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Hello to all here,
Just sharing a letter I received and signed, thought you all would like to know about it, many of you, I am sure, but I thought I would let you know anyway. I hope you all sign, let's save our beautiful elephant's tusks!
Dear Michele,
An estimated 20,000 elephants are killed by poachers each year for their ivory.
Within a few weeks the fate of the world's remaining elephants will be determined by a dozen or more international representatives gathered around a table the UK will be one of these representatives. This decision will determine whether China is permitted to be a buyer (a "trading partner") of over 100,000 kg / 108 tonnes of stockpiled ivory from Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. (Equivalent to ivory from approximately 10,000 elephants).
If China is granted permission to buy, and therefore trade this ivory, IFAW and other NGOs believe that it will cause huge increases in poaching, and will therefore spell disaster for thousands of elephants.
We need YOUR HELP to maintain pressure on the UK to oppose China's request, and to protect elephants from this brutal trade.
Please send an email to the UK Minister for Biodiversity, Joan Ruddock MP, asking her to use her influence within the EU to oppose China's request.
If you have already emailed the Minister, or you want to do more to protect elephants, please send an email to your local MP, asking him or her to lobby the Minister directly on this matter, and also asking them to sign Early Day Motion 1401 - a kind of parliamentary petition - on the ivory trade. The more MPs that sign the EDM, the more this helps to raise the profile of this issue with the Government.
Please don't turn your back on elephants!
Thank you again for your kind support.
Robbie Marsland
Director, IFAW UK
Surely one of the greatest scams out there today...we buy into it because we so desperately want to believe that any organization that claims to be helping animals has no ulterior motives...
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Elephants The WWF believes that cullinganother way of saying killingelephants is acceptable, as is the trade in ivory, because the profits that it brings spur governments to keep elephants from going extinct. In 2000, U.S. News & World Report reported that WWF representatives traveled to Nairobi to ask the United Nations to lift the ban on the ivory trade in order to allow a sustainable harvest of ivory for horns and hunting trophies. It's not just seals and elephants but all animals they feel are ok to hunt and test on. Vile bastards! from wickedwildlife website re: elephants culls: The WWFs bizarre viewthat we must kill some animals now in order to save animals to kill laterhas proved false time and again. The trade in ivory has only encouraged rampant poaching, the senseless slaughter of elephants. The WWF tries to duck the issue by falsely stating, The decision to cull, or to select animals from the herd for removal or death, is indeed an agonizing choice, but it is one made entirely by the governments concerned and there is no international involvement in those decisions. James P. Leape, Director General WWF-International Ave. du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland Switzerland Fax: 41 22 364 5468 E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Carter S. Roberts, President and CEO WWF-US 1250 24th St. N.W. Washington, DC 20037 Fax: 202- 778-9637 E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com M.J. Russill, President and CEO WWF-Canada 245 Eglinton Ave. E., Ste. 410 Toronto, ON M4P 3J1 Fax: 416-489-3611 E-Mail: email@example.com
I am still amazed that WWF is awful! I wanted to read about it myself so I just tried googling WWF and finally when I plugged in WWF trophy hunters, I got to a PETA website with all the information:
Staci is right, I got a email in 2007 about WWF selling out the rain forest to loggers, that did it for me.. I have not had any thing to do with them since then...
Hi Group, thank you for the invite Echo.... I need to understand something and am asking for your help... I went on ebay the other day, and they are still bidding on Ivory there, I looked around some of it does not say prebanned Is this not illegal, and also did ebay say they were going to quit allowing elephant products, yet still allowing this to continue how can one tell if a product is from a prebanned era, I know I am asking alot of questions, but really want to understand this Thank you Echo for putting up the petition from IFAW to ban Ivory Hugs, Birdie
WWF is a bad group I believe was originally set up by trophy hunters. They support all kinds of hunts/culling of herds...Years ago a small chinese group needed $$ for a save the tiger program in china and asked WWF to donate. They only gave 10,000 (they have millions at their disposal) because they too were doing a year of the tiger and didn't want th pr competition. When I first heard about them I didn't believe it either. I wrote them about 12 yrs ago about deer hunting and they condoned it. Ever since I've been watching them. Many canadians support the seal cull because they look to WWF for leadership...They've gotten a bit more proactive over the years as their agenda has come to light. Don't know if they support the culling of S Africa elephants, I know they aren't activley fighting it - but then neither is Ringling Bros and they claim, well you know, the same BS about conservation.
I'm speechless!!! I've bought stuff out of the WWF catalogue for years to help the animals and now I'm shocked to find out they're allowing hunting and culling because they're not endangered species. HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE ACT AS THOUGH THEY'RE GOD AND MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE?
I hate to think that's what they used their feet for, Echo, but you might be right. Makes me so sick. I signed the ivory ban.
Your Voice Against the Trade of Ivory
You know.. looking at that ebay photo, I just remembered a photo I saw, here on c2 News about 1-2 yrs ago, of a slaughtered elephant with her feet cut off. I wonder how many have been slain for stupid decor just in the past year.
That is BEYOND sick!? Who would want a coffee table made of ele feet, or any furniture made from animal parts?
Looks like the elephant tables have been removed from ebay but there's still alot of 'preban' ivory and mammoth ivory, even walrus
Your message has been sent to eBay customer Support.
That is sick. I reported it, I think. I didn't get a confirmation though. What should the last pg. have looked like?
Vile and disgusting. I reported that and the ivory jewelry listed. I report anything that says ivory even if it's 'vintage' or approved by fish & wildlife, make the seller prove it. http://jewelry.search.ebay.com/ivory-jewelry_Jewelry-Watches_W0QQcatrefZC6QQdfspZ32QQfposZ46077QQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ32QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ281QQsadisZ200QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs Also before clicking send mark that you want a copy sent to your email to keep and track if ebay removes the site
that is sick!
To report illegal animal parts, go to bottom of auction, select
then select, PROHIBITED, BANNED ITEMS, then ANIMAL PLATS, WILDLIFE; ITEMS CONTAINGING PARTS REGULATED SPECIES, then it will open a new page, click EMAIL US, then a new page with a box and the item number inside will appear, CLICK SEND.
Why doesn't eBay have a better system to stop sellers from putting ivory items up for bid?� If it's against their own rules, you'd think they would stop the auction before it's available on their site.� Just frustrating! ��� It's sickening to search for ivory and see all the items that come up.�
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go to the Auction in question
Find REPORT THIS ITEM is at the bottom of the page on the left, second selection under OTHER OPTIONS, then select PROHIBITED (BANNED ITEMS ), then ANIMALS PLANTS WILDLIFE, then IVORY.
Then it takes you to a page that has a small link
EMAIL� click on that email link,
�a new box will come up with the item number in it.� Hit SEND
You will then get a confirmation email that the item was reported.
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Note and sign, please *note*
Protect Elephants: No Trade in Ivory! Please Sign the Petition!!! visit site
Yes, thanks for the�eBay article Michael!
"eBay posts rules banning the sale of endangered species or wildlife products, but says that it cannot monitor all the items posted."
Since eBay doesn't have the time to monitor the items, we will!
This is the correct website
The other one is missing a period at the end. Both are from The National Geographic, March 2007. Both contribute money to elephants, this one however contributes directly to elephants, whereas the other one gets distributed across all wildlife (in America too, and less than $200,000� goes to elephants, so spillovers go to what they choose.)
Hey Juliaana,
I'm sure many of us would like to poach the poachers.
Here is a website for donations to Chad's Zakouma National Park. They do poach the poachers, legally.
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"THE HAGUE (AFP) - Online auction giant eBay is set to ban ivory trade from its websites, as pressure mounts to eradicate illegal traffic in endangered species from the Internet, participants at the world forum regulating wildlife commerce said Tuesday."
