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Category: Arts and Culture
Janelle Gage and Karianne Kroker
Tickle Trunk June 24-July 18 2026.
Nicola valley community arts council, art gallery corner of Nicola and Voght
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Beaver Moon, November 23 and 24 2026
O Canada, frost moon beaver moon strong and free…
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Good sky watching
Reference to a person being born in a comatose state:
having a live body without developing an ego for 25 years, the body functions stopping. When did she die?.
This is where the philosophical and emotional weight of the scenario really collides with the physical reality.If we look at this through the lens of psychology and philosophy, you can absolutely make a compelling, albeit tragic, argument that **the “person” (the psychological self) died on the day they were born, even if the “organism” (the body) lived for twenty-five years.**Here is how different schools of thought unpack that exact idea.## 1. The Psychological Perspective: Death of the Potential SelfIn psychology and philosophy of mind, a “person” is not just a collection of organs; a person is defined by **personhood**—the capacity for consciousness, self-awareness, memory, and agency.For a person born into an irreversible coma, that potential was locked away from day one. * **The Ego Never Developed:** The “ego” (the conscious, thinking, perceiving self) requires interaction with the environment to form. We build an ego by distinguishing “me” from “not me”—by feeling warmth, hearing voices, reacting to hunger, and realizing we are separate from the world around us. * **A Bi-Phasic Death:** Philosophers who study the ethics of brain injury sometimes talk about death happening in two distinct phases:
1. **The Biographical Death:**
The end of the conscious self, the mind, and the capacity to experience. 2. **The Biological Death:** The eventual shutdown of the physical organs.For this individual, their biographical death occurred at the exact moment of their birth, because the door to conscious existence was closed before it ever opened. In that deep, existential sense, the *person* they could have been never existed beyond a blueprint, making their birth and their biographical death virtually simultaneous.
## 2. The Narrative Perspective:
A Book with Only a CoverThink of a human life as a book. Usually, a book has a cover (the physical body) and pages filled with a story (the experiences, relationships, and thoughts).For this person, the book was printed with a beautiful cover, but the pages inside remained entirely blank. When they died at age twenty-five, the cover was finally closed.To those looking at the book from the outside—especially family members—the grief is unique. They are not just mourning a twenty-five-year history; they are mourning twenty-five years of *unrealized potential*. Because that potential was effectively lost at birth, the emotional and symbolic “death” of the future they imagined happened on day one.
## 3. The Counter-Argument:
The Living VesselEven in this philosophical framework, there is a powerful counter-perspective. Many ethicists and loved ones would argue that you *cannot* say they died at birth, because their physical presence held a profound meaning for twenty-five years.
* **A Tangible Presence:**
They were a son, a daughter, a sibling. They were touched, held, cared for, and spoken to. * **Impact on Others:** Though they could not actively participate in a relationship, their physical existence fundamentally shaped the lives, empathy, and love of the people around them.In this view, they did not die at birth. Instead, they lived a life of
**pure, passive existence**
—a life where they did no harm, experienced no suffering, and served as a silent anchor for the love of others.Ultimately, saying “they died the day they were born” is a powerful way to express the tragedy of lost potential. It recognizes that while medicine kept the biological machine running for a quarter of a century, the conscious human journey never got to take its very first step.
Editors view: a sweet innocent model of potential. Presented in an object lesson. For many involved. And
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The statement “all oppression is local” is a complex one with varying interpretations. Here’s a breakdown:
* Arguments for “All Oppression is Local”
* Focus on Individual Action: This perspective emphasizes that oppression often manifests in everyday interactions, systemic biases within local institutions, and the actions of individuals within a community.
* Importance of Local Resistance: It highlights the crucial role of local organizing, community building, and grassroots movements in challenging and dismantling oppressive systems.
* Acknowledging Context: This view recognizes that the specific forms and manifestations of oppression vary significantly across different locations and contexts.
* Arguments Against “All Oppression is Local”
* Oversimplification: Critics argue that this statement can downplay the interconnectedness of global systems of oppression, such as colonialism, imperialism, and global capitalism.
* Neglecting Systemic Issues: Focusing solely on the local level can overlook the role of powerful global actors, transnational corporations, and international institutions in perpetuating and exacerbating oppression.
* Ignoring Interdependence: Oppression often has both local and global dimensions. Ignoring the global context can limit our understanding of how local struggles are connected to broader power dynamics.
