Month: August 2015

Thank you life for letting me live on August 4th, 2015

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Good evening friends.

Tonight I would like to Thank God for letting me participate in life on August 4th, 2015.  I can speak for anyone else but without the man upstairs I was a walking dead man.

OK, so tomorrow morning we have the full feature from The Empire State Building’s Illuminating Light Show of Endangered Species from this past Saturday night. It will be featured on “The Good News Channel” — Folks, wait until you see more of these larger than life images of our beloved animal friends and read the full story on this event.  August 1st, 2015 will go down in history of one of those most historic NYC nights ever.  The history books will speak of this for hundreds of years to come.  OK, but that is tomorrow.

Let’s talk today and tonight. We hope everyone had a fabulous Poppy Tuesday.  I am so in love Poppy its insane. He eats out of my plate, drinks water out of my glass.  Anytime Vanessa says: “Do you realize there are germs in that water from Patrick.?”  I respond with, “Do you realize the chandelier on the ceiling can fall and crack our skulls open at anytime? — Vanessa do you realize we can get hit by a car every time we walk outside?”

I told her, I don’t sweat the small stuff, if Patrick has some germs, and I catch them, I’ll live.  It makes him happy, and that makes me happy.  The rest is in God’s hands.

OK, lets close with two Poppy notions tonight;

1. Everybody has “The Poppy Chance”  — He represents Hope and Possibilities.  And man did I need those two words over the years.

2. I remember when Vanessa and I first got him, it was incredible. And he was so eager to please us so he would not be sent away again.  He didn’t realize if hell freezed over that was Never happening.  But in September of 2013, hell did freeze over and it was almost lights out for me.  The point is not to bore anyone with a story you heard many times, but I knew when i woke up after six days under, it was Patrick’s Heart that was breaking.  I knew Sammy & Henry were going to OK.  They were shaken up yes, but they had been with me a while.  Patrick was with us only 3 weeks before i went down for the count.  When I made it home alive, I never let that little boy out of my sight again. My bond with Patrick is unbreakable and unshakable.  Madly in love with my little boy.

Signing off from Puerto Rico on day 205 , Scott Smith for Sammy & Family.

Delta Airlines bans transporting Animals Big Game Trophy Animals

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Delta bans transporting Big Game Trophy Animals

Good evening friends. Its great to be here with you. Sammy & Family would like to applaud Delta Airlines for putting an immediate ban on carrying exotic animals to trophy hunting destinations. Now many airlines have that done that already. But it looks as though the killing of Cecil the lion raised the bar for the attention warranted so long ago regarding animal cruelty and senseless killings.

I would like to point out one thing though. Why does it take a media frenzy toget the airlines to do that right thing from the get go. Point being is airlines should have not transported exotic animals to trophy hunting destinations ever at all.

We want to see a large company, airline or whatever kind of company, take the right and preemptive action from the very beginning. I am mean I am happy Delta joined the other airlines with respect to this ban. At the same time, i find it disingenuous and comes on the heels of the killing of Cecil which has the world in uproar.

Here’s Sammy & Family’s conclusion, do the right thing from beginning. We have said this before and we will say it again. Money is important, but not important enough to inflict such cruelty on defenseless animals

Sincerely, Dr. Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.

Poppy Tuesday on August 4th, 2015

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Poppy Tuesday on Aug 4th, 2015. The day of hope and possibilities

Good morning friends.  Happy Poppy Tuesday.  A day of hope and possibilities.  If Pops can do it so can we.

Now here we have Poppy acting out a rendition of the band “Devo” when they sang  ♫♫♫ Whip it, Whip it Good ♫♫♫ in 1980.  So again, Poppy went from an unwanted dog  that lived in a small cage for 8 months, to doing a cover tune for Devo which was one of the biggest hits in the 1980’s.  That being said, Devo was also the strangest band of all time.  But that’s not really the point here.

In the world of Poppy, anything is possible and can be done.  I would like to thank my little boy for nursing me back to health at the end of September 2013 right through October.  Vanessa and I saved his life and then he saved my life. And furthermore, he then made our lives much better.

I can say unequivocally that Poppy has is making the world a better place.  He is the love of Sammy & Family’s life. Without him, there is no us.

Day 205 here in Puerto Rico.  See you tonight.

Rest in Peace Edward M. Beagan

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Rest in Peace Edward M. Beagan

Good evening friends.

