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Complaint Review: Buck's Furniture
Buck's Furniture4155 VT RTE 15 Wolcott, Vermont United States of America
Buck's Furniture Bought Leather Sofa-They delivered Plastic Fabric Wolcott, Vermont
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: stuff happens
*Author of original report: Problem Solved
*Author of original report: Still not Resolved
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Sofa $1635.98
Leather care kit $ 251.94
Delivery fee $ 75.00
Sales Tax $ 117.77
Invoice total $2080.68
The following week they delivered a Lane Sofa and set it up and took away our old sofa. After they left the lady of the house was sitting on it and made the comment that this did not feel like leather. We turned the sofa over to find the manufactures sticker which contained a serial #. I called Lane, spoke to a customer service agent, and gave him the serial #. He looked it up and assured me that there was no leather on this sofa and that it in fact was covered with a polyurethane product.
I called Bucks and spoke with Sandy who is Buck's daughter. She said "Oh no, it is a leather sofa. I told her of my phone call with Lane and that we had a problem. She said she would check it out and call me back. She called back and said it was a Lane shipping mistake and that it would take 6-8 weeks to get a replacement delivered and that we could use this one till the replacement arrived. We have been chasing this since then and it is a constant runaround. Now they do not even answer my phone calls as they obviously have caller ID and figure I will just give up and go away.
Yesterday 4/7/2013 we went to the store and spoke with Sandy and Buck on the sales floor with other customers present and told them we wanted the leather sofa we paid for. We were hustled down to the office with the assurance that we would get a full refund because Lane had discontinued that sylye and the leather fabric. Sandy said that they would pick up the offensive sofa in 5-10 days and bring a cash refund. I insisted that it be "cash" no check.
I am also filing this complaint with the Vermont Better Business Bureau, The Caladonian Record newspaper in St Johnsbury, VT, and the Vermont Attorney Generals office of Consumer Protection. It will be interesting to see if they live up to their word. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH BUCKS FURNITURE. Look it up on the internet and look at the complaints over the last 10 years. Let the buyer beware-I certainly should have done due diligence- A pathetic way to do business
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#1 REBUTTAL Owner of company
stuff happens
AUTHOR: Buck's Furniture - ()
SUBMITTED: Friday, October 04, 2013POSTED: Friday, October 04, 2013
We did sell a Lane motion sofa which we were represented to be bonded leather. We sold it as such.
Once we found out we were wrong and misled we refunded the customers money and picked up the item and issued them an addtional gift card. There was no way by sight or numbers to determine what the fabric content was.
We do our best to make out customers happy. We have done so for over 57 years.
I beleive the customer is happy and has called to say they would give us another try.
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SUBMITTED: Friday, April 19, 2013POSTED: Friday, April 19, 2013
This has been a long time since Dec 28,2012. Today Buck's Furniture did in fact pick up their sofa and deliver to us a FULL refund. I'm certainly happy with the outcome, but wish that it could have happened in a more timely manner. CASE CLOSED
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Few business schools spend much time promoting courses in waste management. But when seen in terms of resource management or industrial symbiosis (one company's refuse becoming another's raw material), waste starts to look like a hot topic for any manager wanting to cut costs, bolster raw materials supplies and promote environmental sustainability.
This is something few business managers have yet considered, says Bob Adams, business partnerships director at Sustainable Conservation, a California-based non-profit.
"It's about extractive resources and putting them through the same old system to get profit from them," he says. "Somehow we can't quite make that leap to the next way of thinking."
He believes this is where management education has a role to play. "It's going to be the generation of people coming through business schools that have a chance to rethink things and inspire new solutions."
Pressure for managers to focus on waste is certainly increasing. With many raw materials diminishing in supply, there is a growing awareness of the importance of resource conservation to the long-term sustainability of many business models.
"In an age of plentiful and cheap resources you can afford to throw them out," says Andrew Hoffman, director of the Erb Institute and professor of sustainable enterprise at the Ross School of Business. "But as the price and the scarcity starts to go up, capturing them and bringing them back will be critical."
When it comes to persuading consumers to think differently about waste, reuse of materials draws not only on technical knowhow but also on marketing skills. This was something Jo Gilroy, an Exeter Business School student, discovered when she embarked on one of the sustainability consulting projects that forms part of the school's One Planet MBA.
Ms Gilroy worked with UK-based Elvis & Kresse, which produces expensive lifestyle accessories from recycled materials, such as handbags made from discarded fire hose. The company also uses military-grade parachute lining and metal-coated mesh from mobile phones.
The resulting products sell at high prices. "They've taken something that was totally unwanted and turned it into something that people are prepared to pay quite a bit of money for," says Ms Gilroy.
Working on the consulting project highlighted the fact that creating luxury products from unwanted items and marketing them in sophisticated ways can help change the way people look at waste, she says.
Ms Gilroy believes that resource management needs to become a more prominent part of business education.
"[Waste] is going to become more prevalent ... and the issue of diminishing resources becomes more pressing – for business, this is not something that's going to go away."
Meanwhile, consumption is rising. Research from McKinsey suggests that growth in emerging markets could create up to 3bn more middle-class consumers in the next 20 years – good news for companies, but only if they have access to supplies of the raw materials needed to feed that consumption. Waste is also becoming part of risk management because companies are held increasingly accountable for the environmental impact of manufacturing by-products.
Experts argue that to overcome such risks, managers will need to find ways of returning more industrial material to the supply chain and incorporating into their businesses concepts such as industrial ecology and biomimicry (following principles found in nature to maximise efficiency of materials and energy).
"These are critical areas that business managers will increasingly need to understand and are not being trained to consider," says Prof Hoffman.
Peter Laybourn, chief executive of International Synergies, also acknowledges the need for business students to learn how to manage and recycle waste. However, he stresses that future managers must also be equipped to look beyond internal processes and collaborate with others on waste management.
"Companies are so used to trying to solve their own problems, but the solutions might be right next to them," says Mr Laybourn, whose National Industrial Symbiosis Programme helps companies to discover how their waste, energy and by-products can be turned into resources and sold. "There's a lot of cross-fertilisation that companies might miss if they don't know about this."
In different forms, waste management is starting to crop up in business school content and activities, often through joint degrees.
This is the case at Yale School of Management, which covers such topics through a joint MBA and a master of environmental management. And at the University of Michigan, the MBA/MSc, run by the Ross School and Rackham Graduate School's School of Natural Resources and Environment, includes courses in resource management and industrial ecology.
Students at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business have the option of an internship at Waste Management, a Texas-based provider whose services include collection, transfer, recycling, resource recovery and disposal.
At Exeter University Business School in the UK, the One Planet MBA elective on biomimicry explores how business can look to nature when designing products, processes and systems that increase energy and resource efficiency and reduce or eliminate waste. The school has also published a case on Desso, a carpet producer in the Netherlands, which is incorporating waste materials into its flooring tiles.
Occasionally, industrial ecology makes its way into the core curriculum. At Presidio Graduate School, it appears in the operations and production course in the second semester of the school's MBA in Sustainable Management.
More often, topics such as waste and resource management and industrial ecology are found in technically focused parts of universities. The Cornell Waste Management Institute's home is in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, for instance, while Yale University's Centre for Industrial Ecology is housed at its forestry and environmental studies school.
However, some argue that resource management should also be part of the MBA programme because it involves organisational as well as technical challenges – particularly when it comes to collaborating with other companies on waste reuse.
