sf events 3.14 FULL MOON

important events: http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php
fun events: http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/calendar http://www.funcheap.com
more events: http://www.craigslist.org http://www.tribe.net http://upcoming.org
eco events: http://ecologycenter.org http://acterra.org
http://swcoalition.org/Calendar.html Sustainable World Coalition
http://humanisthall.net/Cal-October-Activist.html 390 27th St Oakland
http://www.mpjc.org/ongoing.html Marin Peace and Justice Center
http://peaceandjustice.org Palo Alto Peace and Justice Center
http://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/pbnberkeley/2006-03 MARCH activism


Tuesday March 14th http://indybay.org
7:00am Berkeley: ILWU Local 6 Hiring Hall at Berkeley Honda Picket Line
10:00am SF: Rally to Save Japantown
7:00pm Sacramento: Dahr Jamail and Jeremy Scahill Speak
Wednesday March 15th http://indybay.org
7:00pm SF: The Elections in Palestine: Update and Analysis


High levels of brominated flame retardants found in maternal and fetal serum
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1807293.php


Big Soda vs. Our Kids: Better Beware of Benzene in Soda Pop
http://www.projo.com Providence Journal (Rhode Island)

Death of the World's Rivers
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/031306EC.shtml

The Fate of the Ocean
News: Our oceans are under attack, and approaching a point of no return. Can we survive if the seas go silent?
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/03/the_fate_of_the_ocean.html

Chemicals take toll on dolphin - PRBEs linked to diseases in lagoon bottlenose - eg, herpes
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1807296.php


Plastics and Sick Vets ? Protecting Yourself From Unsafe Plastics
http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/article.cfm?articleId=890&issueId=6



eco

Stop The Experimental Weather Modification Bill
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1807292.php

Disaster Warning from UN: Death of the World's Rivers
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0312-04.htm

http://dieoff.org has a straightforward rap and graph of Richard Duncan's Olduvai Theory that would take them a lot closer to the heart of the matter with a lot less hand-holding.
http://dieoff.org/page125.htm leaves greenhouse forcing to other forums, but it sure takes us through the binge of fuel-burning that triggered it.  As with just about anything, Duncan's analysis is less a precise review of past, present and future than it is a quick, accessible, short sketch that can easily stimulate as much thoughtful action as Flannery's faulted-but-still useful long one.
Lance


http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-glacier17feb17,0,1635034.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Ice Dumped by Greenland's Glaciers Triples in 10 Years
Scientists say 'wake-up call' study indicates that sea level could climb even more quickly than current projections.
By Alan Zarembo
Times Staff Writer

February 17, 2006

Greenland's vast glaciers are dumping ice into the ocean three times faster than they did 10 years ago because of increasing temperatures, suggesting that sea level could rise even more quickly than current projections.

The study, published today in the journal Science, found that the glaciers contributed 53 cubic miles of water to the Atlantic Ocean in 2005, resulting in about a 0.02-inch rise in sea level.

"The models we had were not terribly alarming about Greenland," said Richard Alley, a glaciologist at Penn State University who was not involved in the research. "This paper is a real wake-up call."

Previous estimates of Greenland's contribution to sea level rise were based on tracking the thickness of the glaciers to calculate the amount of ice that had melted and flowed into the ocean.

Researchers estimated that in 1996 total ice lost through melting was about 8.3 cubic miles. Just one-quarter cubic mile of ice would supply the water Los Angeles consumes in a year.

Researchers led by Eric Rignot, a glaciologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, used satellite imagery to measure another source of water: ice cracking off the ends of glaciers to form icebergs.

The imagery showed that Greenland's southern glaciers are rapidly accelerating their downhill, seaward creep.

Take the Kangerdlugssuaq glacier in the southeast. After creeping along at just more than 3 miles per year, it now moves about 8.7 miles per year.

The increased speed of glacier flow meant that far more water was reaching the ocean.

Greenland's ice cap is larger than Texas and nearly 2 miles thick in places. The researchers calculated that its glaciers deposited 40 cubic miles of ice into the Atlantic Ocean in 2005, about triple the 13 cubic miles dumped in 1996.

More than 13 cubic miles of ice were shed through melting in 2005, they estimated.

Both forms of ice loss are related to rising temperatures, which in southeast Greenland have climbed 5.4 degrees over the last two decades.

As surface ice melts, the water seeps to the underside of the glacier, where it lubricates the ground and exerts an upward force on the ice, accelerating movement of the ice toward the ocean, Rignot said.

Sea level is rising at 0.12 of an inch a year. That would raise the oceans about a foot by the end of the century.

The Greenland ice cap is the third-leading contributor to the rise. It ranks behind the melting of mountain glaciers and the expansion of ocean water because of higher temperatures.

That 100-year estimate may have to be revised upward to reflect a greater increase from Greenland's glaciers.

"We don't know how much more," said Jason Box, a climatologist at Ohio State University who has modeled melting of Greenland's ice cap.


Slicing away liberty: 1933 Germany, 2006 America


Here we go: Arab central banks move assets out of dollar




Exxon Still Refuses to Pay Valdez Spill Judgement, SPI, 20060313
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/262707_exxonsettle13.html
Despite profits, oil giant holds billions awarded to victims




http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060313/asp/nation/story_5962372.asp
Pakistan weekly spills 9/11 beans
New Delhi, March 12: The Pakistan foreign office had paid tens of thousands of dollars to lobbyists in the US to get anti-Pakistan references dropped from the 9/11 inquiry commission report, The Friday Times has claimed.



Hi, All. I've read that Comfrey is a great green manure and soil-
buster-upper, in addition to being a great healing agent. It is also
known as "Bone-Knit" and I personally know someone who's leg was
literally saved from amputation when she finally told the doctors to
buzz off and started self-treating with this stuff. I used a comfrey
salve on a recent injury to my kitty cat and she healed up in less
than a week! The vet said she needed stitches, but I think the vet
just wanted to make the extra $120... I try to keep my animals away
from anasthesia unless absolutely necessary.
I understand a new comfrey plant can be started from a root, a leaf,
just about any chunk of an existing plant one can stick in the ground,
that it grow like a weed.
Anybody know of someone in Sacramento who might have a comfrey plant
and be willing to help me get started?
Thanks! **Denise**



The American assumption, according to the administration sources, is that an Israeli decision on attacking Iran is not imminent and that in any case it would not be taken before the Israeli elections, scheduled for March 28.



