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Ranbir Kapoor has millions of fans from all over the world. But he had kind of a fanboy moment when he saw Natalie Portman in the streets of New York a few years ago. While promoting his film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in The Kapil Sharma Show in 2016 the actor, Ranbir, made a shocking yet hilarious disclosure of Natalie Portman telling him to ‘Get Lost.’
When Hollywood Star Natalie Portman told Ranbir Kapoor to ‘Get Lost’
Ranbir narrated the entire incident of Why and How it all happened. He said, “Main New York ki sadak pe chal raha tha. Main bhaag raha tha actually, mujhe bohot zor ki bathroom aa rahi thi. Main bhaag raha tha hotel ki taraf aur woh phone pe baat karte hue aise guzar rahi thi. Nazar mili toh maine socha, ‘Yaar, yeh toh Natalie Portman hai.’ Toh main ghoom ke bhaag ke aaya aur kaha, ‘Ek photo, ek photo’ (I was walking on the streets of New York. Running, actually, as I needed to use the washroom urgently. I was running towards the hotel and she was passing by, talking on the phone. I realised that she was Natalie Portman so I turned around, ran to her and requested a picture).”
In his excitement to get a picture with Natalie, Ranbir did not realise that the Hollywood star was crying. She angrily turned towards Kapoor and said, “Get lost, I say!”
However, even after listening to such harsh words that broke his heart, Ranbir admitted that it did not make him any less of a fan. He said, “Par aisa nahi hai ki main kuch kum fan ban gaya. Kal bhi agar woh mujhe sadak pe mil jaaye, toh main bolunga, ‘Ek photo, ek photo’ (It is not like this made me any less of a fan than I already am. If I meet her on the street tomorrow, I will again request a picture with her).”
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Directed by Harry Macqueen, “Supernova” premiered this week at Spain’s San Sebastián International Film Festival, earning glowing reviews for stars Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. It’s also slated to be screened at the British Film Institute’s London Film Festival next month. But U.S. audiences will have to make do with the movie’s trailer (viewable above) for now.
Firth and Tucci star as Sam and Tusker, who have been a couple for 20 years. Together, they embark on a road trip across northern England and, at one point, are treated to a surprise party hosted by friends. As the group sits down to dinner, Sam reveals that Tusker has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
The two men, we discover, have planned their vacation as a final escape before Tusker loses his memory and other health issues take hold. As Tucci’s character declares in one tearjerking scene, “I want to be remembered for who I was, but not for who I’m about to become.”
The Guardian called it “a drama about love and mortality that is all the more powerful for its restraint,” while The Hollywood Reporter praised its “admirably understated depiction of same-sex romance.” Variety went a step further, suggesting that Firth ― already an Oscar winner for “The King’s Speech” in 2011 ― “may have turned in the performance of his career here.”
Firth and Tucci, who are both straight, have played gay characters in previous films. In 2010, Firth received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of George Falconer, a gay university professor grappling with depression, in Tom Ford’s “A Single Man.” Tucci endeared himself to a generation of would-be fashionistas as Runway editor Miranda Priestly’s right-hand man Nigel in 2006’s “The Devil Wears Prada.”
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I have been to the Masai several times over the last two years, usually staying at Kicheche camp. We now wish to self drive, can anyone suggest where to camp?... I believe there are public campsites, if so, where? what is the process, where do we book, are they safe etc. We would prefer to stay near to the Marsh area (gov camp) but I am not sure if there are any public campsites there. We are planning to visit Aug, Sept or Oct. We are also going to use Roving rovers (supply old range rover with roof tent) any one used these before?
Thanks for your help and hope someone can shed some light!
Riverside camp a Talek gate is a good option. It is located on the northern part of the park a bit far from the Marsh area. But it has a good camp ground and is near plenty of nice game areas. It's safe and the staff extremely friendly. Please check out my Masai Mara page for more detailed information. Have a great trip.
We are also self-driving in Kenya later in the year but will be in the Mara in July.
Have you seen this site : http://www.maratriangle.org/camping/ ?
Also I understand that there is a public campsite close to the Serena Lodge at 1°24'3.49"S 35° 1'8.40"E.
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Best Smartphones Of 2017: iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy X, Samsung Galaxy S8, OnePlus 4 And More [VIDEO]
There have been a lot of smartphones to look after this year that will surely get the interest of many tech enthusiasts. The long list of handsets includes iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy X, Samsung Galaxy S8, OnePlus 4 and other handsets from other manufacturers.
According to International Business Times, the tech giants Apple and Samsung will have distinct events to launch their new flagship models. So here are some of the handsets that are slated to be released this year.
Apple Inc. is just months away from officially launching its iPhone 8 series. This will be tenth year anniversary of its original iPhone this 2017 and with this, Apple is expected to incorporate new features to iPhone 8.
Based on some speculations, there will be three versions of iPhone 8 this year, one will be an advanced variant and also successors of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The new models are anticipated to have a fundamental design with edge-to-edge curved OLED display, dual camera with 3D imaging and OIS, bigger battery, wireless charging, A11 chipset and other powerful features. The upcoming iPhones are believed to be unveiled in September this year.
As for Samsung, it will reportedly launch its Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy S. The Galaxy S8 is projected to arrive with a "Plus" size variant and high-end features like 4K curved display, dual camera, fingerprint scanner under the display panel while removing the home button, 8GB RAM, Snapdragon 835 chipset, Bluetooth 5 and other specs. It might be launched next month.
On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy X smartphone might be available in October. Predictions suggest that the Galaxy X will be the company's first foldable smartphone; combined with high-end specs like Snapdragon 835 CPU, 8GB RAM, and others.
Furthermore, NDTV Gadgets has learned that OnePlus will also unveil its OnePlus 4 this year.. This handset will reportedly boast a ceramic body, may come in 6GB RAM and 8GB RAM variants, sport the Snapdragon 835 chipset, dual rear-facing, and it may preserve the 3.5mm earphone jack. However, this smartphone may have a 5.3-inch display with 4K resolution, a way smaller than its predecessors.
There are also leaked photos of a handset that is believed to be the Moto X 2017 all over the wire. Based on the images the Moto X 2017 will feature an all-metal body, fingerprint sensor on the back. The gadget in the leaked images does not have Moto Mod pins on the back, so Lenovo is predicted to add some other unique feature in Moto X 2017.
LG Electronics will also join the roster of smartphone makers that will release handsets this year. The South Korean tech giant might not use the modular design with the G6, though the company itself stated that it will not do away with the interchangeable accessories for now. The G6 might have an aluminum body with water-resistant coating, 3.5mm headphone jack, USB Type C port, wireless charging, and removable battery. LG was also rumored of planning to use curved display on the G6, but that idea has been abandoned due to supply-chain controls.
These are some of the smartphones that is slated to hit the market shelves this year. So, if you have any suggestion on what are the other handsets you expect, you can share it with us by leaving some comments.


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Agricultural innovation will play an effective role to wipe off poverty from the country, said LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain
"Rural Development Academy can play a leading role in this respect," said he.
Mosharraf said it while talking at the 45th meeting of the Board of Directors of Rural Development Academy (RDA) at its conference room in Bogra, says a BSS report.
The meeting was attended by State Minister for LGRD Md Moshiur Rahman Ranga, board members and concerned officials of the ministry.
Mosharraf Hossain said since establishment of the RDA in 1974 it has been working to make rural people self-reliant through empirical research.
He asked the RDA to spread the innovative models across the country to cut the poverty further.

