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The Housing Assistance office oversees programs that prevent homelessness and help people move out of temporary shelters and into stable, permanent housing. The office administers housing assistance programs such as the Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP), the Housing Choice Voucher Section 8 Program (Section 8) and the State Rental Assistance Program (SRAP).
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Community Services
The Community Services office distributes federal funds to community agencies that help income-eligible households with health, education, employment, and housing needs. It also oversees the Office of Recreation which distributes state funding, certifies professionals, offers conferences, and provides technical assistance on recreation. This Office also manages the Individual Development Account (IDA) program which works toward empowering working families to save money to buy a home, create a job, or attend higher education.
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Thousands of cheering supporters greeted Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy as he returned from self-imposed exile Friday to spearhead his party's election campaign against well-entrenched Prime Minister Hun Sen.
"I have come home to rescue the country," Rainsy told the crowd gathered at Phnom Penh's airport, after kneeling to kiss the ground.
"I am happy to be here!" Rainsy shouted to be heard through a microphone as the supporters chanted, "We want change!"
The French-educated leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party has been in exile since 2009 to avoid serving 11 years in prison on charges many consider politically motivated.
Rainsy, 64, received a royal pardon last week at the request of Hun Sen, his bitter rival whose ruling party is almost certain to maintain its ironclad grip on power in the July 28 general election.
Hun Sen has ruled for 28 years, and his party has 90 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly. The prime minister recently said that he intends to stay in office until he is 74 — cutting back from an earlier vow to stay in control until he's 90.
Critics of the government claim the election will be neither free nor fair, arguing that Hun Sen's regime manipulates the levers of government and influences the judiciary to weaken the opposition.
Last month, 28 opposition lawmakers were expelled from parliament when a committee run by Hun Sen's party ruled they had broken the law because they had originally won their seats in the name of the Sam Rainsy Party, but were campaigning under the recently established Cambodia National Rescue Party, into which it was merged.
They can still run in the upcoming election, but without parliamentary immunity. Immunity from arrest is a great benefit in Cambodia's elections, and those without it are at risk of being charged with defamation for remarks seen critical of Hun Sen and his government.
Rainsy is a charismatic and fiery speaker — qualities that have landed him in trouble before.
He is expected to draw large crowds as he embarks on a whirlwind campaign tour that his party says will take him to over a dozen provinces in a week. He is likely to push hard on issues of corruption and land grabbing, with tens or hundreds of thousands of Cambodians displaced from their homes and farms under what are often shady circumstances.
Among the supporters at the airport was 74-year-old Chea Pirum who called Rainsy the politician he respected most in Cambodia.
"I've lived through five regimes and I have seen the other leaders, but Sam Rainsy is different," the man said. "He has devoted everything to the country, especially the poor, like me. I hope his return will bring full democracy."
Rainsy's pardon came after the U.S. and others had said his exclusion from the campaign would call into question the polls' legitimacy. Because he was absent during the registration periods, he will be unable to run as a candidate, or even vote, although his lawyers have said they were seeking a way to allow his participation.
"My return is no more than a step on a long journey towards achieving self-determination for Cambodia," Sam Rainsy wrote after he was pardoned. He criticized the official election body as unsupportive of democracy and said, "The mere fact of my return does not create a free and fair election for Cambodia."
The July 28 election will be the fifth parliamentary poll since the United Nations brokered a peace deal for Cambodia in 1991, a process meant to end decades of bloodshed that included the communist Khmer Rouge's catastrophic 1975-79 rule, during which an estimated 1.7 million people died in torture centers, labor camps or of starvation or disease.


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Easter plus Recycle equals these funny Bunny Easter Candy Containers. We made ours with discarded, plastic Creamer bottles but you can really substitute any plastic container with a large opening and a lid that can be opened.. These super cute Bunny Rabbit candy containers can hold your Easter M&Ms or jelly beans or other favorite Easter candies. They will make a perfect special Easter gift. Make these little Easter Bunnies and fill with mini candies for your friends and relatives. Super easy to make and the kids can even help.
And remember to save your discarded kitchen food containers all during the year. Then when a fun project hops up like this one, you will already have what you need. I keep most of my recyclable containers, after thoroughly washed and dried, of course, in a large plastic tucker tote.
You will Need:
- Creamer containers
- Gesso paint (helps paint stick to slippery surfaces)
- White paint / brush
- Sticky-back foam sheets, white and pastel colors
- Wiggly eyes (optional)
- Colored ribbon
What To Do:
- Remove printed casing from containers. Wash and dry containers thoroughly before painting.
- Paint all visible surfaces with a coat of gesso (this is available from craft stores and art suppy stores). Let dry.
- Repeat with second coat of gesso.
- Paint all surfaces with white paint. Let dry thoroughly.
- Cut 4 rabbit ears from white foam for each rabbit. Trim about 1/2 inch from the bottom of two of the ears. Remove backing and stick 2 ears together, using one full ear and one "trimmed" ear. Cut a thin "pink" ear to fit the top of your ear and press in place on white ear.
- Press the "sticky" end of the ear in place on the back of the container. Make sure lid can open with ear in place. Add second ear. To make ear attachment more secure, you can add a small amount of tacky white glue, or similar, to the area above the ear attachment.
- Cut out a nose and whiskers from foam and press into place, as shown. Glue wiggly eyes in place and let dry. Optionally, you can draw eyes with a marker.
- Finish by adding two coordinating pieces of ribbon around the rabbit's neck, leaving nice size streamers. Fill with candy!
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Joshua Blake Tucker celebrated his first birthday June 25, 2016, (on his birthday) with a Mickey Mouse theme at Carroll County Recreation Park in Hillsville with his family and friends.
Bethany Liddle and Ryan Handy were united in marriage on June 18, 2016 at Longview United Methodist Church in Baywood.
Bethany is the daughter of Mark and Elizabeth Liddle and the granddaughter of Dale and Margret Liddle and Pete and Mary Duggins.
She is a graduate of Grayson County High School. She received her bachelor's and master's degree from Bluefield College. She is a first grade teacher with Grayson County Public Schools.
Buddy Anderson and Dianna Crouse announced their engagement and upcoming marriage, set for Aug. 27.
The wedding is at 3 p.m. at United Faith Church in Sparta, N.C.
Harold and Lillian McMillan celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary July 22, 2016 with family and friends.
Their sons Darrell McMillan and Gary McMillan are deceased. They have five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Cassidy "Cassie" Lynne Marshall turned age 5 on July 23. Her birthday was celebrated with a Paw Patrol river party. She is the daughter of Joseph and Chrissy Marshall.
