Thursday, June 15, 2006
Lady Jan's was born in the year of the Ox!
Ox ( 1913 - 1925 - 1937 - 1949 - 1961 - 1973 - 1985 )
A born leader, you inspire confidence from all around you. You are conservative, methodical, and good with your hands(yes!). Guard against being chauvinistic(?) and always demanding your own way. The Ox would be successful as a skilled surgeon, general, or hairdresser(?) Some Oxen: NapoleonBonaparte, Walt Disney, Clark Gable, Richard Nixon, Rosa arks, Sylvia Porter, Vincent Van Gogh(not a bad line-up).I mention this before that i was born in the year of the Ox, and I was thinking of posting my Chinese year, also I was trying to find a way to make this interesting, and fun for everyone to try out too.
So here are two ways to find out what Chinese calender year animal you are!
So click in the above title and the earlier posting below too.
Chinese Fortune-Telling Calendar
My animal sign is:
I am a Brown Chicken, born in the year of White Cow.
The first character in DAY--Female Earth--represents me.
And I am a Earth Chicken, too.
What-ever that means?
B-a-a-k!
Taking the Next Step to Stop Global Warming
Hi Janice,
This weekend, the Western Governors' Association unanimously passed a
resolution calling on states and cities to reduce human-caused
greenhouse gases thanks, in part, to Gov. Schwarzenegger's support.
The resolution is a step in the right direction but it does not contain
specifics on what actions should be taken to stop global warming.
Fortunately, in California, we have the opportunity to take the next step by
passing The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), which lays
out a plan for concrete global warming gas reductions.
Please take a moment to thank the govener for his help in passing the
resolution and ask him to take the next step by supporting legislation
with concrete global warming gas reductions. Then ask all your friends
and family to do the same by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click here or paste this link in your web browser:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/action/global-warming/governor?id4=ES
Background
Global warming is one of California's greatest and most urgent
environmental problems. From diminished snowpack in the Sierra Nevada to rising
sea levels, the threats of global warming are cause for immediate
action. Given California's contribution to this problem -- we are the 12th
largest source of global warming pollution in the world -- immediate
action at the state level will have a significant impact on this global
problem.
The pathway to stopping global warming is straight forward: cut the
amount of global warming pollution emitted by automobiles, power plants,
and the other major sources in half. In fact, according to the
California Environmental Protection Agency, California can reasonably cut
pollution by 25 percent by 2020 and 75 percent by 2050. These are the
reduction levels scientists believe are needed to stop global warming.
Given California's size and political clout, the state can provide
leadership on an issue that has very few champions at the federal level.
We've done it before. In fact, most recently, we passed the Million Solar
Roofs Initiative, taking a solid step toward making California the
world leader in solar power. California also passed the nation's first ever
law cleaning up cars and trucks in an effort to reduce global warming
pollution. Ten other states have now followed suit.
A number of California's top decision makers have begun speaking out in
favor of addressing global warming. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has
promised to stop global warming and helped to pass a resolution at the
Western Governor's Association in support of reducing global warming gases
(for more on the resolution read the LA Times story at
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-govs12jun12,1,3315832.story.
Leaders in California's state Legislature have stepped forward to put
the governor's laudable global warming goals into law, essentially
giving the governor's plan teeth. This bill, The Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006 (AB 32), co-authored by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and
Asm. Fran Pavley, would cut global warming pollution by 25 percent by 2020
from the state's biggest polluters like power plants, refineries and
large manufacturers.
Please take a moment to ask the governor to support The Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006 and to set a statewide cap that will reduce
global warming pollution. Then ask all your friends and family to do the
same by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click here or paste this link in your web browser:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/action/global-warming/governor?id4=ES
Sincerely,
Dan Jacobson
Environment California Legislative Director
DanJ@environmentcalifornia.org
http://www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this
e-mail with your family and friends.
This weekend, the Western Governors' Association unanimously passed a
resolution calling on states and cities to reduce human-caused
greenhouse gases thanks, in part, to Gov. Schwarzenegger's support.
The resolution is a step in the right direction but it does not contain
specifics on what actions should be taken to stop global warming.
Fortunately, in California, we have the opportunity to take the next step by
passing The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), which lays
out a plan for concrete global warming gas reductions.
Please take a moment to thank the govener for his help in passing the
resolution and ask him to take the next step by supporting legislation
with concrete global warming gas reductions. Then ask all your friends
and family to do the same by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click here or paste this link in your web browser:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/action/global-warming/governor?id4=ES
Background
Global warming is one of California's greatest and most urgent
environmental problems. From diminished snowpack in the Sierra Nevada to rising
sea levels, the threats of global warming are cause for immediate
action. Given California's contribution to this problem -- we are the 12th
largest source of global warming pollution in the world -- immediate
action at the state level will have a significant impact on this global
problem.
The pathway to stopping global warming is straight forward: cut the
amount of global warming pollution emitted by automobiles, power plants,
and the other major sources in half. In fact, according to the
California Environmental Protection Agency, California can reasonably cut
pollution by 25 percent by 2020 and 75 percent by 2050. These are the
reduction levels scientists believe are needed to stop global warming.
