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          <title>Photo subject, 84, earns final awards</title>
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Mary Fisher Beverley is true to her word, even after death.           ]]></description>
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          <title>China&#8217;s online dam breaks</title>
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At least something&#8217;s going right on the international scene.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Don&#8217;t muzzle working dogs too</title>
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The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is mulling expansion of the barking dog ordinance and will receive public input on July 8. If indeed the ordinance is expanded to include property greater than five acres, it may very well have unintended consequences for the rural way of life in Albemarle County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>New water rates are ridiculous</title>
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We have now seen the rollout of the new Albemarle County water rates, with their sharp increase for greater water usage.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Once&#45;forgotten War on Terror hits home</title>
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Blazing bursts of black and white have blinded me to the shades of journalistic gray through which I long have viewed the world&#8217;s armed conflicts. I can see clearly now, the haze is gone, all neutrality has disappeared.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:01:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Contrasting liberty and its lack</title>
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The extent of President Obama&#8217;s leadership during the Iran crisis consisted of a statement that the U.S. did not want to be accused of &#8220;meddling.&#8220;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:29:10 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Chalkboard fails to hit lofty goals</title>
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The free speech chalkboard is intended to be an educational, interactive monument to free expression but it is amazingly counterproductive.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:27:11 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>UVa baseball is a fresh&#45;air breeze</title>
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The rise of University of Virginia baseball: what a breeze of fresh air to the Charlottesville sports scene. It&#8217;s been liberating.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:25:57 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Recall words from history</title>
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Everyone should reread Patrick Henry&#8217;s speech at least once a year.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:58:56 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Washington failed us on economy</title>
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How can anyone fail to be in complete shock over the government involvement in our free market?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:53:50 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Recompense made sense</title>
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&#8220;One of the county&#8217;s core values is stewardship,&#8221; said Albemarle police spokesman Lt. Todd Hopwood. &#8220;Why wouldn&#8217;t we try to get [the money] back?&#8221; 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:50:20 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Government often does dumb things</title>
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Reading the newspaper and watching the evening news has certainly made me realize there are some stupid people in local government.
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          <title>New health&#45;care paradigm needed</title>
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The U.S. Senate is creating a bill that will guarantee everyone has access to quality, affordable health care. It can&#8217;t happen fast enough.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:58:39 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Jefferson would stand up for science</title>
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Jefferson did not seek to banish God from schools in his day. But it is difficult indeed to believe he would support creationism masquerading as science.
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          <title>Cap&#45;and&#45;trade is harmful scheme</title>
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Apparently, House Democrats have repealed all laws of economics, and their cap-and-trade scheme will not lead to economic distress, or so they assure us.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Water costs raise concern</title>
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But officials and opponents still don&#8217;t agree on the future of water supply for the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:49:38 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Schools need more blacks on staff</title>
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I agree : The Albemarle school division&#8217;s failing to make adequate progress toward remedying the problem of inequity in diversity in hiring is &#8220;ridiculous.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:42:36 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Small schools, not &#8216;small&#8217; education</title>
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I would proudly stack Scottsville Elementary School up against any other elementary school in Albemarle County.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:39:21 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lofty goals for higher ed.</title>
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Whatever else its merits, the new business/education campaign has a great name: Grow by Degrees.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:38:35 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Soldiers deserve help</title>
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It&#8217;s not enough to fight for your country; you have to pay financial penalties, too. 
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          <title>Hoyer, Perriello are hypocritical</title>
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How hypocritical can Rep. Steny Hoyer and Rep. Tom Perriello get?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:01:44 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>No tolerance for this abuse</title>
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Some 60,000 inmates are estimated to be sexually abused each year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Diet is best prevention to cancer</title>
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 I think many of us, and certainly most cancer survivors, would be willing to make those changes if we only knew what to do. 
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          <title>Dominion needs to stop spraying</title>
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Traveling west on Fontaine Avenue, one cannot help but notice the unsightly herbicide spraying along the power line adjacent to Piedmont Housing, home to a number of families with young children. 