Her big sister is Izzie Marshall and her little brother is Briley Marshall. Her grandparents are Randy and Kim Bell and Dennis and Opie Marshall. Her great-grandparents are M.C. and Irene Bell, the late Verna Liddle, O'Neal and O'Needa Terry, and the late Virgil and Patty Marshall.
Johnny and Constance Bunn of Galax announce the engagement of their daughter, Narissa Jossette Bunn of Galax to Bradley James Hoffman of Galax.
Hoffman is the son of Valerie Wilson of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Mike Hoffman of Galax.
Bunn is a graduate of Carroll County High School and Wytheville Community College. She is a registered nurse at Twin County Regional Hospital.
Hoffman is a graduate of Grayson County High School and the New River Criminal Justice Academy of Dublin. He is an officer with the Hillsville Police Department.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson, Jr., of Galax announce of the engagement of their daughter, Jenna Katharine, to Matthew Morris, son of Janice Morris and the late Michael Morris of Mocksville, N.C.
Jenna Jackson is a graduate of Carroll County High School and was graduated magna cum laude from Oklahoma City University.
She works in the entertainment department of the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta and teaches at the Lyric Dance Extension.
Vita Barton celebrated her birthday at Waddell Nursing & Rehab Center.
She turned 98 on June 30 and celebrated with family and friends who surprised her with a party at the facility. A special guest was her great-great-grandson, Silas Bowman, age 18 months old.
Eddie and Shelia Hash along with Michael and Rachel Parks announced the engagement of Toby J. Hash and Tiffany M. Parks.
An October wedding is planned.
Robert and Mary Felicito of Mouth of Wilson announced the engagement of their son, Jason Fell, to Ellen Currie, daughter of Carlton and Haise Currie of Houston, Texas.
Fell is a 2001 graduate of Grayson County High School and a 2006 graduate of Virginia Tech with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
Fell is employed by Halliburton Energy Services in Dallas, Texas.
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Students Need Nutritious, Healthy Meals
During a recent visit to Wilber-Clatonia High School, I was approached by a number of students and staff regarding new school menu requirements. The new rules, while well-intentioned, are leaving many students hungry and squeezing already limited school budgets.
I recognize the need to address health issues associated with childhood obesity and diabetes, and I applaud efforts to continually find ways to improve school meals. But we must focus on addressing these concerns without undermining the number one priority of the school meal program: feeding hungry children. For many students, school meals are their primary source of nutrition, and reducing the size of meals could affect the overall health and wellness of these and other students.
The new school meal requirements stem from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. This legislation gave the USDA authority to set nutritional standards for all food regularly sold in schools, including cafeterias, school stores and vending machines. The legislation failed to adequately consider budget limitations faced by school lunch providers, and gave no credit to schools already taking steps to offer students healthier choices. The result for many schools has been a lose-lose scenario: decreased meal sizes and increased costs.
Uniform policies and one-size-fits-all approaches rarely work in a nation as large and diverse as ours. Why should the same strict dietary requirements be applied to children with vastly different needs, levels of activity, and lifestyles? For example, athletes have different needs than non-athletes, and children working on a farm likely need more energy than those living elsewhere. If states and local school districts were given more flexibility to comply with the rules, they would have a greater ability to manage their budgets and meet the unique nutritional needs of each student.
The same is true of federal education policies in general. Unfunded mandates and strict national requirements have limited the ability of teachers to do their jobs and for school boards to spend limited resources as they see fit. Decisions on what is taught in the classroom and what is served in the cafeteria are better made at the local level.
In light of the feedback I have received from officials, parents, and students across Nebraska surrounding the implementation of the new meal standards, I wrote a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack expressing my concerns. In my letter, I encourage Secretary Vilsack to review the current guidelines and consider abandoning the bureaucratic and burdensome approach to school meal planning. I am also asking for local officials to be given more flexibility in implementing the guidelines, and for the USDA to conduct a thorough evaluation of cost and participation rates across the county.
Allowing for more flexibility in the new requirements would help school districts manage their budgets and importantly, nourish their students with adequate, quality and healthy meals. We can all agree on these goals, and I hope the USDA will reconsider the new school lunch regulations.


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Since you opted to go out on a date with Michelle instead of manning up and helping your cousin defend himself against some hooligans, the game will give you a chance at some redemption here. Drive around a bit after you drop Roman off until you receive a phone call from him. The Albanians have found him again and are roughing him up on a basketball court nearby. After receiving the call and the call ending, you'll get some direction from the GPS, so follow the directions until you arrive at your destination.
Your destination in the car and the destination itself are two different things, however. Roman is being roughed up on the basketball court, so you'll need to get out of your car and run to his rescue (simply go forward from where his car is parked, then swing right along the chainlink fence and to the court). It's here that a brief cutscene will ensue. The Albanians are clearly a little scared of you and try to reason with you. Naturally, you'll break some skulls regardless.
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For a history major, curiosity is the biggest prerequisite. You'll become an investigator into the minds, motivations, and movements that shaped our world, all while studying in one of the most historic cities on earth. Professors encourage classroom debate and rigorous research—you'll sharpen your analytical and critical-thinking skills to interpret the past, contextualize the present, and frame the future. You'll customize your studies by selecting a concentration in either United States History, Regional and Global Histories, or Public History. By graduation, you'll be ready for a career that requires you to ask challenging questions and provide well-articulated answers, from law to education to journalism to business.
In addition to classroom work, you'll have the rare opportunity to earn college credit while interning at one of the region's many historical societies and museums, like the USS Constitution and the Massachusetts Historical Society. You'll also have unparalleled access to rare archival resources, such as collections at the Boston Public Library. Our history program also offers several key areas of specialization, including African history, Asian history, American history, and women's history, with upper-level classes tailored to your focus. Suffolk is home to a branch of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society.
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Rick Neuheisel walks the sidelines in the first half of Saturday's game at the Coliseum against USC.
There's no real nice way to say this.
Thanks a bunch Rick Neuheisel.
You were a bang-up recruiter, a stand-up person and wore your alumni power blue well.
But . . .
It's just that being a nice guy heading a football program that really didn't close any gaps, didn't move any needles and doesn't deserve to be in the Pacific 12's first conference championship game is no slide of Westwood heaven
When UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero pulled the trigger this morning and fired Neuheisel – but let him stay on long enough to coach Friday's conference title game in Oregon, but not a possible bowl game after that – he put a football program still fumbling around with the Pistol offensive formation out of its misery.
It was Old Yeller style, as Bruins fans were still yelling about last Saturday's outcome at the Coliseum against USC.
