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President Laurent Kabila's blind faith in his teenage warriors was a fatal error, reports Stuart Jeffries
Sat 10 Feb 2001 21.34 EST
The teenage killer of Laurent Kabila is still on the run a month after the Congolese president's murder, according to a dramatic account of his assassination which has emerged in Paris.
The report also casts new light on why the 'child soldiers' of the ex-president's army turned against Kabila and plotted his assassination.
It suggests there was no international conspiracy, nor were Congolese rebels who control much of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible. Rather, Kabila's kadogos (Swahili for child soldiers) committed parricide against a man they believed to have betrayed them.
Kabila had believed that the kadogos who had served him loyally since his rebellion in 1997 against ex-president Mobutu were utterly loyal. He even told a visiting foreign businessman: 'They will never do anything against me. They have been with me since the beginning. They are my children.'
Kabila's young killer entered the president's office at the Marble Palace in Kinshasa on 16 January, as the increasingly paranoid and isolated Kabila was discussing with an economics adviser a looming summit with France he hoped would be his political salvation.
The assassin bent over Kabila, and the president, assuming the teenager wanted to talk to him, leaned towards him. The kadogo then produced a revolver and shot the president four times, and then escaped with other conspirators while the palace resounded with gunfire.
At least three of those involved in the plot, including the unnamed killer himself, fled Kinshasa, crossed the river Congo and may have gone into hiding in Brazzaville, capital of the neighbouring Congo.
The investigation casts doubt on the official version of Kabila's murder. According to Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo, Kabila was killed by another bodyguard called Rashidi Kasereka, 18, who was then shot dead.
But, according to yesterday's report in Le Monde, Kasereka played a minor role in the assassination team. A sub-lieutenant who took part in the assassinations, identified by Le Monde only as 'A.L.', said that Kasereka was killed by Kabila's bodyguards while the real killer escaped.
'A.L.' was in charge of 35 men who were posted outside the presidential palace. Two men got inside the building, four others hid in the palace to provide cover.
'Rashidi was one of four men giving covering fire to our partner. But Rashidi never got out. The rest of us, we ran about 300 metres to where we had left our six vehicles. Then we split up and disappeared into the city.'
The plot to kill Kabila started in early January when a dissident group of kadogos went to Brazzaville and drew up a document setting out Operation Mbongo Zero. 'Mbongo' is a Swahili word for buffalo, a reference to the ex-president's corpulence.
A copy of the assassination plan has been kept by one of the plotters, identified by Le Monde only as 'Abdoul'. Consisting of three unsigned hand-written pages, it explains how the conspirators would infiltrate strategic positions in Kinshasa, including the presidential palace, the national radio and television station and the headquarters of the country's electricity company. It involved some 75 members of Kabila's bodyguard at the presidential palace, many of whom were arrested after the killing.
The roots of the boy soldiers' dissension go deeper. Kabila founded his Alliance of Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire in 1996, backed chiefly by Rwandan and Ugandan forces (with whom he later fell out), but with support from the kadogos, from the east of the country.
Kabila consolidated his power base by organising the assassination of one of the co-founders of the Alliance, Andre Kisase Ngandu, who had been chief of the National Council of Resistance for Democracy, a group opposed to Mobutu to whom many of the kadogos belonged.
One of those kadogos was 'Abdoul', who supported Kabila during the 1997 coup d'etat, but never pardoned him for killing his former leader: 'I marched with Kabila, but I knew he was a traitor.'
Resentment against Kabila grew. Last June, in a desperate roll of the dice, Kabila agreed to meet the Rwandan president General Paul Kagame, to devise a plan to protect his teetering regime. Kagame was a long-time enemy of the kadogos and thus the meeting alienated them further.
At the same time, Kabila was sowing internal dissension. According to Abdoul, he treated his 'children' with contempt: 'We knew no one in Kinshasa. All the time we were with Kabila. But he treated us badly. We didn't have salaries, all the money came from him. We were like beggars.'
Increasingly paranoid, Kabila started to devour the children of the revolution. Last November, he believed he had discovered a plot against him and arrested, tortured and killed soldiers loyal to Commandant Anselme Masasu Nindaga who had days earlier made a subversive speech at a reunion for 1,200 kadogos in Kinshasa.
The day before his assassination, Kabila had witnessed the execution of 47 kadogos, all believed to be plotting against him. His terror had turned on those who had been his closest allies, the boy soldiers who had marched with him from eastern Congo four years earlier.

