Sorry I haven't been on for awhile: Still working alot, but not quite as many hours (no more 2-3 consecutive days with no sleep 'cause working straight thru the night!) but more importantly...  my "childhood sweetheart" & I got back together.  When I say childhood, it's 'cause we met when I was 13 & dated on & off during our teen years & yep - he was my 1st boyfriend from roller skating! - Sounds so funny to say that! hehe!! Well, we got back together...about 20 years had gone by since we last spoke, but those sparks re-ignited our first visit & everything just fell into place from there.  Funny how life works: now we're Engaged!!! 

So, while I'm trying to keep up with the workload, I'm also spending time with him & we're making plan for the future, working on the house so I can get all my things moved from my home to his -myself included, of course!! lol & in the early stages of making our wedding plans, thus the reason I haven't been online lately!  I just signed-in to drop this note, but  I hope to get some time to get in touch with everyone & catch up very soon.  I miss you all so much - you really are another family to me & I love you all a bunch! 

I hope everyone is having a great start to the summer - I'll want to know all the 'juicy' details of what you've been up to, of course! :)  For now, just know I'm thinking of you all & hope you're having the times of your lives!!!  Keep rockin' & please don't forget about me... I really will be back to chat with everyone soon!!!   

Echelon love & hugs, and as always... PROVEHITO IN ALTUM!!!!

		Protect the Arctic Refuge -- Permanently! Help win permanent protections for one of the most onshore denning habitats for our last remaining polar bears. Tell your Senators reject to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and support permanent protections for this special place.  Increase your impact -- forward this message on to others who care about our wildlife and wild places. Dear Monica, The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been called America’s Serengeti -- a special place that’s home to caribou, snow fox and millions of migratory birds. It is also one of the most important onshore denning habitats for America’s struggling polar bears. Now this special place is under renewed attack by Congress and the Bush/Cheney Administration. Take action now -- tell your Senators to reject drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and support permanent protections for this special place. As polar bears struggle to survive, the Bush/Cheney Administration has delayed meaningful action to protect these special creatures while selling drilling rights in vital habitat off Alaska’s coast to Big Oil. Worse, polar bears and other Arctic wildlife are now facing a double-barreled threat from Congress and the Bush/Cheney Administration. President Bush has included Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling in his budget. And Sens. Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have introduced legislation to link drilling plans to gas prices -- despite federal estimates that such drilling would do next to nothing to reduce gas prices. But these drilling plans would spell disaster for our already struggling polar bears and other wildlife that depend on the Refuge for survival, while increasing our dependence on dirty fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. However, thanks to a bipartisan effort, the Arctic Refuge could be protected permanently. Legislation sponsored by Senator Joseph Lieberman would set aside the coastal plain of the Refuge -- the biological heart of the Refuge -- designating it as a wilderness area and shielding this special place from Big Oil’s grasp. Tell your Senators to support legislation to permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (S. 2316) and to reject attempts to allow Big Oil’s drills in this national treasure. This legislation is all the more important as our polar bears struggle to survive. Without these permanent protections, Big Oil could one day be allowed to industrialize one of the few remaining homes for America’s great white bears. Please write your Senators now and tell them it’s time to reject Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling and protect this national treasure from Big Oil -- forever. Thank you for all you do to protect wildlife and wild places. Sincerely, Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife
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	Take the ProtectSeals Challenge -- sign the petition, then spread the word. I'll never forget the first time I saw the shocking images: conscious seal pups being clubbed over the head and dragged across the ice ... with some baby seals even skinned alive. I vowed right then to do everything I could to help stop this senseless cruelty. - Nigel Barker Sign the petition urging the EU to ban trade in seal products!

Two weeks ago Humane Society International's ProtectSeals team escorted British actor Alison Steadman and "America's Next Top Model" judge and fashion photographer Nigel Barker to the Canadian ice floes. They came to experience the beauty of the harp seal nursery and to shine a spotlight on the enormous potential for eco-tourism in the region, as well as the impending slaughter of these young pups.

The five people who recruit the most new pledge signers will win a new seals T-shirt designed by Nigel. Everyone who invites their friends to sign the petition can download some of Nigel's beautiful seal photos for their computer wallpaper. The more people you get to sign the petition between now and midnight April 1, the greater the chance you'll have to win!

Your involvement during these next few weeks is critical -- because our campaign is starting to achieve real results:

It only takes a few minutes to speak up for baby seals. If we all act now, this spring's Canadian hunt may be the last commercial seal hunt any of us ever has to witness.

