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Think you can shake it better than Cheryl? Ready your rears Britain, the UK Twerking Championships are almost here
- First official Twerking Championships held in 2013
- This year's event to be held in London on August 14
- The finalists will compete in freestyle, jelly, splits and off-the-wall rounds
- Cheryl Fernandez-Versini was seen twerking upside down in behind-the-scenes video on Friday
Pop star Cheryl Fernandez-Versini is as famous for her killer dance moves as her cute voice, and today the newlywed proved she's the queen of the twerk, showing off an UPSIDE DOWN version of the jiggling action on a behind-the-scenes video for her latest song Crazy, Stupid, Love.
The clip of the 25-year-old shaking her perfect backside against a studio wall was shared by her assistant Lily England with the caption: 'The real behind-the-scenes of Crazy Stupid Love... @misscheryl was set the challenge to vertically twerk upside down - girl done good!!!!'
Since Miley Cyrus hit the headlines with her risque VMA routine in 2013 the booty-shaking craze has exploded onto to the mainstream dance scene, with sexy superstars Nicole Scherzinger, Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez all happily bouncing around on stage. In fact the dance move has proved so popular that the term 'twerk' has been added to the Oxford dictionary and it was one of the most Googled terms of 2013.
Got to twerk: Cheryl Fernandez-Versini danced up a storm while balanced upside down against a wall on the video of Crazy, Stupid, Love
Miley Cyrus made dance history at the 2013 VMAs, and hasn't stopped showing off her bottom since
And it's not just the superstars with thighs of steel. Energetic clubbers love twerking their way around the dance floors of Britain. And now there's a chance for amateur dancers to show off their best techniques in an official battle of the booties.
Next month the UK Twerking Championship arrives in London. Taking place on Thursday 14th August at the city's Scala nightclub, the event is predicted to be a sell-out as female twerkers compete for the coveted title of Miss Twerk Off 2014.
The dance-off is being organised by Jump Off TV, a hip-hop based content and events company, and hosted by MC Fontz and DJ Chuckie Online.Twelve finalists will compete in four rounds, including freestyle, jelly, splits and off the wall as well as posing for an official photo shoot.
Nicole Scherzinger showed off her sch-amazing moves at a recent GAY performance in London
Founder Harold Anthony from London told the MailOnline: 'We started the company in 2003 and organised dance competitions on a weekly basis, but back than twerking was known as booty shaking.'
'I heard about the Miley Cyrus' performance and that twerking was becoming more socially acceptable,' he added. 'That's when I decided to change the name and create the one of a kind twerking championship.'
Next month the UK Twerking Championship arrives in London, taking place on Thursday 14th August at the city's Scala nightclub
Founder Harold Anthony from London told the MailOnline: 'We started the company in 2003 and organised dance competitions on a weekly basis, but back than twerking was known as booty shaking.'
The dance off is being organised by Jump Off TV, a hip-hop based content and events company, and hosted by MC Fontz and DJ Chuckie Online
Last year's twerk off crowned Mizz Versatile as the UK's first ever twerking champion. The 20-year-old dance teacher from London first started twerking in May, a couple of months ahead of competing at the Jump Off Twerking Championships and took home the £200 winnings.
'We had nine final contestants and 900 people turned up to watch the championships last year,' explained Harold. 'We have 12 contestants this year and hoping to fill the nightclub capacity again with four judges all from the dance industry deciding the winner.'
Twelve finalists will compete in four rounds, including freestyle, jelly, splits and off the wall as well as posing for an official photo shoot
The dance craze started in the 1990s and was namechecked in songs by Beyonce and Justin Timberlake long before 2013
Although many think twerking began quite recently, in fact the popular craze started in the 1990s and was namechecked in songs by Beyonce and Justin Timberlake long before 2013, but it wasn't until Miley Cyrus decided to twerk on stage at last year's VMA's that everyone started talking about it.
'I don't think anything can stop the booty-shaking craze,' said Harold. 'We're even launching a twerking fitness class with Gymbox called tone and twerk soon.'
- The Official Twerking Championship is now closed but we would love to see your best efforts. Send videos of you and your friends twerking like Cheryl and Miley into us at email@example.com and we will feature our favourites on the site
The Les Mills 'Twerkout'
Bodyjam Twerkout in action: The bootyshake is a key exercise for any aspiring twerker
Les Mills, creator of fitness
programmes including Bodypump, says it received a number of requests for
a class featuring twerking moves following Miss Cyrus's controversial
VMA performance.
As a result they adapted their existing Bodyjam class to incorporate a number of energetic twerking moves.
In addition to burning 530 calories
per 55 minute session, research by Les Mills also reveals twerkers could
see on average an eight per cent increase in pelvic bone density with
regular participation.
density is essential to avoiding osteoporosis in later life, meaning
that twerking could help you avoid fractures or hip replacements in
later life.
