tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37397350789427118502024-03-12T18:44:02.440-07:00The World According To Jena portal into my ever growing UniverseTHE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-28607027541611684352011-09-15T10:32:00.000-07:002011-09-15T10:32:33.023-07:00The Rise of The Arab Woman...let's hope it's permanent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/war-opens-opportunities-for-women-in-libya.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">The war in Libya has given women opportunities they might never have had, says the New York Times. Fatima Bredan became a hairdresser after she mocked Muammar el-Gaddafi’s Green Book Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/war-opens-opportunities-for-women-in-libya.html#ixzz1Y2kgWFgd</span></a></div>
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-15669614066372676522011-09-15T10:19:00.000-07:002011-09-15T10:22:29.549-07:00Curry Spice Could Be an Anti-Cancer Treatment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #674ea7; color: #ffe599;">If you don't fancy the Indian flavors of curry spices, you can go to any health food store and get dome Tumeric pills. They contain cur cumin which has now been categorized by UCLA Jonsson Comprehenisve cancer Center help prevent the growth of cancer cells in the head and neck.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #674ea7; color: #ffe599;">Nature is very powerful.... especially when it come to prevention. Click on link below for full article...</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/curry-spice-could-be-an-anti-cancer-treatment.html">The study was conducted by researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/curry-spice-could-be-an-anti-cancer-treatment.html#ixzz1Y2hJNwsV</a> to read entire article...</div>
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-78174771065901677732010-07-29T20:50:00.000-07:002010-07-29T20:58:48.664-07:00Bullfighting banned in Barcelona<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TFJMdA43cFI/AAAAAAAAAMs/3QSXApOfapc/s1600/the+bullfighting.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TFJMdA43cFI/AAAAAAAAAMs/3QSXApOfapc/s320/the+bullfighting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499542156311228498" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;">Wether it's because they want to be separate and different from the "Fatherland" or because they care about animal welfare or both... it seems like a victory for the bulls in Cataluña as they vote 68-55 to ban the ancient (and truly barbaric and backwards) tradition of bullfighting.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;">I can't tell you how happy I was to hear this and so glad that I've lived to see it. I hope I live to see it banned in all of Spain and anywhere else in the world were this painful, dangerous and senseless event takes place.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.financialpost.com/news/Independence+from+Spain+drives+Catalonia+bullfighting/3338967/story.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">Read more...</span></span></a></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-92179625817487127652010-07-23T13:57:00.000-07:002010-07-23T13:59:39.613-07:00House wins Victory for Animals... now we need the Senate<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously to pass H.R. 5566, the Prevention of Interstate Commerce in Animal Crush Videos Act of 2010. Congress will soon recess for the remainder of the summer, but we are hopeful that a Senate companion bill will be introduced when the session resumes in September.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.aspca.org/news/national/07-23-10.html#1">(Read more...)</a></span></span></span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-15655370015416002662010-07-21T11:36:00.000-07:002010-07-21T11:47:50.474-07:00Spiritual Ecstasy...? sounds good!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TEc_r3F-jwI/AAAAAAAAAMk/iL1qRhZdg1c/s1600/bernini_st_teresa_face.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TEc_r3F-jwI/AAAAAAAAAMk/iL1qRhZdg1c/s320/bernini_st_teresa_face.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496431892984925954" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">Bernini's St Theresa</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#99FFFF;">"Spiritual ecstasy is not a feeling or an idea but a shift of perception in which direct contact with spirit is made..." (<i><a href="http://www.care2.com/greenliving/spiritual-ecstasy.html">Read more...</a></i>)</span></span></span></span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-26394227170059858482010-07-19T12:50:00.000-07:002010-07-19T16:23:11.025-07:00Support this better alternative until fully vegetarian or fishetarian!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p><img src="http://hfac.convio.net/images/content/pagebuilder/10984.jpg" alt="Logo_without_words.jpg" width="102" height="74" /><strong><span style=" ;font-family:'arial black', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); ">Certified Humane® in the News</span></span></strong></p><hr /><hr /><p></p><p><span style=" ;font-size:15px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); "><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; ">VALLEY FORD CHEESE COMPANY NOW CERTIFIED HUMANE®</span></strong></span></span></p><p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">(Herndon, VA) July 19, 2010</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"> - Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) announces today that Valley Ford Cheese Company of Valley Ford, California has been awarded the Certified Humane® label for its cheese.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Valley Ford Cheese Company is located at Mountain View Jerseys, a 640 acre dairy farm in Western Sonoma County, California. Owned by Paul Bianchi and his children Karen Bianchi-Moreda and Steve Bianchi, the farm has been operated by Bianchi/Grossi families, since 1918.