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Soft Drinks Found to Have High Levels of Cancer Chemical Benzene
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines06/0302-07.htm

In Phoenix, Even Cactuses Wilt in Clutches of Record Drought
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/10/national/10phoenix.html

Bering Sea Climate Is Shifting
Scientists say sea life is fighting to survive as the water warms up and
ice melts sooner. The changes are profound and may be irreversible.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-sci-beringsea10mar10,1,902918.story

Company working for China secret police to issue passports to Americans
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/cover030806.htm

Guns Being Bought Up? military buys up guns and ammo.
Keeps them out of the hands of citizens. SKS/ AK47 ammo 7.62x39 Unavailable.
http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm

Military buying up all the civilian ammo - ultimate GUN CONTROL.
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1807058.php

The Setup To Destroy America by John Kaminski
http://signs-of-the-times.org/signs/editorials/signs20060309_ThesetuptodestroyAmerica.php
by John Kaminski, http://JohnKaminski.com
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1807133.php

Deal or No Deal: If Bush attacks Iran, America stands to lose it all
By Jane Stillwater http://jpstillwater.blogspot.com

The Setup To Destroy America
Failure To Recognize What's Really Happening
And Who Is Really Behind Current Events
Is Going To Cost Us Our Lives,
Our Country And Our Planet
by John Kaminski, http://JohnKaminski.com

Port Deal "Pull Out" Is PHONY - Dubai Will Still Be Owner
"This looks like a variant of that," says Clyde Prestowitz of the Economic Strategy Group in Washington. "
http://www.forbes.com/home/logistics/2006/03/09/dubai-ports-divests-cx_daa-0309autofacescan12.html
Compare this to the intentionally vague and misleading AP crap:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20060309-1223-portssecurity.html

Response to: P.N.A.C. the "Mein Kampf" of World War IV

ok your on the right track....bushand the band have been fighting the commies ever since they popped up//////// bushs band is the group that originally funded Hitler......now why did they do it++++++++++++++bcause the commies scare teh hell out of them as when the commies came into power in russia they took all the rich peoples shit from them+++++++++++++++++++AND THEN HITLER STARTED HIS LITTLE WAR AND BUSH ANDBAND MADE MONEY FROM IT AND CLEARLY STOPPED COMMIES FROM SPREADING WITH A BIG WALL DIVIDING THEM FROM EUROPE++++AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS WHY BUSH AND THE BAND REALLY FEEL THEY MUST DEFEAT the commie ideaology =========it would mean the end of Bush and the Band......who control all the world that they can get their hands on...............through their economic power and warmachine
and the disparity of income
capitalism makes slaves as we speak
there are more persons in USA jails per capita than anywhere in the world
lately i hear they have given prisoners options to hlp society....all the while they are incarcarated
by fighting fires where they pop up

used to be they called them slaves
and before you go off on me about America the free
and capitalism is the greatest
look back.....the indians, black slaves, muskoggee sysphillus experiments, mukultra, war in Iraq to free them......the recent supreme court cases of Imminent Domain....if thats capitalism folks....its only a matter of time they might decide they like what you got ane take it....


Personal Patriot Act Quandry
Well, Ive been reading the new deal on the Patriot Act. I love the
ideals this country was founded on, and consider myself a patriot in
that sense; but I sure dont like this Act.

Anyway, it is now bigtime illegal to financially aid or assist anyone
engaged in terrorism or terrorist acts. OK, Im a law abiding citizen,
and believe I should obey the 2 plus MILLION laws of the land, but now
I have a quandry...

My dictionary says terrorists can be defined as a "ruthless
organization". My government, which I feel is usurped, but
nevertheless is real, and its organisation cannot be in question, seems
pretty ruthless to me, and violent to boot.

As I sit here and figure out how much money I supposedly owe to the
goverment under the color of law, I cannot ignore the fact that I would
also be in violation of the law by funding a terrorist organisation,
namely the present government by paying what is also presented as a
legal obligation to the government.

What is a law abiding citizen to do?? Just a dumb thought from a
demented mind... Take care, Bud




# Institute of Conscious Bodywork. Alive and Well! at One Taste in San Francisco.
Mar 13 - Apr 21 2006
Monday-Friday 8:30am-3:30pm
Transform your life through a career in Massage Therapy & Conscious BodyWork. Earn a CMT certificate in under 5 weeks. Gain exciting work in spas, resorts, working with chiropractors, and physical therapists. Begin a fulfilling career in massage therapy.
Course include:
Conscious BodyWork Level I
Reflexology
Polarity or CBW Level II
Anatomy / Kinesiology
Massage Ergonomics
Counseling for BodyWorkers
Establishing A Business  
For more information and to register:
Call Nicole H at One Taste at 415.503.1100 or email info onetastesf com
BRN Provider # CEP7086, approved by the NCBTMB, as a continuing education provider under Category “A”.
Also, check out http://onetastesf.com/cmt.html for more information as well



# March 13& 15- temporary piercing-The Center for Sex & Culture- 398 11th St.,
SF-7pm -$10-20
Piercing Artist, Ray Aims, will lead a temporary piercing workshop.
"Piercing flesh can be any combination of incredibly erotic, intimate,
painful, beautiful and brutal...."



tue Mar 14 FULL MOON

# Rally to Save Japantown Tuesday, March 14, 2006 (10:00 AM) City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place ( Polk @ Grove )
San Francisco, California 94102

JOIN SUPERVISOR ROSS MIRKARIMI IN A
RALLY and PRESS CONFERENCE TO SAVE JAPANTOWN

Steps of San Francisco’s City Hall (Carlton B. Goodlett Street Side)
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Four major properties, including the Japantown Mall, the AMC Kabuki, Miyako
Inn and the Miyako Hotel are up for sale. This has raised deep concerns
about the future of San Francisco’s historic Japantown. Please come out
and show your support. Speakers include Mayor GAVIN NEWSOM, Supervisor
ROSS MIRKARIMI, Public Defender JEFF ADACHI, and many others!

Contact Sheryl Davis at 415-554-7630 for more information.
Added on March 12, 2006 by mirkarimistaff
http://upcoming.org/event/63306/


# Tuesday 3/14 -- Charles Gatewood's LAST gallery hours! Meet the artist here at the Epicenter Gallery at the Center for Sex & Culture from 5 to 7 pm. 398 11th st.


# Tuesday 3/14 and Sunday 3/26 -- Partners of Sex Workers Meeting
Center for Sex and Culture, 398 11th St, #303
Partners Only! (Partners who are also workers are welcome.) By donation. Held every 2nd Tuesday (6-7:30pm) and 4th Sunday (4-5:30pm).
Are you dating, in love with, living with or married to a sex worker and feel like you have a hard time talking about your relationship with people not familiar with the sex industry? Do you love your partner, and are also sometimes confused, scared by, or turned on by his/her/hir job? Or maybe you are just a little frustrated about things you can’t discuss with most people? Would you like to be free to talk and listen amongst other partners of sex workers without fear of judgement? You are welcome to come to the Partners Meeting.


# Tue, Mar 14 6-8pm Organizing Meeting with Amazon Watch
Amazon Watch 1 Hallidie Plaza, Suite 402 (at Market and 5th, next to Powell Bart Station)
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php


# Tue, Mar 14, 2006      6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Net Tuesday: Remixing the Web for Social Change
Varnish Art Gallery & Wine Bar
77 Natoma St. (between 1st & 2nd St. and Mission & Howard) SF
Join Andrew Hoppin, along with Bay Area web innovators and social change agents for casual conversation + drinks at Net Tuesday.
Andrew is Director of Business Development and part of the founding team of GoodStorm Inc (http://www.GoodStorm.com), an economic empowerment engine for artists, designers, non-profits, entrepreneurs, and community and political organizations. Previously, he directed business strategy for CivicSpace Labs (http://www.CivicSpaceLabs.org), a leading developer of online advocacy tools and an anchor tenant of the Drupal (http://www.Drupal.org) open-source software development project.
Net Tuesdays are held on the second Tuesday of every month, and are part of TechSoup's NetSquared project.
For more information contact: NetSquared net2 techsoup.org
http://www.netsquared.org
http://www.GoodStorm.com
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php


