Connection Magazine April 2016 Issue

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The Candidates, “PC” Guns (?) Voter Registration ~ pgs 18 – 21

• Fukushima ~ pg 4 • Reid’s Vaccine Story ~ pg 11 • EARTH DAY ~ pg 5 • Oxidative Stress & The Art of Redox Signaling Technology ~ pg 28 EVENTS GALORE: • GEM Show • DRONE Movie • Shaman Jose Luis Herrera • Be Natural MUSIC • New Living Expo • San Juan Bautista Indian Market • REEL Works Film Festival • Headwaters Outdoor School •HEIRLOOM Amish Succession Gardening Workshops • SC American Music Festival

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County Supervisor, 1st District

ď Ž Defend Santa Cruz against multi-national corporate control and the U.N.'s Agenda 21 process to take our property. ď Ž Support parents’ medical freedom of choice for children and themselves. ď Ž Begin protecting Santa Cruz's groundwater basin immediately from ongoing and increased irreversible damage. ď Ž Immediately investigate and re-evaluate public safety, environmental impact and legality issues around the fast tracked Aptos Village Planning Project. ď Ž Aware of the aerial spraying and against the air pollution. ď Ž Accountability and Transparency in our local government. ď Ž Anything unconstitutional will receive my "no" vote. ď Ž Encourage a self-sustaining economy, keeping it local, for a thriving Santa Cruz. ď Ž Contact me now with questions, ideas, and concerns. Help and volunteers welcomed. Vote June 7.

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This is the first of a 4-part series of personal empowerment, healing, and transformation in the tradition of the master shamans of Peru. Enrollment limited – Register now to reserve your space! To register or to receive more information about this and other shamanic trainings & services, contact: Patrick Gillis at 831-345-6520 or email: munay@skyhighway.com Elegant Outcomes for Individuals, Organizations, & Businesses

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The Fukushima Endgame: The Radioactive Contamination of the Pacific Ocean

This article by Professor Michel Chossudovsky was granted the 2015 Project Censored Award. Ranked No. 5 among the 25 most censored news stories. Nuclear radiation resulting from the March 2011 Fukushima disaster –which threatens life on planet earth– is not front page news in comparison to the most insignificant issues of public concern, including the local level crime scene or the tabloid gossip reports on Hollywood celebrities. The shaky political consensus both in Japan, the USA and Western Europe is that the crisis at Fukushima has been contained. The truth is otherwise. Known and documented, the ongoing dumping of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive contamination. This water contains plutonium 239 and its release into the Ocean has both local as well as global repercussions. A microgram of plutonium if inhaled, according to Dr. Helen Caldicott, can cause death: Certain isotopes of radioactive plutonium are known as some of the deadliest poisons on the face of the earth. A mere microgram (a speck of darkness on a pinhead) of Plutonium239, if inhaled, can cause death, and if ingested, radioactive Plutonium can be harmful, causing leukemia and other bone cancers. “In the days following the 2011 earthquake and nuclear plant explosions, seawater meant to cool

the nuclear power plants instead carried radioactive elements back to the Pacific ocean. Radioactive Plutonium was one of the elements streamed back to sea.� (www.decodescience.com). It would appear that the radioactive water has already penetrated parts of the Japanese coastline: Environmental testing of shoreline around the nuclear plant (as well as fish, especially Tuna) showed negligible amounts of Plutonium in the seawater. The Plutonium, from what little is reported, sank into the sediments off the Japanese coast.� (Ibid) A recent report suggests that the Japanese government is intent upon releasing the remaining radioactive water into the Ocean. The proposed “solution� becomes the cause of radioactive contamination of both the Japanese coastline as well as the Pacific Ocean, extending to the coastline of North America. While the chairman of the Nuclear Radiation Authority recognizes that the water in the tanks is heavily “tainted�, a decision has nonetheless been taken to empty the tanks and dump the water into the Ocean: The head of Japan’s nuclear watchdog said contaminated water stored at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant should be released into the ocean to ensure safe decommissioning of the reactors. Shunichi Tanaka, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, made the comment Dec. 12 after visiting the facility to observe progress in dismantling the six reactors. The site

was severely damaged in the tsunami generated by the 2011 earthquake. “I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of tanks (holding water tainted with radioactive substances),� Tanaka told reporters, indicating they pose a danger to decommissioning work. “We have to dispose of the water.� With regard to expected protests by local fishermen over the discharge, Tanaka said, “We also have to obtain the consent of local residents in carrying out the work, so we can somehow mitigate (the increase in tainted water).� Tanaka has said previously that to proceed with decommissioning, tainted water stored on the site would need to be released into the sea so long as it had been decontaminated to accepted safety standards. “While (the idea) may upset people, we must do our utmost to satisfy residents of Fukushima,� Tanaka said, adding that the NRA would provide information to local residents based on continuing studies of radioactive elements in local waters. The inspection tour was Tanaka’s second since he became NRA Chief in September 2012. He last visited in April 2013. During his visit, Tanaka observed work at a trench on the ocean side of the No. 2 reactor building, where highly contaminated water is being pumped out. He also inspected barriers set up around the storage tanks to prevent leaks of tainted water. (and, do you think you can trust this action??!). Tanaka praised the completion in November of work to remove all spent nuclear fuel from the No. 4 reactor building, as well as changes to work procedures that he said allows for the completion of the work at the No. 2 reactor trench. Hiromi Kumai , NRA Head Signals Massive Release of Tainted Water to Help Decommission Fukushima Site Asahi Shimbun December 13, 2014. The contradictory statements of the NRA chief avoid addressing the broader implications, by giving the impression that the issue is local and that local fishermen off the Fukushima coast will be consulted. Additional articles and videos on Fukushima and Nuclear Radiation are available at Global Research’s Dossier on The Environment. www.thetruthwins.com Printed with permission.

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Interview with Dr. G. Katie Dashtban, Psy.D. Dr. Dashtban, please tell us some about your practice and background: As a Medical Psychologist, my practice of psychology is based on the science of behavioral/psychological and physiological concepts. My patients are treated for chronic medical/ health issues like diabetes, obesity, heart problems, women’s health issues as well as on-going mood and anxiety problems, troubles with unwanted habits and addictions, and interpersonal relationship issues. Do you have a particular focus in your practice? Yes. In my field, there are several approaches to treatment. The principals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychophysiology inform the approach that I have. This is the junction where thoughts and behaviors and genetics meet. My role is to help my patients organize their goals in therapy, and then with a carefully tailor made treatment plan in mind, offer them specific methods that are particularly helpful in getting rid of the unwanted condition they came to treatment for. How is a visit with you different than a visit with other Clinical Psychologists? Visits with me always consist of a short survey of psychological testing at the beginning and end of each session. This is similar to taking one’s vital signs during each Marianne Williamson|Dr. Eben Alexander|Scott Wolter|Gregg Braden d o c t o r ’s v i s i t . John Gray Ph.D|Dr. Steven Greer|Deborah King|Amy Goodman Without measuring patient’s progNassim Haramein|Katherine Woodward Thomas ress I’d be treating Gail Thackray them blindly. Furthermore, as a highly trained clinical psychologist from UCSF and Stanford I am fully aware of the diagnoses classifications associated with several psychological and medical ailments. See Our Digital Tickets Program Guide However in my practice I don’t www.newlivingexpo.com | 415.382.8300 treat diseases, I

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treat people. The difference being: I help every single individual with the specifics they need my help on, not what I think should be treated just because it is there. Is there anyone who has inspired you

Dr. G. Katie Dashtban, Psy.D. in forming your psychology practice the way it is? Yes. Dr. David Burns, professor emeritus of psychiatry at Stanford University and the author of several best selling self-help books such as Feeling Good, The New Mood Therapy. He is one of the founders of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and as of the last decade, the founder of T.E.A.M Therapy. I have been trained in the T.E.A.M model by Dr. Burns and his colleagues at Stanford and am now certified as a Level 4 T.E.A.M trainer. T.E.A.M stands for Testing, Empathy, Agenda Setting, Methods and this is exactly how my treatment approach works. Are there any expansions or other dimensions to your practice that you would like to share with our Readers? I am fortunate to have been able to establish a well-rounded center of excellence in which, along with my business partner, we treat people and educate other clinicians and students in the nation and internationally in this highly effective type of therapy named the T.E.A.M approach. The name of the center is Feeling Good Therapy and Training Center and it’s main office is in Fremont, CA. My Santa Cruz and Mt View offices offer the same advantages of T.E.A.M therapy to the local residents and mental health practioners. For more information on T.E.A.M approach please visit www. FeelingGoodTherapy.Com and Www. FeelingGood.Com Can other health care providers and mental health practioners learn the T.E.A.M model? Yes, Feeling Good Therapy and

Training Center of Fremont is accredited by the American Psychological Association and California Psychological Association. Practitioners can choose any of our teaching and training classes that are offered both on-site in Fremont, or live on line and earn continuing education credits while they learn the T.E.A.M model. Tell us about a typical patient visit: average length of sessions, average length of treatment and typical patients’ experiences while under treatment with you. Traditional office visits with a psychologist last about 50 minutes. While I do honor that tradition, I commonly offer double sessions that last 100 minutes. The reason is that, often the first 35-40 minutes are spent with patients’ discussion of their symptoms and how things have been going for them. Ending at the 50 minute cut off leaves very little room for the practical part of therapy. So during the longer sessions, we can actually reach a conclusion for that visit, with a specifically agreed upon goal for the week to come. Another advantage of these longer therapy sessions is that patients actually reach their therapy goals faster, because they don’t have to interrupt the flow of a session, wait until another appointment and therefore see weeks go by. During the initial phase of our work, patients often experience an incredible sense of comfort because they feel empathized with, heard and understood. Then comes the part of the therapy where it takes some effort on the part of the patient to learn new skills, change some thought or behavioral patterns, and role up his/ her sleeves. And lastly, comes the awaited relief and the good feeling of knowing how to be in charge of their own health. How is the cost of therapy handled? Patients pay for the cost of therapy by credit card, check or cash. Should they wish to consult with their health insurance, my office offers the professional services of a professional medical biller or patients can choose to submit claims directly in which case I offer them receipts and a superbill. If anyone wishes to get in touch with you to learn more about your approach and ways you could help can they get in touch with you directly? Yes, best way is to schedule a free 15 minute phone consultation by visiting: MedicalPsychologyService.com.

