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In an international study published in the August 15 advance online edition of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, scientists from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), along with a research team in Paris, France, uncover the workings behind this dynamic mutation.
Progressive diseases include Huntington's disease and myotonic dystrophy (a form of muscular dystrophy) and fragile X syndrome (most common cause of inherited mental impairment). The SickKids team looked specifically at myotonic dystrophy, which is a multisystem disorder that affects skeletal and smooth muscle as well as the heart, endocrine system, and central nervous system. They found that the mutation is caused by a slippage of the DNA as it replicates. They also identified the location on the DNA where this slippage starts and which tissues are affected at various ages.
Dr. Christopher E. Pearson, principal investigator of the study, Senior Scientist at SickKids and Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, explains the concept behind repeat mutations:
"Consider the gene as a sentence that reads, 'THE CAT ATE THE FAT FAT RAT'. In repeat-associated diseases, the mutation would be 'THE CAT ATE THE FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT RAT'. These repeated DNAs are slippery," says Pearson.
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 affects 1 in 8,000, and is up to 60 times more prevalent in Quebec than elsewhere in the world.
"We are moving towards being able to treat progressive diseases by arresting or reversing the repeat mutation. In other words, we hope to be able to prevent, or even better, reduce the expansion of the number of 'FAT' units,' says Pearson. "Knowing when, where and how this mutation occurs, helps us determine when and where to treat as well as what to target."
In theory, the clinical benefit of stopping or reversing these expansions would be to reduce or reverse the progression of the disease. Over the next 10 years, the SickKids team hopes to identify compounds that can modify the mutation by inhibiting it or reversing it.
As a geneticist, Pearson's lab will be relocated to the Genetics & Genomics in Child Health neighbourhood in the new SickKids Research & Learning Tower. This will encourage interactions with colleagues from other scientific disciplines to improve our understanding of diseases such as Huntington's disease, myotonic dystrophy, fragile X syndrome and spinal cerebellar ataxias.
This study was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Muscular Dystrophy Association USA, the University of Rochester Medical Centre's Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, France-Canada Exchange, Institut national de santé et de la recherche médicale, Association Française contre les Myopathies, Université Paris Descartes and SickKids Foundation.
To watch Dr. Christopher E. Pearson discussing this breakthrough on our YouTube channel, visit www.youtube.com/sickkidsinteractive.
About The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is recognized as one of the world's foremost paediatric health-care institutions and is Canada's leading centre dedicated to advancing children's health through the integration of patient care, research and education. Founded in 1875 and affiliated with the University of Toronto, SickKids is one of Canada's most research-intensive hospitals and has generated discoveries that have helped children globally. Its mission is to provide the best in complex and specialized family-centred care; pioneer scientific and clinical advancements; share expertise; foster an academic environment that nurtures health-care professionals; and champion an accessible, comprehensive and sustainable child health system. SickKids is proud of its vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.™ For more information, please visit www.sickkids.ca.
About SickKids Research & Learning Tower
SickKids Research & Learning Tower will bring together researchers from different scientific disciplines and a variety of clinical perspectives, to accelerate discoveries, new knowledge and their application to child health — a different concept from traditional research building designs. The Tower will physically connect SickKids science, discovery and learning activities to its clinical operations. Designed by award-winning architects Diamond + Schmitt Inc. and HDR Inc. with a goal to achieve LEED® Gold Certification for sustainable design, the Tower will create an architectural landmark as the eastern gateway to Toronto's Discovery District. SickKids Research & Learning Tower is funded by a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and community support for the ongoing fundraising campaign. For more information, please visit www.buildsickkids.com.
For more information, please contact:
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Faculty achievements
Richard Rosenkranz, human nutrition, was named fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Read announcement.
Ronette Gehring, clinical sciences, published her lead intoxication study in the Journal of Veterinary Science. Read news release.
Kristin Michel, biology, and Bart Bryant, postdoctoral researcher in her lab, published their immunity study in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Read announcement.
Promoted to full or associate professors were Katsura Asano and Lorena Passarelli, biology; Takashi Ito, chemistry; Max Lu, geography; Anna Zolkiewska, biochemistry & molecular biophysics; and Brian Lindshield and Richard Rosenkranz, human nutrition. Read news release.
Student achievements
Christine Spartz, junior in chemistry mentored by Dr. Christer Aakeroy, was awarded a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Read news release.
Wren Michaels, junior in microbiology mentored by Stefan Rothenburg, received honors for her poster, "Generation of mosquito cells with enhanced antiviral activities," at the K-INBRE Symposium. Read announcement.
Tara Marriage, research associate in biology mentored by Bradley Olson, got second place for her oral presentation, "The evolution of life cycle gene expression in the Volvocine algae: toward a molecular understanding of multi-cellular evolution," at the K-INBRE Symposium. Read announcement.
Chen Peng, doctoral student in microbiology mentored by Stefan Rothenburg, won second place in the graduate student biological sciences oral presentation competition at the K-State Research Forum. Read news release.


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Last spring, the Potter administration predicted that attendance at St. Cloud State would be down by 2.8%-3.2%. When I wrote this post based on a report put together by Dr. Tom Fauchald on Aug. 16, 2013, FYE enrollment for the fall semester at St. Cloud State was down by 18.4%. By comparison, Makato's enrollment was down by 11.4% while Moorhead's enrollment was down 9.1%.
FYI- Dr. Fauchald's reports are based on MnSCU's enrollment figures. Dr. Fauchald's figures are the only figures I've used in my posts. Finally, all of Dr. Fauchald's reports are based on FYE (Full-year Equivalents) enrollment figures.
The next post I wrote about was from the Aug. 22, 2013 report. According to that report, St. Cloud State's enrollment had improved. Still, it was down by 15.6% compared with Mankato's enrollment still being down by 8.4% and Moorhead's enrollment down by 5.7%.
Thursday afternoon, I got the MnSCU report dated Sept. 4, 2013. Moorhead's FYE enrollment is still down 3.8%, followed by Winona State at 3.3% and Mankato State by 2.1%. The bad news from the report again belonged to St. Cloud State, which is still down by 12%. This is from Dr. Fauchald's report:
The state universities are getting close to what they will be winding up for enrollment, with the exception of Southwest, which will see an additional 700 PSEO FYEs in Sept. With the exception of St. Cloud the state universities are looking fairly good, given that enrollments across the entire system are down. St. Cloud is, of course, a major problem in that it looks like they will have a decrease in enrollment of 10% (in the past, St. Cloud hasn't had a great deal of PSEO credits).
That's startling news, though it isn't a big surprise for SCSU. It's likely that the next report will be the official 10-day report from SCSU. After that, the next (and last) enrollment report will be the 30-day report.
While it's likely that the 10- and 30-day enrollment figures will be better for SCSU, it's impossible to picture the 30-day enrollment report to not show at least a 10% drop in enrollment from last year's 30-day enrollment report. According to Dr. Fauchald's report, St. Cloud State should expect $5,300,000 less in tuition revenue for the 2013 Fall Semester.
Special notice: The 10-day enrollment report isn't based on FYE enrollment figures. It just counts the number of students who've registered for classes for the Fall Semester. Total enrollment figures are great PR figures but they aren't that accurate in determining the health of a university or the revenues a university should expect for the semester.