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          <title>Monuments need to honor blacks</title>
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I can only wonder when Charlottesville will see fit to correct an equally egregious historical distortion, and add to the existing monuments to Confederate nostalgia downtown (the statues of Lee, Jackson, and the Confederate soldier).            ]]></description>
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          <title>Was $1,623 meal worth it?</title>
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So it &#8220;probably would have had been smarter&#8221; to have had appropriate expense-account guidelines in advance? Darn right it would.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Check details in health&#45;care bill</title>
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David Murphy

Albemarle County           ]]></description>
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          <title>Team great this year, but wait ...</title>
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It is especially appropriate that Coach Brian O&#8217;Connor was selected as the coach of the year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:57:19 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Reform would set health care right</title>
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As Congress considers a critical health-care reform bill, there is growing support among the people for a single-payer system.&nbsp; 
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          <title>A tribe, a herd or a bunch?</title>
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The College of William &amp; Mary is looking for a new symbol or mascot. The mascot doesn&#8217;t have to match the name.
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          <title>Don&#8217;t be offensive</title>
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&#8220;Things Your Mama Should Have Taught You.&#8221; If there isn&#8217;t a book by that name, there ought to be.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Happy, human British medicine</title>
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With all the negative comments about the consequences of going to socialized medicine, I&#8217;d like to relate a recent experience of my English sister.           ]]></description>
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          <title>History holds economic warnings</title>
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We may expect our current recession to turn into a depression if Mr. Obama&#8217;s policies of change are not opposed.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Happy, human British medicine</title>
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With all the negative comments about the consequences of going to socialized medicine, I&#8217;d like to relate a recent experience of my English sister.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:13:07 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Private ethics, public ethics</title>
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If a man can wrong his wife by forsaking his vows to her, how can constituents believe he has the strength to keep his promises to them?
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          <title>We need better health care now</title>
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The American health-care system is broken, and my family and business are tired of waiting for the long-needed overhaul. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:45:19 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>President right to exercise caution</title>
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We are already engaged in two wars; with North Korea&#8217;s moves to further intimidate, we cannot be more aggressive in our response in Iran.            ]]></description>
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The American health-care system is broken, and my family and business are tired of waiting for the long-needed overhaul. 
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&#8220;Pay-as-you-go&#8221; legislation has been introduced in Congress by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer for the Obama administration.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:02:48 EDT</pubDate>
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We recommend coordinating middle and high schools schedules to build full-time music positions that guarantee oversight over our music offerings.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:09:21 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama has praised Spain as a successful example of generating new green jobs and &#8220;clean energy.&#8221; The reality is starkly sobering. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:06:02 EDT</pubDate>
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&#8220;An Easter decoration is a religious statement and should be protected &#8212; even if it is just bunnies,&#8221; said her attorney, John Pineau. Really?           ]]></description>
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I have become aware of and increasingly alarmed by the marginalization of choir programs at the middle- and high-school levels.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:41:38 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama recently requested $85 million to close the Guantanamo detention facility. Congress rejected his request until he presented a plan. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:39:44 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A vision for a lively McIntire</title>
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With all due respect to the McIntire golf course, much of that space could be opened up to Frisbees, kites, picnickers, cross-country skiers, sledders, etc.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:37:34 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama proposes what he calls &#8220;a public insurance option,&#8221; which would appeal in the fashion of saying no to the man with the gun.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A little help for boy&#8217;s long battle with cancer</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/columnists_bryan_mckenzie/article/a_little_help_for_boys_long_battle_with_cancer/41811/</link>
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On the whole, Mason Thomas would rather play the outfield, ride a four-wheeler or sweat through a fourth-grade math class.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:56 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Creator deserves place in schools</title>