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The Weeknd's latest song "Take My Breath" has topped this week's new music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 6) on Billboard, choosing the R&B superstar's synth-heavy track as their favorite new music release of the past week.
Oozing in disco production, "Take My Breath" brought in 57% of the vote, beating out new music by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett ("I Get a Kick Out of You"), Aventura and Bad Bunny ("Volvi"), Nas (King's Disease II), Guns N' Roses ("Absurd"), and others.
"Take My Breath" is The Weeknd's first new music since the March 2020 release of his fourth album, After Hours, which blasted to No. 1 in at least 20 markets, including the U.S. where it became the 31-year-old Canadian singer's fourth leader.
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The Weeknd announced "the dawn is coming" at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards in May.
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Bend it Like Beckham | 2002 | PG-13 | - 3.3.4
British film about a young Indian woman who defies her parents' admonishments to stop playing soccer. Her dream is to be able to play on a professional team, just like her idol, U.K. soccer star David Beckham. But her parents think that she is embarrassing her family and should instead learn how to prepare Indian food and look for a nice Indian boy to marry. With Keira Knightley, Parminder Nagra, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher and Archie Panjabi. [1:52]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - We see a car moving rhythmically and we see a man and woman inside with their clothing in disarray. A man and a woman kiss passionately -- her leg is wrapped around his waist -- and a man and a woman kiss romantically. A man and a woman hug and nearly kiss, a man caresses a woman's hair and they nearly kiss. Two women hug and kiss (it is non-sexual, although people misunderstand). A man caresses another man's bare chest. A man and a woman hug, two women hug and people think they are kissing. Men and women dance in a nightclub. Men talk about a woman's breasts while watching her play soccer. Women undress, to bras and panties, in a locker room. Women wear tops that reveal bare midriffs, shoulders and cleavage, and short skirts that reveal bare thighs. Men are bare-chested while playing soccer. A woman and her daughter shop in a lingerie store, and the woman pushes up her daughter's breasts. A woman makes a sexual hand gesture. A woman holds up a tampon and makes a comment.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A woman shoves another woman, tears her shirt and pushes her to the ground (during a soccer match). A woman slams a soccer ball into a man's crotch. A woman yells at, insults her daughter, and raises her hand to her. People argue and struggle over a video camera. A woman has a large scar on her leg and we hear that she was burned when she was young (in one scene a man teases her about it), and a man has a scar on his knee. There are some bumps and scuffles on the soccer field; one woman is hurt during a game and falls to the field holding her leg.
LANGUAGE 4 - 5 sexual references, 9 scatological terms, 5 anatomical terms, 14 mild obscenities, 1 derogatory term for Indians, 1 derogatory term for homosexuals, 7 religious exclamation.
SUBSTANCE USE - People are shown smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Aspirations, racism, culture, honor, independence, homosexuality, divorce, parental pressure, parental pride, respect for elders, pride, leaving home, long-distance relationships, interracial relationships, letting go of your children.
MESSAGE - Living your life through your children will make you both miserable. Traditions should not stand in the way of progress.


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The Latest: Cuba official: 110 dead in crash, recorder found
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HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on the crash in Cuba of a passenger jet with 113 people on board (all times local):
Cuba's transportation minister says 110 people were killed in Friday's plane crash near Havana.
Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez says 113 people were on board including 102 Cubans, three tourists, two foreign residents and six crew members who were from Mexico.
Three Cuban women survived but are in critical condition at a hospital.
Yzquierdo also said five children were among the dead.
He initially gave a death toll of 113 in a Saturday news conference but later corrected his statement.
Official website Cubadebate reported that a flight recorder from the plane had been located, citing Yzquierdo.
The Cuban Council of Churches says 20 priests from an evangelical church are among the dead in the Havana plane crash.
"On that plane were 10 couples of pastors. 20 people. All of the Nazarene Church in the eastern region," confirmed Maite Quesada, a member of the council.
The group spent several days at a meeting in the capital and were returning to their homes and places of worship in the province of Holguin.
The plane crash Friday killed 107 people.
The only three survivors of Cuba's worst aviation disaster in three decades are clinging to life a day after their passenger jet carrying 110 people crashed in a fireball in Havana's rural outskirts.
Carlos Alberto Martinez is director of the Calixto Garcia Hospital in the Cuban capital, where the three Cuban women are being treated. He says doctors are always hopeful that their patients will recover, but acknowledges that the women are in extremely grave condition.
Martinez says the women "present severe injuries" and their state is "critical."
Also Saturday, relatives of those who died gathered at a morgue in the capital, weeping and embracing each other.
Investigators are trying to piece together why the aging Boeing 737 went down and erupted in flames shortly after takeoff Friday
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Mark A. A. Warner (born 1964) is a Canadian international trade and competition (antitrust) lawyer previously with the Toronto firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin and with the Government of Ontario.

