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Recharge! Revitalize! Recalibrate!

June 2016

The GOOD: CHERRY as a Medicine ~ pgs 20 & 21 THRIVE & Rythmia ~ pg 5 The BAD: VACCINES ~ pgs 11 & 13 MONSANTO ~ pgs 30 & 31 Cell Phones, Microwave, Smart Meters pg 10 The FUN! • Redwood Mt. Faire ~ pg 2 • Pride Parade ~ pg 23 • SV Garden Faire ~ pg 4 • DOWSING Conference ~ pgs 6 & 7 • Way of Life: Wellness Classes ~ pg 21 • HEIRLOOM Seeds~ pg 28 • Reggae on the River~pg 40

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FaceBook.com/ConnectionOnline Twitter.com/ConnectionMagz Pinterest.com/ConnectionMagz/ Feature Index Arts & Entertainment................................34-35 Astrology.......................................... Will Return Awareness..................................................24-27 Compassion Flower Resource Guide....... 37-39 Dining Delights............................................... 32 Essential Living Guide ................... 10,14,15,26 Fitness & Sports............................................. 17

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Healthy Appearance........................................ 22 Healthy Planet............................................. 28-31 Diversity........................................................... 23 Martial Arts....................................................... 16 Massage / Bodywork....................................... 17 Movies.............................................................. 35 Music ............................................................... 35 Parenting, Kids & Education.......................... 18 Pet / Animal Health........................................... 19 Rave Reviews.................................................... 36 Cherry Theme . ............................................ 20-21 Spirit...................................................................33 Travel & Fun.....................................  Will Return Wonderful Women.............................Will Return Yoga................................................................... 14 Information in this publication is provided for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging. Do not use the information in this publication for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or homeopathic supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, contact your health care provider promptly. Do not disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking professional advice because of something you have read in this publication. Information provided in this publication and the use of any products or services purchased from our publication by you DOES NOT create a doctor-patient relationship between you and any of the physicians affiliated with our publication. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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by Mike de Give

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fuchsia doesn’t check her calendar to see when it’s time to bloom. When conditions are right, the flowers just pop out in bursts of magenta and white, sending a colorful signal to birds and bees that her sweetsweet nectar is ready to sip. But conditions change, along with the earth’s climate. If the timing’s not right, and the fuchsia misses her environmental cues, pollinators will find something else to eat, if they can. And the fuchsia’s chance to reproduce flies away to the beat of hummingbird wings. The study of life-cycle events like these is called phenology, and is the focus of Juliet Oshiro’s work as a grad student at UC Santa Cruz’s department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Each month, Oshiro enlists “citizen scientists” to walk the garden paths of UCSC’s Arboretum and check in on the fuchsia and other plants for ongoing studies on climate change. The next workshop is June 4. Arboretum admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children (6 to 17 years old). If you’re under 6, or are a UCSC student or arboretum member, the whole day’s a freebie. “A lot of plants and animals will time their life-cycle events with environmental cues,” said Oshiro, whose field work includes studies in out-of-the-way natural settings in Santa Cruz County. “It’s like nature’s calendar – like when in the year

Check in on the Earth on a Climate Walk Salvia spathacea, or Hummingbird Sage, is one of the stops on the Phenology Walk at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum June 4.

do buffalo migrate, or bird’s eggs hatch, or plants bloom.” At her workshops, attendees will visit the arboretum’s California native gardens and look for plants committing acts of nature, such growing buds or losing leaves. They’ll also learn to properly record this data and upload their findings to the USA National Phenology Network database, where real scientists in white lab coats and thick glasses can use it to further their research on climate change. “What I want people to get out of these workshops is to be able to collect data on their own,” Oshiro said. “I hope to show people that it’s really easy to collect this data. If you have a cherry tree in your backyard, you can observe your cherry tree and contribute to the database.” White lab coats are optional, but a hat,

sunglasses and walking shoes will come in handy. Citizen scientists are provided with data sheets and instructions. The phenology network makes its data available to scientists, resource managers and members of the public who are making decisions about adapting to changing climates and environments. The network’s database currently tracks phenology data on a thousand species. If you’d like to keep track on your own, you’ll get to pick and choose which of those species to monitor. Oshiro, who admits she has a black thumb when it comes to gardening, nevertheless loves plants. She even keeps a container garden in her tiny secondstory apartment. Her dissertation field work takes her to “ecologically important” sites in Scotts Valley, Watsonville, Boulder Creek and UCSC Arboretum

Santa Cruz, where she observes how the characteristics of plants contribute to their response to climate change. The basis of her research is adding to data collected by local naturalist Randall Morgan, who conducted phenology surveys during the 1990s in the same areas and placed his findings in the The Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History on campus. Data Oshiro downloads from local weather stations shows that night time temperatures in the county have risen about 1 degree Celsius since the 1980s. “If you combine all species, the plant-blooming times in general are earlier now than they were in the 1990s. They’re shifting earlier, and I suspect that’s because the climate is getting warmer – and so the spring is coming earlier,” she said. “Some plants respond to climate change by delaying the life cycle, too, so it really depends on the species. I’m trying to figure out why that might be.” The June 4 walk takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. Meet at picnic tables in the South African Garden, UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. Learn more at http://bit.ly/1VJihjN. Mike de Give is a graphic designer and free-lance writer who lives in Santa Cruz. Reach him at bellawellaink@cruzio.com.

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searching and finding water. Dowsing is a technique that allows one to access a consciousness greater than the conscious mind. The universal consciousness holds all sorts of knowledge that dowsing enables us to make use of. When one learns how to dowse, that skill can open a person to knowledge beyond the five senses, hence dowsing can be very much a part of the world of metaphysics. With a little bit of instruction and practice everyone can learn to be a good dowser. The dowsing techniques are a gateway to knowledge, energy and subjects that may not be obvious to the conscious mind. When one learns to find water and really does get the kinesthetic feel for the water accurately, then that skill can be applied to areas like: locating oil, finding lost objects, gardening, farming, energy healing and clearing, decision making, checking quality of everyday food and supplements and answers to all kinds of personal questions. Many dowsers learn how to map or chart dowse as a part of the learned skill. They learn how to locate water on a map and then divert that water energetically on the map to the best location for use. It validates as real on the property. If a dowser can do that, then just imagine what else dowsing can be used for. Come to the West Coast Conference and find out! The Conference this year will include presentations on sacred sites (and the energies that make them sacred), angels, spirit guides, devas, fairies and nature spirits. There are two presenters on animal communication. There are specialists on herbs and herbal oils and essences. Aura photographs and readings, radionics and chakra balancing will be available. Several will speak on pendulum divining and manifesting your heart’s desire. Earth energy scholars will speak on sacred geometry, labyrinths, sacred land space, landscape design and crystals. There are also presentations on Feng Shui, numerology, ghosts busting, finding lost objects, pets or people, healing plants and trees, earth acupuncture and earth energies. Orb photography, even energetic gardening are topics that are on tap from a very talented field of presenters who love what they do and who travel from as far away as Georgia, Great Britain and Hawaii to share their knowledge. Many speakers are energy workers as well, who do energetic repairs to body and mind; some will

July 1-5, 2016 at UC Santa Cruz, College Eight little pretense, just a desire to share what we know with everyone who wants to learn, and to have fun doing so. There is a special two+ day beginners’ workshop for children of attendees ages 6-12 as well as individual

energy vortexes? There is a special field trip to experience them. Come and walk the Cretan Labyrinth or a special labyrinth design by Alex Champion. There are special presentations or entertainment each night, followed by a hosted hospitality with beverages and light snacks. Sometimes hospitality evolves into photographing orbs, or impromptu dancing or listening to a piper. We also do a raffle. Every night, the “raffle deva” channels the gifts to be given to those whose numbers are drawn. Some of the prizes are truly

instruction for teens. Both children and adults are taught by the same presenters. The keynote speaker this year is from Canada. Susan Collins will speak on “Awakening the Dowsing Spirit.” Susan is a former President of the Canadian Society of Dowsers, an internationally recognized speaker on dowsing and is a fulltime management consultant and professional dowser who has spoken about dowsing to audiences from Japan to Scotland and Saudi Arabia on the many forms that dowsing takes (we do a lot more than just find water)! The setting for the convention is absolutely breathtaking: a beautiful campus adjacent to a redwood forest, with a full view of the Pacific Ocean from nearly every point. Activity outside of the seminars focuses on a beautiful, tree-lined hillside plaza where speakers and vendors spend time one-on-one with attendees, set up their booths after sessions, and where one-of-a kind labyrinths are drawn for the simple pleasure of walking them. Did you know UCSC has many

spectacular. Founded in 1980, we are celebrating our 36th year. All but the first two conferences (which were held in San Diego) have been held at UC Santa Cruz. The location is filled with majestic redwoods and old oaks. Two streams of water crossing beneath the site provide water dowsing practice for beginners and others, and add a happy, healing energy to the conference. Meals are held in the dining hall. On-site living is in one and twobedroom dormitory apartments. Room and board is available on campus and can be reserved at the same time as you register. Go to our website: dowserswestcoast.org to download an application and view the events, schedule and speakers for this year. All are welcome to attend. A curious mind will bring you into the wonderful world of dowsing and metaphysics. © Karen Ashley and Richard Tippett @(831) 722-5307 or (415) 823-9148 dowserswestcoast@gmail.com

Enjoy five fun-filled days of Seminars and workshops on many and varied metaphysical topics. All are taught by experts who can and do truly “walk their talk”. also teach face reading and even fingerprint analysis! There are classes on using pendulums to modify the energy of groups and situations, on improving the school environment for children, even on making holidays and family gatherings more fun for everyone, including the adults. And, yes, learn how to dowse for water (and oil, and natural gas, and gold, and…). If you’ve never dowsed before and want to learn, the conference offers a full-day workshop where you will learn to use pendulums, “L” rods and “Y” rods. You will learn to find water and buried objects with all of the tools and then go on a field trip where there is water to be found. You can learn chart dowsing, using a pendulum to get answers to questions, and how to ask questions the “right way.” You may arrive not knowing anyone at all, and leave certain that you’ve “found your peeps.” The convention has been dubbed a “summer camp for metaphysical types” and rightly so. There is very