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Valley Ford cheeses originate from a closed herd of over 400 Jersey cows. The closed herd concept means no outside breeding stock is ever introduced to the existing animals. Using this type of process has been shown to cut down on disease and generally produces a healthier and stronger animal.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">The farm is well known for its </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Estero Gold</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"> Italian farmstead cheese and a new cheese </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Highway 1</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">which recently won a medal at the California State Fair. The Estero Gold is an aged artisan cheese that is made in the tradition of the Swiss-Italian canton of Ticino where the Bianchi/Grossi great grandmothers were from. </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Highway 1</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"> is made in a fontina style.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">“We have a lot of pride in our product and our farm, it shows the minute you enter the gates,” said owner Karen Bianchi-Moreda. “We took the certification process and inspection very seriously, and believe me the dairy and our cheese making processes were looked over with a fine tooth comb by the HFAC inspectors. We had nothing to lose and absolutely everything to gain by becoming Certified Humane®,” she added.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">HFAC is the leading non-profit certification organization improving the lives of farm animals in food production. The Certified Humane® designation assures consumers that meat, poultry, egg, or dairy products they purchase have been produced according to HFAC's precise standards for humane farm animal treatment. Animals must receive a nutritious diet without antibiotics or hormones and must be raised with shelter, resting areas and space sufficient to support natural behavior. Since the HFAC program was unveiled in May 2003, more than 60 companies, representing hundreds of farms and millions of farm animals, have been certified.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Endorsed by more than 36 humane organizations, the Certified Humane Raised and Handled® program is nationally recognized as the Gold Standard for certifying animal welfare from birth through slaughter. HFAC’s Animal Care Standards were developed by a veritable “Who¹s Who” of national and international animal scientists and farm-animal welfare experts. Producer compliance with the HFAC standards is verified through annual on-site visits by HFAC’s third-party inspectors.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Valley Ford Cheese Company products can be found in markets in Sonoma, Napa and Marin Counties, California as well as several other states and the Washington, DC area. To find out where to purchase these products visit our website</span><a href="http://hfac.convio.net/site/R?i=v8zrOIzHQOW22Ec6uGJmhw.." target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"> www.certifiedhumane.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">. For more information on the farm: </span><a href="http://hfac.convio.net/site/R?i=_TZ9JaZbL2mNwDSlXZntjg.." target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); ">www.valleyfordcheeseco.com</a>.</p><img src="http://hfac.convio.net/site/PixelServer?j=vOd0SPO-jFDVy8GWi0mKOg.." height="1" width="1" /> <p></p><hr /><hr /><p style="text-align: left; "><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline; "><a href="http://hfac.convio.net/site/R?i=SIGOb8a6GBpZEwJ_iyJ28w.." target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); ">You Can Help Farm Animals Right Now</a></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left; "><strong><a href="http://hfac.convio.net/site/R?i=G0MWiUxenqGb2gWT-_ZI6Q.." target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); "></a></strong></p><p style="text-align: left; "><strong><a href="http://hfac.convio.net/site/R?i=dQSfIRa9mns-2ZpsYPS7mQ.." target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); "><img src="http://hfac.convio.net/images/content/pagebuilder/10945.jpg" alt="Donate_Now_image.JPG" width="217" height="57" style="float: left; " /></a></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Send an </span><a href="http://hfac.convio.net/site/R?i=wYhhUmqHJqdN0un37NOaaw.." target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">online donation</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"> by credit card. You may make a one-time donation, or set up a recurring donation for monthly, quarterly, or annual gifts. Recurring donations are a wonderful way to support our work while helping us reduce the administrative costs associated with processing gifts.</span></p><p style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">You may also send your donation directly to Certified Humane by mailing a check or money order payable to: </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Humane Farm Animal Care, P.O. 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For more information, please visit our </strong><a href="http://hfac.convio.net/site/R?i=Q4cRMUqBVJEAh1QlqjWDpA.." target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); "><strong>website</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p></span>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-35224441913800823122010-07-16T13:20:00.000-07:002010-07-16T14:02:44.916-07:00ANIMAL ABUSE AND CRUELTY WORLDWIDE<div><br /></div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s2ol9QgNXUI&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s2ol9QgNXUI&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">I debated wether to post this graphic and heartbreaking video. But then I thought, that if I... we, keep turning our heads and choosing not to really see the reality of what is, we will never really understand, and it will forever remain something " we heard on the news...". Whenever you eat your next yummy lamb meal, </span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;">or beef shawarma, or your ropa vieja... think what you see in this video is what happened prior to