Clint Eastwood's latest is a strange movie. On the one side its a comedy with a more consistent and engaging level of laughs than many of the flicks that opened this Summer. On the bad side it has some of the most contrived storylines, weak acting and poor dialogue of any film this year.
Of the main four characters, Donald Sutherland is easily the highlight as the comic relief character of the bunch whilst Eastwood does his usual good job. Jones on the other hand is disappointing, whilst Garner (while good) seems unneeded. Then there's the supporting characters with Marcia Gay Hayden and William Devane doing some gravely disappointing performances.
Loren Dean and James Cromwell fare a little better as the 'baddies' of the bunch, but all are only as good as the weak script that serves them. The concept of the script and the jokes work superbly, but the dialogue is atrocious at times and the storylines aren't laid out very well – especially toward the end as the laughs quickly fizzle out.
On the upside the FX-filled third act looks superb and the plot takes an interesting twist. Its a very mainstream comedy which most will probably enjoy – its a Summer movie through and through with flashy visuals and little substance.


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Deborah Kip, wife of Sir Balthasar Berbier, and her children
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 323
Possibly Hélène Fourment (1614-1673), widow of the artist, Antwerp, by 1646
possibly John Robartes, 1st earl of Radnor (1606-1685), Lord Privy Seal to Charles II, London
possibly by inheritance to his son, Charles Bodville Robartes, 2nd earl of Radnor (1660-1723), London
his sale, at his residence, London, 22-29 April 1724, nr. 86, as by Van Dyck
Thomas Scawen, London
his sale, at his residence, London, 25-28 January 1743, nr. 49, bought in, possibly by Mr. Borroughs, a relative of Thomas Scawen
"A Gent of the Law"
Sampson Gideon, Esq. [1699-1762], Belvedere, Erith, Kent, before 1755
by inheritance to his son, Sir Sampson Gideon (assumed surname Eardley in 1789), 1st and last baron Spalding (1745-1824), Belvedere
by inheritance to his daughter, Charlotte-Elizabeth, and her husband, Sir Culling Smith, 2nd bt. (1768-1829), Belvedere
by inheritance to their son, Sir Culling Eardley Smith, 3rd bt. (later Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, 1805-1863), Belvedere, and Bedwell Park, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire
his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 30 June 1860, no. 21, bought in
by inheritance to his daughters, Frances Selena Eardley (Mrs. Culling Hanbury), Bedwell Park, and Isabella Maria Eardley (Mrs. William Henry Freemantle, died 1901)
by inheritance, by 1927, to Colonel Francis E. Fremantle and Edward V.E. Fremantle, Esq.
purchased 5 August 1971 through Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London by NGA
RKD 255494
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1971.18.1
Other works by Peter Paul Rubens
Portrait of Johanna of Austria
The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the infant St John the Baptist
The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee
The Birth of Marie
Landscape with Chateau Het Steen
probably 1636

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Education committee chair joins growing opposition to May's grammar schools plan
8 Aug 2016, 10:11
Education select committee chair Neil Carmichael has joined the growing ranks of politicians, policy experts and academics opposing Theresa May's reported plan to lift the ban on grammar schools.
The backlash against the proposal, revealed by the Sunday Telegraph over the weekend, has been fierce, and has crossed party political and ideological lines.
There is already speculation that Labour and the Liberal Democrats could work together to block such a move in the House of Lords, where the government does not have a majority.
"I think that the creaming off of the best is actually detrimental to the interests of the most"
Conservative MP Carmichael, whose constituency of Stroud has two grammar schools, told Radio 4's Westminster Hour programme last night that he was opposed to new grammar schools.
"We have serious issues about social mobility, in particular white working-class young people, and I don't think that having more grammar schools is going to help them," he said.
"I think that the creaming off of the best is actually detrimental to the interests of the most."
The ban on opening new grammar schools was put in place by Tony Blair in 1998, and senior Labour politicians have been among the most vocal in their opposition to May's plan.
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said selection belonged "in the dustbin of history, while her predecessor Lucy Powell said reintroducing the schools would be a "backwards step".
The Telegraph reports that May sees the change as a key part of a social cohesion agenda which was signalled by the new prime minister in her first speech outside Downing Street last month.
The announcement comes after pressure from several prominent pro-grammar Conservative MPs, including 1922 committee chair Graham Brady and cabinet ministers David Davis and Liam Fox.
But policy experts, including several prominent former government advisers, have pointed to evidence which shows that grammar schools are not as good for social mobility as their supporters claim.
Among their fiercest critics is TeachFirst executive director Sam Freedman, a former special adviser to Michael Gove and Jonathan Simons, the former adviser to Gordon Brown and David Cameron who now heads the education department at the right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange.
Apparently part of the social mobility agenda though, of course, not a jot of evidence that they promote social mobility.
— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) August 6, 2016
Sir Peter Lampl, the chair of the Sutton Trust and of the Education Endowment Foundation, said today the government needed to focus on other ways of better-educating the highly able.
He said: "Given that there have been 35,000 extra grammar school places since 1997 – and our evidence suggests the existing 163 grammars are largely very socially selective – we need a proper strategy rather than a piecemeal approach.
"That means a national drive to improve education for the highly able in comprehensives, backed by fairer admissions policies in urban schools. It means boosting access to the existing grammars for less advantaged young people. And it means opening up the 100 leading independent day schools on the basis of ability rather than ability to pay."
Speculation about a move to lift the ban, which could be announced at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Birmingham in October, has been rife since May appointed Nick Timothy as her chief of staff.
Timothy, the former head of the New Schools Network, has previously spoken of his long-standing support for grammar schools, and in November last year publicly called for their return.
Sarah 8 August 2016
I note that nobody is banging the drum for the benefits of secondary modern schools, the proliferation of which would be the direct impact of expanding the number of selective schools. This would be the end of comprehensive schools in many places. Surely Peter Lampl is correct – we need to improve the provision for the most able within the comprehensive system rather than creating further fragmentation and division within a system already fractured by current policy. Where is the evidence to show that a selective system would benefit all or at least the majority of young people – or will this be yet another example of education policy being made on ideological grounds rather than on evidence? When will politicians realise that shaping future educational provision around their own experiences from the 1950s and 60s is not a credible plan for the young people of this country?
8 August 2016 at 11:39 am
Janet Downs 8 August 2016
'Secondary moderns for the 75%' doesn't have the same appeal.
The suggestion that May is going to signal a return of grammars is speculation on behalf of the Telegraph, Mail, Sun and a few noisy Tory MPs. These three paper said a 'recent poll' had found 'seven in ten' were in favour of new grammars. This was misleading – the Telegraph admitted at the end of its article that the 'seven in ten' figure was arrived at by ignoring the 28% who were 'not sure'. The survey actually found just under a half were in favour and this is contradicted by a YouGov poll from last year. http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2016/08/fewer-than-half-polled-want-ban-on-selection-removed-but-papers-claim-seven-in-ten-in-favour


