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Fantastic Fall Acting Classes at Freehold Theatre in Seattle

Kate — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:14:03 GMT

Exceptional fall acting, improv, playwriting classes in Seattle at Freehold! Registration is now open!

Freehold Theatre is a Seattle acting studio and theatre that for over 18 years has been providing extraordinary theatre and outstanding classes taught by highly acclaimed faculty. If you want unrivaled training in a supportive atmosphere, Freehold is the place

We are privileged to have highly acclaimed artists as faculty including Paul Mullin (2008 Stranger Genius Award for Theatre), Amy Thone (2007 Stranger Genius Award Winner for Theatre), Annette Toutonghi (YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, Seattle Repertory Theatre), Matt Smith (starting in the movie "Outsourced") and many more. Our students include the beginner student as well as the advanced trained professional.

Come spend your fall with us and see why our students rave about our classes. Here is our complete fall line-up of classes:

Step I: Intro to Acting - Dan Tierney and Althea Hukari
Step II: Acting with Text - Dan Tierney
Accelerated Intro to Acting - George Lewis
Basic Scene Study - CT Doescher
Advanced Rehearsal and Performance - Annette Toutonghi
Alexander Intensive – Cathy Madden
The Artist’s Way - Kate Gavigan and Gin Hammond
Auditioning - Kate Godman
Improv - Matt Smith
Intro to Viral Video Making - MJ Sieber
Shakespeare – Amy Thone
Musical Theatre - Matt Wolfe
Personal Clown - George Lewis
Play Reading Group - Althea Hukari
Playwriting I: Exploring the Craft – Paul Mullin
Stage Combat - Geof Alm
Basic Light and Sound for Non-Designers – Jake Perrine
Voice - Gin Hammond
Voice-Over– Gin Hammond
Meisner Progression – Robin Lynn Smith

To register for classes, call us at (206) 323-7499 or register online: www.freeholdtheatre.org

Check out our August enewsletter with great articles from faculty and students
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs025/1102313671991/archive/1102664255037.html

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lord of the flies?

vajra — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:20:58 GMT

looking for non twenty somthings in capitol hill. ????
IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE? I LIKE KID,S BUT ITS A LIL ALIENATING.

LOOKING FOR MUSICIANS ON THE HILL ALSO...............................

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(><) 5TH ANNUAL dB NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY @ NEUMOS w/ APPARAT, NOSAJ THING, LUSINE & NORDIC SOUL (><)

Nordic Soul — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:04:49 GMT

Decibel Festival proudly presents...

The 5th Annual Decibel New Year's Eve Party

This year's dB NYE blow out will be featuring three of the best reviewed electronic music producers/performers of 2009, all of whom will be returning to Neumos for a full on A/V dance assault in true Decibel fashion (custom sound, custom video/lighting, live performance, etc). Come out and celebrate what has been a monumental year for electronic music in Seattle with some of 2009's most talked about artists.

:: 2010 dB NEW YEAR'S EVE LINE UP - bios listed below ::

APPARAT [ Berlin ] - live dance set
Bpitch Control // Shitkatapult Records // aka Moderat
http://www.myspace.com/apparat
http://www.moderat.fm

NOSAJ THING [ Los Angeles ] - live
Alpha Pup // Warp Records
http://www.myspace.com/nosajthing

LUSINE - live feat. visuals by THE SIGHT BELOW
Ghostly International
http://www.myspace.com/lusinespace
http://www.myspace.com/thesightbelow

:: DJ AND MASTER OF CEREMONIES ::

SEAN HORTON aka NORDIC SOUL
Decibel
http://www.myspace.com/nordicsoul

:: MULTI-SCREEN PROJECTIONS / CUSTOM LED LIGHTING ::

KillingFrenzy
http://www.killingfrenzy.com

:: TICKET AND VENUE INFORMATION ::

ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY $20 at Moe Bar, Rudy's Barbershop, select QFCs and online at http://ev12.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3aTWS%3aWNEU09:WNEU1231%3a&linkID=twspok
ONLY $25 AT THE DOOR (dirt cheap for this line up on NYE!)

Doors open at 8pm // 21+

@ Neumos
925 E. Pike St, Seattle
http://www.neumos.com

:: HOTEL DISCOUNT : HOTEL MAX ::

Looking for a swank, boutique Hotel to spend your NYE in Seattle? Look no further than the Hotel Max in downtown Seattle http://www.hotelmaxseattle.com (2 miles from Neumos).

For this year's NYE event, the Hotel max will be offering a discounted rate (20% off) for anyone attending the Decibel Festival NYE event at Neumos. Just mention the Decibel Event when you reserve your room. Act fast because rooms are filling up quick and they plan on selling out.

--------------------------[ ARTISTS INFO ]---------------------------------

:: APPARAT BIO ::
Berlin’s Apparat (aka Sascha Ring) has been a sonic force in the Decibel arsenal for going on six years. Since blowing the roof off of a sold out Chop Suey back in 2005 (2nd annual Decibel Festival) this lanky, mop-topped Krautrocker has been fueling dance floor mayhem in Seattle with unparalleled ferocity and technical skill.

A true renaissance man, Sascha is an accomplished sound engineer, composer, visual artist, guitarist, vocalist and business man (co-founder of the Shitkatapult label) whose profound love of music and technology shine through in every aspect of his impressive music catalog going back to 2001.

His exceptional talent as a producer and composer has rewarded him with consistent work as a remix artist, including remixes for Moby, Royksopp, Boys Noize, Ladytron, Johnny Cash, Nathan Fake, Paul Kalkbrenner and Seattle’s own Lusine.

In addition to producing three critically acclaimed solo albums, nine EPs and over a dozen remixes for some of the world’s most prestigious labels; this 30 year old wunderkind has co-produced albums with follow Berliner dance icons Ellen Allien and Modeselektor (Bpitch Control). His most recent collaboration with Modeselektor as "Moderat" has gone on to become one of the best reviewed electronic music albums of 2009 and sent the two acts on a hugely successful A/V tour where they performed at some of the worlds largest electronic music festivals (Electric Picnic, Sonar, Pukkelpop, MUTEK, Melt, etc).

This New Year’s Eve, Sascha will be returning to form with a very special dance PA, similar to his 2005 and 2006 Decibel Festival sets, both of which were considered to be overall highlights.

:: NOSAJ THING BIO ::
After cutting his teeth by making music on various archaic computers and programs in his early years, Nosaj Thing is now, without a doubt, among L.A.'s finest musical modulators. His electronic soundscapes and wild beat tectonics play like vignettes that affect the listener's mind as deeply as he hits their soul. Nosaj Thing creates nothing less than the sound mastery of beat driven, experimental electronics from a gifted noise constructor.

His debut album Drift was released by Alpha Pup in June 2009 to unanimous global acclaim. Pitchfork awarded an excellent 7.9 rating, calling the album "gorgeously haunted... sonic Easter Eggs for a thousand listens." The album peaked at 5 on the iTunes Electronic chart, and went all the way to 1 on Bleep and Boomkat. The success of Drift led to Nosaj Thing being featured in magazines such as Spin, Fader, XLR8R, The New Yorker, Nylon and URB. He has received regular airplay on BBC Radio 1 and Los Angeles' KCRW, while his engaging live set has made him a staple of the worldwide underground touring circuit.

Nosaj's inspiring live sets before Glitch Mob and Daedelus earlier this year have made him one of the most in demand and highly regarded electronic music performers in Seattle.

:: LUSINE BIO ::
Jeff McIlwain has been producing his visceral, melodic strain of abstract electronic music as Lusine for 10 years now. Originally a Texas native, Jeff attended CalArts in 1998, studying 20th-century electronic music and sound design for music and film. Soon after, he met Shad Scott and put out his self-titled debut as Lusine for Isophlux. Since then, McIlwain relocated to Seattle and began steadily releasing his music on Ghostly International (home to 2004’s landmark Serial Hodgepodge as well as its successful followup remix album Podgelism), Hymen, and U-Cover. McIlwain has also contributed tracks to various compilations and remix releases on Mute, !K7, Kompakt, Asthmatic Kitty, and Shitkatapult. His Language Barrier full-length on Hymen Records was something of a departure, as McIlwain focused less on jagged rhythmic detail and more on the layers of ambience that lay beneath the percussion of his previous releases.

McIlwain has performed throughout the US and abroad, including a set at London’s esteemed Fabric nightclub, and an ambient multimedia performance at Seattle’s Triple Door in which he collaborated with video artist Scott Sunn. McIlwain has recently been involved in two film projects, co-scoring David Gordon Green’s 2008 film Snow Angels (with Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell), and scoring Kevin Bray’s 2009 film Linewatch (with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Omari Hardwick).

McIlwain’s 2009 release, A Certain Distance, has gone on to become his best reviewed and best selling album to date. In addition, 2009 has brought Lusine several high profile festival performances, including DEMF, MUTEK, Sonar and the Decibel Festival.

:: THE SIGHT BELOW ::
The music of The Sight Below conjures half-remembered dreams and soft-focus sentiments with elegiac beauty; his video art works similarly, blurring snippets of film until they’re recognizable only as organic objects: black-and-white amoebas milling about, or a sunset rendered in grayscale.

All of The Sight Below’s songs are performed live: The artist runs E-bowed, slide, and lightly picked guitars through a series of loopers, 12-bit reverb boxes, and delay units, kneading and distending the notes until they drone like bees in a tunnel or keen like an orchestra of singing saws. The resulting swirl is pinned to propulsive, achingly subtle electronic percussion, which guides the listener through the gloom towards the music’s hopeful center. The resulting ambient works seem as effortless as natural phenomena; in fact, they’re carefully played, head-nodding hymns to the artist’s solitary life.

'Glider' and its accompanying 'No Place for Us' EP, The Sight Below’s 2008 debut releases on Ghostly International, were well-received in ambient circles and in the music world at large, gaining plaudits from international publications and musicians (including Radiohead’s Thom Yorke). The Sight Below spent the year touring the world, playing a slate of successful shows at DEMF, MUTEK, and SONAR, and collaborating extensively with Simon Scott (ex-member of legendary 'shoegaze' band Slowdive). The Sight Below is currently working on new material with Scott for a future release.

:: NORDIC SOUL BIO ::
Nordic Soul has long been enamored with artistic expression, the creation of music, and the technology that fuses it all together, much to the benefit and evolution of the world of electronica and the underground culture that surrounds it. His healthy obsession began at the age of eleven in Detroit with the gift of his first guitar, got a kick in the ass with the purchase of a keyboard and drum machine during his teenage years, and continues to the present as the king of Seattle techno exists as the founder and director of the Decibel Festival. Known to his friends as Sean Horton, this DJ, producer, performer, and programmer brought a distinct and dirty Detroit flavor with him to Seattle in the mid-90’s and the musical zeitgeist of the city has been forever transformed by his presence.

Nordic Soul has deeply impacted the electronic community not only through his work for the annual Decibel Festival but also by slaying Seattle dance floors year-round. His emotionally charged sets are infused with live instrumentation and ripe with the mélange of organic and synthesized tones, all riding on top of heavy bass lines. The resulting music is a living, hybrid creature with a rich sense of soul that delights in its own existence. A lover of many musical styles, Nordic Soul’s interest and roots in hip hop, IDM, industrial, and dub contribute to his current musical palette that straight drips techno into the mouths of the waiting audience, thirsty for the unrelenting madness and unabated aural penetration that is electronic music.

Since Nordic Soul's inception in 2003 he's shared the stage with a diverse cross section of international talent, including Modeselektor, Moby, Bassnectar, Trentemoller, Simian Mobile Disco, Green Velvet, Radio Slave, Derrick May, Boys Noize, John Tejada, Monolake, Thomas Fehlmann, Kraak & Smaak, Matthew Dear, Funkstroung, Cobblestone Jazz, Luomo, Miles Dyson, Tipper and Four Tet to name a few.

:: KILLINGFRENZY BIO ::
KillingFrenzy (aka Leo Mayberry) has been composing, coordinating and performing live video for the last eight years as KillingFrenzy Visuals. Projects have varied from improvisational explorations with Steve Fisk and Greg Gilmore to complicated theater performance with the Degenerate Art Ensemble. Custom applications in Max/MSP/Jitter, and an eclectic catalog of material to draw from allow the flexibility necessary to thrive in environments from gothic ambience to breakcore meltdown. Use of mirrors, motors, and non-standard screen compositions are all ways he’s working to shatter the screen and release the image.

Since found KillingFrenzy in 2000, he's performed in Seattle's Major venues: Showbox, Chop Suey, NAF Studios, The Sunset Tavern, The Hi Dive, CHAC, Lower Level, the FUNC, El Corazon, Tost, Consolidated Works, The Hall, The Columbia City Theater, The Tractor Tavern, The Premiere, Nectar, EMP Skychurch, Re-Bar, EyeSpy, Crocodile Cafe, The Fenix Underground, The Bohemian and Neumos.

Leo acted as the Decibel Festival Visual Coordinator for the 2007 and 2008 editions.

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First Annual Seattle International Cabaret Festival 11/11 - 11/15 2009!

veronique — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:25:02 GMT

Can Can Presents: The First Annual Seattle Cabaret Festival

The First Annual Seattle Cabaret Festival, which at the kicks off on November 6th, with honored UK Dark Cabaret icons, The Tiger Lillies at the Moore.

The Festival then picks up again on November 11th - 15th and features numerous other acclaimed cabaret, drag and physical performance artists and ensembles over the course of its five-day run. Participating venues include The Moore Theatre, ACT Theatre, The Triple Door, The Can Can and Pensione Nichols.

Official Website for dates, times, venues and ticket information: cabaretfestival.com

FESTIVAL within the Festival:

* What: Poe's Peculiar Parlour
* Dates: Wed., Nov. 11th - Sun., Nov. 15th
* Start time: 7pm
* Location- Pensione Nichols
* Street- 1923 First Avenue
* City/Town- Seattle, WA 98101
* Phone: 206.441.7125
* Event Type: all ages, public entertainment, film, literature, music
* Website(s)- www.pensionenichols.com & www.thecancan.com/cabaretfestival

Join Seattle Art Maven Miss Oblivious who has curated a Series of Fortunate Events at the elegant & cozy landmark Pensione Nichols Bed & Breakfast for five consecutive evenings, each commencing with Tarot and tea- followed by film, literature and live musical performances! Victorian Parlour style... dress-up recommended but not necessary.

Programmes are as follows:

* Wednesday Nov 11th - Hosted by Miss Oblivious
- Huxley Verical Kabarett Nouveau (NYC) <<<<Veronique with join HV for a surprise performance!
- Schmootzi The Clod (music + murder ballads)
- Plus short films by Miss Oblivious

* Thursday Nov 12th - Hosted by Miss Oblivious
- Veronique Chevalier (Paris + LA) & Seth Bedford (NYC)
- Agness Twin (LA + SF)
- Jonni R Synic
- Short animated film of Huxley Verical Kabarett Nouveau
- Meet the visual artists with work on display in The Parlour:
Sara Devout, AKAK, Javier Ortega, Crystal Fosnaugh

* Friday Nov 13th - Armitage Shanks hosts Kurt Weill Night
- Doppleganger
- Stella Rose Saint Clair
- Helen Kane Burlesque
- Book reading and films by Christy Kane (New Orleans)

* Saturday Nov 14th - Hosted by: Diva Le Deviant
- 7 pm Palm Readings by Dame Darcy
- Vinsantos (SF)
- Dame Darcy Films & Book Signing
- Funi Book reading
- Short film by Miss Oblivious

* Sunday Nov 15th - Hosted by Miss Oblivious
- Lonesome Shack (Seattle)
- Death BY Doll (LA + NY)
- Maureen O'Donnell (Author of "Scar Flowers")
- Short surprise film screenings

Just Added: Veronique Chevalier & Seth Bedford will also be performing at The Can Can on Sunday, November 15th, as part of the concluding festivities of the Cabaret Festival!

cabaretfestival.com

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4th of July flash mob (w/sparklers)

keith — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:09:56 GMT

Interested in setting up a flash mob for the night of July 4th on the 500 block of E Pine (old cha cha, kincora, etc site). I recently helped get the capitol hill garage sale on the site and was hoping to do something else soon to keep the momentum going.

The idea is for everyone to show up at, say, midnight, burn a sparkler, take lots of photos then walk away (with your sparkler leftover -- we want to vanish without a trace).

I've never set one of these up but this seemed like a decent place to start. Any thoughts?

Also, check out http://peoplesparkinglot.blogspot.com to see other things we are planning for this (and other) vacant lot(s).

