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Interview with Alessandro Solbiati – "Trittico for accordion" (edition 2006)
Who is Alessandro Solbiati
by Lidia Bramani
Alessandro Solbiati is born in Busto Arsizio in 1956 and he is graduated in piano with M° Eli Perrotta at the Conservatory of Milan and in composition with M° Sandro Gorli, after attending for two years, the Faculty of Physics. At the same time, he studied for four years (1977-80) with M° Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena. He won, as well as various national competitions, the International Competition of Turin in 1980 with string quartet and the RAI-Paganini of Rome in 1982 with Di luce for violin and orchestra.
He has received commissions from the Teatro alla Scala, RAI, from the French Ministry of Culture, Radio France, the University of Paris, the Mozarteum, the South Bank in London, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the Biennale di Venezia, the Festival Milano Musica, the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, from the Basilica of San Petronio for the VII Centenary of the foundation, the Orchestra Sinfonica "G. Verdi "in Milan; his works have been performed in the most important festival (Lille, Avignon, Huddersfield, Présences 1992, 1994 and 1997, Pontino, Wien Modern, Sydney, Metz, Strasbourg, Venice Biennale 1981, 1985 and 1995, Montepulciano, Holland Festival, Zagreb, Lisbon, Stockholm, IRCAM, St. Cecilia in Rome, Maastricht, Moscow, Boston, Mexico City, RAI in Rome, Milan, Turin and Naples, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, September Music, Musical Union, etc.) and they have been recorded and broadcast by many European and American radio. Among the recordings dearest to him will indicate L'Oratorio nel deserto, (CD ADDA – Ensemble 2e2m), Quartetto con Lied (Borciani Quartet – Stradivarius), Trio (Trio Matisse – Ermitage) and a monographic CD of the Ensemble Alternance Paris (Stradivarius – 1999), containing various pieces chamber: Mari, Trio d'Archi, Am Fuss des Gebirgs, Sonnet, Sonata. For RAI he has produced two "radiofilm", both based on stories by Paola Capriolo, Frammenri da "Il Gigante" (1994) and La colombra azzurra (1996). The collaboration with Capriolo continues in 1997 with the production of Con i miei mille occhi, based on the homonym novella published by Bompiani (book with accompanying CD).
Since 1995 he has taught Fuga and Composition at the Conservatory "G. Verdi "in Milan, after having taught at the Conservatory of Bologna from 1982 to 1994, period in which he began a collaboration with the Music Section of the International Academy of Contemporary Music (Foundation Civic Schools of Milan). He taught at the Centre Acanthes in Avignon in the summer of 1996 and in Metz in 2005; he held master classes at Music Universities of Paris (1997 and 2001), Lyon (2003) and Mexico City (2002).
He works for the publishing company Suvini Zerboni – SugarMusic Spa in Milan.
The cosmetic composition of Alessandro Solbiati
by Lidia Bramani
The contemporary self is multiple, differentiated, lightning forced the interpretation of data from space too far away. The speed with which news people and attitudes moving forces them to an extreme malleability and "open" to the outside. Who does not absorb the other than itself is destined to drown in a restrictive dimension. The interweaving of technological experiences of dizzying and fascinating synchronicity, modernity seeks historical roots and archetypal.
Alessandro Solbiati accepted the challenge. The deep core of his writing pulsates in perfect harmony with the way of being present. This, with its unlimited potential fragmentation-reconstruction, allows the memory to recapture the imagination. And if on the one hand recognize the linguistic signs of the late twentieth century, on the other hand we feel a recovery in forms personally relived as ancestral.
That's why the work of Solbiati is marked dall'affannata presence of ossimoriche trends, which suffered the confrontation is stopped and photographed as in the poetic swing of an unstable equilibrium, by nature ready to be corrupted for recuperarsi.
It is not just to get a sense of the western classical tradition as indispensable assets in which from time to time to sink riemergendone with new gestures. From this mirror look of past and current events comes a language dense, deep, yet throbbing with recent and original insights. The pieces of his catalog add pieces that somehow force a redistribution and a reinterpretation of the whole process of composition. Expressive interactivity that characterizes the formal sense of each individual work.
There are, however, faced with a conceptual game, an abstract wisdom proud of her talent, because his style is always followed by the breath of the perceptual material. Connoted material in order to "attract" to his specific musical essence halos of thoughts, feelings, images, words.
The "weight" of ambiguous words, full of historical meaning and perception, which provoke the start of associative chains and imaginative plotting the structural proportions of his work.
And 'what happens in the oratory of 1986, in The desert, which relies on the choir existential expansion of intellectual and emotional dynamics of the biblical text in their sense of concentrated symbolism but also elusive existential lability.
No intent descriptive, without complacency madrigalian, Solbiati welcomes the reverb sound sign of emotional text. The hard texture of symbolic references melts in the range of tonal nuances of the solo voice, the voices, the narrator, the small choir and nine instruments.
Also scan in four defined situations in Rilke's sonnet for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello, provides continuous deviations from the most obvious structural way. While we follow the main direction, we take interference, cross-references, overlaps that force us to active listening. In succession of atmospheres memory pushes us backwards, creating a sense of myth as precious treasure of values suspended between what was and what will be.
So while the microcell reiterative of four notes branches off to wider horizons harmonic timbre, we are sucked into the center of the material yet reinvented organizational issues in the plots of flute, clarinet and bassoon including the shadow creeps carrier horn. Axle perceptive and existential of ascent and descent, the transparent lightness of the winds contrasts with the disturbing obsession of the arches. The answer is in the thrill vital that the dialectic between the conscious and unconscious, definite and indefinite, perceived object and motion of the lack of desire and gives us as a gift of hope communicative.
In Canto per Ania, 1992, the elegant and fair writing the cello plays with shadows and reflections of its historical literature revealing the rarest and most precious psychological implications. Directionality of expression which contrasts with the expanded role of the fourteen other tools that filter, separate, distorting the gasps of the cello revealing deep and unfathomable aspects.
The formal articulation chasing protean tendency of organisms to change using the active interference between the different parameters. There, as here in the three orchestral pieces Die Sterne des Leidlands (1991) or in the Quartet with white Lied for voice and string quartet (1992), harmony divorced from stamp or chordal conception that the overhang of the figures become horizontal.