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Reid Reacted To The Vaccines But His Pediatrician Ignored The Warning Signs Reid’s mother Christy Day writes: “On May 7, 2015, Reid was a little congested when he went in for his two-month shots, so we put his shots off for another week or so, until the results for the whooping cough test was in. The results were negative, and he did not have whooping cough. We summed his congestion up to having leftover mucus, especially since he was a C-section baby. So, when they called and gave

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me the results, they also scheduled his shots for May 20, 2015. Reid’s father, Dusty, took him to that appointment at Old Hammond Pediatrics, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to get the vaccines. When they came home from the doctor, Reid was passed out. He slept over 11 hours straight. Being my fourth child, I know that kids can act funny and get a fever that the doctors tell you can happen after the shots. We still called the doctor and told them, and of course, they said he was fine. 
 When he woke up, he was very cranky. He would not let you put him down, so we had days of him being fussy. He never really smiled or laughed again. He never drank a full bottle again. He fussed and fussed. I can remember clearly that last little bath I gave him; he hated it and cried and cried. It was very unusual for him to cry like that. Reid had always drank a lot of milk; he was 11 weeks old and was drinking six ounces at a time, but from the time he had those vaccinations, he did not finish another full bottle. Nine days later, on May 29, 2015, I was scheduled to get my tubes tied. Dusty let me sleep that night and he had Reid and fed him at 4

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am. Again, Reid did not finish his bottle. Reid was sleeping on his chest because he was cranky and would not let us put him down. I know Dusty had a rough time getting him to sleep.

 I woke up around 7 am; I checked on all of my babies and they were all asleep, except for my oldest son, Aiden. I checked on Reid, and he was still breathing and sleeping on his daddy’s chest. I am going to be straight up; I did not judge him nor think that Reid was in any danger sleeping on his chest that way. I have let each and every one of my four babies sleep on my chest at some point in time. So I proceeded to get ready. I had to leave soon but I still had a little time, so I decided that I would just go pick up a quick breakfast from McDonald’s, me and my son, Aiden.

 We were getting in the car, and I told him to go ask Mr. Dusty if he wanted anything for breakfast. THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN MY WHOLE WORLD CHANGED. You see, asking Aiden to go ask Dusty what he wanted for breakfast, that is the ‘BEFORE.’ Not even two minutes later, Dusty comes running out with the baby in his hands screaming, “SOMETHING’S WRONG.” 911 was called. I took Reid from him and tried to wake him and he wouldn’t wake up. Then I set him down on the seat of my car and performed CPR to the best of my ability. I did exactly how I was taught. I know I did it right because I could feel his lungs fill up with my breath. I could not bring him back. Some sort of bloody mucus came up, but it was too late. And Dusty, his father, had the same bloody substance right on his shirt, right on his chest, where his little head was rested. I did everything I could to bring him back. I knew it hadn’t been long because when I woke up to get ready to go to the hospital, he was alive.

 EMS came and they pronounced him dead on site. I knew if I couldn’t bring my baby back, then nobody could. From then on, I was in total shock. I already knew before the ambulance arrived that he was gone… gone forever. Now it is ‘AFTER.’ I went into shock, I called my family, I screamed, I cried. The cops came in and took the half drank bottle, they questioned us, they went through our house, looked though everything. They made

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and doctors who have dared voice concern about state-enforced vaccinations have been dying under mysterious circumstances in the US in recent years, kudos must be given to those brave enough to continue speaking out. It is claimed the report will declare the situation a ‘self-perpetuating criminal racket.’ Educational institutions and scientific bodies are also ‘motivated by greed and generally corrupt.’ A recent study by the University of Bristol that declared diet soda to be healthier than water (a study covertly funded by the Coca Cola Company) is presented as an

example of the absurd situation in the West at the moment, and is held up to ridicule. The report says that President Putin believes the next stage of human evolution is currently in “grave risk” and that Western and global powers are “intentionally decelerating the process for their personal gain.” “We as a species have the choice to continue to develop our bodies and brains in a healthy upward trajectory, or we can follow the Western example of recent decades and intentionally poison our population with genetically altered food, phar-

Dusty do a replay of what happened, while they videotaped us. They told us before they left, that they had to investigate. From all the stories that I hear now, I feel that we were lucky that whatever investigator we had could clearly see that there was no ill intent from the get-go. I have heard so many stories now ‘AFTER,’ how the investigator comes in and takes the other children as well, while they finish their investigation. I do not know how I would have lived had they taken my other children. They called Dusty and told him it’s easily ruled possible suffocation due to cosleeping, but I know that wasn’t the cause. I know my baby would’ve fought to breathe. Dusty would have felt him kick and scratch and Reid could pick up his head for weeks, by this time. My baby’s life ended. I had him for a short 11 weeks before he became a sweet, innocent angel.”

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The tinged mucous that came out of Reid’s mouth is commonly witnessed in babies dying after vaccination. Some children experience an overwhelming immune response to the vaccines that cannot be overcome, known as a cytokine storm, which can lead to respiratory failure, without any struggle to breathe. An investigation was done, and Reid’s death was ruled accidental. Reid’s report stated his death resulted from an unsafe sleeping environment, known as co-sleeping. This is a common ruling in vaccine-related death cases even though there is typically no proof the baby died from suffocation, due to co-sleeping. In many of these cases, babies were vaccinated shortly before, within hours to a few weeks, but the vaccines have been disregarded. The immediate cause listed on Reid’s autopsy report and death certificate was due to “possible suffocation,” without any signs or proof he suffocated. Reid did not struggle when he lay asleep on his dad’s chest, as he slipped away; he just stopped breathing in his sleep. The more cases like this you read about, the more you will notice how easily vaccines are ruled out, without ever having to prove the vaccines didn’t cause the injury. Knowing that the list of associated reactions to each vaccine includes death, these shouldn’t have been ignored. Vaccines can also trigger breathing cessation and apnea. To keep parents in the dark and to keep parents bringing in their children for the vaccines, these deaths are covered up. A claim has been filed with the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP), with the help of a vaccine injury attorney Reid’s mother found to represent their case. Although the odds are against parents to be awarded any money for their child’s vaccine-related death, this is the recourse they have. The maximum death benefit parents can be awarded is $250,000. Cases are usually settled for less, and the majority of parents never receive any compensation. It is often cheaper to pay a death benefit to parents than to pay an award for a living, vaccine-injured child, because a deceased child won’t require future medical care, saving taxpayers money, since taxpayers are the ones paying for these awards. If their case is awarded, Reid’s parents can accept the death benefit as full payment or they can decline it and sue the vaccine manufacturer(s) directly. The latter is rarely done because so many vaccines are given during these doctors’ visits, making it nearly impossible to prove which vaccine specifically, or if all of the vaccines acting together, caused the injury, protecting the vaccine manufacturers once again.

Christy writes, “I started researching, and I still cannot believe all the stories I found online that were just like mine. There are so many grieving mothers and fathers, siblings and family members. I now am a mother that understands that the very child that I protected, I allowed someone to shoot them up with so much mercury, considered a hazardous waste, aborted fetus DNA, formaldehyde, and the list goes on.
 Raising awareness is what’s important now. Reid will always be important, but it’s too late for him, but it might not be too late for another sweet baby whose mom is about to let them shoot their kid up with poison. I already knew in my heart and soul that those vaccinations killed my son. I knew the moment it happened, it was the vaccines. Every day, I cry alone. The pain is still very fresh. I try to go visit my son at his grave as much as I can, although it makes me so weak and ill. I just hate thinking about my sweet, sweet baby Reid in that damn box under the f—ing dirt (excuse my language). It is not fair; those vaccinations robbed my son of his whole life. I spread the word and tell a shorter version of my story to every pregnant woman I see or every woman I see with a small child. I ask them even if they still get the shots to please, please, just go to your computer and type the words ‘My child died from vaccinations.’ I just wish that I could really portray the pain, so much to where every single person who reads this story does the research and never, ever vaccinates their children or themselves again. This will be a revolution before long and I hope and pray it does not take too many more babies lives before it does. It does not matter what room I am in, if I am digging for something in a drawer and find one of his socks, or a pair of pants, those little things you put over their hands to keep them from scratching their face, each time I find something, the first thing I do is smell it, man, how I wish I could just smell him again, but it never smells like him, then I just leave my face in it and cry and cry and cry. I am getting more and more used to seeing his things, so I have pulled some out and plan to make a quilt, or as many quilts as I can out of his things. They say that time is different in heaven than on Earth. Well, I will wait my time out because that is all I can do and the other pieces of my heart are here on earth, but I hope that when I get there and I hold him in my arms, that it only seems like I was gone for a minute to baby Reid. You will never get closure to losing your child. You have to learn to live with it. This is my true story. ‘Bereaved Mothers have a time line of before/after.’ That is a quote I have never seen until ‘after,’ and now it defines me. I have 4 kids, 3 have beating hearts and are with me on this earth, and sadly, 1 has no beating heart and he lives in heaven as a baby angel. The world does need to know how much this is happening, so there can be a change and they will stop murdering our babies. Like this is my child. My child I birthed. And now he is gone forever. Vaccinations murdered him. People, please wake up. Do not learn like me, by a tragedy!!!” To read the full length version of this story, please visit https://vactruth.com/2016/03/07/8vaccine-doses-killed-2-month-old-baby/ Augustina Ursino is an advocate for vaccine choice. Human and pet vaccine injuries happen often and are almost always dismissed by mainstream health care professionals, taught to protect the vaccine program. If you have any questions about vaccines or would like to get in touch with this family, please contact Vactruth at http://vactruth.com/contact/.

maceuticals, vaccinations, and fast food that should be classified as a dangerous, addictive drug.” “We must fight this. A physically and intellectually disabled population is not in our interests,” the report states. Describing the average government-controlled Westerner as an “intensively vaccinated borderline autistic fat man slumped in front of a screen battling a high-fructose corn syrup comedown,” the report states that such tactics used by governments to subjugate their citizens are not only “dark/evil” but “counter-productive in the medium to long term.” Russia under President Putin has been giving

away land for free in the past few years to people willing to farm organically and sustainably. The goal is to become the world’s “leading exporter” of non-GMO foods that are based on “ecologically clean” production. The Security Council report comes just months after the Kremlin announced a stop to the production of all GMO-containing foods, which was seen by the international community as a major step in the fight against multinationals like Monsanto. Russia continues to lead the way in the realm of natural, organic farming. Source: www.drbuttar.com/putin-exposesvaccines Printed with permission.

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we can do with your immune system. Change the bodies ‘thoughts’ about the substance it once marked as dangerous. Changing your thoughts not only helps your body to not over-react to cats, pollen and bell peppers but also to not over-react to cold temperatures (in the case of Raynaud’s), heights, dentists and other phobias. Ready to change your thoughts? Eva M. Clark, MA CHt, is a medical hypnotherapist and health coach with offices in Santa Cruz and San Jose. She specializes in autoimmune disorders and chronic disease. She can be reached at eva@ evamclark.com and 415.699.2574. For more information visit www. MINDbasedHealing.com.

