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Healthy Living & Conscious Lifestyles

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Access to Seed is a Basic Human Right, including the Right to Grow, Exchange, and Sell Seeds. Food Sovereignty Today & the Future of Our Species Depends on this Right.

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Feature Index Arts & Entertainment..................................... 29 Astrology.......................................... Will Return PerAwareness............................................24-28 Compassion Flower Resource Guide....... 30-32 Dining Delights............................................... 37 Essential Living Guide ....................... 12,13, 20 Fitness & Sports............................................. 15

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Healthy Appearance........................................ 28 Healthy Planet............................................. 30-32 CY Diversity............................................Will Return Martial Arts....................................................... 14 CMY Massage / Bodywork....................................... 13 Movies.............................................................. 29 K Music ............................................................... 29 Parenting, Kids & Education.......................... 20 Pet / Animal Health........................................... 26 Letters.................................................Will Return Seed Theme . ............................................... 16-18 Spirit...................................................................27 Travel & Fun.....................................  Will Return Wonderful Women.............................Will Return Yoga............................................................13 &15 Information in this publication is provided for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging. Do not use the information in this publication for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or homeopathic supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, contact your health care provider promptly. Do not disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking professional advice because of something you have read in this publication. Information provided in this publication and the use of any products or services purchased from our publication by you DOES NOT create a doctor-patient relationship between you and any of the physicians affiliated with our publication. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Blame Government, Not Markets for Monopoly by Ron Paul

When Time-Warner announced it planned to merge with another major communications firm, many feared the new company would exercise near-total monopoly power. These concerns led some to call for government action to block the merger in order to protect both Time-Warner’s competitors and consumers. No, I am not talking about Time-Warner’s recent announced plan to merge with AT&T, but the reaction to Time-Warner’s merger with (then) Internet giant AOL in 2000. Far from creating an untouchable leviathan crushing all competitors, the AOLTime-Warner merger fell apart in under a decade. The failure of AOL-TimeWarner demonstrates that even the biggest companies are vulnerable to competition if there is open entry into the marketplace. AOL-Time-Warner failed because consumers left them for competitors offering lower prices and/or better quality. Corporate mergers and “hostile” takeovers can promote economic efficiency by removing inefficient management and boards of directors. These managers and board members often work together to promote their own interests instead of generating maximum returns for investors by providing consumers with ditor’s NOTE: affordable, quality products. Thus, THANK YOU TO ALL OF laws THE making it difficultVOLUNto launch VALIANT a “hostile” takeover promote inefTEERS THAT EDUCATED PEOficient use of resources andOUR harm PLE ABOUT GMOs and investors, and consumRIGHT TOworkers, HAVE OUR FOOD ers. LABELED SO WE CAN MAKE Monopolies and THANK cartels OUR OWN CHOICES! are ONE creations government, not YOU ANDof ALL!!! markets. Did Prop 37For failexample, or win? the reason theThough media issupport dominated byballot a few at the large is that no57% one box wascompanies 43% pro PROP 37 and

can operate a television or radio station unless they obtain federal approval and pay federal licensing fees. Similarly, anyone wishing to operate a cable company must not only comply with federal regulations, they must sign a “franchise”

agreement with their local government. Fortunately, the Internet has given Americans greater access to news and ideas shut out by the government-licensed lapdogs of the “mainstream” media. This may be why so many politicians are anxious to regulate the web. Government taxes and regulations are effective means of limiting competition in an industry. Large companies can afford the costs of complying with government regulations, costs which cripple their smaller competitors. Big business can also afford to hire lobbyists to ensure that new laws and regulations favor big business. Examples of regulations that benefit large corporations include the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulations that raise costs of developing a new drug, as well as limit consumers ability to learn about natural alternatives to pharmaceuticals. Another example is the Dodd-Frank legislation, which has strengthened large financial intuitions while harming their weaker competitors. Legislation forcing consumers to pay out-of-state sales

tax on their online purchases is a classic case of business seeking to use government to harm less politically-powerful competitors. This legislation is being pushed by large brick-and-mortar stores and Internet retailers who are seeking a government-granted advantage over smaller competitors. Many failed mergers and acquisitions result from the distorted signals sent to business and investors by the Federal Reserve’s inflationary monetary policy. Perhaps the most famous example of this is the AOL-Time-Warner fiasco, which was a direct result of the Fed-created dot. com bubble. In a free market, mergers between businesses enable consumers to benefit from new products and reduced prices. Any businesses that charge high prices or offer substandard products will soon face competition from businesses offering consumers lower prices and/or higher quality. Monopolies only exist when government tilts the playing field in favor of well-connected crony capitalists. Therefore those concerned about excessive corporate power should join supporters of the free market in repudiating the regulations, taxes, and subsides that benefit politically-powerful businesses. The most important step is to end the boom-bust business cycle by ending the Federal Reserve. www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2016/ october/31/blame-governmentnot-markets-for-monopoly/ RonPaul Institute. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is gladly granted, provided full credit and a live link are given. Please donate to the Ron Paul Institute.

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CDC Police Will Eventually Arrest the Unvaccinated as “Disease Criminalsâ€? by Jon Rappoport After 30 years as an independent reporter, I understand the machinations of the CDC. As a result, I’ve been able to read their intentions for the future. I’ve been able to see where they’re heading. Two parallel ops are going to intersect, unless they are stopped. And if they aren’t stopped, there is going to be BIG trouble. OP ONE: the CDC’s imminent implementation of its new rules for controlling communicable diseases. I’ve covered these rules extensively. Here I’ll sum them up: Americans traveling between states can be stopped, detained, and even quarantined, if they seem to have indications of an illness that could impact public health. If this sounds vague, it is. The CDC has even coined a new absurd category: “precommunicableâ€? illness. It means that with few or no symptoms—but merely the probability of having contacted someone who had or could have had an illness—a traveler in America can be picked up and held against his will. The CDC asserts it has police powers to do this. During the quarantine period, the person has no right to refuse medical treatment— which can include (toxic) vaccinations. After release, the person will be tracked electronically, and this surveillance can extend to an ankle bracelet. OP TWO: The CDC and its state allies are expanding the promotion of mandatory vaccines. The state of California now has such a law (SB277) for all public and private school children. There is a move to extend the mandate to adults. So‌suppose you are spotted and detained as a person who may have a precommunicable disease. One of the first questions you’ll be asked is: “Are you up to date on your vaccinations?â€? If not, you’ll get them. Forcibly. Now suppose the disease

you’re suspected of having has a vaccine—which you never got. You’re bad. You’re delinquent. You’re essentially a criminal. “Sir, if you had been vaccinated against the disease, you wouldn’t have the disease now, and you wouldn’t be in a position to infect others with it.� But why stop there? At

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asserting that any unvaccinated human is a danger to those around him. All that remains is to put bigger legal and police teeth into the assertion. The mask and the cover story is: “We only want to detain people who could be spreading a highly dangerous disease like Ebola. We only want to stop the spread of pandemics.� That’s a lie. The real op is eventual forced vaccination of everyone, carried out under police powers. Universal forced vaccination IS the epidemic. And the single antidote is freedom. The freedom to refuse medication or vaccination of any kind. That freedom is inherent. But it must be taken. Jon Rappoport

About Jon Rappoport: The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine (To read about Jon’s megacollection, Exit From The Matrix, click here.).

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Vacation Dentistry? BECAUSE IT IS... O I Not a Good Idea. REPLACING LOST TEETH IMMEDIATELY

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Assange Statement on the US Election

by Julian Assange That is our commitment to ourIn recent months, WikiLeaks and selves, to our sources, and to the public. I personally have come under enorThis is not due to a personal desire mous pressure to stop publishing what to influence the outcome of the election. the Clinton campaign The Democratic and says about itself to itRepublican candidates self. That pressure has have both expressed come from the camhostility towards whispaign’s allies, including tleblowers. I spoke at the Obama administrathe launch of the camtion, and from liberals paign for Jill Stein, the who are anxious about Green Party candidate, who will be elected US because her platform President. addresses the need to On the eve of the protect them. This is election, it is important an issue that is close to restate why we have to my heart because published what we of the Obama adminishave. tration’s inhuman and The right to redegrading treatment ceive and impart true of one of our alleged information is the sources, Chelsea ManJulian Assange guiding principle of ning. But WikiLeaks WikiLeaks – an organipublications are not an zation that has a staff and organizational attempt to get Jill Stein elected or to take mission far beyond myself. Our organirevenge over Ms Manning’s treatment zation defends the public’s right to be either. informed. Publishing is what we do. To withThis is why, irrespective of the hold the publication of such information outcome of the 2016 US Presidential until after the election would have been election, the real victor is the US public to favour one of the candidates above the which is better informed as a result of public’s right to know. our work. This is after all what happened when The US public has thoroughly en- the New York Times withheld evidence gaged with WikiLeaks’ election related of illegal mass surveillance of the US publications which number more than population for a year until after the 2004 one hundred thousand documents. Mil- election, denying the public a critical unlions of Americans have pored over the derstanding of the incumbent president leaks and passed on their citations to George W Bush, which probably secured each other and to us. It is an open model his reelection. The current editor of the of journalism that gatekeepers are un- New York Times has distanced himself comfortable with, but which is perfectly from that decision and rightly so. harmonious with the First Amendment. The US public defends free speech We publish material given to us more passionately, but the First Amendif it is of political, diplomatic, historical ment only truly lives through its repeated or ethical importance and which has not exercise. The First Amendment explicitly been published elsewhere. When we prevents the executive from attempting have material that fulfills this criteria, to restrict anyone’s ability to speak and we publish. We had information that fit publish freely. The First Amendment does our editorial criteria which related to the not privilege old media, with its corpoSanders and Clinton campaign (DNC rate advertisers and dependencies on inLeaks) and the Clinton political cam- cumbent power factions, over WikiLeaks’ paign and Foundation (Podesta Emails). model of scientific journalism or an indiNo-one disputes the public importance vidual’s decision to inform their friends of these publications. It would be un- on social media. The First Amendment conscionable for WikiLeaks to withhold unapologetically nurtures the democratisuch an archive from the public during zation of knowledge. With the Internet, it an election. has reached its full potential. At the same time, we cannot pubYet, some weeks ago, in a tactic lish what we do not have. To date, we reminiscent of Senator McCarthy and the have not received information on Donald red scare, Wikileaks, Green Party canTrump’s campaign, or Jill Stein’s cam- didate Stein, Glenn Greenwald and Clinpaign, or Gary Johnson’s campaign or ton’s main opponent were painted with a any of the other candidates that fufills broad, red brush. The Clinton campaign, our stated editorial criteria. As a result of when they were not spreading obvious publishing Clinton’s cables and indexing untruths, pointed to unnamed sources her emails we are seen as domain exor to speculative and vague statements perts on Clinton archives. So it is natural from the intelligence community to sugthat Clinton sources come to us. gest a nefarious allegiance with Russia. We publish as fast as our resources The campaign was unable to invoke eviwill allow and as fast as the public can Continues on Page 11 absorb it.