"There's pain and heartache involved," Guerrero said today. "Rick is a great Bruin. His energy and enthusiasm was second to none. He gave it his very best shot in his four years. … There's no one who wanted him to be more successful than me … "
OK … wait for it . . .
"But we had some losses of epic proportions in the last half of the year. The inconsistencies hurt us. I had to tell him to today because I didn't want to be disingenuous in the process."
So please accept this $250,000 buyout, a 21-28 record in four seasons, a win once upon a time over Temple (really?) in something called the Eagle Bank Bowl, and, as UCLA chancellor Gene Block said in a press release, "We wish Rick all the best in his future endeavors."
Nicely done.
Add to that this tweet from BruinsNation: "Thank you Coach Rick Neuheisel for trying. We know you tried. It just wasn't enough. Good luck (to) you (the) rest of the way. #GoBruins."
For all inconsistencies and purposes, Neuheisel was a dead man walking about six minutes into that 50-0 loss to the Trojans. He looked whiter than the surrendering all-white uniforms that Adidas talked him into wearing for the rivalry contest.
"I didn't ask," Neuheisel said this morning when questioned if Guerrero told him that the outcome of the USC game was the last straw. "I don't need reasons and all that kind of stuff.
"This has always been a place I wanted to have a chance to bring it to where everybody would be proud. Obviously, we've fallen short of that. But there are lots of things that happened that I'm proud of in my time here, and they don't always make it to the front pages of the newspaper.
"It won't be a bitter memory at all."
Maybe that was Neuheusel's problem. He wasn't bitter enough to get better.
Call it a percentage move. As in, Neuheisel had the lowest winning percentage of any UCLA coach in history with 20 or more games – 42.9 percent.
Most get fired quicker with that kind of track record, which includes an 0-for-4 effort against USC.
But . . .
The majority rules. They liked him too much to give him the Karl Dorrell treatment a year or two too early.
Eventually, those who write the donation checks aren't showing up to games and are tired of being embarrassed year after year working next to Trojan alums who make them the butt of their jokes.
No question, the 50-year-old once dubbed "Slick Rick" had learned from his experiences at the University of Washington and the University of Colorado.
There was nothing done to tarnish the UCLA brand — no gambling on NCAA basketball office pools that we know of, no forfeiting games because of ineligible players, no recruiting violations, no real discipline problems, no secret interviews for open NFL jobs.
And no negative karma. He was the poster boy for Dale Carnegie's power of positive thinking.
"You have to be relentlessly positive," he said at a recent press conference, "and you'll get back to where you need to. Hope is not a strategy."
Many hoped the program was headed in the right direction.
But . . .
It was starting to smell a lot like Steve Lavin all over again.
Lavin coached UCLA's basketball team from 1996 to 2003, piling up a record of 145-78. The Bruins went to the Elite Eight in his first season. They made the Sweet 16 six times, following six seasons in a row with 20 wins. He had the top-rated recruiting class a couple of times. Seven players he coached at UCLA are still in the NBA.
But . . .
There was still criticism from fans who thought the teams underachieved. A 10-19 finish in his last season certainly didn't reflect the talent he had stockpiled on the roster.
Guerrero, who had become good friends with Lavin, had to fire him.
If you count the number of UCLA football players in the next couple of years that go in the NFL draft, maybe it'll be more apparent just what kind of roster Neuheisel had put together, but failed to get the results.
If Neuheisel had the reticent smile and reassuring handshake for the parents of the recruits to get them into UCLA, it was time for Guerrero to give him the golden handshake. He couldn't shake the critics.
In 2007, the one-time walk-on who led the Bruins to the 1984 Rose Bowl as their quarterback triumphantly returned to the Westwood campus with a five-year deal paying him $1.25 million a season. Incentives could have added another half million each year.
But . . .
That all looks like Monopoly money now.
The football monopoly on hand-wringing over Neuheisel's tenure in Los Angeles really is officially over.
Only Neuheisel has to pass through Oregon before he goes directly to unemployment.
"Sad, sad," Chip Kelly, the Oregon coach who faces Neuheisel in Friday's Pac-12 title game, said this morning. "I like him a lot. Rick's a good person. Rick's a good football coach."
But that's just how the game of life works in college football.
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - computers Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in computers Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Computers View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message nancy singhJoined: 06 Aug 2003Posts: 1Location: india Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 2:56 am Post subject: computers computer software_________________i am quite poor in english n i want good fluncy in english.. NANCY SINGH Back to top SimonJoined: 29 Jul 2003Posts: 12 Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 6:48 pm Post subject: hi, "i am quite poor in english n i want good fluncy in english.. NANCY SINGH" you said. I am not quite sure what you were saying. Do you want to say "I am quite poor in english and I want good fluncy in english."? Can you use the correct grammar and correct word(no short form) next time? Back to top DarkMarkJoined: 10 Aug 2003Posts: 10Location: hogwarts Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:42 am Post subject: nancy it's your choice whatever short form you want to use and simon what was that all about? well as far as you said that i may suggest you to start speaking with your pals and read books and if they don't apeal you then read interesting ones like "Harry POtter" or if you find it difficult. get yourself a dictionary and if that is difficult start with fairy tales. great brainwave wasn't it? Back to top DarkMarkJoined: 10 Aug 2003Posts: 10Location: hogwarts Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:44 am Post subject: by the way it's "fluency: not fluncy, just telling you for your knowledge Back to top OxfordPapayaJoined: 14 Aug 2003Posts: 5 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject: If you want to buy a computer?You don't buy a computer at Australia.Because Australia the computer is to expensive.You must go to China a buy them!China computer is very cheap,and it's more model than Australia.You can buy DVD-ROM ,Australia disk all are DVD ,they haven't VCD.They have vedio too old. China didn't find now ,10 years ago China have vedio.Australia is a very old country! Back to top SarunyooJoined: 20 Nov 2003Posts: 3 Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:23 pm Post subject: Sarunyoo_46211831 In my opinion, it is a great deal of interest in the use of computers in education. Computer enhance a student ' s learning experience in many ways. The computer has the ability to accommodate individual differences in learning speed because the user ( the student ) is the one who controls the pace of the lessons. In addition, because a computer is nonjudgmental , the learner does not have to be afraid of reprisal or humiliation when making error. For example , because computer can repeat information over and over , the user can ask for many repetitions of a lesson without fearing a judgmental response about his or her ability to learn. Computer can give a student immediate feedback. It can tell the student why he or she is wrong as soon as an error is made , and it can even provide an appropriate hint for figuring out the correct answer. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Computers All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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BLOOD/STONES: Burmese Rubies explores the nexus between human rights and the global trade of Burmese rubies. The exhibition, supported by the Open Society Foundations, features images by photographer Christian Holst and was coordinated by Leslie Thomas of Art Works Projects, a grantee of the Documentary Photography Project. We talked with Thomas about the show, gems, human rights, and Burma.