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by Linda Gerson, CMT ai Ji & Chi Gong are gentle yet powerful exercises for health, longevity, and spirituality. The exercises are designed to purify, regulate, balance and circulate the ‘Chi’ in the body. ‘Chi’, or Universal Life Force, is an inherent energy that permeates all life. A strong life force makes one totally alive, alert and present, while a weak life force results in fatigue and lethargy. Chi that moves through our entire being must ow properly, like a river. If there is a block, chi becomes stagnant and prevents other parts of the body from being nourished. If the chi ows too rapidly, it causes exhaustion of the internal organs. Daily Chi Gong and Tai Ji practice regulates and balances these energies. The many benefits of Chi Gong and Tai Ji include: Improved health, stress reduction, increased strength, balance, flexibility, and vitality. The low impact, Body-Mind exercises, are suitable for all ages and fitness levels. Chi Gong exercises combine breath with gentle stretching and turning movements, which loosens up the body, improves the circulation of the blood and chi, and strengthens the internal organs. Tai Ji is an ancient form of moving meditation that looks like a slow, graceful dance in which postures

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Fitness & Sports

What do Trainers Have in Their House That Other People Don’t? by Beau Jansen, CORE Pro Elite Trainer ome, that word conjures up images and feelings of comfort and security. A place to relax and recharge. When you think about it, a home is so much more than that; it’s a place to cook so we can nourish our bodies, to sleep and recharge our bodies, to clean our bodies, and to protect ourselves from the elements.

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As a trainer, my home has some things that yours may not:

1) Food Scale: This simple item may seem tedious to use, but with an extra minute you can accurately measure your food which makes it easy to track. This in turn makes it easy to hit calorie and macronutrient goals for the day. 2) Food Tracking Software: Technically this is an online software that’s on my computer which is in my home. This, combined with the food scale, makes food tracking quick, easy and organized. Knowledge is power, and if you want an athlete level body you need athlete level nutrition which starts with measuring calories, proteins, fats and carbohydrates and incorporating them into a food plan for your body. 3) Standing Desk: I do a lot of computer work during a given day, scheduling, research, article writing and so on. A standing desk allows me to avoid the problems of sitting for long periods of time such as muscular imbalances that can precipitate injury, compressing my internal organs which impedes function, putting stress on my spine that can block nervous signals. 4) Light Alarm Clock: As opposed

to waking up to a stressful angry beeping sound in the morning that triggers a Pavlovian stress response, I have switched to a Light Therapy Alarm which starts increasing the light in my room half an hour before I have to wake up to simulate sunrise. This pulls me gently out of deep sleep and prepares me for the day :) 5) High Quality Water Filter: This reverse Osmosis water filter removes toxic chemicals such as Lead, Fluoride, Pesticides, Herbicides, Arsenic, Asbestos, Radionuclides, Chlorine, and even MTBE a gasoline additive that is showing up in city water nowadays. The body is about 60 percent water, you are also what you drink. I also have a water filter on my shower to make sure that I’m not absorbing toxins through the skin. 6) Adjustable Couch: This goes back to the sitting problem, by choosing a comfortable adjustable couch my wife and I can adjust our body position while relaxing in the evening to avoid the aforementioned sitting problems. 7) Fermentation Crock: This delightful and rather ancient tool is fantastic for making lacto-fermented fruits and vegetable treats such as Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Pickled Vegetables and Chutneys. In addition to being a very satisfying addition to a meal, these staples of traditional cuisine aid the digestive system and helps cultivate healthy gut bacteria. They provide many enzymes which aid in digestion as well as providing antibiotic and anticarcinogenic substances.

There are also some things I don’t have:

1. Microwave Oven: There is enough evidence to cast doubt on what a microwave oven does to food quality for me to avoid having one in my home. Better safe than sorry. I do appreciate the digestive value of warm food, that’s why I have a toaster oven, a stove top with burners and a regular oven for my cooking needs. 2. Sugar: For an interesting historical perspective on the problems with sugar read “The Sugar Blues� by William Duffy. In short, when you strip a vegetable such as a beet of all its fiber, minerals, vitamins and other nutrients, leaving you with sugar that, in order to be metabolized, has to pull all those nutrients out of your organs, bones, or wherever they might be found in your body. What you are left with is a net loss of nutrition. Sugar can also be used to cover up a multitude of agricultural sins, covering the bitter flavour of pesticide laden produce or the feces flavor of factory farmed meat. As my good friend Justin likes to say, I prefer nature’s dessert: fruit! Treat yourself to seasonal fruit that has been ripened on the vine or tree, delicious and far more nutritious than sugar. 3. Processed Food: To paraphrase Michael Pollan, if has ingredients you can’t pronounce, it’s probably not good for you. Good food is fresh and comes from nearby farms and gardens where you can verify their quality. 4. Smart Meter: Much like the microwave, there is enough research about the health effects of Smart Meters to support a cautious deci-

sion to remove it from my home. To skeptics I can also appeal to your checkbook: removing the smart meter from my home reduced my gas and electric bill dramatically. 5. Screens in my Bedroom: I keep my room where I sleep free of anything with a screen to include cell phones, computers, iPads, etc. The focus of my room is sleep, and the surroundings reflect that. In a such a sleep friendly environment, the parasympathetic nervous system can take hold and being rebuilding and healing the body. I would recommend incorporating some of these changes into your home starting with the one that is easiest for you. In this way you can build up success reinforced momentum and you make changes in your home. Some changes will yield immediately

noticeable results and others will take some more time to appreciate. I believe in leading by example, if I can implement these changes and reap the rewards of health and well being then so can you. At Santa Cruz CORE Fitness + Rehab they not only treat clients but offer continuing education to practitioners, in order create a progressive learning community. As leaders in the industry Santa Cruz CORE offers an integrative approach in which the practitioners of massage, chiropractic, personal training and rehab, as well as acupuncture, work as a team to get each person to their optimal health goal. Santa Cruz CORE Fitness + Rehab, 317 Potrero St Ste C, Santa Cruz CA 95060, 831.425.9500, SantaCruzCore.com

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Political Correctness = Language & Thought Control by Makia Freeman

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olitical correctness is a Rothschild invention of language control. Like Orwellian Newspeak in 1984, its ultimate aim is to reduce the scope of free thought. ‘Political Correctness’ is language control. And, language control is thought control. Period. The rise of modern political correctness (PC) is a great example of the cunning way in which social engineers such as the New World Order manipulators operate. Political correctness is soft censorship. It is intolerance disguised as tolerance. As George Carlin said, “It is fascism pretending to be manners.”. It is running amok not just in Universities but now almost everywhere in society. Just as Orwell laid out so precisely in 1984, political correctness is the Newspeak which is threatening to limit our ability to freely speak and think, by reducing the number of available words in our vocabulary.

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me, we are ‘not into guns or weapons at all’. I grew up with every male relative in my family being in some form of the police (and, they had to carry guns). My parents taught me about the importance of taking guns seriously; always respecting them and leaving them [guns] alone. This Article really educates us about WHY our Second Amendment is imperative (remember, The USA Constitution?). And, lastly, we have featured info about the Presidential Candidates with, most likely, some surprising info from us to relate to you, the Readers. As our Theme Title indicates, please keep an ‘open mind’. We thank you! Pattie & Thom

Political Correctness: Based on the Non-Existent “Right” to Not Be Offended

Truth is stranger than fiction. When you look at the twisted contortions, the PC crowd is insisting people go through to rid their language of anything “offensive”, it has entered the theater of the absurd. Political correctness dictates what you can and can’t say, based on how “offensive” a word is. Right off the bat, there are several problems with this. Firstly, who are the commissars, officials or authorities who are granting themselves massive power by getting to decide what ranks as “offensive”? Secondly, since when did “feeling offended” or “having your feelings hurt” become such an important issue that it legally justifies restricting everyone’s freedom? Last time I checked, freedom of speech was a genuine and legitimate human right (enshrined in the legal documents of many countries), whereas the “right to not feel offended” is imaginary and non-existent. Thirdly, and most importantly, just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so too is “feeling offended” in the realm of the beholder. Words are words; each person is in charge of their own emotions; choose to ignore, respond or react to words how you want, but don’t blame someone else for your emotional state. You are in control of your own state of consciousness. To blame someone else because you feel angry, offended or upset shows an abandonment of responsibility and an utter lack of emotional and spiritual maturity. Since when did we humans become such crybabies that we couldn’t stand hearing or being called a word, a name, a label or a phrase? Grow up, please!

Political Correctness — Another RothschildRockefeller Concoction

As always, there’s more to the story here. Political correctness has roots in marxism and communism. Wikipedia (http://bit.ly/1cRnxNR) notes that “In the early-to-mid 20th Century, the phrase ‘politically correct’ was associated with the dogmatic application of Stalinist doctrine, debated between Communist Party members and Socialists.” However, it goes back further to the Frankfurt School (Institute for Social Research) in Germany, which was set up in 1923. The Frankfurt School was a think tank for social engineering, aiming to spread collectivism (or its offshoots of socialism, marxism and communism) around the world. As this article from the Schiller Institute states: “The task of the Frankfurt School, then,

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Susan Sarandon suggested to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes in a heated segment on Monday, March 28, that Donald Trump would make a better president than Hillary Clinton. “I really want to be on the right side of history,” Sarandon, 69, explained on All In with Chris Hayes. “And this is a shot that we’re not going to have again in my lifetime to have a candidate that is so morally consistent, makes decisions whose judgment proves to be true. And, that is Donald Trump.” When President Jimmy Carter was recently asked who he would vote for between Ted Cruz & Donald Trump, and he said, “I’d definitely vote for Donald Trump. Just do your research!” was first, to undermine the Judeo-Christian legacy through an ‘abolition of culture’ (Aufhebung der Kultur in Lukacs’ German); and, second, to determine new cultural forms which would increase the alienation of the population, thus creating a ‘new barbarism’.” It goes on to point out those funding the Frankfurt School: “although the Institute for Social Research started with Comintern [Communism International] support, over the next three decades, its sources of funds included various German and American universities, the Rockefeller Foundation, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), the American Jewish Committee, several American Intelligence Services, the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, the International Labour Organization, and the Hacker Institute, a posh psychiatric clinic in Beverly Hills.” So, we have reference to the Rockefellers funding the Frankfurt School, and it is well known that the Rothschilds funded the rise of Marxism (http://bit.ly/1TCFqCS): “Nathan Rothschild had given Marx two checks for several thousand pounds to finance the cause of Socialism. The checks

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GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was recently heckled by a journalist for using the term “anchor baby.” were put on display in the British Museum, after Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, a trustee, had willed his museum and library to them.” Both of these key New World Order families are thus implicated in marxism, the Frankfurt School and political correctness. Interestingly, many researches have pointed out that political correctness is part of a broader movement of cultural marxism, which is the subversion of a country’s culture with collectivist ideology, as opposed to the more direct political version. Yuri Bezmenov (https://youtu.be/AAYQrfj1CI), a former Soviet KGB agent, said that “ideological subversion” would change the perception of reality of every American. He outlined how there was a slow brainwashing process taking place to change the individualistic culture of the West, consisting of: 1. Demoralization (covert, 15-50 years) (basically completed); 2. Destabilization (overt, 2-5 years); 3. Crisis (6 weeks); 4. Violent Change and Normalization (can take years, goes on forever). All this was with the aim of making the West collectivist. The question is: how much has it worked?