"Industrial ecology is more of a systems-level approach and it drives the need to look outside the boundaries of the single organisation," says Jennifer Howard-Grenville, associate professor of management at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business.
"Engineers can look at industrial symbiosis and see it's obvious that a byproduct can be used as a raw material by another firm," says Prof Howard-Grenville, who teaches an MBA elective on industrial ecology. "But from an organisational perspective, it's not that easy."
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As well as demanding organisational shifts, the adoption of strategies based on industrial ecology and industrial symbiosis requires business managers to think differently.
"We'd like to see managers talk not about waste but about by-products and the opportunities not only to save money but also to make money," says Malcolm Kirkup, director of MBA programmes at Exeter Business School.
He argues that waste should not be viewed as something at the end of the supply chain but as an integral part of business strategy. "Currently, not many operations management teachers think that way," he adds. "What we have to get is a change of mindset in the MBA."
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Dwayne Johnson is obviously keen to put his wrestling moniker "The Rock" behind him in his first serious dramatic role in this crime thriller.
With a catalogue of testosterone-filled action roles and goofy kid-friendly adventures, Johnson plays John Matthews, a father prepared to do anything to get his son off a drugs charge and out of prison.
It's a step up for Johnson, the gimmicks are gone (the shirt stays on) and, although it's not an emotionally charged performance, he handles the material admirably.
Matthews' son has been locked up after receiving a package of pills on behalf of a friend, and is facing 10 years in jail. A concerned and determined father, he reacts by going undercover and offering his transport company as a service to a local drug gang.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and police have told him they will cut his son some slack if Matthews can deliver them a larger prize.
There are a few gripping action scenes and a handful of intense confrontations, but screenwriter Ric Roman Waugh is more interested in drama than action. He also gets distracted by issues, most notably the unfair mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences, the practice of offering lesser sentence for snitching on someone else, and the Government's lack of concern for other people's safety when pursuing high-level drug criminals.
In doing this he's left us with a hero whose intentions are admirable, but whose selfishness makes him hard to feel good about. Matthews is not terribly concerned about the collateral damage his actions cause. He's prepared to put an ex-con who is trying to get his life together back behind bars, and pack his family off to witness protection so he can get his son out of jail.
It also proves difficult to leave the action hero behind; the more determined Matthews becomes, the more Johnson retreats into cliched, clenched-jaw action mode. It's a step in the right direction, but when the action kicks in and "The Rock" takes over, Snitch morphs from gritty and dramatic to cheesy Hollywood flick.
Stars: 3/5
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Rating: M (drug use and violence)
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Analysis: Booker's Seven Basic Plots Analysis
Christopher Booker is a scholar who wrote that every story falls into one of seven basic plot structures: Overcoming the Monster, Rags to Riches, the Quest, Voyage and Return, Comedy, Tragedy, and Rebirth. Shmoop explores which of these structures fits this story like Cinderella's slipper.
Plot Type : Comedy
Characters are trapped in a dark state
Anne regrets rejecting Captain Wentworth; Wentworth is angry at Anne for rejecting him
At the beginning of the novel, both Anne and Wentworth define themselves in relation to a brighter past, and both see the time since those happy days as darker in comparison. When Wentworth turns up again, Anne is stuck in the painful position of watching her ex flirt with the Musgrove girls, while she tries to convince herself that she doesn't want him anymore anyway. And then, even when Anne leaves Uppercross, she's stuck in Bath, which she hates, with her family, who are obnoxious, being followed around by Mr. Elliot, whom she suspects is not what he seems.
Characters are revealed for who they really are
Wentworth realizes that Louisa is foolishly headstrong while Anne is thoughtful and competent; Anne realizes that Wentworth still loves her; Mrs. Smith explains Mr. Elliot's secret self-interested motivations
The contrasting behavior of Anne and Louisa in Lyme causes Wentworth to start reconsidering his prejudices and to realize that listening to others' advice isn't all that bad (especially when that advice is not to dive headfirst into the pavement). Wentworth's jealousy of Mr. Elliot tells Anne that he still cares about her, and that she can hope for a reunion. And Mrs. Smith's story of how Mr. Elliot is really a Slytherin at heart ultimately makes it easier for Anne to justify her choice (version 2.0) of Wentworth to her family and friends.
Each lover is reunited with his/her other half
Anne and Wentworth, Louisa and Benwick, and Henrietta and Charles Hayter marry; Mr. Elliot and Mrs. Clay might get married too
Older and wiser, Anne and Wentworth manage to work things out the second time around. Just to make things extra-safe, all their rivals are paired off too. The only one of the younger generation left out is Elizabeth, who repeats the past and gets snubbed by Mr. Elliot in favor of her former bosom buddy Mrs. Clay. Hurrah for poetic justice.


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Complaint Review: Christopher W Edwards
Christopher W Edwards55 S 300 W Hurricane, Utah United States of America
Christopher W Edwards Con-man, thief, liar, psychopath, pathological liar, sociopath, disbarred attorney Hurricane, Utah
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He gave my father a quick title to his home but it turns out that was in foreclosure. He brought him a bag of useless tiny gems that were useless. Unfortunitly Chris Edwards is still conning the aged and defenseless while owing his entire family and church and community money his has stolen. He stays just inside the law and the justice system has failed the victims.
Chris Edwards has no morals or ethics. I would love for you to reply to this so we can join forces against Chris Edwards.
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I live in Tucson Arizona sw side of town out of city limits I was out in my front yard at about 8 pm jan.29 2013 rideing a new motor bike I had just purchased up and down my residential street my street faces north to south I rode about 200 feet away from my house south down my street turned around to go back Toward my house north bound at this time when I looked to my left looking west something had caught my eye they were flying just above the homes to my left going from the s.w. to the n.e. they flew pretty fast and very very quite they seemed like they were in a formation one behind the other I herd nothing as they flew they were allmost gliding as if flying in space they flew s.w. to n.e. as I pedaled back home I was trying very hard at that point to get back home they were goin so fast they must have flown a couple miles in under 30 seconds so it really freaked me out they flew directly in front of me over my street as I was going back home and by the time I pulled up to my garage they flew over my neighbors house that's the house next door to me on the north end and they went out of view the direction they were going looked like they were goin n.e. into town "Tucson" .they also seemed as if they were reflecting the light from the streets and home pourch lights they were flying over it was also a full moon and that made it easyer to spot them I could see clear as day 2 fighter jet sized ufos they wher shaped kinda like a rounded edge Diamond very airodinamic looking they had a metallic look to the surface with a goldish copper red tone .seemed as if they were flying low intentionaly as if to avoid detection from our air radar systems one reason they might have flown thru my valley that low could be because ther is a air strip a few miles away with operational air traffic radar it's called Ryan's air field.now I know what I saw I I can garentee that what I saw was a UFO it wasn't a plane or a helicopter or anything of this earth when you get that feeling inside that feeling that just lets you know your terrified by puting that lump in ur throat or by making our hearts drop we all know the feeling what I was looking at that night what I saw wasent natural not to our planet . When I seen them they were flying low and close enuff to me that I saw them both clear as day and with the moon light and street lights made it Easyer to see them my heart sank into my stomach I could not be leave what I had seen I hurried up went side and locked my door that's how scared I was from witnessing this sighting it was the first time I have ever seen a real UFO in person ....... I am also including a pic of a map of the area if u look at it the ufos were pretty much traveling from the sw corner to the n.e. corner of the picture the were south of the highway 86 and a hair north of me I'm blue dot they were also traveling g parallel to highway 86 flying n.e. thanks for reading its true I swear on my life .... We're not alone I am a true beleaver now and I'm freaked out .....