Dealing with Repression
Successfully dealing with repression requires a multifaceted approach:
* Understanding the Roots of Repression: Identify the underlying causes of repression, whether they are political, economic, social, or cultural.
* Building Solidarity: Connect with others who are experiencing similar forms of repression and build a strong network of support.
* Non-violent Resistance: Use non-violent strategies such protests, civil disobedience, and boycotts to challenge repressive regimes.
* Advocacy and Education:Raise
awareness about the issue, advocate for policy changes, and educate the public about the human rights of those affected by repression.
* Seeking International Support: Engage with international human rights organizations and seek international pressure on repressive regimes.
* Self-care:
Prioritize self-care practices to maintain mental and emotional well-being in the face of adversity.
It’s important to remember that dealing with repression is a long-term struggle that requires perseverance, resilience, and a commitment to justice and human rights.
Disclaimer: This information is for general knowledge and discussion purposes only and does not constitute professional advice.
Anthony Baxter says
A good dose of contentment and forbearance is a prescription that may work, but how? ” Make the best of every opportunity to do good. And collectively all classes will merge into a more just society.
BC Nature,
A review:
BC Nature, officially known as the Federation of British Columbia Naturalists, is a non-profit organization dedicated to “Know Nature and Keep It Worth Knowing.” They operate as a federation of local natural history groups, representing approximately 6,500 members across 64 nature clubs throughout British Columbia.
Their mission encompasses both education and conservation:
* Conservation Providing
A unified voice for naturalists and nature clubs on conservation and environmental issues. They actively work to protect and educate the public and decision-makers about BC’s natural history, including biodiversity, species at risk, and parks.
* Education Fostering
An awareness, appreciation, and understanding of the natural environment for its wise use and maintenance for future generations. They encourage the formation and cooperation of nature clubs and facilitate communication among naturalists in BC.
BC Nature is involved in various initiatives, including the Municipal Protected Areas Project (MPAP) and Important Bird and Key Biodiversity Areas (IBA-KBA) programs. Their member clubs lead numerous conservation and stewardship projects and organize nature outings and speakers in their local communities.
BC Nature 2025 Convention in Merritt, BC
The 2025 BC Nature Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM), titled
“Nature in the Rainshadow 2025
–grasslands, forests & wetlands,” is being hosted by the Nicola Naturalist Society in Merritt, British Columbia. The convention runs from May 22-25, 2025, at the Merritt Civic Centre.
Key highlights of the convention include:
* Theme: “Nature in the Rainshadow” focuses on the unique ecosystems of the Nicola Valley, including grasslands, forests, and wetlands.
* Program: The conference features a variety of activities, including:
* Presentations by experts on topics such as wildfire in the BC Interior, wildlife research, and thermal refuges for salmonids.
* Early morning birding opportunities.
* A range of field trips designed to explore the local natural environment. These include options like grassland ecology, bioblitz and iNaturalist workshops, lichen studies, mushroom forays, hikes in provincial parks, beaver re-introduction sites, extended birding trips, and even owl pellet analysis.
* The BC Nature Annual General Meeting.
* A banquet with a keynote speaker (Lennard Joe on First Nations’ stewardship), awards, and a silent auction.
* Evening activities such as moth identification and owling.
* Location: Merritt, BC, in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Nlaka’pamux and Syilx people.
* Hosts: The Nicola Naturalist Society is actively organizing and welcoming attendees to this event.
Many of the field outings, especially for Friday and Sunday, filled up quickly, so attendees needed to register early. The conference provides a valuable opportunity for naturalists to connect, learn, and explore the diverse natural beauty of the Nicola Valley.
Action in quiet and measured resolve
This Summer as it unfolds may be a good time to strengthen relationships in community at some level.
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Festival Merritt
We appreciate the focus of the Bass Coast as they visit merit again this year for its 18th time.
We give simple credence to their three emphasis’s and considerations. Art, music, nature.
life is wooooorth it..
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Humanity got a leg up in the Mesopotamian Delta and what they called the fertile crescent after the retreat of the ice ages and glacierization at 10 millianium ago.
It is true that our spirituality stems from The interactions of humans as this new life was discovered including bigger brains, and in particular abstract and in thought. Empowering a metaphor stories that have moral values and the appreciation of stylistic art. All conspired to make human existence. Someone more dangerous but somewhat more interesting and worth proclaiming keeping and giving.