Finally, if SCSU's fall semester enrollment is off another 10% this year, it will mark the 4th straight year of sharply declining enrollments for St. Cloud State. If these figures hold, FYE enrollment at St. Cloud State will have shrunk by over 20% in 4 years.
That certainly isn't the recipe for success.
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Andrew Korybko: "Hybrid Wars: The Indirect Adaptive Approach To Regime Change"
"Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." – Sun Tzu
Over two thousand years ago, the ancient Chinese military strategist realized that indirect warfare is one of the most efficient ways of fighting an enemy. It allows an opponent to defeat their adversary without directly engaging them, thereby saving themselves the resources that would have to be expended in a direct confrontation. Attacking an enemy indirectly can also bog them down and put them on the defensive, thereby making them vulnerable to other forms of attack. It also carries with it a certain opportunity cost for the defending side, since the time and resources that they spend in dealing with the indirect attack could potentially have been put to better use elsewhere. Besides the tactical advantages, there are also strategic ones as well. There may be certain constraints (e.g. alliances, military parity, etc.) that prevent one entity from directly launching hostilities against another. In this case, indirect warfare is the only option to destabilize the other.
In the current day, weapons of mass destruction and the emerging multipolar world place limits on direct confrontation between Great Powers. Even though the US still retains the world's strongest conventional military, the nuclear parity it shares with Russia serves as a reminder that unipolarity has its limits. Additionally, the international system is morphing in such a way that the political and physical costs of waging a conventional war against certain countries (i.e. China, Iran) are becoming too much of a burden for US decision makers, thereby making this military option less attractive. Under such circumstances, indirect warfare acquires a heightened value in strategic planning and its application can take on a variety of forms.
Direct warfare in the past may have been marked by bombers and tanks, but if the pattern that the US has presently applied in Syria and Ukraine is any indication, then indirect warfare in the future will be marked by "protesters" and insurgents. Fifth columns will be formed less by secret agents and covert saboteurs and more by non-state actors that publicly behave as civilians. Social media and similar technologies will come to replace precision-guided munitions as the "surgical strike" capability of the aggressive party, and chat rooms and Facebook pages will become the new "militants' den". Instead of directly confronting the targets on their home turf, proxy conflicts will be waged in their near vicinity in order to destabilize their periphery. Traditional occupations may give way to coups and indirect regime change operations that are more cost effective and less politically sensitive.
Focus should be placed on the new strategy of indirect warfare that the US has demonstrated during the Syrian and Ukrainian Crises. Both situations left many wondering whether they were observing the export of Color Revolutions to the Mideast, the arrival of the Arab Spring to Europe, or perhaps some kind of Frankenstein hybrid. It is asserted that when the US' actions in both countries are objectively compared, one can discern a new patterned approach towards regime change. This model begins by deploying a Color Revolution as a soft coup attempt, only to be followed up by a hard coup Unconventional War if the first plan fails.
Unconventional Warfare is defined in this book as any type of nonconventional (i.e. non-official military) force engaged in largely asymmetrical combat against a traditional adversary. Taken together in a two-pronged approach, Color Revolutions and Unconventional Warfare represent the two components that form the theory of Hybrid War, the new method of indirect warfare being waged by the US.
It is difficult to forecast the exact direction of Hybrid War into the future, owing to the fact that it is such a recent phenomenon and is still being constructed. Notwithstanding that, a few vague forecasts can still be made as to its worldwide implementation.
As it currently stands, the US is the only country currently engaging in Hybrid War. Russia has only tangentially recognized this new development in May 2014 at the Moscow Conference on International Security. It still does not understand what it is witnessing and is struggling to make sense of it all. The Chinese and Iranians have not officially responded to the findings of Conference, but as with Russia, they too are existentially affected by its findings. It may thus take at least half a decade for any other country to adequately understand Hybrid War to the point of being able to defend against it, let alone practice it on its own.
Hybrid War is such that it is counterproductive for any of the Eurasian Powers to attempt it in their region. This is because the creation of Black Holes of instability and chaos near their borders, no matter what the intent, would inadvertently be fulfilling the US' grand strategic objectives. Rather, it may be that if a Eurasian Power can garner the necessary soft power and social networking ability to penetrate the societies of the Western Hemisphere, Europe, or Africa (which may likely take years to do in each case), then they could theoretically safely attempt Hybrid War without fear of any negative blowback to their interests. Nonetheless, it still remains to be seen whether these necessary intangible preconditions can be created outside of the civilizational space of each Eurasian Power, thereby strongly decreasing the likelihood that they will practice Hybrid War within the next decade or two, if at all.
The aim of the book is to prove the existence of Hybrid War, the indirect adaptive approach to regime change that combines Color Revolutions and Unconventional Warfare into a unified strategy. Geopolitics dictates US strategy in this regard and identifies future targets, while Hybrid War tactically carries out the plans and unleashes weaponized chaos. It abides by several primary military theories in order to result in the dominance of chaotic dynamics. Effective information outreach campaigns and the construction of social networks over a period of time can lead to the development of a hive mind of anti-government activists. These individuals can then be guided via the teachings of Gene Sharp into strategic swarms that work to overwhelm the authorities and initiate a soft coup. Should the Color Revolution fail in overthrowing the government, then the transition to Unconventional Warfare occurs, whereby the social infrastructure of the Color Revolution becomes the foundation of the violent campaign being waged by the anti-government movement. It is at this point that the hard coup commences and all elements of the state are thrown into strategically engineered chaos.
As has been argued, Hybrid War is the new horizon of US regime change strategy. It incubates the US from the political and military risks associated with direct intervention and it is much more cost-efficient. It indirectly uses a hodgepodge of proxy groups to accomplish for Washington what half a million US soldiers may not be able to directly do. It is thus extremely attractive to American decision makers as their country reluctantly lurches towards multipolarity, and the successful multi-theater implementation of Hybrid War could actually reverse this process and refresh the unipolar moment for an undetermined amount of time. Therefore, it is conclusively in the interests of multipolar-oriented states to master their understanding of Hybrid War in order to effectively craft strategies to neutralize its successful application across the Eurasian supercontinent and prevent the return of unipolarity.
Sputnik International's political analyst and journalist, Andrew Korybko, just published his first book on "Hybrid Wars: The Indirect Adaptive Approach To Regime Change". It was reviewed by the Diplomatic Academy of Russia and released with the assistance of the People's Friendship University of Russia, where Andrew is a member of the expert council for the Institute of Strategic Research and Predictions. His detailed work proves that Color Revolutions are a new form of warfare engineered by the US, with everything from their organizational makeup to geopolitical application being guided by American strategists. But unlike earlier researchers who have touched upon the topic, Andrew takes his work even further and uses the latest examples of the War on Syria and EuroMaidan to argue that the US has deployed a second, more dangerous step to its regime change toolkit.
Hybrid Wars, as he labels them, are when the US meshes its Color Revolution and Unconventional Warfare strategies together to create a unified toolkit for carrying out regime change in targeted states. When a Color Revolution attempt fails, as it miserably did in Syria in 2011, the backup plan is to roll out an Unconventional War that builds directly upon the former's social infrastructure and organizing methods. In the case of EuroMaidan, Andrew cites Western news sources such as Newsweek magazine, the Guardian, and Reuters in reminding everyone that in the days immediately prior to the coup's successful completion, Western Ukraine was in full-scale rebellion against the central government and the stage was set for an Unconventional Syrian-esque War in the heart of Eastern Europe. Had it not been for the sudden overthrow of President Yanukovich, the US was prepared to take the country down the path of the Syrian scenario, which would have been its second full-fledged application of Hybrid War.
