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by David L. Biles, D.D.S., M.A. never thought that I would continue to learn as much as I do after so many years in practice as a dentist. As a matter of fact, one of my early concerns was that dentistry wouldn’t offer as much stimulation as I thought I might need to be sufÀciently interested in my daily toils, decades into my career. I could not have been more surprised as time has unfolded. Treating the trusting and grateful patients I do enables me to better understand how this oral system operates in health and disease and still keeps my daily interest. Each day I hear tales that astound me, challenging my understanding of the mechanisms of disease and dysfunction. I routinely hear from patients of brain fog clearing, whole body pain diminishing, and energy increasing. Sometimes the reports are even more remarkable. Recently, for example, a woman returned with her sister for a second opinion and examination, determined to help her sibling with her health concerns, touching all of the bases on possible solutions to helping her heal from a myriad of symptoms, difÀcult to label medically. As has been my custom, I thoroughly evaluated her mouth on multiple levels, examining her gums, TMJ, teeth, existing dental restorations, tongue posture, soft tissue, dental materials, and level of oral hygiene, utilizing digital x-rays, photographs, a laser cavity detector, and illuminated high magniÀcation. My goal is to identify as many potential stressors in the oral cavity as possible, believing that the nature, magnitude, and duration of the stressors’ existence impact the immune system in, at the very least, diverting the attention of the immune system from other maladies. During the course of the examination, the former patient revealed to me that although she still had the antibodies for Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, SLE, she had not experienced any symptoms since completing treatment in my ofÀce seven years ago. That was why she had brought her sister in for an examination and consultation with me. She wondered if a similar approach to dental care might be beneÀcial for her sister. Healthy mouth, healthy body, the American Dental Association says, so… of course I agree, being the good supportive dentist I am, applauding the ADA for some of the good work it does. Another case history? Last week a gentleman suffering from high blood pressure, obesity, and shortness of breath informed my staff that he felt better than he had in years fol-

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lowing several hours of full mouth periodontal debridement with our skilled registered dental hygienists. Even though he was still slightly numb, he said, later that evening his energy was signiÀcantly improved, as well as his mental clarity, including a reduction of whole body pain. All of this from just having his teeth thoroughly cleaned, because he, like 70-90% of Americans suffer from undiagnosed gum disease. This was the third or fourth time I had heard such a revelation from a patient, leading me

to believe that rapidly lowering the total amount of bacteria in the head can have a signiÀcant effect on our health. Quickly. The previous hypothetical link came to me when a physician called to acknowledge that her patient was now responding to her therapy following a similar protocol. Prior to thoroughly cleaning her mouth and eliminating two cavities, this patient had been non-responsive to all of the physician’s efforts to stimulate her immune system and heal. She was now thrilled to see the patient’s progress and called to understand why this was happening. We concluded that the reduction in bacteria was enabling her immune system to Ànally direct its attention to other priorities in the body rather than deal with an apparent chronic low grade sub-clinical infection in the head, localized to the mouth, primarily between and around the teeth. With this awareness came other implications, however. The common denominator? A systematic approach to achieving a healthy mouth on multiple levels, attending to all of the possible stressors on and in the oral system, understanding that there are multiple types of stressors and each one exerts its inÁuence in a unique way. The stressors? Bacteria, number and type, from decay, gum disease, bad oral hygiene, poorly contoured, rough dental restorations that promote bacterial accumulation and proliferation, inaccessible concave surfaces, plus the energetic effects of mixed metals, including the out gassing of mercury from silver colored Àllings, facilitated by the presence of gold. All of these physical inÁuences are impacting our

immune systems. Our symptoms we experience and report to health care practitioners are the logical result of this oral pollution. Unless the underlying dental issues are strategically, safely, and effectively reduced or better yet, eliminated, then the medical treatment regime we are engaged in will be little more than slightly effective symptom management. Arguably… the mouth comes Àrst. This concept does not support the current perceived hierarchy in health care, however, as dentists do not intentionally do medically related dental care due to the restrictions placed on both professions, not to mention the lack of communication and common understanding between the medical and dental professions. Nonetheless, the few dentists that do treat the whole mouth systemically oftentimes see healing of apparently unrelated symptoms. There are many reasons for this, including the somewhat obvious economic reasons, where patients are more likely to seek care for a single tooth rather than a whole mouth. Plus, it takes much more skill to restore a whole mouth that one can only acquire after years of dedicated post-graduate work. Detoxifying an entire mouth and rebuilding it better are techniques that are not taught in dental schools, necessitating specialized training, instrumentation, and travel. It has taken me over 15 years of soul searching and analysis, coupled with revelations from my patients over that time frame to become comfortable with knowing that when patients unify their dentistry, health beneÀts will occur. What those beneÀts will speciÀcally be depends on the issues the patient possesses along with other factors, including the willingness to make lifestyle changes, if they have not also been examined and instituted already. Don’t you think it is time we reconnected the mouth for dentistry and medicine? I welcome patients who are willing to invest in their health and educate themselves when it comes to understanding the particular stressors in their mouths. Likewise, I welcome the testimonials that only serve to validate a legitimate direction for the dental and medical professions to embark. We are here to heal, are we not? Dr. David Biles is accepting new patients interested in a comprehensive approach to health created in tandem with the patient. Dr. Biles brings awareness to health from a lifetime of study. Schedule a visit to see if an ideal approach to dentistry is what your body needs to heal, (831) 423-0121, www.drbiles.com.

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Official data shows U.S. hit with huge spike of ‘most dangerous’ radiation from Fukushima — Levels far exceeded federal regulatory limits — Alpha particles nearly 1,000 times normal; Includes plutonium — Gov’t workers in “fear of radiation” Gov’t: Shutdown at U.S. nuclear plant after 10 control rods accidentally fall into reactor core — Caused by ‘smoldering’ event, Fire Brigade on scene — Incident of this type could lead to overheating, potentially resulting in ‘supercriticality’ — Official: No ‘immediate’ concern. Record levels of Fukushima radiation detected off West Coast — Massive plume stretches for more than 1,000 miles — Reuters: Contamination is spreading off U.S. shores — Radioactive cesium reaches 11 Bq/m3

at multiple location. Former Japan Official: “Unstoppable contamination of Pacific Ocean… is seriously menacing US West Coast” — “Fukushima now undeniably a global security issue… can’t be brought under control by single state” — Experts: Wave of radiation will be 10 times more than entire world’s nuclear tests combined “Very significant” explosion at dam next to U.S. nuclear site — ‘Plasma’ created due to tremendous amount of heat — Same type of phenomenon as lightning — Nuclear site’s fire department responds to blast. TV: Underground wall around Fukushima reactors started “leaning” — Cracks developing due to rising water levels — Problems seen along almost entire length of sea wall — Try-

ing to make repairs to keep groundwater from surging. AP: “Alarming signs of oceanic distress” on West Coast — Record number of stranded seal pups, nearly 2,000% of normal levels — “Bags of skin and bones” — “In our 40 year history we’ve never seen this many animals”. Surge in deadly ‘flesh-eating’ disease in Japan — “Shatters annual record” — Health experts issue advisories — Official: “Researchers are not sure why… There is so much we still don’t know” — Number of cases began rising in 2011. When you go to this website you will be able to access the Videos. http://tinyurl.com/ocglyma

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The first step is to eat a healthy diet, and the first step to a healthy diet is to maintain optimal hydration. The immune system will not function optimally in a dehydrated state. The body is made up of 70 percent water, while the brain is 80 percent water. I always encourage my patients to drink enough water. H e r e ’s h ow you do it: Take your body weight in pounds, divide by two and the resulting number is the amount of water you should drink daily, in ounces. But, it has to be pure water. Drinking beverages loaded with sugar and caffeine will actually worsen dehydration. The next piece of dietary advice to optimize immune system function is to eliminate refined sugar from your diet. In this country, we eat a tremendous amount of refined sugar. In 1915, the national average of sugar consumption was around 15 to 20 pounds per person per year. Today, it is estimated that Americans ingest more than 130 pounds of refined sugar per person per year. Refined sugar is profitable for

the food industry because the refined product has a longer shelf life. But the refining process removes the nutrients that are usually found in sugar. This results in a devitalized food source — and eating a devitalized food source leads to a devitalized body.

Read more: Prevent Flu Without Vaccine Studies have shown that ingestion of refined sugar also results in a depressed immune system. In fact, the amount of refined sugar in two cans of regular soda — about 75 to 100 grams — can suppress the immune system’s white blood cells. Specifically, this kind of sugar has been shown to inhibit white blood cells’ ability to engulf and destroy bacteria. At the University of Utah, researchers found that female mice that ate a diet of 25 percent added sugar

— similar to a human drinking three cans of regular soda per day — died at twice the normal rate, and the males were less likely to hold territory and reproduce. The authors of the study concluded, “Our results provide evidence that added sugar consumed at concentrations currently considered safe exerts dramatic adverse impacts on mammalian health.” The next step to maintaining an optimal immune system is to avoid eating food contaminated with pesticides and synthetic hormones. For this reason, it is best to eat organic fruits and vegetables as well as animal products that come from organically fed livestock raised in humane conditions. Finally, it is helpful to supplement with vitamin C. Humans are one of the few animal species that do not manufacture their own vitamin C. But vitamin C is an essential nutrient, which means that we must get it from our diets or we develop scurvy and die. It takes approximately 3,000 to 5,000 mg of vitamin C per day to saturate the receptors on the red and white blood cells. If your stomach tolerates it, I recommend taking 3,000 to 5,000 mg of vitamin C per day. www.newsmax.com/Health/ Dr-Brownstein/flu-vitamin-C-organicdehydration (http://tinyurl.com/nevuodz) Printed with permission.

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ith great sadness, a Columbia City, Indiana, family shared with us that their infant son recently lost his life after receiving routine vaccinations and Tylenol. One year-old Michael Whitesell loved playing with his older brother, Keegan. They were always together. No one predicted they would be forced apart after Baby Michael was vaccinated. Michael Eugene Whitesell was born on September 30, 2014. At the age of one, on October 19, 2015, he was taken in for his one year well-child visit. He received the MMR, varicella, hepatitis A, and flu shot vaccines. This is six vaccine doses. Three days after this well visit, Michael had a slight fever. His pediatrician suggested to his parents that they give him some medication to reduce the fever. His parents gave Michael some Tylenol and his fever went down. Michael seemed normal and was back to his old self. He was eating well and appeared to be fine. He even went to bed at the usual time and fell asleep in his crib. Early the next day, just after seven o’clock in the morning, his mother, Brittney, found him lying on his stomach, cold, lifeless, and blue. She called 911. While on the phone, Michael’s dad, Thomas, performed CPR on him. Both parents were in so much shock and just wanted him to come back to life, but he was already gone. Nothing they could do would bring him back. Michael passed away on October 23, 2015, less than four days after he was vaccinated and given Tylenol. Michael was found lying on his stomach but did not die from suffocation; the coroner already ruled this out. An autopsy was performed on Michael, but the results will not be given to his family for another two months or longer. This is a copy of Michael’s recent vaccine record.