# 3/14: ecoVillage Coffee Hour, Tuesdays, 6 PM (oakland lake merritt / grand)
ecoVillage coffee hour: Every Tuesday at The Leaning Tower of Pizza, 498 Wesley (cross-street is Brooklyn). On the Lakeshore Avenue side of Lake Merritt. Hang out with neighbors. The ecoVillage Coffee Hour is the longest-lived activity on the ecoVillage calendar! No agenda. No decisions. Come join in the mix and enjoy community. Info: http://ecoVillage510.org Directions: 510-444-6824 http://www.craigslist.org/eve/139075908.html


# 3/14: MARIJUANA - MEDICAL USE (castro / upper market)
Hosted by the Conant Foundation Use of Medical Marijuana
Presented by Dr. Marcus A. Conant Featuring guest speaker Dr. Donald Abrams from the Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital
TUESDAY, March 14, 2006 @ 6:30 – 8:00 PM
San Francisco LGBT Center, Rainbow Room
1800 Market Street at Octavia Street
For more information and if you would like to RSVP, please call 415-255-0806
We will be serving cookies and refreshments
from 6:00 - 6:30 PM.
For a map, please visit us at http://www.ConantFoundation.org
http://www.craigslist.org/eve/139865251.html


# Nerdsalon Tuesday, March 14, 2006 (6:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
111 Minna Gallery 111 Minna St San Francisco, California 94105
Between Mission and Howard, @ 2nd St.
The next NerdSalon is coming up March 14. If you are obsessed with puzzles, build robots, help geeks stay out of jail, build things that might get you sent to jail, own a piece of furniture that has an RSS feed, can recite Morpheus' speech about "the desert of the real" from Matrix, or spend all day writing about any of the above topics, then come to NerdSalon.
A new monthly event in San Francisco, NerdSalon is a place for geeks and friends to meet, discuss issues, and solve puzzles.
This month, join your hosts Jennifer Granick and Annalee Newitz for a head-twisting puzzle from Elonka Dunin, author of The Mammoth Book of Secret Code Puzzles. A bottle of champagne for the first to solve it!
Plus, San Francisco's premiere mashup DJs, Adrian and the Mysterious D, will spin barely-legal tunes.
The geeking lasts from 6:30 to 9:00, at 111 Minna Gallery, on Tuesday March 14. Check us out and join our mailing list.
http://upcoming.org/event/62359/


# DREAMDANCE this tuesday March 14th on the full moon.
7:00pm De Moolam 848 Divisadero (@ Fulton) San Francisco, CA 94117
415.775.2160 http://tribes.tribe.net/demoolam

Please join us for the second installation of our sacred healing ritual
dance ceremony. It is an intimate ritual workshop designed to promote
deep healing through the use of intention, a blindfold, and breathing
techniques that induce a state of trance and transformation, cultivating
healing through a dance movement meditation. Colleen and myself will be
facilitating the ritual and I will be providing the soundtrack to the
journey along with some live drumming and musicians.

This will be a very special series of shamanic dance rituals, offered as a
sacred opportunity to explore an inner realm of body-mind consciousness
through the very focused use of spiritual intention, infused powerfully
into the body with the overwhelming force of spirit breath.

Here, the ecstatic trance dancer courageously dances into the shadow lands
of seeming limitation, into the darkness of personal fears and judgments,
by using a blindfold to remove all sense of outer vision, thereby allowing
the dancer to full direct awareness inward and remove the mask of ego.

The journey is safely nurtured and guided by the healing surround of
compelling musical sound-scapes, shamanically blended with deep organic
tribal electronic world rhythms and fused with Spiritual Technology, to
propel and profoundly induce an altered-state of inter-dimensional
trance..... a divine tribal earth dance pulsing to spiraling kundalini
motions within.

We will be offering these shamanic dance rituals the second and fourth
tuesday of each month at De Moolam.
Thank you for your participation.

LOVE, light peace, GRATITUDE, beats~n~blessings...nep~tune


# What will Anarchy look like? Tue March 14 8-10 Free
This is day one of '8 days of Anarchy' (http://enpleinforme.com) a
celebration of the Anarchist community in the Bay Area that occurs
around the Anarchist Book Fair on Saturday March 18th.
This event will be a moderated conversation about our views as to
what exactly an Anarchist society could look like.
We look forward to Anarchist-curious participants.
The Long Haul 3124 Shattuck Berkeley CA webmaster enpleinforme.com
http://enpleinforme.com



Wed Mar 15

# Sea Shepherd Action Alert: International Day of Action for the Seals on March 15th!

Join Us for a Worldwide Protest
Against the Canadian Slaughter of Seals
On March 15th, 2006, All Over the World!
To shine the international spotlight of shame on Canada, Sea Shepherd is coordinating an International Day of Action for the Seals to protest the Canadian harp seal slaughter on March 15th, 2006 (the traditional first day of the hunt). Protests are being held at Canadian embassies and consulates and other locations around the world (listed below).
 
We have a number of protests already planned and encourage you, your family, and friends to participate and show your support for the seals.  Captain Watson will be attending the protest in Los Angeles and the Sea Shepherd staff will be attending the protest in Seattle.
 
If you would like to coordinate a protest in a city that is not already listed, please email Connie at connie [at] seashepherd.org and she can help by providing you with banners, signs, and flyers and we will help to encourage individuals to attend your protest.
 
Spring is a time of birth and renewal. With your help, we will continue to seek an end to the slaughter of seals, so that the newborns can enjoy a full, natural life – free and wild. And with your support and active participation, together we can raise the public’s awareness of this issue which is the first step in affecting change.

Please see the list below for a city near you and the contact information of the Protest Leader in that location. 

If you have any questions please contact Sea Shepherd's Volunteer Coordinators:
     United States: Connie Domenech at connie seashepherd.org
     All other locations:  International Director Tim Midgley at tim seashepherd.org
http://seashepherd.org


# Wed, Mar 15 12:30 pm Brown Bag 2017 Mission St @ 16th St, SF, #303
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php


# STRAPPED in San Francisco
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
Varnish Fine Art Gallery
77 Natoma Street (between 1st and 2nd streets and Mission and Howard) (Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps)
San Francisco, California
Join us for STRAPPED in San Francisco
March 15, 2006 6:00 - 8:00pm, free
Join Tamara Draut, author of the groundbreaking new book, STRAPPED: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead in a conversation hosted by New Progressive Coalition and moderated by Stephen Elliott.
What:
·60 percent of adults, between ages 18 and 34, nationally are struggling for financial independence
·Draut, is the director of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a national, non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization headquartered in New York. Her research and writing have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, and Newsweek. Draut has appeared on NBC News Today Show, CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight and Headline News, CNBC's Closing Bell and Reuters Television.
As a leading national researcher on the economic trends affecting her generation, Tamara Draut argues that it is not too late for this state of affairs to change course. She hopes that real-world ideas combined with better engagement of 20- and 30-somethings in the political process is the best way to get "generation broke" out of debt and back on track. STRAPPED is sure to jumpstart the national conversation about where this country is failing our youth economically—and how we can make it right.
Also find out who’s working to engage young voters in the Bay Area political process: NPC members from the League of Young Voters, Music for America, Voto Latino, and Youth Speaks will be on hand tell you more about their current initiatives.
http://upcoming.org/event/62095/


# Defenestration Journal Launch Party Wed Mar 15 6:00pm-8:30pm Free

New, all-girl lit journal Defenestration celebrates its premiere
issue with a launch party.

