Multitudes Of Important Events Today and Weekend with Update

 Nadene Goldfoot                                           

                                                                        

Besides being Israel's 78th Independence Day today as Israelis celebrate Yom Hatzmaut, in the States, people are celebrating Earth Day.  

In 2026, Earth Day falls on Wednesday, April 22nd, and there will be events all month in Portland & Oregon including festivals, marches, concerts, volunteer opportunities, and more.                                      

2026 Portland Earth Day Weekend Events:

• March 20-April 26: Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival | 40 Acres of Flowers, Food & Drink, Shopping (Win Tickets, $164)
• All Month: Hood River Tulip Festival @ Packer Orchards & Farm Place | 10am-5pm, U-Pick, Baby Animals, Farm Tours
  
                                                
  
                      Keliq Washington, runner

I can't help but add something that will be going on in Eugene, Oregon.  It is all sorts of marathon events, and the one I will be watching and cheering on is the 26 miler with my friend and care-taker, Ki Washington, born and raised in Denver, Colorado.  He has a terrible time when the Portland Trailblazers play Denver.   I know our nurse, Chrissy, will be there cheering him on for all of us in Oswego Springs Assisted Living. All the best wishes from all of us here.   

The 2026 Eugene Marathon, scheduled for April 26, is a premier, sold-out Pacific Northwest event ("TrackTown USA") featuring a flat, fast Boston-qualifying course. Participants run through Eugene and Springfield, finishing on the historic Hayward Field track. The weekend includes a half-marathon, 5K, and kids' race, attracting roughly 15,000 runners.  

Update:  

• Final Stretch: Participants run the final 200m–800m on the world-class Hayward Field track.
• Event Date: Sunday, April 26, 2026 (Marathon/Half Marathon).
• Start Time: 7:00 a.m. for both Marathon and Half Marathon.
• Finish Experience: Runners receive a medal, official apparel, and access to a finish festival.

• The full marathon and half marathon are set for Sunday. The marathon is 26.2 miles, and the half marathon is 13.1 miles. Runners in both races are scheduled to start at 7 a.m. Sunday at 17th Avenue and Agate Street, and they will have seven hours to complete their courses.

  Both races will follow the same route for the first 10 miles before splitting. The half marathon will break off at the Knickerbocker Bridge off Franklin Street, while the full marathon continues down Franklin Street into Springfield.

Foretold Warming Trend Told and Is Happening to Our Earth and Its Results

 Nadene Goldfoot                                     

                Flooding in Texas, deaths counted                                                

The Earth's climate has naturally cycled through warm and cold periods for millions of years, including ice ages and interglacial periods. We are currently in an interglacial period, experiencing warmer temperatures, which has caused a recession of ice sheets and glaciers. However, the current warming trend, particularly since the mid-20th century, is happening at an accelerated rate and is largely driven by human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, which is unlike any previous natural climate shifts, according to the NRDC and the MIT Climate Portal. 

Natural Climate Cycles:

• Ice Ages (Glacial Periods): These are periods of colder temperatures with widespread ice coverage. 

Earth has experienced five major ice ages in its history: the Huronian, Cryogenian, Andean-Saharan, Karoo, and Quaternary. These are periods of long-term cooling when ice sheets and glaciers cover large portions of the planet's surface.                                 

• Cooling Centers: People taking refuge in designated cooling centers during extreme heat events. 

While the natural cycle of ice ages occurs over tens of thousands of years, with the last one ending about 11,700 years ago, human-caused climate change is currently delaying the onset of the next one, according to scientists. 

  

  The Younger Dryas Boundary (YDB), roughly 12,800 years ago, marks the end of the last cold snap during the transition from the last ice age to the current interglacial period. It's characterized by a relatively short but intense period of cooling in the Northern Hemisphere, interrupting a broader warming trend. The YDB is significant because of its potential link to a major extraterrestrial impact and its influence on both climate and prehistoric human societies. Proponents have reported materials including nanodiamonds, metallic microspherules, carbon spherules, magnetic spherules, iridium, platinum, platinum/palladium ratios, charcoal, soot, and fullerenes enriched with helium-3 that they interpret as evidence for an impact event that marks the beginning of the Younger Dryas. One of the most widely publicized discoveries (nanodiamonds in Greenland) has never been verified and is disputed    Graham Hancock argued in his 2015 book Magicians of the Gods that the Younger Dryas comet destroyed the earth in a time cycle and that it was responsible for the Noahide flood myth. He inferred that this myth was widespread elsewhere on earth by comparing it with the flood mythology of other peoples. These claims were criticized as inaccurate by independent reviewers, including Jason Colavito, Michael Shermer, and Marc J. Defant. Hancock expanded on his claims in a subsequent book, America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization (2019), in which he claimed that the Younger Dryas catastrophe had wiped out all traces of a sophisticated Ice Age civilization in North America. This is all very  speculative, without any proof at all.  When the Jewish calendar shows the year 6000, the Gregorian calendar will correspond to approximately 2239-2240 CE.                                             

The year 10,000 BCE is a year talking about a great deal, with a movie by the same 

name.  In 10,000 BC, a hunter-gatherer tribe called the Yagahl live in the Ural Mountains. They survived by hunting woolly mammoths, but as the migrations grow more scarce, uncertainty as to their future mounts. This calendar date happened 12,000 some years ago on the Gregorian calendar.  Approximately 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, many iconic megafauna species disappeared, including the woolly mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros, and the giant ground sloth. Other animals like the saber-toothed cat and the dire wolf also went extinct around this time. However, some animals like the modern bison and the ancestors of the giant panda still roamed the Earth.   

