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This shameful decision will leave Australia behind other Western countries that have acted to ban or phase out the use of cruel sow stalls.All is not lost. Recently the worlds largest pig producerUS-based Smithfield Foodsannounced a voluntary phase out of sow stalls over the next decade. The following week Canadas largest pig producer followed suit.These decisions were not forced by governments; they were forced by community concern. In the US Burger King (Hungry Jacks in Australia) and major supermarkets have listened to consumers and have committed to sourcing free-range productstheir purchasing power is underpinning the decisions by pig producers to end cruel practices.Change for Australian pigs will be brought about when these powerful companies are made aware that civilised societies will no longer tolerate industrialised animal cruelty.
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
76 Year Old British Woman
THE 76 YEAR OLD BRITISHWHO LOST HER HEART IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES.
by Chris Olney.
There’s a small cafe in the corner of the plaza at Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, high in the Peruvian Andes, that offers a surprising selection of food.
Besides the best cappuccino in the valley, there’s quarter pounder vegie burgers, lasagne and farmhouse chicken casserole. Not the usual Andean fare.
But the food is not the only surprise at Hearts Cafe.
The driving force at Hearts is Sonia Newhouse, a 76 year old British woman who five years ago decided to cut her ties with the UK and travel to Peru. She arrived in Lima in 2002 with all her possessions packed into two suitcases.
“It was liberating,” she said. “I had no latchkey , no car. I had never been to Peru and I soon realised the first thing I needed to do was learn the language, so I enrolled in a Spanish School.”
Fellow students encouraged her to travel to Cusco, the ancient capital of the Incas. After 2 years, altitude sickness (Cusco is 3450m above sea level) forced her to move to the Sacred Valley, which is a few hundred metres lower than Cusco. There she became involved with the women living in six villages which make up the community of Huaran.
“I was shocked at how poor they are and how few resources they have,’ Mrs Newhouse said. “I decided I wanted to help them become more self sufficient and independent.”
“I formed a working group and asked them what they needed most”
“Of all the things they need they thought only of their children. They wanted a nursery school. It was very humbling”.
The women told her that a Spanish-language nursery school, or pre-primary, would give their children the chance to learn Spanish before attending Government Schools. They only know the native dialect, Quecheu, at home. If the children could not speak Spanish they were at a disadvantage from their first day at school.
A mud hut has been allocated for a nursery school in Canchacancha, one of the six villages, catering for about 40 children. But the school needs a teacher and equipment.
Thats where Hearts Cafe comes in. The money raised by selling meals, tea and coffee will help pay for the nursery school. It’s a big ask. Mrs Newhouse estimates $US20,000 $23,600 a year is needed.
Although she has never run a cafe, Mrs Newhouse is a nutritionist and in the 1980s set up one of the first factories in London producing frozen vegetarian meals. She rented a shop in Ollantaytambo and opened Hearts in March. After seven weeks she had raised 1900 sols (about $480).
“I decided to spend this on much needed medicines for the women,” she said. “Many have serious gynaecological problems. We desperately need volunteer doctors and nurses.”
Mrs Newhouse is training local people to cook and run the cafe, which provides another source of income for families. But she spends every day there to make sure things run smoothly.
Ollantaytambo is en route to the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu, and as the tourist season gets into full swing there is little doubt the cafe will do a roaring trade.
by Chris Olney.
There’s a small cafe in the corner of the plaza at Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, high in the Peruvian Andes, that offers a surprising selection of food.
Besides the best cappuccino in the valley, there’s quarter pounder vegie burgers, lasagne and farmhouse chicken casserole. Not the usual Andean fare.
But the food is not the only surprise at Hearts Cafe.
The driving force at Hearts is Sonia Newhouse, a 76 year old British woman who five years ago decided to cut her ties with the UK and travel to Peru. She arrived in Lima in 2002 with all her possessions packed into two suitcases.