Hosted by contributor Micah Pilkington, the launch party will feature
fancy drink specials, readings from Defenestration's exuberant pages
and a special performance by the Cock-Ts (cockts.com), San
Francisco's only burlesque cheerleading squad.

The premiere issue includes a short story about unwanted clowns, an
essay about a milk-drunk tyrant, surreal poetry and regrettable blog
postings. CD release party for Ken Flagg to follow.

Voices of Defenestration
Rebecca Brams, Melissa Eleftherion Carr, Jen Dalton, Robin Demers,
Lisa Dion, Alexandra D'Italia, Conner Gorry, Micah Pilkington,
Stephanie Vollmer Design: Jenny McElhiney Artwork: Rhonda Mae Botello

Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St @ Van Ness / Franklin SF 415-861-2011
http://rickshawstop.com http://tinyurl.com/pq5e2
defenestration.lit [at] gmail.com 415.378.9648 http://defenestrationlit.com


# Wed Mar 15 7-9pm
NLP Explained
Thursday, March 16, 2006
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Chancellor Hotel
433 Powell St (Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps)
San Francisco, California

"Straightforward, clear and pleasant presentation on NLP. No pushy selling techniques or hyperbole or idealistic pictures," - I.L., Stanford University PhD student, December 6th, 2005.

Discover the psychology of peak performance in everyday life - Neuro Linguistic Programming at our free 2 hour seminar - NLP Live! If you are curious about NLP, this seminar is for you. If you are wondering whether NLP has anything to offer you, this seminar is for you. If you already know a bit about NLP and want to see some real techniques done live, this seminar is for you.

Designed for beginners, the seminar gives you a comprehensive overview of NLP, spells out the purpose and the benefits of different areas of NLP, and draws a coherent map of NLP, so you come out with a clear picture and an absolute understanding of what the famous NLP is all about.

The director of San Francisco Center for NLP - an international NLP trainer, personally leads the seminar, guaranteeing an exceptionally high quality material. But don't listen to us, listen to what other participants have said:

"This seminar is a good introduction for those who want a broad overview of NLP," - P.B., Union Negotiator and Trainer, September 24th, 2005.
"I thought the seminar was pretty much perfect the way it was," - T.L., Therapist, November 15th, 2005.
"Great learning experience!" - I.N., Businesswoman, November 15th, 2005.

Master several highly effective and immediately practical NLP techniques. We don't just tell you about NLP, we don't just show you what it can do, we train you right there at the seminar to do several immensely useful and practical NLP techniques. In the past these included:

- How to get unstuck from deeply emotional states in a couple of minutes.
- How to go light years beyond simple matching and mirroring to create immense rapport with psychogeography.
- How to interrupt incessant self talk or a stuck tune and get some peace of mind.
- How to enjoy any gathering (a party, a seminar, a conference) even when you are not in the mood at first.
- The optimal strategy for learning any skill. The sequence of stages any learning goes through and what to do at each one.

"This seminar was very helpful in making me aware of how I learn and ways to learn more effectively to achieve my goals," - M.L., Graduate Student of Drama Therapy, September 24th, 2005.

- How to approach unapproachable people easily and gracefully.
- Step by step strategy for times when you want to connect to people but find that something is stopping you.
- How to master any art or craft by following the cycles of mastery. The four learning personality types and their implications for your life.

"NLP could be the most important synthesis of knowledge about human communication to emerge since the explosion of humanistic psychology in the sixties, " - Science Digest.

For more info visit our site:
http://www.sfcnlp.com/NLPLive.php?w=upc
http://upcoming.org/event/57867/


# Truth and Politics Wednesday, March 15 7:30 pm

The Films are FREE but $5 donations are accepted

TRUTH AND POLITICS
and
OMISSIONS AND DISTORTIOINS IN THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT


Presented by Gypsy

Omissions and Distortions in the 9/11 Commission Report
Tonight's two films are videotaped presentations by David Ray
Griffin, retired professor of philosophy and theology, and
author of The New Pearl Harbor and The 911 Commission Report:
Omissions and Distortions. He provides a detailed analysis of the
Kean Commission Report and points out how drastically this report
deviates from the facts. He makes it very clear that it's a
deliberate misrepresentation of facts.

Before and after the film, everyone's invited to indulge in our
Humanist Coffee House

Humanist Hall
390 27th Street
midtown Oakland
510-393-5685
http://www.HumanistHall.net

Click on the link "Directions" on our Website

tripping_gypsy hotmail.com
510-704-0268
http://www.HumanistHall.net


# Wednesday March 15 -- Piercing performance
The Center for Sex and Culture
398 11th Street at Harrison
415.255.1155
doors: 8pm event: 9pm $8-20 sliding
(piercing performance with Ray Aims, Crystal Goldmind and Micol Alex)
http://www.truthserum.org/tour for more information



Thu Mar 16

# Remembering Rachel Corrie
Thursday, March 16th 7:00pm
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts
(formerly the Alice Arts Center)
at 1428 Alice Street Oakland
(cross street 14th, near 12th Street Bart, see Map)
Suggested Donation: $10-$20 Full Info:
http://www.norcalism.org/events.htm
Call (510)236-4250 or email us info [at] norcalism.org

The International Solidarity Movement Support Group in
Northern California invites you to join us at the
third annual Rachel Corrie Memorial.

We will celebrate the life of Rachel Corrie, a
23-year-old ISM volunteer who was killed by an Israeli
soldier while nonviolently resisting the demolition of
a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip in Palestine. The
event will also honor victims of violence everywhere
and those unjustly imprisoned. Its objective is to
raise awareness to and make connections between
various global and domestic issues of social justice
particularly the issue of Palestine.

This event is accessible for disabled persons in
wheelchairs. There will also be ASL interpretation for
the hearing impaired.

Speakers:

* Huwaida Arraf, co-founder, International Solidarity
Movement

* Dolores Huerta, co-founder, United Farm Workers

* Maria Labossiere, Haiti Action Committee

* Todd Chretien, Organizer for College Not Combat
Initiative, San Francisco

* Kiilu Nyasha, Long time journalist, activist for
liberation of all

* Mary Jean Robertson, Native American activist, hosts
Voices of the Native Nation on KPOO 89.5 FM

Performers:

* Dennis Kyne, activist for military veterans,
musician

* Stephen Kent, A master didjeridu player,
multi-instrumentalist and composer

* Ras K' Dee, Native American Hip Hop Artist

* Lorene Zouzounis, Palestinian poet and committed
peacemaker

* Andrea Prichett, Folk singer

* Dabke Dance Troupe

* Dave Welsh, union activist, musician and member of
Freedom Song Network

Cosponsored by
* American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, San
Francisco
* Bay Area Women in Black
* Breaking the Silence
* Christian Peacemaker Teams
* Copwatch
* Corpwatch
* Faculty For Israeli-Palestinian Peace (FFIPP)
* Friends of Deir Ibzia
* Global Exchange
* Haiti Action Committee
* International Socialist Organizing
* Jewish Voice for Peace
* Jews for a Free Palestine
* KPFA 94.1FM
* KPOO 89.5 FM
* Labor Committee for Peace & Justice
* Middle East Children's Alliance
* Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
* Not In Our Name
* Palestinian American Congress
* Rebuilding Alliance
* SUSTAIN
* Students for Justice in Palestine
* Veterans for Peace


# Thu(3/16) 7:00pm - 10:00pm
- Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance Meeting
- Grand Lake Neighborhood Center, 530 Lake Park Ave., Oakland

Thursday, March 16, 2005
at The Grand Lake Neighborhood Center 530 Lake Park Avenue,(between
Lakeshore Avenue and Grand Avenue) in Oakland
7:00 p.m. to 10:00p.m.