Even in the three-piece Die Quelle der Freude for vocal quintet and orchestra (1993) on texts by Rainer Maria Rilke, the trace of meaning that memory chases as hand broken but still alive – by the gesture of determination structural disintegration of the exhausted ' rhythmic gait – draws a spiral suspended between high and low, near-far, regular-irregular. And from the encounter-clash of these multiple tensions they are formed pockets of nostalgic evanescence.
In imitative and lying voices – sort of choral dense internal echoes and proliferating contrapuntal textures – the slow flow of a rarefied material that sometimes delights in situations timbre of hypnotic fascination, to recognize what Heidegger was the transcendental sense of man and things. Every object, gesture, affection or thought "ulteriorizza" reaching out beyond himself.
Solbiati gives us in the forms of myth, archetype, the fluid flow of water and the unconscious, the power of light, ascent, suffered the effort to accept and win – in the indecipherable multiplicity of creative sign – pain world.
The interview
by Corrado Rojac
How would you describe the landscape of contemporary music of the moment and its development over the past decades?
It would take many pages to answer, but I try to mention some lines.
The stylistic range of the last two decades is far more extensive than that of the 50 -70, because we are in the absence of any direction required, we are in an era completely non-ideological, and if on the one hand this is a very important value, because it stimulates a sort of creative freedom, the other allows confusions level disconcerting and very superficial approaches to composing. In general, and in the media, the music of recent years is likely to leave more of the sound from the compositional thought. This results in a first level of listening is sometimes more attractive, but the interest can therefore run out in the initial amazement. I think the best music of today is one that strikes a balance between the thickness of composition and the use of rich tonal range allowed from the scriptural instrumental development. One final observation: while 50 years ago the geographical origin of the composers was restricted to a dozen poor countries, today is the origin of all planetary, and this contributes to the expansion of range of possibilities I mentioned.
How do you see your work of composition within it?
I strongly believe in the deep expressive possibilities of the music of today, I think there are very communicative potential stronger than 50 years ago. I believe in composing daily, always in search for its next small step. I believe in the "musical figure" as a formidable vehicle of thought and expression, I believe in the evolution of the figure that is to determine a "drama" that becomes a purely musical sense of form clearly perceptible.
Can you describe the 2006 version of Trittico?
As the title says, there are three distinct movements for a total duration of a dozen minutes, each of which has a well defined centre of interest.
Could you explain some features coming from Donatoni's pieces present in the Trittico, if you think they would be?
I do not think they can be seen particular musical traits donatoniani, in this or my other pieces. This is the extraordinary thing about my relationship with Franco Donatoni: I owe him everything, in terms of the attitude towards the dial and on the purely technical (still use compositional processes of Donatoni's matrix ), but technique and attitude are put at the service an imaginative world totally different from his.
It might, in broad terms, give us an interpretation of language? Or: You might mention an analysis of Trittico?
The first movement starts from the combination of two musical ideas, a melodic sequence reverberated on two manuals and a result of agreements darker, almost a harmonious deep breath, which gradually return and grow. The second movement is the most peculiar: I took a piece for four voices of Gesualdo da Venosa descending chromatic way, I multiplied by transpositions linked the descent to make it circular, infinite, I added a fifth line that clouds the modal structure, and finally I passed all the "strobe light" of bellows shake, that is, the dense countered by shaking the bellows, thus leaving the shine "Gesualdo modified and enhanced" as a frame very quickly interrupted. The third movement is a fast time by gestures very clear and sharp and voltage paths that lead to the climax of the whole song.
What do you think of the instrument accordion?
The accordion (I mean that in buttons) is an instrument with unique possibilities, enormous and largely compositionally not yet used. It should not be thought of as keyboard, but as an entire orchestra, much more than even the same body, which is still tied to the hands and then extensions possible.
What your other pieces are related to the accordion?
Besides Trittico, the song is more dear to me is "Dieci Pezzi" for accordion and three arches (two violins and cello), which I find one of my best pieces in general. Then there is "Pensieri interrotti" for three bayan, a good piece, and "Preludio e canto" for accordion and electronic accordion, a song not particularly successful. But I also used the accordion, as a protagonist, in my work "Legenda".
Have you other projects related to the accordion?
Unfortunately not for the moment, but I have to say that I would very much like I was asked for a piece for accordion and orchestra. Who knows …
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The 67th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was widely celebrated in Tamil Nadu on Sunday by BJP leaders and workers, while leaders of other parties, including CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and DMK working president M K Stalin greeted him.
At the renowned Kanchipuram Kamakshi Amman temple, special abhishekam and prayers were done for Modi, by C Venkatraman, State secretary (IT & Social Media), BJP, Tamil Nadu. Members of IT & Social Media team of TN BJP were present.
In his greeting message to the PM, Tamil Nadu governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao said, "Please accept my heartiest greetings and best wishes on your birthday. Your dynamism, pragmatic approach, effective planning towards the welfare of the people and the nation have placed India on the Global Map."
He added: "Your vision and mission to revive and strengthen the spirit of skill development and 'Make in India' have opened new vistas in the global market. I pray to Almighty to bless you with a long, happy and healthy life in your distinguished service to the people and to the nation."
Palaniswami said, "On the joyous occasion of your birthday, I would like to convey my warm felicitations and wishes to you for a wonderful year ahead."
He added: "I pray that the Almighty may grant you many more years of good health and strength to serve our Nation and the people."
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I've always been fascinated with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alice's Adventures Through The Looking-Glass along with their author, Lewis Carroll. Carroll was an Oxford don and mathematician who was something of a Renaissance man during the Victorian era of the latter half of the 19th Century. Known to his Oxford peers by his real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, he was one of the early photographers, and he not only published works on mathematics but also self-published a number of pamphlets on various subjects.
Lewis Carroll is best known for his "Alice" books, which play wonderful games with words and concepts. Carroll loved children and he loved creating puzzles and other things with which to delight kids. My interest in Carroll led me to become an occasional member of the Lewis Carroll Society of America, along side of various Victorian scholars, rare book dealers, physicists, and mathematicians. It was primarily through this association that I became introduced to the world of rare books and all sorts of arcane trivia.
The painting was intended to be a still-life exercise for me to improve skills with translucent water media. The tea set was my mother's wedding silver and china, and the book is an early American copy from my Carrollia collection.
