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The most fascinating aspect of the movie is why the missing boy's family believed the imposter's story.

You may begin to wonder if you aren't being conned by the movie yourself.

Beverly Dollarhide, Nicholas's mother, says of the period after her son's disappearance, "My main goal in life at that time was not to think." Apparently, the filmmakers have taken a cue from her.

Layton's dazzling film is an exciting, edge-of-your-seat experience superior to any Hollywood mystery you're likely to see for a long time.

"The Imposter" becomes more than just a missing-persons drama. It hints at something much darker: a real-life horror story, the full truth of which may never be known.

This is one creepy mystery.

An unnerving experience and a brilliant piece of documentary filmmaking that peels back the layers on one of the most perplexing stories

Layton layers "The Imposter" with powerful images in the dramatic re-creations, as well as a brooding soundscape and a concise pacing that distributes its information with the reserve of a good mystery writer.

"The Imposter" may be the first movie since "Penn and Teller Get Killed" whose title may need its own spoiler alert.

Every bit as engaging as it is well-shot, it proves once more that truth is, indeed, stranger than fiction.

A mixture of documentary, mystery and thriller, which recounts an astonishing true story that gets more outrageous with each revelation

Strange and intriguing, searching for that elusive essence known as 'the perfect truth.'

Rather like watching a magician pulling off a trick which your eyes cannot see, The Imposter offers its own strange kind of magic.

The story is astonishing enough on its own, and The Imposter succeeds in enhancing its immediacy and intensity.

As his story unfolds, one gets the uncomfortable sensation that a joke is being played. But on whom?

One of the year's most provocative pictures.

Incredibly well-made and with a story you won't forget, "The Imposter" is one of the better docs of the season.

The Imposter emerges as a brilliantly slippery film that demands brain-stretching consideration. Astonishing, indeed.

It's an astounding story, truly, and Bourdin is the most chillingly sympathetic sociopath: frank, remorseless, matter-of-fact.

British director Bart Layton has only slightly fictionalised this extraordinary story for his documentary, which is told more as a thriller than a statement of hard fact.

"The Imposter" is one of the best films of the year.

Not only is the story riveting, but the film explores huge issues that really get under our skin

The Imposter frequently sends your jaw hurtling to the floor as it tries to understand the great pretender and a family only too willing to accept him as one of their own.

When this film was over, I felt as if I had been holding my breath for 99 minutes. It is pure, delicious suspense.

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Swiss industrial firms weathering strong franc: UBS study

ZURICH (Reuters) - Export-oriented Swiss industrial companies have started to recover from the ill-effects of the strong Swiss franc and are doing better now than at the start of the year, a study showed, suggesting Switzerland may yet avoid a recession.

Large corporations were improving at a quicker pace than small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), the survey by Swiss bank UBS found, with firms focused on the domestic market positioned best of all thanks to robust consumer demand.

Switzerland earns every second franc abroad, and the highly-valued currency has stifled exports, particularly to the euro zone. To prevent deflation and a recession, the central bank set a cap of 1.20 Swiss francs per euro a year ago.

"While a low-level turnaround may be evident in the industrial sector, where a growing number of companies are reporting improved figures, sectors focusing on the domestic market such as the construction and service sectors are benefiting from consistently high domestic demand," it said in a statement on Thursday.

"With only a few exceptions, the large companies posted better figures than the SMEs," it also said.

Domestic demand accounts for nearly 60 percent of annual output.

The machine and electrical (MEM) industry is one of the sectors particularly hit by the franc's strength against the euro. Some firms have threatened to move production abroad to lower costs.

The economy contracted in the second quarter, fuelling fears that Switzerland -- which for long seemed immune to the neighboring euro zone's woes -- might after all suffer a recession due to the strong franc.

And in a possible sign of more weakness in the third quarter, PMI manufacturing data posted its fifth contraction in a row in August.

The Swiss National Bank said earlier this month it expects growth of 1 percent this year.

Another sector of the Swiss economy to be hit is tourism, with hotels complaining of falling visitor numbers as holidaymakers choose cheaper destinations.

"The effects of the strong franc are still very evident in the tourism industry. However, the situation has stabilized at a low level," the UBS survey said.

(Reporting by Catherine Bosley; editing by Ron Askew)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-industrial-firms-weathering-strong-franc-ubs-study-111917682--business.html

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IMF and World Bank Announce US$2.1 Billion Debt Relief for Guinea

WASHINGTON, September 26, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA*) have decided to support US$ 2.1 billion in debt relief for Guinea, representing a 66 percent reduction of its future external debt service over a period of 40 years.[1]

The Boards of Directors of both institutions[2]determined that Guinea has made satisfactory progress in meeting the requirements to reach the completion point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, the stage at which the HIPC debt relief becomes irrevocable and the country will benefit from the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI).

The requirements met by Guinea included, among others, the preparation and satisfactory implementation of a Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), the maintenance of a sound macroeconomic policy framework, the improvement of a poverty database and monitoring capacity, the publication of annual reports on the activities of the Anti-Corruption Agency, an increase in gross enrolment rates in primary schools, and an increase in immunization rates for children. Guinea was granted a waiver on the trigger related to audits of large government procurement contracts, as the broad objective of this requirement was achieved and implementation has improved.

