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In the Service of Life
Serving is different from helping.
Helping incurs debt. But serving, like healing, is mutual.
Serving is also different from fixing. There is distance
between ourselves and whatever or whomever we are fixing.
Fixing is a form of judgment. All judgment creates
distance, a disconnection, an experience of difference.
If helping is an experience of strength, fixing is an
experience of mastery and expertise.
Service on the other hand, is an experience of mastery,
surrender, and awe. We cannot serve at a distance.
We can only serve that to which we are profoundly connected--
that which we are willing to touch.
We serve life not because it is broken, but because it is holy.
-Adapted from Rachel Naomi Remen
Heroes:
Eric Klein (Can-do.org)
We(can-do) are heading to Rwanda & Uganda September 17th, Sudan in November and still continuing our work in the gulf coast...PLEASE...we are asking for help on getting the word out on some of the projects in which we desperately need funding for. (you can read about our projects at www.can-do.org) Keeping with the can-do philosophy, all our projects will be documented and will eventually be linked through a satellite hook up so people who donate can log on and watch LIVE how there donations are making an impact. We will soon have press releases going out but in the mean time we could really use your help to help us spread the word. If you can make a donation great!!! (here's the link- secure.can-do.org/ If you cant, all we ask is that you please circulate the links below so we can continue doing what we do... CAN-DO is a registered 501c3 so all donations are tax deductible.
Your help is greatly appreciated!!!
www.youtube.com/watch
www.can-do.org
Meggio aka: "Algae Girl"
Aaron Wolf Baum aka: Dr. Friendly (Alge biofuels)
www.chlorophyllcollective.org
tribes.tribe.net/chlorophyllcollective
www.insidegreentech.com/1224/a...-future
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Captain Sweep (Security and Prosperity Partnership of N America)
On August 15th, 2007 there was a forum held in Victoria, BC, to educate the public on the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement between Canada, The U.S. and Mexico signed in May of 2005 by the leaders of Mexico, the US and Canada. Captain Sweep hosts his First Web-TV Show called Wake Up Calls and Episode # 1 is to bring attention to what is covered in this forum put on by a coalition of the Victoria Peace Coalition, The Victoria Seniors and the Victoria Chapter of the Council of Canadians. There are 4 speakers: Connie Fogal (The Leader of the Canadian Action Party); Bo Filter(social scientist and author); Bob Hansen, (Nanaimo representative of the Council of Canadians); Denise Savoie(the Victoria MP). The Wake Up Call Web TV show is an alternative media medium to bring attention to those issues that concern us all and yet the mainstream media does not cover or only does so from a limited perspective. Signed in May of 2005 between Martin, Bush, and Fox, the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement had no public consultation. Over 300 resolutions have been passed that severely alter the course of Canada as a nation yet no one has heard about it. On August 20th, 2007, George Bush visits Steven Harper in Ottawa in a historic 3rd meeting in regards to this agreement. Canadians are just now realizing that they have been had. This show is to wake them up about how badly the treason has been.
video.google.ca/videoplay
Montebello SPP Protest
Rebels Against Global Enslavement -- www.rebelsagainstglobalenslavement.com
www.youtube.com/watch
www.youtube.com/watch
video.google.ca/videoplay
=============================================================
Munnu Morrish (Internet for Change, Uganda)
http:www.internet4change.com/Uganda
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Neal White Arrow & Maritza (The Abundance League, SF, CA)
www.theabundanceleague.org/
======================================
Ben Parkinson (Bringing Wealth to Wasteland in rural Africa)
www.nfiafrica.org
===================================================
Damien Jones ( www.damienjonesart.net )
Photos of Burning man - picasaweb.google.com/damiena...gMan0702
========================================
Franklino (Burning Man pics)
franklino.phanfare.com/album/380735
=============================
Paul Addis (accused Burning Man arsonist)
valleywag.com/tech/exclus...t-295378.php
valleywag.com/tech/burnin...s-295325.php
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Kelly Lambrock, New Brunswick Minister of Education, (developing the “Community Schools” concept )
www.facebook.com/topic.php
==============================================
Frerieke van Bree (Umeebee)
www.umeebee.com/
beta.razoo.com/groups/umeebee
A service that makes it easy and fun to donate to children in Africa. To really get to know them! At the moment we're not live yet, an enthusiastic team of freelance professionals volunteering, trying to fund the project, but definitely working it out! See our blog for some interesting first videos! Cheers! - Fre
Hi all,we'll probably attend at the Web-of-Change conference in Canada 19-23 sept. Afterwards we're planning to do an aware-raising trip in the USA Travelling together with Peter Deitz (www.foik.org), who is about to launch his new Social Actions. Our traveldates are (flexible dates)
19 - 23 Sept Conference at Hollyhock
24 – 26 Sept Victoria
27 – 28 Sept Seattle
29 Sept – 6 oct San Francisco
7 oct – 16 oct New York, Vermont, Montreal
+/- 17 oct Fly back to South Africa
Let me know if you want to meet us or have ideas of people we should definitely meet! mail frerieke (at) gmail.com
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - Buckminster Fuller
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Online Videos:
www.Zeitgeistmovie.com
www.theshiftmovie.com
Flying over mountains: www.youtube.com/watch
Speed Free soloing Lovers Leap: www.youtube.com/watch
If Americans Knew AIPAC ADL Zionist control of America: www.youtube.com/watch
Ron Paul in Iowa: Clip 5: Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy: www.youtube.com/watch
Tequila: www.youtube.com/watch
Kiva.org video found near the bottom of this page: www.ned.com/group/neduganda/news/4/
======================================================
Web sites:
www.unepie.org/pc/sustain/home.htm
www.engagemedia.org
www.artcaragency.com/showcase.php
www.happyplanetindex.org/
================================
Goggle Earth images:
Alberta and Jim’s Action hero Training Camp in St. Bernard Parish - maps.google.com/maps
Made with Love Café -maps.google.com/maps
==============================================
Inspiration:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
A person hears only what they understand.