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(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) 7 November 2018: Thailand dealership Bangkok Harley-Davidson® have been crowned Grand Champions of the 2018 Battle of the Kings international custom bike build-off competition at EICMA, Milan. "The Prince" is a simple and contemporary interpretation of the classic chopper, based on a 2018 Harley-Davidson Street Bob. This was the first year that Thailand had been included in the competition which makes the Bangkok Harley-Davidson team's achievement even more impressive.
Battle of the Kings is a custom build-off competition held throughout the Harley-Davidson dealership network. For the 2018 competition over 300 dealers from more than 30 countries entered, aiming to take out the grand title. The three grand finalists selected to be displayed on the Harley-Davidson stand at EICMA included Adelaide Harley-Davidson, with their Roadster-based "Back to the Track", Bologna Harley-Davidson's "Farm Machine" and this year's Thailand winner, Bangkok Harley-Davidson's "The Prince".
The task of selecting the winner fell to a seven-strong team from the Harley-Davidson Styling and Design division, led by Vice President of Styling and Design Brad Richards, who commented, "It was so close, deciding the winner. In the end the clean lines and beautiful engineering of 'The Prince' took it – but it was only by one single vote. This really demonstrates what is possible – and what are dealerships are capable of delivering. A huge congratulations to the team at Bangkok Harley-Davidson, particularly as this is their first time in the competition."
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Violence involving sailors is a problem that the Commander, THIRD fleet is committed to addressing. This study examined the relationship between sailor violence and location, time of year, policy directives, global tensions, and communication practices aimed at violence prevention. Results indicate that reporting of violent incidents is often incomplete or inaccurate, which impacts the ability to derive certain conclusions. However, the data suggest that sailors in paygrades from E3 to E5 are more likely to be involved in violent incidents, and that alcohol was potentially a factor in at least half the incidents reported. Additionally, communication on the topic by leaders was found to be important, and implications for communicating about the issues are discussed. Recommendations included developing common standards for reporting violent incidents, engaging in focused prevention measures, giving equal attention to both alcohol misuse and violence prevention, ensuring effective communication, empowering all leaders (E4 to O9) to address violence prevention, delivering training that reaches sailors, requiring units in high OPSTEMPO take additional precautions, requiring that units precede major phase changes with violence prevention messages, continuing holiday-related anti-violence messages, and monitoring new manning units (e.g., Sea Swap) for violence characteristics.-- p. i
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Toy Story (1995): United States – directed by John Lasseter
Rated G by the MPAA – contains talking toys
I was quite excited when I saw that Disney was rereleasing both Toy Story 1 and 2 in theaters for two weeks. The fact that they were being displayed in 3-D didn't really bother me. Instead, it ensured that my first 3-D feature films would be quality movies.
First, a word on the 3-D aspect of the films. Then I'll review the first movie here and the second one tomorrow. I was surprisingly impressed by the 3-D. I had seen so many mixed to negative reviews of it, but I didn't think it was all that bad. It had a couple drawbacks, primarily that some of the detail was lost. A few colors also lost their vibrancy, but I didn't find this to be as big a problem as others have noted.
For these two movies, at least, the 3-D wasn't the whole point of the movie. It was nice that the movies had already been made without relying on 3-D, and this was just a new skin in which to view them. I thought it worked quite well, adding another dimensional layer to everything, including the credits. It was almost like watching a moving diorama. There were only a few times when it was eye-popping; the rest of the time it just felt like a different way to experience the film. I appreciated this, since the movies are good enough to stand up on their own.
On to the movies themselves. Toy Story, as well as being an important landmark in movie-making and the first building block of Pixar's impressive resume, is quite a fantastic little movie. It was evident watching it again how much time and effort Pixar puts into making each movie as perfect as possible.
Since you are probably already familiar with the plot and characters, I will only briefly summarize. Sheriff Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) is the favorite toy of young Andy. Terror strikes the hearts of all the toys, though, when they discover that Andy's birthday party is coming up. Each one is afraid they will be replaced by a newer and better toy. Woody's fears are realized when Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen) lands on Andy's bed, taking over the position of honor and respect. As the adventure progresses both Woody and Buzz learn a lot about themselves and their respective places in Andy's world.
A few things stuck out to me watching Toy Story again. I was first impressed with how perfect all the voice acting was. Everyone was perfectly cast, and with such a talented ensemble each actor managed to distinguish themselves, from Don Rickles and Jim Varney to R. Lee Ermey. I was also impressed with how tight and focused the story is. The plot is neatly wrapped together, and, while not overly complex, hardly contains anything that isn't essential. More movies need to fit that much into 81 minutes.
The primary factor, though, that makes this such a great movie is the depth of emotion present. The movie explores such complex themes as the fear of rejection. Woody is not your typical hero; he's sometimes a complete jerk, but it's because worried about being rejected and discarded. Buzz contemplates his role in the world, and even his very existence. These themes add a level of integrity to the movie that adults will be able to appreciate more than kids.
There's still plenty for the children, though, with everything from silly slapstick to sight gags. All things considered, Toy Story has something for just about everyone, and is smartly made. It looks great, even for being a CG dinosaur by today's standards, and is wonderfully directed and acted. It was groundbreaking for its day and still manages to impress, even though Pixar keeps upping their own level of excellence with nearly every film they make. It was great fun watching Toy Story on the big screen, and in 3-D, and I will be excited to see what Toy Story 3 has to offer.


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Young Arts Arizona Ltd. publicly exhibits the art of at- risk children with the goal to increase their positive self-concept. We work with children and youth who have severe and terminal illnesses, conditions, and disorders; children who are homeless, abused, drug addicted, detained, orphaned, mentally disabled, poor, learning challenged or are in some other way at risk.
Through art creation we encourage children to tell stories, share their deepest feelings and improve their self-image in times and circumstances in which they feel weak and disempowered. Through art exhibition we validate the children's work, which has a powerfully positive effect on their self-worth.
Young Arts is a community organization whose work and service is based on collaboration. Our collabora- tors include teaching artists, 49 schools, 2 school districts, and 35 social agencies, all of whom provide children's art through their curricula or art workshops.
Young Arts exhibits children's art in 29 collaborative venues, which serve as publicly accessible galleries. Every year we show over 80 exhibitions in public buildings that are visited by great numbers of the community. These galleries include Arizona State Capitol, Arizona State Senate, Arizona Supreme Court, Maricopa County Juvenile Court Systems, several hospitals, Phoenix Symphony Hall, and many more.