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A coronavirus press conference hosted by Matt Hancock will be live from Downing Street at 5pm tonight.
The Health Secretary will be discussing the Government's vaccine roll-out and it's success as 25 million people have received their first dose in the UK.
It's a great step for the Government who has led the way among other countries around the world in rolling out the vaccine.
Today was a major step in the vaccine roll-out however with over-50s in England being invited for a jab from today (Wednesday, March 17).
Despite fears in other European countries regarding the Astra-Zeneca vaccine and reports of potential blood clots, health chiefs in the UK have confirmed there is no evidence of patients having problems after receiving their first jab.
Mr Hancock could face difficult questions after his department came under a brutal attack from Boris Johnson's former top aide. Dominic Cummings took aim at the "smoking ruin" Department of Health today in his first comments since quitting four months ago, reports The Mirror.
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At the moment, cases are decreasing across the majority of England just weeks before further lockdown measures are relaxed.
On April 12, pubs, restaurants and other hospitality settings can reopen for outside service only, as can hairdressers and non-essential shops.
In England, around 11 million people have received the Astra-Zeneca vaccine and Professor Jeremy Brown, from the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said it's 'confusing' that other countries have suspended the use of it.
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Speaking on Good Morning Britain, he said: “It is confusing to understand why so many countries have decided to stop using the vaccine.
“Many of those countries are going through a third wave, and by stopping using the vaccine they’re actually literally causing more problems.
“By not using the vaccine, this is going to directly lead to an increased incidence of Covid infection and people will die as a consequence of these decisions.”


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Top lawmaker keeps pushing for $50K in forgiveness
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other advocates of sweeping student loan forgiveness are stepping up the pressure on Biden, in part, by highlighting the plights of thousands of Americans being held back by their student loans.
This week, during a virtual event held by advocacy organization Student Debt Crisis, former students discussed how they’ve struggled with their student loans and lost out on opportunities to buy homes and cars, get married or invest for their futures.
Christine Shea, a marriage and family therapist in northern California, says she graduated with a master’s degree and $136,000 in student debt. After paying off $20,000, she says she now owes $4,000 more than the original amount.
“Through the years, the interest accrual has absolutely put me into quicksand,” Shea says.
Schumer, who spoke at the event, says he and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren have met with the president on the issue and have vowed to continue their unrelenting campaign for Biden to cancel $50,000 in student debt per borrower.
“We said, 'We're going to keep at it until you do this,' and to his credit, he said, 'Go ahead.' He’s talked about 10 thousand — that’s not enough," Schumer says. "We’re keeping the pressure on him.”
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Biden White House makes limited progress
Those pressing for the president to take bold action are growing more frustrated by the day.
Biden told a town hall earlier this year that he wouldn’t cancel $50,000. And he didn’t include forgiveness in his new spending bills or his $6 trillion budget proposal.
Cities are now joining the chorus of voices demanding broad forgiveness. Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia and other municipalities have passed resolutions calling on the federal government to act on student debt cancellation.
Through an organization called Debt Collective, a membership-based union for debtors, over 5,500 emails have been sent to local representatives calling on them to support loan forgiveness.
Biden's Department of Education says for now, it's focusing on cleaning up existing federal student loan programs to make them easier on America's debt holders.
In May, more than 50 mostly Democratic lawmakers urged Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to pursue reforms in what they said was a mismanaged program designed to help teachers, nurses and other public sector workers get relief from their college debt.
Borrowers face a rude October awakening
Roughly 45 million Americans share $1.7 trillion in student debt, according to Federal Reserve data. That’s about 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.
Sen. Warren envisions a bleak scenario once a nationwide pause on student loan payments and interest ends in September. The average borrower, she says, is going to have to start repaying $400 a month to the government once that COVID-era moratorium is over.
“People are going to struggle. They’re going to miss deadlines," Warren says. "They’re going to be delinquent."
Many are hoping that a report from Secretary Cardona and the Justice Department will show that Biden can cancel $50,000 in student debt through an executive order — by the "flick of a pen," as Schumer has said. But there’s been no word on when that ruling will come down.
There’s not even been progress on Biden’s promise to wipe away $10,000.
When asked last week at a White House new conference why the $10,000 in student loan forgiveness wasn’t in Biden’s recently released budget, press secretary Jen Psaki said the president would be “happy to sign a bill into law if they passed that bill. And he’d look forward to having it on his desk."
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Asian Tsunami Fund (4) Apply Asian Tsunami Fund filter . The ASEAN unveiled June 10 the list of projects in the Initial Rolling Priority Pipeline of Potential ASEAN Infrastructure Projects (Initial Pipeline) under […] ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF) The ACGF is an ASEAN Infrastructure Fund initiative supporting governments in Southeast Asia to prepare and finance infrastructure projects that promote environmental sustainability and contribute to climate change goals. The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund is intended to address the region's infrastructure needs. WHAT WE DO Projects, publications, products and services, operational priorities, ... Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (12) Apply Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank filter . The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has identified 19 projects in seven countries for its initial pipeline of potential regional infrastructure projects, with the bulk going to Myanmar, Lao PDR, Indonesia, and Thailand. With projected 70% cofinancing by ADB, the Fund plans to leverage more than $13 billion in infrastructure financing by 2020. Numerous infrastructure projects have been approved across the region in Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – The ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) has announced the Initial Rolling Priority Pipeline of ASEAN Infrastructure Projects at the meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday (11/03). Pulled by these important investments, the building material market throughout ASEAN should receive an estimated USD 420 billion by 2022. Since 2011, the AIF has financed $520 million on energy, transport, water and urban infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia. The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund's total lending commitment through 2020 is expected to be approximately $4 billion. infrastructure accounted for about 12-15% of total FDI inflows into the ASEAN region between 2012 and 20144. The efforts of ASEAN nations to build and maintain basic infrastructure have often been supported by major overseas funders. With forecasts of infrastructure spending of USD 588 billion by 2022, ASEAN economies will launch numerous new projects to drive growth, especially Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (48) Apply Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund filter . WHAT WE DO Projects, publications, products and services, operational priorities, and development knowledge; ... (10) Apply ASEAN Infrastructure Fund filter . “Through the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility, ADB will support ASEAN governments in developing green and climate-friendly infrastructure projects,” … ASEAN is developing the Initial Rolling Priority Pipeline of Potential ASEAN Infrastructure Projects to accelerate investment in infrastructure projects shortlisted by the World Bank, which will support the movement of people, services, goods and innovation across the region of more than 630 million people. The Initial Pipeline consists of 19 projects across transport, energy, and digital sectors amounting to US$15 billion worth of estimated investments. According to the World Bank, the majority of private sector participation in infrastructure projects in ASEAN has been in the transport, energy, information and communications technology (ICT) and … Table 5.7 Budget Allocation for Infrastructure Development 188 Table 5.8 PPP Achievements 194 Table 5.9 Implemented PPP Projects by Economic Sectors, 1983-2010 195 Table 5.10 Equity Contribution for ASEAN Infrastructure Fund, in US$ million 196 Table 5.11 Area 211 Table 5.12 Population 211 Table 5.13 Population Age Structure 211 Australia (369) Apply Australia filter . To help accelerate investment in infrastructure in the region, the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 (MPAC 2025) recommended the establishment of a rolling priority pipeline list of potential ASEAN infrastructure projects and sources of funds.
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The Authoritarian Political Brain
September 3, 2007
Drew Westen's The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation helps explain the neuro-cognitive mechanisms involved in rationalizing away inconvenient truths, something we all do regardless of political affiliation. From the Introduction:
The neural circuits charged with regulation of emotional states seemed to recruit beliefs that eliminated the distress and conflict partisans had experienced when they confronted unpleasant realities. And all this seemed to happen with little involvement of the neural circuits normally involved in reasoning.
The results show that when partisans face threatening information, not only are they likely to “reason” to emotionally biased conclusions, but we can trace their neural footprints when they do.
When confronted with potentially troubling political information, a network of neurons become active that produces distress. Whether this distress is conscious, or unconscious, or some combination of the two, we don't know.
The brain registers the conflict between data and desire and begins to search for ways to turn off the spigot of unpleasant emotion.
Nothing earth shattering there. But here's where it gets interesting (italics in the original):
But the political brain did something we didn't predict. Once partisans found a way to reason to false conclusions, not only did neural circuits involved in negative emotions shut off, but circuits involved in positive emotions turned on. The partisan brain didn't seem satisfied in just feeling better. It worked overtime to feel good, activating rewards circuits that give partisans a jolt of positive reinforcement for their biased reasoning. These reward circuits overlap significantly with those activated when drug addicts get their “fix”, giving new meaning to the term political junkie.