Some Examples of the Utter Absurdity of Political Correctness

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stop homophobia, racism, sexism and discrimination of any kind, it is long passed the threshold of absurdity. Consider the following examples (https://youtu.be/lMl4kIxw-jo) of what the PC crowd is trying to make people say with their “bias-free language“: n seniors, elders, elderly—“people of advanced age” n overweight, obese—“people of size” n rich—“people of material wealth” n American—“US citizen” This last one is especially interesting, given that the USA Government is a corporation which lays claim to the entire United States of America, whereas American denotes a naturalborn individual of the Republic. The PC police also want to eliminate the following words: male, female, father, mother, too, hard worker, third world, crazy, insane, retarded, gay, tyranny, gypped, illegal alien, fag, ghetto, raghead and phrases such as “I want to die” and “that test raped me”. Donald Trump recently got heckled (https://youtu.be/xyOxQJNC2Us) for using the term “anchor baby” by a PC journalist, who wanted him to say “the American born child of an undocumented immigrant”. What a mouthful. Funnily, enough that PC journalist was breaking his own inane rules, since now we’ve been told that “American” is disallowed. Remember the “ban bossy” campaign (https://youtu.be/6dynbzMlCcw)? Grown adults indulging in utter stupidity. More political correctness and language control. How can you ban a word anyway? It’s not just specific words or phrases that the ’PC crowd’ want to obliterate. At some universities, they are banning entire ways of behaving. Check out these ridiculous university rules (taken from the book Choosing the Right College 2012-2013) (http://bit.ly/1Va2rOG), which have moved beyond speech control into total behavior control: n Brown University: banned any speech “making people feel angry, impotent and disenfranchised” n Colby College: banned any speech “leading to loss of self esteem” n Bryn Mawr College: banned “suggestive looks” n Haverford College: banned “unwelcome flirtation” n University of Connecticut: banned “inappropriate laughter” n West Virginia University: banned the use of words “boyfriend” or “girlfriend” but instead told students they have to use the words “lover” or “partner”. Look what the Grand Valley State University recommends we do: Avoiding Racism & Ageism Mention a person’s race or age only if it is relevant to the story.
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Better: I met a person with epilepsy on the bus today. Since when is becoming less descriptive equivalent to less discriminatory? Talk about a perversion of straight and ordinary speech! Political correctness is standing reality on its head. Here is a chilling quote from 1984: “You haven’t a real appreciation of Newspeak, Winston,” he said almost sadly … ‘In your heart you’d prefer to stick to Oldspeak, with all its vagueness and its useless shades of meaning. You don’t grasp the beauty of the destruction of words. Do you know that Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year?’ Do you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end, we shall make thought crime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it …’

Anything and Everything is Potentially Offensive

All words are potentially offensive. Every word could potentially be associated with something “bad”, so every word could come under the scrutiny of the PC police. Slurs, insults and derogatory language have always existed ever since humans could speak. You can’t just annihilate them. Even the concepts of “microaggression” and “hate speech” are failed notions, trying to make “having your feelings hurt” or “getting offended” morally or legally equivalent with harassment. There is no equivalence! Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me …

Conclusion: If You Care About Freedom, Ignore & Resist Political Correctness

I encourage anyone who has even a mild interest in a free humanity with complete freedom of speech, and total freedom of thought, to resist political correctness with every fiber of your being. If you are concerned about hurting people’s feelings unnecessarily, you can always find ways to express something in the right or another way. In those kind of situations, what really matters is the way you say words, not what you say. We don’t need ‘speech police’ to tell us what we can and can’t say—or, can and can’t think. We don’t need to go through convoluted verbal gymnastics and masturbation just to say what we think or express ourselves. It’s time to call a spade a spade. We need the spirit of straight talking. We need the courage to speak truth to power, not to go in the opposite direction and become afraid of saying anything. The real agenda of political correctness is to stifle objective investigation and free speech. Ultimately, it is to eliminate criticism of the NWO manipulators under the guise of stopping “hate speech” and making everything fair and equal.

About the Author Makia Freeman is the editor of The Freedom Articles and senior researcher at ToolsForFreedom.com writing on many aspects of truth and freedom, from exposing aspects of the worldwide conspiracy to suggesting solutions for how humanity can create a new system of peace and abundance **Sources embedded throughout article. www.wakingtimes.com/2016/02/10/ political-correctness-language-andthought-control/ Printed with permission.

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A Brief History of Gun Control

What follows is a recounting of historical events and is not meant to be pro or anti-gun, but a sobering alert to the role that an armed or unarmed citizenry has played in history. One can only have an informed opinion about the role of guns in a free society if all the possible points of view fully are displayed. ďż˝ In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. ďż˝ In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated. ďż˝ In 1935, China established gun control. From 1948 to 1976, 20 million anti-communists, Christians, political dissidents and pro-reform groups, were exterminated. ďż˝ Germany established gun control in 1938, and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, Gypsies, mentally ill people and other “mongrelized peoplesâ€? were exterminated. The 1938 Nazi law barred -HZV IURP EXVLQHVVHV LQYROYLQJ Ă€UHDUPV On November 10, 1938—one day after the Nazi party terror squads (the SS) savaged thousands of Jews, synagogues and Jewish businesses throughout Germany— regulations under the ‘Weapons Law’ VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ EDUUHG -HZV IURP RZQLQJ DQ\ weapons, even clubs or knives. ďż˝ In 1956, Cambodia established gun control. From 1975 to 1977, 1 million “educated peopleâ€?, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and executed. ďż˝ In 1964, Guatemala established gun control and from 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend by Pattie Mills

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Two Examples of many: Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State, knew about the attack (which killed 4 Americans) that was coming to the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya in November 2012. This was kept under wraps so that it would protect Obama as well as not interfere with Clinton’s run for the Presidency. Also, Clinton’s dealings with the private emails is absolutely illegal for the govt job she was in and wants to have— illegal and what she did technically ends her ability to run for Presidency. 5HDG PRUH www.thepoliticalinsider. com/breaking-smoking-gun-docs-show-

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about). ‘We the people’ are fed up with the Liars and that is a big reason why people are turning to Trump. He swears, he is a bit rough at times, and . . . people like that because it is fresh and they are tired of the LIARS and the ‘mostly phony Media’. Trump is more real; more honest and he is very intelligent. He knows a lot about what is going on in the world and the govt. So many people complain about what ‘sellouts’ the Senators and Representatives are (to Lobbyists; special interests). Well, Trump is not catering to Lobbyists!! ((GLWRU¡V 1RWH Did you know that some leading Admirals, Generals, etc. called and beckoned Trump to run for President as they do not want more of the same B.S. and ‘Lying LIARS Club’? Did you know that Trump & Team are very accessible. :H DW WKLV PDJD]LQH FDOO KLV RIĂ€FH DV ZHOO DV WKH RIĂ€FHV RI &OLQWRQ 6DQGHUV WRRÂłWR have their Teams answer our questions. The RQO\ WUXO\ DFFHVVLEOH DW DOO WLPHV RIĂ€FH LV WKDW of Trump’s!!) So, review some of the info below; see what you think. Check out some of the ‘live links’ to Trumps videos. They are actually interesting and very inspiring, too. IF you will not do the research, be RSHQ PLQGHG DQG Ă€QG RXW WKH WUXWK DERXW Trump or the others, then do not have the audacity to call him a fascist nor to call us and complain. '2 <285 :25. Fascism is prevalent in the USA govt now and that is what is scary (our entire country is all set-up for Martial Law). It was on 911 (did you notice?). That is fascism! Do you realize that any/every city of any size has its own Army Tank (gifted to the city—ahhhhh, how sweet!??), ready to . . . ‘roll out to the street’

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Bernie Sanders & The Rise of The Single-Payer Universe by Jon Rappoport March 26, 2016

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Starfield offers a conservative estimate of the damage. 106,000 Americans killed every year by correctly prescribed, FDA-approved drugs. 119,000 killed by mistreatment and errors in hospitals.

Jon Rappoport In my 2009 interview with Dr. Starfield, a revered public-health expert at the John Hopkins School of Public Health, I asked her whether the federal government had undertaken an effort to correct this horrendous situation (capital crime), and whether the government had ever approached her to consult on such a mission. To both questions, she answered, resoundingly: “No!” Inevitably, a single-payer medical system in America would bring far more people (everyone) under the umbrella—and the death toll would shoot up to the sky. This is a fact, not a speculation. So, what looks and sounds good on the surface— “free medical care for all”—turns out to be an allembracing holocaust. If you haven’t read any of my numerous articles

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on medical killings, and therefore this comes as a great shock to you, take a minute to try to recover…and read on. Free college education for all—another nice-

When you boil it down, the formula is simple: take any rotting, stenchridden institution of society that appears to promise good things for all, and make it free. Make it available to everyone with a pulse. ‘sounding idea’. If you want to subject your children to a federally controlled interlocking directorate of commissars who bypass unimportant items like reading, the ability to write coherently, any sort of grasp on history, this system will put a goony smile on your face. Who cares about the Humanities, as long as students learn how to complain and protest the use of words (any words) that trigger their emotions and put them in a highly vulnerable state, and provoke their need for safe spaces where they can whine and complain and protest? These experiences will surely prepare them for life in the real world after their guaranteed graduation. In college, they will learn that government (or some vague representation of it that doesn’t actually exist) will lead us all into a better future where individual achievement is a marker of fraud, deception, and unearned privilege. Colleges will become mind-control propaganda factories for all children, not just some. Hail, Caesar! Manuals and texts will appear that mandate how values and group-think must be inserted into gullible minds, and professors who object will find themselves selling plastic popcorn and ptomaine dogs at movie theaters. Oh joy! How could federal control of higher education for every child in America possibly present a problem? How could ‘Big Mommy & Daddy Octopuses’ harbor evil and grotesque designs? How many times have we been promised that shocking illiteracy at the college level will be corrected? But, don’t worry, be happy, because the solution to this problem will suddenly emerge when every child, no matter who, no matter what, can matriculate and win a degree. That, you see, was the missing key. Somehow. It was, understand, the unfairness and the wretched exclusion of the system that produced all the failures…and when that is eliminated, the ignorant will become smart, the devious will become honest, the incompetent will become magisterial, the crooked will develop new morals. When teachers become full-fledged agents of the State, on behalf of every child, an alchemical transformation will occur on all levels. Thank goodness. Grandpa Bernie knows. He’s the one.

