The life of cats and dogs on this idyllic island is bleak. The local government has a despicable solution–population control by electrocution! Her organization has become one of hope; dedicating itself to rescuing and caring for these abused and discarded animals through spay and neuter clinics, fostering, and adopting.
Alison has spent ten years working with and supporting other rescue groups in the Yucatan. While continually addressing the big picture she has re-housed over four thousand animals, placing them with individuals and rescue groups in the US and Canada. In 2005 she received the Doris Day Animal Kindred Spirit Award and was invited to the first ‘Forum on Small Animal Over-population’ in Mexico City.
Isla Animal’s programs are run totally on donations. It’s Alison’s goal to educate pet owners and provide them with free services and basic supplies, such as food, flea and tick medication, shampoo, collars, leashes and medical supplies. On a typical day she has thirty to forty dogs at her house; most of them are sick and scared from a life on the streets – and these are the strong ones! Islanders drop the dogs off or tie them to her gate, or tourists find them by the side of the road. It takes time and love to get these animals ready for a good home but Alison is prepared to take care of each and every one until she can send them to a better place. Isla Mujeres is a tourist destination so the animals are considered unsightly and are eliminated in an effort to create a more pristine vacation destination. Alison is sure that if tourists knew what was truly going on they would want to do something about it.
Isla Animals desperately needs additional funding so that they may continue their wonderful work. Donations can be made via check, payable to Alison Sawyer, 1750 30th St., #197, Boulder, CO 80301, with ‘Isla Mujeres Animals’ noted on the check, or directly through PayPal. Please visit their website at www.islaanimals.org for more information on this incredible organization and how to alleviate the plight of these desperately mistreated animals.
Alison Sawyer Current is also the author of an intriguing novel, No Urn For The Ashes (Bayfire Press Publishing), and generously donates the proceeds from her book sales to further the care of her extended feline and canine family.
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Once Barack Hussein Obama took office he made it shockingly clear by his words and actions that he did not believe in America as an exceptional nation, a Christian nation, or a nation of economic free enterprise. In his book Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm (Elderberry Press, Inc.), William Davis Eaton does a superb job of outlining the totalitarian intent of the President’s programs, and the Liberal roots from which those programs have grown. The result would be an America based on Marxian Socialism and the Nazi and Italian Fascism of the last century—a Socio-Fascistic nation.
Eaton’s book expertly depicts how the student riots of the sixties generated a Civil War designed to destroy a great American nation. This decades-long war began on the Berkeley campus of the University of California in November 1964. The Free Speech Movement, the FSM, of rebellious students aimed to question authority with the intent to destroy authority. They succeeded at Berkeley and the war against all authority moved on to prepare a cultural desert for the Socio-Fascist monster now taking shape to move in and occupy.
After the 2008 election, agents of this ‘full-fledged war’ against America moved rapidly from idealistic campaign rhetoric to the consolidation of raw power – economically, politically and morally – in its push to control the daily lives of the American people. Their aims are no different as a result of their stunning defeat in the 2010 mid-term elections. Only their tactics will change.
Obama’s ‘ghost government’ of as many as three dozen Czars is hidden from the public and has been given unaccountable authority without congressional approval. Both the Health Care Act and the Financial Regulation Act provide stunning regulatory powers to faceless regulators hidden deep inside a growing warren of agencies. Climate Czar Carol Browner threatens to declare CO2 a toxic “greenhouse gas” in need of her attention. That’s the gas all animals exhale when they breathe and that plants in turn make into oxygen that seems helpful to the animals.
The liberal assault against America has infiltrated the public school system, affected mainstream media, the arts, universities, the environmental movement, organized labor, leading elements of science, and much of the judiciary and federal bureaucracy. It has destroyed or corrupted ideals and institutions affecting religion, sexual relations, the family unit, the rule of law, and patriotic loyalty – not to mention the persistent efforts to denigrate and even mock the value of human life. Massive growth of government power is promoted at the expense of individual liberty. The Obama Administration shows its Fascist stripes in its attempt to suppress any form of communication that supports opposing views.
