From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V11 #256 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, September 21 2005 Volume 11 : Number 256 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] lunascape for u.s ectos [anna maria "stjärnell" ] Fwd: Starhawk on Katrina [Cyoakha ] Fwd: Starhawk on Katrina [Cyoakha ] More Kate news! ["Xenu's Sister" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:00:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Joe Zitt (jzitt@humansystems.com) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joe Zitt Sat September 20 1958 Will Hack for CDs Ani DiFranco Wed September 23 1970 Virgo Lord Tyr Mon September 24 1979 Libran Paul Kim Sat October 01 1977 fetal position JoAnn Whetsell Fri October 01 1976 Pendulum William Gill Wed October 05 1960 A wide-eyed wanderer Dan Riley Sun October 08 1961 Libra Neile Graham Wed October 08 1958 pen Quenby M. Chunco Tue October 08 1968 Crunchy Frog Mike Garland Wed October 08 1952 Creature_of_the_Night Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. Berch Wed October 10 1956 No parking Chris Gagnon Sat October 10 1970 Libra Wolfgang Drotschmann Thu October 13 1966 Waage Gracescape Fri October 13 1967 unbalanced Brian Bloom Tue October 14 1969 spam Erik N. Johnson Tue October 16 1962 Handle with Care Kim Klouda Tue October 17 1967 Libra Anthony Amato Sat October 20 1973 Libra - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:26:56 -0700 (PDT) From: anna maria "stjärnell" Subject: lunascape for u.s ectos Hi.. Belgian act Lunascape have a cd for the us market called reminiscence..it's a mix of their two european cds with two new tracks as well. As usual Kyoko's vocal is gorgeous. I can think of few bands more ecto than this. Amazon has it I think. Anna Maria np-Lunascape nr-half-blood prince(600 pages..yesh..i'm hoping the last one is shorter.) __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:55:19 -0700 From: Cyoakha Subject: Fwd: Starhawk on Katrina dear friends a really good article, politics and religion aside, on what happened, why, what we can do. Very powerful, pass it on for Hope. love, cyoakha > A Pagan Response to Katrina > By Starhawk > > > >As Pagans, as worshippers of nature, how do we respond to an event like >Hurricane Katrina, one of the most destructive natural disasters in the >history of the United States? What does it mean to "worshipB9"something >that, with one breath, can wipe out a major city? Do we see this as >punishment, retribution for some Pagan sin? As an object lesson in the >reality of climate change and global warming? As an overheated Goddess >batting away some of the oil rigs contributing to her fever? > > Of course, no one can speak for all Pagans. There is no overall >Council of Pagan Thealogy to hand down an official dogma. But here is my >own answer, as a priestess, teacher, writer, activist and thealogian. > >Pagan religions are not punishment systems. We don't worship Gods of >retribution, but a Goddessb9or Gods and Goddesses-- of mystery, in many >aspects. The Goddess has immense power, both creative and destructive: the >power that pushes a root out from a tiny seed and sends its shoot reaching >for the sky, the power of the earthquake and the volcano, the rain that >feeds the crops and the hurricane. We respond to that power with awe, >wonder , amazement and gratitude, not fear. > >The great powers of nature have an intelligence, a consciousness, albeit >different in magnitude and kind from our own. Everything in nature is alive >and speaking: the deep, crystalline intelligence of the rock heart of the >planet, the fungal threads that link the roots of trees into the nerve-net >of the forests, the chattering birds and the biochemistry of plants and >mushrooms are all communicating. Our spiritual practice, the practice of >magic, is about opening our eyes, ears and hearts to be able to hear, >understand, and communicate back. And those powers want us to communicate >with them. The Goddess is not omnipotentb9she is co-creative with human >beings. She needs human help to create fertility and regeneration. The >elements, the ancestors, the spirit beings that surround us want to work >with us to protect and heal the earth, but they need our invitation. > >Nature is also human nature. Our human intelligence, our particular, >sharp-pointed ability to analyze, think, draw conclusions and act, our >esthetic/emotional capacity to thrill at a beautiful sunset, our deep bonds >with those we love and our empathy and compassion