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Thr ive Me eting Geo -Engine er ing pg 2 & 11

Rising Inter national pg 29

W etlands / Habi tat Fes tival Sept. 27 pg 5 & 6

Sept. 9 - 14 pg 2

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Lakeside Organic Gardens Summer of 2014

by Lindsey Roberts “We farm the soil and the soil grows the and cooler daily and report yields and quality to crop,” says Dick Peixoto, owner and sole grower his sales team. In the nick of time, he can make of Lakeside Organic Gardens. Peixoto has been changes in production to better suit the needs farming since he was 16 years old. He loves it of his customers. Lakeside Organic Gardens is and would never dream of stepping out of the genuinely committed to organics and their loyal customers. field and into an office The management space. team strongly believes When Peixoto in the organic way of life brought organic produce and they do all they can to the market for the first to encourage a healthy time in 1996, it was like lifestyle among their a dream come true. To employees. The comstart, he successfully pany’s popular “Lakeconquered the challenge side Farmers Market” is of converting over 1,000 available for employees acres to certified organto bring produce home ic land; something his Dick Peixto in an organic cauliflower to their families. The peers called him crazy field in Watsonville for trying. Today, he farms on over 2,000 acres market features leafy greens daily and often and remains as intimately connected in all aspects unique items like sweet baby broccoli, rainbow carrots, celery root, beets, and rutabagas. If you of his family-owned and operated business. Lakeside Organic Gardens is proud to talk with the Lakeside sales team, you know they juice fresh vegetables announce that this often. It’s not uncomsummer we purmon to hear one of chased nearly 200 them bragging about acres of farmland how great it makes in our home comthem feel. The community, the Pajaro pany also promotes Valley. One year a safe workplace by prior, our comawarding employees munity had a maswith gift cards and sive campaign to Lakeside Organics put up box stores apparel when safe like Costco and work habits are demWalMart on top Lakeside Organic Gardens green kale, red kale, onstrated. Every emof some of our lacinato kale and chard on San Andreas road. ployee, from the perfertile farmland. Peixoto was a big advocate against the “assault son who plants the seed to the person who ships the product, has received on our farmland”. Peixoto an annual bonus the past said, “Once our land is covthree years. Peixoto hopes to ered in asphalt, there’s no continue having an opportugoing back”. He & his team nity to carry this through for at Lakeside Organic Gardens years to come. worked hard to make it posLakeside Organic sible to buy that land and other Gardens is passionate about parcels targeted for developorganic farming and strives ment. They committed to a 3 to grow the highest qualyear transition to convert and ity produce under the safest certify the land as organic. conditions 365 days a year. Lakeside Organic GarThe company is committed dens is truly a family owned Manual harvesting organic to sustainable agriculture, and operated business. Peixcilantro in Wastonville. oto’s sister, Joanne, is the company controller, its customers and employees. Lakeside Organic his nephew, Brian, is the sales manager and his Gardens is firmly rooted for years to come. three children, Ashley, Amanda, and Ricky, all Lindsey Roberts can be reached at Lakeside Organic Gardens’ main office at (831) 722-6286. play active roles in the business. Peixoto works hard to keep his company She can answer your questions. Located at 577 within an arm’s reach so he can walk each field Judd Road, Watsonville, California, 95076.

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akeside Organic Gardens is committed to growing 100% organic produce because they believe it’s the right thing to do. Organic produce is better for one’s health and the environment. They don’t use conventional agricultural chemicals, but instead, they rely on natural fertilizers, compost, beneficial insects, beneficial companion plants, and strategic crop rotations.

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Growing Habitats with Native Plants

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by Kathy Fieberling, Watsonville Wetlands Watch ike everything in nature, the living plants, animals and other organisms in the Central California Coast wetlands of Watsonville (and everywhere) are all connected. They have evolved and adapted over eons to create a perfect balance of plants and animals that are specialized for the conditions of the water, land and climate. They are all also interdependent. They act as sources of food and protection for one another, and they create and share a harmonious habitat where all species thrive and maintain balanced populations. White-tailed Kites, Blue-eyed Grass, California Ground Squirrels, Burrowing Owls, Gray Foxes, Marsh Marigolds, White Pelicans - they are all connected in the web of life, where there is abundant food at all levels of the food hierarchy. Because of this very balanced level of interdependence, if one species is removed, it ripples out and affects all other species. Native plants and organic plant matter are what the tiniest creatures eat, and without them the food system collapses. When humans started draining sloughs, introducing new animals, planting non-native food crops, landscaping, and paving the land and building on it, the natural balance gets upset and many species loose their home. For example, the highly invasive European plant Bristly oxtongue is believed to have been introduced when a seed stuck on a cow’s tail and was transported across the country and dropped on the coastal prairie in the Pajaro Valley, where it grew and thrived. Since this plant was not in the diet of any native critters, it quickly overpopulated and crowded out the native plants. The animals that depended on the crowded-out native plants have to move on or die, and so on…. The wetlands of Watsonville are naturally the home to a wide variety of plant and animal species, including threatened species such as the Red-legged Frog and the Santa Cruz Tarplant. The wetlands are also an important stopover place for migrating in the face of drastically shrinking wetlands statewide. The wetlands are very important to humans in many direct and practical ways. They serve as a first line of defense against floods, act as natural filters to pollutants, and provide beauty and recreational

opportunities for the community. Over twenty years ago a group of visionary and concerned citizens were instrumental in blocking development that would have been highly destructive to the wetlands of Watsonvile. This was the birth of the Watsonville Wetlands Watch. The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is dedicated to the protection and restoration of the wetlands, and work to raise community awareness about this very valuable resource in our backyards, including providing wetlands education to over 2000 students every year. The restoration of the wetlands of the Pajaro Valley is an important part of our mission. We have removed vast numbers of invasive non-native plants and planted hundreds of thousands of natives in the wetlands and uplands surrounding the sloughs. Using only plants that contain the DNA local to this area, we have developed a seed-farm where we grow most of our seeds. The seeds are propagated in our greenhouse and then planted in the field, where they can develop into the critical habitats that support diverse wildlife. We invite everyone to plant native plants in their own yards, gardens, even planters on patios or decks. You too can have a “backyard habitat” that supports abundant wildlife. You will attract colorful butterflies and birds to your yard while also conserving water. Native plants can also be used for food and medicinal purposes. At our upcoming Habitat Festival and Native Plant Sale, Saturday, September 27 at the Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center on the Pajaro Valley High School campus in Watsonville, you can buy many different kinds of native plants grown in our nursery and learn how to grow them. Besides the Native Plant Sale, there will be presentations and workshops with experts, guided walks, music, food, info booths, films, live animals, and a fun and educational kid zone.

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For more information about the Habitat Festival and Native Plant Sale or the Watsonville Wetlands Watch organization, visit www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org. Kathy Fieberling is Volunteer Coordinator of the Watsonville Wetlands Watch. She can be reached at kathy@watsonvillewetlandswatch.org.

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Using Local Medicinal Plants for Mind, Body & Soul

by Linda Vaughan or over 1,000 years the Ohlone native people lived in harmony with the Watsonville wetlands. They used the plants and animals found for shelter, food and medicine. Great respect and good stewardship were shown to the land and sloughs by these people; it is a lofty goal to continue this respect so the vibrancy of the wetlands is assured for future generations. One gift of that the wetlands give to use is the magnificent array of medicinal plants present there, they offer us healing for our body, mind and soul. Following are some introductions of some native plants that can be found in the area and close-by surrounding areas. A good field guide would be most helpful for your excursions; 3 such guides will be listed later in this article.

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to speed labor. Mugwort has a well deserved reputation for being a ‘dream’ herb. It has been found to enhance dreams (especially if you eat a couple of leaves before sleep) and it is often put into dream pillows.

California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

California Poppy is a wonderfully relaxing plant. All parts (roots, leaves and flowers of the orange-colored ones) can be dried and made into a tincture or tea. It calms nerves, relaxes, relieves anxiety and helps create a feeling of well-being.

California Wild Rose (Rosa spp)

The petals of roses are sweet and calming, good for the heart and also add a delightful flavor to herbal tea blends. They soothe the spirit and gladden ones’ heart.

Native Plants

Cattail (Typha latifolia) The pollen of the cattail is a hemostat (stops bleeding). Dried cattail pollen (works better when mixed with powdered cuttlebone) sprinkled on a wound can stop bleeding until more assistance is available. Natives also crushed and boiled the roots to use as a poultice for burns and other skin ir-

Figwort (Scrophularia californica)

Linda Vaughan taking it as a tea at the same time.

California Mugwort (Artemesia vulgaris)

Mugwort was used for hundreds of years to assist in childbirth. Tea and compresses help

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Scrophularia is used for skin irritations, cold sores, sore throats---actually any inflammatory condition. A tea can be made for these. The fresh leaves or roots (or both) crushed up into a green glob are very soothing to bruises, stings and joint injuries.

Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)

Black sage is a very pungent member of the salvia family which can be found on dry slopes.

It is used for upper respiratory issues from sore throats to relief of congested lungs and coughs. A strong tea is made to drink and gargle with and it is excellent in cough syrups to suppress that tickle.

Willow (Salix spp.)

Willow contains salicylates which are similiar to compounds found in aspirin. Willow bark, which contains these compounds, is actually the precursor to this widely used drug. These excellent identification books are highly recommended: 1) Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West---Michael Moore 2) Edible & Medicinal Plants of the West---Gregory L. Tilford 3) Peterson Field Guide-- Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs--Steven Foster & Christopher Hobbs Please remember we are stewards of our beautiful area and do not harvest too much material from one plant. We can also grow most of these plants in our gardens. There is nothing like walking out your back (or front!) door, harvesting from plants you’ve nurtured and allowing them to nourish your body, mind and soul in return. It doesn’t get any better than that! Linda Vaughan is a graduate of East West Herb School. She will be presenting a talk on local medicinal plants at the Free Watsonville Wetlands Watch Habitat Festival and Native Plant Sale on Sept. 27 at the Fitz Wetlands Educational Resource Center in Watsonville For more information go to www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org. Linda can be reached at LindaVaughan7@gmail.com

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Ferguson and the Law of the Jungle

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that make naturally compassionate humans into cornered rats. There are terrible things happening now that opportunity is scarce and war is worldwide. This story leads to human catastrophe while power hungry sociopaths get increasingly powerful over us. Follow the money through history to get the real story. We can turn our back on 57,000 desperate refugee children that we officially call the Apprehension of Unaccompanied Alien Children. We are in dangerous waters when economic burden so easily supersedes human compassion. It is no wonder that we can callously ignore the plight of poverty stricken African American communities. Slavery and segregation are conveniently forgotten while social injustices soar. See how the for profit prison system is traded on Wall Street so lucratively. Those who claim dangerous racism is in the past - are living in the past. De-humanizing economic excuses comfortably sit aside all the other â&#x20AC;&#x153;newsâ&#x20AC;? of the latest iPhone, ball games, and celebrity drama. Something is not just wrong in America as Al Sharpton recently expressed, racist sentiments are fermenting all over the world. Check the headlines. Do you remember when you first learned what happened during the holocaust? We were comforted with the slogan, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never Again.â&#x20AC;? Most of us believe we are the keepers of justice and freedom in the world - but the track record shows millions killed from racismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mentor genocide - on our watch. Most believe that this is not happening in our era. It sadly seems that we are like those Germanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who sat back as millions were killed. A return to the law of the jungle would be a move in the right direction towards freedom and justice. It is said that the savages are not in the jungle - they are the ones cutting it down. The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. ~Milan Kundera

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Heirloom Plants and Your Health

he Santa Cruz County Fair starts on September 9th and goes through the 14th. Come and see Allen Morgan, steward of Santa Cruz Heirloom Seed and distributor of Seed Savers Exchange seeds. He will be located in the Harvest Building located near the carnival. Allen will be giving away over 1,500 FREE RED RUSSIAN KALE PLANTS, as well as seeds from 10 varieties of lettuce, cilantro, kale and other winter crops. His free seed giveaway will include the Rocoto Pepper.