“It was liberating,” she said. “I had no latchkey , no car. I had never been to Peru and I soon realised the first thing I needed to do was learn the language, so I enrolled in a Spanish School.”
Fellow students encouraged her to travel to Cusco, the ancient capital of the Incas. After 2 years, altitude sickness (Cusco is 3450m above sea level) forced her to move to the Sacred Valley, which is a few hundred metres lower than Cusco. There she became involved with the women living in six villages which make up the community of Huaran.
“I was shocked at how poor they are and how few resources they have,’ Mrs Newhouse said. “I decided I wanted to help them become more self sufficient and independent.”
“I formed a working group and asked them what they needed most”
“Of all the things they need they thought only of their children. They wanted a nursery school. It was very humbling”.
The women told her that a Spanish-language nursery school, or pre-primary, would give their children the chance to learn Spanish before attending Government Schools. They only know the native dialect, Quecheu, at home. If the children could not speak Spanish they were at a disadvantage from their first day at school.
A mud hut has been allocated for a nursery school in Canchacancha, one of the six villages, catering for about 40 children. But the school needs a teacher and equipment.
Thats where Hearts Cafe comes in. The money raised by selling meals, tea and coffee will help pay for the nursery school. It’s a big ask. Mrs Newhouse estimates $US20,000 $23,600 a year is needed.
Although she has never run a cafe, Mrs Newhouse is a nutritionist and in the 1980s set up one of the first factories in London producing frozen vegetarian meals. She rented a shop in Ollantaytambo and opened Hearts in March. After seven weeks she had raised 1900 sols (about $480).
“I decided to spend this on much needed medicines for the women,” she said. “Many have serious gynaecological problems. We desperately need volunteer doctors and nurses.”
Mrs Newhouse is training local people to cook and run the cafe, which provides another source of income for families. But she spends every day there to make sure things run smoothly.
Ollantaytambo is en route to the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu, and as the tourist season gets into full swing there is little doubt the cafe will do a roaring trade.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
इस्रैली पलेस्तियन कोन्फ्लिच्त
New Book on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Provides CompellingPsychological PerspectiveWHAT IS KEEPING ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS FROM REACHING AN AGREEMENTIN THE NEGOTIATING TABLE? SALINAS EXPLAINS HOW PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS,INCLUDING MISTRUST, HATRED, STEREOTYPES, AND PREJUDICE ARE ASIMPORTANT AS DISAGREEMENTS OVER BORDERS, REFUGEES, AND SETTLEMENTS.New Britain, CT: As renewed hatred pumped the people of Israel,Palestine and Lebanon in summer 2006, fueling a flurry of bombings,kidnappings, and murders, author and Professor Moises Salinascontinued to conduct interviews and his research in those nations forhis new book on the psychology of this, the longest conflict of themodern era. The psychology professor explains: "This conflict, thathas been raging more than 70 years, is irrational. While in recentyears both groups have basically agreed on the broad parameters of apeace agreement, the fight still rages nonetheless. Politicians failto see that the obstacles to achieve a solution are not as muchpolitical as they are psychological. " Research - and interviews withresidents - shows that just as much as disagreements over borders,refugees, and settlements, both parties are kept hurting each otherbecause of psychological factors including mistrust, hatred, fear,stereotypes, and prejudice. Dr. Salinas shows us how the hatred andmistrust were created and persist for the populace, with intervieweesranging from an Israeli right wing settler and a Palestinian militantto commoners on both sides simply the victims of that violence. Thisbook includes compelling, easily readable reviews of the psychologicalresearch regarding Israeli-Palestinian relationships, includingchapters on stereotype and prejudice; violence, extremism andterrorism; posttraumatic stress; and reconciliation, mediation, andpeacemaking.Dr. Salinas is a Professor of Psychology at Central Connecticut StateUniversity. He earned his undergraduate degree at Hebrew University ofJerusalem and his PhD in Educational Psychology from the University ofTexas at Austin, and is the author of a previous Greenwood Title, thecritically praised: The Politics of Stereotype: Psychology andAffirmative Action.Endorsement From Yossi Beilin, Former Israel Cabinet Secretary, DeputyForeign Minister, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, andMinister of Justice : This is a very important work. Salinas'conclusion is the only reasonable one, and it is sad that so fewpeople know this. My hope is that this book will help to increase thisunderstanding.For more information:http://search. barnesandnoble. com/booksearch/ results.asp? WRD=moises+ salinas&z= y&cds2Pid= 9481
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
HAVING A WHALE OF A TIME
IT’S JUNE SO THE GENTLE GIANTS OF THE OCEANS ARE RETURNING OFF THE COAST:
MOST PEOPLE WHO COME OUT ARE AMAZED THAT THE WHALES WILL COME UP CLOSE:
As winter approaches in Albany, a growing sense of excitement begins to spread throughout the city. Whispers that the first guests have started to arrive begin to fly around and eyes glow at the thought of the avalanche of pending visitors.