Warner was chosen in February 2007 as the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate for the House of Commons in the riding of Toronto Centre by-election following the retirement of Bill Graham, but on October 30, the national council of the party replaced him as its candidate because of differences between Warner's campaign and the national party's campaign over social and urban issues.

Biography

Warner was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1968. His early childhood home was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he attended the Halifax Grammar School before his family moved to North Bay and then Pickering, Ontario. Warner earned a BA (Joint Honours) in Economics and Political Science at McGill University in Montreal and an MA in Economics from the University of Toronto before earning an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and an LLM in International & Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Centre.  He is licensed to practise in Ontario, Canada and New York State, and was previously a Member of the Brussels Bar.

At McGill, Warner served on the university's senate and co-founded the Black Students Network. He was an activist in the anti-apartheid movement and campaigned successfully for McGill and the University of Toronto to divest holdings in companies doing business in apartheid-era South Africa.  He was awarded McGill's Scarlet Key Society award in 1986 for his leadership of the South African divestment campaign at McGill.

He is the co-author of Canadian Law and Practice of International Trade (2nd edition, 1997) with  Bill Graham, the retired MP for Toronto Centre, amongst others.  Warner worked as legal counsel in the Trade Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Trade Directorate in Paris from 1996-2000.  Warner has practised law in Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York City and Brussels. Over the course of his career, he has taught competition and trade law courses at: the University of Leiden (Netherlands), the World Trade Institute (Switzerland), the International Institute for Management in Telecommunications (Switzerland), the University of Western Cape (South Africa), and the International Law Institute (Uganda).  Prior to joining the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), he was Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Centre for International & Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law teaching courses on corporate law and trade law. Warner has also been an arbitrator for ICANN domain name disputes, and his June 19, 2000 decision in QTrade financial group Canada, Inc. v. Bank of Hydro was the earliest arbitral finding of reverse domain hijacking. In 2009 and 2010, Warner coordinated the legal response of the Government of Ontario to the General Motors bankruptcy and Chrysler bankruptcy and the restructuring of their Ontario operations.

Warner regularly speaks publicly at events on, trade policy and competition policy and is invited to comment on current economic developments in news media such as the Financial Times, the Toronto Star, Agence France Press, the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones Newswire.

He lives in the Toronto neighbourhood of Cabbagetown and currently serves on the board of directors of the Cabbagetown Youth Centre. He has previously served on the board of directors of the Regent Park Community Health Centre.