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Trump Declared the Winner by Jon Rappoport Before the polls are closed in the states. And already… The networks are tuning up viewers to expect a few key states to swing the election, as if they already know how the other states are likely to go. This is a story. This is a script… zRAAAAAAAAAAAP. Boom. The script has been shattered. Trump wins. And now, without pause, it’s time to hold his feet to the fire. Because the people who voted for him expect action to: • Turn back the grotesque job-sucking Globalist trade treaties. • Secure the borders against a migrant wave (Globalist op) that has been destabilizing the country. Vet potential terrorists. • Bring back jobs. • Prosecute Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation and thereby drive a stake through the hearts of the dynamic duo of corruption. • Keep torpedoing the sold-out media. • Refrain from making any “bridgebuilding moves” that turn into bad compromises. • Especially refrain from appointing Washington insiders to important posts—this is where Trump could really go off the rails. (Here are a few more reasons people voted Trump. The Trump voters knew that no matter what Hillary might say, it would still be the same dirty business as usual, and that at least with Trump there is a chance for a fresh start and representation coming back to the average person, not the elite. Editor’s Note) • Stopping Mandatory Vaccine madness. • Keeping Second Amendment Rights. • Keeping Supreme Court balance. • Stopping Endless War and the wasting of Life. • Stopping the Weakening of American Military.

Assange Statement dence about our publications—because none exists. In the end, those who have attempted to malign our groundbreaking work over the past four months seek to inhibit public understanding perhaps because it is embarrassing to them – a reason for censorship the First Amendment cannot tolerate. Only unsuccessfully do they try to claim that our publications are inaccurate. WikiLeaks’ decade-long pristine record for authentication remains. Our key publications this round have even been proven through the cryptographic signatures of the companies they passed through, such as Google. It is not every day you can mathematically prove that your publications are perfect but this day is one of them. We have endured intense criticism, primarily from Clinton supporters, for our publications. Many long-term supporters have been frustrated because we have not addressed this criticism in a systematic way or responded to a num-

What Trump really says: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=d2s9AV910NY • Ending the selling-out of American Interests. • Stopping China and creating better relationships with Russia. • Taking care of our Veterans. • Ending stifling Political Correctness. • Negotiating better deals with other countries. • Stopping Monsanto/Bayer GMO’s and the Take-over of Agriculture. • Reducing the H-1B work visas used to bring in cheap labor to the computer and other industries. • Bringing back and re-asserting power for the common citizen and away from the less-than-1% Elites. • An end to the racial divisions that are being encouraged with financing from Soros. (If you look at the past performance and what has actually been said, in full context, Trump is not a racist. He has been maligned and lied about by the press and the Hillary campaign so much, that it has been easy for someone that does not study beyond sound-bytes to believe all the lies that he has been accused of.) • Stopping Agenda 21 and similar. • Keeping Alternative Websites free of censorship. (End Editor’s Note) The victory, as I’ve kept saying on radio interviews, is about the MOVEMENT that has coalesced around Trump. The people who are waking up to the scourge of Globalism and its agenda for destruction. THAT is what must stay alive. The movement.

ber of false narratives about Wikileaks’ motivation or sources. Ultimately, however, if WL reacted to every false claim, we would have to divert resources from our primary work. WikiLeaks, like all publishers, is ultimately accountable to its funders. Those funders are you. Our resources are entirely made up of contributions from the public and our book sales. This allows us to be principled, independent and free in a way no other influential media organization is. But it also means that we do not have the resources of CNN, MSNBC or the Clinton campaign to constantly rebuff criticism. Yet if the press obeys considerations above informing the public, we are no longer talking about a free press, and we are no longer talking about an informed public. Wikileaks remains committed to publishing information that informs the public, even if many, especially those in power, would prefer not to see it. WikiLeaks must publish. It must publish and be damned.

Election: Media’s Movie of Reality Failed by Jon Rappoport But… After Trump’s stunning victory, the media narrative will continue: Riots are okay. Now we are a nation “deeply divided.” This horrible reality (Trump) IS reality. Get rid of the Electoral College and give the election to the candidate with the larger popular vote. Forget the states. They’re outmoded. The polls weren’t rigged or wrong. Trump surged at the last moment. Trump and his plans can still be blocked. The Trump victory was a white backlash. (Never admit that Obama utterly failed to make life better for blacks and Hispanics.) (Never ever admit that many blacks and Hispanics saw that.) (Never admit that Trump is right about Globalists and their export of jobs further destroying inner cities.) (Never overtly criticize Globalism. Better to not mention the word “Globalism”.) (Do not claim the election was an acid test of how the people feel about Globalism.) Continue to say Trump is a racist. Bernie Sanders would have won/ might have won if he had run against Trump. Mention Trump having access to the nuclear codes. Under no circumstances observe that the millions of people who flocked to Trump want more freedom or are in

any way registering legitimate concerns about the future of America. NEVER GIVE THE PEOPLE CREDIT FOR WAKING UP TO THE TRUTH OR IMPLY THAT THIS MOVEMENT IS FAR LARGER THAN TRUMP. DO NOT BLAME OURSELVES, THE MEDIA, AND OUR MADE-UP COVERAGE FOR TRUMP’S VICTORY. —Those are some of the high points of the ongoing media narrative. They continue to invent the movie of reality they are paid to invent. They can’t stop now. They’re under the gun. About Jon Rappoport: The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews. com or OutsideTheRealityMachine (To read about Jon’s mega-collection, Exit From The Matrix, click here.).

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“Archanam” is offering through ritual. Throughout the ages humans have created and engaged in ritual. Ritual gives us the opportunity to do something that has no other purpose than to exemplify our faith, love and trust in God. Ritual is a powerful practice that does more than assist us in being close to God, it creates unity among people as well as rhythm and consistency for community. When we engage in ritual, we can allow our minds to relax and surrender to the heart. The ritual is set, most likely it has been done multitudes of times before and we even know what to expect. Although we may have done the physical aspects of the ritual a thousand times, this moment is different because it is the present moment. The framework of ritual offers the opportunity for something different and wonderful to occur, at the very

least, for us to have a succession of moments in which we are one hundred percent present to our life.

Practice #6

“Vandanam” is to surrender and offer obeisance. The concept of surrender is powerful in taming the ego mind and supporting the emergence of our true, “spiritual heart center”, as the deciding power in our lives. This concept deserves an entire article unto itself. We have heard the saying, “Let go and let God.” This is the practice that takes us there; to the place where we allow higher power (omniscient consciousness) to guide our lives. It is one thing to surrender the ego, it is quite another to do the work to hear the guidance of higher wisdom and have the courage to act on it. Vandanam holds many practices that assist the practitioner in achieving this necessary step on the path of becoming close with God.

