flexing.
Once their eyes were refreshed they worked their hands, flexing their fingers, kneading their swollen knuckles.
Enduring trauma of the Nazi era has made Germans squeamish about flexing their country's military muscles.
My father said a part of resilience isn't all just bullet-biting, muscle-flexing, and strength.
Stories about women flexing their desires in the face of a world that often stifles them?
Controlled rigidity — that is, flexing only along certain directions — allows suspension bridges to survive high winds.
He turned his back and started screaming and flexing before the distance had even been recorded.
As she writes in her book, bravery is a muscle and it requires consistent, daily flexing.
This fluid motion will then have your legs flexing in until your shins are completely vertical.
Click through to see which shops are flexing their markdown muscles in the next few days.
"Is there anything wrong with my body?" she joked to Entertainment Tonight while flexing her bicep.
He has no visible belly but always seems to be flexing his torso under tight blue suits.
The social media star posted this side-by-side to illustrate what a little flexing can achieve.
Others say it's just a matter of time before CZI starts flexing its muscle on national issues.
But, he looks pretty damn good now ... flexing his toned, ripped abs in a new music video.
It's also a comedy, which has us even more excited to see Ham flexing his comedic chops.
Nolan Arenado is flexing his muscle in a bid to work his way out of a slump.
In Anbar and Salahuddin, provinces long since reclaimed by the government, IS is also flexing its muscles.
The Communist Party in Beijing has responded as it always does when confronted: by flexing its muscles.
And the UK is well overdue in flexing its not inconsiderable diplomatic muscles in the Middle East.
Diplo and Mad Decent have always been about digging across the globe and flexing their varied tastes.
Anomalie is also flexing its tech muscle today with the launch of its new dress sketch visualizer.
When Hooper congratulated Strange, the senator responded with two emoji — a thumbs up and a flexing arm.
Some of the most visible manifestations of New Right muscle-flexing have emerged in post-socialist Europe.
Even if it was Donald Trump's fault — it's his way of flexing his muscles, in a way.
Chinamasa said the incident was the result of a misunderstanding and did not reflect military muscle-flexing.
He wasted no time flexing his muscles in the Royals' eighth victory over the last 21 games.
Flexing her hands in new gloves so that Patrice could see and admire, though from the backseat.
"I just felt like flexing, and everything I mention in the song is all facts," he adds.
The march represented a sort of coming-out party for many scientists flexing a fledgling political muscle.
He came into court flexing and preening, leonine in his arrogance, and eventually he departed in handcuffs.
He quote-tweeted a reporter's post on Kuzma's comments and added an emoji of a flexing muscle.
Keeping a tire optimally inflated reduces heating and flexing in the sidewall, a primary cause for blowouts.
The flexing plates and temperature settings should result in fewer passes—and fewer passes means less damage.
They're flexing muscles in ways that can easily call to mind excesses from the dot-com era.
New York (CNN Business)Apple is flexing deeper into health and wellness with a new Orangetheory partnership.
For the glam mom: Trendy skincare Impress a beauty-minded mom by flexing your knowledge of skincare trends.
While Lawrence is obviously known, and lauded, for her acting skills, recently she's been flexing her producing chops.
Like we are flexing, and it is to the detriment of the society that is faithful to us.
"Audemars" is a textbook flexing anthem, while "Unapproachable" sets Scarborough art-rapper Just John against cascading, gated synths.
The couple smiled throughout, flexing their muscles at archery and trekking to the spiritual Buddhist Tiger's Nest monastery.
Self is flexing his muscles to teach Cisco a lesson and shows up to Mariahlynn's performance to gloat.
This selfie of Khloé Kardashian is much improved with another person, in this case a dino, also flexing.
Vladimir Putin, having gobbled up Crimea and attacked Ukraine, is flexing his muscles near the Baltics and Scandinavia.
But to constantly barrage us with poorly lit semi-self conscious pics of you flexing is poor form.
The U.S. is still flexing on foreign governments, like Germany, to keep clear of Huawei's 5G networking technology.
"Growing up, I had a poster in my room of Rosie flexing her biceps," she wrote in Glamour.
National security hawks are flexing their muscles in Congress following the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
But in France, a toxic brand of nationalism has been flexing its muscles for well over a decade.
By flexing China's fledgling overseas military muscle beyond its borders, he is stoking tension and fear in Asia.
What was it like flexing that muscle again while working with Larry Charles and a largely comedic cast?
Since 2015, the Kremlin has mounted a global campaign of election meddling, cybersecurity attacks, and military muscle flexing.
We also asked if he can do that pec dance thing -- ya know, flexing to make 'em bounce.
As anyone flexing their time on Earth will tell you, the older you get, the worse they are.
If they use this new technique, Elastigirl's stretchiness is gonna get an upgrade, along with Mr. Incredible's flexing.
"Consumers are now flexing their muscle to pick and choose how they want to be serviced," he said.
Allowing the shouting match and muscle-flexing on both sides to gather momentum can come to no good.
The hearing was remarkable, in part, because it showcased a newly aggressive and adversarial Council flexing its muscle.
The Corrale's flexing copper plates are supposed to wrap themselves around the hair, which keeps it gathered together.
The unforgettable photo shows a flexing nude, smiling proudly, next to his thoroughly nonplused and emphatically clothed companion.
I mean flexing your abdominal muscles so they give that support, so you can still breathe and talk.
Soon after, Man, who identifies as genderqueer, modeled for Calvin Klein flexing his biceps in black boxer briefs.
The cave by leadership is the latest example of the Freedom Caucus's conservative hard-liners flexing their muscles.
Amid the flexing and festivities, Harbaugh also bragged about Michigan's academics, telling ESPN about the importance of education.
"I can't believe our baby boy is 18 today," Victoria wrote, captioning a photo of pre-teen Brooklyn flexing.
Plus, many premium WordPress themes give you the option of flexing your coding skills to further modify your site.
Jupiter is perhaps the most unreasonably beautiful thing in our entire solar system, and it's not shy about flexing.
The initial ingredients are already stewing: Facial recognition is on the rise, and Google's been flexing its AR muscles.
In a film that already is going to feature Tessa Thompson doing suggestive things with weaponry and occasional flexing?
We have reached the cultural peak of people flexing their otherwise impressive skills to create #content for the #internet.
Flexing his abs and arm muscles, Wahlberg also tacked on the hashtags, #ageisjustanumber, #nowine54days, and #cleaneating to his post.
Several sequences in the movie show him flexing and dripping sweat during yoga, or chopping wood in his backyard.
The big fund short is back, the money men flexing their bearish views on copper out to 23,1.83 contracts.
Both are also concerned with being the best at what you do, flexing on the opposition, and telling stories.
Taiwan's armed forces have shed more than 150,20193 people since China's cross-strait muscle-flexing in 1996, leaving 215,000.
Cleveland wasted little time flexing its muscles against Joe Palumbo (0-1), who was making his second career start.
"Eating is no longer the fun part, flexing my butt cheeks in the mirror is," Pratt wrote on Instagram.
He works on different vehicles throughout the day, flexing his knowledge base on makes and models of all kinds.
Solomon (Liam James) is the budding writer blocked from flexing his journalistic muscles by a strictly censored school newspaper.
If its latest claim is legitimate, it shows the extremist group flexing its muscles in the war-torn region.
Flexing Graham wide becomes a headache, complicating the Bears' decision to commit more help to containing Graham or Adams.
Over the last few years, flexing has become a social media genre of its own—and a popular one.
Gucci Mane spent nearly an entire album crooning about getting chose and romantically flexing for the woman he loves.
Led by Uber, both companies are flexing their pricing power and raising fares to try and offset their losses.
The 1.48 minute video shows a barefooted Modi in an outdoor setting, flexing over a boulder and walking backwards.
Only away from the glare of homophobia could we experience malleability, a flexing of the self, a full rotation.
And despite signs of co-operation, some analysts say China's muscle-flexing is making business harder for Japanese companies.
China is flexing its financial muscle to become a global technology leader, resulting in increased attention from U.S. policymakers.
By October, he had none other than Drake himself flexing his Rosetta Stone lessons for "MIA," an instant smash.
Today, he's back again, flexing yet another side of his musical output in a new project called Bud Sturgess.
Now, centuries later, Russian leadership is once again flexing its brawn and systematically testing the defences of its rivals.
"It's that stage when you're getting into the habit of investing and really flexing that investing muscle," Torabi says.
That's when I thought, "Oh, if they're flexing all these people …" Flight attendants have always been a different breed.
Is he flexing his federal muscles and federal power to scare states that dare to depart from federal policy?
In Jersey, where there's a smaller flexing scene brewing, he helped teach up-and-coming producer Mastermind the ropes.
I listen to the thumping hum of a happy Merlin flexing its power in the sky where it belonged.
Today it's flexing its muscle and war chest by announcing its first acquisition, crypto risk modeling company Merkle Data.
From there emerged the foundation of a new style dancers eventually took to calling "flexing," after the television show.
Then there was the matter of money: Even as flexing flourished, many of its practitioners weren't seeing a dime.
He has also formed an after-school program called Flex NYC that teaches flexing to children at no cost.
"This is quite common on the internet," Musk said on Tuesday, flexing his status as the Most Online CEO.
Plus, you can also take advantage of its acrobatic flip capabilities if you feel like flexing on the 'gram.
"Over time, you'll rely on the board for flexing its fiduciary muscle," according to Zander Lurie, CEO of SurveyMonkey.
The intrigue: UAW bosses are flexing their muscles to regain credibility with their members amid a deepening criminal investigation.
The big fund short is back, the money men flexing their bearish views on copper out to 2000,547 contracts.
It seems like everyone is just flexing their R&D departments and consumers never see any of these innovations.
Somehow, after Hong 10 vainly tries to match him, they both end up shirtless, flexing before the hysterical crowd.
I was flexing all my muscles while sprinting down the final stretch on the track, and I couldn't feel anything.
Talk To Your Partners Any time you engage in any type of sexual activity, flexing those communication muscles is key.
So often at my high school in suburban Massachusetts, boys would walk around with their shirts off, flexing and preening.
In the photo, he can be seen flexing his muscles on top of a desk while another man sits below.
"Growing up, I had a poster in my room of Rosie flexing her biceps," she wrote in the Glamour essay.
"The house was flexing like this," he said, motioning the palms of his hand towards and away from each other.
Sometimes, especially if the creators are youngsters flexing their programming muscles, it is written for the sheer hell of it.
Hilary Duff Even when their kids are adults, moms can't resist flexing that parent muscle — even on their offsprings' birthdays.
"I can't believe our baby boy is 18 today," Victoria, 42, wrote, captioning a photo of pre-teen Brooklyn flexing.
The U.S. is also flexing its muscles, though, while India is desperate to keep Nepal in its sphere of influence.
He pretends he's the god Apollo, standing there flexing his muscles or pretending to aim an arrow at the sky.
Flexing its muscle as one of the world's dominant music distributors, Spotify has been signaling this platform approach for months.
"He caught me flexing… as a joke," explains Gronkowski, whose favorite Tambor character is George Bluth, Sr. from Arrested Development.
Nwandu laughed when I asked her if celebrities really hate sites like TSR or if they're flexing for the 'gram.
I pulled up my trunks and immediately threw my shirt back on—it wasn't the night for pre fight-flexing.
By detecting light and flexing muscles in response, the skin can rapidly change color and texture to match its surroundings.
There's no Apple blueprint for making that happen, so what we're witnessing now is Huawei flexing its own engineering muscle.
The former picture is of a devastating, bloody war of attrition, a flexing of the US's imperialist muscle against Communism.
"I would come downstairs and my dad was there in the gym, full sweat, flexing in the mirror," he said.
Nations like Russia, China and North Korea are advancing their military capabilities at alarming rates and flexing their combative muscles.
From annexing Crimea in 2014 fo flying into Estonian airspace in May, Russia is obviously flexing its muscles in Europe.
And finally there is a Democratic Party, which until now has exhibited considerable political fear about flexing its institutional muscle.
At three, six, 12 and 24 months after surgery, participants' knee function was tested, including flexing, extending and walking abilities.
The ideas ahead will help you bring your workout look from sad-face to muscle-flexing emoji in no time.
Also not actually flexing duh Get a better pic when I'm straight out of the gym n swoll n stuff.
That being said, flexing is warranted in this case because us Canadians are usually too humble for our own good.
He posed without preparing and then posed again when he was flexing, leaning towards the camera, and under good lighting.
Most Japanese support their alliance with the United States, especially now that China is flexing its muscles in the region.
Nothing similar has happened yet in the U.S. during the coronavirus outbreak, although governors are increasingly flexing their legal muscle.
Now Congress is flexing its control over DC's budget to prohibit the city from spending money to enforce the law.
This week's In Her Words, our gender newsletter, takes a glimpse at the history of female artists flexing their independence.
It's cool to mix it up with songs like 'Flexing On Purpose' and having the hottest hip-hop artists feature.
Now that the midterms have officially arrived — come on in, ya middle terms — celebs are flexing their power on social media.
The Washington Nationals are flexing their offensive muscle and kicking sand in the face of the Philadelphia Phillies in the process.
The NFL reacted by flexing the Cowboys' Week 15 game against the climbing Tampa Bay Buccaneers into the Sunday night slot.