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Today (December 6, 2017): a tour aboard Emirates B777 new First & Business Class.
Last Friday, December 1st 2017, Emirates operated its first Boeing 777 aircraft that features the newly designed and highly anticipated Business and First Class cabins. Brussels, my home airport, was the first destination in the Emirates network to welcome the brand new plane. A media event was hold to celebrate the occasion, and Emirates invited me for the occasion (my first ever press meeting!).
After a small reception and a few obligatory speeches by representatives from both the airport and Emirates, I was offered a tour aboard the B777 aircraft (before its scheduled departure to Dubai). While I was not impressed by the new Business and Economy Class cabins, I have to admit that the new First Class product blew me off my feet.
I made a Youtube clip with my impressions, which you can watch below.
The Emirates B777 new First Class is one of the best First Class products I have ever seen. The product was created in collaboration with Boeing, Rockwell Collins interior systems, Panasonic, Jacques Pierre Jean Design studio and Seattle-based design firm Teague. However, despite some phenomenal design features such as virtual windows (more on that below), it's not as revolutionary as the A380 First Class Apartments that you find on Etihad Airways A380 planes (which I reviewed here) and the soon-to-be-launched Singapore Airlines A380 suites.
Emirates newly delivered and refurbished B777s feature only 6 First Class suites arranged in 1-1-1 layout: 2 window suites on each side and 2 suites in the middle aisle (instead of 4 middle seats in the older B777 First Class cabins). The cabin itself feels claustrophobic and the aisle is very narrow, but that's because the six suites – each one offering up to 40 square feet of personal space – take most of the cabin's space. The suites are so large that they have ample space to change in the privacy of your suite even after the bed has been made.
Each suite is fully enclosed with floor to ceiling sliding doors, a first in the airline industry. Contrary to Emirates older B777 and A380 First Class suites – which feature a lot of walnut veneer and gold trim – the new B777 First Class suites features a sleek interior with a new color palette of soft greys, cream and champagne, conveying a contemporary, open and airy feel, with quiet and timeless luxury. Above the three windows, you'll notice an artistic motif – representing the Ghaf (prosopis cineraria) tree – that is used as a design highlight throughout the aircraft. An indigenous evergreen plant, the Ghaf is a considered the national tree of the United Arab Emirates, and has deep cultural and ecological significance.
The soft leather seat reclines into a fully flat bed that can be placed in a 'zero-gravity' position inspired by NASA technology, giving a feeling of relaxation and weightlessness.
To ensure all First Class passengers have a view, Emirates introduced the industry's first virtual windows for the two suites located in the middle aisle. These virtual windows project the view from outside the aircraft using real time camera technology. Wow! This is probably the first plane where I would prefer an aisle seat over a window seat.
In the window suites, binoculars are available for passengers who want to explore the sky outside their windows.
Passengers can easily communicate with the cabin crew, or request for room service using a video call function.
The suites also come with a service window where passengers can be served drinks and canapes undisturbed.
The inflight entertainment experience is enhanced with brand new Bowers & Wilkins Active Noise Cancelling E1 headphones. These headphones were designed exclusively for Emirates to ensure the sound was optimised for the First Class cabin.
Each suite is fitted with an inspiration kit which features a luxury Byredo skincare collection.
Emirates B777 new Business Class is very similar to the old product (which I reviewed here), although it has a more sleek overall look and feel. The design and shape of the new Business Class seat was inspired by the interior of a modern Mercedez-Benz sports car, with a diamond stitch pattern on the full leather cover and ergonomically designed headrest. In fact, is the first time an Emirates product has been so influenced by another luxury brand.
Despite the sleek look, the seats are still configured in a 2-3-2 layout, which means not all passengers have aisle access: passengers in the center seats and window seats will have to scramble over their neighbor's legs to reach the aisle. It's quite incomprehensible that Emirates sticked to this bad layout, although almost all other carriers are now going for a 1-2-1 seat configuration in Business Class. Nevertheless, this 'traditional' layout is quite good if you are traveling with a group of friends or family. In comparison: Emirates A380 aircraft feature a staggered 1-2-1 configuration, which is much better for solo travelers (and which I reviewed here).
Each seat comes with an ottoman or footrest, covered in soft leather.
There's a personal mini-bar in the arm rest.
The Economy Class cabin now features a color palette of soft greys and blues. The ergonomically designed seats come with full leather headrests that have flexible side panels and can also be adjusted vertically for optimum support.
I watched your review already about the New First Class. Although Emirates will set a new level of First Class seating and other Perks, most of the interieur is not my cup of tea. Of course it is inspired by the middle East taste, I prefer the more understatement colours and Seat Features. But everyone has a different Taste.
In 2020 our company will finally launch a new Business Class in a1–2–1 and 1–1–1 configuration. It will be launched on B 777-X9. Yet it is not sure if they're going to retrofit all other Aircrafts, perhaps only on our Flagships, such as our A350, A380, B747-8. We will see…anyway I'm looking forward to it. It was about time.
Wow! Great post! Everything looks fantastic, and the binoculars are a really nice touch. But that middle seat! Kind of unbelievable. Hope they're at least selling it at a lower rate.
Binoculars??? Thats a first. I felt like on the old business class on the 777-300ER did not have a feeling of privacy as other airlines have with the 1-2-1 config. Now I think Emirates has done it again and made something even better, and I think I'll be willing to fly on a 777-300ER since I usually try to fly on a A380 whenever I can.
Seriously? The New Business Class with a 2-3-2 Configuration? Lol!
The first class seats have room between the side of the aircraft and the seat. Why? What a waste of space. The seat should be the same width as the cubicle. Middle seats in an aircraft in Business, are a complete design failure. I will avoid Emirates…..
Big move on from their current first class though, the "window" LCD screens in the middle two coffins are amazing, worth the price alone for geek shock and awe factor. They even supply binoculars so you can see every pixel (marketing idea chuckle factor 9). Teasing in a gentle way here, would actually user them on outside crypts.
For couples the AF La Premiere on the B777 is the best. Open plan but has soft curtains. Like being on a luxury train. Review?