Why did you launch the exhibition BLOOD/STONES?
Despite recent positive politcal changes, Burma has been tightly and abusively controlled for years and the people face enormous challenges. There is still no guaranteed freedom of movement, association, or speech. In conflict areas in Eastern Burma, villagers face forced labor, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, and the burning of their villages.
Time and time again, we heard from advocacy and humanitarian groups that it was very difficult to keep the international spotlight on Burma. After talking with Human Rights Watch researchers, Art Works came up with the idea for BLOOD/STONES as a way to visually tell the story of human rights abuses in Burma.
Our work often targets wider, mainstream audiences and so an exhibition that would fit into public venues with high foot traffic made sense. The story of Burmese rubies—beautiful, storied, banned, and the source of great wealth not distributed to the country's civilians – seemed like the right angle that could include a number of related issues.
We are particularly glad that we chose an economic angle. While there is movement towards democracy, wealth distribution will not necessarily follow political openness. As governments debate lifting sanctions and, specifically, lifting restrictions on the import of gemstones from Burma, we hope it is well understood that Burma's incredible wealth lies in the hands of just a few.
Photographer Christian Holst, with his long experience in the region, was an incredible collaborator. We have spent the last two years working on this project. Christian will continue to take images and we hope to add them as we can. We are making plans to tour the exhibition through natural history museums, cultural and photography centers, political centers, and in partnership with public schools.
How does the trade of Burmese rubies and jade affect the lives of Burmese people?
In Burma, as in so many countries, my impression is that the extraordinary wealth found in the ground, in timber, and in vast rivers (from hydroelectric dams) has not benefited the people. Their lives are characterized by poverty, malnutrition, and lack of medical care and education.
The military junta carefully controlled development and sales of natural resources, ensuring that funds flow only to them and are not invested in the country. Burma is currently the poorest country in Southeast Asia. Ironically, as pointed out to us by a well-known gemologist, this lack of investment in the country has meant that mining techniques have not evolved to take full advantage of Burmese resources. Additionally, if the revenue from state-owned gem enterprises—currently siphoned away to hidden bank accounts—was recorded in Burma's budgets, this money could fund the health and education needs of the country.
Ultimately, the most precious natural resource exploited by the Burmese military is its people. The contrast in Christian's images of the sparkling rarities of Burmese gems and the resilient, patient, and isolated people of Burma tells that story in every frame.
What has the jewelry industry done to responsibly trade in Burmese gems?
Even before sanctions were enacted in the US, there was a movement to ban Burmese rubies that was largely supported by independent jewelers and by some of the very large, national companies like Tiffany's. However, this may change as the political climate develops.
Already there is talk in Washington, D.C., and Brussels about the possible lifting of bans on investing in the gemstones sector. If this is done without ensuring labor protections and appropriate distribution of wealth then there will be no benefit to the Burmese people; we'll be contributing to continued inequality rather than confronting it.
The global transparency and accountability movement are progressing in the right direction. If new European Union laws that are being debated in Brussels eventually lead to companies having to disclose what they pay to governments, similar to U.S. legislation, we might start to see global transparency mechanisms having impact on revenues available to local communities. That is one way to do it. Another complementary approach would be for companies, civil society, and the international community to develop a binding set of rules on corporate accountability that focuses on Burma.
The story of exiting dictators leaving with a full, off-shore bank account and a country forced to build a democracy with empty coffers is one we've heard many times. It would be very sad if that happens in Burma. I hope that the jewelers respect that concern. We're asking them to—we will see how that goes.
How have visitors to the exhibit reacted?
People are attracted by the rubies—they are synthetic but quite beautiful—and stay to read the text and watch the videos. It sparks conversation. At the end of the day, the ruby case is usually smudged with fingerprints. A good sign that viewers are spending time.
We try very hard to parse information. But at the end of the day, we're talking about tyranny, child labor, trafficking, and extreme gender violence.
With this exhibition we have a basic message that natural resource exploitation can have significant and negative effects including the abuse of workers and civilian populations who are not allowed to share in the income generated from their country's own natural resources. Oil, diamonds, gold, and so many other resources are often at the center of these tragedies around the world.
We chose to focus the exhibit on Burmese rubies because of their long history and the especially famous pigeon's blood stone, the brightest and most expensive rubies on the market. We wanted to show viewers that we are all linked, through our purchases, to a wide range of countries impacted either positively or negatively to the world's found treasures and natural resources.
If the political situation improves in Burma, there will be new, international investment in these sectors. We hope this exhibit will encourage consumers to pressure investors to support corporate social responsibility, government accountability, and the legal reforms needed to protect the rights of all Burmese so that investment helps the country and does not fuel Burma's current resource curse.
In future venues, we hope to project the video images onto large walls and to flood the front of venues in a red light reminding us of what happens behind closed doors.
How do you think photography can impact a global human rights issue? What are the benefits and limitations?
I believe that facts should be enough to motivate all of us to act—the number of children who die daily from malaria or lack of clean water, the tally of those in forced labor, that we live in an age when genocide is still an active fact of life—but it seems not to be the case. Maybe we just need more visceral information.
Personally, I will never forget the impact of photographer Eugene Smith's pieta of Tomoko Uemura in her Bath and my absolute conviction that I would fight for environmental safety once I'd seen the reality of mercury poisoning in the body of a girl near my own age. When I look at Christian's work documenting ethnic groups who are being persecuted, or Marcus Bleasdale's portraits of labor abuses in Congolese gold mines, or Lynsey Addario's portraits of teenage survivors of extreme sexual violence, or Dominic Nahr's immersion into Somalia's volatile landscape, they have a similar impact on me.
However, we cannot delude ourselves that any tool—verbal, visual, or otherwise—will make complete change. Kevin Carter took a photo of a starving toddler almost 20 years ago that should have shocked the world into ending famine once and for all. The horrific numbers of people dying in the Horn of Africa today seems to prove that we are still very much a work in progress as a society when it comes to human rights.
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I wonder why you think we progress. Advancements in technology clearly do not translate in advances in human nature. How is what is happening today any different than thousands of years ago? Why do you expect human beings to "progress"?
