Kinetic Sculpture Race. Free Fun for the whole family. May 25th-27th Arcata, Eureka and Ferndale, CA

Come visit Beautiful Humboldt County California

Three days of travel by Whimsical Art Bicycles
over Land, Sea and Sand.
The racers stop at the Manila Cultural Center on Saturday about 1 PM to 
change tires in order to travel on the beach and thru Sand Dunes.
There is live Music, beverages, food and Kiddie rides...
FUN.
Hippypotamus Kinetic Sculpture

Sailfish Kinetic Sculpture

Starwheel Kinetic Sculpture



Duane Flatmo Installing Sand Tires
for travel on the Beach and thru Sand Dunes.

Tiki-Bar 

Elephant known as Melvin.
Judge in Top Hat.

IMHO: The best place to see the Kinetic Sculpture Race is at the Manila Community Center on Saturday at about 1 PM. They have live music, beverages, food, bathrooms and Kiddee rides... On Eureka's North Jetty Peninsula near Samoa Cookhouse. The Sculptures all stop there and change tires to prepare for traveling on the beach... and down DEAD MANS DROP... a very steep sand dune.


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Kinetic Sculpture Race. May 25th-May 27th Arcata, Eureka to Ferndale, California

Whimsical ART Bicycles travel over Road, Sand and Water For The Glory.
Add this event to your "Bucket List".
Rutabaga Queen Welcomes the Racers

The Race Starts in Arcata, California at NOON at the plaza.
These pictures were taken at the School in Manila where they have 
Live Music, Food, Beverages on TAP, Kiddy Rides. 
They change tires to prepare for travel on sand. 
The sculptures arrive about 1 PM on Saturday.


Official Website: http://www.kineticgrandchampionship.com/

See more pictures.
http://vandergreg.blogspot.com/p/kinetic-sculpture-race-in-eureka.html

http://vandergreg.blogspot.com/p/kinetic-sculpture-race-2008-eureka.html

http://vandergreg.blogspot.com/2012/01/math-is-beautiful.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_sculpture_race
Goofy Birds... 
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The Prankster Movie. Ken Kesey's Magic Trip. Quite a good documentary. Two Thumbs UP.

I had heard about this movie for decades... Now it has been released and it is wonderful. The same bus trip was written about in Tom Wolfe's Book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". I was intrigued to see the real people. For Example: Gretchen Fetchin the Slime Queen went swimming in a pond in Arizona, stoned on LSD and she was fascinated by the living plants. Too see the joy in these people... Total BLISS...



Many things I did not know. When the Bus Further finally arrived in New York City, there was a party with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Allen introduced the idea of visiting Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert in upstate New York.

There is film of the entire adventure including the meeting of West Coast Acidheads and East Coast Acidheads at Millbrook... Timothy Leary wanted to meet with Neal Cassady and they went off together. Richard Alpert played the part of the Host and welcomed the rest of the Merry Pranksters to the Estate. Quite wonderful to see Richard so young...  "All of my games were, like, going off into the distance. I got this terrible panic. because indeed I was going to cease to exist. And I got the panic which is the panic the precedes the psychological death because indeed Richard Alpert was dying." Quote from Richard Alpert in the movie...

AND... after they went to Tomorrowland at the Worlds Fair... there was a bus trip BACK to Kesey's home in La Honda, California... 7 couples... equal numbers of men and women... Harmony as all were in love... They visited Canada and took a trip on a drug called IT-290. Also Know As "AMT" or "Body Acid".

Then there were the Saturday Night Screening at La Honda where 30 hours of the Prankster Movie were projected continuously... Kesey got tired of being the Host and Moved the Screening to Ken Babbs House, then on to other locations to become what was called "The Acid Tests" with live music by the Grateful Dead.

There is film of the Dead performing and people dancing at the Acid Tests...

Finally, Kesey moved back home to the farm in Oregon and focused his attention on raising his children.

http://www.key-z.com/
Link to Zane Kesey's Website...

http://www.magpictures.com/magictrip/
Official Movie Website...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450181/
Movie link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G_OdTgsu40
Movie Trailer...

Ask Your Doctor:
Are Magic Mushrooms Right for ME?



Farmville: a totally different way of playing Internet Games.


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In the Redwood forest, dappled sunlight is captured by spider webs flexing in the breeze.

Eureka, California
Redwood Forest in the Morning.
No, you can't really see the spiderwebs in this picture...
The only solution is to go outside and look for them yourself.
If you do not live near a forest, go visit one.

flowers at work
Ask Your Doctor: "Are Magic Mushrooms Right for ME?"
Peace Sign

Ask your Doctor "Is Cannabis Right for ME?"