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Spain asks Colombia not to market the 'San José' and remember that it is "State ship" | Culture
The Spanish Government has reacted to the decision of the Colombian Executive to postpone the award to a private company of the work of extracting the submarine bottom of the galleon Saint Joseph, sunk during a naval battle in front of Cartagena de Indias in 1708. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs "welcomes" the decision of the Government of Colombia to "review the conditions." The previous Executive of Juan Manuel Santos had decided that a private company, through a cooperation agreement with the South American State, extract the wreck. But the new Government of Iván Duque has legal doubts about the operation since it is a historical deposit and the adjudicataria would keep a part of it. And, in addition, Spain presses. The ship is considered a "State ship" and is protected by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Sea, an agreement that Colombia has not ratified.
In an official statement, Spain recalls that "the Saint Joseph it was a flag warship Spanish, which sank in 1708 in the course of a naval battle with 600 sailors on board. "Therefore, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by Josep Borrell," we reiterate the well-known Spanish position that defends that, according to International Law, admitted by all nations, the Saint Joseph It was a state ship, its remains are considered underwater tombs and can not be commercially exploited. "
High definition image of the remains of the 'San José' galleon. MAC
The Spanish government insists that "it fully shares with the Government of Colombia the will to preserve for Humanity the assets of historic and cultural interest located in the wreck". Appeals, in addition, "to the traditional friendship between the two sister nations, reiterates its offer of collaboration to jointly execute an archaeological project adjusted to the best scientific practices, which is totally respectful of the condition of underwater tomb of the wreck and with concurrent interests of both countries. "
The idea of the Spanish experts, as they have explained to EL PAÍS, is that the two governments collaborate. "It is not important gold or riches that could carry, but the knowledge of the joint history and make a common project to be for the next generations." These specialists emphatically reject that an external company "keep a part of a cultural deposit" to pay for the extraction work, whose cost would be around 150 million euros. "They want, fundamentally, the gold ingots, but they should not take anything, even the sand where the galleon is buried is the heritage of all."
Letter from the governor of Colombia explaining to Felipe V the naval disaster of Barú.
In 2015, the remains of the galleon were located by the company Maritime Archeology Consultans (MAC) that had all the permits of the Colombian Ministry of Culture and the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History (ICAHN). In fact, MAC did some research (whose images and videos yesterday published this newspaper) and that would allow him to opt for the award in advantageous conditions.
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Halfway to Hell: Best Horror Movies of 2019 … So Far
Andrew WelshThe Chopping Block - Film ListsBraid, Creepy Kids, Death Traps, Doppelganger, Escape Room, Indie Horror, Irish Horror, Jordan Peele, Psychological Thriller, The Hole in the Ground, The Perfection, Twist Ending, UsLeave a comment
Are we already halfway through June? Time flies by for horror fans when you're coasting through another good year for the genre. In 2019, we've seen a horror movie defy the "January Jinx". We've already gotten Jordan Peele's follow-up to Get Out, and we still have It: Chapter Two and Midsommar to look forward to. Not surprisingly, then, narrowing down the list to five horror movies is no simple task. Some great horror movies are notably absent including, Happy Death Day 2U, The Head Hunter, and The Wind. Of course, we've had a few disappointments. I'm looking at you The Silence and Pet Sematary. Though I have missed a few releases, here's my best crack at 2019's five best horror movies up to June.
5 – Braid
Mitzi Peirone's psycho-thriller, Braid, probably flew under a lot of horror fans' radars. Seeped in bright Giallo colours, Braid is a visually stylish thriller. Yet it's also a remarkably restrained effort, more cerebral than visceral. But it's still punctuated with some shocking violence. Up-and-coming genre 'Scream Queen' Madeline Brewer (Cam) turns in another fantastic performance. Most importantly, Braid features smart, suspenseful story-telling. Petrione shows, rather than tells. Its ambiguous ending instantly elevates Braid above the majority of indie horror. Though it's not for all tastes, Braid is unquestionably a stylish psycho-horror thriller.
4 – Escape Room
Big, dumb, and, most importantly, fun. Yes, Escape Room was a January horror release. And we all know January is traditionally a cinematic dumping ground. In addition, Escape Room is clearly popcorn escapist entertainment. But guess what? It all works. Director Adam Robitel (Insidious: The Last Key) keeps the improbable action moving briskly. Like the early Saw movies, there's a fun inventiveness to the movie's death traps. Throw in some genuine white-knuckle suspense, a strong cast, and a final nod to a sequel, and Escape Room broke the January glass ceiling. Consider me signed up for any follow-up.
3 – The Perfection
To date, Netflix has offered two outstanding horror efforts in 2019. First, there was the wonderfully eclectic Velvet Buzzsaw and, more recently, my Number 3 choice, The Perfection. Apparently, the world of art is brutal. If you've watched enough horror movies, there's not a lot surprises. But The Perfection is the rare movie that keeps its audience guessing about its final destination. Its story starts in one place, leaving you fairly confident in where it will end. Yet no sooner than you than you think you have a handle on the story, The Perfection abruptly changes course. With some uncomfortably grotesque body horror and winning performances across the board, The Perfection was a pleasant surprise from Netflix.
2 – The Hole in the Ground
Irish horror movie, The Hole in the Ground, could easily have been just another 'creepy kids' thriller. Fortunately, The Hole in the Ground is atmospheric and visually haunting enough to distinguish itself from similar movies. Director Lee Cronin keeps the story-telling tight and spreads out several effective scares. But where The Hole in the Ground truly rises above more derivative efforts is with its open ending. Things finish on a note that make you question everything you think you've just watched. So yes, more questions are raised, than answered. As a result, you're left with an unsettled feeling once the credits have finished rolling.
1 – Us
No sophomore jinx here. Halfway through 2019, and Jordan Peele's Us is clearly the best of the year to date. With his second directorial feature, Peele has given the horror genre something completely unique. Trust me, the trailers probably only contain about a small window of what's in the movie. As a result, you're taken on an original horror ride that unexpectedly twists on more than one occasion. To his credit, Peele shows a remarkable balance between mainstream horror film-making and art-house ambitions. Us is atmospheric, funny, and 'jump' scary. Yet it's also thematically rich, challenging you with its ambiguous subtext.
Posted by Andrew Welsh
I am a Criminology professor in Canada but I've always had a passion for horror films. Over the years I've slowly begun incorporating my interest in the horror genre into my research. After years of saying I wanted to write more about horror I have finally decided to create my own blog where I can share some of my passion and insights into the films I love.
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Our host families come in all shapes, sizes, backgrounds and ages. Retired couples, single parents with or without children, couples with primary school children, couples with teenagers and a family pet…all can apply to become a host family and all can benefit in many ways from the exchange experience.
Students have all been tested and speak English well enough to attend classes at a local school. As with any non-native speaker, there may be a period at the beginning of the exchange where they need extra help and patience as they get used to speaking and hearing English.
We work with partner organisations around the world with which we have long standing relationships. Every new student is interviewed, their medical and academic records are checked and references are always required. Students come from over 15 countries, are usually aged between 15 and 18 years old and their natural parents must have the financial means to support them while on exchange. Each student comes with a passport and return ticket plus money to cover personal expenses and school costs.
We are a registered, non-profit student exchange organisation. Regulations governing exchange programs in Australia prohibit payment of host families. The programs operate on a reciprocal basis that allows Aussie and Kiwi students to benefit from the same opportunities overseas. Our not-for-profit status is also a regulatory requirement and means that our accounts are audited by an independent auditor each year and lodged with regulatory authorities. Click here to view more information explaining the government regulations on student exchange programs.
Exchange programs help promote international understanding and good will and depend on the good will of a number of participants. Volunteers help to look after the students while they are here and provide additional support services. The combined result is that many more students from around the world can share in the experience of living and studying in another culture.
Your basic responsibility is to welcome the student as a member of your family and to provide the same care and support you would give to your own children. We ask that you provide a bed and two to three meals a day. Students assume the normal responsibilities as a member of your family and are expected to undertake the same simple chores you would expect your own children to do.
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Students are expected to have access to a minimum of $AU325 / $NZ400 a month to cover personal expenses and all ongoing school costs such as subject levies, excursions, school books and uniforms (no tuition fees are paid by the student).
Exchange students will go to a secondary school in your area, where we can secure an enrolment . Our office will arrange the school enrolment and your family might be asked to assist with finalising the enrolment details.
We will provide you with profiles of students which will include information on their interests and family background, and a 'letter'written to you as a prospective host family. This will often give you a special insight into the student which will help your decision. You then make a decision based on the students available.
All students have overseas student health insurance cover with the same benefits to the student as Medicare.
We provide a local coordinator who will live nearby. Trained by us, this person provides support to the host family and the student. Full time staff are available 24 hours a day in case of an emergency. We arrange transport for the student to the nearest main airport when they arrive. We also provide you with handbooks and other information.
We're probably biased, but YES! We can have you talk to families who tell us how their lives changed by participating in student exchange. Having said that we wouldn't dare say your semester or year would be without its problems –after all you are welcoming a teenager into your home. But we find host families cope well and help students through any problems they have and we are here to support you locally and at the national level.
Please telephone us on 1300 135 331 (in Australia) or 0800 440 079 (in New Zealand) to request more information. We'll send you details on students who will be coming to Australia and New Zealand soon and as well as information on how you can become a host family.
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Moved into an apartment with a beardie, concerned • Bearded Dragon . org .
Hi! A few months ago I moved out and into an apartment with some roomates, one including a bearded dragon! I've never personally owned a beardie, but I have fallen in love with my friends pet, bathing him, feeding him, etc. From the first time I saw Ruby I noticed something off about his tail, and my friend just brushed it off and told me "that's how he was when I got him" and I didn't think about it much further, doing more research recently though I'm really worried he could have tail rot. I believe he is in a 50 gallon tank with a ReptiSun light. Is this tail rot, or am I just looking to much into things?
the tail has been injured sometime in the past , and may be is an indication of MBD.