Please don't forget to take it to the next level by BOYCOTTING Ebay, alltogether!!!!!!!!!� I have for a few years now, since they were selling and auctioning of WHALE meat!� Do you remember that?� And other exocitic meats!� Disgusting and stupid acts of greed and crulety!� I won't have anything to do with purchasing products from such sites! Besides, I know much of the jewlery is a way for theives to fence their robberies without getting caught!� Well..........that's just a matter of time, too!� Let the Universe do her magic.................Blessings for all of you who NEVER GIVE UP helping ALL creatures any way you can.� Because one person.....................or a village, can make a differance!� Karen
Apology for my above non-amusing slip of sanity. Sorry for that, I can't become just as bad as the opposing team.. even if it is in joke.
Have a wonderful week everyone and keep on reporting Ebay Elephant Ivory trade!
hehe... evil thoughts. ... Im soooooooo tempted to go to Thailand and poach the poachers! Would that be poaching? Illegal poaching of Elephant and Tiger poachers. Yes very illegal.. But wow do they deserve to be hunted! ...
Should leave it to thoughts.. just an amusing thought!
This New York EBay seller is making the following statements in their Elephant leather Sales on EBay:
:"Now that the ban has been lifted, Tony Lama is cranking out cowboy boots by the hundreds, and Uncle George has some legal genuine elephant for sale again."
Thanks for the links, Ive been reporting people the past week... Im very shocked at how blatent some people are about selling Elephant though.
And they are making quite a pretty penny off it.
They need to be� reportered repeatedly for ebay to take action.
Plus dont forget what sylvie said, dont report anything that is not really ivory, this means taking the time to read the title and auction, if questionable.
There's no reason why we should ever buy ivory.� We do not need it.� These beutiful animals benefit us far more by being alive running around in their herds than their tusks do in our homes.
Im sure this person is just small fish compared to the overall Thailand black market of animal parts but here is there "store" in any case.
Freaky! ....I can't understand why anyone would purchase such evil products and support this madness.
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This person on EBAY is located in THAILAND and is registered in the USA Ebay account.
They claim there Elephant Leather is from a legal source! Argh.. what a joke.. so Im all over this and searching for more however a bit worried that this person has sold� 7008 items on Ebay, is in Thailand and has yet to be stopped.
I see our very own Rob Faber is at the conference now, trying to stop this.
But are any ZOOS speaking out against this?? NO!!! Why it could mean bringing in more orphaned baby elephants to their zoos, even if illegally.
Zoos who really care should be taking action against this as they "claim" to be helping elephants in the wild.� What rubbish!
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Sanctuary Tote Bags
�Thanks to all of you for your efforts to�stop this cruelty.
�Hopefully, we'll get our voice heard. �
I had no idea about the WWF!��� I have 2 of their canvas bags that I use on a daily basis to tot my lunch in to work.��
Terrible that this decision was made, I am disappointed and sad about it.
It really is unbelievable!!! GRRRRR! It makes me furious! CITES did a BIG mistake!!!!!!
and do not support WWF, they support hunting:
CITES authorises sale of African ivory to Japan
I sent emails to the contacts listed in Echo's post.
I hope I am not too late.� I noticed on�the CITES calendar that there's a meeting today...but also another on in two weeks.�
Ivory is only attractive on an elephant!
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That is an incredibly sad picture, Echo.� That's all they care about from such a majestic creature....makes me furious.
I will start getting letters out to those noted in above posts immediately.�����
Please note this story, get it at the top, so more people can get writing. CITES meets in June.
The United Nation�s Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITE meets again this June to vote on whether to allow the sale of ivory. Elephants continue to die in large numbers for the sake or ornamentation.
Please contact
the US Fish and Wildlife Service or your home country CITES representative, and the CITES Secretariat
and ask for a complete ban on the trade in ivory. Without a market, poachers will not be encouraged to
kill elephants. Even the hope of a market spurs expanded poaching. This complete ban is critically
important to the survival of elephants in the wild in Africa and Asia. Your advocacy is important.
� CITES Secretariat: 15, Chemin des Anemones -- Case Postale 456, CH-1219 -- Chatlelaine �
Geneva, Switzerland. PHONE: 4122-979-9139-40, FAX: 4122-797-3417, EMAIL: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
� U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -- 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 432 -- Arlington, Virginia 22203
Contact web-page: http://www.fws.gov/duspit/contactus.htm
Please write to CITES in addition to the ebay reporting.
"The elephant contributes 25 percent to our GDP. If that is not important, I don't know what is important to Kenyans," Kenya Wildlife Service Managing Director Julius Kipngetich told a Kenyan radio station on Sunday.
Experts say 70 percent of Africa's elephant population is found in seven southern African countries, where some officials say populations are growing at between 4 and 5 percent a year.
But Rudi van Aarde, a conservation and ecology expert at the University of Pretoria, said most elephant populations are either declining or stable, and may not warrant culling.
"If Botswana and Namibia are basing their argument for trade in ivory on the intention of managing their populations, then that is a false call.
A proposal by Kenya and Mali to ban ivory trading for up to 20 years is expected to take centre stage at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITE conference starting in The Hague on June 3.
The plan, opposed by four southern African countries, has the support of 11 other central and east African countries and animal welfare groups, which say a ban is needed to protect endangered elephants.
In 2006 alone, experts estimate as many as 23,000 African elephants were illegally killed.
"We believe that a moratorium will lead to suppressing demand (for elephant tusks)," Jason Bell, southern Africa director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), said in a recent news briefing in Johannesburg.
"It will allow sufficient time to tighten up enforcement and bring illegal ivory trade and domestic markets under control."
Up to 92 cases of large scale ivory seizures of more than 1 metric tonne -- considered a major seizure -- are reported worldwide each month, according to the IFAW.
The Elephant Trade Information System, the world's largest database of elephant product seizure records, says more than 40 tonnes of ivory have been seized since August 2004.
But some southern African countries argue exploding elephant populations have led to environmental damage and conflicts with human populations that are encroaching on their territory, and have dismissed emotional appeals to abstain from killing them.
Zimbabwe's Parks and Wildlife Authority recently said its elephant population had soared to over 100,000 -- more than twice the 45,000 they say the country can support.
Environment and Tourism minister Francis Nhema told the national Herald newspaper this week a ban on ivory trading would "be disastrous".
"The country will lose US$40 million in revenue. ... Moreover, at least 10 to 15 rural councils in this country greatly benefit from these elephants as they construct schools and roads with proceeds from the utilisation of those resources," Nhema said.
Elephants are the pride of many across the African continent, where they are protected as totems among some cultures and as treasured tourist attractions in others.
Ivory sales have been banned internationally since 1989, but Bell said a 1997 CITES decision to allow once-off ivory sales by Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia increased black market demand for ivory and put elephants in grave danger.
The opening heightened demand in the Far East in particular, where illicit ivory rakes in up to US$850 per kilogram. The ivory is mostly used in jewellery, figurines and tourist trinkets.
The Ivory Trade Review Group -- a panel of experts set down to advise CITES on ivory trade and elephant conservation -- estimated that more than 300,000 African elephants were killed on the continent between 1986 and 1989.
This left only 625,000 elephants on the continent.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources' African Elephant Status Report 2002 states there are approximately between 400,000 and 650,000 African elephants in the wild today.
Both Kenya and Mali say their bid for a moratorium is based on evidence of a jump in poaching and illicit ivory trading.
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Yay Kim..the more auctions reported(by many people) the more ebay will have to follow regualtions more closely.
It will be hard to convince them to stop all auctions with ivory in title or description.. Please be aware that anything listed as "French Ivory" is NOT real ivory, it is all man made, the�celluloid items are sometimes listed as ivory as well.ivory can also�be used to describwe a color.
If we report auctions that as not from animals( elephant,rhino and walrus) sellers will complain.
This is a great campaign!!!! Complain to ebay and DEMAND that any auction listed with elephant ivory be removed and suspend the sellers!!!
