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TRUE STORIES, FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.


Byline: -- Jason Kandel

For citizen journalist and photographer Michael Z. Glance, photography and world travel are lifelong passions.

And the two have complemented each other well.

From his first trip abroad to Japan in 1988 to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek in Cambodia, Glance has captured the emotions on the faces of people around the world and the exotic landscapes since he was a teenager.

For Glance, from his first trip to Japan back when he was 19-years-old, world travel has been a life-changing event.

On page 8, you can see some of his Cambodia photos. Among them is one of a napping man, his artificial limb artificial limb, mechanical replacement for a missing limb. An artificial limb, called a prosthesis, must be light and flexible to permit easy movement, but must also be sufficiently sturdy to support the weight of the body or to manipulate objects.  laying in the foreground.

The man was a victim of a land mine, a country littered with unexploded mines.

From the jungles of Cambodia to Tinsel Town Tinsel Town was a television drama produced by BBC Scotland. It ran for two series, one in 2000 and the second in 2001. Set in Glasgow it deals with the lifestyles of eight main characters which revolve around the 'Tinsel Town' nightclub in series one (in series two, 'Tinsel , celebrate the life of Anne Rooney, who died in August, after a lifetime of being a part of the Golden Age of Hollywood as an actress, singer and dancer who died in August at her Toluca Lake home.

Read local writer Pam Vetter's colorful account of the life and times of Rooney on page 6.

On page 16, blogger Lisa Burks keeps readers informed of the logistics of finding loved ones loved ones nplseres mpl queridos

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This week's edition is also filled with a spotlight pointed on service clubs.

On page 10, read about Junior Achievement, which was honored for their business and education efforts.

The Burbank Aktion Club, a club for adults with disabilities, has a spread on page 4.
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Title Annotation:Valley News
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Oct 19, 2006
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