We dedicate tonight’s post to a family friend Edward M. Beagen who passed away on Wednesday night going into Thursday morning.  I believe at 10 am he was pronounced dead.  He died of a heart attach at 73 years old just last week. In the last year he really let himself go, smoking a lot cigarettes again, drinking and eating loads of ice cream clogging his arteries even more.  I think he was just at the point where he wanted to live his way no matter what the consequence. Man can i relate to that.  Its for those reasons i used to let him chew my ear off on the phone.

He said and did a lot of things over the 20 years we knew each other that I did not like.  But I knew the score with him so I always just overlooked it.  Whether that was right or wrong, I’m glad I let it all slide.  At the end of the day he just wanted to be liked by everyone and have a good time.  After the beat downs he took in life, he was not able get centered again.  I always felt like he was tormented inside.  Michael was absolutely brilliant.  I just said to him two weeks ago, “Michael you’re getting smarter as you get older”  — And he really was.

As an analogy with life, he could look at a chessboard and have the game won before it even started. The problem was in his own life he had trouble with the vision he had for others.  I really don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone speak so brilliantly in my life.  I could go on for days about him.

Friends this is a really important message for all our friends around the world. Obviously its personal for Sammy & Family, but i hope you all can read between the lines here.  In life, good and bad things happen to us all, but we have to keep moving forward.  Hanging on to the past, or “The Good old days” does not serve us well. I have to keep reminding myself that life is the “Good New Days”  —  If anyone struggles with living in the past and not letting you have to remember, its already gone.  Turn around and look into the wide open spaces because that’s where you are.  Wide open spaces to create new experiences and stories to tell.

I will close with this.  Michael we all liked you and your stories were incredible.  The best stories I’ve ever heard.  I know you’re at peace now.  The peace you always deserved.  Sammy & Family will miss you and never forget you.  We will always have you in our thoughts and prayers.

Jessica will say a few words for our fallen friend Michael now;’

“Michael, wherever you are, I just want you to know that I forgive you for that day. Even though there were times I felt hurt by your words, you were so loved by me. You meant something to me. Your loss has hurt me deeply. I always understood that you had been broken hearted, and that’s where all of the other stuff came from. In the end, you just wanted to feel important and loved. Please know that you were, and will always be. I love you. You were brilliant and you will never be forgotten. I wish I had been there to say goodbye. I wish I had gotten that chance. I pray that you hear me. Dear God, please take Michael into the light and Comfort him. Please let him know how much he meant to us. You were loved Michael. You were loved.”

Rest in Peace Michael.  Amen. Sammy & Family.

Projecting Change: The Empire State Building

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Hello friends. We are thrilled to feature “Projecting Change” at The Empire State Building on “The Good News Channel” This is a very special night in NYC at the Empire State Building. Tonight the Empire State Building will display digital light images of endangered species in the hopes of helping the plight of animals.

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Sammy & Family is thrilled about this event and wants to thank the Press Department of the Empire State building for helping us feature this story tonight.  If something ever needed to be center stage, it’s the plight of the animals and their daily struggles.

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For the first time in New York City history, this stand-alone, architectural projection art event featured towering images of endangered species—more than 350 feet tall and 186 feet wide, and covering 33 floors—on the south façade of The Empire State Building in an art event meant to draw attention to the creatures’ plight against mass extinction.

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Photo Credit Jon William Brumbaugh

What could be more center stage than being projected on 33 floors of the Empire State Building. Wow, let me say that backwards, WOW.  The projected images of endangered species will be almost 400 feet tall. The images will start being beamed from 9 pm tonight, right up until Midnight from a building on West 31 Street.

Projecting Change: The Empire State Building

Travis Threlkel founder of Obscura Digital and Louis Psihoyos illuminated the night with live video projections, including (an 8 minute environmentally-focused tableau, combined with iconic imagery of endangered species, that made each 15 minute cycle running throughout the night a unique experience) showing a Noah’s ark of animals including Cecil the Lion, a snow leopard, a golden lion tamarin and manta rays, along with snakes, birds and various mammals and sea creatures choreographed to Racing Extinction’s original songs.  Throughout, the LED lights atop the building were coordinated with the projection, by the building’s lighting designer.

