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Monday, August 30, 2004

Birds of prey

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These birds were soaring around the garden. Later a Hawk flew over the Geese looked up at it, following him like guns on a battle ship. I am not sure from the small images I took what they are exactly, I found the close up on Google, they could be an osprey, kestrel, harrier.


If you have any ideas please let me know.

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Saturday, August 21, 2004

Peter Max helps the NSALA

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Peter Max, who has been an active animal rights advocate in the New York area (where over 40,000 dogs and cats are euthanized each year) and around the world, will also be donating an original work of art to the League in honor of its 60th anniversary.


The painting, which will be presented to a League representative, will be sold at auction during the League’s annual Elisabeth Lewyt Humane Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, November 3.

Peter Max Hosts a Stellar Shindig for Seals


Peter Max Art Online


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Thursday, August 19, 2004

"The Ecology of Eden" by Evan Eisenberg reviewed for Bookzen by KJR

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"The Ecology of Eden" by Evan Eisenberg originally struck me as a seminal work, like Darwin's "Origin of the Species" which was written almost 150 years ago. Not because of original and breakthrough research or observation in the field per se, as Darwin did. More importantly for me at this time, Mr. Eisenberg has assembled numerous findings from diverse branches of groundbreaking twentieth century sciences, and put all the pieces together*. This is important because while the fields of palaeontology, sociology, anthropology, biology, genetics, ecology, and archaeology were telling us many important things about the world we live in, very few people were connecting the dots until recently.

Mr. Eisenberg then, asks fundamental questions, like the one asked in the first few chapters of Genesis and in all other creation stories of all other peoples on the planet, namely, "Why do we have the sense that something has gone terribly wrong?" He then takes all of the sciences mentioned above, including literature, myth and religious lore, to provide the answer. Essentially he is saying that we live in a relatively closed system, such as described by Newton's "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction," but multiplied out into the thousand-fold greater array of more implications, on both a global scale and a nano scale, that we are now aware of and are able to measure.

Personally, I found it very stimulating to be shown how genetical dynamics affect plant biology and anthropology and vice versa, to see in detail how our actions and those of our ancestors affected and are still affecting virtually every life form on the planet, genetically and ecologically, as well. Mr. Eisenberg touches on everything from why human beings seem to like nice green lawns to why we as a species still seem to be at war with the forests, and the implications and consequences for the human race and all other creatures in the years ahead.

While it is this connecting the dots of both the latest and most secure of the findings of twentieth century science in order to shape a new world view that makes this book so revelatory, what make it extraordinary for me is his connecting the dots all the way back to creation myths and the Bible. Having often in my youth and young adulthood wondered what I could say to my right wing fundamentalist anti-evolution parents and their friends to explain why I had left the fold, I felt upon reading this book that even my father, an otherwise intelligent man, would have been able to grasp evolution and so many more things had he had this book to read when he was fourteen. So I think this is a book that can change lives and have a benefical political impact, particularly in the dark age in which we find oureselves, in which all people can read and vote, but in which most do neither.

*Until recently, relatively few books consciously combined a variety of branches of science, though there is an increasing tendency to do so now. Those brave few from the past that stand out in my mind are" The Origin of the Species," as already noted, which took eighteenth century biology and palaeontology and came up with the first coherent theory of evolution; another was a book Carl Jung edited in the last years of his life, "Man and his Symbols," that came out in 1968, that brought together psychology, archaeology and art history; around the same time, a book called Human Nature (Penquin), brought together anthropology, sociology, and ecology, and of course, there were the books of Norman O. Brown, which looked at literature through the eyes of psychology, with a view of creating a new understanding of anthropology, sociology, and psychology. I find the current vogue for general systems theory a very fresh breath of air.

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Thursday, August 12, 2004

Glasses for Humanity

Robert Tolmach founded this nonprofit organisation to help the world see. I am sure that there are 1,000's of pairs of glasses lurking. Please clean out your bags and cupboards they need your specs. Valaunteer your time or give them money to make this superb idea a reality. Tell your friends, have a glasses collection day at work. Thank you.



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Robert Tolmach's introduction>>


Welcome to the web site of Glasses for Humanity, a new nonprofit organization.


When I decided to move from the business world to the social sector, I looked for the opportunity where my time and efforts would make the greatest possible difference. That led to the creation of Glasses for Humanity.


If you ask yourself the similar question—where will your charitable dollars make the biggest difference—you, too, may find Glasses for Humanity to be the answer.


Billions of people in the world and millions of children in the United States can’t see clearly. Indeed, millions of people needlessly go blind each year from avoidable or treatable causes. This undermines literacy, education, safety and productivity, and the chance to lead a fulfilling life.


We have put together a remarkable team with expertise in such areas as vision care, public health, microfinance, marketing and other disciplines. Together, we have developed a comprehensive and businesslike plan, which harnesses market forces to combat vision loss of all forms. This approach is extraordinarily cost-effective.


This site describes our leveraged, scalable and financially-sustainable program to collect used eyeglasses in the United States, to provide eye exams and eyeglasses for 30 million people in developing countries and half a million children in the United States each year, to significantly reduce the incidence of avoidable
blindness, and to generate $50 million per year in new revenues for vision care and research.


We know of no opportunity where your charitable dollars can improve the lives of so many people. Please consider joining us in our efforts. And if you’d be so kind as to register with us, we’ll keep you posted on all our progress, celebrity events, and plans.


On behalf of the entire team behind this effort, thank you for your interest and support.


Sincerely,


Robert Tolmach

President

Glasses for Humanity


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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

grownupgreen is an important new environmental asset, I hope you will join, participate, donate,

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grownupgreen is aimed at encouraging and supporting households to think and act more sustainably in a lively, interactive and interesting way.


It is for people who want to make more informed choices on issues such as renewable energy, management of household waste, purchasing of consumer goods and much more.

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RSPCA hot tips for protecting your animals in hot weather

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Enjoy the sunshine, but with temperatures soaring the RSPCA is appealing to pet owners to spare a thought for their animals during hot weather.

All animals need plenty of water and should be kept out of the full glare of the sun to avoid heatstroke and skin cancer. If your cat has a white nose and ear tips, sunscreen should be applied to stop it from burning. more>>

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RSA needs you to plant a tree

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From the 1750s through to the 1820s the RSA encouraged tree planting across the UK. Well over 50 million trees were planted giving rise to many of the woods we enjoy in Britain today.


On the 20th April 2004 the RSA launched a new initiative, working in partnership with the UK's key tree planting organisations, to mark its 250th Anniversary and hopes to plant in excess of 250,000 trees during the next 12 months.


For a donation of £15 the RSA, with its partners, will plant a tree and maintain it until maturity on your behalf.

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Thursday, August 05, 2004

Smarty Jones is lucky, his owners truly love him.

A fitting reward for a great horse.

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Smarty Jones Is Leaving as Quickly as He Arrived By JOE DRAPE

Smarty Jones was retired to stud yesterday almost as suddenly as he captured the nation's imagination last spring, when he rolled to victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before sustaining his only loss at the Belmont Stakes in a gallant, but ultimately leg-wobbling defeat just yards away from capturing the Triple Crown.

Smarty Jones has bruising in all four fetlock joints, the equivalent in humans of sprained ankles. It was not a career-ending condition, veterinarians who examined him said, but one that Smarty Jones's owners feared might be aggravated. more>> via...NYT

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"Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough.

We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it.

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."

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