Andrew's revolutionary research ultimately shows that it was the US, not Russia, which spearheaded the use of Hybrid Wars, and that given his proven findings, it's irresponsible to even call Russia's alleged involvement in the Ukrainian Crisis a 'hybrid war'. In fact, the US is far ahead of any other country in practicing this new method of warfare, as no other state has attempted a Color Revolution thus far, let alone transitioned it into an Unconventional War when their initial regime change plans failed. While some many think that such occurrences are spontaneous and happenstance, Andrew documents how Hybrid Wars are not only created from the ground-up by the US, but how they're specifically deployed in areas where they'd be most geostrategically advantageous for the promotion of its unipolar policies.
Thus, not only does Andrew describe the very essence of Hybrid Wars, but the final part of his book forecasts where he believes they may happen next. He introduces the groundbreaking concept of the Color Arc, a contiguous line of states stretching from Hungary to Kyrgyzstan and where the waging of Hybrid Wars would most seriously damage Russia's national interests. This is the first time that Color Revolutions have ever been analyzed through a geopolitical prism, and it brings forth a completely different way of looking at this weapon's utilization. This new paradigm is absolutely essential for understanding the US' new approach to regime change and the form, both physical and geopolitical, it's expected to take in the forthcoming years.
"Hybrid Wars: The Indirect Adaptive Approach To Regime Change"
will be available on 17 August for free PDF download at Fort Russ (fortruss.blogspot.com), Center for Research on Globalization (globalresearch.org), Oriental Review (orientalreview.org), and Center for Syncretic Studies (syncreticstudies.com), and can be picked up in soft cover form at the People's Friendship University in Moscow.
As he's offering his work for free, Andrew kindly asks that readers who are pleased with it to consider donating to charity and individual efforts that directly assist the victims of the US' Hybrid Wars on Syria and Ukraine.
He hopes that your generous donation can help make their American-inflicted suffering more manageable.
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|This morning. Not enough water before the wind came up.
"The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul." - Wyland
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Evening Glass Off
Unfortunately the wind rose faster than the tide today, but patience paid off with evening glass and the swell had come up by then too. It was a lot of work paddling through the windswell to the outside, but I was rewarded with a long fast head-high left that reformed a bit smaller. Woot!
I would've gone back for more, if only there'd been a jet ski to tow me back to the lineup.
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A Global Network of Mastermind Groups for Ambitious / Progressive SME Business Owners
With almost a century of combined experience in the world of business from the start-up to the corporation, two recognized Thought and Business Leaders, Colm O'Brien and Pádraic O'Maille, have teamed up to fill a most obvious gap in the market.
The idea is simple really. Despite being incredibly rewarding, the Entrepreneurial path is oftentimes lonely and more often than not family and friends don't understand our drive.
That's where OurBoard comes in.
OurBoard is, well, a … Board. It is a coming together of 6 to 8 SME Business Owners over a 12-week prescribed program (think a semester in college) expertly led by O'Brien and O'Maille initially, to help each participant gain absolute clarity around what they are doing, why they are doing it and where they want to take it.
Over the twelve weeks, Participants become de facto members of each others' "Board" – a relationship that can add value for a season and a reason, or a lifetime perhaps.
Who Comprises OurBoard and How Will it Work?
OurBoard is, well, a … Board. It is a coming together of 6 to 8 SME Business Owners over a 12-week prescribed program (think a semester in college) expertly led by O'Brien and O'Maille initially, to help each participant gain absolute clarity around what they are doing, why they are doing it and where they want to take it.
Over the twelve weeks, Participants become de facto members of each others' "Board" – a relationship that can add value for a season and a reason, or a lifetime perhaps.
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I finished Colm O'Brien's book 'Feeding Johnny' in 7 days! That might not sound like an achievement to most of you but coming from the girl who is still reading the same fiction novel I started five months ago – that is an achievement. I just loved it. It's a great read. Honest. Insightful. Inspiring. I got a great kick out of it and it ignited in me an enthusiasm for business that I wasn't sure still existed. Then I met Colm for coffee and I really began to get clear on where my life is, and more importantly where it can be. I have regained the clarity I had misplaced, am back on track and I am grateful


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Welcome to Patton & Kuchel Team Page!
We are looking forward to a great year of building our sixth grade community! Students will meet new friends, have more responsibilities this year, and engage in new learning experiences! Please contact us with any concerns or questions that may arise. Let's have a great year!
Contact Information
- Jessica Patton - Math, Science and PE
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Phone: (406)728-2400, ext. 2668
- Jeremy Kuchel- English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Health
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- Phone: (406) 728-2400, ext. TBA
Daily Schedule:
- Period 1: 8:15-9:01
- Period 2: 9:04-9:49
- Period 3: 9:52-10:37
- Period 4: 10:40-11:25 (Recess 10:40, Lunch 11:25)
- Period 5: 11:28-12:13 (exploratories)
Period 6 12:15-1:00 (exploratories)
- Period 7: 1:04-1:49 WIN
- Period 8: 1:52-2:37
- Period 9: 2:40-3:25
Thursday Early Out Schedule:
- Period 1: 8:15-8:54
- Period 2: 8:57-9:35
- Period 3: 9:38-10:16
- Period 4: 10:19-10:57 (exploratories)
- Period 5: 11:00-11:39 (Recess 11:00, Lunch 11:19)
- Period 6: 11:42-12:21 (exploratories)
- Period 7: 12:24-1:03 WIN
- Period 8: 1:06-1:44
- Period 9: 1:49-2:25
Team Grading Scale:
- F=59 and below
Team Expectations:
- Students will be on time and prepared for each class
- Students will be respectful and active learners
- Students will have a positive attitude
Students at Washington Middle School will be respectful, responsible and safe
Work Completion/ Academic Recovery Time:
One of our goals as a team is to develop quality work habits including time management and responsibility. Students will be given an agenda to bring and fill out to each class. Students will receives marks if he/she is tardy, neglects to complete homework, or is disrespectful and/or defiant. Upon receiving five marks for incomplete homework, a student will be assigned to a 30 minute academic recovery after school M-W. Upon receiving five marks for disrespect and/or defiance, the student will receive a 30 minute after school detention. After 10 marks in either area, a parent meeting will be scheduled along with a consequence. Students will receive positive marks and feedback in the agenda as well. After five positive marks, students will earn a prize. Please take time to look over this page in the back of the agenda.
Absences and Makeup Work:
Students are responsible to make up any and all missed work due to absences. Please fill out a an office prearranged absence slip for planned absences (two or more days) and contact the office to inform them of the day(s) the student will be absent.
Click the team calendar link to view upcoming projects, tests and important information. Our goal is not to assign multiple tests or projects on the same day if we can avoid it. Check out individual teacher calendars for classwork and assignments.


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Rising Canadian talent Conro is quickly becoming one of the most talked about up-and-coming figures within the Dance music community.
Following a string of smashing projects, Conro is now back again with his latest offering a spectacular remix of Justin Biebers As Long As You Love Me.