Michael’s Parents Were Investigated And His Older Brother Was Removed by CPS Both Michael and Keegan were being raised by their Aunt Brittney and Uncle Thomas Whitesell since birth. Their biological mother, Thomas’s sister, lives with some medical issues associated with epilepsy and the children’s biological fathers haven’t really been around to take on the parenting role, so the boy’s mother entrusted her brother Thomas and his wife to raise these children. Everyone was loved and happy and the children’s birth mother has always been in their life. After years of trying to have children of their own without success, Brittney and Thomas felt blessed to provide a loving home for their nephews. They enjoyed being parents and loved raising Michael and Keegan. When it came time to take the children in for their well child visits, Brittney and Thomas trusted the doctors with their children’s lives. They had their children vaccinated because they were just doing what the doctor recommended. They didn’t know how harmful vaccines could be, until it was too late. After Michael died, a routine investigation was done by Indiana’s Child Protective Services (CPS) and Michael’s older brother Keegan was removed from their home, in part because Brittney and Thomas are the children’s aunt and uncle, not their biological parents. Keegan is only three years old and is now living with Brittney’s grandmother. Thomas and Brittney have been told Keegan will remain there at least until the autopsy report comes back. Being investigated after a baby dies at home, after vaccination, is what grieving parents are put

through. Investigators are sometimes looking to blame the parents, instead of the vaccines. In this situation, it is hard to think CPS has a child’s best interest in mind when they know Keegan just lost his little brother and now they’ve taken him away from the only parents he knows. Michael and his older brother Keegan were always with each other playing and they loved each other very much. Keegan needs his parents, to help him grieve. Telling him he can’t stay with those he knows as his mom and dad does not

seem to be in the best interest of Keegan. After having to accept Michael had passed away, and then to have Keegan taken away, Thomas wrote, “It sucks not being able to grieve with our three year old boy ourselves, they treat us as criminals when we did nothing wrong.”

MMR Vaccine Package Insert Lists Death As An Associated Risk The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and vaccine manufacturers admit life-threatening allergic reactions and death can be the outcome of receiving any vaccine. [1] The MMR vaccine Michael received is actually a 3-in-1 vaccine. The MMR vaccine is associated with these risks shown in the image provided, taken from the package insert. These risks clearly show that Michael suffered injuries related to the vaccines given to him, but the medical examiner and investigators who took Keegan away have yet to take notice. Far too many parents have been put in this situation, being blamed for their child’s vaccine injuries. The vaccines cannot be ignored; they are hurting people and the government admits this every time a vaccine injury award gets paid. The fact that death is listed as an associated risk of just one vaccine should be enough to bring attention to investigators dealing with the loss of a child after the child had a recent doctor’s visit. Parents need to read the vaccine package inserts and learn these risks. [2]

References 1). www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/sideeffects.htm 2). www.immunize.org/packageinserts/ Please go to our website to read the entire Article and see the other research details there, too. The following subtitles are addressed in the complete Article on our website at: http:// connectionmagz.com/santacruz/ � Medical Examiners Don’t Have The Tools To Prove Vaccines Killed A Person � Parents Should Be Able To Decline An Autopsy If The Autopsy Won’t Report The Truth � Certain Tests Can Be Performed To Help Prove Vaccine Injuries � Giving Tylenol After Vaccination Can Be Dangerous � A Retired Police Officer Speaks Up, Telling Other Investigators To Look Into The Vaccines � Funeral Expenses Add An Extra Burden to Grieving Families � Conclusion

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here is a story of a Taoist farmer who had only one horse and one day that horse ran away. The neighbors came to console the farmer over his terrible loss to which the farmer remarked, “What makes you think it is so terrible?” A month later, the horse came home bringing two beautiful wild stallions with her. The neighbors became excited at

the farmer’s good fortune to which the farmer remarked, “What makes you think this is good fortune?” Not long after, the farmer’s son was thrown from one of the Eva M. Clark wild horses and broke his leg. All the neighbors exclaimed, “Oh, what bad luck!”. Once again the farmer responded,

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hen it comes to this time of the year, we are bombarded with emotionally charged messages by song lyrics, colors, smells, and traditional rituals. Ask almost anyone “what does celebrating the holidays mean to you” and you’d hear a slew of things they do (gift b u y i n g , planning parties), things they p r e p a r e to eat or serve others (sweets, s p e c i a l Dr. Katie Dashtban recipes), and how they plan to spend time with families, friends, coworkers. I personally happen to like several aspects of the holiday season and I am guessing many of you do too. But I know many of us feel a sense of sadness, tenderness, vulnerability, and even anxiety during these very times. Ever wondered why that is the case? Socrates said, “An unexamined life is not worth living” as he was on trial for encouraging his students to challenge the accepted beliefs of the time and think for themselves. So I encourage you to ask yourself, how come I don’t think I must spend time and money in offering gifts at other times of the year. Or why is it that I particularly crave things with cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and ginger during December, and not much in July? And, how come I don’t have this expectation that I should be with my family on any particular evening of the year except on December 24th?

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And though you feel tender and sad when you think of the loss of a loved one, how come you particularly allow yourself to grieve your worst during this month? I am going to take a risk of sounding insensitive and say the answer to the above questions is: because you let yourself. As I’ve treated persons feeling depressed, anxious and lonely during these months over the years, I’ve learned some typical negative beliefs that fuel the negative emotions experienced by most. Here is a list of commonly held beliefs: n Christmas is a special time of the year. If you don’t have a special someone you are bound to have a bad time. n I get to have all these amazing treats because they only come along once a year, and I deserve it because I’ve worked so hard. n If I don’t make it to all the holiday events at work and at home, people might think I don’t respect them, or that I am not a team player, or I might not get that promotion or close that sale. n I miss my loved ones at this time of the year because I really care that they are gone; this means I am loyal to them. I’d like to suggest that you examine your own beliefs and see if you still agree with them. Mark your calendar for Saturday December 19 from 10:30am to 12:00pm to come to my free seminar at the Center for Health to learn of ways to examine your own upsetting thoughts regarding the holiday season. RSVP to wcesww.facebook. com/MedicalPsychologyServices. I can also be reached at (831) 621-1150 and by visiting www. medicalpsycholeogyservic.com

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“What makes you think this is so terrible?” A war had erupted in nearby lands and every able-bodied man was sent into battle. Only the farmer’s son remained due to his broken leg. The neighbors congratulated the farmer for his luck. “What makes you think this is good fortune?” replied the farmer once again. Disease, like the runaway horse or the broken leg, can seem like such a misfortune when it erupts into our lives. But, what possibilities does it open up? What becomes so much more valuable? What becomes frivolous? What does it teach us?

When one of my clients first met her multiple sclerosis (MS) in the dream like state of hypnosis she described it as a man in a black cape. “Oh, he’s up to no good I’m sure!” she exclaimed as he approached. I asked the man representing her MS, “What is your purpose?” Immediately the man replied to her, “I am not here to do you harm. I am only here to serve you for your highest good.” He then went on to describe in detail how she had always put her needs behind others; considering everyone else more important than herself. The MS was here to teach her to put herself first and only then serve others. As she healed her relationship with herself the man in black slowly began to retreat out of her life. In a session with another client, her disease persona explained that the journey her soul had chosen, even though appearing as hardships, was in

fact her life’s mission. It encouraged her to write about her journey and what she was learning. These lessons would be the foundation of what she would one day teach others. In this case, she healed her fear and gained her life’s mission. Dr. Ruediger Dahlke describes disease as our opportunity to heal at the level of soul. It is a guide to become more conscious, learn life lessons, and discover purpose. In Dahlke’s vision, there is no bad luck. If you could speak to your disease, what do you think it would say . . . it is here to heal? Eva M. Clark, MA CHt, is a medical hypnotherapist and health coach with offices in Santa Cruz, Carmel 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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Martial Arts inward. Another approach found in Baji practices “bear� steps, a heavy shambling of weight from one side to the other, going right through your legs and into the ground. A martial approach such as this may start as an exercise, but it is common for it to develop into a personal exploration. For instance, among the many things we learn is that sinking requires relaxation. Oh, I know, you’ve worked out, been to your trainer, relaxed with a latte; but when you stand, you are all by yourself, just you and your tensions. You surprise yourself with all the hidden hot spots. This is a meditation with a feedback loop. As you feel everything sinking in your body, you also feel whatever resistance your body is mustering. You realize that there is an “internal� aspect to even the most physical exercise, and only your inward glance rectifies the rebellion. A martial game called Push Hands raises a new face of rooting practice, something like a tea party version of Sumo wrestling where two people engage, trying to uproot the opponent from his or her spot. The point is not so much to push my partner, as to sense and redirect his intention. He begins to contemplate a push, for instance, and a slight movement on my part discourages and neutralizes such

a possibility. It is easy to see that the more deeply you can sense yourself, the more deeply you can sense information from others. True, there are many ways to self-connect, to “love yourself first� as some gurus might suggest. But most of these people telling you to visualize peacocks in the rainbow and some such are all conveniently missing once you’ve bought their book, watched their DVD or throw some coin into the collection plate. Why is the practice of rooting so important? Because it is a practice. And practices of this depth have an element of self-correction in them. This is a practice where repetition counts and you are not wandering around abandoned. To go deep is to find strength, but even more importantly, to see that which is substantial in your character, regardless of what you believe today or think tomorrow.

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Climate change may be the hottest topic on the table, reaching a level of religious zealotry on both sides of the issue. It’s remarkable that something with such dire implications can be so void of respectful dialogue and intellectual rigor.

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By Foster Gamble have personally had hundreds of conversations about the climate: if it’s changing, who and what is responsible, what we can do, and how can we even know what source of information to trust? There seem to be corporate or government shills on both sides, each with an agenda to promote. So how do we wade through the selfserving propaganda to discern the truth? And how do we evaluate the various perspectives without our emotional reactions or social pressure clouding our judgment? Following is a compilation of many of the conversations I’ve had, reflecting various perspectives and data, to help broaden the dialogue and empower individuals everywhere to add their own critical thinking to this pressing and consequential issue. If you can respectfully correct or augment what is presented here, please do. The point of this is to get to the truth so that we can all take the most effective action. Let’s start with what is probably the most common question: Is there reliable evidence that the Earth is warming in a risky or anomalous way? Some say it is unprecedented and verging on catastrophe.

Santa Cruz, CA. But I know others have been experiencing extreme cold, like in the upper Midwest and Northeast of America. So we have to do more than look at our own neighborhoods to see the true larger trends. Some researchers look at surface temperatures, some at ice cores, some tree rings and more recently satellite measurements of the larger atmosphere. What do the different collection techniques reveal? Here is the big picture on historic temperatures. Much of the data from these various sources indicates that our planet has been warmer in the past, during eras before factories, power plants and cars. Check this out:

Here is Michael Mann’s famous “hockey stick” graph that Al Gore featured in his Inconvenient Truth.