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"Winter has been unrelenting this year and while we enjoy the snowfall it has created quite a few problems for students, faculty, and staff. Yet, we are prepared to move ahead and accomplish what needs to be done this semester," said Dr. Michael Joslin, a professor of humanities at Lees-McRae College.
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Ornamental grasses add texture and color to the garden landscape. These versatile plants are adaptable and are easily grown in hanging baskets. Hang planters with ornamental grasses around your patio space, on the balcony or in a window to form a transition between formal spaces and the natural environment around your home. Ornamental grasses constitute a variety of actual grasses but also include grasslike plants that come from the family Poaceae. Once established inside the hanging planter, ornamental grasses require little maintenance.
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- University of Florida IFAS Extension: Considerations for Selection and Use of Ornamental Grasses
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Published: Monday, January 12, 2009 at 10:20 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 12, 2009 at 10:56 a.m.
THIBODAUX -- A Houma man left his infant child unattended in a parked car for at least an hour while gambling at a Larose casino, the Lafourche Sheriff's Office said today.
Craig Bychurch, 27, 142 Wayne Ave., was charged with cruelty to a juvenile on Thursday. Judge John LeBlanc set his bond at $10,000 and issued a stay away order for Bychurch.
Police say Bychurch left his three-month-old strapped inside a car seat in the parking lot of Larose Truck Plaza and Casino located at 11825 La. 308. The Sheriff's Office did not say whether the child was a boy or a girl.
Police received word of the incident from an anonymous tip from someone in the parking lot, Lafourche Chief Deputy Bud Dill said. Witnesses told police the child had been in the car at least an hour.
"He was intoxicated but naturally we didn't catch him driving so we couldn't charge him with DWI," Dill said. "He gave no explanation at all."
Dill added, "I guess he pulled in the casino to gamble and left his kid in the car."
Police returned the child to its mother at work. The child's mother lives at the same address as Bychurch.
Bychurch has a lengthy criminal history, including an arrest for failing to register as a sex offender, Dill said.
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The 22-year-old stole the limelight after a dazzling display in Hungary as she took the gold medal in the women's under-23 6km race with a time of 20 minutes 40 seconds.
The youngster was the only member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to claim an individual gold, helping to retain the same title won by fellow Brit Emma Pallant in 2011, as the squad finished top of the medal table for the fourth time in five years.
And Coulson believes that although she ran in some of the toughest conditions possible, she feels growing up and training in Stockport and Manchester really helped brace her for the challenge she faced.
She said: "They were telling us it was about minus seven and was obviously exceptionally cold. I have never raced in conditions like that before.
"I am however from the north and I go to Switzerland a lot, so I am used to the cold and that definitely helped, but I still wrapped up very warm.
"The doctors and medical team were great and I was alright in shorts even though some girls ran in leggings.
"It was very interesting to say the least."
With the Rio Olympics taking place in 2016, the prospect of another golden star representing Team GB on the track is a real possibility following Coulson propelling herself into the limelight.
After previously competing in both 5km and 10km races, Coulson is perfectly placed to make the transition to track for the Games.
But even though she marked her first inclusion in the GB team for five years with such an emphatic win, she is not letting Olympic talk go to her head.
"It was a good trip and was really enjoyable as well. Firstly I wanted to justify my inclusion and get back to where I knew I should be and with the support of my family and coach I have done that," she added.
"It is however definitely a dream of mine to run at the Olympics. I am just playing it by ear at the moment though.
"But yes hopefully one day in the future I think so, fingers crossed."
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Definition of milfoil in English:
1The common Eurasian yarrow.
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- Then, gardens in England were enriched with many species not previously known, among them plants which soon became very popular, like several campanulas, carnations, and milfoils.
2 (also water milfoil) A widely distributed aquatic plant with whorls of fine submerged leaves and wind-pollinated flowers.
- Genus Myriophyllum, family Haloragaceae.
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- In half of the sites studied, algae, mosses and plants such as water milfoil that had previously been absent were becoming abundant.
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Musical duo Richard and Adam have come third on Britain's Got Talent 2013.
The pair were absolutely stunned to take third place on the TV talent show and couldn't hide their delight as the audience broke out in rapturous applause.
The talented twosome were beaten by Jack Carroll, who came second, and Attraction, who won the TV talent show.
Simon Cowell was left furious earlier in the evening during Richard and Adam's final Britain's Got Talent performance when a woman from the audience ran on stage and threw eggs at the pair.
The talented singing duo were left stunned by the woman's antics, and as she was dragged off stage, the boys acted like pros and continued with their performance, delivering an astounding rendition of classic track The Impossible Dream from musical Man of La Mancha.
The brothers received a standing ovation for their performance, and Simon, who had also had eggs thrown at him and had to take his jacket off, was furious over the earlier incident and said: "I sent a tweet out yesterday saying I don't like eggs and I really don't like eggs now!"
He then went on to praise the boys' performance and added: "That was so much better than anything I have heard from you before.
"I don't think you're the best singers but you have determination and the public will root for you. I think you can win this competition after that."
David also loved the performance and added: "When you guys first appeared on BGT people were talking about you two and that was amazing, so well done guys.
Alesha told the delighted duo: "Your voices just move me and you were so good. I'm sorry about what happened but you carried on and were wonderful so well done."
Amanda was also extremely pleased with the performance and added: "There's something magical about you, and the only person with egg on their face is that stupid cow [from the audience]. Well done."
Richard and Adam were over the moon with the judges' comments, and as their nan cheered them on they said: "It's been absolutely amazing and incredible so thanks so much everybody for everything."
The boys impressed the judges during their very first audition and sailed into the final after an amazing semi-final performance, and they were overjoyed to come third in tonight's live show.
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Athelas, Combinature merge with Singapore-based Merlion
Berlin/Geneva – The Singapore-based natural product specialist MerLion has bought two European firms. Together with the merger, the company will receive funding of a19.5 million. With Athelas, MerLion will have access to the company's diVi antibiotic discovery platform.
"We wouldn't have gotten such a large round in Germany", said Dr. Harald Labischinski, former CEO of Combinature and now CSO of MerLion. Already in May, Labischinski announced the first closing of a a2.75 million – but a demand of a1.25 million, to satisfy his company's capital needs, remained. After the merger, Combinature will be the drug discovery subsidiary of MerLion. Two antibiotic drug candidates will reach the clinic this year. MerLion CEO Tony Buss said that his company will be financed for the coming two years and anticipates an IPO within the next two years.


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Poison in Auburn's Hallowed Ground
"Is that against the law to … poison a tree?"
"You think I care?"
And with that, the Auburn-Alabama rivalry was taken to a new level. On Jan. 27, a man identifying himself only as "Al from Dadeville" called the Paul Finebaum radio show and said that a week after the Iron Bowl, he had driven to Auburn and poisoned the trees at Toomer's Corner—where Auburn fans routinely celebrate victories by toilet papering the 130-year old trees—with Spike 80DF, a herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis and is used mainly for clearing brush from fencerows.
On Wednesday, the university announced that it had taken soil samples the day after the call and that the trees had indeed been poisoned, and the outlook was not good. Making matters worse was that Al used a seriously potent quantity of the poison. Dr. Scott McElroy, an Auburn professor in agronomy and soils, told the Auburn Plainsman's Eric Austin that, without any countermeasures, the trees will begin a process of growing and then quickly shedding leaves. McElroy said it might take several years for the oaks to fully die off, although they're not guaranteed to die.