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
More Quotes: www.brainyquote.com/quotes/a...oeth.html
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Networks:
Matador Travel
matadortravel.com
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Idealist Groups –
www.idealist.org/groups
- allow people to meet and network, online or in person, share ideas and resources, and get involved in local or global projects.
My name is Anne, I work at Idealist.org, and I am writing to invite
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There's already a growing network of more than 200 groups in 50
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www.idealist.org/en/org/167306-129
Your Campus Is Broken (and How to Fix It)
www.idealist.org/en/org/166804-34
Open Source software - help for non-Geeks
www.idealist.org/en/org/167223-72
Protect San Francisco Bay
www.idealist.org/en/org/166998-194
Global Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
www.idealist.org/en/org/166902-297
You can start an Idealist Group right now, and as soon as your group
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www.EcologyCenter.org
The Ecology Center provides information, tools, technical assistance, referrals, political strategies, and models for sustainable living. We address the public need for non-commercial information about ecologically-sensitive practices and the numerous toxic threats to society and the environment.
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Events:
Rex Foundation Black Tie-Dye Ball
Thursday, October 4th, at The Fillmore in San Francisco
Go to: www.rexfoundation.org/NRPS9_07.html
Dear Friends,
Take out your calendars and get on board the Rex Musical Caravan to enjoy great music and connections on the East and West coasts, all in support of the Rex Foundation. The following events bring to life another whole dimension of the Rex Community Caravan, demonstrating how the musical community of performers and fans are helping further what the Grateful Dead started 24 years ago:
Thursday, October 4th, Rex Foundation Black Tie-Dye Ball with Dark Star Orchestra at The Fillmore in San Francisco, celebrating the special Dark Star Orchestra Rex Caravan Tour, where all shows between September 26 and October 20 include $1 per ticket sold for the Rex Foundation. Join us for a pre-concert reception with the artists, great food and connection. Click here for details .
Thursday, October 4th, Assembly of Dust with JJ Grey & Mofro, The Roxy, Boston, MA, designating $1 per ticket sold for the Rex Foundation. Click here for details.
October 4th through November 3rd, The Ryan Montbleau Band’s Patience on Friday CD Release Tour includes many shows with ticket sale contributions to the Rex Foundation. Click here for details.
Saturday, November 17th, Donna the Buffalo, Ollabelle and special guest David Gans at the Highline Ballroom in New York City, where $5 per ticket sold will be contributed to the Rex Foundation. Join us for a special pre-concert reception with the performers and great concert seats. Click here for details.
In the Works: Saturday, December 1st, Rex Foundation Benefit, San Francisco
We look forward to celebrating with you to enjoy the music and spirit of the Rex Community Caravan.
Thank you for all of your support!
Sandy Sohcot
Executive Director
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Earth Flow Permaculture Design
2007-2008 Schedule of Events
www.earthflow.com/calendar.php
October 2007-March 2008
• Los Angeles, CA - Permaculture Design Certificate Course Series
The first weekend of each month:
October 2007-March 2008
More info here
• Part One - Oct 6 & 7, Nov 3 & 4
• Part Two - Dec 1 & 2, Jan 5 & 6
• Part Three - Feb 2 & 3, Mar 1 & 2
October 2007
• October 6/7
Los Angeles, CA:
Weekend 1 of the PDC Series
"Fire, Water, Earth & Air... New Ecology and Sacred Geometry" with L. Santoyo.
