NEW TITLES!

Charlene’s gang of three each completed the requirements for new AKC Rally Obedience titles!

O’ Stara – German Shepherd, new Rally Novice obedience title in three straight shows. Charlene also finished Rally Obedience titles on Jolene – Portuguese Podengo, and Isis- Bassett Hound.

WAY TO GO Charlene!!!!

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A Prayer that Keeps Things In Perspective

 

We cannot
merely pray to you, O God,
     to end war; for we know that you have made the world
     in a way that man must find his own path to peace
     within himself and with his
neighbor.

 

We cannot merely pray to you, O
God,
     to end starvation; for you have already given us the
     resources with which to feed the entire world,
     if we would only use them wisely.

 

We cannot
merely pray to you, O God,
     to root out prejudice; for you have already given us
eyes
     with which to see the good in all
men,
     if we would only use them rightly.

 

We cannot
merely pray to you, O God,
     to end despair, for you have already given us the
power
     to clear away slums and to give
hope,
     if we would only use our power
justly.

 

We cannot
merely pray to you, O God,
     to end disease; for you have already given us great
minds

     with which to search out cures and
healing,

     if we would only use them constructively.


Therefore
we pray to you instead, O God,

For strength, determination and will power,

To do instead of just pray,

To become instead of merely to wish.

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Uncle Jay Explains the News

My Boss turned me on to this it is hysterical!

He also has his own website:

www.unclejayexplains.com

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Chimp not a Person

Who says we don’t have complex issues in animal history?

Chimp cannot be declared a person, Austrian court rules
 The Associated Press

A chimpanzee cannot be declared a person, Austria’s Supreme Court has
ruled, activists said Tuesday.
An animal rights group had sought to have the chimp, Matthew Hiasl Pan,
declared a person in hopes of gaining guardianship of the animal.
The shelter where Matthew has lived for 25 years is going bankrupt,
threatening to leave him homeless. Donors have offered to help support him, but
under Austrian law, only a person can receive personal gifts.
The Vienna-based Association Against Animal Factories sought to have him
declared a person and petitioned to be appointed Matthew’s
trustee.
But the high court upheld a September ruling by a judge in the town of
Wiener Neustadt rejecting the petition, the group said Tuesday.
The rights group said it would take the case to the European Court of Human
Rights.
Matthew and another chimp at the shelter, Rosi, were captured as babies in
Sierra Leone in 1982 and smuggled to Austria for use in pharmaceutical
experiments. Customs officers intercepted the shipment and turned the chimps
over to the shelter.
Organizers said they may set up a foundation to collect donations for
Matthew, whose life expectancy in captivity is about 60 years.
But they argue that only personhood will ensure that he isn’t sold outside
Austria.

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Greetings from LA!

Greetings from LA!

New plantings around the airport–birds-of-paradise

are blooming, also azaleas, primroses, etc.  Lots of
new Sago Palms (or some kind of small palm–I wouldn’t
know one from another).  Sun and 70s.  Can’t adjust
yet–the ice palace was with us for so long that I
think this is a mirage.

Will check in if I can get a computer again.
Meanwhile, stay off the ice if you can!
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