There is a profound lack of evidence supporting the theory that man can rid himself of his own evil, even with "nice" dictatorship. Government is mostly hapless in the cause to better mankind, and where it isn't hapless it is corrupt and tyrannical. The best way to reduce tyranny such as in your Burma example is installing limited government, but even George Soros distrusts limited government, preferring large government run by Progressive technocrats (aka nice dictators). Only who protects us from their foibles and weaknesses? There is little to no protection in any government from tyranny within the bureaucracy.
To the previous comment, that we do not progress:
this is a funny sort of era for such a cynical response to a very hard working group of intellectuals. What I am refferring to is the communication available in which we are able to better understand our existence together. Yes, as history has unfolded so have many acts of brutality and selfishness. The more communication we have available, the further the few with the courage to act and speak are able to progress our being. I am reminded of this every 21st of January when Martin Luther King Jr spoke out with powerful and measured strides to strengthen the integrity of our government. When one states that there are merely "nice" dictators and brutal dictators in existence, they are brashly assuming that a responsible government cannot exist. A great example of "nice" dictatorship is the current situation of Burma, in which a brutal dictatorship is making superficial media-friendly wiggles of reform. A genuine and responsible government requires the involvement of the people it serves. Many call this a "transition towards Democracy." In terms of human existence this is called critical thinking, and is very much a part of our nature. We are fine tuning our existence and this is not a passive function of our being, but a labor intensive love of understanding.
"One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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As part of an initiative to encourage music participation in young students, Elk County Catholic High School (ECCHS) is seeking donations of old band instruments which will be put into the hands of fourth grade students to provide them with the opportunity to learn to play an instrument."We are hoping to increase the number of students by putting instruments in their hands and to build a strong music program," said ECCHS Band Director Ray Knight.He explained that each St. Marys Catholic Elementary School (SMCES) fourth grade student will receive an instrument to use during their weekly instrumental music class, a hands-on opportunity that allows students to play various instruments. Currently students participate in two general music classes each week. The instrumental class will take the place of one of the courses, while the musical preparation class, a basic fundamentals course, will remain the same. Knight noted this setup is similar to what many public schools currently have in place. He noted that Clearfield Area School District has 250 students involved in its high school band program, many of whom began in the program at the elementary level."The instruments would be made available before school starts in the morning to allow students the opportunity to practice, especially if they do not wish to transport their instrument to and from school," Knight said.After fourth grade, students would have the option of renting or purchasing the instrument for future use in the music program.According to Knight, they are one-third of the way to their goal of collecting 51 instruments. Among the most highly sought instruments are trumpets, trombones, flutes and clarinets."We're looking for instruments that may be sitting in a closet, etc.," Knight added. "This program is of no cost to the school."Those interested in donating a band instrument may easily do so by dropping it off inside Elk County Catholic's main office.
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Upscale Chefs go "Downscale"
It's an incredible expense of time and money to be among the best chefs around. All of those high-end ingredients cost an arm and leg and the pressure to stay on top is enormous. Most cooks began learning at the feet of their older relatives--moms and dads; grandmas and grandpas. It's this food that calls them back. We see local Chef Jake Rojas rejoice in dropping the tweezers and cooking those SoCal family recipes he grew up eating. Local faves Thames Street Kitchen embarked on a burger concept this year and Providence icon Chez Pascal has its "Wurst Window" serving homemade sausage and comfort food. They're upscale food is wonderful, but this might be their best!
More Gluten Free Options
As we continue to pay the "processed food" price, our nation's food allergies continue to soar. Restaurants have been on the forefront of the movement towards options that take these allergies into account. The gluten allergy has taken the fore as bread and pasta and coated French fries became the first food victims of this allergy. Local establishments such as the Grange have taken gluten free to new heights with terrific vegetarian offerings. On the Hill, Pane e Vino has got an almost 40-item menu of gluten free options. It features everything an Italian meal could need without the worry.
Vietnamese as the "Go-To" Asian Cuisine
Every year it seems as though America "discovers" a new Asian country's food and gets hooked. This year it's the foods of Vietnam. Vietnamese food and ingredients have been a part of local Asian food for years now, but this time it stands on its own. Vietnam's food is highlighted by fresh, simple ingredients treated respectfully and flavorfully. Broths and noodles; lightly cooked meats and fresh vegetables all combine in a balanced meal. Locally we love Pho Horn in Pawtucket and Minh Hai in Cranston. Both are very good local versions of this wonderful cuisine.
Fishy Fish
Look...here's the problem with us Americans: we only eat the mild stuff. The muscle meat. It's chicken breast and tenderloin and striped bass filets. The problem with this style of eating is what it does to our ecosystem. Local fishermen used to be able to catch a bounty of swordfish BETWEEN the mainland and Block Island, now it's a day's trip to find them. Local chefs and fishermen are working diligently to bring back the mackerel and the sardine and the scup. Fish we have long since forgotten, but helped our forefathers thrive. Check out any of our top-notch "farm to table" spots--Persimmon in Bristol or Farmstead in Providence for example--to try a forgotten yet delicious fish.
As with most things food and beverage, the last 10 years have seen a move towards "smaller is better". Big box stores are gone and chain restaurants are suffering locally. It was only a matter of time until these ideas began making their way into our cocktails and boy are we psyched to see what the future holds. Locally we have Sons of Liberty in South Kingstown, producing small-batch whiskey, single malts and, even vodka. Our state features Coastal Extreme Brewery which makes Thomas Tew rum along with their Newport Storm beer. We've only gotten back into the distilling business here in Rhode Island in 2006 but we think tasty things are coming soon!
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Appeals Court Says Companies Can Be Guilty Of Inducing Infringement... Even If There Is No Direct Infringement
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So here's where it gets tricky. The lower court had found that since no single party infringes on a patent, then there's no direct infringement. And if there's no direct infringement then there's no infringement that the defendants could "induce." This seems reasonable. The fear, with these cases, was that CAFC would say that multiple different parties, each doing different pieces that are covered by claims, could be lumped together into direct infringers, even if none of them fully infringes. That could create massive liability for purely innocent bystanders who do a minor link in a chain.
Thankfully, CAFC does not go that far in its ruling (though one dissenting judge felt it should). Instead, it just basically wipes out the concept that you can't have inducement without direct infringement, arguing that inducement is apparently something entirely separate from direct infringement. That's... troubling. You can see the reasoning (and it's worth reading the whole thing), in that they're saying if multiple parties, through their separate actions, combine to infringe -- and all those actions are directed by a third party -- then isn't it reasonable to assume that that party is still "inducing" infringement? But, as the dissenters note, that seems to be making up a wholly new interpretation of inducement, far from the one that Congress or the courts has allowed in the past. As one of the dissents notes:
The majority opinion is rooted in its conception of what Congress ought to have done rather than what it did. It is also an abdication of this court's obligation to interpret Congressional policy rather than alter it. When this court convenes en banc, it frees itself of the obligation to follow its own prior precedential decisions. But it is beyond our power to rewrite Congress's laws. Similarly, we are obliged to follow the pronouncements of the Su-preme Court concerning the proper interpretation of those acts.In other words, CAFC's majority ruling here has gone off the reservation in a big way to fashion a ruling of how it thinks the world should work, but not in accordance with what the law actually says.
