Inside the Khmer Rouge - PREVIEW
Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/inside-the-khmer-rouge.html This film takes an in-depth look at the history, domination, and current status of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The film features revealing interviews with soldiers of both the modern Khmer Rouge and those who fight in opposition. A comprehensive timeline of the regime's five-year occupation in Cambodia is dissected and includes a review of key individuals, ideologies, and locations where devastation hit hardest. Following this, the film takes a look at the effects on the Cambodian citizens upon the retraction of Vietnamese forces. Oppositely, local forces or "jungle soldiers" discuss their devices for assuring the destruction and atrocities once caused by the Khmer Rouge never happen again. a film by David A. Feingold and Shari Robertson distributed by Documentary Educational Resources Read more!
Pete Yorn And Scarlett Johansson - Break Up (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - Relator
02 - Wear And Tear
03 - I Don't Know What To Do
04 - Search Your Heart
05 - Blackie's Dead
06 - I Am The Cosmos
07 - Shampoo
08 - Clean
09 - Someday
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - God & Guns (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - Still Unbroken
02 - Simple Life
03 - Little Thing Called You
04 - Southern Ways
05 - Skynyrd Nation
06 - Unwrite That Song
07 - Floyd
08 - That Ain't My America
09 - Comin Back For More
10 - God & Guns
11 - Storm
12 - Gifted Hands
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Cheap Trick - Sgt. Pepper Live (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
02 - With A Little Help From My Friends
03 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
04 - Getting Better
05 - Fixing A Hole
06 - She's Leaving Home
07 - Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
08 - Within You Without You
09 - When I'm Sixty-Four
10 - Lovely Rita
11 - Good Morning Good Morning
12 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13 - A Day In The Life
14 - Medley Song
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Saosin - In Search of Solid Ground (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - I Keep My Secrets Safe
02 - Deep Down
03 - Why Can't You See
04 - Changing - Saosin
05 - On My Own
06 - The Alarming Sound Of A Still Small Voice
07 - Say Goodbye
08 - The Worst Of Me
09 - It's All Over Now
10 - What Were We Made For
11 - Is This Real
12 - Nothing Is What It Seems (Without you)
13 - Fireflies (Light Messengers) -
14 - You Never Noticed Me (Bonus track for japan)
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Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Firece (Platinum Edition) (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
02 - Diva
03 - Ego
04 - Halo
05 - If I Were A Boy
06 - Smash Into You
07 - Sweet Dreams
08 - Broken-Hearted Girl
09 - Scared Of Lonely
10 - That's Why You're Beautiful
11 - Hello
12 - Radio
13 - Video Phone
14 - Ego (Remix Featuring Kanye West)
15 - Why Don't You Love Me
16 - Honesty
17 - Save The Hero
18 - Satellites
19 - Disappear
20 - Ave Maria
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Inner Circle - State Of Da World (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - Intro-Interlude Ft. Muta Baruka
02 - Dis Life
03 - Gun Ting
04 - Blood A Run Ft. Jr. Reid
05 - Smoke Gets In My Eyes
06 - Down In Africa
07 - Mary Collie Weed Ft. Slightly Stoopid
08 - Real Soldiers Ft. Gramps Morgans Of Morgan Heritage
09 - Religion Ft. Bushman And David Hines (Steel Pulse)
10 - Gone A Stray
11 - State Of Da World
12 - Never Give Up Ft. Screw Driver
13 - Love Song
14 - Put Love First
15 - One God One Aim Ft. Luciano
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VA - Cafe Hits No.1 (2009)
Tracklist:
01. Blue - All Rise
02. Lighthouse Family - Free
03. Pink - Get the Party Started
04. Kylie Minogue - Cant Get You Out of My Head
05. Christina Feat Lil Kim, Mya and Pink - Lady Marmalade
06. Ja Rule - Always on Time
07. Gorilaz - Clint Eastwood
08. Blue Cantrel - Hit Em Up Style
09. Mary J.Blige - Family Affair
10. Shaggy - It Wasnt Me
11. Uncle Kracker - Follow Me
12. Outkast - Ms.Jackson
13. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ
14. Marc Anthony - I Need to Know
15. Sugar Ray - Every Morning
16. Crazy Town - Butterly
17. Santana - Smooth
18. Shaggy - Angel
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Pillar - Confessions (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - Intro
02 - Fire On The Inside
03 - Whatever It Takes
04 - Secrets And Regrets
05 - Better Off Now
06 - Not Without A Fight
07 - Will You Be There
08 - Shine
09 - Call To Action
10 - You Will Lose It All
11 - You Are Not The End
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Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx PT II (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - Return Of The North Star Ft Papu Wu
02 - House Of Flying Daggers Ft Inspectah Deck Ghostface Method Man
03 - Sonny's Missing
04 - Pyrex Vision
05 - Cold Outside Ft Ghostface
06 - Black Mozart Ft Rza Inspectah Deck
07 - Gihad
08 - New Wu Ft Ghostface Method Man
09 - Penitentiary Ft Ghostface
10 - Baggin Crack
11 - Surgical Gloves
12 - Broken Safety Ft Jadakiss Styles P
13 - Canal Street
14 - Ason Jones
15 - Have Mercy Ft Beanie Sigel Blue Raspberry
16 - 10 Bricks Ft Cappadonna Ghostface
17 - Fat Lady Sings
18 - Catalina Ft Lyfe Jennings
19 - We Will Rob You Ft Slick Rick Masta Killa GZA
20 - About Me
21 - Mean Streets Ft Inspectah Deck Ghostface
22 - Kiss The Ring Ft Inspectah Deck Masta Killa
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I See Stars - 3D (2009)
Tracklist:
01 - Project Wakeup
02 - The Common Hours
03 - 3D
04 - I Am Jack's Smirking Revenge
05 - Save The Cheerleader
06 - The Big Bad Wolf
07 - Where The Sidewalk Ends
08 - Comfortably Confused
09 - Sing This!
10 - The Ocean
11 - What This Means To Me
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Star Trek 1: The Motion Picture (1979) DVDRip-DMZ
Star Trek 1: The Motion Picture 1979 DVDRip-DMZ
DVDRip | XviD | 352x288 | 25 fps | 87 kbps | English | Lame MP3 | 95 kbps | 124 mins | 638 Mb
Genre: Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Admiral James T. Kirk is called upon to take command of the U.S.S. Enterprise for the first time since the TV series ended. A strange alien craft is heading towards earth, destroying everything in its path. Kirk rounds up the rest of his old crew, and acquires a few new members, and sets off to intercept the alien spacecraft.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079945/
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Cold-blood murder of SRP activist in Kampong Thom by masked gunmen
SRP activist in Kampong Thom murdered
September 05, 2009
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer
One SRP activist from Chomnar Leu commune, Staung district, Kampong Thom province, was murdered by two unknown assailants at 7PM on Friday 04 September 2009, while he was sharing his meal with his family at home.
51-year-old Chan Thorn, a SRP activist in Trea village, Trea commune, Staung district, Kampong Thom district, provided information about this murder. He told RFA on Saturday 05 September that two masked assailants came by motorcycle and stopped near the victim’s house, they then shot and killed the victim: “[The victim] died at home at 7PM, they shot him.”
Sok Serey: What’s the motive [of the murder]?
Chan Thorn: We couldn’t find the motive, we couldn’t find the motive yet, we are doing our research, but we did not find out yet as to why the [victim] who was just eating his dinner and masked men came in by motorcycle to shoot him at 7PM.”
Sok Serey: Did they stop the motorcycle or did they shoot from their motorcycle?
Chan Thorn: They stopped [their motorcycle], they walked over to shoot and they took off on their motorcycle.
Loy Lem, the No. 1 Chomnar Leu commune councilor, said that the victim who was killed was Touch Hot, he was the SRP party president in Ko village, Chomnar Leu commune, Staung district, Kampong Thom province. He added that this murder seems linked to the accusation leveled against Touch Hot that he knew witchcraft.
A source indicated that Touch Hot’s remain was cremated by his family already. This recent murder coincides with the Kan Benn religious ceremony which is currently being observed in the entire country.
On Saturday 05 September, the local authority could not be reached to ask for clarification in the investigation into this murder.