Practice #7

“Dasyam” is being of service. Practice #4 has us practice being of service to God. Dasyam is being of service to the whole of creation, including that which you do not like. The practice of Dasyam can take us out of our comfort zone to help another person, animal or tree. Perhaps we know in our heart it is right to help in a given situation but social or religious taboo forbids it. Dasyam, when practiced seriously, gives us the power to do what we know is right in our hearts, even when others are against us doing so. Real saints and heroes of any age or tradition practice Dasyam, such as Ghandi, Mother Theresa and the Dalai Lama. Being this good is possible for all of us. Next month we will complete with practices 8 and 9. Until then make good choices for yourself. Christopher Love is a writer, educator and meditation instructor who welcomes correspondence: Love@ DevotionalLiving.org

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 on-site, even though it will take a little tion center and place where people by Zia Parker • Dedicating 70-80% of the land can come and learn in many differThere are so many compelling longer to get good production. We to growing food organically with Perent ways such as workshops, internreasons, that fuel the massive garden- can build our structures with cement, maculture and Biodynamic principles. ships and volunteer positions. ing movement worldwide: Food for the fire-brick and steel because these ma• Practicing social structures of table, food security, access to organic terials are subsidized, making mutual respect. food, supporting biodiversity, saving them “practical” in terms of the “bottom-line” that is dragging • Seeking new economic models & exchanging seed, good exercise, conthat do not involve exploitation nection with nature. Vandana Shiva re- us all down, OR we can honor of land and/or people. fers to seed saving as “the most impor- the triple bottom-line (social/ eco/economic) and build with • Making choices to enhance tant revolutionary act of our time”. mud, as people have done for ecological balance, social jusFor us, these are all good reasons. tice and spiritual fulfillment for It is a practice for us to make our choic- thousands of years. In Permaculture we say, those directly involved in our es with awareness of our connection to project, and beyond. the web of life. When we live with the “everything gardens”. Its all a form of gardening: how we eat, • Recognizing and respecting awareness that we are related to everymutiple forms of assets, such as: thing that is “Nature”, we can FEEL that how we prepare our meals, evsocial assets, living assets, expewhen we are wasteful, or excessive in eryday consumer choices, an riential assets, cultural assets, terms of inputs into the system that are internet business, relating to the taxi driver. spiritual assets, and financial unnecessary, that it hurts everything. And thus, we garden to assets. Therefore, “low carbon footprint” • Encouraging profit-sharing, is really important to us. Or, simply, learn about nature, and ouremployee-owned business, emlow “input”. But, especially, low input selves.
We garden to experience co-creating and collaborating ployee-initiated businesses, and of anything that requires petroleum diverse forms of collaboration products in its fabrication. eg. Cement with nature. It is an immensely as found in cottage industry. & steel require very high temperatures fascinating ongoing study in re• Finding ways to move away to make, and thus lots of petroleum lationship. We believe in “Small is from labor being bought and products. And ultimately, hauling insold. puts with petro-fuel is not practical Beautiful”. We started our Per• Working with KINS Innovafrom a relational stance. We work to maculture model in Vilcabamtion Networking to evolve the create a system that eventually does ba, Ecuador with one acre, and it now is home to two modest goals and purpose of the project, not rely on petroleum at all. It recycles but very comfortable houses, and to serve as a communication and increases nutrients within itself. model http://www.kinsinnovaOne definition of sustainability a classrom with accompanying tion.org/ . is: input equals output. Better, is a sys- firepit, amphitheater and outdoor kitchen, a larger amphitheFor our first model tem where the yield is at least a little more than the input into the system, or ater with seating for 100, campproject adjacent to much greater. But, when we look deep- ing for 12 tents, a fish pond, and water storage for approximately Finca Vida Verde in er than “input equals output”, which is 20,000 liters and .75 acre of inSan Jose de Vilcaa little cold, like a formula, we realize that a truer definition of sustainability tensive garden beds. How do bamba, we envision: is something like “staying in balance you fit all of that on one acre? • Bio-construction model housPermaculture Design. Consider with the network of relationships that ing for three bioconstruction joining us for our next Permaculture is Life”. dwellings suitable for long-term A minimum of twenty percent of this Design Course in February, or better Thus, when we redefine sustainresidence. agricultural land will function as a ability in terms of relationship, in turn, yet, come help us extend our commu- native-forest preserve integrated with • A Community House for short term nity into new territory....read on....! we redefine what is “practical”. We are occupancy on a time-share or rental edible forest gardens which provides so conditioned to make the choice that Yupaichani Organic basis multiple functions of wild-life habitat is the cheapest financial cost, thinking Community • All buildings not to exceed 20-30% of for microbial, fungal, bird & native butcheap is practical. However, it is often Yupaichani Organic Land Foundation- terfly populations, vermiculture, bees, the square meters of the property. not at all practical in the long term. Yupaichani Organic Land Foundation • Integrating this model into our vision beneficial insects, as well as support of “We do it because we can” is for reforestation for Vilcabamba natural water cycles, shade, and nitronot practical in the web of our inter- Our purpose: Valley, and beyond. (Water Security gen fixation. Yupaichani means “thank you Parelationship with all things. Here are meets Reforestation.5.15) chamama, which includes Earth, Sky some examples. We can make cement and all the beings” in the Quechua lanThe organizational barriers around our garden beds to structure will support us deal with steep slopes OR, we can use guage. Our purpose is to create a reponsite materials to build temporary licable sustainable model of preserving in these ways: corridors of land that integrate human fencing while the Vetiver grass grows Now that we have realized the in. Vetiver is a great slope stabilizer. It settlement and organic regenerative purchase of the property, we plan to agriculture. To enhance mutual respect also serves many other functions. For form a business as an Ecological Eduexample, it is a bioremediator. That is, and interconnection between the peocation Center, which will hold the deed ple, the land and all the living beings it will uptake excessive nutrients, if you to the property. This will make it poson the land within the framework of a have an excess of nitrogen or phosphosible for people to join the project at productive farm. To create a model of rus, it will incorporate them and store differing levels of investment as busihumans and nature living in symbiosis. them making a nutrient-rich mulch for ness share-holders. As a share-holder To create a living demonstration of a later use. It is a forage for animals, and company, we will have the fluidity to balanced agro-ecosystem. has many medicinal properties. By usallow people to join the project as hoing Vetiver, we increase our harvest in Forming a small landmeowners or investors, and also to sell many ways. based cooperative with their “parcel”, whether it be a home, or • Making ongoing choices to help heal Other examples: We can haul in shares, at current market value, if they ourselves and heal the land. consensus decision-makquality top-soil from a rich valley 100 choose. New homeowners would join • Supporting local and organic argriculPage 16 ♥ Connection Magazine ♥ www.ConnectionMagz.com ♥ Facebook.com/ConnectionOnline ♥ November 2016

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upon consensual agreement with all the seeds. And it also extends by rational reasoning: food sovereignty today other current land partners . • Our association with existing founda- depends on this right and the power of tions will help us qualify for grant the future of our species. via Seed exchanges via local hubs are funding. • There will be possible Options for in- very important here, and throughout South and Central America, as I know volvement and buy into the project. Here is the link for the article Con- they are in the States as well. This is nection Magazine ran on our seed man- how we empower ourselves to embrace dala action. http://connectionmagz. and uphold the basic human right to grow, share, exchange, give away com/santacruz/how-you-can-helpand sell natural seed. defend-seed-freedom-by-joinHere are the guidelines ing-this-global-action-on-octofor our local seed exchanges. ber-22nd/to connect with that, We do not exchange money, I want to invite people to conbut people can bring sometinue to make Art Action Seed thing other than seed to Mandalas to draw public exchange if they need attention educate about seed, and don’t have the heinous corporate any to offer. agenda to control seed worldwide. While The guideworking on this relines: cent campaign to Vandana Shiva refers to The purpose of protect seed saving as “the most Ecuadors pro- important revolutionary act our community seed exchanges is to help hibition of GMOs, of our time”. preserve the genetic I have learned that seed heritage of this corporate control of seed on a global level is much more advanced than I un- land, to advance the knowledge of orderstood. Thus, I am including a letter ganic growing here in Vilcabamba valI am writing to a high level official in ley, to respect the work of those who Ecuador, in hopes that some of the in- have cultivated and grown the seeds, formation and my strategy may prove and especially to respect the life force helpful to your readers. As you read, of the seeds!
Bring your seeds, and if you will see that we have the advantage you don’t have seeds to exchange, bring of being able to congratulate the cur- something fun– a nice cake, or juice, or rent government on many wise poli- perhaps some music CDs or movies to cies that they have put in place. And exchange.
(Saving seeds requires a lot also encourage them to hold strong of time and energy!)
Let’s spread the against corporate bullying. I believe it seeds far and wide, and take good care is always very important to maintain of them. This time, we will spend a little polite respect. I have been very impressed with more time for each person to share the organization of organic and food their knowledge about how to grow the sovereignty activism in Ecuador. Over seeds they have brought.
You may want 500 organizations collaborated over to take notes. It is really helpful to label a 2 year period to write a very strong your seeds with growing information, organic law. When that law was eroded if possible,
(as one would find on the and replaced by the heinous proposed package if the seeds were purchased.) So, let’s keep sharing info on law described below, these 500 organizations went into action, and wrote how to keep our heirloom and organic the Declaratorio that you can find here strains going, as well as sharing the http://protectancientseeds.weebly. seeds. Below, is the letter to the governcom/declaration-of-collaboration. ment official, with my stance for mainhtml Our website has lots of relevant information for any seed activ- taining Ecuador’s brilliant protection ists, anywhere The heart of this beau- of food sovereignty and prohibition tiful document, which I wish every of GMOs. It is especially relevant for person on Earth could read, is this: anyone living in a country that is conSeed is a common good that belongs sidering or has already agreed to the to mankind. It can not can be an ob- UPOV 91 international treaty, that the ject of appropriation on the part of proposed EC law is mimicing that law, private interests, nor on the part of the which is a prerequisite to the TPP. We State. Similar to the air, the Sun, or the must stop the TPP. smile of our children, our seeds be- Seed Protection Letter to long equally to every human being on Ecuador Government the planet, and not can be treated as a Thank you for the opportunity to resource strategic from any nation or communicate directly with you on this interest in particular. Access to seed important issue. is a basic human right, and includes We are a group of friends that has the right to acquire, adapt, enhance, endeavored to raise public awareness multiply, exchange, give away and sell of this issue in collaboration with or-

ganizations of which we are members, such as the RED AgroEcologico de Provincia de Loja, Cooperativa Agroecologico de Loja, RED Guardianes de las Semillas, and MESSE. We are taking guidance from the savvy facilitators of those groups, and working to provide awareness of Ecuadorean political history and international dynamics around these issues for the multi-cultural population of Vilcabamba and beyond (please visit www.pasproteccionancestralsemillas. weebly.com), and since we have worked together as a team, three of us are contributing to this correspondence. As coordinator, I will provide a little about my background, as an example of our group, and why we are so concerned about this issue. My professional career has taken two tracks. My Master’s Degree thesis in Wellness Design, was a national study on holistic approaches to health in the U.S. in 1983, which was requested by Harvard Medical School for their archives.