It also opens up a huge can of worms. Because even if no one party is actually infringing, suddenly third parties can be liable for inducing infringement. Infringement that... um... didn't occur. So that seems like a problem. Of course, it would have been even worse if they had gone with the plan that cobbled together direct infringement by all the separate players, even those who were doing very minor things (such as tagging content, in the Akamai case).
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Business was brisk at the UE Local 502 union hall along SR 120 in St. Marys Tuesday afternoon as many voters were stopping by after work, including Kristen, shown above. However, a poll worker inside said turnout was not as high as expected and estimated that maybe a little more than half of that precinct's registered voters would come out to cast their ballot. Photo by Victoria Stanish.
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The first "Pets" of 2011 requests "reader participation", especially from residents of the Town of Babylon. Are you ready? Your message will only take you a few moments, but the collective pet pay-off can be priceless.
The Request: I am going to ask you to send your Town Hall a short email or note that could go a long way to curtailing the suffering of pet overpopulation, in particular to stop the flood of dumped Pit Bulls and Pit mixes. Take this simple sample. As Randy Jackson says on American Idol, make it your own. Babylon residents, please email your request to email@example.com. Here goes:
"Dear Ms. McVeety, I've heard that kennels in our Town shelter are often filled to capacity and at times the shelter has to euthanize dogs to make room. Wouldn't a Town subsidized spay/neuter program for residents' dogs be a more humane and pre-emptive solution to such a heart breaking problem?"
The Rationale: It is time for the Towns to be proactive and institute low cost spay/neuter programs for owned animals so fewer unwanted animals will be born; and so fewer dogs and cats already languishing in shelters will have to compete for a limited cage space and available homes.
People have to make tough choices in this economy. Some owners forego spaying and neutering their pets, because they can't afford the high surgery prices on LI. We don't have true low-cost clinics. Most canine spay/neuters cost several hundred dollars. The fee escalates with the size and age of the dog. For example, a St. Bernard costs more to spay than a Shih tzu. Owners get sticker shock. (That is, another benefit of mandatory spay/neuter of pets adopted from town shelters. The surgery fee to the public is one size fits all.)
About 80+% of all stray and surrender dogs entering our town shelters are Pit permutations. For the most part, they are the only dogs still rampantly breeding. Nowadays, a vast majority of pregnant shelter dogs or discarded litters are Pits. (Presently "Lily" a brindle Pit Mom is nursing seven pups in Babylon's maternity.) Pits are also more apt to be suffering from neglect- tethering, cuts, mange, and other scars of existence outdoors.
There are callous people harboring Pits for dog fighting or backyard breeders cranking Pit pups out for profit. The number of Pits at a shelter is tied to socioeconomics. When a Town has more low income areas, the Town has more homeless dogs, specifically Pits. Islip, Babylon, Hempstead, Brookhaven have greater Pit totals than Oyster Bay and North Hempstead because of demographics and income levels.
To make matters worse, Pits do not kennel well and take much longer to find responsible placements. Sadly, good homes for Pits are few and far between. Visitors walk through the kennels and are overwhelmed by a sea of Pits that flows together, making it harder to distinguish one dog from another. Potential owners are often discouraged when insurance companies or landlords prohibit Pits. Rescues are less apt to pull Pits because they linger with private humane groups too.
When a longtime Pit mix leaves the shelter, we celebrate; but not loudly, because in what seems to be a vibe vacuum effect- as soon as one Pit exits, a clone fills the empty cage. Despite all the unrealistic No Kill rhetoric, sometimes shelters are forced to make space by euthanizing the least adoptable residents. Adding a wing or a second story to the municipal shelter to house the never-ending entrants is neither an ethical or fiscally prudent solution to this ongoing problem. Neither is sentencing Pits to a life without parole in a shelter. Town sponsored programs to spay/neuter residents' pets would prevent much of this needless suffering and tax payer expense. Some municipalities already have feral cat Trap Neuter Return programs but reaching out to owned pets is crucial too.
NYC and other urban regions have spay programs to aid lower income owners, geared toward halting the Pit plethora. The campaigns combat the "macho antineuter" attitude. In July, the ASPCA launched "Operation Pit" offering free spay/neuter of Pits three months to six years every Thursday. As added attractions, free vaccines/ microchips plus military style parting gifts (camouflage bandana and tank top); and for the first time vasectomies as a more discrete veterinary sterilization option are added to the free package deal. Elsewhere there are "Customize your Pits" and "Pit Stop" initiatives with racing car tie-ins; or "Bucks for Balls" where in addition to free neuter the owner receives $10 for each dog altered.
Some ideas: LI has several mobile hospitals, such as Suffolk SPCA's MASH unit and the Helping Paw trailer, sitting idle. Towns could lease them at a convenient location for economical spay days. On January 1, the state gave the task of licensing dogs to the Towns. Until now, there was a NYS Animal Population Control Fund subsidized by dog license money. Towns were allocated funds based on revenue they generated. Supposedly needy owners could obtain state spay/neuter certificates. However, the vouchers were delved out like diamonds. In my shelter tenure I only saw one state certificate. Things could change for the better now with local license control.
Towns now must determine how to issue dog licenses. They can add a small local fee to support a designated spay/ neuter fund rather than enriching the Town general fund. It is still law that dogs be licensed and rabies shots verified but few folks listen. Presently there is about 14% owner compliance. A license is a lost dog's fast track ticket home. If the Towns actively assessed the dog population and required licensing and annual renewals, more spay funds would be raised.
Do the math. Based on the 2000 census, there were 69,000 households in the Town of Babylon. To estimate the number of dogs in a community, the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) says to multiply households by .372, which is 25, 668. An extra license fee of $3 a dog, raises $77, 004; or $5 per dog, puts $128,340 a year into the designated spay/neuter fund. That's a "Bucks for Balls" bonanza.
For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter (631-643- 9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: "Hamilton" in Cage 17 was found as a stray with a Puggle. They got along well but his buddy was adopted. The female "Smudge" kitten #20429 in the lobby grew up at the shelter.