Kathryn has trouble writing about herself in the third person and yet is readily willing to give it a go. Originally from East Sussex she is 23 years old and gained her degree in Journalism, Film, Broadcasting and Sociology after taking a gap year travelling. Always interested in a career in the media and yet unsure of a clear path, she first dabbled in the world of radio as a student at Cardiff University where she played a crazed character in a soap opera for three years. Realizing that acting was not among her few strengths she also tried her hand at producing a global music show and was hooked from then on. A radio geek was born. Kathryn has since done some work experience at the BBC and is very much enjoying the course. She now constantly rings her friends and family to talk about exciting things like microphones and Adobe Audition. They regularly roll their eyes and hang- up in boredom.
Kathryn's overall audio ambition is to work in the hair and make-up department of BBC radio.


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'Negotiations will not solve the problems' between Iran and the US, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today, squashing one-on-one nuclear talks proposed by the US.
In this file photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, waves to worshipers, in front of a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, before he delivers his Friday prayers sermon at the Tehran University campus last week.
Iran's supreme leader today rejected the possibility of direct talks with the United States, nixing a proposal by Washington to ease the stalemate over Iran's nuclear program.
But the words of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – who has the final say on all strategic decisions in Iran, as official holder there of the title "God's deputy on earth" – appear to have scuppered chances of an immediate direct dialogue with the US.
"You [Americans] are pointing the gun at Iran and say either negotiate or we will shoot. The Iranian nation will not be frightened by the threats,"Mr. Khamenei told Air Force commanders in a speech today.
"Some naive people like the idea of negotiating with America [but] negotiations will not solve the problems," Khamenei said in the remarks, which were posted on his website. "If some people want American rule to be established again in Iran, the nation will rise up to face them."
US Vice President Joe Biden said Feb. 2 that Washington was ready for one-on-one talks "when the Iranian leadership, supreme leader, is serious." And in recent days, both President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran's foreign minister issued cautious, but explicit and positive, signals about possible direct contact with the US.
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said there would be "positive consideration" of Mr. Biden's words, and that there was "no red line for bilateral negotiations" if the US was sincere.
But yesterday the US tightened sanctions against Iran, forcing Iranian oil importers into barter arrangements to further restrict cash flow into the country. The sanctions are the latest in a host of measures by the US and the European Union that have crippled Iran's economy by choking its oil exports, central bank, and most financial transactions.
"Does imposing, in your own words, crippling sanctions show goodwill or hostility?" Khamenei asked today. "Iran will not accept to negotiate with he who threatens us with pressure. The offer of talks is meaningful when the other side shows goodwill."
Khamenei has nevertheless authorized Iran's talks with the six world powers, and said today, via Twitter, that "having relationships and negotiating with countries who had no deceit against us, is in our national interest."
The stated purpose of the raft of US and EU sanctions, along with four sets imposed by the United Nations Security Council since 2006 to hinder Iran's nuclear and missile programs, is to pressure Iran into agreeing to negotiated limits on its nuclear program so it can never build a bomb.
Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful and rejects nuclear weapons as un-Islamic. Khamenei has declared in the past that Iran would demonstrate that nuclear arms were not a prerequisite to being a global power. But Iran has been at loggerheads with inspectors of the UN nuclear watchdog agency regarding access and about possible past weapons-related work.
Diplomatic efforts to resolve the Iran nuclear standoff are taking place in the context of an ever-increasing economic war, with sanctions at their center.
There is also a covert war being waged against Tehran that has, in recent years, been marked by the assassination of several Iranian scientists and multiple acts of sabotage, including targeted computer viruses.
Iran has also been accused of being behind a 2011 bomb plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in Washington, and been linked to three other attacks in India, Georgia, and Thailand.
Iranian officials blame the US and Israel for this covert war. And Khamenei has often referred to it – along with sanctions – when accusing the US of trying to force regime change, rather than just a resolution to the nuclear issue.
Khamenei raised questions about US sincerity soon after President Obama was inaugurated in 2009. In an initial overture, Mr. Obama said, "If countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from us." Soon thereafter, Obama addressed the Iranian people and called for a "new beginning."
Khamenei reacted by saying that Obama had "insulted Iran." About the proffered hand of friendship, he said: "What kind of hand? If it is an iron hand covered with a velvet glove, then it will not make any good sense..."
Yet Khamenei also offered one thread of hope to the US. He said: "You change, and we will also change our behavior, too."
Since 2009, however, the violent aftermath of presidential elections in Iran that year made improvements untenable for both sides.
The covert war against Iran has also been stepped up, such that a regular theme in Khamenei's speeches has been the "iron fist" that he claims the US offered to the Islamic Republic, along with "lies" and insincere efforts to find common ground.
It is not clear what effect the rejection of bilateral US-Iran discussions will have on the next round of nuclear talks.
Analysts suggest that Washington hoped to bypass the rigid framework of the so-called P5+1 group (the US, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany), which handles the nuclear talks, in order to offer Iran an enhanced deal that would include permitting a level of uranium enrichment in Iran, and recognition of its "right" to enrich – both bottom-line demands by Iran.
Both Britain and France, especially, are seen to be unwilling to accept those steps in the P5+1 framework. Yet in three rounds of previous talks last spring and summer, all P5+1 players looked to Washington to shape the final, acceptable result.
The current P5+1 offer has been rejected by Iran. It requires Iran to first take several key steps to rein in its nuclear program, with no reciprocal guarantee that sanction relief will follow.