However, General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, said that an investigation must be conducted. “We do not care what party it is, this is the individual right of our people in the entire country, but, if there is a crime committed, an investigation must be conducted to search for the perpetrators,” Khieu Sopheak said.
Kep Thy, SRP party vice-president for the Kampong Thom province, said that he already received information about this murder. “They told me to travel to the location of the incident to check the situation by myself in order to obtain actual information.”
Am Sam Ath, director of investigation for the Licadho human rights organization, said that his group in investigating into this case. “Licadho’s investigating group is following up in this case to find out the cause of this murder,” Am Sam Ath said.
A political observer source in Cambodia noted that the murders on SRP activists have quieted down for a while already, but now, this observer is concerned about this murder, [especially] when it is blamed on witchcraft.
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51-year-old Chan Thorn, a SRP activist in Trea village, Trea commune, Staung district, Kampong Thom district, provided information about this murder. He told RFA on Saturday 05 September that two masked assailants came by motorcycle and stopped near the victim’s house, they then shot and killed the victim: “[The victim] died at home at 7PM, they shot him.”
Sok Serey: What’s the motive [of the murder]?
Chan Thorn: We couldn’t find the motive, we couldn’t find the motive yet, we are doing our research, but we did not find out yet as to why the [victim] who was just eating his dinner and masked men came in by motorcycle to shoot him at 7PM.”
Sok Serey: Did they stop the motorcycle or did they shoot from their motorcycle?
Chan Thorn: They stopped [their motorcycle], they walked over to shoot and they took off on their motorcycle.
Loy Lem, the No. 1 Chomnar Leu commune councilor, said that the victim who was killed was Touch Hot, he was the SRP party president in Ko village, Chomnar Leu commune, Staung district, Kampong Thom province. He added that this murder seems linked to the accusation leveled against Touch Hot that he knew witchcraft.
A source indicated that Touch Hot’s remain was cremated by his family already. This recent murder coincides with the Kan Benn religious ceremony which is currently being observed in the entire country.
On Saturday 05 September, the local authority could not be reached to ask for clarification in the investigation into this murder.
However, General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, said that an investigation must be conducted. “We do not care what party it is, this is the individual right of our people in the entire country, but, if there is a crime committed, an investigation must be conducted to search for the perpetrators,” Khieu Sopheak said.
Kep Thy, SRP party vice-president for the Kampong Thom province, said that he already received information about this murder. “They told me to travel to the location of the incident to check the situation by myself in order to obtain actual information.”
Am Sam Ath, director of investigation for the Licadho human rights organization, said that his group in investigating into this case. “Licadho’s investigating group is following up in this case to find out the cause of this murder,” Am Sam Ath said.
A political observer source in Cambodia noted that the murders on SRP activists have quieted down for a while already, but now, this observer is concerned about this murder, [especially] when it is blamed on witchcraft.
CPP mouthpieces mounting virulent attacks against SRP MP Mu Sochua: Is the CPP nervous?
CPP mouthpieces: Cheam Yeap (L) and Phay Siphan (R)Mu Sochua inflates the truth in the US –sic!–
Friday, September 04, 2009
DAP news
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Mrs. Mu Sochua, SRP deputy-Secretary general and Kampot MP from the SRP opposition party who lost the defamation lawsuit against PM Samdach Akkok Moha Xena Bat Dey Dek Cho Hun Xen in a verdict rendered by the Phnom Penh municipal court in the past, is currently creating a tempest to gather her supporters by yelling that the Cambodian court decision handed to her is an injustice.
Since she turned over her appeal to the Appeal Court, Mrs. Mu Sochua left to the USA, and up to now and until the near future, she has organized meeting and dancing events in various US states [KI-Media note: In fact, these events are organized by the US branch of the SRP]. During these occasions, she plans to provide information and comments to the participants on what she believes as being injustice in the defamation lawsuit and the decision to lift the parliamentary immunity of the two opposition MPs, i.e. those of Mrs. Mu Sochua and Phnom Penh MP Ho Vann.
Cheam Yeap, chairman of the National Assembly finance committee, told DAP news over the phone, on Friday afternoon that it is her right to organize the events above, but that these rights must be done according to the law [KI-Media note: Since when must events organized in the US abide by the Cambodian law?].