Young Arts has its own gallery – Purple Space – in the downtown Phoenix Art District. Four times a year we host opening receptions as part of First Friday art walk. Our young artists are celebrated by their families, friends, and the community.
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Since 1998, Young Arts Arizona has exhibited 18,500+ pieces of children's art in almost 800 exhibits. Nearly 13 million people have seen the art by at-risk children exhibited by Young Arts in public buildings.
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Last week, my mom pulled out her 401(k) statements and asked whether she was paying too much in yearly fees.
What I found surprised her. In fact, it made her consider serious changes to her financial plan. Sadly, I wasn't surprised at all by what we uncovered. It's a problem all too common in the financial industry: your advisor posing the biggest threat to your wealth.
First, check the fees
Lots of folks who don't spend all day looking at financial statements get quickly lost when those statements show up in the mail. Sometimes it almost seems as if these documents are constructed for the sole purpose of confusing you. So let's go over the statements you get from the various funds you're invested in.
There are really just a couple numbers to find. The first is the total of all annual fees that you pay. Usually, this number is boldfaced and listed under Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
In my mom's case, her fund's total fees equaled 1.14% per year. This means that every year, 1.14% of her investment is taken out by the fund.
But that's not the end of the story.
The first hidden cost
A different type of charge--for transactional costs--is much more difficult to calculate and not included in the total annual fund operating expenses. This comes from fees that mutual funds have to pay for buying and selling shares of stocks for the fund itself. These costs are much harder to find, and usually found in the "Statement of Additional Information" in a fund's prospectus. Even then, however, they aren't broken down into a percentage of your money being paid in fees.
On of the best ways to find out if a fund might have high transactional costs--they change year to year--is to investigate its turnover ratio: the percentage of a mutual fund's holdings which have been sold--or turned over--in a given year.
This is where a big red flag went up for my mom: the turnover ratio of her fund was 244%--meaning that the entire portfolio had changed almost two-and-a-half times in one year. That could obviously rack up serious costs.
For comparison's sake, Vanguard offers the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI), which has a turnover ratio of just 4%--that's an enormous difference. Also, its total yearly operating expenses are just 0.07%!
How does this affect the fees you pay?
According to an earlier article by the Fool's own Bill Barker, "Managed mutual funds have an average turnover rate of approximately 85%." So the mutual fund my mom is invested in has a turnover rate 2.9 times higher than the average, while the Vanguard fund's ratio is only one-twentieth the average.
A 2007 study (pdf link) found that average transactional costs for mutual funds were 1.44%. If we take these figures and extrapolate out--which is admittedly an inexact science--we see that my mom's fund probably has transactional costs of about 4.18%, while the Vanguard fund's are only 0.07%.
That brings fees for my mom's fund to a whopping 5.32% versus the Vanguard's measly 0.14%.
The SEC requires that every mutual fund disclose its returns in the following format:
I like to take the "before tax" number and compare it to the benchmark index returns -- this gives a more apples-to-apples comparison. In my mom's case, the fund she was invested in was an all-equity fund. The 10-year before-tax returns were 8.71%. The average returns of the index -- in this case, the CRSP US Total Market Index -- were 8.62%.
If we think about this for a second. It actually means that my mom's fund has been performing incredibly well. Even after 5.32% of her money was taken out every year for fees, it still beat the index!
If we work backwards, that means that her fund was actually managing an annualized return of about 14% per year!
One more fee to worry about
The last fees, which you'll never see included in a fund's pre-tax returns, are sales loads--which is a charge for buying (front-end load) or selling (back-end load) shares of a mutual fund. These charges can be as much as 8.5%--though they are typically lower.
In my mom's case, no sales load was included, so this wasn't something we had to worry about. But if she did have--let's say--a 5.5% back-end load, it could limit any benefit of the increased returns she had been earning.
The real question she had to ask
What it really came down to for my mom was a simple realization: the fund she was in would only be worth it if it continued to produce results that beat the index by about 5 percentage points every year. That certainly is possible, as the fund itself has demonstrated over the past decade. But did she believe the odds were on her side?
In the end, she thought, "No." For her, it doesn't make sense to pay so much money when it's only worth it if her fund does--by comparative standards--spectacularly well over the long-run. She'd much rather pay a little to earn the index return, and go back to focusing on the more important things in her life.
So why might advisors push us toward bad investments?
There are lots of reasons a financial advisor might convince you to choose a fund with high fees. He or she may genuinely believe that the fund will outperform the index, even after fees. If that's the case, ask for the proof.
Far more often, however, advisors are incentivized to usher you toward certain funds. One of the fees that mutual funds will charge you is called a 12b-1 fee. Ostensibly, these are monies taken from your account to pay for "marketing." But a rather insidious way these fees can be used is to reimburse advisors who bring clients to the fund.
In other words, putting your money in high-fee funds is often good for the advisor -- not for you.
How can you find a reliable advisor?
The good news is there are a few easy ways to find an advisor who would never do such a thing. Most importantly, find an advisor who has taken a fiduciary oath -- which means they are bound to put your best financial interests first.
Usually, these advisors charge a flat fee -- instead of a percentage of assets or a commission -- as a way to ensure that there's no added incentive for them to steer you toward investments that aren't the best for you.
The truth is that there are as many wonderful financial advisors out there as there are bad ones. I believe the best place to start looking is the National Association of Personal Financial Advisers -- a group of advisors who are fiduciaries who charge flat fees. Once you find one you're comfortable with, you can rest assured that they are not a threat to your wealth -- quite the opposite, in fact.


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The annual training program of Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) is conducting 39th Basic Mountaineering Course (BMC) from 8 June - 21 July 2018 in Kathmandu and Manang. Registration form will be available at NMA Secretariat from 10 May 2018 and training fee for Nepali is Nrs. 10,000.
Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) distributed certificates to all the newly nominated members of different NMA committees and instructors and trainees of Advance Mountaineering Course 2017-2018 in the special program organized on 4 May 2018 at Nepal Tourism Board, Bhrikutimandap.