On its own, Earth would likely be heading into a glacial period within the next 10,000 years. However, the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions is significantly altering the climate trajectory, potentially delaying the next ice age by a much longer period, potentially over 100,000 years.  

• Interglacial Periods: These are warmer periods between ice ages.                                        
  
  
  
• The last ice age, the Wisconsin glaciation, ended about 11,700 years ago. Since then, Earth has been in an interglacial period, a warmer phase within the larger ice age cycle.  
• Causes of Natural Cycles: These cycles are primarily driven
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•  by variations in Earth's orbit and the amount of solar energy
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•  received, according to a video from YouTube. 

No, the Earth is not going around the Sun at the exact same speeds as it did in 10,000 BCE. While the Earth's orbit is relatively stable over shorter periods, it does undergo subtle changes over long timescales. 

Here's a summary of the factors influencing Earth's orbital speed and how they have caused it to change:

1. Sun's Mass Loss:

• The Sun continuously loses mass through nuclear fusion and the solar wind.
• This gradual loss of mass reduces the Sun's gravitational pull on Earth.
• As the gravitational force weakens, Earth's orbit slowly expands, and its orbital speed decreases slightly over time.
• Over the history of the Solar System (4.5 billion years), Earth is estimated to have moved about 50,000 km farther from the Sun and its orbital speed is about 10 meters per second slower than it was in the past. 

The Current Warming Trend:

• Human Influence:

  The current warming is happening at a much faster rate than natural cycles can account for, primarily due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. 
• Greenhouse Gases:

  Burning fossil fuels and deforestation release greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing global warming, according to the United Nations. 
• Rate of Change:

  The current warming trend is happening at an unprecedented rate, with global temperatures rising significantly since the mid-20th century. 
• Impacts:

  This rapid warming is causing observable changes like rising sea levels, melting glaciers and ice sheets, and shifts in weather patterns. 

Earth's population has changed from 2 (Adam and Eve) to 

8.2 billion of 5, 785 years to date on the Jewish Calendar. 

The Gregorian calendar is now 2025.  

What will happen by the year 6,000?  That's only 215 years from now.  

The USA will celebrate their 250th birthday next year.  The

question asked on Smerconish CNN is will it make it to another 

250 years-Climate and Politics deciding?  I ask what the temp.

might be by the year 6,000 if not changing this warming trend?

When the Jewish calendar shows the year 6000, the Gregorian calendar will correspond to approximately 2239-2240 CE. 

While the Old Testament prophets don't directly discuss "climate change" as we understand it today, they do speak of environmental disruptions and natural disasters as signs of God's judgment and as part of the unfolding of his plan. These descriptions often involve extreme weather, famines, and ecological devastation, which are sometimes interpreted in light of modern climate change concerns.  

• Genesis 2:15:

  God places humans in the Garden of Eden to serve and protect it, suggesting a role of stewardship over the environment.

"Tikkun olam" is a Hebrew phrase meaning "repairing the world" and is a concept in Judaism that emphasizes taking action to improve the world and make it a better place. It has evolved over time, encompassing various forms of social action and justice, from enacting laws to addressing social ills. In modern usage, it often refers to social activism and efforts to create a more just and equitable world. 

Earth Day was on April 22nd, 2025,  often focuses on how we can literally practice caring for the earth through environmental efforts. But, as one blogger said it best: “When we consider Earth Day through the lens of tikkun olam, we begin to notice that Earth Day is also about how we support and take care of each other.”  However, we can't do much good while

drowning in water or roasting in a desert.  First, take care of the land

and the land will take care of you in return.  

• Activists and Communities: A wide range of actions were taken, such as distributing climate action fliers, promoting recyclable materials, taking part in cleanups, organizing teach-ins, building community gardens, advocating for local land trusts, and more.
• Capgemini, Thales, and Sweep collaborated on a strategic partnership to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across Thales's supply chains.
• In summary, Earth Day 2025 saw a wide array of efforts from individuals, businesses, organizations, and governments aimed at promoting climate action, although there were also contrasting policy decisions and ongoing debates about the most effective approaches. There was a lot of talk, education, but no
• action.  

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https://phys.org/news/2024-06-reveals-comet-airburst-evidence-years.html