Each year, treasured friends return to Albany, bringing their families and showing of their children during their stay. These whales - hundreds of them - are the stuff of treasured holiday memories.
Perhaps no other place in the state has such a profusion of whales during the whale-watching season from this month through to October.
You may be lucky enough to spot a blue whale and you’re almost guaranteed to see humpbacks and southern rights.
The souther rights are particularly treasured visitors. They are known to take up residence in bays within hundreds of metres of shore, where they give birth and nurture newborn calves.
Residents and visitors alike sit on the shores, mesmerised by these gentle giants as they watch the at-first wrinkly calf begin to grow and become more adventurous.
Living in such close confines with these visitors has sparked a tight-knit bond between Albany residents and their whale friends. They are fierce advocates of anti - whaling and are fast to sing their praises.
So what is it about whales that is so captivating? Maybe it’s their size or perhaps their intelligence. It could be their curiosity, the way they’ll approach and seemingly look you in the eye. Or maybe it’s their song and acrobatics.
Whatever the case, simply talk to Albany people about what they love about whales and, while they find it difficult to verbalise, the look in their eye quickly reveals the way they feel about these ocean giants.
Perhaps no one in Albany sees the whales more frequently that Silver Star Cruise’s whale charters. Owner Paul Guest says these marine mammals never fail to captivate.
“They really are amazing, “he says, “We’ll get situation like one time when a mum and a calf swam up to us and she turned and actually fed the calf.
”She squirted milkk into the water, it was like yoghurt, and the calf came across on top of the mum out of the water - it almost seemed to lick its lips. It was awesome.
“or we were steaming long, not seeing any whales and then all of a sudden heard this scream ‘whales’ and stopped, turning off the motors and actually heard them sing.
“We threw an underwater microphone over the side and played their music over the loud speakers.
“Most people who come out are amazed that the whales will come up close”. Paul’s partner, Susie, whom he describes as a “whale nut”, is a big believer in a special connection between whales and humans.
“They’re beautiful,” she says. “They’ve got spirit,they can heal people. When you look into the eye of a whale you’ve looked into their soul”.
When it comes to find out more about these enchanting species and our once gruesome whaling industry, you can’t beat a visit to Wale World. It is based at what was once a fully operational whaling station and provides an insight into the ehaling industry and has giant skeletons of whales, including an impressive 22m specimen of a pygmy blue whale.
You can also step aboard a former whaling boat. The Whales World’s oceanside location means you often see the whales out to sea while you’re strolling about the facility. Sight one and you’ll soon find yourself concurring with Albany residents.
There is really is something special about whales.
MOST PEOPLE WHO COME OUT ARE AMAZED THAT THE WHALES WILL COME UP CLOSE:
As winter approaches in Albany, a growing sense of excitement begins to spread throughout the city. Whispers that the first guests have started to arrive begin to fly around and eyes glow at the thought of the avalanche of pending visitors.
