Love for a pug tugs at the heartstrings

...ba href=/sleep/a/b.A worldwide community of pug people wouldn't let that happen.Fourteen minutes after Bighley's posting, a pug owner in Australia offered to chip in and urged others to follow.The next morning, the phone started ringing at South Shore Veterinary Hospital.Over 200 donations totaling about $2,000 came in from around the globe.Buck is home now, recuperating with his pug "sisters," Jill and Gabby.

And Bighley has a new appreciation for Web ties that bind."Some people think I'm weird because I go on the Internet to talk about my dog," Bighley said.

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Around Funkstown

...ba href=/sleep/a/b in, clean your room, help out around the house ...

the day is yours!

Kindergarten registration Wednesday, April 5, ...

wow, I like writing "April" ...

is registration for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.

Head into the school and see Mrs.

Nancy and bring along your child's birth certificate, proof of residency and immunization record.

And a most hearty welcome to the Funks-town school!

Picture Day Thursday is Picture Day at school ...

so be forewarned.

The background choices are many and varied, so be sure to take your time and select wisely.

If you did not already get the information in your child's backpack, you should be getting it shortly.

Food for the soul "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

"It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.

We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brillant, gorgeous, fabulous?

' Actually, who are you not to be?

"You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.

"We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - By Marianne Williamson, from "A Return to Love"...

UGANDA: War-related deaths in the north very high - report

...ba href=/sleep/a/b in streets or makeshift shelters in town centres to avoid being abducted by the rebel LRA," the report added."Northern Uganda is one of the world's worst war zones.

[...] It is tragedy of the worst proportions.

This conflict cannot be allowed to fester any longer.

A peaceful resolution of this conflict must be found," said Stella Ayo-Odongo, CSOPNU chairperson."The economic cost of the war to Uganda after 20 years is 1.7 billion dollars," the report said.

"This is the equivalent of double the UK's gross bilateral public expenditure on aid to Uganda between 1994 and 2001 or the United States' total aid to Uganda between 1994 and 2002." The LRA is blamed for displacing more than 1.5 million people, forcing them to live in camps.

Thousands of children have been abducted to serve in combat or become sex slaves to male rebel fighters.

The Ugandan army's efforts to defeat the rebellion militarily have not been successful, and peace efforts by different groups have failed.

Humanitarian agencies have asked for action from both the international community and the Ugandan government to end the crisis.CSOPNU urged the UN Security Council to adopt a recommendation for the appointment of a panel of experts to investigate the activities of the LRA.

"The appointment of a high level envoy to reinvigorate peace efforts, address all aspects of the crisis and report back to the UN Security Council on progress has also received widespread support though as yet no action has been taken," th...

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