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Brittain Ashford, Here We Go Magic, Final Spin - Chop Suey tonight! 6/25

Ani — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:56:43 GMT

Brittain Ashford
The doors open at 8 p.m. - the show starts at 8:30 pm.... Brittain Ashford opens for Here We Go Magic and Final Spin at Chop Suey, tonight, June 25th!!! http://www.myspace.com/brittainashford

Chop Suey: 1325 East Madison Street, Seattle WA 98122 (206) 324 8000http://www.chopsuey.com/calendar.html 21+

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Seattle Marijuna Liberation March

Angie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:06:23 GMT

Saturday May 2nd 2009

Noon rally at Volunteer Park
We will start marching at 1pm to Westlake Center where we will have another rally about 2pm

Spread the word & free the herb!

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New Perspectives on Runes I: The First Aett

Meka — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:06:36 GMT

New Perspectives on Runes I: The First Aett

9 May 2009, 4-6pm, $10 at the door

Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue (Capitol Hill), Seattle, WA.

This lecture discusses the origins of information concerning the Runes of the Elder Futhark. We will be discussing the origins of the Futharks as well as comparative material surrounding the First Aett.

This lecture is one in a series exploring deeper mysteries of the Elder Futhark. The lecture is suited primarily toward intermediate to advanced students, but beginners will gain valuable insight into the source material and methodologies for approaching it.

With over fifteen years of Runic and occult experience, Chris Travers is a Master in the Rune-Gild, an has led Runic discussion groups for the last decade. His book, "The Serpent and the Eagle: An Introduction to the Elder Runic Tradition" is published through BookSurge. He has studied history at the Evergreen State College.

Contact irisgately@vib.org for reservations or further inquiries.

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Decibel Spring Events feat. Modeselektor, Gui Boratto, Thomas Fehlmann, Apparat, CLP, Ghislain Poirier + more

Nordic Soul — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:26:02 GMT

Spring is here and with it a plethora of festivals and events featuring some of the best EDM the world has to offer. Here's some of the events Decibel will be involved over the next few months (more to come). Hope to see you out!

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:::: APRIL 2ND @ NECTAR ::::
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DECIBEL, OBESE & ROCKET SCIENCE PRESENT....

CLP aka Chris de Luca & Phon.o : Berlin - Live
Funkstörung / Boysnoize / Shitkatapult Records
www.chrisdelucavsphono.com
www.myspace.com/chrisdeluca

:::: with special guests ::::
PrEssHa : Seattle - DJ
Rocket Science / Produkt / C89FM / ECE / Produkt
http://www.myspace.com/presshabreaks

NOISEMAKER : Seattle - DJ
www.myspace.com/206noisemaker

Doors at 9pm / 21+
$10 advance tickets online at:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1114644&pl=NectarLounge

Nectar Lounge
412 N. 36th St
Seattle

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:::: APRIL 8TH @ NECTAR ::::
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DECIBEL & NECTAR PRESENT....

GUI BORATTO : Brazil - Live PA
Kompakt / K2 / Plastic City / Audiomatique
http://www.myspace.com/guiboratto
http://www.guiboratto.com.br

:::: with special guest ::::
NORDIC SOUL : Seattle - Live
Decibel / Broken Disco
http://www.myspace.com/nordicsoul

Doors at 9pm / 21+
$10 advance tickets online at:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1103144&pl=NectarLounge

Nectar Lounge
412 N. 36th St
Seattle

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:::: APRIL 17TH @ CHOP SUEY ::::
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DECIBEL, FOURTHCITY, SENSORY EFFECT & SHAMELESS PRESENT....

:::: Main Room ::::
THOMAS FEHLMANN : Berlin - Live
Kompakt / Plug Reseach / The Orb
http://www.myspace.com/thomasfehlmann

GHISLAIN POIRIER : Montreal - Live / DJ
Ninja Tune / Chocolate Industries
http://www.myspace.com/ghislainpoirier

DJ COLLAGE : Seattle - Live
Ninja Tune / Klein
http://www.myspace.com/djcollage

:::: Lounge ::::
PATHIC - Live / DJ
Ai - London
http://www.myspace.com/pathicmusic

ROMULO DE CASTILLO (1/2 Soul Oddity and Phoenecia) : Miami - Live
Schematic / Astralwerks
http://schematic.net/phoenecia

214 : Seattle - Debut Live Set
Ai / Pyramid Transmissions
http://www.protonradio.com/bio.php?id=312

:::: visuals by ::::
SCOTT K. JAMES of The Now Device

$15 presale and $12 before 10pm
Ticket link coming soon

Doors open at 9pm / 21+

Chop Suey
1325 E. Madison
Seattle

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:::: MAY 19TH @ NEUMOS ::::
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DECIBEL PRESENTS....

MODESELEKTOR + APPARAT : Berlin - Live / DJ
Bpitch / Shitkatapult
http://www.myspace.com/mdslktr
http://www.myspace.com/apparat

:::: special guests ::::
TRUCKASAURAS : Seattle - Live
Fourthcity
http://www.myspace.com/teapartiesgunsnvalor

NORDIC SOUL : Seattle - Live
Decibel / Broken Disco
http://www.myspace.com/nordicsoul

:::: visuals by ::::
PFADFINDEREI : Berlin
bpitchcontrol / Dalbin
http://www.myspace.com/pfadfinderei

TRACER VISUALS : Seattle
http://www.TracerVisuals.com

$18 adv. / $20 at the door
Advance tickets available at Moe Bar, Rudy's Barber Shop, Select QFC and online at:
http://ev12.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3aTWS%3aWNEU09:WNEU0519%3a&linkID=twspok

Doors open at 8pm / 21+

Neumos
925. E. Pike St

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:::: Decibel proudly supports and will be in attendance at following festivals ::::
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COMMUNIKEY - April 17-19 : Boulder, CO : http://www.communikey.us/festival
DEMF - May 23-25 : Detroit, MI : http://www.demf.com
MUTEK - May 27-31 : Montreal, CA : http://www.mutek.org

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For more info please visit http://www.dbfestival.com or http://www.myspace.com/decibelfestival
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$1100 / 1br - Peaceful treehouse, util incl (Madrona)

Katha — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:44:40 GMT

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/apa/973089139.html

Reply to: hous-973089139@craigslist.org [?]
Date: 2008-12-29, 8:50AM PST

Five meandering rooms in upstairs apt in very quiet Madrona neighborhood. High ceilings, French doors, fireplace, art glass throughout, tiled bathroom, sweet garden, nice and small kitchen, cable/HBO included.
First, last, deposit.

My neighbor's upstairs aerie, it is very very sweet...

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how are the hills?

waveyoga — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:07:41 GMT

howis transportation/

thank you

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kombucha

Kristina — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:04:13 GMT

does anyone know where to get High Country Kombucha in Capitol Hill? I can't find it!
Thanks!

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Brunchy goodness!

Jen — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:27:20 GMT

Crave is so cute, so tasty, so worthy of it's name.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/944053/crave_a_great_restaurant_in_seattle.html?cat=8

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Has environmentalism gone too far? Hell no.

Jen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:40:16 GMT

Seriously, there's a debate about this? Sigh... of course there is.

The debate: http://www.helium.com/debates/168344-have-we-gone-too-far-with-environmentalism
My resounding no: http://www.helium.com/items/1162237-environmentalism-global-warming-environmental-movement-sustainable-sustainability-green

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who plays tennis?

madame7 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:12:55 GMT

someone started a seattle tennis tribe:
http://tribes.tribe.net/tenniz
it needs members.
I was going to start one but since this guy beat me to it, lets gather over there and connect. Don't laugh at me! I really love tennis!

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shiny new capitol hill blog...

Jen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:16:40 GMT

....written by me.

http://comradebunny.blogspot.com/

I'll mostly be writing about the park-to-be at John and Summit, but I'll likely write about anything else I see that's fun on the Hill.

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New Park on the Hill!

Jen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:55:37 GMT

www.associatedcontent.com/article/945801/seattle_capitol_hill_community_rallies.html

A bunch of Hill folks get together to fundraise for a park to be on John and Summit.

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WATER WOMAN AUG 1-4

Renee — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:46:20 GMT

We are pleased to present the first annual WATER WOMAN on the long weekend of August 1st – 4th , 2008. This four day gathering on the south coast of British Columbia has set its intention to facilitate the celebration of: Water as Life, Unity Consciousness, and the Divine Feminine.

Water Woman welcomes all men, women, and children to join in this conscious gathering. Our location is on breathtaking 200 acres of pristine temperate rainforest, amongst giant glacier mountains stretching above a pure rushing river. A stretch of beach with sparkling sand and bright sun awaits us in the glorious Squamish River Valley.

www.waterwomanevent.com

This intentional gathering will provide:

- ceremonial water blessings from numerous different Spiritual traditions daily

- large and small group workshops sharing skills and wisdom for personal healing and evolution (see website)

- exciting performance artists, visual artists and installations like VJ Suez Electrabelle (Vancouver)

- an extraordinary Art Gallery showcasing rare international talents like Amy Angel (COSM, New York)

- traditional Sweat lodges and Medicine ways (Salish and Sechlet)

- inspiring acoustic musicians featuring spiritual folk singer SHIMSHAI (San Jose, CA)

- a Marketplace offering unique creations

- luxurious Dj’s releasing soundscapes into the sky that can heal cells and inspire dance like Dj MICHAEL MANAHAN (Orcale, Seattle)

- a Kids Zone for the entertainment of kids, and the sharing of family activities

- we endeavor to provide a space that is environmentally conscious and safe for all beings

We hope you will browse our web site www.waterwomanevent.com for more detailed workshop info, daily schedules, ticket info, volunteer opportunities,links to related sites, “what to bring” and location directions. We encourage you to buy your tickets in advance and save on the ticket price at the door.

Water Woman is an evolution of festival culture, spiritual development, and personal growth for the benefit of All Beings. We are co-creating with you to offer a space for sacred celebration, community empowerment, and personal rejuvenation.

We look forward to your beautiful presence with us.

For more details see: www.waterwomanevent.com

Questions? Send emails to: info@waterwomanevent.com

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new capitol hill-based tribes

jeanette — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:44:12 GMT

check out http://tribes.tribe.net/girlslikegirls. this group is public. no current events listed. feel free to post local events or create an open forum discussion.

also new: http://tribes.tribe.net/t-girls. this is a private group for crossdressers, tg's and girly-girls. it is held monthly at a capitol hill residence. after the social, we go out dancing at "the cuff" on 13th and pine.

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Embodied Voice Workshop for Women, Seattle, With Sylvi Alli

Ani — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:31:07 GMT

Singing used to be an important part of my life which I want to reclaim. There is a wonderful opportunity for women to explore the use of their voices with Sylvi Alli, who will be in Seattle from Berkeley, CA. This is a recent interview with Sylvi: www.paratheatrical.com/voicei...ew.html

SINGING OUR AUTHENTIC VOICES
Seattle Embodied Voice Workshop For Women
With Sylvi Alli

When: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 4 p.m.
Where: University District, Seattle
Cost: $50 Pay by Pay Pal; payment accepted at the door
www.verticalpool.com/embodiedvoice.html

This embodied voice approach encourages a release
of tension and self-consciousness, and allows us to
experience our voices more authentically.

All levels welcome. Space is limited, so register early - Only 15 students max. www.verticalpool.com/embodiedvoice.html

www.paratheatrical.com/voicei...ew.html
Sylvi Alli: "Embodied voice" is, for me, a voice that is grounded, rooted, in the physical body. In my work, I have come to experience the body as a vessel for the voice to move through and resonate within. There is a noticeable difference in the resonance of a voice initiated from the belly, for example, and a voice initiated from their upper throat. This ties in with where one's awareness lies - are you singing/moving from the belly, or from the head? As a culture, many of us spend the majority of our waking lives "in our head". When the awareness moves further down the body, the vibrational quality of the voice deepens, producing a fuller, richer sound.

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Antero Alli's "The Invisible Forest", NWFF, 6/15

sherpa — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:59:25 GMT

I am an ex-pat Seattlite filmmaker bringing my new film, "THE INVISIBLE FOREST" (2008; 111 min. USA), to the Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave) on SUNDAY JUNE 15, 2pm matinee.

"THE INVISIBLE FOREST" is an experimental feature inspired by the radical theatrical ideas of French Surrealist playwright Antonin Artaud about a group of actors that are working out their art in the forest when their director becomes haunted by nightmares where the ghost of Artaud appears and teaches him a thing or two about real theatre. More details at my tribe profile page. I hope to see you there -- Antero Alli

Watch the Trailer (3 min.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jkOevXUvL3s

Venue:
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/cinemas/calendar.php

This film reviewed
www.verticalpool.com/ifmontereview.html

The Invisible Forest site (credits, etc.)
www.verticalpool.com/if.html

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5/10: Come learn the truth about Scientology (Westlake Center)

Polymorf — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10:27 GMT

Join us in our battle against the evil and oppressive cult of Sceintogoly.

Thousands of families have been destroyed, children deprived of education and basic needs people brainwashed every single day.

Come help to stop an organization that is run as a For-Profit Corporation that masks itself under the cloak of "religion."

Come and add your voice to the chorus. Your presence can mae a difference.

Faith is Free
Sceintogoly is not!
Come find out why we have to use alternate spellings.

You can help put a stop to the criminal organization by joining anonymous.
We are anonymous.
We do not forget.
We do not forgive.

We will be protesting this Saturday May 10th at westlake center from noon until dark and would *love* to see you there.
For more information goto http://www.lulznw.com

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I need an electrician!

Delta — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:36:58 GMT

I'm on Capital Hill in Seattle, and I need an electrician to come to my house and take a look at an odd situation.

our power bills have been reasonable and consistent for the last few years. There is a construction site in the lot next to ours, and sometime in the last billing cycle they got power hooked up. I notice that the way our two wired connect to the pole are different than any other on the street. I also notice that my power bill has gone from $50 to $270 this month. We are using twice the power that we were in the dead of winter with the lights on and heater blowing. My brother has been calling the power company, but they are no help at all. In fact the woman yesterday told him that all the power saving things we are doing, stuff like switching to LCD monitors, getting a toaster and electric kettle so we don't use the stove as much, switching to fluorecent bulbs and turning the blower to the furnace off in the summer are all cosmetic changes and it's not realistic that we would see a marked change in our bill.
seriously.

We tried an experiment where we turned off the breakers as the guys next door were working with power tools, and our power meter started to run backwards. we don't have solar power, so this struck me as odd.

If anyone out there is or knows an electrician that we could pay in dollars or boobies or beer or whatever to take a look at the situation I would love to hear from them.

Cheers,
Delta

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Seattle Pinball show this June!

dan10things — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:32:07 GMT

The Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show!
June 6-8, 2008
Seattle Center Northwest Rooms
$15/day $25/all weekend
Sponsored by The Stranger and Shorty's

Over 100 pinball and arcade games, pinball tournament, vendors, prizes and guest speakers, including Steve Ritchie, who has designed everything from the classic Black Knight to Stern's new Spiderman pinball machine. All game play is free with admission. This event is all ages.

For more details: http://nwpinballshow.com

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Under 21, and just moved here from Reno. I need friends..AND THINGS TO DO!

Sarah — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:47:38 GMT

I have recently acclimated to a hermit-like lifestyle.
My roommates are both in their mid-twenties, and i find myself staying at home more than i would like to. Do you know of any nineteen-year-old-friendly activities in this city? Music, hiking, Open Mic, some wholesome and/or cost-effective things to do?

I appreciate any suggestions. :)

LOVE//light//ETERNAL SUNSHINE
//Sarah

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Rental Space for Workshop?

Ani — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:08:01 GMT

Hi, I am looking for a space for a workshop to be held. Does anyone know of a place large enough for 15 people to move freely with live acoustics, and a reasonable price? Let me know.

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Calling all artists... SURVEY FOR ARTISTS

urseabliss — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:16:53 GMT

Hey, folks! I am posting a link to a survey my team and I created for graduate school research. The survey is intended for artists, so please please please respond if you are one! Although we are looking primarily at the Puget Sound area, any artist can respond.

Here's a li'l bit about what we are up to:
Artists make up an important component of a thriving, flourishing community, but what makes an artist choose a community? And what elements make up an artists’ community? What makes an “artist ecosystem”?

My graduate team from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute is conducting a survey in order to glean just such information. We are working on some possible community developments in the Puget Sound area, including an artists' community. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey. Thank you; our research depends on your contribution!

Your responses will be kept confidential

Here's the link:
<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=uRgnR_2fCj5lKUfRc6bLetyQ_3d_3d">Click Here to take survey</a>

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David Deida is coming to Seattle!

avena — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:58:44 GMT

We are thrilled to announce that David Deida is returning to the
West Coast in the Spring of 2008.