this food showing up in your plate. This is not only something we must not support but something we should not eat as well. I guess it would be a perfect world if we could all be vegetarian, but at the very least, the amount of animal flesh we consume should be so low, that the demand should drop tremendously. If you are a meat eater, please support HUMANE TREATMENT OF FARM ANIMALS so that they are feed well and live a good life until it's time for them TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE YOURS. There is no reason why these animals should live tortured lives to end up in the slaughter house and then you EAT THAT TORTURED FLESH, and God knows how much ANTIBIOTICS they were filled with or what kind of DISEASE it has, and now you are consuming. So think about this as you go through life feeding yourself and your families. As far as products made from animals, IT SHOULD NOT EVEN BE AN ISSUE, IT SIMPLY SHOULD NOT BE. We are living in 2010, there are plenty of other sources that we can make coast and soaps from. If you choose not to look at this videO, it's ok. But think that YOU CHOSE NOT TO WATCH IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT IS HORRIFYING AND HEARTBREAKING AND THAT IT'S SOMETHING YOU CHOSE NOT TO CONFRONT!</span></span></span></h3></span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-37707066571137682072010-06-17T10:44:00.000-07:002010-06-17T10:47:54.931-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TBpfBGY9e-I/AAAAAAAAAMM/xl1OT89drZg/s1600/international-flags.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 204px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TBpfBGY9e-I/AAAAAAAAAMM/xl1OT89drZg/s400/international-flags.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483799968776813538" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">To all my foreign followers... Thank yo for following my blog. Please try to write in english if you can. I tend not to post things in other languages only because I can't read them and can't moderate the comments. Some people don't write constructive comments, and without an understanding of the language on my part it's difficult for me to weed them out. Especially languages of Asian countries which I unfortunately have no knowledge of. Perhaps there is an application that can convert what you write before you post it. I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS AND WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO READ THEM AND POST THEM ON MY BLOG!</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE MADE THE EFFORT OF WRITING TO ME IN ENGLISH. :0)</span></span></span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-39387443296778611192010-06-16T13:48:00.000-07:002010-07-16T14:13:39.674-07:00Animals affected by Oil Spill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TBk4yiVMoXI/AAAAAAAAAME/-B6inV9ptCI/s1600/t1larg.oil.spill.pelicans.afpgi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TBk4yiVMoXI/AAAAAAAAAME/-B6inV9ptCI/s400/t1larg.oil.spill.pelicans.afpgi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483476462160617842" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF9966;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Bureaucracy not letting enough bird experts come to the rescue, especially those birds who are covered in oil but are still in flight. Louisiana Wildlife Dept says it has all the tools and resources to take care of the problem and that those resources need to be ready when the "calling" comes and the time is right. WHEN THE F*CK IS THAT IF NOT NOW??!!!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/06/16/ac.gulf.wildlife.in.danger.cnn"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/06/16/ac.gulf.wildlife.in.danger.cnn</span></a>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-26885653958694983432010-05-31T20:21:00.000-07:002010-05-31T21:13:50.911-07:00The Way of the World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TASGSZTT67I/AAAAAAAAAL8/hWmvMFxGono/s1600/sun.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/TASGSZTT67I/AAAAAAAAAL8/hWmvMFxGono/s320/sun.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477650697377016754" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">Service is the way of the coming years. Community is they key. It is the way to the Christ light and the way to God is through the Christ light. And I don't mean Christ in the the way it is portrayed in the dogmatic religions. It is actually dogma that gets in the way of the Christ light. Dogma is mostly as set of rules designed by those who seek power and control and the other aspect of it is their concealment of universal mysteries and their manipulation of universal truths which are then fed to the masses without teaching them their profound meaning and purpose. Like the doctor who prescribes his patient a medication and counts on him taking it at face value without any genuine understanding of it's purpose and consequences. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF66;">We need to be grateful and serve in any way we find pleasure in. It is what's asked of us as lightworkers and beings that come to preserve this planet and it's sentient beings. It is the way to survive the coming era of trials and challenges. People's pain bodies will be very intense and we need of each other's comfort and service which is why community is they key!</span></span></span></span>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-81171434468289986182010-05-24T08:01:00.000-07:002010-05-31T21:10:53.158-07:00Tough on Oil...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/S_qbDC-QRDI/AAAAAAAAALc/SmFoIaAKiYE/s1600/home_save_right_img01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/S_qbDC-QRDI/AAAAAAAAALc/SmFoIaAKiYE/s320/home_save_right_img01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474858773662155826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/S_qbCy2d5EI/AAAAAAAAALU/pXFmg778Irc/s1600/2729772417_f34162e745.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/S_qbCy2d5EI/AAAAAAAAALU/pXFmg778Irc/s320/2729772417_f34162e745.