Cheam Yeap said: “She indicated that the court belongs to Samdach PM Hun Xen, but the samdach did not participate in it, and such statement is like the Cambodian old saying: ‘Ropis day, Chang-rai khluon’ (Fidgety hands bring in bad luck to oneself).”
Cheam Yeap added that such action is taken to ask for pity, but for him, he has no pity towards her whatsoever: “If the two of them were soldiers, they would surely be dead from bullets already.”
Cheam Yeap, the CPP Prey Veng province MP, indicated that Mrs. Mu Sochua’s action makes it such that the CPP can no longer tolerate, and in particular, what Hun Xen did in the past, it was all according to the law. For example, the immunity lifting of Mrs. Mu Sochua and Mr. Ho Vann was done based on the request of the ministry of Justice only, in order to open the way for the court to question her.
Phay Siphan, spokesman of the Cambodian Council of Ministers, is also of the same opinion as CPP Cheam Yeap, He said that this is Mrs. Mu Sochua’s right, and the right of those who will joint these events only. However, he claimed that the participants to the events will have the opportunity to find the truth and they will also hear the reply back from the Phnom Penh regime also.
Phay Siphan told DAP news that: “For the losers, they always yell that it is injustice, but the action taken by Mrs. Mu Sochua is a behavior that wants [to see] all Cambodians disobeying the law, disobeying the court, in particular, disobeying the National Assembly which represents the people’s will.”
Phay Siphan said that Mrs. Mu Sochua should display dignity by abiding the law of Cambodia, because this is her share of her political life.
In the invitation letter sent out by Mrs. Mu Sochua, it is stated: “The two MPs, Mrs. Mu Sochua and Mr. Ho Vann, saw their parliamentary immunity lifted by Hun Xen’s National Assembly, and Hun Xen’s tribunal unfairly sentenced them to lose in these defamation lawsuits.”
The invitation letter to meet Mrs. Mu Sochua also stated and boasted about her courage, and that she is a Cambodian woman who dares to stand up against injustice in Cambodia, in spite of the government’s threats.
A majority of people [KI-Media note: how did DAP knows that there is a majority of people? Unless it is inflating the truth] criticized that, just to meet with the two MPs, people will have to pay $25. On the issue above, DAP could not obtain any comment from the SRP, in particular from Mr. Yim Sovann, the SRP spokesman.
It should be noted that Mrs. Mu Sochua was summoned for mid-September by the Phnom Penh Appeal court for questioning related to the lawsuit brought up by PM Hun Xen, but she asked for a delay.
Regarding the actual timing of the summon, DAP could not obtain the comment from Mr. Kar Savuth, the Appeal Court judge. When he heard over the phone that we are from DAP news, he immediately turned off his phone and did not say anything. Read more!
If given the chance, Miss Korea 2009, Kim Ju-ri, would like to help Cambodian children
Kim Ju-riMiss Korea Kim Ju-ri hopes to aid N. Korean children
By Lee Haye-Ah
SEOUL, Sep. 5 (Yonhap) -- Before being crowned Miss Korea 2009, Kim Ju-ri was not always a symbol of female beauty and charm. Looking at her bare face without a trace of make-up, friends would teasingly ask, "Are you a girl?"
Two months into her career as South Korea's beauty queen, Kim still moans about the pains of applying make-up.
"I hate putting on make-up everyday. It takes so long and I feel like my skin can't breathe," Kim said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on Saturday.
But in many other ways, the 21-year-old was already well prepared for the role. Having trained in ballet since the age of five, she was used to being on stage and receiving attention. Apart from the fact that many people now recognize her in public, she feels that not much has changed since becoming Miss Korea.
Kim Ju-ri
"I really love to be loved by people," Kim said in English, which she learned while studying ballet at the Royal Ballet School in England. She also answered some quesitons in Russian, but the interview was conducted mostly in Korean.
Ballet helped her to prepare for her future role as Miss Korea. As if to illustrate, she radiated confidence and poise while posing for photographs after the interview. Through ballet she came to feel comfortable in the spotlight. It also took her abroad, where she gained the 'international' experience needed to be a true "Miss Korea."