for others, are all >aspects of the Goddess Herself. Indeed, she evolved us complicated, >contradictory big-brained creatures precisely to experience some of those >aspects. Or to put it simply, she gave us brains and she expects us to use >them. > >As a Witch, as a priestess of the Goddess, I make daily time to meditate and >listen, ideally in some place where I have direct contact with nature. I >rarely use an indoor altar any moreb9instead I sit in the woods, or at least, >in my garden, quiet my thoughts, open my eyes, look and listen. And what >I've been hearing lately, in company with every other person I know who is >in tune with the deep powers of the earth, is anguish, distress, deep rage, >and dire warnings. The processes of environmental destruction, in >particular, the overheating of the earthB9s climate, are already underway. A >few weeks ago, when we were preparing for the Free Activist Witch Camp that >Reclaiming, our network of Witches, offered in Southern Oregon, I asked, "Is >there any way to avert massive death and destruction." The answer I got was >an unequivocal"no". > >"The process has gone too far," was the answer. The image that came to me >was river rafting and shooting the rapids.. There was a point where we as a >species could have chosen a different river, or a different boat, or a >different channel. But now weB9re in the chute. We can't turn back. We >can't stop. > >There's a command in river rafting, used in extreme situations: "Paddle or >die." If you paddle, you have some power-not enough to change the flow of >the river, but enough to steer a course and avoid crashing on the rocks. If >you give up, the river will most likely flip your boat, and you will drown. > >When we emerged from the woods, a little-reported item in the news media, >hidden away on the back pages, informed us that vast stretches of the tundra >were melting in Siberia. If we were collectively using even a minimum of >our human intelligence, this news should have been trumpeted on the front >page with all the alarm of a terrorist attack, for it is far more dangerous. > >Global warming increases the intensity of storms. Turn up the fire under a >pot of water, and the bubbles will be bigger, faster and stronger. >Hurricanes draw their energy from the heat in seawater. The Gulf of Mexico >is abnormally warmb9and hurricanes have doubled in average intensity in the >last decade and a half. Hurricane Katrina was a natural phenomenon, but >KatrinaB9s progression from a Category Two up to a Category Five as she >crossed the gulf was a human-caused phenomenon, a function of our choices >and decisions, our failure to steer a different course. > >The forms and names we put on Goddesses, Gods, and Powers help translate >those forces into terms our human minds can grasp. And so the Yoruba based >traditions that originate in West Africa have given the name OyaB9 to the >whirlwind, the hurricane, to those great powers of sudden change and >destruction. Santeria, candomble, lucumi, voudoun, all include Oya in some >form as a major orisha, a Great Power. Offerings are made to her, >ceremonies done in her behalf, priestesses dance themselves into trance >possession so that she can communicate with directly with the human >community. > >No city in the U.S. has more practitioners of these traditions than New >Orleans. On the night the hurricane was due to hit, I made a ritual with a >small group of friends to support the spiritual efforts that I knew were >being made by priestesses of Oya all over the country. We were in Crawford, >Texas, at Camp Casey, where Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan, whose son was >killed in Itaq, camped near BushB9s ranch to confront Bush with the painful >reality of the deaths his policies have caused. Many of the supporters >there were from New Orleans, worried about their homes, their friends and >families. The overall culture of the camp was very Christianb9we found no >natural opening for public Pagan ritual, although a number of people did >indicate to me quietly that they were "one of us." But our little group >gathered by the roadside, cast a circle, chanted and prayed. > >We prayed, speaking personally in the way humans do: B3"Please, Mama, we know >what a mess weB9ve made, but if there is any way to mitigate the death and >the destruction, to lessen it slightly, please do." That same night >Christians were praying and Orisha priestesses were "working" Oya, and the >hurricane did shift its course, slightly, and lessened its