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Ex-Disney Star Miley Cyrus: Good Girl Gone Bad?

May 2, 2013 at 3:24 pm

In Miley Cyrus’s,20, photo shoot for V magazine she not only bares her soul but also her breast. The ex-Disney star posed for her raciest photo shoot ever gracing the cover of three different covers of the magazine.

Miley has been shedding Disney princess image for years but with this eye-popping photo shoot she truly has washed away her wholesome reputation

Cyrus dyes her hair various colors , including bubblegum pink, bright orange, lilac and white. Miley says, ‘I chopped my hair and bought a pair of Docs and never looked back.’

Pharrell Williams helped produce her upcoming fourth album.

Miley said of the record: ‘Everyone can like what we’re doing. That’s when I feel like my record is so different. It’s not what people expect where it’s me giving my middle finger and saying, “F*** you. I didn’t make a record for the people who love me.”

She’s definitely not shy: Miley can also be seen in backwards studded shorts and a backwards jacket which are both leather and leave little to the imagination

‘I made a record for the people who love me, but then I made a record for the people who I want to start to understand me.’

The album is scheduled to be released this year and Miley admitted she is glad she has taken her time on getting it right.

‘I got excited because on this record I can say whatever I want,’ she said. ‘And then I got more comfortable with that and the record got better and better.

‘If I had made it two years ago when I should have had a record come out, it would have been a little brat trying to say “This isn’t who I am! This is what I’m trying to prove!” Now I’m not trying to prove anything to anybody.’

How revealing: The actress and singer shows some serious skin as she opens up about her upcoming fourth studio album

Miley may be a huge admirer of Pharrell but it seems the hip hop star is just as much of a fan of hers.

Pharrell, 40, told the publication that he was impressed by Miley from the moment they first met.

‘When I met her, I just thought of a ball of fire,’ he recalled. ‘She was saying, “I like this and I like that.” And I was impressed, because she knew to say those things.’

Miley also addressed tabloid stories on her on again/off engagement with Liam Hemsworth. ‘I’m not home with my boyfriend all the time. We work,’ she said. ‘Every week it’s “Are they broken up? Because we don’t see a photo of them.” I don’t have time to go to Starbucks with my boyfriend every morning. I wish I did, but I don’t.

‘I’d rather chill at my house and be there for the time I actually get to spend with him. And then I’m at the studio all day. He gets up to work out at six and I come home at five from the studio.’.

She said: ‘I put this record before everything, and I’ve never done that with anything. I’ve put too much into this record to put anything else in front of it. ‘

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South Korea’s Dog Meat Trade: An Asian Landscape Of Suffering For Millions Of Dogs & Cats

April 30, 2013 at 4:37 pm

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A staggering atrocity is happening every day in South Korea: dogs and cats living tormented lives in an unfathomable existence—victims of the dog and cat meat industry, with its deliberate and indefensible cruelty.

In South Korea alone over 2.5 million dogs are eaten annually and in neighboring China it is close to 5 million.

There are two South Korea’s: the dazzling country whose lofty financial status as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, just beneath the breathtaking progress the sordid and shameful dog and cat meat trade. Shocking when you consider this is home of Samsung, LEG and Hyundai.

Even the South Korean Catholic Church has an intimate relationship with the unsavory and dirty business, where some clergy breed dogs for slaughter, and dog meat is being served at charity functions and food markets, much to the horror of many congregants.

Because of conflicting laws and the very definition of what a dog is—livestock vs. non-livestock—dog and cat meat is neither legal nor illegal but inhabits “a legal blind spot.”

This $2 billion dollar-a-year industry extinguishes the lives of approximately two and a half million dogs a year for meat or gaesoju, a dog broth or stamina food, and about 100,000 cats, for soup and goyangyeesoju or “health tonics.” At the end of their brief and miserable lives, farmers and butchers kill in the most horrific fashion with impunity: they are murdered with high-voltage electrocution prior to being skinned still alive not dying immediately, are hanged, beaten to death, and frequently have their throats slashed. They are killed within sight of their doomed cage mates, thrown into a tub of boiling water, then into a rotating drums for the removal of their fur, and finally blowtorched, often while still alive. Cats are bludgeoned and thrown into boiling water while conscious. Many have their legs broken so they can’t escape, and are skinned alive. Unlike dogs, cats are not farmed for their meat, but are stolen, surrendered, or picked up as strays.

dog meat trade

Any breed can end up in the meat trade: former animal companions, purebreds (Cocker Spaniels, Shih Tzus, Schnauzers, Malteses, Beagles, among them), dogs from puppy mills, shelters, dogs sold at closed dog auctions, Jindos who failed to pass the Jindo Preservation Ordinance (Jindo is a designated breed as the 53rd Natural Treasure in SK). All of these dogs are eaten as meat or gaesoju or “health” food or boshintang as dog meat soup. They are frequently sold at Moran Market the largest open air market in South Korea and during their “dog festival” held every year in July.

