Fortifying foods with iron, zinc, iodine and vitamin A is transformative.
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Exhausted, I pulled over for a fortifying swim before pedaling back.
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Authorities in the United States are increasing vigilance and fortifying defenses.
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It was Kung Fu — an experience as humbling as it was fortifying.
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Japan is fortifying those islands with radar stations and anti-ship missile batteries.
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Republicans have outflanked Democrats by taking control of redistricting and fortifying their incumbents.
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By all appearances, the principal objective was fortifying bin Salman's hold on power.
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Authorities in the United States on Friday were increasing vigilance and fortifying defenses.
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The financial flexibility allows teams to allocate the saved money toward fortifying their rosters.
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That could raise $8bn, making Tata simpler to run and fortifying its balance-sheet.
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The monetization of her personhood into dollar coins becomes defensive shielding, heavy but fortifying.
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France spent 11 years and $450 million fortifying 450 miles of countryside against German militarization.
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What is the role that government plays in essentially growing and boosting and fortifying space?
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North Korea has been fortifying its border with China to make it harder to cross.
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In my 32 years, I've failed—spectacularly, foolishly—at fortifying any semblance of true romance.
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My Detox Stephanie Danler, author of "Sweetbitter," relies on a fortifying lentil recipe to reset.
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Republican attacks on the Affordable Care Act appear to be fortifying support for the law.
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But as we know, heavily fortifying the border is not something that stops unauthorized migration.
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The mantu are fortifying, the heat penned up inside the skins, which hiss when pierced.
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In addition to fortifying the island's financial position, he promoted cultural programs and national identity.
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We would be greatly aided in fortifying both patriotism and civicism with a different president.
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Paying such crude attention will not grant you the fortifying effects Oliver has to offer.
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Letters from alarmed Apple customers started flooding into Mr. Cook's inbox, fortifying his stance on privacy.
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Small gestures of self-care — what Dr. Boardman calls "fortifying" — aren't just fun, but they're necessary.
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Beijing is building and fortifying islands in pursuit of expansive territorial claims in the strategic waterway.
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Borscht at Kryjivka, generously stocked with pork and fortifying vegetables, gives no hint of wartime privation.
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"A lightweight, soothing formula with fortifying, calming ingredients like B5 vitamin, niacinamide, and ceramides," she says.
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Add warm snacks, jokes, stories and fortifying beverages, and suddenly ice fishing doesn't sound so bad.
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For years, China has been constructing and fortifying man-made islands throughout the South China Sea.
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Maisel said that the fortifying drink helped her maintain her weight — and stave off illness — during filming.
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Fine, sure — it's somewhat fortifying to know I could get through something like that without self-combusting.
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The steps Dannon is now taking are aimed at fortifying it against further threats to its dominance.
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It's simply steamed, the flavor gentle and fortifying, leaving the faintest trace of iron on the tongue.
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"Under President Trump, we are fortifying America's security and diplomatic presence" in the Arctic, Pompeo will declare.
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Amichai has many modes, but a faithful and fortifying humanism is his commonest and his most delightful.
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One more fortifying mug (I don't own glasses) of chocolate milk and it's time for la petite mort.
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I can't tell you why, but there's a confidence in these photos that feels fortifying one week later.
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On the ground, Syrian troops were put on a 72-hour "high alert" and were fortifying their positions.
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Sometimes all that will get you through the night is a bubbling, fortifying marrow-thick broth of soup.
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Fortifying this foundation must include the use of domestic minerals to ensure a successful infrastructure renaissance in America.
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Of course, part of the way it was supposed to do that was by heavily fortifying the border.
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Fed officials say stronger growth is fortifying those intentions, and the next rate increase is expected in March.
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Of course you may prefer seitan piccata, roasted asparagus with freekeh, a fortifying bowl of smoky eggplant soup.
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We know enough now to help them by fortifying their brains through exercise, mindfulness training and support systems.
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It must maintain insurance affordability while also providing the right incentives for fortifying and responsibly planning our communities.
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He did this at the cost of greatly fortifying Iran's predatory, Islamist regime, without ending its nuclear program.
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America's housing market is heating up again, fortifying the finances of current homeowners and frustrating potential first-time buyers.
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When he was 30, he was installed as deputy minister of defense in charge of fortifying the nascent nation.
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"It has sun protection, strong antioxidants, and the minerals are fortifying [to the] the hair and scalp," he says.
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The British supermarket has announced that it will be fortifying its entire pre-packed bread range with extra fibre.
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But once spiced and sweetened, the thick drink proved particularly fortifying for the body and clarifying for the mind.
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The military recently appointed an American brigadier general to take charge of greatly expanding and fortifying the Green Zone.
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The company will focus on improving its operations, fortifying its hub airports and driving up cash flow, he added.
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And indeed, the US buildup hasn't gone unnoticed by ISIS, which has spent months fortifying its positions inside Mosul.
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In San Francisco, voters approved a $425 million bond to pay a quarter of the costs of fortifying a seawall.
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Fortifying the border has driven up smuggling fees, making the business more attractive to organised crime, which now runs it.
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After days of fortifying the areas around Redding, fire crews were increasingly confident that the city would escape further damage.
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Fortifying the area ate up a large chunk of farmland and restricted access to resources such as water, residents say.
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Since its famously decentralizing 1991 Constitution, Colombia has made strides in fortifying Congress, the courts, the press and social movements.
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And, finally, fortifying the bullpen, which has lost — at least for now — David Robertson and Zach Britton to free agency.
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Significantly lowering emissions, reducing waste, managing our landscape and fortifying our communities would all do much more to save lives.
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A U.N. spokesperson told The New Humanitarian that the U.N. has invested resources in fortifying tech infrastructure throughout their offices.
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The resulting pint—a typical blood donation—was added to Blood Mirror, fortifying a monument that represents potential but wasted resources.
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The United States has been at odds with China over the latter's building and fortifying of islands in the disputed waterway.
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It began fortifying Mosul for the inevitable attack by Iraqi forces as soon as it took the city in June 2014.
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Utilities have been proactive about fortifying the grid on their own, DeVito said, but they require concentrated efforts by the government.
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Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators.
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Fortifying Face Balm, $36This Face Balm is a cooling jar of magic that makes my skin feel calm, soft, and hydrated.
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Fortifying livestock corrals with wire mesh roofs will keep the leopards out and reduce the number of cats killed by herdsmen.
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I put on another layer of moisturizer, some hair fortifying cream that makes my wig stick better to my remaining hair.