Coming from a musical background, Conor Patton, aka Conro, has started out playing a wide range of instruments, later turning to the world of Electronic music, reaching his first big break with his debut single Axiom rapidly climbing Beatports Electro House Top 20 chart. Such impressive results have placed Conro on the radar of some of the globes major imprints, later signing tunes to the likes of: Armada, Revealed and WOLV. Since then, Conro has not fallen short of receiving massive support from some of the finest spinners around, landing the thumbs up from DJs like: Porter Robinson, Tommy Trash and Knife Party, whilst sharing the stage with A-list champions such as: Bassjackers, Dyro and Wolfgang Gartner.
After gaining worldwide recognition with his Dyro collaboration on Bittersweet, Conros 2016 kicked off with a colossal project by the name of On My Way Up, released via Monstercat, hitting the US Viral Top 50 chart on Spotify and supported by global superstar Martin Garrix. He is now devising his next big thing taking a first shot with his new wonder As Long As You Love Me Remix, which hes offering as a Valentines Day giveaway.
Conros rendition on Justin Biebers track is blessed with an array of top-notch melodic inspirations, whilst blending in deeper rhythmic elements to darken the atmosphere and add Conros signature take on this production. The effect-filled vocals take the remix to whole new level, adding spice and giving it the inimitable Conro touch, whos put his signature on this world-class remix. With such a remarkable effort Conro is certainly justifying his unstoppable ascension as one of the prime names to watch out for in 2016.
Whilst you can now download and enjoy Conros stellar remix of As Long As You Love Me, keep an eye out for more exciting announcements, with his second single of the year coming up in March.
Listen to and download Justin Bieber – As Long As You Love Me (Conro Remix) below.


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ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.-The Brother of Jesus: James the Just and His Mission, a groundbreaking scholarly examination of Jesus's brother that is scheduled for a November release by Westminster John Knox Press, is edited by two Bard College professors-Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner. The essays in the book reflect recent research of the "Consultation on James," a project of the Institute of Advanced Theology (IAT) at Bard.
"This is historical criticism as historical reconstruction," according to Professor Lewis R. Donelson of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. "These authors raise up in a creative and forceful way the voices of so-called 'Jewish Christianity,' especially as it was centered in the figure of James. This makes this volume a major contribution to any discussion of Christian origins."
In the time between Jesus's resurrection and James's death, James the Just was the most prominent and widely respected leader in Christendom. In The Brother of Jesus, eight renowned scholars address such issues as the Jewish context of the early Church, the person of James, his literary message and mission, James and Jesus, and James in relation to Peter and Paul.
"During the 1997 IAT conference, 'The Missing Jesus?Rabbinic Judaism and the New Testament,' Institute scholars realized that James, the brother of Jesus, was virtually ignored in biblical scholarship?although he was revered among both Jews and Jesus's followers?so we began the 'Consultation on James,'" according to IAT director Chilton. The first publication to emerge from the Consultation, James the Just and Christian Origins (Brill, 1999), was edited by Chilton and Craig Evans.
Contributors to The Brother of Jesus include John Painter, professor of theology at St. Mark?s National Theological Centre, Charles Sturt University, Australia; Peter H. Davids, author of A Commentary on James and director of studies at the Schloss Mittersill Study Centre, Austria; Wiard Popkes, professor of New Testament at Hamburg University, Germany; Richard Bauckham, professor of New Testament studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor at the University of Saint Andrews, Scotland; Craig Evans, director of the graduate program in biblical studies at Trinity Western University, Canada; and Robert Price, professor of biblical criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute, New York.
The Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College was established to foster critical understanding, based on scholarship, that will make true religious pluralism possible. Since its inception in 1996, the Institute's work has focused on how religions influence history, society, and other religions, and are in turn influenced by them. The Institute gratefully acknowledges support provided by the Crohn Family Trust and the Tisch Family Foundation and grants from The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the American Council of Learned Societies, and Bard College.
Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion, chaplain of the College, and director of the Institute of Advanced Theology, is a scholar of early Christianity and Judaism and the author of the first critical translation of the Aramaic version of Isaiah (The Isaiah Targum, 1987). He has written academic studies that put Jesus in his Jewish context (Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography, 2000; The Galilean Rabbi and His Bible, 1984; The Temple of Jesus, 1992; and Pure Kingdom, 1996). Chilton has taught in Europe at the universities of Cambridge, Sheffield, and Münster, and in the United States at Yale University (as the first Lillian Claus Professor for New Testament) and Bard College. Throughout his career he has been active in the pastoral ministry of the Anglican Church; he is presently rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Barrytown, New York.
Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Theology and Judaism and senior fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. He received his Ph.D. in religion from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary and his rabbinical degree at the Jewish Theological Seminary. In addition, he holds seven honorary doctorates and numerous academic medals and honors. He has published more than 800 books and countless articles. Neusner has taught at Bard since 1994, prior to accepting this full-time appointment. He has also taught at Dartmouth College, Brown University, and the University of South Florida, among others. He is a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, in England. Neusner was president of the American Academy of Religion, a member of the founding committee of the Association for Jewish Studies, and founder of the European Association of Jewish Studies. He served as a member of the National Council on the Humanities under President Carter and a member of the National Council on the Arts under President Reagan. The position Neusner holds as Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College is supported, in part, by a grant from the Tisch Family Foundation of New York City.
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From a recent bridal shower
Snapshots from a recent bridal shower I covered in Philadelphia.
Snapshots from a recent bridal shower I covered in Philadelphia.
I photographed the backstage activity for the Wharton Charity Fashio Show this year. It is quite a spectacle backstage! The models need to change within a matter of a few seconds between their rounds on the ramp. The designers and artists scramble amongst the models. There's a lot of movement and madness behind! Lot of nervous laughter, anxious waiting when waiting to get on the ramp, and high fiving to cheer eachother up.
As someone who loves to take candid shots, I really enjoyed the experience! It is challenging as the lighting is terrible, and it's close to impossible to get the shot you want as there's always a ton of obstacles in front or behind. It's critical to have a fast lens. It's again critical to be quick on your feet, and have enough space on your card to take as many images as you can and then sort them later. I also realized I need to soon invest in a good mounted flash to help in these low light conditions.
Today I went to the Lotus Temple for a short while. A Bahai House of Worship, it is a beautiful structure made of marble, and open to all religions. Shaped like a lotus (and hence the name), it is a nice place for a quiet little evening.
Given its shape, the Lotus Temple is a great place to shoot some abstracts. I do feel that someone who has spent some time studying buildings and architecture could have done much more justice to it!
The Wharton School recently organized a Fashion Show for charity. MBA students walked the ramp, adorned with designer labels, some designed by Wharton Students themselves! 🙂 One of the designers asked me to photograph his line (http://www.masons.it). It sounded like fun and so I agreed.
This was the first time I was doing something like this and I never realized it would be so hard! The backstage is always in a flurry, with people running around, trying to get things done, trying to find what they need. Plus, this was all student organized so you can imagine the mess! The issue becomes how to photograph what you want especially when everyone is moving around, and you can't really ask people to pose for you. There isn't much place to move, you keep bumping into people, and so composing your shot and focusing on the right subjects is also tough.