Officials have been treating the soil with an activated charcoal substance that they hope might stem the seeping of the poison into the roots, and they plan to add another element that will possibly help the trees retain their leaves. But even if this proves to be a success, it's not going to be a fairy tale ending for the oaks. "If they survive," McElroy cautions, "they're not going to look good." Gary Keever, a horticulture professor, added that years of stress on the trees aren't helping things. "We stress them even more when we light them on fire and vehicles run into them," Keever told Hannah Wolfson of the Birmingham News. "We use fire hoses to blow the toilet paper off them and that blows off a lot of buds."
Auburn fans, on top of the world with a national championship win just over a month ago, are understandably upset. "You can't replace 130 years of heritage that some people's great-grandparents rolled when they went here," Auburn student Michael Moore told Kristen Letsinger of the local CBS affiliate. "You just can't replace it." Auburn professors and scientists agree with the assessment. Even if the trees were cut down and replaced with new ones, the new ones might also die due to the huge amounts of poison still in the soil.
Auburn fans quickly made their way to Toomer's Corner to roll the trees after hearing of the news. The Daily Fix isn't sure if the best thing to do to fragile, dying trees is to toss pounds of toilet paper on them, but people have different ways of grieving, so judgment will be reserved. The Birmingham News has even set up a live streaming shot of the trees, so people across the globe can watch Auburn fans pay their respects to the area landmarks.
And if the trees do die, there is at least a small, relatively happy coda to this story. Gene Duffy, Sr. is one of many Auburn graduates who have a descendant of the trees growing in his yard. On Christmas 2004, he was given a Baby Toomer's Corner Oak Tree as a gift, which was grown from an acorn off one of the trees. It was one of 597 that were sold.
UPDATE: Police arrested Harvey Almorn Updyke and charged him with criminal mischief for applying herbicide to the trees.
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Sixteen months ago, Charlie Davies was almost killed in a car crash that claimed the life of a 22 year-old companion, just days before a World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica. Davies suffered a laundry list of injuries, including a broken leg, a broken elbow, a broken nose, a broken eye socket, a lacerated bladder and bleeding in the brain. "His scars are still quite visible," the Miami Herald's Michelle Kaufamn writes, "atop his head, down his abdomen and on his arm and leg."
Because Davies's rehab back to full strength has taken a bit longer than expected, he has been unable to crack the lineup for his French team, Sochaux. So the team loaned Davies to D.C. United of the MLS, and the signing was made official this week, after Davies proved he could be effective in a series of preseason trials. This move is now significant on several levels. Davies, one of the most promising young U.S. soccer players, could provide a feel-good story and instant gate attraction for fans in the Washington area. But D.C. is also where he was almost killed in the car crash. "It's the place where the accident happened," Davies told Samuel Chamberlain of TBD.com. "But I also hope that [D.C.] will be the place where I got back on my feet."
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In the world of fringe sportswriting, there is brilliant, and then there is "Tweets from 1982." The account is re-living 1982 from a Milwaukee Brewers fan's perspective. On Feb. 8, for instance, it noted the release of pitcher Reggie Cleveland (who was released by the Brewers on Feb. 5, 1982). On Valentine's Day, the account said that "this year's" packs of Topps cards will arrive in stores in two weeks. Even Brewers closer John Axford thanked the account for tweets from one year before he was born. It's still unclear who will enjoy this Twitter account more—Brewers fans, nostalgia freaks or SABR members—but if its beginnings are any indication, this might be an account worth following, just for the joy of looking back at a season where the Brewers, then in the American League, (SPOILER ALERT!) lost the World Series in seven games to St. Louis.
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WILLIAMSTOWN - On Williamstown's homecoming, it was St. Marys doing the dancing.
Three second-half tunovers combined with several costly penalties by the Yellowjackets resulted in a landmark 22-17 victory for the Blue Devils and coach Jodi Mote in Friday night.
The Class A 11th-ranked Blue Devils not only improved to 5-1, but also snapped a 14-game losing streak to the Yellowjackets. Mote enjoyed several wins against his Little Kanawha Conference rival as a player at St. Marys, but never in 10 previous seasons as the skipper of his alma mater.
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Williamstown's Dakota Watson (7) plunges forward for extra yardage against St. Marys Friday night.
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St. Marys Johnny Riggs (22) tries to make a catch against a Williamstown player Friday night.
"The monkey is off our back," Mote said. "It's Williamstown, it's the best victory I've ever had."
The game-winning touchdown by Derek Barnhart on a 1-yard run with 3:11 remaining in the fourth quarter capped a drive which covered 19 plays and 80 yards, and chewed nearly nine minutes off the clock.
Trailing 22-17, Williamstown's only offensive series of the final period started at its own 35. The Yellowjackets made its way downfield thanks to sophomore running back Dakota Watson, who gained 35 yards on five carries. With 1:01 showing, the ball was sitting first-and-10 from the St. Marys 17.
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St. Marys 22, Williamstown 17
St. Marys (4-1) 0 8 8 6 - 22
Williamstown (3-3) 0 14 3 0 - 17
David Hastings 9 pass from Jake Tracewell (Garret Butler kick), 11:21, 2nd
Gage Wix 20 pass from Tracewell (Butler kick), 5:37, 2nd
Andrew Cosper 5 run (Noah Spitzer run), 0:45, 2nd
Spitzer 4 run (Colby Bride run), 5:42, 3rd
Butler 40 field goal, 0 , 3rd
Derek Barnhart 1 run (run failed), 3:11, 4th
Team stats
St. Marys:
First downs: 16. Rushes-yards: 55-235. Passing yards: 27. Total yards: 262. Passing: 2-5-0. Penalties: 5-23. Fumbles-lost: 3-0.
First downs: 17. Rushes-yards: 39-171. Passing yards: 78. Total yards: 249. Passing: 5-12-1. Penalties: 6-45. Fumbles-lost: 3-2.
Individual leaders
St. Marys:
Rushing: David Gray 18-87, Noah Spitzer 17-75, Derek Barnhart 13-45, Andrew Cosper 7-28. Passing: Andrew Cosper 2-5-0, 27 yards. Receiving: Bret Fetty 1-5, Colby Brode 1-22.
Dakota Watson 22-70, David Hasting 8-42, Trace Hart 5-41, Jake Tracewell 2-29, Brad Meeks 2-9. Passing: Jake Tracewell 5-12-1, 78 yards. Receiving: Gage Wix 3-43, David Hastings 1-9, Hunter Neely 1-26.
Next game:
Calhoun County at St. Marys, Friday; Wirt County at Williamstown, Oct. 12
Following two straight incompletions from quarterback Jake Tracewell, the Blue Devils were flagged for a pass interference call in the end zone. Now the Yellowjackets were facing first-and-goal from 9 and 36.6 ticks left on the clock.
But on the very next play, Watson's short gain was nullified when Williamstown was whistled for both holding and a personal foul on the same play. The line of scrimmage now became the 37.
The next two snaps resulted in an incompletion followed by a false start penalty on the Yellowjackets. On second down from the 42, Tracewell dropped back to pass again and this time St. Marys cornerback Johnny Riggs stepped in front of receiver Gage Wix, picked off the attempt and returned the interception to the Yellowjacket 34.
"I was just playing deep and not trying to get beat," said Riggs, who was inserted as a starter into the defensive secondary in the second half. One knee down later and the Blue Devils were in celebration mode.
