week in review
Did any of you get photos of the full lunar eclipse last night? If you did, upload them to flickr and tag them 'changeeverything' so we can all enjoy them
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events around town
It must be winter because there are so many cool events going on around Vancouver right now. I challenge you to check one of them out and blog about it!
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The Changing Face of Our Oceans. February 21, 2008
Dr. John Nightingale will describe the impacts climate change is having on oeceans and ocean life, and highlight the prbably impacts to come. He will discuss how climate change-cuased ocean impacts are related to each of us individually, and the role individuals must play to ensure a healthy vital aquatic environment for generations to come. Dr. John Nightingale is President of the Vancouver Aquarium. (Free admission. Co-sponsored by Vancouver Natural History Society) Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 W. Georgia Street, 604-331-4040, www.vpl.ca
The Art of Trees
The VAG is showing 95 tree-inspired works by 40 local, national, and international artists in an exhibition titled The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social.
Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby Street, www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
runs until April 20th
MacMillan Observatory
Thought stargazing was a summer only activity? The Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory in Vanier Park opens its doors to the public Friday and Saturday evenings (provided it is clear out.) Admission is by donation and volunteers are on hand to answer your most pressing astronomical questions.
1100 Chesnut St.
Call 604-738-7827, ext. 228 for details
Winter Blahs?
Why not interrupt the blah-iness of winter with Winterruption on Granville Island: four days of street performers, buskers, totem pole carvers, glass blowers, music, food, and wine. If you are looking for something to really change your mood, check out Aerial Dance: Cold Hands, Warm Heart, a performance suspended from the Granville Street Bridge. (No nets!)
Thursday, February 21st through Sunday, February 24th; most events are free.
Black History Month. February 1 - 29, 2008
Every year Canadians are invited to take part in the festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present, during Black History Month. This is a time to celebrate the many achievements and contributions of Black Canadians, who, throughout history, have done so much to make Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate and prosperous nation we know today. It is also an opportunity for the majority of Canadians to learn about the experiences of Black Canadians in our society, and the vital role this community has played throughout our shared history. www.canadianheritage.gc.ca
Chutzpah! Festival. February 16 to March 3, 2008
Comedy, music, theatre and cutting-edge dance are just a few of the highlights of the annual Chutzpah! Festival. Designed to celebrate established and emerging professional Jewish artists and their collaborators from around the world, Chutzpah! has earned an admirable reputation for its innovative and eclectic programming. Norman Rothstein Theatre. More Information phone: (604) 257-5145 or visit www.chutzpahfestival.com
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. February 22 to March 1, 2008
An incredible mix of daredevils that risk their lives and activists trying to save the planet will come together at this year’s Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. The showcase promises to thrill audiences with stories of adventure from all over the world. With presentations and films from veteran alpinists, high altitude explorers, endurance runners, big wall solo climbers and wild river paddlers, this year’s festival will leave the crowd speechless. Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver; 604-984-4484 or visit www.centennialtheatre.com
BC Home and Garden Show. February 20 - 24, 2008
The BC Home & Garden Show offers new ideas, expert advice and a total selection of home-related products for renovating, decorating, entertaining and gardening. Ignite your sense of 'refresh - renew - revive'. Info: 1-800-633-8332 or (604)433-5121 or www.bchomeandgardenshow.com
Eclipse - Ya Right! The
Eclipse - Ya Right! The Truth is Out There.
The Truth is Out There
On Wednesday February 20, 2008 there was neither a lunar eclipse not a launch against a falling “spy satellite” as was widely reported. These stories were merely the attempt by the Powers That Be to keep the public in ignorance about the events that actually occurred on that evening.
Fortunately for the public and unfortunately for those attempting to perpetrate this deception, the stories and explanations they sought to use were so thin as to be transparent and readily seen through.
It was not a lunar eclipse that obscured the moon but an alien interstellar vessel whose path, size and close proximity to earth gave the general outward appearance of a lunar eclipse. The destruction of the starship and its subsequent break-up, clearing the line of sight to the moon, helped complete the illusion of a lunar eclipse.
It was against this inbound starship that the US Navy launched its attack, not some mythical “spy satellite”. Under the guise of shooting down a “spy satellite” with poisonous fuel onboard, the military destroyed our interstellar visitor.
No doubt the starship homed in on Earth because, on the basis of radio frequencies, Earth is a brilliantly lit up object as a result of all our media broadcasting signals into space.
Given the vast distances and travel times involved in voyaging between the stars the exploration crew and scientists would travel in some form of cold sleep or suspended animation. The fact the crew was not awakened prior to the ship heading for orbital insertion (why wake the crew up before it was definitely established the planet was of interest) supports the conclusion that our visitors were explorers and not hostile.
Why would a starship be destroyed?
Concrete proof of intelligent alien life together with whatever knowledge and ideas they may have chosen to share with the world would have had a profound effect on mankind. The effects would have had a high potential of causing massive social upheaval and change. Inherent in this change was the likely displacement of our current ruling class.
Unwilling to run the risk of losing their power and control of the people the ruling class destroyed the starship and the threat to their power. The need to act quickly resulted in the very thin stories of a lunar eclipse and “spy satellite” destruction to cover up their atrocity, greed and lust for power.
We will never know the knowledge, the glories that mankind would have gained from our visitors. What bright future for mankind was sacrificed just so the ruling class can continue to enjoy the wealth and privileges that comes from their rule?
You could say that REALITY is the result of complex negotiations between the observed and the observer. But that is just ONE POINT OF VIEW.