Eaton’s book suggests there are no longer two political parties of the center, gravitating around accepted core values. There is today in fact no longer a true Democratic Party. The Democrats have been reduced to a front organization useful as a cover for President Obama and the Socio-Fascistic Czars of his shadow government that have captured the Party. Obama has effected a coup d’etat, and the new Tea Party Senators and Congressmen will have difficulty learning how to deal with those who still call themselves Democrats. Conservatives have for years allowed themselves to be bullied into hiding their faces and speaking softly the politically correct words. So in Congress they readily give apologetic assurance that they, too, are compassionate, and really want to work with the other side. But there is no compromise with a revolution; it is either victory or surrender.
It was the terrifying vision of America being methodically destroyed that ignited the firestorm response of the Tea Party movement and awakened the “sleeping giant” – the silent majority of true Americans, who are silent no more. On November 2, 2010 the Tea Partiers and others they have also awakened struck a powerful blow in defense of liberty and country. The Tea Party speaks primarily of taxes, mountains of debt, and similar urgent causes, but their movement has opened up the scars of the culture war as well. The book Liberal Betrayal reveals how profoundly the liberals have turned against their country, how deeply the roots of liberty have been poisoned, and how difficult the task of restoring freedom and liberty at all levels of society will be. Thanks to the Tea Party, America is returning to its core values and repudiating its soulless disbelievers
The author of Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party Firestorm is an attorney, a professional arbitrator and former professor. He has taught at several universities including San Jose State University, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a PhD in political science. In a previous book, Who Killed the Constitution / the Judges v. the Law, Dr. Eaton dissected judicial usurpation of power, sharpening his scalpel for the liberals!
Night Owl Review:“…vivid account of 60’s campus turmoil by Berkeley prof…
National Review of Conservative Books:“Forceful prose…should be a hit with Republicans.”
The Nation in Review:“Should be a hit with Republicans.”
Jack Of Alltrades Amazon Book Review:“Not every day a Berkeley professor attacks the liberal elite, but Eaton has pulled it off here – and with gusto. Tea Party believers will want to read this!
Time Magazine called Bob Marley the Artist of the 20th Century, but to Ky-Mani Marley he is “Dad.” The reggae superstar died when Ky-Mani was just 5, but nearly 30 years later, Marley still looms large in his life, as seen in Ky-Mani’s new memoir, “Dear Dad” (Farrah Gray Publishing).
“I told my story from my heart and soul. After writing the book and reading over the first edit, I didn’t realize some of the stuff I had bottled up inside of me. So this book, for me, became therapy,” Ky-Mani said. “If I was to follow in my father’s footsteps, then what would they say? ‘Oh, he’s trying to be like his dad.’ Then if I take a different path, they say, ‘He’s supposed to be like his father.’ So you can’t please everybody. I just have to be true to myself and true to my art and do what comes naturally to me.”
“Dear Dad” is an arresting narrative of a son who was locked out of his iconic father’s estate after his death. Ky-Mani and his mother Anita Belnavis left Jamaica for the United States, where he was forced to survive the poverty-stricken, predator-infested streets of one of Miami’s most violent ghettos, Liberty City. Ky-Mani was initially estranged from his siblings and cut off from any financial benefit by the Marley estate executor.
From that crucible came the Ky-Mani Marley you see today – musician, actor, author, philanthropist and a father himself. He has recorded four studio albums (ranging from reggae to hip-hop), was nominated for a Grammy Award, performed to sellout crowds (one concert was beamed live to 36 countries), and has been cast in several major feature films, including “Haven,” which starred Bill Paxton and Orlando Bloom. Ky-Mani and his good friend Julian Lennon were jointly named Philanthropist of the Year by Prince Albert II of the Monaco Foundation, Better World Awards.
Some of Bob Marley’s words echo through the years with new meaning for Ky-Mani: “The harder the battle, the sweet of jah victory” … “One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain” … “Don’t forget your history nor your destiny.”
“Dear Dad” is available online and in bookstores everywhere. For additional information visit the website http://www.kymani-marley.com .
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BBC:“Fascinating book.”
Washington Post:“….an arresting narrative about life as the exiled child of a musical and social icon.”
AOL:“…an absorbing read.”
Miami Herald:“The book details Marley’s complicated relationship with his half-brothers and -sisters, some of whom enjoyed lavish lifestyles.”