Back to news Dear clients and partners, we inform you that from 6 June, 2016 we are changing the name of WorkTime Monitor work time control system to TimeInformer. There are two reasons behind the change. The first one is that WorkTime is the name that a few companies, including foreign ones, already use. The second one is that the new name is more easily perceived and remembered, as well as more precisely reflects the tasks the system preforms. TimeInformer is a reliable tool of employees' actions control. The system shows what and how employees use their work time, as well as helps to evaluate their work efficiency. The name change was commented by Chairman of the Board of Directors of SearchInform Group of Companies Leo Matveev, "We don't want unnecessary and wrong connotations and associations with other products in minds of our potential clients and customers. Last year we introduced our work time control system in the market, and it already has proved itself as a reliable and advanced tool for work time control." The founder of Searchinform also noted that the work time control system demand was growing steadily, the product was actively developing, and the company planned to introduce it in the foreign markets. We draw the attention of the company's customers and partners that due to the renaming, after the next update, the product name will be automatically changed. We confirm and guarantee that the change of the name will not affect the obtained rights to use the product – they will remain in full under the terms of the agreement.


Aug 01, 2014 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka's National Development Bank rose 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 843 million rupees, helped by higher net interest income, amid falling interest expenses, interim accounts showed. The bank reported earnings of 10.50 rupees per share. In the half year to June the group reported earnings of 25.40 rupees a share.
The bank said interest earnings fell 0.9 percent to 5.2 billion rupees, and interest expenses fell at a faster 9.5 percent to 3.2 billion rupees helping net interest income grow 16 percent to 2.0 billion rupees.
In the six months to June loans grew 12 percent to 153 billion rupees and financial investments – loans and receivables rose to 37 billion rupees from 16.7 billion rupees.
Provisions for bad loans fell 4.4 percent to 94.3 million rupees in the quarter from a year earlier.
The gross non performing loan ratio rose to 1.48 percent from 1.21 percent.
Trading income rose 8.9 percent to 492 million rupees but fee income was down 9 percent to 569 million rupees.
Gross assets rose 16 percent to 239 billion rupees in the six months and net assets rose 4 percent to 26.4 billion rupees.


Twelve years ago, Professor Moss wrote a book with Gunilla Dahlberg, Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education; and argued that ethics and politics should be the starting point for early childhood education. In this presentation, Professor Moss returns to this theme, believing it to be more important than ever, given the troubled times in which we live and the dominant discourse in today's early childhood education.
Concurrent session – Halifax Street Children's Centre and Preschool – Are You Being Served? Democracy in the hands of babies and toddlers.


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A Deep Dive on Our Leading-Edge Market Research for Places
Over the past 2 years, we've developed a deep partnership with leading Australian urban strategy group, Mantra Studios, which has led us down the road to bringing our Actionable Intelligence™ service to the built environment. We're proud to share a deep dive on our work in Australia, and most recently the US market, as we continue leaning into the new fields (for our team) of architecture and city design.
First, a little background. The "built environment" refers to the human-made environment, ranging from buildings to cities and beyond. This is the human-made space where people live, work and recreate on a day-to-day basis.
Because the world is rapidly changing, faster and faster decision-making is required by city planners, property owners, architects, and real estate developers.
Our work helps these stakeholders of the built environment keep up with the important, and expensive, decisions they need to make every day.
We like to say that our Actionable Intelligence™ for Places delivers the blueprint for smart decisions in a rapidly evolving market. We take big-data market research and layer it onto places using maps, diagrams, and modeling.
This information includes human movement data from wifi and cell phone pings, purchase data from retail locations, and additional information about the buildings and places themselves. By combining how the audience interacts with the place, and deep details on the properties we can answer complicated questions and predict compelling trends.
Most recently in the US, we've worked with large corporations, like Google, to understand how potential campus locations are currently used, ranging from how far their daily commuters drive, to where they go to lunch and happy hour once in the neighborhood.
We Currently Run 3 Types of Place Studies:
Demand Study:
The understanding of how a place draws in its stakeholders,
ranging from visitors to occupants. We answer the questions of where they come from, how many at once, trends, mode of transport and destination.
Vibrancy Study:
The mix of businesses, categories of opportunities and unique offers available to the audience of a place, the aggregate use of each category, and the audience sentiment towards each offer.
Geo-Economic Study:
Visualize a market and its geographic-based trends and growth pattern through understanding varying market conditions, comparing metrics in various geographies, and locating pockets of opportunity.
How Are Our Studies Used?
1. Sales & Marketing:
Architecture and Place Design firms use our studies and analyses to show off the success of their work, using the impactful research and visuals to build their brands and attract new leads.
2. Environmental Impact Reports:
More and more detailed environmental impact reports are required to assess the impact of property development on both the local community and environment. Our work satisfies project requirements and delivers analysis at a high standard to our clients.
3. Space Management:
Organizations like Universities, that have a large space to manage, use our studies to measure how effectively their property is being utilized, ranging from parking and transit to the specific economic impact of on-campus business mix and event engagement.
Learn More About Actionable Intelligence™
10 Ways Oniracom's Office Is Green
With January being the start to many resolutions, we're renewing our nearly 19 year career long focus on sustainability by implementing eco-friendly habits and processes in our office while continuing to support brands and organizations whose missions include protecting our planet. 1. Much of our recent work directly supports brands and organizations whose missions protect…
An Interview with Photographer Elena Kulikova
We recently had the privilege of working with photographer Elena Kulikova. Her work pushes the boundaries and produces captivating images in a vibrant, dynamic, conceptual, style that is uniquely her own. She shared with us some of her background and answered some of our burning questions….