The Asian currency crisis of the late 1990's forced her to return home due to skyrocketing tuition costs after a two-year stay in England. Once Korea overcame the crisis some years later Kim again had the opportunity to go abroad, this time to Moscow. She spent four years studying ballet at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography.
She says Russia was not a very kind country, at least on the plane and at the airport. "When I got on the plane, I asked the Russian flight attendant for a glass of orange juice. I didn't speak any Russian, so I read outloud the phrase from a book. I was so shocked when I heard her say, "Nyet (No)"," Kim recalled of her first trip to Moscow.
"When I arrived at the airport, the official checking the entry of foreigners was very unfriendly. I thought, 'I'm dead'." But as soon as she arrived at the school dormitory, she was given such a warm welcome that she was soon able to forget her earlier frustrations.
Soon afterwards, she began to promote Korean culture to her Russian friends, getting them to try kimchi, a traditional dish of pickled cabbage, and Korean-style pancakes.
"There were people who couldn't stand the smell of kimchi and thought negatively of the fact that we serve dog meat in Korea. The more they avoided our food, the more I wanted them to try it. So I fed them, and soon they were asking for kimchi to have with their steaks."
Kim's efforts to promote Korea didn't stop there. When her friends mistakenly thought that Korean-made mobile phones were made in Japan, she didn't hesitate to correct them.
Kim adjusted so well to her new surroundings, that she began to feel more comfortable there than she did in Korea. But life in Moscow wasn't without its flaws.
"I was walking with my friends on the street, when we were suddenly shot in the face with a air gun. The culprits grabbed my friend's bag and ran away," Kim said.
"We reported the case to the police but they weren't very helpful. In the end, we couldn't find the culprits and nothing was resolved."
Despite such incidents, her love for Russia is evident.
"Each country has its own style of ballet. The Russian style suits me well. If I'd gone to France, I think I would have easily been discouraged because they pay so much attention to detail. Plus, Russian ballet dancers don't develop big muscly legs. As a girl, it would be dreadful to have muscly legs!" she joked.
After graduating from the academy last year, she moved back to Korea to treat a leg injury. It was then that she happened to watch the Miss Universe contest on TV and decided to try out for this year's Miss Korea.
Ballet may have helped her come this far, but Kim's plans for the future go well beyond dance.
"I'd like to work as a goodwill ambassador and raise awareness of Korean culture abroad. I'd also like to work toward attracting foreign students here to study ballet," she said.
She also wants to help children in poor countries. "If I'm given the chance, I'd also like to do volunteer work abroad, helping children in Cambodia suffering from a lack of water. And I also hope I will have the opportunity to go to North Korea and help children there. I once had the chance to watch North Korean children sing and dance on a stage and they were absolutely mesmerizing. I want to help them have more opportunities to perform on world stages."
The beauty queen is now preparing to enter the contest for next year's Miss Universe. So far, as Miss Korea 2009, she feels that she isn't given enough to do. Her activities have mostly consisted of attending various events at the request of sponsors and volunteering at facilities for the disabled.
"I love babies. I'd like to visit orphanages and take care of little children, but no one has asked me to yet!"
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Two months into her career as South Korea's beauty queen, Kim still moans about the pains of applying make-up.
"I hate putting on make-up everyday. It takes so long and I feel like my skin can't breathe," Kim said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on Saturday.
But in many other ways, the 21-year-old was already well prepared for the role. Having trained in ballet since the age of five, she was used to being on stage and receiving attention. Apart from the fact that many people now recognize her in public, she feels that not much has changed since becoming Miss Korea.
Kim Ju-ri
"I really love to be loved by people," Kim said in English, which she learned while studying ballet at the Royal Ballet School in England. She also answered some quesitons in Russian, but the interview was conducted mostly in Korean.
Ballet helped her to prepare for her future role as Miss Korea. As if to illustrate, she radiated confidence and poise while posing for photographs after the interview. Through ballet she came to feel comfortable in the spotlight. It also took her abroad, where she gained the 'international' experience needed to be a true "Miss Korea."
The Asian currency crisis of the late 1990's forced her to return home due to skyrocketing tuition costs after a two-year stay in England. Once Korea overcame the crisis some years later Kim again had the opportunity to go abroad, this time to Moscow. She spent four years studying ballet at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography.