Between 1990 and 2001, these prior warmer periods were cut off of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) researchers’ graphs. In 1998, a paper was written by Mann and his associates that highlighted the hockey stick image and significantly heightened concern about dramatic planetary warming. However, Stephen Michael Mann’s famous “hockey stick” graph McIntyre and Ross McKitrick started The National Oceanic and Atmospheric digging into the raw data and exposed errors and Administration (NOAA) says there is no recent manipulations that completely invalidated the slowdown in global warming, while the Space upward curve at the end. The data processing was and Science Research Corporations says “the so skewed that even random data would show a Earth is presently in a sustained phase of global hockey stick shape. Mann sued his accusers for cooling.” Still other experts agree that we are in libel, but lost when it was demonstrated that their a “pause” — without significant warming — for claims were valid. the last 18 years. Many suggest that conflicting Here’s another confusing and important data about whether or not the planet is warming contradiction in Gore’s presentation of the correis why the term “global warming” has changed to “climate change” (since a climate is always lation between rise in CO2 (carbon dioxide) and changing, that’s more reliable than “warming”). rise in temperature. It has been pointed out that Some have moved on to calling it “climate dis- the graph itself, on closer inspection, shows that CO2 follows Earth temperature, often by many ruption” or even “climate collapse.” Some of us are experiencing extreme heat decades, instead of the other way around. (and drought) in our towns, like where I live in

But I read that 97% of

scientists agree that humans are responsible for causing the planet to warm? I found that 97 percent claim to be very surprising, so I looked into it. Some sources are showing evidence that the number is actually more like 0.3%. In fact, according to reliable research and documentation, there appear to be a lot of dissenting opinions from climatologists worldwide, and even some distorted data to promote the different perspectives. “It is astonishing that any journal could have published a paper claiming a 97% climate consensus when on the authors’ own analysis the true consensus was well below 1%,” said Dr. David Legates, a geology professor at the University of Delaware and the study’s lead author. If the climate has been warming and cooling over thousands of years, what could be affecting the change in temperature? Every system in nature is embedded in larger systems. To understand the behavior of the smaller one, intellectual rigor requires that we at least look to changes in the larger. The short-term warming makes more sense when we look at the larger timespan. Given that the Sun is obviously the major source for heating the Earth and the rest of the solar system, we should be at least asking what might be the impact of changes in the Sun on our temperature, and in turn, how might the Sun’s ever-changing position in the Milky Way galaxy be affecting its temperature? Dr. Bruce West of the Army Research Office writes “changes in the earth’s average surface temperature are directly linked to … the short term statistical fluctuations in the Sun’s irradiance and the longer-term solar cycles.”

low the money.” Many scientists and PR firms are paid large sums to make the case both for and against Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). So it’s up to us to seek the truth, by means of rational, thorough investigation, empirical evidence and common sense.

So why hasn’t the public been exposed to this type of thinking?

Maurice Strong, the man who introduced the idea of “global warming” at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, set the initial charge to the IPCC in a way that completely ignored anything about potential impacts of the Sun, choosing to focus only on potential human causes — Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW).

Why would he do something so anti-scientific as that?

Strong, a long time agent of the Rockefeller cartel, had a clear directive to organize human efforts against a common enemy, and that enemy was chosen, by elites in the Club of Rome (founded by David Rockefeller), to be “global warming.” This was spelled out in their document, Limits to Growth, in 1972.

Why were they seeking a “common enemy?”

Fear is the best motivator to convince people to give up their resources and freedom to battle some identified evil for “the good of the group.” Those seeking to consolidate power globally had tried a “global cooling” scare back in the 1970s.

If the Sun were the major contributor to recent warming, then other planets might be expected to be warming as well, right?

Yes, in fact evidence of warming of Jupiter and Mars has been observed, and it makes no sense that our CO2 pollution on Earth would have any effect on distant planets. Of course there are other researchers who argue that the warming of the other planets must be due to factors other than the sun — like “orbital variations, changes in reflectance and even volcanic eruptions.” Recently it’s being reported that there seems to be a “solar shutdown” — a period of very little sunspot activity that is reminding scientists of the patterns leading up to the “Maunder Minimum” — an extreme cooling period in the latter half of the 17th century.

Why would researchers risk their reputation to present artificial results? Money, and lots of it. As we said in THRIVE, when a story doesn’t make sense, “fol-

Climate scientist Stephen Schneider, a global cooling promoter let some unusual truth slip when he told Discover magazine in 1989, “To capture the public imagination, we have to offer up some scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements and little mention of any doubts one might have. Each of us has to decide the right balance between being effective and being honest.”

But then the climate started warming up and spoiled that plan.

In 1987, at the 4th World Wilderness Congress, Edmund de Rothschild stated that CO2 is the cause of global warming, and that combating it needs money (ours). He founded the World Conservation Bank for this reason. This was to

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Let’s Talk for Real — About Humans and Climate Change be the bank for the UN to use to ultimately collect a global carbon tax. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in 1988, was the first to put vast amounts of money on the table that would go to researchers who could provide evidence of “global warming”.

But the planet is obviously warming. I have seen countless clips of glaciers retreating over time and dropping huge chunks of ice into the oceans, and polar bears stranded on ice flows. I have read that the Arctic and Antarctic ice is disappearing.

So have I. Let’s take these one at a time. Polar bears don’t get stranded on ice flows. They are prodigious swimmers that can traverse large swaths of open ocean. They climb out onto small patches of ice from time to time, and pictures of this in the context of claims of climate collapse seem very touching, but they prove nothing other than an implied agenda. Glaciers are always “calving” — dropping ice cliffs — wherever the cold ice meets the warmer ocean.

wave and Surface Firestorm.”

Is there any actual evidence that scientists manipulated their data to get a particular outcome?

There have been extensive revelations through leaked emails of fraudulent data distortion and withholding at the University of East Anglia — the major source of interpretation of temperature data. This turned into the so-called “Climategate” incident. Thousands of emails are now available which unveil the unethical and un-scientific practices of a few key players in the effort to shape the data to a political agenda rather than truth. Here are a couple of excerpts with notes from editor John Costella:

September 19, 1996: email 0843161829

Gary Funkhouser reports on his attempts to obtain anything from the data that could be used to sell the message of climate change: I really wish I could be more positive about the … material, but I swear I pulled every trick out of my sleeve trying to milk something out of that… I don’t think it’d be productive to try and juggle the chronology statistics any more than I already have—they just are what they are … I think I’ll have to look for an option where I can let this little story go as it is.

October 9, 1997: email 0876437553

Glaciers which retreat for years, on the other hand, are a genuine indication that the local climate, at least, is warming. So we need to genuinely look into that evidence to see if they are retreating everywhere or just in some areas, and if this is true cause for alarm or part of normal cycles that have been going on for millennia. There is conflicting and confusing data on the growth or shrinkage of ice at the poles. It’s tough to make sense of it. Here is some of it for your consideration: Some experts claim the ice at the poles is disappearing at an alarming rate that will dramatically raise the sea levels, threatening coastal communities. Others say the ice is growing at both poles in ways that implode global warming theories and Al Gore’s prediction that the North Pole could be ice free as early as 2013. In May, 2014 the Guardian reported that the “collapse of the Antarctic ice sheet has already begun.” Apparently the mainstream media — NBC, the New York Times, CNN and more, didn’t notice that the article went on to say the predicted catastrophic sea level rise is “still several centuries off and potentially 1,000 years away.”

Some, including NASA, say the Arctic ice is shrinking while the Antarctic ice is growing.

The potential for anomalous release of huge amounts of methane from under melting permafrost in the Arctic would apparently be a very serious cascading event, accelerating greenhouse effects. We need to take this possibility very seriously, but that includes a realistic assessment of the nature of melting patterns and handling the science with more grounded balance than in this article which claims “Global Extinction within one Human Lifetime as a Result of a Spreading Atmospheric Arctic Methane Heat

Just months before the UNFCCC’s Third Conference of Parties (COP III), the critical Kyoto meeting of December 1997 which resulted in the Kyoto Protocol, … in an email from Joe Alcamo, Director of the Center for Environmental Systems Research in Germany, to Mike Hulme and Rob Swart: I am very strongly in favor of as wide and rapid a distribution as possible for endorsements. I think the only thing that counts is numbers. The media is going to say “1000 scientists signed” or “1500 signed”. No one is going to check if it is 600 with PhDs versus 2000 without. They will mention the prominent ones, but that is a different story.

November 16, 1999: email 0942777075

That background now paves the way to our understanding the historic email which generations of schoolchildren to come will study as the 33 words which summarize one of the most serious scientific frauds in the history of Western science. Phil Jones to Ray Bradley, Mike Mann, Malcolm Hughes, Keith Briffa, and Tim Osborn, regarding a diagram for a World Meteorological Organization Statement: I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temperatures to each series for the last 20 years (i.e. from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline. [emphasis added]

This ideological crusade rather than scientific investigation shows up on both sides of the issue.

For example, Koch Industries and Exxon spend millions to cast doubt on Warming.

Are there any scientists from the “inside” of various institutions who have come forward to admit to or expose any of this sort of

behavior? Richard Tol of the University of Sussex has participated in the work of the IPCC since the early 1990s. He has removed his name from the IPCC’s fifth assessment because it had become ”too alarmist.” “The panel is directed from within the environment lobby and not from within the science.” A fellow panelist, Dr. Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton, echoes Tol’s concerns, “There have been occasions where government interventions, by causing omissions, have diluted IPCC filings.” He believes the climate is changing and humans are the primary cause, but still chose to go public with startling reflections on how “the IPCC has changed from a scientific institution that tries to be policy relevant to a political institution that pretends to be scientific…” Researchers with the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group recently admitted that the estimate given for the total number of polar bears in the Arctic was simply a qualified guess given to “satisfy public demand.” The Australian prime minister’s chief business adviser has gone public with his warning that climate change is a ruse. “…The real agenda is concentrated political authority. Global warming is the hook,” he said, adding that the UN is against capitalism and freedom and wants to create a “new world order.” OK, but there are always disgruntled individuals. Are there any significant numbers of experts who disagree with what the mainstream media likes to call the “consensus” about humans causing disastrous climate change? In 2008, to debunk the so-called “consensus,” more than 650 international scientists signed a report dissenting over man-made global warming claims. These included many current and former members of the UN IPCC and a canvass of more than 51,000 Canadian scientists revealed 68% disagree that global warming science is “settled.” The same year more than 31,000 scientists across the US, including 9,000 Ph.D.s in fields such as atmospheric science and environment signed a petition rejecting the assumption that human production of greenhouse gases is damaging Earth’s environment. I can see that some scientists would debunk AGW to get paid by oil companies who want to continue to pollute the skies with impunity, but, on the other side, why would anyone want to get scientists to produce data that would exaggerate global warming? In THRIVE, we revealed the Global Domination Agenda in great detail. This is the plan by the would-be controllers to establish a one-world totalitarian government with the bankers in charge. It sounds like some fictional James Bond film. But even if there were people willing to falsify science and media for money, how would that possibly serve this so-called vast global conspiracy? How would it work? To gain complete control, they would need to convince enough people that it is vital that a new system be authorized to transcend and obsolete sovereign nations. “In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn’t such a great idea after all.” — Strobe Talbot, President Clinton’s Deputy Secretary of State, as quoted in TIME, July 20, 1992.

Every government is dependent on involuntary taxation to support its operation, so the elite who would want to be in charge would need a new “legalized” structure to ensure that the entire human species is taxed to pay for it. Just demanding such a change outright would cause worldwide revolution. So instead the masses need to be convinced that it is in our best interest, in fact vital to our survival. This is where regimes and secret societies use the Hegelian dialectic — the “Strategy of Tension” described by Naomi Klein in The Shock Doctrine, also called “Problem, Reaction, Solution” by David Icke in THRIVE. Enter Maury Strong to introduce the common enemy (the “Problem”) on behalf of these controllers. So a world-wide effort is launched to convince the people that our existence is threatened by the phenomenon of climate change that humans are causing and that we should be very afraid (Reaction) and our only hope is to enforce coordinated global action to reverse it (Solution). Maury Strong uses the Rockefeller created and funded United Nations to be the front for creating scientific “consensus” that Earth is drastically warming and it has nothing to do with the sun or any geo-engineering. Scientists rarely get funded who dissent from this story.