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Songs and lyrics by an Israeli performer used in Iranian protests against the Islamic regime
Iranian protesters use the songs of Israeli actress and singer-songwriter Liraz Sharhi in their rallies and videos against the Islamic Republic: “How long will we be silent, how long will we keep our heads down?
While Charhi plays the role of a Mossad spy in the Israeli television series “Tehran”, she continues to develop her musical repertoire among Iranians. Although artistic cooperation with Israel or Israeli citizens is a punishable offense in Iran, Charhi has collaborated with Iranian artists on three albums since 2018.
Charhi’s first two albums feature contributions from anonymous Iranian musicians, who recorded their parts remotely. The first, “Naz”, would become popular with the Iranian people after its release in 2018.
“Very quickly, I received videos of women dancing at underground parties, and removing their chador [a Muslim-culture cloth that covers the head and upper body] and dance to these songs,” Charhi told Israel’s Channel 12.
For her latest album, “Roya” – which means “fantasy” in Persian – the Israeli artist met four Iranian musicians in Istanbul earlier this year, collaborating for the first time in person. Turkey is one of the few countries where Iranians can travel visa-free.
The artists traveled to Istanbul on the condition that they not have their names or characteristics made public, but the meeting was significant for them and for Charhi.
“I have waited all my life to meet my friends and family from Iran; the fact that you weren’t scared and you were brave is…wow,” Charhi said as the musicians arrived.
Speaking anonymously to Channel 12, the Iranian musicians said they were willing to take the risk of making music with an Israeli artist.
“We know Iran has a problem with Israel…but if we just make music, it’s fine,” one musician told Channel 12. “I know it can be dangerous, but I’m doing what I love.”
Protesters in Iran have been sending Sharhi messages of support and admiration since protests against the regime began.
“Thank you for being our voice; I will never be forgotten,” says a message sent to her on social media.
“I love your songs in Persian and I hope one day you will sing in beautiful Tehran,” wrote another Iranian.
Over the summer, Charhi performed at the Janusz Makuch Festival of Jewish Culture in Krakow, Poland with the Iranian artists. Polish-born Makuch has been organizing the Festival of Jewish Culture since 1988 – a practical answer to the question he posed last week to Alan Rosenbaum of the Jerusalem Post: “How can we – Jews and non-Jews – commemorate the Jewish life here? “The Festival of Jewish Culture took place this year for the 31st time.
Charhi’s collective performed at the Old Synagogue in Krakow, with the Iranian performers masked in golden hijabs during the performance to hide their identities. Despite wearing a hijab, one of the musicians allegedly insisted on showing her hair and was later recognized and unmasked in Iran for performing with Charhi, Channel 12 reported.
Anti-regime protests in Iran have been going on for a month, spreading across Iran, even among schoolgirls who staged rallies in the streets and demonstrated in their schools. According to the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights, more than 200 Iranians have been killed in the protests, including 23 children.
“Some were killed instantly and others died of their injuries later,” the NGO said on October 12. “According to reports received by Iran Human Rights, many injured protesters were denied admission to hospitals and medical centers or treated at home for fear of arrest.
IHR said that in addition to students, petrochemical and oil contract workers have joined “nationwide strikes and protests.” The NGO said it had received reports of mass arrests of protesters and activists, who were identified by intelligence agencies.
“The use of torture and ill-treatment against protesters has been widely reported, with at least two deaths in custody,” IHR said. “Families have told Iran Human Rights that their loved ones are being pressured to coerce televised confessions.

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Why it matters
In recent weeks, both Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray and Deputy Director Steven Antonakes have provided insight about the Bureau’s operations. Antonakes discussed the risk-based approach taken by the CFPB when evaluating whether to take a confidential supervisory or public enforcement action. In contrast to the other federal banking agencies, the Bureau focuses on risks to consumers rather than risks to institutions, he explained, and conducts examinations by product line instead of by institution. “We think our careful and reasoned approach to taking corrective action will result in consistency for industry and fairness for consumers,” Antonakes said. Adding to the conversation, Cordray discussed with the National Association of Attorneys General the “four D’s” that guide the Bureau’s enforcement activity: deceptive marketing, debt traps, dead ends, and discrimination. He also noted that the Bureau has recovered $5.3 billion in relief for consumers and more than $200 million in civil money penalties to date. As a relatively young agency with evolving policies, these statements from senior CFPB representatives are useful to persons subject to CFPB oversight and enforcement in determining what activities and practices the CFPB may view as problematic as well as areas that may raise future supervision issues.
In prepared remarks delivered at The Exchequer Club, Antonakes provided an explanation of the Bureau’s risk-based supervision program and the factors used when considering when—and what type of—enforcement action is necessary.
Antonakes emphasized the consumer-centric nature of the Bureau, noting that the CFPB’s “mission is to protect consumers by promoting a consumer financial services marketplace where consumers can understand the costs, benefits, and risks of the financial decisions that they make.”
To that end, as the leader of the Bureau’s Division of Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending, he guides a risk-based and institutional product line-oriented approach to supervision. With an extremely broad scope of supervisory authority—from banks, thrifts, and credit unions to the larger participants of markets such as foreign money transmitters and debt collectors—it “was clear to us from the outset that the traditional approach to supervision wouldn’t work at the Bureau,” Antonakes explained.
Instead of visiting all the regulated institutions on a regular schedule—which would tax the limited resources of the Bureau—the CFPB elected to focus on consumer protection issues instead of institutions, which “drives our strong focus on consumer compliance management systems to ensure that regulated institutions adapt their controls to their business strategies and operational complexity,” he said.
By conducting examinations by product line rather than by institution, “we assess the likely risk to consumers in all product lines, at all stages of a product’s life cycle, and across wide swathes of the entire consumer financial marketplace,” Antonakes added.
Practically speaking, what this means is breaking down an institution into distinct product lines—such as auto lending, deposit accounts, mortgage origination, and credit cards at a large bank. These institutional product lines are then compared across institutions, charters, or licenses. Each product line is evaluated for issues such as the potential for consumer harm related to a particular market, the size of the product market, the supervised entity’s market share, and the risks inherent to the supervised entity’s operations.
Risks to consumers are examined on two levels, Antonakes told attendees: the market level and the institution level. This allows the Bureau to consider the relative risks to the consumer from each institution’s activity within any given market by considering market share as well as “field and market intelligence” with qualitative and quantitative factors such as the strength of compliance management systems, the existence of other regulatory actions, and the number and severity of consumer complaints, for example.
“Taken together, the information that we gather about each institutional product line at the market-level and at the institutional-level allows us to focus our resources where consumers have the greatest potential to be harmed,” Antonakes said. “Relatively higher risk institutional product lines within relatively higher risk markets are our highest priority.”
At the conclusion of a review, the CFPB provides a “roll-up examination report” that summarizes the Bureau’s examinations and includes the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council compliance rating as well as a supervisory plan for smaller or less complex entities.
Where more significant violations are found, the Bureau forwards the matter to its action review committee. Based on a severity of examination findings, the committee will recommend whether confidential supervisory action or a public enforcement action should occur.
What factors are considered? Antonakes said they fall into three categories: violation-focused factors, institution-focused factors, and policy-focused factors. “For example, we are more likely to pursue public enforcement if we identify improper foreclosures than slightly miscalculated APRs,” he noted. “If we suspect a troubling practice is widespread, we may want to put the entire industry on notice through public enforcement actions.”
The behavior of an institution after the violation occurred is also an important consideration, Antonakes said, such as whether the entity cooperated with the Bureau, or self-identified or self-corrected the violation, which “may tilt the balance in favor of using the supervisory tool.”
Director Richard Cordray also provided insight into the workings of the Bureau in a recent speech to the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG).
The CFPB strives to combat the “four D’s,” he said: deceptive marketing, debt traps, dead ends, and discrimination.
“It is obvious that consumers cannot make sound financial choices if they are given inaccurate or false information,” he said. “But when key information is deliberately withheld, or when the information provided is misleading, consumers similarly have a hard time making sound choices.” Cordray highlighted many efforts by the CFPB against deceptive marketing, highlighting a recent action in the for-profit college industry.
Discussing debt traps, Cordray pinpointed payday loans as a major focus for the Bureau, the first federal agency to supervise payday lenders for compliance with federal consumer financial laws. Currently in “the latter stages” of formulating new rules for the market, Cordray promised that state AGs—who have “extensive and varied experience” in the area—will have the opportunity to review and evaluate the forthcoming proposals.
Dead ends—or when “consumers have limited clout because they cannot choose the business they are dealing with”—led Cordray to reference the CFPB’s work in the realms of credit reporting and debt collection, another area where the Bureau is in the process of crafting regulations.
Finally, Cordray noted that discrimination remains a priority, with the Bureau keeping “a watchful eye” on the auto industry and leveraging technology to help identify patterns in mortgage origination that may be discriminatory. “[W]e are working to secure the right to equal treatment in the financial marketplace based on individual merit and responsibility,” he said.
The Director—who referenced his own past life as Attorney General of the state of Ohio—concluded by noting that in the last three and one-half years, the publicly announced enforcement actions of the Bureau have resulted in $5.3 billion in relief to 15 million consumers and more than $200 million in civil money penalties.
To read Deputy Director Antonakes’ prepared remarks, click here.
To read Director Cordray’s prepared remarks, click here.