Although some of this internal energy may arise from radioactive decay, even more energy is likely to come from tidal flexing.
Other doctors made the mistake of being out of the country the same week Donald Trump started flexing his newfound powers.
Johnson, a second-round pick, first clobbered Packers tight end Jace Sternberger — knocking his helmet off — and stood over him flexing.
Today's test was seen as taking the air out of this year's BRICS Summit where China is flexing its economic muscles.
These were fitted with sensors to measure things such as temperature, flexing and the flow of water through the drainage channels.
They started the year in a bearish mood with money manager short positions flexing out to 22019,280 contracts in early January.
" But it warned that "neither muscle-flexing nor arbitrary intervention will shake China's resolve to safeguard its sovereignty and maritime rights.
Even more dangerously, Iran is flexing its muscle in Basra, Iraq's neglected second city, which lies close to the Iranian border.
That means that Sanders, so strong, has weaknesses, just as Buttigieg, so weak in a few ways, keeps flexing unexpected strengths.
It's developing a fabric that responds to cold by flexing to create air pockets that trap heat and keep people warm.
She's comfortable with flexing her makeup skills Thank you Queen Bey for keeping Instagram updated on the latest Blue Ivy photos.
This is a Star Trek quietly confident in itself, flexing muscles it has gained from the pantheon of science fiction movies.
Johnson's #SexiestManAlive emoji was created in his likeness:  He's shirtless, flexing his muscles and showing off one of his many tattoos.
On his Instagram account, Baratov is seen partying in Toronto nightclubs, flexing his muscles and talking about workouts and taking supplements.
Flexing those hard-earned Instagram skills can pay off, especially if those snapshots catch the discerning eye of home-sharing companies.
It's this same attitude—an earned haughtiness and shirking of expectation— that director Rian Johnson is flexing continuously throughout the film.
Facebook is further flexing its publishing muscles, changing its News Feed algorithm to reduce the amount of clickbait that users see.
Behind the scenes, Silicon Valley has been flexing its political muscle to make sure that the bill isn't too restrictive. Sen.
The best explanation for the plummeting presidential win rate could be that the justices are gaining confidence and flexing legal muscle.
Right now, Russia is flexing its muscles, building military capacity and testing state-of-the-art weapons in the Ukrainian Donbas.
Several celebrities weighed in on Truly's milestone, including Diddy, who commented with a flexing arm emoji, as Comments by Celebs captured.
Elsewhere, Putin is shown indulging his now-familiar passion for playing ice hockey, and flexing his muscles on an exercise machine.
Meyer balked in the first run of the game after flexing his left knee before turning and throwing to first base.
" Nichols called the administration's argument that California maintained no authority to regulate its own emissions "a flabby exercise in muscle flexing.
EU flexing its muscles: The decision also highlights the aggressive approach European regulators are taking when it comes to Silicon Valley.
We hope the United States, instead of flexing muscles, could play a responsible and constructive role to promote dialogue and negotiation.
The singer has been flexing her acting chops while her lawsuit against producer Dr. Luke makes its way through the courts.
He knows he's got unprecedented juice with the Republican base, so he's flexing his muscle, and having a blast doing it.
There is also the requisite posing, flexing and cat-walking in gleaming fetish gear ranging from formalwear to jockstraps to harnesses.
In the print he stands, massively flexing — the image is lifted from a press photo — against a ground of giant roses.
Her "Judge" was goofy, charming and sinisterly unreadable — perhaps her strongest-ever flexing of her ability to embody multiple personalities concurrently.
The flexing of the Earth and the moon by the gravitational tidal forces dissipates energy, causing the moon to spiral outward.
China's flexing of its military muscles comes amid an international security crisis in the region: the nuclear threat from North Korea.
The raids will be seen as a flexing of the muscle of Maduro's government in an effort to intimidate Guaido supporters.
Despite this, it seems as if there is a sense of insecurity that drives much of the rhetoric and military flexing.
"By flexing military muscles, China is trying to intimidate non-aligned voters," the official, who declined to be identified, told Reuters.
CARAMANICA Norah Jones has been collaborating widely lately, flexing genre boundaries; this track will be on an album collecting those experiments.
Trump's virtuoso flexing of his significant but often diabolical political skills came on a day when he had no campaign rally.
You're more of a big picture person than a details person, Sag, but Mercury in Leo finds you flexing both muscles.
Participants perform a series of poses that include flexing certain muscle groups in a regulation two-piece suit, and are judged accordingly.
Amazon is flexing its financial power in Seattle's City Council elections, putting an innovative program meant to combat such influence at risk.
Ocasio-Cortez, a freshman, endorsed Cabán for district attorney, flexing her political muscle for the first time since her own shattering win.
According to a screenshot obtained by Entertainment Weekly, everyone's favorite buff Bachelorette villain is flexing all over the popular dating app Bumble.
Fiscal flexing has been central to RHOA's paradigm since it began in 93, right as the global financial crisis started in earnest.
"Let's go @serenawilliams," Vonn wrote on her Story, over a boomerang of Williams on the court, along with the flexing arm emoji.
One would be to assure India of further intelligence co-operation and defence assistance should it restrain itself from more muscle-flexing.
In the post-2008 housing apocalypse, mortgage lenders are flexing their minds and their checkbooks in an effort to follow the money.
In the clip, you can see her essentially just flexing her vocal prowess at the end of a line in the song.
Breaking news tonight, the White House flexing its muscles on the world stage fighting for the freedom of a man of faith.
Given that Gorsuch does not face problems of ethics or competence, such a move would represent Senate Democrats flexing their partisan muscles.
Little Jack can be seen adorably flexing his muscles in the middle wearing an orange shirt and his dark-rimmed circular glasses.
As powerful as Facebook is, there's no reason for it to risk alienating so many users by flexing its muscle so nefariously.
The dollar is flexing its muscles again, now that Fed officials are suggesting a rate hike may come sooner rather than later.
It's amazing to see Shea, a private citizen, flexing for the 'gram and baring her soul in front of an open door.
"I could imagine some countries are very positive — seeing this as a good opportunity to start flexing their muscles internationally," he added.
It's no secret Google has been flexing its computational photography and machine-learning skills to enhance shots taken with its Pixel phones.
When she supported the war in Iraq and refused to acknowledge her error in judgement, she chose muscle-flexing over reality testing.
When Alicia Keys isn't busy flexing her many music muscles, the Grammy award-winning singer is off working to save the world.
Even doing exercises at your seat can help, like stretching your legs, flexing your ankles up and down, and clenching your calves.
From rampant espionage and hacking to Taiwan and more, China is slowly and very deliberately flexing its rising economic and militarily power.
Doing something unexpected, like a slim guy flexing or a muscled guy taking an androgynous pose, can create the most beautiful picture.
My legs were crossing over each other, my toes were dorsel flexing, and in my head I'm like, I can't do nothing.
So you'd like to see Congress help the Fed get the economy running a little hotter by flexing its own policy lever.
In land vertebrates, or tetrapods, walking is partly characterized by this left-right alternation as well as rhythms of extending and flexing.
The disease reduced his bodily control to the flexing of a finger and voluntary eye movements but left his mental faculties untouched.
The briefing is an early instance of Democratic lawmakers flexing their new oversight muscles after taking control of the House last week.
The business software giant is one of a number of tech companies that have been flexing their clout lately on political issues.
"The first album was about a young, queer girl who was a bit melancholic, but now I'm flexing my muscles," she said.
Collins and the Mets' head athletic trainer, Ray Ramirez, checked on Conforto, who stayed in the game but kept flexing his hand.
If meditation is akin to flexing a muscle, the Muse headband is quite good at helping you determine which muscle to flex.
Widely read Chinese state-backed tabloid the Global Times said in a Monday editorial that military flexing may be the next step.
On the other end of the spectrum, we saw a healthy dose of gender-defying pieces from designers flexing their tailoring muscles.
China has been flexing those relatively new regulatory muscles in recent years as it becomes a major consumer of the world's goods.
But now, after a win on tax reform under his belt and with a good economy, there is a newfound muscle-flexing.
Today, the combination of Islamic terror and Chinese muscle-flexing seem to make an alliance with Russia a bold, game-changing idea.
We also take into account some scope for flexing down future distributions to shareholders and expansion capex in case of operating underperformance.
The sport's best have anointed James their muscle-flexing role model and are taking greater control of their futures than ever before.
The prosthetic arm, for instance, which appears as technologically advanced, is flexing in a way that conveys both strength and absolute control.
It's great to see AJ picking up credits in production and direction like this, flexing his creative muscle beyond his lyricism and performance.
Trump is the latest in a long line of incoming commanders in chief flexing their executive muscles the first week on the job.
The actor is always either posing shirtless, flexing his guns for the camera or showing off his ridiculously intense workouts on Instagram videos.
It's bad vibes, done very well, and is likely not the last we'll see of Steven Ellison flexing his talents as a composer.
Good news, House of Wax fans: Paris Hilton is once again flexing her acting muscle, this time for a cause she believes in.
In a surprise twist, at least one U.S. carrier is balking at this decision, flexing its muscle as the gatekeeper of its network.
The move is sure to escalate tensions around the South China Sea, a contested area where China has increasingly been flexing its muscle.
Now educators in West Virginia are flexing their muscles again, showing politicians that they're willing to fight for more than a pay raise.
However, we were watching a live telecast at our local cinema, so she saw gigantic close-ups of quivering nipples and flexing buttocks.
Meaning, don&apost mess with us, a little-bit of flexing there, and saying, hey, we&aposre not going to cater to him.
And like Gill, the plaintiffs in Benisek say the legislators acted badly, flexing their muscles to unconstitutionally undermine voters from the minority party.
As for China's naval muscle-flexing in the Baltic, that is a development that should, in several respects, be welcomed rather than feared.
Even simple trips to the grocery store together felt novel, and I loved preparing meals for us at home, flexing my cooking skills.
There's this kind of flexing of soft power—cultural capital, like authenticity; symbolic power, like masculinity—that maintains tacit social dominance and hierarchies.
"The authors conclude that tidal stretching and flexing can warm up the outer planets and improve their prospects for habitability," Loeb told Gizmodo.
Perhaps the UAW wanted to be seen flexing its muscles after at least a decade largely accommodating the needs of a struggling industry.
The domestic EU agriculture lobby has been flexing its muscles in recent years, and now possesses a vice-like grip on European policymakers.
The company is also flexing its political muscle, apparently spending close to a quarter million dollars on its U.S. lobbying efforts in 2016.
Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill aren't the only ones with hard bodies in 'Batman v Superman' ... the new batmobile's also flexing for tourists.
If she spends more time actually flexing this newfound power in the last two books, GRRM could really be developing a stunning character.
Before this comical cutie was the star of a hit show, he was just another flexing fella growing up in Auckland, New Zealand.
Russia's recent muscle-flexing along its borders with the Baltic States perhaps presents the most compelling argument against a no first use policy.
"Do you remember that night?" she asks, flexing her jaw, the angle of which makes a nice parallel with Dern's bleach blonde wig.
Jack can be seen adorably flexing his own muscles in the middle, wearing an orange shirt and his adorable dark-rimmed circular glasses.
These could easily exceed a queasy 0.5g as a result of slight variations in alignment caused by the tube's supports flexing and settling.
The coroner's report describes abnormal flexing of the arms and legs, which it attributes to severe brain damage from not getting enough oxygen.
"I'm out here flexing to y'all broke-ass haters!" she crows, like a Lost Boy from hell, in one of her Instagram posts.
They want the bill to remain as is — and they're flexing the muscle of their 22019-member group to ensure that's the case.
While those developments hint at potential threats to Trump, they could also tempt him to use the powers he has been publicly flexing.
Today, the LIGO team announced its second detection of gravitational waves—the flexing of space and time caused by the black hole collision.
And these are house shoes; besides gaming, they're suitable for leisure and social flexing during a house party or at a gaming event.
Uber's move into the food-delivery marketplace is yet another example of the company flexing the capabilities of its on-demand logistics operation.
The footage consists of a uniformed cop twirling a baton, grabbing his crotch, and flexing his biceps, while staring deadpan into the camera.
His latest solo single "Ice" flows with sacrilegious bars about flexing like Jesus Christ himself in the luxe locale of modern day Dubai.
It's really funny to hear you go from talking about taking out the trash at your rehearsal space to flexing about the Grammys.
In Xi, Trump finds a leader flexing newfound political muscle after emerging from China's Communist Party Congress having consolidated power in historic fashion.
She knows how to work the Waterfords, sure, but they still have considerably more hard power than her, and they're flexing it here.
But the muscle-flexing by airport workers may reflect the return of a model in which aggrieved employees threaten the wheels of commerce.
This is a much broader conception of load flexibility than what is covered in most studies, and it's helpful in flexing the imagination.
In a photo he posted to his Instagram story Monday, a shirtless Donald is shown flexing, muscles bulging, his abdominal muscles clearly defined.
Her voice shows signs of the husk she'd later develop more robustly but at this stage, she's mostly flexing her precocious songwriting muscle.
In some ways, Moscow's energy muscle-flexing has backfired, with European countries taking steps to cut their dependence on Russian oil and gas.