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The United Nation�s Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITE meets again this June to vote on whether to allow the sale of ivory. Elephants continue to die in large numbers for the sake or ornamentation.
Please contact
the US Fish and Wildlife Service or your home country CITES representative, and the CITES Secretariat
and ask for a complete ban on the trade in ivory. Without a market, poachers will not be encouraged to
kill elephants. Even the hope of a market spurs expanded poaching. This complete ban is critically
important to the survival of elephants in the wild in Africa and Asia. Your advocacy is important.
� CITES Secretariat: 15, Chemin des Anemones -- Case Postale 456, CH-1219 -- Chatlelaine �
Geneva, Switzerland. PHONE: 4122-979-9139-40, FAX: 4122-797-3417, EMAIL: email@example.com,�firstname.lastname@example.com
� U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -- 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 432 -- Arlington, Virginia 22203
Contact web-page: http://www.fws.gov/duspit/contactus.htm
Sealing the Elephant's Fate With 'Hanko'
Suvendrini Kakuchi
TOKYO, May 29 (IP - Even as the world awaits a global ban on trade in elephant ivory, activists are fighting hard to stop a new shipment of ivory to Japan and the introduction of tougher domestic controls.
A highlight of the Conference of Parties for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, scheduled for Jun. 3 - 16, at the Hague, the Netherlands is a Kenyan proposal for a 20-year ban on the trade in elephant ivory.
''Japan's lax controls will continue to make it an attractive destination for ivory traders. Without effective controls, Japan is a direct threat to the elephant population in Africa,'' said Masayuki Sakamoto, a lawyer and head of the Japan Wildlife Conservation Society (JWC, a leading non-profit organisation advocating against the ivory trade.
Under a 2002 agreement, a one-off sale of 60 tons of ivory is now officially destined for Japan by the CITES as the only legal ivory-importing country.
But Sakamoto points to new cases of smuggled ivory into Japan as proof of a lucrative underground trade and says new rules are urgently required. He suggests new measures such as allowing offenders to be identified and the pressing of criminal charges.
Sakamoto says a data base on shipments under the ministry of economy and trade, in charge of imports, does not allow a system to gather sufficient information to verify imports of whole tusks that are used to produce pieces of ivory usually dispatched to Japan.
Conservationists are also protesting against rules that say people are not required to register all raw tusks in their possession, affording a loophole for buyers who can claim that tusks procured through smugglers were in their possession before the worldwide ban.
African raw ivory is highly sought after in Japan where the thick, cream coloured tusks have long been used to produce expensive, intricately-carved corporate seals or personal signature stamps that are used to validate documents, instead of hand signatures.
Most of the raw ivory stock notified to the government is monopolised by a small number of influential manufacturers. Craftsmen seek large and thick whole tusks that can be imported, if registered with the government, for production of the most delicate carvings.
The ivory seals (hanko in Japanese), continue to be items coveted by the rich and thus remain a lucrative item for seal makers in Japan. High value seals can cost 20,000 US dollars per piece or more.
Fumiko Nakao, an official at the environment ministry, rejected claims by activists, pointing out the decision to resume imports is mostly to help the conservation efforts of African countries with elephant populations.
�'Japan is committed to use only legal ivory. Our regulations are strictly enforced, which is why smuggled ivory is discovered at our ports,'' she said.
Sakamoto, however, says his organisation after painstaking research conducted with the help of volunteers discovered that illegal ivory seizures grew rapidly last year -- six cases of raw ivory in 2006 alone compared to less than one the previous year.
A particularly shocking seizure was that of a 2.8 ton consignment of ivory seals and cut pieces in Osaka in August, the largest one so far. The ivory was unloaded off a commercial container arriving from Pusan, South Korea and transferred to the port city, home to the oldest hanko industry.
Inspections by JWCS revealed Swahili markings on the tusks. The shipment was routed through Malaysia and South Korea. Activists also say the contraband was traded by people linked to criminal syndicates in South Korea and Japan that have strong connections with the ivory manufacturers.
A spokesman for the Japan Ivory Crafts Association based in Asakusa, a part of Tokyo traditionally home to craftsmen, refused to answer questions on the trade, but said the organisation is against illegal imports.
�'We are faced with a lot of hardship because of the ivory ban which has caused a loss in new apprenticeship as people see no future in the industry. Thus, we are eagerly awaiting the new shipment to be passed in June at CITES meeting,'' he said while requesting anonymity.
The latest expected shipment of 60 tonnes is from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa under the CITES agreement.
Activists also worry that the rising economic power of China, another country where people use personal seals, can increase smuggling activity and cause a serious blow to the world's elephant populations, particularly in Africa.
Hideo Obara, a respected biologist and conservationist who is also a leading advocate in the campaign for Japan to stop whaling, says he is worried the ivory issue will once again put Japan in a bad spotlight.
�'Like whaling, ivory can easily be seen as an issue of national pride. Hanko can easily be made from cheaper and sustainable material. By looking for quotas in order to keep the old custom of using ivory for hanko that is going on in Japan, conservation is being ignored,'' he said. (END/2007)
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This post was modified from its original form on 23 May, 8:58
What really gets me is if you type ivory in the search it give all kinds of catagories it goes under. Ebay needs to remove any subcatagories and IVORY from its listing catagories at all. It needs to STOP anyone who tries to list the word IVORy right when they are in the process of listing it int he first place. GRRRR
Let us banned ebay for this selling Ivory Trade Killing off these elephants.Man need to leave these elephants alone. These elephants belongs to God not man by destroying animals or selling animals parts etc...
This is the link for taking action.
Please sign and cross post everywhere.
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-- (1) The survey was carried out over seven days in all countries except
China. The Chinese survey took place over four days. In the USA the
number of items found under "ivory" was so large that the real number
of elephant ivory was not possible to assess, only 90 items where
randomly chosen instead for detailed investigation to assess the
-- (2) In some countries only items defined as antiques may be traded; in
others so-called "pre-convention" items, which are not that old but
became personal property before elephants gained full legal protection,
may be sold. The report "Poaching for Bin Laden," details activity
occurring in Kaziranga Park, in India perpetrated by Bangladeshis with
ties to bin Laden. The Telegraph of India covered this report in a
story published on May 6, 2007. Other reports of similar activity
refer to incidents in the DRC and Mozambique (to name a few), where
rebel gangs were financing their activities by selling poached ivory.
-- Wildlife trade on the Internet -- and ivory trade in particular -- will
be a major topic at the upcoming June meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
(CITE in Den Hague.
-- In 2005 IFAW published a report, Caught In The Web: Wildlife Trade On
The Internet, revealing the findings of an intensive investigation into
the online trade in wildlife. The study found more than 9,000 wild
animals and animal products for sale in just one week, a figure all the
more alarming since the survey was conducted solely from the UK and
restricted to trade in just five categories of endangered species: live
primates, elephant products, turtle and tortoiseshell products, other
reptile products and those from wild cats.
-- Caught in the Web can be viewed at http://www.caughtintheweb.co.uk
-- Bidding for Extinction can be viewed at
SOURCE International Fund for Animal Welfare
To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS
Contact: Lynn A. Levine of IFAW, +1-508-744-2185, firstname.lastname@example.com or Alyson Mazzarelli, +1-212-255-8455, firstname.lastname@example.com for IFAW
SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass., May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An investigative report released today by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; http://www.ifaw.org) reveals how the rampant trade in elephant ivory being carried out across eBay's global network of auction sites is enabling consumers to literally bid for the extinction of the world's largest land mammal.
The snapshot survey conducted in the UK, Australia, China, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Canada and the USA (1) tracked over 2,200 elephant ivory items listed on eBay Web sites and found that more than 90% of the listings breached even eBay's own respective national wildlife policies.