Archer, Les Mills International Programme Developer comments on the
craze and development of the Bodyjam programme, saying:
'We can't wait to get more people twerking their way to a better body.'
Dave Kyle, Head Trainer for Les Mills, offers his top five tips to get your rear in gear Bodyjam style:
Warm up with hip rolls, rotating your hips up, down, left and right, so
your joints are suitably loosened for you to get your twerk on
2. Squats and pulses (a 'bounce' mid repetition) are ideal to get your back end looking great.
3. The bootyshake is a key exercise for any aspiring twerker. Integral to the Bodyjam workout the aim is to shake your rear whilst keeping the rest of your body still – really working those glutes
4. A signature move for Bodyjam, the 'tick tock' is an essential heel-toe grind to work up quads to rival Rihanna
5. DON'T stick your tongue out. It didn't work for Miley and it won't work for you!
Instead stick your bottom out at everyone opportunity, this pose will build your core to guarantee a whittled waist to set off your behind.
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Social.FM gains Mac support
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Verizon sues FCC over 700MHz open access terms
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Nisus ships Writer Express 3.0
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T-Mobile Germany confirmed for iPhone next week?
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iRAPP merges Mac apps into Windows
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Apple posts iMac Software Update 1.1
Apple is offering a new iMac Software Update to its customers, through the Software Update utility in Mac OS X, or alternately via the Apple website. The v1.1 file is aimed at "20-inch and 24-inch iMac models with 2.0, 2.4, or 2.8GHz processors" -- the new aluminum iMacs -- but is only described as providing "important bug fixes." The file is 5.1MB; no other official information is available, but some accounts suggest that it may address monitor issues, as well as provide driver updates for the Radeon HD 2400 XT and Radeon HD 2600 PRO video cards.
Verizon slips out Samsung i760 messaging slider
Samsung's i760 text messaging phone is already at Verizon more than a week ahead of its actual release date, according to reports from several subscribers. Though reports have put the official release on September 24th, contacting either the business or customer service lines gives access to the unique phone, which centers around its unique front keypad. The layout is angled to still provide a natural typing feel when the phone is tilted on its side for the lateral slide-out keyboard.
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WhatsApp now handles over 100M calls daily
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Adele's '25' album now streaming
Recording artist Adele has "pulled a Kanye" after saying that her current album "25" would not be available for streaming. The seven-month-old record, which has yielded a number of hit singles, is now available for streaming on all the major streaming services, such as Apple Music and Spotify, as of today in most major markets, with worldwide distribution to come. Reportedly, the singer had demanded streaming be limited to paid subscribers -- a condition that has hurt some streamers with artists, who aren't paid royalties for free or trial listens . Apple pays performers its normal royalty rates during its free trial, avoiding the issue -- and having repeated success in both signing up exclusives and placing those exclusives into the top of the charts. http://ti.me/28U7NOu
SanDisk iXpand case has battery, storage
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Fifth Hong Kong store to open June 30
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Apple Music bug bites very short songs
There appears to be a reproducible bug in the current version of iTunes -- version 12.4.1, running on OS X 10.11.5, both the current non-beta versions of the respective software -- that causes a streamed song to become "stuck" in endless buffering if the streamed item just before this happened was 60 seconds or less in length. The problem appears to stem from code in iTunes that signals the next track to start downloading one minute before the currently-playing track is done, and thus songs shorter than one minute don't trigger the download. Locally-stored music is unaffected by the bug, and the problem does not appear to exist in either the macOS Sierra developer beta or versions of iTunes earlier than 12.4, and does not affect the iOS Music app at all. http://bit.ly/291cN0l
Walmart Pay expands to 15 states
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The SWIFT Cast trial protocol: a randomized controlled evaluation of the efficacy of an ankle–foot cast on walking recovery early after stroke and the neural–biomechanical correlates of response
Version of Record online: 8 DEC 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00704.x
© 2011 The Authors. International Journal of Stroke © 2011 World Stroke Organization
International Journal of Stroke
Volume 7, Issue 1, pages 86–93, January 2012
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Pomeroy, V. M., Rowe, P., Baron, J.-C., Clark, A., Sealy, R., Ugbolue, U. C., Kerr, A. and SWIFT Cast Investigators (2012), The SWIFT Cast trial protocol: a randomized controlled evaluation of the efficacy of an ankle–foot cast on walking recovery early after stroke and the neural–biomechanical correlates of response. International Journal of Stroke, 7: 86–93. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00704.x
Funding: This trial is funded by the UK Efficacy and Mechanisms Evaluation program (EME 08-43-25). A Clinical Trial Manager ensures that the trial is conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and that targets are achieved. Overseeing the trial are an independent TSC and DMEC.