force, down to a >Category Four. > >And New Orleans survived. Not without loss, and death, but without the >massive flooding and destruction that was feared., We all breathed a sigh >of relief. > >And a day later, the levees failed, and the floods came. They failed not >from an Act of Goddess, but from a lack of resources. The Bush >Administration had systematically cut funding for flood control and for >repairing and increasing the strength of the levees. The money went to Iraq. >Much of the Louisiana National Guard was also in Iraq. FEMA, the Federal >Agency responsible for responding to natural disasters, had been gutted, >defunded, refocused on terrorism, and its directorship given to a Bush >political crony with no experience in disaster response. > >Now, weeks later, New Orleans remains under martial law. Official efforts >at relief have ranged from inept to brutal, and the lack of planning and >concern for human life, the punitive quality of the official response, seem >deeply linked to prejudice and racism which devalues the lives of the poor, >especially if theyB9re black. > > > But ordinary people of all faiths have responded to this disaster with >caring and compassion, with massive donations and relief efforts, and with >shock and rage at a government which so completely fails to embody the >values of human decency and respect for life that it claims to represent. > >The Goddess does not punish us, but she also doesnB9t shield us from the >logical consequences of our actions. KatrinaB9s destructive power was a >consequence of a human course that is contemptuous of nature. A Native >American proverb says, "If we don't change our direction, we're going to >wind up where weB9re headed." Katrina shows us a glimpse of that awful >destination. > >And she also shows us hope. We can change, and if we truly awaken to the >need, maybe we will, before it is too late. The outpouring of concern and >efforts to help, the hope, determination and vision of some of the citizens >of New Orleans who remain, the grief we feel for the dead and the losses and >the compassion that a huge tragedy evokes are the tools we need to set a >different course, one that honors nature and human life, that uses our human >intelligence to restore and regenerate the natural world, awakens our >compassion, and kindles our passion for justice. When we set a new course, >all the powers of life and growth and regeneration will be flowing with us. >And when we ally with those powers, miracles can happen. > >Some Pagan Resources: > >The Pagan Clusterb9the group of Pagan activists I work with, will be sending >a team to the area in October. For information and donations, see: >www.pagancluster.org > >The Blanket Project is an ongoing spell of compassion with the goal of >providing handmade blankets to survivors, symbolizing the intention to >blanket the country with compassion and caring. For information, see: >http://www.theblanketproject.com or >email info@theblanketproject.com. > > >E-Witch Pagan Auction: >www.e-witch.info/ >Look for items marked NOLA PaganRelief >I will be donating an original manuscript and a limited edition, signed, >numbered leather-bound 10th Anniversary Spiral Dance > >Housing board for Pagan hurricane survivors and those who can offer housing: >www.ironoak.org > >http://www.officersofavalon.com/ >An organization of Pagan police officers and emergency service providers, >they have already made one supply run to Mississippi, reports are on their >webpage as well as information on how to donate. > >Temple of Diana is accepting financial donations to be sent to the best >organizations involved with hurricane relief efforts. Send your >donations in any amount, and payable to Temple of Diana, with "hurricane >relief" in the memo, and send to: >Temple of Diana >p.o. Box 6425 >Monona, WI 53716 > >Some general places to send aid: > >www.rebuildgreen.org >Hurricane survivors who have remained in the Algiers neighborhood of New >Orleans are determined to remain, rebuild their city with environmental >awareness and a social conscience. They have set up the first functioning >medical clinic for ordinary people, and have other projects in hand. They >desperately need funds. > >Families and Friends of LouisianaB9s Incarcerated Children are doing intense >work among the shelters and prisons with displaced youth, mostly African >American. Believe me, the Red Cross and the Christian charities wonB9t be >pouring out relief to this group! They can also use some volunteers >(especially African