While international wildlife trade laws are complex, in general it is illegal to sell carved or uncarved ivory unless it is antique and accompanied by a proof of age certificate. (2)
On eBay, however, many sellers are being allowed simply to list items with no provenance of legality whatsoever, in blatant contravention of the rules on most eBay Web sites. Worse, eBay's enforcement of their largely vague and variable listing rules appears to be haphazard and hopelessly overstrained. Very few of the suspected illegal items reported by IFAW investigators to eBay during the snapshot survey were removed from sale.
IFAW believes that the only way to protect elephants from poachers is to shut down the markets where illegal ivory can easily be passed off as "antique. "The Internet is an unregulated and anonymous medium which gives criminals ample opportunity to launder contraband undetected," says Peter Pueschel, IFAW's Program Manager for Protection of Wildlife Against Commercial Trade Program. "Constant offers of contraband give a sense of legitimacy to seemingly innocent products and invite consumers to buy frivolously. This deadly business of ivory, which involves the killing of thousands of elephants every year, is on the increase because of the prospects for sky high profits with zero risk."
IFAW believes that as the world's largest online shop window, eBay has a special responsibility to lead the way by banning ivory from its sites. "Only a global ban on all ivory sales will remove the cover under which this criminal activity currently operates and as a result, seriously help to decrease illegal trade and the cruel and unnecessary slaughter of elephants," Comments Pueschel.
Last week IFAW met with eBay global headquarters to present the findings of 'Bidding for Extinction' and welcomed assurances that a review of wildlife policies on a global scale will take place over the coming weeks.
While an internal review of policy by eBay represents a step in the right direction, it remains uncertain how strict and efficient the resulting policy will be to eliminate the massive illegal trade from eBay Web sites. "This is a chance for eBay to substantiate the company's claim of being not only a leader economically, but also a responsible member of society", says Pueschel. "While we welcome any efforts that decreases trade in ivory, our investigation has shown once again that it is impossible to sufficiently police the market sites on a global scale unless wildlife trade is banned completely."
The illegal international trade in wildlife is believed to reach well into the billions of US dollars annually -- a nefarious activity that is second in scope only to the international trade in drugs and arms. Reports in the media also indicate that the poaching of wildlife is now being driven by terrorists to raise money for their activities.
"Unless a market site owner undertakes every effort to eliminate this devastating wildlife trade, it must plead guilty to facilitating this dirty business knowingly. While eBay has taken positive steps over the last years, these have not brought desired results. We are now waiting to hear whether they will ban the trade in all ivory on all of their sites, which is the simplest, most cost-effective and efficient way of ensuring they play no part in this criminal trade. Elephants are facing extinction, in no small part because of Internet ivory trade. It is time for action," concluded Pueschel.
SOURCE International Fund for Animal Welfare


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IxDA Atlanta is hosting its Interaction 10 redux event on Wednesday, March 31st, at Macquarium in Atlanta. The fun starts at 7 p.m., when a host of local members who attended Interaction 10 are recapping favorite conference tasks and sharing their favorite moments. See the list and get more details at the IxDA Atlanta site:
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It can be intimidating — not to mention dangerous – trying to "tinker" with adding technology to public spaces and services. One risks violating laws and/or stepping on the toes of the various urban planning agencies, planning boards and other government bodies tasked by our communities to manage the world around us. This is particularly true when it comes to projects that require physical interaction and infrastructure — which we will see more and more often as the worlds of bits and atoms collide.
Social spaces, private spaces, unfamiliar spaces—no matter where, people can detect even subtle frameworks and etiquettes. As our relationship to products, services, and to one another has been transformed over the past few years, entirely new frameworks have emerged.
These conditions signal a shift. People are being asked to improvise, to frame their own experiences. The designer merely sets out opportunities for people to use—to perceive connections and take advantage (or not) of a framework. But how do people know how to improvise?
The handoff from Design to Engineering is often the point where designers begin to step away from a project to focus their attention on the next. It is at this point however, that the subjective qualities of a design will naturally start to take a back seat to the very real, very hard engineering problems ahead. Without guidance, the purely practical aspects of engineering a new product can become over-prioritized, while the aesthetic are easily downplayed.
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The way the street feels may soon be defined by the invisible and inaudible. Cities are being laced with sensors, which in turn generate urban informatics experiences, imbuing physical space with real-time behavioural data. The urban fabric itself can become reflexive and responsive to some extent, and there are numerous implications for the design and experience of cities as a result.
Physical prototyping allows you to see and touch your design. You don't have to pretend to use your design in order to test it, you can touch your design and feel the interactions firsthand.
With their emphasis on 3D graphics and complex interface controls, it would appear that gaming interfaces and virtual worlds have little to offer people with disabilities. On the contrary, virtual worlds serve as a form of augmented reality where users transcend physiological or cognitive challenges to great social and therapeutic benefit.
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HONOLULU - A state senator on Tuesday questioned the results of a Hawaii County Council race, saying voters were disenfranchised when damage from Tropical Storm Isellee kept them from getting to polls on the Big Island.
State Sen. Russell Ruderman said he plans to file a complaint Friday at a meeting of the Hawaii Elections Commission.
"I disagreed with the decision in the extreme to hold the election with three days' notice when people had no TV, Internet or power," Ruderman said.
Ruderman previously said he would file a formal legal challenge with the state Supreme Court but changed his mind Tuesday.
The state Supreme Court has legal authority over elections, while the commission advises the state elections office and has the power to hire and fire the chief elections officer.
On Election Day, two precincts were closed in District 4 of the Big Island because of widespread power outages and downed trees that blocked roads. Two precincts remained open, but critics say many voters in those districts could not make it to the polls because of storm damage.
Voters were initially told they would be mailed ballots, but the Elections Commission changed course and instead held the make-up primary a week after the original election day.
Some voters in the two open precincts were upset because they were unable to get to the polls and weren't given a second chance to vote.
However, Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago said his agency was told no roads were blocked and people had access to polling places.
The Office of Elections initially thought mailing the ballots was the best way to go, Nago said. Then on Monday, the agency was told that all roads were accessible and one post office that services the area wasn't open.
"So once we found out there was access, every residence had some sort of access and was not blocked in, we went with the polling place and as soon as we could do it we held it," he said.
Still, Ruderman has called for Nago to be fired.
"It's not a personal thing, but there sure were a lot of mistakes, a lot of errors, a lot of poor judgment," Ruderman said. "Somebody shouldn't be keeping his job when the public is losing trust in the election process."
Nago said he wouldn't have done anything differently.
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On Sunday night after the nuclear meltdown, which was disguised as a football game in New Orleans, Jeff Saturday stated that the Colts were "out-coached", among other things. I think a lot of us were quite surprised to find this coming from Saturday, obviously not because the Colts weren't out-coached, because they clearly were, but because it came from Saturday's mouth. When a notably classy and "say all the right things" type of player like him speaks up, people always listen. Brad "BBS" Wells of StampedeBlue (yet McCollough was one of the first to point out what Saturday had said), who is "a 45-year-old man who probably lives with his mom down in his basement freaking blogging about something that was a direct misquote," was one of those listening people and was also reporting what he had heard from McCollough (who heard from others), who was practically the only person to make note of what Saturday had said. And here I thought that all bloggers lived in a van down by the river and relied on stolen Wi-Fi. Those guys have it made! Anyway, fast forward to today and Saturday is pissed off for being "misquoted". Since he obviously doesn't like when his words are minced "incorrectly", he decided it would be best to throw a playground-like insult towards the blogging world, while dismissing the notion that he was trying to specifically call out Jim Caldwell, or the Colts staff. "All of us as a team failed to get our job done," Saturday claims. After all, he's right. The Colts indeed failed, thanks to being outplayed, out-coached, outsmarted, out-skilled, out-everything'ed. 62-7 represents that pretty clearly. Let it be known that I have great respect and admiration for Saturday. He's a very genuine, blue collar type of guy, and he made a lot of NFL fans proud through his dedication and influence regarding the labor talks, that after all, guided us back the game we love. Even so, I do not think it was necessary of him to take a shot at the people who love, support, and study the Colts, inside and out, simply because they care about the team and what becomes of it. If he was indeed "misquoted" or misinterpreted, which I personally don't think he was, I definitely understand his frustrations. After all, there isn't a day that goes by in which we don't see some media type trying to find/print press gold, when in reality, there was never any to be had. People love to make headlines. That's the nature of the media beast. For reference, here is everything Saturday stated, per the Indy Star:
"It was ridiculous," Saturday said. "You have a 45-year-old man who probably lives with his mom down in his basement freaking blogging about something that was a direct misquote. It had nothing to do with what I said. At 62-7, there was no redeeming qualities in the way any of us participated, and this is a team thing, 100 percent. "I made it very clear, Coach Caldwell didn't have on any pads on Sunday, we did. And all of us as a team failed to get our job done. I can assure you I don't need the media to clarify what I am saying, I speak pretty clearly. And I was insulted someone would do that and try and divide our team and put things in peoples' mind that don't need to be there."