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by Rochelle Stanley ciating something you desire, posMost of us understand that sibly a vacation, becoming a homwe are vibrational beings. We see, eowner or having optimal health. hear, speak, feel and think through As you focus your attention on one vibration. Our planet vibrates and of these, notice what thoughts and we live in a vibrational universe. feelings arise. It may go someOur universe is designed to be a thing like this.. A vacation sounds gifting universe, like a genie in nice, I’m so tired, I need a break. bottle...your wish is my I don’t have the time command. Only in this to travel nor do I have universe there are ZERO the money. Who will limitations within its watch my kids, pets, vastness. house excreta. Here Limitation arises we are in the energy of within human conproblems snuffing out sciousness and one’s our dreams before they level of vibrational evohave the opportunity lution. Many of us think to manifest. What we before we speak because think and feel are reafwe understand the powfirmed by the universe, er and potential of our I don’t have enough words. Have you con- Rochelle Stanley time, energy, support sidered the power and realization of or money. Well the universe begins your thoughts and emotions? Every to work on our behalf creating what thought creates energy (vibration) we have told it which is I don’t have this energy creates action. Thoughts enough. travel through the universe faster There is another option. than the speed of light, attracting a Focus on what you want, like vibration to us. When our emo- what it feels like to have it in your tions are aligned with our thoughts life as if it has already happened. and thought is focused on what one See yourself on a beautiful vacawants, we begin to live a life that tion, what does the air smell like, brings our dreams into reality. taste like. What sounds are coming Are you realizing your from nature. How is the scenery, vivacious, lush, tropical, historical? dreams? Sometimes we THINK that How does it feel to immerse yourwe are focused on what we want, in self in the culture, people, food and truth often we are fixed on what we art? Imagine that you are a plentidon’t want. It seems that the human ful being and have the resources to condition focuses on the energy of thoroughly enjoy all the attractions the problem instead of the energy that the land and culture have to offer, all that your soul desires. With of solution. As we begin to comprehend that you have submitted your dream the power of our thoughts and emo- to the universes in most positive and tion, we learn to direct them. Eck- affirming energy, you feel good and hart Tolle says “mind your mind� I you are emitting a vibration that say watch your thoughts, become speaks and feels like ALL THINGS the witness to your thoughts and ARE POSSIBLE. Truth be told, the emotions. Witness without judge- universe knows nothing of imposment instead with objectivity,only sible, the word in itself says I’Mthen is your truth revealed. When POSSIBLE There really is no tougher we criticize or ridicule ourselves in any form it decreases our vibration. critic than yourself. Ease up, be The higher we vibrate the kind, loving and compassionate to more life works for us instead of yourself, then let it be the cup that against us. How do you know if spills over in your life. you are creating / manifesting for With love, light and gratitude, Rochelle K. Stanley, Master Theta your betterment or your detriment? Imagine that you are appre- Healer, www.rochellestanley.com

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CHIROPRACTIC CORNER

The Cranio-Sacral Revealer?

by Sylvia Skefich, D.C.

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hy…?,” people ask, when they have an ache or a pain. If it hurts, people want to know the cause so they can avoid making it worse. Interestingly, the muscles have recorded the injuries. Whether a one-time blunt-force accident, or a chronic overuse syndrome… these and other stress patterns are recorded in the tissues and can be revealed with Cranio-Sacral Technique. Then, any number of techniques, including Cranio-Sacral can be used to restore the tissues and joints to a better way. Let’s say a woman comes in to the office with wrist pain. I position her in a comfortable seated position, and I hold her whole arm, down to the wrist in the most neutral position possible. I let the tone of her muscles guide me as I hold her upper arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand joints in the positions of least tension. As I hold her arm and wrist, I find that the most neutral positioning to my feel has the woman’s wrist cocked backwards. As I assist that positioning, the arm slowly moves like a gentle dance move. I find that her elbow now needs to straightened out to “follow” the least stressful position to the elbow with the wrist being cocked back. To me, it feels like the woman is making the motions. To the woman, it feels like I am doing the positioning. Eventually, the woman is sitting with her arm in an outstretched position, elbow slightly bent, and wrist coked back rather severely. I report: “Your arm has gone into a position like you are bracing for a fall.” The woman might acknowledge a recent or an old but serious fall on the arm. In the meanwhile, I am holding her arm in this position and using

micro-motions to open up the space in the hand bones and forearm, using the bones as my levers. By the end, we have released a trauma that was registered in the tissues, and maybe even in the emotional body as well, and the woman feels better. Let’s say, the next day I have a man with a similar wrist complaint, and I ask him to lie on his back. I hold his hand, wrist, and forearm on a pillow across my lap. Let’s say, a neutral feel in positioning requires that I assist the forearm to turn inwards, pronating. As I allow that motion, I can feel the elbow lock up. I use the long bones of the forearm as a lever to open up some space, gently. I may even use trigger point therapy on the muscles near the elbow to speed up the process. The pronation of the wrist continues, and the fact that the forearm keeps pronating is upsetting the wrist alignment. I ask the man if he keyboards a lot (suspecting a common activity of excess pronation). He says, “No,” but explains how the wrist hurts more when he winds rope at his job (demonstrating pronation repetitions). Now we know why his wrist problem is there, and after the cranio-sacral alignment session, I can give him exercises to balance the excess of his work activity, and supports specific to his injury. Cranio-Sacral is the technique of sleuthing out physical patterns of restriction and misalignment in the soft tissues and joints and can be used alone, or with other techniques to regain balance and strength again.

Sylvia Skefich is a Doctor of Chiropractic who practices at 920 41st Ave., Suite G, in Santa Cruz, 95062. (831) 475-1995 www.VitalYou.com “Like” her professional Facebook Page for inspirational tips and office deals. Christine Cyr, Cranio-Sacral Therapist is at the same location.

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REPLACING LOST TEETH IMMEDIATELY An Open Letter to Governor ECAUSE T S Jerry Brown Regarding Forced Vaccination

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by David L. Biles, D.D.S., M.A. nceL.patients decideM.A. to reby David Biles, D.D.S., move unhealthy teeth, the never thought that I would connext concern often becomes tinue to learn as much as I do what to replace the teeth with, and, I after soL.many years in practice as by David Biles, generally give the sameDDS, answer.MA We a dentist. As a matter of fact, one of can ultimately replace the teeth with I never thought that I my early concerns was that dentistry devices that are removable or Àxed, would beoffer repetitively comwouldn’t as much stimulation depending on their preferences and as I thought I might need to be sufposing thoughts on a single budget, but in the very beginning, I Àciently interested inissue my political health astoils, I tell my patients that we are daily going to decades into my career. I could not replace teethspanning with a Áipper.three That’s have,their now havea device been more as time right, we insurprised the profession months of submissions to hastounfolded. Treating trusting refer as a “Áipper” or anthe immediConnection Magazine, but and grateful partial patients I do enables ate temporary denture. The meimplications better understand how this name Áto ipper comes presumably from the of Califororal system operatescan in health the ease the appliance be Á277, ipped nia State Senate Bill disease still keepswhen outand of the mouthand by the tongue SB ifinterest. passed, areday truly necessary. It has no relationship to the my277, daily Each frightening. dolphin of the 60’s. I heartelevision tales thatstar astound me, So what ismy a make Áunderstanding ipper? Genchallenging And, no miserally speaking, a Áipper is a of the mechanisms of disease take about this… clearly, SB removable oral appliance with and dysfunction. I routinely 277 is an important measure 1-3hear teeth attached to of a custom from patients brain fog toclearing, thehard power made pink acrylic plateif wholestructure, body pain di-the that form-À tsand toCruz the palate or local Santa Sentinel is minishing, energy increaslower arch utilizing theare ing. dental Sometimes the reports any indication. Why? Recontours of the teeth and the even more porting onremarkable. the progress of arch for retention Recently, and for stability. example, Some dentists have them made SB 277, through the various a woman returned with her with metal clasps for retention, state sistersenate for a committees, second opinionhas though I have managed to and examination, determinedthan to help garnered more attention locate a small lab that does cusher recent sibling with her health concerns, any bill can recall. tom work for me andI provides touching all of the bases on possible metal free services. many Once again theSince Sentinel ran to helping heal from of solutions my patients presenther with another editorial this a myriad symptoms, difÀpast cult to signs of metalofallergies, having imploring readers labelfree medically. As has aSunday metal removable option isbeen my custom, I thoroughly not to “succumb to paramount in my practice.evaluated I amanti-her mouthtoon multiple levels, blessed have such aviews. skilled examinvaccine hysteria It’s ing her technician gums, TMJ, teeth, existing laboratory to service medical science outweighdental restorations, tongue posture, my patients. His name is Stan; he’s an ing and doing whatand softhysteria tissue, materials, artist and has a dental wonderful grounded orala hygiene, utilizing digital sense ofof humor. I can always count on islevel best for vulnerable popuStan; he is,photographs, Stan the Man. x-rays, a laser cavity lation.” Hysteria? Indeed. Back toand theilluminated topic—a Áhigh ippermagis detector, Let’s remember that usually inserted upon ex-as niÀcation. Myimmediately goal is to identify medical science is neither traction teeth forstressors multiple purposes. many of potential in the oral Itperfect serves immediate band-aid cavity as asan possible, believing thatbythe nor necessarily placing direct pressure over the surgi- of nature, magnitude, and duration moral. Let’s not forget Thacalthe wound site, aiding in healing stressors’ existence impactbythe lidomide hormone stopping Ábabies, ow ofin,blood, immunethesystem at themuch very like least, what is donetheinattention a À rst aid situation: replacement therapy, and diverting of the immune direct pressure to the wound. The form the “Indiana a system from otherprotocol”, maladies. of the Áipper also helps create and During the course of the examidefense used by the Nazis guide the Ànal tissue contour which the former patient revealed atnation, the Nuremberg trials to helps to assure a nice functional and to me that although she still had esthetic bony foundation for later posjustify forced sterilization the antibodies for Systemic Lupus sibilities. Moreover, its presence limits based on an American Erythematosis, SLE, she prechad not food and other forces from disturbing experienced any symptoms since edent upheld by a 1927healing U.S. the healing wound, making completing treatment in my Supreme Court decision. less disruptive. I particularly like ofÀ thece seven years ago. That was why she design that Stan creates for my patients Wi l l m a r t i a l l aw had brought her sisterattention in for antoexbecause his meticulous someday be patients necessary amination withtome. detail enablesand my consultation to securely enforce on an to Shetheir wondered if afor similar wear Ávaccinations ippers weeksapproach without dental care might be cial for adding dental pastes andbeneÀ adhesives forher unwilling population? Let’s sister. Healthy body, retention. It that takes mouth, a little healthy more extra consider question and a theand American Association time plaster toDental make the Áipper few others. a few says, so… ofMore coursethan I agree, being retain without pastes, but it is well