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So, we hate to break this to you, but the world ended. This is the ongoing story of what the Whiskeyknitters did next.
“This is the Way the World Ends, Part Two,” in which we take a medicinal moment and the importance of hordes is explained.
April 24, 2015
“This is the Way the World Ends, Part One,” in which the world ends, and we drink whiskey and lose count of stitches.
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The Circular Economy: The United Kingdom
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The circular economy addresses the economic, environmental, and social challenges primarily. The last recent studies show that its application has been understood in various ways. It suggests that the development and effects will be determined according to the policies and social collaboration in general. It will be regardless of the country that adopted the model. For instance, different studies that evaluated the effects of the circular economy in the EU have shown significant results, such as a radical transformation of business practices with new processes and new disruptive business models. However, these results can be contemplated by seeing the economy as a whole structure.
How to citeTapia-Meza, P., Alvarez-Risco, A., Del-Aguila-Arcentales, S. (2022). The Circular Economy: The United Kingdom. En A. Alvarez-Risco, M. A. Rosen, S. Del-Aguila-Arcentales (Eds.), Towards a Circular Economy. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance (pp. 247-262). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94293-9_14
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Excitement! Tingles! And khoob sara dhak dhak!
Abby is heading for a special surprise date, what is in store for her?
To find out watch Episode 1 of Dil Buffering #RomanceInProgress
About the Show: You got to kiss a lot of frogs to land your prince Charming,
Abby believes in this logic too, the struggle to find ‘Mr Right’ isn’t easy
but Abby has all the time in the world! Dil Buffering is the story of
Abby who is on a never-ending quest to find love
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Have you ever dreamed that you‘re trouserless? That people can see you, standing there in all your nakedness? And all you want is the world to swallow you up?
If so, you’re not alone. It's an extremely common, but humiliating and uncomfortable nightmare.
It’s widely considered that these dreams come from a subconscious sense of vulnerability.
Of being somehow unprotected.
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From the Worldwide Faith News archives www.wfn.org
05 May 1996 11:53:02
95307 COLLEGE NEWS
By Julian Shipp
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--Eckerd College will offer a new major, environmental
law ethics, thanks to a $122,000 grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH). The grant will fund an 18-month project during which
faculty will plan an interdisciplinary project focusing on environmental
studies. The program is run by the NEH and the National Science Foundation,
and will be designed for students studying environmental policy and
WAUKESHA, Wis.--Carroll College will award 1994 Olympic medal winner Bonnie
Blair an honorary degree in September in recognition of her distinguished
speed-skating career. The college will present the doctorate of humane
letters during the college's opening convocation Sept. 6. It will be
Blair's first honorary degree.
MONTREAT, N.C.--Montreat-Anderson College officially changed its name to
Montreat College on Aug. 22. An official "Year of the Mountains" event, the
opening convocation ceremony featured well-known photographer Hugh Morton,
owner of Grandfather Mountain, as keynote speaker. The name change was
approved at the April board of trustees meeting after a yearlong study as
part of the development of a new strategic plan for the college. According
to William Hurt, college president, the "new" name change is not new to the
campus, but reflective of the college's four-year status and return to its
heritage as a baccalaureate degree-granting institution.
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This paper discusses the analytical simulations employed by Columbus Div. of North American Aviation to analyze the landing gear and associated vehicle response for A-5 aircraft, Apollo, and OV-10A. A brief development of the mathematical simulations with the basic equations of motion is included, along with methods used to predict the loads due to running over arresting cables or deck lights. The method of obtaining internal load distributions of the vehicle structure is also given. Where available, results of the analyses are compared with experimentally measured data. Finally, a discussion of the validity and applicability of the methods together with the conclusions based on the results are presented.


Vote Leave campaigner Gisela Stuart slapped down columnist and Remain campaigner Rachel Johnson as she attempted to defend calls for a second Brexit referendum.
Ms Stuart dismissed suggestions Britons did not know what they voted for during the 2016 EU referendum and should be given the option to cast their vote again.
Speaking to BBC News, the former Labour MP said: "Rachel, you still treat Brexit as if it were a kind of illness that requires treatment.
"You think, because you disagree with the people who voted, that they didn’t know what they voted for. They knew exactly."
Ms Stuart insisted that British voters wanted Parliament to implement their decision and deliver a withdrawal agreement with Brussels.
She continued: "We have a representative parliamentary democracy and very occasionally Parliament asks the people directly what they want to happen.
"Two years ago they unusually did so, the then Prime Minister said ‘whatever you decide, I shall implement,’ two political parties in the last year went to the general election promising to implement it."
She added: "I think the voters out there now want Parliament to do its job and deliver what they voted for. It was a perfectly rational decision and to talk about a second referendum before you’ve implemented the first one I think really undermines democracy.
Brexit news: Gisela Stuart slapped down Rachel Johnson for her calls for a second referendum
You still treat Brexit as if it were a kind of illness that requires treatment
"They wanted to know who has the final say with their laws, their borders and their taxes."
Ms Johnson, who lent her voice to the People's Vote campaign, claimed voters were not made aware of the key consequences of leaving the EU and should get a chance to vote again.
She said: "We don’t want to do this just because two years ago the public made a binary vote, with a very narrow mandate on a yes or no decision.
"They didn’t know what they were voting for. Allow the public, this is a democracy, to have a vote when they know what we are voting for, what the next generation – our children and grandchildren – are going to be living with."
Ms Johnson added: "Do you think they understood about mutual recognition or about whether we are going to have trade in goods or services or the Irish border? None of that was discussed."