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There are more than 200 common names in use for this species. The most familiar include: paprika, bell peppers, peperoncini, chili pepper, pasilla, ancho, Anaheim, Serrano, cayenne, Thai, habanera and jalapeno. (Capsicum annum should not be confused with ‘black pepper’, Piper nigrum, which belongs to a distantly related plant family Piperaceae.) Capsicum stimulates metabolism by activating a chain of events in the body that help to melt fat and break it down in the body. It activates the sympathetic nervous system that is associated with thermogenesis, which speeds the body’s oxidation of fat. With exercise, studies have shown that capsicum increases fat oxidation by 42%! Fat oxidation is the process by which the body melts excess fat and converts it into energy. Capsicum has also been shown in some trials to also decrease appetite, improve circulation and have some antioxidant effects. Cayenne pepper and red hot pepper have been used in dishes for centuries, and peppers and the extract of peppers have been used as a supplement to enhance workouts and circulation. Capsicum is available in a capsule form, so you can enjoy capsicum’s benefits if you don’t like spicy foods. Those with bleeding disorders or who are taking blood thinners, however, should speak to a doctor about taking a supplement.

History of the Pepper

In the 1400’s Christopher Columbus convinced Isabella, Queen of Spain (Castile) and her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, to fund his voyage to the New World looking for a route to India in search of the Spice Islands. Upon arriving in the Islands of the Caribbean, now called San Salvador, he discovered the pepper bush. He first discovered the peppers on the shores of West Africa, which were being flushed out of the Amazon by tropical storms onto the beaches. He gave them the name “pepper” believing the fruit was related to black pepper, which, as stated above, is not in the same plant category at all. Today, many are just discov-

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Chili Peppers Fight Migraine Headaches and Sinus Headaches Studies show that chili peppers can provide pain relief for migraine and

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antibacterial properties that help fight chronic sinus infections. Chili Peppers Fight Cancer - Capsaicin not only causes the tongue to burn, it also drives prostate cancer cells to kill themselves, according to studies published in the March 15 issue of Cancer Research. According to the research, capsaicin induced approximately 80 percent of prostate cancer cells growing in mice to follow the molecular pathways leading to apoptosis. Prostate cancer tumors treated with capsaicin were about one-fifth the size of tumors in non-treated mice. Chili Peppers Help Lower High Blood Pressure - Eating chili peppers are naturally high in vitamins A and C, and also bioflavinoids.

They help strengthen our blood vessels, which makes them more elastic and better able to adjust to blood pressure fluctuations. Chili peppers also can make us sweat, which causes fluid loss, temporarily reducing overall blood volume. Chili Peppers Fight Inflammation - Capsaicin is a potent antiinflammatory agent. It inhibits Substance P, which is associated with inflammatory processes, much like it relieves headaches FREE with purchase andB12 migraines, listed earlier. Capsaicin may also one day be a of treatment for arthritis, psoriasis Meyers Cocktail - $99.00 and diabetic neuropathy. Chili Peppers Help Soothe Intestinal Diseases - A Duke University study found that capsaicin may lead to a cure for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The substance can also help to kill bacteria such as H. pylori, which can help prevent stomach ulcers. Chili Pepper Can Help You Burn Fat and Lose Weight - Did you know that capsaicin is a thermogenic? Thermogenics stimulate the body’s burning of fat byincrease the metabolism of the body’s adipose tissue, generating heat. Chili Peppers Help Protect Your Heart - Capsaicin may help to protect the heart by reducing cholesterol, triglycerides and platelet aggregation. It may also help the body dissolve fibrin, which is necessary for blood clots to form. Further, cultures around the world that use hot peppers liberally in their meals have significantly lower rates of heart attack and stroke than cultures that do not. Chili Peppers Have Loads of Vitamin C - A typical chili pepper packs more vitamin C than an orange, so if you need your extra C, grab a chili pepper! Chili Peppers Can Warm Your Feet! - Do your feet get cold in the winter? Try this -- sprinkle powdered cayenne in your shoes. It will keep you feet nice and warm during those cold winter nights! You can find heirloom seeds at Santa Cruz Heirloom Seed whose retail outlet is at Native Revival Nursery in Aptos; they are open to the public seven days a week. Contact Allen Morgan at santacruzheirloomseed@ outlook.com for future seed swaps and plant sales.

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lbert Einstein once said that â&#x20AC;&#x153;if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four years to live.â&#x20AC;? Whether or not his statement is exactly accurate, it highlights how deeply dependent we are on bees for our food and nutrition. Traditionally, beekeepers have reported annual hive losses of 5 to 10 percent a year. But for the past 10 years, beekeepers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe, have been reporting annual losses of 30 percent or higher, far above than what is normal or sustainable. Many U.S. beekeeepers have experienced losses of 40 to 50 percent or more. The problem is serious and it is growing. In response, both the U.S. and Mexico have recently taken steps toward banning the use of pesticides and GMO crops that have been strongly linked to the widespread bee die-offs.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that genetically engineered crops and bee-toxic pesticides known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;neonicotinoidsâ&#x20AC;? will be banned in National Wildlife Refuges. This ruling impacts more than 150 million acres of federal land. The announcement follows a recent White House memorandum that directed federal agencies to promote pollinator health in the face of significant losses in recent decades of bees, bats and birds that pollinate fruits, nuts and vegetables.

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GeoEngineeringWatch.org It is imperative that we all work uch of the state went together toward the goal of making the through all of 2013 population as a whole understand that with no significant virtually all their “weather” is being rain. Why? What completely manipulated. That there will it take to wake people up to the “weather warfare” being waged on them? Geoengineering reduces overall global rainfall totals (though it can also trigger regions of torrential flooding). Intentionally caused drought is weather warfare, period. There is a great deal of disinformation out there already and its getting worse by the Photo taken from Center St. in Santa Cruz day. Even some of the biggest “alternative news sites” are helping is NO NATURAL WEATHER at this to “tow the line” for the global elite point. That we are all the victims of by putting out articles on drought “weather warfare” and many of us will and “global cooling” which make no soon be climate refugees if we are not mention of the climate engineering able to bring the climate engineering at all. Yet, on the other hand, these to light and to a halt. On top of all this same “news sites” claim to be aware we are all literally being poisoned by of climate engineering and they say they are against it. Which is it? How can they be aware of the geoengineering programs and yet put out climate article after climate article without so much as mentioning the elephant in the room that is climate engineering? The articles from these “alternative media sites are even claiming all the chaotic weather is just “normal cycles”. This is exactly what corporate media does, so who’s side are these alternative media the toxic metal fallout from these prosites on? How is it possible that any grams, but that’s another story. weather in a completely engineered Geoengineered Drought, climate system is “normal”? Target California Is This The End Of The The recent NOAA map above Road? illustrates an unprecedented pattern of Many are finally beginning to precipitation or lack thereof. Almost wake up to the fact that the some- the entire country is shown at above thing is very wrong with the weather. normal precipitation while California Many are finally realizing something looks like it has a virtual “bullseye” profound is happening in our skies. of below normal rainfall predicted Some are now finally making the deci- (scheduled). One can draw their own sion to get involved with the fight to conclusions from this map, does this raise awareness of the lethal climate pattern really look natural? engineering programs, but are we The NOAA map above is about already too late? as unnatural as it gets. Welcome to Have the geoengineers already global geoengineering. pushed Earth’s natural systems past the The true severity of the drought point of no return? Based on all avail- in the west is not accurately reflected able data, the answer is very likely yes. in the “drought monitor” map above. The damage already done to our planet The actual conditions on the ground from anthropogenic activity, which in- are much much worse as California has cludes geoengineering, has guaranteed been descending into ever worsening us a planet that is much less hospitable drought for 7 years now. This season than the one we have known. However to date there has been no significant difficult the future looks, we could yet rain at all. perhaps preserve the planet’s ability HAARP ionosphere heating to support life if we can stop climate facility in Alaska. There are numerengineering. This battle must be won ous ionosphere heating installations or all will be lost. around the globe that are used to

torically unprecedented patterns. The manipulated jet stream is one of several primary factors relating to the climate chaos now being inflicted on planet Earth. With the combination of constant aerosol spraying and ionosphere heater utilization (HAARP) the climate engineers have effectively cut off the flow of moisture to the state of California. Why? There are likely a number of probable reasons. First, California is possibly a climate “sacrifice zone”. This means that California is collateral damage for the constant parade of engineered snow storms being whipped up further east in the US. The rain blocking high pressure ridge that the climate engineers have locked in place over the western US and the eastern Pacific pushes the jet stream straight north, carrying the moisture with it before rain can come anywhere near California. This moisture then travels as far as Alaska and the Arctic. The jet is then turned back south as it wraps clockwise around the HAARP/ionosphere heater created dome of high pressure. Then, it is pumped all the way down to the southern US carrying heavily sprayed and chemically ice nucleated moisture with it which enhances the artificial cool down of the eastern US. Another part of the puzzle is likely this, a population that has no water and can not grow any food does not tend to be in a position to effectively protest the crimes of it’s government. California has historically grown so much food for the nation that the catastrophic drought has very far reaching ramifications. Control the food supply and you control the population. There is also the growing effort by the government to take control of water rights in California and other regions in the west. The climate engineers literally have California by the throat and it does not appear they are going to let go anytime soon. The weather makers can drought California into a desert from top to bottom, we are well on our way to this already. Forests that were green and lush only ten years ago are now wilting, withering, and in many places have already died. In addition to the almost total lack of rain in California caused by the climate manipulation, the jet sprayed aerosols utilized in the geoengineering programs are desiccants. These are materials that adhere to all available moisture in the atmosphere creating very low

humidity on the ground under many conditions which further dries out the already parched state. Now lets add the constant record high temperatures that often go along with consistent high pressure. All things considered, its a recipe for creating a dust bowl out of a once beautiful state. Its a method for bringing the population of this state to their knees. Where Are The Geoengineers Concentrating Their Efforts, And How Cool Are They Making The Planet Overall? The NASA temperature analysis map above should make clear where the climate engineers are most focused in their efforts to create a “cool down”. This map illustrates recent temperature trends as compared to the 30 year average. The NASA map clearly shows the only “cooler” places on the planet compared to the long term average. These areas of below normal temperatures are a direct result of massive geoengineering efforts such as those described above. If the temperature variations on this map seem unnatural, they are. Though the US media is trying frantically to convince its population (with considerable success) that the world is in a deep freeze, this is patently false from a global perspective. The radical swings in temperatures and conditions will persist and worsen as the climate engineers literally tear Earth’s natural life support systems apart. The climate engineers can and are radically cooling

huge areas, but at the cost of a greatly worsened overall warming and a completely decimated climate system.

What Can We Do?

Everyone can and must help with this all important battle. All must get up off the bench and assist in the critical effort to raise awareness. Get organized with others in your community. Get educated (this means examining real data, not headlines), get credible information to hand out, hold viewings of documentary films like “Look Up” from film maker George Barnes, do whatever it takes to sound the alarm. If we can simply bring the climate engineering crimes to the light of day, and reach critical mass of awareness, the dominos that keep these programs in operation will start to fall.