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474858769334527042" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/S_qVipGZ6AI/AAAAAAAAALM/36BEsCaMGTI/s1600/images.jpeg" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Have you ever seen those Dawn commercials where people are washing these cute little animals...duck, seals, birds... after a few seconds of watching the commercial you realize they are not grooming these precious ones, they are washing some Texas Gold from their little bodies. How cool would it be if we could really do that? What's more, how cool would it be if people really CARED to do that? What's cheaper... buying a trillion bottles of Dawn and wash away ocean life or embark on SOLAR energy? How about this.... trying to clean our oceans from a massive oil spill that seems to have no remedy or fixing your faulty pipes and drilling platforms? I guess we know the answer to that but I mean...really...? Does it make more business sense to waste millions of dollars in trying to solve a problem that seems to have no solution rather than spending the money in maintenance to avoid a more catastrophic situation?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">We're facing the possibility of loosing all marine life and confront deadly diseases just from the smell and fumes the oceans bring in these days thanks to BP and their little faulty machinery. And they still want to drill in the Gulf of Mexico... and Alaska! Fuck Off Shore Drilling! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Some say accidents happen... well, this was an accident due to negligence. Furthermore, there are safer alternatives that would put us amongst the pioneers of the Solar age. Yet we don't because of the same old tired topic of special interests and money. Money than owns people, because I do you a favor and now I own you. Kind'a like how BP owns BO (Barack Obama).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I think the coorporate bastars at BP should spend their money in some scuba outfits and a trillion bottles of Dawn and dive into the mess and pluck each and every one of those members of the Ocean Kingdom and wash them away... not with money but with their own two hands, so they can see, smell and taste their mistake, their gross negligence... their GREED!</span></div><div><br /></div><div> </div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-1113198639697231202010-02-07T22:43:00.000-08:002010-02-07T22:57:40.385-08:00Feet on the ground..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/S2-zFScz9hI/AAAAAAAAAKs/hF0d8faN7K8/s1600-h/DSCN0146.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/S2-zFScz9hI/AAAAAAAAAKs/hF0d8faN7K8/s320/DSCN0146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435760178692879890" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#FFCCCC;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Well..it's been a while since I've last blogged..mostly becasue I've spent all this time planning a move to California...and I did it.!!!I now feel like a I finally have my feet on the ground yet have taken flight.</span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This is usually what being in the right place at the right time feels like. </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-4968839168092863982009-11-26T13:54:00.000-08:002009-11-26T14:48:45.705-08:00Every day should be like today...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Today and everyday we should give thanks for:</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); ">Having food on the table</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Having a roof over your head</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Being healthy for the most part</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Whatever family you have left, even if you don't get along with them</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Tthe mere fact that someone is always worst off than you are, and it makes your problems seem quite small</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Good friends that help us when we are in need and share our most joyous moments</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Friends that give it to you straight up</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">All your troubles and challenges because they make you a better person if you choose to master them.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">All people, situations and living beings that have been teachers for you in this lifetime and have shown you something that has made you evolve as a human being</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">The enemies you've reconciled with </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Tthe enemies you haven't reconciled with, because this means you still have an opportunity to practice forgiveness (very difficult one...by the way)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">All the people that love you unconditionally</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Having annoying brothers and sisters... at least you have them!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">Your mother and father... because for better or worse, they were your portal into this material world, and hopefully they taught you something of value</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">and finally for having somewhere to put these thoughts out into the world.... there are a lot of people who are robbed of their freedom of expression and don't even have an outlet to put them forth.</span></div><div><br /></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-5966522321359617202009-11-13T13:05:00.000-08:002009-11-13T13:08:47.827-08:00Meet Survivors of the Largest Dog Fighting Raid in US History<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sv3KKyd9HbI/AAAAAAAAAJw/wVFYeghiF-4/s1600-h/dog.