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The Doctor's Christmas Dilemma
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Knez Mihailova Street - the most important information
Knez Mihailova Street is a pedestrian zone and a legally protected street due to its rich history and a series of buildings and townhouses dating back to the 1970s. It was named after Mihailo Obrenovic, the most famous Serbian prince. Today, this street is the biggest landmark of the capital of Serbia.
History of Knez Mihailova Street
The long history of this most famous Serbian street dates back to Roman times, when it was the center of the settlement of Singidunum, and during the time of the Turks, there were numerous gardens with fountains and mosques. In the nineteenth century, one part of the street represented the garden of Aleksandar Karadjordjevic. According to some writings, Knez Mihailova Street is the first Belgrade street to be named. In 1867, the street was regulated according to the plan of the first Serbian urbanist, Emilijan Josimović, who is also responsible for the current appearance of the strict city center and its surroundings. The monument dedicated to him is located at the beginning of Knez Mihailova. Today, Knez Mihailova is also one of the most important shopping centers in Belgrade due to the large number of people who circulate through it every day.
Sights Knez Mihailova
Knez Mihailova, in addition to its historical features, has a lot to offer in terms of tourism. Some of the biggest sights are the buildings that managed to resist the weather and now represent a small time machine that intrigues visitors. Some of the most famous are:
- Albania Palace (once the tallest building in the Balkans was a favorite place of the famous writer Branislav Nusic)
- Tavern Ruski tsar (built at the beginning of the twentieth century, a place where, during the First Serbian Uprising, there were Turkish ramparts with cannons)
- Geca Kon Bookstore (a bookstore over a hundred years old, one of the best preserved cultural assets in the country)
- The building of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (one of the examples of secessionist architecture, with over a million books)
How to get to Knez Mihailova?
Knez Mihailova is the strict center of the city and can be reached from the streets of Vuk Karadzic, Djura Jaksic and Nikola Spasic. It is a short walk from the Moskva Hotel. Bus routes near the street are:
- Bus lines: 15, 31, 58, 71, 95
- Trolleybus: 29, 41


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An analysis conducted by Grand View Research has estimated that the global healthcare 3D printing market will have a compound annual growth rate of 15.6 percent from 2014 to 2020 and is estimated to be worth $1.13 billion by 2020.
With a rising geriatric population paired with the increasing healthcare requirements around the world, the demand for healthcare 3D printing has grown exponentially. Additionally, with an increased rate of orthopedic and cardiovascular disorder in the aged population, the demand for these printing facilities to manufacture medical equipment such as dental implants, prosthetic limbs, hearing aids and orthotic footwear has grown dramatically over the past few years and will continue a steady rate of growth in the years to come.
Some factors increasing the demand of this market include government initiatives to develop healthcare infrastructure and rising investments for research and development as well as the ability this technology has to reduce the risk of anesthesia during longer surgeries.
Healthcare 3D printing includes a variety of manufacturing options for the many different kinds of procedures where this technology can be implemented. Such options include: polymers, which are currently dominating the raw material segment of the healthcare 3D printing industry with 35 percent of the overall market share in 2013 and are primarily used in bio-model printing; ceramics, that are commonly used for manufacturing teeth or mandibles in occurrences of tooth fractures and decays; implants, which accounted for over 60 percent of the global market share in 2013 and are cost effective as well as provide accuracy, which is expected to fuel demand; and photo-polymerization technology, which was valued at over $140 billion in 2013 and estimated to grow 16 percent from 2014 to 2020.
North America accounted for more than 35 percent of the global revenue of the industry in 2013, and with rising awareness among patients, investments for research and development facilities, advanced healthcare infrastructure and the development of 3D printing-based products, the demand is expected to rise over the forecasted growth rate.
“Rising demand for customized medical equipment’s and huge investments in R&D programs in Europe are expected to make it the fastest growing market in the next few years,” wrote Grand View Research, “increasing healthcare investments and expenditures in emerging economies of Asia Pacific are expected to drive demand at a rapid pace over a period of six years.”


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As I See It: Julie Dermansky Documents a World of Changes
January 26 – July 27, 2012
Multi-media artist Julie Dermansky travels the world, photographing stories of social, environmental, and political change. “For me the connection between changing politics and global warming is easy to explain—as the world’s climate changes and economic conditions become more dire, protest/revolution will follow. Governments are run by and for the one percent," Dermansky says, but “the 99 is rising up.”
IMAGE CREDIT: Julie Dermansky, “Protest in Tahrir Square”, 2011, Photograph, 8”x10”, Courtesy of the artist
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So i’m pretty new to Lua and I have decided to do some small work around my friend Wills server. One of the things I have been working on is trying to make it so when a player joins a certain job it moves them to a room/office.
Here is some of the code I used to make that kind of work.
GAMEMODE.DialogPanel:AddDialog("I'll serve to my best ability, sir!", LEAVE_DIALOG); LocalPlayer():SetPos( Vector(-10114, 10055, -557)) LocalPlayer():SetAngles( Angle(0.000, 1.100, 0.000)) LocalPlayer():Notify("You have been moved to the dispatchers office, you must remain here while on duty!") end
I noticed that when you hit the button to join the job, the screen flickered for a second and it made me wonder what was happening. So I recorded myself doing it and went through the frames 1x1 in Sony Vegas. Turns out when you hit the button you get moved to the vector but shortly after it just puts you back to where you began.
Would be wonderful if anyone knew what was causing this and as I said I am pretty new to Lua so don’t laugh at me xD