Photographing the ramp was much worse since the models move so fast!! It was incredibly hard to get a non-blurry shot 😀 I had 4 lenses with me. The kit lens I did not use. The prime lens (85 mm, f/1.8)was of course not ideal for the ramp. Then I had a 55-250 zoom lens which again did not work. A fellow photographer lent me 70-200mm for a while but it was so gigantic and heavy! While perfect for the ramp, I just could not take stable shots with this lens (need to build some muscle :D). So I stuck with 50mm, f/1.8 macro lens.
But overall the experience was great. It was a lot of fun and I learnt a lot. Sharing backstage photos first, will be posting the (few) ramp shots I could take next.


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Below you will find a series of links to useful online allotment/gardening resources. If you are aware of any other useful sites please get in touch and we will add them to the page!
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NEEDHAM (CBS) – A former Needham doctor and his nurse practitioner have been indicted by federal prosecutors for prescribing dangerous medication for a profit that allegedly led to the deaths of six patients.
Doctor Joseph Zolot and nurse practitioner Lisa Pliner are charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
They will be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Boston Thursday afternoon.
WBZ-TV's Beth Germano reports.
The grand jury indictment claims, over a six-year period beginning in 2001, Zolot and Pliner wrote out prescriptions for methadone, oxycodone, and fentanyl to patients who did not have any medical need for the narcotics and were knowingly abusing them or dealing them.
Court documents say the two would prescribe enough drugs to get patients addicted, forcing them to return for additional doses.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Bernice Corpuz reports.
Authorities say Zolot and Pliner would charge patients about $300 for their initial visit and about $125 for any subsequent visits.
His lawyer says Dr. Zolot was a political refugee who came here from the Soviet Union in the late 1970's. The government says in its indictment he, "…provided prescriptions for controlled substances to individuals through (his) medical practice"…and that, "methadone distributed by defendants Zolot and Pliner did result in the deaths of six men:
Dennis Dillon, 36, Died 2004
Jeffrey Campbell, 26, Died 2005
Thomas Dunphy, 49, Died 2005
James Curley, 44, Died 2005
Christopher Bartoloni, 35, Died 2006
Scot Poulack, 39, Died 2006
The indictment alleges that at least six of those cases resulted in the patients' addiction, deteriorated health, overdose, and eventual death.
In 2001, one patient's insurance company sent Zolot a letter questioning his prescription practices, but, according to the indictment, Zolot never responded.
Zolot's Needham office was raided by the FBI and DEA in May 2007 after which he gave up his medical license. But his attorney says he maintains his innocence.
"And in a practice like Dr. Zolot's, where people were coming to him for very, very serious problems and pain management, it was inevitable that there would be some unfortunate results but those were unfortunate medical results," said attorney Howard Cooper.
Zolot's wife and Pliner's husband left the courthouse with no comment. Pliner's attorney had little more to say. "We will be pleading not guilty to all charges and she looks forward to vindicating her rights in front of a jury."
The U.S. Attorney had no comment. The maximum sentence the doctor and his nurse practitioner face is life in prison that carries a 20-year minimum.
WBZ-TV's Ron Sanders contributed to this report.
This burns me up real bad because i unfortunately take pain killers because of my back , knees, and shoulder , with a pinched nerve in lower back and neck and i hate having to take them but really have not much a choice and i still hurt . I am sorta lucky my doctor lets me still get them even though he does not like to prescribe them and he kinda frowns on having to give me them but if it was not for all the MRI i have done at least he sees im not kidding , but people like that including that doctor and nurse MAKES it very hard on people like me who really needs it just to get by every day i hope they throw the book at them for doing that because people like that makes it very hard on people like me who really needs the pain medicine just to gety by .
FirSt of all let me say that she is not the "doctor's nurse practitioner." Nurse practitioners don't BELONG to doctors. We are independent practitioners. Please correct that incorrect statement.
Regardless they both should be in jail for that . This is why its so hard for a person with real pain and problem suffer because of then 2 idiots and it makes the person who really needs them they give them a hard time even when you have real proof of your pains . Did you know on a good night for me i wake up in pain 4 times thats a good night . On a bad night i wake up every hour on the hour 1 or 2 times a hour and thatts with me taking 2 sleepin pills on top of it .
OK, how about we refer to them as "partners in crime" instead.
Kudos Mary. Details matter. Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem. I don't think enough people even know about it. Some are even in denial. We as a society are too quick to pop a pill to solve a problem instead of looking at non medicinal remedies. Regular and progressive exercise increases our pain tolerance levels so that we can reduce any pain medication needs. Of course it's important to demonstrate good form and a sensible exercise plan to prevent injuries. It's not difficult if you approach it intelligently and thoughtfully. People are a lot more capable than they might give themselves credit for. You should trust the experts versus someone that just acts like one – someone with authenticated credentials. It's what I do and it's been working.
All we have to do is watch 30 minutes of TV to understand we are a drug addicted society,And that the Drug companies are addicted to the obcene profits.
Commercial after commercial for drug after drug. These incessant commercials are not free so the Media shares a great deal of the blame.
I am waiting to hear the discalimer ' If taking this drug results in your Death stop taking and call your Doctor."
I am so glad I am not addicted to any drugs, actually hate taking any meds ,, rather do with out , dont smoke, only drink once in awhile, and have no need for all that enhancement stuff, what do people see in it,,, so senseless
I have known numerous people who are addicted to pain pills. They all feel pain and when they take their pills they dont. Amazing right? Not so much. I also know people who are in pain everyday of their lives and refuse to take them. My point is, you may take pain pills at first for pain, but then you become highly addicted and cant live without them, because they take away even everyday pain. They should crack down on pain pills. They have messed some of the closest people in my life up, my mom and my sister. They have been addicted for years now. I'am not saying people that need them shouldn't take them. How do you know you really need them if you dont try to live without them?
so much for a commie medical degree
I dont need to feel what it is like to be addicted to anything, I have seen it,first hand, senseless and selfishness on those I saw. they gotcaught up in something they felt they could handle,, and anyone that tried to help was unable to .. Growing up and seeing them set me on a path of the straight and narrow, never touching the stuff .. thank god for my own strength to know better, Oh and pain , been there but refused the pain meds as I knew if I even started them I could potentially get hooked, worked thru the pain with alternatives treatments and physical therapy. there are always alternatives, you just have to want to try it before getting on the drugs,
Does pain Medication have to be addictive?….I would assume the drug companies would want to develop some that aren't.
they is so much study done in pain management but it seems that the result is always a more powerful ,more addictive drug.
I always thought nurse practitioner's needed to work under a supervising physician? You can go and open up your own solo practice without one?
Many good health care professionals, find themselves in a very difficult position. They want to give relief to those with chronic and intractable pain. They do not want to provide meds for addicts. It is a very fine line, determining what is therapeutic, and what is not. There are disparities between standards of practice, and the legal constraints. As a result, many patients that truly need pain management are UNDER medicated. Including those that are terminal. To see medical professionals, abusing their patients, and prescribing meds out of sheer greed, is sickening.
I am livid!!! I am Dennis's x wife the mother of his daughter!! This is the first I am hearing that this man was involved with my x husbands death!!
My daughter has no father!!!


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Many businesses and brands know—or at least believe that they know—that they need search engine optimization (SEO) for their online properties and the advantages that will be realized from implementing SEO.
SEO has the ability to enhance the visibility and searchability of your website, but is there any other value to SEO? Why is it so important?