American) and many gifts in kind. >Send a check to the bFFLIC Hurricane Relief Fundb to 920 Platt >Street, Sulphur, Louisiana, 70663. >awakenprogress@yahoo.com >kd.higgs@yahoo.com > > >The Veterans for Peace bus that was at Camp Casey in Crawford, TX has now >gone down to Covington, Louisiana to do relief work. They also need >donations of money and computer equipment. > >Make a donation to Veterans For Peace Chapter 116 >http://www.vfproadtrips.org > >Tax deductible cash donations can be send to: >Contact: > >Veterans For Peace Chapter 116 >28500 Sherwood Rd >Willits CA 95490 >pjtate@sonic.net >Cell PH 707-536-3001 > >Food Not Bombs will be providing food for refugees. They can use volunteers >to prepare and serve food, and, of course, donations. >www.foodnotbombs.net. You can make a financial donation on line or mail >checks to Food Not Bombs, P.O. Box 744, Tucson, AZ 85702. Please call >(1-800-884-1136) or email (katrina@foodnotbombs.net ) us if you can join >them on the bus or help with gas money. > > >Starhawk >www.starhawk.org > >Feel free to post, forward, and reprint this article for non-commercial >purposes. All other rights reserved. > >Starhawk is an activist, organizer, and author of The Earth Path, Webs of >Power: Notes from the Global Uprising, The Fifth SacredThing and other books >on feminism, politics and earth-based spirituality, including the >co-authoried Pagan Book of Living and Dying. (All are available at >www.starhawk.org ). She works with Reclaiming, a >network that offers training in earth-based spirituality and ritual, >www.reclaiming.org . She teaches Earth Activist >Trainings that combine permaculture design and activist skills, >www.earthactivisttraining.org and >works with the RANT trainerB9s collective, www.rantcollective.net > that offers training and support for >mobilizations around global justice and peace issues. > >Donations to help support StarhawkB9s trainings and work can be sent to: >ACT >1405 Hillmount St. >Austin, Texas >78704 >U.S.A. > >To get her periodic posts of her writings, email >Starhawk-subscribe@lists.riseup.net and put subscribeB9 in the subject >heading. If youB9re on that list and donB9t want any more of these writings, >email Starhawk-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net and put unsubscribeB9 in the >subject heading. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:00:24 -0700 From: Cyoakha Subject: Fwd: Starhawk on Katrina dear friends a really good article, politics and religion aside, on what happened, why, what we can do. Very powerful, pass it on for Hope. love, cyoakha > A Pagan Response to Katrina > By Starhawk > > > >As Pagans, as worshippers of nature, how do we respond to an event like >Hurricane Katrina, one of the most destructive natural disasters in the >history of the United States? What does it mean to "worshipB9"something >that, with one breath, can wipe out a major city? Do we see this as >punishment, retribution for some Pagan sin? As an object lesson in the >reality of climate change and global warming? As an overheated Goddess >batting away some of the oil rigs contributing to her fever? > > Of course, no one can speak for all Pagans. There is no overall >Council of Pagan Thealogy to hand down an official dogma. But here is my >own answer, as a priestess, teacher, writer, activist and thealogian. > >Pagan religions are not punishment systems. We don't worship Gods of >retribution, but a Goddessb9or Gods and Goddesses-- of mystery, in many >aspects. The Goddess has immense power, both creative and destructive: the >power that pushes a root out from a tiny seed and sends its shoot reaching >for the sky, the power of the earthquake and the volcano, the rain that >feeds the crops and the hurricane. We respond to that power with awe, >wonder , amazement and gratitude, not fear. > >The great powers of nature have an intelligence, a consciousness, albeit >different in magnitude and kind from our own. Everything in nature is alive >and speaking: the deep, crystalline intelligence of the rock heart of the >planet, the fungal threads that link the roots of trees into the nerve-net >of the forests, the chattering birds and the biochemistry of plants and >mushrooms are all communicating. Our spiritual practice, the practice of >magic, is about opening our eyes, ears and hearts to be able to hear, >understand, and communicate back. And those powers want us to communicate >with them. The Goddess is not omnipotentb9she is co-creative with human >beings. She needs human help to create