USA Today:“Ky-Mani Marley incurred favor with the crowd…”
Fortune Magazine: Richest dead celebrity: Bob Marley (2009)
In The Purple Light (Publish America), Tony Taylor tells an all-too familiar story of a young man who started out smoking weed and then graduated to snorting cocaine and becoming an addict. His is the story of so many young people today who escape into a haze of drugs, hoping it will dull their senses so they won’t feel the depths of despair they have sunk into. But this story is different; through a life-changing experience Taylor was given a second chance and, with the help of God, managed to turn his life around completely.
Still describing himself as a ’work in progress,’ Taylor’s life changed after he had hit rock bottom at the ‘ripe old age’ of twenty-six. At the lowest point in his life and praying to God to help him change it happened – Taylor saw the purple light that came to him in the form of a cross and crown. In an instant, he was a changed man. That was the night he saw Jesus and he was shown how to wear the purple light whenever he wants to give glory to Him.
Believing that people can be called at any time, Taylor knows he has been called and while he believes he is not at the level he once was when he first met the glory he is constantly working his way back up there – one day at a time. He has written a beautiful ballad called ‘Wear the Truth’ that is about the night he met the glory of Christ and saw the purple light. This meaningful music can be heard on his website at http://www.thepurplelightbook.com .
Knowing that he ‘served the devil for several years’ in his addiction, Taylor understands first-hand how the lost souls of the world feel. It is truly an inspiring story of a man who nearly destroyed himself but instead was rescued by God’s love. The Purple Light contains passages of events that have never been heard of before as Taylor struggles to piece together the enigmatic finds he discovered on his path to recovery and happiness.
This remarkable man is a living example of the power of the human spirit. Tony Taylor is now happily married with a young son and lives in Lynchburg, VA. For more information visit his website at: http://www.thepurplelightbook.com
Standing 4 feet, 2 inches tall in flats (which she would never be caught dead in anyway), Lauren Ruotolo’s preferred method of transportation is her stiletto heels, and she utilizes them to do everything from hailing cabs in mid-town Manhattan to traipsing along the streets of exotic, ancient places like Greece and Turkey. But how does a girl with a rare genetic disease, McCune-Albright Syndrome, who was originally predicted to live a wheelchair-bound existence become so adventurous, self-assured, successful, and . . . unflappable?
Instead of being hovered over by enabling parents, Lauren tells us in her new book, Unstoppable in Stilettos: A Girl’s Guide to Living Tall in a Small World (HCI Books — $14.95 – October 2010), she was treated the same as her fully-able siblings and subsequently became the role model big sister to them (and landed a hot boyfriend, to boot!) Truly unstoppable, she rose to become Director of Entertainment Promotions for Hearst Magazines.
Lauren Ruotolo avoided the label of “disabled” through uniquely discovering who she really is and thus avoiding playing the label game. The little girl, with the big voice, Ruotolo is a combination of roaring personality, great mind, and humble soul, with a heart bigger than any shoe closet of Carrie Bradshaw. Part of that heart fills this book, as Ruotolo offers the entertaining evolution of a little girl in a big world to living tall in a small one, with advice and encouragement for any woman of any age who is still finding her way.
Watch this video clip of Lauren being interviewed by NBC at: Interview with NBC
About the Author:
Lauren Ruotolo is the Director of Entertainment Promotions at Hearst Magazines in New York City, where she is responsible for developing strategic key partnerships with TV & cable networks, music labels, and movie studios. She recently helped produce E!’s Style Network show about the inner workings at Marie Claire fashion magazine and is working on two one-hour specials with Scripps Networks for Esquire and The Food Network magazine. Lauren joined Hearst Magazines from TV Guide Magazine, where she was the Director of Consumer Marketing & Promotions and created the first ever U.S. newsstand promotion with CD on the cover.
Ruotolo’s first-person essay “Get Shorty,” which shared her philosophies on living with the rare genetic disorder, McCune-Albright syndrome, was published in Marie Claire magazine in 2009, and was one of the most responded to articles in Marie Claire. Ruotolo is on the advisory board of Glamour Gals, Love Our Children USA, and is an active member in the NY chapter of Women in Communications & Step Up for Women. Visit Lauren on Facebook, follow her on Twitter (laurenjaenyc), or log onto http://www.unstoppableinstilettos.com and http://www.laurenruotolo.com .