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To date, however, neither the clinical features of primary HHV-6A contamination nor the full spectrum of diseases associated with HHV-6A have been elucidated. Methods for the differentiation between HHV-6A and HHV-6B have been developed based on restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of PCR products, PCR with virus species-specific primers, and Southern blotting with virus species-specific probes (3, 4, 12, 28). Subsequently, real-time PCR methods using virus species-specific primers or probes have been introduced for easier discrimination between the two virus species (6). Latest PCR-based molecular epidemiological evaluation confirmed that HHV-6A is certainly endemic around sub-Saharan Africa (5 extremely, 18). However, it really is challenging AUY922 distributor to discriminate between energetic and latent attacks based on PCR evaluation because these infections can latently infect peripheral bloodstream mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after AUY922 distributor major infection. 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As a result, we sought to build up a pathogen species-specific serological assay predicated on immunoblotting evaluation using the U11 gene of HHV-6. The dependability of the novel pathogen species-specific assay was analyzed using individual sera gathered from sufferers with numerous kinds of HHV-6 infections. Strategies and Components Cells and infections. Cord bloodstream mononuclear cells had been separated by Ficoll-Hypaque gradient centrifugation from heparinized cable blood examples and activated for 2 times before inoculation using the infections in RPMI 1640 moderate formulated with 20% fetal calf serum, 0.1 U of recombinant human interleukin-2/ml, and 5 g of phytohemagglutinin-P/ml. HHV-6A (U1102 strain) or HHV-6B (Z29 strain) were propagated in cord blood mononuclear cells. At day 7 postinoculation, when the infected cells showed maximum levels of cytopathic effects, the infected cells were harvested and lysed by repeated freezing and thawing. The samples were stored at ?20C until the generation of expression vectors. Patients and samples. Four panels of serum samples (total, 87 serum samples) were collected from patients with different clinical symptoms (1). Positive control sera for HHV-6A contamination were collected from two patients with chromosomally integrated HHV-6A (ciHHV-6A) and one patient with chronic fatigue syndrome and HHV-6A contamination.