Seed Mandala In my 35 years as a practitioner in the public health sector, I treated thousands of patients who were struggling with a range of symptoms (including digestive problems, skin problems, and fibromyalgia) which consistently and readily improved when I coached them to stop eating GMO foods. Studies also link GMO consumption to various types of cancer. GMO related health problems advance slowly and insidiously and rob individuals and families of their health. The risks to human health are wide spread, creating problems in nearly every human organ system. Here are more sources on this:
 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=jwK4nTHHdBc&feature=you tu.be 2) in Spanish: www.pasproteccionancestralsemillas.weebly.com http://responsibletechnology. 3) org/?s=health+risks My other career path has been Permaculture, a design method for deriving the optimal sustainability options for any given place. Since 1988, I have been working internationally in Permaculture consultation and design, and teaching the internationally certified Permaculture Design Course, which I have taught here in Vilcabamba

since becoming a Resident of Ecuador in 2013. The 2008 ban on GMOs and other Buen Vivir policies were major attractions in my choice to invest my life in Ecuador. We are including information in this letter that very well may be known to you, including information about the law itself. We have become familiar with the power of the unscrupulous biotech industrial giants. The evidence is clear that their financial prowess has usurped the objectivity that could be provided by the scientific community. Many scientists and professors have lost their jobs when they presented their scientific evidence regarding the negative health and environmental affects of GMOs, such as the story of Arpad Pusztai in Scotland. http:// responsibletechnology.org/allfraud/ are-you-critical-of-genetically-engineered-foods-watch-out/ To date, over 40 farmers have been sued because wind-born patented seed contaminated their crops. This is a heinous injustice, but an even greater crime to the biodiversity, which is the inheritance of all beings, including all species, not only the human species. The concept of “terminator seed” is clearly against life. Farming with GMOS and the accelerating proliferation of necessary accompanying poisonous pesticides have come to be known as “conventional farming”. Another interpretation of conventional farming is massive sexual abuse of the plant world, in which the reproductive capacity of plants is manipulated and altered, with results that are threatening all life. Do we need to remind ourselves that Mother Nature has brought us to a brilliant level of biodiversity and has maintained life on this planet throughout time? In the three decades since the biotech industry has emerged, the number of species of cultivated crops has plummeted. According to an FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Association) study in 1999, more than 90% of crop varieties have dissapeared from farmer’s fields world-wide. At the time of that study, 75% of the world’s food was generated from only 12 plants and 5 animal species. From that study, “the principle underlying cause for the decline in biodiversity includes the rapid expansion of industrial and Green Revolution agriculture. The main cause of genetic erosion in crops, as reported by almost all countries, is the replacement of local varieties by new or exotic varieties and species.” FAO 1996. This is an under-appreciated crisis! The type of seed law which is currently being considered by Ecuador, which requires “certification” of all seeds has caused a wide range of problems in various countries, and the most

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serious and long-duration threat is that of biodiversity loss. In India, this type of law has caused an epidemic of suicide. Over 250,000 farmers have committed suicide because over time, they cannot afford the “improved” seed, and their soil has lost its microbial life, and its ability to recover fertility. They cannot feed their families, and steeped in shame and despair, many drink the poisons that were supposed to improve on their way of farming –methods that had sustained their families for centuries. The really important factor here is that long-term studies have shown that agro-ecology farming can compete and sometimes perform better in terms of production than “conventional farming”, without the damaging effects on the environment and on human health. Perhaps the most convincing and important study was done by the Rodale Institute over a 30 year period, http://66.147.244.123/~rodal ein/wp-content/uploads/2012/ 12/FSTbookletFINAL.pdf which showed: • Organic yields match conventional yields. • Organic outperforms conventional in years of drought. • Organic farming systems build rather than deplete soil organic matter, making it a more sustainable system. • Organic farming uses 45% less energy and is more efficient. • Conventional systems produce 40% more greenhouse gases. • Organic farming systems are more profitable than conventional. Another study:http://news. berkeley.edu/2014/12/09/organicconventional-farming-yield-gap/ And another: h t t p s : / / w w w. r e s e a r c h g a t e . net / p ro f i l e / Pau l _ He p p er l y / publication/232683912_Environmental_Energetic_and_Economic_Comparisons_of_Organic_and_ Conventional_Farming_Systems/ links/55fc9d2508aeafc8ac4 b060b.pdf And of course, organic methods are far better in terms of less pollution and soil erosion. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1987Natur.330..370R

for decades, that this is their agenda. Thus, there is great cause for concern.

Ecuador inspired the whole world with the 2008 Constitution of Pais Alianza.

the resilience to express sovreignty. Ecuador does not need to bow down to corporate pressure. From the FAO, http://www. fao.org/fileadmin/templates/nr/ sustainability_pathways/docs/Factsheet_SMALLHOLDERS.pdf “Unlike widespread perceptions, sustainable smallholders can be really productive. A large study examining smallholder agriculture covering 286 projects, over 37 million hectares in 57 developing countries, found that when sustainable agriculture was adopted, average crop yields increased by 79 percent. Also, sustainable systems were found more diversified, with yields often composed of more than a dozen crops and various animal products, generating higher yields. Higher yields mean increased household food security and higher household income, especially when money was saved through less fertilizer and pesticide use (Pretty et al, 2008).” The topics of food sovereignty and seed policy are deep and can be complex, and currently have the attention of the global community. The studies and perspectives we are offering are our considerations. We thank you very much for considering them. ***End of Letter***

but also for your non-profit organization, business or social group.
Vilcabamba, Ecuador is a Permaculture haven, with world citizens from over 30 countries, this small pueblo is known to inspire actualizing the Permaculture ethics of:
Care for the Earth, Care for the people and Share the abundance. In this magically alive setting, we will integrate the international curriculum of the Permaculture Design Certificate Course with special attention to these themes: • Bio-construction: Earthbag/Superadobe, bareque, ladrillos de adobe, cob, bamboo, techo de paja. • Water management: water retention landscaping, keyline design, ferrous cement storage tanks, fish culture • Alternative energy: solar, biogas, etc. • Ancestral knowledge from the rich indigenous agricultural heritage of the Andes • Seed saving and Hub strategies for multiplying seed saving initiatives. • Community building

The inclusion of the concept of providing legal rights for nature was the beginning of a new era. The prohibition of GMOs caused many people to move here, as Ecuador was recognized as a haven of safe health from the increasing health threats of GMOs. The network of well-crafted safe-guards to protect food soverignty and biodiversity is brilliant in Rafael Correa’s constitution. According to the media sources that are available to us, the current Ecuadorean government is continuing to choose to not sign the UPOV91 agreement, and the TPP. We applaud this, and are relieved! Yet, the proposed seed law seems to be entirely congruent with the design of the UPOV91. This agenda is contrary to the concept of Buen Vivir and the 2008 Constitution that has inspired the world. It means short term profit in the hands of a few versus long term balance of the ecosystem and the good health More About Vida Verde status of the populace. At Vida Verde Farm in VilcabamWhy not continue in that position of global leadership in giving impor- ba, we offer both Permaculture and tance to public health and education Holistic Body Therapy, understanding Zia Parker, with 25 years of PC and being unwilling to bow to corpo- that recognizing the inter-relationships experience ranging from Equatorial rate bullying? Ecuador is one of two innate in whole living systems helps us Guinea (W. Africa) to the Navajo and countries in all of South, Central and heal both our bodies and the earth. Arapaho peoples of North America’s North America that has maintained a These therapy offerings help us shift plains and desert, and beyond, is the ban on GMOs. Don’t we have a respon- our way of being in the world to help team coordinator and primary teacher. sibility to keep Ecuador GMO free as develop a sensitive and balanced rela- Together with her husband, Roshni a source of non-contaminated, open- tionship with ourselves and the living McEldowney, both with their twin caworld around us. pollinated fertile and natural seed? reers in sustainable agriculture and huWe stay busy with our gardens, man movement expression, will guide Especially because of Ecuador’s extraordinary biodiversity, the entire our seed activism and annually, for us to connect with our senses to the country serves the world as a living over 25 years, we offer the Permacul- world around us, amplifying our obseed bank. Ecuador could benefit fi- ture Design Certificate Course, 2017 servation skills exponentially. nancially by becoming a commercial The teaching team is diverse, inPachamama is calling! world producer of much needed orcluding both Ecuadorean ecologists, Permaculture Design ganic seed. With the incredible numindigenous teachers as well as deeply Course ber of micro-climates here, Ecuador experienced teachers from the US, Permaculture Design Course could become the world champion in Canada and Switzerland. recuperating the diversity of food crop Dates: Jan 29-Feb 10, 2017 at “Vida Bilingual: Spanish/English. Degenetics, which has deteriorated dan- Verde” Farm, Vilcabamba, Southern pending on registration, simultaneous gerously in the last two decades, and Ecuador.
 translation with headphones may be Now is the time to step into the provided. would be under extreme duress under the UPOV91 and Ecuador’s proposed world we collectively long for. Our Per- http://vidaverde.info/vilcabambaseed law. Ecuador’s topography, except maculture Design Course is for people permaculture-design-certificatefor the coastal region, does not lend it- who want to learn to design for sustain- course-2017/ We need to consider the self to industrial agriculture. The slope ability, and create integrated holistic grandchildren!!! and the incredibly complex terrain designs that produce on-going high 
This is a global battle. The bio- doesn’t allow for big machines. That tech industry has shown itself to be could be a saving grace! enormously powerful, with a heinous Improvement in public health agenda that goes beyond financial prof- has been a crowning achievement of it. It is clear that the aim is “strategic the current government. However, the control” of the food supply. proposed seed law is a threat to public The inclusion of this term “stra- health. Due to the agricultural knowltegic control” in the proposed seed law edge, the high percentage of small was the first indicator to those of us farmers, and resilience of it’s people, as Roshni McEldowney & Zia Parker that have dealt with the biotech giants well as favorable climate, Ecuador has yields. Yes! For your garden or farm, Page 18 ♥ Connection Magazine ♥ www.ConnectionMagz.com ♥ Facebook.com/ConnectionOnline ♥ November 2016