Each live Deida Workshops, as you likely know, is unique in its
content and energy, though all of them leave participants with
an energizing sense of breakthrough and deep renewal of purpose and
passion.

It's one thing to read his work.

It's another to gain "body knowledge" through in-person contact
with David Deida and through his provocative interactive exercises.

By the way, here are just a couple of letters we received after the
October Ecstatic Intimacy workshop...

***

"The workshop really rocked my world. I had no
idea how shut down I was, and I saw that intimacy
was missing in my life. I have been married for 24
years, and I had no idea on what it would take to
create an "ecstatic intimate relationship." I saw
that to have an "ecstatic relationship" with my wife
(or any other woman) will involve putting in
place intimacy practices like the exercises
we did in the workshop. I have done a lot of
transformational seminars since 1979, and I feel that
none of the other workshop leaders really spoke
to my heart liked David Deida did."
-M.T.

And from the Goddess side of the aisle...

"The workshop was really profound for me.
It allowed me to shift from a mental
understandings of Deida's concepts to
an integrated "knowing" of them. That's
simple but huge! One thing that stands out
for me was the realization that men really
do love, cherish, and crave the radiance and
receptivity of the feminine. I didn't realize
that it was so valued and seen. That in turn
gave me confidence to shine away without fear."
- K.H.

***

The Spring Deida Live Workshops will be in new cities, both of
which were chose because they are replete with men and women
committed to doing deeper Deida work.

Here is the schedule:

San Francisco: April 25 -27
Seattle: May 23 - 25

Exact hotel locations will be announced within weeks. And as
always, we will arrange the lowest possible room rates for you.

If you remember, tickets disappeared almost as fast as we could
process them in October and we expect both of these events will
also sell out quickly.

In order to receive further information about these events, you
MUST SIGN IN ON A NEW 2008 PRIORITY LIST AT:

http://www.marketerschoice.com/app/?af=734396

Tickets will be available in a few weeks and, once you are on
the Priority List at - http://www.marketerschoice.com/app/?af=734396 you will
receive advanced notice about how to get tickets before they are
released to the public.

Hope to see you there!

http://www.marketerschoice.com/app/?af=734396

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urban gardening project on the hill

Zach — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:19:56 GMT

Hey Everyone,

I'm going to redesign my yard so that it has about 4 funky raised garden beds and am keeping careful track of what I do so that I can write a grant for a neighborhood wide urban agriculture project next year. Does anyone want to help me?

I've got experience in organic farming and currently coordinate a farmers market and sit on the board of directors of a farming nonprofit. I am very serious about this. Haven't really grown anything on the small scale before.

Best,
Zach

zachariahzink@yahoo.com

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Some down and dirty chinese

SpastiCaffeinatedNerdGeekGirl — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 04:52:46 GMT

In the most traditional and slightly americanized horrifying as it may be...yes, I wonder...does anyone around here deliver to the 15th street-ish area?

The basics, like hot and sour....and some not so healthy sweet and sour or something even worse....

While I love Thai..I swear I am now seeing the world in the colors of curry.

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since we're on the subject of food...(delivery)

laurarose — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 01:10:12 GMT

So many nights I have been in my new apartment wishing I knew what I could get delivered other than PIZZA. Does anyone know chinese or thai places that deliver to upper cap hill?

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http://www.onefamilygathering.org/

Holomos — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:01:39 GMT

One Family Gathering "Mad Doctors" Benefit Party
When
Sat Feb 16 9pm – Sun Feb 17 8am

20080216T210000/20080217T080000

Where
map
Cafe Yeshi 5507 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA. 98103
Created By
One Family Gathering
Description

This will be a benefit party for the One Family Gathering.
Performances by Ben's Jazz Kit, Jack Burton, Rat City Ruckus, Bijhan, Dr. Jimmy Rigga, HannaH*s Field, Dub What?, Jensen, The Ronz, Hippinshlog, and Puget Sound System.

NO COVER, Cash Bar w/id.

Flipsie Cup Tournament *PRIZES*

DOCTOR! DOCTOR? DOCTOR!?!?

This is a costume party.
Come dressed as a Doctor or Mad Scientist and receive a FREE something, might be a BEER!
WARNING: Attendee's not in costume may be asked to wear a patient's cap and gown.

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!!!

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5.000 square foot Warehouse For Rent on Capitol Hill

imandrew — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:29:23 GMT

Hey there.

So, I have a 5K sq/ft warehouse located centrally in Capitol Hill that I'd like to rent out.

The Good News? 14 foot ceilings, great location, safe and secure building, reasonable price

The Not As Good News? No bathrooims (but easy access to existng plumbing), 4 year lifespan of lease and ....well, that's all the bad news.

If you know of anyone that would like to take advantage of this space for four years, please have them get in touch with me.

Andrew

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violent acts unessesary

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:18:59 GMT

Last night, two blocks from my apartment a 25yr old woman was stabbed to death, with multiple stab wounds. She screamed, and people called 911, but she still passed.

There is little to no info about the details. Just another random act of violence in our neighborhood.

May her soul find peace.

Peace to all on this new years day.

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Leaving the country - Big Sale!

yvettesoler — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:49:26 GMT

It looks like we are going to be leaving the country for a few years so we're selling almost everything we have (I'll be back a few times a year to produce events). I put this as a listing, but listings are acting funny so I thought I would post it as a topic too.

Everything is located in Seattle - Capitol Hill area
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Lamps - seattle.craigslist.org/see/hs...99.html

Wardrobe Dresser and night stand - seattle.craigslist.org/see/fu...11.html

Mule chest - seattle.craigslist.org/see/fu...72.html

Queen bed with the mattress, boxspring, a feather bed and down comforter - $250

Green Sofa Chair: seattle.craigslist.org/see/fu...95.html

Dishes (Pictures coming soon):
Brand: Sango - cobalt blue. Of that we have:
3 bread plates
4 dinner plates
4 bowls - these bowls are larger than the regular bowls

Mr Coffee brand coffee maker - barely used.

T-Fal Grill: seattle.craigslist.org/see/hs...69.html

Electric Fondue: seattle.craigslist.org/see/hs...18.html

Glasses: seattle.craigslist.org/see/hs...82.html

George Foreman rotisserie $50
Just like: www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp

2002 Mini Cooper: seattle.craigslist.org/see/ca...68.html

We have more stuff coming in a second wave. Send me a Tribe mail if you are interested in anything.

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Need Room for rent or Housesitting

waveyoga — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:00:57 GMT

Sweet teacher needs place to flourish as my literacy career gets reestablished in the area.
I am a dancer, yoga practitioner, eat organic, early riser, very reliable.. I have reliability and have been accepted for a working interview at Breitenbush for summer.. so I am considered mindful and can coexist well in a group.

Ecstatic Dance community..

Please contact me with a PM or at waveyoga@aol.com

thank you

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Room for rent

(Juniper) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:07:02 GMT

Hi !
I have a room for rent in a very cute house walking distance
from Capitol Hill, at 20th & Denny. 1.5 blocks from Safeway, 3-4
blocks from Trader Joe's and Madison Market. Close to parks, major bus
lines, downtown, etc. House has a large fenced-in yard, laundry,
plenty of street parking, full kitchen, lovely high ceilings in the
living room, cable, wireless internet, and a sweet front porch. Room is carpeted with a sunny
bay window.

Could you do $750/month? That would cover rent and half the bills. Negotiable.
I'm a 32 year-old female aerospace engineer and performance
artist/dancer, non-smoker, also into yoga and meditation,
hard-working, busy, fun, friendly, and health-conscious. Oh, and I have two cats (twin girls, sooo cute). Must love cats!

Give me a call if you are interested. :)
Thanks!
Juniper
303-817-7566

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Theft of Sculpture - and brief intro

Ani — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:53:59 GMT

Hi. I live in Montlake in Seattle. And I have just joined this forum. I am hoping there is someone who might be able to assist me in recovering a special sculpture stolen about 2 weeks ago from my back yard. here are photos from my website: www.awenglow.com/sculpture.htm It is the Lord of the Forest/ Cernunnos ceramic mask.

Anyway. Sorry to intro that way - I am an artist and have lived in this area for a very long time.

Ani is my nick name.

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Spokane or parts near for Thanksgiving?

cruzzin — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:04:53 GMT

Going to Spokane or parts near for Thanksgiving?

I would love to share the ride to, and possibly from, and would help pay for gas.

Thanks

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NCEF! Media sabotaged! Hijacked by lone wingnut! Accused of fraud and embezzlement!

White Rabbit — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:15:07 GMT

NCEF! Media in Humboldt County, Ca. is accused of fraud and donation embezzlement. Caution! Do not support this lone wingnut's scam! Other legitamate groups exist in the area. Caution! Do not be fooled by NCEF! Media and his fraudulent outreach. Shunka Wakan exists completely seperate from any active affinity group. Read about how he perpetuated a lawsuit under the guise of EF! against a legitamate environmental nonprofit:

Dog Days
From: http://northcoastjournal.com/100407/cover1004.html
October 4, 2007
Money On Trees

Big cash nearly fell into Shunka Wakan's lap. Other Earth First!ers are kinda happy it didn't.

by Heidi Walters

As the jury trial for the civil suit Kathryn Miller v. the Trees Foundation puttered to a start last week inside Courtroom 3 at the Humboldt County Courthouse, Shunka Wakan — a key witness for the plaintiff — spent mornings sitting on the hard wooden benches in the long hallway outside the courtroom. During breaks, Miller's attorney Linda Mitlyng, would come out of the courtroom to join him. But otherwise, as other people and their legal affairs swirled around him in a warm, odiferous bath of humanity, Shunka sat alone. Or, sometimes, he stood alone, straight-spined, his small, stocky body swallowed by the huge, stiff blue suit out of which his newly shorn, razor-scraped bald head poked vulnerably — as if, at any moment, the suit could gulp once more and he'd disappear completely. Always, he clutched a paper folder with a wolf's face on its cover.

The North Coast Earth First! Media guru had shaved off his woolly rust-tinged brown hair and beard the night before jury selection started, after discussing it with attorney Mitlyng. Now, it took an uncertain moment to recognize him. Then, of course: Shunka's light blue eyes in the pink-pale face, Shunka's closed-lip smile, Shunka's trademark husky murmur, "Mm-hmm, for sure," in response to a comment.

In Courtroom 3, the amiable but no-nonsense Judge Christopher Wilson's domain, the fate of a $185,000 donation dangled. Would the plaintiff, donor Kathryn Miller, prevail in her claim that the defendant, the Trees Foundation, was not in fact the intended recipient of her generous gift? That Shunka Wakan's NCEF! Media Center and the treesitters were? Or would the Trees Foundation convince the jury that, in fact, the money was intended all along for Trees, with no instructions attached for funneling it elsewhere?

Richard Idell, left, who is defending the Trees Foundation against a lawsuit filed by Kathryn Miller, confers with Doug Wallace, community support coordinator for Trees. Photo by David Lawlor.

In her opening arguments, Miller's attorney, Mitlyng, said the case came down to "fraud and broken promises." "She believed [Trees] would hold [the money] in trust, for the benefit of North Coast Earth First!" said Mitlyng. The defense's attorney, Richard Idell, countered in his opening argument that the donation was an unconditional gift and Miller never wrote letters of instruction — as Miller claims she did. "Ms. Miller ... didn't do anything. She took the check [from her mother's estate] and flipped it over and wrote on the back, 'Payable to the Trees Foundation,'" said Idell.

Miller's claim sought the return of her $185,000, plus interest.

Out in the hallway, Shunka waited to tell his side of the story. Maybe he thought about the magical donation that never materialized, and now probably never would. Maybe he thought about the other times he'd been in this courthouse — dozens of times, along with other activists, often before Judge Wilson, answering to charges of trespassing and other forms of civil disobedience in the woods. Likely, he wondered when they were finally going to call him in to testify — it was taking forever in there. He'd even sent out an e-mail prematurely to the several hundred subscribers to his NCEF! online group erroneously announcing he would be first up to testify.

By the end of Friday's court session, Miller was still on the stand. Perhaps Monday it would be Shunka's turn. Whenever it was, he would be testifying on Miller's behalf; but he wasn't a party to the lawsuit. And in the end, after hearing all of the evidence, the jury would be determining who was telling the truth about intentions and letters of instructions. Shunka was just there to provide context and evidence in a contract dispute.

But to a number of forest activists, including a half dozen or so who appeared in the audience last Friday to watch the trial unfold, that context matters more to them than the legal questions. They say this lawsuit has placed a strain on the environmental community that could do as much damage as an ill-felled redwood that takes down other giants in its descent. They disapprove of the lawsuit, and they blame Shunka for it. And, they say, it's just another example of how Shunka has commandeered the North Coast Earth First! identity and used it for purposes that nobody else in the amorphous but consensus-driven local Earth First! movement has agreed to.

"For a lot of us, when we read about the lawsuit, this is kind of like Shunka on trial," said long-time forest activist Deane Rimerman last Friday, calling from Olympia, Wash. "And, to what extent is he worthy of that money?"

Kathryn Miller wanted her money to go toward saving trees, she said on the witness stand last Thursday. The slender 59-year-old was dressed in a pink print skirt and white sweater, with her gray-streaked dark hair pulled back into a neat, thin braid tinted slightly green. (Little did the jury know that Miller had spent the night in jail, in blue jail duds, and then had been "dressed out," in court lingo, in her street clothes before being escorted into the court by the bailiff. Miller had been arrested the week before, on Sept. 17, when she arrived in civil court for the pre-trial readiness hearing; according to the misdemeanor criminal charges filed against her, Miller allegedly had made annoying phonecalls to Barbara Ristow of the Trees Foundation all hours of the day and night.)

On the stand, Miller described how she became an activist. She remembered how, when she was a child in Orinda, her mother decided to stop spraying the beautiful oak trees on their property after reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. "And then, when my son was 9, we were watching the news on TV about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown. And my son said to me, 'I wish I'd never been born. I don't think I'll get to live a full life.'"

She protested the building of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. She started a peace action group in the late 1980s in San Jose. She did nonviolent protests at the Nevada Test Site. And in 1990, she came up with some of her fellow protestors to help set up the camp for Redwood Summer, and to take part in demonstrations. She's been on and off involved in Earth First! actions in Humboldt ever since, she said, including huffing in supplies for treesitters and huffing out their garbage. She'd also, at one point, bought a condo in Arcata.

In 2004, Miller sold her condo and bought an acre of farmland, already planted with coffee, in Guatemala. She put in fruit trees to shade the coffee. That same year, her mother, who lived in Sonoma, died. "The last time I saw her was in 2003," said Miller. "She told me when she died, she was going to leave me some money. I told her I'd use it to further my work for the forest. And she was pleased, because she loved the treesitters and the forest."

Shortly after learning of her mother's death, Kathryn Miller sought out Shunka Wakan in front of the food co-op in Arcata, where he "tabled" to raise funds for the North Coast Earth First! Media office — selling T-shirts, and stickers, offering pamphlets, accepting donations. She'd known Shunka for about five years, she said.

"I said to him, I was going to inherit some money: What was the best way to get that to the North Coast Earth First!?"

In the spring of 2005, Shunka Wakan was floating above the treetops. "I was so excited," the 32-year-old said in an interview a few weeks ago, sitting inside his tiny but colorful North Coast Earth First! Media office in Arcata, walls covered in art and topo maps — including one of Buckeye Mountain, where in 2000-2001, during the "Mattole Free State" action, Shunka and others hiked 14 miles through waist-high snowdrifts to save trees.

Kathryn Miller, he recalled, had come up to him excitedly as he walked along the sidewalk outside the Arcata Co-op and said, "I just donated $185,000 to North Coast Earth First!'"

She'd talked to him the year before about making the donation — she'd said she was anticipating an inheritance from her mother's estate, and she wanted to make a big donation to his group. He'd told her to make it through the Trees Foundation, which handled the NCEF! Media office's finances through an arrangement that had been established years ago. (The Trees Foundation is an umbrella organization formed in 1991 to assist smaller environmental groups. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, it can accept large, tax-deductible donations on behalf of affiliates, and provide professional resources. And it can lead large campaigns, like the one to save the Headwaters Forest back in the '90s.)

Well, now she'd finally done it.

Miller and Shunka agreed to meet at Fiesta Café in Sunny Brae, so she could tell him how she wanted the money spent: She wanted, straight away, for someone to organize a mediated workshop for the local Earth First! activists on ageism and sexism, issues she thought were fracturing the movement. And, she wanted the bulk of the donation to help support the forest activists who blockade logging roads and hunker up in ancient redwoods to fend off loggers' saws.

Not long after, Shunka was on his way to have lunch with some folks from the Trees Foundation, where they'd talk about Miller's wishes.