Given California's size and political clout, the state can provide
leadership on an issue that has very few champions at the federal level.
We've done it before. In fact, most recently, we passed the Million Solar
Roofs Initiative, taking a solid step toward making California the
world leader in solar power. California also passed the nation's first ever
law cleaning up cars and trucks in an effort to reduce global warming
pollution. Ten other states have now followed suit.
A number of California's top decision makers have begun speaking out in
favor of addressing global warming. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has
promised to stop global warming and helped to pass a resolution at the
Western Governor's Association in support of reducing global warming gases
(for more on the resolution read the LA Times story at
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-govs12jun12,1,3315832.story.
Leaders in California's state Legislature have stepped forward to put
the governor's laudable global warming goals into law, essentially
giving the governor's plan teeth. This bill, The Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006 (AB 32), co-authored by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and
Asm. Fran Pavley, would cut global warming pollution by 25 percent by 2020
from the state's biggest polluters like power plants, refineries and
large manufacturers.
Please take a moment to ask the governor to support The Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006 and to set a statewide cap that will reduce
global warming pollution. Then ask all your friends and family to do the
same by forwarding this e-mail to them.
To take action, click here or paste this link in your web browser:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/action/global-warming/governor?id4=ES
Sincerely,
Dan Jacobson
Environment California Legislative Director
DanJ@environmentcalifornia.org
http://www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this
e-mail with your family and friends.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Lady Jan's Daughter's Professional Graduation Photo
I just got these pictures today.Gee, I have a very pretty daughter!
~
My husbands youngest brother Danny came by over the weekend, and told us he (finally) graduated from high school. He should have in 1980--so he was 26 years late!
At least he finally did it!
~
Then my husband's baby-sister Becky called and her middle child--her second son just graduated from high school. And yes, on time with his class.
~
Then there also my sister-in-law's co-daughter (her life partner's child), also graduated on that same week in Fresno.
~
So, a lot of graduates on my husbands side of the family!
We do have a lot to be grateful for!
~
Congratulations to all this years Graduates!
Yay! For 2006!
~
Then my husband's baby-sister Becky called and her middle child--her second son just graduated from high school. And yes, on time with his class.
~
Then there also my sister-in-law's co-daughter (her life partner's child), also graduated on that same week in Fresno.
~
So, a lot of graduates on my husbands side of the family!
We do have a lot to be grateful for!
~
Congratulations to all this years Graduates!
Yay! For 2006!
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
An E-mail on Establish Marine Protected Areas
Hi Janice,
Last week we asked you to help us establish Marine Protected Areas off
the coast of California. Much like national parks, these areas will
help to protect our oceans and the marine life that live in them.
Unfortunately, the industrial fishing industry and polluters want Gov.
Schwarzenegger to enact a plan that will provide the least protection
to our oceans. To counter their power we need you to write a letter
about the importance of our oceans and mail it to the governor. Your
personal touch will drive home the urgency of this issue.
For instructions and to take action, click here or paste this link in
your web browser:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/oceans/governorletterwriting?id4=ES
Then ask your family and friends to do help too by forwarding this
message to them.
Background
Of the myriad threats to our oceans, one of the most serious is rampant
overfishing. According to The Ocean Conservancy, "many marine
scientists now believe that overfishing is the biggest human impact on the
world's oceans." Overfishing, bycatch (the unintended capture of non-target
fish and other marine life), bottom trawling (which destroys sea floor
habitat), and other harmful activities have led to a precipitous
decline in our nation's fisheries over the last several years. Some species
are so depleted that, in the summer of 2003, Washington, Oregon and
California saw reductions in their commercial fishing quotas by more than
50 percent (the largest decreases in quotas ever for these fisheries).
As industrialized commercial fishing replaced subsistence harvests
around the world, overfishing has steadily worsened the health of our
oceans. Equipped with government subsidized, high-tech fishing fleets,
fishing industry conglomerates have become so efficient that some fish
populations have disappeared within just a few years. A May 2003 study
published in "Nature" magazine found that populations of large predatory
ocean fish like tuna, swordfish, marlin and sharks have declined by 90
percent since the introduction of commercial fishing just over 50 years
ago. The same study found that it only takes 10-15 years for a fishery to
reduce fish populations by 80 percent.
To begin to remedy our oceans problems, California passed the Marine
Life Protection Act (MLPA) in 1999. The MLPA, which was supported by
conservation leaders, scientists, scuba divers, educators and fishermen,
required the state to set up a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Much like a national park in the ocean, MPA's are designed to protect
our natural wonders for generations to come. These 'marine parks'
designate areas in the ocean that would be protected and generally allow all
recreation, transit and anchoring, but limit fishing depending on the
needs of a specific habitat. This sustainable management will help
restore health to marine life and ocean habitats.
Scientific studies show that biodiversity inside marine parks can be 50
percent higher than in fished areas. Fish inside these areas are older
and larger than outside and these fish play an important role by
producing more and healthier babies than their younger counterparts. A well
designed network of protected areas can strike a balance, encompassing a
full range of habitats in marine reserves while leaving much of the
coast open for fishing.