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Before anyone can reach the market, they must pass through one of the 20153 checkpoints fortifying the center of the city.
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Some lawmakers worried that some of the unspent money is still needed, such as funds earmarked for fortifying U.S. coastlines against hurricanes.
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Eventually, NASA would like to put in another two miles of dune, fortifying the entire shoreline between Launch Complexes 22A and 39B.
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After all, Facebook spent years fortifying itself against hackers and spammers only to be rolled by political actors posing as app developers.
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We'd wake up in the morning feeling brave, get scared by lunchtime, and have a fortifying and morale-boosting drink by bedtime.
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Today is a day for fortifying your soul; our brothers and sisters in Las Vegas will need strong shoulders to lean on.
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Still, many states still have a long way to go when it comes to fortifying their election systems against potential security risks.
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It arrived in 2011, fortifying assumptions about the inevitable pull of democracy and a free press, and of reform and equitable governance.
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The live video shows men, wearing camouflage and carrying rifles, fortifying their position and preparing for a shootout with the federal government.
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That legislation, among other things, would provide $1.6 billion in funding for border security measures, such as fortifying structures and building roads.
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Mr. Pompeo said that Washington was "fortifying America's security and diplomatic presence" in the region, including with new military exercises and icebreakers.
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Military police carry 9 mm pistols, but are restricted to base security and watching over the detachments of troops fortifying border fences.
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Decision makers in Saigon and Washington had charged the Marines with fortifying the northern border and defeating the influx of Communist forces.
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Encountering such fortifying confessionals is predicated upon using a technology that has significant potential to make a person feel terrible about herself.
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The guy and his wife built their house to be strong, fortifying it with wood, sticks, mud, stones, whatever they could find.
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It's made with the same masa as the tamales, and has the same fortifying effect: This is daily sustenance, made with care.
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Kurds, some affiliated with the PKK, have since retrenched in the country's eastern Anatolia region, making declarations of autonomy and fortifying towns.
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Some of these resort communities would look just like Cape Lookout does now if tremendous sums weren't spent maintaining and fortifying the beaches.
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To the usual action-flick staples—car chases, fist-fights, crashing helicopters—the Chinese-made movie adds a fortifying dose of international law.
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Hours before polls closed Tuesday, Abbott hosted the first of three round table discussions this week with policymakers to discuss better fortifying schools.
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Some lawmakers worried that some of the targeted unspent money was still needed, such as funds earmarked for fortifying U.S. coastlines against hurricanes.
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Fortifying alternate routes for those in fragile states to gain stability and establish careers outside of violent extremist groups will destabilize recruiting efforts.
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But he may also be fortifying Republican defenses in the blue-collar, exurban and small-town seats beyond that inner circle of vulnerability.
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The internet giants have since collectively spent billions of dollars hiring staff, fortifying their systems and developing new policies to prevent election meddling.
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The internet giants have since collectively spent billions of dollars hiring staff, fortifying their systems and developing new policies to prevent election meddling.
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In Morrill, Me., Carrie Hall, 42, alternated between feeding applewood logs into her stove, shoveling snow and fortifying herself with sips of whiskey.
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Yesterday: President Trump denied a Times article that said he had discussed fortifying barriers along the Mexican border with a reptile-filled moat.
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In tandem, more governments are laying internet filtering systems over the web, creating and fortifying capabilities to intercept data crossing their geographic borders.
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On top of the video content, you'll also get to complete a variety of drills which can help in fortifying your newly acquired knowledge.
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Building back better will require stronger flood defenses and construction guidelines, making use of risk data, and fortifying existing structures such as raising bridges.
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SpaceX has since been fortifying the COPVs to make sure they are up to NASA's rigorous safety standards, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
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Dating back 2,500 years and boasting 52 towers with fairy-tale roofs dotting its roughly two miles of fortifying walls, it's massive and memorable.
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One popular thread argued that attempting to cross-pollinate Twitter's ideological streams would only increase harassment while fortifying ideological polarization, rather than combating it.
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And since 1996, the government has been fortifying cereal grains with folate so that it makes its way into our breads, pastas, and cereals.
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They have expanded the team working on the project, in part to focus on fortifying the economic component — a particular focus of Mr. Kushner's.
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The funding has been directed toward efforts ranging from fortifying river embankments, to implementing emergency management systems like cyclone shelters and mass evacuation plans.
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So he added enough space between the tracks to allow columns to stand between them, while also fortifying the ground to support huge weights.
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I backed into the brush, fortifying myself behind a skinny grove of alder trees, moving slowly, carefully, never taking my eyes off the bear.
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But in the small Idaho town of Sandpoint, Second Amendment activists are fortifying the rights they say are constitutionally theirs — no matter the cost.
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Engineers typically rely on brute-force methods to mitigate its effects—fortifying structures with stone columns and grout; banging the ground with heavy weights.
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A specialty of the Uighurs, a Turkic and Muslim minority in China, they are fantastically chewy and fortifying, under a ladling of beef stew.
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ISIS is fortifying positions in eastern Mosul, digging new trenches, building berms and erecting walls and barriers on major roads, witnesses and residents tell CNN.
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Japan's Self Defence Force, which is pivoting away from defending its northern borders, is fortifying the region with radar bases and anti-ship missile batteries.
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These long overdue reforms will help restore transparency and enhance our nation's defenses by fortifying our laws and allowing the NSD to do its job.
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Whether fortifying infrastructure or preparing for the next pandemic, the government must identify ways to care for all of its citizens regardless of socioeconomic status.
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El Nuevo also sells excellent fortifying snacks from around Latin America, and I left with an Argentine empanada de carne in hand for later sustenance.
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It unwittingly amplifies Mr. Putin's propaganda machine by fortifying Russia's image as the world's geostrategic ninja, disrupting elections and information networks without leaving a trace.
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The programs are extremely successful in helping businesses create employment and economic growth opportunities in rural communities across the nation, fortifying a healthy farm economy.
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China has spent much of the past two years fortifying these islands, including placing missiles on the Spratly island chain during naval exercises in April.
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Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina and the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, expressed disappointment with the modest funding for fortifying the border.
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And the PLA is fortifying posts across vast expanses of the South China Sea, while stepping up preparations to recover Taiwan, by force if necessary.
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Ms. García Villegas had expanded her apartment and built a terrace with heavy materials and without fortifying the support columns below, according to the reports.
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Among them: shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down and fortifying the border with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators.
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The sum is a movie that panders not at all to Western sensibilities, giving few pointers on a theme beyond the fortifying power of faith.