The demographic muscle that the party never managed to effectively harness during the Obama years was now flexing itself for the first time.
Folding phones need to minimize and control the forces that hit their screens: bending is fine, flexing and twisting are not so fine.
Flexing America's military muscle alone is not likely to deter North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong-un, from testing nuclear bombs and ballistic missiles.
Steve Carell, morning show drama, Reese and Jennifer flexing their executive producer power....who's ready to sign up for Apple streaming like, today?
At the same time, many athletes who grew up in South Korea have responded with a shrug to the latest military muscle-flexing.
Apple is flexing the sheer power of its massive cash holdings in a bid to dampen Wall Street's disappointment over its iPhone sales.
Meanwhile, the fourth estate is flexing its formidable muscle and forcing the President to choose between addressing his own weaknesses or losing credibility.
As the Quakers (13-15) jumped to a 28-19 lead in the first half, players on Penn's bench began flexing their muscles.
His Instagram feed includes a photo of himself flexing his arms at the gym — and a request for Photoshop help from his followers.
One way you see hospitals flexing this muscle quite clearly is when you look at a common charge: an emergency room facility fee.
Such was the case in this deleted scene from The Force Awakens, which shows Leia flexing some feminist muscles appropriate for IRL Carrie Fisher.
He's flexing his muscles as a power broker on a journey that takes him knocking on the door of every powerful person for favors.
With so much muscle-flexing in the skies, it is easy to imagine a disastrous miscalculation—especially if, as this week, shots are fired.
But tbh, with everything with me it always boils down to the music, so I could care less who is in the space flexing.
Like any other capsule collection, which tends to serve as a flexing opportunity for emerging designers, these dresses weren't made with wearability in mind.
I never follow a recipe, so the freedom of getting my hands dirty and flexing different creative muscles puts my focus in the present.
Of the two vocalists, Ocasek was the robot-voiced nerd, Orr the slick hunk (often his baritone sounds like he's flexing in the mirror).
Moments before Nancy Pelosi made history as the first woman Speaker of the House in 2006, she was seen flexing her muscles in victory.
Once again, the show that has been celebrated for focusing on the real issues that young women face today is flexing its feminist muscles.
" Colette, 67—who prefers to use only her first name—says men in workplaces were "flexing a large sexual thuggish muscle they were developing.
This one was particularly acute, the spread between cash and three-month metal flexing out to a $21 backwardation at one stage in May.
"Just a lil thick," he captioned a full body shot of himself flexing his muscles in a class pose his father made in 1976.
Take out any frustrations by flexing your creativity with the help of the included guide, which contains 36 pages of different magnet-morphing methods.
It's great to see him flexing his fantastic acting chops, though very unfortunate that it has to be in another role as a criminal.
Puhto posted two photos of herself side-by-side, one in which she is relaxed, and another in which she is flexing her core.
This teaches patients to be more aware of their urges to tic, and introduces a less visible competing behavior like flexing abs or thighs.
And that muscle-flexing has earned the Chinese leader plaudits from many young people, who favorably regard Xi as their very own Vladimir Putin.
The millennial Florida native, who has put down strong roots in Baltimore, is flexing her creative muscles as a rapper, visual artist, and designer.
The Harts were hanging with Ludacris and his wife, along with several other friends -- and the guys were flexing and mugging around the pool.
Flexing my core, I will forever be able to recall, suction cup by suction cup, tentacle by tentacle, how it felt leaving my skin.
"Walmart is flexing that store network and demonstrating it is going to be a significant player online," said Moody's lead retail analyst Charlie O'Shea.
And then you slow it down and look at how the chassis is flexing when it makes contact with the pavement, it's pretty incredible.
He works for six to seven hours a day, which mostly involves dancing, flexing, and masturbating, sometimes while wearing gladiator, gorilla, or Superman costumes.
For most of us, a huge part of the appeal is flexing your own memories and intellect and seeing how far you can go.
Womens Better Sweater 1.25 Zip, $165, available at AmazonA branded sweater isn't only about flexing the Patagonia name (though that's certainly part of it).
The four-track instrumental tape sees Diepe flexing his more experimental tendencies, and includes a moody house remix by White Material affiliate Galcher Lustwerk.
" One source inside industry, and who provided Motherboard with details of Ramos' arrest before they were public, previously said "FBI are flexing their muscle.
Syndergaard, 25, was spotted flexing the finger with an athletic trainer in the dugout during his last start, on Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers.
On Thursday, the family was focussed on the holiday at hand, however — one that Joanna has said she enjoys flexing her design prowess for.
If the reviews stink, the President could be emboldened to go ahead with a third way forward -- flexing executive power to fund the wall.
The United States government is flexing its muscles to Iraq over the country&aposs threats to oust some 5,300 US troops from the country.
Not only did Mr. Lucchesi name names but, still flexing those editorial muscles, he sketched out broader themes embodied or engendered by each restaurant.
Other stars who are also flexing their charitable muscles are Ian Somerhalder and Mike Rowe, who both organized Facebook fundraisers for their own organizations.
The intrigue: To boost their odds of getting an exclusion, companies are hiring outside lawyers to file requests and flexing connections on Capitol Hill.
Boxing superstar Anthony Joshua rang in the new year on a beach in Barbados -- flexing and smiling ... and honestly, we can't really blame him!
The piezoelectric power produced by the flexing of a tree in some wind isn't quite on par with that produced by a proper windmill.
It is not an exaggeration to say that black women, in formation and flexing their political power, could have the final say over whether Mrs.
African-Americans who had come north to good jobs were flexing their muscles at the ballot box and were willing to spend money on subscriptions.
Alec Baldwin won Throwback Thursday this week after posting an incredible photo featuring all four Baldwin brothers shirtless and flexing for the camera on Instagram.
While the flexing didn't cause any issues directly, I'm worried that one day its going to bend too much, and it might not bend back.
Cortana flexing her muscles: "Send Chuck the Powerpoint I worked on yesterday" picks the right file and offers to send it to the correct person.
Epic has been challenging Steam on several fronts, and now it's flexing some big discounts in its catalog of games, including its suite of exclusives.
This event, scant on details and specifics though it may have been, was Google flexing its muscle as a leader in cloud technology and connectivity.
Only Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, broke ranks, putting forward the little-known Liadh Ní Riada as a muscle-flexing exercise.
"It's one very easy show of supporting consumption and also it's a way of flexing political muscle," Naomi Fink, CEO of Europacifica Consulting, told CNBC.
And if you must ride a horse to the meal, do so without a shirt, while flexing, to show you are a strong, powerful leader.
It had to be political theater, a flexing of muscle by the conservative-controlled House and Senate in league with a fetus-loving new President.
Everyone from the Chicago Bears to Durex condoms wasted no time flexing their new character counts with plus-sized versions of their usual corny jokes.
Uber is also flexing its competitive muscles with a special promotion in which all scooter rentals in Santa Monica will be free through October 7th.
But these beautiful coins and their human details—flexing athletes and laurels—recall a time when money, at least, was something people felt they understood.
Because you need to "prove" your need for financial aid, "I'm telling FAFSA" became a meme to respond to people flexing on Instagram and Twitter.
Instead, People reports that the actor is flexing his philanthropic muscle by handing out 4,500 turkeys just in time for Thanksgiving — all on his birthday.
Instead, they gesture at power, the way a flexing muscle might suggest the possibilities offered by bulging biceps yet prioritizes first and foremost the pose.
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's first 100 days as President is ending as it began, in a tempestuous flurry of activity, executive power flexing and controversy.
Despite an expansive flexing of his executive powers, Obama, hampered by a Republican Congress and wary Democrats, has failed to significantly tighten gun control laws.
Game of Thrones fans are showing love for their favorite HBO show, while also flexing their musical theater muscles with a clever Twitter mashup, #HamOfThrones.
There's almost a feeling of one upmanship, like each producer is flexing both for their friends and in the mirror, pushing themselves in new directions.
In case you forgot ... Jason Walsh made sure everyone in Puerto Vallarta knew he's a personal trainer by flexing through their day on the beach.
Aljamain Sterling WANTS ALL THE SMOKE ... telling TMZ Sports he deserves first crack at T.J. Dillashaw's vacated UFC bantamweight title -- and FLEXING at his competition.
"Like I always said, eating is no longer the fun part, flexing my butt cheeks in the mirror is," the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
At the same time, its stiffness helps keep runners' toes nice and straight, allowing them to preserve the energy they would otherwise spend flexing them.
The 17-year-old model and photographer took to Instagram to share a clip from his workout and a flexing photo revealing his toned physique.
These songs represent the beginning of each stage of this rehabilitation: centering myself, advocating for myself, and remaining unbothered, flexing all the newly attained muscle.
When the two women had finished their alterations, the dancer began to move sinuously, rolling her torso and shoulders, and flexing her legs and arms.
It's that the scandals, presidential outbursts, shattered conventions, executive branch muscle-flexing, foreign policy 180s and legal quagmires seem to have no discernible political impact.
But, by and large, though, the business of making songs about love, dancing, and flexing is still booming and shows no signs of slowing down.
Xi is the most powerful Chinese leader in decades, and is flexing Chinese power in Asia on behalf of a nation still on the ascent.
There are also shoddily watermarked, fan-made photos of Vin looking contemplative, flexing his muscles and giving shockingly earnest takes on the struggles of life.
"Even almost got married / And for Pete I'm so thankful," she sings, flexing ever so slightly on an engagement that materialized after only 24 days.
"Never underestimate a nasty woman who was born in November," it reads, along with the familiar image of a bandanna-wearing woman flexing her biceps.
This protein controls fast-twitch muscle fibers, the cells responsible for the speedy tensing and flexing of the muscles involved in sprinting or weight-lifting.
In recent years, however, he has experienced something of a career turnaround by flexing his comedic muscle with meta roles that play off his fame.
On Tuesday, Apple was flexing their latest tech at its annual iPhone event, including the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max.
The FAA recommends holding your head against the object it may hit and flexing or bending your limbs inward to keep them in place.7.
The headquarters and adjacent flagship store are emblazoned with his name and feature a large picture of him, golden muscles flexing, long gray hair flowing.
Even if Thursday's fines are the last word in regulatory action, they were an unusual flexing of federal enforcement at the highest reaches of banking.
Future Presidents may conclude that there is no price for brazen flexing of unaccountable power -- as long as they have the loyalty of sufficient senators.
By recognizing the key differences in how people work and then flexing your own working style accordingly, you can improve your performance on the job.
State-run Chinese news media waited until he had left the U.S. before denouncing the strike on Syria as muscle-flexing by a weak leader.
As the legal fight over leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lingers, the states are flexing their muscles and promising to fill the gap.
His mane, wet, is the color of dark wood, glimmering with beams of honey, and falls just past where his barn door shoulders stop flexing.
Kaliningrad is still the headquarters of the Russian navy`s Baltic fleet and Moscow has been flexing its own muscles, performing military drills in the region.
Russia has been flexing its military muscles abroad in recent years, and its involvement in the Syrian conflict and Ukraine has soured relations with the West.
But such moves are hardly equal to the threats posed by Kim Jong Un's nukes and rockets, or China's muscle-flexing in the South China Sea.
And if that's not enough magic for you, you can spot Gaston flexing his muscles around the park and pose for an Instagram pic with him.
Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is flexing its platform muscle by shutting down 'add me' deeplinking for some other social media services within its apps.
Frightened by what the Kingdom sees as Iran flexing its muscle beyond its borders, Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive against Yemen shortly after we left.
I also experienced emotions I never knew I had, or knew how to get in touch with, just by flexing my lungs over a techno beat.
It's just the latest way baristas are flexing their creative chops, only the green drink is probably tastier than having a caricature doodled on your cup.
"Congrats @kingjames going to the Lakers," Wahlberg wrote on in his caption to his Instagram photo, which showed him standing on a desk, flexing his muscles.
At that point, it wasn't clear if the two were actually cooking up a collaboration or just flexing for The Gram—either would have been suitable.
This week, the trailer for the film By Any Means was released, and that's when we saw Jonathan Cheban, the "Foodgōd" himself, flexing his acting chops.
The death-defying, nerve-wrecking, parkour skill-flexing childhood game "The Floor is Lava" has gotten an adult makeover from two of its most serious contenders.
"They're flexing their muscles for anybody that they approach in this investigation and letting them know we really mean it," said former federal prosecutor Patrick Cotter.
At the time, many viewed the treatment as a metaphor for a rising power flexing its muscles with a young president from a superpower in decline.
If you like nicely made things but could care less about the status that comes with flexing a designer label, then you're the perfect Italic customer.
As a consequence, the US has been flexing its military muscles in the Middle East, deploying a variety of assets to the region — including more troops.
It's unbelievable how much it wears you out—you're literally flexing your core every time you're singing, and you hold that flex for the entire show.
TIME'S ARROW Flexing its muscles in both modern and early music, Trinity Wall Street opens its season with this annual festival, formerly held in early January.
"The first album was about a young, queer girl who was a bit melancholic, but now I'm flexing my muscles," she told The Times's Reggie Ugwu.
Chefs get creative All of the chefs are flexing their creativity and skills to craft meals from the hodgepodge of perishable items that come their way.