A reliable and trustworthy system of weights and measures is vital for economic activity. Maintaining that system requires constant vigilance, and that's where the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Weights and Measures Division (WMD) comes in. While the division routinely hosts meetings and online classes to help state regulators enforce compliance, NIST is now making an effort to reach out to industry and retailers so that they can proactively identify and address problems in their measurement procedures before the regulators show up. Proactive compliance will save industry money in fines and reduce pressure on state weights and measures enforcement resources while ensuring fairness in commerce.
As part of this effort, on Jan. 20, 2011, WMD co-hosted a webinar with the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) on "Tare Verification — Ensuring Accurate Net Weights in Retail Stores." The webinar provided an overview to senior level retail management on the requirements for selling on the basis of net weight as outlined in the weights and measures compendium, NIST Handbook 133, Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods. More than 100 attendees representing over 80 different retail companies participated.
Tare is the weight of packaging materials. All products sold by weight must be sold by net weight so retailers must deduct the "tare" on any package they offer for sale to ensure consumers are not overcharged. Retailers acquainted and reacquainted themselves with the legal requirements for net quantity of packages and use of tare, the role and importance of state and local weights and measures programs, and the business case for, and value and benefits of ensuring accurate net weights.
NIST WMD hosted a follow up webinar on Feb. 24, 2011, to present detailed recommendations for ensuring accurate tare to retail personnel responsible for the day-to-day operations within their organizations. This "nuts and bolts" approach included real-world examples of common problems and how to avoid them using good quantity control processes, routine system checks, and examples of retailer best practices.
WMD is tasked with securing uniformity in weights and measures laws and practices, and conducts training as part of its approach to accomplishing this mission.
FMI represents over 1,500 food retailers and wholesalers with a combined sales volume of $680 billion (three-quarters of all food retail stores in the United States). FMI develops and promotes policies, programs and forums supporting its members, their customers and supplier partners, and other industry stakeholders.
The archived Feb. 24 webinar will appear on the WMD Web site and on the NIST YouTube channel.