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Make sure you understand that when Bernie says he’s a Socialist, he doesn’t, ahem, really mean it. How could he? How could he want to place the means of production under the direct control of the State? How could he want the State to own the means of production? He’s, well, a sort-of Socialist, right? He’s a Denmark Socialist, which is kinder and gentler than a dyed-inthe-wool Marxist. He’s an FDR Socialist or a Eugene Debs Socialist. He doesn’t want massive redistribution of goods and services in America, dictated from above. He may want some redistribution, but no one would really notice it. They would only notice things getting better. And, they would get better because America would essentially become a single-payer nation. Government pays, tax payers pay (more). Government invents new money whenever it needs to, just like now, except in much larger amounts. The kids love Bernie, so he must be great. More free stuff. Who doesn’t like more free stuff? In his 487 years in the Senate, Bernie has been on hold. But now he’ll break out and bring the revolution we’ve all been seeking. The unwilling and unable and under-privileged will emerge—perhaps with government jobs, because we’ll need many more government employees. This is something to look forward to with great excitement. We don’t have enough zero-tolerance and incompetence and robotic control. That problem will be solved, at last. But now, the robots will have garlands around their necks and rainbows in their eyes. It’ll happen, because no one will be left out. We’ll all be together, and we’ll finally know it. Cosmic collective consciousness will stake its claim. Sure it will. Who can say what Bernie will do? The only way to find out is to elect him. Then, we can unwrap the presents under the tree. And, 50 years from now, everyone in America will work for the government. That’s the beautiful pop-up.We’ll all be in the same boat, so we can sail into the great dawn. (Editor’s Note: where life is beautiful all the time. . . ‘on the funny farm’). I’ve always suspected that government and the State were wondrous miracles…and, now the vision is clarifying.Put us all in charge, working for the Man. And we’re the Man. The logic is inescapable. It’s what’s the word . . . equality? No one will notice, because we’ll all be crazy in the same way. Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, The Matrix Revealed, Exit From The Matrix, and Power Outside The Matrix, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. http://nomorefakenews.com/ Printed with permission. A group of Readers sent us this link re: Bernie Sanders. As we encourage our Readers to participate in our magazine, we are going to give you the option of looking at it yourself. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/hdgq625 www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/berniesanders-a-bum-who-didnt-earn-his-first-paycheckuntil-age-40/

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at a moment’s notice? Do you know that the country, govt and establishment are terrified of Trump because he is real; he is his ‘own person’. He is one of the only people in that potential govt realm that is NOT a member of the elite clubs like, “Skulls & Bones”, etc.—nor will he be. He is his own person/own man. As it stands now, Trump has won some Primaries where it says that Ted Cruz won (fraudulent voting, which, of course, has been going on for years). By popular vote, Donald Trump would be the popular, peoples’ vote—however, the Delegates can be ‘orchestrated’ (the head of the Republican National [Delegate] Convention, has vowed to make sure that Trump will not receive enough Delegates— even though he has a landslide amount of real people Voters!). Wow, what a Democracy! Let’s not allow for the “Lying LIARS Club” to dictate what they want. WAKE UP AMERICA! And, maybe he (Trump) is just what is needed to ‘shake up’ this corrupt and pathetic government for the sake of us all and our wonderful county. Thank you for being Open-Minded— read on, please! FREE TRADE / TPP / NAFTA / CAFTA / GATT: Donald Trump is and has always been against ALL of the above! n It’s not free trade with China; it’s stupid trade! (Thanks, Bill Clinton!) n Trade pacts are no good for us and no good for our workers n TPP is a horrible deal; no one has read its 5,600 pages! n Restrict free trade to keep jobs in USA n 20% tax on all imported goods n Re-appropriate jobs that China has been stealing n Renegotiate tougher & fairer trade agreements n World views US trade officials as ‘saps’ n Foreign companies are taking jobs from USA GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms [food] ): Donald Trump: He recently reposted a tweet from a follower blaming his trailing numbers in an Iowa poll on genetically modified corn that “creates issues in the brain.” The GMO issue looms large for the candidates. (I realize that this may sound ‘funny’, however, IF you have been reading Connection Magazine very long (over our 23 yrs. of publishing now), you’d understand how truly detrimental GMOs are. Trump is meaning that they goof up peoples’ thinking ability and that is a fact. AND, there is so much more scientific proof about how bad GMOs are (intentionally, causing seeds to not reproduce, using dangerous pesticides w/them like Roundup/Glyphosate; there is a BIG Plan re: GMOs and how they will affect life on this planet. Have you read our info in this paper re: how many thousands of East Indians have committed suicide because the GMOs are ruining their farms, agriculture, food supply, lives, etc.? AND, they do NOT have the right to stop their Contracts with the GMO producers themselves, MONSANTO!!) http://naturalsociety.com/how-dopresidential-candidates-weigh-in-on-theissue-of-gmos/#ixzz44zGD7k4t Hillary Clinton is in favor of genetically modified foods (GMOs), though Hillary recently spoke out about the biotech industry causing inflated drug prices. Clinton has been called a ‘shill’ for biotech (and, for Goldman Sachs, too! By the way, Ted Cruz’ wife works for Goldman Sachs herself!). DID YOU KNOW THAT?? Hillary Clinton’s Rose Law Firm is the chief council

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CA Primary Voter Registration Info CA Primary Election: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Deadline to register to vote/change party affiliation: Monday, May 23, 2016, 5pm These 3 parties allow only voters registered with their party to vote in their presidential primary: Republican, Peace and Freedom, and Green. These 3 parties allow No Party Preference (NPP) voters to also vote in their presidential primary: Democrat, Libertarian, and American Independent. In a CA Top-Two Primary election, registered voters can choose or write-in any candidate from any party

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Though Trump had the popular vote in Colorado, the delegates GAVE the vote to Ted Cruz!! (now, that’s Democracy—NOT!) Wake UP America. Do your due diligence on everything; everybody including Ted Cruz!) for Monsanto? [Did you know that BONO from U2 has been promoting GMOs in South Africa? We have featured articles on this 2 times now]. “How is Hillary personally involved in supporting big agriculture (meaning NOT local, small farms/agriculture)? The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), which gathers leaders to solve the world’s problems, promotes Monsanto, the maker of RoundUp® & RoundUp Ready® seeds (which also includes ‘Glyphosate’). Hugh Grant, Monsanto’s Chairman & CEO spoke at the ‘CGI Conference’ in 2014. Clinton’s top campaign advisor, Jerry Crawford, was a lobbyist for Monsanto for years and is now the political pro for her Super PAC, “Ready for Hillary.” Clinton spoke in favor of the government’s Feed the Future (FtF) program, a USAID funded, corporatepartnered program that brings RoundUp Ready® technology to the most vulnerable populations of the world. Monsanto & Dow Chemical support Hillary and Bill’s ‘Clinton Foundation’ with generous donations.” Clinton has also been known to try to ‘pretty up’ public perception of GMO Foods, saying that the term ‘Frankenfood’ is a misnomer, and that they should be called ‘drought-resistant crops’, instead. Furthermore, as Secretary of State Clinton, according to CNN, Clinton supported the DARK Act or TPP 45 times, even though she has recently come out in opposition of it (you think we should trust her??). You can see the words come straight from Hillary’s mouth on this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/fJaic2ek8aY Bernie Sanders: “An overwhelming majority of Americans favor GMO Labeling, but virtually all of the major biotech & food corporations in the country oppose it. The people of Vermont & other states have a right to know what’s in the food that they eat.” However, Bernie Sanders himself believes that GMOs are 100% safe! http://naturalsociety.com/how-dopresidential-candidates-weigh-in-on-theissue-of-gmos/#ixzz44zE5T4rR

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waiting for care. Corruption & incompetence were excused. Politicians in Washington have done too little too slowly to fix it.

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The Trump Plan Will: n Ensure our veterans get the care they need wherever and whenever they need it. No more long drives. No more waiting for backlogs. No more excessive red tape. Just the care and support they earned with their service to our country. n Support the whole veteran, not just their physical health care, but also by addressing their invisible wounds (mental care), investing in our service members’ post-active duty success, transforming the VA to meet the needs of 21st Century service members, and better meeting the needs of our female veterans. n The Trump Plan Gives Veterans The Freedom To Choose & Forces The VA To Compete For Their Dollars

“Competition is why I’m very much in favor of school choice. Let schools compete for kids. I guarantee that if you forced schools to get better or close because parents didn’t want to enroll their kids there, they would get better! For 20 years, I’ve been urging politicians to open the schoolhouse doors and let parents decide which schools are best for their children.” Donald Trump. Source: Crippled America, by Donald Trump, p. 53-4 (http://bit.ly/1N9xkek) , Nov 3, 2015

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TRUMP: We’re going to be cutting tremendous amounts of money, waste, fraud & abuse. I’m not cutting services, but I am cutting spending. But, I will cut Common Core as it is a very bad thing (ask the Teachers; the Parents—both the real Educators!). I think that it should be local education. If you look at Clinton, Cruz and Sanders, they want children to be educated by Washington, D.C. bureaucrats. Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 Coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls , Oct 18, 2015 We spend more per student than any other nation! n Education spending: “People are tired of the USA spending more money on education than any nation in the world per capita.” n “And, we’re 26th in the world with 25 other countries which are better than us at education. And, some of them are third world countries!” Trump.

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The Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right that belongs to all law-abiding Americans. The Constitution doesn’t create that right—it ensures that the government can’t take it away!! Our Founding Fathers knew, and our Supreme Court has upheld, that The Second Amendment’s purpose is to guarantee our right to defend ourselves & our families. This is about selfdefense, safety—plain and simple. It’s been said that The Second Amendment is America’s first freedom. That’s because the ‘Right to Keep and Bear Arms’ protects all our other rights. We are the only country in the world that has a Second Amendment. Protecting that freedom is imperative.

I will save Social Security with more jobs, less waste! Right now, on the records, we have in Social Security thousands of people over 106 years old. You know they don’t exist! There’s tremendous waste, fraud & abuse, and we’re going to get rid it. We’re not going to hurt the people who have been paying into Social Security their whole life and then all of a sudden they’re supposed to get less. It is something they deserve; they have earned it! The same goes for Medicare (people have earned it; it’s not entitlement). Source: 2016 CBS Republican Primary Debate in South Carolina , Feb 13, 2016 http://naturalsociety.com/how-dopresidential-candidates-weigh-in-on-theissues ( just add a / after the word ‘issues’ and then a / and then include the issue)

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who gave it to you, but by Megan Montero keeping gifts we no longer y friend feel excited about disrewas inspects ourself and the giver. spired Letting go of gifts after their to deemotional expiration date clutter honors the special moment her home when she read of when it was given. my recent article, ‘Tidy Up Your Home With Joy!’. A Tips for Decluttering Megan Montero few days later she asked, Gifts “what about gifts? I’m havGo through things that ing difficulty letting go of the ones that were given to you, along with other don’t spark joy”. Letting go of gifts is sentimental items, after you’ve declutchallenging. tered everything else. It will be easier Ten years ago, I did a massive to make decisions about these more decluttering in preparation for moving difficult items after you’ve had more back across the country. I decluttered experience deciding what you want to again four months later when I moved keep based on what makes you happy. to a much smaller house. Moving many Hold the gift in your hand and ask, times helped me see my true feelings “does this spark joy?”. If the answer is for my belongings and was serious no and it’s still hard to part with, ask,”is motivation to let things go. it because of fear? Do I feel obligated I noticed that many of the things I to keep this?” let go of had been given to me. The joy I Call up the memory of when you had felt when I received those gifts had received the gift and the person who already worn off. I had felt an unspoken gave it to you. Think of that moment obligation to keep these things and this and the joy it gave you. Silently thank holding on was a burden. This realiza- the person and the object for what it tion was liberating, and it felt wonderful has meant to you. This gift has already to let go of the weight! served its role in your life and simply It’s common to feel that letting go honoring it with gratitude will help of a gift is disrespectful to the person you let go.