fertility and regeneration. The >elements, the ancestors, the spirit beings that surround us want to work >with us to protect and heal the earth, but they need our invitation. > >Nature is also human nature. Our human intelligence, our particular, >sharp-pointed ability to analyze, think, draw conclusions and act, our >esthetic/emotional capacity to thrill at a beautiful sunset, our deep bonds >with those we love and our empathy and compassion for others, are all >aspects of the Goddess Herself. Indeed, she evolved us complicated, >contradictory big-brained creatures precisely to experience some of those >aspects. Or to put it simply, she gave us brains and she expects us to use >them. > >As a Witch, as a priestess of the Goddess, I make daily time to meditate and >listen, ideally in some place where I have direct contact with nature. I >rarely use an indoor altar any moreb9instead I sit in the woods, or at least, >in my garden, quiet my thoughts, open my eyes, look and listen. And what >I've been hearing lately, in company with every other person I know who is >in tune with the deep powers of the earth, is anguish, distress, deep rage, >and dire warnings. The processes of environmental destruction, in >particular, the overheating of the earthB9s climate, are already underway. A >few weeks ago, when we were preparing for the Free Activist Witch Camp that >Reclaiming, our network of Witches, offered in Southern Oregon, I asked, "Is >there any way to avert massive death and destruction." The answer I got was >an unequivocal"no". > >"The process has gone too far," was the answer. The image that came to me >was river rafting and shooting the rapids.. There was a point where we as a >species could have chosen a different river, or a different boat, or a >different channel. But now weB9re in the chute. We can't turn back. We >can't stop. > >There's a command in river rafting, used in extreme situations: "Paddle or >die." If you paddle, you have some power-not enough to change the flow of >the river, but enough to steer a course and avoid crashing on the rocks. If >you give up, the river will most likely flip your boat, and you will drown. > >When we emerged from the woods, a little-reported item in the news media, >hidden away on the back pages, informed us that vast stretches of the tundra >were melting in Siberia. If we were collectively using even a minimum of >our human intelligence, this news should have been trumpeted on the front >page with all the alarm of a terrorist attack, for it is far more dangerous. > >Global warming increases the intensity of storms. Turn up the fire under a >pot of water, and the bubbles will be bigger, faster and stronger. >Hurricanes draw their energy from the heat in seawater. The Gulf of Mexico >is abnormally warmb9and hurricanes have doubled in average intensity in the >last decade and a half. Hurricane Katrina was a natural phenomenon, but >KatrinaB9s progression from a Category Two up to a Category Five as she >crossed the gulf was a human-caused phenomenon, a function of our choices >and decisions, our failure to steer a different course. > >The forms and names we put on Goddesses, Gods, and Powers help translate >those forces into terms our human minds can grasp. And so the Yoruba based >traditions that originate in West Africa have given the name OyaB9 to the >whirlwind, the hurricane, to those great powers of sudden change and >destruction. Santeria, candomble, lucumi, voudoun, all include Oya in some >form as a major orisha, a Great Power. Offerings are made to her, >ceremonies done in her behalf, priestesses dance themselves into trance >possession so that she can communicate with directly with the human >community. > >No city in the U.S. has more practitioners of these traditions than New >Orleans. On the night the hurricane was due to hit, I made a ritual with a >small group of friends to support the spiritual efforts that I knew were >being made by priestesses of Oya all over the country. We were in Crawford, >Texas, at Camp Casey, where Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan, whose son was >killed in Itaq, camped near BushB9s ranch to confront Bush with the painful >reality of the deaths his policies have caused. Many of the supporters >there were from New Orleans, worried about their homes, their friends and >families. The overall culture of the camp was very Christianb9we found no >natural opening for public Pagan ritual, although a number of people did >indicate to me quietly that they were "one of