Thailand, one of the kindest nations in the world, houses a deadly secret. A cruel trade reaches across the country, part known, part hidden from its people.

In Thailand pets are stolen or bought for a plastic bucket and then trafficked into Vietnam where they can fetch $250 each and in Indonesia, next to honeymoon,spots slaughter takes place without mercy in the most unsanitary conditions.

Thousands of pet dogs and street dogs have vanished and, every day, more disappear. The conditions under which the dogs are transported and slaughtered are inhumane and many die from suffocation, disease and injuries long before they reach their destinations in Thailand and Vietnam.

Chinese Dog Meat Trade http://notodogmeat.com

Dogs Being Transported For Slaughter In China. More Than 5 Million Are Butchered Each Year To Feed The Chinese Dog-Meat Industry

Unfortunately Vietnam’s taste for canine is on the rise. According to Tuan Bendixsen, director of the Vietnam office of Animals Asia, as more people move to the cities, fewer remain in the countryside to raise the dogs, which creates enough scarcity to drive prices up. But increased wages mean more people can afford to eat dog, he says, which creates a parallel increase in demand.

“The problem is that there isn’t enough to feed the trade, especially around the Vietnamese New Year, which means dogs are going to be imported from Thailand,” says Tuan. “There was an estimated 25,000 or more dogs coming in per month from Thailand.”

These dogs in metal cages were being transported to Vietnam from Thailand for slaughter and many die from suffocation due to this inhumane and cruel practice before they reach the border.

“If you go to central Vietnam near the Laos border, you often see huge trucks coming across with at least 200 to 300 dogs stacked in cages like chickens,” he says. “Each cage – and they are very small cages – with about 10 dogs. That’s to feed Vietnam’s dog-meat industry.”

Last month Thai police caught three men trying to smuggle more than 1,000 dogs into Vietnam from Laos.

Smugglers apprehended by the Royal Thai Police in March 2013 transporting dogs to Vietnam

NoToDogMeat.com is the fastest growing global movement made up of a group of loving individuals, many of whom have never met (except on Social Media). United in their common intent to convince governments world wide that the heinous practice of torturing dogs and cats and then eating them has to end and has no place in this new millennium.

No To Dog Meat was founded by attorney Julia de Cadenet and investigative reporter Australian Michele Brown. Ms.De Cadenet was recently awarded the title of Empire State Counsel from the New York State Bar Association for pro bono services she has provided throughout the United States and internationally. She also works with the newly formed World Protection for Cats and Dogs in The Meat Trade based in London with offices in Paris and Australia and also supports smaller animal rescue organizations and activists in South East Asia that have little or no voice.

This is not simply a cultural difference. This is an unregulated, illegal industry. Never legalized not even locally yet accepted and on the increase. It is highly likely that diseased dog meat will end up in the food chain as has horse meat in Europe.

30 years of Campaigning has had no effect. This cannot continue one day more!

NoToDogMeat.com has made a film on this industry, funded and produced by Chiffon River Productions and distributed by London/US Film Company and attorneys Film and Business LTD. (part of Film and Business Law) which will be screened at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The film is entitled ‘BOKDAYS- Hidden in the Land of Morning Calm- South Korea’ which is taken from the three hottest days in July during South Korea’s “dog festival” where dog meat is celebrated.

This site http://www.notodogmeat.com is dedicated to the tens of millions of innocent dogs and cats who have suffered and died in this unspeakable industry of horror.

Co-founder Julia de Cadenet ask “the world to join us on May 18th with a banner or even just a tweet to say NO TO DOG MEAT”. Events are planned in London’s Hyde Park, Scotland, Amsterdam and throughout the United States.

‘The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.’ – Albert Einstein

Filed under: Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Animals, Dog Meat

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‘Earthlings’ – A Documentary Narrated By Joaquin Phoenix On The World’s Abuse Of Animals

April 25, 2013 at 4:36 pm

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EARTHLINGS is the single most powerful and informative documentary about society’s tragic and unforgivable use of nonhuman animals, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix with soundtrack by Moby. Directed by Shaun Monson, this multi-award winning film by Nation Earth is a must-see for anyone who cares about nonhuman animals or wishes to make the world a better place.