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lowing several hours of full mouth periodontal debridement with our skilled registered dental hygienists. though he was still slightly aEven strong immune system, numb, he said, later that evening his avoiding with othenergy wascontact signiÀcantly improved, ers when and as well as hisnecessary, mental clarity, including a reductionfrom of whole body pain. benefitting a vaccine this from justthe having his teeth orAllfluof shot when benefits thoroughly cleaned, because he, like worth the beneÀ t in risks…as hygiene, healing, outweigh the de70-90% and hassle.of Americans suffer from untermined by the individual diagnosed was the One of gum the disease. biggest This concerns orthird parent, in theisI had case ofsuch all or fourth time heard many patients have how their ap- a revelation a patient, leading pearance willfrom be altered immediately children under the age ofme following the 12 surgery. them to 18… not as isI tell possible relax; they will never leave the ofÀce now for the HPV. How did without their smile after their surgical we ever get to a place where appointment. Moreover, we have spent

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tongue space, but thinning weakens the plate, and should be minimized. immune systems. Our symptoms we Since the Áipper may be necessary experience and report to health care for an indeterminate amount of time, practitioners are the logical result of it is best to take good care of it. My thisindividual oral pollution.Californians. Unless the underof recommendation is that patients put up lying dental issues are strategically, with the thickness for before Contact info cana week bereduced found safely, the andsupport, effectively thinning and then only ifor on his website: www. better yet,Keeping eliminated, then wet theGov. mediintolerable. Áippers and ca.gov/hom cal treatment regime we are engaged cleaning them with a toothbrush and in will be little than slightly soap and water also more helps assure longeffective management. Arterm use.Governor Ifsymptom one chooses to not wear Dear Brown, Àrst. it guably… for awhile, recommend IntheaImouth few comes short placing days, Thisinconcept does not3% support the Áipper water with some hyyou will likely be faced with the current perceived hierarchy drogen peroxide. A word to the wise:in an enormous decision: todo health asaway dentists cover andcare, placehowever, the Áipper from pets, as cats dogs have been known notand intentionally dopassing medically sign, veto, or allow tointo chewlaw up dental appliances. related dental care due to the SB277. Hopefully, Flippers are generally a restrictions placed worn on both your staff has made you minimum of approximately 10-12 professions, not to mention fullyweeks aware ofofthe events treatment to surprothe before lack communication vide permanent restoranda more common understanding rounding this particular bill, optionthe canmedical begin. It takes between and denas I ative believe that your legacy thattallong before softNonetheless, tissue and professions. in history may very well bone mature enough before it the few dentists that do treat possible ormouth wise systemically to resume rideisonthe your to this wholeapproach treatment. Flippers can, by the piece of legislation. oftentimes see healing of apway, last for a long time, given parently unrelated symptoms. The purpose of this the situation and the care the There are many that reasons for letter is toaffords request you patient the appliance. I this, including the somewhat have patientsexamine who have worn thoroughly the obvious economic reasons, these for years. Plus, I have had points regarding thelikely genesis where patients are more to seek patients who wore nothing but careÁultimate for a single tooth rather and passage SB a ippers for decades as itof Àtthan best whole mouth. Plus, itbudget, takes much 277, amidst the continuous into their lifestyle, and morehealth skill concerns. to restore a whole mouth outpouring of protest by that one can years The only pink acquire materialafter in most myriads of Californians of dedicated post-graduate removable appliances iswork. acrylic opposed to itsanpassage. It Detoxifying mouth and is colored byentire the heavy and metal, rebuilding it better are free techcadmium. Cadmium has been labeled genocidal niques that are not taught and in dental acrylics are available, our by many, and understandschools, necessitating choice of materials for ourspecialized patients. ably so.instrumentation, Teeth are acrylic and porcelain, though training, and travel. Iteeth am urging you to porcelain areover a bit15more costly. It has taken me years of soul Setting and porcelain teethwith isa searching and analysis, veto SBadjusting 277 andcoupled issue more challenging andmy timepatients consuming, revelations from over strong statement condemnwith so I generally thatlittle timeesthetic frame gain, to become comforting such types of legislation, stay with theknowing acrylic teeth. Besides, the able with that when patients calling other acrylic bond to the plate, whereas unifyteeth theirupon dentistry, healthstates, beneÀts the porcelain onesthese must mechanifaced with issues to will occur. What thosebe beneÀ ts will cally retained. Independs a situation where I speciÀ cally be on the issues follow yours and Californeed to thin possesses the tooth along for clearance the patient with other nia’s lead. I would also urge by opposing teeth, porcelain teeth can factors, including the willingness to fracture. Stick with the acrylic teeth. you suggest that other make to lifestyle changes, if they have I hope that by knowing more states, Mississippi not also including been examined and instituted about Áippers, the journey beyond exalready. and West Virginia, recontraction becomes less threatening, less think it have is time we siderDon’t theiryoucurrent fearful. Remember, you canposition your reconnected the teeth mouth for dentistry smile the day your are extracted. regarding thisI issue. andmuch medicine? welcome patients How better can it get, given the is toan opportuwho areThis willing invest in their circumstances? Happy trails…. nity true statesmanship, health and educate themselves when Dr.for David Biles is currently ac- it comesnew to understanding the particular cepting patients. He practices ideGovernor Brown. The rights stressors their mouths.Bioesthetic Likewise, I alof dentistry as a Biological man in are being trampled welcome testimonials that only Dentist with the a signiÀ cant background upon, underrooted the inguise of serve to validate a legitimate direction and perspective athletics, herd Since when for theprotection. dental and medical professions physical education, cardiopulmonary to embark. We are here to heal, medicine, human did 134 dentistry, cases ofand measles inre-are a search in exercise we not? population of physiology, nearly 39www. mildrbiles.com and (831) 423-0121. Dr. David Biles is accepting

children, the age of 12, are legally able to make such a decision? Some parents with children enrolled already in home school programs fear the wrath of a fury stirred up by a biased media. This is a very polarizing issue to believe rapidly lowering for thosethat who have takenthe totaltime amount of bacteria head the and energyintotheexcan have a signiÀcant effect on our amine it thoroughly. Why health. Quickly. would a vacciTheanyone previouswith hypothetical link came to me when physician called nated child feara exposure to acknowledge that her patient was atohealthy unvaccinated child, now responding to her therapy folthey ask? Are the vaccinated lowing a similar protocol. Prior to children notpretty protected by the thoroughly her mouth and years creating cleaning smiles with our If then why eliminating twonot, cavities, thisan patient Ávaccine? ippers, and truly do work with arthad been non-responsive to people, all of the ist, Stan, who truly cares about bother? which is reflected in to hisstimulate work and physician’s efforts Hysteria? Would any-her timeliness ippers immune when systememergency and heal. ÁShe was one like to bet that the same arenow needed to quickly helppatient’s a traumatic thrilled to see the proglanguageing used by situation. people and labs ress andSupporting called to was understand why this like Stan’s is why We we work withlabel small was happening. concluded that the the German press to laboratories: webacteria have the was relationship reduction in enabling and quell dissension, as the to her ask immune for favorssystem when necessary. to Ànally direct steps for totalitarian rule I believe that a well-designed its attention to other priorities in the esthetic ipper than should provide were quickly being putpatients body Á rather deal with an into apparwith dent smile after not the surgery place… a low scene too enta conÀ chronic grade sub-clinical is complete, and that’s what we coninfectionwhat in the head, localized to the unlike we see today? sistently provide. In my ofÀce, that primarily betweenhard and around Itmouth, really isn’t to means that the smilethat is eye-catching, the teeth. With this awareness came but does notthe drawpossibility critical scrutiny. imagine of other implications, however. In many cases, the smile we provide any number of scenarios, as A The common denominator? following surgery is a significant systematic approach to achieving social psychologists continimprovement over the one the patient a healthy on multiple levue to reshape mass attitudes presented withmouth at the beginning of the els, attending to all of the possible dental journey.“herd regarding protection”. stressors in the oral system, Speechonisand affected Perhaps we generally will see more understanding that there are of multiple initially, but within 48 hours use, new laws typesadapt of stressors and returns eachto one exerts people andattached speech topronorits though inÁuence in a unique way. The mal, theherd. continual awareness tecting the But…let’s stressors? number andpertype, of the appliance with the tongue hope not.Bacteria, from decay, gum Occasionally, disease, bad the oral sists awhile longer. The following is an Áipper can be thinned to create more hygiene, poorly contoured, rough Californians constitute ofthemy patients have stated open have to lion new patients interested in a compredental restorations thatmailed promoteMagazine bacgood supportive dentist I am, Page 11 �letter The IConnection � www.ConnectionMagazineOnline.com an “epidemic”? Methinks hensive approach to health created terial accumulation proliferation, applauding the ADAleave for some of the Governor that they would CaliJerry and Brown rein tandem with profession the patient. Dr. Biles medical does inaccessible surfaces, all plus the good work it does. fornia rather than stay and garding SB concave 277. I implore brings awareness to health from a Another case history? Last week the energetic effects of mixed metals, protest too much. allow their children to be of you to join me in demandof study. Schedule a visit to a gentleman suffering from high including the out gassing of mercury lifetime The prudent decision inoculated against will. ing Governor fromthat silver colored Àllings,Brown facilitated see if an ideal approach to dentistry blood pressure, obesity,their and shortness would be veto ittoand body needs heal,veto (831) They, like myself, believe anpresence end to ofthis nonsense by the gold. All of these is what your to of breath informed my staff that he put 423-0121, www.drbiles.com. physical inÁ uences are impacting our felt better than he had in years folContinues on Page 15 very strongly in building and protect the sovereignty

