Monastery Life
A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand
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He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son."
He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery
where the original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked
vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go
by and nobody sees the old abbot.
So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing,
"We missed the "R" ! , we missed the "R" !"
His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying
uncontrollably. The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?"
With A choking voice, the old abbot replies, "The word was...
CELEBRATE!!!"
International Fund for Animal Welfare | October 21, 2008
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A Better World for Animals and People
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IFAW applauds eBay’s decision to protect elephants
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Download IFAW’s latest report on internet wildlife trade:
Killing with Keystrokes
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I have some great news in IFAW’s fight to save elephants.
eBay, the world’s largest online trading community, has just announced that they will institute a global ban on the sale of elephant ivory. IFAW is thrilled with this news, and congratulates eBay on this very important step to protect elephants.
Please join me in congratulating eBay by sending them a “thank you” e-mail.
Killing with keystrokes
eBay’s decision was announced just hours before the release of IFAW’s latest investigative report showing that Internet trade in wildlife poses a significant and immediate threat to the survival of elephants and many other endangered species.
The report, Killing with Keystrokes, followed a six-week investigation that tracked more than 7,000 wildlife product listings on 183 Web sites in 11 countries. eBay was singled out as the largest contributor to the problem, responsible for almost two-thirds of the online trade in wildlife products worldwide.
We couldn’t have done it without you
This is a victory we can all celebrate, as it is truly a testament to the power of IFAW’s supporters. Without your help, IFAW could not conduct the investigations that lead to these important victories for animals.
So thank you for allowing us to do the important work we do.
And, of course, we are most happy for the true winners in this – the elephants.
With much gratitude,
Fred O'Regan
President and CEO
p.s. It is estimated that 20,000 elephants in Africa and Asia are slaughtered each year for their ivory. eBay has clearly taken the lead in elephant protection among Internet merchants, and now IFAW will be working to secure similar bans from governments and other online dealers.
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Monkeys for sale
Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the
villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers,
seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and
started catching them.
The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish,
the villagers stopped their effort. He next announced that he would now
buy monkeys at $20 each. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and
they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even
further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to
$25 each and the supply of monkeys became so scarce it was an effort to
even find a monkey, let alone catch it! The man now announced that he would
buy monkeys at $50 each! However, since he had to go to the city on
some business, his assistant would buy on his behalf. In the absence of the
man, the assistant told the villagers: 'Look at all these monkeys
in the big cage that the man has already collected. I will sell them to you
at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him
for $50 each.' The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought
all the monkeys. They never saw the man or his assistant again, only lots and
lots of monkeys!
Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works!
PRICELESS!
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An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard; I could tell
from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was
well taken care of.
He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head;
he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the
hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.
 An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.
The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for several weeks.
Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: 'I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.'
The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar:
'He lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 - he's trying to catch up on his sleep.
Can I come with him tomorrow?'
One of the greatest secrets of life is having patience & wisdom...
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