Dane Wigington – Bio

Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. He is the lead researcher for www. geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geo engineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He assisted Michael Murphy with his production of “What in the World are They Spraying” and has appeared on an extensive number of interviews to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.

http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-robbing-rain-and-fueling-fires/ http://www.rtcc.org/2013/04/02/geoengineering-could-cause-drought-in-sahel/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/plan-to-avert-global-warming-by-coolingplanet-artificially-could-cause-climate-chaos-9043962.html http://larryhannigan.com/is_haarp_being_used_to_create_floods_to_destroy_the_worlds_ food_supply.htm http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineered-snow-storms-wreaking-havoc-aroundthe-globe/

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by Faith Gardner epressing news for those of us who’ve gone out of our way to purchase BPAfree containers. In 2010, BPA was shown to be possibly harmful to fetuses, babies and children, which led to a wave of BPA-free merchandise that hit the market. But it turns out the replacement for BPA, BPS, is now looking to be likely equally harmful as BPA itself. BPA is the starting material for making polycarbonate plastics. Any leftover BPA that is not consumed in the reaction used to make a plastic container can leach into its contents. From there, it can enter the body. BPS was a favored replacement because it was thought to be more resistant to leaching. If people consumed less of the chemical, the idea went, it would not cause any or only minimal harm. Yet BPS is getting out. Nearly 81 percent of Americans have detectable levels of BPS in their urine. And once it enters the body, it can affect cells in ways that parallel BPA. A 2013 study by Cheryl Watson at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that even picomolar concentrations (less than one part per trillion) of BPS can disrupt a cell’s normal functioning, which could potentially lead to metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity, asthma, birth defects or even cancer. “[Manufacturers] put ‘BPA-free’ on the label, which is true. The thing they neglected to tell you is that what they’ve substituted for BPA has not been tested for the same kinds of problems that BPA has been shown to cause. That’s a little bit sneaky,” Watson says. Scientists at the University of Calgary studied the effects of BPS on zebra fish and found alarming results about the effects of these chemicals on brain development. When the fish were dosed with BPS in similar concentrations to that found in a nearby river,

neuronal growth exploded, rising 170 percent for fish exposed to BPA and a whopping 240 percent for those exposed to BPS. As the fish aged, they began zipping around their tank much faster and more erratically than the unexposed fish. The researchers concluded that increased neural growth likely lead to hyperactivity. “Part of the problem with endocrine disruptors is they usually have a U-shaped dose response profile,” Kurrasch says. “At very low doses they have activity and then as you increase the dose it drops in activity. Then at higher doses it has activity again.” She found a very low dose—1,000-fold lower than the daily recommended amount for humans—can affect neural growth in zebra fish. In a separate study, both BPA and BPS were also proven to cause heart arrhythmias in lab rats. As with so many things, the problem comes down to a lack of regulation. Currently, no federal agency tests the toxicity of new materials before they are allowed on the market. “We’re paying a premium for a ‘safer’ product that isn’t even safer,” Kurrasch says. There are many types of bisphenols out there, so part of the public’s responsibility “is making sure [manufacturers] don’t just go from BPA to BPS to BPF or whatever the next one is.” http://tinyurl.com/myob5qh Printed with permission.

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

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

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

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

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There are three crucial points to understand here: #1) Vaccines ALWAYS come with risks. #2) The CDC has a moral obligation to communicate these risks to the public. #3) (Implied) The CDC has FAILED to communicate these risks to the public. I agree with all three of these points, by the way. That Dr. Thompson would feel these are so important to include in his one and only public statement on this matter underscores the importance of what he’s trying to communicate. What Dr. Thompson is saying is that the CDC is hiding the truth about vaccine dangers from the public. And that’s what I’ve also been saying all along. See, the modern scientific delusion about vaccines has been predicated on the belief that vaccines only offer benefits while imposing zero risks. This is the anti-science quackery which is brazenly repeated by the CDC, vaccine manufacturers, doctors and health organizations. A more honest analysis of vaccines would have to conclude that vaccines come with some level of inherent risk of harm and death. Scientists can argue all day about the size of such risks, but no rational person can ever honestly say such risks are zero. And yet the position of the CDC has always been that vaccines are “magically safe” as if they possess magical powers that prohibit all harm. This position is ridiculous at every level, yet it is the official stance of the CDC. This is why no one trusts the CDC: they lie as a matter of policy. It is this ridiculous, quack science position which discredits the CDC and the entire vaccine industry. For vaccine promoters to lie to the public and say vaccines have “zero risk of harm” is to admit they are all quacks and liars. It would be far more believable and ethical to say something like, “For every 100,000 children who receive these vaccines, 250 will become autistic and 15 will die in a coma.” (Numbers invented here for illustration purposes only. These are not actual numbers from any particular study, in case you were wondering.) If the CDC were honest with the public, then parents could make informed decisions about what level of risk they wish to undergo. Is it worth vaccinating a child against measles if the risk of that child becoming autistic is 1 in 100,000? How about 1 in 1,000? What if it’s actually more like 1 in 250? The public has never been allowed to know these numbers because people like Dr. William Thompson conspired to commit scientific fraud and bury these numbers. And that’s Page 35 the point in all this.

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by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor DC whistle-blower William Thompson has now gone public with a statement posted on the website of the law firm representing him, Morgan Verkamp LLC. The statement opens with a blatant admission of scientific fraud at the CDC: My name is William Thompson. I am a Senior Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where I have worked since 1998. I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that African American males who received the MMR vaccine before age 36 months were at increased risk for autism. Decisions were made regarding which findings to report after the data were collected, and I believe that the final study protocol was not followed. The full letter is available at this link: http://tinyurl.com/l4dj665. In the letter, Dr. Thompson confirms the fact that he had multiple phone conversations with Brian Hooker and that the CDC has not been honest about the risks associated with MMR vaccines. The letter then goes on to repeat the typical vaccine propaganda of our time: all vaccines are miracle medicine, the CDC is highly professional, there has been no retaliation against him and so on. Intelligent readers will of course take all these statements with a grain of salt, understanding just how much political and legal pressure has no doubt been exerted onto Dr. Thompson up to this point. The relevant portion of Dr. Thompson’s statement is contained in the first paragraph. It is an open admission of scientific fraud at the CDC, and the admission of this by William Thompson is an historic moment for our world. Dr. Thompson’s public statement follows the release of secret emails by Natural News Dr. William Thompson chose to release his public statement less than one day after Natural News published the second in a series of once-secret emails between Dr. Thompson and his CDC colleagues. The release of those emails may have been pivotal in Dr. Thompson’s choice to go public with his own statement. The vaccine establishment, which immediately and predictably accused Natural News of fabricating the two emails, is now backpedaling as rapidly as possible with the full knowledge that Dr. Thompson’s public statement affirms and supports the authenticity of those emails. Natural News, in other words, was instrumental in breaking this historical story about medical fraud at the highest levels of the CDC. (Credit is also due to many other independent media or-

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A Tribute to Robin Williams 1951 -2014

The Day The Laughter Died by Noel B. Murphy Robin Williams’ daughter, Zelda, sent her father a final wish and it was a quote from The Little Prince: “You - you alone will have the stars as no one else has them...In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And, so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night... You - only you - will have stars that can laugh.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Aug 11, 2014 to me will be the day the laughter died. As was Will Rogers to the nononsense Everyman, as was Bill Hicks to the completely fed up, was Robin Williams the flamethrower of joy, irreverence and shaktipat to the 70’s generation, most of whom were waking up from a multi-generational slumber. An American shaman who danced on the razor’s edge between this world and Toon-town . He was the first and last of the true kamikaze comedians. He was the platinum standard for speed, genius, and silliness for all comedians great and small, pretty much everywhere. You will miss him terribly.

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set and then hitchhiking back to Santa Cruz by 5 am—And, all because Robin Williams regularly performed there. Later that same year, I met him backstage at Comedy Day, he had just gotten sober and had a remarkable and unexpectedly still presence. I don’t envy the next generation of stand up comics. They will have it far harder than we did. They will all have to face a world without Robin Williams.

How He Died

Best to quote his close friend Johnny Steele “I don’t know much about depression. But, I’ll tell you this, if it can get inside a guy that wonderful and that kind and that full of life and that vibrant, with so much to live for, it is a monstrous, hideous bug, man. I mean, people said oh, I can’t believe Robin Williams killed himself. Robin Williams did not, I can tell you that. No, no. Some awful, awful thing got inside him.” I would not care how I died, if I could say I spent my life as the ambassador of goodwill as Robin Williams was. He spent 100 million on the well-being of others. He re-defined comedy worldwide. He made movies about possibility, acceptance and the power of love. In fact, if I did all that, I might be a bit tired and may want to check out a little early myself.

What We Are Left With

On August 11th, comedy changed forever and for me it’s more obvious than ever that it’s my job to wake up the narcoleptic planet with laughter by any means necessary. Robin, I’m sorry it took losing you to really finally wake me up to that. We all owe you a debt we can never repay. In his upcoming Nov 29th Santa Cruz tribute to Robin Williams, Comedian and Filmmaker Noel B. Murphy will channel one of Robin Williams core influences: The legendary Lord Buckley. The Kuumbwa Jazz Center will become an express time machine to the early 1950’s. (You may remember Noel’s recent performances as Buckminster Fuller) the show will include a special tribute to Robin Williams.

We present our Tribute to Robin Williams because we believe that he has lifted so many of our spirits: made us smile, laugh and maybe even helped us let go of some of our own inhibitions by being so silly, so FUN and so inspiring. When people speak about Robin, we only hear about what a truly caring, genuine, loving Soul he was to all—his family, friends and ‘the person on the street’—the regular guy/gal. Speaking with a group of 4 friends about Robin, each one of us had had an experience with him where he was so kind, so dear—and, none of us really knew him personally. He was just that accessible to us all; ‘the real people’. That is what an authentic man he was—not pretentious nor arrogant—seemingly egoless. In this Theme, we begin with a personal recollection from a wonderful local Comedian, Noel Murphy (we encourage you to attend his own personal tribute show to honor Robin. We will keep you informed for this November experience.). Being of the belief, which many people have like Byron Katie, Esther Hicks, etc.,—that we die or pass-on/ transition at the perfect ‘right-timing’ for us each and all, it is still very difficult for ‘we the people’ who remain here, the sadness we experience is profound. When we think of such an outstanding and renowned person, Robin Williams, and how he died, it is devastating as he must have been so, so sad . . . and/or so utterly depressed himself to end his own life—in despair. Our personal opinions are that the Big Pharma industry killed him. How? By whatever horrible drugs that he was given. When one is at a rehab center, being treated for depression, it is almost certain that they are given drugs such as SSRIs / anti-depressants. When we hear the Big Pharma ads on tv, we hear their minute-long disclaimers about the multitude of dangerous side-effects that they have, such as causing people to be suicidal, etc. We heard that Robin was at the onset of Parkinson’s Disease. Many people ‘in the know’ are educating themselves about healthful alternatives that can actually prevent and even heal almost everything, including Parkinson’s. However, so many are given drugs that actually make them more ill, bring about tremors, etc.—which cause the medical folks to add a few more drugs to ‘deal’ with the tremors, etc. We recently heard on a program with a medical doctor that IF a person has too much ‘manganese’, they can actually show symptoms of Parkinson’s. AND, when that excess manganese is removed or lessened, those symptoms go away as does the Parkinson’s (though this is very simplified, it gets our perspective/ point across, hopefully, which is. . . it is more than time for us to stop the insanity of this corporate, money-making industry, Big Pharma! If not now, then when?? If not us, then who??