A social worker, birth mom, and adoption advocate, Jennifer Joyce Pedley shares her proven strategies and unique insights for finding the perfect adoption match. This is a must-have guide for a faster, successful open domestic adoption; oftentimes without the red tape and wait times of a traditional agency.
Adoptive parents are the ying to the birthparents’ yang; so different, but yet without the other, neither are complete. This is the pull that author Pedley, a birth mother and licensed social worker, understands so well. Based on both years of experience in the field of adoption, as well as a birth mother in a successful open adoption with her now adult son, Jennifer Joyce Pedley shares practical, comprehensive, and legally sound advice for taking charge of your adoption process in her book, Secrets To Your Successful Domestic Adoption: Insider Advice to Create Your Forever Family Faster (HCI Books — $15.95).
Pedley takes the reader by the hand and demystifies the domestic adoption process, explaining exactly why it can be preferable to connect with an expectant mother directly rather than using the facilitation of a traditional agency.
Potential families will find:
How to bridge the digital divide and avoid the pitfalls of the Internet
Do’s and don’ts of the latest methods available, including classified advertising, written profile, and even video to thoughtfully market your family
Critical information about the home study process
Help in identifying red flags commonly associated with an expectant mom’s decision to parent
Ideas for incorporating adoption especially the topic of birth parents, into everyday life in ways that are practical, creative, and child-centered.
In addition, Secrets To Your Successful Domestic Adoption carefully examines many of the legal considerations of domestic adoption including clarification of types of agencies, the roles played by facilitators and attorneys, plus essential information on Interstate Adoption. With warmth, experience, and passion, Pedley is a wise advocate and mentor in this must-have resource.
Jennifer Joyce Pedley, MJ, is a birth mother and social worker who has been helping people build their families through adoption since 1995. It was her own personal experience of placing her son in an open adoption, following his birth in 1990, which prompted her to become a social worker and make the field of adoption her primary professional focus.
Pedley is a founding board member of the On Your Feet Foundation; the first of its kind, a not-for-profit organization established in 2001 to provide ongoing support to birth parents after making an adoption plan for their child. Support is in the form of both monetary scholarships as well as in the establishment of a formal support network for women who previously would have kept their adoption choice a secret. In 2003 she established and began co-facilitating therapeutic weekend retreats for birth mothers. Today, On Your Feet For Life retreats continue to be held biannually and, to date, have engaged hundreds of birth mothers from all over the United States.
Pedley lives in Michigan with her husband and two young sons. She continues to maintain close ties to her birth son as well as with his adoptive family.
Available online and at bookstores or to order directly from the publisher, contact: http://www.hcibooks.com or (800) 441-5569.
In addition to being an accomplished author, Jeff is also an excellent television panelist. A regular guest on The Willis Report on Fox Business News, Jeff is able to speak intelligently about an astounding variety of topics – including politics, business, finance, law and entertainment news – while at the same time incorporating a comedic edge that enhances every subject he discusses. A natural in front of the camera, Jeff will provide your show with a sharp, relevant, and entertaining segment that, if history is any guide, will lead to several follow-up appearances.
We don’t want you to take our word for it. See some of Jeff’s appearances for yourself at http://www.jeffhavens.com/appearances.html , or read the testimonials below from television producers. Simply put, if you are looking for an engaging and intelligent television guest who can make your audience (and show host) laugh out loud while staying on-point, then look no further. Jeff Havens is the kind of entertaining guest every television show is looking for.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University, Jeff began his career as a high school English teacher before moving into the world of stand-up comedy and corporate speaking. To learn more, visit http://www.jeffhavens.com
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Jessica Tomidy, Producer, The Willis Report: “He was serious about a topic he cared about and then brought the funny…we loved it!”
John Karcher, Guest appearances booker, The Tom Sullivan Show: “[Your] panel segment was one of the best I have seen lately.”
Michele Lazcano, Segment Producer, Fox25-Boston: “Jeff Havens is the IDEAL guest for TV. One of the best interviews I ever booked!”
Cindy Perman, CNBC :“Havens offers some serious advice about how to stay hired in this era of ME-ME-ME, NOW-NOW-NOW. And it’s funny, funny, funny!”
Thomas Holmes, The Willis Report FOX NETWORK- Gerri is Gerri Willis: “Can you come back this Friday? Gerri loved you.”