NMA handed over NMA flag to its 2nd Vice President Maya Sherpa on 11 April 2018 at NMA Secretariat. Ms. Sherpa is leaving for Kanchenjunga expedition. NMA 1st Vice President Deebas Bickram Shah, NMA General Secretary Kul Bahadur Gurung, NMA Secretary Tikaram Gurung, and NMA Treasurer Sudershan Neupane, were present during the program.
NMA handed over NMA flag to its Executive Board Member Mingma Daiv Sherpa on 10 April 2018 at NMA Secretariat. Mr. Sherpa is leaving on 11 April for his expedition to Mt. Everest. NMA Secretary Tikaram Gurung, Treasurer Sudershan Neupane, Executive Board Member Tulsi Gurung Chief Administrative Officer Jinesh Sindurakar were present during the program.


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Lenneth's Wedding Dress - Valkyrie Profile
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I absolutely fell in love with this dress when I was looking through the Valkyrie Profile art book and decided that was what my wedding dress was going to be. There were a lot of other styles that I was looking at, but I just adored all of the intricate details and the fluffy skirt of this particular dress.
There were some changes made: I did not make the gloves and I altered the headpiece to a simple hair comb since my hair is quite unpredictable. The dress is made from white Casa satin and the veil is white organdy. The skirt features box pleats on the front and a stiffened hemline. The bodice and overskirt was very interesting to make. The front design is Heat 'n Bonded onto silver silk satin and ironed onto the front. The sleeve designs are also Heat 'n Bonded onto the organdy sleeves and attached to the bodice front and back. With pearl buttons down the back, the bodice is fully lined and boned. The shoes I already had.
I also made my little cousins' purple dresses and they looked absolutely precious!! I was so glad that everything came out nicely for my wedding and that it was unique - I can honestly say that no one has my wedding dress ^.^
Picture Credits: David Dunn, Eric Rodriguez, Leah Gussenbauer, and Alan Walker


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Two-thirds of St. John is protected by the National Park Service--which means that visitors will be able to enjoy the untouched beauty of this Caribbean jewel as Mother Nature intended.
Committed environmentalists, St. Johnians have become pioneers in the field of "Ecotourism." The U.S. Virgin Islands lead the world in the development of "sustainable tourism," which protects the beautiful natural environment while allowing visitors to enjoy it in its pristine wonder.
Within the 11,560-acre national park on St. John are many of the island's accommodations built in the spirit that Laurence Rockefeller intended when he deeded the land to the National Park Service years ago.
Environmentally conscious properties and campsites are abundant.
The wide variety of guest houses and villas available to visitors are also popular on St. John. These accommodations range from charming and intimate to grand and luxurious. Most have breathtaking views, and many have private swimming pools. Beautiful hotels, campgrounds, small inns and "eco-resorts" are available for travelers.
The best way to get to know St. John is to choose from the several modes of transportation available for seeing the island's exotic and tropical sites. To view St. John's rugged beauty, you may tour the island by safari bus. Your tour guide will entertain you with tales of the island's folklore and tropical wildlife. Centuries-old sugar plantations offering a glimpse into St. John's past may be found along the island's coastline.
Jeeps are another popular way of getting around on this 19-square -mile island which is composed mostly of green mountaintops and white-sand beaches. Jeeps may be rented in Cruz Bay, one of St. Johns tow towns—the other town is Coral Bay.
Tropical rain forests and wooded hillsides are usually explored by foot—either with or without a tour guide. Hiking trails with ancient petroglyphs, small waterfalls and streams, secluded resting spots and cliffside views are easy to find on St. John.
Unique boutiques, specialty shops, fine restaurants and quaint open-air cafes may be found in Mongoose Junction, Wharfside Village and throughout Cruz Bay. Additional restaurants and shops may be found on the other end of the island in Coral Bay.
Even after just a brief visit, you will agree that St. John is a nature-lover's paradise.
Day-long boat excursions are available to take you from St. John to any of the nearby islands inhabited or not. What could be better than a deserted island for a romantic picnic? You may also choose to stay closer to St. John and explore the many intricate bays and inlets of this gorgeous island. St. Thomas is also just a short ferry ride away from Cruz Bay.
Elegant jewelry, local pottery and artwork, colorful island-wear and exotic perfumes can be purchased in the island's many unique boutiques and specialty shops. Local craftspeople often incorporate the island's natural beauty in their artwork.
Fine restaurants and quaint open-air cafes may be found in Mongoose Junction, Wharfside Village and throughout Cruz Bay. Other fine restaurants are located on the other end of the island in Coral Bay or nestled in the mountains high above St. John.
St. John has some of the world's most beautiful beaches and the right of access to most beaches is protected by law. You may not have time to visit all of them, but Hawksnest Beach and Trunk Bay shouldn't be missed.
Endless Vacation magazine reports that St. John is one of "the best places in the entire Caribbean to explore the under- water world while snorkeling at a leisurely pace. With a snorkel, mask and fins, you can make the brief transition from sun-drenched beach to magical underwater landscape that's second to none." Trunk Bay even offers an underwater snorkeling trail complete with illustrations and descriptions of the nearby sea life perfect for either the beginning snorkeler or the more seasoned underwater explorer. Watersports-equipment rental, snack bar and restroom facilities are all available at Trunk Bay.
Party lovers will surely want to visit St. John's carnival held every Fourth of July. With parades, boat races, a coronation ceremony for the Carnival King and Queen and fireworks, Carnival is one of St. John's most exciting annual events.
Even after just a brief visit, you will agree that St. John is a nature-lover's paradise.
The capital is Charlotte Amalie (population, 1990, 12,331), on
Thomas. Other communities in the group are Christiansted and Frederiksted, both
on St. Croix. The total area is 344 sq km (133 sq mi), and the total
population (1990) is 101,809.
The islands are generally hilly to mountainous. Crown Mount (474 m/1556 ft) on St. Thomas is the highest point. The climate is tropical, moderated by prevailing trade winds. The average annual temperature is 26.7° C (80° F). Vegetation is luxuriant and diverse. Mineral resources are lacking, although sand and stone are mined for local construction.
Tourism is vital to the economy of the Virgin Islands. Some 32 percent of all paid employees are engaged in retail sales or in services provided by recreation, motels, hotels, and restaurants. The number of tourists visiting the islands rose from about 200,000 in 1960 and 1961 to some 1.5 million in 1986; in the same period, spending by tourists grew from $26 million to more than $500 million. Products manufactured in the islands include rum, watches, textiles, and pharmaceuticals. The islands also have petroleum and alumina processing plants. The annual budget in the late 1980s exceeded $303.5 million.
