Hello Friends!
I’m here to direct you to a new blog of mine. But first, Tiffany & Ink is now Tiffany Ink! I still have to work on a web site, but at least I have a blog, which replaces this one.
Beginning Monday, November 21, 2011, I’ll once again be sharing what’s happening at Tiffany Ink.
If you have this page bookmarked, please update the link to:
http://tiffanyink.wordpress.com
And again, Tiffany & Ink is now known as Tiffany Ink.
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Newsweek Magazine came out with a list this summer of the top 20 high schools in the country.
My high school alma mater, Interlake High School, is # 13. Wow! Congratulations IHS!!! Go Saints!!! I’m not sure what it would have ranked when I attended back in the day, but it’s wonderful to hear how well they’re doing today.
Hmmm…maybe this news will get my siblings and some of my old friends to move back home. I know if my child was high school age I’d consider saying, “Move on over, Mom, I’m comin’ home!”
If you care about schools and education go see this movie, Waiting for Superman.
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I had the chance to watch the Oscar Award Winning Documentary, The Cove. It was so powerful and eye opening. I fully understand why it won the Oscar.
Please watch The Cove, everyone. When you’re done, watch the series Blood Dolphin on Animal Planet.
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It’s amazing how a place in Taiji, Japan can appear so peaceful…
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…yet so much evil comes from Taiji.
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And now we know the evil is spread to other responsible parties like Sea World & resorts where you can swim with dolphins.
Now the film is being censored in Japan in some theaters. Please take the first step in action and watch this film. The extended movie trailer is below. Just a side note, I chose to show the clip with Japanese subtitles as I do have some Japanese viewers of my blog and news is slowly coming forth there about what takes place in the Taiji Cove.
As promised in my last post, here is the link to the piece I spoke of below about the Congo.
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Did you catch this episode tonight? If not, I will have a direct link up on my next post to the story once it’s available online.
A woman from Portland, Oregon bringing awareness to an important cause in the Congo. The war is still very much happening in the DRC. More than ever, women are suffering with rape, torture, murder, unspeakable acts and threats that happen every single day. Men, the good men there, face very similar acts if they don’t join one of the various militias and allow their sons to be ripped from the hands of their mother’s, never to know what will become of them. Yet I know, without a doubt, women will be the ones to change things there. They are the most incredible women.
Salome, who I consider a friend (I’ll keep her last name and details private for her protection), is one of the most incredible women I know. Salome lives in the Congo. It’s difficult for me to put into words her day to day life. I think it’s difficult for any of us to imagine it unless we’ve lived it before. When I get her letters I am constantly humbled and reminded not to take anything in this modern world that I live in for granted. My friendship with Salome is very important to me and I wish I could do so much more for her, her children and her husband.
There are many ways and organizations you can get involved in to help. I’ll leave that up to you to decide which is right for you should you choose to help in such ways. Hopefully Lisa Shannon’s story and her actions will educate and inspire others to get involved with the women of the DRC and hope for change.
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