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sv3KKyd9HbI/AAAAAAAAAJw/wVFYeghiF-4/s400/dog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403697414609378738" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Think canines who’ve been exposed to dog fighting don’t make good companions? Think again! After months of behavior evaluations, many of the dogs rescued during July's 8-state raid are fighting for a better life and winning</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">This past July, the ASPCA assisted in collecting forensic evidence and conducting behavior evaluations of dogs rescued during a federal and multi-state investigation that led to one of the </span></span></span><a href="http://www.aspca.org/news/national/07-17-09.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">toughest crackdowns on dog fighting in U.S. history</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">. Raids were conducted on various dog fighting operations in eight states and resulted in the rescue of more than 500 dogs.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 17px;"><i><a href="http://www.aspca.org/news/tri-state/11-13-09.html#1">Read full article...</a></i></span></span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-30233401949834992142009-11-10T18:48:00.001-08:002009-11-10T18:55:42.129-08:00Our beloved Yoani Gets Beaten Up<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is BULLSHIT! This is what you get in Cuba when you have "cojones". </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is clear the Cuban government is sooo afraid and intimidated by Yoani.... she is a heroine.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Will the US do something about it? If we really invade countries in the name of democracy (right...) why aren't we in Cuba right now and give the soldiers a REAL cause to go to war for... if they must.</span></span><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2009/11/09/ariosto.cuba.blogger.beaten.cnn.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">See it on CNN</span></span></a></div></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-68121243266382280552009-09-14T19:47:00.000-07:002009-09-14T20:17:21.972-07:00Another light goes out... Swayze dies today at 57<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sq8GmBhxk3I/AAAAAAAAAJo/HP0Yuier8_I/s1600-h/strcd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sq8GmBhxk3I/AAAAAAAAAJo/HP0Yuier8_I/s320/strcd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381527330045924210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sq8FuO1EvOI/AAAAAAAAAJg/BJbe0AA8hrk/s1600-h/434px-Patrick_swayze_7-756202.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sq8FuO1EvOI/AAAAAAAAAJg/BJbe0AA8hrk/s320/434px-Patrick_swayze_7-756202.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381526371543858402" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Amazing and passionate dancer, good actor, loving husband, animal lover.... brave cowboy. I'm heartbroken for his wife and longtime dance partner and life partner. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I think about how lucky they are because they loved each other so deeply and with such commitment. They truly danced the dance of life and did it well, with love, passion, grace, respect....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">He taught us that it's not how long you live but HOW you live! He fought till the end and still reached for his dreams in spite of his circumstances. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Graceful, strong, gorgeous... tough yet sensitive. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Rest in peace Patrick. Your soul was to vibrant to have to continue with the suffering.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Dance for eternity... you are loved and remembered today and forever.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-71961348662025707842009-08-14T20:49:00.000-07:002009-08-14T20:59:37.478-07:00Love the Maher<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Bill Maher really just calls it like it is. I don't care if you are a liberal or a conservative... you gotta give it to him... he is unabashed and unapologetic. Always brings interesting panelist to his show, or at the very least a combination of panelist that make it very interesting.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">He talked about Sara Palin and the "death panels" (right....!) and mostly about healthcare reform and some religion which of course ties into everything.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">It's not that the panelist were the most exciting people tonight, but everyone managed to say something that hit it right on the money.... and of course Bill's humor... playing the "death panel game" like it was "Price is Right" or the "Dating Game". Hysterical. His monologues (New Rules) at the end are always raw and express what most people don't dare say, even on cable TV. He poked fun at Obama for playing too much golf, eating too many hamburgers, and reading scriptures in his blackberry. But really, it was a call to the President to BE HIMSELF! </span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-54696292608597604462009-08-05T18:49:00.000-07:002009-08-05T19:25:32.357-07:00Arrestan a Panfilo!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sno4oRy4FJI/AAAAAAAAAJY/1Ovnum7GP5E/s1600-h/pic.php.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sno4oRy4FJI/AAAAAAAAAJY/1Ovnum7GP5E/s400/pic.php.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366664170588083346" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div>Just found out through <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">America Teve</span> and it's host Carlos Otero, that Panfilo, the guy that appears on YouTube in the "Jama" video has been arrested by the Castro pigs. Shortly after he made that video, he began being persecuted by Cuban authorities who showed up at his door. He was forced to release another video, in desperate attempts to save his ass, claiming he was completely drunk and thus denying everything he had said in the "Jama" video. He said he did not remember anything. But when I saw that second video I new it was not going to end there. Panfilo looked terrified... there was such fear in his eyes... and all because he expressed the real truths about the current situation in Cuba. I'm amazed they have not arrested Yoani Sanchez yet. It's a real miracle! <br /></div></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cubans in the island have to do something. They need to protest, they need to go out into the streets and fight it out. I know it's easier said than done, but look at the Iranians... and look at all the world attention they're getting.