Tuesday, March 8, 2016

International Women's Day - PhotoGraphic Artistry and Eternally Cherished Partner to Prevent Sex trade in Dominican Republic

#InternationalWomensDay, #March8th, celebrates women's achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.

I'd like to bring attention to and celebrate programs that intervene in very unequal and unstable situations culturally, politically, economically and crossing international lines, to give women who have to least chance of success a chance. Heather Kirk and PhotoGraphic Artistry give 20% of sales to #EternallyCherished  (www.eternallycherished.org) programs that prevent the #sextrade specifically in the #DominicanRepublic by encouraging education and vocational training, and teaching self-esteem, entrepreneurship and financial responsibility. Thanks for what you do #CrystalGreen !



http://heather-kirk.pixels.com/featured/to-stand-alone-number-two-heather-kirk.html
To Stand Alone #2, Copyright Photographic Artistry by
Heather J. Kirk
And thank you to #BellaQDanceStudio and #GranGalaDominicana for the introduction!

http://heather-kirk.pixels.com/collections/dominican+republic++republica+dominicana

#pledgeforparity #IWD2016

Heather J. Kirk
Art by Heather J. Kirk www.heather-kirk.artistwebsites.com
Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html

International Women's Day - AEC Seeks to Equalize the Life of Women in Southeast Asia

Bali - Pura Batu Bolong At Tanah Lot #1 Vibrant,
Copyright Abundant Eight Creative Corporation
#‎InternationalWomensDay‬, ‪#‎March8th‬, celebrates women's achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political. I'd like to bring attention to and celebrate programs that intervene in very unequal and unstable situations culturally, politically, economically and crossing international lines, to give women who have to least chance of success a chance.


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Classic Angkor Wat Silhouette And Reflection At Sunrise,
Copyright Abundant Eight Creative Corporation

Abundant Eight Creative gives 20% of sales to ‪#‎WorldVision‬ Internationals programs that prevent and intervene in the ‪#‎sextrade‬ specifically in ‪#‎Thailand‬, ‪#‎Cambodia‬ and ‪#‎Bali‬ / ‪#‎Indonesia‬ . www.AEC.pixels.com
‪#‎IWD2016‬ ‪#‎PledgeForParity‬

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Broom Stand, Copyright Abundant Eight Creative Corporation


Heather J. Kirk
Art by Heather J. Kirk www.heather-kirk.artistwebsites.com
Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html
http://aec.pixels.com/featured/bali-pura-batu-bolong-at-tanah-lot-1-vibrant-aec-abundant-eight-creative.html

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

In Presidential Primaries that seem to be about Show Business, DO YOUR HOMEWORK!

CAN I BEG YOU TO READ A LONG POST? THE WHOLE THING?

Most of you know that I rarely if EVER bring up politics on my page. But I will say this: 1) NEVER vote on one or two issues alone. Especially for President, he/she had better know about (and represent you) in MANY issues. 2) DO YOUR RESEARCH! Don't believe what a politician says automatically. Increasingly, and this year especially, debates have been about PERFORMANCES and not about truth. Just because someone repeats a lie over and over, it does not make a lie true...but somehow it gets it repeated by gullible voters (and media) as if truth.
     Here is one tool I found to use. Yes, on social issues, most Democrats tend to agree with each other, and most Republicans tend to agree with each other. Still a Voter's Guide can give info in other ways. Did they answer the questions at all? If not, is the info available from the Candidates Official Record and Resources.
     Let me start with Democrats because there is little variance - but still you should look at the citations. 10 social issues / questions are addressed. Neither Clinton or Sanders answered the survey, but they do agree on the issues that the Guide could find documented answers for. There is no citation provided (found?) as to whether they believe in interpreting the US Constitution based on current situations or the intent of the original creators. This is important - and unknown - because one of the first acts of our next President will likely be the appointment of a new Supreme Court Justice. Go to the Citation sources and learn as much as you can before voting in the Primary. Sanders sources are all his own Issues page or Senate roll call. Three of Clinton's were not on her own site but available in articles or a PAC's page.

     Now for Republicans - I will go with top 3 only. Cruz and Rubio both answered all questions, and agreed. And here is where I want REPUBLICANS TO PAY ATTENTION! (Maybe I should have led with this...) Trump did not answer any of the questions. Because CAP (who puts out the voters guide) is a Conservative Agency (though they do no endorsing) Democrats tend not to answer and Republicans almost always do. So for a REPUBLICAN to not answer is a big RED FLAG. If I give him the benefit of the doubt because he has no history in politics and doesn't know better, or doesn't care, then let's look at what can be found - as is done for most Democratic candidates. The Guide could only FIND the answer to 5 OUT OF 10 questions - DISTURBING! And 3 of those 5 were found on his TWITTER page, not his website - SERIOUSLY DISTURBING! The other two sources were NBC News and Ammoland Shooting Sports News - I don't even know what to say about that... PLEASE VOTE RESPONSIBLY!
http://azvoterguide.com/  Although this is from Arizona, it's about the President so helps everyone - including Independents. (The one thing I found difficult about the Guide is that



you have to hover over the number in blue to find out the issue being cited, and then it covers the answer. But do the WORK...it's our COUNTRY's FUTURE we are talking about.)

Heather J. Kirk
Art by Heather J. Kirk www.heather-kirk.artistwebsites.com
Literature by Heather J. Kirk http://www.photographicartistry.citymax.com/Books.html