The islands form the easternmost outpost of the United States. The United States Marine Corps maintains an air base on St. Thomas and an airfield on St. Croix.
Education and Government
Education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 51 and 16. Free schooling is provided in elementary and secondary schools. In the late 1980s the islands' 70 public elementary and secondary schools had an annual enrollment of about 29,000 pupils. The College of the Virgin Islands (1962), a public institution on Saint Thomas, had an annual enrollment of about 2550 students.
From 1917, when the United States acquired the Virgin Islands, to 1931 the islands were governed by the Department of the Navy. In 1931 jurisdiction was transferred to the Department of the Interior, and a civil governor was appointed by the president. Since 1970 the governor has been popularly elected. The unicameral legislature is elected for two-year terms and is composed of 15 senators, 5 each from Saint Croix and Saint Thomas, 1 from Saint John, and 4 at large. Executive power is vested in an elected governor and lieutenant governor, an attorney general appointed by the governor, and other officials. The government comptroller is appointed by the secretary of the interior, and the judge of the district court is appointed by the president of the United States.
Christopher Columbus discovered the Virgin Islands on his second voyage to the Americas in 1493. He named the islands for Saint Ursula and the other virgin martyrs associated with her. Columbus attempted to land at Saint Croix in November 1493 but was driven away by fierce Carib Native Americans who inhabited the island. The Carib Native Americans were annihilated, but no permanent settlements were made. The Virgin Islands remained a Spanish possession throughout the 16th century.
First Settlements
Denmark colonized St. Thomas in 1666. The Danish West Indies Company controlled the group until 1755, when Frederick V, king of Denmark, bought the islands. In 1800, during the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain blockaded St. Thomas and in 1801 occupied the island. In 1802 Saint Thomas was returned to Denmark. From 1807 to 1815 the British again occupied the Danish West Indies; in 1815 the islands were once more restored to Denmark.
Danish Rule
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Virgin Islands flourished as a center for the slave trade and as a producer of sugar. To harvest the sugar, the Danes began to depend on slavery and started importing slaves from Africa in 1673. The slave trade was prohibited by the Danish government in 1792. A slave revolt on St. Croix in 1848 led to the slaves' immediate emancipation. The slaves had the tacit support of the Danish governor of the islands, Peter von Scholten, who was opposed to slavery. After the emancipation of the slaves, the economy of the Virgin Islands disintegrated. The population of the islands dwindled. It was not until the 1940s that the economy began to recover.
American Colony
During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Union began to negotiate with Denmark for the purchase of the Virgin Islands in order to establish naval bases in the Caribbean. Nothing came of the negotiations, however, until World War I (1914-1918). In 1917 the United States bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million and built a naval base in order to protect the Panama Canal and to prevent Germany's seizure of the islands.
Virgin Islanders have been U.S. citizens since 1927. After World War II (1939-1945), the Virgin Islands began to prosper again. Federal aid, local industry, and the growth of tourism helped improve the islands' economy. In 1946 William Henry Hastie became the first appointed black governor of the islands. The Organic Act, which was passed in 1954, created a 15-member senate. Then in 1968 the Congress of the United States passed a law granting the people of the Virgin Islands the right to elect their own governor. Melvin Evans, appointed in 1969, was the first native-born black governor of the territory and in 1971 became its first elected governor; he served until 1975. In 1975 Cyril E. King became governor and served until his death in 1978. King was succeeded by his lieutenant governor, Juan Luis. Luis was elected governor in the 1978 and 1982 elections. Alexander Farrelly was elected in 1986 and again in 1990. Roy Schneider became governor after the 1994 elections.
In September 1989, Hurricane Hugo caused at least $500 million in damage, and 1000 U.S. troops were sent in to suppress looting and unrest. The islands were damaged again when Hurricane Marilyn struck St. Thomas and St. John in 1995. The islands were declared a disaster area and the National Guard was called to help.


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PACKAGE THIEF ON VIDEO: Blake's security video captured the theft of two books from a porch near California/Charlestown just before 6 am Tuesday:
WOULD-BE BURGLAR THWARTED? A reader shares this neighborhood alert from 38th/102nd in Arbor Heights overnight:
Potential intruder rang our front doorbell. We awoke to the doorbell and thought for a minute that maybe the paper delivery person had rung the bell (which was odd). We got up to check (first looking through the window to make sure no one was on the porch) but there was no paper or person on the porch. We then heard scuffling around at our back door and someone trying to open/push/force our door in. We pounded loudly on the door from the inside and yelled to the intruder that we were calling 911 and to go away. The intruder then pounded back very loudly and forcefully. We yelled again that we were calling 911 and to go away. Officers arrived and searched our property. There was no one on our property at that point. They said this is a typical MO (mode of operation) for a burglary, first ringing the front doorbell or knocking to see if someone's home, and, if no one answers they then move to the back door to break in. If you hear night-time activity at your door, listen to your gut and don't hesitate . . . call 911.
REMINDER: Your next chance to hear about local crime trends and bring neighborhood concerns to police is on Tuesday night (September 19th), 7 pm, as the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meets at the Southwest Precinct (2300 SW Webster).


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Throughout our 25 years experience we have expanded our range of solutions Trauma and Orthopedics. Year after year we have seen results, analyzed trends and tested new materials to decide whether they were suitable for the needs of surgeons and patients.
With the time, this process has become a ritual in MBA and has allowed us to build one of the most comprehensive, safe and technological portfolios across the market.
The fact of having participated in more than 60,000 knee surgeries has allowed us to know their needs at all times and see the evolution of all their patients. Thanks to this experience we have been able to build a complete set of solutions with the perfect balance of quality, innovation and results.
Depending on the type of intervention in the knee joint, our range of solutions include:
The hip arthroplasty is a mature and highly proven surgical procedure. However, new techniques and new materials keep arising that allow this joint replacement to evolve.
The MBA hip portfolio combines solvent and proven solutions with materials of the future that begin to set a trend.
Depending on the type of intervention in the hip joint, our range of solutions include:
Being a highly disabling disease, together with the improvement of technology and products that have been launched and more specialized surgeons around this joint, the processes around the shoulder have increased exponentially in the last 10 years.