So, as we start this second and week of July 2026 and look back and say to ourselves, you know some things are worth keeping and somethings are not, some things are worth discussions and somethings are not. One of my favorite sayings is to wrestle with pigs is to get yourself dirty. No matter who wins…
So put your abstraction hat on and think of wonderful things up until the weekend and then think of the bass Coast gathering who are going to appreciate their three emphasis, nature, music, particularly electronic music, and art. Because it’s what will remain after us.
So then, let your arm regret it, rest in its metaphor as it states as that physical Armageddon Valley in that area of the world sees another summer through after millinia literally with many kings and empires being decided in battles there. then let the battle of the tension of your worth be decided this weekend for the rest of the summer into the fall and on in cycle again.
lord willing.
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Ai generated emotionally expressive fillers.
I think the most critical ethical concern is the simulation of empathy. Because AI systems cannot genuinely feel or care, there is a profound risk that using them for bereavement support can lead to emotional manipulation or create a false sense of connection, leaving people even more vulnerable when they realize the true nature of their interaction. It touches on the authenticity of human relationships and the responsibilities of those who build these tools.
Emotional Bonds and transfer.
My mother the car, Sit Com circa 1970s. Van Dyke….
Of course that’s always been true…
Take everything with a little bit of salt.
Goodbye June 2026. It was nice knowing you.
Summer skies, long days, look up the best is coming soon..
There have been numbers of bear related discourses over time through our local naturalist society registered or otherwise. One formal presentation in 2019 was billed in this writing below, thanks to Francis.
You can contact the registered society at this link. They are always interested in natural interlopers especially photos.
History of Merritt Nicola
Naturalist Society Meetings
Bears and all …
Everyone loves hearing about Grizzly Bears and the presentation by Francis Iredale is especially worth attending. He has been involved in research and radio-tracking of Grizzlies in the southern Chilcotins for many years. The population status and success of this marginal population of Grizzlies is of great concern. These bears spend much time in the high elevation alpine areas and have lifestyles that are somewhat different to those better-known Grizzlies on the BC coast. Not to be missed!
Source Nicola Naturalists
Editor’s Note: we are not the registered society our mandate at kevingriffiths.ca is broader than that…
Have a safe Canada Day.
And a Natural forth coming year in our confederation. 159 onto 160.
Discriptive condition
Hati under Donald Trump
During Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2021), the administration’s interactions with the Republic of Haiti were primarily defined by strict immigration enforcement, the unwinding of humanitarian protections, diplomatic friction caused by controversial rhetoric, and navigating Haiti’s deep political instability.The key areas of interaction include:
### 1. The Attempt to Terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
The most impactful policy interaction involved Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which had protected roughly 50,000–60,000 Haitian nationals from deportation following the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake. * **The Directive:** In May 2017, the administration granted a brief six-month extension with explicit warnings for Haitians to prepare to leave. In November 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially announced the termination of Haiti’s TPS designation, arguing that the country’s post-earthquake conditions had sufficiently improved. * **The Legal Battle:** The termination was immediately met with lawsuits. In October 2018, a federal judge issued an injunction (*Ramos v. Nielsen*), blocking the administration from ending the protections. The judge cited potential violations of administrative procedures and raised questions about racial animus behind the decision. Though the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals eventually reversed this injunction in late 2020, ongoing legal maneuvers ensured that TPS protections for Haitians remained active throughout the entirety of Trump’s first term.
### 2. Diplomatic Friction and Rhetoric
Bilateral relations were heavily strained by private remarks from President Trump that leaked to the public. * **The 2018 Comments:** During an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers in January 2018 regarding immigration reform, Trump reportedly referred to Haiti, El Salvador, and certain African nations as “shithole countries” and questioned why the U.S. should accept more immigrants from Haiti. * **The Fallout:** The comments sparked an immediate international backlash. The Haitian government formally summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Port-au-Prince to protest the remarks, calling them “racist” and “insulting.” Domestically, a group of Haitian-American State Department diplomats authored an open letter expressing deep heartbreak and frustration. Trump denied using that exact derogatory language but maintained that Haiti was an undeniably poor and troubled country.
### 3. Diplomatic Relations and Political Instability
On the diplomatic front, the administration worked primarily with Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose term was marked by massive anti-corruption protests, economic collapse, and allegations of authoritarian overreach. * **The “America First” Approach:** The administration largely dialed back the heavy-handed, multi-billion-dollar nation-building and humanitarian aid frameworks of previous administrations, prioritizing regional stability, counter-narcotics enforcement, and containing migration waves. * **Support for Moïse:** Despite growing domestic calls within Haiti for Moïse to step down, the Trump State Department continued to recognize his legitimacy and pushed for parliamentary elections to resolve the political gridlock. However, the administration also issued sharp warnings to Moïse regarding his rule by decree after parliament dissolved in 2020.