But the Rockefellers are oil magnates. Wouldn’t curbing carbon emissions hurt their interests?

The Rockefeller cartel is now fundamentally built around banking. International bankers stand to benefit most from the carbon tax, cap and trade and a one-world government. As well, the consolidation of power and increased regulations drives smaller companies out of business and keeps developing countries from developing. Speaking at the U.N. Earth Climate Summit (1992) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Deputy Assistant of State Richard Benedick, who then headed the policy divisions of the U.S. State Department said: “A global warming treaty [Kyoto] must be implemented even if there is no scientific evidence to back the [enhanced] greenhouse effect.” It was former USSR communist leader Mikhail Gorbachev (who co-wrote the UN Earth Charter with Maury Strong) who said in 1996, “the threat of environmental crisis will be the ‘international disaster key’ that will unlock the New World Order.” Simultaneously the United Nations is used to front a scheme to promote climate change as the reason to take away property from individuals, tightly control their use of resources, herd them into dense urban vertical enclaves and further socialize the authority of the state over education, transportation, manufacturing, communication, media, justice etc.

How could a few possibly hope to impose so much control over everybody else?

This was called UN Agenda 21 and I covered the history and intent in this blog. The new updated version of this was just promoted by the Pope (the church once again in cahoots with the state) in his September UN speech as UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Here’s a useful “translation” of the lofty, benevolent sounding generalizations that make up its 17 goals. It describes bluntly the agenda hidden

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within like armies in the Trojan horse. Obama (“The debate is settled. Climate Change is real.”) and many other government rulers have joined in to the effort to establish legal grounds and confiscatory rights for a one-world government — the New World Order — at the upcoming Climate Summit in Paris in November 2015. Socialize the masses by taking control of the means of production and distribution, while corporatizing and protecting profits from legal redress through the fake “free trade” agreements like TPP and TTIP. Then wrap it all under the first one world government authority in history, set to be imposed on the world in Paris in November. This agenda is as clearly demonstrated in current events as the many other aspects we laid out in THRIVE, and which are only becoming more obvious and confirmed. We stated in THRIVE that the globalists are seeking the creation of a one-world cashless currency to give themselves ultimate control over money itself. The government subsidized “smart grid” is a major piece of that. So-called “smart meters” are not only dangerous to health with their radiation, and intended as surveillance devices that will be monitoring every household device and even human movement within homes, but they also provide a means to limit or terminate the carbon energy use of any person or enterprise.

Let’s see how the smart grid fits together with other key pieces of the control agenda. The Carbon Tax

In 2010, then Greek prime minister George Papandreou shocked many around the world by publicly saying that there may need to be new Europe-wide forms of taxation to help pay for the bail-outs that will be needed by the growing number of crashing economies in the Euro-zone. His suggestion included “carbon dioxide taxes” which “could provide important revenues and resources for funding such a [bailout] mechanism.” British Columbia, on the other hand, claims their Carbon Tax has successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions in a stable economy.

Carbon Cap and Trade Markets

The mainstream magazine Scientific American has promoted Carbon Markets as the way to limit climate change without damaging the world economy. Nine US states joined together in 2008 to create the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or RGGI. They claim success in reducing emissions and helping to fund energy efficient investments, new clean energy sources and rebates to ensure no harmful effects of the program. These carbon taxes and rigged markets sound good to many, but so did the Federal Reserve as a way to stabilize the economy and the Patriot Act as a way to make us more secure.

Is there more to these schemes than meets the eye?

Why would someone like Al Gore, who spent his entire political career shilling for the coal and nuclear industries, suddenly have such an epiphany about the environment? Why would he discourage developing countries from access to fossil fuels while maintaining several mansions and flying around on private jets? What do we find when we follow the money? We find that Gore (as well as Maury Strong) stood to make huge profits from his carbon swaps until the Chicago Climate Exchange fizzled in 2010. (Obama was a board member of the group that funded it.) We find that Cap and Trade will accelerate the takeover of the economy and further the concentration of wealth among the well-placed financiers. And it will not accomplish what is needed in terms of environmental protection, even though that is their justification for it. IPCC official Ottmar Edenhofer, speaking

in November 2010, advised that: “…one has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate policy is environmental policy. Instead, climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth…” Lord Christopher Monckton has been one of the primary voices waking people up across the world to the hidden agendas for control that are behind the good sounding concerns for the environment. Here is a compelling presentation of the propaganda as well as the facts that it hides. And here are several slides from his presentation: Imagine the combination of the “smart grid” control system with a Carbon Tax (which has already proven in Australia to be so damaging to small companies that it was abandoned) and the Cap and Trade scheme (which allows major corporations to buy their way out of restrictions on their polluting while crippling developing countries and smaller companies.) Observing all these interlocking initiatives can help clarify how big the incentive is for the globalists to suppress “New Energy” technologies that would render the fossil fuel industry virtually obsolete. If fossil fuels contain energy from animals and the animals got it from plants, which in turn gathered it from the Sun…where does the Sun get its energy from? Seems the obvious answer is that it is drawing it from space itself — the Plenum. Many New Energy devices skip these interim steps and access the ambient energy by which we are surrounded. Once again, expanding our context can provide us with workable insights and solutions from nature. It’s important to see how control of energy is not just for maximizing profits but also for controlling people. For individuals drawn to this kind of behavior, there is never enough control to make them feel secure, so, literally, world domination becomes, for them, a natural and logical goal. Most of them have been trained since childhood (Political Ponerology) that “There are two kinds of people in the world…those who are controlled and those who are in control. Which do you want to be?”

But there is a real problem with pollution, right?

Yes, indeed. Miners suffer and die from black lung disease. Soot from coal power plants hangs in a black cloud spreading acid rain and asthma over neighboring communities. People in China are choking on carbon pollution so thick many wear masks on most days. Our soils and rivers the world over are toxified to dangerous levels that are limiting food supplies and drinking water as well as killing species. This has to be addressed, as is now happening in many communities. But the fact that humans cause pollution and need to stop that does not mean that humans are causing climate change or that anomalous global warming is even happening. That appears to be an unsupported leap. Pollution can be addressed through prosecuting companies and individuals for putting dangerous health hazards in the air that we share. Air is part of the commons and it is our individual right for it to be clean. Holding polluters accountable is truly a critical step. Allowing them to trade their pollution with Cap and Trade is both ineffective and immoral. Cleaning the emissions is expensive, so prices on fuel and heating would necessarily rise. That way users share in the needed reform, corporations aren’t given a free ride or even subsidized to dump their waste in the commons and individuals will need to be responsible for their decisions that affect us all. When polluters and consumers are held responsible, cleaner alternatives will become even more attractive and there will even be incen-

tive for corporations and governments to allow and participate in the release of “New Energy” devices that draw energy right from space without pollution or radiation. Fortunately, this is now happening without government suppression in India. The Tewari over-unity generator we referred to in THRIVE, is apparently now finally about to be allowed out to the public. Despite what many claim about nuclear power being clean energy, because it doesn’t emit carbon pollution, nuclear is the most dangerous source of power in history. The risk is so imminent and lethal, as we have seen with Chernobyl and Fukushima, that no independent company will insure the plants. Therefore they would not exist except for governments taking taxes from their people to subsidize the industry, especially to reap the dubious rewards of weapons-grade plutonium to keep making the bombs that threaten all life on Earth. In a debate with Alex Epstein, Bill McKibben, renowned global warming advocate and founder of 350.org, lists various compelling disasters that he predicts from climate change: hot, sour and breathless oceans, melting of the poles, agricultural collapse, extinction of species, flooding of coastal communities, negative impacts to public health and GDP, risks to national security and to political freedom due to disasters leading to more centralized authority. I believe Mr. McKibben is very sincere, and these are all very serious issues that demand of us several important lines of inquiry. First, if these disasters are actually going to happen because of human caused warming — and we can’t stop it — where are the discussions and planning for that? The same question applies if humans are not causing warming. Is it really safe to put all our eggs in any one belief basket and also assume that we can personally forestall disaster? Furthermore, will Cap and Trade and Carbon Tax actually solve these problems? If we were having televised, respectful, informed debates, we could be better sorting facts from fear-mongering, unpacking a spectrum of scenarios and planning for them. Second, virtually all of McKibben’s arguments are based on computer MODELS, not on actual evidence. The Earth’s climate is apparently way too complicated to model accurately as virtually every model has turned out to be significantly wrong. Here are some glaring examples. In 1971, famous futurist Paul Erlich predicted, “By the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people,” and in 1974 he wrote, “America’s economic joyride is coming to an end: there will be no more cheap, abundant energy, no more cheap abundant food.” This got a great deal of press for the climate movement and for his career. What we haven’t seen is Erlich and the scientific community publicly acknowledging that he has now been proven drastically wrong. John Holdren, a protégé of Ehrlich who serves as science adviser to President Barack Obama, had a particularly dire prediction in 1986: “It is possible that carbon-dioxide climateinduced famines could kill as many as a billion people before the year 2020.” Kevin Trenberth, a lead author of 2001 and 2007 IPCC report chapters, writing in a 2007 “Predictions of Climate” blog appearing in the science journal Nature.com, admitted: “None of the models used by the IPCC are initialized to the observed state and none of the climate states in the models correspond even remotely to the current observed state”. In 2015, the University of Alabama’s John Christy presented the following graph — showing a striking gap between predicted global warming and what really happened.

Historic evidence may not be sufficient to predict the future, but neither are computer models. This is why we need to be engaging people with multiple perspectives and planning accordingly.

But doesn’t some group need to be in charge of regulating the atmosphere just as an economy needs to be stabilized by a government?

The failure of all historic attempts to centrally plan economies through socialism, communism, fascism and central banking is now clear to anyone who really looks. Predicting global climate through computer modeling is equally fraught with problems and error. It’s been said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” There is mounting evidence the global elite have been trying to apply this to control the atmosphere and climate through what’s called “geo-engineering.” Many claim it’s just conspiracy theory, though there are over ninety patents for weather control. Others say that it is real, and the authorities want to do it, but they haven’t yet.

Paris The visual and laboratory evidence is compelling that geo-engineering has been going on for more than fifteen years — covertly — in the form of SRM — Solar Radiation Management (“chemtrails”), the newer “chembombs,” and through high energy antenna arrays like HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program). Oliver’s Travels, in Europe, uses cloud seeding from planes to guarantee rain-free weddings for 100,000 pounds. China bragged of using weather control for their Olympics.

Lake Tahoe Some experts, like Harvard’s David Keith, say the chemtrails can put aluminum and sulfuric acid in the atmosphere to reflect the sun and cool the planet to mitigate global warming. Others, like Dane Wigington say that the aluminum is trapping more heat from escaping Earth’s atmosphere and therefore contributing to more warming. Whether you believe the net effect is heating or cooling the atmosphere, the health and planetary ramifications of geo-engineering

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So what can individuals actually DO to make a difference in this critical area?