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Merck that granted technology to the Chinese drug company in the 1990s. Vaccines were established in China in an effort to improve food and drug safety. HEPATITIS B RISK BY THE NUMBERS Dr. Mercola Hepatitis B is a rare, blood-transmitted disease, with only 54 cases in the zero to one age group reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1996. Statistically speaking, the incidence of the disease in the said age group was just 0.001 percent. At the same time, the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) states that there were 1,080 cases of adverse reactions, with 47 deaths, from the hepatitis B vaccine in 1996 within the zero to one age group. Dr. Mercola says that, in reality, vaccine-derived immunity is short lived. Around 30 to 50 percent of vaccinated individuals lose their antibodies within seven years, while 60 percent who respond to the vaccine will lose detectable antibodies within 12 years. This means that these vaccines will not be able to provide any protection against the real causes of hepatitis B: promiscuous sexual behavior and intravenous (IV) drug abuse. Dr. Mercola adds that 50 percent of people who contract hepatitis B develop no symptoms after exposure. An additional 30 SHUFHQW ZLOO GHYHORS RQO\ Ă X OLNH V\PSWRPV Both groups end up with lifetime immunity. Twenty percent of those exposed to the disease will develop hepatitis B symptoms; 95 percent of this 20 percent will fully recover with lifetime immunity. Further, the possibility of children developing the disease is very small, and only 1.25 percent of those who are exposed will experience a serious complication. R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S F R O M D R . MERCOLA Since 1991, the recommended US childhood vaccination schedule involves a series of three hepatitis B shots: 7KH Ă€UVW VKRW LV DGPLQLVWHUHG ZLWKLQ KRXUV DIWHU WKH FKLOG¡V ELUWK The second shot is given between one and two months of age. The third is given between six and 18 months of age. Even if this is a part of the federal vaccine regulations, Dr. Mercola says that it is solely up to you whether you want your child YDFFLQDWHG RU QRW ,I \RX¡UH H[SHFWLQJ D EDE\ soon, make sure you do enough research RQ WKH YDFFLQH ULVNV YHUVXV EHQHĂ€WV If you decide against the vaccine, you can amend the “consent for medical treatmentâ€? forms you sign upon entering the hospital before childbirth. You should also inform every nurse or medical staff taking care of your baby about your choice. There are reports that some newborns are being vaccinated in the nursery DJDLQVW WKHLU SDUHQWV¡ ZLVKHV ,Q WKLV FDVH keep your newborn with you at all times, or have a relative stay with the baby while in the nursery. Dr. Mercola also stresses the importance of having yourself tested for hepatitis % LI \RX¡UH SUHJQDQW DV LW LV SRVVLEOH WR SDVV on the infection without developing any symptoms. If you are a carrier, your baby ZLOO GHĂ€QLWHO\ EH DW ULVN For more information about the hepatitis B vaccine, along with other vaccines for infants, visit the National Vaccine Information Center. http://www.drmercola.com/vaccines/ hepatitis-b-vaccine-what-parents-shouldknow/ Printed with permission.

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“Does Any one Th at Reads You r Bl og Actu all y Eat Fas t Food…?”

by Vani Hari, the Food Babe was having an interesting conversation about our latest Vani Hari campaign with a family member last night. She said “Does anyone that reads your blog actually eat fast food…?” And this brings up a struggle I hear often. We all tend to rely on fast or processed store-bought options when we are not prepared—even if we know it’s not good for us.

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It’s Thursday night and you just got off of work. You’re feeling exhausted and starving. After you pick the kids up or run an errand, you head directly to the grocery store and speed through the aisles looking for something fast and easy for dinner. After you load up your cart with a store-brand rotisserie chicken and rolls, you remember that you have no plan for lunch tomorrow… “What do I have in the house to pack for lunch? ....and, what about breakfast?” You’re not sure, but it’s a pretty safe bet that the fridge is empty because you were too busy to go shopping last weekend. Your stomach is growling and you can’t wait to get home, so you start grabbing quick options for tomorrow’s meals… Yoplait Yogurt, Bumble Bee Tuna, Goldfish Crackers, Bread, Honey Nut Cheerios. You start rationalizing, “Are Lean Cuisines REALLY that bad? They are soooo easy….”. So, you decide to grab a few while rushing through the aisles and making a beeline for the checkout stand. While waiting to ring out, “Oh, yum… look at those Snickers bars!”. Better grab those too. As you look down at your cart, you know these are not the healthiest food choices, but you are tired and stressed. You tell yourself you’ll get it together next week—this is the best you can do right now. Have you ever felt this way? Everyone’s schedule and lifestyle is different, but I think pretty much all of us can relate to feeling TOO

BUSY to eat healthy. There is a way to eat healthy without giving up on the foods you love, no matter how crazy busy your life is.

filtered water to drink throughout the day. I love the insulated bottle from Thinksport. It works great for hot tea too! Don’t feel like you need to do everything all at once! Just start off with one or two of these tips and start

working them into your life. Over time, I think you will be amazed at how much easier it is for you to stick with a healthier diet! Xo, Vani http://www.FoodBabe.com Printed with permission.

The solution is to create a lifestyle that makes healthy eating natural and easy.

Like everything else in life, this can take some work to get going, but eventually you will create habits that last a lifetime. Below are some tips for creating a lifestyle that makes healthy eating a breeze! • Make your breakfast at night. If you leave early in the mornings, this will make sure that you start your day off right! Try preparing some Apple Pie Chia Pudding or an Avocado Banana Berry Smoothie. • Clean out the junk! If it’s not there, you won’t be tempted. • Stock your house (and to-go bag) with healthy snacks. Most people make bad food choices when they are in a hurry, so make sure you have healthy options within an arm’s reach! Check out this list here to help ya get started! • Make double batch of dinner and freeze the 2nd half for later. Do the work only once and have dinner waiting for you when you’re too tired to cook! • Keep quick whole foods on hand that you can make a meal out of. Eating healthy doesn’t need to be complicated. Think frozen quinoa and beans that can be heated up and mixed with chopped tomato and avocado for a quick southwesternstyle bowl. • Make a big pot of soup on Sunday to eat for lunch throughout the week. I love having a homemade soup leftovers waiting for me in the fridge! • Join a CSA to have fresh food delivered automatically. Many cities now have CSA programs available that will deliver organic, fresh local fruits, vegetables, meat, and eggs to a nearby pick-up spot every week! Check for any in your area here. • Break in your slow cooker. Create one-pot meals that will be ready when you get home. Little work and hardly any cleanup! • Invest in a good stainless steel water bottle and keep full of

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As you shift and grow, all areas of your existence are affected. Therefore, consider how Karin Leonard shifts in your behavior will affect the entire sysSudden Jumps and tem you are part of. How you relate Steady Growth to your mate, children and coworkers Putting the hype of unrealistic might change. Your work, home expectations aside, we are able to and leisure could take on a new flair. take evolutionary leaps in our mental, Most of this will likely be positive, emotional and spiritual developyet don’t be surprised if the people ment. There is the great magic of a you interact with resist “the new you.” sudden flash of insight, or the Be patient and understandfar-reaching effects of ing with significant inner shifts deep in other’s reactions, the unconscious yet clear in your mind. communicaHowtion, and sole v e r, t h e id in your key to boundarmake such ies. In the profound long run, change taking care work, is of yourself the steady and cultivatgrowth and ing the change support that you desire, will follows. Internal benefit everyone transformation ripyou interact with. ples through the fabric of When you are happy and in who we are, and therefore, affects harmony with yourself, all else falls all aspects of life. To sustain developinto place. ment, set up structures of support. Having had the privilege to Systems of Support witness countless clients transform The foundation that nurtures themselves and their lives, in a relasuccessful change is self-acceptance. tively short period of time, I am in Success does not come about by will awe of human nature, and what we power alone. Pushing yourself too are capable of accomplishing – once hard, or a self-punishing attitude, we decide to do so, and believe that only goes so far. What works is we can. And it is my personal miscreating your best life because you sion (and sincerest pleasure) to be in care about yourself. Nonetheless, service of this marvelous process of making positive change last does human evolution. require attention. We are creatures Karin H. Leonard is a profesof habit, and without daily focus sional coach, personal consultant and and helpful systems, even the most seminar leader, with 26 years of exprofound inner shift loses momen- perience in coaching, hypnosis, NLP tum. For example, if work has been and conducting workshops. Karin is consuming your life, and you realize a popular speaker, and available for a that at the end of your life you want variety of seminars, including coachto remember more than stress at the ing skills. Office located in Santa office, that realization alone is not Cruz. (831) 724-5400. Visit Karin’s enough to alter your lifestyle. Next, website at wwwInnerEvolution.com. design a sustainable rhythm, balancArt: THE CHANGELING, ing work with other important aspects © 1979 Melanie Gendron