"This is a big step forward for us," said St. Marys quarterback Andrew Cosper, who scored on a 5-yard run to put St. Marys within 14-8 just before halftime. "Maybe this will get us out of this mental stage that we seem to get in where we get intimidated."
"Our line just blew them off the line of scrimmage there in the fourth quarter - they played just wonderful and our backs ran hard."
David Gray led the St. Marys ground game with 87 yards on 18 carries, while Noah Spitzer gained 75 yards on 17 attempts while adding a 4-yard touchdown run which put the Blue Devils in front 16-14 at the 5:42 mark of the third quarter.
Accounting for Williamstown's touchdowns were David Hastings catching a 9-yard pass from Tracewell in the early stages of the second quarter and Wix hauling in a 20-yard reception from the junior signal-called later in the period. Garret Butler's 40-yard field goal as time expired in the third quarter gave Williamstown its final lead at 17-16.
"We just made mistakes," said Williamstown coach Terry Smith, who suffered his first loss to St. Marys in 11 meetings and only his third loss against an LKC opponent in 66 games. "And there at the end, we just lost our poise.
The Yellowjackets slipped to 3-3 as they enter an off week before resuming with a home game with Wirt County on Oct. 12.
"The only answer I have is that we have to work a little harder and get a little better," Smith said. "We'll see what kind of character our gusy have."


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Poll: What COMIC BOOK VIDEO GAME Are You Most Excited For?
by Lucas Siegel
Date: 04 August 2009 Time: 12:44 PM ET
Trailer - Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
Comics have been a source for the movie, TV, and games industries for many years. It seems right now there's a fresh boom in video games inspired by comic books in particular. Let's do a quick rundown:Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Activision's sequel to the hit action role playing game lets gamers take control of a large selection of heroes and villains from across the Marvel Universe, battling soldiers, other heroes and villains, and various assorted bad guys. This game will loosely follow the stories of Secret War and Civil War, two Marvel event comics that eventually pitted a faction led by Tony Stark, Iron Man against a faction led by Captain America.
Due in stores September 15, 2009
Due in stores August 25th, 2009DC Universe Online: This Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) is a ways off, having not yet even entered Beta, and as of E3 2009 this past June, not even entered the Alpha testing phase. However, the game has showed promise as it slowly and steadily builds to release. Sony Online Entertainment and DC/WB are taking the game seriously, enlisting DC writer Geoff Johns, DC artist/Wildstorm head Jim Lee, and living legend writer Marv Wolfman to construct the look, feel, and stories of the virutal DC Universe gamers will play in. While gamers will not be able to control the well-known characters in the DC Stable, their created characters will fight alongside and against heroes and villains like Superman, Green Lantern, and Doomsday. The game will be played exclusively online, sending players alone or teamed up in their own Leagues, Legions, and Societies on various missions, some inspired by events from the comics themselves.
Projected in stores late 2010, early 2011Champions Online: This one isn't a comic book game, techinically. This MMORPG uses superheroes and villains from the table-top RPG Champions. The game's deep and robust universe and customization have been translated into moving form, providing an action oriented overlay to the thinking man's game. Comic writer and editor John Layman is helping translate the story from book to game, and the original creators are involved as well. The game is in private beta now, and on track for its September release.
Due in stores September 4, 2009Iron Man 2: There isn't a ton of information yet about this just-announced title. Sega is making it, and releasing it before the movie of the same name. This time, it won't really follow the story of the film, instead using a story by Invincible Iron Man the comic's writer, Matt Fraction. Fraction plans to use elements from both the movie universe and the comic universe, and the game is promised to have more mission variety (the first game was defeat x amount of enemies, fly to point b, defeat x amount of enemies, fly to point c, beat boss, repeat).
Due in stores April, 2010Marvel Super Hero Squad: This game can kind of be described as Marvel Ultimate Alliance for kids. The game features the same re-imagined versions of Marvel's most popular characters as the upcoming animated series, battling their way in one or two player co-op action. It's absolutely adorable, and pretty funny to see a Wolverine with a big goofy grin hacking and slashing. For adults who want to crack into the game, there are unlockable costumes and a four player battle mode somewhat akin to Super Smash Bros.. It's truly a fun-for-the-family title, that plays especially well on the Wii, using a natural combination of motion and button controls.
Due in stores October 20, 2009Marvel vs. Capcom 2: This one is already out on Xbox 360, but as it is still on the way for PS3, it deserves inclusion on this list. Capcom breathed a second life into the arcade/Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox classic that is notoriously hard to find by making it a downloadable title with online play. The same ridiculously large roster is back, with smoother graphics for your HD display, and you can play ONLINE. Really, that's probably 'nuff said.
Now available on Xbox 360, available on PS3 August 13thSo, you've seen the list; which Comic Game are YOU most looking forward to?
Which Comic Book Game Are You Most Looking Forward To?(polls)


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Workers using a pile-driving machine guide wooden support posts into place in Belmar N.J. on as part of the town's boardwalk reconstruction program following Superstorm Sandy. Belmar is one of several shore towns that are adding steel sea walls as an added layer of protection for the boardwalk as they rebuild storm-damaged walkways. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)


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Other tornado damage (EF1) was found around Carthage (Dallas County). In addition to tornadoes, abundant moisture in the atmosphere led to heavy to excessive rain. Near Union Hill (Scott County), heavy downpours filled a low water crossing. A man tried to drive through the water, and then attempted to escape his vehicle and drowned.
During the overnight hours, showers and thunderstorms became more widespread and a heavy rain event unfolded. Two to more than five inches of rain fell from central into northeast Arkansas.
Twenty four hour rainfall totals through 700 am CDT on May 1st included 5.00 inches at West Memphis (Crittenden County) and 3.68 inches at Little Rock (Pulaski County).


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OG Patta has been up in his Ghetty Green/Mista Don't Play bag lately. Here's some visual proof (as well as a spotlight-stealing guest appearance). "Gas" has definitely got us eager for the upcoming Cheez N Dope 2.
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Incredible (pro-49ers) 4/11 Mock Draft from Walterfootball
Here's his 5-round mock:
30. TE Coby Fleener
61. WR Brian Quick
92. CB Casey Hayward
125. C Michael Brewster
165. G Josh LeRibeus
All I can say is 'wow'! The only thing I would have different is perhaps a defensive lineman in the 3rd - but Hayward is a straight up ballhawk! My favorite pick is Brewster, who was one of the top OL recruits in the country and can play anywhere on the line but played C at Ohio State (because of all the other top recruits). He can compete at guard or be groomed to take over for goodwin.


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Disciplinary Reporter Case Digest
|Attorney ID
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|Bozeman , Wayne D.
|DBP Docket No.
|Supreme Court Docket No.
|1551 DD No. 3
|Disciplinary Counsel
|Harold E. Ciampoli, Jr.
|Counsel for Respondent
|Barbara S. Rosenberg
|Decision Date
|Effective Date
|Case Digest
|Respondent was a client of attorney Bernard Bagdis. Bagdis prepared, and Respondent knowingly signed and filed, false federal income tax returns for the years 2000 through 2007, failing to report approximately $830,369. The approximate tax loss caused by Respondents evasion of the assessment and payment of his personal income taxes was $137,635.00. Respondent entered a guilty plea in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. §371 and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 22 months.
|Rule Violation(s)
|RPC 8.4(b)
|Discipline Imposed
|Suspension for five years (consent)
|Points of Law
|An aggravating factor was that Respondent engaged in his conspiracy to defraud the United States while he sought and after he obtained his law degree from Temple University, while he worked for a Prosecutors Office as a summer intern, and while he worked as a judicial law clerk.


