It has come to my attention that many people on Tribe spend a lot of time reading blogs but are not aware of what is going on in the 'other' world.

So in case you missed it, oil clean up training is taking place today (Wed) and this Sat in GG Park.

From todays Chronicle

How to help
Bay Area residents who want to help can call these numbers or visit these Web sites. Volunteers may find that patience and persistence are necessary because some Web sites and telephone hot lines have contradictory information. Some agencies may not need volunteers immediately but will need them after the first rush of interest fades. People not trained in cleanup of hazardous materials should stay away from oiled areas.

To help in San Francisco


-- Training for cleaning beaches will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the County Fair Building at Golden Gate Park. Two training sessions will be held Saturday. Trained volunteers will be certified to clean area beaches. Volunteers will be given schedules for future beach cleanups. No cleanups are scheduled Wednesday. For more information, go to www.thevolunteercenter.net/

To help in Berkeley


-- Training in cleanup of oil-spill residue from the shoreline will be held Wednesay at 1 p.m. at Hs Lordships restaurant at the Berkeley Marina off Seawall Drive. Limited to the first 80 people. Another session will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday at the West Berkeley Senior Center, 1900 Sixth St. Find more information at www.cityofberkeley.info or call (510) 981-6720 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary


-- www.tiburonaudubon.org

-- (415) 388-2524

International Bird Rescue Research Center


-- www.ibrrc.org


-- www.ibrrc.org/volunteer_steps_nc.html

Oiled Wildlife Care Network


-- www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/owcn/volunteers.html


-- www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/owcn/par...ants.html


-- www.owcn.org


-- (800) 228-4544

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and I saw this!!! I could not believe the amazing stellar formation I was looking at.

Then I just happened to see the description on line.......

Of course it was all a little bit clearer than the photo from my little Elph would suggest. I took this photo with a tripod on my roof with my little teeny Canon Elph at 6:00 am.

So given the incredible night I had at Entheoncentric Salon, it was not surprising to see that my powerful Leo Moon was in full effect, present with Regulus (Leo), and hanging out with Venus, who rules my Sun sign, Taurus. Luckily Saturn came along for the ride to keep me amazingly independently grounded and lucid the entire time.

Thank you Vani for a wonderful evening and for allowing me to be myself. I love you more than ever.



Description below by Joe Rao, Space.com.

At sunrise, Venus will have climbed nearly 40 degrees above the east-southeast horizon (10 degrees is roughly equal to your clenched fist held at arm's length. So at sunup, Venus will stand nearly "four fists" up from the horizon).

Meanwhile, a much dimmer planet, Saturn, glowing with a mellow yellow light, rises shortly after Venus. And right in between the two planets shines the blue-white 1st-magnitude star, Regulus, in Leo, the Lion.

Next week, an ever-changing "Celestial Summit Meeting" will greet early risers as Venus interacts with Regulus, Saturn and a lovely crescent Moon in some very interesting celestial configurations.

The eye-catching array kicks off this weekend. On Saturday morning, Oct. 6, Venus, Regulus and Saturn will form a wide triangle with the Moon hovering high above them.

As for Regulus, it marks the heart of Leo, a star pattern whose origins trace back to the earliest Mideastern peoples, especially those of the Tigris and Euphrates area. Among virtually all civilizations there, this constellation was accorded king-of-the-beasts status and regal symbolism.

And although it shines only 1/229th as bright as Venus and ranks at the bottom on the list of the 21 brightest stars, we know today that Regulus is also regal in an astrophysical sense. It's a highly luminous blue-white star, and just as earthly kings were uncommon personages among the human population, a star like Regulus is also uncommon among the stellar population. Its spectral class is B7; one of the very small minority of those born with enough mass to occupy an exalted station near the top of the main sequence of star classification.

And lastly, its distance of 78 light-years means the light you see arriving from Regulus now started on its journey to Earth right around the time of the great stock market crash in 1929.

why can't it be this simple?