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Feng Shui Wisdom for Home & Personal Transformation

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that intricate by Megan Montero and it takes a ave you ever lot of training read a Feng and experiShui book and ence to get it felt confused? Overright. Books whelmed about how give the imto proceed? Worried pression that that everything in your it is easy but house is wrong and Megan Montero if you look where do you possibly begin? Feng Shui books can further, they also explain the be very confusing! They can difference between getting also be helpful if you know help from a professional how to read them. I hope to consultant.

help you navigate through the confusion so you can benefit in your learning about Feng Shui. I was inspired to write this article because of some of the experiences my clients had had before they called for help. Although they resonated deeply with the idea that there is a significant connection between our lives and our living spaces, after trying to apply Feng Shui from a book they felt confused and frustrated. It was more difficult then they thought. The confusion led to worrying over things in their home. It is very difficult to Feng Shui a home from a book! One of my teachers, Francine Peterson, says, “You wouldn’t do brain surgery from a book, would you?!” Feng Shui can be

There are many different schools of Feng Shui and some take different approaches to meet the same end goal of bringing harmony to a living space for the benefit of the occupants. Some schools contradict each other and this is what creates the most confusion for readers. Consultants also have their own style, experience and opinion. So if you read multiple books from different schools you will be very confused!! There is no right or wrong approach. Each one has value. I suggest that you choose the approach that you feel drawn to and stick with it. Mixing different approaches in your home will create confusion in your results. Most Feng Shui books do a good job at explaining the bagua map. When ap-

plied to your living space, the bagua will show you what part of your home connects to your wealth, relationships, career and other aspects of your life. Depending on your floor plan, some aspects may be missing and some will be enhanced. The bagua is a fun and transformative tool for positive change. It can be fairly easy to apply the bagua on your own but if you have a complicated floor p l a n , u n d e rstanding how to apply the bagua from a book can be challenging and confusing. Yo u c a n still benefit from the Feng Shui wisdom shared in books if you have realistic expectations. Have fun with your learning and call for help if you are confused or need assistance with a serious issue in your life. Visit my blog for a list of my favorite Feng Shui books. For Feng Shui and Home Organizing advice tailored to your specific situation contact Megan at (831) 588-5424. Megan Montero is a Feng Shui consultant, a Home Organizer, a Plant Spirit Medicine Healer and a Weather Worker in the Nahua tradition of Mexico. She practices in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay areas, and by phone or Skype. Learn more about her services and workshops at www.windandwaterblessings.com and to sign up for her Free Newsletter to receive Megan’s Top 9 Feng Shui Tips for Restoring Harmony to Your Home.

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Standing Rock “You can live without money. You can live without oil. But you can’t live without water.” - Standing Rock Youth

forts are being met with force and In May of 2016, a multioil production in North Dakota, violence at the hands of private billion dollar corporation, Energy making it the second highest oil security and law enforcement Transfer Partners, began conproducing state in the nation, secentities guarding the pipeline. struction on the Dakota Access ond only to Texas.It is this excesIn one incident on September Pipeline (DAPL) project, despite sive production that created the 3rd, DAPL construction workers long standing opposition from industry’s demand for pipelines. plowed through a piece of Tribal the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Oil and wastewater spills land, destroying sacred sites and of North and South Dakota. The from pipeline leaks are now tragiburial grounds. Water protectors DAPL, also known as the Bakken cally common in North Dakota. who attempted to stop the bullOil Pipeline, is designed to extend More than 18 million gallons of oil dozers were confronted by private 1,168 miles across North Dakota, and toxic wastewater were spilled security forces who deployed pepSouth Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, from 2006-2014, steadily increascrossing through ing in the years communities, after the boom. farms, tribal lands, Fracking sensitive natural aroperations foul eas and wildlife habthe water supitat. It is intended to plies in a numcarry crude oil from ber of ways. The the Bakken oil fields water table can in North Dakota to be irreparably Illinois where it will damaged by the link with another hydro-fracking pipeline that will itself, which is transport the oil to a separate issue terminals and refinfrom contaminaeries along the Gulf tion from pipeStanding Rock: Thousands of Wild Buffalo Appear Out of of Mexico. line leaks in that. Nowhere - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetub0FvEwk If construcLikewise, the tion is completed, groundwater can the pipeline is exbe tainted very per spray and attack dogs. Followpected to carry approximately quickly and profoundly by the dising news reports of the incident, 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily posal of fracking wastewater. the journalist who covered the from North Dakota to Illinois, The fracking process instory and filmed the attacks was crossing underneath Lake Oahe volves drilling wells thousands charged with trespassing and riotand the Missouri River a half-mile of feet deep into the earth, past ing by North Dakota authorities. upstream from the Standing Rock aquifers, to reach rock formaThe repression effort is Sioux Tribe’s reservation. The tions, and forcing them to release becoming increasingly more Missouri River is the main source oil and gas. Once the well is drilled militarized and there have been of drinking and irrigation water and encased, three to five milhundreds arrests, injuries, dog for the 8,200 residents of the lion gallons of water mixed with attacks, pepper spray, strip Standing Rock reservation. The chemicals and sand are pumped searches, and other violations of pipeline would pump an estimated at extreme pressure into the well, civil rights. On October 23rd the 17,000 gallons of oil per minute which shatters the rock, creating Morton County Sheriff’s office underneath this water source, multiple fractures. The sand and announced plans to escalate their which would be devastated by a chemicals seep into the cracks response by calling in additional spill or leak. This project poses and hold them open to release police forces from six states to serious environmental threats and oil and gas which is pumped to confront the Standing Rock water will disturb burial grounds and sathe surface. This process poses protectors. cred sites on the Tribe’s ancestral a high risk of ground water conOn October 27th several Treaty lands. On July 26, 2016 tamination. Once the fracking inhundred officers in riot gear surthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jection fluids enter a natural aquirounded and moved in on one of gave its approval to run the DAPL fer or water course, the damage is the Standing Rock camps, firing underneath Lake Oahe, in violaextremely difficult to reverse. rubber bullets, bean bags, tasers, tion of federal law. One day later, As part of the fracking proand pepper spray, with support on July 27th, the Standing Rock cess, some of the fracking injecfrom helicopters, military HumSioux Tribe filed a complaint in tion fluid returns to the surface of vees, ATV’s, and a sound canon. federal court seeking an injunction the earth, mixing with groundwaOver 100 people were arrested. to halt construction. The Tribe’s ter to produce a toxic wastewater Several live streamed videos were legal action has been followed by by-product. Drilling companies recorded and are available here: a rapidly growing movement of then dispose of this contaminated Video 1, Video 2 peaceful support. A timeline and wastewater by injecting it back The Standing Rock Sioux collection of articles chronicling into the earth via wastewater disTribe is now calling upon the events is available here. posal wells. This procedure has federal Department of Justice to There are now thousands caused earthquakes in fracking intervene on behalf of their rights of people camped out at Standregions all across the country. to freedom of speech and religion, ing Rock, including international Earlier this year, in Oklaand to investigate civil rights viosupporters and representatives homa, state regulators shut down lations by state and local law enfrom hundreds of Indigenous more than 30 fracking wastewater forcement agencies. tribes across the North American disposal wells following a 5.6 Fracking and North continent. These water protectors magnum earthquake that was felt Dakota’s Oil and Gas Boom are engaging in daily peaceful, across 5 states. prayerful, non-violent actions to For full article and many The DAPL is a direct result stop construction. links to go deeper and to be of advances in hydraulic fracturPrayer, diverse Indigenous more active, go to: http://www. ing, or fracking, practices which spiritual practices, and a duty to greenmedinfo.com/blog/specialhave created a dramatic increase protect sacred sites and natureport-standing-rock-environin oil and gas production in North ral resources are central to this mental-and-social-justice-conseDakota. Beginning in 2006, frackmovement. In return, their efquences-dakota ing led to a ten-fold production in

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How Did These Breeds All End Up ‘Naked?’