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7 Horrifying Facts About The HPV Vaccine (Polysorbate 80 is an ingredient in numerous vaccines.) 7. In 2015 Dr. Lee officially recommended no physical activity or sports for at least 2 months after receiving Gardasil because of the very high chance of cardiac arrest. The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has paid out over $6 million dollars to 49 different victims who were either injured or What?? killed by this deadly vacThe HPV vaccine cine. Hundreds of ‘protects’ against other claims have just two strains “Gardasil will become the greatest of over a hundred medical scandal of all times because been filed as well. at some point in time, the evidence To learn more different varieties of the human will add up to prove that this vaccine, about the beautiful technical and scientific feat that it lives tragically lost papilloma virus, may be, has absolutely no effect on which can lead cervical cancer and that all the very to Big Pharma’s to the develop- many adverse effects which destroy greed, please visit here. ment of cervical lives and even kill, serve no other Dr. Mona cancer. Accord- purpose than to generate profit for the Saraiya, a CDC ing to TruthWiki, manufacturers.â€? – Dr Bernard Dalbergue medical epidemi“There are at ologist at the Divileast 120 known human papillomaviruses, per 100,000 women from sion of Cancer Prevention so, worse than the flu shot, cervical cancer‌ which and Control, further dethe HPV vaccine is a comwould have been caught stroys any justifiable reason plete shot in the dark.â€? by pap smears anyway. for injecting the deadly vacInstead of encouragAND this is despite the cine concluding that “nearly ing pap smears and safe sex, fact that HPV vaccines all sexually active women the pharmaceutical industry do not prevent CIN1/2 are exposed to HPV.â€? She is determined to force the lesions from progressing went on to say that “only a few will get an infection three dose vaccine on evto CIN3. eryone. Children (includ- 5. Merck has always prom- that stays and won’t go ing boys) as young as nine ised there is no HPV viral away, and only a portion of years old are encouraged to DNA in HPV vaccines, those will get a precancerget the dangerous vaccine which is an outright lie. ous lesion. At that point, and now pharmaceutical In 2012, Dr. Lee found only a few will eventually predators want us to believe that 100% of all HPV develop cervical cancer.â€? A high risk vaccine that gay men need cervical Vaccines contain HPV cancer protection. Viral DNA, and this was vs. a low risk cancer indiAt the very First Anconfirmed by French sci- cates that the HPV vaccine nual Global HPV Vaccine entists in 2014. Injecting poses a far greater danger Symposium at AutismOne HPV Viral DNA causes than the cancer it claims to prevent. in Chicago this past week, HPV infection. None of this matters some very shocking facts 6. In 2015 it was discovered were discussed in regards by an Australian scientist to the pharmaceutical into this extremely dangerous that Merck’s HPV Vac- dustry. In the name of provaccine. cine “saline placeboâ€? tecting a significant profit I don’t think it’s poswas not saline. It was margin, deflection is the sible to read this list and not Polysorbate 80‌ which game. The vaccine manufeel anger at what is being causes ovarian failure, facturers and CDC officials B12 with purchase say it is “unclearâ€? whether done to our population uninfertility, autoimmunity FREE the deaths were related to der the pretense of prevenand nut allergies. This is of the vaccine, and that just betion. important because that Meyers Cocktail - $99.00 1. In 2010 the FDA allowed means when comparing cause patients died or were a presentation by those the vaccine (containing seriously injured following injured by HPV VacPolysorbate 80) to the the shot doesn’t mean the cines‌ they have still placebo, they could con- vaccine is to blame. From MarchAgainstnot responded. fidently say there were no 2. Since the introduction of differences or changes. Monsanto.com by Tami Canal Public Health Minister Jane Ellison announced this week that gay men in England will be able to receive the HPV vaccine. The announcement follows an advisory by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization which states that the vaccine should be offered through HIV clinics to gay men who are at high risk of contracting the virus.

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Five Ways Athletes can Benefit from Massage Therapy by Beau Jansen, CORE ProElite Trainer, Santa Cruz CORE Fitness + Rehab he sound of clinking 45 pound plates, the faint ring that vibrates from a barbell as it clatters to the ground, and the shrill screech of a WOD clock that tells you to pick it back up all can make the silence that fills a massage therapy room seem like nothing but just a quiet and pleasant break from the important part of getting fit. However, massage therapy can accelerate the recovery process. The accrued stress that is put on the body during heavy weight training sessions, endurance training, and the repetition of movement in competitive sporting events can be diminished, balanced out and healed by healing powers of bodywork, when combined with proper rest and nutrition.

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2. Increase Circulation The manual manipulation of the body that occurs during a massage actually increases circulation. The improved blood flow occurs as a result of dilated blood vessels that allow a

greater volume of blood to pass through them. The increased cardiovascular efficiency aids in the transport of oxygen to the cells and the removal of waste and various toxins from the cell. This basically means, healthier cells, healthier body, healthier you!

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the car, Brian started saying, “life, life, life, life.” Brian was delighted to say, “la, la, la” and “light” over the phone to me. It was one of the most gratifying moments of my career. Brian‘s dad now gently presses prescribed acupressure points every night, which are geared towards enhancing tongue flexibility and jaw alignment. The continuation of Brian‘s treatment at home has been an important component of Brian‘s success. Brian‘s vocabulary now regularly includes words like “light” and “life,” in addition to words that used to be tricky like “rock” and “right.” After seeing Brian a handful of times, I released him from care pending a reevaluation from his speech therapist. Brian‘s care included Acupuncture, Essential Oil Therapy, Acupressure and Heat Therapy. For more information on these techniques, visit our website! Dr. Maureen Rozenn, LAC, DAOM, FABORM is a general practitioner of acupuncture and Oriental medicine who directs a clinic in downtown Santa Cruz, California. Dr. Rozenn specializes in Women’s Health, Pain Management and Fertility Enhancement for men and women. For more information, visit www.AcupunctureSantaCruz.net.

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by Valerie Getts

oquel Creek Animal Hospital is excited to announce some recent changes happening in our office. Dr. Mary Siri is joining our team, and is seeing a variety of animals. She treats dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and pocket pets. Dr. Siri was born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA. She graduated from UC Davis with a degree in animal science and studied veterinary medicine at Western University of Health Sciences. Dr. Siri’s interests expand beyond caring for animals and includes hiking, gardening, cooking, football and spending time with family. We are excited to welcome her to our Soquel Creek family. Now that Soquel Creek Animal Hospital is a two doctor facility, we have the ability to see a more diverse group of clients. This includes your smallest family members, both furry and feathered. With the addition of a new doctor, our staff isn’t the only thing expanding. We’re also expanding our skills, knowledge, and our expertise in pet care. This also means more appointment availability to offer times that best fit your busy schedule. Caring for pets is what we do best at Soquel Creek Animal Hospital. We treat every animal as if they were our own. Nothing is more important than keeping your pets happy and healthy, which is why we offer a variety of services including preven-

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Tart Cherries are one of nature’s unsung healing agents, able to help the body recover naturally from a myriad of different ailments. and staking a claim to the antioxidant crown, cherries were seen as simply pleasurable, placing the entire weight of their health claim on a single half century old study showing that they could prevent attacks of gout [1]. In the past half dozen years, though, all that has changed, and the humble cherry is moving up the

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ment on the Insomnia Severity Index, on how long it took them to fall asleep, on how often they woke up and on total sleeping time [4]. A second study found out how tart cherries treated insomnia. This double-blind study gave twenty healthy men and women 30mL of tart Montmorency cherry juice concentrate in 200mL of water twice a day for seven days. The dose was equivalent to approximately 90-100 tart cherries. Compared to a placebo fruit drink, the tart cherry juice significantly increased melatonin by about 16%. Cherries, it turned out, were improving sleep because they were a natural source of the sleep hormone melatonin. Compared to a placebo, the cherry group significantly increased the time spent in bed, had a significant 34 minutes m o r e sleep per night and a significant 5-6% increase in the time in bed spent sleeping. The people on the cherry juice also spent significantly less time napping [5]. An earlier study had also found that Jerte Valley cherries increased melatonin and improved sleep [6]. Later, a fourth study would also find that, compared to placebo, a cherry product improved sleep efficiency, time taken to fall asleep, number of awakenings and total sleep time and that it increased melatonin [7]. Surprisingly, then, in a novel

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use of cherries, there is evidence that they improve sleep because they are a natural source of melatonin.

Exercise

In the same year the studies began to appear on insomnia, studies began to appear that demonstrated benefits for cherries for exercise. According to double-blind research on 54 healthy runners, when 355 mL of tart cherry juice was taken twice a day for seven days prior to a long distance run and again on the day of the race, the runners had significantly smaller increases in muscle pain than runners given a placebo cherry drink [8]. Subsequent studies would show that cherries improved the free radical damage and inflammation that resulted from exercise. In the first, twenty recreational marathon runners drank either cherry juice or a placebo for five days prior to a race and continued drinking it until two days after the race. Strength recovery was significantly faster in the cherry group. Furthermore, inflammation was significantly reduced and total antioxidant status was significantly greater in the cherry group [9]. A subsequent double-blind study would give either 30 mL Montmorency cherry concentrate (equivalent to about 90- 110 whole cherries) or a placebo in 100mL water twice a day

for a week to sixteen healthy male cyclists. Blood samples were taken after the cyclists completed high intensity exercise. Markers of free radical damage and inflammation were again significantly better in the cherry group [10]. Although exercise is good for every aspect of health, prolonged exercise can suppress immunity. Because of this immune suppression, prolonged exercise is associated with increased respiratory infections. So, researchers tried giving twenty recreational marathon run-

ners either tart Montmorency cherry juice or a placebo, starting five days before they ran their marathon and continuing until two days after they were finished. The dose of cherry juice was 236mL of fresh-pressed Montmorency tart cherry combined with apple (equal to 50-60 cherries) twice a day; the placebo was the same amount of a sugar-free fruit flavoured drink that looked like cherry juice. As in the earlier studies, the cherry juice significantly reduced inflammation after the race. C-reactive protein, a marker for inflammation, increased significantly less in the cherry juice group. Importantly in this study, both the number and the severity of upper respiratory tract symptoms (URTS) were significantly worse in the placebo group. Only the placebo group suffered more URTS after the race: while 50% of the runners who took the placebo had URTS at 24 and 48 hours after the race, not one of the runners who drank the cherry juice did [11].