Saturday does makes sense. However, like I previously mentioned, I think Saturday did indeed mean what he said about the Colts being out-coached. I also believe that McCollough was simply forming an opinion off what he had heard (as did many of us). Saturday could have said "out-coached" in the wrong tone or maybe even McCollough or others interpreted it wrong. I didn't see the presser and those are both possibilities. To be honest, I found it strange that I didn't hear more people talking about what Saturday had said. That was confusing to me and really made me wonder about the context in which "out-coached" was actually used by Saturday. Regardless, it would seem that Saturday used "out-coached" in obvious frustration and in a distinct way (enough for people to recognize), and the end result is Saturday trying to patch the road he possibly tore up, by now denying that he ever meant his words to be malicious or indicative of Caldwell/his staff being an incompetent bunch of fools. If he did, in fact, mean it as only to mention the collective effort of suck via Sunday night, he could have just said the usual "we were beat in every aspect of the game" and left it at that. The problem is, he didn't. Coaches state that they were out-coached all the time, but that's expected and usually respected. Accountability and accusations do not hold the same definition. When a player states that his team was "out-coached", it usually means just that and backtracking, in the form of mea culpa or a "taken out of context" blurb is usually always to follow. Sometimes it's too late and things boil over, and sometimes it gets swept under the rug. P.S. Don't talk about "sucking for Luck", or Saturday will kick you in the nuts.


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SANTA FE - A proposal to outlaw discrimination based upon sexual orientation was rejected Thursday by the House, the same fate as the measure met two years ago in the Legislature.
"This is our 10th year of trying to do this and we will continue until people who are gay and lesbian have the same rights as everyone else," Linda Siegle, of the Coalition for Equality, said after the House rejected the legislation 35-31.
The bill would have broadened the state's Human Rights Act to cover sexual orientation, making it illegal to discriminate on that basis in matters of employment, housing, credit, public accommodations and union membership. It would have applied equally to heterosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality.
Supporters of the measure said it is legal to refuse to hire someone, or to fire someone from a job, because he or she is gay.
"These people are without protection. They are our neighbors, our friends, our families. They contribute to society," said Rep. Gail Beam, D-Albuquerque, the measure's sponsor. "It is a matter of fairness. And until there is justice and equality for all, there really won't be any for any of us."
Opponents said the anti-discrimination proposal for gays and lesbians would create a flood of lawsuits.
"When these protected persons cannot even be identified and we can't even tell what that person is, then we're allowing ourselves to be set up for a lot of court cases," said Rep. Earlene Roberts, R-Lovington. "The attorneys ought to really love this because that just gives them one more thing to sue over."
Ten states and the District of Columbia include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination laws, according to Beam. Albuquerque and Santa Fe bar discrimination against their employees based on sexual orientation.
Religious institutions would have been exempted from the non-discrimination requirements. Beam emphasized that the measure would not have forced employers to implement quotas based on sexual orientation.
In 1993, a similar gay rights measure touched off emotional debate that drew hundreds of proponents and opponents to the Capitol. The bill cleared the Senate but died in a House committee.
Supporters tried again in 1997, but the bill was killed in its first House committee. In 1999, the House rejected a similar measure 35-27.
"I think some of the fear that people have about voting for this bill in the Legislature has to do with their perception that the public does not support this," said Siegle.
But she said polling indicates public support for ending discrimination based on sexual orientation.
A 1999 Gallup poll, for example, found that 83 percent of American people favored equal rights in the workplace for gay men and women; 13 percent were opposed.
"All the years of hearing the lies and stereotypes that are perpetrated against people just because they love someone different does get tiring," said Siegle.
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Perry Secures First Champions Tour Victory
Kenny Perry closed with a 2-under 70 to notch his first victory on the Champions Tour. The 51-year-old Kentuckian was propelled to the win in the SAS Championship after sinking a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C.
Perry, who started the final round in the 54-hole event tied with John Huston and Nick Price, finished at 11-under 205, one stroke better than Jeff Sluman (70) and Huston (71).
Perry's total was the highest winning score in tournament history. The win was worth $315,000.
Russ Cochran took solo fourth at 208 after a 71, while Fred Couples finished another stroke back after a 70. Price had a 76 to end up tied for sixth at 6-under 210 with three other players.
After two birdies and a bogey on the front nine to make the turn in 1-under 34, Perry, a 14-time winner on the PGA Tour, had two birdies, a double-bogey on the par-5 12th, a bogey on the par-4 closer, and his eagle, which proved the difference for the Champions Tour rookie on Sunday.
Perry's victory came a day after his sister Kay Perry died after a long battle with breast cancer.
"When I heard the news last night, it was a long night," Perry said. "I didn't sleep a lot, thought about just getting on a plane and heading home. But Dad was great. He called me, he said, 'Son, you just need to go out there and represent Kay today.' "
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Police in Oklahoma City said a 15-year-old girl was knocked unconscious and raped in a Metro park.
The victim told police that she was out jogging about 11:30 p.m. on June 29 near the park at Northwest 56th Street and Tulsa Avenue when someone came up from behind her and knocked her out.
She said she only remembers waking up bruised and disheveled near the park's tennis courts before running home, where her mother called police.
The girl said that when she woke up, her bra was unclasped and her shorts were rolled up like a diaper. She reported being sore all over and when examined at the hospital, doctors said she had bruises and abrasions on the back of her head. She also had scratch marks on her back, thighs and arms, they said.
While there have been other minor crimes near the park, like vandalism, residents in the area said they were shocked to learn of a violent crime.
Police said the girl consented to a being tested with a rape kit at the hospital, but when officers went back to the park later, there was no evidence of a scene.
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The county of Devon is a fantastic place to spend your holiday – no matter who makes up your holiday party. It's a beautiful part of the country, with a real variety in landscapes including the expansive and rugged Dartmoor, coastal paths that stretch for hundreds of miles and some really beautiful villages and seaside towns.
One of the most vibrant and picturesque towns is Dartmouth. The town is found on the River Dart and you'll find a twice weekly market, shops and galleries along the cobbled streets. It's also the home of the Royal Naval College and you'll find plenty of sailing folk in the vicinity. The annual regatta is held every August and there are lots of sailing schools in the area. The town opposite is Kingswear, and the two are connected by a ferry for both cars and pedestrians, or you can drive the long way round.
A short distance from Dartmouth you'll find one of Devon's best beaches – Blackpool Sands. This is a private beach where you pay an all-day fee for parking, but it's worth it as the pebbly beach shelves into great swimming water almost immediately, especially if you come at high tide. Behind the beach, there's a beach shop and restaurant, so you won't need to come armed with food supplies.
You can get involved in a lot of sport in Devon including, of course, all the different water sports like windsurfing, surfing and diving. There are plenty of hiking trails and places to go mountain biking too. You'll also find plenty of places to climb in Devon and if you're an experienced climber there are some great crags to try out on the north Devon coast as well as on the high tors of Dartmoor.
