From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Ojai Film Festival Seeks Volunteers — VIP Tickets Now On Sale

by Howard Smith April 30, 2008

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Enriching The Human Spirit Through Film
Ojai Film Festival seeks volunteers for its’ 9th annual edition with dates
November 6 through 9 (previously in October).
Host Sponsor for 2008 Festival is the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. Volunteers are
sought in all areas. Please contact the film festival office and find out how
you can…

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Iraq Toll, April 2008

by evan austin April 30, 2008

from Peace Action’s Peace Blog:
April has been the most deadly month for U.S. troops since September.
Those who died in Iraq in recent weeks:
Sgt Michael Lilly 23 Boise ID
Sgt Jeremiah McNeal 23 Norfolk VA
Cap Ulises Burgos Cruz 29 Puerto Rico
Spc Matthew Morris 23 Cedar Park TX
Pvt Shane Penley 19 Sauk Village…

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Dishing Ojai: The Martini Debate

by Lisa Snider April 30, 2008

My “big girl” drink of choice is the Hendrick’s gin martini with two meaty olives. Hendrick’s is heavy on coriander and juniper as is typical of a fine gin, and infusions of cucumber and rose petal give it a unique flavor. I usually have one on a Friday and rarely manage…

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Albert Hofman Dead at Age 102

by Raymond Powers April 30, 2008

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LSD Inventor Albert Hofmann Dead at Age 102
By Dylan Tweney
http://www.hofmann.org/
Albert Hofmann, the pioneering Swiss chemist and advocate of psychedelics who discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, died Tuesday. He was 102.
Hofmann reportedly died of a heart attack at his home in Basel, Switzerland.
Mr Hofmann first produced LSD in 1938…

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Open Thread: Nature Edition

by Open Thread April 29, 2008

ojai poppiesAttention horticulturists and gardeners – these California golden poppies, usually seen bright orange throughout Southern California, appear to be picking up the yellow color of the daisies they are growing next to. What’s the deal? Consider this an open thread.

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Forces for Good

by Kenley Neufeld April 29, 2008

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Are you involved with a non-profit organization? Did you know that over 1.5 million non-profits exist in the United States and over 300 in the Ojai Valley alone? Pretty phenomenal when you think about it. I just finished reading a book by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant, two MBAs,…

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Activism Grab-Bag

by evan austin April 29, 2008

New on the Ojai Peace Coalition Action Blog:
• Mother’s Day for Peace: Sunday May 4th from 3-5pm at the E.P.Foster Library on Main Street in Ventura.
• The Future of Local Transportation, Saturday, May 10, 2008 (National Train Day) from 2-3:30pm at Ruby’s Café of Oxnard, 348 South Oxnard Blvd.
• Nominate…

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Clear Cut Foresting in the Olympic Forest

by Tyler Suchman April 28, 2008

I returned recently from greater Seattle, where we drove around the Olympic Peninsula and stayed for a few days. Outside of the National Forests, the devastation of the forests is staggering due to clear cutting. Where the clearcut has been replanted are now tree farms, devoid of the diversity that…

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Year 2008, Of Global Enlightenment …

by Millennium Twain April 27, 2008

Year 2007 was the year our collective consciousness exercised Self Will.
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Year 2008 will be the Year we, the Maitreyah, Maadi Shakti, Blue Star, learns self-determination, and expresses self determinism, self decision-making!

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Ojai Reads

by Kenley Neufeld April 27, 2008

Plan B 3.0 Cover The Ojai Valley Green Coalition has announced a new community program called ‘Ojai Reads.’ Lester Brown’s book, Plan B 3.0, will be the first in a series of books whose subject matter centers on the environment. This reading event is also sponsored by the Ojai Valley Library Friends and Foundation, the…

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