• October 6/7, 27/28
Albuquerque, NM:
Permaculture Design Certificate Course
The Permaculture Institute's Weekend Permaculture Design Course at the Center for Action and Contemplation with Scott Pittman and L. Santoyo.
• October 16
Santa Barbara, CA:
"Permaculture Design:
A Revival of Common Sense"
L. Santoyo guest lectures at the Faulkner Library, for The Sustainability Project's new adult education series.
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Signs of the Times:
Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson
School of Law and president of the National
Lawyers Guild.
No one can know how right these predictions are
and what's in store, but an attack on Iran would
be folly and cruelty on an unimaginable scale
Excerpt:
Barnett Rubin reported on Global Affairs blog
that one of the leading neo-conservative
institutions has "instructions" from Dick
Cheney's office to "roll out a campaign for war
with Iran in the week after Labor Day; it will be
coordinated with the American Enterprise
Institute, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly
Standard, Commentary, Fox, and the usual
suspects.
It will be heavy, sustained assault on the
airwaves, designed to knock public sentiment into
a position from which a war can be maintained.
Evidently they don't think they'll ever get
majority support for this - they want something
like 35-40 percent support, which in their book
is 'plenty.'
Bush Plans War on Iran
By Marjorie Cohn
September 2, 2007
The Sunday Times of London is reporting that the
Pentagon has plans for three days of massive air
strikes against 1,200 targets in Iran. Last
week, Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and
national security at the Nixon Center, told a
meeting of The National Interest, a conservative
foreign policy journal, that the military did not
intend to carry out "pinprick strikes" against
Iranian nuclear facilities. He said, "They're
about taking out the entire Iranian military."
Bush has already set the wheels in motion. With
Rovian timing, Alberto Gonzales' resignation was
sandwiched between two Bush screeds - one aimed
at ensuring Congress scares up $50 billion more
for the occupation of Iraq, the other designed to
scare us into supporting war on Iran. As Gonzales
rides off into the sunset, the significant
questions are who will take his place and how
that choice will facilitate Bush's occupation of
Iraq and attack on Iran.
One name that's been floated for Bush's third
attorney general is Joe Lieberman, the
"independent" senator from Connecticut.
Lieberman, who advocates the use of military
force against Iran, was the only person Bush
quoted in his August 28 speech to the American
Legion. Bush called Iran "the world's leading
state sponsor of terrorism" and pledged to
"confront Tehran's murderous activities."
Gonzales greased the Bush/Cheney wheels for
torturing in violation of the Geneva Conventions,
illegally spying on Americans, and purging
disloyal Bushies.
Similarly, Lieberman would ensure the Justice
Department mounts a vigorous defense of a war of
aggression against Iran. And Bush would get a
two-fer: Connecticut's Republican governor would
appoint a Republican to fill Lieberman's seat,
returning control of the Senate to the GOP. A
Republican-controlled Senate would direct the
agenda, thereby furthering the Bush/Cheney plan.
Lieberman is closely affiliated with American
Israeli Public Affairs Committee. "AIPAC
leverages its power by an alliance with the
Christian Right, which has adopted a bizarre
ideology of 'Christian Zionism,'" according to
University of Michigan professor Juan Cole. "It
holds that the sooner the Palestinians are
ethnically cleansed, the sooner Christ will come
back. Without millions of these Christian
Zionist allies," Cole added, "AIPAC would be much
less influential and effective."
During the 2004 election, a 100% "AIPAC voting
record" was Lieberman's litmus test for an
acceptable presidential candidate. As the House
of Representatives was on the verge of passing a
resolution that would've required Bush to consult
Congress before attacking Iran, the AIPAC lobby
stopped it in its tracks.
Bush's WMD-hyping against Iran is déja vu in the
run-up to Operation Iraqi Disaster, where he
played loose and fast with the truth about Iraq's
alleged WMDs. His statement that a nuclear Iran
could put the region "under the shadow of a
nuclear holocaust" conjures up his images of a
"mushroom cloud" in the hype-up to Iraq.
How inconvenient for Bush that the UN
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) just
found Iran's uranium enrichment program is
operating well below capacity and is nowhere near
producing significant amounts of nuclear fuel.
The IAEA report says Iran "has been providing the
agency with access to declared nuclear materials,
and has provided the required nuclear material
accountancy reports in connection with declared
nuclear material and facilities."
Iran and IAEA agreed on a plan with a
step-by-step timetable of cooperation to settle
unresolved issues. The agreement said there were
"no other remaining issues and ambiguities
regarding Iran's past nuclear program and
activities," and characterized the accord as "a
significant step forward."