Projecting Change: The Empire State Building

(Photo by Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images for The Oceanic Preservation Society)

Travis Threlkel of Obscura Digital out of San Francisco, and Mr. Psihoyos, director of the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove” came together to collaborate this once in a lifetime event about one of the most important dangers and challenges on Earth today.  Apparently,  this project was three years in the making.  NYC has strict laws about images being projected in the city.  Especially when it comes to the most famous building in the world.

Projecting Change: The Empire State Building

This Illuminating Endangered Specie Event is coming right on time.  This event comes on the heels of Cecil the lion, who was heinously killed last week in Zimbabwe, and President Obama’s speech in Kenya just last week that the USA is cracking down on the Ivory trade to help protect elephants.

Projecting Change: The Empire State Building

 (Photo by Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images for The Oceanic Preservation Society)

We have written many times before that Mother Nature is tough enough on animals and marine life as it is.  The last thing they need is for people to stack the deck even further against them, and that is putting it mildly. People are crucifying all kinds of species all over the world, with a total disregard for the lives of these beautiful, Majestic creatures.  Whether its Trophy hunting or Canned hunting, and whether the creatures are Majestic or not, its across the board outright heartless.  It needs to stop.

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 This image is honor of Cecil the lion that was killed in Zimbabwe in early July of 2015 

The Empire State building is notorious for changing its  light colors at the top of the building for major news and events. In December of 2014, The Empire Strikes Back with a lighting ceremony at the top of the Empire State building to honor the annual dolphin slaughter that takes place in Taiji, Japan. The color of the lights representing this Japanese atrocity was red to symbolize all the bloodshed that takes place.  They just recently changed their light colors when The Supreme Court ordered states to recognize gay marriages across the nation. In the spirit of New York City,  The Empire State Building also Lit up in Yankees Blue Pinstripes to Honor Derek Jeter.

Projecting Change: The Empire State Building

Lets hope this Endangered Species lighting event shocks and awes the world into a permanent state of animal kindness, animal equality, animal rescue, animal welfare, and so on, and so on and so on.

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 Travis Threlkel founder of Obscura Digital and Louis Psihoyos

 

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Sammy & Family applauds New York City and The Empire State Building for this historic event one of the most important topics in the world today.  For topics related to this matter please see Dr. Harp Seal and Scott’s Smith video and audio messages on animal welfare said in a way like never before.

“The Second Amendment from the Perspective of an Animal”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wIpM1Jak3o

“Where is the Geneva Convention for Animals?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_NebYbcuGA

“Sizing up Hunting by Dr. Harp Seal;   https://soundcloud.com/dr-harp-seal/sizing-up-hunting-by-dr-harp-seal

Thank you friends for stopping and reading such an important message.  God bless all animals around the world.

Written by Sammy & Family.  More information on The Empire State Building Below.

About the Empire State Building

Soaring 1,454 feet above Midtown Manhattan (from base to antenna), the Empire State Building, owned by Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., is the “World’s Most Famous Office Building.” With new investments in energy efficiency, infrastructure, public areas and amenities, the Empire State Building has attracted first-rate tenants in a diverse array of industries from around the world. The skyscraper’s robust broadcasting technology supports all major television and FM radio stations in the New York metropolitan market. The Empire State Building was named America’s favorite building in a poll conducted by the American Institute of Architects, and the Empire State Building Observatory is one of the world’s most beloved attractions as the region’s #1 tourist destination. For more information on the Empire State Building, please visit www.empirestatebuilding.com, www.facebook.com/empirestatebuilding, @EmpireStateBldg, www.instagram.com/empirestatebldg, www.youtube.com/esbnyc or www.pinterest.com/empirestatebldg/. 

About Empire State Realty Trust

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, including the Empire State Building, the world’s most famous office building. Headquartered in New York, New York, the Company’s office and retail portfolio covers 10.0 million rentable square feet, as of March 31, 2015, consisting of 9.3 million rentable square feet in 14 office properties, including nine in Manhattan, three in Fairfield County, Connecticut and two in Westchester County, New York; and approximately 727,000 rentable square feet in the retail portfolio. 

 

“The Second Amendment from the Perspective of an Animal”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wIpM1Jak3o

“Where is the Geneva Convention for Animals?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_NebYbcuGA

“Sizing up Hunting by Dr. Harp Seal;   https://soundcloud.com/dr-harp-seal/sizing-up-hunting-by-dr-harp-seal

Thank you friends for stopping and reading such an important message.  God bless all animals around the world.

Written by Sammy & Family.