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| | Posted: 1/13/2008 at 14:48 | Read 72 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
 | January 2008 - Leave Your Comments Here | Dear friends and visitors, if you wish to leave any comments, please leave them here. The leave comment box in my profile is soon to be deleted.
| | Posted: 1/1/2008 at 01:52 | Read 187 times | 20 comments | Leave Comment |
 | Sign the Coral Sea Petition | |
I signed a petition and received this email. Thank you for signing the petition to save the Coral Sea.
For
more information about the Coral Sea, including the latest news, photos
and videos from the area, visit the Coral Sea webpage at www.wwf.org.au/coralsea
Thanks again for you support.
Greg Bourne
CEO, WWF-Australia
P.S.
Please ask your friends and family to sign the Coral Sea petition. The
more people who sign the petition, the greater the pressure on the
Australian government to protect this fragile wilderness area.
Support Australia's Coral Sea. What you can do?
Join WWF's campaign to Save the Coral Sea by signing the petition at http://www.wwf.org.au/coralsea
| | Posted: 12/31/2007 at 14:00 | Read 63 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
 | Last Chance to Save on Your Taxes | This is an excerpt of the email I receive from CIVIC - Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict. I receive mails periodically from CIVIC, and this is what I would like to share with all. You may choose to subscribe yourself if you wish. ..... 2007 is almost over! This is your last chance to make a 100% tax deductible donation to CIVIC. GIVE NOW: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/73/t/1538/shop/custom.
jsp?donate_page_KEY=284
To give you an idea about how we spend your money:
$50 is one 'staff hour' of advocacy on behalf of civilian victims of conflict.
$100 prints
training material on avoiding and aiding civilian casualties for 100 US
service members before they deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan.
$500 supports
an intern for an entire semester. As a small organization with only
three full time staff members, interns are invaluable to us!
$1,000 covers six months of domestic travel to advocate for the UN Special Envoy.
$5,000 enables us to travel to a conflict zone to advocate on behalf of victims and ensure their stories are told.
$10,000 finances a staff member in Afghanistan for six months.
$25,000 pays one month of CIVIC's entire operating budget!
To receive tax benefits for 2007 you must donate online BEFORE
January 1, 2008. To donate by mail, send your check to CIVIC, 1605
Connecticut Ave NW 3rd Floor, Washington DC 20009. Make sure to date
your check and mail it before January 1st!
War victims need your help so please, GIVE NOW: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/73/t/1538/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=284
Wishing you and your family and happy and healthy new year!
Marla B
P.S. Tax letters for all donations made off line will go out the second week of January.
| | Posted: 12/29/2007 at 00:58 | Read 63 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
 | Latest new from CIVIC - "In the Hot Zone" by Kevin Sites | CIVIC has announced her partnership with Kevin Sites in the newsletter I received recently. Following is a copy of the letter.
As one of the world's most respected war correspondents, Kevin Sites
has spent the past seven years covering global war and disaster. For
his new book, "In the Hot Zone," Sites ventured into the dark heart of
war - armed with just a video camera, a digital camera, a laptop, and a
satellite modem. Sites journeyed to virtually every major
combat zone from Somalia to Iraq, bringing to his readers an honest
account of war's devastation and through vivid story-telling puts a
human face on war not often seen.
Sites
is a longtime friend of ours, helping Marla Ruzicka during the earliest
days of this organization's work to help war victims. He is generously donating a portion of the proceeds from "In the Hot Zone" to CIVIC.
You can support CIVIC by purchasing a copy of "In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars" today: http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Zone-Year-Twenty-Wars/dp/
0061228753/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2363413-0668166?ie=UTF8
&s=books&qid=1189116232&sr=8-1
(if the link does not work, click here)
Better yet, make your Amazon.com purchase through Maatiam (formerly FreePledge) to send an extra 5% donation to CIVIC with no additional cost to you! http://civic.maatiam.com/
For everyone who cares about the human cost of war, this is an
important, thought provoking read. It's also a great holiday gift for
anyone on your list. What could be better than getting a great book
and supporting CIVIC's work to help war victims at the same time?
Sincerely,

Sarah Holewinski
Executive Director

| | Posted: 11/15/2007 at 12:42 | Read 61 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
 | The Beast of Sipadan, part 2 | That same morning, Janet Brown registered herself at the receptionist at the Sipadan Island Resort. The place was quiet. Only a few other tourists were seen talking in the resort restaurant. Janet walked to an empty seat at one corner of the restaurant. She ordered her favourite drink, Cappucino and sat down. Waiting, she scanned the horizon. The beach was white and the sea so calm. Such a beautiful place, she thought. David was right. If only David was here with her, she thought again. As she watched the seagulls, her mind drifted back to England. They had planned the trip together but fate interfered. David was killed in an accident a week before their trip. This trip is for David, she reminded herself. She finished her drink, got up and walked to her chalet. The sun was setting down when she reached her chalet which was about one hundred meters from the beach. It was an inverted V-shaped house on stilts a meter high, with just a door in front and a window at the back. A traditional wooden stairs leads to the front veranda. A few coconut trees surrounding the chalet swayed in the evening breeze and the sounds of cicadas greeted her arrival. Not a human sound was heard, only the trees, wind and the cicadas. Janet loved the peaceful and serenity of the place.