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Bridges, Hoppe sign to play college ball
Updated: 11/16/2011 - Drew Bridges and Brittany Hoppe signed their letters of intent on Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: 11/16/2011 - Drew Bridges and Brittany Hoppe signed their letters of intent on Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: 11/16/2011 - The Durango Demons dominated the All-Conference board with five players (including the SWL player and coach of the year).
Updated: 11/06/2011 - No. 33 Fruita Monument fell to No. 34 Heritage 21-16 on Saturday.
Updated: 11/02/2011 - Jim Davis of The Team 1340 joins us to talk about Grand Junction's opening round match-up with Chatfield, Fruita Monument falling just short, and Palisade's regular season finale with Delta.
Updated: 10/31/2011 - The SWL All-Conference team was released today. Adam Diaz was named the Coach of the Year for the Grand Junction Tigers, and Central Warrior Brittany Hoppe was named the MVP.
Updated: 10/29/2011 - The Palisade Bulldogs cruised through their District Tournament to win claim the title and move onto the 4A Regionals.
Updated: 10/28/2011 - The Montrose Indians leaned on three touchdowns from Cameron Jones to overtake the Fruita Monument Wildcats 27-21.
Updated: 10/28/2011 - Fruita Monument looking to clinch a playoff spot, while Grand Junction and Hotchkiss tried to finish off perfect regular seasons. Palisade also looking to knock off unbeaten Rifle at Stocker Stadium.
Updated: 10/27/2011 - Friday's game against Montrose might as well be tabbed a playoff game for Fruita Monument. If the Wildcats win, they'll be one of the last teams to make the 5A playoffs. If they lose, they'll need help.
Updated: 10/26/2011 - It's the final week of the regular season in 5A play, which means teams will get one last shot at positioning themselves for a playoff spot.
Updated: 10/24/2011 - The Olathe Pirates and Palisade Bulldogs will host their respective District Tournaments in high school volleyball.
Updated: 10/21/2011 - Jerreon Dennis had four touchdowns and Austin Berk accounted for three turnovers on the defensive side of the ball as No. 1 Grand Junction topped Fruita Monument 42-14 in an SWL game at Stocker Stadium on Friday.
Updated: 10/21/2011 - Scores from Friday night's games listed below.
Updated: 10/21/2011 - The Fruita Monument Wildcats edged Ralston Valley to advance to the second round of the 5A State Tournament while the Montrose Indians were eliminated by Pueblo South.
Updated: 10/20/2011 - The stage is set for the biggest rivalry in the Grand Valley. Both Fruita Monument and top-ranked Grand Junction enter Friday night's game 2-0 in Southwestern League play.
Updated: 10/19/2011 - Greg Wentzel from The Team 1340 helps us break down Fruita Monument vs. Grand Junction, Central vs. Montrose, and Palisade vs. Steamboat Springs.
Updated: 10/18/2011 - The Montrose Indians defeated Fruita Monument 2-1 and Grand Junction shut out Central 2-0 on Tuesday evening.
Updated: 10/18/2011 - The Palisade Bulldogs claimed sole possession of the WSL with a 3-1 win over Delta, and Fruita Monument ended their regular season with a sweep at Central.
Posted: 10/17/2011 - The Fruita Monument Wildcats breezed through the 5A Regionals to earn a No. 6 spot in the 5A State Tournament.
Updated: 10/15/2011 - The Fruita Monument Wildcats advanced to the State Tournament with back-to-back wins at Saturday's Regional Tournament, while the Grand Junction Tigers were eliminated by Ralston Valley.
Posted: 10/14/2011 - We've got your western slope scores listed below.
Updated: 10/14/2011 - For the third year in a row, the Fruita Monument Wildcats will host a regional tournament.
Updated: 10/12/2011 - The stage is set for Stocker Stadium on Friday night: No. 1 Grand Junction (6-0) vs. No. 6 Montrose (6-0). Jim Davis from The Team 1340 stopped by to preview the match-up on this week's Sideline Showcase.
Updated: 10/11/2011 - Central beats Junction 3-2, while Montrose tops Fruita Monument 3-1.
Updated: 10/11/2011 - With twenty minutes left in regulation, Avery Kuper scored the games lone goal off of a perfect through-ball from Peter Martinez to give Fruita Monument a 1-0 win over Grand Junction at Walker Field on Tuesday.


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A group opposed to a 71-acre warehouse project in eastern Polk County filed a new lawsuit Wednesday in Polk County District Court.
Concerned Citizens of Southeast Polk School District believes the city has violated the law in ignoring petitions requesting a referendum on the issuance of bonds that would help finance a road near the proposed development. Plans put the project about a half a mile west of Southeast Polk High School off of Highway 163.
The group and attorney Jessman Smith are named as plaintiffs in the case. Smith is also an assistant wrestling coach at the high school. He submitted a petition to the city with more than 1,100 signatures last month to put the bonds to a public vote.
The city has violated section 384 of the Iowa Code, according to the court papers.
The lawsuit seeks to stop the city from issuing the bonds as well as recovery of punitive damages and attorney fees arising from the civil rights violation, according to a release from the group.
The Citizens group filed another case this summer. Its members believe their families will be exposed to increased safety hazards and air pollution while traveling on Highway 163 if the warehouse project comes to fruition. The group also believes the city has illegally used tax-increment finance laws in regards to the development. Polk County District Judge Robert Hanson is expected to rule on whether the group has legal standing to bring it.
Read another DesMoinesRegister.com article about the proposed warehouse development.


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Auschwitz from the air, 1944
- GSP Working Papers nos. 1-36 (1998-2008)
- Recent Publications on Genocide by Ben Kiernan
- Recent Publications by Dori Laub
- Recent Publications by Adam Jones
- Recent Publications by Edward Kissi
- Recent Publications by Benjamin Madley
- GSP Working Papers by Russell Schimmer
- Recent Publications on Cambodia by Ben Kiernan
- Cambodian Genocide Program (CGP) publications
Other GSP Publications News Articles
Ben Kiernan's 2006 address at Yad Vashem, "The Uniqueness of the Shoah in the Context of Genocide"
"Pakistan: Cost of a Genocide Ignored," by Ben Kiernan (Australian Literary Review, Dec. 5, 2007)
"Blood and Soil: the global history of genocide" (openDemocracy, Oct. 11, 2007)
From Sparta to Darfur: A Long History of Genocide
"Hitler, Pol Pot, and Hutu Power: Distinguishing Themes of Genocidal Ideology"
"What we can learn from Indonesian Islam," by Ben Kiernan, in T.N. Srinavasan, ed., The Future of Secularism, New York, Oxford UP, 2006, 181-8.
'Letting Sudan Get Away with Murder', (YaleGlobal Online, Feb. 4, 2005)
Genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda, ed. Susan E. Cook, GSP Monograph Series No. 1, 2004. Chapters
War and State Terrorism E. Timor chapter
Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts
"Coming to Terms with the Past: Cambodia," History Today (Sept. 2004)
Cambodian Genocide Program (PBS Interview)
Online Video Programs
Ben Kiernan interviewed on The MacMillan Report (Dec. 3, 2008)
"Proving Genocide" panel, Yale Law School, Feb. 5, 2009
On Aggression: The Politics and Psychobiology of Genocide (panel discussion at Philoctetes Center, NY, Feb. 28, 2009)
News Articles
"Courage of ordinary heroes on show to stop genocide," The Australian, July 21, 2012.