High Blood Pressure

The most recent study on cherries has discovered yet another benefit. Cherries benefit blood pressure. The just published study was a double-blind study of fifteen men with early high blood pressure: that is, they had either systolic blood pressure of 130 mmHg or higher, diastolic blood pressure of 80 mmHg or higher, or both. They were given a single 60mL dose of concentrated Montmorency tart cherry juice, which is equivalent to about 180 cherries, diluted in water or a fruit flavoured placebo drink. Their blood pressure was measured five times over the next eight hours after this single administration of cherry juice. Systolic blood pressure was significantly lower for three hours after drinking the tart cherry drink compared to the placebo. The greatest reduction in systolic blood pressure was 7 mmHg two hours after drinking the cherry juice. The lower readings occurred when levels of tart cherry polyphenols (antioxidant flavonoids) were increased, suggesting that the blood pressure benefit may be due to the polyphenols [12]. With at least a dozen studies in the past half dozen years showing that tart cherry lowers uric acid and prevents painful gout attacks, raises melatonin and promotes sleep, re-

Med Sci 2010;65A:909-14. duces inflammation and free radical M, González-Gómez D, Lozano M, damage and promotes recovery and 7. Garrido et al. A Jerte valley cherry product proimmunity after exercise and increasvides beneficial effects on sleep quality. Influence on aging. J Nutr Health Aging es polyphenol antioxidants and low2013;17:553-60. ers blood pressure, perhaps, after all 8. Kuehl KS, Perrier ET, Elliot DL, et al. Efficacy these years, there really is a cherry of tart cherry juice in reducing muscle pain during running: a randomized on top. controlled trial. J Int Soc Sports Nutr To learn more about the me2010 ;7:17. dicinal properties of cherries, visit 9. Howatson G, McHugh MP, Hill JA, et al. Influence of tart cherry juice on indices the GreenMedInfo.com database on of recovery following marathon running. the topic here: Medicinal Cherries. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2010;20:843-

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1. Blau LW. Cherry diet control for gout and arthritis. Tex Rep Biol Med 1950;8:30911. 2. Zhang Y, Neogi T, Chen C, et al. Cherry consumption and decreased risk of recurrent gout attacks. Arthritis Rheum 2012;64:4004-11. 3. Schlesinger N, Schlesinger M. Previously reported prior studies of cherry juice concentrate for gout flare prophylaxis: comment on the article by Zhang et al. Arthritis Rheum 2013;65:1135-6. 4. Pigeon W, Carr M, Gorman C, et al. Effects of a tart cherry juice beverage on the sleep of older adults with insomnia: a pilot study. J Med Food 2010;13:579-583. 5. Howatson G, Bell PG, Tallent J, et al. Effect of tart cherry juice (Prunus cerasus) on melatonin levels and enhanced sleep quality. Eur J Nutr 2012;51:909-16. 6. Garrido M, Paredes SD, Cubero J, et al. Jerte Valley Cherry-Enriched Diets Improve Nocturnal Rest and Increase 6-Sulfatoxymelatonin and Total Antioxidant Capacity in the Urine of Middle-Aged and Elderly Humans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci

852. 10. Bell PG, Walshe IH, Davison GW, et al. Montmorency cherries reduce the oxidative stress and inflammatory responses to repeated days high-intensity stochastic cycling. Nutrients 2014;6:829-843. 11. Dimitriou L, Hill JA, Jehnali A, et al. Influence of a Montmorency cherry juice blend on indices of exercise-induced stress and upper respiratory tract symptoms following marathon running—a pilot investigation. J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2015;12:22. 12. Keane KM, George TW, Constantinou CL, et al. Effects of Montmorency tart cherry (Prunus Cerasus L.) consumption on vascular function in men with early hypertension. Am J Clin Nutr 2016;doi:10.3945/ajcn.

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by Jane R. Schwickerath tance the most. At our local f you weren’t paying atLGBT community tention to what Congress center’s (The Diverwas doing in 2010, don’t sity Center) 60Plus worry. I’m here to let you Senior Program, we know about one very imporoften have to balance tant decision. In response to outreach efforts with the unmet needs of lesbian, our capacity to serve. gay, bisexual and transgenFunding for all senior der (LGBT) older adults, Congress appropriated $3 Jane R. Schwickerath programs and services demands attention and million dollars to create the National Resource Center for LGBT consideration by our local, state and Aging. Whether you’re living in rural federal politicians. Too often we Iowa or inner city Los Angeles, social hear that seniors get enough of the workers, faith communities and fam- community programming funds. ily members who don’t know where But, many LGBT elders don’t feel to turn to for help, understanding, welcomed attending congregate meal and answers—now, have a national sites, houses of worship, or even volresource of updated research, infor- unteer opportunities that would allow mation and assistance. In Santa Cruz them to feel connected and valued. Returning to the closet as needs County, we’re lucky enough to have one of only 129 LGBT community increase with age has become the centers, The Diversity Center, left norm. Few are willing to take a in the country and one of the longest chance that the caregiver hired to help standing LGBT Senior Programs. So, in your home will discover something if you’re local we’ve got your back! about you that will ignite neglect, I’m often asked about why abuse or worse. Hiding books, phoLGBT seniors need their own pro- tos, and symbols which you were gram when senior services exist for once proud to wave, might increase all. The answer is simple, because a sense of security, but at what price? research revealed that this is a gen- Stories are shared of LGBT elders in eration of LGBT seniors who are Skilled Nursing Facilities who tell the most underserved, marginalized friends to not visit out of fear that population in America today. Due to their appearance will ‘out’ the patient a lifetime of discrimination, stigmati- and lead to mistreatment, leading to zation and abuse, this cohort’s history further isolation. Through the 60Plus SeniorProhas created a level of fear that keeps many of them still closeted and living gram, LGBT seniors gather every in isolation as a primary coping skill. month to socialize. Our luncheons are Fear of discrimination and mistreat- held In a safe space where they share ment keeps them from reaching out meals, visit with old friends, meet for services and care when their new people, and listen to programs health declines and they need assis- that bring much needed information

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to reach our daughby Joyce and Barry ters, Rami and Mira, Vissell who were ahead of arry: If we us somewhere. We only knew how Ă€QDOO\ GLG DQG WKH\ many times we doubled back to meet are rescued by divine us. I had the brilliant intervention, we would thought to check if completely trust this Joyce and Barry Vissell their car had a spare higher power. There WLUH ,W GLG %XW WKH WLUH LURQ GLG QRW Ă€W would then be nothing to worry about —ever! Joyce and I had yet another our tires nuts! No luck there! John-Nuri squeezed into their car powerful reminder of this truth—and with his luggage, and off they went. divine miracle—last week. Our children felt terrible leaving us In honor of both of us turning seventy this month (there’s no more on the side of the road. Joyce and I denying it—we are both seniors!), understood the reality that we very we rented our favorite house in Hana, OLNHO\ ZRXOG PLVV RXU Ă LJKW KRPH Maui, for eight days, and had a won- First, we called the rental car company derful vacation with our three grown to see if they could help. All they could children, one of our children’s sig- do was refer us to a taxi company, QLĂ€FDQW RWKHU DQG RXU Ă€YH \HDU ROG who we immediately called. They said grandson. Six weeks post-op from a they could come get us in three hours. partial knee replacement, it was a real Great! We were told that we could joy for me to actually hike without leave the rental car on the side of the SDLQ IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH LQ VHYHUDO \HDUV road and they would come and get it On the way back to the airport in a matter of hours. Joyce: My main discipline right IURP UHPRWH +DQD ZH KDG D Ă DW WLUH now is to try to see everything as an No problem! Even at seventy, I was opportunity to trust more fully in God. FRQĂ€GHQW WKDW , FRXOG FKDQJH D WLUH LQ :KHQ WKH WLUH ZHQW Ă DW , ZDV VXUH less than ten minutes. We had left an extra hour early just in case. I opened that somehow the angels would come the trunk of the rental car, emptied out GRZQ DQG PDJLFDOO\ Ă€[ WKH WLUH RU DW DOO RXU OXJJDJH DQG OLIWHG XS WKH Ă DS the very least, allow us to get to the to expose the spare tire. There was no airport. While Barry and our son were spare tire! Instead, there was a small using the pump, I put my hands on the WZHOYH YROW DLU SXPS DQG D ´à DW Ă€[HUÂľ tire and prayed for a miracle. I visualthat somehow attached to it. Our son, ized the tire surrounded in light. But -RKQ 1XUL ZKR ZDV LQ RXU FDU Ă€JXUHG then it became apparent that this car RXW KRZ WR DWWDFK WKH ´à DW Ă€[HU Âľ , was not going to get us to the airport. Barry and I pulled all of our lugplugged in the pump and watched, gage out of the car and stood on the VDWLVĂ€HG DV WKH WLUH VWDUWHG WR LQĂ DWH side of the road. We were both prayTurning off and removing the pump, we heard the loud hiss and ing for help and we must have looked UHDOL]HG WKH Ă DW ZDV QRW Ă€[HG ´2ND\ rather pathetic, two senior citizens HYHU\RQH EDFN LQ WKH FDU Âľ , RUGHUHG standing by their luggage, waving their “Let’s see how far we can travel with hands and begging for help on the side of a very remote and winding road. WKH OHDN Âľ :H ZHUH PD\EH IRUW\ Ă€YH PLQ- Twenty minutes went by and not one utes from the airport. I started driving. vehicle stopped. It was now 12:10 and Five minutes later, the tire pressure was RXU Ă LJKW ZDV DW :H ZHUH VWLOO DW obviously too low to continue driv- least 35 minutes from the airport, and ing. I pulled over and we repeated the knew the airlines had a strict policy. SURFHVV KRSLQJ WKH ´à DW Ă€[HUÂľ PLJKW We would not be able to check in less WKDQ PLQXWHV EHIRUH RXU Ă LJKW :H work after a second try. 1R OXFN , JRW DQRWKHU Ă€YH PLQ- got a very sinking feeling inside that utes closer to the airport. (Note to the plane with our family would leave self: never, ever, rent a car without a without us, and we would have to wait until the next day, with no place to stay spare tire!) Now we recognized we were in and no car to drive. An old white van pulled up with WURXEOH -RKQ 1XUL¡V Ă LJKW ZDV WZHQW\ two Hawaiian men. Page 27 minutes earlier than ours, so we needed