Let us honor our friend and inspiration, dear Robin Williams, by taking a stand so that we stop this disgusting situation for us all, our family, friends and those we don’t even know [we do realize that under the direction of some doctors, that a person could possibly be on an anti-depressant for a relatively short time to help them emotionally; and then, to get off these drugs and hopefully, get into prevention and health building.]. And, that, of course, is what this magazine is about—educating us all to do the best practices in health for ourselves. We are thankful for the many health practitioners in Connection Magazine that can help direct us with appropriate solutions. (Note: all of the mass school killings by students/children [except for the for the ‘false flag’ shootings in the last 2 years] involved students taking anti-depressants—everyone of them!!!). Please see who is available in this magazine to help you and/or your loved ones. Thank you for reading this “Healthy Living & Conscious Lifestyle” magazine, telling others about it, taking a stand on the negativity and health & wellness debilitating factions out there. May you enjoy your new journey, dear Robin! We will miss you profoundly! With love, Pattie & Thom

Change the name of the W to ‘The Robin William

Petition by Julie Wainwright Like many worldwide, I am mourning the death of the immensely talented entertainer and incredibly good person, Robin Williams. I live in Marin County, California, about three miles from Robin’s home in Tiburon. He was my neighbor -- I often saw him running errands, walking the dog, performing at the local theater, working at the coffee shop. Robin wasn’t just an international icon -- he was an integral part of our community here in the Bay Area. We claim him as our own. I want to remember and honor this very important citizen here in our community for the joy he brought to the world and to bring awareness to the silent illness that eventually took his life. I’m asking for your support to encourage the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to change the name of Waldo Tunnel to the Robin Williams Tunnel.

Named after a politician from the 1850s, the Waldo Tunnel is the fastest way to get between San Francisco and Marin on Highway 101. Tens of thousands of people travel through this landmark each week. Above each of the tunnel entrances are rainbows, which I believe personify Robin in that he was so playful, fun, accessible, alive and colorful. Plus, many people first learned of Robin from his role in the 1970s TV show “Mork and Mindy,” where he often wore rainbow-colored suspenders. For these reasons, I believe changing the tunnel name would be a fitting tribute to a man who was beloved in our community and admired worldwide. Robin was a one-of-a-kind type of person, and I want him to be honored in an unconventional, everlasting and beautiful way. This is just one way that we can do that. Robin will be dearly missed, but I hope this change will provide us with a happy memory

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How Have We Been Deceived By The Antidepressant Hoax Robin Williams was found dead yesterday at his home near Tiburon, California. The actor and comedian was 63. Authorities are still investigating the circumstances of death, but one thing that is known is that he was battling severe depression. A mountain of studies has shown that antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective, yet many Hollywood stars are hooked on the happy pills. Might we finally heed the warnings and shake ourselves out of our pharmaceutical stupor? Women have a 10 to 25 percent risk and men a five to 12 percent risk of developing severe major depression in their lifetime. The use of these drugs has tripled in the last decade, according to a report by the federal government. In 2006, spending on antidepressants soared by 130 percent. Dr Mark Hamer, a public health researcher at University College London, shows that people on the older drugs -- tricyclic antidepressants -- are at far higher risk of cardiovascular disease than those taking the newer class of pills, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). But, tricyclics were discovered in the Forties and it is only now we have identified these dangerous effects. Moreover, some SSRI drugs are known to cause serious problems such as stomach bleeding. In addition, the with-

Waldo tunnel ms Tunnel’ of him and will bring more awareness to disease that sadly took his life. Please sign my petition if you agree! Thank you.

To: Assemblymember Marc Levine Change the name of the Waldo Tunnel to The Robin Williams Tunnel Sincerely, [Your name] http://tinyurl.com/k3axkky

drawal symptoms can be so severe that patients may become dependent on them. Dr Hamer says his findings do not only affect people with depression, because antidepressants are also prescribed to people with back pain, headache, anxiety and sleeping problems. 25% of American children are now on psyche drugs. And according to the CDC 1 out of every 6 children are developmental damaged. Do you ever wonder why so many people on psyche drugs are committing suicide and homicide these days? After all, decades ago, there were no “school shootings” or bizarre child suicides or homicides like those found on www. ssristories.com. Up to 50% of Psyche Drugs Are Not Metabolized Years ago the genome project identified the main metabolic pathway needed to metabolize 25 - 50% of all psyche drugs and street drugs. Common psyche drugs such as Adderall, Haldol, Respirdal are on the list that needs the Cytochrome P450 gene 2D6 in order to be metabolized. 2D6 refers to the most major metabolic liver enzyme. Perhaps more than 10% of caucasians and a percentage of Asians and African Americans do not have the 2D6 activity. These folks can not metabolize 25-50% of the psyche drugs. These non metabolizers are given more and more psyche drugs as they become more and more psychotic until they hang themselves, kill someone else or become disabled in a mental institution, foaming from the mouth. One leading expert, Randolph Nesse, a psychiatry professor at Michigan University, argues that mild forms of depression are beneficial, often interjecting in life to tell us to stop what we are doing and reconsider. This can help, he says, when something awful happens to us, such as a job loss or relationship break-up, when it makes sense to slow down to grieve, reassess and make changes. But instead, we live in a world that tells us that when we feel out of sorts we need a pill to recover. It is this belief that creates queues of patients at the doors of hard-pressed GPs, who often feel they have no option but to hand out happy pills as though they were sweeties. Many patients later claim they couldn’t have coped without them. They will swear that ‘the drugs make me feel better, so they must be working’. But often the drugs do not actually work as chemicals. Instead, they merely reassure us -- the so-called placebo effect. SSRIs cause lower bone density, cause weight gain, harm male fertility and make people more likely to go on shooting rampages, commit suicides, and attempted suicides. There’s more. It also causes panic attacks, low heart rate and lightheadedness, induced mania, psychotic symptoms, electrolyte disturbances and seizures, and even anorgasmia (inability to achieve orgasms). There are literally dozens of other side effects too numerous to mention in this article.

How We have Been Deceived by the Antidepressant Hoax

Drug companies are not forced to publish all the results of their studies. They only publish those they want to. The team of researchers that reported their findings in The New England Journal of Medicine took a critical look at all the studies done on antidepressants, both published and unpublished. They dug up some serious dirt ... The unpublished studies were not easy to find. The researchers had to search the FDA databases, call researchers, and hunt down hidden data under the Freedom of Information Act.

What they found was stunning. After looking at 74 studies involving 12 drugs and over 12,000 people, they discovered that 37 of 38 trials with positive results were published, while only 14 of 36 negative studies were published. Those that showed negative results were, in the words of the researchers, “published in a way that conveyed a positive outcome.” That means the results were twisted to imply the drugs worked when they didn’t. This isn’t just a problem with antidepressants. It’s a problem with scientific research. Some drug companies even pay or threaten scientists to not publish negative results on their drugs. So much for “evidence-based” medicine! I recently had dinner with a step-uncle who runs a company that designs research for drug companies. He designs the study, hires the researcher from an esteemed institution, directs the study, writes up the study and the scientist just signs his or her name after reviewing it. Placebo In 2008, Professor Irving Kirsch at Hull University found something strange when he took a close look at some figures from drug manufacturers’ own trials of four common antidepressants. The drugs improved patients’ sense of wellbeing. So far, so unremarkable. But many of those involved in the trials were given sugar pills instead of antidepressants. And their depression scores improved just as much as those on the real pharmaceuticals. In other words, the placebo patients put so much store by the magical (and much-promoted) power of antidepressants that they lifted their own morale without any genuine chemical intervention. Such is the life-enhancing power of human belief. But this phenomenon also has a dark side: the opposite of placebo, which is called the ‘nocebo’ effect. This occurs when you convince someone that a particular thing will do them harm, and they begin to feel sick. Pharmaceuticals prescribed for mood are among the most dangerous due to their side effects and high toxicity to brain chemicals and hormones. Medicinal plants and natural nutrients are extremely effective in promoting neurotransmitter balance while promote relaxation. Please review Dr. Dave Mihalovic’s report on effective mood stabilizers that can dramatically improve and stabilize moodswings, suppressing manic phases but not inducing depression and curing depressive episodes while not causing mania. Sources: livescience. com, healthday. com preventdisease.com, dailymail.co.uk M a r c o Torres is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles. He holds

degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as disease prevention, environmental toxins and health policy. Printed with permission.

Parents Think Too Many Teens Get Antidepressants

While many parents are concerned about depression among teenagers, a number of them are apprehensive about antidepressants, says a new poll from Columbia University. The poll of 512 parents with children under 18 found that: • Sixty-eight percent of the parents believe that antidepressants are being over-prescribed to young people. • Thirty-one percent believe that antidepressants harm teens while an equal number don’t believe that antidepressants cause harm. Another 38 percent aren’t sure. • Suicide, weight gain or loss, and brain development are among the potential side effects cited by parents who believe that antidepressants are harmful to teens. • Most of the parents believe that most teens suffering from depression aren’t receiving treatment. • More than half the parents believe that many teens being treated for depression do not have the disorder. “Parents are worried that many teens with depression aren’t getting treated and many teens without depression are,” Laurie Flynn, director of the university’s Carmel Hill Center for Early Diagnosis and Treatment, said in a prepared statement. “What’s more troubling is parents lack basic information on depression and medication and they don’t know where to turn. This poll is a wake-up call to physicians, educators, researchers and even the media to step up efforts to sort out the confusion,” Flynn said. One in five youths will have one or more episodes of major depression by the time they reach adulthood, the researchers added. More info: The Nemours Foundation has more about teen depression. HealthDay News: http://tinyurl. com/57bjx4

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Healthful & Natural Ways to Treat & Prevent Depression by Dr. Mercola

Every year, some 230 million prescriptions for antidepressants (SSRIs) are filled, making them one of the most-prescribed drugs in the United States. Despite this, the incidence of all forms of depression is now at 10 percent, according to 2012 statistics, and the number of Americans diagnosed with depression increases by about 20 percent per year. Such statistics are a strong indication that what we’re doing is simply not working, and that instead, these drugs are contributing to other serious health problems. Fortunately, there are other, safer, more effective ways to address depression—including something as simple as spending more time outdoors and eating better food (whole, real, non-processed foods). Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression There is a one in three probability that depression will hit you or someone you know very closely. The rotten thing about depression is that not only does it zap all the joy and excitement from life but it can be a terminal illness, as about 15 percent of those with depression actually commit suicide. Fortunately there are many powerful resources to address this problem. One excellent one is the book Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression, by Dr. James Gordon.

Challenging the Status Quo of the Conventional Treatment of Depression

Dr. Gordon is one of the pioneers in integrative medicine in the U.S. and has been advocating these principles for over thirty years. He believes depression can be a wakeup call and the start of a journey that can help you become whole and happy. He provides a comprehensive summary of the non-drug options that are available to those suffering from depression.

Surprisingly though, the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is not included in his list.

This underlines what a major challenge it is to keep up in any area of health, because if one of the main pioneers in this area missed it, how easy would it be for the general lay public to miss it? I recently interviewed Dr. Gordon for my inner circle membership program and when I asked him about EFT he mentioned that a few people had told him about it, but he never investigated it. So with my encouragement he is starting that process, and will likely update future editions of Unstuck to include that information.

The Bottom Line

If you or someone you know struggles with the pain of depression, I strongly encourage you to check out the book Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression is a comprehensive compilation of helpful strategies that has taken Dr. Gordon over thirty years to put together. Books are clearly one of the best value resources

you can acquire as they radically reduce the time required to learn a topic. Unstuck can help you or your loved ones accelerate out of the pain of depression. Can Your Diet Prevent Depression?

Depression is an established risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease (CHD).

Dr. Mercola says, Omega-3 fats are essential for your optimal brain function, and that includes regulating your mood and fighting depression. In fact, the evidence has become so compelling that some experts in the field encourage all mental health professionals to ensure that their patients suffering from depression have an adequate intake of omega-3 fats. http://tinyurl.com/ktxxkjz

Why Sugar Can Increase Your Depression Risk

Foods have an immense impact on your body and your brain, and eating whole foods as described in my nutrition plan is the best way to support your mental and physical health. Avoiding sugar (particularly fructose) and artificial sweeteners a very important for preventing and/or treating depressionhttp://tinyurl.com/a93fqrh

Can Inflammation in Your Gut Be the Root of Your Depression?