us." But our little group >gathered by the roadside, cast a circle, chanted and prayed. > >We prayed, speaking personally in the way humans do: B3"Please, Mama, we know >what a mess weB9ve made, but if there is any way to mitigate the death and >the destruction, to lessen it slightly, please do." That same night >Christians were praying and Orisha priestesses were "working" Oya, and the >hurricane did shift its course, slightly, and lessened its force, down to a >Category Four. > >And New Orleans survived. Not without loss, and death, but without the >massive flooding and destruction that was feared., We all breathed a sigh >of relief. > >And a day later, the levees failed, and the floods came. They failed not >from an Act of Goddess, but from a lack of resources. The Bush >Administration had systematically cut funding for flood control and for >repairing and increasing the strength of the levees. The money went to Iraq. >Much of the Louisiana National Guard was also in Iraq. FEMA, the Federal >Agency responsible for responding to natural disasters, had been gutted, >defunded, refocused on terrorism, and its directorship given to a Bush >political crony with no experience in disaster response. > >Now, weeks later, New Orleans remains under martial law. Official efforts >at relief have ranged from inept to brutal, and the lack of planning and >concern for human life, the punitive quality of the official response, seem >deeply linked to prejudice and racism which devalues the lives of the poor, >especially if theyB9re black. > > > But ordinary people of all faiths have responded to this disaster with >caring and compassion, with massive donations and relief efforts, and with >shock and rage at a government which so completely fails to embody the >values of human decency and respect for life that it claims to represent. > >The Goddess does not punish us, but she also doesnB9t shield us from the >logical consequences of our actions. KatrinaB9s destructive power was a >consequence of a human course that is contemptuous of nature. A Native >American proverb says, "If we don't change our direction, we're going to >wind up where weB9re headed." Katrina shows us a glimpse of that awful >destination. > >And she also shows us hope. We can change, and if we truly awaken to the >need, maybe we will, before it is too late. The outpouring of concern and >efforts to help, the hope, determination and vision of some of the citizens >of New Orleans who remain, the grief we feel for the dead and the losses and >the compassion that a huge tragedy evokes are the tools we need to set a >different course, one that honors nature and human life, that uses our human >intelligence to restore and regenerate the natural world, awakens our >compassion, and kindles our passion for justice. When we set a new course, >all the powers of life and growth and regeneration will be flowing with us. >And when we ally with those powers, miracles can happen. > >Some Pagan Resources: > >The Pagan Clusterb9the group of Pagan activists I work with, will be sending >a team to the area in October. For information and donations, see: >www.pagancluster.org > >The Blanket Project is an ongoing spell of compassion with the goal of >providing handmade blankets to survivors, symbolizing the intention to >blanket the country with compassion and caring. For information, see: >http://www.theblanketproject.com or >email info@theblanketproject.com. > > >E-Witch Pagan Auction: >www.e-witch.info/ >Look for items marked NOLA PaganRelief >I will be donating an original manuscript and a limited edition, signed, >numbered leather-bound 10th Anniversary Spiral Dance > >Housing board for Pagan hurricane survivors and those who can offer housing: >www.ironoak.org > >http://www.officersofavalon.com/ >An organization of Pagan police officers and emergency service providers, >they have already made one supply run to Mississippi, reports are on their >webpage as well as information on how to donate. > >Temple of Diana is accepting financial donations to be sent to the best >organizations involved with hurricane relief efforts. Send your >donations in any amount, and payable to Temple of Diana, with "hurricane >relief" in the memo, and send to: >Temple of Diana >p.o. Box 6425 >Monona, WI 53716 > >Some general places to send aid: > >www.rebuildgreen.org >Hurricane survivors who have remained in the Algiers neighborhood of New >Orleans are determined to remain, rebuild their city with environmental >awareness and a social conscience. They have