Directions-
From Hwy. 580 East (coming from the Bay Bridge or Berkeley), take the
Grand Ave./Lakeshore exit (the exit ramp merges into MacArthur which
intersects with Grand at the light), make a left at the light onto
Grand, make a right onto Lake Park Ave. (the Grand Lake Theater will be
on the corner on your far right). Go about a block, past the BofA,
which will be on your left, and the GLNC will also be on your left.
Park on the street or turn right into free public parking under the
freeway.

From Hwy. 580 West (coming from Hayward), take the Lakeshore Ave. exit
(get as far to the right when approaching the exit before, the
Harrison/Oakland exit, then continue moving to the right). When you
exit at Lakshore Ave., you will be on Lake Park. Go straight at the
light (you'll see an OMNI store in front of you to the right), crossing
Lakeshore Ave. The GLNC will be a few storefronts down on your right.
Park on the street or turn left into free public parking under the
freeway across from GLNC. If you cross Grand Ave. (and the theater)
you've gone too far.


# Thurs. March 16, 7-9 pm "Communities at the Crossroads:
New Opportunities in a Green Economy"
Emphasis is on new jobs, businesses, economics, community self-reliance. If you're looking for people with plausible, large-scale solutions and answers to the looming challenges of greenhouse gas emissions, speeding up a transition to a healthier, low-carbon energy economy, and expanding the green building movement, this is a great opportunity to tap into ways to help move these solutions and answers closer to reality. -- Ed Mainland, Secretary, Sustainable Marin.
First Unitarian Church and Center, Starr King Room, 1187 Franklin @ Geary, SF (free?)



Fri Mar 17

# Third Fridays Art Opening Friday, March 17th 5pm-8pm Free

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Regina Dick-Endrizzi
March 3, 2006 Phone: (415) 554-7630

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening
Of Shiva Pakdel's Work

On Friday March 17, 2006, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi hosts the monthly
Third Friday's Art Reception in his City Hall office, Room 282. In
honor of International Women's Day and the Norouz (Persian New Year)
celebration taking place on March 20, this month's featured artist is
Shiva Pakdel.

For Shiva Pakdel, her upbringing in Abadan Iran combined the modern,
Western lifestyle of one of Iran's most liberal cities along with the
rich history and traditions of her land. Her continued enthusiasm
and interest in art over the past 25 years has combined her love of
art, culture, and history from both the East and West.

Shiva Pakdel combines a broad range of mediums including oils,
acrylics, paper, beads, collage, and prints. Some of her works
include collages of mid 19th and 20th century antique stamps from
Iran, a personal series of images, poetry, photographs and portraits
entitled "Iran On My Mind", and a series of oil and acrylic faces
painted on wood. By combining historical elements and placing them
in a contemporary format, her work is a beautiful blend of modern
pieces with traditional influences.

Her works can be viewed online at http://www.shivapakdel.com

What: Art Opening Reception for Shiva Pakdel
When: Friday, March 17, 2006, 5-8 PM
Where: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282
Cost: Free

SF City Hall- Rm 282
San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place 415-554-7687
mirkarimistaff sfgov.org 415-554-7687


# Stomp the Stumps! benefit dance party on St. Patrick's Day

Friday, March 17th 8pm-2am

$10 - $20 sliding scale, all ages, under 12 free

Hobbits, Sprites & Elves unite...to stomp the stumps! "Wear the
green" to summon the tree spirits and support the lush greenery of
the endangered redwood forest.

Stomp the Stumps! benefits Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters and
Earth First!

Performing:

Funky Nixons [satiric political folk rock to dance to]
Gary Gates Band [live band with a Dead flavor]
Day Late Fool's Band ...plus opening act *Ren and Skimpy*

Besides the music + booty shakin' there will be a *silent
auction*...some of the goodies include visits to Orr Hot Springs,
movie passes, Funky Door Yoga classes, certificates for bookstores,
training in glass blowing and more at the Crucible, and beautiful
handmade crafts and jewelry. All winning bids benefit the ancient
redwood forests.

In the Auction & Action Room, see fresh-from-the-front-lines videos
of tree-sits and other direct actions and get info and updates on the
issues and on what you can do to make a difference.

Come dressed as a leprechaun, elf, your favorite Irish hero or
goddess, a hobbit...or as yerself! for an evening of fun as we
celebrate St. Patrick's Day AND forest activism!

Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Ave. at Gilman Berkeley

BACH HeadwatersPreserve.org (510) 548-3113
http://www.HeadwatersPreserve.org


# Slutty Birthday Party - tie one on for St. Patrick's Day Friday, March 17 9p to 1a
Center for Sex and Culture 398 11th Street at Harrison,
Just wanted to let all you hedonists know that my good friend and I are throwing ourselves a birthday blowout this Friday night. (Yes, St. Patrick's Day - aren't we lucky, seredipitous girls?)
What's on the Agenda, you ask?
-a DJ, spinning a wide range of 80s/pop/hip-hop/whatever.
-Booze booze booze. Bring a few bottles along for fun and make even MORE friends.
-Erotic cake and chocolate fondue fountain. Think of the possibilities.
-Munchies, naturally.
-Strippers! Yup, we want to shove dollar bills in thongs in the privacy of our own private club. You game?
Cost?
We'd love to have your cute self there, regardless of ability to pay. If you feel like dropping some change into the bucket, that'd be cool too.

# Jeno & Garth | Back2Back | Rx Gallery Friday, March 17 9:00 PM
Rx Gallery 132 Eddy St (at Mason) San Francisco, CA 94103 415 474 7973
http://www.rxgallery.com/
BACK 2 BACK returns with San Francisco night life legends, JENO and GARTH at their hot new monthly social. Fused at the hip once again, they team up for monthly shenanigans & musical/magical madness. Don't miss this popular new monthly event with celebrated Wicked DJs Jeno & Garth digging deep in their record collections for refreshing musical misadventures, spinning electric dance music of the DubDiscoSynthRock persuasion and more.
$10 (free before 10pm)



Mar 17-19

P E A C E B O D Y: simply, BE PEACE, in your body,
HEART and mind, now.
P E A C E B O D Y: an invitation to the living truth
of peace, in every cell, every breath, every act.
P E A C E B O D Y: in the body of peace, every act
is a prayer.

"You must be the change you wish to see." - The G-man

JOIN ARCHANA SAMANTHA BEERS FOR
A P E A C E B O D Y Y O G A R E T R E A T
MARCH 17-19
Camp Double Bear: Santa Cruz Mountains

• Two yoga classes a day: strong flowing practice,
breathwork, deep meditation. Mixed Levels.
• PeaceBody Satsang: invitation and guidance to step
into the real time prayer of being peace.
• Community Ritual: circle song, dance and
celebration.
• Life visioning: journaling and poetry from your
highest self.
• Exquisite Vegan and Live food.
• Gorgeous venue: hot tub, inspiring round
yurts/sustainable community set up, hiking and resting
in the deep redwood and madrone forest above Santa
Cruz.