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We run the risk of scrubbing, disinfecting, vacuuming and filtering out the fortifying mix of microscopic creatures that our immune system needs to develop properly.
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But before we Hyperdrive into the weekend, let's take one last look at what made this latest peek into the *Star Wars *galaxy so Forcefully fortifying:
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He also makes bsissa, a mix of dried fruits, spices, chickpeas and lentils, which is mixed with honey and olive oil to make a fortifying paste.
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Though Trump's inner circle seems to be fortifying itself against what it calls partisan attacks, other Republican officials aren't so willing to dismiss the CIA's conclusion.
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It may be politically expedient to propose fortifying barriers and tightening immigration controls in an effort to keep the tide of suffering and despair at bay.
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Rebels have been fortifying the eastern neighborhoods under their control for years, and any ground offensive would probably be long and grinding, international officials have said.
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Here, we have a similar-scale exhibition space, so it will be a fortifying experience for people when they do make the effort to come up.
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Butter London makes its nail polish with a mix of nourishing and fortifying ingredients that protect and care for your nails, while giving full-coverage color.
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After 2006, when the federal government began fortifying the border through the city with a towering new wall, El Paso became slightly less safe, O'Rourke contends.
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The result is mellower than most and can be sipped on its own, though a fortifying splash of gin or vodka would not be a mistake.
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When Rob schools a jerky record collector about the year a Wings album came out, it's less about 1976 than about the fortifying thrill of righteousness.
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Michelle Rizer-Pool, the pastor of Bethel, and other religious leaders across the country are fortifying their buildings and preparing for the possibility of mass shootings.
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We can't fight anti-Semitism by relying solely on building more walls around Jewish communities and fortifying Jews with a ring of police officers and prosecutors.
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"It's not an issue of fortifying your front entranceway and throwing up some additional cameras," Ken Trump of National School Safety and Security Services told CNBC.
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Communities across the country are confronting the mounting evidence of climate change and fortifying buildings and infrastructure against rising sea levels and ever-more-intense storms.
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He is hoping to convince the federal government to incorporate the town into a national park — and make Washington responsible for fortifying the community from floods.
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We only have control over ourselves, and fortifying ourselves is the only thing we can do as individuals if we want the world to become better.
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Illustrative of flourishing foliage and the lushness of the great outdoors, the fortifying attributes of Greenery signals (sic) individuals to take a deep breath, oxygenate, and reinvigorate.
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Closing gaps of opportunity, ensuring economic mobility and fortifying growth in the long run requires long-term investments in education, health care, immigration, infrastructure, science and research.
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He achieved outstanding results by two principal means: altruistically assisting other nations, thus building up the liberal order; and safeguarding the national interest, thus fortifying American power.
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WASHINGTON — Joe Biden came out of the gate hot on Tuesday's primary night, fortifying his national lead on the strength of his support from the black community.
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Originally from Mobile, Alabama, Tiffany was accepted by her family and presented feminine from a young age, fortifying her self-confidence and enabling her to help others.
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Then, they helped me protect myself against a future attack by strengthening my passwords, fortifying my devices and teaching me what suspicious activities to look out for.
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and many others had filed legal briefs in support of Apple, effectively fortifying its position in the courts ahead of this week's showdown.
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The new program, called "Fortifying Heart Failure Clinical Evidence and Patient Quality of Life" or "FortiHFy", will include 40-plus trials in 50 countries over five years.
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Strikingly often, self-made Americans have stories to share about teenage jobs, involving alarm clocks clanging before dawn, aching muscles, stern bosses and soul-fortifying hours of boredom.
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Cashin attributed Wednesday's slide to Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters' declaration about fortifying banking regulations when she, likely, becomes chair of the powerful House Financial Services Committee in January.
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Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate.
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They thought that it would be fortifying for teen-agers to witness fictional young people navigating the treacherous waters of social life and social media—and surviving them.
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Whether it's minimizing how much of our information they collect, fortifying security, or simply telling us they've been breached, we can't depend on these companies in good faith.
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From the United States to Hungary, Australia to Denmark, countries have been fortifying walls, filling detention centers and even detaining asylum seekers on castaway islands -- not welcoming them.
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" "The proposed announcement to increase minimum shareholding threshold from 25% to 35% is a move to increase public participation in listed entities, thereby fortifying the fundamentals of governance.
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And so we have really put an enormous effort into fortifying real H.R. people who are listening and making recommendations, and acting, really increasing the number of people.
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If not the beginnings of a backlash against the populist far right — though it may be — then the result seemed at least to be a fortifying of defenses.
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This would be an enormously important step toward stabilizing the global climate, fortifying indigenous communities and their cultures and protecting the fragile and incredible biodiversity of these forests.
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She's smart enough to know that her audience requires something more, some fortifying authenticity, and the tracks on "Lemonade" are the first she's written that bear repeated listening.
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Azerbaijan said its troops had seized small pockets of territory in the latest fighting, and were fortifying those locations to make sure that it held on to its gains.
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He has since campaigned on repealing the Affordable Care Act, getting rid of Social Security and Medicare, supporting fortifying the southern border wall, and opposing any gun control measures.
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But the effect was that I became submissive to all of it, believing in it when it was fortifying and believing in it when it left me feeling abandoned.
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A difficult, beautiful, vertiginous, fortifying and enlivening piece of work that somehow makes the contemporary world, with all its horrors, seem worth being born into and living in, together.
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The number of burglaries in the United States dropped by 28 percent between 2006 and 2015, according to the F.B.I. But that's not stopping us from fortifying our homes.
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But his focus remains on fortifying the border, and the latest move is one of a series of policy moves that will have the effect of curbing legal immigration.
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The Fund incentivizes countries to increase domestic spending on health care, fortifying their health systems against disease outbreaks like the current Ebola emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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While the '3003 Constitution's no-aid clause looks similar to its predecessor in the 1889 original, the update was motivated by fortifying public schools, not shunning people of faith.
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From the beginning, it was suspected that Dreyfus had been framed, and the resulting conflict tore French society in two, exposing and fortifying a deep vein of anti-Semitism.
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He refers to himself as a "cheerful centenarian" and reflects chiefly on his "sunny hours"—best-seller lists, comfortable homes, a fortifying marriage, the deepening of his Jewish faith.
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But if the flor has begun to die off (a process that may be hastened by fortifying the wine to 17 percent), it is a candidate to become amontillado.