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INDIANAPOLIS – In some respects, it seems preposterous that the Red Sox stand on the verge of trading Mike Lowell and pursuing Adrian Beltre as his possible replacement at third base.
It would, after all, be easy to conclude that Beltre's tenure in Seattle – where he just concluded a five-year, $64 million deal – was a bust. He signed his deal on the basis of an incredible offensive year in 2004, when he hit 48 homers with a line of .334/.388/.629/1.017 as a 25-year-old with the Dodgers.
Against those offensive numbers, his performance in Seattle seemed a colossal disappointment: a .266 average, .317 OBP, .442 slugging mark, .759 OPS and an average of 21 homers a year. The numbers were worse in 2009, when Beltre spent the season most of the year battling with bone spurs in his left shoulder that required surgery and clearly impaired him at the plate.
And yet, despite his poor offensive numbers, Beltre – on the advice of agent Scott Boras – felt confident turning down an arbitration offer that, if accepted, could have yielded a one-year deal for somewhere in the vicinity of his $12 million 2009 salary. That, of course, is because the third baseman felt virtually certain that he would get a better deal in free agency.
And, in this case, Boras was right. And the reason is somewhat fascinating: five years after Beltre won a huge contract based primarily on his offensive success, he is likely to receive another multi-year primarily because teams are willing to pay for an incredible, game-changing defensive player.
The Sox have long been enamored of the third baseman's defense. When Beltre was last a free agent after the 2004 season, one Red Sox executive suggested that Boston try to sign him to play shortstop. (Such a deal might have prevented the revolving door signings that began with Edgar Renteria that offseason.) And it would be hard to say that such a proposal was far-fetched.
Statistically, John Dewan's Plus/Minus system suggests that Beltre has made 17 more plays than the average third baseman over the past five years. Those who have watched him don't doubt such measures.
"[Beltre is] clearly the best [third baseman] I've ever seen in person," said Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon. "I think [Evan Longoria] is good, I used to think Scott Brosius was really good. … [Eric] Chavez was good, but Beltre was stupid good. I think Beltre is the best who I've ever seen with my two eyes – defender, not just third baseman, but defense."
It is a sign of the times and the changing nature of establishing player values that Beltre might be able to earn a second big long-term deal for a trait that was only a peripheral concern when he signed his contract with Seattle.
There is little question that the industry as a whole now places greater financial value on defense than it did a few years ago. Hence last offseason's signing of Mark Teixeira – a tremendous all-around player – to an eight-year, $180 million deal in an offseason when the defensively deficient Adam Dunn got just a two-year, $20 million deal.
"I do think that defense now is something that has been able to be quantified a little bit better than before statistically," said Padres manager Bud Black. "I think a lot of teams are using all the resources all available to them to rank and evaluate players defensively."
"[The way defense is valued] is changing. There's no question about it," agreed Maddon. "I just think, as the home runs decrease a little bit, I think you're going to see the re-emphasis on pitching and defense. For me, defense is probably the most accurately predictable part of a player's performance. … I think what teams are finding out is, obviously, if you want to make your pitchers better, play better defense. It's a more controllable element."
That said, players' defensive declines typically start a few years before their declines as hitters, so Beltre may be a bit beyond that extraordinary defensive peak. Even so, he still earns raves for his glove.
One major-league statistical analyst described Beltre as a sort of Brooks Robinson clone: a right-handed player with incredible range and defensive abilities, power, limited patience and an ability to hit for a .265-.270 average.
During the first four years of his Mariners contract, Beltre hit .266/.319/.454/.773 while averaging 24 homers and 88 RBIs. Against that fairly consistent record in Seattle, the Sox – and most baseball clubs – view Beltre's 2009 season (.265/.304/.379/.683 with 8 homers and 44 RBIs in 111 games) as an aberration, a result of his playing through an injured shoulder that ultimately required surgery.
Boras made the case that his client was hampered by his home ballpark of Safeco Field, which tends to be a brutal park for right-handed power hitters.
"We did a study of Beltre's road numbers compared to a very good hitter like, say, Jason Bay," said Boras. "Obviously Beltre had some nicks this year with his collarbone, but looking at his '06-'08 numbers on the road and compared them to Bay's '07-'09 performance offensively on the road and we've come up with the fact that Adrian had more RBIs, he had a few less home runs, his batting average was 25 points higher and his OPS was about the same.
"And I'm not including anything about Beltre's 48 home run season (with the Dodgers in 2004). Just to put it in perspective the type of offensive player Adrian Beltre is outside of Seattle. You can really see he compares favorably a very coveted, talented free agent player today. Then you add in the fact I don't think anybody in baseball will not tell you that Adrian Beltre is far and above the best defensive third baseman."
From 2006-08, Beltre hit .287/.338/.503/.840 on the road with 39 homers; at home, he hit .252/.311/.432/.743 with 37 homers. (Of course, that conveniently ignores the fact that Beltre was terrible on the road in 2005 (.248/.295/.440/.736) in 2005 and during his injury-prone 2009, but no matter.)