MBA not only presents one of the most complete portfolios of the market, but we also provide the shoulder surgeon with the conviction of implanting a range of solutions developed with the help of international key opinion leaders.
Depending on the type of intervention in the shoulder joint, our range of solutions include:
Because patients are also demanding a remedy against pain or mobility problems they have on their elbow, hand, wrist or ankle.
Because it is not always easy to find a good solution for the pathologies of these joints.
For all this, and with the goal to serve our patients, MBA provides the orthopedic and trauma surgeon a competitive and complementary range of solutions to cover the main joint problems:
The treatment of major bone defects in cases of major reconstructions and in cases of orthopedic oncology is dominated by surgical techniques whose main objective is to preserve the affected limbs.
MBA offers a full range of prosthetic solutions for these cases both for upper limbs and lower limbs, comprising modular solutions, custom made solutions or special coatings.
We refer to those products or systems resulting from a biological or biochemical process that promotes the repair, replacement or regeneration of musculoskeletal structures.
In MBA, we believe that the future lies in these innovations. So we like to be very attentive to all the innovations that may arise in this field to incorporate them into our portfolio.
Currently, MBA has the following products:
MBA offers a complete range of solutions for the spine to meet the needs of both patients and the surgical team. Thus, we have traditional systems and innovative options that allow the surgeon to select the most appropriate treatment for each patient at his discretion, showing a variety of implants, devices and instruments for cervical, thoracolumbar and sacral to suit the most demanding preferences.
From the point of view of materials, MBA bets for innovation by proposing a range of options ranging from the most traditional ones such as titanium, cobalt chrome or steel, to synthetic materials such as PEEK or the most revolutionary materials of polymer matrix with a metallic coating.
As for the possibilities of the alternatives, we have conservative treatment systems, systems that help preserve the joint mobility, solutions for the treatment of deformities in both adolescents and adults, instrumental and minimally invasive percutaneous procedures or anterior and posterior approach systems; in short, a specific solution for every need.
The MBA range of trauma products offers a variety of innovative and minimally invasive solutions aimed at helping improve the quality of life of patients.
All our products have been carefully designed with the main goal of improving the state of the bones and joints of patients of all ages, helping them recover mobility and thus recover a more active lifestyle like the one they had before their episode.
The current product range offers complete solutions for treatments through internal and external fixation systems.


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Mansfield Town boss David Flitcroft spoke of his glowing pride of his players and Stags' army of supporters as they bravely bowed out of the Carabao Cup with a narrow 2-1 defeat at Championship outfit West Brom tonight.
A spectacular 30-yard strike from Neal Bishop wiped out Albion's interval lead only to see Kyle Edwards restore the Baggies' advantage.
With huge vocal backing from the away fans, Stags threw everything at the home side, Danny Rose hitting a post and West Brom riding their luck as they clung on for victory.
Flitcroft said: "I was proud of the players and proud of the club with the way we've represented each other tonight – the supporters and the way they've sung tonight. They were outstanding.
"They out-sung West Brom for large parts of this game and the ovation at the end probably tells you what a committed performance it was.
"We had some glorious moments to go and win the game. It wasn't blood and thunder – it was calculated and it was executed well.
"There was a lot of quality on show from both teams and we went toe to toe on the quality levels.
"How we've not scored three or four tonight is beyond me, but you get those games. We are creating chances and going out to win games, taking a risk every single game, and we've come unstuck tonight."
He added: "We got it back to 1-1 and we just kept going, trying to find a way to win a game. But we've not been able to pull it off.
"I desperately wanted to for the owners to get in that next round, but I've not achieved that. I am gutted for them and our supporters. It kills me not to be in the next round.
"But the team displayed the characteristics I want them to display tonight and I've said to them afterwards that Macclesfield was about mindset if we can play like that tonight. It makes Saturday all the more disappointing."
On Bishop's strike, he said: "The kid is a goal machine, that's what I brought him in for.
"It was a fantastic strike and summed his performance up. He was focused. "He gets better with age and comes to these places and wants to make a memory."
Sub Rose then struck a post near the end, Flitcroft saying: "He caught it right and when luck is on your side that hits the first post and then hits the second and it goes in. When it doesn't you wonder if it's your night."
The manager also had high praise for keeper Bobby Olejnik, who made some excellent saves and, going up for a late corner, almost grabbed an unlikely equaliser.
"He has waited patiently for his chance and been unbelievably professional and kept himself in immaculate nick," said Flitcroft.
"He's taken his chance and I thought his performance was outstanding. He might even get a chance up front on Saturday!"


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Diet and Diabetes:
The Meat of the Matter
by John McDougall, M.D.
Too Much Fat Causes Diabetes Type II diabetes is called adult-type diabetes because it is the most common type of diabetes seen in adults. Approximately 8% of American adults have this condition and in some subsections of our population, such as the American Indians, the incidence can be as high as 50%. The cause is unquestionably the rich American diet, chock-full of fat and deficient in plant foods. The association with fat and diabetes has been known for over 75 years. In 1927 Dr. E.P. Joslin, founder of the famous Joslin Diabetic Center in Boston, suspected a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet might favor the development of diabetes and its major complication, atherosclerosis.1 He prophetically wrote: I believe the chief cause of premature atherosclerosis in diabetes, save for advancing age, is an excess of fat, an excess of fat in the body (obesity), an excess of fat in the diet, and an excess of fat in the blood. With an excess of fat diabetes begins and from an excess of fat diabetics die, formerly of coma, recently of atherosclerosis. After 75 years of repeating the same message about diabetes, it is now the fastest-growing disease in Western nations. Three Major Studies This Past Year Tell of Cause and Prevention
Worldwide and nationwide, the incidence of Type II diabetes is skyrocketing. Treatment with medications, including insulin and diabetic pills, does not cause the blood sugars to return to normal or eliminate the common complications, such as blindness, heart attacks and kidney failure. But all of this, and more, can be done with diet and an exercise program, and at no cost. Diabetes: An Adaptive Response The human body is a survivor. It does whatever is necessary to live and function at its highest level, confronted by all kinds of adverse circumstances. The severe malnutrition caused by the high-fat, low-fiber American diet places serious burdens on the body and requires it to make adaptations. The calories consumed in excess of our needs cause us to gain weight. As the body gains excess fat, it becomes resistant to the actions of the hormone insulin in order to survive.5 One of insulins jobs is to push fat into the fat cells the fat is being saved for the day when no food is available (a day likely to be a long time coming). Once obesity has developed, in an effort to stem the rapid expansion of the bodys girth, the fat cells become less responsive to insulin. In other words, insulin resistance develops. This slows or stops the accumulation of fat so the person does not get as big as a house.
