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Stem Cell Transplant | Stem Cell Therapy & Treatment

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

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Dr. Todd Malan is considered one of the true pioneers of fat derived stem cell therapies in the USA. In October of 2009, Dr. Todd Malan was the first U.S. physician to utilize adipose or fat derived stem cells for soft tissue reconstruction. He has described his techniques and experience as an author in two medical textbooks as well as having presented at dozens of stem cell conferences worldwide.

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"I wanted to thank you all so much for making every step of my procedure pleasant and easy. Your dedication to excellence shines through."

- Jen R, Minnesota

"We appreciate your excellence and expertise. You treated us like family and have given us hope. I am walking without limping."

- Doug J, New Mexico

"I just wanted you to know how enormously grateful I am to all of you there. The stem cell treatment had a profound impact on my life! I can't thank you enough."

- Sean H, Arizona

"I can run my finger along the area of the achilles tendon where the damaged fibers were and feel a distinct edge. In terms of function, it is very close to full function. My never ending thanks for what you have done for me!"

- Kathy D, California

" I just got back from visiting Dr. Karen Herbst and she was amazed at my improvement. I have lost 15 more pounds and lost lots of the fibrous tissue in the tumors. She was amazed. I have tons more energy that I feel I have a life now that I did not have. Brain fog is much better now. As I say, I have a life now, a life that is so much better than it was 6 months ago. Again, thank you and God bless."

- Linda K, Kansas (Dercums disease patient)

Nykol is a beautiful, bright 22 year old student who underwent an Adult Stem Cell Therapy utilizing Stem Cells from her own fat. Hear her story and share her inspiring message of HOPE!

- Nykol

Eyrk Anders, Professional MMA fighter and rising star talks about his experience with Dr. Todd Malan's Stem Cell Therapy and his road to recovery from multiple sports related Injuries without the need for invasive surgery.

- Eyrk

Meet Jim, He is living with Periodic Paralysis, a rare inherited disorder that causes episodes of weakness and muscle paralysis. Often patients have limited treatment options and can have a severely impaired quality of life. Listen to Jim's story of hope and how Adult Stem Cell Therapy improved his quality of life. Stem Cell Therapy is considered experimental and individual results may vary. Contact us at mystemcelltherapy.com to learn more and see if Adult Stem Cell Therapy may be for you.

- Jim

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Exclusive: CBMG CEO Talks Stem-Cell Therapies, Cancer Treatments, Financials & The Chinese Market – Benzinga

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc (NASDAQ: CBMG) is a micro-cap biomedicine company focused on the development of treatments for cancerous and degenerative diseases through cell-based technologies.

Last week, Benzinga attended SCN Corporate Connects Family Office & Life Science Symposium at the NASDAQ and had the chance to talk with CBMG CEO Tony Liu who walked us through some of the companys products, management team, market potential, how they use stem cells and more.

CBMG has two leading technology platforms at the time, Liu began. One is an immune cell therapy aimed at the treatment of a broad range of cancers using Cancer Vaccines, Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CAR-T) and anti-PD-1 Technologies. The other one uses stem cells for regenerative purposes; the key indication for this therapy is knee osteoarthritis.

Our focus is on these technologies and our market is China, because that is the largest -by far- in population for the indication, he pointed out.

Benzinga: How does the company use stem cells.

Liu: In simple terms, a stem cell is basically regenerative. So a stem cell has the enormous power of expanding, continue from the embryonic stem cell to the baby stem cell and ultimately to the adult stem cell, so it has a great ability to continue to expand and grow.

From the medical perspective, an adult stem cell can regenerate, it can repair [tissue]. So, in our lead product, we use fat tissue from the stomach and we all have a few ounces of extra fat. We take the stem cell out from the fat tissue culture, expand it, and then we inject back in the kneecap for patients with a knee osteoarthritis problem.

Benzinga: Are there any other indications you will be targeting in the near-future?

Liu: Were targeting lymphoma, leukemia, solid tumors and many other areas.

Benzinga moved on to ask about the size of the market.

Liu: Every year we look at 4.5 million to 5 million new cancer patients. That is, every minute we are talking about eight or nine new cancer patients. That is why it is a huge social issue. That is one of the reasons why I choose to stay in the business after I spent 19 years with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and four years with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA). I think this area socially, you want to make impactful, and economically I think there is a huge business from that side.