set up the first functioning >medical clinic for ordinary people, and have other projects in hand. They >desperately need funds. > >Families and Friends of LouisianaB9s Incarcerated Children are doing intense >work among the shelters and prisons with displaced youth, mostly African >American. Believe me, the Red Cross and the Christian charities wonB9t be >pouring out relief to this group! They can also use some volunteers >(especially African American) and many gifts in kind. >Send a check to the bFFLIC Hurricane Relief Fundb to 920 Platt >Street, Sulphur, Louisiana, 70663. >awakenprogress@yahoo.com >kd.higgs@yahoo.com > > >The Veterans for Peace bus that was at Camp Casey in Crawford, TX has now >gone down to Covington, Louisiana to do relief work. They also need >donations of money and computer equipment. > >Make a donation to Veterans For Peace Chapter 116 >http://www.vfproadtrips.org > >Tax deductible cash donations can be send to: >Contact: > >Veterans For Peace Chapter 116 >28500 Sherwood Rd >Willits CA 95490 >pjtate@sonic.net >Cell PH 707-536-3001 > >Food Not Bombs will be providing food for refugees. They can use volunteers >to prepare and serve food, and, of course, donations. >www.foodnotbombs.net. You can make a financial donation on line or mail >checks to Food Not Bombs, P.O. Box 744, Tucson, AZ 85702. Please call >(1-800-884-1136) or email (katrina@foodnotbombs.net ) us if you can join >them on the bus or help with gas money. > > >Starhawk >www.starhawk.org > >Feel free to post, forward, and reprint this article for non-commercial >purposes. All other rights reserved. > >Starhawk is an activist, organizer, and author of The Earth Path, Webs of >Power: Notes from the Global Uprising, The Fifth SacredThing and other books >on feminism, politics and earth-based spirituality, including the >co-authoried Pagan Book of Living and Dying. (All are available at >www.starhawk.org ). She works with Reclaiming, a >network that offers training in earth-based spirituality and ritual, >www.reclaiming.org . She teaches Earth Activist >Trainings that combine permaculture design and activist skills, >www.earthactivisttraining.org and >works with the RANT trainerB9s collective, www.rantcollective.net > that offers training and support for >mobilizations around global justice and peace issues. > >Donations to help support StarhawkB9s trainings and work can be sent to: >ACT >1405 Hillmount St. >Austin, Texas >78704 >U.S.A. > >To get her periodic posts of her writings, email >Starhawk-subscribe@lists.riseup.net and put subscribeB9 in the subject >heading. If youB9re on that list and donB9t want any more of these writings, >email Starhawk-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net and put unsubscribeB9 in the >subject heading. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:46:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Xenu's Sister" Subject: More Kate news! (cc'd to Happy and ecto) To recap, Kate's first album in nearly 12 years, [b]Aerial[/b], will be released on November 7 in the UK and November 8 in the US (I assume the rest of the world gets it on the 7th). (*pardon me while I swoon in shock and disbelief*) The first single, "King of the Mountain," will be played tomorrow (Wednesday) morning on BBC 2's Ken Bruce show at (fingers crossed that this information is correct) just after 10:00am London time. That's 4:00am here in Chicago. The Ken Bruce show runs from 9:30-10:30 so we'll listen to the whole thing just to make sure (yes, we plan on getting up for it, why do you ask??). Here's the live online link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/index.shtml?refresh There's a "Listen Live" and a "Listen Again" option to hear it later in the day. I don't know how long the Listen Again links stay active. It's late so I don't know if this will help anybody, but you can go here and see the time the show starts in London, then input where you are via a drop-down menu and it'll tell what time it will be where you are. http://www.worldtimeserver.com/time_converter.aspx?f=GB&y=2005&mo=9&d=21&h=9&mn=30 The cover of the single is unveiled now. Go to: http://www.katebushnews.com/katenews.htm and scroll down a bit. It's an adorable kid-type drawing. Completely unexpected! Oh yeah, http://www.katebush.com has got a teaser page up now. It's a stupid useless Flash-only site for those without Flash, but for those with Flash, the little kid twirls around if you cursor over it. Whew! I heart Kate! 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