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Memorial fund set up for woman killed in rollover crash
by M. Dilworth • October 4, 2012
Lanette Shirley
PALMDALE – A memorial fund has been created for the Lancaster woman killed in a rollover crash Monday morning (Oct. 1).
Lanette Yvonne Shirley, 30, was driving southbound on 50th Street East, in a Toyota Sienna van, when the van spun out of control, flipped several times, and landed on its roof in the middle of an alfalfa field. Lanette was pronounced dead at the scene.
In response to the tragedy, family members and close friends have set up a fund in Lanette's name to help cover the cost of her funeral.
"She was always there for everybody and now we just want to be there for her," said Lanette's best friend, Markeisha Brignac.
Lanette was known for her generosity and positive outlook on life, Brignac said.
"She didn't have any children of her own, so she spent a lot of time helping out with kids and volunteering," Brignac said.
Lanette was recently laid off from her job in Valencia, so she put her free time to good use by transporting children in her neighborhood, Brignac said.
On the day she died, Lanette had been taking Antwone Richmond, who is blind and handicapped, to school.
"She was taking him to school and she was on her way to pick up another blind girl when she got in the accident," Brignac said. "That's just the type of person she was."
Lanette's death is especially hard on her sister, Tiffany Tillman, whose fiancé Nathen Tayler was murdered in Lancaster five months ago. (Read more here)
"She was living with them for about a year and helping out with the kids," Brignac said. "After Nate passed she helped her sister a lot, and now she's gone… that's a lot for the family to go through."
Anyone who would like to help the family with funeral costs can contribute by via Paypal by visiting www.welovelanette.com
5 comments for "Memorial fund set up for woman killed in rollover crash"
sherman francis says
To everything there is a season,and a time to every purpose under the heavens. A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted (ecclesiastes 3:1,2) I love you niece and you will greatly be missed. LOVE YOU ALWAYS UNCLE
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WOW another heartless pig. A young woman dies while helping others, and all you see is beggars. There's a place in hell for some of the compassionless people in this valley.
we care says
my heart goes out to lynette's family she was a caring and sweet person and she was a dedicated driver i don't know where it went wrong only god knows, and my heart goes out to the passenger's family…
DeShawn says
Quit emberassing yourselves. She always drove like this. Now she killed herself and you all want somebodys money to pay for everything. Get a real life and stop begging.
Wylda Rose says
I feel so bad for this family…the roads out here are more dangerous than they look and one little miscalculation is all it takes. I know she is in a better place now, watching over her friends and loved ones. It's always hardest for the people left behind.


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