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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear Folks,, as much as I try, I cannot currently
attend meetings and most of all cannot possibly </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>keep up with tons of emails that pour in
weekly. I feel many times the topics although interesting and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>in one way or another relevent, are too indepth to
research, absorb let alone apply to our local issues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I was under the impression that GREN was a local
initiative but it seems more often than not, there are </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>multitudes of other issues that cross the airwaves
as well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>With all that in mind, please take me off the mail
list at least until I request to be put back on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>By all means, advise me of local pointed
requirements that could use bums in seats etc. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rgds Les Kadar.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=strothjkl@sympatico.ca href="mailto:strothjkl@sympatico.ca">Lori
Strothard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">GREN /Seven Generations Network</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 08, 2009 9:21
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [All] Fw: Our gifts of love
should not fund hate</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>this may be too huge a topic to research,
validate and support, but anyway, I am just forwarding fyi as it was sent to
me by a friend. Lori (Strothard)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=avaaz@avaaz.org href="mailto:avaaz@avaaz.org">Melanie</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=strothjkl@sympatico.ca
href="mailto:strothjkl@sympatico.ca">strothjkl@sympatico.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:42 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Our gifts of love should not fund hate</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: #999999; FONT-SIZE: 11px"><BR>You are
receiving this email because Melanie <A
href="mailto:ancientharp@gmail.com">ancientharp@gmail.com</A> sent it to <A
href="mailto:strothjkl@sympatico.ca">strothjkl@sympatico.ca</A> via the
"tell-a-friend" tool at Avaaz.org. Avaaz will not send you further messages
without your consent--although your friends could, of course, send you another
message. If you prefer to not receive further such emails, please <A
href="http://www.avaaz.org/act/never_email.php?me=c3Ryb3RoamtsQHN5bXBhdGljby5jYQ==">click
here</A> to add yourself to the list of people we would never
email.<BR></SPAN><BR>Hello, <BR><BR>Have you heard that Zimbabwe's Robert
Mugabe is selling blood diamonds on the world market? His brutal army has
seized diamond mines, 200 civilians have been murdered, and profits are used
to finance political militias. <BR><BR>I've just signed an urgent petition
urging international regulators meeting in Namibia this week to ban Zimbabwe
diamonds, sending a clear message that we do not want our gifts of love to
finance hate. <BR><BR>We have just 24 hours to persuade regulators to act.
Join me by signing the Avaaz petition below and let's get a massive petition
together that will be delivered directly to the meeting in Namibia.
<BR><BR><BR>http://www.avaaz.org/en/diamonds_for_love_not_hate/98.php?cl_taf_sign=gYv47lr
<BR><BR>Thanks! <BR><BR>−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− <BR><BR>Forward the
original alert below to your friends: <BR><BR>Zimbabwean dictator Robert
Mugabe has brutally seized control of his country's diamond fields and is
using the profits from our precious wedding rings and jewelry to finance a
vicious political militia. <BR><BR>The group of countries that regulate the
global diamond trade are right now meeting in Namibia to decide whether to
suspend Mugabe and stop him selling his blood diamonds on the world market.
<BR><BR>We have just two days to persuade these countries to act − let's get a
flood of signatures on a petition and deliver it directly to the meeting in
Namibia. Sign at the link below and forward this email to anyone who doesn't
want our gifts of love to finance hate:
<BR><BR>http://www.avaaz.org/en/diamonds_for_love_not_hate/98.php?cl_taf_sign=gYv47lr
<BR><BR>All diamond producing countries know that their profits are dependent
on the brand reputation of diamonds, and that increasing awareness of "blood
diamonds" threatens that brand. A massive global petition will show them that
the diamond−buying public is demanding action. <BR><BR>Zimbabwe's diamonds
used to be mined by local people. But in the last several months, Mugabe's
thugs have brutally taken over, murdering up to 200 civilians. An
international investigation in July found "horrific violence against
civilians". <BR><BR>The profits from these blood diamonds are being used to
finance a political militia that has already killed thousands of Zimbabweans,
and threatens the fragile unity government in the country. Letting Mugabe keep
these diamonds could finance a whole new war. <BR><BR>All of us are learning
the ways in which our decisions about what we buy and do can affect the lives
of our fellow human beings half a world away. An engagement ring should be
something given and worn out of love, let's tell diamond regulators to keep it
that way:
<BR><BR>http://www.avaaz.org/en/diamonds_for_love_not_hate/98.php?cl_taf_sign=gYv47lr
<BR><BR>With hope, <BR><BR>Ricken, Alice, Benjamin, Graziela, Luis, Milena,
Paul, Ben, Paula, Pascal and the whole of the Avaaz team <BR><BR>PS:
<BR><BR>Once you've taken action, vote for Avaaz on the influential Huffington
Post "New Media Game−Changers" poll! http://www.avaaz.org/huffpo (vote 10 for
Avaaz as the ultimate game changer) <BR><BR>Sources: <BR><BR>A Human Rights
Watch report on the Zimbabwe mines:
<BR>http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/06/26/diamonds−rough−0 <BR><BR>The
Kimberley process report:
<BR>http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=5303 <BR><BR>Articles on
the possible ban this week: <BR>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8337385.stm
<BR><BR>http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009−11−02−zim−faces−possible−suspension−from−global−diamond−trade
<BR><BR>More from Global Witness, a member of the Kimberley Process:
<BR>http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/861/en/campaigners_call_for_urgent_action_on_zimbabwe_blo
<BR><BR>More on Zimbabwe's political crisis:
<BR>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6896171.ece<IMG
border=0 src="http://www.avaaz.org/act/open/taf_gYv47lr.gif">
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