"This is the first time Iran is ready to discuss
all the outstanding issues which triggered the
crisis in confidence," said IAEA director general
Mohamed ElBaradei. "I'm clear at this stage you
need to give Iran a chance to prove its stated
goodwill. Sanctions alone, I know for sure, are
not going to lead to a durable solution"
In 2003, when Dr. ElBaradei reported there was no
evidence that Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear
program, the White House was not pleased. And as
Saddam Hussein became more cooperative with the
weapons inspector, Bush became "infuriated,"
according to Bob Woodward.
Bush's vow, "We will confront this danger before
it is too late," is the Iran incarnation of his
illegal preemptive war doctrine, which he
inaugurated in Iraq. In a clear signal he is
seeking regime change in Iran, Bush called for
"an Iran whose government is accountable to its
people, instead of leaders who promote terror and
pursue the technology that could be used to
develop nuclear weapons."
Barnett Rubin reported on Global Affairs blog
that one of the leading neo-conservative
institutions has "instructions" from Dick
Cheney's office to "roll out a campaign for war
with Iran in the week after Labor Day; it will be
coordinated with the American Enterprise
Institute, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly
Standard, Commentary, Fox, and the usual
suspects. It will be heavy sustained assault on
the airwaves, designed to knock public sentiment
into a position from which a war can be
maintained. Evidently they don't think they'll
ever get majority support for this - they want
something like 35-40 percent support, which in
their book is 'plenty.'"
Bush/Cheney created the White House Iraq Group
(WHIG) to lead a propaganda campaign to bolster
public support for war with Iraq. The White
House decided to wait until after Labor Day of
2002 to kick off WHIG's mission. Chief of staff
Andrew Card explained, "From a marketing point of
view, you don't introduce new products in
August." Five years later, they're marketing a
new and even more dangerous product - war with
Iran. British military historian Corelli Barnett
says "an attack on Iran would effectively launch
World War III."
Our military spending has reached $1 billion
every 2-1/2 days and we are borrowing $2-1/2
billion per day. Bush is mortgaging our
children's future security and wealth. We have
lost more than 3,700 soldiers in Iraq and tens of
thousands of Iraqis have died.
We have already seen how easily Congress caves in
to AIPAC. It's up to the people. As Noam
Chomsky said, "The most effective barrier to a
White House decision to launch a war [on Iran] is
the kind of organized popular opposition that
frightened the political-military leadership
enough in 1968 that they were reluctant to send
more troops to Vietnam."
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Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson
School of Law and president of the National
Lawyers Guild. She is the author of "Cowboy
Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the
Law." Her articles are archived at
www.marjoriecohn.com/.
Make war extinct.
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Humanitarian Situation Still Deteriorating in Iraq
us.oneworld.net/article/vi...2667/1/3319
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White House preparing to stage new September 11 - Reagan official
20/07/2007 13:58 WASHINGTON, July 20 (RIA Novosti) -
A former Reagan official has issued a public warning that the Bush administration is preparing to orchestrate a staged terrorist attack in the United States, transform the country into a dictatorship and launch a war with Iran within a year.
Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, blasted Thursday a new Executive Order, released July 17, allowing the White House to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies and giving the government expanded police powers to exercise control in the country.
Roberts, who spoke on the Thom Hartmann radio program, said: "When Bush exercises this authority [under the new Executive Order], there's no check to it. So it really is a form of total, absolute, one-man rule."
"The American people don't really understand the danger that they face," Roberts said, adding that the so-called neoconservatives intended to use a renewal of the fight against terrorism to rally the American people around the fading Republican Party.
Old-line Republicans like Roberts have become increasingly disenchanted with the neoconservative politics of the Bush administration, which they see as a betrayal of fundamental conservative values.
According to a July 9-11 survey by Ipsos, an international public opinion research company, President Bush and the Republicans can claim a mere 31 percent approval rating for their handling of the Iraq war and 38 percent for their foreign policy in general, including terrorism.
"The administration figures themselves and prominent Republican propagandists ... are preparing us for another 9/11 event or series of events," he said. "You have to count on the fact that if al Qaeda is not going to do it, it is going to be orchestrated."
Roberts suggested that in the absence of a massive popular outcry, only the federal bureaucracy and perhaps the military could put constraints on Bush's current drive for a fully-fledged dictatorship.
"They may have had enough. They may not go along with it," he said.
The radio interview was a follow-up to Robert's latest column, in which he warned that "unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the U.S. could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."
Roberts, who has been dubbed the "Father of Reaganomics" and has recently gained popularity for his strong opposition to the Bush administration and the Iraq War, regularly contributes articles to Creators Syndicate, an independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns for daily newspapers.