The following 12 reasons will provide some clarity on why SEO is so incredibly important for businesses, regardless of what industry or even the size of your business.
A huge part of website performance is organic search, and it is also an important part of the buyer's funnel and getting individuals to complete engagement or conversion.
As marketers are well aware, Google is the owner of a dramatically larger portion of the search market than its competition such as Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, etc.
This doesn't mean that all search engines can't contribute significantly to the visibility of a brand—because they definitely do—but with Google owning roughly 75 percent of the search market, it is the leader and its guidelines need to be followed. Of course, the other 25 percent that is owned by other search engines can prove to be valuable to businesses and brands as well.
While Google is the most visited site worldwide (particularly here in the U.S.), it is also the most popular provider of e-mail across the globe with over one billion users. YouTube is the second largest search engine.
We realize that the bulk majority of the world has internet access is getting on Google once per day to obtain information that they need. Therefore, it is critical that you make yourself highly visible and a trusted resource by Google and other search engines. A high-quality website and quality SEO is what is going to get your brand there.
With any knowledgeable SEO, the main objective is to create a solid foundation for a great website with an effective user experience that can be discovered in search easily thanks to the credibility and trust of the brand and its online properties.
There are numerous elements that are used for the establishment of authority regarding Google and other search engines. Aside from the aforementioned factors, authority is accumulated over time thanks to elements like the following:
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Google learned a long time ago how to deduce between a positive and adverse user experience, and a favorable user experience is now an essential ingredient in the success of a website.
Customers are well aware of what it is that they want, and if they are unable to locate it, then there is going to an issue—and performance is going to suffer as a result.
An example of constructing a solid user experience is how the search engine giant has developed into the answer engine that it is today offering sought-after data direct on search engine results pages (SERPs) for online users.
The intention of the above is offering online users the data that they're searching for in fewer clicks, easily and quickly.
Top-notch SEO will incorporate a favorable user experience, influencing it so that it works in the favor of the brand.
With the rise of mobile traffic, local search has quickly become an essential part of the success of small- and medium-sized businesses. Local SEO aspires to optimize your online properties for a certain vicinity so that users are able to easily and quickly locate you, placing them one step closer to completing a transaction.
Local SEO tends to focus on specific cities, towns, regions, and sometimes states so that a viable medium can be established for the messaging of a brand on a local level. Professionals are able to do this by optimizing the company's website and content—including local backlinks and citations—as well as relevant local listings to the brand's business sector and location.
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So, utilizing SEO tactics to get your message across for groundbreaking products/services, good deals, and the importance and dependability of what you are providing your customers can be the ultimate game changer. It can also without a doubt impact the overall buying cycle in a favorable way when it is done correctly.
Brands need to be visible in areas where users need them in order for a creditable connection to be created. Local SEO boosts that visibility and allows prospective customers to locate the answers and the businesses offering those answers.
It is fantastic to have the implementation of SEO tactics on a business's website and across the brand's online properties; however, if it is only short-term engagement (due to budget constraints or something similar) and the website is not re-evaluated regularly over time, then it will eventually reach a certain threshold where it will be unable to improve due to other obstacles.
With the evolving search world, thanks to Google, constant monitoring for changes is required in order to stay one step ahead of the competition at all times and also on Page 1 of the SERPs. So, monitoring for algorithm changes and being proactive is going to benefit the brands that take those measures.
Google makes thousands of changes to algorithms annually. If you fall too far behind, it can be virtually impossible to bounce back. SEO professionals can help ensure that this is completely avoided.
With the World Wide Web constantly changing as well, it can be difficult to stay on top of all the changes that are taking place. However, ensuring that you are up-to-date with all of the changes in terms of SEO means that you are current with any major changes that are occurring with search.
Being familiar with the Web environment, such as tactics being utilizing by local and comparable businesses as well as competitors, will always be helpful for brands.
While it is true that SEO is not free, you also have to consider the fact that nothing good is free, right?
However, when you look at the bigger picture, SEO is relatively inexpensive, and the end result will most likely be significant in terms of the benefit and bottom line for your brand.
It isn't a marketing expense; instead, it is an investment in your business. Quality implementation of SEO has the ability to hold water for years into the future. Like most things in life, SEO only gets better with continuous attention and investment.
SEO typically has an obvious impact within the initial year of action being taken, and most of those actions have an impact that can last for over several years.
With the evolving market, it is important to follow the changes and trends as closely as possible. Even with a website that hasn't had an abundant amount of strong suggestions of SEO implemented can progress from basic SEO best practices being implemented on an honest site with a respectable user experience.
Plus, the more effort, time, and budget of SEO that is committed to the website, the better and longer the site stands to becoming a creditable contender in its particular market.
Though it is true that SEO does not offer an easy-to-calculate return on investment (ROI) like paid search, it is possible for anything to be measured with adequate tracking and analytics.
The main issue with is attempting to connect the dots on the back end due to the fact that there isn't a clear-cut way to comprehend the correlation between all taken actions. However, it is still worth it to fully understand how specific actions are meant to impact growth and performance—and hopefully they do.
Any worthy SEO professional will be intent on making those improvements; therefore, connecting those dots shouldn't be a significant challenge.
Brands are also interested in knowing and understand where there are and where they are going regarding digital performance, particularly for SEO when they have a company or person that they are paying to execute it on their behalf.
And, in the end, there isn't a better way to show SEO success—data doesn't lie, ever.
When it comes to high-quality SEO, it has the capability of finding a way to discover and leverage new opportunities for brands to be discovered and shine.
When quality SEO can be offered to brands, it means that an SEO team should be submersed into everything that makes that brand. It is truly the only way to market that brand with the understanding and passion that the brand's stakeholders actually have for it—by becoming a stakeholder as well in a sense.
The better that a brand can be understood, the more opportunities that can be available for it to thrive. The same is true with SEO.
It is definitely no secret in the SEO world that if you aren't on the first page that you aren't winning the organic search game.
One study has shown that the first three ranking positions in organic search lead to 40 percent of click-throughs, while as much as 30 percent of results from Page 1 and 2 don't ever get clicked.
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It is always going to be advantageous for a brand and its corresponding marketing efforts to implement quality SEO on a brand's site and online properties. It may be considered an ultramodern marketing practice, but it is vital to the web presence of a brand today, particularly as rivaling competition and available data consistently increase and grow.


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As explained here we had an open discussion about the upcoming Legion realm name. Over one thousand names were suggested, but we have to pick one of those. Choose the realm name you think it's the best. Keep in mind that this poll is not decisional, the final name might still be picked by the WoW Freakz staff regardless of this vote.
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A Spring Concert at Rudding Park
February 17, 2020
Two Ridings Community Foundations has brought together local volunteer choirs for our first concert, kindly hosted by Rudding Park, on Thursday 2 April 2020 6.15 for 6.30pm at the Rudding Park Chapel HG1 1JH, tickets are £30 each and proceeds will be split between the choirs performing and THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District. Please purchase your ticket via Eventbrite: https://springconcertruddingpark.eventbrite.co.uk. Volunteer Choirs: Musical Memories CIC, In Harmony, Emerging Voices & The Rudding Park \'Super Singers\' Choir ...Read more
The High Sheriff's Dragons' Den 2019 event – purchase your tickets!