And, of course, by Thursday, people had drawn the hipster colonel half-dressed, in bondage, and flexing against a giant, feathery cock (the chicken kind, obv).
For the film, Headey trained tirelessly to become a wrestling powerhouse, flexing not just her camel clutches and chokeslams on screen but also her comedic chops.
But he's also up to some general mayhem-causing and tomfoolery-invoking and all-around flexing and the occasional bit of partying and very little bullshitting.
I point out a recent tweet of Spooky's which reads "the new gen only care about premieres, numbers and flexing on Insta" and we both laugh.
But the fat cells appeared to swim through fluid by flexing and relaxing a pair of proteins, actin and myosin, which are found in muscle fibers.
When President Donald Trump authorized the drone strike that killed the powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, he wasn't just flexing America's muscle in the Middle East.
And for a CEO who is much more comfortable behind the scenes, testifying in a politically charged and public setting will be flexing a new muscle.
Mr. Gray helped to pioneer this choreography known as flexing, a variety of street dancing in which its practitioners bend and fold their bodies like origami.
After years of performing traditional West African dance, Denise Robbins, who lives in East Flatbush, was drawn to flexing for its broad range of emotional expression.
The demos were good, but we needed to figure out a way for them to sort of become themselves—and that takes a lot of flexing.
"I became a bit slimmer because I was on tour… no gym," he replies, flexing his biceps, each of which features a massive angel wing tattoo.
By now, you have probably seen the Instagram photos of a bearded J.K. Simmons in the weight room flexing a pair of big and powerful guns.
D'Ospina has also spent time flexing his professorial skills at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and working in an antique-painting restoration shop in his native Italy.
Directed by Child Artt, the video for "Flex on Me" takes us to a wild party where just about everyone seems to be flexing on Kodie Shane.
It is the United States that has always been suspicious and flexing its military muscle by frequently sending military aircraft and warships to the region, Yang said.
During the hours-long red carpet lead-up to the biggest Hollywood award show, A-Listers smile for the cameras, flexing their best couture and wry smiles.
But his first attempts at flexing that power already blindsided his allies on Capitol Hill when he surprised them with policy proclamations on healthcare and tax reform.
It's solid (at 2.84 lbs it's over half a pound heavier than the prior model) and doesn't have any flexing or creakiness when I pick it up.
The European Commission has been flexing its antitrust muscle, while expectations that the Trump administration will adopt a more merger-friendly stance have yet to meaningfully materialize.
The RoboMaster S13 is one part camera-equipped remote-controlled car, one part educational platform, and one part DJI flexing its fully mature hardware and software muscles.
"For a company like Adobe, we're flexing a new muscle by working with outside parties, in house, at Adobe Headquarters," said design principal at Adobe Khoi Vinh.
AX) on Friday over a troubled A$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) share placement, flexing its muscle amid criticism levied at regulators for being soft on finance firms.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi Chuxing is on a roll overseas, snapping up assets in South America and flexing its financial muscles to drive growth.
When Trump declares, "America First will be the major and overriding theme of my administration," the rest of the world hears an angry nation flexing its muscles.
He immerses himself from the neck down in a Cryo Cabin, a recovery device cooled to minus-230 degrees Fahrenheit, after which he emerges, shivering and flexing.
Attached to the slab is a concrete cast of an inflated anthropomorphic toy eagle, flexing its muscles and signifying a sociopathological intersection of modern sports and nationalism.
Instead of laying out a lucrative business model, Lowe was flexing—making MoviePass look like it was playing with the big boys in terms of data collection.
The dollar surged in the wake of U.S. missile strikes on Syria on Friday, but analysts were divided on whether the greenback would keep flexing its muscles.
Vignettes about global warming and digging through trash meet a fuzzed-out, grungy chorus that feels blissful even as it snarls, flexing the group's newfound musical muscles.
This is likely a result of Toto flexing their studio composition chops, but you can't deny that the key change into the chorus is exhilarating every time.
Not just in flexing their creative muscles or forming doujin circles of their own, but just in sharing and spreading their love of Touhou wherever they can.
When Tencent announced it had formed a new education brand this week, the internet giant wasn't just flexing its muscles to conquer China's booming online education sector.
That's probably part true, but he's also kinda just flexing on the priest on the other side of the confessional booth—outlining his transgressions with a grin.
Moscow is flexing its conventional might, too, sending military forces for its own exercises along its western border with Europe and also to Syria and eastern Ukraine.
When presidents complain about unfair treatment from the press, it's never about justice, or fair treatment; instead, they're flexing their political muscles in order to maintain power.
If the pages of "The Chandelier" are so thickly lacquered with description, streams of adjectives and looping repetition, it's because Lispector is flexing, coming into her power.
Like when I step out with my guys and it's a crazy night, drug transactions (nothing recent), and me and my girl flexing, being bossed up together.
Not least, the Russian military is flexing its muscle in the region, reviving Cold War-era military bases along its northern coast and modernizing its nuclear submarines.
Uninamise first became interested in the scene after hearing classmates talk about the show during early middle school in Flatbush—an epicenter of the nascent flexing culture.
Ms. Devi was a consummate actress, conveying emotions through every part of her body, be it the flexing of a toe or the swooping of an arm.
And he said the commodities trading commission was making Lake Shore a scapegoat, flexing its enforcement muscles after failing to prevent other hedge funds from blowing up.
The challenges have gone viral on the short video app TikTok, with excited patrons flexing their math skills and Alwan encouraging them like a game show host.
This is one of the world's most valuable companies flexing its increasingly profitable muscles and offering a glimpse at how seamlessly its many products can fit together.
For its part, Moscow appears to relish the fact that it's stoking tensions in the NATO alliance and also flexing its muscles as a global arms supplier.
"The Latino vote needs to be courted, it needs to be invested in, it has the potential for flexing itself, but it doesn't happen automatically," said García.
By comparing MRI scans, researchers could see the difference in brain activity in healthy adults, versus those recovering from ACL injuries, when extending and flexing the knee.
"Flexing is a means of expression for people who feel like we don't have a voice," said Mr. Gray, 34, who is also known as Regg Roc.
The press increasingly is becoming part of the political establishment itself, with its raw flexing of content control in the name of influencing culture and impacting policy.
The election scandal, Russia's muscle flexing in Europe and, well, whatever is going on between Vladimir V. Putin and President Trump, inevitably make the series play differently.
You can see in locker room video shot by Bain's teammates ... there were water shower celebrations, Gatorade ice baths and a whole lot of flexing and screaming!!
Jackie Sibblies Drury, one of the theater's most thrilling, form-flexing playwrights, returns with a new play set in the 2811th century, now and points in between.
Jackie Sibblies Drury, one of the theater's most thrilling, form-flexing playwrights, returns with a new play set in the 19th century, now and points in between.
For a taste of Himalayan hip-hop, check out the music video for "Yeti Bandz," which sees them flexing in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa.
Talking to PeopleStyle, Watt opens up about flexing his creative muscles as a footwear designer, and why he just might work the shoe into his date night attire.
And then, you'll feel the plane: the flexing wings, the spinning of the engines when you hit the throttle, the deep hum when you deploy the landing gear.
However, Night Sight changes all that, and thanks to Google flexing its computational photography skills, the Pixel 21 is now capable of capturing some incredible low-light pics.
The Detroit Tigers haven't been shy about flexing their muscle in a bid to power up for a run toward the top of the American League Central standings.
He missed his last 24 shots, seven of them from behind the arc, after flexing his muscle following a basket with 27:22 left in the third quarter.
The North's Foreign Ministry said it "will not hesitate to pull a muscle-flexing trigger in order to defend ourselves" if anyone dares to trample over its sovereignty.
Whoever the Pentagon chooses to replace Harris will be taking over at a time when North Korea poses a rising threat and China is flexing its military muscle.
Luvsanvandan Sumati of the Mongolian polling organization Sant Maral Foundation said anti-corruption officials may be flexing their muscles in a bid to win over a skeptical public.
While House conservatives are directing their ire at Ryan and other leaders, the Kansas GOP primary was driven mostly by a battle between outside groups flexing their muscle.
Increasingly aware that they have more power if they band together, individual Singaporean investors are flexing their muscles in the troubled offshore oil and gas sector in particular.
He's been in the spotlight since becoming a 4-year-old hip-hop dance sensation and has since been flexing his comedic muscles on the Emmy-nominated sitcom.
The Mariners hope to continue flexing their muscles and complete a four-game home sweep of the Orioles on Sunday as the clubs wrap up their season series.
In a game that people pretty much wrote off as the Patriots' 2018 parade preview, the Eagles are flexing a kind of offensive prowess that's blowing folks away.
He tries by flexing in his underwear for photos that appear on billboards that, when seen from a passing car, cause the most restrained of us to gasp.
When I chose to throw the birthday party, for instance, I watched a heartwarming clip of the guys flexing their best acting chops and preparing for the party.
For one thing, he's flexing at Comey to try to get him to keep intruding—if he doesn't, the subtext is that Ryan and House Republicans will pounce.
Since then, however, Russia has become more assertive, flexing its military muscles in conflicts like those in Ukraine and Syria, and tensions between Moscow and Washington have increased.
It opted against endorsing a candidate in 2016's race, but the flexing of local muscles -- by Reid and by the union -- gave Clinton's campaign an important boost.
The Coen brothers have been flexing their comedic muscles for years, so it's good to see them as strong as ever in this new trailer for Hail, Caesar!.
It nevertheless hinges on the British company receiving a licence from U.S. sanctions enforcement authorities at a time when President Donald Trump is flexing his muscles against Tehran.
Once you're there, this subtle flexing of the senses continues, stimulated not just by the art but also by the continual surprises of the building's design and details.
What was most impressive about "Bus Driver's Song" is that the two comedians—in their early 20s when they wrote it—were flexing wisdom well beyond their years.
Those firms, along with the American Bankers Association and Consumer Bankers Association, are flexing their muscles, pushing Trump-appointed regulators to wind back other areas of Dodd-Frank.
Practice flexing your self-control muscle by breaking the following bad habits: This is a big one that most people don't even realize harms their sleep and productivity.
Stanford's stretchy wireless "BodyNet" isn't just flexible in order to survive being worn on the shifting surface of the body; that flexing is where its data comes from.
The Rock, playing the part of the hot paternal savior, appears to be flexing every muscle in his brawny body while cradling the tiny, incredibly stressed looking Hart. 
Veteran Adrian Beltre has been flexing his muscle at the plate for the Texas Rangers, who have enjoyed a one-sided rivalry with the Houston Astros this season.
So while this may seem like a small tweak, it's actually one of the first times that Pinterest is really flexing its Pinterest-iness against its advertising products.
It's true that imagining something can result in tangible benefits — studies have shown that people who imagine themselves flexing a muscle achieve actual physical strength gains, for example.
Wei urged Esper to "stop flexing muscles in the South China Sea and to not provoke and escalate tensions in the South China Sea", a Chinese spokesman said.
"To me, this whole thing is Amazon flexing their ability to do this," Juozas Kaziukėnas, the founder and CEO of the business intelligence firm Marketplace Pulse, told me.
That curiosity remained intact even as a neuromuscular wasting disease robbed him of bodily control, save for the flexing of a finger or the darting of the eyes.
Perhaps Trump wanted to corner the press into a fight, flexing his new powers over a media that refused to bend to the habitual lies of his campaign.
Known for giving the gesture in celebration, Mickelson announced that he had been practicing his form while flexing his thumbs on the steering wheel of his courtesy vehicle.
But all things being equal the Fed is flexing its muscles here and that should be a big comfort to everyone from a markets and an economics perspective.
The caucus, like the newest members, is also flexing its muscles, and has extracted a promise from Ms. Pelosi that progressives will have proportional representation on House committees.
But now, after the re-election of Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Democratic establishment in New York City is again flexing its muscles — forcing the progressives to retreat.
Trump is responding to such turmoil in characteristic style, relentlessly flexing his powers of political magnetism to conjure a blizzard of bravado, fact-twisting, blame-shifting and distraction.
It cannot do it militarily — short of flexing its nuclear weapons — nor financially after four years of drifting in economic irons despite a recent buoyancy in oil prices.
So, a flexible display that can't be actively flexed by the user — though honestly, the act of flexing it tends to be where we start running into trouble.
Though emphasizing the benefits of harmony, the Canadians are not above flexing muscle, with a provincial government at one point quietly threatening trade restrictions against New York State.
Instead of flexing its (diminishing) news muscles and giving Bret Baier or Chris Wallace the opportunity to interview Trump, the network is letting Hannity lob softballs to him.
"I feel like he's flexing his muscles a bit as the new French Federation president," said Leif Shiras, the Tennis Channel analyst, after the Sharapova wild-card announcement.
The pair started flexing their entrepreneurial muscles in 226 after becoming frustrated with the lack of flexible, group workout plans available in the city they live in: Singapore.
The UNSC, in a meeting Tuesday, condemned North Korea's latest flexing of its muscles as "outrageous" but did not increase the present sanctions, already at their toughest ever.
The world's second-largest economy is flexing itself in the mold of all emerging empires ready to engage in pursuit of its interests farther and farther from home.
It nevertheless hinges on the British company receiving a license from U.S. sanctions enforcement authorities at a time when President Donald Trump is flexing his muscles against Tehran.