### 4. Passing the Global Fragility Act (2019)
A significant legislative interaction occurred in late 2019 when President Trump signed the bipartisan **Global Fragility Act** into law. This initiative aimed to reshape how the U.S. deployed diplomatic, security, and development tools in conflict-prone regions. Haiti was later chosen as a primary target country under this framework, intended to bolster local civil society and prevent complete state collapse, though the actual implementation of the strategy fell to subsequent administrations.
Where earthquakes happen?
Earthquakes are sudden, violent shakes of the Earth’s surface caused by the release of built-up energy in the lithosphere—the planet’s rigid outer crust. This energy accumulates over long periods as massive slabs of rock, known as tectonic plates, continuously grind past, collide with, or pull away from each other. When the friction holding these plates in place is finally overcome, the rock fractures along a fault line, sending shockwaves called seismic waves radiating outward in all directions. It is these vibrations that trigger the ground rolling and violent jolts capable of bringing down modern infrastructure.Geographically, earthquakes are not distributed randomly; they overwhelmingly occur along the boundaries where these tectonic plates meet. The most seismically active zone on Earth is the Circum-Pacific Belt, frequently called the “Ring of Fire,” a horseshoe-shaped horse path looping around the Pacific Ocean where plates actively collide and subduct under one another. Another prominent danger zone is the Alpide Belt, which stretches from the Atlantic Mediterranean through southern Asia and into Indonesia. While earthquakes can technically occur anywhere if stress builds up within a stable plate interior, communities situated directly on active fault lines bear the highest risk of facing a catastrophic disaster.Over the last ten years (2016–2026), tectonic activity has claimed hundreds of thousands of human lives, with four specific disaster areas proving to be the absolute deadliest. The most devastating by far occurred along the **Turkey–Syria border** in February 2023, where a massive double-quake sequence killed over 60,000 people and destroyed entire cities. The second most lethal region was **Myanmar**, where a catastrophic magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in March 2025, claiming over 5,400 lives. It is followed closely by **Sulawesi, Indonesia**, where a 2018 earthquake triggered a devastating localized tsunami and liquefaction that killed more than 4,300 people. Finally, the **Haitian Peninsula** suffered yet another humanitarian crisis in August 2021 when a magnitude 7.2 quake struck the southwestern region of the country, resulting in the loss of over 2,200 lives.
Historical trama
You are likely thinking of one of a few legendary, cataclysmic events that completely reshaped northern China during the imperial eras. If we look back almost exactly a millennium ago, two massive earthquakes stand out for their sheer devastation of the population:### The 1038 Dingxiang Earthquake (Shanxi Province)
Striking on January 9, 1038, during the Song Dynasty, this magnitude 7.25 earthquake hit the Xinzhou and Dingxiang regions of northern China. Because the local population heavily relied on homes built from unreinforced rammed earth or carved out of the fragile loess soil cliffs, the ground shaking caused instant, widespread collapses. Historical records note that at least **32,300 people perished**, tens of thousands were injured, and over 50,000 livestock were lost, completely crippling the regional economy.
### The 1303 Hongdong Earthquake (Shanxi Province)
If your timeline is a bit more flexible, the massive **1303 Hongdong earthquake** (occurring roughly 720 years ago during the Yuan Dynasty) is widely considered one of the absolute deadliest in human history.
* **The Scale:** Estimated to be a massive magnitude 7.6 to 8.0, it ruptured nearly 60 miles of the Huoshan fault zone.
* **The Devastation:**
It killed between **170,000 and 270,000 people**. In the cities of Hongdong and Zhaocheng, every single school, temple, and official building was leveled, wiping out more than half of the urban population.
* **The Landscape Shift:
** The shaking was so violent that it triggered massive loess landslides, caused the ground to liquefy into miniature mud-rivers, and literally flattened hills, altering the topography of the Shanxi Rift System for centuries to come.
*(Note: If you are thinking of the single deadliest day in human history, that belongs to the **1556 Shaanxi earthquake**, which hit the neighboring province about 470 years ago and claimed an estimated 830,000 lives due to the total collapse of cliff-side cave dwellings.)*: Earthquake…
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