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by Dr. Becker ou may not be able to imagine your dog or cat without his soft, furry coat, but for some people, a hairless pet is far more alluring. With their unusual and striking appearances, hairless pets attract a lot of attention, but it's their personalities that make a lasting mark on their owners' hearts. Hairlessness in dogs and cats is actually a genetic defect that was purposefully propagated at some point in history. Today, while some people choose hairless pets simply because they like their appearance, they're most often chosen over their furry counterparts because they do not shed and are assumed to be hypoallergenic (which isn't necessarily the case—more on this later). Skin Problems Are More Likely in Hairless Pets There are some special considerations if you share your life with a hairless dog or cat, especially when it comes to caring for their skin. Hairless cats may need to be wiped down or even bathed regularly, because they don't have fur to absorb all the oil on their skin. Hairless dogs need regular baths RE U Q too — typically E O once a week or every other week. If you don't bathe them often enough, they CARING PEOPLE...CARING FOR PETS may develop acne, but if you bathe them too often or with the wrong shamOffer expires expires 12/1/16 5.18.16 Offer poo (best to use an organMust present coupon at time of visit ic, coconut-oilbased shampoo with no harsh chemicals) their skin may become dry and irritated. Coconut oil Now Seeing makes a good post-bath Smaller Pets! moisturizer. Birds Skin infections can Rabbits be common in Pocket pets hairless pets, including yeast overgrowth in cats. You'll also need to protect your * Daytime dog from the Emergency elements even 2505 S. Main St., Soquel Jason Miller, DVM more so than Services* a fur-covered www.soquelcreekanimalhospital.com Family Owned & Operated pet.

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long fur on his ears, face, tail, feet and lower legs. Chinese cresteds are intelligent, agile and affectionate dogs who love to be with their owners. Chinese crested may be at increased risk of inherited eye diseases, including progressive retinal atrophy and primary lens luxation, which may cause vision loss. They are also prone to developing blackheads and other acne and may suffer from dental abnormalities. 2. Sphynx (Cat) The Sphynx is a cross between hairless cats and rex cats. They're known for their large ears and wrinkly skin, which requires regular bathing or wipe downs because it's rich in oils. Some Sphynx cats have fine "peach fuzz" like fur while others may feel like suede. These cats tend to crave attention and like to show off for their owners. They're affectionate and often engage in silly antics. Aside from the potential for clogged pores in their skin, Sphynx cats are not prone to any serious health problems. 3. Peruvian Inca Orchid (Dog) This exotic-sounding dog is a cousin to the Chinese crested. He's a sighthound who is born without fur except for a small patch atop his head as well as on his toes and tip of his tail. Peruvian Inca Orchids tend to be loyal and affectionate dogs with a playful nature and good manners. They are not prone to any specific medical problems. 4. Peterbald (Cat) Peterbalds, which originated in St. Petersburg, Russia, come in four coat types ranging from hairless with slightly sticky skin (known as ultrabald) to "brush coat," which describes a variety of hair that may be fine, long, wiry or a combination. Peterbalds are affectionate, intelligent and extroverted cats that may vocalize loudly. The genetic mutation that causes hairlessness may be a cause of feline ectodermal dysplasia, which is associated with dental abnormalities. 5. Xoloitzcuintli Xoloitzcuintlis, or "showlows" for short, are a primitive breed that originated in Mexico, apparently without much help from humans. Known for being loyal, alert and calm, they're also good watchdogs that are wary of strangers. They tend to be a healthy breed, but may occasionally suffer from kneecap dislocation (luxating patellas). If you're interested in adding a hairless dog or cat to your family, seek out a pet in need first. Many rescue organizations catering to hairless breeds can be found throughout the U.S. and beyond. http://healthypets.mercola.com Printed with permission.

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No Matter Our Differences...

Intuitive Insights by M elanie G endron , C reator of T he G endron T arot

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atching the contestants in current political drama, I am reminded of chimps slinging feces to prove who is more alpha. Does the one who throws the most poop win? It’s perplexing for a baby boomer from the love generation. I would prefer to be inspired and proud to be American, not embarrassed or afraid. Many of us have suffered various setbacks leaving us vulnerable financially, dependent on any help we can muster. Retirement remains an upper middle class dream with most seniors treading the waters hoping to survive, and students graduating college in deep debt at the beginning of a career. We learn to let go nonessentials as we keep dreaming of a better life. Yet our best life is the one we are living this moment; it’s what we have to build on. This is the life to cherish, the one to change and the one for which to be grateful. There will always be room for improvement. The soul’s garden flourishes when

pruned. Letting go what does not serve our Higher Self functioning grows our character. Expanding our consciousness, we transcend the ego’s need to sling feces as we fertilize our character with empathy and compassion. Cultivating respect for one another, we learn to tolerate differences and to accept that we are each uniquely deserving of our individual perception. No matter our differences, we can and must learn to work together to create a peaceful world. Blessings, Melanie

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The Relaxing Rejuvenation of an Aromatherapy Facial

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by Cynthia Tanner, LE
 nvironmental aggressions such as the assaults of wind and sun, can cause a delicate visage to lose its youthful glow and moist radiance. Life’s stresses can cause us to feel devitalized and in need of restful rejuvenation. A professional aromatherapy facial is a wonderful way to revive and refresh your complexion and your spirit. 
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ing renewal. The first important steps toward beautiful healthy skin are cleansing to eliminate impurities, and exfoliation, to remove dead epidermal cells. An aromatherapy facial begins with skin analysis to determine your skin type, and decide which essential oils to use for the facial treatment. 
For normal/sensitive skin, a lovely blend of camomile, lemon and sandalwood essential oils brings nourishment and bal-

ance, and for dry/dehydrated skin the blend of choice is basil, lavender and rosewood essential oils to energize and revitalize. A soothing massage with essential oils of the face, neck, and shoulders helps to induce deep relaxation, melting away stress and tension. Now a customized, herbal nutrient masque is applied with a silk brush, and remains on the skin while Jin Shin Do acupressure of the scalp allows for a deepening stress release. The masque is then gently removed with a warm lavender-infused towel, leaving the skin luminous and radiating health. Your skin is now pre-

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by Linda Chaé Now, that doesn’t make a e’ve all lot of sense, but read about if we examine increases the ingredients in allergies and skin on the personal conditions like ecand skin care zema that seem to products we be increasing everyuse, we’ll find where. The question Linda Chaé a wide range of is “What’s causing this and how can I protect toxic ingredients in many myself and my family?” of them – including things Well, here’s a little known like sodium laurel or laureth secret – a lot of the cause may sulphate, parabens, PEGs, be the very products you’re fragrance, colors and dyes. exposed to in your own home. Does that matter? It does if

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Red Flag Ingredients (toxic synthetic chemicals) to Avoid:

• Alcohol, Isopropyl (SD-40)

• Benzoyl Peroxide – found in many acne products •DEA (Diethanolamine), MEA (Monoethanolamine), & TEA (Triethanolamine) • Dioxin – extremely toxic, by-product of manufacturing Tirclosan, etc. • DMDM Hydantoin & Urea (Imidazolidinyl) • FD&C Color and Pigments • Fragrances – a term for all synthetics • Parabens—Methyl, Propyl, Ethyl, Butyl • PEG (Polyethylene glycol) with any number or addition • Phthalates - (often present with sunscreens and other ingredients on this list) • Propylene Glycol (PG) and Butylene Glycol • Quaternium 15 • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), Sodium Methyl Sulfate • Sunscreen chemicals: avobenzone, benzphenone, methoxycinnamate, paba, etc. • Triclosan – antibacterial agent Take time to find the best natural, certified organic and/or wild crafted formula-

pared to optimize the absorption of a nutrient rich serum, then protective cream is applied to complete the experience. Cynthia Tanner, licensed esthetician since 1987, received training in advanced esthetics at Prima Facie Skincare Academy in San Francisco, and attended Sothys Institute in Burlingame, Ca. Additional studies include micro-current rejuvenation, aromatherapy, and energy healing. Cynthia offers facial treatments at her private beauty studio in the Seabright area of Santa Cruz. You can contact her at (831) 251-5570. tions. Look for certifications like: Certified ToxicFree® Product Seal, the EcoCert Seal or the USDA Certified Organic Seal. These products will provide a healthy alternative to help you eliminate chemical toxins. You’ll find personal care, skin care, baby care, household care – even pet care products – that are natural and organic. Even scented candles used to clear away bad odors put out toxic fumes that pollute the air in your home – with fragrances that can contain hundreds of separate chemicals to cover the smells you don’t like. No wonder air in our homes is typically 10 times more polluted than outside air! These are easy to follow, common sense suggestions. Not so secret, but very simple to begin making small changes with big results. About the Author: Linda Chaé is President & Chief Formulator for Chaé® Organics, Inc. and a pioneer in ‘go natural’ skin care for consumers. As a consumer advocate, protecting human beings from dangers in skin care products became personal when she became a cancer survivor—see www. lindachae.org or visit www. chaeorganics.biz Copyright © Chaé® Organics, Inc. 2008 Printed with permission.

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Neil Young Announces New Solo LP ‘Peace Trail’ Due DEC 2ND.