Each year, treasured friends return to Albany, bringing their families and showing of their children during their stay. These whales - hundreds of them - are the stuff of treasured holiday memories.
Perhaps no other place in the state has such a profusion of whales during the whale-watching season from this month through to October.
You may be lucky enough to spot a blue whale and you’re almost guaranteed to see humpbacks and southern rights.
The souther rights are particularly treasured visitors. They are known to take up residence in bays within hundreds of metres of shore, where they give birth and nurture newborn calves.
Residents and visitors alike sit on the shores, mesmerised by these gentle giants as they watch the at-first wrinkly calf begin to grow and become more adventurous.
Living in such close confines with these visitors has sparked a tight-knit bond between Albany residents and their whale friends. They are fierce advocates of anti - whaling and are fast to sing their praises.
So what is it about whales that is so captivating? Maybe it’s their size or perhaps their intelligence. It could be their curiosity, the way they’ll approach and seemingly look you in the eye. Or maybe it’s their song and acrobatics.
Whatever the case, simply talk to Albany people about what they love about whales and, while they find it difficult to verbalise, the look in their eye quickly reveals the way they feel about these ocean giants.
Perhaps no one in Albany sees the whales more frequently that Silver Star Cruise’s whale charters. Owner Paul Guest says these marine mammals never fail to captivate.
“They really are amazing, “he says, “We’ll get situation like one time when a mum and a calf swam up to us and she turned and actually fed the calf.
”She squirted milkk into the water, it was like yoghurt, and the calf came across on top of the mum out of the water - it almost seemed to lick its lips. It was awesome.
“or we were steaming long, not seeing any whales and then all of a sudden heard this scream ‘whales’ and stopped, turning off the motors and actually heard them sing.
“We threw an underwater microphone over the side and played their music over the loud speakers.
“Most people who come out are amazed that the whales will come up close”. Paul’s partner, Susie, whom he describes as a “whale nut”, is a big believer in a special connection between whales and humans.
“They’re beautiful,” she says. “They’ve got spirit,they can heal people. When you look into the eye of a whale you’ve looked into their soul”.
When it comes to find out more about these enchanting species and our once gruesome whaling industry, you can’t beat a visit to Wale World. It is based at what was once a fully operational whaling station and provides an insight into the ehaling industry and has giant skeletons of whales, including an impressive 22m specimen of a pygmy blue whale.
You can also step aboard a former whaling boat. The Whales World’s oceanside location means you often see the whales out to sea while you’re strolling about the facility. Sight one and you’ll soon find yourself concurring with Albany residents.
There is really is something special about whales.
Monday, June 4, 2007
TIKKUN COMMUNITY
TOPIC: statement from Tikkun Communityfor-israeli-palestinian-peace/browse_thread/thread/38e1f66717667b62?hl=en================================================================================ 1 of 1 ==Date: Sat, Jun 2 2007 5:37 am From: Didacus Ramos Statement by Tikkun Community Regarding "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation", June 10 - 11 Rally and Lobbying Day
The Tikkun Community, as a member organization of both the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice, fully supports the uniting principles of the June 10 - 11 action being planned by these two groups: "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation". These principles call for: · An end to US military, economic, diplomatic, and corporate support for Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. · A change in US policy to one that supports a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis based on equality, human rights and international law, and the full implementation of all relevant UN resolutions. Further, we encourage our chapters and individual members to participate in this action's congressional lobbying day on June 11th. We support all efforts to lobby the U.S. Government to align its actions with the above principles, and to do everything within its power to bring about immediate negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians to find a just, sustainable and peaceful two-state agreement based on pre-1967 borders (with mutually acceptable and equitable adjustments). We also call for any agreement to include clear steps to be taken by both peoples towards reconciliation. However, we have been unable to secure sufficient guarantees from the organizers that statements from speakers that contradict the rally's unifying principles will not be tolerated at the June 10th rally. In particular, we are concerned about statements that question the legitimacy of the State of Israel or call for its dissolution, that recognize the right to national self-determination of Palestinians but not Israelis or, worse yet, that justify violence against Israeli civilians. Such statements would be in direct contravention