She says Russia was not a very kind country, at least on the plane and at the airport. "When I got on the plane, I asked the Russian flight attendant for a glass of orange juice. I didn't speak any Russian, so I read outloud the phrase from a book. I was so shocked when I heard her say, "Nyet (No)"," Kim recalled of her first trip to Moscow.
"When I arrived at the airport, the official checking the entry of foreigners was very unfriendly. I thought, 'I'm dead'." But as soon as she arrived at the school dormitory, she was given such a warm welcome that she was soon able to forget her earlier frustrations.
Soon afterwards, she began to promote Korean culture to her Russian friends, getting them to try kimchi, a traditional dish of pickled cabbage, and Korean-style pancakes.
"There were people who couldn't stand the smell of kimchi and thought negatively of the fact that we serve dog meat in Korea. The more they avoided our food, the more I wanted them to try it. So I fed them, and soon they were asking for kimchi to have with their steaks."
Kim's efforts to promote Korea didn't stop there. When her friends mistakenly thought that Korean-made mobile phones were made in Japan, she didn't hesitate to correct them.
Kim adjusted so well to her new surroundings, that she began to feel more comfortable there than she did in Korea. But life in Moscow wasn't without its flaws.
"I was walking with my friends on the street, when we were suddenly shot in the face with a air gun. The culprits grabbed my friend's bag and ran away," Kim said.
"We reported the case to the police but they weren't very helpful. In the end, we couldn't find the culprits and nothing was resolved."
Despite such incidents, her love for Russia is evident.
"Each country has its own style of ballet. The Russian style suits me well. If I'd gone to France, I think I would have easily been discouraged because they pay so much attention to detail. Plus, Russian ballet dancers don't develop big muscly legs. As a girl, it would be dreadful to have muscly legs!" she joked.
After graduating from the academy last year, she moved back to Korea to treat a leg injury. It was then that she happened to watch the Miss Universe contest on TV and decided to try out for this year's Miss Korea.
Ballet may have helped her come this far, but Kim's plans for the future go well beyond dance.
"I'd like to work as a goodwill ambassador and raise awareness of Korean culture abroad. I'd also like to work toward attracting foreign students here to study ballet," she said.
She also wants to help children in poor countries. "If I'm given the chance, I'd also like to do volunteer work abroad, helping children in Cambodia suffering from a lack of water. And I also hope I will have the opportunity to go to North Korea and help children there. I once had the chance to watch North Korean children sing and dance on a stage and they were absolutely mesmerizing. I want to help them have more opportunities to perform on world stages."
The beauty queen is now preparing to enter the contest for next year's Miss Universe. So far, as Miss Korea 2009, she feels that she isn't given enough to do. Her activities have mostly consisted of attending various events at the request of sponsors and volunteering at facilities for the disabled.
"I love babies. I'd like to visit orphanages and take care of little children, but no one has asked me to yet!"
Happy International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD09)!
A white-rumped vulture in Cambodia's Northern Plains. (Photo Credit: Allan Michaud)09. 5.09
By Emma Grady, New York
TreeHugger.com
Vulture populations have declined more than 95% in South Asia due to diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug used on cattle which acts as a poison to vultures. Just in time for International Vulture Awareness Day (today, September 5, 2009) the Wildlife Conservation Society has announced that populations have been on the rise in Cambodia, a new population of white-rumped vultures (pictured above) has been in located in the country's Northern Plains, and eighteen new vulture fledglings took flight this year, oh happy day!
International Vulture Awareness Day will focus on promoting the conservation and awareness of vultures with events around the world -- from birth watching to visiting zoos and wildlife reserves -- and online with bloggers sharing photos, videos, and posts in the IVAD09 blog festival. Visit International Vulture Awareness Day to take part in the day's virtual event.
The Wildlife Conservation Society works to save vulture populations in Cambodia with community-supported projects such as a bird nest protection program and "restaurants" which provide reliable food sources. They work with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of the Environment, WWF, BirdLife International, the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Support is provided by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF).
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International Vulture Awareness Day will focus on promoting the conservation and awareness of vultures with events around the world -- from birth watching to visiting zoos and wildlife reserves -- and online with bloggers sharing photos, videos, and posts in the IVAD09 blog festival. Visit International Vulture Awareness Day to take part in the day's virtual event.