The problem with flexing this sort of expansive world building is that it requires so much jumping around the universe that the film feels like it's spinning plates.
In the image little Alexis, whose name is already starting trends, appears unbothered, arms raised above her head, flexing her bread-roll-like muscles for the world to see.
Sites like OKCupid, JDate, and Christian Mingle followed, catering to the introverts of the world, pandering to people's loneliness, promising relationships and even, later, flexing with married user testimonials.
According to press materials, Hamilton/Sanders will be flexing his "computer coding skills" and enlisting the character of Maxie in "a favor involving his 11 secret herbs and spices."
Trump's sudden offensive against Mexico represents his latest effort to quell a crisis at the border that his hardline rhetoric and flexing of executive power have failed to solve.
Jon, recovering in bed after taking a heroic stand and flexing his scarred ab muscles, blinks fondly up at Dany, who's sitting anxiously by her new favorite knight's bedside.
And while politicians now like the good jobs unionised factories provided, at the time when those unions were flexing their muscles many were happy to see them reined in.
"There&aposs a danger if there is a lot of muscle flexing," said Mike Chinoy, a senior fellow at the U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California.
The Colorado Rockies haven't been shy about flexing their muscle and slugging their way to victory while the Cincinnati Reds have been rather generous with serving up the longball.
We kept flexing our music muscle while working on other projects and then this one just popped up and ended up being the best album we've ever worked on.
You reported that one unintended consequence of the boom in offshore windpower is that the pilings for the turbines are being inhabited by mussels ("Flexing the mussels", October 14th).
A man turns a crank, the dead rabbit scoots down the track on a wire and two dogs shoot out at a full gallop, their spines flexing like springs.
But it's worth asking how much more Amazon can get away with flexing its muscles to boost its own profits before Washington steps in and does something about it.
Now that I'm back in Chicago and really trying to make a go of my business, I'm putting myself out there even more and flexing my tiny extroverted side.
Russia, who historically is often a deciding factor in security council votes, condemned DPRK behavior, but not without voicing continued disapproval of US military muscle flexing against North Korea.
Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee now have a powerful ally in Quincy Jones, who's flexing his influence with the Academy Awards to address its lack of black nominees.
For his part, Revis is adamant he was not the aggressor and says he only acted in self-defense from a drunk man who was flexing his "beer muscles."
The advantage with this "centre-line roll hoop" design is that the flexing helps deflect more of the incoming object's energy before shooting it back up into the air.
Throughout the two years of this parliamentary term, the main opposition Labour Party will be flexing its newly strengthened muscles to cause the government as much difficulty as possible.
Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, a close confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that Moscow and Washington are more interested in "muscle flexing" than improving their relationship.
The rhetoric and muscle-flexing have been seen in some quarters as brinksmanship, particularly with an unpredictable and potentially unstable leader such as Kim, putting some observers on edge.
Although Mr. Naimi had long expressed a wish to retire, the suddenness of his exit struck some foreign analysts as a sign that Prince Mohammed was flexing his muscles.
Adrian Gonzalez finally went deep for the first time this season and looks to continue flexing his muscle when the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
Although the White House officially cast the move as his decision, the departure of the Mooch was widely seen as new chief of staff John Kelly flexing his muscle.
The new central bank rules are the latest case of Brazilian policymakers flexing their muscles to reduce costs for consumers saddled with some of the world's highest interest rates.
Grillo said he fears political instability could increase due to a combination of growing self-doubt in the west, autocrats flexing their muscles elsewhere and the rise of populists.
He brought in dozens of amateurs and pros from across the country and fashioned a set of medals emblazoned with a caricature of his upper body, shirtless and flexing.
CFIUS, set up by the U.S. government to scrutinize deals that could pose national security threats, has been increasingly flexing its muscle amid intensifying Chinese interest in foreign investments.
Brie is especially endearing here—it's hard not to fall in love with her as she runs around her bedroom in a cape, flexing and poorly mimicking Hulk Hogan.
It's a leap away from the direction they teased with the raging, electronic "Less Than," meaning that the band are likely flexing their creative muscles all over Add Violence.
This means not only flexing up the number of beds and availability of oxygen and ventilators, but every aspect of health care including staffing, equipment, supplies and overall management.
It was a moment that was perceived as Pelosi flexing her political muscle, keeping Democrats united as Senate Republicans peeled off to support Democrats' push to reopen the government.
Earlier this week, Mr. Valdés, a Latin jazz patriarch, began an extended run at the Blue Note that will find him flexing his powers in a variety of contexts.
The reforms and the regional muscle-flexing have weakened his ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, which faced down years of protests and unrest before appointing him.
Saudi Arabia and other gulf nations are merely flexing their political muscles by imposing a blockade on Qatar, the state's ambassador to the U.K. told CNBC's Street Signs Thursday.
Elliott has nothing to lose by flexing its muscles ahead of next week, when a bankruptcy judge is to rule on Berkshire's bid and its $270 million breakup fee.
The delays have enabled rituals familiar to the State Capitol, like last-minute lobbying from interest groups and a governor flexing his muscle to bend legislation to his liking.
Director Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Snowpiercer) is really flexing here, showing his mastery of cinema by sneakily shapeshifting this film from genre to genre as the plot unfolds.
"To me, this whole thing is Amazon flexing their ability to do this," Juozas Kaziukėnas, the founder and CEO of the business intelligence firm Marketplace Pulse, told Del Valle.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - "Muscle flexing" by U.S. armed forces in South Korea is fraught with grave consequences for the entire region, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old musician has secretly been in the studio flexing her songwriting muscles, and she has a brand-new country tune to prove it, as Rolling Stone reports.
In the photo on the left, Smith is seen flexing with her head tilted to one side while wearing a black bra and black tights pulled up to her waist.
Two black eyes stare soullessly sideways out from its head, usually black or bloodred, above two twitching antennae almost as long as its legs, above two flexing mandibles, serrated, terrible.
Makeup artists are flexing their skills with the Instaception challenge, going all out on one eye, and then painting borders so it looks like a screenshot of an Instagram post.
"Spy Kids" star Daryl Sabara has just been hit with 2 misdemeanor charges after allegedly flexing some serious muscle and going to town on somebody's car with his bare hands!!!
American consumers are flexing their muscles, and that's helping to save the economy from even slower growth as it faces what could be a more protracted trade conflict with China.
He reiterated: "Authoritarianism and aggression have no place in the Indo-Pacific region" — a possible reference to China which has been flexing its military and economic might in the region.
Now that e-cigarettes have turned into a multi-billion dollar a year industry, Big Tobacco lobbyists are again flexing their muscles in Washington to make sure they're not regulated.
Consider his willingness to explode a successful project like The Haunted Graffiti just for legal standing and hope—for the sake of the music—he's just flexing his intuition, here.
This is the work of Irina Blok, a San Francisco-based designer who delights in her profession as much as she does flexing her design muscles away from the office.
"They engage with the public, which feels connected to their stories," he added, flexing his arms to get the blood flowing after wielding several six-pound puppets for an hour.
Performed by repetitively flexing and relaxing the muscles that control urination, kegels are an effective way to maintain pelvic floor health, which can deteriorate due to age, surgeries, or childbirth.
The hearing was marked by sharp digs on both sides, with Democrats flexing their powers in the majority while some Republicans directed their criticism toward witnesses on the panel. Rep.
Google Assistant has been flexing a lot of new skills as of late, from connecting you with local home services to telling you the name of a song playing nearby.
There's a wonderful moment when a mysterious former fighter—clearly a shadow of Rubin Carter—leads a foot-stomping version of "Hurricane" shortly after a sudden flexing of his powers.
Even before the Kennedy announcement, Democrats were flexing their muscles at the state level, winning governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey, and flipping 44 GOP-held state legislative seats.
The move comes after years of Russia flexing its military might in regions like Ukraine and escalating tensions with the U.S. by backing the government of Bashar Assad in Syria.
A photo of Mr. Boyarishchev posted to a Russian social media site in 2012 shows him shirtless, flexing his biceps and wearing the blue beret of a United Nations peacekeeper.
While some of the technicalities around Exxon's stand-off are easily lost in the weeds, here's what you need to know about why the corporation's legal flexing is so significant.
And Instagram has been flexing its shopping muscles: As of this week, users can now purchase directly from links placed in Instagram Stories as well as from the Explore tab.
He is looking over his own shoulder at the reflection of his two, excessively tanned cheeks, flexing and relaxing repeatedly, and thinking damn, Billy Gunn, those are buns of steel.
"It turns out that our fingernails deform — bend and move — in stereotypic ways when we use them for gripping, grasping, and even flexing and extending our fingers," the researchers explain.
But it was in the final lines that Taylor synthesized her own path thus far and prophesied what is to come, the spirit of church gospel flexing through her body.
"FBI are flexing their muscle," one source familiar with the secure phone industry, and who gave Motherboard specific and accurate details about the operation before it was public knowledge, said.
After the perceived withdrawal of his last two albums and the real failure of his movie, Sign o' the Times comes across as a big slab of creative muscle-flexing.
In both the original and Bausch's interpretation, the dancers rush and fill the space in muscular sequences, such as the stomping of feet, flexing of arms, and slapping of hands.
On creating the things you can't findWriters have interpreted my vocal manipulation as commentary on identity, but my flexing of different modes is purely me exploring what I'm capable of.
"It's flexing the way you do things so you can work better, and strengthening the relationships [at work], to get more of what you want out of it," Vickberg said.
Washington (CNN Business)Attorneys general from more than a dozen states are flexing their legal muscles in a landmark trial that could block T-Mobile's $26 billion merger with Sprint.
Most people's lives focus on economic survival rather than politics, but when they tune into state television, they hear little about domestic problems and plenty about Russia's international muscle flexing.
Meaning that behind the flexing, glory, and the $500 shades is a real person, battling the same complex, yet honest emotions, demons, and choices just like us regular mortals are.
Shulkin rang the closing bell standing near a preening and flexing Captain America, with Spider-Man waving from the trading pit, and Marvel swag distributed to some of the attendees.
It would be the biggest example yet of the White House flexing its muscles on trade, which Trump promised during his presidential campaign on behalf of U.S. workers and manufacturers.
"Duterte has faced massive backlash over his appeasement-sounding remarks over Benham Rise and Scarborough Shoal, so he has an incentive to make some symbolic muscle flexing," Mr. Heydarian said.
But the third film in the series, Thor: Ragnarok, completely changes that, flexing its self-awareness as the movie and its star laugh both at themselves and with their audience.
Right from the beginning, Tim abandons the faux vocal part of the show ... instead, spending most of his time flexing ... while Chrissy Teigen fawns over him from the DJ booth.
Iran has also been increasingly flexing its military might in the region, firing missile strikes from its own territory at targets in Syria for the first time earlier this month.
Some Ukrainians fear that the muscle-flexing is a prelude to an amphibious assault on Ukraine's eastern coastline, which would create a more robust land corridor from Russia to isolated Crimea.
During last year&aposs Ulchi exercises, North Korea fired a powerful new intermediate-range missile over Japan in what its state media described as a "muscle-flexing" countermeasure to the drills.
The thing is, these chips are located in a part of the iPhone 63 Plus that is particularly susceptible to bending and flexing, which is a known issue of the phone.
The video has the singer along with a very talented group of dancers pop squatting and flexing in front a very nice look car in a neat black and white filter.
During his three-day trip, he oversaw the inauguration of a highly unpopular chief executive, and watched the city's PLA troops demonstrate the biggest flexing of military muscle in two decades.
But, in the unlikely event that Mr Trump is elected president, it's questionable how long he would fend off accusations of weakness before reverting to his preference for flexing American muscle.
It doesn't work magically — plenty of witnesses are still refusing to cooperate, and Congress is going to have to consider flexing its muscles and trying to sanction non-cooperators more severely.
Following Abdul-Jabbar's logic, shouldn't Liam Hemsworth's iconic "ice baths and flexing in tiny shorts" photo also lead to a hearty round of schoolyard torment for is many nieces and nephews?
The California-based aerospace company is flexing its ridesharing muscles in a carefully choreographed orbital ballet as its flagship rocket—the Falcon 9—prepares to launch 64 small satellites into orbit.
Under threat of rigid new restrictions, a coalition of yoga teachers and students is flexing its political muscles in state capitals across the country in hopes of clarifying sometimes opaque laws.
The laptop's still made out of aluminum so it's sturdy and mostly flex-free (there's still some give on the lid, but you won't notice it unless you're deliberately flexing it).
Kim talks of readying 'nuclear warheads' Such actions -- this ship seizure, specifically, and stronger sanctions, generally -- seemingly have done little to deter North Korea's muscle flexing, bellicose talk and nuclear ambitions.
In one photo, Giorgetta wrote, she is pushing her hips outward, while in the other, she is flexing them to make her hips look slimmer and her stomach appear more toned.
"I don't look like either in real life... in real life I'm not flexing like on the right and I'm not pushing my hips forwards like in the left," she wrote.
Online marketplace and music database Discogs is flexing its muscles with a new app, and a just released year-end sales report for 2015 that is chock-full of interesting data.
LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty two of the world's best esports players are flexing their fingers and thumbs in readiness for the FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final at London's O2 Arena this weekend.
Studies have found that being present and flexing your social intelligence is the foundation for all other skills at work — and it can help boost your career more than anything else.
Tom Diem of Diem Wealth Management in Indiana says you may not be building wealth as fast as you think if you're constantly flexing your financial muscles to make luxury purchases.
While resolutions are an important step, relative to doing nothing, they are a weak use of legislative power against a president who has been extraordinarily aggressive in flexing his institutional muscle.
Here's a picture of a handsome young man in his early 20s, wearing a baseball hat and showing off a ticket to the gun show by flexing one of his arms.
We consulted hostess with the mostess Sue Chan for her top tips and recipes when it comes to flexing your dumpling game, which you should be doing as often as possible.
A declining labor movement is flexing its muscle against a company that had to be bailed out by the taxpayer in 2009 and has been racking up the earnings ever since.
Mr. Putin answered at length, flexing his command of statistics, and then basically told Mr. Khalitov that he should produce more children, which would make him eligible for a subsidized rate.
Mofcom has been flexing its muscle more on global deals over the last few years, lawyers say, including putting restrictions on a deal between Dow Chemical and DuPont earlier this year.
Hill (15 points, six rebounds) provided energy, finishing an alley oop on one possession and flexing his right biceps after knocking down a 3-pointer from the right corner on another.
Officials in Europe have been particularly focused on flexing their regulatory muscles against American technology companies, including assessing penalties for antitrust violations and opening investigations into the mishandling of customer data.
Talent agencies have gotten more involved, helping podcast stars move to other media, while top podcast platform Apple has reportedly started flexing its muscles, talking up content deals with podcast publishers.
And even though President Trump appears to be pulling back from his vows to completely overhaul Nafta, Mexico has taken his threats to heart and has begun flexing its own muscle.
" Most recently, however, viewers can catch BD Wong flexing his comedic muscles as Wally, the hard-working dad with a heart of gold in Comedy Central's "Awkwafina is Nora From Queens.
Here are seven takeaways from the Liberty and Justice Celebration: Flexing organizational muscle With more than 13,000 tickets sold, Friday night was the biggest Democratic event of the year in Iowa.
The LME's benchmark cash-to-three-months spread CMSN0-103 spent most of that period in backwardation, the cash premium flexing out to $270 per tonne at one stage in November.
Many sequences in "Work/Travail/Arbeid" start from a simple structure — flexing the spine, spinning in place — while the dancer spirals out from the atrium's center in an ever-widening orbit.
Amid an economic slowdown and revolt in Hong Kong, such muscle-flexing may help Mr Xi persuade the public that his "great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" is still on track.
Henn says the group will push the Obama administration to take fossil fuel projects currently undergoing review off the table, and then focus on flexing its muscles to oppose Trump's moves.
Neville has, like the United States coach, Jill Ellis, rotated heavily throughout, not only a way of saving legs ahead of the knockout rounds but flexing muscle, just a little, too.
The New England Patriots tight end is rebounding like a champ -- flexing his muscles on a boat in Miami ... while partying with one of the biggest nightclub owners on the planet!
From Coinage: Here's When It's Worth to Buy Organic When she wasn't flexing her funny bone, Couric revealed an obsession we can all relate to: wanting to be Ina Garten's best friend.
Rihanna wears emotion proudly on "Love on the Brain" and "Higher," selling threadbare longing by flexing the upper end of her register, shredding on the latter cut like we've never heard before.
Jones is adamant Revis is the real victim ... saying Revis was attacked by a drunk man who was flexing his "beer muscles" during the early morning encounter ... and Revis merely protected himself.
With Frank himself rapping, along with Lil Uzi Vert and Quavo forming the remainder of this phalanx of flexing, "RAF" should be a hit if there is any justice in this world.
But he's taken time out of his solo relaxation and flexing schedule to like some posts, including one of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston during her very A-list July 4 party.
This is Marvel flexing, building on over 10 years and 20-plus films of careful groundwork and intricate planning to show us what it can do that no other movie franchise can.
One of the largest gay clubs in the city—with a clientele that errs on the trendier, muscle-flexing side—it's not a bad place come and show off your tiniest shirt.
The user activates the grip by flexing their upper arm muscles, an action that's detected by a Myo-like muscle sensor (possibly actually a Myo, but I couldn't tell from the demo).
David and Victoria Beckham are flexing their British roots with some of the best company the UK has to offer -- Sir Elton John is onboard with the couple on the same yacht.
The movie's bittersweet resolution would foreshadow a similar chapter of darkness in the wizarding world, but not at the expense of having a party and flexing its creativity like well-oiled muscles.
The Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment today, flexing a relatively new regulatory authority and emphasizing its potential to promote competition and bring down drug costs.
This is Jessie flexing for an audience, doing the sorts of improvised trills that had led to the viral success of the 2014 Shreds version of "Bang Bang" (that she later saw).
I wouldn't say it gives you safe space to do it, but [performing] is more conducive to flexing this muscle you know you have, but it doesn't come out all the time.
I suspect I'm not alone: fans of the show have waited years for it to appear on a streaming service, and Disney+ was clearly flexing on the competition by offering the show.
As a web exclusive, she also performed "Los Ageless" (for which she also released a music video earlier this week), featuring some disembodied legs stretching out and flexing in knee-high boots.
Rather, he seems to believe that flexing power—whether by declaring Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel or threatening nuclear war against North Korea—is the only way to earn respect.
By flexing the sheet it's possible to dramatically widen its field of view, capturing larger swathes of reality as an image, whilst also allowing the device to be wrapped around an object.
Should Trump decide to go that route, those are increasingly important steps that will likely have to be taken, as Republicans are far from united behind a unilateral flexing of executive power.
We all know the term "flex" in the context of flexing a muscle, but this metaphorical slang term applies that same spirit to anything you might want to flaunt — most often status.
After hundreds of years of looking inward, China is flexing its muscles regionally by building aircraft carriers, asserting its dominance over most of the disputed South China Sea and sending troops abroad.
Some are fairly frivolous, like when she holds a Grammy Award while sporting a blonde, Katy Perry-like hairdo, flexing that she's won ten Grammys but Perry has yet to win one.
Nevertheless, if the final document bears any resemblance to its current guise, it will be a clear sign that the new White House administration is flexing its muscles on currencies and trade.
An Australian political source with decades of experience in the global arms industry said that the French visit reflects a desire to blunt Japan's perceived strategic advantage by flexing their economic muscles.
Over the course of months, this flexing leads to touchscreen controller called the Touch IC chip losing its soldering contact with the Logic Board, creating intermittent touchscreen functionality and, eventually, total failure.
After a string of cameos on television (Girlboss), and in film (Instant Family), the comedian is flexing her acting skills in her first lead role in the original Netflix movie Spenser Confidential.
Some Indonesians, skeptical of China's aggressive expansion of its territory and flexing its muscles in the South China Sea, are fired up about the whole thing and see a malicious conspiracy afoot.
It will be refreshing to see the comedy actress flexing new muscles, and with a story that suspenseful, thank God we won't have to wait 12 seasons to see how it ends.
Teams and players usually present an aggressive image; there are lots of photo shoots with crossed arms and flexing biceps, with jerseys full of ads for energy drinks and pro gaming gear.
With the announcement of Toyota and Mazda planning to build a new final assembly plant in Huntsville, the state of Alabama is flexing its muscle and influence in the U.S. auto industry.
Jianbing, a street-food crepe from northern China made with eggs, chili and sweet sauce, cilantro, scallions and a crunchy deep-fried dough wafer, is Beijing's latest culinary flexing of soft power.
Context: Since Ms. Tsai took office in May 2016, China has largely refused to engage with her government, instead issuing threats against her aims to "split" China and flexing its military muscle.
"This is obviously a game of balance of power, and China is flexing its muscle in the South China Sea," said Le Hong Hiep, a fellow at Singapore's ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute.
"How to Eat" also marked a step away from technical, chef-written cookbooks and toward a philosophy of cooking that was about pleasing oneself rather than flexing culinary muscles to impress others.
Neck bedecked with a bundle of balloons, Kay opened in stillness that gave way to incremental motion, animated by a subtle internal pulse: a toe creeping along the ground, a wrist flexing.
And Hemsworth, after flexing his knack for comedy in 2017's Ragnarok, taps into that same humor but laces it with jagged grief and anger informed by having seen Thanos's wrath firsthand.
" Trump has also tried to intimidate North Korea by dispatching warships and bombers to the Korean Peninsula, but another KCNA article published Sunday decried such tactics as "useless muscle-flexing" and "exhausted bluffing.
Oil slipped back from 5-week highs as the dollar's muscle-flexing compounded doubts about whether upcoming talks between top oil exporter countries would result in firm measures to rein in ballooning oversupply.
The enraged coaches ran over to the judge's table, with one ripping off his shirt, flexing his muscles and yelling, while the other took off both his shirt and pants, USA Today reports.
It's sort of hard to explain, but by the time we're up to the tens of billions, we're flexing an insane amount of clock cycles just to do these simple subtractions and additions.
Rookie Gary Sanchez and Jacoby Ellsbury have been flexing their muscle at the plate as the New York Yankees continue their startling transformation from sellers at the trade deadline to unexpected postseason contenders.
The hexagonal ridge is on the inside of the condom is a big reason why the condom is less flimsy — it acts like a tire on water, gripping and flexing with the penis.
She moves very little, yet when she rolls her ankles to suggest Lise's run down the street after seeing the film, we see a woman suddenly flexing muscles that she'd forgotten she had.
Some countries have been sending naval vessels and aircraft to the South China Sea and flexing their military muscle, even in the air space of, and territorial waters adjacent to, the Chinese islands.
Caroline: The way Elio steals so many longing glances at Oliver and his impossibly lithe, beautiful body, whether he's flexing his hands or flipping into a pool or dancing like an incredible dork.
But Google is really flexing its hardware and software integration with things like Ambient EQ. I tried the mics from across a room, and it was pretty good at picking up my voice.
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A preview of a forthcoming song from rising MC Russ (sometimes known as Russ Splash), the clip was dedicated to the "Gun Lean"—a dance move he'd been flexing in videos all year.
The man who went viral thanks to a mugshot that showed off his massive neck just a week ago has been arrested again ... and the dude is still flexing what made him famous.
After dominating the opening practice, Mercedes, using an upgraded engine, were flexing their muscles again in the second until a rare mistake by Hamilton sent him into the wall and then the pits.
While Giancarlo Stanton's home run barrage captivated baseball fans for much of the season, Rhys Hoskins perhaps has taken that torch while flexing his muscles with an impressive power surge of his own.
The United States has expressed concerns about the danger of worsening China-Taiwan ties at a time when China's navy is increasingly flexing its muscles in the South China and East China seas.
Few in the West understand the Russian leader, but it is clear that the Russians are flexing their muscles unchallenged in various arenas that are widely seen as in opposition to American interests.
The company is just flexing its muscles in a few markets in California, but is hoping that by scaling slowly they can be ready to attack new opportunities as the regulatory environment shifts.
Some male dolphins even adopt the "banana pose," whereby a big male will lie at the water surface with his head and tail arched up -- almost as if he is flexing his muscles.
China's muscle-flexing is part of a larger shift to a "multipolar construct where countries like Russia, like China, see themselves as important if not dominant players in this world scene," Clapper said.
And yet, the cult of Superhuman led me to keep it for awhile until my eyes were opened that flexing my $30/month email in my signature made me look like an asshole.
The Toronto-based R&B singer has just finished flexing her songwriting skills scoring credits on Keisha's Chanté's latest project 'Unbound 01' and is preparing to release her own EP later this year.
PMR involves flexing different groups of muscles hard enough to feel tension for up to 20 seconds, then releasing to feel relaxation coming over the muscles, according to the University of Michigan report.
Determined to keep construction costs as low as possible while also flexing his architectural muscles, he began designing a compact structure at the edge of the pond with a number of distinctive features.
Although space exploration began as the pinnacle of animosity and military flexing between two superpowers, it has since evolved into one of the most beautiful and instructive examples of international collaboration and trust.
Even as he's flexing his brain power in biology class ("You're pretty smart," his cute female lab partner tells him), he shows he's clueless when it comes to maneuvering the school's social minefields.
Still, if you keep watching and listening (always a good idea), you too see the emotions — perhaps not flexing, but rippling — as she whirls, eyes fixed on the man not in her arms.
As President Trump questions American alliances and troop deployments around the world, Russia, like China, has been flexing its muscles, eager to fill the power vacuum left by a more isolationist United States.
But he's also adroit with more leisurely horrors, like the snap-crackle-pop of the murderous shade flexing for the kill, or the slow animation of a sacklike scarecrow into a toothy obscenity.
Egypt has been flexing its diplomatic muscles since Turkey signed two accords with the Tripoli government last month, one on security and military cooperation and the other on boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean.
But as flexing moves into the mainstream, Mr. Gray, through community outreach and sheer force of will, has remained vigilant about ensuring that the dance style maintains its integrity, both politically and artistically.
"I even got the nails, O.K.?" she said, flexing the fingers of her right hand as her left guided the car south on I-2200, past the cool gray edge of the Pacific.