"Our media outreach was going to get a big boost," Shunka said. "The donation would keep the EF! office going for many years. So I walked into the Wildflower Café feeling elated, thinking we got all this money."

Barbara Ristow and Doug Wallace of the Trees Foundation were there. "I was super excited," Shunka said, "and I said, 'This is great, this big donation. Isn't it wonderful?' We ordered food, and still I'm all excited, talking about the money, but I notice they're looking nervously at each other. [Finally], they said, 'Well, we're just shocked that you think this money was for you.' And I was like, 'I just met with the donor, and that's what she said.' And they're like, 'Well, let's go ahead and plan the workshop and deal with that later.' I remember that, because it put me at ease."

After that, Shunka said he gave Trees a list of people he thought might benefit from the mediator-run workshop. "Some were people I knew had beefs with me, but I was willing to bring 'em into the circle and talk about it."

According to some vague accounts, the workshop was a disaster. One person who was there claims that Shunka, at one point, pounded his fists on the floor, blustered, then got up and stormed out, yelling as he walked away. Shunka says that's overblown.

"The letter from Kathryn Miller to Barbara Bristow said she wanted the mediation to be a safe place, safe to be emotional," he said. "And I think people are saying 'I freaked out.' The freak-out reports are exaggerated. It's just part of this ongoing character assassination. People say I was 'red-faced.' But my face is naturally red."

In late 2005, while Shunka was in Seattle, a friend called him from Arcata to say a woman had come by asking for the office key. She had a list of equipment she wanted to take away. The friend didn't give her the key.

When Shunka got back from Seattle, he discovered his reimbursement funds from Trees had been "frozen." He also learned about a letter someone in the NCEF! movement had circulated for signatures and then sent to Mark Knipper, who handled the Trees Foundation transactions for the NCEF! Media office. It said, in essence, "We don't want Shunka running EF!"

"I called the Trees Foundation," Shunka recalled. "I was sick, it was the middle of the winter, I'm trying to table, it's raining, it's cold. And Barbara Ristow told me, 'You just need to have a meeting [with the other Earth First!ers] and come to a group consensus on what the Trees Foundation funding should be used for."

The meeting never happened — nobody could agree to meet, said Mark Knipper, also in an interview last week. Knipper is a social worker and a long-time activist who had been the contact person between Trees and NCEF! Media. "So it ate itself," Knipper said. "And although I'm former Navy, a mariner, I said I'm not going down with this ship. So I divorced myself from it ... and signed it all back to Trees."

The NCEF! Media office was dropped from the Trees Foundation altogether.

Shunka and the NCEF! Media office never did see any of the big donation. Miller didn't even know that, he said, until she phoned him up in the summer of 2006, more than a year after she made the donation, to ask about a guy named "Jungle," who had been reported as missing on the NCEF! hotline. Miller was spending much of her time in Guatemala now, where she was raising fruit trees; after she'd made her big donation, Hurricane Stan had struck — she spent the ensuing year mopping up the mess.

First, Shunka told her Jungle was still missing. Then he told her about the money.

"I said, 'Yeah, they told me it wasn't for us,'" said Shunka. "And she said, 'I meant for all of it to go to you guys.' She sounded real upset. And I was like, 'I knew it! I knew it!'"

Shunka tried to sue Trees in small claims court, but it went nowhere.

Miller filed a claim against the Trees Foundation on Oct. 5, 2006, in Humboldt County Superior Court, seeking the return of the $185,000 plus interest so she could distribute the money herself.

And if she wins? "She may just spread it out more," said Shunka. "She's got tree planting ideas. Maybe she could buy a grove. She'd maybe not give it all to Earth First! this time. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Trees blew for us."

On an uncomfortably hot afternoon last week, four forest activists who'd agreed to an interview for this story — Jeff, Shaggy, Sparrow and Farmer — sat on the ground at the Arcata Marsh next to a log bench on which a teeming crew of red ants worked a splintered notch. Someone had come along here in 1999 and carved a grouping of faces — bearded, grimacing, possibly mourning faces — onto the log and signed it Daniel. The carving had been drenched in red paint, and burnished by years of sitters.

"It kind of reminds me of the memorial for Gypsy," said one of them. "With the red paint."

Gypsy was the forest name of David Nathan Chain, who in September 1998, during an Earth First! action at Grizzly Creek, was crushed to death by a tree felled by an enraged logger. Farmer, actually, was there — he was just 16, but had a year of activism already under his belt. And Shunka was there — it was Shunka's first forest action.

Farmer, Shag, Sparrow and Jeff first made it clear that they spoke for themselves alone, although they participate in various forest defense affinity groups: Farmer works for the Mattole Wildlands Defense Group now, watchdogging the California Department of Forestry for new timber harvest plans, and keeping an eye on a Pacific Lumber Co. watershed analysis. Shag, who saw his first redwood about five years ago, helps keep the Fern Gully treesit village in Freshwater functioning. Jeff, who grew up in the high desert, and fell in love with the woods, works with the Nanning Creek treesit just outside of Scotia, as well as other groups. Sparrow, who was drawn to forest action because the cultural landscape was "like a folktale" he couldn't resist, is with the Fern Gully affinity group. These groups are all part of the Humboldt Forest Defense Association, a collective with a website but no formal structure.

The HFDA sprang into being six years ago — about the time the entity called North Coast Earth First! had essentially dissolved. It would take a book to describe that drawn-out dissolution — a book of lost causes, won causes, waning media interest, Judi Bari's death, Gypsy's death, ego-spurred squabbles, interpersonal catastrophes, a war overseas, hurricanes. And while the HFDA activists might still cherish the Earth First! name — the movement — in their hearts, it's now been further complicated by what you might call the Shunka effect.

"I still feel in many ways solidarity with the greater Earth First! movement abroad," said Farmer. "But in this county, in this climate, if you say you're with the North Coast Earth First!, many people associate you with North Coast Earth First! Media."

Shunka revived the North Coast Earth First! office around 2002. And he did what previous office managers had done — tabled, put out news releases, wrote articles for other publications. But it wasn't like the old days, in the '90s, when hundreds of people were getting arrested in forest actions and the jail support phone and legal resources were in constant use.

Shunka first worked in an office in Eureka, then later moved to Arcata. He called his outfit the NCEF! Media Center. For a time, he and other "affinity groups" tried to work together. But he alienated some people. He took over the North Coast Earth First! website. He controlled the North Coast Earth First! email list of 300 or more subscribers to the news alerts. He sent out press releases on his own.

"I felt the North Coast Earth First! Media Center was a unilateral effort on Shunka's part," said Farmer. Whereas, in the old days, "spokespeople were decided on by the group. And if you wrote an article it was passed by everyone. I feel Shunka appointed himself spokesperson at some point."

Many also claim they've been subject to a lashing anger from Shunka.

"I won't work with him because I pledge nonviolence in my actions," said Shag. "I don't believe he pledges the same thing. He has exhibited violent behavior towards me and towards other activists in my presence."

"He's a bear," said Jeff, making claw-fists with his hands.

But the sad thing is, all of this infighting probably has done nothing to help the actual trees. And the mediation workshop Kathryn Miller wanted didn't fix matters. Now, there was her lawsuit.

"When I heard about this lawsuit, I thought, the Trees Foundation does not deserve to be attacked in that way," said Farmer. "There's much bigger issues that need to be dealt with — with Maxxam and old-growth logging. ...If you look at Fern Gully and Nanning Creek (the Bonanza timber harvest plan), there's hundreds of old growth acres still standing whose fate is unclear."

Shag put it more bluntly: "If [Miller] knew Shunka and wanted to get the money to North Coast Earth First! Media, she should've given it to Shunka. But if she was trying to get it to treesits and forest defense, then the money went to the right place.

"My problem is this whole representation thing. There's people in the trees — how do you know who to get the money to, to help them?"

Shunka knows that a lot of fellow activists aren't happy with his role in the donation dispute. He also knows how some people talk about him and say he's hard to get along with. "I'm just standing up for the truth," he said. "And people don't like it. To me, it feels like a small clique of people who don't like me. I feel a lot of love and support in this community."

He certainly doesn't come off right away as someone who's angry, or who lashes out, or who locks the office and doesn't let people in. Why, recently, he helped a young woman hook up with the treesitters so she could learn the ropes. (Shaggy said that's proof Shunka doesn't have direct connections with the people doing direct action; but you can't deny it's a connection.)

It's probably a bad idea to ask Darryl Cherney, one of the founders of the local Earth First! movement, what he thinks of Shunka Wakan, whose real name is Jason Wilson. (Shunka tells a story of how he was named by a Lakota medicine man on the banks of the Cheyenne River in South Dakota in 1995. "Shunka Wakan," meaning "great dog," is only part of it. There's a secret part after that — altogether, his name means "the humble man called horse.")

"Shunka's a wingnut," Cherney said over the phone last Friday, sounding cheerfully vitriolic. "I have a 10-verse song about Shunka."

Here are the last few verses:

Who's at the co-op spanging a donation
Shunka, Shunka
Who's got a lawsuit 'gainst the Trees Foundation
Shunka, Shunka
Shunka, Shunka
Who's gonna keep on fighting the fight
Shunka, Shunka
With four of his friends at swimmers delight
Shunka, Shunka
Shunka, Shunka (Shunka voice: It's the last of the revolution)

There's no other word for it but "mean." But Cherney and Shunka have history — not all of it sour. Cherney said Shunka laughed when he heard the song, at least the first time.

"I met Shunka in 1998," Cherney said. "And I know he knew Julia ["Butterfly" Hill, whom Shunka had come west to find]. That was a good thing, helping Julia. That was good Shunka."

Cherney had even pushed for Shunka to go to Houston to talk with Charles Hurwitz, whose Maxxam Corp. bought out the old Pacific Lumber company back in 1985 and quickly became the forest activists' number one villain. Shunka went.

But now? "The current status of Shunka and me," Cherney said, "is that Shunka has sent me five or eight or nine e-mails threatening to sue me. Shunka is a joke."

Cherney can talk for hours about the problems he's had with Shunka over the years. His main point, though, is what has Shunka done for the trees lately?

"My question is, where's your topo maps?" he asked. "Where's your wilderness preservation proposal? Where's your lobbyist team in Sacramento?"

It has to be that, on some level, even the people in the movement who don't like Shunka understand somewhat where he's coming from. So he's emotional. Passionate. Perhaps he's caught up so completely in the cause he can't let go. Or, who knows — maybe he's a phony, like he accused Knipper of being back in 2005.

But being a forest activist comes with perils beyond the obvious physical ones.

"I'm really trying to have compassion for Shunka, even though he's kind of attacked us," said Susy Barsotti by phone from Laytonville a couple of weeks ago. Barsotti is president of the Trees Foundation board, and she says the lawsuit has held Trees hostage, unable to function fully. "I've been mystified and dismayed that he's participated like this in the suit. But Shunka witnessed Gypsy's death. And I think he may have post-traumatic stress syndrome. I don't think he's recovered from it. And that can affect your behavior."

A number of people mentioned this, actually, about Shunka. And he often refers to Gypsy's death himself. In an article titled "What Luna has taught me," posted on the website of Julia "Butterfly" Hill's organization, Circle of Life, Shunka writes: "I decided to commit to doing ground support after witnessing the death of David Nathan "Gypsy" Chain on September 17, 1998 ... I remember looking across the valley as we hiked up that day, seeing the rolling hills of forests and clear-cuts, and thinking out loud, "That's why we're here!" Seeing Gypsy's life taken from him, and then seeing the corruption and lies of the Humboldt County Sheriffs ... really opened my eyes to the situation our old-growth forests face."

Later, he did ground support for Hill in her second year in Luna. And in the same article on her website, something else Shunka writes indicates how ready he was to devote himself to a cause: "Being on the support team was the top priority in my life, and I was happy knowing that everything else revolved around when I'd be needed for the next supply run. I never felt lost because I knew what I was doing. That was a feeling I had not felt in years, between feeling dissatisfaction with life in college, and then more dissatisfaction with life as a minimum-wage worker after college. Before joining Julia's ground support team I was unhappy, even to the point of tears, wondering if my entire life was going to be a minimum-wage nightmare ...."

Pure devotion, without benefit of a little hypocrisy, could drive anyone batty. Deane Rimerman, the activist from Olympia who said it is Shunka who is on trial, said it's not uncommon for intense, stressful movements like Earth First! to produce an army of walking wounded. And he's been around, in forest actions up and down the coast, for long enough to know; he was the one, in fact, who "got the maps and led the first hikers up to the hill" to the Gypsy Mountain campaign and Luna treesit.

"In the forest activist movement, there's very little that's rewarding," Rimerman said. "There's a lot of post traumatic stress syndrome. All of us get it. Once you've been through the court process, and the jail process, and seen 1,000-year-old trees get cut down that you really cared about and thought you could save — it's devastating."

That alone, setting aside the troubles with Shunka, could explain the many rifts that have occurred within the local EF! ranks over the years. Josh Brown, who moved to Humboldt in 1995 right before the peak of the Headwaters campaign, said one of the unique qualities of Earth First! is that it "is primarily a youth movement."

"A lot of people that come through are young, are passionate — and it's a wonderful thing," he said. They get thrown into leadership positions quickly — and then they get burned out. Many move quickly on to other things. Brown stayed in longer than most. "When I left [in 2001], I was 30 years old. And I'd been a full-time activist since I was 18."

Paradoxically, said Brown, the youthful draw and the departure of seasoned activists leaves the movement with "no elders to kind of sit around and coach the [new kids]."

The movement also draws strong personalities, he said. Tenacious ones, too, like Shunka's.

"Shunka, I think he really does have a big heart," said Brown. "And I think he does care for the forest."

Last Friday, following the morning session of Miller v. Trees, a group of the Humboldt Forest Defense Association activists stood on the courthouse steps talking. The door opened, and Shunka walked out and down the steps toward the group. They didn't greet him. After a time, he tried to talk to one of them, Jeff. Jeff walked away. Shunka followed him, then stopped and talked to another guy. Then he stood alone again.

From: http://northcoastjournal.com/101107/news1011.html

Trees Foundation Wins

October 11th, 2007

The jury in the civil case Kathryn Miller v. the Trees Foundation decided in favor of Trees, after deliberating all day Tuesday. (See "Money on Trees," Oct. 4).

Miller is the long-time forest activist who inherited a bundle from her mother and then signed $185,000 over to the Trees Foundation. In her lawsuit, she claimed she had intended the money to be passed through Trees to one of its affiliates, North Coast Earth First! Media, run by Shunka Wakan. She claimed she had made her intentions clear, verbally and in writing, and that Trees had agreed to the conditions, then broken its promise and kept the money. Trees denied making such promises, and said it had never seen any letters or heard of instructions to give the money to NCEF! Media. (Also, somewhat relatedly, in criminal court on Tuesday Miller pleaded no contest to charges that she had made annoying phonecalls to Barbara Ristow of the Trees Foundation.)

So, that's that. Now, there are only the pieces to pick up.

For Shunka Wakan — featured in last week's Journal as a central figure in a messy nest of infighting that has fractured the current ranks of local Earth First!ians — it could be a long, lonely patching together of lost friends and broken alliances. Not only did he and Miller lose their attempt to retrieve her donation, but now he's been banned from the North Coast Co-op.

Yes, that happened last week. It was Thursday, around 4:15 in the evening, and two activists with the Humboldt Forest Defense Association were tabling — hawking brochures and such — outside the Co-op. It's an activity Shunka himself has spent many a day doing in that very same spot, raising cash to pay for his NCEF!Media outreach work and other causes. And, well, these two fellows, Jeff and Farmer, were on Shunka's shit list, now. They'd spoken gently, but unfavorably, about Shunka's doings in the North Coast Earth First! arena — said he lashed out at people, said he commandeered NCEF! resources, and so forth. Here's a snippet of Jeff's account of what happened, which he sent to the NCJ in an e-mail on Friday:

"Shunka was removed from the Arcata Co-op yesterday after a scuffle with myself and another activist around 5 p.m. Well, he wasn't exactly removed, but APD was called. He was asked to leave after threatening to flip over the HFD donation table while stating he was 'like Jesus in the marketplace ...'"

Sue Coulter, manager of the Arcata Co-op, recounted on Friday how an employee walking by heard the argument and went inside to get her. "So I went out to talk to [Shunka], because it's not the first time we've had problems," she said. "Most of the time, he's fine. Most of the time, I stick up for him." One time, she said, she even called the police to protect Shunka after someone had threatened him. "But he gets into arguments. I tried to talk to him. I told him to leave. ... He was causing a scene, right by the door, and I can't have it. He refused to leave. ... I said, fine. I went into the store. He followed me into the store, and he was still yelling at me, 'Oh, now you're going to call the police on me.'" Coulter called the police, but Shunka left before they arrived.