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– at work and at home – is by Karin Leonard energizing, exciting and o you find you are productive. Reflect for a constantly busy, yet moment: what are your feel that you are not highest priorities at this getting enough done? Are time in your life, both you working too many hours personally and professioneach week, without reaching ally? Of these priorities, the success you want? Do your relationships, health Karin Leonard which do you value the most? And, do your main and spirit suffer, because of too much time at work? Take shelter concerns get enough attention? from the storm for a few minutes, and Work Smarter, not Harder! read on. For busy professionals, moPutting in more hours does not ments of introspection and reflection necessarily equal greater results. The are worth gold. question is: Are you focused on your priorities? We can be very efficient, Discover Priorities When caught on the “hamster without being effective. For example, wheel” of work and endless things you can make great progress at climbto do, it is difficult to hold the focus ing a steep ladder, but what if it leans on what matters. Important goals against the wrong building…? Each and objectives may get lost in the morning, take the first few minutes to urgency of fires needing to be put decide on the day’s priorities. Then, out. Yet when significant dreams and attend to those items first. Tackle soulful intentions get squeezed out by your hardest task (or the one you busyness, we may feel empty, drained dread the most) in the morning, and and depressed. Doing what matters the rest of your day will seem like a Page 26

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It was a son, perhaps in his forties, and his elderly father. They listened to our sad story and agreed to take us to the airport. The son told us he doubted we would make it in time for the flight, but the father said, “Let’s give it a try,” and off we went. We told them how grateful we were and the son said, “I’ve learned that all of life is meant to be lived in gratitude. Gratitude is the key to a good life.” When asked if we could pay them, the father said that the best payment would be to “pay it forward” and help someone else. The town of Paia, which is normally very congested with traffic, was totally clear and we sailed right through what can take an extra half hour. The son knew of a short cut that was just completed. He miraculously got us to the airport one minute before the 40 minute deadline. The Hawaiians told us to run and we took off. The gate agents took our bags and again told us to hurry as fast as we could. We were the last people on the plane, sweating and out of breath, but we made it. Our children were thrilled and surprised! As I sat in my seat and closed my eyes, I distinctly heard my inner voice quietly say, “Trust Me, I

have your back!” This was yet another opportunity to trust. Here are a few opportunities to bring more love and growth into your life, at the following longer events led by Barry and Joyce Vissell: June 4-11—Alaska “Inside Message” Cruise; Jul 17-22 — Shared Heart Summer Retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs, OR; Oct 14-20—Assisi Retreat, Italy; Feb 5-12, 2017—Hawaii Couples Retreat. Joyce & Barry Vissell, a nurse/ therapist and psychiatrist couple since 1964, are counselors near Santa Cruz, CA, who are widely regarded as among the world’s top experts on conscious relationship and personal growth. They are the authors of The Shared Heart, Models of Love, Risk to Be Healed, The Heart’s Wisdom, Meant to Be, and A Mother’s Final Gift. Call Toll-Free 1(800) 766-0629, locally (831) 684-2299 or write to the Shared Heart Foundation, P.O. Box 2140, Aptos, CA 95001, for further information on counseling sessions by phone or in person, their books, recordings or their schedule of talks and workshops. Visit their web site at SharedHeart.org for their free monthly

breeze. Notice your natural rhythm. Are you the sharpest in the early hours, and does your energy dip in the afternoon? Save all those e-mails for your low energy period, and make the most of your peak times. Left to our own devices, habitual patterns tend to take over. We often have the answers to life’s challenges, yet being too close to your own situation and a hectic pace makes it difficult to see clearly let alone focus. To get the most out of work and life, you may want to consider hiring a coach. These days, coaching is no longer only the prerogative of elite executives. Many businesses and countless professionals are discovering the dynamite potential of sitting down with a skilled professional. Coaching allows you to identify what you truly value, and helps to crystallize your next steps. Your coach is committed to your agenda, and gently holds you accountable to focus on your priorities. Acting as a confidential sounding board, your coach is your ally for moving forward effectively.

And even though coaching can be therapeutic, it is certainly not therapy. During a coaching session, we focus on getting results in the present while learning from the past. You can hire a coach on your own, or your company might spring for getting you a coach. Performance and results often skyrocket through coaching. Many firms these days recognize that coaching of key employees maximizes business results. When you do what matters, you feel fulfilled and on track with life. Your days are meaningful and productive, and a natural sense of balance and a sustainable rhythm emerges. This is a soulful path, leading to success and happiness, without compromising your values. Karin H. Leonard is a professional coach, personal consultant and seminar leader, with 26 years of experience in coaching, hypnosis, NLP and conducting workshops. Karin is a popular speaker, and available for a variety of seminars, including coaching skills. Office located in Santa Cruz. (831) 724-5400. Visit Karin’s website at wwwInnerEvolution.com.

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to tell, it is the heirloom anti-oxidants that were in by Allen Morgan he beauty of seeds is varieties passed down by the original tomatoes, yet rivaled only by their families from generation to do provide high profits for purpose. Within the generation that best capture seed corporations. The ability of open confines of it’s seed coat, ev- our imagination. Seed Savers Ex- pollinated varieties to proery seed holds a connection to the future and the past. change’s beginning came duce true to type seeds The embryonic plant that from the Amish communi- connected to their sense of rests within a seed contains ties in the US. As it unfolded self- reliance is a trait that not only the promise of what 30 years ago as a non profit many gardeners value as is to come, as it is nurtured seed distributor, now it is in much as the distinct traits and grows from a young 40 countries and has 16,000 of these heirloom varieties seedling into a mature plant, members connected around themselves. These seeds but also the history and traits the world. Over the past few have come to represent that properly saved seed pass decades, seed-saving advo- something that belongs down from generation to cates have fought to contain to us, to which we have a right and an obligation generation. to conserve and mainEvery gardener “Prop 37Some – Right to Know; Label GMO tain. This inspires us has a seed story. in to keep these varieties high school science class, Campaign” Did It Win or Did It Lose? alive to be shared with others with the avocado others. Some of these pit grown the window. ditor’s in NOTE: THANK YOUthe TOjoy ALLofOF traits such as tolerance Or like myself, THE VALIANT VOLUNto heat and drought my grandmother’s large TEERS THAT EDUCATED PEOmay not be really seen garden in the hills of PLE ABOUT GMOs and OUR but this potential is part easternTO Tennessee. RIGHT HAVE OUR FOOD Allen Morgan LABELED SO WE in CANsumMAKE of the diversity of our Visiting OUR OWN CHOICES! THANK food crops. With the mers introduced me to YOU ONE AND ALL!!! the joy of farm life, and the the loss of these non-hybrid ability of the seeds to adapt Did Prop 37 fail or win? pleasure I received from varieties of vegetables and to their changing environThough support at the ballot grains that have been harder ment, they will be able to watching a corn grow, box was 43% pro PROPfield 37 and 57% against 37, that off ‘other of to source, and possibly dis- adapt to climate change eatingProp tomatoes theside vine crooks, lying liars and 1%’ did not and varying regional condiappearing. and getting eggs out of the really win. WHY? Because even if Beginning in the 30’s tions. 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The seed with easy transportation which Allen Morgan: educating the marvelous Volunteers tricks funded by The “YES on 37 Campaign” SantaCruzHeirloomSeed@outlook. included extended storage the most interesting stories have done to inform us, etc.—let us also forced • Monsanto, com Monsanto and the bioknow whotothebe greedy Seed Savers tends the corporations most his- time •brought giants toExchange: spend $45 million to PepsiCo, about the hy- tech www.SeedSavers.org/ are (andWhile with ulterior motives—we the measure. That’s a record • Coca-Cola, market. Yet, as defeat toric. hybrid varieties brid tomato Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds: www. are ‘in the KNOW’ ??!!. 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to freedom. They have adopted a no cage policy for animals in a time where humans are being caged at unprecedented rates around the world - ironically mostly in America - the land of the free. On the road to Indian independence many of Gandhi’s followers were met with armed forces bent on stopping their quest. When peace was persistent the armed forces were stopped in shame - some even fled scared. Martin Luther King and many others showed similar success. For a time John Lennon was considered an enemy of the United States. Peace proclaimers are considered dangerous and are commonly killed by bullets - but they are hardly silenced. This is why our project has nothing to do with acting from fear. Rather, we are preparing for a future that is sustainable. Building and living in humane communities in peace is the only sustainable path. We choose to live in La La land. Light easily illuminates and cuts through darkness, yet no amount of darkness can ever dim the light. Aaron Carvajal is the Founder of Future of the Free and Under the Dome. See how we are taking action today by visiting future at www.futureofthefree.com and e-mail us at connect@ futureofthefree.com.