September 4, 2019
Join us for this years The High Sheriff of North Yorkshires DRAGONS DEN Date: Thursday 3rd October 2019 Time: 5.30 for 6pm Location: Rudding Park, Harrogate HG3 1JH Ticket cost: £25, includes drinks and canapes, ticket sales go directly to the pitching charities on the night. Please purchase your tickets before 23 September, online at: www.dragonsden2019.eventbrite.co.uk This year, the High Sheriffs Dragons Den has teamed up with THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District (another Two Ridings Community Foundation fund) to focus on mental health and wellbeing in the Harrogate District. Like the television programme, selected local charitable organisations will \'pitch\' for funding to the audience and a panel of Dragons. The audience will have a chance to ask questions and vote. Disability Action Yorkshire is up-cycling chairs for the Dragons, available for purchase at the event. We hope you can join us. Dragons\' Den Invitation ...Read more
Launch of second year of Fund addressing hidden needs of the Harrogate District opens for applications boosted by Local Lotto
July 4, 2019
In the inspiring setting of Ripon Cathedral and in front of the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, the Mayor of Harrogate, the Deputy Mayor of Boroughbridge and the Mayor of Pateley Bridge, Dean John welcomed guests to celebrate the opening of THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District and the first anniversary of the Local Lotto. Guests from local charitable organisations heard from Cllr Sam Gibbs, chair of the Harrogate Borough Council Voluntary and Community Sector Liaison Group and Gary Campeljohn, Treasurer of Ripon AFC football club. Both Sam and Gary described the difference it makes to have a local fund for groups in the Harrogate District and also the value of the local lotto, even after just twelve months of operation. Gary said: "Having the support of local funding has made a huge difference to us, we used our LOCAL FUND award last year to improve our changing rooms and provide better access for our members with restricted mobility. In addition, as a result of signing up to be a good cause for the Local Lotto we have 45 members and got £500 to help us provide kit." Harrogate Borough Council has contributed £30,000 this year towards THE LOCAL FUND, which together with funding from the Harry Bolland Trust Fund and other local donors and fundraising means we have over £40,000 to award grants of between £200 and £3000 to local charitable organisations in the Harrogate District. To find out more about the fund please visit https://www.tworidingscf.org.uk/fund/tlfharrogate/ The Mayor of Harrogate, Cllr Stuart Martin, assisted by Jan Garrill, Chief Executive of Two Ridings Community Foundation thanked everyone for attending and formally opened THE LOCAL FUND for applications. THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District has been established to provide grant funding to local community groups and charities across the District. It will focus on addressing local need by supporting the work of community groups and charities whose work is dedicated to improving the lives of local people. Designed to encourage local giving, it will provide a long-term source of funding support and encouragement to the work of local organisations, regardless of size, tackling social issues that affect local people. Alongside the fund, THE LOCAL LOTTO provides a fundraising opportunity for local voluntary and community groups, which enables Harrogate residents to support the local organisations they care about most. Money raised through THE LOCAL LOTTO will contribute towards keeping the community sector thriving across the district. THE LOCAL LOTTO is being promoted jointly by the Council and THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District and is being run independently by Lottery Manager Gatherwell. If you're interested in supporting local charities and community groups in Harrogate, you can support THE LOCAL FUND by becoming a donor. Please get in touch with the team at Two Ridings Community Foundation by emailing email@example.com You can also choose to support local charities via THE LOCAL LOTTO, knowing that 60p from every £1 ticket will go directly to the local charity or community group of your choice. Local residents can also choose to support THE LOCAL FUND, and are encouraged to visit THE LOCAL LOTTO website for tickets and further information www.thelocalotto.co.uk Further details about The Local Fund for the Harrogate District and how to apply to be a 'Friend' can be found on the Two Ridings Community Foundation website at https://www.tworidingscf.org.uk/tlfharrogate or the HARCVS website at https://www.harcvs.org.uk/FriendsTLF ...Read more
The High Sheriff of North Yorkshire's Dragons' Den 2019
May 3, 2019
We are currently reviewing the applications from charities to participate. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION Last year\'s The High Sheriff of North Yorkshire\'s Dragons\' Den event was a huge success! It was held at The Orangery Settrington on Wednesday, 10 October 2018. The evening was such a success due to the five charities who braved the experience and pitched to the Dragons and audience, the generous donations by the Dragons and others, and our sponsors Kenelm & Karen Storey and Brown Shipley. The Dragons: Linda Fenwick, Rodger Hobson, James Lambert, Simon Mackaness, Tim Rymer and Venetia Wrigley The Pitching Charities: InterActive Whitby and District, Art Therapy Yorkshire, Leyburn Arts & Community Centre, Sleights Area Men's Shed and Community Furniture Store Ryedale. We believe everyone enjoyed learning about a few of the local grassroots charities Two Ridings\' supports. After hearing their pitches, thoughtful questions and a thorough deliberation, the Dragons awarded £28,000 to the five local grassroots charities: £7,000 to Interactive Whitby & District, £7,000 to Community Furniture Store Ryedale, £5,000 to Art Therapy Yorkshire, £5,000 to Leyburn Arts & Community Centre and £4,000 to Sleights Men in Sheds. We managed to have such a good pot of money due to the generosity of the Dragons and others, as well as some matching of donations from Funds held by Two Ridings. Additionally, the Audience voted and awarded £500 to Interactive Whitby & District, to support their work with children with disabilities. Special thanks also goes out to Kenelm & Karen Storey, Brown Shipley, TastesDivine catering, Elite Sound, Tate-Smith Ltd, Community Furniture Store Ryedale for the upcycled Dragons\' chairs, Chris Legard High Sheriff of North Yorkshire for 2018 for being our Master of Ceremonies and the Dragons. ...Read more
Get to grips with your application with our funding workshops
April 11, 2019
Two Ridings Community Foundation wants to support the #SmallButVital charitable organisations in North & East Yorkshire with workshops that help grant applicants: Understand what is the essential information many funders need from your application Get to grips with putting together a good budget for your bid that covers overhead costs Learn from other similar groups in your area Pick up useful tips and ideas from elsewhere We do this through our funding workshops - sessions of about 2 hours where you and a small number of other groups can spend time with our grants people (Jackie or Roxanne), our finance expert (Fran) and others who can help you add value to what you do. We have a series of them coming up over the next few months 12th June Harrogate 18th June Hull 20th June Skipton 4th July Ryedale (Malton) If you are interested in attending or knowing more contact us here. ...Read more


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How to Get Play-Doh Out of a Rug
Though the exact formulation of Play-Doh is proprietary information, it's no secret that it's been keeping young children entertained since 1956. According to manufacturer Hasbro, if you took all the Play-Doh ever made and formed it into a big ball, it would weigh over 700 million pounds. With that much Play-Doh in the world, it's inevitable that occasionally some of it will get smashed into the carpet. But don't worry, you can get your rug looking as good as new.
Pick up pieces of soft Play-Doh by blotting with a fresh piece of the clay. Do not rub or squish the clay into your rug.
Let the remaining Play-Doh dry completely. Do not use water or liquid cleaners on the clay.
Break up the dried Play-Doh with a stiff brush, dull knife or the edge of a spoon.
Vacuum the bits of Play-Doh away. Repeat the process if necessary until all solid clay is gone.
Remove any lingering discolorations by blotting with gentle soap and cold water.