Article taken from: en.rian.ru/
Peace & Healing ~ Janet
~ We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For ~
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Darkside:
www.fightglobalwarming.org/
www.reason8.net/affiliates/
Dead Society.... 55 minutes...
video.google.com/videoplay
Brightside:
We see the world, not the way it is, but the way we are. – Talmud
Tell me…. www.thepositivemind.com/Gifs/p...ces.gif
Serving is different from helping.
Helping incurs debt. But serving, like healing, is mutual.
Serving is also different from fixing. There is distance
between ourselves and whatever or whomever we are fixing.
Fixing is a form of judgment. All judgment creates
distance, a disconnection, an experience of difference.
If helping is an experience of strength, fixing is an
experience of mastery and expertise.
Service on the other hand, is an experience of mastery,
surrender, and awe. We cannot serve at a distance.
We can only serve that to which we are profoundly connected--
that which we are willing to touch.
We serve life not because it is broken, but because it is holy.
-Adapted from Rachel Naomi Remen
Heroes:
Eric Klein (Can-do.org)
We(can-do) are heading to Rwanda & Uganda September 17th, Sudan in November and still continuing our work in the gulf coast...PLEASE...we are asking for help on getting the word out on some of the projects in which we desperately need funding for. (you can read about our projects at www.can-do.org) Keeping with the can-do philosophy, all our projects will be documented and will eventually be linked through a satellite hook up so people who donate can log on and watch LIVE how there donations are making an impact. We will soon have press releases going out but in the mean time we could really use your help to help us spread the word. If you can make a donation great!!! (here's the link- secure.can-do.org/ If you cant, all we ask is that you please circulate the links below so we can continue doing what we do... CAN-DO is a registered 501c3 so all donations are tax deductible.
Your help is greatly appreciated!!!
www.youtube.com/watch
www.can-do.org
Meggio aka: "Algae Girl"
Aaron Wolf Baum aka: Dr. Friendly (Alge biofuels)
www.chlorophyllcollective.org
tribes.tribe.net/chlorophyllcollective
www.insidegreentech.com/1224/a...-future
======================
Captain Sweep (Security and Prosperity Partnership of N America)
On August 15th, 2007 there was a forum held in Victoria, BC, to educate the public on the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement between Canada, The U.S. and Mexico signed in May of 2005 by the leaders of Mexico, the US and Canada. Captain Sweep hosts his First Web-TV Show called Wake Up Calls and Episode # 1 is to bring attention to what is covered in this forum put on by a coalition of the Victoria Peace Coalition, The Victoria Seniors and the Victoria Chapter of the Council of Canadians. There are 4 speakers: Connie Fogal (The Leader of the Canadian Action Party); Bo Filter(social scientist and author); Bob Hansen, (Nanaimo representative of the Council of Canadians); Denise Savoie(the Victoria MP). The Wake Up Call Web TV show is an alternative media medium to bring attention to those issues that concern us all and yet the mainstream media does not cover or only does so from a limited perspective. Signed in May of 2005 between Martin, Bush, and Fox, the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement had no public consultation. Over 300 resolutions have been passed that severely alter the course of Canada as a nation yet no one has heard about it. On August 20th, 2007, George Bush visits Steven Harper in Ottawa in a historic 3rd meeting in regards to this agreement. Canadians are just now realizing that they have been had. This show is to wake them up about how badly the treason has been.
video.google.ca/videoplay
Montebello SPP Protest
Rebels Against Global Enslavement -- www.rebelsagainstglobalenslavement.com
www.youtube.com/watch
www.youtube.com/watch
video.google.ca/videoplay
=============================================================
Munnu Morrish (Internet for Change, Uganda)
http:www.internet4change.com/Uganda
========================================
Neal White Arrow & Maritza (The Abundance League, SF, CA)
www.theabundanceleague.org/
======================================
Ben Parkinson (Bringing Wealth to Wasteland in rural Africa)
www.nfiafrica.org
===================================================
Damien Jones ( www.damienjonesart.net )
Photos of Burning man - picasaweb.google.com/damiena...gMan0702
========================================
Franklino (Burning Man pics)
franklino.phanfare.com/album/380735
=============================
Paul Addis (accused Burning Man arsonist)
valleywag.com/tech/exclus...t-295378.php
valleywag.com/tech/burnin...s-295325.php
==========================================
Kelly Lambrock, New Brunswick Minister of Education, (developing the “Community Schools” concept )
www.facebook.com/topic.php
==============================================
Frerieke van Bree (Umeebee)
www.umeebee.com/
beta.razoo.com/groups/umeebee
A service that makes it easy and fun to donate to children in Africa. To really get to know them! At the moment we're not live yet, an enthusiastic team of freelance professionals volunteering, trying to fund the project, but definitely working it out! See our blog for some interesting first videos! Cheers! - Fre