The New Yorker had not yet served a day in the House but was, to a mixture of anger and eye-rolling from older Washington hands, already flexing -- and testing -- her political clout.
The elite commercial crimes division of LAPD met with the L.A. Dodgers recently to give advice on how to avoid being hit by scumbag burglars ... and the message was simple, STOP FLEXING ONLINE!!!
It's a huge deal, both literally and figuratively—one that (currently) tops a crazy week of Sundance acquisitions that has seen streaming giants Netflix and Amazon flexing their film-buying muscles like Draymond Green.
And the company has been flexing those muscles to defend the restaurants it handles bookings for by allowing eateries to ban customers for up to a year if they no-show on a reservation.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nude man on unicorn snowboarding through a ring of fire while flexing presents, Donald Trump, Angela Merkel, and Ian Zeiring as Steve, Trump NATO, defecating on everything in Brussels like a seagull.
As I got up to head out, my friend Jim came around the corner, half-naked, casually flexing his pecs to make it look like each one bounced up and down at a time.
It's a pretty straightforward performance, which sees Levine flexing his objectively really good falsetto and, of course, Kendrick emerging about two thirds of the way through to subtly kill shit, as is his way.
A report surfaced this weekend that the actress is flexing her muscles to stand up to director and producer Brett Ratner after several women came forward with stories of his sexual misconduct toward them.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's center-right opposition parties will try to block tax increased planned by the minority coalition government, flexing their muscles ahead of what is expected to be a tight election next year.
Belgrade-based activist Olga Kikolic Kia said she was devastated when UNHCR arrived and "big-footed" local activists, flexing its budget and access, but, she felt, not actually delivering the help that was needed.
Now we are back to where we were in the dark days of 1973, and President Trump is flexing his muscle in way that even President Richard Nixon would have been hesitant to do.
Some observers think the Saudis and the other countries are flexing a little muscle after President Trump urged the Gulf nations to do more against terrorism during his visit to the region last month.
Touch disease is caused by flexing or bending of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which breaks soldering connections between the logic board and two small chips known as the Touch IC controllers.
In a series of controversial moves, President Obama has defied the will of local and state governments and the American people, flexing the power of the executive branch in his final weeks in office.
With Uber Eats Pool, Uber is flexing its ability to influence where you eat, training you to trust where it points you when businesses eventually pay directly to be ranked higher in its app.
Dealing with Putin, who is flexing his geopolitical muscle from Ukraine to Syria to cyberspace, will be among Clinton's biggest foreign policy challenges — one made more daunting by the personal bad blood between them.
Lu performed outside and if you look at the performance footage as soon as she started playing Mother Nature was flexing hard and honestly I felt that the dragons were about to come out.
In the view of the president's supporters, it will reflect a less-inhibited flexing of American national security muscle that was confined during the Obama Administration to high-tech but ultimately legalistic tactical operations.
Furthermore, by securing the North's participation, the South has bought insurance against Kim Jong Un overshadowing the Games with muscle-flexing tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the mainland United States.
China has been flexing its military might for several weeks in the lead up to what has been labelled by observers as its most explicit threat to use force in Hong Kong seen yet.
Sporadically fun and visually impressive, this third film works a bit too hard at flexing its laugh muscles, while bogging down in a midsection built around the enticing prospect of Thor versus the Hulk.
China has been flexing its military might for several weeks, implying a readiness to send troops into Hong Kong in response to over 10 weeks of escalating protests that show no sign of ending.
But in the end, Trump couldn't resist flexing his negative presidential power one last time before Christmas, to demonstrate to the world how far he could go when he wanted to get his way.
While the entire first half is fairly monotone, with pleasant and optimistic production, the second half sees Joey Bada$$ getting back to flexing his rap chops and experimenting with varied inflections and flow patterns.
The development extends a run of muscle-flexing by the RBNZ which has ordered New Zealand's major banks - most of them subsidiaries of Australia's big banks - to increase their reserve capital in recent months.
At a time when women are increasingly not just finding their voice but using it, demanding parity and flexing their power, Céline consistently gave them something to wear — or at least to aspire to.
"They have a tendency to try and stretch the terms and improve what they're getting by flexing their muscles," said Ehud Yaari, an Israel-based fellow of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Frank Bruni Why do I get the sense that fighter jets are Donald Trump's biceps, warships are his pectorals and what he's doing with his proposed $54 billion increase for the Pentagon is flexing?
Whether Cyrus is swinging on a wrecking ball, serenading her blowfish, or flexing her powerful vocals backed by a live orchestra, she has remained a foundational figure in both pop music and pop culture.
China's military is going from strength to strength under President Xi Jinping, and Beijing is flexing its economic muscle throughout the Pacific and central Asia via Xi's Belt and Road trade and infrastructure megaproject.
Or would Trump, a rambunctious, ego-driven outsider who never follows the rules, change the office itself by establishing precedents that his successors would eventually use to justify their own flexing of presidential power?
The three-day finals see 32 elite players, distilled from a global pool of 20 million starters worldwide, flexing thumbs and fingers for the prize of a shiny trophy and $250,000 to the winner.
The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution limiting President Donald Trump's authority to attack Iran without congressional approval, delivering the president another bipartisan foreign-policy rebuke and flexing its constitutional power over military actions.
But the major insurance companies, which were instrumental in defeating the public option when Congress first considered making it a feature of the A.C.A., are already flexing their lobbying muscle and waging public campaigns.
But the major insurance companies, which were instrumental in defeating the public option when Congress first considered making it a feature of the A.C.A., are already flexing their lobbying muscle and waging public campaigns.
" When asked why it's important to have songs like "Dear Your Honor" on the mixtape, alongside more lighthearted songs like "Flexing On Purpose," Ralo answered: "I aim to give the streets what their missing.
Back in the day, flexing on your peers was more about finding a brand or model they'd never heard of and one-upping them with the diversity of your sneaker knowledge and corresponding collection.
Flexing his broad executive powers for the first time on the economy, Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that was the centerpiece of the Obama administration's Asia strategy.
Private equity firms have certainly been flexing their muscles this year, whether Thoma Bravo snagging Qlik for $3 billion or Vista Equity Partners grabbing Marketo for $1.9 billion and Ping Identity for another $600 million.
My guess is that we're going to see more big-name streamers move onto the platform via its streamer acquisition team, and I think Twitch is going to begin flexing more of its Amazon muscle.
Rumored couple Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson look to be flexing their romantic muscles ahead of Valentine's Day, sharing a sweet smooch as they waited to pick up their pups in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Whether lifting some serious weights, boxing like a pro, or just flexing in front of the mirror of her millions of fans, it seems like the pop star is never not working on her physique.
Duterte's predecessor, Benigno Aquino, reversed course on a US security presence in his country in 2014 in the face of China's regional muscle-flexing, signing an agreement that would place more ships in Philippine ports.
"Erdogan has just lifted a lid to keep pressure on the EU. It's flexing muscles," Romanian political analyst Mircea Marian said of the recent increase in arrivals from the Turkish coast across the Black Sea.
Russia has also been flexing its muscles around the Baltic Sea, doing things like flying fighter jets within 30 feet of Swedish intelligence aircraft and using warships to threatening Finnish research vessels in recent years.
Big Shaq got TURNT ALL THE WAY UP at a rap show in Oklahoma City -- getting onstage and headbanging along ... while a jacked muscle dude joined the gang and started flexing on the NBA legend.
"Continued unpredictability of the Trump administration, North Korea flexing its muscles again and weaker data coming from the U.S. has helped bring back some interest," said Ole Hansen, head of commodities strategy at Saxo Bank.
The self-described feminist, who dismissed Trump's controversial statements about women as "locker room talk," enjoyed her first experience in the voting booth in 2016 and believes the new president is flexing America's muscles appropriately.
The greenback appeared set to keep flexing its muscles, with the potential for the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates more than expected, said Roy Teo, senior foreign-exchange strategist at ABN AMRO Bank.
Kamaiyah Oakland native Kamaiyah vindicated broke twenty-somethings with her bouncy squad anthem "How Does It Feel," which offers a refreshing contrast to the constant flexing we tend to hear in rap on the radio.
Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Biographies of artists are an unwieldy yet wildly rewarding genre, with authors heroically flexing their muscles to do justice to both the personal histories and artworks of their subjects.
A few steps to and fro on half toe, the slow flexing of a foot, the vibration of a wrist, the roll of an isolated shoulder — these are often parts of the dance language here.
Trump heads west And from CNN senior political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson: Trump will head out West this week, flexing his muscles in several states just as Democrats try to do the same in Nevada.
Big picture: As President Trump questions American alliances and troop deployments around the world, Russia, like China, has been flexing its muscles, eager to fill the power vacuum left by a more isolationist United States.
This week, they welcome the Merce Cunningham Dance Company alumni Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Reiner, whose performers were flexing their spines and executing some tentative caprioles when I visited at dusk a few nights ago.
Drosselmeyer (Michael Fields, who is also a collaborating choreographer for the production) and some of his colleagues made musical sense of all the physical isolations of hip-hop: Their flexing deepened their characters' mysteries appealingly.
These hotties with bodies stripped down and brought the the heat to the desert ... ripple through our gallery of Coachella man bods and see if you can guess the scorching star in the flexing photos!
China is flexing its naval prowess on the global stage again, this time sending one of its most advanced warships into European waters to take part in war games with Russia for the first time.
Last year, the U.S. State Department strongly criticized Russia for what the department called "indiscriminate attacks" that have reportedly caused hundreds of civilians casualties since Moscow began flexing its military might in the war torn country.
But the companies are warning that they might have to give up those tax incentives and leave the state — flexing their financial muscles in a way that's guaranteed to get the attention of local political leaders.
And all this comes at a time when Beijing is flexing its muscles regionally: building aircraft carriers, asserting its dominance over most of the disputed South China Sea and building military bases and sending troops abroad.
He strutted imperiously onto the Barclays Center stage to an Irish ballad and thunderous applause before flexing his muscles, striking poses and rattling off a dance step or two as he waited for the undefeated boxer.
"Washington has deployed two carrier battle groups around the South China Sea, and it wants to send a signal by flexing its muscles: As the biggest powerhouse in the region, it awaits China's obedience," it said.
The Cincinnati Reds entered their interleague series at the Rogers Centre on a bit of a power binge, but through two games north of the border, it has been the Toronto Blue Jays flexing their muscle.
Todd Frazier has also been flexing his muscle of late, although his third homer in four contests wasn't enough as Chicago dropped a 7-5 decision to Tampa Bay for its seventh loss in eight outings.
But while the Air Force has conducted a similar missile test as recently as February 7, Wednesday's launch is notable in that it occurred amid rising tensions and military flexing over North Korea's own nuclear program.
One thing is clear: no matter if we're talking about HBO or Disney movies, companies aren't afraid of flexing their clout by leveraging their content to get us to shell out for more and more services.
It also soured Obama's last swing as president through a region he has tried to make a focus of U.S. foreign policy, a strategy widely seen as a response to China's economic and military muscle-flexing.
And when her campaign emphasized her her capacity as commander in chief who could answer the red telephone better than Obama and "obliterate" Iran, she proved her willingness to use muscle flexing as an electoral tactic.
Trump has even suggested changing the two-way security pact that underpins the alliance, at a time when China is flexing its military muscle in the region and North Korea is pursuing nuclear and missile programs.
Across the aisle and in the Senate chamber, Ms. Warren is flexing her own political muscle, calling for increased Wall Street regulation and promoting the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which she helped create.
Johnson always gives Hobbs a comic book character quality, but in this one he's nuts with it as he breaks the cast on his arm by just flexing it, and walks around shooting a massive gun.
The Raptors are flexing heading into their highly anticipated matchup with the defending champion Warriors and have every right to at the moment, especially with Curry and Draymond Green working their way back to 100 percent.
But the fact that Ms. Ricardel was in limbo on Tuesday reflected an unusual amount of muscle-flexing by the first lady — who normally avoids internecine palace intrigue — as well as the limits of her influence.
Q. Does "moving in place" while seated (for example, flexing or extending feet) count as activity to counteract being sedentary, or does one have to actually stand up or move around, as is currently being recommended?
There is no shrinking from their intent: intimidation, a flexing of cultural might to remind those seeking to make the world a little less violent for future generations that they will not change their ideas quietly.
Washington (CNN)While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was announcing the House managers for the impeachment proceedings Wednesday morning, Chief Justice John Roberts -- who will preside over a Senate trial -- was flexing his knowledge of intergenerational catchphrases.
"I think the Kevin Nguyen name is symbolic for the flexing, Supreme-wearing, raving, and partying Asian boy that you see all too often," Daniel Chong, who made the "Kevin Nguyen starter kit" meme, told VICE.
But with another re-election race coming up in 2020 and Trump's conservative base flexing its muscles in GOP primaries around the country in 2018, Graham might have faced a major challenge in two years' time.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and others already have begun flexing their newfound subpoena power, and the Southern District of New York's probes of the Trump Organization and the Trump inaugural committee continue to expand.
This fragile peace exists despite Hezbollah's grip on the country, and any muscle-flexing in Lebanon will shatter the mosaic that exists and empower Iran's proxy to spread its control throughout the rest of the country.