Slab climbers will find some challenges at Baggy Point and there's a vertical granite wall at Sheeps Tor, with different routes for novices through to some middle grade routes. If you've never tried climbing, head to the Dart Rock Climbing Centre for a beginner's course.
Of course, if you're looking for less activity and more sightseeing, there are lots of country houses and beautiful gardens open to the public in Devon. And for the kids, you can always find fun theme parks and water parks not too far away.
Wherever you plan to visit, there's plenty of holiday accommodation on offer. There are lots of holiday parks in North Devon, as well as a huge choice of hotels, B&Bs or private holiday cottages. It's probably best to decide what activities you want to do or places you'd like to see before you choose where you're going to stay.
Devon is a great place to holiday – whether you're with friends or you are taking your children on holiday. Once you've discovered how much Devon has to offer, it will probably be somewhere you return to again and again.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Depending on who is ready to go, the trial begins Tuesday for either a former soccer coach charged with accosting a child or another man accused of slashing his roommate's throat.
Former Rogers High School Rey David Rivera, 42, is accused of grabbing the crotch and kissing a student in the school's equipment room in April of 2011.
Wyoming Public Schools terminated Rivera's contract to coach for the high school. Rivera was not a direct district employee, but instead was retained by a private firm that provides Wyoming Schools with coaches and substitute teachers.
The girl was a junior varsity player who reported the alleged incident to police in May of 2011.
Meanwhile, witnesses are being gathered for the trial of Sheldon Perkins on charges he slashed his roommate's throat over a dispute about clothes and "gay stuff."
Perkins, 20, is accused of attempted murder. If convicted, he faces a potential maximum sentence of life in prison.
Perkins was angry at Robert Townsend with whom he had been living at Townsend's Kentwood home, according to witness testimony during preliminary hearings last year.
Bobby Springer, who had been friends with Perkins since they were kids, said after the alleged assault Perkins thought Townsend was dead.
"Rob used to do gay stuff when (Perkins) was living with (Townsend) and wouldn't give (Perkins) back his clothes," Springer said last year. "One day when I was over there, Rob came in and told Sheldon 'I let you live here for free. I'm going to need some appreciation.'"
Springer explained that by "gay stuff" he meant that Townsend would show unwanted physical attention to his roommate. After Perkins moved out, Townsend refused to give Perkins his clothes that had been left at the apartment, Springer said.
Springer said Perkins told him the defendant and Townsend had an argument in Townsend's car and then returned to the alleged victim's apartment where they grappled until Perkins pulled out a knife and slashed the older man's throat.
Townsend is struggling with his injuries and hearings have been delayed because the alleged victim could not speak. He is expected to take the stand during the trial.
Both the Rivera's and Perkins' trials are scheduled to be heard by Kent County Circuit Judge Dennis Leiber and each was scheduled for Monday. However, defense attorneys in both cases were not ready to go, so Leiber gave them a day to prepare.
If both cases are ready to proceed, then Perkins will take priority as he remains in jail and the charges are more severe. The cases are not connected other than both being before the same judge.
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This chapter for a book on the future of digital television examines how spectrum policy priorities came to shape today's television broadcast system and the issues that will influence the future of wireless video. As video services come to migrate freely between wired and wireless platforms, and as broadcast television merges with other forms of wireless video, spectrum policy and the public interest values that it reflects will shape the video value chain. These values are often crosscutting and require tradeoffs among such interests as maintaining existing communications services, technical innovation, spectrum efficiency, universal service, media diversity, and competition. What tradeoffs are made, and what they cost, is too frequently hidden from public view.
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Gillian Reny arrived for freshman orientation at the University of Pennsylvania in August, just days after she had started to walk again.
Penn assigned her a first-floor dorm room and scheduled her classes near each other, knowing it was a struggle for her just to be on campus. She did not hide what had happened to her. But she didn't want to alarm anyone either.
"No one's expecting someone to say they were in a bombing just because they're on crutches," she said. "You expect them to say they sprained their ankle or fell off their bike."
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GARRETTSVILLE - On the south side of Main Street stands a row of charming three-story brick buildings; their historic storefronts hearken back to the 1800s. One shop's sign is even complete with the image of a penny farthing.
The north side of the street had mirrored it with tall, mint green and white-sided stores. That is until a fire Saturday reduced the block of 13 businesses to cinders and rubble. Thirty-four departments responded to the blaze about 1 p.m. and spent 10 hours putting it out.
The juxtaposition between the two sides of the street was staggering for those who made a pilgrimage to gawk at the remnants Sunday afternoon.
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"It's just so hard to believe that something that stood for that long, just one fell swoop and it's all gone," said Barbara Kolenc.
She and her husband, Joseph Kolenc, of neighboring Hiram, have spent 42 years in the area. Just last week she said he was getting his hair cut at the barber shop that was among those destroyed. She recalled at the visit questioning the structure of the wooden building.
"We lost a lot of history, but nothing in this life is permanent," she said.
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Residents from around northeast Ohio came to gawk at the remnants of downtown
Garrettsville Sunday afternoon. A fire on Saturday destroyed the block of 13 businesses that used to be three stories tall. A cause is still pending investigation.
Patrons and business owners were evacuated at the start of the fire, and no one was reported injured beyond a firefighter transported for smoke inhalation. About 6 p.m., crews began pulling items from the stores, including a historic sewing machine, antique clocks from a repair shop and the pole from outside the barber shop. Then the demolition began, allowing firefighters to put out blazes deeper inside the structures.
Rick Collins, 53, of the Garrettsville Fire Department, was one of the firefighters who responded. He continued his guard Sunday near the ruins.
"When I got the call, three of us were out working in the township, and we knew we had something big BIG going on," he said.
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The firefighters worked late into the night ensuring the fire was completely extinguished. The fire's cause, he said, remains under investigation.
Sherry Quiggle watched the weekend's events from her restaurant The Pasta House, on the south side of Main Street. From the front window she could see it all.
"It was just horrifying, frightening. Everyone's dreams they ever had burning to the ground," she said.
Sunday afternoon, she opened the restaurant to provide free coffee and tea to firefighters and onlookers. Of the fellow business owners she said they are "numb, but determined;" some are already posting on their Facebook pages that they are ready to rebuild.
A vein of resolve and hopefulness ran through the onlookers as well.
"I'd like to say they'll rebuild, I'd like to say, they'll need some time" said Russell Oliver from Nelson.
On Thursday, he was also having a haircut at the barber shop on the block. Other businesses lost in the blaze included a theater where it is said both presidents James Garfield and William McKinley spoke, a recently remodeled insurance agency and the local food pantry Nelson Food Cupboard.
"At least that building was lucky," Daniel Csernik, 9, said pointing to the only brick building among the remains.
He sat on a bench with his father, Rick Csernik, 53, of Boardman, as they viewed what was left of the block. Rick fondly remembered several of the stores.
"It's unbelievable, for this nice little historic town, it's almost like a bomb went off," Csernik said.
Neighboring the rubble is the untouched building that houses the village's historical society. A sign in the front window reads "history matters" and the current display shows off a set of old fireman's boots, a worn water bucket and a captain's hat.
For a village set on saving their history, the loss is large, yet the chatter on Facebook by local businesses and residents has turned already to rebuilding. #Garrettsvillestrong is trending among the locals, several fundraisers are under way and a meeting has been set to walk business owners through insurance claims.
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Relentless: The True Story of the Man Behind Rogers Communications : As president and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., Ted Rogers is at the head of a communications and media company that operates Canada's largest wireless carrier, its largest cable provider, 53 radio stations, 70 consumer and trade magazines, the OMNI and CityTV networks, and other properties as diverse as The Shopping Channel and the Toronto Blue Jays. Outspoken, sometimes controversial and always forward-thinking, Rogers is a legendary innovator whose brand stands among the top in Canadian business. Now, for the first time, Ted Rogers tells the story of how he built Rogers Communications into one of the largest companies in Canadian history - and in only one generation. Unabridged.