This week, we hear from Angely Mercado, a New York-based freelance writer and editor who has never not lived in Queens.
I think I've always had anxiety. I was a nervous kid and I had trouble ordering food at restaurants when I was out with my family. I also had nightmares all the time and would sometimes obsess over certain details without knowing why.
It has always made me feel very awkward, almost like a tourist in my body. There have been opportunities that I've let go by, or people I've stopped contacting because I've felt too anxious. I would shake whenever I had to meet new people. I used to hide in bathrooms to avoid people and to also rehearse what I'd say in conversations before going back out.
I'd have random emotional dips and not understand why it made me withdraw from friends or family members.
I get horrible headaches all the time. Some weeks whenever I have a lot going on, I don't get enough sleep. I take melatonin or any other sleep inducer and it will still take hours for me to knock out. And if that happens more than twice a week, the headaches get worse and then I have to deal with palpitations.
I also break out more when I have weeks that are really anxious. My health also takes a toll and I notice that I catch colds easier when I'm feeling super anxious for weeks at a time. I spent most of 2016 with crazy chest pains that wouldn't go away. It felt like something was coming up from my chest to strangle me. I also spent most of 2017 battling colds, body aches, sleepless nights, migraines and sore throats. It's like my body just gives up for a bit.
I'll obsess over every little detail and feel overwhelmed if I make even the smallest mistake at work or even with something personal. It makes it harder for me to reach out to people because I'll overthink if I'll be annoying them if I call or text them. It'll make it harder for me to catch errors. I overthink so much that I'll do a horrible job on a writing assignment that I know how to work on because I feel so nervous. It makes me withdraw from other people emotionally because I become too anxious to talking to others or it makes me come off as very distracted.
My worst looks pretty sloppy. I don't leave my room, I skip meals, I don't comb my hair and I forget to do simple tasks like making my bed or washing my own dishes. I have to make a list of things that I have to do, if I don't write them down, I won't finish those tasks.
If I have to look more put together and go to formal places, I have to take a lot of "bathroom breaks" to breathe and remind myself to get through my day. It's not fun. Whenever I feel one of those days coming on, I really have to brace myself and start making lists of tasks and adding Google Calendar alerts.
I go for very long walks for as long as I can. I work sometimes more than 60 hours a week so if I only have 20 minutes to walk or go work out, then I try to make those 20 minutes count. I also try kickboxing sometimes, I listen to music, and I watch a lot of anime and cartoons. It's like junk food for my brain and helps me relax.
I also try to do my best to get out into nature, even if that means a local park that has more trees than other nearby parks. My anxiety makes me isolate a lot, so it's important for me to use healthy coping mechanisms that challenge me to be outside of my room.
I also try listening to soothing music, or say tongue twisters in Spanish that my dad taught me. The rhythm of it makes me focus on something so that I can be centered and then focus on the rest of my day.
I wish more people around me accepted the fact that anxiety was real and that it actually affects my quality of life and has even hurt my chances for certain opportunities. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Anxiety isn't fake and people aren't doing this for attention.
I wish more people around me understood that it isn't a character flaw, I can't just "pray it away" and that a handful of therapy sessions aren't going to "fix" me right away. I'm not selfish for getting help or weird for wanting to talk about this. Some family members and some people that I grew up attending religious services believe that anxiety is something you can ignore. I can't just turn the obsessive thoughts off whenever I want to.
It's something I have to deal with and I'm doing my best to be proactive about it, as are a lot of other people.
Angely Mercado is a Lily contributor.


We Got Spirit! is a quick preparation, high energy pep tune for game or pep rally. It is in the style of college fight songs, with simple rhythms and melodies. You can take a section of this music to play for a quick "time out" piece to spur your team to victory. Enjoy!


North Lanarkshire Teachers Get All Fired Up!
Teachers from North Lanarkshire got all fired up at their recent Critical Skills Outdoor CPD event as they achieved their challenge of lighting a fire and keeping it going for ten minutes.
The Critical Skills Outdoor CPD course is all about working with cheap and simple loose materials, with the aim of demonstrating an exciting programme of practical outdoor activities that generate meaningful experiment and invention, creativity and construction.
Please book these courses through your North Lanarkshire CPD Manager. There are just a few places left, and there is the possibility of joining the waiting/cancellation list. Sessions will continue to be repeated where there is demand.