Depression has been linked to gastrointestinal infl ammation, which is why poor gut health may be a major cause of this mental illness. http://tinyurl.com/3d57nkg

Gardening Can Help Beat Depression

80 percent of gardeners reported being “happy” and satisfied with their lives, compared to 67 percent of non-gardeners. Exercise is an important part of this. http://tinyurl.com/mq2xtrw

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Depression, Pain, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Breast Cancer

Some of the most recently published studies, demonstrate how boosting your vitamin D levels can improve depression. http://tinyurl.com/m44eljo

Vitamin B12 for Depression

If you or someone you care about is experiencing depression, vitamin B12 may help with treatment. http://tinyurl.com/o93l6gr

Prolonged Sitting Can Lead to Depression and Other Mental Health Problems

It has been established that excess sitting may lead to physical health problems, but studies show it may harm your mental health as well. Children who habitually spend long hours in front of computer or TV screens experience more mental problems, including poor self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and diminished happiness. http://tinyurl.com/n5mvano

Is This Parkinson’s Disease Cure On Your Spice Rack? by Kalipada Pahan, PhD

Dr. Pahan has shown that cinnamon can prevent symptoms of Parkinson’s disease that include tremors, slow, jerky movement, stiffness and loss of balance. Or at least, he’s shown that cinnamon has this effect in mice acting as experimental models of Parkinson’s disease. Mouse studies often translate to humans when further research is done—so, given how devastating Parkinson’s disease can be…and how familiar and safe cinnamon is…these cinnamon studies merit our attention right now. As Dr. Pahan put it, “If these results are repeatable in Parkinson’s disease patients, it would represent a remarkable advance in the treatment of this neurodegenerative disease.” The first thing to know is that we are not talking about just any kind of cinnamon, but a specific, authentic kind. Two types of cinnamon are sold in the United States—Chinese cinnamon (sometimes sold as Saigon cinnamon) and Ceylon cinnamon. Chinese cinnamon, or cassia, is the more common, less expensive type of cinnamon and is what you generally find in supermarkets. You know it—the usual cinnamon powder or that hard, aromatic curl of wood that you plunk into hot apple cider or cocoa. But, this is

not really “true” cinnamon and does not have its health benefits. Ceylon cinnamon is true cinnamon, and its sticks are softer and flakier than those of Chinese cinnamon. The powder is also lighter and sweeter smelling. There is virtually no way of knowing whether the powdered cinnamon you buy is true cinnamon or cassia or a mix unless it is specifically marked. Ceylon cinnamon is what Dr. Pahan is referring to when he talks about the spice. So, even just for general health, keep that in mind the next time you head out to the grocery store to replenish your spice rack—you may need to go to a higher-end market or even order online to get Ceylon cinnamon. Unless you’re allergic to cinnamon, Dr. Pahan suggests taking one teaspoon a day. But don’t attempt to just swallow a teaspoon of dry cinnamon powder “straight-up”! It will make you gag and could cause you to cough and inhale the powder into your lungs, which is dangerous. Instead, mix cinnamon into food or drink. We will be publishing this entire article in the October 2014 issue of Connection Magazine. www. drmercola.co

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stress. Each tool targets the part of the brain that is activated during stress. Second, you begin to see stress as a moment of opportunity. Only in stress can the wires that were encoded open up, become fluid, so you can reconsolidate them in a form that serves you better. Furthermore, in this EBT, joy is not optional. Stress relief is not enough. We must access the reward centers of pleasure in the brain. We do that in the most curious way, by setting the bar to feeling great and spending more moment of the day in that states of connection to ourselves and gaining greater access to sustainable rewards that support the brain in its most optimum state of peace and power. Finally, licensed health providers teach EBT, and community members can practice these tools together for support and accountability. The ultimate goal of Emotional Brain Training is to learn to process stress, develop resilience, and experience joy and optimal health so that you can do what you came on the planet to do: to be a positive force in this world! Misa Lawson, RD, MPH is hosting a weekend EBT Retreat at Land of Medicine Buddha Oct 3-5 and offers courses and coaching in EBT at Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center. Please visit her website at misalawson.com or contact her at (831) 425-5205 for more information.

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cause they come from a traditional mind-set. With that being said, those experts rely on developing handcrafted or coined names, not knowing that negative or positive vibrational patterns are associated with letters and numbers. Here’s the difference between the two methods. The traditional approach only develops business name ideas on the surface level without any thought that a name will have a deeper meaning beyond the words themselves. This process is similar to entering a contest for a chance to win. What are your chances of winning first prize? Usually not all that great. The same principle would apply as to whether or not you would be picking a winning name as a result of using the traditional approach to naming. The scientific approach is a more complex method for determining the meaning of a name or whether a name calculates to having either a negative or positive vibrational frequency. Since everything is associated a specific energy frequency, a name would be no different. What makes this system not as popular over the traditional method is a person’s belief system and secondly, limited resources in those practicing this ancient science. Using Chaldean Numerology to Develop Successful–Winning Names Combining modern computer technology, mathematics and an ancient science of numbers, Numbers R

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by Christopher Love once took a ferry from Amsterdam to New Castle. For sixteen hours the lowpitched murmur of the engines churned ever onward. After I got acquainted with it and accepted it’s continuous presence, I found it to be comforting in some strange way. Perhaps it was the power that it represented, advancing us to our destination despite the direction of the wind. The relentless grumble allowed me to relax as it assured me I would reach the port in time to catch my train to Scotland. In some way, the chanting of Buddhist Monks effects me similarly, only more deeply, as the lower octave tones quickly appease my mind, dismantle defenses and penetrate the depths of my heart without resistance. I feel at ease within moments after the chanting begins, as if I were at home in my mother’s arms as she sings a lullaby. This is how each day with His Holiness the Dalai Lama (H.H.D.L.) began. As the chanting commenced minutes became hours and my mind dissolved into a complacent mass of unneeded cells. My heart grew ever radiant with the sound of these ancient prayers, ﬁlling my chest with a warm glow that proceeded to expand throughout my entire body.

What an amazing way to begin a day of teachings, I thought. Relax the mind and open the heart. From this place my mind felt empty and capable of receiving new information and my heart

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So, with this understanding we may ask ourselves why is there suffering if our true nature is happiness? H.H.D.L. says, “…we often act in such a way that even though we desire happiness, as all beings do, we make choices (based on ignorance) that creates unhappiness.” Moving on he said, “With a trained mind that can analyze the nature of existence, one can realize truth. With this realization, one can understand the subtle truths that are lost on the untrained mind.” According to my understanding of the teachings that I heard over the thirteen days, generating compassion for all beings is crucial to the freeing of the heart and mind. As one understands and embraces the interconnected web of life, the next step is to naturally begin to care for others and all that one is surrounded by. Through this caring, we effect change and make the world a better place. Compassion is one of the keys to happiness and true lasting peace in oneself as well as in the world. Compassion may also be a word to describe, true, selﬂess love. H.H.D.L. says that to understand love and to cultivate compassion we must know the difference between biologically driven love and universal love. He offered us the following ﬁve points: A. “Biologically driven love is biased, based on desire and depends on how a person appears to you and how a person acts and reacts toward you.” B. “Universal love is not based on desire and does not depend on how a person appears, acts or reacts toward you.” C. “We must cultivate universal love.” D. “Animals lack the ability to cultivate universal love and are driven by biological love.” E. “Practice universal love: beginning with biological love and cultivating it to become universal love.” H.H.D.L. made a clear point to realize that, “All human family is dependent on itself in all hemispheres.” And that by learning to tolerate and embrace our diversity, to cultivate compassion for others and practice universal love we can create a peaceful world that is free of unnecessary suffering. What do you think? Christopher Love is a free-lance writer and healing arts practitioner and welcomes comments at: CLove@ DevotionalLiving.org

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EmpowEring womEn LocaLLy and gLobaLLy to risE out of ExtrEmE povErty

by Carmel Jud, Founder & Executive Director, Rising International & Jamila Hashimi, Founder, secret school for Afghan girls, Co-founder, Rising International Afghan Widows Doll Project n May 11, 2002, I gave up my successful advertising business and launched Rising International right from my living room. I had been searching for my purpose, and when it came calling, I listened. My husband and I sold almost everything we owned and moved into a friend’s barn while we worked to get Rising off the ground. Today, Rising is reaching over 19,000 women and their children in some of the world’s worse places to be alive as a woman. My first project was in Afghanistan. I met a young Afghan woman who was in the U.S. on a scholarship, and she introduced me to her mother Jamila. Jamila had run a secret school for girls in Kabul during the time of the Taliban, and she had literally risked her life in the name of gender equality and education. Below are some excerpts from Jamila’s story, in her own words, translated from Dari. I hope you find her as inspiring as I did then, and as I still do today. She truly demonstrates what we are capable of… when we dare. Jamila’s Story … “The word feminist is not one you hear frequently in Afghanistan. But if you were to have my daughter describe me, that is the word that would come first to her mind. As long as I can remember I was passionate about knowledge, and I knew that education was freedom. In 1996, the Taliban took control. In one moment our world changed. We were stripped of our freedoms, and women were prisoners in our own homes. I knew I had to do something for my daughters, for myself, and for all of the women around me. I started a secret school for girls in the basement of my home. One day the Taliban found out. They followed one of my students to my home. That girl never came back to school, and I never found out what happened to her. They shouted at my husband, and hit me. They told my

husband that if I didn’t stop the school they would kill me. I shouted back at them ‘You are born of a woman too! How can you not let women get an education?’ My husband pleaded with me to close the school because he knew they would kill me. For my family’s safety, I complied. Today, I am proud to say that my project continues. Former students are now artisans in Rising International’s Afghan Widows Doll Project. They make dolls that are sold online and at Rising’s events. Running the secret school, I knew the punishment could be death. Punishment for education of girls ranged from hanging to stoning. I risked my life because I believe women and girls matter. I believe education is a human right. I believe that anything is possible when you put your fears aside and do what’s right!” Carmel Jud is the Founder, & E.D. Rising International From an early age, Carmel Jud did daring things. At age 15, she was living on her own; and after attending high school for two years, she founded

an award-winning advertising and market research firm. In the 20-year history of the company, Carmel lead CJCG from a startup to working with fortune 500 companies. In 2002, Carmel did another daring thing: she gave up her successful business and launched a non-profit organization. Rising International is the first non-profit to use the home party business model to contribute to solving poverty. Carmel’s innovative idea for alleviating poverty using the direct sales model has been featured in the press both locally and internationally. She is also the proud recipient of the 2012 Woman of the World award and a TEDx Santa Cruz participant. Email: carmel@risinginternational.org, Web: www.risinginternational.org, Phone: (831) 429-RISE (7473) Photo Credits: • Photo: Carmel Jud, Founder, & E.D. Rising International J a m i l a Hashimi, Founder, secret school for Afghan girls Co-founder, Rising International Afghan Wi d o w s D o l l Project Location: Rising International Hands of Hope Event, San Francisco Photography: Alyssa Cutler • Photo: Afghan Widow Dolls Photography: Jean Bathke How can you be involved? • Donate: https://donatenow. networkforgood.org/risinginternational • Place an order: http://www.risinginternational.org/shop#.VAYKC9yTSDo • Sign up to host a Rising International home party: http://www. risinginternational.org/contactus_new-host#.VAYJ1NyTSDo Celebrate women and their families overcoming poverty! All over the world — from Latin America and Africa to Eastern Europe and the Middle East, the poorest women in the world create exquisite crafts. Even in the midst of poverty, violence, terror and loss women are creating beauty and hope with their crafts. Rising International’s home parties feature these crafts and the women and families who make them. We bring their crafts, their histories, and their stories to your living room or office.