Things Needed
- Fresh piece of Play-Doh
- Brush, knife or spoon
- Vacuum cleaner
- Soap and water (optional)
- Spread out an old sheet or drop cloth to protect carpets when children are using Play-Doh.
Photo Credits
- Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images


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Another year, another Golden week and more pictures of travelers climbing on things that they ought not to. Thus was the case yesterday, the first day of the national holiday, when visitors at a scenic spot in Hangzhou were photographed taking some daredevil detours when the area became too crowded to walk through.
Images posted on QQ News showed some of the less patient among the tourists at Hangzhou's Baoshishan climbing up rocky cliffs to evade those pesky crowds.
It appears that others started doing it for fun. Fairly innocent.
And then the babies joined in.
On more than one occasion, we've reported on Chinese tourists getting seriously injured or killed after ignoring safety precautions at tourist attractions.
Last year, in response to traveler's "uncivilized behavior" over the course of the week-long national holiday, the Chinese government issued a 64-page guidebook for travelers, urging them not to smoke or pick their noses in public, not to leave footprints on toilet seats and to keep their nose hairs trimmed, among other absurdities.
Baby cliff-climbing may be this year's new addition.


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Our house is on fire. Join the resistance: Do no harm/take no shit. My idiosyncratic and confluent bricolage of progressive politics, the collaborative commons, next generation cognitive neuroscience, American pragmatism, de/reconstruction, dynamic systems, embodied realism, postmetaphysics, psychodynamics, aesthetics. It ain't much but it's not nothing.
Sunday, March 24, 2019
The real American center
The progressive agenda is approved by most Americans. Hence the BS establishment media presentation of what is right, left and center. Calling Biden, Klobuchar and Bloomberg the center is "a brazen distortion of reality, a shameless and demonstrable lie that is repeated day after day in newspaper op-eds and cable news headlines." Whereas Sanders, Warren and AOC "are much closer in their views to the vast majority of ordinary Americans than the Bloombergs or the Bidens. They are the true centrists, the real moderates; they represent the actual political middle." See the link for specific policy details and polling data to prove the case.
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DETROIT – While a Witch Ball is not uncommon in October, it is uncommon to find one dedicated to children. Members of Michigan's Pagan community are doing just that. The Detroit Conjure Folk Magic Festival, together with the Michigan Witches Ball, will be hosting a Halloween party just for kids. Little Witches Ball Hocus-Pocus, as it is called, will be held in Roseville, Michigan, on October 12 at the American Legion East Detroit. Organizers write, "Merry meet, Little Witches and Pagans of all faiths, this is going to be a blast for the children this Halloween Season." They also note that they will be serving soft drinks and pizza, and have music for the kids to enjoy.
The Little Witches Ball will also serve as a vehicle for several other projects of the associated organizations. The team will be collecting food for Pagans In Need and toys for Yule. "Please bring a new unwrapped toy to donate," organizers write. In addition, there will be a 50/50 drawing to benefit the Michigan Pagan College Fund, another youth-focused project. The ball is being spearheaded by longtime Witch and Pagan leaders Gordon Ireland and Kenya Coviak, who have both been working actively to help build and sustain Detroit-based Pagan community efforts for over a decade.
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SAN ANTONIO – The funeral in honor of Troth elder Dianne Luark Ross was held August 25, 2018 at VFW Post 76. Ross was born October 5, 1948 in Hollywood, Florida, but was raised in Texas. She graduated from University of Texas with a degree in criminal justice. According to a memorial tribute, Ross was "passionate about civil rights work." She provided legal aid to those who could not easily afford it for over 30 years, working with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Texas Rural Legal Aid.
Ross was, as noted in the tribute, the "heart and soul of the Ring of the Troth in its early days," including serving as the original editor of Idunna. She died June 27, 2018, at her home in San Antonio. At the request of her family, Troth steer Robert Lusch Schreiwer officiated her funeral, assisted by many of her friends. "Dianne was a pillar of the inclusive Heathen community, and her influence was felt by many, including those who no longer share these beliefs," writes Troth spokesperson Lauren Crow.
* * *DAPHNE, Ala. – Rev. John A. Kilpatrick preached to his congregation that witchcraft is what is haunting our current political scene. According to AL.com, the Alabama pastor said, "What's happening right now in America, is witchcraft's trying to take this country over. It's witchcraft that's trying to take America back over." The video showing the portion of his August 19 sermon concerning witchcraft has gone viral with over 100,000 social media hits.
Kilpatrick, who founded the Church of His Presence, told AL.com that his comments are not connected to Trump's recent statements about a witch-hunt. He said that he didn't put those two things together. It's not one witch after him, he explains, but rather the spirit of witchcraft. "I'd say the source of it is evil. It's manipulative, it's controlling, it has its own agenda. I think it's just a strong spirit of manipulation and control that doesn't want to give it up." While no Witchcraft organizations have spoken out against the speech, the social media comments are predominantly negative, including comments from Christians, Pagans, and atheists, as well as those viewers bringing up Johnson amendment violations with regard to tax-exempt status.
In other news…
- Pagan Fest is scheduled to be held Labor Day weekend, August 31st through September 2nd at the Escape Ranch Health and Wellness Center in Dover, Arkansas. Now in its third year, Pagan Fest is growing in scope and focus. "Pagans of many paths will be joining together for rituals, workshops, concerts, bonfires, and celebration," write the organizers. "This year's Pagan Fest will feature more than 20 Pagan vendors." Musical guests include Celia, Mama Gina, and others. Rev. Selena Fox will be the featured speaker, and she will be facilitating the opening ritual and several other workshops. Organizers say that free camping is available on site for registrants and vendors. More information is available on its website.
- Polytheist and spirit worker Dver Winter has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her oracle deck. Winter writes, "Unlike the more common Tarot-based divination cards, [my cards] rely not on imagery but on story – in particular, the story archetype I call Girls Underground." The Girls Underground Oracle deck is derived from stories and mythologies that "contain deep truths that are applicable to our everyday lives, and especially our spiritual journeys." Winter says that she has been working on this project for two decades.
- The Global Wicca Summit begins Tuesday, September 4th. This landmark event will bring together Wiccan and Pagan influencers from around the world to talk about the state of Wicca and Witchcraft practice today. Sponsored by Witch School International, this cyber-conference will use "a series of resources, including live broadcasts, video and audio, allowing anyone, anywhere to participate." The event is being held in advance of the seventh Parliament of the World's Religions.
- Although not explicitly Pagan, Dragon Con kicks off Thursday, August 30th, and runs through Monday, September 3rd. This annual Labor Day weekend conference turns Atlanta's downtown into a marvel of pop-culture fun. Famed for its Saturday morning parade, Dragon Con has hosted its share of familiar Pagan presenters and performers. In the past, this included Arthur Hinds, Emerald Rose, Tuatha Dea, S.J Tucker, Laura Tempest Zakroff, and others.
Tarot of the Week with Star Bustamonte
Deck: The Vision Tarot by Tim Thompson, published by Carta Mundi
Card: Ace (1) of Coins
Money and finances are liable to be a focus this week. While the stock market hit an all-time record high on Friday, and is enjoying its longest run without a major correction (loss), don't expect that to last forever. It's important to remember that money is merely a tool, and not the end all, be all.


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