"Remote Sensing Can Provide Evidence of Genocide" (U.Conn. Advance, March 30, 2009)
"Three decades later, justice for genocide victims," by Alaina Varvaloucas. "Perpetrators of the Cambodian genocide are brought to trial, with Yale's help." Yale Herald, Sept. 26, 2008.
"Footnotes: What does Yale have to do with Cambodia ?," by Neena Satija. Yale Herald, Sept. 26, 2008.
"Lost and Found: Yale researchers uncover documents of the Cambodian genocide long thought to have been lost," by My Khanh Ngo. Yale Globalist 8:4 (summer 2008), p. 9.
Ben Kiernan interviewed on The MacMillan Report (Dec. 3, 2008)
"PhD student uses remote sensing to study environmental effects of genocide" (Russell Schimmer, UConn)
"An Archive of Murders Past" (Economist, Sept. 27, 2007)
"Yale Genocide Center: A hidden humanities gem" (Yale Herald, Oct. 5, 2007)
"Khmer Rouge trial should be a shared experience," Bangkok Nation, August 22, 2006
'Genocide Since 1945: Never Again ?' (Spiegel Online, Jan. 26, 2005)
What Constitutes Genocide under International Law
(Radio Free Europe, Sept. 10, 2004)
"Khatchig Mouradian's Interview with Ben Kiernan, 2004"
'Life After Genocide' (Yale Alumni Magazine, Nov.-Dec. 2003)
Yale Daily News (January 31, 2001)
'Seminars Examine Genocide by Nazis and Cambodians'
'Kiernan named Griswold Professor' (Yale Bulletin and Calendar, May 3, 1999)
'Genocide Expert Talks Pinochet and Pol Pot' (Yale Herald, Dec. 4, 1998)'
GSP-funded Research
Benjamin Logan Madley, American Genocide: The California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. Yale University Ph.D. dissertation, History Department, May 2009, 597 pp.
(Winner of the Frederick W. Beinecke Prize for an outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of Western American history, and the 2010 Phi Alpha Theta - Westerners International Prize for the best dissertation in Western history completed in 2009.)
Edward Kissi (GSP Postdoctoral Fellow 1998-1999), Revolution and Genocide in Ethiopia and Cambodia, Lexington Books, Lanham, MD, 2005.
Charles Mironko, GSP Associate Director, PhD dissertation: Social and Political Mechanisms of Mass Murder: An Analysis of Perpetrators of the Rwandan Genocide, Yale University, Department of Anthropology, March 2004.
Jasmina Besirevic Regan, GSP-funded PhD dissertation, Ethnic Cleansing in Banja Luka: National Homogenization, Political Repression, and the Emergence of a Bosnian Muslim Refugee Community, Yale University, Department of Sociology,March 2004.
Soner Cagaptay, GSP-funded PhD dissertation, Crafting the Turkish Nation: Kemalism and Turkish Nationalism in the 1930s, Yale University, Department of History, 2003.
Other GSP-sponsored research
Mette Bastholm Jensen, PhD dissertation, Solidarity in Action: A Comparative Study of Rescue Efforts in Nazi-occupied Denmark and the Netherlands, Yale University, Department of Sociology, 2007.
Philip Verwimp, GSP Visiting Fellow (1999, 2002-04), PhD dissertation, Development and Genocide in Rwanda: A Political Economy Analysis of Peasants and Power under the Habyarimana Regime, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 2003.
Deborah Mayersen (GSP Visiting Fellow, 2001), Ph.D. dissertation, Countdown to Genocide: An Exploration of the Timing of the Armenian and Rwandan Genocides. School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2008, 289 pp.
Serena Giordano (GSP Visiting Fellow, 2007-08), Ph.D. dissertation, La nozione di genocidio nella giurisprudenza dei Tribunali penali intenazionali ('The Notion of Genocide in International Criminal Tribunals Case Law'), School of Law, State University of Milan, Italy, April 2008, 279 pp.
Publications of the Genocide Studies Program
Tracking the Genocide in Darfur: Population Displacement as Recorded by Remote Sensing, (no. 36, 2008)
GSP Working Papers nos. 1-22 (1998-2002)
31 online GSP Working Papers (1998-2008, to no. 36)
Other Online GSP Working Papers:
Abduction and Multiple Killings of Aborigines in Tasmania, 1804-1835, by Lyndall Ryan (no. 35, 2007)
Racial Discrimination in the Cambodian Genocide, by Liai Duong (No. 34, 2006)
Violence by Fire in East Timor, September 8, 1999, by Russell Schimmer (No. 33, 2006)
Indications of Genocide in the Bisesero Hills, Rwanda, 1994, by Russell Schimmer (No. 32, 2006)
Environmental Impact of Genocide in Guatemala, by Russell Schimmer (No. 31, 2006)
Conflict & Genocide in Former Yugoslavia, 1991-1995 , by Russell Schimmer (No. 30, 2007)
Genocide and Irredentism under Democratic Kampuchea, by Kanika Mak (No. 23, 2004)
The Annihilation of Superfluous Eaters: Nazi Plans for and Use of Famine in Eastern Europe, by Steven Welch (No. 16, 2001)
A Survey of Interpretive Paradigms in Holocaust Studies and a Comment on the Dimensions of the Holocaust, by Steven Welch (No. 17, 2001)
Justice Done? Criminal and Moral Responsibility Issues in the Chinese Massacres Trial, Singapore, 1947, by Wai Keng Kwok (No. 18, 2001)
The Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese Communists, by Dmitry Mosyakov (No. 15, 2000)
Thailand's Response to the Cambodian Genocide, by Puangthong Rungswasdisab (No. 12, 1999)
Development Ideology, the Peasantry, and Genocide: Rwanda, by Philip Verwimp (No. 13)
Documenting the Cambodian Genocide on Multimedia, by Helen Jarvis (No. 4, 1998)
Recent Publications on Genocide by Ben Kiernan
"Roots of U.S. Troubles in Afghanistan: Civilian Bombing Casualties and the Cambodian Precedent," by Ben Kiernan and Taylor Owen, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 26-4-10,June 28, 2010.
Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur (Yale, 2007) Introduction
Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia: Documentation, Denial and Justice in Cambodia and East Timor (Transaction, 2008)
"The Demography of Genocide in Southeast Asia" (Critical Asian Studies, 35:4, 2003)
"Killing with Intent" (Melbourne Age, 6 September 2003)
"From Cambodia to Iraq: The USA and International Law" (Bangkok Post, 11 May 2003)
"Collateral Damage' from Cambodia to Iraq" (Antipode 35:5, 2003)
"War, Genocide and Resistance in East Timor and Cambodia"
"Le Premier Génocide: Carthage 146 A.C.," Diogène, n. 203, juillet-sept. 2003
'"Collateral Damage" means real people,' Bangkok Post, 20 October 2002
"Cover-up and Denial of Genocide: Australia, the USA, East Timor, and the Aborigines" (Critical Asian Studies, 34:2, June 2002, pp. 163-192)
'Genocide: Themes and Variations from Armenia to East Timor,' Melbourne, 20 August 2001
'The Genocide of Native Americans', (Bangkok Post, July 29, 2001)
'Myth, Nationalism and Genocide', (Journal of Genocide Research 2001, 3[2], 187-206)
'Australia's Aboriginal Genocides', (Bangkok Post, September 10, 2000)
'Thy Neighbour's Life', (Bangkok Post, June 4, 2000)
"Sobre la noció de genocidi" (El Contemporani, Barcelona, no. 20, gener-abril 2000)
"Sur la notion de génocide", by Ben Kiernan (Le Débat, mars–avril 1999)
"Sul concetto di genocidio", by Ben Kiernan (I Viaggi di Erodoto, 38/39 1999)
"Genocide and 'ethnic cleansing'", by Ben Kiernan (Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, 1998)
"«Danys col·laterals» significa persones de carn i ossos," El Contemporani (Barcelona), no. 27 (2003)
Recent Publications by Dori Laub
Recent publications by Adam Jones
Recent Publications by Edward Kissi
Revolution and Genocide in Ethiopia and Cambodia
The Holocaust as a Guidepost for Genocide Detection and Prevention in Africa
Recent Publications by Benjamin Madley
"Patterns of Frontier Genocide, 1803-1910: the Aboriginal Tasmanians, the Yuki of California, and the Herero of Namibia,"
Journal of Genocide Research 6:2 (June 2004), pp.167-192.