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your capacities and continually improve upon them.” • “It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self and intelligence.” • “Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the souls open.” • “We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.” • “The physical body is not only a temple for our souls, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.” • “Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.” • “You do not need to seek freedom in a different land, for it exists with your own body, heart, mind and souls.” • “As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.” • “There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear BKS Iyengar - Born: December 14, 1918, Bellur, Karnataka. Died: August 20, 2014, Pune, India. http://tinyurl.com/kzzywd4. Printed with permission.

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The Double Benefits of Martial Practice

by Ted Mancuso ust about any Martial Art has hidden benefits. The hidden aspect comes not from any attempt to mislead, but from a variety of historical events over thousands of years. Take Tai Chi, for example. Just about everyone recognizes the image of slow-moving elders, backlit by a sunset, stepping their way through the age-old routine; or students in the park effecting concentrated, synchronized movements. They may not know what it is they are watching, but, they sense there is a reason and a benefit to the practice. The story of how Tai Chi was created bears telling, because it relates to so many other arts. Over 1500 years ago, martial teachers realized that their practice, even with its strengthbuilding and formidable skills, was incomplete. People were actually dying from the harsh regimen. Massage, herbs and numerous other methods were added to quell the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ill-effectsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of the practice. At some point, it became obvious that the addition of Qigong training, with its restful and balancing effect, would be helpful to the practice. In the famed Shaolin Temple, this tandem training started with hard training followed by separate Qigong exercises. The method went like this: hard, fast training, stop, stand still to perform breathing exercise. After a few hundred years of refinement, the next stage emerged in

Ted Mancuso a style called Five Elements Kung Fu. The teachers developed the idea of a single, powerful movement immediately followed by a stationary posture and controlled Qigong. Back and forth training like this inched closer to blending the benefits of martial skills and healthful exercise. They must have done something right because, even after 1000 years of explosive practice, this style has produced a lineage of teachers living into their 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and more. After a time, the inventive masters created something even more sophisticated. If you think of Martial Arts as a circle and Qigong as another circle you can imagine them overlapping. This overlap is the shared area of handpicked martial movements combined with appropriate Qigong actions, eliminating all strained or weak movements. You have what we now call Tai Chi, in which you simultaneously practice the martial and Qigong. You

practice slowly to retain the Qigong concentration. You practice with precision and deep-legged stances to preserve martial benefits. Many Martial Arts, throughout the centuries, have been enriched by Chinese medical knowledge combined with philosophical principles. After so many years of refinement, the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;selfdefense onlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approach is literally half a style, a fraction of the stored genius invested in these arts. This combined approach has kept the martial arts wide-open to practice for almost anyone, like spirituality vs religion, these gates are always open. It all goes back to seeing the whole picture. There are those who say that the sole function of Martial Arts is personal protection. This, of course, can be the sole purpose of a school, a style or an individual. But at its heart, Martial Arts is more than this. Watching any martial athlete go through his/her workout, it is obvious that there are benefits, but what they areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and understanding the other half of the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that takes a little more imagination and introspection. It is the necessary first step of a 1000 mile journey. Ted Mancuso is the director of the Academy of Martial & Internal Arts. For over 45 years he has been practicing and teaching both parts of these treasured arts. Contact him at (831) 475-1429, or reelingsilk.com/ academy.

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by Janet Leonard he 32nd Annual Capitola Art & Wine Festival is Sep. 13th & 14th from 10AM-6PM. Saturday on the Bandstand Stage at Esplanade Park in Capitola at 2:30-3:45PM: Jacob Jeffries Band, an American pop rock band, 5-7PM: The Sun Kings, a Beatles tribute. On Sun. 11:45AM-12:15PM: Santa Cruz Pipes & Drums, meaning bagpipes and drums. At 1:30-3PM: Extra Large, funk gyrations, Latin spice, funin-the-sun reggae, and classic California rock vigor. 4-5:30PM: SambaDa, Afro-Brazilian Samba-funk-dance music. Admission is free! Some September music scene highlights: The Catalyst: Sun. Sep. 14th, Black Label Society, heavy metal band from Los Angeles formed by Zakk Wylde in 1998 and going strong ever since. Butcher Babies, combination of theatrics and balls out metal. Also Anti-Mortem combining the power of American heavy metal and the downhome flavor of the classic Southern rock and blues. This event is 16 and over. Mountain Winery: Tue. Sep,

THuMBNAiL MoViE REViEWS by Karin Leonard & Daniel Robin ach month, we select our favorite or otherwise important films to be featured on this page. We rate them, subjectively, on a scale from 1 (worthless) to 5 (awesome) in terms of their entertainment and message. We leave the plot details and storytelling to the filmmakers and instead attempt to characterize, highlight strengths and flaws, and hint at purpose. Reach us at movies@innerevolution.com. Enjoy! CHEF With Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Sofía Vergara, Oliver Platt, Emjay Anthony Entertainment: 4 Message: 4.5 very once in a while a movie comes along with a magnetic mix – no special effects or over-the-top violence, just a fantastic script, charismatic actors with the right chemistry, creative tension, and a genuine, heart-felt story that moves and inspires. This charming, colorful and highly entertaining tale succeeds on many levels, serving up a richly layered fare, spiced just right with meaning, passion and comedy. You may enjoy the mouth-watering “food art” and some feel-good laughs, but there’s much baked in: the foil of artistry meets critical opinion (and what not to do about it), a Chef’s search for

16th, Heart, Ann and Nancy Wilson respectively 64 and 60 years of age, clearly haven’t lost anything with 2013’s most memorable induction performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This Mountain Winery show should be epic! Don Quixote’s: Thu. Sep. 18th, John Hanrahan’s Love Supreme Quartet performs the first set “John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme”, celebrating the 50th anniversary of that significant recording and the second set is “A jazz celebration of Jimi Hendrix”. Sat. Sep. 27th, The Killer Queens, all girl tribute to Queen with intense stage show plus The Jean Genies, David Bowie Tribute covering five decades of music. Sun. Sep. 28th, Wild Child, Dave Brock’s Doors Experience, an amazing recreation of a live Doors concert. Coaster’s: Fri. Sep. 26th, The Mystery Spot, rock ‘n’ roll trio out of Santa Cruz, influenced by a wide variety of artists from Black Sabbath to Lady Gaga. Concerts in Retro: Here are my reviews of some recent shows. Remember this is only my opinion. At Mountain Winery: Davey Pattison, who cofounded and fronted the band GAMMA with legendary guitarist Ronnie Montrose, then went on to handle vocals with famed guitarist Robin Trower

sang several songs from both bands along with some of his solo works. Davey is a true front man whose voice is powerful and instantly recognizable. He had two guitarists’ one who played lead for Trower songs and the other sounded exactly like Montrose for the GAMMA songs. I got to meet their truly inspirational bass player Van Spragins, nice guy. The only problem was they didn’t play long enough. Then Deep Purple came out rockin’ this intimate venue with “Highway Star” my personal favorite, although I love the new song “Vincent Price” that pays tribute to the classic horror movie icon. Of course they performed a seamless “Smoke on the Water”. These grand leaders of British hard rock and heavy metal sounded good as ever. And to top it all off we went with friends from NY we’ve know for years! At Seabright Brewery: Terrie Londee and B-4 Dawn Band played hard-core R&B, funk and pop and also did a phenomenal job with 2013 Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”, keeping it current! And we celebrated bass player and musical director, Gil “Conrad” Johnson’s birthday. Are you a local band that would like your CD reviewed in this publication? Send your CD to Music Connection, c/o Janet Leonard, PO Box 1151, Aptos CA 95001. Call (831) 325-4605 or email janetfaplanet@gmail.com to tell me about gigs for live reviews. Put “Music Connection” and your band’s name in the subject line.

himself, a deepening father-son relationship, and the quest for authenticity. Favreau directed, co-produced, wrote and stars in the tasty concoction … bon appetite! (1 hr 55 min). GuARdiANS oF THE GALAxy With Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, David Bautista, Lee Pace, Bradley Cooper Entertainment: 3.5 Message: 2 Non-stop action, war and violence eminiscent of Star Wars films, containing plenty of “seen it before” alongside new characters, some of them even pastel-colored. An entertaining, witty and at times even touching mélange of Sci-Fi yarn, in this newest adaptation of the Marvel Comics superhero series. The main villain Ronan, with genocidal tendencies, proves to be quite the match for the Guardians. Ronan and his henchpeople are mostly uni-dimensional, vapidheaded morons, not at all engaging, but once again, the over-the-top and way-too-numerous fight scenes and protracted war violence left us yawning, and yearning for someone to come up with a fresh new twist. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes delivers some of that, without even leaving the galaxy! But the Guardians are an enjoyable motley crew, themselves an uneasy alliance of spunky, funny and toughbut-tender-hearted characters, led by Chris Pratt as rogue adventurer Peter Quill (think Harrison Ford alias Han Solo “lite”). Zoe Saldana (Avatar) adds sassy female spunk. Groot, a humanoid tree-thing, that talks (Vin Diesel), is sweet yet deadly. If you are a Marvel fan, you’ll likely enjoy this one (2 hrs 1 min). THE HuNdREd FooT JouRNEy Helen Mirren, Madame Mallory, Manish Dayal, Hassan Kadam, Om Puri, Charlotte Le Bon Entertainment: 4 Message: 4.5 o special effects, no violence, just cultures clashing in this delightful culinary love story. An unlikely tale of an Indian family landing in a small town in Southern France, cannot possibly work out well. The established restaurant has much to lose, while the newcomers across the street have everything to gain – 100 feet away yet worlds apart. But what if they could “work it out”, would a cross-cultural gumbo be the result? The story is so tasty and enticing—a mélange of snooty, Michelin Guiderated French gourmet meets spicy, daring and exotic—that we were charmed, and you will be too, even though you might

guess where it is all heading, and the syrup gets a little thick, the results are nonetheless irresistible (2 hrs 35 min). LuCy With Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman , Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt Entertainment: 3.5 Message: 3.5 Note: Graphic violence rilliant in concept, exploring the possibilities of full human potential through greater use of brain capacity – what an awesome creative opportunity. And director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element – one of our favorites) delivers, as does Johansson’s remarkable performance as female hero, Lucy. Action scenes sell tickets to mainstream markets, but is this a mainstream premise? The “enemy stance” of armed conflict, scapegoating the other while blasting them into tiny pieces, is anything but innovative. If Lucy truly attains superhuman abilities, surely she could come up with something better than vengefully attacking almost everyone that crosses her… how about blasting them with loving kindness, arguably a more powerful force, and helping them up the developmental ladder? An evolutionary future that contains more destructive violence not only paints a dismal picture but it also doesn’t make developmental sense – greater capacity opens the door to increased moral judgment. At a time when loselose violence abounds, a message of positive potential is needed. Indeed, media can lead culture, not just reflect the worst and darkest our culture has to offer, just to make a buck. Still worthwhile and thought-provoking (1 hr 29 min). MAGiC iN THE MooNLiGHT Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden. Hamish Linklater, Emma Stone Entertainment: 3.5 Message: 3.5 ritten and directed by Woody Allen, this period piece pokes fun at other-worldly phenomena, and those who claim they can “channel” it, at a time when the search for meaning must have provided room for charlatans to take advantage. Juxtapose those who cannot believe with those who experience the unseen as more real than the physical world we seem to occupy. A classic theme that no doubt reflects some of the author’s own existential quandaries – he is seemingly obsessed with magic, magicians and the pervasive believe that there must be more to life than “this.” The mood is a bit light and airy, certainly not at all slapstick, but no less valid artistically, with beautiful cinematography, costumes, and enough whimsically “Woody” style to keep things fun and interesting (1 hr 40 min).