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Furthermore, from the camps of Calais to the Mediterranean sea, there is plenty of evidence that fortifying borders does not stop lots of people continuing to try to cross them.
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And that fight will become tougher in a dense urban environment, which ISIS has spent two years fortifying and where it will likely use civilians as shields to deter airstrikes.
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Winter is Here is a fortifying and delicious double white, brewed with sea salt and white pepper, sure to keep you warm in winter, no matter how long it lasts.
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We are proof that a sea of women working (and marching) together, compromising and fortifying on each others' behalves, is indeed the force of nature we thought it might be.
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He could hit second against left-handers or almost anywhere from seventh to ninth against right-handers, fortifying a lineup that scored the second-most runs in baseball last season.
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The lawsuit comes on the heels of a nearly year-long cybersecurity strengthening effort which was the initial internal DNC response to the hack -- for fortifying their systems and processes.
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Fortifying a portal to top strength means putting only the highest level resonators on it, but a player can only place a single high-level resonator on a particular portal.
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In a press release announcing the news, Orbion CEO Brad King says that volume is a strategy when it comes to fortifying U.S. systems in space against potential foreign attack.
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These principles include offering high-quality, affordable health insurance to all; preserving and fortifying the safety net through Medicaid and other policies; and encouraging innovation in the delivery system, among others.
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That means ensuring wildfire response agencies have ample resources and personnel, fortifying fire-prone ecosystems, making full use of remote sensing technology, tackling megafires strategically, and in general, expecting the unexpected.
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If you're keeping things traditional, though, the brand you'll see on every street, awning, glass and table is Yeni Raki, a brand that's been fortifying the Turks for nearly 100 years.
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Gun rights groups argued that ownership restrictions would be ineffective, saying future incidents could be averted or the harm from them minimized by letting teachers carry guns and fortifying classroom doors.
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Importantly, it's not about shrinking away from our responsibility to other people, but fortifying ourselves by taking the time to value the love and beauty that's right in front of us.
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"Broadly speaking, we see major restaurants and retailers focus on fortifying their portfolios with capabilities they are missing," A.T. Kearney partner Bahige El-Rayes, who co-authored the report, told CNBC.
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Still, the fortifying soups and simple heartfelt Korean classics make it the right choice for dinner-for-one if you need a little solace in the long, lonely Los Angeles night.
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Savings from reducing the nuclear force could be invested in fortifying command centers and communications networks, which would better protect the president and ensure the continuity of government during a crisis.
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" IMF also holds discussion on "Opportunity Africa: Reducing Risk and Mobilizing Financing on a New Scale", "Emerging Markets at the Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities" and "Fortifying the Global Financial Safety Net.
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" He opined that the US should narrow its objectives in Syria to: "mitigating the risk of an Islamic State resurgence and preventing Iran from fortifying a military presence that threatens Israel.
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The region also lacks infrastructure; once you consider the challenge of fortifying rigs to withstand the volatile and unstable conditions posed by extreme weather, the costs of doing business become astronomical.
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And some who just two weeks ago were wrapping their heads around the prospects of fortifying Sanders in a fight against President Donald Trump are now pointing Sanders toward the exit.
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The credit-reporting bureau TransUnion is fortifying its lobbying presence with a spate of new hires as lawmakers are scrutinizing the industry in the wake of the massive Equifax data breach.
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Fortifying our schools with improved content about the Jewish people and the history of anti-Semitism can help young Americans become grounded, empathetic and equipped with the knowledge of past injustices.
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It has aggressively asserted its stake in recent years in the face of conflicting claims from several Southeast Asian nations, building up and fortifying islands in the Spratly and Paracel chains.
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A new policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics is fortifying its previous stance on corporal punishment — specifically, that it should not be used as a method to discipline children.
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The combination of keeping customers safe through regular updates and the opportunity to try new features before making a final purchase decision will be key to fortifying customer loyalty to car manufacturers.
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Since then, the company has tested over 2,33 combinations of printing material and fortifying additives, and it can print an entire Olli in roughly 10 hours (down from 44 hours in 2014).
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One could also argue that organizations are better suited focusing their efforts on fortifying their defenses and detecting threats quickly to avoid breaches in the first place – eliminating the need for retaliation.
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Improving the Aquarium is as much about civic equity as it is about fortifying against rising seas in a city where progress on both fronts can often seem inexplicably slow and political.
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For days, the protesters have held off the police from entering the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic, fortifying their holdout with homemade fire bombs, giant sling shots, bricks and bows and arrows.
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Just think of it like the blade Sting from The Lord of the Rings in the presence of orcs... if the orcs were fortifying locations in your mouth instead of Middle-earth.
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So if amazon can takeover landmark theatre successfully, it will has a business chain targeting independent films and foreign films, benefiting amazon's media business and fortifying its competition on film distribution channels.
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SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Thousands of firefighters were fortifying containment lines on Monday as temperatures were forecast to soar, increasing the danger of a fresh wave of bushfires across Australia's east coast.
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To fend off these multiple challenges, the report says with Cold War urgency, the government must put "America First," fortifying its borders, ripping up unfair trade agreements and rebuilding its military might.
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CHAKMAKUL REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - The Rohingya refugees who live in shacks clinging to these steep, denuded hills in southern Bangladesh pray that the sandbags fortifying the slopes will survive the upcoming monsoon.
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Dear Watchers, I am fortifying my life to better approach and enjoy fall TV. I watched the season finales of some shows I'd been putting off all summer to prepare for their return.
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"These principles include offering high-quality, affordable health insurance to all; preserving and fortifying the safety net through Medicaid and other policies; and encouraging innovation in the delivery system, among others," he said.
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"We responded to this incident by fortifying our log-on and authentication processes, and implemented additional layers of security for digital and mobile access to all personal and business banking accounts," Sherman said.
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What if a group of siblings were forced to meet for lunch at the Oyster Bar, but each one of them required a fortifying belt at another place before the actual family meeting?
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Davidson constantly works on developing himself as a musician by fortifying his abilities in different areas of the genre, and his efforts in these compositions consequently find their way onto The Outer Ones.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday angrily denied a New York Times article that said he privately discussed fortifying barriers along the Mexican border with a reptile-filled moat to deter illegal border crossings.
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Thousands of companies affected by Hurricane Harvey are tearing down walls and doors, installing dehumidifiers, shuffling work shifts, fortifying secure Internet connections for people who work remotely and pooling funds to help colleagues.
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Then I started writing about movies professionally, giving me full license to indulge in the strangely taboo practice of solo moviegoing — a habit that can be remarkably meditative and fortifying, almost like prayer.