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Sixth-form colleges must receive dedicated funding for expansion or they risk being unable to meet demand for places from 16- to 18-year-olds in the next decade, principals have warned.
By 2028-29, it is estimated that the number of 16- to 18-year-olds in full-time education will have increased by a quarter of a million – but according to sector leaders, there is currently no capacity for them in sixth-form colleges.
The Sixth Form Colleges Association (SCFA) said three-quarters of member institutions reported an increase in student numbers this year – and many are already oversubscribed and unable to take on extra students.
The SFCA is calling on the government to introduce a dedicated sixth-form colleges expansion capital fund, starting with a £50 million pilot in this autumn's spending review, to allow colleges to build new classrooms and then, in turn, be able to enrol more students.
Tes FE Awards 2020: New College Pontefract named overall provider of the year
Andrew Parkin, principal of St Dominic's Sixth Form College in Middlesex, told Tes that the college gets 4,000 applications a year – of which he said 2,500 are “genuine” – for 700 students.
Why sixth-form colleges are 'special'
He said that student numbers have grown from around 900 to 1,330 in the past four years, and while class sizes have been increased to cater for those students, every classroom is at full capacity and every classroom in the college is used.
He said: “The bottom line is we want to take more students but we haven’t got any room to take them. Around 94 per cent of our students go on to university, and 45 per cent go to a Russell Group university, on average.
“That’s what makes sixth-form colleges so special – we need to tap into that more, and provide successful colleges who have a demand for places with a capital fund that can help us achieve modest growth.”
Mr Parkin said that the college needed around £5 million to build a new block of classrooms with eight rooms.
He said: “A new block would allow us to be creative with our other spaces – at the moment I have no flexibility to do anything with the rooms that I’ve got. We have two fantastic blocks that were built in 2008 and 2010, but then I have another block that was built in the late 80s, in which the dining room has been partitioned off to create classrooms. It’s quaint but it’s not fit for 21st-century teaching."
'The demand is not going down'
Wyke Sixth Form College in Hull is also oversubscribed. Principal Paul Britton told Tes that the college received 2,500 applications for 1,200 places. He said that this year the college could not run the foundation year level 2 programme because there simply was not the space to do so.
“By 2025, we could be having between 2,500 and 2,700 students, and then the demographics do continue to go up still further," he said. "To simply retain our market share, we are looking at another 500, 600 students, for which we would need 10 to 12 new classrooms and another couple of buildings.
“We're already at about double the number of applications we had at the same time last year, and last year we had 300 more applications in total that we had over the whole previous year, and the previous year was the most we've ever had. The demand is not going down, and without more space, without more opportunity to offer places, we'll have to just get more and more tight around how we offer these spaces out.”
Mr Britton estimates that would cost the college £6 million – and said that currently college leaders have to jump through hoops to secure funding.
He said: “It's a bit annoying in that we have to go through all of these hoops and special funds when the next door secondary school received 100 per cent capital funding from the local authority to meet the demand for places at age 11, whereas, as a college, we have to get involved in all of these shenanigans.”
Mr Britton added that a blended-learning model would be in use at the college going forward, which could help with capacity – but said that remote learning simply could not replicate the college experience.
He explained: “The face-to-face experience, the broader enrichment offer you get, the social life that we create as a college. Our students aren’t getting that full experience at the moment. Online works pretty well for teaching, but it is not good for developing the wider social skills, for developing the cultural capital – all the good things about going to a sixth-form college.
"Going into the autumn, I definitely want to have integrated remote teaching. I think there should be some remote element, which might help around our capacity issues a bit. But I definitely wouldn't want us to consider it as a permanent solution for students, or we will be short-changing them.”
James Kewin, deputy chief executive of the SFCA, said a dedicated capital fund would be better value for money than building free schools to create new spaces – which he said, as well as being expensive, small and unsustainable, did not work for 16- to 19-year-olds.
'These young people need a place in education'
He said that the government could not leave it until the last minute – and could not pack more students into overcrowded institutions.
“At some point the system is going to have to accommodate over a quarter of a million more students," he said. "The government can't keep refusing to provide institutions with the funding they need to expand, because at the end of the day, these young people will all need a place in education.
“The demographic bulge is working its way through the schools system and has already started to have an impact in some parts of the country. The government has to cater for this growth now. They can't leave it to the very last minute and say, ‘Oh no, what are we going to do now?’ Simply packing more students into existing institutions is often not an option because they're already very overcrowded.”
He added that retaining student choice was vital – and argued that students wanted to attend sixth-form colleges and school sixth forms.
He said: “"We’ve got high-performing institutions turning pupils away. This Conservative government is supposed to be about choice, and students are being told, 'Actually, we can't educate you here because we've got no room for you.' Yes, they may get a place somewhere else, but surely the point is that young people should have the place in the institution of their choice.”
Mr Kewin said that the SFCA sees the fund as being open to further education colleges, too – if they are oversubscribed and high-performing.
He said: “We are asking the government to help successful, high-performing institutions to grow, and we think that is a sensible and reasonable ask. If we are successful, the bar to access this expansion funding will probably be quite high. Institutions will have to provide evidence of the increased demand for places – not just the local demographic growth but also why their institutions should be the one to expand.
“But before any progress can be made, we need the Chancellor to agree to the creation of an expansion fund in this month’s spending review, and we really hope he takes the opportunity to do so.”
A Department for Education spokesperson said: “Our further education and sixth-form colleges have a vital role to play in making sure people have the skills they need to get on in life.
“Sixth-form colleges have access to capital funding through the Condition Improvement Fund. The government has provided an additional £560 million to help boost the condition of school and sixth-form colleges' buildings in 2020-21, on top of over £1.4 billion already allocated this year. We are continuing to work with the sector to understand how we can ensure colleges in the future can meet their capacity needs."


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A Healthy Diet Can Only Benefit Mother and Baby
Healthy nutritional considerations can well influence the path to a healthy baby and healthy adulthood.
Breastfeeding takes a lot out of the nursing mother and a healthy diet is paramount in maintaining good energy levels.
Exercise is also very important, but note that it is most important to find a good balance – as over exercising may make for tiredness and restrict milk supply
Please take a look at the following diet guidelines below..
Here’s a little secret about breastfeeding: Regardless of what you eat, your baby will get all of the nutrients he needs to grow.
“When you don’t take in enough calories, then your body hangs onto everything, especially if you’re breastfeeding,” said Tamara S. Melton, a registered dietitian, nutritionist and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).
Here are some of the healthiest foods you can eat for breastfeeding.
Don’t worry too much about hitting a quota,just drink for thirst. Non-caffeinated, unsweetened beverages, as well as soups and juicy fruits and vegetables count too
An excellent source of protein, salmon is rich in vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids, which studies show may help ward off postpartum depression.
3. Whole grains
Whole grains in breads, rice, pasta and oatmeal are an important source of B vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Whole grains like quinoa, farro, spelt, barley, and teff also give you an added boost of protein.
Beef is a high-quality protein that’s rich in iron and B vitamins and can help you maintain your energy. If possible, choose grass-fed beef because it hascuts that are raised without antibiotics and hormones.
Eat the whole egg to get the most nutrition. Plus, research now shows that eggs will not increase your cholesterol.
6. Leafy green vegetables
Leafy greens are rich in vitamins A, C, E, and K andminerals including calcium as well as fiber and antioxidants. Aim for at least one serving a day.
“There are so many to choose from and they can be prepared in so many ways raw or cooked,” Begun said.
7. Legumes and beans
Vegetarian or not, legumes and beans are both excellent sources of both protein and fiber, minerals and phytochemicals. So throw a lentil chili in the slow cooker for dinner or add chickpeas to your salad.
8. Nuts and seeds
Nuts and seeds are packed with nutrition and are a great source of protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.
“The more satisfied you are in between meals, the less likely you are to overeat,” Melton said.
Julie Revelant is a freelance writer and copywriter specializing in parenting, health, healthcare, nutrition, food and women’s issues. For complete article go here.