Get informed — Be discerning and openminded to seek truth. Start by reading through many of the external links referenced within this blog, along with the Additional Recommended Resources that we provide at the foot. Share information with your peers. Social media is not only free, but it’s an extremely effective tool for informing folks and catalyzing change. Whether it’s this article, or one of the many resources it provides, if you feel compelled to get this timely conversation started, please share. Similarly, if you see one of the many folks in positions of power who are claiming that this debate is “settled” on social media, challenge them. Demand publicly televised debates among people with a track record of honesty, who have done serious homework and truly believe what they are saying. Help others not to be duped by one faction or another into mindless zealotry. Support (money, legal and business advice, security etc.) the development and release of New Energy science and devices. Demand Facts and ask questions. (See list in Resources below.) Whether we are facing planetary environmental collapse or are being duped by false scare tactics into surrendering our freedom and our prosperity to a one-world, banker-run, totalitarian state, billions of lives hang in the balance. Most people were duped into the Federal Reserve scam under the pretense of “stabilizing the economy,”

into corporatist wars of aggression in the Middle East and the Patriot Act by fake WMDs and “spreading Democracy.” Let’s don’t let our heartfelt care for our ecological home be used to finalize the agenda for global domination. Let’s do our homework, engage in respectful truth-seeking with one another, and collaborate effectively to secure a healthy, thriving planet for the future of all species. Now what do you think is really going on with Earth’s climate? And what can we do about it?

Additional Recommended Resources: Sample questions for productive Climate conversations

Why is there no live, mainstream televised public debate about global warming/climate change/ climate collapse? Isn’t it important to solve atmospheric pollution regardless of whether it’s a major factor in warming or cooling our planet? If the planet were warming and continued to, even after humans had reduced atmospheric carbon below 350ppm, what would we do then? Is there planning going on for the future of coastal communities? And where is that discussion being had? If other planets in our solar system are known to have been heating up, could the sun itself be a major cause of global warming on Earth? What incentive would someone have for explicitly forbidding IPCC researchers from mentioning the role of the sun in warming the Earth? Some say we are in a “Pause” on global warming. Some say it’s heating more than ever. How do we determine which is true? If CO2 is supposed to be the cause of global warming, what is to be made of the evidence that temperature changes lead, rather than follow, changes in CO2? Have temperature fluctuations happened before? Did they happen before humans were using fossil fuels? Specifically, what is the history

of the Medieval Warm Period and why is it such a taboo subject? What is the role of geo-engineering in climate change? What is the role of weather manipulation in commodities futures trading? How do those promoting a new international tax, with a digital carbon credit currency, on behalf of a one-world government benefit from the anthropogenic climate change scenario?

Books

Pro AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO22 Crisis? by David Ray Griffin This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein AGW Skeptics The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World by Bjørn Lomborg Climate Change: The Facts edited by Alan Moran The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein (Center for Industrial Progress)

Videos Pro AGW

An Inconvenient Truth Global Warming: The Signs and the Science The Politics of Global Warming: Climate Change in Washington Global Warming: The Rising Storm Watch The 10 Best Documentaries About Climate Change — Films for Action

The Global Warming Hoax — 19 Irrefutable FACTS Is the Western Climate Establishment Corrupt? Climate Change Revisited II JoNova on BOM WUWT on Cooling Records NOAA Data on Temp/Precip Records Last 20 years of Temp The 97% ‘consensus’ and its critics IPCC Head Pachauri Acknowledges Global Warming Standstill Hidden Volcanoes Melt Antarctic Glaciers from Below UN IPCC Lead Author Dr. Richard Tol admits no global warming for 17 years The Sun Defines the Climate (predicts prolonged temperature drop) A Study of Climatological Research as it Pertains to Intelligence Problems (by CIA) IMF and Atmospheric Pressure Errors and frauds of global warming science Research Shows Unexpected Link Between Solar Activity And Regional Climate Change Climategate 2.0: New E-Mails Rock The Global Warming Debate Global warming slowdown ‘could last another decade’ Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis

AGW Skeptics

Climate Change: What’s Really Happening? The Next Climate Phase The Great Global Warming Swindle Doomsday Called Off Global Warming or Global Governance? Climate Change HOAX exposed by Geologist straight to the UK Govt The IPCC Exposed Science of Climate Change — Stefan Molyneux with Dr. Patrick Moore

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Ella spoke, “Oh and me in counseling. Cory had the “I’m not good Cory, I’m so sorry I don’t tell you enough. You enoughâ€? thing going front and center. The mes- love our kids and me completely. You work hard sage was clear from his family of origin: “Cory, for us. Even when you’re tired, you still play wonwhy can’t you do anything right? You screwed up GHUIXO JDPHV ZLWK WKH NLGV RU Ă€QG WKH WLPH WR Ă€[ again!â€? So, even as a child, he thought, “If only I everything that’s broken. I know how much you can do it right, then I’ll get the love and approval need to hear these things. I promise to let you know I need.â€? But no matter how hard he tried, and every day that you’re more than good enough.â€? how many “rightâ€? things he did, he still didn’t We couldn’t help but notice the tear sliding down get the approval of his parents. There was always Cory’s cheek. something not right enough for them to criticize. Are you more “I’m not good enoughâ€? or “I Ella had the “I have to take care of everyoneâ€? have to take care of everyone?â€? Or are you both syndrome for as long as she could remember. equally? Remember there is a loving divine parThe oldest child in her family, she was expected ent inside you who yearns to free you from this to take care of her younger siblings. Her parents negative thinking. All you need to do is wrap your were both alcoholics and were too busy with their arms around yourself and speak words of loving addictions. Ella was the only “grown-upâ€? in the DIĂ€UPDWLRQ WR WKH FKLOG SDUW RI \RX ,Q WKLV ZD\ house, even though she was a young child. Like you heal and re-parent your hurt child. Cory, she tried to earn her parents’ love by her If you have a partner, does she or he carry good actions, in this case taking care of the other one or both of these issues? Have the courage children, preparing food, and cleaning the house. to address your partner’s inner child with words Did it work? Of course not! It never does. No of love and approval. And have the courage to matter how much of a “good motherâ€? she was, she vulnerably inform your partner about your own didn’t get the love she needed. If children are not core issues. Healing and re-parenting comes from loved for who they are, then what they do makes yourself, but it also comes from those you love. little difference. Ella and Cory know this truth ‌ and practice it So how did Cory and Ella get in trouble in every day! So can you! their relationship as adults? Here’s an example. Here are a few opportunities to bring more Cory loads the dishwasher and starts it up. Ella love and growth into your life, at the following Ă€QGV D GLUW\ GLVK RQ RQH RI WKHLU FRXQWHUV DQG EOXUWV longer events led by Barry and Joyce Vissell: Feb out, “Cory, you forgot this dirty dish.â€? 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tudies show that psychotherapists today spend most of their time working with clients who have problems with daily living and not real mental illness. Their clients are usually dealing with marital issues, family conflict, job-related problems, career change, and physical complaints related to stress and anxiety. In fact, surveys reveal that more than 90% of clients seen by private therapists are not hospitalized for psychiatric reasons. Most clients want to simply improve an already functioning life. They want to talk to someone who would listen without judging. They could discuss never before revealed secrets and not be afraid family and friends would find out. Therapists would give intelligent and constructive advice and not have a hidden agenda those families and friends often have. All of my clients fall in this category and are what psychology would refer to as being within the range of normal. For decades, counselors, consultants, coaches, trainers and advisors, have slowly crossed over into areas that once belonged exclusively to psychotherapy. People may also notice back or neck pain at work along that result from intense stress and anxiety. Your body’s reaction to stress may be headache, back strain, stomach pain, the lack of energy, losing sleep, high blood pressure and many other symptoms such as triggering genetic predispositions earlier in life. We also tend to dwell on our problems, which begins to exaggerate their real impact. It has also been discovered that this type of pain is often brought on deliberately by your brain to distract your conscious mind away from what is occurring in your unconscious. That means the pain is real and you did not consciously

bring it about. For example, if we have been concerned with the possibility of being demoted at work and receiving a cut in pay, a backache could divert us away from this silent worry. College students concerned for their grades often report tension headaches, migraines, ringing in the ears, and sexual dysfunction. After giving hundreds of readings in the last 35 years, I found that selfacknowledgement was far more therapeutic than I had previously realized. This prompted me to adapt the phrase, “There’s nothing to fix, only something to be aware of.” That awareness is in knowing who you are beneath your external personality. This reminds me of the famous English philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin, a 20th century philosopher who believed that... “...if we have a common nature, this nature must have a purpose. Our nature could be fully realized if only we knew what we truly wanted.” Sir Isaiah Berlin is saying: if we know the world and what it offers through our relationship with the world, along with knowing ourselves, we would also know what provides us with true joy, contentment, security and above all happiness. This knowledge would provide us with our own natural road map to success and full expression of our talents, skills and abilities. We would avoid much of what causes us conflict if we only knew who we were. When there are too many moments of misery and resignation it is most likely due to not knowing who you are and your body reacts. If you are having neck, back or other types of pain doctors cannot explain, discovering your true identity could provide the answer. Email me at john@johnvoris.com for a session at your earliest convenient. Call 1 (888) 994-4544, www. johnvoris.com.

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by Candace Stuart-Findlay ast column shared an effective tool to shift our energy from fear frequency dominant to that of Joy/Love… Divine Heart Coherence™. Building on that, let’s explore what I believe is the key element of the torus, its central vortex. According to Nassim Harameinʻs research, singularity/all consciousness exists within this central vortex… that we are literally energetically infolding and unfolding in and out of the central vortex. Electrons seem to appear and disappear, he elucidates that they are infolding and unfolding from the vortex… that they are key as energy–information exchange vehicles between our holographic-fractal third dimension and the Unity Field of all Consciousness. Remember, a torus is defined in the dictionary as “a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, esp. a circle, around a line that lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g., like a ring-shaped doughnut).” The torus energetic movement naturally creates a vortex within its center. Here’s an image of a toroidal vortex. So, here we are with the quantum science behind the ohso-familiar selfrealization guidance, “Go Within To Connect with

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Source.” This is the Oneness space, our place of singularity...found inside the toroidal vortex. I experience this expansive place all the time and you can too. First, using the Divine Heart CoCandace herence™ technique from Stuart-Findlay last month’s column, shift your heart, belly brain, and toroidal flow into the Joy/Love frequency. With eyes closed, allow the frequency to expand, visualizing its toroidal flow infolding and unfolding around and in and out of the vortex. Feel the Joy/Love…Be the Joy/Love. Second, allow your consciousness to flow into the vortex…focus on the Unity of all Consciousness. Go within and Be. I invite you to play with this visualization, have FUN, and observe what shifts in your life. 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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Wind & Water Blessings