The Anglo-European monopolization of Africa as a cash cow may soon be at an end. Until then, however, Africans will have to stomach the never-ending distortions of truth, on top of watching their legacy evaporate like a mirage over the sands of the Sahara. I've covered the disinformation on neo-colonialism many times, but today I want to deconstruct, line-by-line, the latest Russophobia propaganda about Putin's role with African nations.
Professor Theo Neethling, of the University of the Free State, typed out a recent story entitled "Russia is expanding its strategic influence in Africa," which rehashes the ages-old Russophobia left over from Soviet times. The strategy, if I may call it this, is the same old diatribe professing Vladimir Putin as the Neo-Stalinist, a man obsessed with restoring the Soviet Union to her former power and glory. Beginning with the intro, the good professor sets up his readers (students). Here's what Neethling says about the new Supreme Soviet followed by my "Translations."
Neethling: "Much has been made about China's role and profile in Africa and the factors underlying its activities on the continent. Less debated is the spread and depth of Russia's contemporary presence and profile in Africa."
Neethling: "More than a quarter of a century later Russia's president Vladimir Putin seems to have new aspirations in Africa. This is in line with his desire to restore Russia to great power status."
Translation: Neething and his globalist benefactors would rather Russia know its place in history, a gigantic natural resource province under the control of the Anglo-European banking elites. In short, Neethling and his ilk think Russia is one of Trump's "shithole" countries that should have no international influence whatsoever.
The genius professor goes on to assert the patently obvious, only making Russia geopolitical moves sound like Hitler burning a path across the world in big, black, SS colors on the strategic map. I get this vision of the inside of Neethling's head, a thought bubble with an evil Putin wringing his hands as the map of Africa comes under his control. They are moving on.
Neethling: "Like Beijing, Moscow's method of trade and investment in Africa is without the prescriptions or conditionalities of actors like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Russia is gradually increasing its influence in Africa through strategic investment in energy and minerals."
Translation: How dare they? The godly bankers at the IMF and the World Bank deal in fluffy white angel investing, and those pesky Russians and Chinese would DARE to invest in Africa minerals! Let's look at who has really invested the most in milking Africa dry, shall we?
Neethling: "The fact that 620 million people in Africa don't have electricity provides Russia's nuclear power industry with potential markets. Several Russian companies, such as Gazprom, Lukoil, Rostec and Rosatom are active in Africa. Most activity is in Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, and Uganda."
Neethling: "Both Russia and China are keen to play a future role in Africa. The difference between these two major powers is that China forms part of the Asian regional economy. This will surpass North America and Europe combined, in terms of global power - based on GDP, population size, military spending, and technological investment."