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Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Nick Schenk, N. Richard Nash
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakum
Synopsis: A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption by teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
2021 marks not only Clint Eastwood’s thirty-ninth feature film as director but also the fiftieth anniversary of Eastwood’s very first feature as director—the terrific 1971 thriller Play Misty for Me, starring Eastwood and the late Jessica Walter in a dazzling performance. There have certainly been highs and lows in his long career as a director, but the good films absolutely outweigh the bad, and although his latest effort Cry Macho isn’t in the same league of some of his best films like Unforgiven, Mystic River, and Million Dollar Baby, it’s a noble film with compelling relationships and an impressive efficiency that keeps the viewer engaged.
If there’s any section of the film that doesn’t work well, it’s the opening few minutes, where the screenplay awkwardly shoves in the needed exposition to get the plot in motion. Set mostly in 1980, Dwight Yoakum, sadly underutilized, plays Howard, the ex-boss of Mike Milo (Eastwood) who desperately needs a favor. He goes to Mike to ask if he would be willing to travel down to Mexico to retrieve his thirteen-year-old son Rafo (Eduardo Minett) from the boy’s alcoholic mother and bring him back to Texas. At first, Mike treats the mission as a simple job, nothing more, but soon he takes to the boy and finds himself going through an emotional journey of his own as he becomes a momentary father figure to someone who needs his care and guidance.
If you’re looking for something groundbreaking from the ninety-one-year-old Eastwood this time around, you won’t find it in Cry Macho, which plays on many ideas and themes he’s visited before in his work, like the road trip narrative, and being a mentor, and evading the police by any means necessary. You can look at the movie cynically as a Greatest Hits compilation of some other better works he’s made in the past, but if you give yourself over to the story, this is a solid and at times riveting piece of filmmaking, with lush cinematography by Ben Davis, tender music by Mark Manina, and a fairly tight screenplay by Nick Schenk and N. Richard Nash, the latter of whom wrote the original novel, wrote his version of the script in the 1970s and died in 2000.
Yes, this project has been in the works not for many years but for many decades, Eastwood first being approached about making it in the late 1980s. The film almost happened with Roy Scheider in the 1990s and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 2010s, but it wasn’t until Eastwood felt he was the right age for the lead role that he finally put the project into motion. This is a role that fits Eastwood like a glove from minute one, a one-time rodeo star who broke his back and lost his wife and child in a sudden car accident, and who has for a long time been sleepwalking through the remaining years of his life. He plays the Greatest Hits as an actor too, being cranky, kissing a pretty lady, and punching a man in the nose. (I’m not sure how many ninety-one-year-olds we would accept as being able to swing a violent punch, but Eastwood pulls it off!)
Again, something feels off about the opening—we actually start with a scene between Eastwood and Yoakum in 1979, only to cut quickly to another scene with the two men in 1980—but once Mike begins his quest to retrieve Rafo, the film draws you in and keeps you invested, especially once Rafo and Mike and a rooster named Macho band together to get to Texas. I found Minett to be a good young actor, occasionally stiff at times in his line readings, sure, but a charismatic personality always coming through. And Natalia Traven is totally winning as Marta, the Mexican woman who takes in Mike and Rafo, and whom Mike ultimately falls for.
The parts of the film that fall flat usually have to do with moments where the tension is dramatically and unnecessarily increased, like an over-the-top scene in the house of Rafo’s mother where you wonder if Mike is going to make it out alive, or like when the villain’s car smashes into Mike’s and the only way out of the predicament is through a wildly unbelievable moment of sheer dumb luck. Some of the comedy with the rooster Macho gives the film needed levity and energy, but other parts of the humor feel forced, particularly the last sound we hear before the film comes to a close.
The tone of Cry Macho is at its best when it’s silent and thoughtful, not ramped up into an action movie. There are so many lovely scenes played out that reveal the various layers of these characters. Eastwood’s best scene takes place in a church, his face covered in darkness, as he chokes up with tears, telling Rafo about the wife and son he lost many decades ago. The movie takes its time and I liked it for that, with Rafo learning how to ride horses, and a proud Mike looking on, the golden hour light reflecting against the peaceful smile on his face. And when some moments of quieter tension arise, like when two Mexican cops pull Mike over on a winding dirt road, we feel worried for Mike and Rafo and if they’ll be able to make it to their destination.
I hope Clint Eastwood has another five films in him, but if Cry Macho does turn out to be his last feature film as actor and/or as director, I found it to be an entertaining, if flawed, swan song to a truly stunning career. There are few film directors who stay active in their profession for fifty years, and even fewer who continually make good films decade after decade. The filmmaker who always enters my mind when it comes to directing two great movies fifty years apart is Sidney Lumet, who directed 12 Angry Men in 1957 (his first film) and Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead in 2007 (his last film). Whether Eastwood continues to make movies or not, his incredible legacy and contribution to cinema has been intact for a long while, and his latest effort is yet another worthwhile film to be added to his impressive canon of work.


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It's never a given that children will inherit their parents' talents or career ambitions. David Beckham has already watched his eldest sons, Brooklyn and Romeo, choose not to become soccer pros. Now, it seems, his youngest son Cruz is heading toward his mom's first field, singing. After teasing her 11-year-old's vocal talents on Instagram, Victoria Beckham set Cruz up with a SoundCloud account last week. Already, his first post is getting the right kind of attention.
"Check out my little brother singing with @codysimpson and #justinbieber," Brooklyn wrote on an Instagram post sharing the link to Cruz singing along to Bieber's "Home to Mama." The boy's voice is sweet, in tune, and uniquely his. The track already has 165,000 plays since going up three days ago. On Tuesday, Victoria posted a video of Cruz singing the song again on a little homemade stage.
Earlier this year, David shared an Instagram video of Cruz's rendition of "When I'm Gone," a.k.a. "Cups." That was after Victoria posted a video of him singing "Hope," by Twista featuring Faith Evans. Does this all mean he's the second coming of Bieber — or at least Posh Spice? Maybe give the kid some time to enjoy himself, and, you know, go through adolescence first.
Don't worry, Becks, you can still pin your football hopes on little Harper.


In December 2013, the annual inflation rate in Georgia equaled 2.4 percent. The data was released by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT) on January 3. The office published the list of those products that increased in price. The minister of finance and the chair of the National Bank of Georgia do not see the figure as alarming. However, certain analysts have different views over the figures.
Georgia’s annual inflation 2.4 %
By Gvantsa Gabekhadze
Tuesday, January 7
Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 5.7 percent, contributing 1.75 percentage points to the overall index. The prices mainly increased for the subgroups of vegetables (44.0 percent), milk, cheese and eggs (3.0 percent). The prices were down for the subgroups of fruits and grapes (-7.3 percent) and oils and fats (-4.0 percent).
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco: the prices in this group increased by 8.1 percent contributing 0.43 percentage points to the overall index. The highest price increases were recorded for the subgroup of tobacco (13.6 percent).
Transport: prices declined 1.7 percent, reflecting a negative impact of -0.22 percentage points to the overall index. The most notable price decreases were recorded for the subgroups of the purchase of vehicles (-7.4 percent) and the operation of personal transport equipment (-1.9 percent).
Head of the National Bank of Georgia, Giorgi Kadagidze, claims that the figures are absolutely natural and appropriate to the celebration period.
“Our major aim is not to allow there to be a negative reflection of the inflation on economic growth. If the process of inflation becomes intense, we will launch the necessary measures,” Kadagidze stressed.
Minister of Finance Nodar Khaduri emphasizes that there is nothing special concerning the Lari rate, and states that the National Bank of Georgia has “appropriate reserves”.
Economic analyst Demur Giorkhelidze does not share these aspirations and states that the current situation concerning the Lari is alarming. He stresses that the condition of the national currency depends on the coordinative action of the government and the National Bank.
“We had and have a great problem. The Lari rate has been inappropriately high. There will be no economic growth in the country when we have artificially expensive currency…the money which is in the country is concentrated by banks for their own aims. The government does not pay the problem much attention, when there should be a competitive environment in the banking system. Banks have such legislation that they finance themselves and are the main deterrents to economic development. When we have a bank system like this, we will not have any positive moves in the economy,” Giorkhelidze states.
The analyst stresses that for overcoming the problems, Georgia needs economic growth and jobs.
“If people are not active and do not work, we will have a serious problem. The government should create an environment where people are launching independent activities. The whole developed world supports such process in their countries,” the analyst states.