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Just minutes ago Rep. Stefani Carter announced a campaign for Texas railroad commissioner.
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Carter has served two terms in the Texas House, representing North Dallas.
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Avs coach Bob Hartley and TV man John Kelly went to a Detroit athletic club one time to play racquetball. The owner found out who they were and denied them admission. That's how serious the rivalry was
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Tarone Thornton, a starter in 17 games last season, has been dismissed from St. Joseph's University's basketball program.
The departure of the 6-8 junior forward was confirmed by Hawks coach Jim Boyle.
Boyle cited Thornton's "failure to conform to the standards expected of student-athletes at St. Joseph's" as the reason for Thornton's removal from the Hawks' roster.
Thornton, sources said, is not expected to return to St. Joseph's this fall.
Though the official reason for Thornton's dismissal is "academic deficiency," Boyle said that Thornton's failure to attend mandatory postseason training workouts figured prominently in his removal. According to Boyle, once he informed Thornton that because of his absence and apparent disregard for Boyle's mandatory offseason program he would not be a Hawk next season, Thornton simply stopped attending classes.


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The Black Keys
Attack and Release
Last year, when I decided to expand my listening pleasure to include rock, I fell in love with the White Stripes. I met a guy, Eddie, who told me that I needed to listen to the Black Keys, claiming that they "come from a more authentic place." I just thought him a hater, but, if Eddie's at all representative of Black Keys fans, I can see why they're pissed off at this new effort. But I gotta say, I think adding Danger Mouse as their producer was a stroke of genius. All three of these guys put their feet in it. I betcha this is going to be on a lot of Top Ten lists for '08.
The Heavy
Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
I became an instant addict of these Brits. Hard-driving, retro funk with a hip-hop edge. My wife described them as Lenny Kravitz if he could maintain his avant-retro-garde for an entire album. A friend of mine thought they were a lot like Gnarls Barkley. I read a review that compared the Heavy to both. All I can say is this is on my Top 10 this year.
The Cool Kids
Bake Sale
2008 meets 1996 with tongue in cheek for a good time. A lot of fun.
Y Society
Travel at Your Own Pace
A co-worker, Hater, turned me onto these DC bruddas. Since he hates everything, I figured it had to be good. He definitely didn't do me wrong. It's got that jazzy, mid-90s feel for the sophisticated set. I'd re-title the CD For Lovers of Low End Theory when Luda Is Not Enuff.
Rotary Connection
Rotary Connection
Minnie Riperton's first group. They were soulful psychedelic deconstructionists whose covers of "Soul Man," "Ruby Tuesday," and "Like a Rolling Stone" are not at all recognizable from the original. I think they had three albums, but I only have this one and Aladdin. Both are serious gems. I'm looking for the third because I think it has their version of "Respect" and "Black Gold of the Sun" (yes, Nuyorican Soul fans, that "Black Gold of the Sun"). Dig in those crates for these cats.
Robert Palmer
Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
My quest to expand my musical tastes and hatred of what's on the radio have taken me down some pretty queer roads. I never ... ever ... ever thought I'd like anything by this cheesemeister. However, his debut album was pretty funky. Consider it blue-eyed Sly Stone, and the tour-de-force, "Through It All There's You," is well worth the shame of having to admit that I like a Robert Palmer album.
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4 comments:
- Grant said...
I think I'll check out a couple of these. I haven't been into anything "new" in quite a while.
- September 18, 2008 at 7:47 PM
- Joy Leftow said...
Thanks for inviting us. Happy to join your blog too.
- September 20, 2008 at 8:15 AM
- Effaridi said...
The Rotary Album with Black Gold of the Sun on it is nice. They also had a Christmas Record. Strange, to say the least.
The sleeper this year is- Zo and Tigallo Do the 80's. Hip Hop producers doing 80s pop covers. It sounds like it should be horrible, but...It made me miss the eighties to the point I downloaded like 60 songs in one night to get a solid 80's playlist...
- September 20, 2008 at 7:16 PM
- boukman70 said...
I'm not so much into the '80s as you apparently are, effaridi, but they sound interesting. I'll definitely check them out. Have you ever listened to Chromeo? They do a kitschy, '80s electrofunk thing. They're pretty fun.
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Madonna: Fuglier Than A Keebler Elf
So it seems Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, haven't been having sex lately. Why? Well, according to Madonna, it's because Ritchie's cookie diet robbed him of his sex drive. Seriously.
There are so many things wrong with that statement, I don't know where to begin. First, cookie diet? Does that even exist? The odds of losing weight eating cookies are about as good as Cracked.com's chances of winning big at the webbys.
Second, since when do sweets make you want to shun sex? Have you taken a date out to dinner and said, "Oh fuck, maybe if I set fire to the tablecloth before dessert comes I can still get laid tonight."
And third, I'm not a doctor, but unless a chocolate chip is lodged in Ritchie's urethra, I'm pretty sure cookies have nothing to do with why he's not tapping Madonna. That's just some excuse he made up. "Uh, oh, sex? Uh, gee, I'd love to, but, uh, y'know, I can't because... um... COOKIES!!! Yeah, cookie diet. Yup. Damn cookies. Otherwise, I'd love to. Oh, and I can't load the dishwasher because um, there's a donut monster in our kitchen." Now some of you may be asking, "Why would anyone want to make up an excuse NOT to have sex with Madonna?" Oh, no reason:
Ya see, I'm sure marrying Madonna seemed like a great idea twenty years ago, but so did snap bracelets. And unlike Madonna, your snap bracelets (I'm looking at you Dan O'Brien) probably have retained some of their natural elasticity. Oh, that reminds me of a joke. What do you call Rudy Guiliani in a wig and a stupid green hat. Give up?
Or maybe I'm wrong. No, not about the cookie's magic erection-robbing abilities. That's asinine. Maybe I'm wrong about Madonna's age being the culprit. Perhaps, Ritchie's just tired of the non-stop bukkake nightmares he keeps having, starring his wife, Sean Penn, Warren Beatty, Dennis Rodman, and the 1989 cast of Cats. Give him a break, Madonna. That can't be easy. And in the meantime, I don't know, have you considered a substitute? A Twinkie perhaps?
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GUYMON, Okla. - Hazel Pearl Daniel, 80, died Friday, July 10, 2009.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Goodwell Baptist Church with the Rev. Doug King officiating. Graveside services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Boise City Cemetery by Bunch-Roberts Funeral Home.
Hazel was born May 8, 1929, at the family home north of Boise City to Clarence and Edith Gillis Quackenbush. Hazel married James "Roy" Daniel on July 20, 1946, on Wedding Cake Mountain near Kenton.