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Now U.S. officials say militants affiliated to the Middle East-based Islamic State network have begun fortifying caves in the region in an effort to hold off joint operations by Afghan and U.S. forces.
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Cersei & Jaime Lannister Now that she's claimed the Iron Throne for herself, Cersei spends the beginning portion of the season fortifying her forces by teaming up with Euron Greyjoy and taking over House Tyrell.
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Although the US defense chief said "China has shredded the trust of nations in the region" by fortifying disputed South China Sea islands, Mattis also said no increased US military maneuvers there were needed.
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In addition to being the euro zone's top banking supervisor, the ECB is part of the Basel committee of global regulators drafting rules aimed at fortifying the world's banking system following the financial crisis.
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Fast Track Python for Newbies By immediately immersing you in the fundamentals and fortifying those learnings with interesting challenges, this 28-lecture course promises an in-depth familiarity with Python in just two sittings.
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While it's an open secret in Washington that Harris is fortifying her liberal bona fides in pursuit of the Democratic nomination for president in 85033, her rhetoric at the hearing provokes some substantial questions.
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" ANIL TALREJA, PARTNER, DELOITTE INDIA, MUMBAI "The proposed announcement to increase minimum shareholding threshold from 25% to 35% is a move to increase public participation in listed entities, thereby fortifying the fundamentals of governance.
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From teen dramas to nightly news, mainstream America is getting a crash-course in trans terminology, and LGBTQ media icons like RuPaul play a critical role in protecting our community while fortifying its history.
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Turkey, along with the free Syrian forces, have worked to block the Kurds from northern Syria, in order to prevent separatist militants from fortifying the area, like they've managed to do in neighbouring Iraq.
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" Still, Ms. Didion, who saw several cuts of the film along the way, said, "I did find it fortifying to know that I was telling these secrets to people who regarded them as such.
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After scientists discovered rickets' link to vitamin D deficiency in the 1900s, they began fortifying foods with the vitamin, and the condition is now considered a rare disease by the National Institutes of Health.
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And now, by accelerating the destruction of national institutions and fortifying the elite, right-wing politicians in the United States appear hellbent on restructuring American society to match ever more closely the Guatemalan blueprint.
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Anticuchos , the street snack of grilled skewered meats, included, on a recent night, perfect little bites of char-siu pork belly, topped with homemade pork rinds, and a wonderfully firm and fortifying beef heart.
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The highest BCR comes from fortifying wheat flour with iron and folic acid, which would prevent 225 infant deaths and 250,000 cases of anaemia a year for a trivial overall cost of $5m (see chart).
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It was the most fortifying meal I'd eaten all week, and a minor achievement: Thanks to the premeasured portions and easy-to-follow instructions, I'd learned how to make a chicken pot pie from scratch.
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For now, rising oil prices still set off a salutary chain reaction: Higher prices mean fewer debt-burdened energy companies are in peril, fortifying the market for risky corporate bonds and lifting equities with them.
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The US military commander in the Pacific, speaking at a conference in Canada, accused China's military of "a sustained campaign to intimidate other nations in the East and South China Seas" by fortifying manmade islands.
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In it, New Zealand warns of China's increasing influence in the Pacific, including its expanded military presence in the South China Sea, where Beijing is fortifying islands near some of the world's key shipping lanes.
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For aging skin, Beautycounter's main concerns were strengthening the skin's natural barrier, increasing its ability to defend itself against environmental stressors, and visibly reducing fine lines and wrinkles by fortifying the skin's elasticity and firmness.
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We propose an alternative strategy, where the focus shifts from fortifying self-control to changing one's environment and setting realistic goals to make it as easy as possible to manage the complex demands of diabetes.
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His justifications echo those of real-world rightists currently fortifying Western countries against the rising tide of refugees, of which there are more than at any time since World War II. Times are rough, basically.
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Instead, Congress is giving millions of dollars to public schools to come up with any other solution, whether that means hiring more school cops, fortifying school buildings, hiring school psychologists, or organizing school shooting drills.
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But as Trump defied the political odds, vanquishing 16 Republican primary rivals — including a very well-funded Jeb Bush — and fortifying that glass ceiling Clinton almost certainly will never break, he also defied the polls.
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But as genomic studies provide new insights into how species evolve, biologists are now seeing that, surprisingly often, hybrids play a vital role in fortifying species and helping them take on useful genes from close relatives.
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The justices, in a 2016 ruling, struck down a restrictive Republican-backed Texas law that had targeted abortion clinics and doctors in a decision that was seen as reaffirming and fortifying legal protections for abortion rights.
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Given a bleak fiscal outlook, policymakers may want to consider ways to reduce taxpayer exposure by fortifying financial institutions and financial technology companies with an enormous infusion of loan performance data that only it can provide.
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Other ways of making sweet wine include air-drying grapes, as in Amarone; harvesting grapes shriveled by botrytis cinerea, the noble rot, as in Sauternes; or fortifying, adding neutral spirits to stop fermentation, as in port.
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Though the Jets could still use a center, Maccagnan used the draft to continue fortifying the team's defense, which ranked 25th in the N.F.L. last year in terms of yards allowed and 29th in points allowed.
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Since ousting the last Vietnamese troops from the Paracels in 1974, China has been steadily fortifying its claim to the islands, putting military garrisons on them and building an airfield and artificial harbor on Woody Island.
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"So many personal revelations and reminders and a fortifying sense of who I am and what I'm capable of," she says, noting that she and Spelling are already actively developing more of their own Hollywood projects.
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TRANSUNION BEEFS UP LOBBYING PRESENCE: The credit-reporting bureau TransUnion is fortifying its lobbying presence with a spate of new hires as lawmakers are scrutinizing the industry in the wake of the massive Equifax data breach.
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For example, much of the new industrial policy relies on fortifying state-owned enterprises (SOEs): consolidating small firms, financing and directing them toward foreign acquisitions to obtain new technology, and suppressing domestic competition through administrative measures.
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As generations of youth suffer through recessions, uncertainty, and the degradation of the planet and institutions, the wide-eyed, unaffected worldview of the California Girl hasn't seemed as fortifying nor protective as other more aggressive styles.
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WATCH: How To Make Fried Vegetables with Amanda Cohen She recommends fortifying your batter with vodka—but remember to use that cheap bottle you reserve for unwanted houseguests, de-icing your walk, and emergency field dressings.