Shunka, waiting in the courthouse for the jury verdict Tuesday, said Coulter did indeed ask him to leave and he did, indeed, refuse to. As for the HFD tablers, he said he merely asked them why they had Trees Foundation literature on their table. "I said, 'Why do you want to represent these people?'" And then, he said, "Jeff accused me of embezzling — he said this in public. He said, 'You've embezzled thousands of dollars from the Earth First! movement through the years.' And I complained to one of the employees who was walking by. Because that's serious, accusing someone of embezzling."

But Shunka said the whole thing's yet another attack on him. "I don't consider I was yelling. We were talking. I'm an emotional person, I concede to that. I speak from my heart. I don't scream at people. I would love to — but I don't."

In his email, Jeff with HFD predicted Shunka would leave town within weeks, if not sooner. But at the courthouse, even before the verdict, Shunka said he wasn't going anywhere.

"I'm just going to continue to run the Earth First! office and continue to call Humboldt County home," he said. He's also going to write a letter to the Co-op, complaining about how he gets scapegoated and booted out of there even when other people, he says, are the culprits. And, as for the Miller v. Trees case, he said, he and Miller may now take their complaint to another venue.

-- Heidi Walters

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Monsieur Moustache Pageant - Seeking Contestants!

osiris_indriya — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:48:48 GMT

A benefit for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and recent bone marrow transplant recipient Nick Farina is seeking worthy moustaches and the men attached to them to enter as contestants for an "IDOL STYLE" elimination pageant. Borrowing from American Idol, Americas Next Top Model and the like, The Monsieur Moustache Pageant will use multiple rounds, a panel of judges and audience particilpation to determine who will be crowned Monsieur Moustache.

November 1st, 2007
@ Capitol Hill Arts Center
1621 - 12th Ave. (Pine and 12th)

Any interested contestants should register here: http://www.monsieurmoustache.org/user/register
More details about the pageant: http://www.monsieurmoustache.org

Below are the PAGEANT CATEGORIES & JUDGING CRITERIA:

THE 'STACHE - All contestants

* First Impression: Contestants will have their moment in the spotlight then join other entrants on stage for a group comparison.
* Grooming: This includes neatness, cleanliness, and attention to details.
* Overall Attractiveness: How well does the chosen style work with the face.
* Photogenic Quality: Judges will review a single photo submitted by contestants.
* Online voting score

THE TOTAL PACKAGE - 12 contestants

* Style, imagination, and originality: Judges look for versatility and imagination and a contestant’s ability to convey a "total look."
* Integration: Costumes should complement the moustache style.
* Fashion Sense: Contestants should pick outfits that reflect fashion and taste and demonstrate their ability to use color to enhance their natural coloring, appearance, and appeal.

THE TUG - 9 contestants

* Texture of the hair.
* Length and thickness: The amount of hair that can be grabbed.
* Genuineness: How well the moustache adheres to the face when pulled. Fake moustaches that fall off will be disqualified.

~ INTERMISSION ~

BOXER SHORTS - 6 contestants

* Objectification: How a contestant poses as an objectified male figure.
* Physique: Includes physical fitness and overall body shape.
* Presence: Posture, movement, grace.

TALENT - 4 contestants

* Quality
* Originality
* Creativity
* Successful Execution of attempted talent

SPOKESMODEL/PERSONALITY- 3 contestants

* Conversational ability in varied circumstances, with an emphasis on good diction, grammar, and enunciation.
* Self-confidence, sincerity, and integrity.
* Self-Projection: the ability to project one's personality before a crowd.
* Wit: the ability to think on one’s feet and respond intelligently and with humor.

SURPRISE FINAL ROUND - 2 contestants

* Contestants will not know the content of the final round until it occurs.

Any interested contestants should register here: http://www.monsieurmoustache.org/user/register
More details about the pageant: http://www.monsieurmoustache.org

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Seattle vs SF?

DarkAngel4u — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:09:35 GMT

Im thinking of moving from SF to seattle , wondering if any one else has made this move and could share the experience? What is the lesbian scene like ? What about the BSDM community ? Both are pretty active in SF..wondering If i would have a hard time ...any input would be appreciated!!

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artist wanted

cruzzin — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:11:54 GMT

I’m a writer looking for a Seattle based comic artist/illustrator to collaborate with on a graphic novel.

It’s a supernatural/horror/thriller rock opera thang.

Thanks

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East of the Underground, Friday, Sept 28th 9pm - 2am, Electric Tea Garden at Oseao

jameswhetzel — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:39:26 GMT

This is going to be a cool event for sure, residents James Whetzel on sarod, vox, beats, and throat, and percussion and DJ Muad'deep spinning Asian and Middle Eastern Trip Hop.

Very special guest for this Friday's edition:

Shri Deepayan (live "tabla n bass" straight out of PDX)

Cover: only $5
All Ages!
Electric Tea Garden, 1402 E. Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122
Doors at 9pm music from 10pm - 2am

http://ilike.com/artist/James+Whetzel
http://www.myspace.com/djmuaddeep
http://www.myspace.com/deepayan

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seeking housing in capitol hill

Sarah — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:23:26 GMT

i don't live here yet, but i really want to! do any of you have tips for me on finding housing for at or below 600/month? know of anyone moving out? :) thanks!

-Sarah

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opposition builds to the North American Union

walkthespiral — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:23:21 GMT

Come and protest the "amero" AUGUST 18th at 1 p.m. at the Seattle Center!!!

Read below for more information...

Opposition Builds to the North American Union
author: onthewingsofhelios
August 20-21, 2007 the leaders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico will meet in Montebello, Quebec to attend their semi-secret third Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America summit meeting to advance the North American Union that is already rapidly being established without the involvement of congress or the knowledge of citizens.
Connie Fogal of the Canadian Action Party was on the Alex Jones Radio Show at infowars.com yesterday to discuss the upcoming meeting in Montebello, Quebec, and where the press and public are NOT welcome.

A 25 km (18 mile) security perimeter will be established around the town of Montebello to keep reporters and demonstrators from bringing attention to what is going on; however, many reporters and protesters plan to go there anyway, at least to the perimeter.

A demonstration protesting the meeting and the North American Union will also be held in the United States at the Seattle Center in Seattle on Saturday, August 18, at 1 PM.

In March 2005 George W. Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico signed an agreement to form a security and prosperity partnership for a North American "Community." In other words, they agreed to build a North American Union, but while the agreement received little media coverage at the time, it would take another year for even those following the news closely to begin to the significance and scope of the agreement. Every one of our governmental departments was joined with an appointed spp.gov working group that is rewriting regulations and laws to merge the three governmental systems into a regional government. Congress will serve largely to rubber stamp laws as they are presented by these unelected committees, as is now the case for legislatures in the European Union countries.

According to Connie Fogal of the Canadian Action Party, the spp.gov agreement was a political coup d'etat. It was a take over of the executive government of North America with a transfer of power into private unelected committees following the Soviet model. It was, as radio talk show host Alex Jones says, "Red Dawn in slow motion."

The idea of a North American Union might sound innocent enough or even like a nice idea unless you understand the form of government being set in place. It is worth setting aside time to study what is going on and the difference between the Soviet-style system of appointed committees being set up as opposed to the constitutional system set up by the Founding Fathers with elected government and representatives that serve the people, separation of powers between those who make the laws and those who administer the country, and separation of power between the federal government and the states. The American system was set up to insure that the power remained with the people and could not be taken over by a group who might seize control of government. Of course, the ultra-rich and their self-serving think tanks and agents would prefer to simply take over and have their self-appointed committees decide how we will all live. It will be the middle class and average citizen who will have to make sacrifices of freedoms, rights, and their standard of living.

It is worth noting that without the helpful event of September 11 and the pretext of a lurking enemy, these changes necessary for the North American Union such as the umbrella government of Homeland Security, the Patriot Act, the National ID Card (internal passport), "North American Community", which have long been planned could never could have been justified.

Thanks to the effort of activists such as Connie Fogal in Canada, CNN's Lou Dobbs, investigative reporter Dr. Jerome Corsi and his book the Late Great USA, and Alex Jones' documentaries and radio show in the United States, the word is starting to getting out about the take over of our executive branch by the private interests who control the Council on Foreign Relations. We need to see the larger picture of the events of September 11 and how they have been used to justify take over plans that have long been in the works.

The North American Union did not just spring from September 11 as some kind of sudden bust of inspiration. It was planned and plotted for years by a small group of ultra rich who want to run the world. It's up to the people to speak up for their own selfish interests and to support the US Constitution and Bill of Rights and a government that represents and serves the people.

Banker David Rockefeller, honorary chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, the private think tank that planned the North American Union, with a model of his early project: his Twin Towers.
PICTURE tinyurl.com/2flkue

REFERENCES:

CAP/PAC Leader calls the SPP a "hostile takeover" of the apparatus of democracy
August 2, 2007 tinyurl.com/23t7wt

Discussion of North American Union

Jerome Corsi, writer of the book, The Late Great USA
October 2, 2006
AUDIO tinyurl.com/yvfot2
Start at 5 minutes for Dr. Jerome Corsi and his analysis of the plans for the North American Union.

Interview with Dr. Jerome Corsi
VIDEO
youtube.com/watch

THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (CFR) PLANNED THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION

VP Dick Cheney talks to David Rockefeller and the Council on Foreign Relations
VIDEO tinyurl.com/2wkcbl

New World Order Chieftains Openly Discuss Dismantling US Border and Bringing Us into the Pan-American Union
June 10, 2005 Links to other articles tinyurl.com/2z6nab

THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES (CCE)

The Canadian Council of Chief Executives, a council of the top 150 corporations in Canada ,is dominated by the Council on Foreign Relations in the United States.

Dismantle the border, CEOs say
Make it an 'internal checkpoint,' council argues in citing security and trade concerns
January 14, 2003 tinyurl.com/2x2z97

SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP OF NORTH AMERICA (SPP)
It has been described as a hostile take over of the executive branches of the three countries of North America.
www.spp.gov/

Task force urges creation of 'Fortress America'
Increase police, security co-operation, create common external tariff
March 14, 2005 tinyurl.com/funao

President Quietly Creating 'NAFTA Plus'
May 24, 2006
gothinkblog.com/

The American Union is Already Here
June 20, 2006 tinyurl.com/2a9fhh

Canada, the United States, and Mexico... a possible merger?
June 20, 2006 tinyurl.com/ruh9u

A SUPER HIGHWAY WILL BRING GOOD OFF-LOADED IN MEXICO TO THE US AND CANADA

NAFTA Super Highway Map
October 2, 2006
PICTURE tinyurl.com/23xy8o

Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Super Highway
June 12, 2006 tinyurl.com/hakrn

THE CURRENCY WILL BE THE AMERO

The Plan to Replace the Dollar With the 'Amero'
May 22, 2006 tinyurl.com/gjt24

London stock trader urges move to 'amero'
Says many unaware of plan to replace dollar with N. American currency
November 2, 2006 tinyurl.com/yu6nuc

LOU DOBBS IS ONE OF THE FEW IN THE MEDIA REPORTING ABOUT THE NAU

Lou Dobbs Discusses CFR Plans for a North American Union
Week of July 19, 2005
VIDEO (4:08 min )
tinyurl.com/2sgath

CANADIAN, US, AND MEXICO POLICE AND MILITARY ARE MERGING

Canada-US troop deal 'close'
August 29, 2002 tinyurl.com/2zmlta

Cop wins RCMP settlement after highway search
Jan 28 2005 tinyurl.com/3k347

Armed Mexican Troops Invade US
Eyewitnesses: Under cover of aid, combat ready soldiers roll into Texas
September 8, 2005 tinyurl.com/c23mv

OPPOSITION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION PLANS

Stop the Security and Prosperity Partnership
stopspp.com/stopspp/

Stop the North American Union
www.stopthenau.org/

Canadian Action Party
tinyurl.com/25obxs

contact phone: 604-872-2128

Corridor Watch www.corridorwatch.org

Texas Toll Party www.texastollparty.com

U.S.-Mexico merger opposition intensifies
July 10, 2006 tinyurl.com/pb4nq

THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS A SOVIET-STYLE GLOBAL GOVERNMENT

The Creation of the Global Union
March 13, 2006
VIDEO tinyurl.com/m9d7n

What is wrong with merging the three countries of North America into one regional government? Those in the know, such as a former Soviet dissident warn of an EU Dictatorship, and the North American Union will follow the same model.

Former Soviet Dissident Warns Of EU Socialist Dictatorship
March 2, 2006
tinyurl.com/jgl3d

This might be an explanation of Communism that you have not heard before: a plan by the super-rich for taking over large regions and their resources.

Book: None Dare Call It Conspiracy
reactor-core.org/none-dare.html

found at portland.indymedia.org/en/200...6.shtml

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Seattle Nightlife

petermadril — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:39:02 GMT

This Thursday the Seattle City Council will be meeting to discuss the city's nightlife policies and possibly vote on a limited license for clubs that the city could later revoke if the club does not meet their requirements. In plain english, any club that is required to purchase this license can be shut down and put out of business at any time the city and our favorite mayor decide so.

The council will be taking public comment at this meeting.

It's important for us as a community to represent our interests and show that there is a large base of constituents willing to stand up for their rights and their way of life. There will be plenty of pressure there from the uber-rich condo owners who think they can buy homes in a club district and shut them down with noise complaints willing to make campaign donations to get their way. We have to show that we are just as powerful a force and that we ARE paying attention. Please come down and let your voice be heard, if only by being present.

The meeting will take place this Thursday August 16th at 6pm in West Seattle at the Highpoint Community Center, 6920 34th Ave. SW.

More details available at the Seattle City Council site:
http://www.seattle.gov/council/newsdetail.asp?ID=7618&Dept=28

Please repost this, and thanks for your support.

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HIS HOLINESS to visit Seattle August 24 - 29, 2007

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:10:42 GMT

SHAR CHOG NGON GA’I LING
Buddhist Dharma Center of Manifesting Joy
www.BuddhistDharma.net

IS HONORED TO PRESENT

HIS HOLINESS ORGYEN KUSUM LINGPA

August 24 – 29th, 2007

His Holiness is an extraordinary Dzogchen Guru from the Nyingma Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. His Holiness is a Terton or Treasure Revealer possessing the knowledge and authority to transmit the secret essence of Vajrayana, hidden centuries ago by Padmasambhava. His Holiness possesses the enlightened wisdom of the past, present and future and is a powerful spiritual guide for sentient beings fortunate enough to meet Him. A highly realized Maha Siddha considered a Master among Masters.

His Holiness works tirelessly to teach and bestow empowerments on the great perfection lineage of Dzogchen Pema Nying-Thig to millions of lay Buddhist practitioners, ordained monks/nuns, and Vajrayana students throughout the world.

His Holiness will bestow many teachings and empowerments this time when He visits Seattle to help practitioners realize the true nature of their mind. This is a very auspicious opportunity to receive blessings directly from a highly realized Vajra Dharma Guru.

VAJRAKILAYA EMPOWERMENT - Friday, Aug 24th (6PM - 8PM)
The practice of Vajrakilaya blazes at the very heart of the ancient Vajrayana traditions of Tibet. The wrathful Heruka Vajrakilaya is a Deity who embodies the enlightened activities of all the Buddhas, manifesting in an intensly wrathful yet compassionate form in order to subjugate the delusion and negativity that can arise as obstacles to the practice of Dharma.

In fact, the practice of Vajrakilaya is famous in Tibetan Buddhism as an exceptionally powerful method to remove obstacles, destroy the forces hostile to compassion, and purify the spiritual pollution so prevalent in this age. Vajrakilaya practice is extremely powerful in removing outer, inner and secret obstacles on the Dharma path and is said to bring swift ordinary and extraordinary spiritual accomplishments. It can also avert misfortunes such as war, disease and famine. The practice of this deity makes it very easy to progress on the path, since all obstacles are naturally dispelled and one can achieve the supreme siddhi without any fault.

In summary, the practice of Vajrakilaya reigns supreme amongst Meditational Deities. Practitioners of Vajrayana should all receive this most excellent empowement.

AMITABHA EMPOWERMENT and PHOWA TRANSMISSION
Saturday, Aug 25th (10AM - 12PM)

Phowa is the profound path to Buddhahood without meditation, where the student learns how to transfer his or her consciousness directly to the pure land at the time of death without having to go through the experiences of the intermediate state or fall into any one of the six realms of samsara. This is a skillful method through which anyone with faith may swiftly be liberated.

Through this Empowerment, the seeds are planted in the studentsْ mind streams so they may practice conscious dying at the time of death, through their faith and devotion in the Lama and the practice of P'howa one may be able to bypass rebirth and go to the pure land of Amitabha, the Buddha of Limitless Light.