We honor our relationships and our belongings by letting go of the gifts that no longer spark joy. The person who gave you the gift would not likely want you to keep something that truly doesn’t make you happy. We are connected energetically to all of our belongings, and when we hold onto clutter (unloved or un-useful things), it creates stagnant energy in our lives. I suspect that honoring those gifts, and letting them go, will free up energy between you and the person who gave it to you. It will feel good to both of you to be free of the sticky energy of an unloved, no longer needed gift. Let it go with gratitude and you will both be free. For Feng Shui and Home Organizing advice tailored to your specific situation, contact Megan at (831) 5885424 or megan@windandwaterblessings.com. Megan Montero is a Feng Shui consultant, a Home Organizer, and a Plant Spirit Medicine healer who practices in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay areas and is available for long distance sessions by phone/ skype. Learn more about her services and workshops at www.windandwaterblessings.com. Sign up online for Megan’s Newsletter to receive her Top 9 Feng Shui Tips.

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style of the indigenous population. He speaks fluent Spanish, Q’echua, and English. The open lecture will be conducted in English and parts of the ceremony will also include Spanish and Q’echua. While all are invited, space is limited. Those wishing to attend are encouraged to reserve space for their party by emailing munay@skyhighway.com. Donations upon entry are welcome. Patrick Gillis organizes community ceremonies and shamanic trainings on the Central Coast. Additionally, he offers a variety of courses and services to individuals and organizations including private shamanic mentoring and healing sessions.

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young peoples group to do the ancient dance and songs to help people heal and enjoy life. They will perform Sunday morning at 11 a.m. to honor Bernice Torrez. • San Juan Intertribal Council will drum and chant ancestral honoring songs for heroism of veterans, children, women, men, elders and families who foster peace in their homes and communities. All peoples in traditional regalia are invited to participate in the Peace Pow Wow dances. Families are invited to do the Round Entertainment: White Feather Girls Dance for world peace around • Xipe Totec Aztec Dancers the drum. Council Peace Chief will present the Fire Dance Sonne Reyna offers these songs on his CD and White Eagle Dance celebrating Cinco De ‘Healing Songs of Earth and Sky’ created with Mayo both days at 3 and 5 p.m. Audiences famed musician Steven Halpern. Children are are invited by the Aztec Dancers and maestro also invited to place their handprints and sign Gerardo Salinas of Mexico City to participate their names on the World Peace Teepee. in the World Peace Dance. A special “Thank You”
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Native American artists, dancers, drummers and singers from North and South America and multi-cultural vendors will be in San Juan Bautista from 10am to 7 pm. One Earth One People Peace Vision and the San Juan Intertribal Council is billed as a “living prayer for world peace” along with a show and sale of arts and crafts. Included are basketry, dance regalia, dolls, dream catchers, drums, jewelry, paintings, pottery, sculpture, weavings and more!

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The wonderful and enthusiastic group of 2 dozen gardeners enjoyed laughter and fun at the first of 4 workshops at the Native Revival Nursery. This class focused on planning your perfect 3 season Amish Succession Garden based on hundreds of years of farming experience in the Iowa Amish community (original organic farmers). If by chance you missed this first workshop, don’t worry. Each workshop stands on it’s own and information and workbooks from each of them will be available at all times.

All workshops listed below will be at The Native Revival Nursery in Aptos. Workshop Two Seeding your Garden Plan Sat. Apr. 16 11am - 12:30pm

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Workshop 1 Entitled Garden Planning was on March 16.

It focused on the steps to prepare a garden plan designed specifically for your yard and garden space. Our class materials included a garden notebook which spans the three season garden with growing charts, pest descriptions and ongoing information based on class needs. Resources included a Do-It-Yourself guide for your garden created for your personal space design, seeding, harvesting and seed notes. The class was guided by the on-line Seed Saver Garden Planner. This effective planner is designed to provide you with a yearly plan that covers 4 seasons of growing in our Monterey Bay Area. We developed a list of plants we want to eat and then NOTE: fit themditor’s into our garden design. The THANK YOU TO ALL that OF Planner is multilayered software THE VALIANT VOLUNprovides detailed placement of all TEERS THAT EDUCATED garden components from yardPEOsize, PLE ABOUT GMOs and OUR planter design, irrigation layout, plantRIGHT HAVEmore. OUR FOOD ing guide TO and much LABELED WElike CAN MAKE If you SO would to subscribe OUR THANK to the OWN on-lineCHOICES! Seed Saver Exchange YOU ONE ANDgoALL!!! Garden Planner to www.seedsaver.

Recommended reading list for this workshop • Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices by Hartman and Kester • www.seedsaver.org - online advice on all seedsaver plants is available in the Seed Saver Exchange Catalog • Epic Tomatoes (from seed to seed for tomatoes) by Craig LeHoullier

Workshop 3 Growing and Harvesting Sat. May 14 11am - 12:30pm Class includes techniques to enhance productivity, extended growth production and demonstrate harvesting methods.

Sat. Aug. 20 11am - 12:30pm

Learn how to properly save seed from your garden. The Summer harvest crops will be in, so we will enjoy and have a Harvest Party! Allen Morgan with examples from his vegetable garden and curriculum that will be available to review at his workshops.

starter plants. Bring your own seeds or use our community shared seeds. Using the Succession Garden Plan we will start the first of the three plans developed to grow into December. Using our garden plan and plant list, we will be ready to choose the seeds that will be planted in our first garden of these three plans. Seed starting and planting will include topics on soil, pest control, irrigation and companion plants. This workshop will focus on the following subjects: • Seed selection • Propagation techniques • Soil and Water • Sun and Heat

Workshop 4 Saving Seeds - Potluck and Crop Swap I look forward to another informative and fun class. The online Garden Planner now links us together so that we can share tips, advice and the fellowship of multicultural gardening experience. To purchase seed from distributor Allen Morgan or if you have any questions he can be reached by phone at (831) 325-8115, by email at allen1santacruz@hotmail.com. You can view his activities on his Facebook/santa cruz heirloom seed page.

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org and/or contact Allen Morgan for a Did Prop 37 fail or win? classThough discount.support at the ballot box was 43% pro PROP 37 and 57% against Prop 37, that ‘other side of crooks, lying liars and 1%’ did not GMOs cannot be considered really win. WHY? Because even if their products are not clearly labeled safe until there are valid, nonas to having GMOs, we now know propriatary, long-term studies WHO they are!. of their effects on humans and We hope you have saved our Connection Magazine from last the environment! month’s October 2012 Issue as the according to the California Secretary • Larabar and more. Cover has a chart from the Cornu- of State ballot measures results. The In many ways, the “YES on 37 copia Institute on it to spell out who GMO labeling ballot measure, which Campaign” was a huge victory for is who (that is also online on our would have required food companies awareness. The campaign organized website). And, with all of the Articles to label the GM content of foods, was over 10,000 volunteers in California that people have read in various defeated with the use of over $45 mil- alone and succeeded in achieving a magazines/newspapers, and all of the lion in fraudulent advertising and dirty massive social media presence. educating the marvelous Volunteers tricks funded by The “YES on 37 Campaign” have done to inform us, etc.—let us also forced Monsanto and the bio• Monsanto, know who the greedy corporations tech giants to spend $45 million to • PepsiCo, are (and with ulterior motives—we defeat the measure. That’s a record • Coca-Cola, are ‘in the KNOW’ ??!!. Below, expenditure by the world’s largest • Kellogg, you’ll see a number of the greedy toxic pesticide companies to try to • General Mills, corporations. NOW, people know!! prevent consumers from knowing • DuPont, Read on and you’ll nd out about what they’re buying. Remember: • Bayer and the lies. We encourage one and all GMOs are the only products that • other food and Page 26 ▲ Connection Magazine ▲ www.ConnectionMagz.com ▲ Facebook.com/ConnectionOnline ▲ April – May 4, 2016 to BOYCOTT the consumers accidentally purchase • pesticide companies. corporations and Over the last month, this cabal without knowing what they’re their GMO-poi- of deceptive companies has funneled buying. soned products.

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The Wharf House out at the end of Capitola Wharf is launching their 2016 “Live Music on the Deck” series. Starting Sat. Apr. 9th with the Sparkletones playing Janet Leonard oldies specializing in the fabulous 50’s. Every Saturday and Sunday until October enjoy fabulous bands from 1-5:30pm. And did I mention the absolutely spectacular view while listening to talented musicians!!!

Some music scene highlights:

Don Quixote’s: Sun. Apr, 10 at 2pm, Lynette Skynyrd, “The World’s One & Only All-Gyrl Lynyrd Skynyrd Trybute Band” In fact, they are so good Lynyrd Skynyrd themselves had Lynette Skynyrd play the grand opening of their restaurant, “Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ & Beer” at The Excalibur in Las Vegas. Thu. Apr. 14th, Ellis Paul, a gifted guitar player, singer, songwriter, and storyteller you can relate to. Thu. May 5th, Sisters Morales Cinco de Mayo Concert, Mexican-American sisters Lisa and Roberta Morales from San Antonio play rock, country, blues, and Latin. Crow’s Nest: Thu. May 5th, Cinco de Mayo Party with The Redlight District, bluesy, soulful roots. Sat. May 7th, Touch’d Too Much, AC/DC th

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Here are my reviews of some recent shows. Remember this is only my opinion. While I was in NY I saw the band Chief Big Way twice whose leadsinging drummer is Joey Belladonna, thrash metal band Anthrax,’s longest lead singer. Here he is in my hometown playing in his own 3 piece cover band singing and playing drums and the next day he was leaving for a few dates in the US then on to an international Anthrax, Tour supporting their new CD “For All Kings”. This man likes to play music. At Crow’s Nest: I saw The Lost Boys featuring James Durbin. The Lost boys are all great musicians in their own right with James at the microphone it’s a memorable show with many songs other bands just can’t play because they don’t have the singer with the pipes to back up the song. James is a nice grounded guy with a great stage persona you just wish the best for. He’s awesome! Are you a local band that would like your CD reviewed in this publication? Send your CD to Music Connection, c/o Janet Leonard, PO Box 3916, Santa Cruz, CA 95063. Call (831) 325-4605 or email janetfaplanet@ gmail.com to tell me about gigs for live reviews. Put “Music Connection” and your band’s name in the subject line.