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Last week, an excerpt from the book revealed that Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs and fortifying the US-Mexico border wall with a water-filled trench with snakes and alligators, during an Oval Office meeting.
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Ndambe, a stew of sweet potatoes and black-eyed peas — "country people's food" in Senegal, Mr. Thiam said — is rich and fortifying, with okra added just at the end, so it emerges with a bit of crunch.
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Thanks to the week off, the 49ers (13-3) should have Dee Ford (hamstring) back at edge rusher, thus sorting out the rotation on their defensive line, and Jaquiski Tartt (rib) back at safety, fortifying their secondary.
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There is plausible speculation that President Trump unveiled the plan when he did in hopes of fortifying Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE, who is facing criminal indictment at home as well as a tough election campaign.
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As Randall's Season 1 storyline revolved around exploring a relationship with his birth father and his ethnicity as a black man raised by a white family, Beth spends a lot of her initial screentime as a fortifying beacon.
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While the two teams they are battling with for the two wild-cards in the National League are playing one another, the New York Mets are fortifying their lineup with a number of injured players set to return.
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Washington (CNN)US authorities are increasing vigilance and fortifying defenses as Iran warns of a "harsh revenge" in the aftermath of a US drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the powerful commander of the country's elite Quds Force.
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Turkey, which conducted its own incursion into Syria in support of the anti-IS rebels, is meanwhile erecting a wall and fortifying stretches of the frontier, in a clamp down which is keeping out both militants and refugees.
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Late Tuesday, for example, The New York Times cited administration officials as saying the President previously suggested fortifying his southern border wall with a trench filled with alligators and snakes and wanted to shoot undocumented migrants in the legs.
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In the episode's explosive finale, we catch back up with Bronn and Jaime fortifying some beautiful landscape (I think maybe this is Andalucia?) and giving Samwell's brother Dickon exactly the greeting you should get if your name is Dickon.
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Fortifying against measles with high vaccination rate The best defense the U.S. can have against the onslaught of cases of measles originating from other parts of the world is to develop the most impenetrable coat of immunologic armor possible.
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Guests sipped on the Royal Bee, a frothy concoction of dry gin, rosemary syrup, lemon juice, champagne and bee mana — a powdered form of royal jelly extracted from beehives that's concentrated with fortifying vitamin B-12, minerals and antioxidants.
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" But then came a less expected disquisition on the quasi-scientific history of winemaking: "There's all kinds of lore about alchemists fortifying wines and liquors, boiling them down, evaporating, ending up with something they called the spirit of wine.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid defended NATO on Tuesday after French President Emmanuel Macron branded it "brain dead", saying Estonia felt safe in a military alliance that has been fortifying its eastern flank as a shield against Russia.
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The research on whether most do or do not is ambiguous, but the fancy persists, in part because, consciously or unconsciously, people think that emphasizing the resemblance will set a man's mind at ease, thus fortifying the paternal bond.
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It was run by a voluble woman named Diami, who whipped up fortifying breakfasts of sweet black coffee, farm eggs and chunks of mango, the most succulent of the tropical fruits that grow like weeds on the fertile island.
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Mr. Trump has also called for a complete shutdown of the southern border and spoken privately about shooting migrants in the legs and fortifying a border wall with spikes, a moat, alligators and snakes, according to administration and White House officials.
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Last month, the YBS-Shammar alliance won its first joint victory against Islamic State in the village of Umm al-Dhiban, a cluster of adobe houses along a highway near the Syrian border, where they are now fortifying their positions.
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But fortifying the borders for two more years could result in a humanitarian crisis in Greece, if large numbers of migrants arrive and are unable to move north, forcing them to stay in poorly equipped reception centers or makeshift camps.
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That decade involved not only fortifying my word list with new lively short entries, but also removing weak entries at every step: I produced many many failed attempts — containing unacceptable entries — until I finally achieved the quality of today's puzzle.
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We can potentially increase the "quality" of a plant-based proteins by fortifying them with extra leucine, combining different sources to make sure the food has all essential amino acids, or simply increasing the recommended amount of a plant protein source.
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" But the iconic automaker also noted that it was remaining focused on its three strategic priorities: "Fortifying the profit pillars in our core business, transforming traditionally underperforming areas of our core business and investing aggressively, but prudently, in emerging opportunities.
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Mr O'Brien did make a point of criticising Chinese "intimidation" in the South China Sea, where, ignoring rival territorial claims from smaller South-East Asian countries, China has for years been building its military presence, partly by fortifying artificial islands.
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But the intellectual amplitude and the moral seriousness are fortifying and instructive, and a solid realism undergirds most of the bookishness: this is a plausible picture of an intellectual at work—the character within the novel, and the author outside it.
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We would rarely even stay overnight; Dad would wake up my sister and me as early as possible, and we would pile into the brown Volkswagen Dasher station wagon, fortifying ourselves at the drive-through with McMuffins and hash browns.
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Communities across the country are confronting the mounting evidence of climate change and developing means of fortifying buildings and infrastructure against rising sea levels and ever-more-intense storms, even as the Trump administration reverses policies premised on climate change.
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This new investment — which was led by a Warburg Pincus affiliate in Vietnam and closed last year — is aimed at fortifying that lead and grabbing a much larger slice of the Vietnamese population, which is tipped to rocket past 100 million by 2025.
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In addition to continuing the protests and fortifying our towns' resolve to stand their ground as sanctuary cities, physicians can continue to welcome all patients into our clinics and hospitals and defend the right of our undocumented medical students to study and learn.
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The exposing of indifference and cruelty toward vulnerable men, in "Titicut Follies," or toward animals, in "Primate" (1974), lent those films a fortifying ire, whereas the new work radiates benevolence toward an institution that is itself benign, and where's the rub in that?
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Fortifying their efforts might require enlisting retired physicians and nurses, empowering resident physicians and training non-providers with something akin to what emergency medical technicians receive so they are able to administer basic care under the oversight of a licensed health care provider.
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In this movie, she makes pain so palpably all-encompassing that you see it in her character's every glance and gesture: It squares Mildred's jaw, hardens her mouth and turns her face to stone, as if she were further fortifying her defenses.
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"[ISIS] has been fortifying its positions in Raqqa for months, setting up barriers and hanging sheets of cloth over main streets to provide cover from warplanes," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition monitoring organization based in the UK, reports.
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A long-awaited basketball arena, a state-of-the-art tennis stadium and a glistening new administration building were built, fortifying programs like water polo, tennis and track and field, which continued to chase national championships and produce a steady stream of Olympians.