SHI-TRO EMPOWERMENT - Saturday, Aug 25th (2:30PM – 4:30PM)

This empowerment into the Mandala of the 42 Peaceful and 58 Wrathful
Enlightened Deities grant blessings beyond expression. It introduces us to the display of the peaceful and wrathful energies of the enlightened mind as they appear to beings in the intermediate state, or Bardo, between death and the next rebirth.

This empowerment will truly be a priceless opportunity to affirm our connection with the enlightened Deities, to purify damaged or impaired samaya and strengthen our spiritual connection. It is recommended for all students who wish to progress along the path of secret mantra and purify their defilements and negative karma of body, speech, and mind. The Shi-tro Empowerment is highly suggested for all who attend the Bardo teachings.

EXTENSIVE BARDO TEACHINGS - Sunday - Wednesday
Aug 26th - 29th (10 AM – 12 PM and 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM)

Join us for 4 days of extensive teachings on the Six Bardos, or intermediate states, including the Bardo of Birth, the Bardo of Dreaming, the Bardo of Meditation, the Bardo of Dying, the Bardo of Dharmata, and the Bardo of Becoming. Each of these six bardos presents us with opportunities for recognizing the true nature of our mind and being liberated from the duality of
self-clinging and subject-object grasping.

Receiving these teachings from a living master who has direct realization of this is a rare and priceless gift. Through these instructions, there is opportunity for finding enlightenment when encountering these bardos, rather than being overwhelmed by them or frightened by the appearances of the dying state and so forth. This is a precious opportunity to prepare ourselves for that moment of death we will all have to face, and to make a connection with a Vajra Dharma Master who can guide us along the path of liberation.

Please reserve seating in advance since space is limited.
Email: DorjeTar@yahoo.com
Contact: Anthony (425.772.3488) or Denise (425.772.3317)
Suggested Donation: $30/Empowerment and $10/Teaching (No one turned away)
Location: 1111 Harvard Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 (Harvard & Seneca St.)
(Park free in “U-Park” lot after 6 PM Aug 24 and all day 25th – 26th. Register parking space.)
*Your donations / offerings will go toward expenses related to the Dharma events and hosting His Holiness, the Lamas and translators.

Driving Instructions:

Seattle First Baptist Church is located in Seattle's First Hill Neighborhood at 1111 Harvard Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122.

The Buddhist Dharma Center has reserved the parking lot for Friday Aug 24th starting at 6 PM and all day Saturday and Sunday August 25th – 26th. The parking is located adjacent to the rear of the church in the U-Park lot. Attendees may ONLY park in this location for free from Friday evening – Sunday during the Teachings and Empowerments. Donations may be made to defray parking costs are greatly appreciated. (There are handicap entrances on the Harvard and Boylston sides of the building.)

Directions to: Seattle First Baptist Church:

Coming South on I-5: Take the UNION ST. exit- EXIT 165B. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto UNION ST. Turn RIGHT onto 7TH AVE. 0.1 mi. Turn RIGHT onto PIKE ST. Go 0.5 mi. Turn RIGHT onto HARVARD AVE. go 1.5 blocks to the Church. Turn RIGHT onto SENECA ST., there is a parking lot to the west side/BOLYSTON AVE. of the Church.

Coming North on I-5: take the MADISON ST. EXIT and turn RIGHT on MADISON ST. go 0.2 mi. Turn LEFT onto BOYLSTON go 0.1 mi. Turn RIGHT onto SENECA AVE. go 1 block. Turn RIGHT onto HARVARD. The Church is on the corner of HARVARD and SENECA. The parking lot is just behind the Church on BOYLSTON AVE.

What to Bring
We have lots of chairs but not many cushions. Bring your favorite sitting cushions.
Accomodations nearby for out-of-town attendees
The Buddhist Dharma Center has limited sleeping space and would need special approval and reservations in advance. Please bring your own sleeping bag.

Hotels and Motels nearby:
Reserved for Dharma Sangha Members is the Inn at Virginia Mason. This is the sister property of the Baroness Hotel below. Please call (800) 283-6453 for reservations. Mention you are with the “Tibetan Teachings” or “Group Number 18” to get special rates.
Website: www.innatvirginiamason.com/innWelcome.html

Nearby, the second most affordable lodging may be at the Baroness Hotel. They mostly cater to those visiting the nearby medical facilities. For reservations please contact us at 1-800-283-6453. Website: www.baronesshotel.com/index.htm

The nearest hotel is the Silver Cloud which is one block away from the event location. Reservations: 800.590.1801.
Website: www.silvercloud.com/broadway.htm

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Seattle Pagan Potluck

dart — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:34:50 GMT

Hey all,
Just a heads up that the August Pagan potluck will be at Edge of the Circle Books, August 19th, 2 to 4 pm. I'll provide drinks and paper plates and cups. Bring what you want. Hope to see you there.

Dart

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RIP Fukkerpantz

nikkrokk — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:10:38 GMT

http://www.yakima-herald.com/obit/show/3407

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room available in big old house

adam — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:00:57 GMT

hi, were a group of folks that needs a housemate! near seattle u.

available now.

$475/ mo. includes utiltiies

shoot me back for more details! thanks for reading this post

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Pagan potluck

dart — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:29:34 GMT

Hi,
just wanted to let people know that the Seattle Pagan Potluck will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at Edge of the Circle books (701 E Pike St Seattle, WA
(206) 726-1999)

I'll be providing drinks and knives and forks. Bring what works for you. A good time for anyone of any Wiccan/pagan/occult interest.

Thanks,
Dart.

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Rave for the Capitol Club

Wed, 30 May 2007 15:53:00 GMT

We just had our going-away party at the Capitol Club and it was fantastic. The staff was super easy to deal with, the food was amazing (especially the Tiramisu) and there were no headaches. It's the best place to throw a medium-scale party in the city. I highly recommend it. Plus, it's rare to find places that have a decent selection of wine for under $30 (yes - it is possible to have decent wine under $30 at a restauraunt!). The one "complaint" was that they no longer feature our favorite dish there: dates with brie and oranges. Luckily though it's simple enough we can replicate at home. Anyway, instead of ranting about something, I'm recommending. They're a fabulous place to throw a party, especially during the week when it's quiet.

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Nintendo Wi-fi Hotspots

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:54:56 GMT

I tried a number of wireless hotpots in Seattle. Find below some places where the Nintendo DS combined with its Opera Browser can browse. All of the following goes subject to change.
Hotpots that work with Nintendo Wi-fi:
<>Koots on Dexter
<>Kuladi on Pike
<>Online Coffee Co on
-- 1st
-- Pine
<>Liberty on 15th
<>The University Ave. business wi-fi of Seattle
<>Trabant on 45th

The Nintendo DS combined with its Opera Browser makes an inexpensive, if somewhat pokey, window on the Internet when combined with a wireless hotspot that has no Terms of Service screen.
Surely you can find more of them. Please share.

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ANY CLIMBERS ON THE HILL?

channingmonster — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:32:41 GMT

so im pretty new to seattle...been here about 8 months or so....and just moved to cap hill a couple months ago...its nice out and ive been bouldering a lot and wanna get out to exit 38 more often. anybody wanna car pool and go pull down some routes?

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Protect Your Vote from Ballot Tracker

Barcode Ballot — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:54:44 GMT

i put this profile together to help reach the tipping point on this issue.
King County just decided not to purchase this voting equipment mainly due to the efforts of two San Juan County residents who have been spreading the word and fileing suit. (thanks Tim White and Allen Rosato)
Please oh please check out the profile and consider making friends.
This is definately not just a local issue.
thanks so much,
cliffton

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need a green nanny?

Alexandria — Sat, 12 May 2007 05:41:22 GMT

I have loads of experience as a nanny, tutor, and baby-sitter and I want to live on capitol hill. right now I live with a family on mercer island but their lifestyle does not meet my values. I am a very humble and earth-friendly person who wants to take care of kids in an agreeable environment while I finish out my studies at SU. I would be willing to start mid-august when I return from a trip to venezuela...if you are slighlty interested in having a live-in nanny, please contact me. also do so if you need a nighttime baby-sitter.

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growin' food! (vegetable seeds and plants)

Rahim — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:23:31 GMT

How growz it?

I've got extras and would love to trade and/or give away some tomatoes, basil, peppers, and a variety of vegetable seeds.

Enthusiasm is the main criterion for me. If you'd like to start or expand your food growing efforts, I would like to support you in that process. It's lots of fun, and very very satisfying (and makes Whole Paycheck seem rather pricey :-)

You'd be amazed how much food you can grow on an average-sized balcony, especailly with a trellis. Homegrown tomatoes, basil etc are very tasty. You can grow varieties of tomatoes and other produce that you could never find in the stores!

I don't absolutely need something in exchange, but I could use: potting soil, metal/plastic utility shelves, pots.

I also love massage, so if any massage therapists would like to trade a massage or two for setting up a garden (beds and/or containers)that would be awesome. I can supply plants and seeds, but probably not cash for supplies.

Peace.

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YOGA AS ACTIVISM

WEAVING ART FOR CULTURE & COMMUNITY. — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:54:55 GMT

WHAT?

HOW CAN THIS BE? AND WHY?

IS TRUE PRACTICE ACTIVISM WITHOUT EFFORT?

WHY DO THE SUFI SAY THAT GOD ALONE IS REAL?

IN REVERSE, IS THERE A FEAR OF YOGA? A REJECTION FO GOD? A LACK OF RESPECT FOR CULTURE?

WHERE CAN WE GO TO VOICE WHAT CANNOT BE SHARED ANYWHERE? WHO IS THERE TO SHARE IT WITH?

WHO ARE THE MASONS?

WHY DOES THE CORPORATIONS TELL US WE CAN'T WRITE IN ALL CAPS AND EVERYONE BUYS INTO THAT?

DON'T THE GRAF PEOPLES LIKE CAPS?

WHAT ABOUT PAPER DHARMA?

IS EVERYONE ON A ROBOTIC PATH OF ATTRACTION AND AVERSION?

IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO PRACTICES SEEKING THE SOLUTION IN THE PROBLEM?

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Law of attraction group tell uplifting stories of your success!! no mater how big or small ..a candybar a castle...join us Seattle!!

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:44:04 GMT

Let us become one in thought to cure the earth of its sorrow,,, we are what we think...think lofty thoughts dream dreamy dreams...

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Best happy hour food?

Pandora — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:59:16 GMT

Looking for the yummiest places on Capitol Hill or downtown to nosh on the cheap (to offset the cost of the spendy cocktails I tend to favor). Any ideas...?

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Helicopters

Melodious — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:34:52 GMT

Why are there helicopters circling over Capitol Hill at 11:30 tonight? Just wondering.

Ah, the nostalgia. I suppose we can expect jack-booted riot police launching tear gas next?

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ratatat-tat-tat

all-is-one — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:08:47 GMT

Hey anyone have tickets they aren't gonna use for the ratatat show tomorrow night? I had no idea it was gonna sell out so quickly. Guess I'm not used to shows at Neumo's... but my sister and I really wanted to go together and we rarely have intersecting music tastes so I was very sad when I went to buy tickets today and they were sold out =( Ya wanna help a sister out? I'll pay you $30 for the two tickets. Purrdy please?

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Looking for 3-4 bed house end of May, mid June.

RKayne — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:14:06 GMT

We are a professional couple with two cats and two boys. My Partner and I both have full time jobs, but are stuck slightly out of town right now, so we are looking for a 3-4 bedroom house, with 2 bathrooms (must have!) that is cat friendly and gay friendly in the Cap Hill area. We can go as high as 2G a month, wouldn't mind an option to buy for the right place! I am a gardener so offer my expertise in landscaping (fancy type) and would love to put in a nice water feature. A garage would be great but is not a deal breaker, fireplace in the same boat. Must have some sort of parking, and has to have a dishwasher and at least the hook ups for washer/dryer. A view is not necessary but wouldn't break our hearts, but it HAS to have a deck or balcony as I Bonsai (yeah, we would cave for a decent townhouse or condo with these qualities!) and a decent kitchen (I am a cook!). Just PM me if you know of a place or have one that will be open during the time period, the other thing is, without an option to buy, we REALLY want a one yr lease minimum!

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Seattle Fish Markets

Melodious — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:11:46 GMT

Crossposted from the Seattle Tribe:

In a discussion on the Recipe Exchange tribe, I asked for suggestions on where I could find fresh fish that I could purchase in a single-serving portion (for example, just one halibut fillet)--preferably at a place that wouldn't ask for my first-born child as payment (in other words, not Whole Foods). Central Market in Shoreline and 99 Ranch Market in Edmonds were suggested, but I live in Capitol Hill and would like to find something a little closer to home.

Any advice? Uwajimaya? Other places in the I.D., maybe? Or should I grit my teeth and brave the Christmas-shopping throngs at the Pike Place Market? To be honest I'm a bit intimidated by the fishmongers at Pike Place--it seems like most of the fish I see there are bigger than my head, so I don't know if they cater to teeny spenders like me.

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Fortified Hot Chocolate?

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:05:24 GMT

I need the tribe's help here. Where in Capitol Hill can I go to get a hot cocoa with a little extra kick? True, I could bring my own cocoa into a bar and order up a shot but come on - it would be kickass to get them both AT THE SAME TIME. mmmm. thanks for your help.

peace.
-J

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5 Dollar Dance Classes

Kristin — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:34:33 GMT

Hey Everyone,
I am going to be renting some studio space at Velocity Dance Center (www.velocitydancecenter.org) up on Capitol Hill. The waiting list to be a sanctioned teacher with them is crazy. So they said that I could rent space there independently and teach. I would have to advertise for myself. So here I am.
I have been dancing for over 20 years, I teach ballet, modern and jazz.
I propose to have hybrid dance classes. Ballet barre/modern center or switch it up or modern/ jazz ,there is also the entirely normal class.
I just want to work everyone's bodies, have some fun, eat some space and enliven your spirit.
I also would only charge 5 bucks per class. I'm a dancer too, and I understand it's a lot better than 10 or 13 bucks.
I also accept trade, a cup of coffee, something you want to give, subbing, etc. I would also give dancers currently working on my choreography, free classes.
The entire concept is about trade and giving both ways. Not so much about money
I want to start an email list of who is interested, as I will not be able to always get similar times or days. But I can book space at least two weeks or a month out if I have the cash.
Join the Seattle Modern Dance tribe to keep track of this, I really want to start after the 10th of March when I finish choreographing my current show .
You can also drop me a note on my page!
Thanks everyone and cheers to cheap but butt kickin dance classes
Thanks,
Kristin Von Claret

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about the condos that are going in where Cha Cha, the Bus Stop, and Kincora's are

Jen — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:14:08 GMT

Just to give an alert to everyone - yes there really are condos going in on Pine between Summit and Belmont. They will be six stories tall, very expensive, and the retail that will be on the first floor will have rents that are twice the present ones on that block (from 14/sq. ft. to 28/sq.ft.). There won't be any apartments, and the present plan is rather ugly. Fortunately, we still have time in the design review process to do something about all this - yes, the condos will go in, but we can make sure they're less atrocious. We might even be able to make them something great.

I have the plans for the condos that have been turned into the city, and I'll be showing them off to everybody who shows up to the meeting below

POWHat* Neighborhood Association
Presentation and Public Comment Party
on the proposed development at Pine St. between Summit and Belmont (home to Kincora’s, Bus Stop, Man Ray, Cha Cha, & more)

TUESDAY, March 13
7-8:15 PM
Location: Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
(corner of Harvard Ave and Howell St)

*POWHat: Pine-Olive Way- Harvard area triangle.

Want to stay in the loop? Sign up for the POWHat news group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/POWHat-news

Copies courtesy of Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program (CHHIP)

contact: Jen Power, jen.j.power@gmail.com

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new to Cap Hill

Gustav — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:04:16 GMT

Moving to Capitol Hill on March 7th looking for cool people
I am
an Irish citizen, poet, freek polyamorous and good at it, nice to those who are nice to me and getting ready for 2012
massive wake and bake to smoke and sleep stoner
looking for people who want to connect on a real level and party until the end of time
poetry lit and open mics
art
museums
concerts punk industrial goth psi trance, world and rock
travel
languages, I speak French and Czech
sustainable living
community
a lot of my poetry is at my myspace page: themagus801
aloha

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Valentine's Cupcake Extravaganza tonight feat. Huh-Uh Scream Club, DCD, Doomhawk

Tonjia — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:34:13 GMT

Huh-Uh, Scream Club, Diamond Cut Diamond, Doomhawk and DJ Amateur Youth!!!
The big Valentine's Day show is Tonight! Wednesday, February 14th at the Re-Bar. 1114 Howell St.