COST: $250-350 sliding scale (please pay the maximum
you feel able.) MASSAGE available at an additional cost.
TIMINGS: Arrive 2-4pm on Friday. Depart @ 5pm on
Sunday. First class, 5pm.
LOCATION: Camp Double Bear. Gorgeous Redwood and
Madrone forest with hiking trails and creek access.
Redwood hot tub, wood stoves, cozy dorm lodging (beds
provided, bring bedding), amazing, sustainably
organized community space. 1.5 hrs from SF.
REGISTRATION: Non-refundable check for $150 to
Samantha Beers, 21 Crest Road, Fairfax, CA 94930.
email: Samantha DancingFreedom.com
http://www.DancingFreedom.com



# Native plant creek restoration 3/17-19
Earth People,

As spring starts to sprout out of its wintry cocoon, what better way to
celebrate than by getting our hands in the dirt to help restore the earth.
This is a cool project that some of you know I have been involved with for
the past 6 years now. It is 20 acres of pristine land near grass valley, Ca.
It borders on the South Yuba river state park. It is run by Yogic nuns of my
Ananda Marga meditation and social service group. We are trying to make it
into a sustainable eco-village spiritual retreat center.

Anyway we have recently been awarded a $34,000 grant to remove the invasive
blackberries along the magical year round creek running through their
property and replace them with native plants. Our task for the weekend are
to continue to remove blackberry and debris and also flag native plant
species along the creek. More details of the project are below.
  
We are going  Friday 3/17, working a full day Saturday the 18th and coming
back Saturday night or Sunday 3/19.
Please let me know if you are interested and we will coordinate carpooling
etc. -Shawn shawn woodshanti.com Woodshanti Cooperative
http://www.woodshanti.com
SFUAS - San Francisco Urban Alliance for Sustainability http://www.sfuas.org
909 Palou Ave SF, Ca 94124 415-822-8100 p 415-822-8177 f



Sat Mar 18

# Saturday, March 18, 11 a.m. Mass March and Rally to Stop The War on Iraq
Civic Center, at Grove and Larkin Streets, SAN FRANCISCO (nr Civic Center BART)
Stop the War on Iraq! Bring the Troops Home Now!
End Colonial Occupation from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti…
From Iraq to New Orleans, Fund People’s Needs Not the War Machine!
On Saturday, March 18 at 11 a.m., thousands of people will gather at Civic Center in San Francisco for a mass march and rally against the war on Iraq. Two days later on March 20, youth and students will organize a day of campus resistance to imperialist war and military recruiters across San Francisco and around the nation.
The March 18 weekend is the 3rd anniversary of the criminal U.S. "shock and awe" invasion of Iraq, in which more than 100,000 Iraqis and 2,200 U.S. troops have died. The U.S. continues to occupy Iraq at great cost to Iraqis and people in the U.S. Much of Iraq—devastated by the U.S.-led occupation and, before that, more than a decade of genocidal sanctions—lacks running water and electricity. Despite being bogged down in Iraq, the warmakers in Washington are pushing ahead with their agenda of regime change in Syria, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and elsewhere.
http://indybay.org


# Gulf Vets Charge Treason / 3-18 War Protest
The 1991 Gulf War Vets have posted
"Beyond Treason"
http://www.gulfwarvets.com

Frankly, I agree with the Vets .... impeachment
is too kind.Lets charge him with treason and
have the court hang him.

Now along the same lines of "
Support Our Troops, bring them home
March 18, 2006 San Francisco anti-war rally
http://www.actionsf.org/


# Insubordination: Anarchist Art
Saturday, March 18th 10:00am-6:00pm free

"Insubordination" is a group show of thirteen artists expressing
their views of
anarchy, community, self-reliance, resistance, and freedom.

Featured artists include:
- Glenn Caley Bachmann (photography, digital art)
- Rick "Shark" Bline (drawing)
- Tony "Calzone" Garay (painting)
- Hugh D'Andrade (graphics)
- Gary Floyd (mixed media)
- David Kimberling (utilitarian sculpture, printmaking)
- Carla Laser (oil painting)
- Elizabeth Lee (painting, drawing)
- Stephen MacMurray (automatist drawing, printmaking)
- Josh MacPhee (stenciling, printmaking)
- America Meredith (painting)
- John Ross (drawing)
- Damon Votour (collage)

Part of the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair, sponsored by Bound Together
Books.

San Francisco County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers)
9th Avenue and Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco ahalenia yahoo com 415-431-8355
http://www.blackash.org/anarchy


# Sat(3/18) 11:00am
- 9/11 Contingent! - Mass March and Rally to Stop the War in Iraq
- Civic Center, at Grove x Larkin, San Francisco

We have the protest signs ready.

We need some more -- take the message of '911 truth' and in your OWN
creative, artistic, radical fashion, make a sign to join our contingent
at the march!

We need to pressure the leadership of the anti-war movement to take up
911 truth!

With 9/11 Truth, the War Will End

Contact Christian at workoutwellforall gmail.com if you want to march
with us.


# Ride BART with other LMNOPs to the big San Francisco demonstration this Saturday, March 18th.

Meet at the MacArthur BART station between 10:15 & 10:30 to go through the gate at 10:30. Beth says, "Don't be late, 'cause the train leaves at 10:34." If you are late, or get on at another station, we will try to ride the last car, so meet us there.

The demonstration starts at 11 at the Civic Center in San Francisco (in front of City Hall).

===== "Masters of War" lyrics: http://bobdylan.com/songs/masters.html
"War Is A Racket!" - General Smedley Butler, USMC http://lmno4p.org/war/
Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace (LMNOP):
Weekly peace walks at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Info: http://lmno4p.org/where_when.htm



# 3/18-SF Cacophony Society's BRIDES OF MARCH
http://www.BridesOfMarch.org


# MARCH 18, 1pm to 3pm
CALIFORNIA CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY EVENT
MARIN RANKED VOTING
SPECIAL GUEST: Gordon Gibson, architect of the British Columbia's Citizens' Assembly process.
You're invited to my electoral reform houseparty at 74 Corte Real in Greenbrae on March 18. As you know, I am concerned about how well our democracy is working, and want to do my part to make it better. We especially need to build awareness of what's wrong with our current systems and what we could do to improve them. We also need to get more people involved in the movement for electoral reform.
At this party will learn about an exciting new way to bring about reforms in the way we elect our legislature and state-wide officials. A Citizens' Assembly brings together ordinary citizens to study and evaluate proposals for change; proposals they adopt are then put on the ballot like an initiative. We'll have materials people can take home, a chance to watch a short informative video/demonstration, and will talk to Gordon Gibson, a leading expert on the Citizens' Assembly process on a conference call. It will be fun as well. This site http://www.partyhostcenter.com/fullrepresentation gives you all the details + you can RSVP by clicking on the button saying “attend party.” Or call (415) 256-9393 and leave a message to RSVP.
I hope you can join us - it's a fun way to make a difference. Not sure if you can come? Choose "maybe" on the RSVP page. That will help me plan the party. Thanks! Bob Richard
http://www.marinrankedvoting.org


# EAST BAY LIVING FOODS RAW FOODS POTLUCK MARCH 2006
Saturday, March 18th from 6.30 to 10:00PM PLEASE TRY TO BE ON TIME!
Upaya Center for Wellbeing, 478 Santa Clara
Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610 3rd Floor (Across from the Grand Lake Theater)


# Infuse: 4 Everyone
Opel Productions 4 Year Anniversary
a gathering with evolutionary intent
March 18, 2006, 10pm – 5 am
Mezzanine – 444 Jessie Street @ Mint
Fashion Show @ 11pm with Green Girl * ViaJay * Silver Lucy * Miranda Caroligne
Limited $15 presale tickets at http://www.opelproductions.com and BPM Records, 654 Fillmore @ Hayes


# 2006-03-18 10:00 PM
Celebrating 4 years of parties with purpose: Infuse: 4 Everyone.

The party:

Infuse was born from a desire to fuse the values of the intentional parties of the underground, with the talent and production assets of the overground. It was also designed to be a party infused with consciousness, in which the gathering is a vehicle to build community, plant seeds of hope and social change, and nudge us to look inward to grow and challenge our own pain and fear that prevents us from fully living. So it shall be.