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Torquay H&M store closes for good
The closure of H&M on Union Street marks another major name Torquay has lost
Anita Merritt
H&M on Union Street, Torquay (Image: Colleen Smith)
One of Torquay's biggest town centre shops has now closed creating another vacant unit.
The 10,0000sq ft H&M store on Union Street - a former Woolworth's - is one of the high street's landmark buildings.
It is now boarded up and has a 'to let' sign on the front of the store.
In the same street, what was Rowe's bakery is available to let.
The retail unit is advertised as being available to continue in this or similar use, or being suitable for more general retail uses.
Police issue update on worrying incident near Torquay hotel
Disgusting trailer full of muck seized by police on M5 in Devon
News last year that the town was set to lose yet another major name came on the same day that Torbay Council announced it has bought the Fleet Walk shopping centre for an undisclosed sum to help regenerate the town.
H&M recently told Devon Live it had approached the end of its lease agreement.
On Facebook page Spotted Torquay, people have been voicing their disappointment at its closure.
One said: "I saw them masking the doors early evening yesterday at 5pm ish. So sad! The high street is literally on its death bed."
Another said: "So sad. Torquay is gonna be a ghost town. Wish the powers that be would do something about extortionate shop rates and parking. It's driving everyone away."
However, one person added: "Why do people blame business rates and parking for the closure of shops in the town centre when it's down to all of us buying items online?
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"Ordering our food shop online. Ordering and downloading books, music and films online. We are to blame."
Cabinet member for economic regeneration, tourism and housing, Cllr Swithin Long, said: "We recognise that Torquay High Street needs to evolve. The Council's Transformation Strategy for Torbay's Town Centres promotes residential led regeneration of Union Street, to encourage more people to live in the town centre, promote greater footfall and spend, and to provide a better experience for visitors.
"At the end of last year, we were invited to bid for a Town Deal for Torquay, as part of the Towns Fund, which aims to help towns transform economic growth prospects with a focus on improved transport, broadband connectivity, skills and culture.
"Regarding H&M, the council and TDA have been working with the owner's agents on this issue. We know there is little more that the owner could have reasonably done to keep the store in Union Street and the situation is reflective of how high streets are evolving nationally. The Council and TDA will continue to work with the property owner about future uses of the building."
In the past decade, H&M has increased its brand portfolio by adding Cos, Monki, Cheap Monday, & Other Stories and Arket to its group.
It currently has 4739 shops in over 62 countries with 304 in the UK alone.
The Times recently reported the fashion retailer is allegedly offering landlords "total occupational deals" where they discuss with landlords a sum linked to the amount of sales the store makes and leaving them to divide it between service charge, rent and business rates.
H&M is said to be not only pushing for turnover-based rents, but it is also insisting that if any returns come into store, including online purchases, then they would be deducted from that shop's revenues.
H&M said to The Times: "Like every retail business, we work with our landlords to draw up lease agreements that allow us to run a successful store portfolio,".
"We won't discuss the details of individual contracts as we consider this information to be commercially sensitive."
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My anger comes out when I don't get what I want. Mine stems from a deep selfishness that wants what Francis Schaeffer has called our striving after "personal peace and affluence." Personal peace- sounds wonderful doesn't it? A life free from distraction, suffering, annoyance, or disruption! Affluence- having what I want in such quantity that I don't need the kindness and service and generosity of others to move through this life. I would like to be able to say that my anger is caused by all those people out there who just don't get me, but the longer that I live, the more I come to agree with the Scriptures that tell me that "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9). Basically, my anger is centered in my heart, my sin nature, that fights against the rule and reign of Jesus Christ in my life. As a believer, Christ is my savior, rescuing me from the eternal penalty of my sin nature and my sinful life, reconciling me to my Eternal Father. Now in this life, I live justified before the Father, and He has given me the Spirit to weed out the deep roots of sin and selfishness in my life. This makes me angry though sometimes, or should I say I respond angrily to it? I don't always like the meddling and cutting that goes with this kind of pruning. It is inconvenient and painful at times, but it is oh so desperately needed. This kind of pruning is ongoing and will last a lifetime, this side of heaven, and so I must continue to fight against the anger that bubbles under the surface in my own heart and life, in the grocery store, behind the wheel, or sitting in my chair in the living room.
Here in our passage in Matthew Christ uses His familiar formula of "You have heard it was said…But I say to you". What had they heard said? Jesus is quoting here from Exodus and Deuteronomy from the Ten Commandments. "You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment." In these commandments, God is intending the protection of life from wanton murder and the taking of life. Again, as was their pattern, the Pharisees had reduced the commands of the Lord to manageable, exterior ways of living. Christ would have none of this. He continues, "But I say to you… that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment". This must have been staggering to Jesus' followers and to the others who would hear His teachings. Christ came and was returning the fuller meaning of these commands. No more would it be possible for someone to hear these teachings and simply obey in an outward way (not killing another). Now people must realize that the inside life (the spirit, the mind, and the thoughts) is important. Christ's teaching here was to remind them that they could not keep these commands without a new heart and new affections. They would need the Holy Spirit and the Lord to be able to live the Sermon on the Mount!
Christ continues, "Whoever insults his brother (Anyone who says to his brother 'raca'-NIV) will be liable to the council (Sanhedrin- NIV)". "Raca" is the equivalent to the Aramaic for "empty", and it expresses contempt for a man's head/brain. In essence to say "raca" was to say someone is stupid. "Whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire." The Greek word for a 'fool' expresses contempt for a man's heart and character, calling him a scoundrel. Christ says that the fires of hell await those who have such attitudes of others. Jesus's listeners would be familiar with the imagery that He is using here. He refers here to "Gehenna" (in the original language) which was the dump on the outskirts of Jerusalem where trash was burned. This was a picture of God's judgment, of hell itself. Together these imply that anger leads to contempt/insulting and that can then lead to a murderous heart and ultimately to hell itself for those who remain unrepentant.
So, is anger always wrong? We read in Matthew 21:12-13 of Christ's anger. What distinguishes right anger from wrong anger, Jesus' anger from our anger? Jesus did not become angry at personal mistreatment, but He did become angry for the sake of others, for people and for His Father's name. We all struggle with anger, in large and small ways. Identifying it and dealing with it can be difficult though. Perhaps you have a little "mirror" walking around your house- a child or a brother or sister reflecting the kind of anger that you have learned to hide away from the world, only letting it out every now and then in "acceptable" ways. Our children or family members can be little reflections of ourselves, less refined, less socially acceptable, and certainly more raw. It can be disturbing to see ourselves reflected in others' lives, our faults and failings and struggles, lived out in front of us each day. How do you deal with your own anger issues when you see them being reflected in the lives of those whom you love, whether you have little children or teenagers or brothers and sisters? Anger issues are easy to spot in others. "That guy has some real anger issues", we might say, or "Rage much?" as we walk away from a particularly angry person shaking our heads. We can be great spotters when we see anger around us, but are we as good about seeing it in our own lives? How do we respond when others point it out in us? Get a little angry? Blame, deflect, explode?
"The command 'Do not murder' seems so simple. It is familiar, it protects us, and, externally at least, it is easy to observe. But Jesus comes to fulfill the law, to disclose its complete meaning, which is this: We must give up rage and contempt. We must be peaceful and make peace, with both brothers and enemies, with whom we offend and with those who wrongly take offense." (The Sermon on the Mount by Dan Doriani, pg. 57) Pray today that the Lord would reveal what is at the heart of your angry responses to people, both inwardly and outwardly. Confess it for the sin that it is. Ask the Lord to replace your angry heart with one of peace and patience.