I keep on reading biographies of former cancer patients that have had remission using Cannabis therapy. Usually, drinking a drop or two of Cannabis oil... Of Course, those patients that did not survive do not write biographies and publish them on Facebook. and... I question getting medical advise from random people on the internet...

We really need some serious USDA, NIH research done...


Research in the subject of Cancer and Cannabis.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/05/02/councilman-credits-marijuana-for-helping-put-his-cancer-in-remission/  Councilman Credits Marijuana For Helping Put His Cancer In Remission

Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl announced Thursday his cancer is in remission.
The 67-year-old Rosendahl gave major credit to medical marijuana for his recovery.


http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/221024.php
Cannabis Science Reports: National Cancer Institute Updates Confirm Successful Cancer Treatments With Medical Cannabis. Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB:CBIS), a pioneering US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products, is pleased to report a government released update on cancer treatments using medical cannabis (marijuana), updated March 17, 2011, summarizing how the treatment of cancer with cannabinoids goes beyond the simple treatment of symptoms and side effects by exhibiting possible direct antitumor activities.

http://www.labnews.co.uk/news/cannabis-destroys-cancer-cells/
Scientists working in the UK have revealed that cannabis has the potential to destroy leukemia cells.

The team – based at Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry in London – have followed up on their previous findings that the main active ingredient in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has the potential to be used effectively against some forms of cancer.

Use of cannabis as a therapeutic agent continues to be controversial due to its psychoactive side effects and consequent legal status, however, leader of the team, Dr Wai Man Liu, explains: “It is important to stress that these cannabis-like substances are far removed from the cannabis that is smoked. These novel compounds have been specifically designed to be free of the psychoactive features, whilst maintaining anti-cancer action.”

THC has previously been shown to attack cancer cells by interfering with important growth-processing pathways, however its mechanism of doing so has remained a mystery. Now, Dr Liu and his colleagues, using microarray technology – allowing them to simultaneously detect changes in more than 18,000 genes in cells treated with THC – have begun to uncover the existence of processes through which THC can kill cancer cells and potentially promote survival.

http://www.cancerforums.net/threads/28196-Medical-Marijuana-and-Cancer.

Here is a list of things I believe medical marijuana has helped me through:

Insomnia. Anyone who takes steroids knows how important it is to get a grip on this.

Apatite. Yea, yea...I can hear you all now..."Hey dude...pass the Duritios". But if it wasn't for MM, I would have stayed at a sub-800 calorie diet for who knows how long?

Pain Reduction: Minor pains are gone. More severe pains are lessened.

A feeling of peace and relaxation. There's no way around it. If you put cannabis in your body, your gonna feel it. Your going to get stoned.

A lowering of blood pressure and heart rate. I went to nearly all my chemo treatments stoned as can be. When they took my vitals, my BP and heart rate were down (I am normal, 125/80 most of the time) after smoking or having an edible, it dropped to around 115/70).

There maybe other benefits to others who suffer from different afflictions, I have no way of knowing. But my experiences would seem to say that if all else fails or there are difficult side effects from drugs, you may want to consider marijuana.

I highly recommend it.

http://www.medicalmarijuanacorner.com/marijuana-lymphoma.php

Medical Marijuana and Lymphoma

Lymphoma is a type of cancer that begins in the lymphocytes of the immune system or in the lymph nodes. There is an enlargement of the lymph nodes and there have been studies done using medical marijuana as a therapeutic treatment for this type of cancer.Medical marijuana has been clinically proven to treat the symptoms in people that may not have responded to prescription medications to treat the symptoms and without side effects prescription medications can cause.

Medical marijuana has been proven effective in therapeutic treatment of nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety, which are considered wasting effects of lymphoma. The studies that have been done have also found that medical marijuana has anti-cancer properties that can help to treat the cancer condition without the side effects known with prescription cancer medications. Researchers believe that medical marijuana benefits are an important therapy for the lymphoma patient.



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Floating Bridges at The National Guard in Eureka California. Great Idea. We are in the Tsunami Flood Zone.

See, Not all taxpayer dollars are wasted. Here we have an example of spending on something that could be useful. The National Guard can deploy floating bridges in the event of a flood. Since we have a flood about every ten years due to heavy rain, this is a GREAT IDEA. Boats and Bridges stored in a high elevation location. 
OSHKOSH HEMTT Trucks





Two Pictures of Waves Splashing on Eureka North Jetty tells a complete story.

My picture of a wave...
My friend's picture of me taking the picture above. 

Employ Real People to answer the phone.

My Comments on “Suddenlink” service survey. They do cable TV, phone and Internet.