Hi all,we'll probably attend at the Web-of-Change conference in Canada 19-23 sept. Afterwards we're planning to do an aware-raising trip in the USA Travelling together with Peter Deitz (www.foik.org), who is about to launch his new Social Actions. Our traveldates are (flexible dates)
19 - 23 Sept Conference at Hollyhock
24 – 26 Sept Victoria
27 – 28 Sept Seattle
29 Sept – 6 oct San Francisco
7 oct – 16 oct New York, Vermont, Montreal
+/- 17 oct Fly back to South Africa
Let me know if you want to meet us or have ideas of people we should definitely meet! mail frerieke (at) gmail.com
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. - Buckminster Fuller
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Online Videos:
www.Zeitgeistmovie.com
www.theshiftmovie.com
Flying over mountains: www.youtube.com/watch
Speed Free soloing Lovers Leap: www.youtube.com/watch
If Americans Knew AIPAC ADL Zionist control of America: www.youtube.com/watch
Ron Paul in Iowa: Clip 5: Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy: www.youtube.com/watch
Tequila: www.youtube.com/watch
Kiva.org video found near the bottom of this page: www.ned.com/group/neduganda/news/4/
======================================================
Web sites:
www.unepie.org/pc/sustain/home.htm
www.engagemedia.org
www.artcaragency.com/showcase.php
www.happyplanetindex.org/
================================
Goggle Earth images:
Alberta and Jim’s Action hero Training Camp in St. Bernard Parish - maps.google.com/maps
Made with Love Café -maps.google.com/maps
==============================================
Inspiration:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
A person hears only what they understand.
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
More Quotes: www.brainyquote.com/quotes/a...oeth.html
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Networks:
Matador Travel
matadortravel.com
++++++++++++++++++
Idealist Groups –
www.idealist.org/groups
- allow people to meet and network, online or in person, share ideas and resources, and get involved in local or global projects.
My name is Anne, I work at Idealist.org, and I am writing to invite
you to connect with other people on Idealist who share your
interests - from finding a job or an internship, to working on an
issue that concerns you.
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Your Campus Is Broken (and How to Fix It)
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Open Source software - help for non-Geeks
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www.EcologyCenter.org
The Ecology Center provides information, tools, technical assistance, referrals, political strategies, and models for sustainable living. We address the public need for non-commercial information about ecologically-sensitive practices and the numerous toxic threats to society and the environment.
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Events:
Rex Foundation Black Tie-Dye Ball
Thursday, October 4th, at The Fillmore in San Francisco
Go to: www.rexfoundation.org/NRPS9_07.html
Dear Friends,
Take out your calendars and get on board the Rex Musical Caravan to enjoy great music and connections on the East and West coasts, all in support of the Rex Foundation. The following events bring to life another whole dimension of the Rex Community Caravan, demonstrating how the musical community of performers and fans are helping further what the Grateful Dead started 24 years ago:
Thursday, October 4th, Rex Foundation Black Tie-Dye Ball with Dark Star Orchestra at The Fillmore in San Francisco, celebrating the special Dark Star Orchestra Rex Caravan Tour, where all shows between September 26 and October 20 include $1 per ticket sold for the Rex Foundation. Join us for a pre-concert reception with the artists, great food and connection. Click here for details .
Thursday, October 4th, Assembly of Dust with JJ Grey & Mofro, The Roxy, Boston, MA, designating $1 per ticket sold for the Rex Foundation. Click here for details.
October 4th through November 3rd, The Ryan Montbleau Band’s Patience on Friday CD Release Tour includes many shows with ticket sale contributions to the Rex Foundation. Click here for details.
Saturday, November 17th, Donna the Buffalo, Ollabelle and special guest David Gans at the Highline Ballroom in New York City, where $5 per ticket sold will be contributed to the Rex Foundation. Join us for a special pre-concert reception with the performers and great concert seats. Click here for details.
In the Works: Saturday, December 1st, Rex Foundation Benefit, San Francisco
We look forward to celebrating with you to enjoy the music and spirit of the Rex Community Caravan.
Thank you for all of your support!
Sandy Sohcot
Executive Director
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Earth Flow Permaculture Design
2007-2008 Schedule of Events
www.earthflow.com/calendar.php
October 2007-March 2008
• Los Angeles, CA - Permaculture Design Certificate Course Series
The first weekend of each month:
October 2007-March 2008
More info here
• Part One - Oct 6 & 7, Nov 3 & 4
• Part Two - Dec 1 & 2, Jan 5 & 6
• Part Three - Feb 2 & 3, Mar 1 & 2
October 2007
• October 6/7
Los Angeles, CA:
Weekend 1 of the PDC Series
"Fire, Water, Earth & Air... New Ecology and Sacred Geometry" with L. Santoyo.