Come celebrate like you haven't celebrated since 3rd grade. There'll be cupcakes, a cake walk, prizes, raffle, and great great music all night. Come as a couple, come as a single, gay, straight, bi, not sure, all are welcome!
Doors open at 8pm. $6 21+

This is going to be a great big show! Costumes are welcome. I hope to see you there!

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St. George Episcopal Church Men's Club Presents

Nevin — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:56:30 GMT

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner
Tuesday February 20th, 2007
24219 Witte Rd. S.E.
Maple Valley, WA 98038

Adults $2.00 Family $8.00
Kids $1.00 Or Donation

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Naked Men's dance coming on February 13

bucephalus — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:42:48 GMT

If you like the idea of a bunch of naked men dancing and relaxing together, check out Romp Naked, which will be held on Feburary 3. The mood can be erotic, but the event is nonsexual.

For more info and register to attend, go to: http://rompnaked.org/

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Tipper in Capitol Hill, Saturday December 2nd

phidelity — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:45:56 GMT

~Clear~
Seattle, WA - Saturday Dec 2, 2006
For more info visit clear.phidelity.com

"Even the best of intentions can go astray. This past summer, a unique eco-system was damaged in preparation for an intentional festival. Several volunteer crews have begun a remediation project on this land. All proceeds and donations to this event will go towards the land remediation project. By taking responsibility beyond an individual level to that of a cultural level we can take a step closer towards being the change we wish to see in the world, which of course, was the original intention."

Featuring music by:
Tipper UK
Trichome ELM (pdx)
Ben Milstein ELM (pdx)
Phidelity phidelity.com (pdx)
Nordic Soul - Decibel Festival (sea)

Located at the CHAC - 1621 12th Ave (capitol hill)
doors @ 10pm all ages,
minimum donation of $15
afterhours provided.

Brought to you by the "Feather Hats" with support from Oracle Gatherings and Portlands City Repair

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Wondering what you can do to bring Peace to the World?--Get on The Bus!!

freewil4u — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:09:15 GMT

Yesterday, Lt. Ehren Watada had his pre-trial hearing in our Seattle backyard at Fort Lewis Military Base.
A small group of dedicated, openhearted, courageous men (members of Iraq Veterans Against the War) are camping in the freezing rain to draw attention to Watada's situation, and issues the media and america seem to be forgetting.
Read the latest blog; check out their site; go down and meet these awe-inspiring young men; hear their stories; welcome them to the Tribe. Whatever your political opinion, they are worth meeting.
You will love them!!!

DENNIS's Blog Jan.5,2007 ivawdeployed.org

Please support this move....as troops are gathering to support Ehren Watada in his stand against the lies that have gained our nation nothing more than death and despise.

Purple Heart, 'Winner' Darrell Anderson returned from 18 months in hiding when he heard that Lt. Watada had refused to deploy. Darrell Anderson would have deployed to his third tour had he not gone north. Anderson asked me to get on the (www.ivawdeployed.org) with him and get to Fort Lewis to open up Camp RESISTANCE!!!

We are here, in the mud. It is not warm here...nor dry.....however, you should stand with us....in support of a man who stands up against the military mahine and a nation of millions who don't have the foggiest notion that our troops do not want to serve in this war. Lt. Watada is speaking for thousands of enlisted soldiers like Darrell Anderson and myself, a fifteen year veteran of the Army. Watada is a true leader.....leading and doing....he knows he should never ask enlisted soldiers to do things he would never do....that is part of the requirement. NEVER ask nor order your troops to do things that you wouldn't do. There are more violators of this rule in the military now, than ever (or at least in my 15 years.) Lt. Watada is not one of them...and with that, the soldiers, who have always followed good leaders....will follow Lt. Watada.. Mike, Damon, Ethan and I, slept on the rig last night...it was night one of Camp RESISTANCE!!!

There is a RESISTANCE!!! going on. Thousands of troops are refusing to deploy....please let everyone know we are here.....working from the wi fi hot spot, let them know they should stand here too. If not for a month as we will, than for a day or even an hour.

We are at off ramp 119, gates of Fort Lewis.

We are meeting up at the gates of Fort lewis to support the Lt. Why? We have had enough...we want the war to stop....we want the government to stop using the troops as pawns in their game. If you know of a veteran who is opposed to this war, please help them get here....if you are ok with the weather, please get here also.

I, personally, will always think it an honor and a privilege to have served the United States people...I know Ehren does too. It is with that same pride and honor that I, personally, ask you to do something for this man....who has, without question stood, with more integrity in his little pinky, than most of these Generals have in their entire skin. I am honored to know his family, they are a wonderful display of family values...something we don't see a lot of.

To support him.... (www.thankyoult.org/) you will find the news to follow the days up to the trial......

live from Camp RESISTANCE!!!

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Seattle has a new Queer Tribe!

Everic Turtle — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:13:05 GMT

Dear fellow Capitol Hill neighbors,

Seattle is the only city I know of that does not have a tribe dedicated to queers and my group of friends and I decided to change that! I would like to invite all queers and their friends to join Seattle's new queer/LGBT tribe.

tribes.tribe.net/queerseattle

Thanks,
Kyrdle

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FREE PARTY !!!!! --- Saturday DEC 16 - @ Capitol Hill Arts Center

Muschi — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:52:24 GMT

[inertia labs] & Chaos Labs in association with
CHAC and the KookEye Foundation proudly invite you to the

largest FREE party of the century*:

Saturday, December 16, 2006

THE BUCKAROO BLOWOUT EXTRAVAGANZA: FULL-TILT INDOOR WHAMMY JAM - 8 YEAR REUNION MASSIVE

Eight and a half years ago a squirly little band of misfits hosted a FREE outdoor party in the woods called POOP. The whole point of this party was to break away from the commercialism of the mainstream raves taking place in the mid to late 90’s… and play the music we loved.

So we set forth to attempt to throw one hell of a hoe-down for our friends, our lovers, their friends, their friend’s lovers, a mud basking zippy, two dogs, and a midget named Raoul. A community of folks pulled together and each contributed a little bit to make this party happen. Kinda like a techno potluck of gear and dj’s…

The people rejoiced and danced all night and we knew we had to do it again… SO we did. And thus began a wild and kooky adventure that mutated into something we called [inertia labs]

Eight years have passed, and we are returning to our roots, for one FINAL party. If you have been to one of our parties in the past, you might know what to expect. If not, you are in for a real treat. From New York, to Arizona, to the San Francisco bay…We are getting stormed with emails from folks who are flying in to attend this event. The “buzz” is HUGE... (and we haven't even printed flyers yet!) Chances are you just might see a few faces you haven’t seen ‘round in a few years.

We’ve saved the best for last…

This ones for FREE folks… and this ones for YOU.

[In the main arena]

MUX - (live pa – techno)(BC, Canada) www.mux.ca
Drew Smith, aka 'MUX', began his musical journey at a very young age - playing flute before joining his elementary school marching band, six years of classical piano lessons, eight years of guitar, performing and singing in rock bands in college, and finally being bitten by the electronic bug in 1995. Taking musical influence from the early-90's rave scene, lessons from the pioneers of modern acid techno and an intimate knowledge of analogue synthesis and electronic sound hardware, MUX has created a style that is all his own. Driving and rhythmic, organic and aggressive, rowdy and fun, MUX blends a unique sound and a powerful stage presence into a performance that can only be described as live rave techno!

RAIN (dj set – psytrance)(Oregon) www.phutureprimitive.com

DJ, producer, remixer… Rain first began DJing in 1992 after discovering the new sound of trance and chillout in the underground music scene. He later played a key role in bringing these fresh new sounds to the northwest in the early years of rave…. A time when house and techno were the standard. In recent years he has performed in cities and countries around the world: New York, Los Angeles, England, Scotland, Portugal, Italy and Croatia. Rain will be playing a special DJ set of the freshest tracks from around the globe , including unreleased killers from his newest studio project: Wiggle Wobble (full album expected on Liquid Records in the UK this winter!) – Expect nothing short of total dancefloor destruction!

SWANK (dj set - robot rock)(Washington) www.unitedhousefront.com

A long time staple of the Seattle scene, Swank has made his funky mark on the biggest clubs, underground parties, and massive raves across the Pacific NorthWest. DJing since 1998, Swank is best known for his high-energy sets filled with disco, divas, and big basslines, his floor-busting 2x4 sets with UHF resident Jizosh, and his promotional work with groups such as United House Front, and [nrr] (creators of the Sundazed series). Swank will be playing a new mix of "robot rock" styled music. Expect lots of high energy electro, tech house, breaks, electroclash, disco punk, and heavy dirty basslines. Are you ready for this red hot fire?

JEREMY (dj set)(Washington)

---.www.rentbull.com

The ultimate master of disaster. We proudly present Death Bull 3000! Years ago we theorized “How cool would it be to throw a party that had a mechanical bull?” Well, that dream is finally a reality. Saddle up, and get ready to buck!

[in the Lower Level lounge]
FILASTINE (live pa – beats, breaks, and things) www.filastine.com

With a fiercely anarchist agenda and voracious appetite for exotic global music, Filastine has a reputation for intense—and often illegal—live performances. Part of the hammering rhythm section of anti-capitalist tribal-rock/performance troupe ¡Tchkung!, conceiver and founding member of radical marching band Infernal Noise Brigade, and, most recently, a sweat-inducing club DJ and composer of wildly diverse and dirty laptop music... Filastine is fresh back from a year long world tour in over 66 cities around the globe. Having studied under Indian tabla masters and Moroccan percussionists (namely, the Master Musicians of Jajouka), Filastine layers his tracks with a hypnotic variety of both sequenced and live percussion.

NOVATRON (live hardware set)(space island)
www.myspace.com/novatron

A man of peace, a man of truth and a man of some serious fucking wicked voodoo science. Nova blazes on-- from dusty bordertowns to urban Utopia. Using / abusing the Korg Electribe line of outboard modules, our man brings glitched-out electro-breaks solid and deep. His sound is thick and highly danceable. Every performance is an improvised mixture of beats and bass;keeping the flow intetresting as well as making the heads happy while they dance. This is not music for sitting back and scratching your chin. It is the dancefloor that Nova has engaged and his audience makes it clear that they are grateful for the favor.

MANX (dj set – glitch / breaks / downtempo)(California)

Location:

Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC)
1621 12th Ave, Seattle
doors @ 9pm 21+

Cover:

FREE!

Infoline:

(206)-202-POOP

nwtekno.org/vb/showthread.php

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Audition for the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival - auditions this weekend!

Clayton — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:56:37 GMT

AUDITION NOTICE
The 2007 Seattle Erotic Art Festival (http://seattleerotic.org), taking place on March 16-18, 2007 at the new Fenix (1700 First Ave. S.) in Seattle, seeks performance artists age 18+ with unique and diverse talents to be part of several interactive performances throughout the festival weekend.

Talented individuals or troupes are encouraged to be a part of creating the exciting live experience to complement the juried and invited fine art on display.

SEAF's theme in 2007 is "Art Noir," replicating or modernizing the lush, iconic styles of the early part of the 20th century, with visions and motions that equivocate dark/moody/gritty, seductive, classy, tailored, styles of the various eras, with neo- or pseudo-era abstract interpretations thereof. Performances should be erotic/sensual (but not pornographic) in nature. We are looking for truly unique acts that intrigue the senses with striking visuals, movement/dance, possibly sound, and/or tactile experiences. We would love to feature talented performers representing global cultures, a variety of body shapes, sizes, ages, and balanced gender (biological or not).

Some performance ideas we are thinking of -- but definitely not limited to -- are:
• Dancers – i.e. Argentine-style tango, flamenco, salsa
• poised drag performances (male or female)
• innovative cabaret (but not "typical" burlesque) acts
• mimes/contortionists/acrobats in sensual situations
If you have talents that you'd like to contribute, or if you already have an act that you think would be appropriate for the theme, we encourage you to audition. Please send your letter of interest via email to the Performance Director. Please include:

-Your name
-Performance act title/talent
-Brief description of your act/talent and your experience
-Your phone number so we can call you to schedule a slot or ask questions
You may also include:
-Performance resumes (list shows, training, etc.)
-Headshot or performance photo (no larger than 600x400 pixels) or
video (URLs only, no attachments)
Auditions will be held Dec. 9, 10, 11 with callbacks on Dec. 17.

If you cannot make these dates, feel free to contact us anyway and we may be able to arrange for a special time to meet with you.

Performers will receive exposure during the festival as well as in SEAF public relations; hospitality food/beverages during performance; and passes to the Festival.

Performance Director email address:
SEAFperforms@gmail.com

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The Seattle Figure Drawing Meetup Group

Figure_Drawing — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:20:48 GMT

Are you interested in figure drawing or figure painting? I'm starting this group to see if we can start a regular drawing session with a model. Let's work out a good schedule! Learn more and join this group at http://figuredrawing.meetup.com/105/

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SNG Survey - How Safe Do You Feel in Your Community

Daddy Jeff — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:26:01 GMT

Here is an interesting survey for everyone to take.
--Jeff

**Reposted from capitolhillnews@yahoogroups.com

How safe do you feel in your community? ( online SNG survey)

Hello Central and Capitol Hill residents, employees, and friends.

Do you take extra precautions to feel safe in your neighborhood?
What crimes most affect your block?

Seattle Neighborhood Group worked with a UW professor to create a
survey to help shape our work plans and response to neighborhood
safety issues in the community we work with. It's important to focus
our work in Central/Capitol Hill on what you, as community members,
think are the most important aspects of neighborhood safety.

Please take a few minutes to let us know how you feel about safety
on your block and in your community. The link to fill out the
survey on-line is:

https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/?
sid=26594&owner=ginoa

(or try this link: http://tinyurl.com/y7sk97)

We also have print copies of the survey available in English,
Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Amharic and Somali. Please call me if
you would like print copies.

Mary Williams
East Precinct Crime Prevention Coordinator
Seattle Neighborhood Group
1806 E. Yesler Way
Seattle, WA 98122
206-323-9584
mary@sngi.org

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My neighbor's music is GOOD

Melodious — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:42:10 GMT

We spend so much time bitching on this tribe about the bad things happening on the Hill, I thought I'd post something positive. My next-door neighbors have a band that practices in the basement of their house. I live in an adjacent apartment building, and I actually pull my head phones off and open my windows to listen when they practice. They're that good. I have no idea who they are--I see the woman who lives there come and go from my apartment balcony, but she is never close enough for me to shout out at her.

This exemplifies, to me, some of the old spirit of Capitol Hill. I hope it will not all go down the drain with the rise of CondoLand.

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Violence - twice this weekend!!

tri — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:43:48 GMT

I've lived on the hill for over 3 years and in Seattle for almost 10. When I moved to the hill it was a funky/eclectic place, but nothing dangerous and scary (there's definitely sketchy areas, but nothing beyond walking fast and learning to avoid certain streets couldn't handle). Ever since this summer where the mayor did a sweep of downtown to "clean up crime for tourism," the crime and loitering on the hill has been ridiculous because all it did was move people up to the pike/pine/belmont area. Now residents are suffering for the city to make more money.

Thursday night I saw guy throw a brick through a window of a store front (the one right next to Cha Cha, on the corner). Tonight on my way home from Neumo's a walked down Pike (the street I take because it feels safer than Pine to me) and witnessed 3 men beating another man in the street - surrounding him and kicking. I called 911 for both counts - this is too damn much! I know we've discussed this before, but right now I'm shaking from what I've experienced. Now I'm scared to go just a short distance by myself. This summer, after my birthday bbq at my place, a good friend of mine was pistol whipped in broad daylight on Summit and Roy for his bag - totally messed up!

Please - give me suggestions for what to do, who to write to, how to word it, how to express the sense of panic I'm feeling about living here. I don't want to move, I like it here, but I'm seriously considering getting out.

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Photo Exhibit this Wednesday, 12th Ave., "24 Hrs in the Neighborhood"

Catherine — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:49:51 GMT

Hi! Interested in Capitol Hill and community-building? We're hosting a photo exhibit that's all about both those things, this Wednesday at Capitol Hill Arts Center.

It's hosted by OliveUs, community-building group that was started by people who live near the Olive/Denny intersection. We'd love to see you there! It'll be a good chance to meet interesting folks, see photos, and talk about local community and creativity. Here's the info:

Please join us Wednesday, November 8 at the CHAC for a show of the favorite work from last year's "24 hours in the Neighborhood" photo project. This will be an opportunity to reinvigorate the neighborhood media project and to meet your neighbors. We will talk about plans for our next event and how you, your stories, and your art can get involved.

We hope to chat with you there. If you have questions, we're at olive.denny at hotmail dot com.