Sincerely,

Andrew Rowan
Chief Executive Officer
Humane Society International

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		March 11, 2008   Dear Monica,   Grants from the Multinational Species Conservation Fund (MSCF) help support such vital measures as anti-poaching patrols, habitat conservation, animal population surveys and disease protection for tigers, rhinos, elephants, great apes, sea turtles and migratory birds worldwide.   Congress is currently considering the MSCF as part of its budgeting process for Fiscal Year 09 and your help is essential to make sure that funding for wildlife conservation is increased rather than slashed. All of these species need protection, and many require urgent action as their numbers dwindle.   Take Action Please take a moment now to phone your federal legislators to ask them to sign a letter currently being circulated in the House and Senate in support of the Multinational Species Conservation Fund. Click here to look up your legislators and their phone numbers. You will speak to a staff member who can pass your message along. Remember to leave your name and address so it is clear that you are a constituent.   When calling your Senators, you can say: "Hello, my name is [your name], and I'm calling from [your town] to ask [your Senator's name] to sign a letter to Interior Appropriations in support of the Multinational Species Conservation Fund currently being circulated by Senators Lieberman and Snowe. I care about wildlife and it's important to me that we do everything we can to protect it. Thank you." When calling your Representative, you can say: "Hello, my name is [your name], and I'm calling from [your town] to ask [your Representative's name] to sign a letter to Interior Appropriations in support of the Multinational Species Conservation Fund currently being circulated by Representatives Miller, Young, Bordallo, and Brown. I care about wildlife and it's important to me that we do everything we can to protect it. Thank you." After you make your calls, send a follow-up e-mail to reiterate your wish to ensure wildlife protection is well-funded. Then, please tell your friends and family how they can help, too.   Please act now! The deadlines for the letters are March 14 (House) and March 28 (Senate).    Thank you for all that you do to help animals.   Sincerely, Andrew Rowan Chief Executive Officer Humane Society International
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There's Still Time to Help Thanks to supporters like you, our ads are on the air and we’re fighting to save wolves and protect the rights of Alaskans to vote on aerial gunning and other wildlife issues. Please donate now to help us keep our TV ad on the air, run radio ads and fight this stealth campaign to keep aerial gunning off the ballot and the gunners in the air. Dear Monica, As I wrote Wednesday, Governor Sarah Palin and the her political cronies in the Alaska legislature are pushing hard to sneak through legislation to prevent Alaskan voters from putting a stop to the state’s brutal aerial hunting program. These politicians know that -- when given a choice -- Alaskans reject the state’s baseless use of airplanes to run down and kill wolves. Help protect the right of Alaskans to vote to stop the wolf slaughter -- Please donate now! At least fifty-six wolves have already been killed during this year’s aerial gunning season. And as the days grow longer, the state’s brutal and unnecessary aerial gunning program will claim the lives of far more wolves. More than 56,000 Alaskans petitioned to put the issue of aerial gunning of wolves and bears on the ballot this August. Now Sarah Palin, the legislature and lobbyists at the Alaska Outdoor Council have launched a stealth campaign to remove the initiative from the ballot to ensure that aerial gunning continues. That’s where we come in… Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund is working hard to ensure that Alaskans -- not the lobbyists at the Alaska Outdoor Council and the politicians who take their money -- determine the fate of the state’s wolves. Thanks to the more than 1,100 caring wildlife supporters like you, our TV ad is on the air and Alaskans are being alerted to this sneak attack on their rights. There’s still time for you to help. Please donate now and help keep our TV ad on the air longer, place radio ads and keep the spotlight on this stealth campaign to strip Alaskans of the right to have a say in how their wildlife is managed. This is a tough fight, and it’s far from over. To stop aerial gunning and protect Alaskans’ right to vote on this controversial issue, we’re not just taking on the Governor -- we’re taking on one of the state’s most powerful lobbying groups and the legislators they have in their corner. We’re going to need your help to win this one. I hope I can count on your support. Respectfully, Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund P.S. Things are happening very quickly in Alaska. Please make a secure donation online now or call 1-800-425-4632 to contribute by phone and help ensure that we have the resources we need to win this fight and save wolves.

This was the message received February 20th advising of the actions occurring which would take these beautiful creatures on a very short journey to the endangered species list....