From 2007-09, Bay hit .262/.353/.495/.847 on the road with 48 homers. During the same three years, Matt Holliday had a line of .303/.385/.475/.860 as a visitor.
So, presuming that Beltre is able to come close to replicating his pre-2009 form at the plate, which multiple evaluators anticipate, the possibility exists that he could be an average to above-average hitter. That, in combination with his defense, would represent an extremely enticing package to the Red Sox should the Lowell deal go through.
How much is Beltre's skill set worth? One baseball source indicated that Beltre was seeking a five-year, $50 million deal; the Boston Herald reported that the 30-year-old is seeking a five-year, $65 million deal.
A major-league executive scoffed at that number, suggesting that he would be surprised if Beltre – coming off of injury – could do better than three years at $12 million a year (close to the three-year, $37.5 million deal that Lowell will complete in 2010).
Nonetheless, it is clear that Beltre will receive a substantial deal, and the Sox seem almost certain to be at or near the front of the line to sign him. That is not to say that the team would be without fallback options. For instance, the Sox told Mark DeRosa earlier this offseason that they would be very interested in the possibility of signing him if they freed a spot by dealing Lowell.
Still, the team's interest in Beltre is substantial. GM Theo Epstein, after all, suggested at the beginning of the offseason that the team could make its most significant improvement by attacking its area of greatest weakness in 2009 – that of team defense. The signing of shortstop Marco Scutaro represented a partial fulfillment of that goal, but switching from Lowell – whose recovery from hip surgery devastated his range – to Beltre would give the Sox a star defender at all four infield positions.
"I think that [the Scutaro signing] certainly improved our defense at the shortstop position over the totality of our performance last year at that position, so that's a big help. That's an important position," said Epstein. "I think we could do more, certainly. Whether we're able to or not remains to be seen. I think it will be hard to improve both on offense and with our defense but I'm not sure which direction it will go yet."
An answer may be coming soon.
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This is getting sort of annoying. There is a guy in my winner league that is cycling. He constantly is dropping and adding players just to get more players on the ice. (He adds people who play that day and drops people who dont) Is there and actual term for this? I know at the trade deadline he will be screwed because he has dropped some good players and I picked them up on wavers but until then I dont know what to do. He has made 95 moves.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Frenchy1967 Frenchy1967 Jan 4, 2008 6:41 AM Flag
Well good for you guys, when he drop someone worth something pick him up, he's just gonna run out of juice!!!
weekly leagues and max moveslagues are for those ont want to hustle and be active. If that is your style as it sounds just gwho det in ROTO leagues where you are limited on total moves.
I much prefer guys who cycle or stream in my leagues over dead owners. At least you see they are payng attention and active. And like others have pointed out to pick up a player you have to cut one. If the guys he is using are so good that he is beating you and others then pick them up and you will have them.
And if it is such a good way to win why arent you doing it? Dont qwe all play to win?? (Herm Edwards)
In baseball if you stream SP you risk blowing up your ERA and WHIP. In the leagues I am commish of I also add a loss catagory . This still allows those who want to try to win by being very active the chance to do it (Stream) but they also risk three catagories.
In hockey if you stream goalies picking up backups when they play back to back you may get a few wins but can blow up your GAA and SV%. If you stream forwards you risk blowing up your +/- and as afore mentioned you risk losing a player as they get hot by cutting them to pick up tomorrows flavor ! But dont ever wish away active owners they are much better than dead ones trust me.
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Streaming is a strategey that requires a bunch of things to happen to be effective.
It primarily works if the majority of the league does NOT stream. (So if 2 or 3 of you also do it, he's screwed)
You really have to be on the ball. You gotta use up alot of time figuring who are the hottest players of the available players EVERY DAY. And it's not just the flavour of the week guys. You have to factor in favourable matchups as well.
What a pain! Gotta waste alot of time staring at a monitor.
Its not that he is using better players than the rest of us in the league, it's the fact that he has more people playing on average during any given week. And yes, I do prefer this streaming to a dead player. But is a winner league and in winner leagues you don't see dead players very often
I sorta think I should stop being a bitch about it but it seems just unsportsmanlike
The more common term is called "Streaming".
It started in baseball fantasy when someone figured out you can get WAY more wins if you keep adding starting pitchers for pitchers who were idle.
The trade deadline only prevents you/him from trading. You can still make add/drops.
What place is he in the standings? If he is winning than the only thing to do is to continue picking up his good drops. If that doesn't work, then you have to beat him at his own game.
Is he winning? And if not is it worth the whining?
His strategy in the long run will probably not pan out that great.
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Yeah he is winning. He is first with a 79-38-13 in a h2h 12 person league
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