Parshat Eikev states (8:5): "Ki Ka'asher Yeyaser Ish Et Beno, Hashem Elokecha Meyasrecha," "Just like a father is 'Meyaser' his son, Hashem, your God, is 'Meyaser' you." What exactly does Meyaser mean?
Artscroll translates Meyaser as "chastise." This would mean that the word Meyaser is related to Yisurin, trials and travails. This is based on Ramban, who states that through these trials and travails, we will better appreciate what we do have. Just as Hashem caused us various difficulties in the desert to make us better appreciate Eretz Yisrael, so too we must realize that any difficulties we encounter in life have some ultimate purpose as well.
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Rav Hirsch relates the root of Meyaser (Yud Samech Reish) to the root of the word "Vayitzer," "And He formed," used in Parshat Bereishit (Yud Tzadi Reish), referring to how Hashem created and formed Adam from the Earth. Rav Hirsch comments that both roots mean taking something loose and unformed and giving it shape and character. The definition of Meyaser is that Hashem forms us and give us direction, just as a father forms and directs his child. Mussar helps us take our potential and turn it into real achievements.
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TRIBUNE/STAR-NEWS ALL-STAR CLASSIC: Star-News, Tribune boys basketball all-stars hold opposite strengths
By Aram Tolegian | atolegian@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: April 9, 2014 at 3:51 p.m. | UPDATED: August 30, 2017 at 7:48 a.m.
Even after just two practices, Tribune boys all-star team head coach Josh Cameron knows what the overwhelming strength of his team will be in Friday's Tribune/Star-News All-Star Classic.
"Shooting," Cameron said without hesitation when asked what his team does best. "We have a lot of good shooters. I'm sure we'll put up a lot of 3s."
Tip-off for Friday's boys game is 8 p.m. at Damien High School. The girls game is at 6 p.m. and there will be a 3-point shooting contest at halftime of both games.
The Tribune and Star-News boys enter Friday's game with the series tied at 5-5. Both teams are stacked with talent, so there's no way to tell going in who's favored.
The Star-News team features a dazzling display of size and outside shooters. The Tribune team may not be as big, but it may not matter because of shooters like Walnut's Rob Harrelson and Glendora's Thomas Rico.
"There's a lot of good talent," Cameron said. "I'm familiar with a lot of the players, just having coached against them. I was very impressed with their knowledge of the game."
If the Tribune team does miss, it's hard to imagine them getting any second shots against a Star-News front court that has 6-foot-9 Muusa Dama of Maranatha, San Gabriel Academy's tandem of Ricky Guo (6-9) and Josh Ayaji (6-6) and Pasadena Poly's Will Genske (6-5). Then there's Maranatha's Nick Springer, who at 6-6 can play inside or out.
Both teams held their final workouts for the game on Wednesday night.
TUCKER WEIGHS IN
Pasadena-area coaching legend Tim Tucker, who is currently the head coach at Maranatha, has ample experience coaching in the Tribune/Star-News All-Star Classic having done it four times.
Tucker offered up some thoughts on Wednesday about why the Tribune team has been able to even the series at the Star-News was so dominant in the early years of the game.
"The Tribune team is more excited than the Star-News and we have to change the mentality of that because we're as good or better than them," Tucker said. "When I played them, it was like they were in a CIF championship game. They play in front of mostly their fans.
Tucker is an advocate of moving the game back to the Pasadena area. It has been played east of the 605 Freeway since its inception in 2004. Previously, there was a San Gabriel Valley all-star game that took place annually but was discontinued in the early 2000s after a shooting took place at Pasadena City College, the event's venue that year.
"We have to get our coaches and players more involved in this because it's a great way to go out for the players," Tucker said. "As coaches, we have to promote this game more than we're promoting it."
STAR-NEWS GIRLS RELISHING UNDERDOG ROLE
It's not been lost on Star-News girls coach Tamar Hill of La Canada that her team will be the underdog in Friday's game.
With the Tribune team headlined by players like the Bonita duo of Nikki Wheatley and Kandyce Smith, and the Bishop Amat trio of Paulina Santana, Janae Chamois and Dagmar Ramirez, how could anybody think the Star-News can win?
"I know the Tribune's all-star team is very well respected, but I don't think we're going to take it lying down," Hill said. "I think it's great being in the underdog role. No pressure on us.
"Chemistry is going to be the key. A lot of these girls know of each other, but they don't know each other. If we can get repoire developed in the next day or so, I think we have a great shot of competing."
The Tribune girls team is loaded at guard, but the Star-News is hoping to counteract that with its low post players.
"I really like our posts," Hill said. "We've got some good size down low. And with Courtney Chen at point guard, we've got a way to get it down to them. We have a lot of athleticism and we've just got to make sure it's harnessed."
Aram Tolegian | reporter
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New coronavirus variant: what do we know?
By James Gallagher
Health and Science Correspondent
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The rapid spread of a new variant of the coronavirus has been blamed for introducing strict fourth-tier mixing rules for millions of people, stricter restrictions on mixing for Christmas in England, Scotland and Wales, as well as other countries where the UK has banned travel.
So how did it go from non-existence to the most common form of the virus in parts of England in just a few months?
The government advisors on new infections have "moderate" confidence
it can transmit better than other variants.
All work is at an early stage, contains great uncertainties and a long list of unanswered questions.
As I wrote earlier, viruses are constantly mutating and it is important to focus the laser on whether the virus is changing its behavior.
Why is this variant cause for concern?
Three things come together, which means that it gets attention:
It quickly replaces other versions of the virus
It has mutations that affect a part of the virus that is likely to be important
Some of these mutations have been shown in the laboratory to increase the virus' ability to infect cells
All of this together makes a case for a virus that is easier to spread.
However, we are not absolutely certain. New varieties can emerge more frequently if they are in the right place at the right time – for example in London, where until recently there were only second tier restrictions.
However, the justification for Tier 4 restrictions is already in part to reduce the spread of the variant.