"From Africa to Auschwitz: How German Southwest Africa Incubated Ideas and Methods Adopted and Developed by the Nazis in Eastern Europe," European History Quarterly, 35:3 (2005), pp. 429-64.
"From Terror to Genocide: Britain's Tasmanian Penal Colony and Australia's History Wars," in Journal of British Studies, vol. 47 no. 1 (January 2008), pp. 77-106.
"California's Yuki Indians: Defining Genocide in American Indian History," in The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 39 no. 3 (August 2008) pp. 303-32. The Western History Association awarded this article both the 2009 Arrell M. Gibson Award for the best article on Native American History published in any journal in 2008, and the Oscar O. Winther Award for the best article of 2008 in the Western Historical Quarterly.
GSP Working Papers by Russell Schimmer
Tracking the Genocide in Darfur: Population Displacement as Recorded by Remote Sensing, (no. 36, 2008)
Violence by Fire in East Timor, September 8, 1999, (No. 33, 2006)
Indications of Genocide in the Bisesero Hills, Rwanda, 1994, (No. 32, 2006
Environmental Impact of Genocide in Guatemala, (No. 31, 2006)
Conflict & Genocide in Former Yugoslavia, 1991-1995 (No. 30, 2007)
Recent Publications on Cambodia
by Ben Kiernan
"Roots of U.S. Troubles in Afghanistan: Civilian Bombing Casualties and the Cambodian Precedent," by Ben Kiernan and Taylor Owen, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 26-4-10,June 28, 2010.
"Chams," in The Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition, 2010, pp. 173-80
Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia:
Documentation, Denial and Justice in Cambodia and East Timor (Transaction, 2008)
"From the Mekong to the Nile: Genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda," ch. 15 of Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur (Yale University Press, 2007), pp. 539-69.
"Conquistadors in Cambodia, 1585-99," and "Ethnoreligious Violence in Cambodia, 1600-1800," in ch. 4 of Blood and Soil, pp. 133-39, 156-60.
"Documentation Delayed, Justice Denied: The Historiography of the Cambodian Genocide," ch. 18 of Dan Stone, ed., The Historiography of Genocide, Palgrave, New York, 2008, pp. 468-86.
Preface to the Third Edition of The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 (Yale University Press, 2008), pp. ix-xxiii.
"Serial Colonialism and Genocide in Nineteenth-Century Cambodia," in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation and Subaltern Resistance in World History, edited by A. Dirk Moses, New York, Berghahn Books, 2008, pp. 205-228.
"Foreword" to Dancing in Shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and the United Nations in Cambodia,
by Benny Widyono (Lanham, Md., Rowman and Littlefield, 2008), xvii-xxvi.
Conflict and Change in Cambodia (2006)
"Bombs over Cambodia," by Taylor Owen and Ben Kiernan, The Walrus (Canada), Oct. 2006, pp. 62-69.
"External and Indigenous Sources of Khmer Rouge Ideology," in The Third Indochina War: Conflict between China, Vietnam and Cambodia, 1972-79. Edited by Sophie Quinn-Judge and Odd Arne Westad, London, Routledge, 2006, pp. 187-206.
The Pol Pot Regime (2002 edition)
How Pol Pot Came to Power (2004 edition)
Conflict and Change in Cambodia, special issue of Critical Asian Studies (34:4, Dec. 2002)
"A World Turned Upside Down" (Introduction to Dith Pran, Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields)
"Le communisme racial des Khmers rouges", by Ben Kiernan (Esprit, mai 1999)
"Cambodia's Twisted Path to Justice", by Ben Kiernan
"Penser le génocide au Cambodge" (Le Monde, 28 mai 1998)
"Désolés pour le génocide" (Le Monde, 5 janvier 1999)
"Implication and accountability", by Ben Kiernan (Bangkok Post, 31 January 1999)
"Notes from a slaughterhouse", by Ben Kiernan (Bangkok Post, May 30, 1999)
"Cambodia's Terror Lords Must Not Evade Trial", by Ben Kiernan, (San Jose Mercury News, March 7, 1999)
"Bringing the Khmer Rouge to Justice"
(Human Rights Review, 1, 3, April-June 2000, pp. 92-108)
"Cambogia: guistizia posposta," in Marcello Flores, ed., Storia, verità, giustizia: I crimini del XX secolo, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2001, pp. 171-179.
"Ke Pauk" (London Guardian, 21 February 2002)
"Reply to William Shawcross" (1997)
"Orphans of Genocide: The Cham Muslims of Cambodia under Pol Pot," Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 20:4 (1988), 2-33.
"William Shawcross, Declining Cambodia" (1986)
"Origins of the Vietnam-Cambodia Conflict" (Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Oct. 1980)
"Vietnam and Cambodia" (Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Oct. 1979)


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Sadat was an easy man to love but not to understand, a complex of enigmas. He was a devout, deeply spiritual Muslim; his forehead was calloused from endless hours at prayer, his face frequently gaunt from fasting. As a boy, his idol was Mahatma Gandhi. Yet he was also a worldly man, with an ebullient sense of humor and a passion for American Westerns. He was among the most aggressive foreign statesmen of his era, and at the same time a passionate family man who retreated as often as he could to the village where he lived as a boy—and to which he donated his earnings from the Nobel Peace Prize and from his 1977 autobiography, In Search of Identity. "I am tired of civilization and long for austerity and simplicity," he said once. "I want to get out and live as an ordinary citizen, but I cannot."
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Is Betty White off her Rocker?; Shakira makes donation to Haiti…
Is Betty White Off Her Rocker?: Young whipper snappers, prepared to be punk'd by Betty White. The "Hot In Cleveland" star will host and executive produce a senior-citizen prank show for NBC. The series, called "Betty White's Off Their Rockers," is based on the Belgian show "Benidorm Bastards" that uses a hidden camera format to capture jokes played on youngsters. "People have been telling me that I'm 'Off My Rocker' for years," White said in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter. "Now I can prove it." [LA Times]
Shakira Helps Haiti: Singer Shakira has made a $400,000 donation to assist Haiti. The singer will help to rebuild one of the country's oldest schools, Elie Dubois. The decision comes a little more than a year after the country was hit by an earthquake that devastated the area. The funds donated to restoring the school will be matched by Inter-American Development Bank. In a statement (in French) to students the Colombian singer reportedly said, "I am delighted to have the opportunity to help you make your dream come true. I would like to tell the girls of the Elie Dubois school that you should seize the opportunity for education." [AFP]