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SATURDAY, MAY 28: GRAMMY award-winning Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy, New Orleans icon Trombone Shorty and his band Orleans Avenue, American funk, blues/rock and soul band Robert Randolph and The Family Band, South Dakotabased blues group Indigenous (and current Experience Hendrix touring member), and the Austin Texas based multi-instrumental blues musician Carolyn Wonderland. SUNDAY, MAY 29: Multi-platinum MCA Nashville recording artist Josh Turner (“Your Man”), GRAMMY nominated contemporary country music artist David Nail, Texas musician Granger Smith (and his famous alter ego Earl Dibbles Jr.), singer/songwriter Canaan Smith, Northern California country singer Brodie Stewart, and the popular up-and-coming band Leaving Austin. VENUE: The Santa Cruz American Music Festival is proud to call Aptos Village Park its home. The park is a 10.3 acre “hidden gem.” Located

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1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ • 831-429-4135 Thursday, April 7 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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THE DARKNESS

Sun. • Apr.17 • 7pm • $12 Swing That Uke w/ Uke Ellington, Ukulele Dick & Jayme Kelly Curtis, Dave Eagan

Saturday, April 9 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

Sat. • Apr.23 • 8pm • $12adv/$15dr Coffee Zombie Collective • Fun/Funky David Holodiloff Band Gypsy Jazz/Bluegrass • Dance Sun. • Apr.24 • 7pm • $14adv/$16dr Noctambule Irish/Parisian/String Music Sun. • May 1 • 7pm • $12 • Dance Drake White & The Big Fire Modern Country/Gospel/Rock Thu. • May 5 • 7:30pm • $12adv/$15dr Cinco de Mayo w/ Sisters Morales Rock/Country/Blues/Latin Fri. • May 6 • 8pm • $15adv/$18dr Sharon Allen w/ Her Dusty Boots & Blues Folk/Alt.Country/Blues • Dance

Friday, April 8 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+

CANDYLAND

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SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE Sunday, April 10 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

SLAVES

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Wednesday, April 13 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

DARKNESS DIVIDED MY ENEMIES & I Friday, April 15 • Ages 16+

BLACKBERRY SMOKE Friday, April 15 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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Saturday, April 16 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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Sunday, April 17 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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Monday, April 18 • Ages 16+

Last Shadow Puppets Tuesday, April 19 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

HAUNTED SUMMER Wednesday, April 20 • Ages 16+

Sublime BADFISH AToTribute

Wednesday, April 20 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS Thursday, April 21 • All Ages

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Thursday, April 21 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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Friday, April 22 Ages 21+ Friday, April 22 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

14 minutes south of Santa Cruz and 40 minutes north of Monterey, it is the perfect setting to create an unforgettable musical experience that can’t be found elsewhere. For more than twenty years, music fans have gathered alongside music enthusiasts of all ages to share the privilege of seeing extraordinary musicians in this intimate setting. The stage, set amidst beautiful lush scenery on a great grassy meadow, is surrounded by majestic redwoods alongside a flowing creek. The acoustics are unmatched, and the fans that gather here yearly are the friendliest, allowing for a perfect weekend of music. The Santa Cruz American Music Festival is a locally produced event that embraces a green philosophy towards a sustainable community music festival. TICKETS ON SALE NOW – SUNDAY EARLYBIRD TICKET PRICING AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH 15: Tickets for Saturday’s show are $65 general; $25 children; $100

Gold Circle seating. For Sunday’s show Earlybird ticket pricing $55/$25/$90 and for both days, it’s $120 general; $190 Gold Circle. For more info visit: www.santacruzamericanmusicfestival.com Stay tuned to www.santacruzamericanmusicfestival.com, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ SantaCruzAmericanMusicFestival, and follow us on Twitter www.twitter. com/SCAmerMusicFest #SCAmerMusicFest for all of the latest news and updates. Let us know that you read this in Connection Magazine. Thank you!

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Kenny Barron Trio Live & Local: Wasabi Avishai Cohen Quartet DakhaBrakha

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BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD Saturday, April 23 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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Sunday, April 24 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+

SHAMANS DUBSTEP COLLECTIVE TAKEOVER Monday, April 25 • Ages 16+

FL ATBUSH ZOMBIES

Wednesday, April 27 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

THE HEAVY

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Thursday, April 28 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+ FLOATING POINTS (LIVE) Friday, April 29 • Ages 16+

KOTTONMOUTH KINGS Friday, April 29 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

THE SLACKERS Saturday, April 30 • Ages 18+

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It’s time…to smell the Roses! Dear Readers, Community, Friends & Family, Happy Spring! Happy Rebirth!

The Connection Magazine – “Healthy Liv- you and the endeavors we have worked on toing & Conscious Lifestyles” ( • MIND • BODY gether, like: Citizens for Safe Drinking Water. • SPIRIT • HEART • EARTH • ) has now been Remember, everyone that, WATER, is of utmost October 2013 ConnectionMagazineOnline.com published for 24 years in the Monterey Bay importance, etc. We encourage and urge you all Area. It has hundreds of ‘Pick-up Points’ in every city in the 5 Counties of Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Clara, San Mateo & San Benito as well as on the website. This free monthly came about 25 years ago. Thom & I began this endeavor about 26 years ago along with my beloved mom, Bette, on a shoestring. We did research for almost a couple of years. And, then we began The Health & Fitness Connection in Santa Cruz. In just a couple of years, we expanded Distribution into Santa Clara County. Not long afterward, we also included Santa Clara, San Mateo & San Benito Counties. What a glorious area we all live in from San Francisco down south through Monterey County.

THE FUTURE? Cognitive Decline Brain Tumors DNA Damage Calcium Eflux Early Alzheimer’s

CANCER PREVENTION!!! - pgs 16, 17 & 1

Breast Cancer

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !! Organic Pumpkin Patch ~ pgs 14 & 30

With Love from, Pattie & Thom

In a conscious, intentional manner, we extended into the other counties over the hill— as well as we intentionally developed different things in the magazine like the ‘Hemp for Health column with Chris Conrad’. We took sometime to include that column as we wanted the Readership to see that we are truly, good folks, the real-thing and promoted Hemp as a health and wellness herb as well utilitarian (25,000+ uses for hemp!). We have addressed in details, science, thorough research—hundreds of issues, elements, etc, through these 24 years now. As long ago as 20+ years we have educated the Readership about the dangers of the rat poison, Fluoride (and, we are so proud of being an integral part of stopping this dangerous toxin from being put into the City of Santa Cruz’ drinking water (and, later Watsonville’s, too). There have been so many issues / solutions which the magazine has been involved over these years: brown-apple moth, GMOs, Chemtrails and Vaccines (beginning each of those issues over 20 years ago), and water/shed, Monarch Butterflies,etc. I remember when we distributed handflyers at our Farmers’ Markets to ‘tune people’ into the chemtrails, etc. (we still distribute handflyers re: these same things, and more like: best oils (no canola!! yes, coconut oil!) ORGANIC, pesticides, glyphosate, EMFs/RFs, WiFi, microwave pollution, Smart Meters, and so much more.

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to pay attention and really, really see what is going on. IT is different than what you may think. And, we urge you to please take the time to read the center THEME in this issue. And, please be thorough with your reading and viewings, too, so that you do not get duped. Something significant is taking place and in such a covert, yet blatant manner; it is quite questionable; please read the Theme and see the videos which are worth viewing. Thank you! Many thank yous are due and we’ll just say we thank all of our wonderful Columnists throughout the years, Guest Writers, Inspiring People (so, so, so many of you—and, thank you!) I could fill half this paper with all of the genuine appreciation which I would like to express. Most importantly, we give you thanks and lots of love with much needed light to surround and protect us each and all. With Gratitude, Love, Light & lots of Blessings, Pattie Mills and Thom Coby

Quiz: Which one is Pattie and which one is Thom?

What a ride; what a journey, what a dance and now, more than ever . . . what a wild ride! We are proud of all of our efforts, truly hard work, caring, giving, delving into/researching—then, getting info out about things with quality solutions & ideas to help, make a change, take action. We are thankful to meet you, so many wonderful people! Thank you all for the many things we have learned from

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They found that pracby Candace Stuart-Findlay ticing what they term as he term inter“mindfulness meditation” co n n e cted is significantly reduced low certainly banback pain. tered about freHere’s why… now quently within we get to the interconnectself-realization conversaCandace edness part of it. tions… I use it often myself. Stuart-Findlay In previous columns, However, like everything, there is a significant difference between I’ve shared about the significance having an intellectual concept of it as of the heart and belly brain (spleen opposed to having an experienced- chakra) connection. Now I want to add the solar plexus area to the equation. based knowing of it. Right?! Remember, as Dr. Bruce Litpon In quantum terms, interconnectedness would be called “en- has stated, about 95% of our energetic tanglement.” Here’s the definition of transmission/reception (feelings and quantum entanglement: “Quantum thoughts) are unconscious. Most entanglement is a physical phenom- go through their daily routine comenon that occurs when pairs or groups pletely unaware of their fear/anger of particles are generated or interact energetic undercurrent, accepting it as in ways such that the quantum state their norm. What this does is throw of each particle cannot be described the body’s Autonomic system into the independently—instead, a quantum stress mode, which in turn creates a state must be described for the system cascade effect of physical reactions. Back to the belly brain and solar as a whole.” So now that you have an intellectual concept of entanglement/ plexus connection to low back pain… interconnectedness, let’s personalize it. the belly brain contains over a 100 Using the example of low back million neurons and is the body’s pain, I’m sure a few us know about primary receiver of electromagnetic that? I sure have had my share of it frequencies. When it is plugged into predominantly receiving fear/anger in the past. A study, recently published in the frequencies, it signals everything Journal of the American Medical Asso- within and around it to tighten up… ciation, conducted by the Seattle-based including the low back muscle. The solar plexus area has a few nonprofit health care organization, Group Health Research Institute, re- quantum biological components; searched the use of mindfulness-based however for now let’s only focus on the stress reduction (MBSR) as a low back diaphragm. The diaphragm is a domeshaped structure of muscle and fibrous pain treatment.

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tissue that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen. It is located under the rib cage and stretches down to connect to…L1 and L2! So, when we run the fear/anger frequency bandwidth, our belly brain tightens the low back area, pulling it down. Meanwhile the diaphragm, triggered by solar plexus fear/anger stimulation, tightens and pulls the low back area up! Ever hear of being pulled apart by the “rack”? So, this is just one example of our energetic interconnectedness. Obviously, there is more to this. However, I hope at least I’ve provided yet another reason to motivate us to be aware of the frequencies we run… fear/anger or Joy/Love? I guarantee you that your body will be happier with the Joy/Love option! We are all One. When I embrace Joy/Love, it ripples through all Consciousness, the same way it does when you choose Joy/Love. And…thus WE create the Shift! How powerful we collectively are when we individually shift our focus from fear to Love…from anger to Joy! Together WE create the Shift! I invite you to share your experiences with our readers, please reach out to me through my web site. Candace Stuart-Findlay is an Author, Speaker, Now Thought Educator & Transformation Facilitator. Contact Candace through her website: www.empoweredwholebeing.com.