More info about CHAC can be found here: http://www.capitolhillarts.com

Details:
Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC)
1621 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA
Wednesday, November 8, 6:00pm to 9:30pm (206) 388-0569

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Musicians: play for us & get a free yoga class

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:21:01 GMT

Punk Rock Yoga is looking for volunteer musicians to play our Tuesday night Capitol Hill classes and our Thursday night Fremont class. You can play just one class, to try it out. We welcome musicians of all sorts - punk, jazz, Middle Eastern, you name it. The music can be lively, just acoustic, or amps turned down so the instructor can be heard. Minimal or no lyrics is great as well. Music does not (and we would prefer not) to be new-agey. It's a chance to have fun and experiment.

Please note, this is a volunteer gig, so there's no cash, but there are great rewards. One, you will get a pass to take a yoga class for free at a later date. Two, you get the chance to stretch your skills by following along with a group of people moving and switching gears. It's a challenge in the class to keep the music interesting enough to keep the class engaged, but not be overly distracting. Three, it's a chance to check out what yoga is all about if you have not done so. Four, and most important, you get to play for a group of respectful, welcoming and appreciative people.

If you're interested, please contact yoga-at-punkrockyoga-dot-com or visit http://www.punkrockyoga.com

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www.punknecks.com

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:03:34 GMT

check out the new site to find out when JASON AND THE PUNKNECKS are in your area!
www.punknecks.com
xoxox
polly p

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Register to vote!

dan10things — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:25:14 GMT

Monday Oct 23rd is that final day you can register to vote for the upcoming election Nov 7th. You must register in person at The King County Elections Office - King County Administration Building, 500 - 4th Ave., Rm 553, in downtown Seattle or online at:

http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/register.htm"http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/register.htm

Many races in this election will be very close. Several races in recent
years have been decided by just several hundred votes. Your vote does count!

Please pass this message on and encourage everyone you know to be registered.

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Astrological Match-making

astroprofiler — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:49:09 GMT

I'm doing a compatibility study trying to prove Astrology. It is currently Seattle based. If anyone is interested, check out my profile. Or, you can fill out a chart at the below site and send it to me.

Free chart
www.chartplanet.com/html/chart_data.html

Attach the chart image file in an email to ASTRO_PROFILER@YAHOO.COM
Please also include your sexual preference and your current location.

Thanks,
Astro

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Thumpers is closing

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:34:56 GMT

Saturday, October 21 is the last night for Thumpers on Madison. There's a big write-up in this week's SGN (supplied BY Thumpers of course) giving a brief history of the establishment.

Leaves me to wonder something. Where will we go now if we want to go to a gay bar and have a reasonably decent drink and have a conversation we can actually hear without screaming?

It's my understanding a lovely "mixed use" building will be on the site. I'm tempted to go carve a memorial rabbit in the freshly-poured sidewalk whenever that building is finished. ;-)

What's everyone's thoughts? Not everyone liked Thumpers. Just curious what peoples' feelings are about its demise.

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More About Violence on the Hill

Melodious — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:32:20 GMT

I didn't want to revive the previous thread on this topic, but thought some of you might be interested in this piece, from the Capitol Hill Times: http://www.zwire.com/site/tab7.cfm?newsid=17347183&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=520820&rfi=6

It more or less gels with what a lot of people posted in this tribe. Memorable quote: "I hope the mayor's plan adds more than just banners or flower pots."

I didn't hear about this meeting until after it happened. I wonder how/where these things are announced?

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7 salon

alicia mackin — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:32:35 GMT

Has anyone tried 7 Salon in down town Seattle? If so would you recommend it? And which stylists would you recommend? The City Search reviews are unbelievable.

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OCT 5 - DAY OF MASS RESISTANCE

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:15:22 GMT

World Can't Wait is organizing people living in the United States to take responsibility to stop the whole disastrous course led by the Bush administration. We seek to create a political situation where the Bush administration's program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking U.S. society is reversed.

We seek to mobilize millions to express their outrage, to speak the truth, to act with urgency and form an organized political resistance. We welcome any individuals and groups who agree that the Bush Regime should be driven out, whatever their political party affiliation or lack thereof. We reach out to people who have been fooled by Bush, and to those who have been most seriously affected by the outrages inflicted by the Bush Regime.

Find the protest nearest you --

http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2418&Itemid=232&_event=14

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Comedy Burlesque with The Von Foxies

Heidi — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:19:04 GMT

The Von Foxies Fall Festivities!

The Von Foxies have a great fall season lined up starting this Saturday!. We are performing at some fabulous shows with some fabulous people. We hope you will come enjoy a show!

Oct 7th- Heidi and Elsa at Burlesque Behind The Pink Door
Oct 12th- Elsa and Ernie with Little Brooklyn at Orchestra L’Pow
Oct 21st- Elsa and Ernie at Burlesque Behind The Pink Door
Oct 22nd- The Von Foxies at The Columbia City Cabaret
Oct 30th- Pidgeon Von Tramp in Hocus Pocus Burlesque at The Jewel Box
Nov 4th- Heidi and Elsa at Burlesque Behind The Pink Door
Nov 9th- The Von Foxies with Sinner Saint Burlesque at The Noc Noc
Nov 18th- The Von Foxies 2nd Birthday Celebration at the Theatre Off Jackson

October 7th- Heidi Von Haught and Elsa Von Schmaltz perform in Seattle’s most intimate setting- The Pink Door! Burlesque Behind The Pink Door is hosted by Pah-ooh-la The Swedish Housewife, who is certain to make you feel right at home. Located in Pike’s Place Market at 1919 Post Alley. Show starts at 10:30, but get there EARLY to get a seat. $10 cover to see us uncover!

October 12th- Elsa and Ernie Von Schmaltz perform with NY’s Little Brooklyn and
Orchestra L'Pow! at The Heavens. Straight from New York City, Little Brooklyn is all NY, sweet as an egg cream, thrilling as the Cyclone, and built like the Brooklyn Bridge. Her acts mix classic tease with a slapstick sense of humor that really puts the "Gee-whiz!" back in G-string! With new material by Elsa and Ernie, this show is sure to be side splitting hilarity. The Heavens is located at 172 South Washington St. in Pioneer Square. Doors at 7PM & Show at 8PM. Tickets $15 at the door. Get your advance tickets NOW! Only $12 at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/ 4679

October 21st- Elsa Von Schmaltz and Ernie Von Schmaltz are back at The Pink Door with some of Seattle’s best performers. 1919 Post Alley. Show starts at 10:30, but get there EARLY to get a seat. $10 cover to see us uncover!

October 22nd- The Von Foxies perform with Tamara the Trapeze Lady at the lovely Columbia City Cabaret! Set in the beautiful Columbia City Theatre, Ms. Tamara always puts together a remarkable show of live music, jaw dropping aerialists and amazing burlesque. The Columbia City Theatre is located at 4916 Rainier Avenue South.
Doors open at 8, show at 9. Tickets at the Door Only- $15.00. Reserve the Upstairs Balcony for your Party of 15 or More! Reservation Line: 206-605-9920.

October 30th- Pidgeon Von Tramp performs in Hocus Pocus Burlesque, a Halloween extravaganza! Burlesque is from the Italian verb, Burlar, “to make fun of.” The phrase "Hocus Pocus" is a 'burlesque' of the Latin phrase "Hoc Est Corpus" meaning "This Is My Body." Pidgeon Von Tramp will join Violet Green of BurlyQ to celebrate our favorite holiday the nudie way! Rendezvous Jewel Box Theatre at 2322 2nd Ave. in Belletown. Two Shows- 7:30pm and 9pm; doors at 7 and 8:30.

November 4th- Heidi Von Haught and Elsa Von Schmaltz are back at The Pink Door with Pah-ooh-la! Located in Pike’s Place Market at 1919 Post Alley. Show starts at 10:30, but get there EARLY to get a seat. $10 cover to see us uncover!

November 9th- The Foxies get onstage for the first time with Sinner Saint Burlesque, who claim “when we’re good, we’re good, but when we’re bad… we’re BETTER!” Located at the Noc Noc, 1516 2nd Ave. Admission is only $5, and boy do you get some bang for your buck! 21+ with ID. Doors at 9, show at 10.

And finally… SAVE THE DATE! MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The Von Foxies are throwing a party for their second birthday!

November 18th- The Von Foxies team up with everyone’s favorite scotch swilling MC, Maggie for a show you will not want to miss. All new Von Foxies material! We’re trying to convince Maggie to strip! This will be pee in your pants comedy with titties on top!
As if that weren’t enough, the show will be at the beautiful Theatre Off Jackson so there is sure to be some class with your ass.

Keep your eyes peeled and check the website for more details to come!

www.vonfoxies.com

We hope to see you soon!

Love,

The Von Foxies

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A great show this thursday!

joshua — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:39:21 GMT

Hey Seattle tribe,

My band Degenerate Art Ensemble along with the incredible band "AWESOME" and a wild circus rock band from LA called Stolen Babies will be playing at the LOFI Performance Gallery this Thursday nite at 9pm (the 5th of Oct). ($10) All three bands are super theatrical and fun and its going to be a feast of a show! I hope yall can make it.

http://www.degenerateartensemble.com
http://www.stolenbabiestheband.com
http://www.awesometheband.com

LOFI PERFORMANCE GALLERY
429B Eastlake ave e.
doors at 9pm $10

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need info on

dart — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:55:01 GMT

products that actually do help one pass a drug test. My friend (really!) is on the job search trail. and the last time she had a toke was early August. We've heard of some formulas -herbal and otherwise - that will give a clean test. Can anyone recommend something that they have actually used and where to get it?
Thanks.

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Adults are Stupid on the Internet

Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:40:08 GMT

This is posted many a place now...

http://www.waxy.org/archive/2006/09/08/sex_bait.shtml

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Do you need a ride to burning man?

thevagabond — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:54:17 GMT

Leaving from seattle to burning man... Does anyone need a ride?

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One World Foundation looking for donations.

sam — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:19:27 GMT

A new NGO, the One World Foundation, is looking for donations of arts materials to be used in several East African arts colleges.

Several local citizens have started Cultural Arts Colleges, as well as a Maasai womens
group, and an environmental education group. They're really commited
and awesome inspiring people really.

For the arts college we're trying to round up materials to help them
do the teaching. We're looking for wood carving tools, crochet
needles, used Art books, and any other arts supplies that we can find
such as beeds, paints, and other things, as long as they aren't too
heavy, and easily applicable to their programs we would love to use
them.

This is a really good chance to give to a really amazing group of
individuals. These people have built their own organizations from
nothing with absolutely no money and no help from anybody. It's a
pretty inspiring tale really.

So if anyone knows a way to help that would be pretty amazing.

you can contact me at oneworldfoundation@gmail.com

Asante Sana (Thank you)

Sam Keller

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Home needed for me kitties

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:38:47 GMT

my other half's allergies have really been acting up lately, so it's time for the kitties to go. It's sad, cause I've had them for a LOOONG time, but it's necessary. After an attempt to find them a loving home with coworkers, I've decided to turn to tribe cause there's some pretty damn groovy people on tribe too.

I put up a site about the cats. It's here: http://home.earthlink.net/~tomster703

If you know somebody who can take both cats, either email me from the link on the site or drop me a note here.

Thanks all!

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Affordable Seattle ocean fish going away?

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:49:57 GMT

The passiveness of Seattle's population is helping to destroy our ability to buy inexpensive fresh, wild, and locally caught seafood in one of the greatest fishing ports of the West Coast -- SEATTLE!!!

FISHERMAN's TERMINAL...
Where else can you buy fresh tuna for $6 per pound? Or wild salmon, shrimp, crab, halibut, or cod right off the boat? All at the lowest prices in Seattle, right off the boat, direct to the consumer? NOWHERE!!!!

The rich developers are corrupting our seaport managers! In turn, the Port of Seattle is literally chasing the small fishermen out of Seattle. Read about how they intend to develop even more of the terminal, which will raise fees and chase the smaller, independent fishing boats away from Seattle -- THIS MEANS NO MORE INEXPENSIVE FISH FOR THE SEATTLE CONSUMER!!!

Write the Port of Seattle and let them know how you feel about this --
24 Hour Phone: (206) 728-3395
Outside of Seattle: (800) 426-7817 ext. 3395
(8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)
Fax: (206) 728-3393
E-mail: ft@portseattle.org

Read more about these issues at --

http://www.kcts.org/aboutus/fishermen/index.asp
http://www.portseattle.org/seaport/marinas/fishermensterminal/index.shtml

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in every COFFEE HOUSE, AND BAR..

Jason — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:39:14 GMT

JASON AND THE PUNKNECKS are comin with a new flavor of acoustic punk cuntry.. www.jasonandthepunknecks.com

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campgrounds?

raleigh — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:25:43 GMT

i wanted to get some tips on nice, not-busy campgrounds around the puget sound. i haven't gone camping in years, so i don't think i could handle anything more than a drive-in campsite, but i really, REALLY don't want a KOA-type place crawling with boy scouts and such. i'm thinking of going in late august. does anyone have any ideas?

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Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)'s topics - tribe.net

Fantastic Fall Acting Classes at Freehold Theatre in Seattle

lord of the flies?

(>&lt;) 5TH ANNUAL dB NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY @ NEUMOS w/ APPARAT, NOSAJ THING, LUSINE & NORDIC SOUL (>&lt;)

First Annual Seattle International Cabaret Festival 11/11 - 11/15 2009!

4th of July flash mob (w/sparklers)

Brittain Ashford, Here We Go Magic, Final Spin - Chop Suey tonight! 6/25

Seattle Marijuna Liberation March

New Perspectives on Runes I: The First Aett

Decibel Spring Events feat. Modeselektor, Gui Boratto, Thomas Fehlmann, Apparat, CLP, Ghislain Poirier + more

$1100 / 1br - Peaceful treehouse, util incl (Madrona)

how are the hills?

kombucha

Brunchy goodness!

Has environmentalism gone too far? Hell no.

who plays tennis?

shiny new capitol hill blog...

New Park on the Hill!

WATER WOMAN AUG 1-4

new capitol hill-based tribes

Embodied Voice Workshop for Women, Seattle, With Sylvi Alli

Antero Alli's "The Invisible Forest", NWFF, 6/15

5/10: Come learn the truth about Scientology (Westlake Center)

I need an electrician!

Seattle Pinball show this June!

Under 21, and just moved here from Reno. I need friends..AND THINGS TO DO!

Rental Space for Workshop?

Calling all artists... SURVEY FOR ARTISTS

David Deida is coming to Seattle!

urban gardening project on the hill

Some down and dirty chinese

since we're on the subject of food...(delivery)

http://www.onefamilygathering.org/

5.000 square foot Warehouse For Rent on Capitol Hill

violent acts unessesary

Leaving the country - Big Sale!

Need Room for rent or Housesitting

Room for rent

Theft of Sculpture - and brief intro

Spokane or parts near for Thanksgiving?

NCEF! Media sabotaged! Hijacked by lone wingnut! Accused of fraud and embezzlement!

Monsieur Moustache Pageant - Seeking Contestants!

Seattle vs SF?

artist wanted

East of the Underground, Friday, Sept 28th 9pm - 2am, Electric Tea Garden at Oseao

seeking housing in capitol hill

opposition builds to the North American Union

Seattle Nightlife

HIS HOLINESS to visit Seattle August 24 - 29, 2007

Seattle Pagan Potluck

RIP Fukkerpantz

room available in big old house

Pagan potluck

Rave for the Capitol Club

Nintendo Wi-fi Hotspots

ANY CLIMBERS ON THE HILL?

Protect Your Vote from Ballot Tracker

need a green nanny?

growin' food! (vegetable seeds and plants)

YOGA AS ACTIVISM

Law of attraction group tell uplifting stories of your success!! no mater how big or small ..a candybar a castle...join us Seattle!!

Best happy hour food?

Helicopters

ratatat-tat-tat

Looking for 3-4 bed house end of May, mid June.

Seattle Fish Markets

Fortified Hot Chocolate?

5 Dollar Dance Classes

about the condos that are going in where Cha Cha, the Bus Stop, and Kincora's are

new to Cap Hill

Valentine's Cupcake Extravaganza tonight feat. Huh-Uh Scream Club, DCD, Doomhawk

St. George Episcopal Church Men's Club Presents

Naked Men's dance coming on February 13

Tipper in Capitol Hill, Saturday December 2nd

Wondering what you can do to bring Peace to the World?--Get on The Bus!!

Seattle has a new Queer Tribe!

FREE PARTY !!!!! --- Saturday DEC 16 - @ Capitol Hill Arts Center

Audition for the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival - auditions this weekend!

The Seattle Figure Drawing Meetup Group

SNG Survey - How Safe Do You Feel in Your Community

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