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Those who do not believe in a Creator God or in intelligent design, as well as those who believe public schools should not mention religion, may not have read (as I had not read) what Thomas Jefferson said:           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:52 EDT</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m tired of dark destinies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:33 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/perriello_ignoring_constitution/41802/</link>
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One question that we asked concerned the congressman&#8217;s views on HR 450, the Enumerate Powers Act.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:33 EDT</pubDate>
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Virginia has the equation backward           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:19 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Del. Bell cares for community</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/del._bell_cares_for_community/41800/</link>
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I was delighted when Del. Rob Bell made an appearance           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:07:21 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/stop_helping_just_reduce_taxes/41799/</link>
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Forty million people need health care           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:05:57 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Medical breakthroughs seldom are</title>
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We are regularly warned that alternative medicines do not undergo the rigorous testing required for conventional medicine           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:04:29 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Best ahead for UVa baseball</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/op_ed/article/best_ahead_for_uva_baseball/41797/</link>
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No, Virginia&#8217;s baseball players and coaches did things the &#8220;right&#8221; way.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:02:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia races more contested</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/columnists_political_notebook/article/virginia_races_more_contested/41796/</link>
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Virginians who pay attention to politics are not likely to be disappointed this year if they like competitive elections.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:20:20 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Bell stands up for businesses</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/bell_stands_up_for_businesses/41762/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Virginia needs Rob Bell.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:58 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/columnists_bryan_mckenzie/article/need_a_gadget_any_gadget_shop_has_it/41774/</link>
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Specialty Fasteners is a sprawling labyrinth of hardware with tools and equipment crammed into every cranny, corner and nook of the retail outlet off Rose Hill Drive.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:47 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>AT WEEK&#8217;S END: Getting caught red&#45;haired</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/op_ed/article/at_weeks_end_getting_caught_red-haired/41759/</link>
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Hair the color of a clown&#8217;s wig has helped police just north of New York City capture a burglary suspect.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:45 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/nurture_nature_neighborhoods/41761/</link>
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I&#8217;m very concerned about the lack of community in neighborhoods, especially neighborhoods of the wealthy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:30 EDT</pubDate>
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In our town, a frequent aid to view current events is to ask, &#8220;What would have Thomas Jefferson thought (or done) in this case?&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:11 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>To compete, we need health reform</title>
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I am writing today in support of a single-carrier health-care plan for our country and all of its citizens. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:05:46 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/time_to_revive_ayn_rands_vision/41858/</link>
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There is no better time than the present to reintroduce Ayn Rand&#8217;s work           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:04:23 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/rankings_part_of_life_in_real_world/41857/</link>
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Interestingly, at Monticello High School graduation there was no speech from the class valedictorian; there was also no speech from the salutatorian.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:01:53 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Take a look at political riddle</title>
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On a General Assembly scorecard released recently by the foundation, GOP lawmakers are aces. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:58:25 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Of barking dogs and grassy roads</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/of_barking_dogs_and_grassy_roads/41949/</link>
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I am commenting on &#8220;County mulls expanding law on barking dogs&#8221; and &#8220;Board explores ways to rescue Hatton Ferry&#8221; Tthe Daily Progress, June 4).           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:20:14 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Hold on: Let&#8217;s reread Title VII</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/hold_on_lets_reread_title_vii/41948/</link>
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Nowhere in the law did I find language supporting the conclusion of the author of &#8220;Judge&#8217;s decision was logical, legal&#8221; (The Daily Progress, June 11).