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Ideally keep your bed out of the pathway of any leep is meant to doors (closets are okay). be a restorative Doorways bring in the flow time for our body of energy to a room and it and mind to relax can negatively impact your deeply and to revital energy to sleep in this charge our batteries. Did you direct flow. The best place know your bedroom is having for a bed is against a solid a big impact on your body, wall with no window behind mind and spirit while you are it, positioned so that you Megan Montero busy sleeping? We spend a can see the main door to lot of our life in our beds asleep. This the room with out being in the path of is why the Feng Shui of our bedroom is a door. It is not always easy to follow so important. The important features to all of these guidelines because most consider are the position of your bed, architects did not design bedrooms with what you keep in your bedroom and Feng Shui in mind! the bed itself. The strongest bed has a solid The bed position that will ensure wood headboard securely attached to the best quality sleep and the most the bed frame. I do not recommend a success in your life is when you have foot board because people usually end a commanding view of the door to the up bumping into them and find them anbedroom and a commanding view of the noying. Having your bed directly on the entire room from the bed. This position floor can contribute to feeling “stepped will give you an assertive position in life on” in life. The strongest bed is up off and help you see your opportunities. the floor, with nothing underneath it, so When you cannot see the door, you will that the chi can flow. If you have drawknow on a subconscious level that an ers under the bed as part of the frame intruder would have the advantage and then keep neutral items there like sheets a part of you could be on guard all night and blankets. long. You will sleep better and the room The bedroom is the most private will feel and look better when your bed room in the house and because of this has this commanding view. sometimes people neglect it or over-

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crowd it with stuff. If this is you, then take a few steps to improve the most important room in the house: • Clear out the clutter, and make space for the chi to flow. • Take out stuff that has nothing to do with sleep, relaxation, intimacy and dressing, making your bedroom your sanctuary. • If you cannot move a workspace, use a screen or curtain to hide it at night. • Create for yourself a nourishing place to retire to at the end of the day. • Sleep well! For Feng Shui advice tailored to your specific situation, contact Megan at (831) 588-5424 or megan@windandwaterblessings.com. Megan Montero is a Feng Shui consultant, a Plant Spirit Medicine healer, and a Granicera in the Nahua weather working tradition of Mexico. She has been practicing Feng Shui in Santa Cruz since 2007 and offers consultations in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay areas and by phone. She practices Plant Spirit Medicine at her office in Santa Cruz. Learn more about Megan’s services at www.windandwaterblessings.com. Stay in touch by signing up online for Megan’s Cycles of Chi newsletter.

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Turning the Tide on LGBT Issues in Religion

by Sharon Esther Papo chance. They are the eligion is result of LGBTQ indipersonal. For viduals and their allies many in the having hard conversaLGBTQ comtions within their relimunity, their gious communities. We religious experience has are extremely blessed been a place of deep pain. in Santa Cruz County I grew up in the Jewish to have the Out in Our community in the “ConFaith coalition leading servative Movement.” Bethe way. fore I was “out” I was the Out in Our Faith Sharon Esther Papo is a coalition of many program coordinator for a well-known Jewish high faith communities, school leadership program. For our comprised of Jewish, Christian, Bud“Diversity Day” in the mid-1990’s, I dhist, Unitarian and non-denominabrought in a variety of speakers who tional congregations within Santa were diverse in ethnicity, religious Cruz County. The group was founded practice and even sexuality. One par- in 2004 by members of Twice Blessed ent was especially horrified that a gay at Temple Beth El. Their mission is to man spoke on a panel to his teenage promote the full inclusion of LGBT daughter. The parent furiously called families, couples and individuals my supervisor and threatened to write within local houses of worship. an angry letter to every synagogue and Many LGBTQ individuals still Jewish newspaper in the community. deeply yearn to be part of the church or I was not allowed to do that program synagogue that rejected them, and too again. That experience was a big les- many houses of worship are not there son for me about religious community yet. The pain and scars for many are rejection. It kept me in the closet for palpable. Efforts like Out In Our Faith many years. are moving religious congregations in I am grateful to witness the the direction of greater acceptance. progress we have made. Things are One such trailblazing religious changing across the religious land- movement is The Jewish Reform scape. According to the Pew Research movement. They just passed the ResoCenter, roughly six-in-ten Catholics lution on the Rights of Transgender now express support for same-sex and Non-Conforming People. This marriage. Even some devout Mor- beautiful resolution affirms the movemon leaders have apologized for the ment’s commitment to the full equalchurch’s involvement in supporting ity, inclusion and acceptance of people Proposition 8. of all gender identities and gender These advances did not come by expressions. The Reform movement

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H ERBOLOGY • D IETETICS • ACUPUNCTURE • M ASSAGE made a commitment to create ritual, programmatic and educational materials to be more inclusive and welcoming of people of all gender identities and expressions. Like many religions, the religion of my childhood has transformed in ways more fully embracing of dignity and inclusion. More religious leaders and religious faithful have started embracing their LGBT family members in a way that is unprecedented. Times are changing. Perceptions are shifting. Many progressive religious leaders have been champions for justice, inclusion, and the celebration of human dignity. I hold out hope that formerly conservative religions and dogmatic religious leaders can turn into a force for true acceptance and justice. I would not have imagined 15 years ago that my commitment to justice and human rights would ever be supported by any conservative

fingerprints as the acorn, the seed of what you can become, as well as the challenges that you will face in order to step into your highest potential. An acorn has to grow into an oak tree. Humans live in the realm of free will and can choose out of their potential. I invite you to use those amazing hands you have to dial (650) 799-6950 or email tiburg@ sbcglobal.net to set up a reading today.

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Why should this matter to you?

Your fingerprints are uniquely characteristic of the one-and-only you there will ever be. They are your soul’s physical impression; encoded, fully and unalterably formed 5 months prior to your birth. Your fingerprints contain your soul’s imprint. The structure of your fingerprints tell you who you are. They are your own personal map to meaning and fulfillment, your instruction manual for life. I can assist you in decoding your Soul Psychology. As your hand analyst I look at your

Tina Burgan Bio

Her first exposure to Life Purpose Hand Analysis was listening to Richard Unger speak several years ago. His message percolated for a while, she had a reading and fell head over hands in love with the art and science of scientific hand analysis. She reads hands, loves to travel, reads more hands, loves to cook and eat, reads more hands, dowses and is working towards her Masters Hand Analyst certification through the International Institute of Hand Analysis.

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Dolphin-Safe Food Labeling Declared Illegal by Globalist Trade Organization ... Here Comes the Global Censorship of Food Labeling by David Gutierrez On November 20, the World Trade Organization (WTO) declared that dolphin-safe labels on cans of tuna are a barrier to trade that place the U.S. in violation of its treaty obligations. The U.S. must stop offering “dolphin-safe” labels or face punitive sanctions from Mexico. Analysts expect the government to cave. The case is a classic example of what globalization critics have warned of for years: that “free trade” agreements allow foreign corporations to force the repeal of laws that interfere with their profits, thereby gutting protections for consumers, workers and the environment. Observers warn that the soon-to-be implemented Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) contains the exact same provisions, and that more such forced repeals are soon to come.

be openly sold, but without the label. This concession was not enough. In 2008, Mexico filed another WTO complaint, claiming that the very existence of the dolphin-safe label discriminated against the Mexican fishing industry. In 2011, the WTO ruled in Mexico’s favor. The U.S. has repeatedly weakened the dolphin-safe label in an attempt to strike a compromise. The most recent ruling is final and can no longer be appealed: the label has to go, or Mexico can levy retribution against U.S. imports. “Informing consumers of the fishing practices used to catch their tuna, the WTO concluded, represented a ‘technical barrier to trade,’” writes David Dayen at The Intercept.

The story of dolphin-safe tuna began in 1972, when the Marine Mammal Protection Act banned the importation of any yellowfin tuna caught using methods that resulted in the death of dolphins. In the preceding decades, millions of dolphins had been killed by tuna nets. In 1990, Mexico – on behalf of its domestic fishing industry, which continues to use dolphin-killing techniques – appealed to the WTO to strike down this ban. In 1997, Congress sought to resolve the issue by repealing the import ban and replacing it with a voluntary “dolphin-safe” label. This label could be placed on any tuna, regardless of fishing practices, if companies promised no dolphins had been killed. Tuna caught by killing dolphins could once more

According to Tim Reif, general counsel at the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, the ruling does not actually require the U.S. to change its laws, as no international body can actually do that. But observers note that when threatened with trade sanctions, the U.S. consistently does change its laws. After all, the U.S. has already changed its dolphin-safe laws numerous times just in response to this single complaint. In another recent case, the WTO ruled in May that a U.S. law requiring country-of-origin labels on meat and produce posed a trade barrier, and Mexico and Canada threatened $3.7 billion in sanctions if the law was not repealed. The House of Representatives voted to repeal the law in June.

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The dolphin-safe ruling takes on particular significance in light of the ongoing debate over the massive TPP trade deal being promoted by the Obama administration. The TPP contains the same language that allowed Mexico to file a WTO complaint over tuna. And while the White House claims that the TPP contains measures to protect wildlife, in fact the agreement contains only empty phrases binding members to “take measures” to combat wildlife trade. The TPP has also been

warning against expansive trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership that would replicate rules that undermine safeguards for wildlife, clean air, and clean water,” said Ilana Solomon of the Sierra Club. Printed with permission fromNaturalNews.com Sources for this article include: EFF.org StopTPP.org TheIntercept.com

criticized for provisions expected to lead to strengthening Big Pharma patents at the expense of human health, limiting GMO labeling, outsourcing of more U.S. jobs, restricting Internet speech, weakening regulations of Wall Street, and promoting privatization of land and natural resources inhabited by indigenous people. The case of dolphin-safe tuna “should serve as a

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What is an Heirloom, Really?

Before we get started letting you know about an exciting upcoming event and providing you with fascinating interpretations of what an Heirloom is, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The spring of 2016 will commence our third year as writers of the “Heirloom Plants and Your Health” column with Connection Magazine. We hope we have been of service to you as we have imparted our research and opinions on the subject. This enlightening and informative magazine has enriched our lives as readers and has offered us an opportunity to speak to all of you as writers. Our sincere thanks to Pattie Mills and Thom Coby, owners/editors of the Connection Magazine, for their ongoing support, kindness and inspiration.

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This Valentine’s Day, give her (or him) the gift of health…Black Krim Heirloom Tomato seeds and plant starts! The Valentine’s Heirloom Tomato Festival will take place from 12 – 4 PM on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at the Native Revival Nursery located at 2600 Mar Vista Drive in Aptos. It will be hosted by Allen Morgan, founder of Santa Cruz Heirloom Seed and distributor for Seed Saver Exchange (SSE). Mark this event on your calendar now!

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As with Allen’s other festivals, there will be free crop seed giveaways, which include: lettuce mix, kale, chard, habanero peppers and Rocoto Peppers. He will have several hundred heirloom tomato starter plants available for purchase, as well as 157 SSE seed pack varieties of vegetables and herbs to choose from. Please bring something to share at the event like jams, jellies or garden vegetables. If you bring seeds to share, Allen will be happy to properly categorize them for you for future seed swaps. We are sure that you will have a great time and leave with lots of goodies! Seed you there!

What is an Heirloom? In the seed world at Seed Saver Exchange, an heirloom variety is a repeated validation of its true source; it is offspring that has the genetic make-up and characteristics of the mother plant without interruption, or better said, has not been hybridized. Its “heirloomness” is based on the passing of the seed from generation to generation while maintaining its purity.

A bounty of over a dozen varieties of heirloom tomatoes.