As she approached the chalet, tears rolled down her cheek. She missed David. She climbed up the steps and entered the chalet. There was a singles bed on the left side and a small table and chair on the right. She placed her bag on the table and lowered herself onto the bed and lied down. A little dust in the air told her the presence of a ray of light, beaming down to one corner of the chalet from a hole in the thatched roof. She watched the light, the dust dancing and darting in and out of the path reappearing at another section of the ray. Slowly, the dancing images began to transform and take shape. She saw her England, then her David, as always the beautiful smile was there. He was smiling at her, still laying there hypnotized by his presence. Slowly she could see the whole of him and as she watched him waving at her, she felt as if she was on a bus moving away from him further and further away until she could see him no more but the beach, the coconut trees, the sea and the seagulls. As she drifted into sleep, she saw herself flying with the seagulls.
| | Posted: 11/13/2007 at 14:19 | Read 53 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
 | Yuwiescam | I just visited a site by Oldbuddy. Good for those who are still sceptic whether yuwie pays or not. Visit Yuwie Scam.
| | Posted: 11/11/2007 at 10:17 | Read 95 times | 3 comments | Leave Comment |
 | Untuk tambah pelawat. | Kita boleh gunakan YuwieAdd. Kita perlu Yuwie ID. Tak sama degan URL Yuwie kita. Nak tengok ID, letak mouse kat gambar kita [kalau tak upload lagi, yang macam huruf "Y" tu. Nanti kat address bar kat bawah computer kita keluar satu line macam ni, http://r.yuwie.com/?id=254924. Nombor ini kita masukkan dalam ruangangan login YuwieAdd. Lihat gambar.
Bila dah masuk, secara automatik ID kita akan dimasukkan untuk ahli lain Add kita as Friend. tapi sebab kita baru masuk, maka ID kita duduk bawah sekali, kalau jumpa cari. Tak apa. Kita klik aje mana-mana kotak Add me. Saya syorkan kat bawah sekali sebab kuang orang klik. Jadi dia akan accept kita cepat, maknanya dia tengok laman kita cepat. Sekali kita klik kat situ, nanti tetiba aje akan ada lebih kurang 10 invitation utk kita jadi friend ahli lain. Selamat melayan rakan baru.
| | Posted: 11/10/2007 at 00:23 | Read 164 times | 2 comments | Leave Comment |
 | The Beast Of Sipadan | Here's a story I wrote sometime ago. Comments are welcome. The Beast Of Sipadan Part 1 When he opened his eyes, he was lying on the white sandy beach. He did not know where he was. The sky was dark. It was going to rain. The cold wind from the sea blew his dark curly hair. He wiped off the sands from his face. His hand hurt. There was deep gash on his left palm. A black bird, perching on an old tree stump was watching him, silently. His body was aching all over. Painfully, he got up and limped slowly towards the woods.
Suddenly, there was a loud thunder. A blue streak of lightning struck a tree just a few meters in front of him. Bright lights blinded him temporarily. He shielded his face with his arm. When he felt it was safe, he lowered his arm down cautiously looking at the place where the lightning struck. A branch had fallen off the tree and it was smouldering.
The cold wind had gathered speed and was blowing smoke away from the tree. It was turning into a storm. Then the rain began to drop, slowly at first, then heavier. He was so cold. He stumbled on, dragging his wet tired body through the woods. He had to find shelter soon or he would die in the rain. The rain got heavier until he could not even see beyond three footsteps in front of him .
Then he saw it, a faint glow of light and the shape of a small house. It looked like a house. It must be a house, he prayed. He trudged on, without letting his eyes off the light. He was afraid if he stopped looking at the light, it would disappear. The light seemed so far away even as he trudged faster towards it. It was as if the house was running away from him. With only a little energy left, he forced himself to run to the house. Then he fell. There was no more light, his eyes could see nothing. He felt nothing and hear nothing. He blacked out.
| | Posted: 11/9/2007 at 19:26 | Read 68 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
 | Just joined today. | New to Yuwie. If anyone can help me with the layout or anything, I'd appreciate it. In the meantime, I'll just browse around.
| | Posted: 11/9/2007 at 17:47 | Read 60 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
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