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:17:04 EDT</pubDate>
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A recent Associated Press series raises these issues in regard to what is known as complementary and alternative medicine.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:14:05 EDT</pubDate>
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SOL and No Child Left Behind assessment programs may have begun with the best of intentions but at this point both programs are hurting kids.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:18:32 EDT</pubDate>
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In a June 9 letter to the editor, the attempt to justify torture doesn&#8217;t work, because the author&#8217;s argument rests on a fantasy premise.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:16:44 EDT</pubDate>
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Del. Bell worked with the Virginia Division of Licensing Programs to change regulations affecting patient health at assisted-living facilities.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:11:48 EDT</pubDate>
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I have never met a single Christian who believes that the murder of abortionists is justified.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:09:26 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Saving jobs is</title>
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A few days&#8217; reprieve of state funding for the Hatton Ferry is reasonable. For the longer term, the ferry should be funded chiefly by private donations.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:07:36 EDT</pubDate>
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After calling herself a First Amendment absolutist, Ellen Goodman goes on to criticize the exercise of that right of free speech by pro-lifers.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:56:49 EDT</pubDate>
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Complementary and alternative medicine therapies are sought for assisting with quality-of-life issues and for health promotion and disease prevention. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:53:49 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Stay home and save our money</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/stay_home_and_save_our_money/42266/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
I have no idea how costly it is for President Obama to fly to Green Bay, Wis., to promote his health-care plan.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:52:57 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. decline is prophesied</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/op_ed/article/u.s._decline_is_prophesied/42265/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
In the world of Hollywood horror, faith in the resurrection is empirical: the bad guy always rises from the dead. Life adds a twist: sometimes the bad guy wins.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:49:44 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Ms. Gilbert has seen plenty of change</title>
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Pernetha Gilbert is tough.           ]]></description>
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May 23 was a glorious day for the 19th annual Discovery Dash, an important fundraising event for the Virginia Discovery Museum. 
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A remarkable event occurred recently in Charlottesville. Jackson-Via Elementary School received the Panasonic National School Change Award on May 28. 
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So, what&#8217;s it gonna be?&nbsp; A day of &#8220;Rocky&#8221; and rugby, or &#8220;Love Story&#8221; and romance?           ]]></description>
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We&#8217;ve all heard of turning abandoned railroad lines into linear parks. But have you ever heard of a rail trail 30 feet in the air?           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s high noon and nigh unto two dozen duffers hump clubs on the endangered McIntire Park Golf Course with non-manicured, stump-studded fairways and sand-trap greens.           ]]></description>
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I am imploring the electorate to become well informed.            ]]></description>
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Wefear that in the absence of history and social studies SOLs, these two important areas of education will be overlooked.           ]]></description>
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Drivers and cyclists can travel the same road at the same time. To coexist safely, each must observe the law, use common sense and show some civility.           ]]></description>
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For water, Albemarle residents pay 2.5 times what Fairfax residents pay, twice what Roanoke residents pay, twice what Harrisonburg residents pay.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:08:18 EDT</pubDate>
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Many people are critical that Judge Sonia Sotomayor and fellow jurists agreed to reject results of a firefighters promotion test. But the law has to govern.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:05:21 EDT</pubDate>
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There&#8217;s a strong strain of hometown pride in state Sen. Creigh Deeds&#8217; upset victory this week in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Do you want to distribute your wealth or leave it to the politicians to distribute?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:19:30 EDT</pubDate>
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The death of Chad Carr, a member of the Greene County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, is a great loss. He was fine human being.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:18:43 EDT</pubDate>
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I would like to write in support of continued (even increased) funding for the arts and specifically music programs in Albemarle County schools. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:16:36 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration&#8217;s massive spending plan is putting the U.S. deeper in debt, even as new needs that should be funded keep surfacing. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:14:29 EDT</pubDate>
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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsak recently announced an interim memorandum halting any development in roadless forest areas. I, for one, am thankful.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:43:55 EDT</pubDate>
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I am confused on this water boarding/torture debate.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:41:10 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Appearance sent wrong message</title>
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 I am sorry to see Rutherford Institute showcase Randall Terry and his demented views about abortion.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:39:58 EDT</pubDate>
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The National Park Service is seeking to encourage visitation with three free weekends: June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:38:32 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The Dismal quarter?</title>
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There&#8217;s a move afoot in east Virginia to get Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge on a new set of quarters as Virginia&#8217;s representative.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:36:57 EDT</pubDate>
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When President Barack Obama pressed Congress to pass his $787 billion economic stimulus plan, he touted that millions of &#8220;shovel ready&#8221; jobs were just waiting for someone to fill them.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:01:49 EDT</pubDate>
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The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court justice is a perfect reflection of President Obama&#8217;s view of America and how he wants to redefine justice in the eyes of the law.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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