Efron took the rest of his time in the country to explore the surrounding environs, flexing and posing for the camera while wearing only a pair of black sweatpants, mirrored aviators, and a red and white keffiyeh.
Homes looking cleaner, larger and fantastically more decorated than mine, fitness bloggers eating healthier and flexing actual abdominal muscles, and by the end of my feed, it just really seems as if I'm lacking in all areas.
"Washington has deployed two carrier battle groups around the South China Sea, and it wants to send a signal by flexing its muscles: As the biggest powerhouse in the region, it awaits China's obedience," said the paper.
And the physical buttons on the sides means it's not suitable for all sports: when I wore the Fenix 5S surfing, I inadvertently kept stopping and starting activities when I was flexing my wrists on the board.
Barack Obama will be among them, making the last push of his presidency to 'rebalance' Washington's foreign policy toward Asia, a strategy widely seen as a response to China's economic and military muscle-flexing across the region.
But it's also a glowed up Will Smith doing a Rubik's Cube which makes the whole thing come across as naive and sweet, before ending with the kind of flexing that Fresh Prince fans know him for.
Warren has also written hits for Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, TLC, Aaliyah, and Mariah Carey, so not only could the show be full of earworms, Hough may be flexing her singing chops along with her acting skills.
At a time when an unhealthy preoccupation with the U.K. referendum on its EU membership and the declining influence of Europe continues to dominate the headlines, the region could benefit from corporate Germany flexing its muscles overseas.
Though considered by military officials to be fairly routine, the missile tests that took place Wednesday and on April 26 are notable in that they occurred amid rising tensions and military flexing over North Korea's nuclear program.
Regards, Jay Chaudhry What follows next in this particular fight remains to be seen, but muscle flexing is a strategy that worked for Clark at Blue Coat, which he led from 2011 through its sale to Symantec.
The CEO said that since Lululemon began seeing the weaker results that sent its stock plunging after Wednesday's earnings report, the company has been flexing its creative muscle and introducing new products and colors to their mix.
The elevation of Chen, a trusted confidant of Xi, is a sign the president is flexing his political muscles as he maneuvers to line up a new Politburo Standing Committee, the apex of political power in China.
Although the latter is pursuing a bold reform agenda, punctuated this week by a dramatic leadership shake-up, the former copes by flexing its geopolitical muscles in a way that successfully diverts from economic worries at home.
The world's largest economy has also been flexing its military might in recent weeks: the Navy has three carrier strike groups operating around Asian waters while B-1B bombers have been conducting exercises over the Korea Peninsula.
After their meeting, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense told reporters in Bangkok that Beijing wants the US to halt what he called "provocations" in the South China Sea and to "stop flexing muscles" there.
But this isn't really Champagne Papi flexing on us: Drake is alone except for an unknown driver, sitting diminutively in a limo, craning his neck to see the stars, and counting them out of boredom and loneliness.
China has more leverage over the increasingly belligerent nation than any other country in the world, and Trump is realizing that diplomacy is about compromising and prioritizing — not just flexing one's muscles and barking orders at others.
The United States has expressed concerns about the danger of worsening China-Taiwan ties, at a time when China's navy is increasingly flexing its muscles in the South China and East China Seas and expanding territorial claims.
So after a short break from the spotlight, he emerges reborn, having matured into a full-grown sex panther, slick and streamlined, flexing his muscles and growling, perfectly aware he's the stuff of real adult fantasy now.
There was an eruption of cheers, and he began playing to the crowd, lifting his arms and flexing, smiling at the flashing lights; he was entirely one with them now, I thought, all his sanctity was gone.
Recent threats and military muscle-flexing make a clash between the U.S. and North Korea seem more likely than it really is, according to Trump administration officials and experts who have followed the Korean crisis for decades.
Further, we need to remind our daughters and our sons to use their leverage as Diana would: To stand up to those who interrupt girls or prevent them from speaking, especially interrupters who are flexing their privilege.
Recently eclipsed as the face of protest by the gilets jaunes (yellow jackets), they are now flexing their own muscles and hoping to force Mr Macron to back down, just as the gilets jaunes managed last year.
Barack Obama will be among them, making the last push of his presidency to 'rebalance' Washington's foreign policy towards Asia, a strategy widely seen as a response to China's economic and military muscle-flexing across the region.
Two months later, the pair took a victory lap with a deeper segment on the issue—all while flexing a buoyant chemistry that betrays a combined 15 years of getting paid to shoot the shit with strangers.
"The fact remains that she is still flexing the manipulation muscles that she used when she recruited two young men to murder her sister, and they appear to be as keen as they were in 1996," Chambers said.
The games really seem to be there exclusively for marketing purposes — the show airs against the Olympics, so the skiing was a sad imitation of the Adonises flexing on NBC — and to give the contestants something to do.
And any remotely competent communications team can turn an American president flexing his muscle to keep jobs in America into a pretty compelling story, regardless of the specifics, because a good story is never remembered for the specifics.
The West lost its bet that prosperity would turn China towards democratic capitalism; neighbours like Russia and Turkey are flexing their muscles; and the transatlantic ally has lost any interest it once had in submitting to external constraint.
SpaceX is flexing its ridesharing muscles today as its flagship rocket—the Falcon 9—prepares to loft two sets of spacecraft: a pair of Earth-observing satellites for NASA and a set of five Iridium Next communications satellites.
There was no such reticence from Republicans as the sight of a GOP president flexing military power offered a rallying point with a White House that has often had tense relations with its own party on Capitol Hill.
My spaz factor didn't last, and as I got the hang of it, I, too, added footwork: flexing my heels to the floor in front of me, jumping-jacking my feet, traveling forward and backward, side to side.
Facing these conditions, Russia and Japan both view enhanced economic and political ties as crucial to a stable balance of power in Northeast Asia, where a rising China is flexing its muscles and North Korea seems increasingly unpredictable.
"Washington has deployed two carrier battle groups around the South China Sea, and it wants to send a signal by flexing its muscles: As the biggest powerhouse in the region, it awaits China's obedience," the Global Times said.
National groups such as the Progressive Turnout Project, a political action committee, and Planned Parenthood Action Fund have also been flexing their muscles when it comes to boosting turnout and reaching scores of voters in the 2202th District.
And the Democratic majority that will take over the House next year is already flexing its muscles after an extraordinary televised showdown between the party's top brass and Trump last week offered a preview of skirmishes to come.
Yes, flexing his moves and muscles with equal fervour, there is an untold beauty to the idea that Mr Transporter Jason Statham quietly blew the (bloody) doors off the hardman aesthetic before he'd even invented the hardman aesthetic.
In the end, Mr. Albert, who died in 2009 at the age of 74, documented a consequential moment when women of color, flexing their power, explored their individuality and beauty in the face of racist stereotypes and limitations.
They arrive on Earth 30 years later to destroy the planet in the guises of Pac-Man, Galaga, Centipede, Q*Bert and Donkey Kong, allowing the schlubby protagonists to save the day by flexing their loser hobby skills.
As their counterparts fan out across Europe and the United States, flexing their political muscle against frightened establishments, here was a listless, modestly sized crowd, whose members seemed aware that they had underperformed but unable to explain why.
Convoys are nothing new for the Navy, but it's something the service hasn't focused on since World War II. Now, as the US military reorients toward a potential clash with another sophisticated enemy, it's flexing that muscle again.
Rather, the disorder significantly affects their daily life and can lead to "ritualistic behaviors," according to the Cleveland Clinic, like constantly flexing already-massive muscles in mirrors or spending endless hours experimenting with makeups to disguise a birthmark.
Monday's punishment shows the religious right "flexing their muscles and making clear that the laws against LGBT activity will be enforced in their state," said Linda Lakhdhir, a legal adviser in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch.
By floating the resolution ahead of Macron's working meeting with Merkel on Thursday, the conservative lawmakers are flexing their muscles, seeking to safeguard the Bundestag's ability to veto euro zone aid packages and restricting reform of the bloc.
As the movie progresses, it emerges that the directors, Laura Citarella and Ms. Llinás, "are less interested in flexing their cinematic chops and more concerned with solitude, materially and existentially," Manohla Dargis wrote in The New York Times.
Congress is flexing its muscles on those issues where Trump administration policies have raised hackles in both parties, but the president retains considerable power to set the course of U.S. policy in other important areas of international affairs.
In flexing his power to issue pardons, the president could potentially offer more clemency to people convicted of crimes that parallel charges that have been made or mentioned in connection with allies of Mr. Trump in recent weeks.
Redlands, now on its seventh issue (the first six have been collected in a trade paperback), is about a trio of witches seeking to recreate the titular town into something better by flexing their immense power, oftentimes violently.
Finally, blues artist RL Boyce gave a rendition of his track "Roll and Tumble," flexing easily the best guitar tones of the night, and rounding off a fun and eclectic episode of the best show on British television.
Caroline Framke: In an episode that features Philip and Elizabeth launching new honeypot operations, Paige flexing her spy muscles in Pastor Tim's house (welcome back, Pastor Tim!), Stan essentially blackmailing the FBI, and Mischa making it to New York(
Obama, whose foreign policy focus has been widely seen as a response to China's economic and military muscle-flexing across the region, said critics at home were wrong to say it had failed when Asian leaders only wanted more.
Despite political upheaval and civil wars across the region, West Africa has experienced few of the targeted attacks now being launched routinely by AQIM, which experts say is flexing its muscles to ward off encroachment from Islamic State militants.
Image: GettyRussia is flexing its military muscle as tensions with the US simmer in the wake of a heated third presidential debate, where Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton called Republican candidate Donald Trump a "puppet" for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A tangle of spidery multi-jointed arms dangled down from its underbelly, flexing slowly in the air, and there was a bright acid-yellow lantern set into the top of its carapace that illuminated the kids plodding behind it.
Despite this, the United States has expressed concerns about the danger of worsening China-Taiwan ties, at a time when China's navy is increasingly flexing its muscles in the South China and East China Seas and expanding territorial claims.
Whether you choose to be swayed by the opinion of a man who substitutes the word "turtle" for "good," Jack is far from the only person flexing their linguistic muscles to endorse the patch over the recent festive period.
Bouncing from Jamaica Ave to the actual island, this colorful clip features Meyhem flexing his hooligan charm and always-entertaining bars ("Gucci kicks got me looking like a poinsettia" ) over catchy-as-hell dancehall boom bap from producer Farhot.
Chris Pratt appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last March to promote "The Kid," a gunslinging Western film, wearing a brawny and elegant Cartier watch on each wrist — an action hero fashion gesture equivalent to flexing both biceps at once.
China on Monday called on the U.S. military to stop flexing its muscles in the South China Sea and to avoid adding "new uncertainties" over Taiwan, during high-level talks that underscored tension between the world's two largest economies.
While front-page headlines over the past six months give the appearance that OGE is flexing its muscle, the truth is the agency has long been a backwater with limited tools to promote ethical behavior in the executive branch.
Many independent repair professionals who specialize in microsoldering told me that they believe the problem is caused by flexing or bending associated with normal use, such as taking the phone out of your pocket and putting it back in.
On OX, his debut proper, he sounds disturbingly self-assured, holding himself together on tracks with Valee and Chief Keef, flexing constantly, bragging about putting "thirteen racks in my motor" as if he's anywhere near the legal driving age.
Earlier this week during high-level talks, China called on the U.S. military to stop flexing its muscles in the South China Sea and adding "new uncertainties" over democratic Taiwan, which is claimed by China as a wayward province.
Flush with cash after a string of Super Tuesday victories, Joe Biden is flexing more muscle on the airwaves, closing Bernie Sanders' spending advantage in a slew of Southern and Midwestern states holding primaries over the next two weeks.
CARACAS/EL TIGRE, Venezuela, Dec 31 (Reuters) - With an emoji of a flexing bicep, Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., or PDVSA, on Tuesday celebrated what was once a routine task in the OPEC nation: delivering gasoline.
Mr. Abbott's announcement was one of his most closely watched and controversial decisions since he took office in 2015, and his move to order lawmakers back to Austin starting on July 18 represented a flexing of his political muscle.
Rome Journal ROME — When a bunch of teenagers occupied a 1950s movie theater at risk of demolition in Rome's fashionable Trastevere neighborhood five years ago, it could have become the umpteenth example of generational muscle-flexing, destined to sputter.
On Friday, just over a week after he was released from prison after completing an eight-month sentence for tax evasion, the Jersey Shore star posted a photo of himself flexing his biceps on a New York City sidewalk.
Sources in Ted Cruz's orbit had suggested the Texas senator would still be a factor in delegate battles over the weekend, flexing his muscle among conservative activists to try and retain a position of influence at the national convention.
The goal, made explicit in a segment of the conference called "Declare Your Ambition," is to build a generation of women who are "flexing their political power and normalizing political ambition," said Anne Moses, the group's founder and president.
But lakeside, stooped and shivering in a parka, flexing your toes inside multiple layers of socks and witnessing groups of half-naked people splashing into the frigid water of their own accord, your mind naturally struggles to comprehend why.
Trump was busy flexing his midterm muscles in West Virginia on Tuesday, where he invited the Republicans Senate nominee Patrick Morrisey to join him on stage and warned his supporters of the consequence of a "blue wave" in November.

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