?Reaching the HIPC completion point represents an important achievement for Guinea. It reflects the significant progress made in economic management following the first democratic elections in December 2010,? said Harry Snoek, IMF mission chief for Guinea. ?Reaching the completion point will help Guinea allocate more resources for poverty reduction and economic growth. Sound macroeconomic management will remain critical after the completion point to make the most of Guinea's abundant mining resources and other growth potentials,? Mr.Snoek said.

?Full debt relief is a tremendous development opportunity for Guinea, as this will help the country achieve economic stability and devote more resources to reduce poverty,? said Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Director for Guinea. ?We will continue to support Guinea in strengthening financial management, transparency and accountability to turn debt relief into visible development outcomes such as better health, education, environmental preservation and infrastructure for sustainable and inclusive growth,? Mr. Diagana said.

Of the resulting reduction of about US$2.1 billion, about 70 percent will come from multilateral creditors, and the remaining from bilateral and commercial creditors. MDRI relief provided by the World Bank's IDA and the African Development Bank Group would save Guinea US$964 million in debt service over 40 years. There remain no loans eligible for MDRI relief from the IMF.

Full delivery of debt relief (HIPC Initiative, MDRI, and additional bilateral assistance at the completion point) will considerably reduce the debt burden of Guinea. The annual external debt service will fall by 70 percent, from an average of US$170 million for the period 2012-2021 to US$49 million. Nevertheless, both the IMF and the World Bank consider that the improved Guinea's debt indicators will be sensitive to export levels and the terms of new external financing, underlining the need for sound macroeconomic management, further progress with structural reform, and strengthened debt management.

Guinea becomes the 34th country to reach the completion point under the HIPC Initiative. The completion point marks the end of the HIPC process, which started in 2000 when the Executive Boards of the IMF and the World Bank's IDA agreed that Guinea had met the requirements for reaching the decision point, the stage at which countries start receiving debt relief on an interim basis.

ANNEX (Note to Editors)

The HIPC Initiative. In 1996, the World Bank and IMF launched the HIPC Initiative to create a framework in which all creditors, including multilateral creditors, can provide debt relief to the world's poorest and most heavily indebted countries to ensure debt sustainability, and thereby reduce the constraints on economic growth and poverty reduction imposed by the unsustainable debt-service burdens in these countries.

To date, 36 HIPC countries have reached their decision points, of which 34 (including Guinea) have reached the completion point.

The MDRI. Created in 2005, the aim of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative is to reduce further the debt of eligible low-income countries and provide additional resources to help them reach the Millennium Development Goals. Under the MDRI, three multilateral institutions ? the World Bank's International Development Association, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Fund-- provide 100 percent debt relief on eligible debts to qualifying countries normally at the time they reach the HIPC Initiative completion point.

* The World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), established in 1960, helps the world's poorest countries by providing loans (called ?credits?) and grants for projects and programs that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor people's lives. IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world's 81 poorest countries, 39 of which are in Africa. Resources from IDA bring positive change for 2.5 billion people living on less than $2 a day. Since 1960, IDA has supported development work in 108 countries. Annual commitments have increased steadily and averaged about $15 billion over the last three years, with about 50 percent of commitments going to Africa.

Source: http://www.africanews.it/english/imf-and-world-bank-announce-us2-1-billion-debt-relief-for-guinea/

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Scientists make old muscles young again in attempt to combat aging

ScienceDaily (Sep. 26, 2012) ? An international team of scientists have identified for the first time a key factor responsible for declining muscle repair during aging, and discovered how to halt the process in mice with a common drug. Although an early study, the findings provide clues as to how muscles lose mass with age, which can result in weakness that affects mobility and may cause falls.

The study, to be published in the journal Nature, involved researchers from King's College London, Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital.

The study looked at stem cells found inside muscle -- which are responsible for repairing injury -- to find out why the ability of muscles to regenerate declines with age. A dormant reservoir of stem cells is present inside every muscle, ready to be activated by exercise and injury to repair any damage. When needed, these cells divide into hundreds of new muscle fibres that repair the muscle. At the end of the repairing process some of these cells also replenish the pool of dormant stem cells so that the muscle retains the ability to repair itself again and again.

The researchers carried out a study on old mice and found the number of dormant stem cells present in the pool reduces with age, which could explain the decline in the muscle's ability to repair and regenerate as it gets older. When these old muscles were screened the team found high levels of FGF2, a protein that has the ability to stimulate cells to divide. While encouraging stem cells to divide and repair muscle is a normal and crucial process, they found that FGF2 could also awaken the dormant pool of stem cells even when they were not needed. The continued activation of dormant stem cells meant the pool was depleted over time, so when the muscle really needed stem cells to repair itself the muscle was unable to respond properly.

Following this finding, the researchers attempted to inhibit FGF2 in old muscles to prevent the stem cell pool from being kick-started into action unnecessarily. By administering a common FGF2 inhibitor drug they were able to inhibit the decline in the number of muscle stem cells in the mice.