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temala, El Salvador, and Honduras all had civil wars followed by decades of violence and social unrest. This subsequently led to generations of lost boys who now form the deadliest gangs in these countries where more than a dozen murders occur daily in the cities. On August 16-18, 2015 there were 125 murders in just 3 days in El Salvador. This has led to an estimated 66,000 kids fleeing for their life in the last 2 years. Neighboring Costa Rica also had a civil war, but then officially abolished its military in 1948. What followed was peace ever since and the emergence of a safe haven in Central America. This goodwill seems to have grown as Costa Rica recently decided to close public zoos in the spirit of honoring an animal’s right

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his article is going to shine some critically explosive light on a bio-tech corporation that has had a destructively unavoidable impact on the entire planet. I have been doing community based activism work and have been living in Santa Cruz, California, of the most ecologically and organicminded cities in the United States, where sadly, Monsanto’s products are harming it’s world renowned natural beauty. This corporation started as a synthetic chemical lab that manufactured deadly bio-weapons such as Agent Orange, which was used so widely in Vietnam that it still causes birth defects to this day, 50 years after the war. This corporation fed lies to governments and farmers all over the world for decades, promising to be the solution to feed the world and bring hope to overwhelming population growth. This corporation infiltrated our food supply in the United States, in our grocery stores and school lunches, to the extent that every person in this country has inevitably ingested their transgenic and chemicallytreated products. This corporation has oppressed farmers in third world nations with their genetically modified seeds and pesticides, forcing these products into their economies to the point where they either used these poisonous methods or lost their family farms. This corporation continues to poison our air and our environment with it’s synthetic pesticides like Roundup, which has finally been recently labeled in California as a cancer causing agent in accordance with Proposition 65.

This corporation is Monsanto.

I decided to finally write a brief, comprehensive review of my knowledge, experience, and understanding of the critical situation that our planet is in today because of Monsanto. There are research papers, books, documentaries, government warnings, FDA documents available from the Freedom of Information Act, and many other means of references regarding Monsanto’s unethical history. These resources are widely available, easy to find, and wellknown by millions. The popularity numbers from social media like Facebook can prove one facet of the general public’s view on Monsanto. If you were to type in “Monsanto Company,” it’s main page has 128,304 “likes.” It’s highly unlikely that this is even the first page that comes up when you type “Monsanto” in the search bar. You’ll probably see

the more popular group sites, such as “March Against Monsanto” with 1,075,777 “likes,” or “Millions Against Monsanto,” with 888,781 “likes.” There is no doubt that once people see the proof (which, like I mentioned, is prevailing), no one wants their food supply or farms poisoned and to be unavoidably exposed to transgenetically mutated organisms that have no safety assurance of their long term affects on the environment and human bodies. Here is my imperative question for the public: what has Santa Cruz, with a reputation for being an eco-progressive city, done to promote awareness or ban Roundup or GMO’s? Richmond, CA has completely banned all use of Roundup and it’s main ingredient, glyphosate. According to the Organic Consumer’s Association, Santa Cruz joined Trinity, Marin and Mendocino counties in banning GMO crops back in 2006. My pressing question to the public and city officials is, what has the county done to implement this ban? If GMO’s are in fact banned here, than why is glyphosate still on our shelves so the public can spray it without restriction, regulation, or an understanding of the danger it poses to every living thing? The general public should be widely aware that GMO’s and Roundup are tools of Monsanto’s death peddling agenda that is decimating our environment and our health. Since Roundup has been around for decades, sold in many types of stores, and has never had a health warning label like it is supposed to, the general public has no idea how dangerous it is. It is considered to be a legacy chemical, which means it does not break down easily in the environment and can persist for very long, destroying the nutrients of and remaining in the soil. It’s not even useful for keeping weeds away since super weeds that become resistant to the chemical eventually grow in the area it is sprayed. Despite this fact, the county of Santa Cruz still allows it to be sprayed on the sides of our roads to attempt to kill acacia tree stumps. It’s also sprayed in our levees and rivers to clear the channels of vegetation. Yes, a cancer causing chemical that persists in the environment is literally being sprayed in the amount of gallons into our water and environment. You can view the most recent integrative pesticide management report here: http://tinyurl.com/zgak35r There are very viable alternatives to these dangerous pesticides. The county could create more jobs by

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hiring people to manually remove the vegetation that will inevitably clog the channels whether Roundup is sprayed or not and remove the stumps with machinery. There is no easy way out of altering our natural environment for the conveniences of humanity. Overtime, the community will end up paying much more for these chemical methods of plant removal with increased cost for the pesticides to remove the super weeds they breed and most importantly with the deterioration of their heath as well as the health of our ecosystem.

So what is the general public to do when governments don’t take the GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) out of our food supply, when the farmers and even our neighbors don’t stop spraying Roundup, and when the obvious effects of climate change and environmental destruction are prevalent? Well, I am just a single mom, raising a 6 and 4 year old in a confusing world where food has to be constantly scrutinized and laws backed by Big Pharma (one of Monsanto’s proud partners) have been taking away the rights of parents to determine what medical interventions are truly appropriate for their children. With more devotion to my learning process, with every book, statistic, study and personal story I read and every documentary I encounter, I have to powerfully fight the overwhelming feelings of devastation and not be crushed by the atrocities that my children and their peers will inevitably have the responsibility of facing if my generation cannot. Besides being a single mom, I have been studying Traditional Chinese Medicine for 4 years and will be graduating soon with a Master’s degree. It has been the most rewarding and confidence-building process of my life and I am very honored to be able to offer holistic, natural prospects to life-long health for the many patients that I have seen. I am so lucky to have the skills and knowledge of holistic medicine to treat my own children and to be able to accommodate their natural growth process, nourish their creativity, and embrace their individual needs. With all this in mind, what could someone as busy, yet empowered as

I am, possibly do to contribute to the organic well-being of the planet, my children’s future, and the place we are living in now? I started addressing this nagging concern of mine by creating a “March Against Monsanto Santa Cruz” Facebook group. I also am organizing a March Against Monsanto event that will take place in downtown Santa Cruz on May 21st, 2016, as a part of a collective, worldwide movement that is happening in several countries. In addition to this group and event, I started an online petition to take Roundup off the shelves in local stores. Roundup has no regulations to where it is sprayed or even who buys it. Basically, anyone can purchase this cancer causing substance and spray it anywhere. This needs to be addressed. You can help by signing the petition here: http://tinyurl. com/zheljxk. Santa Cruz, California is a cultural mecca of the world, and when our culture makes conscious-driven moves like taking Roundup off our shelves and marching against oppressive food nazis, it will impact many other places. I may be a little of an idealist for having so much faith in the projects that I take on. I may get some scrutiny, but so far I have received nothing but wonderful support and encouragement from my community. One of my biggest motivations for these projects is to inspire more people, from those with more of a social influence to those who think their voices would never be heard, to create their own projects aimed at making their communities more conscious, healthy places.

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Eleyah Knight is a single mother of two children, ages six and four, and a full-time graduate student of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She lives in Santa Cruz, California. She has spent several years studying natural parenting and medicine. She intends on focusing her medical practice on adolescent/pediatric/ developmental health. Traveling around the states and learning from homeless travelers has given her valuable, humble perspectives. Her passion for natural living inspired her to give birth to her daughter unassisted at a Rainbow Gathering in the forest. Involvement in international volunteer work, organizing a local March Against Monsanto, and working hard on various community awareness and transformative projects have been her most recent adventures. She has written poetry, stories and songs in numerous journals throughout her life, plays electric violin and acoustic mandolin, and is currently in the process of typing up her journey to share with the world. https:// EleyahKnightLight.wordpress.com/ author/eleyahknightlight/

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by Vani Hari, the Food Babe love rice! I also love combining cooked food with raw food to make a very nutritious meal. This Asian Citrus Rice Salad does just that and is a delicious dish to make for lunch on the go or for a summer bbq. All the flavors of oranges, ginger, tamari and vinegar go so well together — YUM! Brown basmati rice is perfect in this recipe because it hasn’t been stripped of its bran and germ (like white rice) where most of the nutrients are, and it still has a light and fluffy texture. Brown rice is one of the richest sources of manganese, a trace mineral that fights free radicals in the body. Along with the orange slices and green bell peppers, this salad is also high in vitamin C, an important antioxidant that helps prevent DNA damage.

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When choosing brands of rice, it is a good idea to contact the companies that you buy rice products from and ask them if they test for arsenic. Arsenic is a carcinogen that is prevalent in rice products, including some brands of brown rice. California grown rice has been shown to contain lower amounts of arsenic than rice grown in other parts of the country. I really like Lundberg Organic which is grown in CA and Alter Eco because they do regular testing and publish their results. If you don’t want to use

brown rice in this recipe, wild rice or quinoa would be equally delicious!

Food Babe’s Asian Citrus Brown Rice Salad

Prep time 10 mins Cook time 45 mins Total time 55 mins Author: Food Babe Serves: 2 Ingredients 1 cup cooked brown basmati rice 2 cups chopped romaine lettuce 1 green bell pepper, diced 2 carrots, shredded ¼ cup slivered almonds 1 orange, peeled and sliced 6 ounces cooked cubed chicken or tofu (optional) 2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro (optional) Asian Dressing: 1 tablespoon raw honey (vegan: use coconut palm nectar) ¼ cup low sodium tamari 1 teaspoon grated ginger 3 tablespoons brown rice vinegar 1 clove garlic, minced 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2-4 tablespoons f iltered water Instructions To make the dressing, place all of the ingredients in a bowl and whisk until fully combined. For the salad, place all of the ingredients in a bowl. Pour some of the dressing over the salad until your desired liking. To serve, place half of the salad on a plate. Enjoy! Notes ***Please choose all organic ingredients. http://foodbabe.com/rice Printed with permission.