The next stage of adaptation occurs when the body becomes so resistant to insulins effects that it can no longer keep the blood sugar at normal levels. The sugars rise to a level above the kidneys capacity to keep it in the body, and the sugar spills over into the urine like water falling over a dam. At this stage sugar is found in a urine testa common way to diagnosis diabetes. This loss of sugar (calories) is the bodys adaptive response to excess calorie intake and storage (body fat). By losing calories through loss of sugar into the urine, weight loss occursall in an effort to correct the underlying diabetic condition. Unfortunately, almost all doctors prescribe medications that thwart the bodys efforts to make lifesaving adjustments. Medication Guarantees Diabetes Diabetic medications guarantee that all diabetics will remain diabetic. Insulin and diabetic pills (sulfonylureas) increase the amount of insulin in the diabetics body, causing the body to store more fat in the fat cells. Other medications (rosiglitazone) reduce insulin resistance and cause weight gain. Any of these medications may also lower the sugar levels below the kidneys threshold for dumping excess calories. Thus a vicious cycle is created: The patient goes to the doctor, is diagnosed with diabetes, placed on medication and told to lose weight. The medication makes the person fatter and thus the diabetes becomes worse. The patient returns to the doctor and is given more medications because the sugars are higher, which makes the patient fatter and the diabetes worse. Curing Type II Diabetes In my practice I see people whose future is ever-worsening diabetes, obesity, loss of vision, kidney failure and vascular insufficiency, leading to gangrene. They have seen their doctors regularly, taken their medications faithfully, and still they get fatter and sicker. To break this downhill spiral I ask them to do the following:
It is no coincidence that the same diet that helps prevent or cure diabetes also causes effortless weight loss, lowers cholesterol and triglycerides, cleans out the arteries, and returns the body to excellent function. But no matter how much research appears saying the same thing over and over again, the tide is unlikely to change because of the economic incentives for the medical establishment of continued illness and profitable treatments.
As enlightened individuals, people can make a difference in their own lives and the benefits are seen almost overnight. Scientific research has shown over the past 75 years that half to three-quarters of Type II diabetics can get off insulin, and almost all can get off their diabetic pills (See the McDougall Program12 Days to Dynamic Health, Plume 1991). Changing to oatmeal, bean burritos, and a daily walk are the easy ways compared to a short, painful lifetime of injections, complications, doctors visits and hospitalizations.
This article and much
more life-improving advice can be found in the McDougall Newsletter. For
a free subscription, go online to www.drmcdougall.com.
Footnotes 1Joslin EP. Atherosclerosis and diabetes.
Ann Clin Med 1927;5:1061.


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TRENTON, N.J. — Can a tongue-in-cheek ad for a popular pain reliever backfire and turn into a huge headache for one of the most respected health product marketers?
You bet — if the ad appears to be making fun of new mothers and their babies.
That's what happened over the weekend with an edgy Johnson & Johnson video ad for Motrin that riffed on the trend of new mothers "wearing their babies" in slings and wraps, saying the devices cause back and neck pain. The ad was on the Web site motrin.com, implying that Motrin, made by J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, would help moms deal with what it called "a good kind of pain."
"Supposedly it's a real bonding experience," the announcer says over catchy graphics. "It totally makes me look like an official mom."
Wrong approach, apparently.
Dozens, if not hundreds, of "mom bloggers" started blasting the ad on the social networking site Twitter, with quite a few suggesting a Motrin boycott.
J&J, upon learning of the criticism, took the site down over the weekend. On Monday, it went back up, with the video ad replaced by an apology from McNeil Consumer Healthcare marketing head Kathy Widmer.
The apology doesn't appear to have closed the subject, though.
Lots of blogger moms, and some dads, continue posting, with many saying they don't see why the ad became such a big deal.
Remarks on Monday included: "In all seriousness, can't the motrinmoms find something more important to get irate about? I mean, c'mon … Darfur, maybe?"


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Recently, R&B singer Keri Hilson been in the news a little more than usual. The Timbaland Protégée dropped a track called The Way You Love Me, with the Love actually substituting F**K in the uncensored version. The track which includes lines like "my p***y will keep you of the streets" also has an equivalently blunt video to go with it, and initially Keri only complained initially about the dirty version of the audio, but not the video. And as time has passed, she has emboldened herself up and stopped denying the vulgar track, in fact, she is now defending her works. Yesterday, on Hot 97, she explained to Angie Martinez what the thinking behind the track was …
I'm just saying what women really think and feel and if I'm gonna be honest about myself, I have to show that side of myself…
You can't have a song talking about what it's talking about and not show a little more. It's a love story really…
Even though it's gotten crazy, crazy, crazy bad reviews, it's also gotten some great reviews from women who respect it and women who did feel empowered by it. So that, to me, overshadowed the ones that didn't understand it. I feel good.
Look, sometimes, this is what we want. If I'm in a room and I'm writing from a girl's perspective, I may be a small percentage of a freak, but I am a freak! There's a time to be that…
If you're being real with yourself—I'm not talking about giving it to everybody—I'm in a relationship and I'm saying look, tonight, I don't want to caress. I want you to f**k me tonight…
I believe in artistry and interpretation, whatever repercussions come, I'm willing to be on that chopping block for entertainment's sake.
Hmmm, well, it might earn you a call from Vivid entertainment, then a few months later, you'll be where Montana Fishburne is today, definitely nowhere near Beyonce or Rihanna. Watch the video below and tell us if you think Keri is classy or crass.
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Shes Crassy… lol.
Shes hot tho! damnn
Her legs arent toned enough to be rocking that outfit. i see them jiggling, and she looks anorexic and unhealthy…no booty either. the whole thing was unnecessary. the video, the song, the outfit, the fuck me and pussy..all of it just makes her look like she's desperate and trying too hard. not to mention her voice sounds terrible.
A lil crass has never killed anyone! Lol.. She's hawt hawt hawt!!