• October 6/7, 27/28
Albuquerque, NM:
Permaculture Design Certificate Course
The Permaculture Institute's Weekend Permaculture Design Course at the Center for Action and Contemplation with Scott Pittman and L. Santoyo.
• October 16
Santa Barbara, CA:
"Permaculture Design:
A Revival of Common Sense"
L. Santoyo guest lectures at the Faulkner Library, for The Sustainability Project's new adult education series.
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Signs of the Times:
Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson
School of Law and president of the National
Lawyers Guild.
No one can know how right these predictions are
and what's in store, but an attack on Iran would
be folly and cruelty on an unimaginable scale
Excerpt:
Barnett Rubin reported on Global Affairs blog
that one of the leading neo-conservative
institutions has "instructions" from Dick
Cheney's office to "roll out a campaign for war
with Iran in the week after Labor Day; it will be
coordinated with the American Enterprise
Institute, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly
Standard, Commentary, Fox, and the usual
suspects.
It will be heavy, sustained assault on the
airwaves, designed to knock public sentiment into
a position from which a war can be maintained.
Evidently they don't think they'll ever get
majority support for this - they want something
like 35-40 percent support, which in their book
is 'plenty.'
Bush Plans War on Iran
By Marjorie Cohn
September 2, 2007
The Sunday Times of London is reporting that the
Pentagon has plans for three days of massive air
strikes against 1,200 targets in Iran. Last
week, Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and
national security at the Nixon Center, told a
meeting of The National Interest, a conservative
foreign policy journal, that the military did not
intend to carry out "pinprick strikes" against
Iranian nuclear facilities. He said, "They're
about taking out the entire Iranian military."
Bush has already set the wheels in motion. With
Rovian timing, Alberto Gonzales' resignation was
sandwiched between two Bush screeds - one aimed
at ensuring Congress scares up $50 billion more
for the occupation of Iraq, the other designed to
scare us into supporting war on Iran. As Gonzales
rides off into the sunset, the significant
questions are who will take his place and how
that choice will facilitate Bush's occupation of
Iraq and attack on Iran.
One name that's been floated for Bush's third
attorney general is Joe Lieberman, the
"independent" senator from Connecticut.
Lieberman, who advocates the use of military
force against Iran, was the only person Bush
quoted in his August 28 speech to the American
Legion. Bush called Iran "the world's leading
state sponsor of terrorism" and pledged to
"confront Tehran's murderous activities."
Gonzales greased the Bush/Cheney wheels for
torturing in violation of the Geneva Conventions,
illegally spying on Americans, and purging
disloyal Bushies.
Similarly, Lieberman would ensure the Justice
Department mounts a vigorous defense of a war of
aggression against Iran. And Bush would get a
two-fer: Connecticut's Republican governor would
appoint a Republican to fill Lieberman's seat,
returning control of the Senate to the GOP. A
Republican-controlled Senate would direct the
agenda, thereby furthering the Bush/Cheney plan.
Lieberman is closely affiliated with American
Israeli Public Affairs Committee. "AIPAC
leverages its power by an alliance with the
Christian Right, which has adopted a bizarre
ideology of 'Christian Zionism,'" according to
University of Michigan professor Juan Cole. "It
holds that the sooner the Palestinians are
ethnically cleansed, the sooner Christ will come
back. Without millions of these Christian
Zionist allies," Cole added, "AIPAC would be much
less influential and effective."
During the 2004 election, a 100% "AIPAC voting
record" was Lieberman's litmus test for an
acceptable presidential candidate. As the House
of Representatives was on the verge of passing a
resolution that would've required Bush to consult
Congress before attacking Iran, the AIPAC lobby
stopped it in its tracks.
Bush's WMD-hyping against Iran is déja vu in the
run-up to Operation Iraqi Disaster, where he
played loose and fast with the truth about Iraq's
alleged WMDs. His statement that a nuclear Iran
could put the region "under the shadow of a
nuclear holocaust" conjures up his images of a
"mushroom cloud" in the hype-up to Iraq.
How inconvenient for Bush that the UN
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) just
found Iran's uranium enrichment program is
operating well below capacity and is nowhere near
producing significant amounts of nuclear fuel.
The IAEA report says Iran "has been providing the
agency with access to declared nuclear materials,
and has provided the required nuclear material
accountancy reports in connection with declared
nuclear material and facilities."
Iran and IAEA agreed on a plan with a
step-by-step timetable of cooperation to settle
unresolved issues. The agreement said there were
"no other remaining issues and ambiguities
regarding Iran's past nuclear program and
activities," and characterized the accord as "a
significant step forward."