of the rally's stated principles, as among the UN resolutions relevant to the Israeli Palestinian conflict are those that call for the creation and continued security of the State of Israel. Statements which deny the rights of the Jewish people to security and national self-determination are wholly anathema to our own positions, and we cannot indirectly support them by participating in a public event at which they would be deemed acceptable. As a consequence, we are unable to endorse the rally. Of course, individual members of our organization are free to make their own decisions about whether or not to participate personally. For those who choose to do so, we encourage them to visibly and vocally support the rights of both the Jewish and Palestinian peoples to national self-determination. In the future, we hope to be able to march side-by-side with all who call for an end to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, united in supporting the rights of both the Israeli people and the Palestinian people to national self-determination, each in their own sovereign state. Didacus RamosAtlanta, GA"It's not a question of who's going to throw the first stone: It's a question of who's going to start building with it." Sloan Wilson"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have." Margaret Mead
The Tikkun Community, as a member organization of both the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice, fully supports the uniting principles of the June 10 - 11 action being planned by these two groups: "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation". These principles call for: · An end to US military, economic, diplomatic, and corporate support for Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. · A change in US policy to one that supports a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis based on equality, human rights and international law, and the full implementation of all relevant UN resolutions. Further, we encourage our chapters and individual members to participate in this action's congressional lobbying day on June 11th. We support all efforts to lobby the U.S. Government to align its actions with the above principles, and to do everything within its power to bring about immediate negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians to find a just, sustainable and peaceful two-state agreement based on pre-1967 borders (with mutually acceptable and equitable adjustments). We also call for any agreement to include clear steps to be taken by both peoples towards reconciliation. However, we have been unable to secure sufficient guarantees from the organizers that statements from speakers that contradict the rally's unifying principles will not be tolerated at the June 10th rally. In particular, we are concerned about statements that question the legitimacy of the State of Israel or call for its dissolution, that recognize the right to national self-determination of Palestinians but not Israelis or, worse yet, that justify violence against Israeli civilians. Such statements would be in direct contravention of the rally's stated principles, as among the UN resolutions relevant to the Israeli Palestinian conflict are those that call for the creation and continued security of the State of Israel. Statements which deny the rights of the Jewish people to security and national self-determination are wholly anathema to our own positions, and we cannot indirectly support them by participating in a public event at which they would be deemed acceptable. As a consequence, we are unable to endorse the rally. Of course, individual members of our organization are free to make their own decisions about whether or not to participate personally. For those who choose to do so, we encourage them to visibly and vocally support the rights of both the Jewish and Palestinian peoples to national self-determination. In the future, we hope to be able to march side-by-side with all who call for an end to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, united in supporting the rights of both the Israeli people and the Palestinian people to national self-determination, each in their own sovereign state. Didacus RamosAtlanta, GA"It's not a question of who's going to throw the first stone: It's a question of who's going to start building with it." Sloan Wilson"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have." Margaret Mead
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Malay Muslim loses appeal to be Christian
MALAY MUSLIM LOSES APPEAL TO BE CHRISTIAN:
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia’s top secular court yesterday rejected a Muslim convert’s appeal to the recognised as a Christian, in a landmark case that tested the limits of religious freedom in the moderate Islamic country.
Judges in the Federal Court ruled by a 2-1 majority that only a sharia court has the power to allow Azlina Jailani, who changed her name to Lina Joy after becoming a Christian, to remove the word “Islam”from the religion category on her government identity card.
Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim said the panal endorsed legal judgements stating that the sharia court-not the civil legal system-has the jurisdiction to hear cases of Muslims who want to renounce Islam.
“This appeal is rejected,” he said, “Apostasy is a matter linked to Islamic laws.
