 A family of 11 children arrive in Winnipeg on Jan. 14, after escaping Saudi Arabia, where they had been hiding for months under the threat of deportation. (CBC) Ten brothers and sisters from a newly-landed family of Somali refugees are getting excited and impatient waiting for classes to begin at their new schools in Winnipeg.
The family of 11 siblings — one of them an 18-month-old baby — travelled from Saudi Arabia and touched down at Winnipeg's James Armstrong Richardson International Airport on Jan. 14. The children range in age from eight to 16.
Hospitality House Refugee Ministry and the Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land sponsored the family, who had been hiding in Saudi Arabia for months under the threat of deportation.
They've since reunited with their brother in Winnipeg. He made it to North America using a false passport more than a year ago at the age of 16. He eventually made his way to the U.S. border crossing in southern Manitoba, where he made an asylum claim.
Left to right, top to bottom: Kinda, 18 months; Nasiimo, 14; Mustafa, 10; Muna, 16; Amal, 11; Mohamed, 12; Huda, 13; Nima, 8; Yassin, 9; Ayan, 15; and Fahmi, 10. (Supplied)
Karin Gordon, executive director of settlement with Hospitality House Refugee Ministry, said the children are becoming more comfortable in Winnipeg every day.
"They're very happy. They finally are no longer afraid and are feeling confident and, you know, they're just like normal kids," Gordon said.
The children have been out of school for several years and are getting eager to get back into the classroom, Gordon said.
"They're just gangbusters, ready to go," Gordon said. "There are two children, the youngest children, who have never been to school at all."
Gordon said the first few days of classes for the children will consist of language and skills assessments. They should be in class later this week, she added.
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Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Somali refugee children excited for 1st day of classes in Winnipeg
Somalia:Kenya troops 'pull out of Somali el-Ade and Badhadhe bases'
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| No official figures have been released about the number of troops killedKenyan forces have pulled out from two military bases in Somalia, including one attacked by militant Islamist group al-Shabab, residents have told the BBC.
Al-Shabab fighters were spotted in the southern town of Badhadhe after the troops pulled out, residents added.
Soldiers had also left el-Ade, where al-Shabab said it had killed about 100 Kenyan soldiers 11 days ago.
A Kenyan army spokesman said troops were involved in a "normal operational manoeuvre" and not a withdrawal.
Kenya, which contributes about 4,000 troops to the 22,000-strong African Union force battling the militants in Somalia, has not said how many of its soldiers died in the attack on el-Ade, which is in the south-western region of Gedo.
If al-Shabab figures are correct, it would make it the deadliest attack on Kenyan forces since they crossed into Somalia in 2011.
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Residents in el-Ade told the BBC they welcomed the pull-out, as they had been subjected to constant harassment and air strikes from Kenyan forces since the assault on the base.
Several civilians had been killed during the Kenyan operation, they added.
In a BBC interview, army spokesman Col David Obonyo denied this, saying only an al-Shabab camp had been targeted.
Kenya has said that the bombs used by insurgents at the el-Ade base were three times more powerful than that used by al-Qaeda in the 1998 US embassy attack in the capital, Nairobi, which left 224 people dead.
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South Africa:Help this good Samaritan reunite these people with their camera
Cape Town – Another good Samaritan is on a mission to ensure two holidaymakers are reunited with their lost camera and holiday photographs.
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A 32-year-old photographer from Pretoria, Monique Blofield, was picking up her husband, Kersey Blofield, from OR Tambo International Airport in October 2015 when they discovered an unfamiliar camera bag lodged beneath their luggage.
“We were in a hurry, so we didn’t have time to run to the airport’s lost and found and we were worried the camera might get lost there,” recalls Blofield.
“Because we’re photographers ourselves, we realise the value of this stuff.”
The Samsung camera was relatively new, filled with photographs of a woman and a man holidaying in Cape Town – with images taken at various attraction points from Table Mountain, to the Two Oceans Aquarium and on the City Siteseeing hop on and hop off red bus.
After several phone calls to the airport’s lost and found desk nobody had come forward to ask about the camera, so Blofield decided to use a different strategy.
“I actually didn’t think of Facebook as a tool to find them. But when I saw the article about a lady who actually found a guy’s wallet, I thought now we have to try again.”
Blofield turned to social media and posted a photograph of the camera’s owners on Facebook, in hopes that she would be able to reach out to the two people.
“I realise how much the photos are worth, never mind the camera. Memories are important.”
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| The lost camera and bag. (Photo: Monique Blofield) |
How to Become a Millionaire by Age 30 guaranteed
Getting rich and becoming a millionaire is a taboo topic. Saying it can be done by the age of 30 seems like a fantasy.
It shouldn’t be taboo and it is possible. At the age of 21, I got out of college, broke and in debt, and by the time I was 30, I was a millionaire.
Here are the 10 steps that will guarantee you will become a millionaire by 30.
1. Follow the money. In today’s economic environment you cannot save your way to millionaire status. The first step is to focus on increasing your income in increments and repeating that. My income was $3,000 a month and nine years later it was $20,000 a month. Start following the money and it will force you to control revenue and see opportunities.
