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well can't wait to know what your idea is, and be sure you have at least two strong supporters!!********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain

Most of the world's surviving tigers are high in the Himalaya, like around 15 thousand feet, a place where human beings are relatively rare. They have complex systems of trails and one male tiger may roam more than 500 miles in establishing an area where a mate may be found (sounds like some deadheads I know from West Texas). Most of those high Himalayan Tigers are found in the last Buddhist Kingdom left in the world, Bhutan, where the animals are protected by royal decree. Trade in exotic animals like tiger parts is extremely lucrative and hard to stop at poor crossroads like the Kathamandu Valley. I just had a great idea for choking off the trade in illicit tiger parts. More on that later, but, thanks Lilly. You may have given me an idea for my life's work for the next ten years or so... I hope it is very effective.

are beautiful and complex, and must survive in their natural habitat. My kid is about ready to fly off to the Himalayas and stalk poachers, but we have settled on the compromise of donating half of her allowance to wildlife fund to protect them.********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain

i am passionate about this cause tigers are beautiful and complex animals,recently there was a documentry shown about tigers in the himalayas,thease guys were trying to film them but only found one,they have moved further up the mountains and are in danger of disapearing completely oh dear im getting angry again arrrrrrggggghhhhh.

i beleive jerry said we can have the music after they played it this is how the tapers section was born and even written into there warner bros? contract.It was a free thing like the free shops/clinics etc set up by the diggers an act of kindness not marketing.

I'm willing to concede you may have a point! ~ Long stop the Grateful Dead! ~

look at the multigenerational culture they've built up, fueled in large part by those tapes. Or FLACs, as the case may be. Look at the people who show up to see sixtysomethings play. Marketing is about something a bit more complex than the benjamins. It's about creating win-win situations when it works right. Even when benjamins are involved.

...(Tape trading as marketing ploy), I would assert that you have to have a motivation to begin with -- which I feel safe to say in this case, especially the Dead, never did, They were always known as never having had it together commercially in any way, forget about scheming to trade tapes to hype the band. Witness the Grateful Dead Movie, losses from which kept them almost constantly on the road for 18 months (lucky us, poor them). Beyond that, it was the true Grateful dead Music Lovers then, and especially today, who were/are the continuation of the tapers/viners. Then there were those who were mutant-hybrid combination's, like myself, that threw psychedelics and radical politics into the mix (and whatever else was in the kitchen sink). ~ Long live the Grateful Dead! ~

for summarizing my link for me. And yes we should all support this cause. As I wish to support my kid turning into an animal activist in front of my eyes-I LOVE it!********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain

This is about the conservation act of 2010 and in particular about tigers who are in danger of becoming extinct,partly due to habitat destruction but mainly due to certain eastern countries using there body parts mainly for medicinal purposes.We should all support this cause.