Survivors include a sister, Junia Harryman of Keyes; four daughters, Virginia Mussman of Guymon, Connie Daniel of Goodwell, Janet Cooksey of Albuquerque, N.M., and Laura McMahon of Amarillo, Texas; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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Reverend Enoch D. Milien, 54, has been in ministry for the last 32 years of his life, and during that time, he has found that the purpose of pastors has remained the same. We as pastors have a mandate to serve, he explained. Thats what God called us to do. For the past 16 of those years, he has been serving as the pastor of Philadelphia Evangelical Baptist Church. With approximately 250 members, the churchs congregation has a majority of youth members ranging in age from 17 to 32, many of who are in college or university. Services are conducted in Creole and English. During any weekly service, it is likely worshippers will hear Milien preaching about the importance of love and unity. Living in this time of stress and [economic] depression, we have to teach people about unity and love - how to love themselves, God and others, he said. The church promotes a popular feeding and clothing ministry that provides supplies and donations for people currently living in Haiti, where many people are still struggling to survive more than two years after a devastating earthquake struck the island nation. For us living in America, we are very blessed, so thats why we say thanks to God a lot, he said. In recent years, churches from all denominations and serving various sized membership rolls have been called on to provide relief and sustenance to communities in several different ways - from providing food, shelter or economic assistance. When the Miami Times asked if people maybe expecting churches to handle too much, Milien calmly replied: no. The chruch is always willing to serve those in need, he said. We have a good church that is always willing to help others - thats the way it should be. Even with various demonstrations to take care of others, Milien also believes that people should treat themselves with care as well. So every year the church hosts a health fair which provides free screenings for chronic ailments such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol. The Bible tells us that our bodies are the temples of God, he said. We as ministers have to take care of ourselves, we have to take care of our bodies. For Milien, that often means he and his wife rise early in the morning for jogs that can last up to six miles. Keeping healthy is important since the senior pastor of Philadelphia Evangelical Baptist Church also juggles a number of other duties from being a teacher at a seminary college to being a chaplain at the North Miami jail, as well as being a chaplain at a funeral home. Philadelphia Evangelical Baptist Church is located at 1000 NW 111th Street in Miami. By Kaila firstname.lastname@example.com


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Yesterday an interesting chat had sprung up around the dinner table. It was not your standard fare. My son asked the following question "How does one keep peace when everyone else is at war?" My youngest piped up "Obviously, you will help the others hurt by the fighting."
That dialog led to the selection of today's Everyday Hero: Dr. Hawa Abdi -a life saver and peacemaker extraordinaire.
According to Glamour Magazine, Dr. Hawa Abdi is a combination between Mother Theresa and Rambo. Dr. Hawa Abdi or Mama Hawa as she is referred to in Somalia was born into a privileged family in Mogadishu, Somalia on May 17, 1947.
Mama Hawa's mother died in childbirth when Mama Hawa was but twelve years old. Her father took on the task of raising her and seeing to it that she was able to enroll in medical school. She became the first woman doctor specializing in gynecology in the Muslim country of Somalia.
I was working in a tough situation, very dangerous, and when I saw people who needed me I was staying to help because I [could] do something for them…
~ Dr. Hawa Abdi
When civil war broke out in 1983 in Somalia, Mama Hawa had the option to leave the country. Instead, she chose to stay. Using all of her family's money, she built a 400 bed hospital. Her patients were primarily women and children.
Seven years into the war and with no end in sight, Mama Hawa came to the realization that many needed to be kept safe – not just mended. She then opened up her family farm to receive the many women and children who were fleeing their villages.
By 2000, her community housed 90,000 refugees and had expanded to include a school for 800 children, and adult classes in nutritious cooking, farming, sewing and fishing. Mama Hawa's community thrives on two rules:
- The community will not tolerate political talks.
- If a man beats his wife, he is placed in a make shift jail till the police arrive.
It was a great shock for Mama Hawa to see that war had found her camp and reached her and her people. The year was 2010. The terror was palpable as 750 fighters opened fire using their automatic rifles. Clearly outnumbered, Mama Hawa still stood her ground as her hospital was completely ransacked.
Mama Hawa remembered one extremist thug shouting;
"Why are you running this hospital? You are old. You are a woman".
The then 64 year old replied "Yes, you are young, and you are a man. But what have you done for your society?… I am not leaving my hospital. If I die, I die with my people and my dignity."
We are not just helpless victims of Civil War-We are the leaders…We make peace. We are the hope of the future generations…We can do everything.
~ Dr. Hawa Abdi
Two significant political events happened next:
- The powerful clan leader unanimously agreed that Dr. Hawa Abdi was very much needed in Somalia and had to be saved. They denounced the work of that rebel group and threatened them to stand down.
- The Muslim women refugees banded with Mama Hawa and risked their lives to keep her safe. They too denounced and shamed the rebel group.
Dr. Hawa Abdi along with her daughters have since been dubbed the "Saints of Somalia". In 2011, they joined TED to give a brief talk of their work. The video is linked below. In 2012, Dr. Hawa Abdi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The first cemetery I visited was Rose Hill Cemetery. I read all the stories and had done allot of research on Rose Hill in high school.
In my senior year of high school I lost my Stepdad who had raised me from the age of seven months old. Daddy is laid to rest at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. I made a promise to him that I would one day find his birth father. During the search I found myself doing allot of genealogy for my husband's and parent's side of the family. I was finding myself taking photos of every headstone that was a family member. My husband's family is almost all of Choctaw County so I decided to just take every headstone in every cemetery. I found this to be so much easier for you don't have to go back and second guess what the date was or how they spelled their name.
When I first started I had people walking up to me asking if I do research for others as well and I used to say, "No, just my family." I later realized that I can help others so I started doing research on the side for others as well.
I found Ron Henson's web site for Choctaw County during my research and told him I had some photos of headstones and some full listings of cemeteries and he suggested that I could donate them to the web site and that my information would be free to everyone. I thought that would be a wonderful thing to have my information out there for everyone to see and not have it go to waste setting in a filing cabinet of mine. I am so glad to have the opportunity to share my information with every one who may need it or would just like their family to be remembered in some way. It is a good way for our loved ones to never be forgotten.
I've received allot of thank you emails from many people for my hard work and wanting to do something in return. I ask of every one who contacts me to please send old photos of family members and any information they can donate to the Choctaw County web site. Ron works very hard on the Choctaw County web pages and does such a wonderful job. No information goes to waste.
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Among the earth's oldest mountain ranges, the Uwharries sprang from a chain of volcanoes some 500 million years ago. Peaks that once towered to heights of 20,000 feet today top out less at than 1,000 feet.
The Uwharrie Mountains hold significant remnants of early American civilization. Artifacts date inhabitants in the area some 10,000 years before Europeans began settling here in the late 1600s. From near and far, Native Americans traveled to the Uwharries for its abundant resources of stone. They used the stone to make tools – projectiles, blades, hammers and axes.
The forests are much the same today, and the mighty river that ran through the Uwharries is now a chain of lakes — Tuckertown, Badin, Falls and Tillery.
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Stony Brook got a steal on signing day with the addition of Montclair linebacker Kamani Odrick.
Odrick, a First Team All-State linebacker, has serious potential and came very close to getting a late offer from Boston College.
"I thought last night we might get a late, last-minute offer, but I'm very happy for Chuck Priore at Stony Brook," Montclair coach John Fiore said. "He's getting a great one. Only time will tell. Four-five years from now, he's getting drafted in the third round, all those schools will go 'oops, coach Fiore was right'. There's no answer for the genetic factor and they're looking for certain kids at certain heights, weights and speeds and they have their criterias for success."
The athletic Odrick racked up 133 tackles, 10.5 sacks and five forced fumbles in his first year as starter for the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5 champions. Standing at 6-1, 195 pounds, Odrick expects to play outside linebacker, but could move to the middle depending on how he grows. He said he doesn't mind and would even play on the line, just as long as he was on the defensive side of the ball.
Southeast Missouri was the other school to make Odrick an offer. What made the difference for Odrick was the proximity to home and he fell in love with the atmosphere of Stony Brook.
"Not only the fact that it was close, but I actually loved the campus," he said. "The people there and the facilities were nice. Overall, it was just a lovely place. I loved it."
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Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say a band of storms in the northwest Caribbean has a 40 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours.
The low does not have a center of circulation, but forecasters say circumstances are conducive to strengthening as the storm moves "north or north-northeastward" over the next few days.
Elsewhere, the remnants of Hurricane Julia were still floating in the Atlantic, but the National Hurricane Center said the system had only a 10 percent chance of strengthening again.


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The 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, sponsored by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI) in collaboration with Queen's University, the War Studies Programme at the Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada, the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI), the DND-funded SDF Programme, General Dynamics Canada, and David Scott, will be held at RMC in Kingston, Ontario, on 26-27 October 2007.
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