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It’s the final tournament before The Open. It’s also the European Tour’s third Rolex Series event of the season, following Jon Rahm’s Irish Open victory last week. Rahm produced a scintillating Sunday of golf with aggression and excellence in equal measure; everything we want to see from superstars in the most lucrative events. This week will be loaded with plenty of stars, with the likes of Rory McIlroy, Matt Wallace & Henrik Stenson joined by Americans Justin Thomas, Matt Kuchar & Rickie Fowler.
Love for Links
Lahinch Golf Course set the bar high, but there’s little doubt that The Renaissance Club’s East Lothian links course can fit the bill. It’s ready-made for entertaining golf, with penetrating ball flights and expert precision duly rewarded. Harping back to Rahm’s Sunday 62 in Ireland, we saw how playing fast & hard can not only please the crowds but also produce super-low scores on tough links courses.
Ones to Watch
Russell Knox seems the prime candidate for a home favourite, although Tour rookie Robert MacIntyre certainly fits the “One to Watch” tag. McIlroy is obviously the clear favourite this week, as he will be next week. Eleven Top-10 finishes and two wins, including The Players Championship, in 13 starts this season makes his form unparalleled, although it’s worth noting this is his first event in Europe since The Open last year.
A couple of Englishmen in Matt Wallace and Tyrrell Hatton may be worth keeping an eye on, as World No. 24 Wallace continues to establish himself among the world’s elite and Hatton appears to have finally found a way to tap into that aggressive approach whilst maintaining sufficient composure.
Pick of the Bunch
Martin Kaymer is a name trending in the right direction; north of the leaderboards. In 2019, three missed cuts in 17 events have all been Stateside (no worse than T24 in five European tournaments) and the German has notched three top-10 finishes, including a third, in his last 7 starts. As the biggest name and highest-ranked player in the field without an Open spot, he’s not lacking in motivation.
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The latest controversy with the 33-year-old California woman, Nadya Suleman, who recently gave birth to octuplets is that taxpayers may well be paying for the 14 children she now has.
According to an Associated Press article, up until a year ago, Suleman was receiving $490 in food stamps plus disability and Social Security checks to pay for three of her then-six children, which were also in-vitro fertilizations.
Suleman is currently unemployed. The only source of income she reportedly has to raise these children are donations made by individuals.
Yet she somehow managed to spend more than $100,000 on fertility treatments. She made an irresponsible decision to be a single, unemployed mother of 14. And she has a Web site dedicated to making donations to the family.
How does she expect people to react to the situation? The economy is at its worse; Michigan is closing government agencies and asking state workers to take a pay cut. The state and nation's unemployment rates keep escalating.
Individuals have attacked Suleman for how irresponsible she has been.
"It's my opinion that a woman's right to reproduce should be limited to a number which the parents can pay for," one man wrote in a letter published in the Los Angeles Daily News. "Why should my wife and I, as taxpayers, pay child support for 14 Suleman kids?"
A recent article by the Associated Press states that Suleman has received threatening e-mails, phone calls and messages, all of which police are investigating.
I am not about denying women their right to bear children. But it is negligent behavior to have so many kids and have no way of providing for them. That Suleman just expects the media, companies and private donors to flock to her doorstep is absurd.
When NBC's Ann Curry interviewed Suleman for the Today Show, Suleman said that she would not support her children with government assistance but she was going to go back to school and with student loans, she would survive. That has to tell you something. First, how is she going to raise 14 children ranging from newborn to age 7 as well as attend classes? There are single mothers who are in school and struggling with one child -- let alone 14.
I am surprised the state child welfare system hasn't jumped on this case. It seems negligent to have that many children without a strong support system and the financial backup to raise them, especially in these economic times.


Lacking any support from their inside players, the Missouri Tigers managed to hang around with Kentucky until the closing minutes before finally falling to the 11th ranked Wildcats, 72-62 inside a half-filled, but raucous Mizzou Arena.
Terrence Phillips led Mizzou with a career-high 22 points, including 4-for-8 from three-point range. The rest of the team went 0-for-14. Neither team led by more than two possessions in the first half. Mizzou’s biggest lead came with 4:27 left in the first half when Jordan Barnett’s layup put the Tigers up 28-24. Kentucky closed out the half on a 7-2 run to lead 31-30 at the break.
Once Mizzou’s inside players got in foul trouble, the Wildcats controlled the glass, outrebounding the Tigers 26-12. With the game tied at 52, Kentucky finished the game on a 20-10 run.
Russell Woods and Reed Nikko fouled out. They combined for six points and six rebounds in a combined 24 minutes. Kevin Puryear finished with only four points on 1-of-11 shooting.
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- Supreme Court ruled one year ago that disclosure and barring service rules breach rights
- DBS system continues to unlawfully breach rights of people with multiple minor convictions and childhood cautions.
A year after the UK’s highest court found current rules on criminal records checks breach human rights laws, Unlock, Liberty and Just for Kids Law have denounced the Government for failing to fix this broken system.
On 30 January 2019, the Supreme Court directed the Government to fix the broken Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) system. Four claimants had challenged the blunt and punitive rules, that require them to disclose multiple offences, no matter how historic or minor, and to disclose cautions received in childhood.
The Court, agreeing with two lower courts whose judgments the Government had challenged, said the Government needed to fix the rules to allow people to move on from past mistakes.
A year later, the Government has done nothing, and this injustice continues.
Christopher Stacey, Co-director of Unlock, said:
“Thousands of people with old and minor criminal records have had their cautions or convictions disclosed in the last year because of the government’s delay to reform the system. Unlock intervened in the Supreme Court case because we know people are unnecessarily anchored to their past due to an arbitrary regime which forces the disclosure of irrelevant information. We strongly urge the government to put an end to this unfair lifelong sentence by immediately mending the broken filtering rules alongside committing to carrying out a root and branch review of the criminal record disclosure regime. It’s time for a fresh start for the criminal records system.”
Sam Grant, Policy and Campaigns Manager at Liberty, said:
“It is a disgrace that after years of failed wrangling in the courts, the Government continues to drag its feet and refuses to fix a clearly broken system. A blunt bureaucratic system continues to subject people to unfair treatment for mistakes they made long ago. If you make a few mistakes, you should be able to move on without it tarnishing you for the rest of your life. The Government must finally put this right.”
Enver Solomon, CEO of Just for Kids Law, said:
“There is no excuse for the delay in implementing the landmark judgement. Every year about 25,000 youth cautions are disclosed in criminal record checks, most of which are for incidents that happened over 5 years ago. All these people are being unlawfully stigmatised by the government dragging its feet and failing to change the law. It must now act immediately to ensure no child who is given a caution ends up with a lifelong criminal record that robs them of the chance to be fully rehabilitated.”
“P” and “G”
Liberty’s client, known only as “P”, committed two minor offences in 1999 – stealing a 99p book, then missing her hearing at a Magistrate’s Court. She had an undiagnosed mental illness. P has committed no crime since these convictions. She aspires to be a teaching assistant, to make the most of her previous teaching experience.
Under current Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) rules, P is required to disclose her convictions when applying for jobs and voluntary positions. This leads to conversations about her medical history, and she has been frustrated in her attempts to work.
Just for Kids Law’s client, known as “G” received two reprimands when he was 13 years old. These reprimands appear on standard and enhanced DBS checks until he is 100 years old. The Supreme Court found that disclosing such reprimands to employers is directly contradictory to their purpose. Just for Kids Law argued that reprimands (now called youth cautions) are designed as a rehabilitative measure, and not a punishment for life.
Unlock, which campaigns on behalf of people with criminal records, intervened in the case.
Unlock estimates that between 2007 and 2017, over 1.7 million people received a minor conviction that was not their first offence. All of these will now be spent but will still appear on DBS checks.
Going by records from previous years, Unlock estimates that around 25,000 standard or enhanced DBS checks will have resulted in the disclosure of cautions received in childhood since the Supreme Court ruled this to be unlawful.
Earlier this month, Unlock and Transform Justice launched the #FairChecks movement. People make mistakes, particularly when young. A criminal record should not hold people back from fulfilling their potential. Join the movement if you think we need a fresh start for the criminal records system.
- Unlock’s response to the judgment on 30th January 2019, including case studies and a background to the case, is available here.
- More information about our policy work on the DBS filtering system is available here
- Unlock is an independent national charity that provides a voice and support for people with convictions who are facing stigma and obstacles because of their criminal record, often long after they have served their sentence.
- Liberty challenges injustice, defends freedom and campaigns for everyone in the UK to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We’re an independent membership organisation, and our principles are guided by evidence and expertise – not political agenda, profit or popular opinion. We use our voice in courtrooms, in the news, on the streets and in politics to demand and deliver lasting change to benefit the many and most vulnerable. Since 1934 we’ve inspired and empowered people to defend their rights, and the rights of their family, friends and communities. Join us. Stand up to power.
- Just for Kids Law is a UK charity that works with and for children and young people to hold those with power to account and fight for wider reform by providing legal representation and advice, direct advocacy and support, and campaigning to ensure children and young people in the UK have their legal rights and entitlements respected and promoted and their voices heard and valued.
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