More Patient Pits: "Davy Bruno" #93520; brindles "Louie" #93668 & "Duke" #93580; "Lydia" #93376; "Trixie" #93345.
Other Breeds: Shepherd mixes- "Steve" #93710 & "Ashton" #93692; "Caroline" #93726 small Lab mix.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 25, 2008) - Four Lady Buccaneer players scored in double figures and the ETSU women's basketball team defeated North Florida in a defensive battle, 57-39, Friday night inside Memorial Center. The Lady Buccaneers are now a perfect 5-0 lifetime against the Ospreys and ETSU has made it seven straight wins against teams from the Sunshine state on its home floor.
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In game where both offenses struggled, ETSU still managed to walk away with an 18-point victory as the Lady Bucs allowed a season-low 39 points. That total marked the lowest since Mercer netted 29 back on November 30, 2006 in
Both teams struggled from the outside, combining to go 3-for-39 (10.3 percent) from beyond the arc, but ETSU managed to make five more field goals and five extra free throws in the first half, which made all the difference in the contest. The Lady Buccaneers outscored UNF by 15, 30-15, in the first frame; giving ETSU a cushion to play on in the second stanza.
The Lady Bucs controlled the entire first half thanks to opening up with an 11-2 start. Wiles gave ETSU an early lift, scoring seven of the first 11 points for the Lady Buccaneers. From there, UNF would trim the lead to seven, 13-6, but that is as close as the Ospreys would come for the remainder of the game. A Turman jumper with 8:29 left on the clock put ETSU up by 11, 17-6, and ETSU would not let UNF inch back into single digits for the ballgame. Jenny Norman's (
ETSU's defense held UNF to only seven field goals (28 missed) in the first 20 minutes (25 percent); while the Lady Bucs were a little better at 31.6 percent (12-38). Both teams were ice cold from three-point land (0-15), but ETSU held a 29-20 rebounding advantage, with 18 coming on the offensive end. The Lady Buccaneer bench outscored
The Lady Bucs scored the first four points to start the second frame, extending their lead to 19, 34-15, with 17:37 remaining in the contest. UNF would lower the margin to 14 on three separate occasions, but finally ran out of gas with 10 minutes left in the game. ETSU took full advantage of the tank being on empty by pushing its lead to 20, 49-29, when freshman point guard Kami Phillips (
UNF, the best defensive club in the conference, held ETSU to a 33.8 shooting percentage (23-68), but the Lady Bucs' defense stepped their game up a notch by limiting the Ospreys to a 26.3 percent clip from the floor (15-57). Both clubs put on a rebounding clinic as they combined for 92 boards, but more impressively were the 49 total offensive rebounds in the contest.
Please visit www.ETSUBucs.com for more information regarding the Lady Buccaneer basketball and all other athletic news.


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Nick Carter engaged to wed
The I Want It That Way hitmaker proposed to his girlfriend, fitness expert and aspiring actress Lauren Kitt, on a small island in the Florida Keys - and she accepted.
Carter tells People.com, "I had the ring in my pocket for two weeks. I was like, 'I don't want it anymore!' It was driving me insane. I just wanted to get it out of my hands and on to hers...
"She said, 'Yes,' and I'm, like, 'I don't know what to do.' She said, 'You're supposed to put it on my finger.' So I did. I was in shock."
The couple has been dating for more than four years.


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November 3, 2009
You know by now how much I love the beach, I'm sure. And I've shown you at least a zillion of beach photographs. But I've rarely seen the beach as beautiful as last Thursday when we just got there.
Temperatures were mild.
A veil of fog was draped over the sea.
Sky and sea were one. No dividing line between the two of them.
The low sun adding a slight touch of golden.
The only ones there were the four of us.
And seagulls.
Lots of them. Waiting for the sun to set.
And a fisher man catching shrimp.
And some people horseback riding near the waterline.
All was quiet.
Even the waves...
Truly magical...
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wat een prachtige foto's, ik krijg er heimwee van, naar jullie, naar de kust, naar die prachtige dag samen op stap met de kleindochters, met jou, papa en de hondjes, een dag om voor altijd verbonden te blijven met deze foto's!!MOOI is al wat ik kan zeggen!!
- November 3, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- Elsa said...
beautiful photographs ... made me want to go to the beach too.
- November 3, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- RosaMaría said...
fantastic photographs... all really looks magical!
- November 3, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- cindy said...
your photos are really gorgeous. i love the twilight feel and the sand looks like ice. so wonderful. glad you had fun and it sounds like it was peaceful.
- November 3, 2009 at 11:50 PM
- gret said...
Gorgeous photography Pascale. Absolutely beautiful. I also just wanted you to know that I've done a little write up and link to you on my blog today. Thanks for sharing your work with us!
- November 4, 2009 at 6:38 AM
- Andrea, the collector said...
Beautiful, almost other-worldly, photos. The on with the horses reminds me of a mirage in an Arabian tale. Magic!
- November 4, 2009 at 4:09 PM
nog eens je foto's bekeken, en zoals je zegt; I'ts Magic!!!
zelden zo'n mooie strandfoto's gezien, en wat een kleurenpracht!
- November 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM


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How to add SIS to your trusted sites and to the Internet Explorer Pop-up Blocker
If you are experiencing difficulty accessing certain pages in the SIS you may have an issue related to your Trusted Sites or Pop-Up Blocker settings. You may encounter this problem when downloading information from a class or grade roster or when trying to access an advisement report for a student. Follow the steps below for adjusting your Trusted Sites and Pop-Up Blocker settings.
- Open Internet Explorer (only use this browser).
- Select Internet Options from the Tools menu.
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- Select Trusted sites under Select a zone to view or change security settings.
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- Type https://ps-sis-sa90.vccs.edu into the Add this website to the zone: text box.
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Auburn coach Gene Chizik said he understands the anger of fans over this season, but also has heard from some who are more supportive.
AUBURN — Auburn coach Gene Chizik said he understands the anger of fans over this season, but also has heard from some who are more supportive.
Chizik said Tuesday that he thinks both perspectives are fair given that the Tigers have fallen to 2-8 and have only one more chance to avoid a winless Southeastern Conference season — a visit to No. 4 Alabama following Saturday's game against FCS Alabama A&M.
"Fans are exactly what they are, they are fanatical," Chizik said. "And I think that's a good thing. I don't think you can throw an umbrella over every fan, and not just at Auburn but anywhere and say, 'This is the way they all are.' I've got hundreds of emails from a lot of great fans who are very supportive and understand that when you go through struggles, you continue on the path and you don't deviate off the path in terms of being who you are and pressing through those things.