To celebrate 4 years of this effort Opel pulls out all the stops featuring cutting edge breaks from 2 of the biggest producers in the scene, a special fashion show featuring eco-conscious designers, urban hip, and playa specialities, and performances throughout the night.

The Music: w/ 2 very special guests:

Meat Katie (Kingsize / Fabric / http://www.meatkatie.com, UK).
Dylan Rhymes (Kingsize / Lot 49 / http://www.dylanrhymes.com, UK)
+
Smoove (Newsbreakz)
Syd Gris (Opel / Opulent Temple)
Bali (Deep End / djbali.com)
Hoj (Opel / djhoj.com)
Melyss (Opel / Sister SF)
Kepi & Kat (Thump Radio)
Alain Ocatavo (Spundae / Wink)
Nathan Vain (Opulent Temple)

The Fashion Show: Produced by Tamo. Starts at 11:00 sharp! Be there so you don't miss it!

with designers:

Green Girl (http://www.tamo.typepad.com)
Viajay (http://www.viajay.com)
Silver Lucy (http://www.silverlucydesign.com)
Miranda Caroligne (http://www.mirandacaroligne.com)
Missing Piece Designers : featuring Leora, Bodhi Cole, & Sari Pace (http://www.missingpiece-sf.com)

Performers:

Vau De Vire Society (http://www.vaudeviresociety.com)
Elizabeth Strong (tribal belly dance)
Bast and Tara (Shakti Awakening)
Atash Maya (tribal belly dance / San Diego)
Malakai (El Circo)
Sannie Babe (poi / Opulent Temple)

Limited $15 discounted pre-sales at http://www.opelproductions.com
and at BPM Records: on Fillmore @ Hayes (415.487.8680)

Your funkiest and brightest selves are invited to make this a special event. Let the gathering bring us together as friends and comrades in the push for a better world and a brighter future. Let the connections made between us be genuine and continue to deepen and expand. And let's get down.

At Mezzanine: 444 Jessie St. @ 6th. 10pm-5am



Sun Mar 19

# Sunday, 3/19, 9:30--5:30 pm -- Become an Extraordinary Lover - For
Men Who Love Women

There is nothing more arousing than watching a woman you are making
love to writhe and moan with delight. However, there are very few
places to get practical, explicit, and straightforward advice about
what turns women on. In this hands-on, one-day workshop, Dr.
Danielle Harel joins with Celeste Hirschman, MA to teach you
everything from the arts of romance and seduction to advanced
pleasure techniques. They will teach you to read women's non-verbal
cues, to elicit information about her secret sexual desires, and to
keep her coming back for more. You will have the opportunity to
practice different kinds of touch on a woman, gauge her responses
and receive helpful feedback. The facilitators will cover how to
give pleasure during a sexual encounter and explore special oral
and anal techniques.

Sunday, March 19th, 9:30am to 5:30pm, at the Center for Sex and
Culture, 398 11th St. For more information or to register email
info DareToEnjoy.com or call (415) 336-3258.
http://sexandculture.org


# Sunday, 3/19, 9:30--5:30 pm -- Become an Extraordinary Lover - For Men Who Love Women

There is nothing more arousing than watching a woman you are making love to writhe and moan with delight. However, there are very few places to get practical, explicit, and straightforward advice about what turns women on. In this hands-on, one-day workshop, Dr. Danielle Harel joins with Celeste Hirschman, MA to teach you everything from the arts of romance and seduction to advanced pleasure techniques. They will teach you to read women's non-verbal cues, to elicit information about her secret sexual desires, and to keep her coming back for more. You will have the opportunity to practice different kinds of touch on a woman, gauge her responses and receive helpful feedback. The facilitators will cover how to give pleasure during a sexual encounter and explore special oral and anal techniques.

Sunday, March 19th, 9:30am to 5:30pm, at the Center for Sex and Culture, 398 11th St. For more information or to register email info [at] DareToEnjoy.com or call (415) 336-3258.


# Eostre Goddess Celebration for Spring Equinox
Sunday, March 19 11:00 AM
Sunday Morning Goddess Celebration
Eostre
Come Celebrate the Goddess Eostre, Anglo-Saxon Goddess of the Dawn, Fertility & New Beginnings. Wanting to explore and celebrate feminine images of the Divine? Wanting a greater connection with the Goddess in your day-to-day life? Whether you're experienced in Goddess spirituality or new and curious, come honor and celebrate the Goddess within and without at these Sunday morning circles. We will create sacred space and invoke a different Goddess each month, sharing Her story and exploring Her influence in our day-to-day lives. A free will offering of thanks will be taken each time to benefit Change Makers for Women. Blessed Be!
Date: Sun, Mar 19, 2006
Title: Sunday Am Goddess Circle Celebration for Eostre
Leader: Nancy Ogilvie
Time: 11am-1pm
Cost: Free will offering
RSVP: 510-690-0467
@ CHANGE MAKERS
Books , Gifts & Events for Women
6536 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609
(2 blocks North of Alcatraz, 4 blocks South of Ashby
@ the corner of 66th & Telegraph)


# 2006-03-19 3:00 PM Sacred Art of Female Ejaculation
Workshop for women with LIVE DEMONSTRATION and practice session.

In the sacred container of a women's circle, learn about the infinite potential of your sexual lotus.

Female ejaculation is a deep, rejuvenating, healthy release, which can be encouraged by skilled G-spot stimulation, elements of tantric yoga, heart opening, and orgasm. In this explicit workshop you will practice tapping into the delicious surrender inherent in the release of amrita, your sacred feminine waters. Set in an open, loving, and safe environment, you will be guided on a luscious journey that will help you feel even more at home in your body and comfortable with your sexuality, and therefore more open to experiencing deeper and wilder pleasure. Whether you have experienced ejaculation before or not, this class will assist you in fully mastering the art of female ejaculation.

Please bring: a hand mirror, a sheet, two towels, a favorite vibrator or G-Spot toy (optional), and an item for the altar.

Led by Tallulah Sulis and Diana Soline.

When: March 19, Sunday, 1:30-5:30pm
Where: 4920 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland
Cost: $120 at the door, $95 pre-paid
Registration: on-line
http://www.womenstemple.com or call Tallulah Sulis 415- 235-4804

Tallulah Sulis is a sex activist and educator in pursuit of spreading awareness and empowering women about Amrita, or female ejaculation. She is currently working on an instructional video about female ejaculation and offers private healing sessions for women. Through the reclamation of our sacred sexuality, Tallulah helps women tap into and rediscover the infinite potential of their sexual lotus.