It’s under the jurisdiction of the sharia court. lCivil courts cannot interfere.”
Activists have warned that a ruling against Ms Joy could strengthen non-Muslim fears that they are being discriminated against in Muslim - majority Malaysia, which has substantial Christian, Buddist, and Hindu minorities.
However, conservative Muslims would have considered a ruling for here as an erosion of Islamic values.
Ms Joy was not at the hearing yesterday.
Judge Richard Malanjum was the only one on the panel who sided with her, saying it was “unreasonable,” to ask her to turn to a sharia corut because she could face criminal prosecution there. Apostasy is punishable by fines and jail sentences. Offenders are often sent to rehabilitation.
Ms Joy’s case is the most prominent in a recent series of religious desputes, some involving custody of children born to parents of different faiths, and one involving a deceased Hindu man who converted to Islam without his family’s knowledge and whom Islamic authorities had buried as a Muslim.
The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion to all citizens, suggesting it is a secular state. But sharia courts have not allowed Muslims, who comprise nearly 60 per cent of the country’s 26 million people, to leave their religion.
Personal and family rights of Malaysian Muslims are decided by sharia court. Civil courts govern such matters for minority religions.
Ms Joy, 42, argued she should not be bound by sharia laws because she was no long a Muslim. The began going to a Christian Church in 1990 and was baptised eight years later. She applied to change her name on her identity card and the National Registration Department obliged but refused to drop ‘Islam” from the religious column.
In May 2000, Ms Joy went to the High Court, which told her she should take it up with the sharia courts. She challenged the decision in the Court of Appeal but lost and took it to the Federal Court in 2005.
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia’s top secular court yesterday rejected a Muslim convert’s appeal to the recognised as a Christian, in a landmark case that tested the limits of religious freedom in the moderate Islamic country.
Judges in the Federal Court ruled by a 2-1 majority that only a sharia court has the power to allow Azlina Jailani, who changed her name to Lina Joy after becoming a Christian, to remove the word “Islam”from the religion category on her government identity card.
Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim said the panal endorsed legal judgements stating that the sharia court-not the civil legal system-has the jurisdiction to hear cases of Muslims who want to renounce Islam.
“This appeal is rejected,” he said, “Apostasy is a matter linked to Islamic laws.
It’s under the jurisdiction of the sharia court. lCivil courts cannot interfere.”
Activists have warned that a ruling against Ms Joy could strengthen non-Muslim fears that they are being discriminated against in Muslim - majority Malaysia, which has substantial Christian, Buddist, and Hindu minorities.
However, conservative Muslims would have considered a ruling for here as an erosion of Islamic values.
Ms Joy was not at the hearing yesterday.
Judge Richard Malanjum was the only one on the panel who sided with her, saying it was “unreasonable,” to ask her to turn to a sharia corut because she could face criminal prosecution there. Apostasy is punishable by fines and jail sentences. Offenders are often sent to rehabilitation.
Ms Joy’s case is the most prominent in a recent series of religious desputes, some involving custody of children born to parents of different faiths, and one involving a deceased Hindu man who converted to Islam without his family’s knowledge and whom Islamic authorities had buried as a Muslim.
The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion to all citizens, suggesting it is a secular state. But sharia courts have not allowed Muslims, who comprise nearly 60 per cent of the country’s 26 million people, to leave their religion.
Personal and family rights of Malaysian Muslims are decided by sharia court. Civil courts govern such matters for minority religions.
Ms Joy, 42, argued she should not be bound by sharia laws because she was no long a Muslim. The began going to a Christian Church in 1990 and was baptised eight years later. She applied to change her name on her identity card and the National Registration Department obliged but refused to drop ‘Islam” from the religious column.
In May 2000, Ms Joy went to the High Court, which told her she should take it up with the sharia courts. She challenged the decision in the Court of Appeal but lost and took it to the Federal Court in 2005.
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