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by Candace Stuart-Findlay ’d like to draw our attention to something that I have recently noticed, and ask for your assistance to shift it. Immediately after Donald Trump won his last state primary race, I felt a significant uptick in 3rd/4th dimensional fear frequency. I first objectively observed the experience to see if it was solely of my own transmission. I determined it was global, not personal. However, unless we are aware that the fear frequency level increase is global, and not personal, we can easily personalize the feeling experience and begin unconsciously looping and cocreating with it… therefore expanding fearfulness. Here is my two-part assistance request… First, let’s please be aware of what energy frequencies we are transmitting and

receiving, Joy/ L o v e or fear/ anger? Notice Candace where Stuart-Findlay our focus is, are we talking about being afraid, hopeless, angry? Or are we noticing all the joyful beauty around us, and speaking with gratitude? If the focus is primarily upon fear-based feelings and thoughts, let’s please immediately shift back to the Joy/Love frequency. This is simple to do using the Divine Heart Coherence™ Technique that I have shared in this column numerous times. Second, let’s in Unity place our focus and joyful feelings upon solutions, compassion, and joyful outcomes that are for the Highest and Greatest Good. Remember, a basic quantum physics rule is what-

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by Janet Leonard REE Wednesday Twilight Concerts at the Esplanade at the EsplaPark Bandstand in Capitola: nade Park Shows are from 6-8pm. Warm in Capitola: jackets suggested for cool eve- Janet Leonard Six Sundays nings. Feel free to bring your low through out the summer from back chairs and blankets, but 11am- 5pm view and purchase no dogs allowed. For more info quality artwork. Live music on go to: http://www.cityofcapitola. the Esplanade Stage 2-4pm. For org/acc/page/twilight-concertsmore info go to: http://www.cityofesplanade-park capitola.org/acc/page/sunday-artJun. 8th: Cocktail Monkeys, rock, music-beach-2016 pop and R&B Jun. 12th: Jazz with a Twist, jazz, Jun. 15th: Candelaria, cumbia (a swing & Latin dance-oriented music genre Jun. 26 th: Singing Wood Maoriginated in Colombia) and rimba, world music dub reggae Jul. 3rd: 7th Wave, acoustic/light Jun. 22nd: Expendables, surf rock rock Jun. 29th: Big City Revue, all hits Jul. 17th: Samba Cruz, Brazilian from 70’s until today Aug. 7th: Ron Kaplan, jazz Jul. 6th: Todd Morgan & the EmAug. 21st: Simple Creation, regblems, pop/rock gae/roots/dub Jul. 13th: Lyin’ I’s, Eagles tribute Santa Cruz Beach Boardband walk has FREE daily entertainJul. 20th: Mambo Tropical, Latin ment from Jun. 20 th-Aug. 14 th, Jul. 27th: Spill the Wine, rock, from 12 to 6pm. Can’t wait to see dance & soul The Street Drum Corps, a worldAug. 3rd: Blackouts, 80’s party renowned, high energy, drum band and percussion show that will be Aug. 10 th: Mark Russo & the playing Mon. thru Thu. from Jul. Classy Cats, big band/jazz 6th-Aug.14th at 12pm and another Aug. 17th: Delta Wires, big band show at 3pm and on Sundays at blues 12pm and 6pm. For more info on Aug. 24th: Extra Large, funky fun

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

A l i c e T h ro u g h t h e Looking Glass

With Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway Entertainment: 3.5 Message: 4 The majority of critics must be mad as hatters. This amazing and completely absurd sequel to the 2010Alice in Wonderland delivers quite an existential ride, again, for the first time. Turning over direction from Tim Burton to James Bobin (Da Ali G Show, and Muppets) was a good move, as was using the same screenwriter. Even more “phantasmagorical” than the last, it works if … you can free yourself from sensibility, at least for awhile. All the elements are there, but purists will consider the “true” story lost. But seriously, jumping through wall mirrors is no way for a young lady to escape her problems. Generously applying this new form of “madtech” to

Karin Leonard & Daniel Robin believing in yourself makes the tale quite relevant, about sticking to principles, lasting friendships and female emancipation (updating the 1865 original). The crazy genius of Johnny Depp just gets crazier. Carter’s Red Queen is delightfully weird and creepy. This visual feast and special effects orgy includes some questionable c o s t u m e d e s i g n s . Lots of fun, red hair! A fairly long ordeal, at least never boring, ironically centers on time itself, and almost makes it stand still for awhile. Despite the over-the-top CGI effects, there’s somehow still humor and heart (1 hr 53 min.)

Money Monster

With George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe E n t e r t a i n m e n t : 4 Message: 4 Gr ip p in g fr o m

the free shows go to: http://beachboardwalk.com/shows Coasters Bar & Grill: Fri. Jun. 10th, White Chocolate Funk, an originator of the funk, groove, and sexually psychedelic infused fashion jam band genre. The Catalyst: Sun. Jun. 19th, Morgan Heritage, formed in 1994 by five children of reggae artist Denroy Morgan. They won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album 2016. Also The Wheeland Brothers, two Southern Californian bros who play self described, “beach rock reggae” inspired by waves, friends, and dreaming of distant shores. Sun. Jun. 26 th, Buckethead, virtuoso guitarist, voted #8 in GuitarOne magazine “Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time” as well as Guitar World’s lists of the “25 all-time weirdest guitarists” and is also known for being in the “50 fastest guitarists of all time list”. Don’t miss this awesome one-man show. http://www.bucketheadland.com/ Are you a local band that would like your CD reviewed in this publication? Send your CD to Music Connection, c/o Janet Leonard, PO Box 3916, Santa Cruz, CA 95063. Call (831) 3254605 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. start to finish, fabulous performances by Clooney and Roberts and powerfully directed by Jody Foster, this drama takes on the big game of Wall Street, corruption, and the hot contemporary topic of tension between rich, poor and behind-the-scenes securities fraud in an up-closeand-personal, visceral fashion. Yes, there are plot holes and plausibility stretches, as well as shortcuts taken for the sake of brevity and on-screen tension, but the entertainment and pertinence for our times is undeniable. A much-needed post script to “Now what?” following The Big Short (1 hr 38 min). More movie reviews on the superblog at www.ConnectionMagz.com

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e publish this magazine to support our community and enjoy featuring leading theater, performances, and events. It is very important that you, our

readers, tell all of the Arts & Entertainment Venues, businesses and events, that you read about them in The Connection Magazine. We appreciate your much needed support in return. Thank you very much! Pattie & Thom

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JON PARDI Thursday, June 2 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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MAC SABBATH

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DEJ LOAF

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SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE Tuesday, June 14 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

PRAYERS

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Friday, June 17 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

BUCK-O-NINE

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Saturday, June 18 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

LOS SHAKAS

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MORGAN HERITAGE Sunday, June 19 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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CHERRY GLAZERR

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VENOM INC.

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BERNER

Jun 26 Buckethead (Ages 16+) Jul 9 Kung Fu Vampire (Ages 16+) Jul 20 P-Lo/ Noodles (Ages 16+) Jul 21 Toxic Summer/ Must Die! (Ages 18+) Jul 22 The Psychedelic Furs/ The Church (Ages 16+) Jul 23 The Acacia Strain/ Oceano (Ages 16+) Jul 25 Steel Pulse (Ages 16+) Jul 27 Savages (Ages 16+) Jul 29 The Expanders/ Thrive (Ages 16+, FREE) Jul 30 Shwayze (Ages 16+) Aug 2 Protoje & The Indiggnation (Ages 16+) Aug 4 Atlas Genius/ Bear Hands (Ages 16+) Aug 11 Kurt Vile & The Violators (Ages 16+) Aug 13 Galactic (Ages 21+) Aug 28 X/ Mike Watt & The Secondmen (Ages 21+) Sep 4 The White Panda (Ages 18+) Sep 7 The Zombies (Ages 21+) Sep 10 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Sep 16 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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Which States Will Legalize Marijuana In 2016?

Posted by Johnny Green, July 29, 2014 olorado and Washington State legalized marijuana in 2012. If all goes well, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington D.C. will also legalize marijuana in 2014. Assuming that happens, which states will legalize marijuana during the 2016 Election? Many states are already ramping up efforts for 2016, and there’s a chance that some states might even legalize between now and 2016 via their legislatures. Below are the states that I feel have a great shot at 2016. Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Missouri Montana Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York Rhode Island Vermont The states listed above either have strong campaigns already working on the ground (and $), or are located in the North East part of the country where legalization via the legislature is most likely to happen in my opinion. I’m not trying to guarantee that all of the states listed above will succeed, but if asked which states I’d bet on, those would be them.

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What the legalization models will look like in each state is up in the air, but I think those states have the best shot at legalizing marijuana by the end of 2016 in one form or another. Missouri might seem like a long shot to some people, but I work very closely with their campaign, and it’s one of the strongest campaigns I’ve ever seen. If that campaign team was in most other states, those states would make this list too. There are other states that have a good shot, like Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, and perhaps Minnesota, but I think those states are still farther away than the states listed above. Other states, especially Idaho, will have to wait until marijuana is legalized at the federal level before someone can smoke marijuana within state borders without fear of prosecution. I would predict that federal marijuana legalization will happen in 2017/2018, and no later than 2020. I used to predict a date that was much farther out, but the winds of change are much stronger these days, and picking up momentum. Johnny Green is a marijuana activist from Oregon. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy. Follow Johnny Green on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/TheWeedBlog and Twitter, https://twitter. com/thatjohnnygreen. Feel free to email any concerns, johnnygreen@ theweedblog.com. http://www.theweedblog.com/ which-states-will-legalize-marijuana-in-2016/ Printed with permission.

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Three States with Legislation That Is Favorable Towards Medical Marijuana But Would Not Legalize Its Use 1. Minnesota 2. Oklahoma 3. Texas

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Infant Overcomes Seizures after Becoming Youngest Patient to Take Cannabis Oil

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by Travis Gettys n infant is back home after traveling with her family to Colorado, where she became the youngest patient to be treated with a controversial cannabis oil. Amylea Nunez suffered from frequent and debilitating seizures that sometimes prevented her from waking up for a full day, and she was diagnosed shortly after her December birth with a rare form of epilepsy,

Mexico to a hospital in Aurora, Colorado, where the baby’s parents begged doctors to prescribe cannabis oil. Doctors were reluctant to give the drug to such a young patient, but they eventually agreed — although physicians wouldn’t administer cannabis oil themselves. Amylea began cannabis oil at two months old, and she lifted her head for the first time three months later. “It was kind of like I could tell the doctors, ‘Look what she’s capable of,’ compared to them saying she’s never going to be able to hold up her head,” said her Amylea Nunez (KRQE) mother, Nicole reported KRQE-TV. Nunez. “There’s times were she would She came back home to Alonly wake up every other day,” said buquerque last week, at six months her father, Ernie Nunez. “Just sitting old, and her family said the baby still there while she’s having a seizure, it’s requires special care. horrible and there’s nothing you can “We still have to get her back to do. The worst one was an hour long.” eating by mouth because the seizures Doctors prescribed eight dif- did so much to her ability to be able ferent medications for the newborn to actually take a bottle like a normal infant, but her condition remained baby,” said Ernie Nunez. relatively unchanged. The family is applying for a Amylea was flown from New medical marijuana card in New

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