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We are all Earthlings – Make the Connection!

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

MAHATMA GANDHI

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Madonna’s Homeless Brother Anthony: ‘She Was A B*tch Growing Up Just Like She Is Now!’

March 30, 2013 at 5:55 pm

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As superstar Madonna,54, trots the globe, counts her billion dollar fortune and decides which one of her 6 London homes or to rest her head at night while visiting England her brother Anthony,56, has been living under a bridge in Traverse City, Michigan bridge for the past 3 years.

“My family turned their back on me, basically, when I was having a hard time,” he said. “You think I haven’t answered this kind of question a bazillion times – why my sister is a multibazillionarie, and I’m homeless on the street?”

Anthony Ciconne is an alcoholic and lives on the streets of Traverse City, Michigan.

Anthony Ciconne

“I never loved her in the first place, she never loved me,” he adds, “We never loved each other.” ”Madonna doesn’t give a s-t if I’m dead or alive,” Ciccone told the Daily Mail. “She lives in her own world.

It was first reported that Ciccone lived under a bridge in Traverse City, Mich., 16 months ago after he revealed that he had been homeless for over a year. In October 2011,he told the daily mail that he lost his job at the family’s winery due to his alcohol addiction and that his father, nor Madonna, had done nothing to help him get back on his feet. And it appears his story hasn’t changed.

“My father would be very happy if I died of hypothermia and then he would not have to worry about it anymore. He’s old school, he grew up in the depression,” Ciccone explains to the Daily Mail of his dad Tony Ciccone, continuing, “He doesn’t want to be bothered, he’s lived his life you see. He doesn’t like me. He doesn’t want me to be me, he wants me to be somebody else. He thinks the way I live is intentional. He simply doesn’t know me.”

The Bridge Ciccone has been living under for three years.

Ciccone’s refusal to accept that he has a drinking problem seems to be the root of the issue. A family friend Kathy Meteyer said Madonna’s father and stepmother Joan are distressed by her brother’s actions. “He just can’t come back until he stops drinking, because they think it will kill him, it already kind of has,” Meteyer admits to the Daily Mail. “They have helped him so many times. Tony has put him through rehab and given him lots of chances. I think Madonna paid for rehab a few times. The alcohol has taken over his brain.”

But Ciccone says he won’t seek treatment because he doesn’t think he needs it. “I’m a human being, you can call me what you want. [Alcoholic] is a label, I don’t like it. I don’t need brain surgery, I merely need love and care of family and friends,” he explains.

Anthony and Madonna In Happier Times

“[I got] no family back up, when the chips fell, no family back-up,” he adds. “I’d rather be working. What would you do under these circumstances when your family has stood against you completely?”

“Never say never,” he said. “This could happen to anybody.”

“I don’t have any income, I’ve got to go collect bottles and cans, do odd jobs.”

Though it may sound as if Madonna, 54, is heartless when it comes to her older brother, the songstress, whose wealth recently reached the 1 bilion mark, has apparently tried to reach out to Ciccone several times. Meteyer said the superstar paid for her brother’s rehab stints “several times.”

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Trailer: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Starring: Zoe Saldana & Chris Pine

March 30, 2013 at 5:50 pm

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Ellen Show: Wayne Pacelle From The Humane Society Discusses Ag Gag Laws And How They Silence Animal Advocates And Protect Animal Abusers

March 26, 2013 at 3:58 pm

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Trailer: ‘Spring Breakers’ Starring Selena Gomez & Vanessa Hudgens

March 26, 2013 at 12:58 am

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Spring Breakers tells the story of four sexy college girls as they plan to fund their spring break getaway by burglarizing a fastfood shack. But that’s only the beginning… At a motel room rager, fun reaches its legal limit and the girls are arrested and taken to jail. Hungover and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien (James Franco), an infamous local thug who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest Spring Break trip in history. Rough on the outside but with a soft spot inside, Alien wins over the hearts of the young Spring Breakers, and leads them on a Spring Break they never could have imagined.

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Madonna Goes Incognito In NYC: No Make-up & All Black Garb

March 26, 2013 at 12:44 am

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Madonna,54, stepped out in New York City on her way to the Kabalah center in Manhattan with her kids David and Mercy this past weekend.

The pop superstar was barely recognizable wearing a heavy black coat, black fedora, hair tucked under it, black shades and no make-up.

The singer recently presented Anderson Cooper with GLAAD’s Vito Russo Award dressed as a Cub Scout lashing out against the Boy Scout’s ban on gay members.