“The telephone system has an automated “talk to me” system that never ever understands any words. Talk to an Agent? say AGENT and the phone can’t figure it out. Why not simply employ real people to answer the phone? I would pay more money every month to employ real people. Your phone system is awful… Even the “Press one for English” type systems are better than trying to do voice recognition.  AWAKEN! “

I would even prefer to talk to Indians than that horrible robot system... 

Mystic Crystals: Looking at the forest... it is For Rest.

Faceted View thru cut glass 
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Fun for the Whole Family.
Rainbow Gathering
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Ignore all rumors of cancellation or moving...
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I Question the Marketing of Fear by the Main Stream Media. Who Benefits?

While I have not actually watched television since 1/20/2009, a friend told me they show a film of the airplane crashing into the World Trade Center again and again... Why?

She says it's all about control. It is easier to control people who are in fear.

I do read Google News and every day the top story is about death.
I hope that the reason they lead with what bleeds is that death is the most profitable content to sell advertising space.

On the other hand, corporations like Halliburton and Blackwater made a fortune selling goods and services to the US Government to fight the war in Iraq. I read the Bob Woodward Books, "Bush at War" and "Plan of Attack". Bob stated that Dick Cheney was planning to invade Iraq in 1999. If only there was a "Pearl Harbor" type of event, they could use that event as an excuse to attack. Well, 9/11/2001 was an event that was used as an excuse. Of Course, Iraq had nothing at all to do with 9/11, no ties to Al-Qaeda and no Weapons of Mass Destruction but... We had a plan, We had an excuse... and we had the Main Stream Media to whip up fear in the general public...


And now we find that there are troubling questions about the Boston Marathon Bombings... Who were those men in uniform with backpacks? Where did they leave their Backpacks? Could this be another 9/11 style Inside Job? One webpage stated that they are members of The National Guard and they attend all large gatherings of Americans. http://www.activistpost.com/2013/04/mystery-military-men-in-boston-were.html
another webpage says they were private contractors. 

Make me wonder... 
Does the Nation Guard really attend all large gatherings?
I'll be looking for them at The Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, CA
on Memorial Day Weekend.
I never noticed them in previous years...
Time to study the photographs of previous years races.
or

How about Bay to Breakers in San Francisco?
Let's all be looking for the National Guard.

Here is a Washington Times Newspaper Photo of the National Guard Troops. 
Note the BLACK PANTS and CAMOUFLAGE PANTS.
The National Guardsmen at the Boston Marathon were not working that day, but marching in full uniform carrying their 40 lb “ruck” to raise money. They immediately went into action tearing down barriers so the medical personnel could easily make their way to the wounded. 

The head cross-country track coach at the University of Mobile
 – Alastair Stevenson – told Alabama’s Press-Register:

“At the starting line this morning, they had bomb sniffing dogs and the bomb squad out there,” he said. “They kept announcing to runners not to be alarmed, that they were running a training exercise.” He added, “I’ve run a lot of races like this one, but I never saw bomb dogs at the starting line of any running event."

The ruckers at 5 a.m., before setting off on the course Military Friends Foundation.

Mother Jones Magazine reports:

At 5:20 a.m. on Monday, four hours before the Boston Marathon’s elite runners took off, a group of 15 active-duty soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard gathered at the starting line in Hopkinson. Each soldier was in full combat uniform and carried a “ruck,” a military backpack weighing about 40 pounds. The rucks were filled with Camelbacks of water, extra uniforms, Gatorade, changes of socks—and first-aid and trauma kits. It was all just supposed to be symbolic.

“Forced marches” or “humps” are a regular part of military training, brisk walking over tough terrain while carrying gear that could help a soldier survive if stranded alone. These soldiers, participating in “Tough Ruck 2013,” were doing the 26 miles of the Boston Marathon to honor comrades killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, or lost to suicide and PTSD-related accidents after coming home.
It took about eight hours for all of the soldiers to cross the finish line, some cruising nearly at a 13-minute mile, others coming in at a little slower pace. They were gathered near the medical tent behind the finish line, waiting for the elite runners to come in. That was the contingency plan in case anything went wrong—meet by the medical tent.

The National Guard "Ruckers" were DRESSED IN CAMOUFLAGE... with Camo colored Rucksacks.

So, who were those men in light brown pants, black shirts and black backpacks?


 An already widely distributed photo showing the contractor-types on the bottom left, just left of where the bomb was placed and detonated. The men are wearing matching, unmarked uniforms, large black bags, and appear to be waiting, separately, and "behind" the rest of the crowd. 


Terrorist Plots, Hatched by the F.B.I.


Typically, the stings initially target suspects for pure speech — comments to an informer outside a mosque, angry postings on Web sites, e-mails with radicals overseas — then woo them into relationships with informers, who are often convicted felons working in exchange for leniency, or with F.B.I. agents posing as members of Al Qaeda or other groups.

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