As directed by the Marine Life Protection Act in 1999, a task force has
put together three scenarios for ocean protection. They will forward
these three scenarios on to the Department of Fish and Game and the
governor where only one of the scenarios will be implemented. Of the three
scenarios only one will set up a network of marine parks that will truly
protect our oceans. For detailed information on the three scenarios
being considered, visit the Department of Fish and Game's Web site at
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/mlpa/centralcoast.html#maps
As you read this, Gov. Schwarzenegger is choosing between three
proposed ocean management plans, only one will truly offer our ocean the
protection it needs to rehabilitate and flourish. Meanwhile, powerful
interests are lobbying for the plan that will allow overfishing and ocean
pollution to continue. Your action is needed to ensure that we can take
the first step in protecting our oceans and establish marine parks off
the coast of California.
Please take a moment to write a personal letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger.
Together we can flood his office with support for the plan that will
protect our oceans effectively.
For instructions and to take action, click here or paste this link in
your web browser:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/oceans/governorletterwriting?id4=ES
Sincerely,
Dan Jacobson
Environment California Legislative Director
DanJ@environmentcalifornia.org
http://www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this
e-mail with your family and friends.
Last week we asked you to help us establish Marine Protected Areas off
the coast of California. Much like national parks, these areas will
help to protect our oceans and the marine life that live in them.
Unfortunately, the industrial fishing industry and polluters want Gov.
Schwarzenegger to enact a plan that will provide the least protection
to our oceans. To counter their power we need you to write a letter
about the importance of our oceans and mail it to the governor. Your
personal touch will drive home the urgency of this issue.
For instructions and to take action, click here or paste this link in
your web browser:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/oceans/governorletterwriting?id4=ES
Then ask your family and friends to do help too by forwarding this
message to them.
Background
Of the myriad threats to our oceans, one of the most serious is rampant
overfishing. According to The Ocean Conservancy, "many marine
scientists now believe that overfishing is the biggest human impact on the
world's oceans." Overfishing, bycatch (the unintended capture of non-target
fish and other marine life), bottom trawling (which destroys sea floor
habitat), and other harmful activities have led to a precipitous
decline in our nation's fisheries over the last several years. Some species
are so depleted that, in the summer of 2003, Washington, Oregon and
California saw reductions in their commercial fishing quotas by more than
50 percent (the largest decreases in quotas ever for these fisheries).
As industrialized commercial fishing replaced subsistence harvests
around the world, overfishing has steadily worsened the health of our
oceans. Equipped with government subsidized, high-tech fishing fleets,
fishing industry conglomerates have become so efficient that some fish
populations have disappeared within just a few years. A May 2003 study
published in "Nature" magazine found that populations of large predatory
ocean fish like tuna, swordfish, marlin and sharks have declined by 90
percent since the introduction of commercial fishing just over 50 years
ago. The same study found that it only takes 10-15 years for a fishery to
reduce fish populations by 80 percent.
To begin to remedy our oceans problems, California passed the Marine
Life Protection Act (MLPA) in 1999. The MLPA, which was supported by
conservation leaders, scientists, scuba divers, educators and fishermen,
required the state to set up a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Much like a national park in the ocean, MPA's are designed to protect
our natural wonders for generations to come. These 'marine parks'
designate areas in the ocean that would be protected and generally allow all
recreation, transit and anchoring, but limit fishing depending on the
needs of a specific habitat. This sustainable management will help
restore health to marine life and ocean habitats.
Scientific studies show that biodiversity inside marine parks can be 50
percent higher than in fished areas. Fish inside these areas are older
and larger than outside and these fish play an important role by
producing more and healthier babies than their younger counterparts. A well
designed network of protected areas can strike a balance, encompassing a
full range of habitats in marine reserves while leaving much of the
coast open for fishing.
As directed by the Marine Life Protection Act in 1999, a task force has
put together three scenarios for ocean protection. They will forward
these three scenarios on to the Department of Fish and Game and the
governor where only one of the scenarios will be implemented. Of the three
scenarios only one will set up a network of marine parks that will truly
protect our oceans. For detailed information on the three scenarios
being considered, visit the Department of Fish and Game's Web site at
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/mlpa/centralcoast.html#maps
As you read this, Gov. Schwarzenegger is choosing between three
proposed ocean management plans, only one will truly offer our ocean the
protection it needs to rehabilitate and flourish. Meanwhile, powerful
interests are lobbying for the plan that will allow overfishing and ocean
pollution to continue. Your action is needed to ensure that we can take
the first step in protecting our oceans and establish marine parks off
the coast of California.
Please take a moment to write a personal letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger.
Together we can flood his office with support for the plan that will
protect our oceans effectively.
For instructions and to take action, click here or paste this link in
your web browser:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/oceans/governorletterwriting?id4=ES
Sincerely,
Dan Jacobson
Environment California Legislative Director
DanJ@environmentcalifornia.org
http://www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this
e-mail with your family and friends.
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