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I enjoy reading your publication even though it does not mandate principles of journalism such as even-handed reporting, fact-checking, and naming of credible sources. However, your article “The Big Lie� in your last issue, written by my neighbor and friend Drew Lewis, crosses a line which I simply cannot let stand. The article advances the notion that everything the government tells us is false, in particular the mass shooting which took place at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut in December 2012. While healthy skepticism and critical thinking are essential attributes of an open mind that seeks the truth, I am afraid that Drew has been snookered in by a different conspiracy: the pro-gun, anti-government propaganda of so-called “truthers� who seek to convert gullible New Agers and others to minimal government libertarianism. Anyone viewing truther conspiracy videos with a critical mind can see that the slick, well-funded and produced materials do not prove anything but are assembled in such a way as to persuade people who are not trained to discern speciousness from fact. It is deplorable that the truthers have seized on the deaths of children from random gun violence to cultivate distrust and hatred of government and to promote their pro-gun agenda. The truthers hide their true identities behind pseudonyms and avatars on their websites, and just as we cannot know who they are, nor can we know who funds them. The NRA? The Koch Brothers? A little research shows that many truthers and conspiracy theorists seek the reduction and ultimately the elimination of workers’ rights, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and even an unwinding of the social security system. Some truther posts reveal the racism and anti-semitism that are undercurrents to this movement. While I do not expect Connections Magazine to begin mandating principles of journalism I would appreciate if the editor would balance, rather than endorse, the specious and inflammatory anti-government rhetoric of conspiracy theories which, on critical examination, have little if any substance in fact. Paul Drescher, Santa Cruz P.S.: I do not wish to imply that my neighbor, the author of the article, is bigoted or racist. He is neither. Innuendo, slander, and guilt-by-association are techniques of the propagandists. And while I can prove that many truther claims are lies, my allegation that the NRA and the Koch Brothers fund “hoax expose� websites to advance their libertarian agenda, while plausible, is hypothetical and unproven, in other words, of equal substance as the conspiracy theorists’ blather. https://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/01/21/false-flag-attacks-myth-and-reality/ P.P.S.: One example of Truther manipulation of the internet and cooking of “proof�: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2544494/?ref_=ttep_ep345 Truther sites make hay of the fact that Adam Lanza is listed on the cast of ABC Nightly News as “Himself- Gunman – archive footage� on IMDB for December 12, 2012, two days before the shooting. Yet no other ABC News episodes list the cast, only December 12, 2012. This couldn’t be a hack, could it?

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“Such hoaxes involve government at the highest levels, as shown by Obama’s visit to Newton (and Boston and Charleston), the use of Air Force One to fly the families to Washington , DC, and Francis Wheeler’s White House Weekly Address (April 13, 2013). Such government complicity has been demonstrated for the assassination of JFK, the attacks of 9/11, and beyond. In the face of such vast conspiracies it is hard to know how to view the world. When one understands the Sandy Hook psy-op, however things come into focus�.

FOLLOW THE MONEY

Presently the “Crisis Actors�, their accomplices and other traitors playing in this hoax have received a total of $131,009,229 in grants and donations including the $50 million for a new school, but this is only a partial accounting. Indeed, the total amount of money raised to date cannot easily be calculated. The book is well written, researched and referenced with evidence of the hoax that has been revealed due to sloppy record keeping, poor planning, poor acting, leaked documents and oversights of the criminals involved. The many academics and investigators who contributed to this book are nothing short of brilliant in their detective work. Sherlock Holmes would be proud. Refrences: “We Need to Talk About Sandy Hook� https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD0z275nQnM “ F a l s e F l a g s � : h t t p s : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=d7o61SMitds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgZSOAUxZo Drew Lewis

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way to get their products to dispensaries around California, which at that time were predominately featuring indoor grown cannabis. During this same time The Emerald Cup was growing into the event it is today. Later, Tim cofounded Healing Harvest Farms (HHF) a cannabis collective dispensary that is located at Area 101. He was a founding member of California Cannabis Policy Reform (CCPR), which evolved into CA Reform, and he was also a founding member of the Mendocino Cannabis Policy Council (MCPC).

im Blake started using cannabis in 1971. He grew his first outdoor cannabis crop in 1975 and has been a part of the evolution of our industry and culture ever since, witnessing every aspect the incredible journey it’s taken us on. That same year he also started doing transcendental meditation, since then, cannabis and meditation have been an integral part of his daily life. A realtor in the late seventies, Tim was one of the founders and the CEO of several production companies in the early 1980s including a “New Age” distribution and production company, a Rap music What People Are Saying label, and a video and music production studio. “Such an exciting and interesting look Tim is blessed to have three amazing daughters in to the world of cannabis, government, and and six beautiful grandchildren. He has owned spirituality. Tim is a pioneer and the emerald property in Mendocino County since the late cup is an amazing event. As laws and opinions seventies, finally moving up for good in 1992. are changing around the world, this book In 1998 he bought an old campground and cre- couldn’t have come at a better time to serve ated “Area 101”, a spiritual sanctuary and event as both a lesson in history and a guide for the center for all faiths, devoted to personal growth future. Can’t wait for more books!” and spiritual enlightenment. Over the years he’s — Jordan C., on Amazon.com produced a wide range of events, and created “Hang on for the ride.. This is a behind the The Emerald Cup, the Worlds Largest Organic, scenes raw look into the rapidly changing world Outdoor Cannabis Competition. Tim sponsored of cannabis. Excited for the second book!” and helped produce the first gathering of law —Chad, on Amazon.com enforcement and cannabis farmers, 21 L EGAL M EDICAL M ARIJUANA S TATES AND DC to openly discuss how they would AND THE YEAR M . M . BECAME LEGAL . work together. 1. Alaska, 1998; 2. Arizona, 2010; 3. California, This helped lead to the creation of 1996; 4. Colorado, 2000/2014; 5. Connecticut, the 9.31 program, 2012; 6. DC, 2010; 7. Delaware, 2011; 8. Hawaii, the first of its kind in our country; 2000; 9. Illinois, 2013; 10. Maine, 1999; whereby canna11. Maryland (2013); 12. Massachusetts, 2012; 13. bis growers could get legal permits Michigan, 2008, 14. Minnesota, 2014; 15. Montana, from the county 2004; 14. Nevada, 2000; 16. New Hampshire, 2013; to grow organic 17. New Jersey, 2010; 18. New Mexico, 2007; 19. cannabis. This, in turn led to Tim New York, 2014; 20. Oregon, 1998/2014; 21. Rhode and a partner creIsland, 2006; 22. Vermont, 2004; ating the Mendocino Farmers 23. Washington, 1998 Collective, the THREE STATES WITH LEGISLATION THAT IS first collective that brought toFAVORABLE TOWARDS MEDICAL MARIJUANA gether outdoor, But Would Not Legalize Its Use organic growers in Mendocino 1. Minnesota 2. Oklahoma 3. Texas County, creating a

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HEALTH FREEDOM ALERT:

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BDs are non-psychoactive compounds found naturally in hemp plants. They work so well as powerful natural medicine that people everywhere are realizing CBDs work better than pharmaceuticals for treating epilepsy, seizures, neurological disorders and other serious health conditions (including HIV infections). So the FDA has just launched a massive regulatory assault against CBDs by invoking the most insane logic you’ve ever heard. Here’s how it goes: 1) CBDs work so well that drug companies are now investigating them to be approved by the FDA as medicines. 2) Because CBDs are being investigated by drug companies, the FDA has granted CBDs status as being “investigated as a new drug.” 3) Because CBDs work so well and have been authorized for drug investigations, the FDA is now attempting to regulate them out of existence as dietary supplements.

tion of FDA regulations because they are selling “adulterated products.” Adulterated with what, exactly? CBDs, of course! In other words, the FDA just handed Big Pharma an absolute monopoly over CBDs (hemp oil extract) by ridiculously claiming such natural products are “adulterated” with molecules (CBDs) that the FDA says might one day become a drug. “Drugs,” according to the FDA, are substances that are proven to treat, prevent or cure a disease, and thus the FDA’s own logic admits that CBDs must be able to treat, prevent or cure diseases, otherwise they would be useless as “drugs”. But, when a dietary supplement company makes the same claim, they are hit with aggressive warning letters from the FDA, threatening to shut them down, confiscate their products and seek criminal prosecution of the company executives. To read the full article: http://www. naturalnews.com/z053369_CBD_hemp_oil_extract_FDA_regulations.html

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by John Woodrow Cox and ecstasy. he mass of protesters gathered outside Eidinger described the smoke-in as the most the White House couldn’t quite wait aggressive way he could of think of to draw atfor 4:20 Saturday afternoon, the pre- tention to the roughly 5 million marijuana-related planned time they had designated to arrests since Obama took office, though it seemed light their marijuana-packed joints and clear Saturday that he and the other activists were pipes in protest of the federal laws that prohibit careful to not smoke on federal land, where their the drug’s consumption. chances of growing the number of marijuanaJust past 4:17, plumes of smoke arose from related arrests would have been much higher. the crowd of more than 100 people, which was John Woodrow Cox is a reporter on the surrounded by officers from the U.S. Park Police, local enterprise team. Prior to joining the Post, he Metropolitan Police and the Secret Service. Still, worked at the Tampa Bay Times in Florida and at because the activists remained on the street— the Valley News in New Hampshire. He attended owned by the District, which has legalized pot the University of Florida, earning degrees in jourpossession—and off the sidewalks—owned by nalism and business. the federal government, which has not—no one Source: Washington Post (DC) was arrested. Just two people were given citations Published: April 2, 2016 and $25 fines for public consumption. A man who Copyright: 2016 Washington Post Company knew the pair said they were confronted by police Website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ only after a member of their group accidentally URL: http://drugsense.org/url/fgKS2KaU blew smoke in an officer’s face. CannabisNews—Cannabis Archives The protest’s centerpiece was a giant balloon http://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis. created to look like a marijuana joint. Initially the shtml protesters carried the 51-foot tube to the corPrinted with permission. ner of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, but Secret Service agents refused to let them bring the object to the White House while it remained inflated. The activists deflated it, brought it over on a cart • Medical Marijuana Evaluations and, shortly after 4 p.m., inflated it • Natural Alternatives to again, defying law Prescription Medicines enforcement’s or• Intuitive Health Consultations ders. The officers • Energy Balancing Therapy remained calm, • Pain Management h o w e v e r, a n d quickly maneuConsultation includes advice on proper usage and dosage, and knowledge of how to treat each patient’s individual condition. vered those carWe also offer follow-up visits for MMJ patients. rying the balloon Don’t wait for your renewal, Ask an expert! north through LaFind out how cannabis may benefit your Health! fayette Square and onto the sidewalk along H Street NW. Adam EidingCall for all er, the protest’s orinfo. & appts: ganizer, has said 140 Dubois St. 79 Soledad Dr. that President CannabisPlus.net Obama must work

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