Dr Albert Basson, Senior Lecturer at the King's College London Dental Institute, said: 'Preventing or reversing muscle wasting in old age in humans is still a way off, but this study has for the first time revealed a process which could be responsible for age-related muscle wasting, which is extremely exciting.

'The finding opens up the possibility that one day we could develop treatments to make old muscles young again. If we could do this, we may be able to enable people to live more mobile, independent lives as they age.'

Dr Andrew Brack, senior and corresponding author of the study from Harvard University, said: 'Analogous to the importance of recovery for athletes training for a sporting event, we now know that it is essential for adult stem cells to rest between bouts of expenditure. Preventing stem cell recuperation leads to their eventual demise.'

Kieran Jones, co-author of the study from King's, added: 'We do not yet know how or why levels of the protein FGF2 increase with age, triggering stem cells to be activated when they are not needed. This is something that needs to be explored.

'The next step is to analyse old muscle in humans to see if the same mechanism could be responsible for stem cell depletion in human muscle fibres, leading to loss of mass and wastage.'

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New charge for man arrested in fatal ATV crash : News - Khqa.com

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The Adams County State Attorney's Office charged a Michigan man with reckless homicide in the death of a 25-year-old Quincy woman.

Andrew Koster, 30, of Kalamzoo, Mich. is also charged with aggravated driving under the influence in the Sept. 14 ATV crash that led to the death of Sarah Birsic.

The Adams County Sheriff's Department were called about 12:04 a.m. to the Golden Triangle Whitetails hunting outfitters near Clayton. Koster was the driver of a mule ATV and Birsic was a passenger.

Birsic was thrown from the ATV and was taken to Blessing Hospital where she was later pronounced dead, according to investigators.

Koster remains free on $10,000 bond. His next court hearing is scheduled for Oct. 9.

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Newbies Surfing - 5 Tips For Choosing The Right Board

Surfing is enjoying a surge of popularity today because many individuals are attracted to the beach lifestyle as well as the sport itself. When people first start out one of the most important things they are going to need is a surfboard. There is a huge difference between surfboards designed for experienced surfers and surfboards for beginners. In this post we'll give newbies tips on how to pick out the right surfboard.

1. Choosing The Ideal Material

There are three basic methods which are used to make surfboards. One inexpensive way to make surfboards is to carve them out of a piece of foam. This kind of board is usually called a foamy and they are excellent options for newbies due to their stability and buoyancy. Pop out manufacturing is the second way that surfboards can be made. Surfboard of this sort have a thick layer of fiberglass on the exterior while the core is made out of foam. Pop outs are made on an assembly line, hence their name. They are the heaviest of all types of surfboards. Therefore they offer good stability on water but when a surfer gets hit by one, it might hurt him very badly. Pop outs usually have quite good performance so they can be used for a longer time as people improve their skills. There is a big secondhand market in these boards and they are inexpensive to purchase new too. Custom boards are not suitable for beginners.

2. Size and Shape

The length and shape of the surfboard are important to beginner surfers as they dictate how the board will behave. A surfboard which is thick and long will offer good buoyancy and stability over the water. These are the characteristics which suit newbie surfers well however are not suited for experts. Pop out boards should measure about three feet longer than the beginner surfer. Length is less important in foam boards but a general suggestion for newbies is six feet for kids and eight feet for adults.

3. Surfboard Rental

It is a good idea for newbies to rent a surfboard because these are readily available for rent in most surf board shops and surf schools. Renting might be a good idea for the first few times until an individual is sure that they want to continue in the sport. Renting also gives new surfers an opportunity to test different kinds of surfboards so they could decide on what type suits them best before buying one.

4. New or Secondhand

It won't be a surprise to you to learn that new surfboards are costlier than second-user ones. You can easily find a good beginner surfboard from a used surfboard market. Shop around at local surf spots or on the web.

5. Surfboard Accessories

Surfboard is the basic equipment which beginner surfers require but having a few other accessories might make the learning experience safe and enjoyable. Surf wax is applied on all boards with the exception of foamies to give your feet better traction over the slippery surface of the board. To keep you connected with the surfboard at times of wipeouts you may need a leash. The length of the leash should be same as that of the surfboard. Sporting a wetsuit is suggested if you are surfing in cool waters.

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Hundreds protest anti-Islam film in Nigeria

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) ? Hundreds of Muslims march peacefully through the streets of a northern Nigerian city to protest an anti-Islam film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.

The march Monday was in the city of Kaduna, where hundreds were killed in religious violence following Nigeria's 2011 presidential election. Those protesting burned French, British and U.S. flags.

The protest comes after a series of protests in Nigeria, a nation largely split between a Christian south and a Muslim north. All the demonstrations have been peaceful, though one protest was broken up by soldiers firing into the air.

The film, "Innocence of Muslims," has sparked protests around the world. American leaders have denounced the film, which is protected under U.S. free speech laws.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-protest-anti-islam-film-nigeria-121502291.html

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