"Then you have the other fans who are caught up in the winning and losing so much it's hard for them to see it that way. You know what? Both of those are fair. It depends on who you are. It depends on how you see things from a general perspective."
Chizik said Sunday he feels confident he can turn this program around. It remains to be seen if he'll get that chance.
Auburn President Jay Gogue issued a statement Oct. 25 saying he shares fans' concerns about the football program and that it will be evaluated after the season.
The Tigers are coming off a 38-0 loss to No. 5 Georgia and also fell 63-21 to No. 9 Texas A&M two weeks ago, prompting thousands of fans to leave both games early. The only home sellout was a 12-10 loss to No. 8 LSU.
All that has put plenty of heat from fans on Chizik, who said criticism is part of the job.
"When you get into this business as a player or a coach, if that hurts your feelings and you can't handle that, then you shouldn't be a player or a coach because that's what comes with the territory," he said. "It's very simple — it's all about winning and losing."
Chizik said the 13 seniors who will be recognized before their final home game against Alabama A&M deserve "an outstanding" reception from fans. That group includes leading tackler linebacker Daren Bates and top receiver Emory Blake, along with tailback Onterio McCalebb and injured tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen. They played on two 8-5 teams and for the 2010 national champions before this season's slide.
"After this last game, after we play Alabama, I believe I'm going to be able to forget about this year and move on," McCalebb said. "I have to move on with my life.
"I definitely didn't want to have a season like this, but you win some and you lose some. Ten years from now, I'm going to look back and say something a lot of people can't say: I won a national championship."


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Two Felton men wanted in connection with the armed mugging of a man in Harrington were both arrested in Dover on Tuesday.
Two Felton men wanted in connection with the armed mugging of a man in Harrington were both arrested in Dover on Tuesday.
Ray B. Wilson, 18, and Mahdi Wilson, 20, are not related but did work together to steal money from a Harrington man on Monday, according to Harrington Police Department spokesman Lt. Earl Brode.
Ray Wilson picked up the male victim at his place of employment sometime before 9:45 p.m. and drove him to the 300 block of Dorman Street, where Mahdi Wilson approached the car, displayed a handgun and took an undisclosed amount of cash from the man, Brode said.
The victim was able to get out of the car and immediately call police, while the two Felton men reportedly fled the area in a white 1995 Nissan Maxima.
Harrington police later were able to identify Ray Wilson and alerted other police agencies to be on the lookout for his vehicle.
The following day, police stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver, Mahdi Wilson, after locating a handgun in the car.
After determining Mahdi Wilson was the gunmen in the Harrington stick-up, Dover Police were soon able to locate Ray Wilson, who also was taken into custody, Brode said.
Ray Wilson and Mahdi Wilson each is charged with first-degree robbery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony, conspiracy and theft.
Brode said Mahdi Wilson also is facing gun charges in Dover, although information about those charges was not immediately available.
Ray Wilson is being held at the Sussex Correctional Institute in Georgetown on a $30,000 secured bond.
Mahdi Wilson's status and bond information was not available.


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Mushkin XP-800AP 800W Review
One of the most overlooked components when building a computer is the power supply. More attention is paid to the CPU and other speedy components, but sometimes there is no thought to what is going to power them. There is often a misconception on what brand or type of power supply to purchase when building a new computer. Are all power supplies considered equal? Would you "settle" for a Celeron Processor since it looks and specs like a Core 2 Duo? Of course not. So why should you skimp on a power supply? With the number of new products coming out for computers these days, you need to make sure you have enough power to run them all. There are so many power supplies on the market, how do you choose the right one? There are many factors one must consider when choosing a power supply for your system. Efficiency, connections, and design are some of these factors that will help determine the power supply that's best for you.
Mushkin, known for its high quality memory, offers high performance power supplies as well. One of these power supplies is the XP-800AP. The Mushkin XP-800AP is an 800 watt power supply with four 12-volt rails to power an extreme system, and then some. The Mushkin XP-800AP features technologies like ActivePFC and RailFusion to keep your system operating smoothly while being Eco-Friendly. So will the Mushkin XP-800AP be enough? Will it provide the power that is needed to sustain your powerful system? Let's take a look and find out.
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The Mushkin XP-800AP comes boxed in a black box with a green pattern on it and the Mushkin logo. The front of the box lists the features of the XP-800AP and the sides have the specifications, package contents, and a brief summary of technology that went into making the Mushkin XP-800AP Power Supply.
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Charles Darwin
20 of 34 portraits of Charles Robert Darwin
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Darwin
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1878
4 3/8 in. x 3 1/2 in. (112 mm x 90 mm) image size
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- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Artist associated with 376 portraits.
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Current affairsThe University of London becomes the first English university to admit women to examination and degree, although women had been allowed to attend classes at the University since 1830.
The former British Prime Minister Lord John Russell dies at Pembroke Lodge, in Surrey.
Art and scienceLibel trial between critic John Ruskin and artist Whistler, provoked after Ruskin's review of Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket accused Whistler of 'flinging a pot of paint in the public's face'. Whistler sued Ruskin, and although Ruskin was found guilty, he only had to pay one farthing in damages; the case bankrupted Whistler.
Frederic Leighton, the renowned painter and sculptor is elected President of the Royal Academy.
InternationalThe Treaty of Berlin is signed following the end of the Turkish-Russo war (1877-8). In a major shake-up of the Balkans, Bulgaria became autonomous, and Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania gained independence and territory, and Bosnia-Herzegovina was assigned to Austria for administration. The British delegation, including Lord Russell and Disraeli, score diplomatic success in limiting Russian influence in the Balkans, continuing to prop up Turkey.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th Sep 2009 22:19 UTC
Well, this is refreshing. While Richard Stallman is a staunch critic of anything closed and non-Free, his ire seems mostly directed towards DRM and Microsoft. However, a lesser known fact is that he often talks about Apple's Mac OS X too in his speeches. During those speeches, he repeatedly claimed Mac OS X contained a backdoor which allowed Apple to forcibly impose software changes upon users. Stallman has now posted a retraction for those claims.
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Here is a great, yet simple sample of a viral campaign. Users got to www.icelandsocks.com select a pair of socks, customize their experience in Iceland by selecting scenes for a video and add subtitles. When you are happy with it send the movie to your friend(s).
Similar aproach as with the Dexter viral, that of I could not have enough and really funny.
It goes with out a saying that this is done to promote Iceland and you flying to Iceland with a local airline, ignore that and look at the video that it generates. It does required a lot of time for the users to do and pass it on.
Go and get your socks!