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iguring out whether your cat is male or female is really not the huge challenge many people think it is. In fact, the biggest hurdle in your investigation will probably be keeping kitty calm and unperturbed as you examine his/her posterior. Inspecting a small kitten might involve simply holding it gently on its back in the palm of your hand. This position should make the tail fall away from the “target area” so you can have a look. Older kittens may do better standing on a firm surface and having their tails gently elevated to expose their perineal area. Once you have a clear view of the area normally hidden by your cat’s

tail, the gender identifier is the opening below the anus, which is the first thing you’ll see under the tail on both males and females. In females, the genital opening is immediately below the anus. In males, it’s a notable distance away. In intact adult males, the testicles can be observed between the two openings. Your cat’s coat color can also give clues to gender. Most calico and tortoise shell kitties are females, and orange cats are typically male.

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any dog owners don’t fully comprehend how to “grow” a good pet—one that is emotionally and behaviorally balanced. It takes time, energy, and patience to mold

a puppy or newly adopted dog into a cherished family member. Sadly, many people unintentionally adopt bad dogrearing habits and wind up in what feels like a hopeless situation with their pet. There are six common mistakes many pet parents make that can create misery for both dog and owner, including sending mixed messages to their pet, allowing the dog to take charge of the relationship, and treating their pet like a person rather than a dog. Other ways owners do wrong by their dogs include failing to develop basic hygiene routines, ignoring the benefits of crate-training, and using dominance and punishment instead of positive reinforcement behavior training.

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Page 18 That’s the smoking gun which has now been revealed, thanks almost entirely to the independent (alternative) media and our relentless dedication to real investigative journalism. There is no such thing as “absolute safety” in any medical procedure; not even in something as incredibly safe as therapeutic massage. But the sad fact that the CDC, the vaccine industry and the vaccine zealots have pushed the absurd delusion that vaccines are “absolutely safe” -- i.e. they present ZERO risk -- is an admission of scientific quackery (or scientific illiteracy). This is why the vaccine industry has lost the public relations war on vaccines: because everybody knows the CDC is lying all the time. How do you know when the CDC is lying? When their lips are moving. Professional criminals at the CDC: It’s all business The funny thing about all this is that here, as the editor of Natural News, I’m not even an opponent of the theory of immunization! If vaccines were honestly marketed with credible descriptions of their inherent risks, thereby allowing parents to make informed decisions about those risks, there would probably be very little resistance against them. (And if all the toxic preservatives and adjuvants were removed from vaccines, there might not be any resistance at all.) The CDC, through precisely the kind of scientific fraud Dr. Thompson has admitted to, has become its own worst enemy by actively deciding to lie to the American public for decades through the deliberate commission of scientific fraud, pushing a quack science delusion which has now been shattered by one of its own scientists. Now we know the CDC is a cabal of liars and criminals, even if they are “professional” criminals as Dr.

Thompson laments in his public statement when he says, “My colleagues and supervisors at the CDC have been entirely professional since this matter became public.” Bank robbers and kidnappers can also be “professional,” because just like the vaccine industry, it’s all business! Nothing personal! Why Dr. Thompson should be granted immunity and called to testify before Congress Personally, I want to thank Dr. Thompson for breaking the conspiracy of silence and going public with his open admission of scientific fraud at the CDC. I believe Dr. Thompson operates with a far higher ethical and moral standard than most of his colleagues, and I believe he is now operating in crisis mode to protect his own life while under the threat of professional persecution or worse. It is now a matter of public record that Dr. William Thompson and his colleagues at the CDC knowingly and willfully conspired to commit scientific fraud in order to hide from the public the truth about the dangers of MMR vaccines. This fact is now irrefutable and stands as a milestone in the history of corruption and criminality at the CDC. The fact that Dr. Thompson is still a “fan” of vaccines only brings more weight to his admission that vaccine fraud was committed at the CDC. If anything, Dr. Thompson has every reason to disclaim any such fraud ever took place. In fact, I half expected Dr. Thompson to come out with a carefullyengineered statement claiming he never talked to Brian Hooker, never wrote the emails we released and never committed any fraud at all. And yet, to his credit, he has honestly and openly admitted to the scientific fraud in which he participated. For that reason alone, I believe Dr. William Thompson should be commended for

his honesty. At the same time, he should also be called before a congressional investigations committee and asked a long series of additional questions about what really went on at the CDC. In preparation for that testimony, Dr. Thompson should, I believe, be granted legal immunity from government prosecution for his role in committing the vaccine fraud we now know took place. I realize that some in the autism community might disagree with my view on this particular point. Some would say that Dr. Thompson should be charged with felony crimes and prosecuted by the government. Although I can very easily understand the anger and frustration that would lead many people to suggest such actions, I personally believe it is far more valuable for us all if Dr. Thompson is granted immunity and encouraged to testify under oath so that the true depth of the scientific fraud at the CDC can be made part of the official congressional record. If Dr. Thompson truly believes in CDC transparency as his letter suggests, he will be happy to testify before Congress. After all, Dr. Thompson is merely a small fish in a very large crime ring. The real ring leaders are right now getting away scot-free. They are the ones who need to be brought to justice and prosecuted in a court of law. Youtube Video: http://tinyurl. com/p8xc3h9 Full statement of Dr. William Thompson: http://tinyurl.com/ l4dj665 Dr. Thompson is represented by Frederick M. Morgan,Jr., Morgan Verkamp, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, www. morganverkamp.com. Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. www.NaturalNews.com, http://tinyurl.com/jwl8k9t (printed with permission)

part of her Highlighting the Healer series. Jonathan has been pivotal in helping to develop the profession of canine massage and is an established authority in the field. He is also founder and president of the International Association of Animal Massage and Bodywork/ Association of Canine Water Therapy. Jonathan discovered his passion for helping animals early in life, but he first pursued a career in the arts after receiving a degree in fine arts from Ohio State University. While the owner of several art galleries around the Chicago area, Jonathan happened to take up horseback riding, and it was his interest in horses—coupled with a wonderful massage he received from a family member—that propelled him to return to school to learn not only massage therapy, but also nursing. Later, as a practicing equine massage therapist, he received an epiphany that ultimately led to his current inspired work as a canine massage therapist and educator. In addition to overseeing his

PetMassage™ Training and Research Institute and running workshops, Jonathan has also authored several books and created DVDs to train others in canine massage—everyone from children, to dog guardians who want to learn a few massage techniques, to people who plan to become licensed animal massage therapists. He’s also constantly developing new canine massage programs and learning materials. Dr. Becker and Jonathan discuss the tremendous health benefits of massage beyond relaxation and help for sore muscles. A few of these include improved circulation, weight loss support, improved breathing and oxygen exchange, pain management, and improving canine behavior problems. Jonathan also discusses two of his most memorable cases in which massage proved to be life-changing for both the dogs he treated and their human families. http://healthypets.mercola.com Printed with permission.

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The Music of the Spheres:

Astrological Insights by Susan Heinz Astrology

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september 2014

efore the light touches the day into bird song, Venus and Jupiter hang like a promise to mankind in the predawn hours, encouraging us to hold the dream of hope, peace, and beauty. Gradually moving further apart, Venus disappears on the 18th, returning in December as an evening star. The time of Virgo is upon us, the time of harvest, of slowing our pace to reflect and discern, to carefully plan what comes next, and to ground ourselves. Thoughtful of the little things we do, making sacred each act toward a positive harvest, Virgo is the sign of mindfulness, humbleness, and conscientiousness. Remember your vision and don’t loose the forest for the trees. What needs to be digested before moving on to the changing seasons? The Harvest Moon, the moon the closest to the Autumn Equinox, illuminates on September 8th. Because the successive moonrises are shorter in time than the rest of the year, for several nights the moonlit nights seem brighter than normal. Enjoy these nights between the 7th and the 10th. This is the Pisces full moon, a time of great sensitivity to world events and situations in our daily lives. At this moon, balance the ideal with the real, the imaginative dream with the practical, and the poetic with the every day. The visionary thrust of this time is a changing of the global paradigm, to see ourselves as one humanity, on a precious, intelligent Earth. Those who can carry and act from this broad view become the bridge into a new age. Balanced at this edge of destruction, or disintegration, both globally, and personally, we stalk a new identity, releasing the old like worn skins falling from our eyes. In this year of the Horse, trust your intuition, honor the breaking through process even if you aren’t sure from moment to moment if you can maintain your balance with the intensity of the thundering movement. Mars leaves intense Scorpio, which has revealed that which has been repressed or hidden from view, on the 13th. Its sojourn here has alerted us to what needs to be seen and attended to. Now Mars gallops into adventurous and philosophic Sagittarius, a time of quickening our momentum toward our goals. Jupiter trines Uranus stimulating the energy around and through us, to wake up, try new things, open our creative genius and bring our visionary powers into these new eyes. This is especially accented at the end of the month and into October as Mars aligns with them, forming a grand fire trine. Destructive rebellion or violent confrontation is its negative expression. The Sun rises directly East on the morning of the Equinox, the 22nd, and

the energy of the year shifts into fall. Where spring brings Aries into action, the fall opens into the need for pause and balance of Libra. The New Moon takes place on the 23rd, seed a vision for love and justice. Twelve Opportunities for September: For Sun and Rising Signs Aries (Mar 20—Apr 19): During September, attend to your health. Pace yourself, simplify, and look practically at situations having to do with your body, and work. Discern what is working well for you and what is not. You are completing a challenging passage and moving into an inspiring time. You are feeling a new level of freedom and enjoyment. Travel is good this month and next. Taurus (Apr 20—May 20): September is a creative and expressive month for you. Seek out those you love and spend time with them. You may find that the way you enjoy and embody who you are is changing. Intimate encounters with others now can expand your perspectives. Your inner foundations are changing. Gemini (May 21—Jun 20): Be thoughtful with communications this month. Your ideas or expression may cause surprises and bring up emotions unexpectedly. But your playful spirit is accentuated. A careful balance can be struck between discernment and letting go to a natural flow of communication. Let the writer in you strike a chord in others that awakens their inspiration. Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 21): You feel more sensitivity and empathy during the Pisces full Moon. There is something that you have been working with that now finds its resolution and form. A new level of integration can take place, especially as you synthesize and discern the specific thoughts that occupy you this month. On the New Moon, take time to feel into your heart’s desire. Leo (Jul 22—Aug 22): With Jupiter now in Leo, you embark upon a time of growth and the ability to more easily create abundance in your life. Your inspiration fuels new orientation. Someone from a distant place opens a door for you. Though quickness of movement seems called for, Saturn says to take your time. Be aware of deep feelings that are revealed. Virgo (Aug 23—Sep 22): As Venus travels through Virgo, September carries a sweet energy for you. This is a nice time to focus on yourself and what you want to do. Sudden insights may come to you that change your course. Changes in your child’s life, are seen in a positive light. For your greatest benefit, find time to meditate or contemplate your gratitude before the day begins. Libra (Sep 23—Oct 22): You find that time alone can be creatively

rewarding now. Changes that have been taking place in home or family seem to have reached a positive state and support the changes you have been seeking. At the full moon, take a walk by the ocean. Let it fill your senses and renew your vision. After the 13th, short trips are favored. Working with groups is enlivening even as they may be demanding of your skills. Scorpio (Oct 23—Nov 21): This month, you enjoy extended family. The full moon on the 8th brings pleasure, enjoyment of those you love. After the 12th, travel becomes easier. Your career is on the upswing and you can feel confident in changing or new aspects. Part of you would love to linger in a quiet and peaceful setting, so be sure to make that space for yourself and don’t take on too much. Sagittarius (Nov 22—Dec 20): This is a good month for travel. Your spirits are lifted and you receive new inspiration. After the 12 th, as Mars moves into Sagittarius, you experience more energy. You feel motivated with what you want to accomplish and your intentions become a powerful navigating force. Some family or home issues may slow you down. Remain clear to what is really at hand. Capricorn (Dec 21—Jan 19): You seem to have a broader view on things this month. Learning and studying come more easily now. Your work is highlighted and it is quite possible that you are reaching more people or affecting more people. If you keep a balance between your outer commitments and time you spend to yourself, you will feel more creativity and inspiration. Aquarius (Jan 20—Feb 17): You are entering a time of heightened enjoyment with friends and family, just your thing! Your teaching abilities take up energy and you feel the spark of new fire stimulating your interactions. Partnerships are enjoyable as long as you find balance with the other commitments you value. Give your love special attention. Pisces (Feb 18—Mar 19): This Pisces full Moon finds you open, sensitive, and full of feeling. Relationships take up your attention and business partnerships are highlighted. This is a time to carefully go over details with others. After the 12th, work takes on its own momentum and goals can be achieved more easily. Your clear intention will serve to lead others. Susan Heinz is a professional astrologer in Santa Cruz for 32 years, bringing together traditional & esoteric astrology, Tarot and Qabalah. For info on her Friday monthly astrology groups, her Qabalah, astrology and or, painting classes and for personal consultations, call (831) 4793751, or go to www. susanheinz.com

