I thought this may resonate with some of you.  Having swam 15 feet from a humpback whale in
Hawaii, this breaks my heart. If you resonate, please sign the petition.
  
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Stop The Commercial Whale Hunt!
The whales need our help. Please share this message far and wide…..The international vote that could legalize commercial whale hunting is just days away. 1,000,000 of us have signed the petition to protect whales, and an Avaaz team is on the ground to make sure we’re heard — Add your name and then forward this message:
Sign the petition!
In one week, the International Whaling Commission will hold its final vote on a proposal to legalize
commercial whale hunting for the first time in a generation. The outcome rests on whose voices are heard most clearly in the final hours: the pro-whaling lobby — or the world’s people?
More than 1,000,000 of us have signed the petition to protect whales –it’s time our voices are
heard! At the whale summit in Morocco, an Avaaz team is setting up billboards, front-page
newspaper ads, and a giant, constantly-updating petition counter — all to ensure that delegates, 
from the moment they step off the plane until they cast their votes,  will see from our explosive numbers that the world will not accept legal whale slaughter.

Click to sign, and forward this email to everyone:  https://secure.avaaz.org/en/whales_last_push/?vl

Thanks to the worldwide outcry, many governments have already pledged to oppose the proposal.
Each time the Avaaz whale petition added 100,000 signatures, it was sent again to the IWC and key governments — some,like New Zealand, thanked all of us who had signed on.  But pressure from the other side has been relentless. Now other governments, especially in Europe and Latin America, may abstain… or even support the proposal. The vote could go either way.  Citizen pressure is our best hope. After all, it was an explosive worldwide social movement in the 1980s that led to the commercial whaling ban we’re now trying to protect. As the International Whaling Commission meets in Morocco — started Thursday, the 17th, with the crucial vote less than a week away — let’s make sure the world’s voices are there to greet them:  After the global ban was first implemented on commercial whaling, the number of whales killed each year plummeted from 38,000 per year to just a couple of thousand. It’s a testament to the power of humanity to move  forward. As we move to confront  the other crises of the modern age, let’s cherish this legacy of progress — by joining together now  to protect our majestic and intelligent neighbors on this fragile planet.    

P.S.: Despite the ban, Japan, Norway, and Iceland have continued whaling — and are now
pushing to make the IWC proposal as lenient as possible.Expecting permission to catch more
whales than ever, Japan is reportedly planning to buy its largest whaling ship yet. Click here to
sign the petition against commercial whaling!

Street Proofing Workshop for Women
Monday, July 12th

5:30pm to 9:00pm

Ottawa Police Station/ Cop Shop on Elgin 

Cost $35.00

Goals & Objectives:

Personal safety
Familiarity with assault statistics & law
Familiarity with self-defence weapons
Unconventional weapons and techniques
Awareness of real attack situations

Come join me at the 7th Annual Cosmic Pathways Healing Fair at the Glebe Community Center located at 175 Third Avenue in Ottawa from 10:00am to 5:00pm.  If you want to sign up for a mini-session with some of Ottawa’s finest, then I suggest you arrive at 9:45am and join the line up.  Last year, we received over 475 attendee’s!

The Cosmic Pathways Healing Fairs bring specialists and visitors together in a relaxed, loving environment that promotes healing and inspires the development of our true divine potential. The fairs present options and opportunities for people which reach beyond the current model of allopathic medicine. We seek to illuminate numerous pathways of holistic transformation for body, mind, heart and spirit.

The Seventh Annual Cosmic Pathways Healing Fair

– Sunday, June 13th, 2010 –

Main Hall, Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue

10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Come out Sunday, June 13th to the Glebe Community Centre for the annual Cosmic Pathways Healing Fair. This Spring event presents a unique opportunity to try new therapies and make valuable healing connections in a comfortable setting in the company of friends and family. Visitors can observe healers working, meet and talk with various experts and therapists, and even try out mini-sessions without making a large investment of money. Booths showcasing a wide variety of therapies, services and products are displayed in a community setting for public exploration.

Admission to the fair is $8. This investment allows full access to fair displays and the opportunity to attend a Lecture Program of talks and demonstrations given by therapists and authors is also offered free of charge.  All proceeds go to charity.

Tickets for mini-sessions can be purchased at door for $10 each. One ticket can be exchanged for one sample treatment or consultation with a practitioner of your choice. Some of the services being offered at this year’s fair are: Acupuncture • Algonquin Shamanic Healing • Amethyst-Infrared Therapy • Angel Readings • Animal Totems • Aromatherapy Massage • Astrological Readings • Biofeedback Readings • Bowen Technique • Chinese Medicine • Cranio Sacral • Crystal Healing • Detox Coaching • Doula Consultation • Feng Shui Consultations • Facial Rejuvenation Therapy • Foot Reflexology • Hand Reflexology • Holographic Energy Sessions • Homeopathy • Intuitive Readings • Matrix Energetics • Naturopathy • Organic Food • Orgone Accumulator Therapy • Past-Life Journeys • Pranic Healing • Quantum-Touch Therapy • Raw Food • Root Cause Release • Sound Healing • The Journey™ • Usui Reiki • Zenith Omega • and more!

Healthy, fresh and mostly organic cuisine will be available from The Pantry Vegetarian Tea Room, adjoining the main hall and well known being the first Vegetarian Restaurant in Ottawa!

Your $8 admission gets your 6 free lectures from some of Ottawa’s best.  I’ll be there offering a lecture about life purpose at 1:00pm:

See you at the Fair!

Jennifer