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by Meghann Finn fter releasing the video for new single “Indian Givers” last month, Neil Young has announced the upcoming release of a full new album, Peace Trail. Track titles include “My New Robot” and “Terrorist Suicide Hangliders”. Even at 70, Neil Young remains as prolific as ever. According to his press release, Young has announced a new solo album titled Peace Trail, set for release December 2 via Reprise. This album is described as “primarily acoustic” effort that “reflects an intimate, sparse approach that draws the listening into the heart of the songs in a personal way.” This will be his 38th studio album overall, and his second of this year after this past summer’s Earth, which was recorded during his 2015 tour with Promise of the Real and mixed with wildlife sounds. Some Music Highlights in Santa Cruz: Coconut Grove Historic Ballroom: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Ex-Black Crowes front man Chris Robinson has reinvented himself with a band more musical, soulful and downright fun than his previous brotherhood. Their latest is a mix between The

Grateful Dead and P-Funk, longer on vibes than songs but confirming their s p o t Meghann Finn on the j a m band top tier. It’s good-time music on an end-times mission: When the pedal-steelgilded “California Hymn” declares, “Let your cup overspill again—glory hallelujah!” it seems churlish not to answer back, “Amen.” Sun. December 11th 2016, tickets available on https://www.eventbrite. com/e/chris-robinson-brotherhood-santa-cruz-sun-dec11-21-tickets-27088050087, Please note: very limited seating in the back as this is a dance show. Catalyst Club: Fishbone, Nov. 6, 2016, Celebrating 25+ years, FISHBONE has been leading their way through the history of American Ska, Funk, Punk, Rock Fusion and (so called) Black Rock since starting their career in L.A. Slightly Stoopid, Hailing from Ocean Beach, California, this seven-man band is just as versatile as the crowd it draws. Their music delves into just about every genre, with elements of reggae, ska, laid-back hiphop, and psychedelic rock embedded in their works. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Sat. Nov. 12, 2015. New Orleans native Trombone Shorty began his career as a band leader at the young age of six, toured internationally at age 12, and spent his teems playing with

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Prop. 64: Not the Legalization You’re Expecting

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by Dragonfly de la Luz ith just days until one of the most controversial elections in history, California voters are faced with another initiative to legalize recreational pot. The media often incorrectly reports that Prop. 64 creates “full legalization.” It does not. Prop. 64 is a flawed initiative that calls for jail time for a host of harmless offenses, making being pro-legalization and pro-Prop. 64 two different things entirely. Several weeks ago, I published an article titled “12 Reasons to Vote KNOW on Prop. 64” on voteknowprop64.blogspot.com, a blog I set up for the express purpose of informing voters of some of the misconceptions, potential pitfalls, and unintended consequences of the initiative that the average voter is likely unaware of. More recently, a drastically redacted version of that article was republished by Connection Magazine, with substantial edits that fundamentally changed or misrepresented many of those arguments. Certain people took to rebutting it, without realizing they were “rebutting” the wrong article. As a result, my reasons to “vote know” remain completely unaddressed by Prop. 64 supporters – and completely valid. In fact, on Oct. 30, Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), a pro-cannabis, pro-

legalization Democrat and one of the authors of the new law to regulate the state’s medical cannabis industry, announced that he will vote against Prop. 64—and the reasons he cites are both concerns that my article brings up: because it would “pour hundreds of millions of dollars into a state fund, but includes no direct revenue stream to local government,” and because it would allow mega-grows of unlimited size after five years. “That would ‘blow the lid off’ protections for the small, family pot farmers who make up the backbone of the North Coast industry, McGuire said,” according the Press Democrat. Countless people are hedging their votes on the misconception that some of the anticipated taxes would go toward building schools, as is the case in Colorado, or to cash-strapped local governments, as is happening in Washington, so it seems important to point out that this would not be the case.i And this component is not likely to be “fixed” by future legislation. If Prop. 64 passes, it will give the governor and his appointees power over potentially billions of dollars of tax revenue. That is not the kind of power any elected officials are likely to just give back. It is highly unlikely that any bill attempting to redirect tax monies would ever make it off the legislative floor.

missal of sentence before the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction in his or her case to request resentencing or dismissal.... But the initiative also says: (k) Nothing in this and related sections is intended to diminish or abrogate the finality of judgments in any case not falling within the purview of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act. And that vague wording leaves a lot of unanswered questions. While it is clear which cases would fall within the purview of the initiative—possessing an ounce or less and cultivating six plants or less certainly would, but there is literally no one behind bars for simple possession since it’s already not an arrestable offense, and there is likely no one serving time for minor cultivation, either—it is not so clear which cases would fall outside the purview of Prop. 64. Suppose someone was convicted of growing a few dozen plants, but with aggravating factors like water diversion, pesticide run-off, or child endangerment? Surely, that wouldn’t fall under the purview of the initiative. How about someone who was convicted of intent to sell with an associated conviction of possession of a firearm? Or someone who was convicted of transporting, but also evading police? The reality is, prosecutors almost always find aggravating charges to apply; rarely is a conviction as cut-and-dried as simply “cultivation” or “intent to sell.” Can a judge determine that a more complex case, one with aggravating factors, falls outside the purview of Prop. 64, and is thus ineligible for resentencing? It would seem so, but I’m not an attorney; I don’t have the answer, I’m just posing the question. Although exactly who would get released from jail under Prop. 64 remains speculation, one fact that can’t be ignored is that almost no one is serving time in

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From a social justice standpoint, Prop. 64 also leaves much to be desired. Despite the rhetoric that the initiative would help those who have been unfairly targeted by the drug war (which, ironically, the initiative would perpetuate by leaving all cannabis laws except simple possession on the books, and by creating commercial regulatory hoops that most would fall short of jumping through), Prop. 64 disproportionately targets low-income communities with its three-strikes provision. Historically, these provisions are always selectively enforced, because who is likely to get arrested for the same offense multiple times? People who live in heavily-policed neighborhoods. A third offense in almost any category—transporting, selling any amount, and even sharing or gifting cannabis for adults over 21 who share with other adults under 21—carries a prison sentence of up to 4 years.ii It is no secret that most people are not exactly fans of Prop. 64. Even Dale Gieringer, Director of Cal NORML, concedes that “...it’s not the best initiative ever written” and “it has some problems.” But many have reported that they plan to hold their noses and vote yes anyway, for the sole reason that they believe Prop. 64 will release pot offenders from prison. While, on the surface, this appears to be an attractive feature of the initiative, it does not guarantee that anyone will be released. The text says: 11361.8 (a) A person currently serving a sentence for a conviction, whether by trial or by open or negotiated plea, who would not have been guilty of an offense or who would have been guilty of a lesser offense under the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act had that Act been in effect at the time of the offense may petition for a recall or dis-

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California for cannabis. According to the the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, only 3/10 of 1 percent are in prison for any cannabis-related offense. In cold, hard numbers, that amounts to 285 people. That’s not a typo. Proponents have been trying to sell Prop. 64 on the basis that it would let thousands, if not millions, of pot prisoners go free, but facts are facts: As of October 2015, there are only 285 people in the entire state of California serving time for any pot-related offense. While, of course, the freedom of every life is valuable and worth fighting for, it is clear now that there are far more people who are free today that would face incarceration under Prop. 64 than those who would be released under the initiative. Because of the new regulations Prop. 64 imposes, an estimated 2 million medical cannabis patients could become criminals virtually overnight for activity that is currently allowed under state law. So, should we vote for a severely flawed initiative on the hope that some of those 285 prisoners might be freed, or vote instead to save 2 million people from ever having to spend a day in jail over a plant? If going from 285 prisoners to potentially 2 million isn’t a step backwards for our clearly progressive state, then I don’t know what it is. For anyone who was considering a yes vote for the purpose of keeping people out of jail, this should be an easy decision to make.

Supporters insist Prop. 64 creates no new crimes, but the text of the initiative proves otherwise.

34016 (relating to commercial activity) (a)(2) Inspections may be at any place at which marijuana or marijuana products are sold to purchasers, cultivated, or stored, or at any site where evidence of activities involving evasion of tax may be discovered. (3)(b) Any person who fails or refuses to allow an inspection shall be subject to a misdemeanor. Each offense shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment not exceeding one year in a county jail, or both the fine and imprisonment.” Clearly this constitutes a new misdemeanor, as it is for a law that is currently not on the books. That goes for the three misdemeanors that follow, as well: 34014 (a) Any person required to obtain a permit who engages in business

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as a cultivator, dispensary, retailer, microbusiness or nonprofit pursuant to Chapter 3.5 of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code or Division 10 of the Business and Professions Code without a permit or after a permit has been canceled, suspended, or revoked, and each officer of any corporation which so engages in business, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 34016 (b) Any person who fails or refuses to allow an inspection shall be subject to a misdemeanor. Each offense shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment not exceeding one year in a county jail, or both the fine and imprisonment. (d) Any person who renders a false or fraudulent report is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense. Furthermore, Prop. 64 creates harsher penalties for sharing cannabis with adults under 21 than exist today. Currently, sharing pot with an adult under 21 is a misdemeanor for those 21 and over, punishable by a mere $100 fine. Under Prop. 64, however, an adult over 21 who shares cannabis with another adult under 21 would face an infraction, true—but punishable by 6 months in jail and/or a $500 fine. Finally, it is not incongruous to be ideologically for legalization but opposed to Prop. 64’s poorly-worded attempt to legalize. In fact, given the long list of potential unknowns and unintended consequences, it is smart, reasonable, and sensible. Especially in light of the fact that misdemeanor cannabis arrests are down 93 percent since California downgraded possession of one ounce from a misdemeanor to an infraction in 2011, and even felony cannabis arrests dropped a dramatic 33.3 percent last year due to the passage of Prop. 47, the sense of urgency being propagated by supporters of Prop. 64 is clearly unfounded, if not outright deceptive. Because a recreational cannabis industry would make some people very rich, voting in this initiative would be extremely difficult to undo. We are already well on our way to ending prohibition in California—no convoluted recreational initiative necessary. If anything, our sense of urgency ought to be in defeating Prop. 64 before it’s too late. For more on Prop. 64’s unintended consequences, visit voteknowprop64.blogspot.com

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