"Lab experiments are required, but would you like to wait weeks or months? [to see the results and take action to limit the spread]? Probably not under these circumstances, "said Prof. Nick Loman from the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium.
How much faster does it spread?
It was first discovered in September. In November, around a quarter of the cases in London were the new variant. This reached almost two thirds of the cases in mid-December.
You can see how the variant has dominated test results at some centers like the Milton Keynes Lighthouse Laboratory.
Mathematicians used the numbers for the diffusion of different variants to calculate how much edge they might have.
However, it is difficult to tell apart what is due to human behavior and the virus.
The figure mentioned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the variant could be up to 70% more transferable. He said this could add 0.4 to the R-number – which indicates whether an epidemic is growing or shrinking.
That 70% figure appeared in a presentation by Dr. Erik Volz from Imperial College London.
During the conversation he said, "It's really too early to say … but from what we've seen so far, it's growing very quickly, it's growing faster than [a previous variant] ever grown, but it's important to keep this in mind. "
There is no "nailed" number for how much more contagious the variant could be. Scientists whose work is not yet public have given me numbers that are both much higher and much lower than 70%.
However, questions remain as to whether it is even more contagious.
"The amount of evidence in the public domain is absolutely insufficient to form a strong or firm opinion on whether the virus really increased transmission," said Prof. Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham.
How far has it spread?
The variant is believed to have either occurred in a patient in the UK or was imported from a country with a lower ability to monitor for coronavirus mutations.
The variant can be found across the UK, with the exception of Northern Ireland, but is heavily concentrated in London, the southeast and east of England. Cases elsewhere in the country don't seem to have worked.
Data from Nextstrain, which has been monitoring the genetic codes of virus samples around the world, suggests cases in Denmark and Australia originated in the UK. The Netherlands have also reported cases.
A similar variant that has emerged in South Africa shares some of the same mutations, but does not appear to be related to this one.
Has that happened before?
The virus, which was first discovered in Wuhan, China, is not the same one that you find in most corners of the world.
The D614G mutation appeared in Europe in February and became the dominant form of the virus worldwide.
Another, called A222V, spread across Europe and was associated with the summer vacation of the people of Spain.
What do we know about the new mutations?
An initial analysis of the new variant was published and identified 17 potentially important changes.
The spike protein has been altered – this is the key that the virus uses to open the door to our body's cells.
A mutation called N501Y changes the most important part of the tip known as the "receptor binding domain".
This is where the tip comes into contact with the surface of the body's cells for the first time. Any changes that make it easier for the virus to get inside the virus are likely to give it an edge.
"It looks and smells like an important adjustment," said Prof. Loman.
The other mutation – an H69 / V70 deletion in which a small part of the tip is removed – has already occurred several times, even in infected mink.
Work by Prof. Ravi Gupta at the University of Cambridge has shown that this mutation doubles the infectivity in laboratory experiments.
Studies by the same group suggest that the mutation makes antibodies from the blood of survivors less effective at attacking the virus.
Prof. Gupta told me, "It is increasing rapidly, this is what is worrying the government, we are concerned, most scientists are concerned."
The variant is unusually strongly mutated.
The most likely explanation is that the variant occurred in a patient with a weakened immune system who was unable to defeat the virus.
Instead, her body became a breeding ground for the virus to mutate.
Does it make the infection more deadly?
There is no evidence of this, although this needs to be monitored.
However, increasing the transmission would be enough to cause problems for hospitals.
If the new variant means more people are infected more quickly, this in turn would lead to more people needing hospital treatment.
Will the vaccines work against the new variant?
Almost certainly yes, or at least for now.
All three leading vaccines develop an immune response against the spike that is present, which is why the question arises.
Vaccines train the immune system to attack different parts of the virus. Even though part of the top has mutated, the vaccines should still work.
"But if we allow more mutations to be added, you will worry," said Prof. Gupta.
"This virus may be on its way to escape the vaccine. It has taken the first steps in that direction."
The vaccine leak occurs when the virus changes, so it evades the full effects of the vaccine and continues to infect people.
This is possibly the most worrying element of what is happening to the virus.
This variant is just the latest, showing that the virus continues to adapt as it infects more and more of us.
A presentation by Prof. David Robertson of the University of Glasgow on Friday concluded: "The virus will likely be able to produce vaccine mutants."
That would put us in a similar situation to the flu, where vaccines need to be updated regularly. Fortunately, the vaccines we have are very easy to tweak.
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Decatur is een plaats (village) in de Amerikaanse staat Nebraska, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Burt County.

Geschiedenis
Stephen A. Decatur was de kleinzoon van Stephen Decatur, Sr. en neef van Stephen Decatur, Jr. Hij kreeg bij aankomst een gebied toegewezen, in de buurt van de stad Bellevue, Nebraska, in de jaren 1840 en bouwde daar zijn huis, in het gebied van de Omaha-indianen. Later werd hij kantoorbediende of klerk bij de Sarpy's handelspost en leefde en woonde op een hoeve, welke hij "Decature Springs" had genoemd, als eigenaar en de daaruit voortkomende grondvesten voor een nieuw gestichte stad Decatur.

De stad Decatur werd opgericht in 1856 en verder uitgebreid onder de naam "The Decatur Townsite & Ferry Company". De andere betrokkenen die samen met Stephen A. Decatur deze stad verder uitbouwden waren, Thomas Whiteacre, T. H. Hineman, George Mason en Herman Glass.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 618.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 572, een daling van 46 (-7,4%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
2,3 km², geheel bestaande uit land.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 20 km rond Decatur.

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Plaats in Nebraska

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