2. Don’t show off — show up! I didn’t buy my first luxury watch or car until my businesses and investments were producing multiple secure flows of income. I was still driving a Toyota Camry when I had become a millionaire. Be known for your work ethic, not the trinkets that you buy.
3. Save to invest, don’t save to save. The only reason to save money is to invest it. Put your saved money into secured, sacred (untouchable) accounts. Never use these accounts for anything, not even an emergency. This will force you to continue to follow step one (increase income). To this day, at least twice a year, I am broke because I always invest my surpluses into ventures I cannot access.
4. Avoid debt that doesn’t pay you. Make it a rule that you never use debt that won’t make you money. I borrowed money for a car only because I knew it could increase my income. Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. Poor people use debt to buy things that make rich people richer.
5. Treat money like a jealous lover. Millions wish for financial freedom, but only those that make it a priority have millions. To get rich and stay rich you will have to make it a priority. Money is like a jealous lover. Ignore it and it will ignore you, or worse, it will leave you for someone who makes it a priority.
6. Money doesn’t sleep. Money doesn’t know about clocks, schedules or holidays, and you shouldn’t either. Money loves people that have a great work ethic. When I was 26 years old, I was in retail and the store I worked at closed at 7 p.m. Most times you could find me there at 11 p.m. making an extra sale. Never try to be the smartest or luckiest person — just make sure you outwork everyone.
7. Poor makes no sense. I have been poor, and it sucks. I have had just enough and that sucks almost as bad. Eliminate any and all ideas that being poor is somehow OK. Bill Gates has said, “If you’re born poor, it’s not your mistake. But if you die poor, it is your mistake.”
8. Get a millionaire mentor. Most of us were brought up middle class or poor and then hold ourselves to the limits and ideas of that group. I have been studying millionaires to duplicate what they did. Get your own personal millionaire mentor and study them. Most rich people are extremely generous with their knowledge and their resources.
9. Get your money to do the heavy lifting. Investing is the Holy Grail in becoming a millionaire and you should make more money off your investments than your work. If you don’t have surplus money you won’t make investments. The second company I started required a $50,000 investment. That company has paid me back that $50,000 every month for the last 10 years. My third investment was in real estate, where I started with $350,000, a large part of my net worth at the time. I still own that property today and it continues to provide me with income. Investing is the only reason to do the other steps, and your money must work for you and do your heavy lifting.
10. Shoot for $10 million, not $1 million. The single biggest financial mistake I’ve made was not thinking big enough. I encourage you to go for more than a million. There is no shortage of money on this planet, only a shortage of people thinking big enough.
Apply these 10 steps and they will make you rich. Steer clear of people that suggest your financial dreams are born of greed. Avoid get-rich-quick schemes, be ethical, never give up, and once you make it, be willing to help others get there too.
The 10 Richest Athletes And The Surprising Ways They Made Money
hletes are among the richest category of celebrities. Their amazing ability to entertain us not only leads them to have some of the highest salaries in the world, but it also leads to multi-million dollar endorsement deals. On top of that, many athletes have become stellar business men to only grow their fortunes after they retire. Here are the 10 wealthiest athletes on the planet and their net-worth.Michael Jordan ($1 Billion)
Known as the greatest basketball player of all time, MJ earned just under $100 million dollars ($93.7M) over the course of his playing career. But much of his fortune has come from endorsements. He earns approximately $60 million a year from Mike endorsement and royalties and his 89% stake in the Charlotte Bobcats is worth about $415 million.
Michael Schumacher ($800 Million)
Widely considered the most successful Formula One racecar driver of all time, Schumacher is the second wealthiest athlete on the planet. He can earn upwards of $50 million a year in endorsements alone.
Arnold Palmer ($675 Million)
Arnold Palmer is know as one of the greatest golfers of all-time. Palmer has made a good portion of his net-worth through golf (he has 62 career wins), but a large portion of his net-worth comes from the Arnold Palmer line of ice tea by Arizona. The line is a $200 million business and represents 25% of sales for Arizona Beverages.
Roger Staubach ($600 Million)
This NFL Hall Of Fame member and former Heisman Trophy winner mad e a lot of money playing football. But he made a whole lot more in real estate. By 2008 his real estate firm, Staubach Co, had over 1000 employees worldwide and sold to Jones Lang Lassalle for a reported $640 million.
Tiger Woods ($550 Million)
Woods edges out the top five richest athletes with lots of growth room ahead of him. Although he faced some setbacks with his endorsements after his notorious affair, he still brings in an annual salary of over $100 million a year between is golf winnings and endorsement deals.
Magic Johnson ($500 Million)
This master of the no-look pass is recognized as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. But he’s made most of his riches as an entrepreneur. Magic has created a series of movie theaters and has owned percentages of major sports teams (Lakes, Dodgers) and Magic Johnson Enterprises is valued around $1 billion.