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Along coastlines and lake shores and riverfronts across the country, tenants and homeowners, regulators and planners, private developers and public institutions are embracing the accumulating evidence of climate change and fortifying buildings and infrastructure against rising sea levels and ever more intense storms.
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Citigroup announced the details after the U.S. Federal Reserve said the 34 biggest U.S. banks had passed the second component of its annual stress test, and would therefore be able to put capital to work in ways other than fortifying their balance sheets.
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But I also know how good and decent people can be toward one another, and how fortifying it can feel to know that you have a place in the community and that the community will be there for you if you need it.
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Orange juice's high sugar levels nearly nullify its vitamin C and potassium content, so much that a glass of plain water with a pinch of vitamin C from a lemon or orange wedge might be a safer bet for fortifying your immune system.
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Localities, for their part, are further fortifying themselves as "sanctuary cities," providing affirmative services to undocumented persons, setting up legal defense funds for their protection, and even decriminalizing certain petty transgressions to stifle presidential efforts to deport those with the barest of criminal records.
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Ally was similarly obsessed with the more liberal ideals of American politics, but now she's ditching the idea of "bridge building" in favor of fortifying her home with steel bars, buying guns, and accidentally shooting the people she claims to care about so much.
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The Justice Department could weigh in on a major gay-rights case before a federal appeals court ahead of a court-imposed deadline this week, either fortifying or resisting a legal argument that longstanding civil rights laws ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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Fortifying the walls between access to health care, housing and employment services and transgender women, one of the most highly affected and at-risk populations in the U.S. and around the world, only further stigmatizes these persons and drives them away from health services.
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As chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the organization dedicated to fortifying and expanding our majority in the House of Representatives, I intend to make sure my Republican colleagues won't get away with their assault on the health and wellbeing of hardworking American families.
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The guys at Grilled Cheese tempted me with samples of a truffled mozzarella and Vesterhavsost, a Danish Gouda of sorts, but I stayed on course for a slice of broccoli and bacon pizza at La Rossa, followed by a fortifying glass of tempranillo at Vinos.
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So 25 days after fortifying the roster with role players at the start of free agency, the Rangers made their first dynamic move of the off-season on Monday, dealing Brassard, 28, to the Ottawa Senators for the 23-year-old Swedish center Mika Zibanejad.
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The president's public priorities have often focused on fortifying the southwest border, but his administration is also working to scale back decades of legal migration that have led to Asians, not Latin Americans, becoming the largest group of new foreign-born residents since 2010.
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Cashman on Monday night took a big step toward fortifying his rotation, acquiring the left-hander James Paxton from the Seattle Mariners for a package of three minor leaguers that included a left-hander who was widely regarded as the Yankees' top prospect, Justus Sheffield.
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As Mr. Assad sets about picking up the pieces of America's shattered alliance with the Kurds, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has already begun fortifying his ties with Saudi Arabia in a visit this week while his troops fill the vacuum American ones left.
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Mr. Gorvy, the Christie's chairman and international head of postwar and contemporary art, is widely credited with fortifying the auction house's reputation for securing A+ quality work and for aggressive deal making, which allowed it to become the market leader in postwar and contemporary sales.
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Taken together, the moves would turn the full weight of the federal government to fortifying the United States border, rounding up some of the 11 million people who are in the country illegally and targeting refugees, who are often among the world's most vulnerable people.
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As such, it is clear that rather than combating Iran's threatening posture, the influx of money thrust into the Iranian economy, coupled with ambiguities in the text of the agreement, have had the reverse effect of emboldening the Iranian regime and fortifying its hegemonic ambitions.
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Both this dish and the smoothie "are sturdy enough to let a person add the adaptogens that they might be into," she says, herself a fan of the fortifying herbs that strengthen the body against stress and fatigue — she often includes maca, reishi and cordyceps.
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After receiving $945 million in federal funds for repairs to the island&aposs electric grid, Oklahoma-based Mammoth Energy Services announced Monday that the power authority had awarded its subsidiary, Cobra Energy, another $900 million to finish the job and begin fortifying the grid against future storms.
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The fortifying of the President-elect's home is nothing new -- eight years ago, President Barack Obama's daily routine in Chicago was turned on its head after he was elected, with Secret Service even stepping in when he attempted to get a haircut at his favorite barbershop.
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Made with 70% tea tree leaf water, it will remove stubborn makeup and impurities from pores while simultaneously treating the skin with antibacterial ingredients (like tea tree leaf extract oil, a natural acne-fighting ingredient) that help keep sebum production in check, fortifying against future breakouts.
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After fortifying ourselves with a beer around the corner and waiting until what felt like a New York–appropriate hour after the event's official start time, we walked through the open door and down a twisting concrete staircase, listening for any indication of a meeting in progress.
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To the usual action-flick staples—car chases, fist-fights, exploding tanks—that Chinese movie adds a fortifying dose of international law, as lantern-jawed PLA officers wait for the UN Security Council to approve their use of force, after asserting a legal right to self-defence.
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But whether we're talking about the Sony hack or the DNC hack, it's become clear that security today is less about fortifying the perimeter of the corporate network and more about ensuring that a person trying to access an organization's data is who she says she is.
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In vowing tariffs, Mr. Trump wants Mexico to stop asylum seekers before they reach the American border, both by fortifying its own southern frontier against migrants from Central America and by agreeing to take back asylum seekers from the United States even if they are not Mexican.
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After fortifying themselves before the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline, the Yankees have lost eight of their last 12, while the streaking Red Sox have lost only once in 11 games — a three-run lead they blew in the eighth inning of Friday night's series opener.
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"We remain focused on the three strategic priorities that will create value and drive profitable growth, which include fortifying the profit pillars in our core business, transforming traditionally underperforming areas of our core business and investing aggressively, but prudently, in emerging opportunities," the company said in a statement.
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A heat map showing the initial impact of WannaCry in May 2017 Bossert, who called the WannaCry attack "indiscriminately reckless," said President Trump's administration is in the process of fortifying U.S. cyber defenses but it will also lead action to bring North Korea to justice for the virus.
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House Democrats have gone into full damage control mode over the just-released draft report from the Select Committee on Benghazi with the goal of circling the wagons around their presumptive presidential nominee and of fortifying the false narrative that the Benghazi attacks were provoked by a YouTube video.
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Explaining the need to provide the arms, Colonel Dorrian said that there are more Islamic State fighters in Raqqa than in any other city or town in Syria and Iraq, including Mosul in Iraq, and that the militants in Raqqa have car bombs and have been fortifying their positions.