"This is the first time Iran is ready to discuss
all the outstanding issues which triggered the
crisis in confidence," said IAEA director general
Mohamed ElBaradei. "I'm clear at this stage you
need to give Iran a chance to prove its stated
goodwill. Sanctions alone, I know for sure, are
not going to lead to a durable solution"
In 2003, when Dr. ElBaradei reported there was no
evidence that Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear
program, the White House was not pleased. And as
Saddam Hussein became more cooperative with the
weapons inspector, Bush became "infuriated,"
according to Bob Woodward.
Bush's vow, "We will confront this danger before
it is too late," is the Iran incarnation of his
illegal preemptive war doctrine, which he
inaugurated in Iraq. In a clear signal he is
seeking regime change in Iran, Bush called for
"an Iran whose government is accountable to its
people, instead of leaders who promote terror and
pursue the technology that could be used to
develop nuclear weapons."
Barnett Rubin reported on Global Affairs blog
that one of the leading neo-conservative
institutions has "instructions" from Dick
Cheney's office to "roll out a campaign for war
with Iran in the week after Labor Day; it will be
coordinated with the American Enterprise
Institute, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly
Standard, Commentary, Fox, and the usual
suspects. It will be heavy sustained assault on
the airwaves, designed to knock public sentiment
into a position from which a war can be
maintained. Evidently they don't think they'll
ever get majority support for this - they want
something like 35-40 percent support, which in
their book is 'plenty.'"
Bush/Cheney created the White House Iraq Group
(WHIG) to lead a propaganda campaign to bolster
public support for war with Iraq. The White
House decided to wait until after Labor Day of
2002 to kick off WHIG's mission. Chief of staff
Andrew Card explained, "From a marketing point of
view, you don't introduce new products in
August." Five years later, they're marketing a
new and even more dangerous product - war with
Iran. British military historian Corelli Barnett
says "an attack on Iran would effectively launch
World War III."
Our military spending has reached $1 billion
every 2-1/2 days and we are borrowing $2-1/2
billion per day. Bush is mortgaging our
children's future security and wealth. We have
lost more than 3,700 soldiers in Iraq and tens of
thousands of Iraqis have died.
We have already seen how easily Congress caves in
to AIPAC. It's up to the people. As Noam
Chomsky said, "The most effective barrier to a
White House decision to launch a war [on Iran] is
the kind of organized popular opposition that
frightened the political-military leadership
enough in 1968 that they were reluctant to send
more troops to Vietnam."
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Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson
School of Law and president of the National
Lawyers Guild. She is the author of "Cowboy
Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the
Law." Her articles are archived at
www.marjoriecohn.com/.
Make war extinct.
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Humanitarian Situation Still Deteriorating in Iraq
us.oneworld.net/article/vi...2667/1/3319
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White House preparing to stage new September 11 - Reagan official
20/07/2007 13:58 WASHINGTON, July 20 (RIA Novosti) -
A former Reagan official has issued a public warning that the Bush administration is preparing to orchestrate a staged terrorist attack in the United States, transform the country into a dictatorship and launch a war with Iran within a year.
Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, blasted Thursday a new Executive Order, released July 17, allowing the White House to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies and giving the government expanded police powers to exercise control in the country.
Roberts, who spoke on the Thom Hartmann radio program, said: "When Bush exercises this authority [under the new Executive Order], there's no check to it. So it really is a form of total, absolute, one-man rule."
"The American people don't really understand the danger that they face," Roberts said, adding that the so-called neoconservatives intended to use a renewal of the fight against terrorism to rally the American people around the fading Republican Party.
Old-line Republicans like Roberts have become increasingly disenchanted with the neoconservative politics of the Bush administration, which they see as a betrayal of fundamental conservative values.
According to a July 9-11 survey by Ipsos, an international public opinion research company, President Bush and the Republicans can claim a mere 31 percent approval rating for their handling of the Iraq war and 38 percent for their foreign policy in general, including terrorism.
"The administration figures themselves and prominent Republican propagandists ... are preparing us for another 9/11 event or series of events," he said. "You have to count on the fact that if al Qaeda is not going to do it, it is going to be orchestrated."
Roberts suggested that in the absence of a massive popular outcry, only the federal bureaucracy and perhaps the military could put constraints on Bush's current drive for a fully-fledged dictatorship.
"They may have had enough. They may not go along with it," he said.
The radio interview was a follow-up to Robert's latest column, in which he warned that "unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the U.S. could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."
Roberts, who has been dubbed the "Father of Reaganomics" and has recently gained popularity for his strong opposition to the Bush administration and the Iraq War, regularly contributes articles to Creators Syndicate, an independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns for daily newspapers.
Article taken from: en.rian.ru/
Peace & Healing ~ Janet
~ We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For ~
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Brightside:
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