Three types of Heirlooms What? What we have found to be true is that there are three types of interpretations about what an heirloom is. There is the “historic” version as described above; there is the GMO version, which many multi-national seed companies rely on; and there is a third adaption coined, “heirloom on a stick.” To explain the “historic” version of an heirloom, let’s talk about the Black Krim Tomato. This tomato fits in with our definition of what an heirloom is, as we stated above. It is true to its original seed ancestors and maintains high levels of nutrition. It has the highest anti-oxidant level of any of the tomatoes today. These vitamin-packed black beauties are delicious, and when cooked, their

lycopene content increases. Lycopene is a high-quality antioxidant, which can assist with good blood vessel health (atherosclerosis); it may be helpful in preventing osteoporosis; it can improve heart health and lower cholesterol; it contains high levels of vitamin C, as well as vitamin K, B1, B2, B3, B6 and E; and it contains anti-cancer benefits. The Black Krim Tomato grows at its natural pace and is subject to pests and bad weather. According to the new marketing of the multi-national seed companies like Monsanto, an heirloom is anything that is fifty or more years old and is therefore anything that has been created in the lab or hybridized within that window of time. This relates to GMO (genetically modified organisms) and refers to foods that have been genetically engineered for reasons unrelated to health and nourishment. They are also known as genetically engineered and genetically improved. GMO foods have been known to contribute to serious health issues on livestock, as well as humans. Proponents of GMO claim that there is more production and yield; they resist undesirable pests, weeds and disease; and they are environmentally friendly requiring less herbicides and pesticides. Then there is the “heirloom on a stick.” This peculiar designation correlates to the propagation of plants off of a stem stock that is mass produced to provide rapid plant growth and plant uniformity. While great for a quick harvest and crop consistency, as well as overall production, this “cloning process” has serious issues. This methodology eliminates the development of the root system of the plant and

thereby restricts the full range of mineral and nutritional absorption. When the plant cannot absorb nourishment, it cannot provide nourishment.

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Summary Which of the three versions of Heirlooms do you want to consume? Do you think that a hybridized version of the Black Krim would have the outstanding nutritional values that its “historic” cousin would have? Are you comfortable eating GMO foods, which are neither required to be labeled nor have an admission about potential health risks? And finally, does quick yielding and similar looking produce appeal to you if there is no sustenance? Do you know where the food you eat comes from and how it’s grown?

GMOs cannot be considered safe until there are valid, nonpropriatary, long-term studies of their effects on humans and the environment!

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Santa Cruz’s Own Reggae/Soul Band, LOve eTeRnaL, Rebirthed in Hawai’i. new album in the Works!

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aybe you remember Love Eternal as the founders of Santa Cruz Rejuvenation Festival, or maybe as regular guest musicians at Inner Light, or maybe from one of more than 100 shows they put on in Santa Cruz alongside artists like Shimshai, Fantuzzi, Freedom, Diane Patterson, and countless others. Either way, Love Eternal made a lasting impact in Santa Cruz and the greater Bay Area. So where did they go? The band, formed in 2003 by Shawna and Jahred Namaste’ recorded 7 albums, played countless shows, and even put on their own festivals in California. “I will always consider Santa Cruz as Love Eternal’s birth place” says Jahred. But in the fall of 2011, Shawna and Jahred made their first trek to the Big Island of Hawai’i and fell in love with the magic and spirit of aloha they found. They both knew right away that though they would always love Santa Cruz, Hawai’i was to be their new home. It was a big move and a ton of work, but in the fall of 2013, Shawna, Jahred, and their 3 teenage children made the 3,000 mile journey to their new home in the Puna District of Hawai’i. In August of 2014, Love Eternal’s lead guitarist Ray Sunshine, plus his wife, and two children; joined the Namaste’ family in calling the island home. However, living in paradise isn’t always paradise. Two days after the band reunited, Hurricane Iselle devastated the East side of Hawai’i where they lived. “It was trying times, but our community was united, and I knew we would get through” says Jahred, “we picked our family up at the airport, brought them home, and started taping windows and filling water jugs.” However, a hurricane was just the beginning. Hawaii is an active volcano, and as the devastation of the hurricane slowly became the past, the threat of a steady flow of lava headed right for their beloved town became the present. Always positive, the now three founding members plus gifted percussionist Dov Abrams, put their music to work, releasing a song and video titled “Go with da Flow” as well as organizing free concerts for the community they had grown to love. Between the lava and hurricane, their faith was surely tested, but luckily Pele’ had other plans, the lava threat gave way, and the bands core stayed strong. The story doesn’t end there though. The band became even more passionate about their mission, writing new material, and performing across the Island, even opening and producing tours for reggae legends Pato Banton and Prezident Brown. “We quickly built a strong fan base here on the island, but something was still missing,” states

Jahred, “we love playing as an acoustic act, but missed the feeling of the full band sound we had back in California.” Before the call went out, the answers came. In the summer of 2015, the band found the missing players they had been looking for. Prolific composer and bass player Ryan “Ladybug Lion” Ande found himself drawn to the music and message of Love Eternal, bringing with him extraordinary rock/reggae drummer, Salvador

Hernandez. The band was complete, the sound was hitting, and the response was huge! The new rhythm section hailed from Seattle Washington and brought with them a hard hitting edge that the band had been searching out, while still being fully confident in the Roots Reggae sound that had been at the bands core all along. Quickly the group of six dedicated musicians went from being a small ensemble to a headlining act with an ever growing fan base. The music flowed effortlessly with the new team, and the vision became clear, it was time for a studio album. Without hesitation, the recording sessions began. In the first 8 days, the album went from idea to reality with 14 songs meticulously chosen and the rhythm parts recorded. “I am absolutely confident that this is the best work we have done” says Shawna “The collaboration between the musicians is amazing, and the message of the lyrics is feeling clearer than ever.” Musically, the new album is a mix of Roots Reggae, Soul, and Acoustic Rock, and as always, with Shawna and Jahred leading the vocals, the message and lyrics are a blessed reminder that anything is possible. The new album, All that I got, is planned to be released in time for the holiday season and can be preordered by visiting Love Eternal’s website www. LoveEternal.org or contacting them loveeternal@loveeternal.org.

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by Janet Leonard ock in the New Year! Get tickets or reserve early to ensure entry to the party of your choice! The Catalyst: Thu. Dec 31st, 9pm, Beats Antique, electronic/world fusion dance trio bring their new album and multi-media touring show “A Thousand Faces”, a journey beyond the sonic realm that’s part odyssey, part genre-warping rock opera. The album follows every stage of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey to create an unforgettable uniquely communal experience for the audience, $55.00 - $95.00. Coaster’s Bar & Grill: Thu. Dec 31st, 9-12:15pm, HammerDown, oldschool metal music, featuring Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, among others, plus some amazing originals. Enjoy party favors; souvenir HammerDown shot glasses and admission is free. The Crepe Place: Thu. Dec 31st, 9pm-1am, Harry and the Hitmen, six musicians serving up classic Motown and Soul with their own unique flare. Three big sets in the back room, some party favors and a complimentary glass of champagne, $20. Crow’s Nest: Thu. Dec 31 st , 9:30pm, Extra Large, fun and funky dance music, includes balloons, blowers, and those funny hats, $15.

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by Karin Leonard & Daniel Robin ach month, we select our favorite or otherwise important films to be featured on this page. We rate them, subjectively, on a scale from 1 (worthless) to 5 (awesome) in terms of their entertainment and message. We leave the plot details and storytelling to the filmmakers and instead attempt to characterize, highlight strengths and hint at purpose. Reach us at movies@ innerevolution.com. Enjoy!

Brooklyn

With Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters Entertainment: 4 Message: 4.5 One of the best films this year— luminous, gorgeously captured, deeply soulful, with a timely, much-needed message about immigrants (formerly known as “foreigners”). Both visually stunning and deeply felt, this is a surprisingly gripping and intimate story of coming to America, with all the risks, hopes and dreams, as well as requisite heart-wrenching separation from home, family and friends. With brilliant performances throughout, Saoirse Ronan shines in her role as Eilis, an Irish girl looking for a better life in Brooklyn. We witness her coming to fullness, and discovering her true self, as the story progresses. The artfulness of the film makes her gradually, ever-more radiant, making her new world a home. A passionate vision of the 1950s American “melting pot,” made remarkably personal, thus a powerful story for all, especially if your own roots were once planted elsewhere (1 hr 52 min).

The Good Dinosaur

With the voices of Raymond Ochoa, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Steve Zahn Entertainment: 4 Message: 4 What if a meteor didn’t wipe out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago? Would they have evolved into the dominant sentient species on earth, and we would be wolf-like half-breeds? Not likely, but plausibility aside, this playful idea comes to life in this visually stunning, engaging adventure. The sincere quest of a fearful Apatosaurus named

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Don Quixote’s: Thu. Dec 31st, 9pm, The Sun Kings, a musically remarkable tribute to the Beatles, $40, optional threecourse dinner, $27, also champagne Janet Leonard and party favors. Paradise Beach Grille: Thu. Dec 31st, 9-12:30pm, The Vinny Johnson Band, rhythm & groove to make your body move, Specials and regular menu, plus champagne and party favors, free admission. Severino’s Bar & Grill: Thu. Dec 31st, 8-12pm, The Billy Martini Show, high energy 70’s musical tribute dance party, free admission but limited seating, optional 4 course dinner, show, and champagne toast at midnight, $99, also hotel room package deals for $328. Concerts in Retro: Here are my reviews of some recent shows. Remember this is only my opinion. At The Catalyst: The Blasters heated up the stage. 30+ years of touring and these guys are still on fire! Rock & roll with a layer of rockabilly and more than a hint of punk, cult legends putting on a very memorable show. Together since 1979, despite a devoted fan base, critical acclaim, and several songs in movies and TV, The Blasters have earned limited commercial success, but decades of touring have made them tight as a band can be. Opening for The Blasters, Gamblers Mark, a three-piece

rockabilly riot, played sharp super fast numbers that brought the house down, featuring one of the most beautiful upright basses I have ever seen, made and played by bassist Tristan Cole-Falek. Very impressive! CD Review: “Prayers for the Water” by Heather Houston. Heather, a lifelong Santa Cruz singer, songwriter, recording artist, private voice teacher and vocal empowerment coach, founder of Women’s Spirit Song, and director of women’s global music choir “Yala Lati”. Heather describes this CD as “an invitation to fall in love with the spirit of water through the spirit of music”. It’s a beautiful musical offering infused with gratitude and devotion for our life-giving waters. Heather has an exquisitely soulful voice. This is an inspiring CD for listening and meditating. It would make an awesome Christmas gift for any music lover. You can buy it online at iTunes, CD Baby, Amazon, or locally at the Herb Room and at Inner Light Ministries book store. Preview Heather’s songs and learn about her important work at HeatherHoustonMusic.com—10% of the proceeds of “Prayers for the Water” go to the local non-profit Save Our Shores, SaveOurShores.org. 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.

Arlo (think modern version of Flintstone’s Dino) is to discover courage, Karin Leonard to “dino& Daniel Robin saur up,” which will likely resonate with children of all ages, and delivers meaningful messages through the popular Mesozoic creatures. Overall, this breathtaking journey with life-like nature scenes, delivers good laughs and likable characters—a lovely treat for the whole family (1 hr 40 min).

hero, making women swoon and men want to be him—or at least want to be the idea of him. (We still miss Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan!) But if you are in the mood, you won’t mind that the film is overly long—at 2 hrs 28 min it could have used tighter editing—as it delivers all the international mystery and satisfying escapism you’ve come to expect.