The Wildlife Conservation Society works to save vulture populations in Cambodia with community-supported projects such as a bird nest protection program and "restaurants" which provide reliable food sources. They work with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of the Environment, WWF, BirdLife International, the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Support is provided by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF).
Life in focus
Locals call it Smoky Mountain. Stung Meanchey Municipal Waste Dump is a 40-hectare tip on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, where thousands come to escape the crippling poverty of rural Cambodia. Here, amid the haze of toxic smoke from the smouldering garbage, they scavenge their living. Sonang, 13 (above), is one of the many children whose families live and work here. Photo: Simon O'DwyerSeptember 6, 2009
CLAIRE HALLIDAY
The Age (Australia)
WHEN Age photographer Simon O'Dwyer first visited Cambodia in 1997 to photograph the landmine clearing work being done by AusAID and the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, he found a country devastated by war and death.
Under the command of Pol Pot, between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated 2 million Cambodians, almost a quarter of the country's population.
The victims' ''crimes'' ranged from having an education or speaking a foreign language to being a soldier or government official from the previous regime. Entire families were imprisoned and murdered and, even today, the country remains forever changed, with generations lost to the Killing Fields.
Back in 1997, despite Cambodia's continuing struggles with poverty and disease and the pain still so visible on the scarred bodies of so many people, O'Dwyer also saw a resilience and hopeful dignity.
It was a resilience and hope that he explored further on a recent trip back - photographing the displaced people of Andong Village, the Stung Meanchey garbage dump and the historic temples of Angkor.
"For me, returning so many years later, the growth of tourism has taken a small part of that initial charm, but the spirit of the people and their hopes for a happier future remain," O'Dwyer says.
With more than 42 per cent of the country's population under the age of 15, Cambodia is a young country that is trying to move forward; taking what it can from a growing tourist market that draws international visitors to both the memorials of its grisly past and a raw beauty that decades of killing and conflict have not been able to destroy.
Next weekend, as part of the third Ballarat International Foto Biennale, a collection of photographs from O'Dwyer's two Cambodian journeys will be on display. It is just one of the exhibitions being staged at venues in and around the Ballarat Heritage and Arts precinct featuring at least 2000 images from up to 500 photographers.
For festival director Jeff Moorfoot, the decision to include O'Dwyer's work was based on his belief in the photographer's "humanist approach" to the subjects he photographs.
"There is a real empathy with his subjects, rather than sensationalism," Moorfoot says.
For more information, see ballaratfoto.org.
Under the command of Pol Pot, between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated 2 million Cambodians, almost a quarter of the country's population.
The victims' ''crimes'' ranged from having an education or speaking a foreign language to being a soldier or government official from the previous regime. Entire families were imprisoned and murdered and, even today, the country remains forever changed, with generations lost to the Killing Fields.
Back in 1997, despite Cambodia's continuing struggles with poverty and disease and the pain still so visible on the scarred bodies of so many people, O'Dwyer also saw a resilience and hopeful dignity.
It was a resilience and hope that he explored further on a recent trip back - photographing the displaced people of Andong Village, the Stung Meanchey garbage dump and the historic temples of Angkor.
"For me, returning so many years later, the growth of tourism has taken a small part of that initial charm, but the spirit of the people and their hopes for a happier future remain," O'Dwyer says.
With more than 42 per cent of the country's population under the age of 15, Cambodia is a young country that is trying to move forward; taking what it can from a growing tourist market that draws international visitors to both the memorials of its grisly past and a raw beauty that decades of killing and conflict have not been able to destroy.
Next weekend, as part of the third Ballarat International Foto Biennale, a collection of photographs from O'Dwyer's two Cambodian journeys will be on display. It is just one of the exhibitions being staged at venues in and around the Ballarat Heritage and Arts precinct featuring at least 2000 images from up to 500 photographers.
For festival director Jeff Moorfoot, the decision to include O'Dwyer's work was based on his belief in the photographer's "humanist approach" to the subjects he photographs.
"There is a real empathy with his subjects, rather than sensationalism," Moorfoot says.
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