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Panfilo... our thoughts are with you!!! Cuba needs another MALECONAZO! </span></span></span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-75655587407247563782009-08-04T17:39:00.000-07:002009-08-04T20:21:31.849-07:00GOOO SENATOR FRANKEN!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/SnjVQGRZXGI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/nx32zKv9gMQ/s1600-h/1210305_431.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/SnjVQGRZXGI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/nx32zKv9gMQ/s320/1210305_431.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366273428550147170" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Kuddos to you !!!</span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He hasn't been in for long, and his senate seat was won after a very long battle. However, Sen. Al Franken isn't wasting any time at all. He authored an amazing bill that seeks to pair service animals with the returning heroes who need them most. What could be better a bill to provide service dogs to wounded veterans"</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 79px; font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/senator-frankens-first-bill/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Read entire story...</span></a></span><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-50488868333649765922009-08-04T17:23:00.000-07:002009-08-04T17:34:38.301-07:00Banning of Unnecessary Cosmetic Surgery on Dogs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/SnjRXMcdtlI/AAAAAAAAAJI/A0ks3IAMoEg/s1600-h/1210970_431.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/SnjRXMcdtlI/AAAAAAAAAJI/A0ks3IAMoEg/s320/1210970_431.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366269152419755602" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a great step towards a new consciousness that respects nature, in this case, dogs. Most breeds get some kind of cosmetic surgery, wether it's clipping their tails, making their ears pointy as in the case of Dobermans, or the atrocious "de-barking" where human pigs who are too lazy to train their dogs to minimize unecesary barking, will have a surgeon take out their vocal cords, making the dog unable to communicate at all. Imagine your neighbor taking out your baby's vocal cords because he cried too much at night.<div><br /></div><div>Yet, there seems to be some glimpse of consciousness in the world and this is certainly proof of it. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 31px; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Banfield, the nation's largest network of animal hospitals, with more than 730 hospitals and 2,000 veterinarians nationwide, has just announced that it will no longer dock dogs' tails, crop their ears, or remove their vocal cords--a cruel procedure known as devocalization, or de-barking!"</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(56, 56, 56); line-height: 62px; font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/banfield-bans-unnecessary-cosmetic-surgeries-on-dogs/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Read full story...</span></a></span><br /></div></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-65788826848542274302009-06-27T20:08:00.000-07:002009-06-27T20:33:07.691-07:00A light goes out...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Skbh6lkRI8I/AAAAAAAAAIA/ADRl91-oW9o/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 122px; height: 122px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Skbh6lkRI8I/AAAAAAAAAIA/ADRl91-oW9o/s200/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352213603809305538" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Skbe78JvGbI/AAAAAAAAAHw/XO9LH5Eg7rc/s1600-h/michael_jackson.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 183px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Skbe78JvGbI/AAAAAAAAAHw/XO9LH5Eg7rc/s200/michael_jackson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352210328517024178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/SkbeyDDvlOI/AAAAAAAAAHo/HkF7CoG20dc/s1600-h/Michael-Jackson-no-longer-never.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/SkbeyDDvlOI/AAAAAAAAAHo/HkF7CoG20dc/s200/Michael-Jackson-no-longer-never.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352210158572246242" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">I have no words to describe the sadness I feel</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">about such a genius talent having passed in such</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">a tragic way. More than that it's made me reflect on his tragic downfall and how the human mind can loose perception and grasp of reality. How the pain-body, for those of you who have read Eakard Tolle, can destroy even the brightest of lights. One of the ways this light shined was through his music, his philanthropic contributions, how he influenced the world of dance, which I as a dancer can vouch for, the world of music, and how he broke barriers and united the world in music. When it came to his work, it didn't matter what country or race you were from. The one thing politicians spend their entire lives trying to do, this man did with an unstoppable force that is undeniably unique and like a comet doesn't manifest quite often. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Many of us throughout the world, particularly those of us who are artist, will always remember you through your work and the impact it's had in our childhood, teenagehood, and in our own work as entertainers. You were inspirational and we will always remember that child with the sweet voice that sang "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I'll be there</span>". </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">I hope you find the peace and bliss you so desperately sought in this earth before and after things got so crazy for you. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">YOU ARE TRULLY "THE KING OF POP"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Michael Jackson</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">1958-2009</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">RIP </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">We will remember you forever!</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-4672845892799034612009-06-06T08:29:00.000-07:002009-06-06T08:29:37.818-07:00Amanecer en la Habana: Nuevo Video de Panfilo<a href="http://amanecerenlahabana.blogspot.com/2009/06/nuevo-video-de-panfilo.html">Amanecer en la Habana: Nuevo Video de Panfilo</a>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-7980102291061235952009-05-21T17:19:00.000-07:002009-05-21T18:20:08.103-07:00Our Father who art in heaven....?<span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">These are the first words of a well know prayer. I was taught these words early on in my life. Little did I know though, that many of the very people who claimed devotion to these words, who posed as "servants of the lord" propagating Catholicism, and who taught us these very words at school, where really members of an institution that has the... I really don't know what to call it, I'm at a loss of words here... the audacity to cover up such disgusting crimes as child abuse and molestation. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">_________________________________</span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; line-height: 145%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">DUBLIN – After a nine-year investigation, a commission published a damning report Wednesday on decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at Catholic Church-run reform schools for </span><a class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0" style="position: static; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background- margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; text-transform: none !important; display: inline !important; font-variant: normal; font-family:verdana;color:transparent !important;"><span class="klinkFont" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); line-height: 13px; display: inline; "><span class="kLink" style=" font-weight: normal; position: static; cursor: pointer; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-color: initial !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- width: auto !important; float: none !important; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; font-family:arial;font-size:13px;color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Ireland's</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"> castaway children.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; line-height: 145%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">The 2,600-page report painted the most detailed and damning portrait yet of church-administered abuse in a country grown weary of revelations about child molestation by priests.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; line-height: 145%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">The investigation of the tax-supported schools uncovered previously secret Vatican records that demonstrated church knowledge of pedophiles in their ranks all the way back to the 1930s.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; line-height: 145%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Wednesday's five-volume report on the probe — which was resisted by Catholic religious orders — concluded that church officials shielded their orders' pedophiles from arrest amid a culture of self-serving secrecy.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; line-height: 145%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_re_eu/eu_ireland_catholic_abuse">read full story...</a></span></p></span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-16290707413666404172009-05-16T08:27:00.000-07:002009-05-16T08:40:31.362-07:00Not a another HOLOCAUST!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sg7bjrikZoI/AAAAAAAAAHg/aFT6XCZM_TA/s1600-h/900398-1237844381-main.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VsOlkbmFVM4/Sg7bjrikZoI/AAAAAAAAAHg/aFT6XCZM_TA/s320/900398-1237844381-main.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336444014510237314" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"> It's odd that we punish the act of putting human beings in gas chambers or ovens but we seem to have no problem doing it with animals. This practice is DISGUSTING and completely REVOLTING.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">If animals need to be euthanized for some reason, which I don't support either, unless they are seriously ill and in major pain, or their condition severely deteriorated, injection is the only humane thing to do.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/900398769?z00m=19761254"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Please help prevent another HOLOCAUST! Click here to sing a petition to stop this horrible practice.</span></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Please pass this on to all those you know who are animal lovers or care about such issues. We need more signatures! Good karma to you for helping with this!</span></span></div></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739735078942711850.post-36503445191391149972009-05-09T19:55:00.000-07:002009-05-16T16:19:04.349-07:00Dick Chaney's memoirs<span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Ok so I heard Barack Obama say tonight at the White House Correspondent's Dinner that Chaney was writing a book on his memoirs soon to be titled "How to Shoot friends and Interrogate People". I was on the flooor!!! I thought that was the most hysterical witty comment I've heard in a while. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Certainly got a huge laugh from the audience...</span></span></span></div>THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JENhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07407114712808448146noreply@blogger.com1