Wolves At Risk The Bush/Cheney Administration may be just hours away from eliminating vital protections for endangered wolves! Please call the Department of Interior before 8 PM Eastern Time or first thing tomorrow morning at 1-800-344-WILD (9453) and let agency officials know that you want these wolves to remain protected. Speak out and be counted! Fill out this survey to report your call. Dear Monica, As soon as tomorrow, Interior Secretary Kempthorne is expected to announce the elimination of federal protections for hundreds of endangered wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies. Please take a moment right now to call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 1-800-344-WILD (9453) and deliver this simple message: “My name is *   and I’m calling from  * Wisconsin. I understand that the federal government may remove wolves in the Greater Yellowstone and Central Idaho regions tomorrow from the list of federally protected threatened and endangered species. I want your department to know that I strongly oppose the weakening of protections for these wolves and expect you to fulfill your obligation to secure a lasting future in the Northern Rockies for these amazing animals.” The lives of hundreds of wolves are at stake. Please call tonight before 8 PM Eastern Time or first thing tomorrow morning. In a matter of hours, newspapers across the country could be reporting on the Bush/Cheney Administration's expected announcement … and its potentially devastating impact on some of America’s most beloved wolves. But today I need your help to let these federal officials know that Americans love our wolves and want to see them protected. Please call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 1-800-344-WILD (9453) and speak out for our wolves. Leave a message if you can, and remember to let us know that you called. Respectfully, Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife P.S. Stay tuned tomorrow for more details on this breaking news and Defenders of Wildlife’s action plan to save these wolves…

While they slept... As polar bear mothers and cubs were deep in their dens, the Bush/Cheney Administration auctioned off habitat essential to their survival. I want to help save polar bears from oil drilling and help other imperiled wildlife. Please rush my emergency donation of: $20.00 $50.00 $150.00 $250.00 Another Amount Help us raise $25,000 by February 20th! Dear Monica, While polar bear mothers and cubs were nestled in their dens, the Bush/Cheney Administration auctioned off key habitat for these struggling animals to Big Oil --despite the opposition of tens of thousands of activists like you.  Polar bears need all the help they can get. Please donate to support our Campaign to Save Polar Bears. As a warming climate takes its toll on polar bear habitat, federal officials are selling off the very places these great white bears depend on for hunting, denning and survival. America’s polar bears will likely be extinct in fewer than 50 years, according to U.S. Geological Survey scientists. Yet federal officials have once again delayed action to protect these struggling animals as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. Instead, officials auctioned off millions of acres of vital habitat in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea to Shell and other Big Oil companies earlier this month -- and yet again, President Bush has included dangerous drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in his budget. Help support our efforts to stop Big Oil from drilling in key polar bear habitat -- please donate to support our Campaign to Save Polar Bears. Increased drilling in these critical habitats could devastate America’s polar bears. But ExxonMobil, Shell and other Big Oil companies continue to use their billions in profits to press for harmful drilling in the places polar bears need to survive -- and continue our dependence on the fuels that spur rising temperatures that are causing the bears’ demise. Here's a hint of what our polar bears are up against: Royal Dutch Shell bid more than $105 billion for a single tract of drilling acreage in the Chukchi Sea. [1] Our polar bears need allies if they are going to survive. Please donate now to help us fight to give our polar bears a fighting chance -- and a lasting future. Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund is doing all we can to protect our polar bears -- right now, we're... ...working to prevent Arctic Refuge drilling language from entering the federal budget.  ...working to pass the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act, a bill to permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and continuing to battle efforts to open this special place to Big Oil’s dirty rigs. ...working to pass the Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act -- already passed by the House of Representatives, this legislation is a vital first step to ensure that polar bears and other wildlife can cope with a changing climate. ...working to pass the Polar Bear Protection Act, legislation to stop wealthy U.S. trophy hunters from killing polar bears in Canada and returning with their quarry. ...working with Congressional staff to find sensible energy solutions to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, help combat global warming and protect our wildlife. ...holding our elected officials accountable for their actions on global warming and other wildlife-related issues. Even in their final months in office, officials in the Bush/Cheney Administration have made their intentions crystal clear: they’ll fight for Big Oil’s profit -- and leave our polar bears out in the cold. Please donate today to support our Campaign to Save Polar Bears -- and help  these Arctic hunters survive.

TO ALL WHO ARE CALLING TO GET TICKETS ONCE YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE... HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME& TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR BOYS!!!!!!!!!  Echelon hugs, Mon

Thanks to an unforgettable first show in Lisbon this past February, 30 Seconds to Mars will be returning to Lisbon's Atlántico on Saturday, May 3, 2008. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at http://www.ticketline.pt/Newsletter.aspx?Pesquisa=V4450 or by calling (+351) 707234234.

We can't wait to see you all again!

PROVEHITO IN ALTUM

-MARS

WHETHER IN THE TRL VIEWING AREA OR NOT, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO KEEP VOTING TILL YOUR FINGERS BLEED!!!

Just a reminder that you can now watch 'A Beautiful Lie' on MTV. They've added the video into their rotation as of this week - click here to vote and get it onto TRL! The video was also added to MTV2's Elite 8! Tune in and look for it on either channel.

We are all very grateful and excited by the response we've received from the video and abeautifullie.org, as are our partners at the NRDC and buzznet. Let's keep pushing the envelope and continue to spread the message.

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It's official. MTV has added A Beautiful Lie into its rotation beginning Monday, March 10. Additionally, MTV2 has moved the video into its Elite 8!

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