I ntuItIve I nsIghts : #9—The Hermit m elAnIe g endron , C reAtor of t he g endron t Arot

eptember and IX The Hermit share introspective Virgo as their Astrological associate. Representing illumination and self knowledge, The Hermit encourages us to look within and remember our essential divinity. Remembering there is one essential energy of which we are an expression transcends the defiant resistance to learning that cultivates denial. The Hermit is a candle in the darkness. S/he exemplifies the natural tendency toward a Greater Universal Principle. Like Virgo, the virgin, s/he stands alone, but not lonely for s/he embodies divine wisdom. Virgo’s perfectionism, analytical intelligence and desire to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people provide noble influence. Mercury is exalted in Virgo, echoing the elevation of individual will to Primal or Universal Will. This transformation from primitive

to Primal occurs physically in the abdominal functions ruled by Virgo. Through the practice of preferred disciplines such as affirmative prayer, meditation, transformational psychology and loving body care, we refine our physiology. Physical, emotional and mental refinement encourages the manufacture of essential hormones and subtle forces that promote enlightenment. The Hermit knows that True Self transcends the limitations of personal ego. Conditions of environment and personality comprise aspects of experience, but they are not the One who experiences. The Hermit’s unfolding completes with enlightenment. S/he is the aware, matured Fool developing greater, deeper and more refined levels of Universal Consciousness. The Hermit extends the light of Wisdom. Whatever we handle is Light in extension, radiant energy made tangible. With attention

to emotions, conscious observation and application of our divinity, we surmise the pathway out of bondage to a liberated perspective and more integrated self. Ask yourself: Are you shining your light? Affirmation I am God/dess having an experience as your name. I am that I Am. Blessings, Melanie Melanie Gendron is available for intuitive tarot readings, offering also art and tarot services and products, (831) 335-9064, email gentarot@comcast. net, visit www.melaniegendron.com.

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Hemp-Based Batteries Could CHange tHe Way We store energy Forever

by Marco Torres s hemp makes a comeback in the U.S. after a decades-long ban on its cultivation, scientists are reporting that fibers from the plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene, long-touted as the model material for supercapacitors. They’re presenting their research, which a Canadian start-up company is working on scaling up, at the 248th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific society. Although hemp (cannabis sativa) and marijuana (cannabis sativa var. indica) come from a similar species of plant, they are very different and confusion has been caused by deliberate misinformation with far reaching effects on socioeconomics as well as on environmental matters. Hemp is the most universally useful plant we have at our disposal. The history of mankind’s use of hemp can be traced way back in time to between about 5000 – 7000 BC. Industrial hemp and hemp seed could transform the economy of the world States in a positive and beneficial way, and therefore should be exploited to its full potential, especially relating to energy storage. David Mitlin, Ph.D., explains that supercapacitors are energy storage devices that have huge potential to transform the way future electronics are powered. Unlike today’s rechargeable batteries, which sip up energy over several hours, supercapacitors can charge and discharge within seconds. But, they normally can’t store nearly as much energy as batteries, an important property known as energy density. One approach researchers are taking to boost supercapacitors’ energy density is to design better electrodes. Mitlin’s team has figured out how to make them from certain hemp fibers—and, they can hold as much energy as the current top contender: graphene. “Our device’s electrochemical performance is on par with or better than graphene-based devices,” Mitlin says. “The key advantage is that our electrodes are made from biowaste using a simple process, and therefore, are much cheaper than graphene.” The race toward the ideal supercapacitor has largely focused on graphene—a strong, light material made of atom-thick layers of carbon, which when stacked, can be made into electrodes. Scientists are investigating how they can take advantage of graphene’s unique properties to build better solar cells, water filtration systems, touch-screen technology, as well as batteries and supercapacitors. The problem is it’s expensive. Mitlin’s group decided to see if they could make graphene-like carbons from hemp bast fibers. The fibers come from the inner bark of the plant and often are discarded from Canada’s fast-growing industries that use hemp for clothing, construction materials and other products. The U.S. could soon become another supplier of bast. It now allows limited cultivation of hemp, which unlike its close cousin, does not induce highs. Since the 1950s, the United States has been lumped hemp into the same category of marijuana, and thus the extremely versatile crop was doomed in the United States. Hemp is technically from the same species of plant that psychoactive marijuana comes from. However, it is from a different variety, or subspecies that contains many important differences. Industrial hemp has very low Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels, which is the principal psychoactive constituent. Compared to marijuana which is specifically cultivated for personal psychoactive use, it is nearly impossible to “get high” on hemp. Marijuana that can be smoked usually contains between 5-10% THC, industrial hemp contains

about one-tenth of that. In order to get a psychoactive effect, one would need to smoke more than a dozen hemp cigarettes over a very short period of time to achieve any kind of psychoactive effect. The reason for the low THC content in hemp is that most THC is formed in resin glands on the buds and flowers of the female cannabis plant. Industrial hemp is not cultivated to produce buds, and therefore lacks the primary component that forms the marijuana high. Furthermore, industrial hemp has higher concentrations of a chemical called Cannabidiol (CBD) that has a negative effect on THC and lessens its psychoactive effects when smoked in conjunction. Scientists had long suspected there was more value to the hemp bast—it was just a matter of finding the right way to process the material. “We’ve pretty much figured out the secret sauce of it,” says Mitlin, who’s now with Clarkson University in New York. “The trick is to really understand the structure of a starter material and to tune how it’s processed to give you what would rightfully be called amazing properties.” His team found that if they heated the fibers for 24 hours at a little over 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and then blasted the resulting material with more intense heat, it would exfoliate into carbon nanosheets. Mitlin’s team built their supercapacitors using the hemp-derived carbons as electrodes and an ionic liquid as the electrolyte. Fully assembled, the devices performed far better than commercial supercapacitors in both energy density and the range of temperatures over which they can work. The hempbased devices yielded energy densities as high as 12 Watt-hours per kilogram, two to three times higher than commercial counterparts. They also operate over an impressive temperature range, from freezing to more than 200 degrees Fahrenheit. “We’re past the proof-of-principle stage for the fully functional supercapacitor,” he says. “Now we’re gearing up for small-scale manufacturing.” Governments have cooperated with powerful corporate lobbyists to insure that hemp is lumped into the same category as marijuana. The primary reason is that hemp has too many abundant resources for fuel, housing, food, medicine that corporations cannot exploit. Think about how many polluting conglomerates would go down if hemp was permitted as a resource. The oil, pharmaceutical, supplement and constructions industry would need to radically shift their business model to survive. Mitlin, who conducted the research while at the University of Alberta, acknowledges funding from Alberta Innovates Technology Futures,National Institute for Nanotechnology (Canada) and Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency. EnvironmEntal BEnEfits of HEmp • Hemp results in a 95.5% fuel-tofeed ratio when used for pyrolysis the thermochemical process that converts organic matter into fuel. • Biomass has heating value of up to 8,000 BTU/lb., with virtually no residual sulphur or ash during combustion. • Hemp is the #1 producer of biomass per acre in the world. Biomass energy expert Lynn Osburn estimates that 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 million acres of hemp would replace all of Canada’s fossil fuel demands. • From 75% to 90% of all paper was made with hemp fiber until the late 1800′s. • An acre of hemp will produce as much pulp for paper as 41 acres of trees over a 20 year period. • The hemp paper-making process requires no dioxin-producing chlorine bleach and uses 75% to 85% less

sulphur-based acid. • Hemp paper is suitable for recycle use 7 to 8 times, compared with 3 times for wood pulp paper. • Hemp produces the strongest, most durable natural soft-fiber on earth. Until the 1 820′s, up to 80% of all textiles and fabrics for clothes, canvas, linens and cordage were made principally from hemp. • Hemp cloth is stronger, more durable, warmer and more absorbent than cotton. Best of all, it can be grown in Canada, cotton cannot. • An acre of land will produce 2 to 3 times as much fiber as cotton, about 1,000 Ibs. of fiber per acre. • Hemp grown in most parts of Canada will require no herbicide, fungicide or insecticide applications. Up to Â½ of all agricultural pesticides used in North America are applied to the cotton crop. • Natural, organic hemp fiber breathes and is recyclable, unlike petroleum-based synthetic fibers. • A fully mature hemp plant may contain 1/2 of its dry-weight in seed. • Once hemp seed oil has been extracted, the remaining seed cake is second only to soya bean for protein content and is an excellent source of nutrition for either farm animals or humans. agricultural BEnEfits of HEmp • England, France and Spain have all legalized low THC varieties of hemp for an agricultural crop. England planted 1,500 acres of hemp as a first year crop. Reports from England state that farmers are receiving in excess of 3,000$ per acre for their hemp crop. • Low THC hemp is not suitable as a psychoactive drug. • A Canadian report from the late 1800′s demonstrated that hemp works very well in rotation with bean and corn crops. • In 1991, Ontario farmers received $290 and $240 per acre for grain corn and soya bean respectively. • Hemp was grown successfully in Canada for over 100 years. For a period in the late 1800′s Canada produced ‘hi: of all England’s hemp requirements. At kite time, England was the largest hemp consumer in the world. • In the 1930′s, a South Western Ontario newspaper reported that Canadian grown hemp was among the best in the world and far superior to tropical hemp. • In Canada, hemp can be grown successfully from our southern borders to approximately 60O North Latitude, the parallel that divides the North West Territories from the provinces. This remarkable range is possible due to hemp’s short growing season, usually 90 to 110 days. • The hemp plant will reach a height of up to 5m (16ft.) and sink a main tap root down 1 ft. This tap root will draw nutrients from deep in the soil and make them available to subsequent crops when the hemp leaves are shed on the soil. This extensive root system also helps to alleviate the problem of soil compaction. • Hemp is very easy on the soil and returns up to 60% of the nutrients it takes from the soil, when dried in the field. • A report from Kentucky states that hemp was grown on the same land for 14 consecutive years without soil depletion or reduction in yield. • Hemp is very economical crop to grow since it requires virtually no pesticide applications. • Hemp is also relatively droughtresistant and has been relied upon several times during drought-induced famine for its high protein seed. • Hemp is very resistant to increased UV radiation and should not suffer decreased yields, unlike soya bean and corn. Marco Torres of Waking Times, is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles.

He holds degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as

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