Diana Soline is a group facilitator, sex educator, and orgasm coach. She founded Women?s Temple in 2000, which is a place of nurturing, healing and body education for women. She works with individuals and groups of women to help them connect deeply with their bodies and celebrate their sexuality. She draws on traditions of Tantra, Zen Buddhism and Taoist Sexology.

Diana Soline and Tallulah Sulis Women's Temple
jupiterspiral hotmail.com
http://www.womenstemple.com




Mon Mar 20

# End torture, indefinite detention & war - March 20th, 7am Mongomery BART
2006-03-20 7:00 AM Location: Montgomery BART Friends and fellow-activists,

Act Against Torture's "visual takeover" of the Montomery & Market Street intersection - outside U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein's San Francisco office - will unfold at 7am on Monday March 20th, the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

We're pretty sure that you'll want to be part of it.

Much more than a march, not just another rally, we'll be using dramatic props - banners, giant puppets, cages, Gitmo-like orange jumpsuits, hoods, symbolic coffins, the Brass Liberation Orchestra, recorded testimonials given by detainees who have been released, and much more - to call on each and all (including Senator Feinstein) to take action and responsiblity for ending the U.S. government's ongoing practices of torture and indefinite detention in pursuit of its endless so-called "war on terror."

With a boost of energy and many additional hands coming out of our first public organizing meeting, we're preparing this week for an art & prop-making extravaganza on Sunday afternoon, March 12th. We've reserved a great space and we'll have a lot of materials, so an enthusiastic turnout is the crucial ingredient needed to make our plans happen. See below for time & location...

Mongomery & Market (Mongomergy Street BART) is the place to be at 7am on Monday, March 20th. Put it on your calendar today and avoid that sinking, wish-I'd-been-there feeling when you watch the evening's news & read the next morning's papers...

Details on times & places follow, below ... along with a little context for those who didn't read through to the end of our last e-mail.

Please join us for the art party on the 12th, and we'll see you outside Senator Feinstein's office on the morning of March 20th!

- Act Against Torture
ActAgainstTorture [at] riseup.net
http://www.ActAgainstTorture.org

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Action
---------------
* Monday, March 20 @ 7am, Montgomery & Market, SF
a visual and dramatic takeover of a central downtown intersection

The Planning
------------------
* Art / Prop / Propaganda making party
Sunday, March 12, 2-5 pm
Cell Space, 2050 Bryant St. (@18th), San Francisco

* Final Preparation Meeting / Art & Prop Party
Sunday, March 19, 2pm
Location TBA

What You Can Do
-------------------------
* Help us make art, props, and propaganda on Sunday, March 12th, 2-5 @ Cell Space
* Help out with last-minute preparation on Sunday, March 19th, 2pm, location to be announced
* Participate in the action! March 20 @ 7am, Mongomery & Market, SF
* Recruit friends, neighbors, comrades, colleagues, and affinity groups to plan, create, and participate
* Let us know how you'll join us by e-mailing ActAgainstTorture [at] riseup.net
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

For the record (no need to read this if you already saw it last time around...):

Act Against Torture was first incarnated late last year as Ten Against Torture, and is now merged with Spark the Resistance - the former Saturday Group. You have received this e-mail because you are an active member of our group, or because an active member added your e-mail address to our contact list. If you got this e-mail directly from our group (rather than had it forwarded by someone you know), and don't want to receive (fairly infrequent) e-mail from us, please reply to ActAgainstTorture [at] riseup.net and type "Remove from database" in the subject-line of your e-mail.

Plans for March 20th have evolved out of an ongoing dialogue about how to build an anti-war movement that is inclusive, radical, strategic, and effective. In the past couple of years, it seems that many progressives in the Bay Area have stopped actively opposing the war; many people we've talked to feel powerless to fight the Bush administration. Through this action and others beyond it, we intend to remind our community that the war hasn't ended; the U.S. government continues as a matter of policy to violate moral and legal principles fundamental to all who value justice and equality; people are trapped and dying in parts of the world where the U.S. has undermined or destabilized infrastructure necessary to safety, health, progress, and democracy; and all this is likely to continue until we can realize an effective strategy for resisting it. By planning this action for the anniversary of the shutdown of downtown San Francisco on the day after the U.S. began its invasion of Iraq, we also mean to remind people of our power to disrupt the war and the culture of passivity that allowed it to begin and allows it to continue. The Bush administration and the occupation of Iraq are no longer "untouchable"; we absolutely have the power to end practices of torture and indefinite detention - and the occupation itself - if we can resist the powerful urge to tune it out.


# MON., MARCH 20, 7-9 pm Sustainable Novato,
monthly meeting, 17 Harding Drive, Novato. Developing ways to promote a more sustainable, self-reliant Novato community -- economy, environment, social equity. Everyone welcome. http://www.sustainablenovato.org 415-883-5948


# Pushing the Fetish Envelope(bondage extravaganza) Monday, March 20 8:00 PM
SFCitadel 1277 Mission St at Ninth st 94103 view map
http://sfcitadel.org
The Society of Janus presents …

“Pushing the Fetish Envelope”
with Mark Burnley & Friends
Monday, March 20, 2006
Location: SFCitadel (downstairs), 1277 Mission St, San Francisco
Doors 7pm
Program 8-10pm
Cost: $5 for members of Janus & reciprocal organizations; $15 for all others

Fetish and kink are becoming quite fashionable as seemingly bizarre trends are being imported from the streets of London and Amsterdam where eye-popping outfits been the norm for years. As a matter of fact, San Francisco is ramping up to be the next Fetish mecca, driven by the Madame-S store and their yearly Fetish Ball (http://www.sffetishball.com) which is coming up on Saturday, March 18th.

A few special attendees of this year's Fetish Ball have agreed to share their fetish and kink with Janus in a presentation on Monday March 20th, just a few days after the Ball. The title of this program is "Pushing the Fetish Envelope", and will be an informal potpourri of eye-popping latex, stainless steel chastity belts and other weird stuff worn by Fetish Ball guests from Germany, Canada, and who knows where else.

The lineup includes Fetish Model Pupett from http://www.pupett.com, the Rubber Sisters from http://www.rubbersisters.com, and Martin (http://www.cuff24.com) who will demonstrate his latest invention - a double back-to-back Stradivarius fiddle! In addition, JG-Leathers (http://www.jg-leathers.com) will show his new inflatable latex sleepsack and a severe male chastity apparatus from SteelWerks (http://www.steelwerks.ca/extreme_index.html). In addition, if all goes according to plan, we will have a guest appearance by none other than the master of bondage himself - Gord (http://www.houseofgord.com) who will demonstrate his motorized "Bondage Fem-Car" and optional "Auto Fuck" apparatus! Hang on to your seats, this is going to be an unbelievable program!

Here's a web page for this once-in-a-lifetime program, continue to check this page for updates as the program date gets closer. Don't miss this event!

http://www.jg-leathers.com/PushingTheFetishEnvelope/index.html

Admission granted for anyone over 18 years of age with a sincere, positive, personal interest in BDSM. RSVPs are not required. For further information, please co