David Beckham ($350 Million)
This rich athlete started playing professional soccer at age 17. Since then he has amassed millions of dollars in salary and endorsements. In addition to his endorsement deals with companies like Pepsi and Adidas, he has also struck modeling deals with companies like Calvin Klein.
Shaquille O’Neal ($350 Million)
Most of Shaq’s wealth was accumulated throughout his NBA career. He earned over $290 million from his NBA salary between 1992 and 2011. Shaw has also made money through endorsements and is now and NBA commentator as well.
Dale Earnheardt Jr. ($300 Million)
DEJ is one of the most recognized NASCAR drivers on the planet. His dad (Dale Earnhardt Senior) is a racing legend. Of his estimated $26 million a year salary, about $22 million is from endorsements.
Alex Rodriguez. ($300 Million)
Although A-rod has faced a lot of legal trouble as of late, he is still one of the top-10 richest athletes on the planet. His annual salary is about $33 million. His $252 million deal over 10 years with the Rangers was the largest MLB deal of all time.
Other Rich Athletes
Roger Federer ($300m), Greg Norman ($300m), Floyd Mayweather ($295m), Jack Nicklaus ($280m), LeBron James ($270m), Kobe Bryant ($260m), Cristiano Ronaldo($250m), George Foreman ($250m)
SOUTH AFRICA: Man admits to raping 7 of daughter's friends
Cape Town - A George man who initially faced more than 3 000 charges of rape and child pornography has pleaded guilty to 67 of them as part of a plea agreement.
Eyewitness News reported that the State agreed to the plea bargain in exchange for a life sentence after the 51-year-old man admitted to the 67 charges.
They included drugging and raping seven of his daughter's friends during sleepovers at his home between 2012 and 2014. The girls were aged between 10 and 12.
Die Burger reported that the man admitted to giving the girls sleeping pills and said they were not conscious when he raped them and took photographs of them naked.
Police seized his camera, laptop, and cellphone before his arrest late in 2014.
Friends and family of the young victims expressed disappointment that he only admitted to 67 charges, Die Burger reported.
The case was postponed to February 29 for sentencing. The man would remain in custody until then.
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Who invented the television? How people reacted to John Logie Baird's creation 90 years ago
The first live TV audience found it hard to believe that it would take off. Now the invention of the mechanical television has been marked with a Google Doodle
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inety years ago today a moving head on a screen made history. It was the first public demonstration of live television, and the occasion is being marked with a Google Doodle.
The face in question belonged to Daisy Elizabeth Gandy, the business partner of John Logie Baird, the Scottish scientist who is regarded as the inventors of the mechanical television.
The mechanical television, also known as “the televisor” worked a bit like a radio, but had a rotating mechanism attached that could generate a video to accompany the sound. It preceded the modern television, which creates images using electronic scanning.
In 1924 Baird managed to transmit a flickering image across a distance of 10 feet and the following year, he had a breakthrough when he achieved TV pictures with light and shade.
Within two years this flicker was the face of a woman who was in a different room.
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The 9 Movies You Must See in January 2016
It's a fallow month for movies, but there are still some gems.
The Hateful Eight (January 1 wide-release)
Quentin Tarantino's sprawling, bloody three-hour Western charts the nasty business perpetrated by a group of strangers (including Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen) who all converge during a blizzard at a remote cabin.
The Revenant (January 8 wide-release)
Perhaps the most visually stunning film of 2015—now getting a nationwide release —this based-on-real-events survivalist saga by Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a fur trader who, after barely living through a bear attack, seeks revenge against a traitorous comrade (Tom Hardy).
The Forest (January 8)
The forces of evil rise up against a young woman (Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer) after she goes looking for her missing sister in Japan's Aokigahara Forest in this ominous horror effort.
Anesthesia (January 8)
Writer/director/co-star Tim Blake Nelson assembles a sterling cast—including Sam Waterson, Kristen Stewart, Glenn Close and Gretchen Mol—for this drama about the fallout from the violent mugging of a Columbia University professor.
The Benefactor (January 15)
Richard Gere's mysterious philanthropist nudges his way into the life of a newly married couple (Dakota Fanning and Theo James) in this thriller from writer/director Andrew Renzi.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (January 15)
Sure to provoke considerable debate over its depiction of real-life events, this Michael Bay action film follows six American security operators as they try to repel terrorist invaders at the US. State Department's compound in Libya.
Mojave (January 22)
An artist (Garrett Hedlund) faces off against a dangerous drifter (Oscar Isaac) in this two-person-showdown indie from Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed).
IP Man 3 (January 22)
The third entry in the popular Chinese martial-arts saga starring Donnie Yen should deliver more of its trademark ass-kicking action, especially given the presence of Mike Tyson as Yen's adversary.
Jane Got a Gun (January 29)
After a notoriously difficult production (which began back in 2012), this Western—about a woman (Natalie Portman) forced to fight back against a troublesome gang (led by Ewan McGregor)—finally sees the light of the day in late January. Whether it's a train wreck or a masterpiece or something in between, this'll be worth watching.
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