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When we reached out to Gawker founder Nick Denton (pictured at left in the photo above) the company sent us this statement: With the Hulk Hogan trial beginning in early March, Gawker Media is fortifying its finances to ensure full resources are in place for the continued cost of litigation.
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The P.Y.D., the main political party of the Syrian Kurds, posted pictures of demonstrators waving the flag of the Syrian Kurdish militia, the Y.P.G. In Manbij, an area that Turkey has threatened to take from a Kurdish-led militia known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, fighters said they were fortifying their positions.
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What Ford said about the staff cuts Here's the official statement from Ford: We remain focused on the three strategic priorities that will create value and drive profitable growth, which include fortifying the profit pillars in our core business, transforming traditionally underperforming areas of our core business and investing aggressively, but prudently, in emerging opportunities.
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"And here we get to the heart of Pompeo's message: the United States will, of course, "respond" by enhancing its own military presence in the Arctic to better protect U.S. interests, while countering Chinese and Russian inroads in the region:"Under President Trump, we are fortifying America's security and diplomatic presence in the area.
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The food is fortifying and frank in its appeal, like salchipapas, fat French fries tumbled with snaking curlicues of hot dog, and pollo a la brasa, chicken left to commune for a day with spices that Mr. Lozano won't reveal (it's his grandmother's recipe), then roasted on a spit until the skin is charred vellum.
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The food is fortifying and frank in its appeal, like salchipapas, fat French fries tumbled with snaking curlicues of hot dog, and pollo a la brasa, chicken left to commune for a day with spices that Mr. Lozano won't reveal (it's his grandmother's recipe), then roasted on a spit until the skin is charred vellum.
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"Working together with Gett represents a major step in fortifying Carey International's strategy to provide more ways for business travelers to use our services, and will, hopefully, inspire other ground transportation providers to work together for the benefit of managed travel programs," said Gary L. Kessler, President and CEO of Carey International, said in a statement.
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Power companies forced to buy more expensive power will pass that cost along to customers, or under the Cold War-era law Trump apparently plans to invoke, could possibly even be reimbursed out of the defense budget — money that should be spent fortifying our cyber defenses and training and equipping our troops to fight real threats to our country.
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What used to be a civil war there has now become a battleground for half a dozen countries, with forces hostile to the United States and its allies fortifying their positions and slaughtering civilians, and the prospects for a much larger and deadlier war growing as neighboring countries prepare to defend their interests in post-ISIS Syria.
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After almost five years of dredging and fortifying reefs in the disputed Spratly Islands, lying between the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam, "China is now capable of controlling the South China Sea in all scenarios short of war with the United States," reported the officer, Philip Davidson, who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to lead America's armed forces in the Pacific.
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He also had an excellent eye for talent, launching and fortifying some major careers: Roberts, of course, in Pretty Women,, Williams on Mindy, his sister Penny Marshall on Laverne & Shirley, Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries (which features a scene-stealing turn by future Grey's Anatomy star Sandra Oh), Tom Hanks in Nothing in Common and Henry Winkler in Happy Days.
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This has corresponded with a more muscular foreign policy: Xi's government has engaged in territorial disputes in both the East and South China Sea -- where China has been building up and fortifying reefs and islets despite an international court ruling against them -- and in the Himalayas, which saw a tense, months-long standoff between the PLA and Indian troops earlier this year.
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During a meeting with Republican senators on Friday morning, Mr. Trump would not provide specifics about what kind of plan he could support, including how much money he would accept for fortifying the border, despite their repeated efforts to ascertain his conditions for a deal, according to a Senate official briefed on the session who insisted on anonymity to describe it.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpDemocrats request testimony from Trump's former Russia adviser Trump adviser: 'He should stop saying things that are untrue' US moves British ISIS suspects from Syria amid Turkish invasion MORE was dealt another blow on Sunday when a second whistleblower announced plans to call into question his dealings with the Ukrainians, potentially fortifying the House Democrats' impeachment probe.
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The team dedicated north of $100 million this offseason toward fortifying its bullpen, and in return it got a 4.62 ERA from its relievers — third worst in the NL. New closer Wade Davis has a 4.13 ERA, and the two other pitchers signed over the winter who were supposed to be his setup men — Bryan Shaw and Jake McGee — have ERAs of 5.93 and 6.49, respectively.
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The electrical grid in my state of Texas actually proved to be very resilient during Hurricane Harvey and we have to acknowledge that a big reason the electricity continued to flow to the majority of customers in the Houston area, despite the widespread flooding, was the $500 million that the local power company invested in fortifying the grid after Hurricane Ike struck in 85033.
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What is clear is that the NFL is committed to creating a football culture oriented to the NFL; the NFL's annual giving portfolio certainly seems to focus public attention on the fun and safety of the sport and the NFL's role in protecting and caring for professional and amateur players—arguably with the intent of fortifying its legacy while cross-marketing NFL programming and distracting the public from negative press.
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That's because with the US preoccupied with the North Korea issue, China can continue what it has been doing for the past several years: fortifying its positions in the South China Sea, increasing diplomatic pressure and military exercises around Taiwan, having its ships and aircraft challenge Japan's island claims in the East China Sea, and building and modernizing its armed forces, while forging deeper economic ties around the Asia-Pacific.
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Second, of potentially more consequence, he announced that the city was suing five big oil companies — ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Conoco Phillips — to hold them accountable for emissions that have helped drive up global temperatures and to force the companies to fork over billions of dollars in damages to help cope with the effects of climate change, steps like fortifying coastal protections against flooding and upgrading sewer systems.
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Materials: Moisture-wicking athletic gear, black Worbla (A brand of thermoplastic) Craft foam Mini zip ties "The shiniest gold fabric I could find at Hancock fabrics, which is now closed" Duct tape Makeup: Mehron Paradise Paint (teal, light blue), Mehron setting spray, Mehron Mixing Liquid, Black Moon Cosmetics "Sorrow" lipstick, Surreal Makeup "Evil Queen" liquid lip Tension rod A glove Gold spray paint Puffy paint, fabric paint Used T-shirts Fabric tape Estimated Cost: $64 Watching TaLynn Kel prepare for Dragon*Con felt like watching a warrior prepare for battle: checking weapons, fortifying armor (and war paint) and laying out a battle plan (for photo shoots at the convention, as well as visits to hotel lobbies — ideal places for air-conditioned breaks and, possibly, alcohol.) But everything about Ms. Kel's costume seemed to be giving her problems that day.
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