Love the Coopers

With Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Marisa Tomei, Diane Keaton Entertainment: 3 Message: 3.5 This is family dysfunction-on-parade. Yes, we’ve seen much of it before, and clichés abound, but it is not without charm, laughs or touching moments. It can be quite therapeutic to poke fun at the Holidays and witness other people’s strained family relations. You may also enjoy connecting (or reconnecting) with the essence of the season, simultaneously giving your traditions a “meaning makeover.” A holiday romp that is pleasurable, if you don’t take it too seriously, so just enjoy the slightly goofy ride (1 hr 46 min).

Spectre

With Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes Entertainment: 3.5 Message: 2 Everything you would expect from the Bond genre—nonstop thrills and action, big explosions, and romantic intrigue, as the elusive and untouchable 007 does the impossible before breakfast, uses his fantasy spy toys exactly as intended, all the while having his time with gorgeous Bond “girls.” Daniel Craig is back, as the steel blue-eyed, ultra cool, attachment-phobic action

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Voices of Madisyn Shipman, Francesca Capaldi, Mariel Sheets Entertainment: 3 Message: 4 The beloved characters come to life on the big screen, awakening childhood memories for adults and providing charming, classic entertainment for all ages. There is a lot of filler material (Snoopy’s meandering Red Barron battle scenes), stretching to make it full-length as a feature film, but in this age of over-the-top digital effects and nonstop violence, it is refreshing to relax and delight in the simple life and uncomplicated challenges of Charlie Brown and his companions. Like an uplifting visit with an old friend, the coziness of cherished and long-enduring memories, the Peanuts leave an afterglow of warmth and enchantment (1 hr 26 min).

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Astrology for December 2015

s the clear cold Sagittarian nights huddle us together, we experience the dominating lineup of Saturn squaring Neptune, fear or compassion. Saturn contracts, controls, bringing out authoritarian approaches while Neptune is boundary less, all inclusive, imaginative, and compassionate. Together they are in a tense relationship, battling out what will define our realities. We experience the challenge of new levels of integration, while confrontation between the stark realities of these times and our ideals, and hopes take place. Strong polarities between differing beliefs increase. Personally, you may fine yourself stretched between pressures of doing things right and responsibilities, self judgment, even shame, versus going with the flow, being accepting, while embracing new imaginative possibilities. We are stressed between an old way of being, and the possibility of manifesting a new dream or ideal. Invite in Saturn to assist in organizing, grounding and scheduling how to build a new reality for yourself. This is Saturn’s great gift. It creates limits and focus, it brings on, and sustains the labor to birth new forms in our lives. We are walking the bridge, crossing into the new paradigm, reenvisioning a new order on Earth. Each of us participates in this recreation based on the quality of our consciousness. The beginning of December carries the intensity, potential violence, and reactivity of Mars aligning with Pluto and Uranus until the 20th. During this time, we witness it around us, feel it within. Instead of reacting, take actions that clear out the old, change our environments, move our bodies to feel the vitality of life. Be mindful in relationship! Many situations are in volatile states, financial markets, and society, in general. The New moon takes place on Dec 11th in Sagittarius, highlighting the need for change and taking action on those changes. The Sun enters Capricorn on the Winter Solstice, December 21st, as the light begins to grow. This brings us to the New Year with grounded positive growth. Previously hidden issues are now brought forth. The Full moon graces Christmas day, experiencing its impact on Christmas Eve. This is an excellent time to hold our vision for renewed life, peace, and honoring the dreams each of us wish to manifest.

family and home responsibilities. are entering Twelve Opportunities for You a time of changing what your foundation December 2015: For Sun and has been! For some, that is dynamics Rising Signs in the family, for others it is the rhythm Aries (Mar 20-Apr 19): Now is they live by. a time of examining your beliefs. UnLibra (Sep 23-Oct 22): Venus conscious expectations, ideals, and enters Scorpio and your engagement dreams are brought out to be seen in with others becomes more intense, the light. You are sorting and asking with great depth of feeling. It is, as yourself what is realistic, what is it that well, a time of great affection and enI want to manifest? This will unfold over dearment. There is a reassessment of the next year. Be patient. Be aware that your own value as well as the need for a surprise may come from another that unstructured time. Be kind to yourself unsettles you. Let yourself witness how as your mind may now easily see what their energy is manifesting. Know that is wrong or negative. Use the Saturnian you can respond when the time is right, energy to your advantage by choosing while breaking old patterns. what you will let yourself think about. Taurus (Apr 20-May 20): You Completion of projects is uplifting now. are in transition, trying to give form to Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21): You that which is not yet ready to manifest. experience a lot of love in your life Friends are important at this time to right now. There is a sweetness that is support the possibilities that are trying manifesting. If you take your time, you to come into being. They can support can deeply experience that a dream and ground your hopes and goals for is manifesting in your life, and it feels the future. You feel deeply this month good. Enjoy! At the same time, it is good and sense the fragileness of life. The to watch your finances. Take time to get Solstice time changes the energy for grounded and reflect on how to step by you and brings fullness within your step proceed. heart. Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 20): Gemini (May 21-Jun 20): This In your home, you are manifesting a month, you focus on relationship. dream come true, a sweetness of love There is a need to simplify and spend or a surge of creative expression. You time reflecting on how the relationship have been working hard to come to this is working. Where do you see eye to place and you are arriving. You feel eye, and how can you achieve some yourself in a balancing act between practical necessities? You are looking your financial responsibilities and the at your ideals versus the truth of what dreams you want to manifest. Whatis manifesting. It is time for straight talk. ever you are doing, change and being Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 21): This is innovative, thinking outside the box is the month to get organized! You feel working for you!!! the largeness of what you would like Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19): This to accomplish, or the ideal of that big is an excellent time for you to begin a adventure. But you must now deal with project that will develop over the next some practical realities. It will serve 6 months. As you take time to refuel you well to keep focused on how to yourself by retreating, something new daily implement your projects. It is an enters your life. Writing, speaking, and excellent time to attend to your own communication, in general, becomes self-care and health matters. Christmas a theme for December. It is an excelbrings a sense of well-being and deep lent time to communicate the love and enjoyment, especially as you refrain appreciation you feel. It becomes a from sharing your opinions. foundation for your journey through Leo (Jul 22 -Aug 22): This month, this time. you stand out! You give your insight and Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 17): You knowledge to others. People may not are known as a teacher. Whether you realize the great sensitivity you have do it through an established structure toward others and how you would like to or through your personal contact with help. You may feel caught between tak- people, you are deeply valued for your ing charge versus not being sure what insight and perspectives. This month, to do. Change things up. Whatever you this quality is prominent and you feel do, do it differently. Trust your insights. the freedom to enjoy what you have Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22): You created in your life and family. You feel experience imaginative possibilities. A both great freedom and responsibility. realm of creative insight has returned Now the two are intertwined and flow and calls you in. You may wish that you could totally let yourself go to together. Pisces (Feb 18-Mar 19): You are this world of nature and art, but at the particularly aware of the transformasame time, you continue to be pulled to tive energies in all of our lives. Everything grows, evolves, and changes. You are especially alert to tracking energy, feelings, and nuances. Something Affordable Holiday Gift Ideas is changing in your life $35-$55 for Astrological written reports: or around you. It is alNatal Chart Interpretation lowing something new On Trends and Opportunities in 2016 to appear, a new seed has been planted and On Body and Soul Natal Chart Interpretation fruition will come. To For Newborns and Children prepare for this you are Gift Certificates Available for in person letting go of something. Susan Heinz is a or phone consultations professional astrologer “Sue’s readings are a precious gift. 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Central Coast in Focus Photographer Tim Corcoran Makes His Childhood Dream Manifest with Fine Art Photography Book of Local Treasures

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T MAY BE a bit soggy in Pogonip gnarly branches. at the moment, but it’s sunny inside As a photographer, Tim has focused “Santa Cruz and the Central Coast — A attention on a few places in nature that he feel Photographic Celebration of Time and are profoundly beautiful and spiritual. Places Place,” a new book of photos by Tim that awaken the heart and fill the soul. Corcoran. Those places include Mount Shasta, You may recognize Tim’s name as where he lives now, southern Utah, the Sierra founder of Headwaters Outdoor School in Nevada Mountains, Mount Shasta, where he and his staff all over California, teach wilderness skills Kauai, Hawaii such as survival, and all beautiful tracking, edible places he’s and medicinal traveled. Plans plants, nature for the future awareness and include more Earth philosophy. books of But his photography awakening to nature documenting seems to have taken these places. root in Santa Cruz “I hope County, where as a this book child he spent time reminds on the North Coast people of fishing with his father in what a Davenport, or exploring treasure the beach while his we have and mother sunbathed near more people will go into it and find the Boardwalk. inspiration and heart,” he writes. “I hope it His love for the land runs deep, and his brings out the dreamer and I hope the dreamer photos show a colorful appreciation for what dreams of ways to protect what we have and he calls “a dream place for a nature-loving bring back what we’ve lost. kid.” “It’s not enough to love a place. In today’s “I became a photographer at twelve years world, we must do more. It’s our birthright to be old. I began in earnest to document through born to the sea and land. In claiming that right, photography the beauty of this wonderful meeting of ocean and land,” he writes. “This book is my dream through my art to share my love and wonderment with the Central Coast.” A limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the author, are available now through his website, TimCorcoranPhoto.com. Individual prints are also available. Tim dreamed of creating the book as Photo by Tim Corcoran early as twelve years A field of poppies in Santa Cruz. old at Franklin Point. He lived in Santa Cruz for 30 years. in drinking in all the land and sea gives us, we “I played endlessly with the land. I found must find time and a way to protect our land.” love and great friendships. The meeting of sea In January, Tim will be teaching The and land at this place called the Central Coast Winter Class at Headwaters Outdoor School is in my blood and always will be,” he writes. (hwos.com). Inside you’ll find pelicans taking in a Students will learn to brave the cold and sunset at Natural Bridges State Beach, fields discover the warmth and beauty of winter camping. of poppies opening for the light in Santa Cruz, While winter camping in Mt. Shasta, a great horned owl eyeballing the camera in Klamath National Wildlife Refuge and Lava Pogonip, as well as redwood forests and great Beds National Park, students will learn what oaks filtering sunlight through grand and is needed to enter a snow country environment

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and live in relative comfort and safety. Students will learn to build winter shelters, such as snow caves, quinzhees, snow pits, igloos, bark tipis; fire making, with bow drill, hand drill, camp fires in the snow and wood gathering; hunting and trapping (no animals will be trapped); and snowshoeing, ice travel and basic avalanche awareness. There will also be time for observation and identification of wildlife, such as ducks, geese, eagles, hawks, owls, songbirds, deer, antelope, porcupine, coyote, rabbits, squirrels, bobcats and mountain lion.

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Forest Detail, San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz, California. childhood these areas were mostly wild lands and orchards and creeks. I had three mentors who guided me through the skills of living with the land. I was truly lucky to grow up in such a beautiful area. My deep connection to the land from such a young age grew into a deep seated appreciation for the beauty of Nature.”

Other classes include: n Boys Rite of Passage n Vision Quest n Exploring Plant Medicine n Nature Awareness n Wilderness Skills n Earth Philosophy Level 1

Tim Corcoran is the founder of Headwaters Outdoor School (hwos.com) and has recently published “Santa Cruz and the Central Coast — A Photographic Celebration of Time and Place.” Order by calling (530) 9381304. Learn more at TimCorcoranPhoto.com.

“I was raised with Nature as the most powerful presence in my life. I grew up in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley of California,” he writes. “At that time in my

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