Because our focus is on the Chinese market there are many investors in the U.S. who do not know us well. However, I believe investors should look at the company: we have a huge market, great scientists, manufacturing space

Then, for our stem cell therapies in China, 57 million people have a knee issue; in the U.S., 27 million [people] have a knee issue. Stem cells can help knees regenerate by doing two things. First, by helping with the pain, providing symptom relief and functional improvements. Secondly, they regenerate the cartilage, which originally caused the knee problem. Nowadays, patients can only opt between pain pills or a knee replacement.

Today, if you do a knee replacement, you are looking at tens of thousands [of dollars]. So, any way you look at it, [its a] multi-billion [market] for knee treatments.

Benzinga: When you say stem cells, people imagine It is a slightly controversial subject; it has some political implications. So, what is the Chinese governments stance regarding stem cells? Are there any risks? Is it accepted? What is the view of stem cells in China?

Liu: Chinas government has been extremely supportive of using stem cells. I think the controversy comes in where people use embryonic stem cells, when you create a new life, that is where the controversy is. But, we use what we call adult stem cells to improve peoples lives, improve their life experiences

On adult stem cells, there is little controversy. The policy of Chinas government is very clear. In fact, in the U.S. it is very clear as well. CBMG has been graced to work with the California Stem Cell Institute. Potentially, we are going to ask the U.S. for large-scale clinical trials.

Our management team was educated in the U.S., and has experience managing large businesses, Liu commented. Our Chief Scientific Officer is a former MedImmune/AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE: AZN) director. Some of our oncology scientists are from there as well. We also have scientists from the National Cancer Institute. We also have a person who is leading our manufacturing capabilities who worked for Harvard for 30 years and a top German company, leading research for seven years total.

So, we have this kind of people with skills come to China. Our company has 130 people with PhDs, and more than 30 with post-doctorate studies, so there is a lot of brain power, I believe, and we have a common vision that is to create the best, first in class, biotech business in China.

Benzinga: Whats one objective you have as a CEO for 2017?

Liu: In 2017 is about clinical, clinical, clinical. We now have moved our first two indications into the clinical trial stage. We have a lot of patients lined up for clinical trials.

So, as CEO Ill make sure we mobilize all the resources around the clinical trials and make sure we have the lead PI, lead hospitals, and we have resources waiting in the company to make sure we have successful clinical trials. Those are key elements, and we are confident that we should be able to move forward, given the number of patients we have, move schedule, look at the indications

Benzinga: Are you comfortable with your cash and debt position? Do you have any plans to raise capital this year or any time soon?

Liu: One of the benefits we have, CBMG has been regarded as the leader in Chinas cell therapy space, so we have investors who have given us money for the last three years, always at a premium to the market. They know who we are; they know the space we are in. I feel as we move forward, we will be getting more investment needs from trials, and I feel confident investors will look at CBMG as a way for them to both put money into the research, but also, as an investment that could reap great returns.

Benzinga: Your stock had been performing pretty well, but experienced a tumble between mid-November and late-February. What happened there?

Liu: CBMGs stock is really thinly traded. Much of the stock is owned by those who have been with the company for a long time; so, they dont sell. Having said this, there are many reasons that drive stocks: the U.S. election, the pricing discussion Many investors dont discriminate, and just punish biotech as a whole. However, CBMG is not really subject to most of these pricing pressures. In fact, because we have a different cost structure, I expect CBMG to do extremely well.

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Tim Ferriss on suffering, psychedelics, and spirituality – Vox

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

Tim Ferriss is the author of The 4-Hour Workweek, as well as the new book Tools of Titans. Hes also the host of The Tim Ferriss Show, which is one of my favorite podcasts.

Tim is a relentless optimizer, and on his program he interviews fascinating people to discover how they work, think, and get things done. Its a show about the secrets of high performers.

Here, I ask Tim about basically the reverse of that. How does he think about the parts of his life that, though crucial, are harder to optimize and systematize? We discuss friendship, love, psychedelics, spirituality, death, health, and whether its possible to get too addicted to productivity hacks (spoiler: it is). This is a discussion, in other words, about much of what makes life worth living, and it left me with a lot to think about.

You can listen to our conversation by subscribing to my podcast, The Ezra Klein Show, on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your fine audio programming. Or you can stream it off SoundCloud.

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Redefining Spirituality on the Road to Recovery – Beliefnet

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

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The road to recovery can feel long and lonely, particularly as you set out to find your new path on this journey through life. Generally, when faced with overcoming addiction, quality of life is low, stress levels are high and your social circle may need to be redrawn (due either to bad influences or the relationship damage caused by the struggles that accompany addiction). At the time you need people the most, they may be the hardest to find and connect with, especially as your habits change.

Programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) provide a good starting point, both socially and philosophically, but many potential participants feel alienated by the religious-focused parts of the program. Spirituality doesnt need to be defined as religious, however, and there are many non-12 step programs that offer holistic approaches as essential components of the healing process.

According to Dr. George Cave of Malibu Hills and Prominence Treatment Centers, two non 12- step rehab facilities in California, There are some who assume spirituality is the same as belief in God as expressed by traditional religious institutions. This is NOT the case. When understood as a power greater than self, spirituality can be thought of as an existing sober community or as an individually defined sense of connectedness or wellness that contributes to ongoing recovery, health and happiness.

The spiritual experience of connectedness comes in all shapes and sizes for some it is in fellowship with others, others experience it in the solitude of nature, still others experience spirituality when participating in acts of service.

So, if spirituality doesnt look like Bible study on a Sunday, what could it look like instead? The true intention of spirituality on a macro level is really to focus on the nourishment of your soul and spirit. Still pretty abstract, right? But at a time when youre looking to build a new foundation for life, perhaps abstract is just what the doctor ordered your prescription is to seek out healthy habits that make you happy and recognize that happiness with a certain sacred gratitude.

Theres a sense of fellowship in spirituality, whether youre sitting in the same cathedral or carrying out the same rituals alone but with a sense of belonging to something bigger. Find your own congregation is it at an AA meeting? A yoga class? A Meetup group for film aficionados? An organization volunteering to change the world? What would you feel better for having done? Seek out people to do that with, and form a common bond thats stronger than the tenuous connections formed from bad habits. The companionship and mentorship from others is incredibly important to living well.

"The companionship and mentorship from others is incredibly important to living well."

Human beings are biologically hardwired to be socially engaged, says Dr. Cave. The sense of connection and healthy interdependence are hallmarks of mental health. Spirituality can be thought of as an expression of these profound human needs, promote sobriety, global health and well-being.

Sounds great in theory, right? But its all too easy to lose sight of the urgency and importance of incorporating spirituality into your recovery when you feel overwhelmed with new emotions, circumstances and realizations it may even feel self-indulgent to dedicate time to seek out pleasure when doing so through addiction has consumed your life. A complete absence of joy isnt likely to lead to lasting contentment or peace either, however, so replace your negative patterns with positive influences.

Spirituality offers people the opportunity to deepen into the wonder and awe of everyday living in ways that may be difficult to put into words but are nonetheless apparent when experienced, says Dr. Cave.

Here are some of Dr. Caves observations on the lesser-known advantages of living a more spiritual life: Sober people who engage in daily spiritual practice, consistently over time, often report a variety of enhanced experiences colors seem more vivid, emotions resonate more deeply, people, places or things they never appreciated or took for granted in the past now seem to suddenly take on new significance and vibrancy.

According to the book How God Changes Your Brain, recent breakthroughs in neuroscience confirm that people who engage in daily spiritual practice (with or without a belief in God) appear to strengthen centers in the brain responsible for contentment, emotional resilience, improved mood, better and longer global health, and relationships proving a biological benefit to connecting with your sense of spirituality. Even something as simple as a daily meditation practice could be a good starting point and isnt difficult or costly to start with the plethora of meditation apps and videos available for free.

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Vedanta & Modern Physics: Why The Marriage Of Spirituality And Science Is Difficult – Swarajya

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

From such passages, one can find remarkable similarities between Vivekanandas thoughts and those of modern philosopher-cosmologists such as John Wheeler and Martin Rees, especially the concept of the big crunch and the idea of a multiverse. One cannot overemphasise that Vivekananda expressed these thoughts in 1895, 10 years before the much-celebrated set of papers of Albert Einstein was published, heralding a new age in Physics.

VIVEKANANDA AND TESLA

A tangible link between such ideas and the real world of science was the engineer-inventor Nikola Tesla. Years before Vivekanandas visit to the US, the Hungarian-born Tesla had already made several path-breaking discoveries. For instance, arc lighting (1886), alternating current power generation, motors, and transmission systems (1888), and the Tesla coil transformer (1891). In January and February 1896, he most likely attended Vivekanandas lectures in Hard-man Hall or Madison Square Garden, New York, as Vivekananda later mentioned in an address at Kumbakonam:

I have myself been told by some of the best scientific minds of the day how wonder-fully rational the conclusions of Vedanta are. I know one of them personally, who scarcely has time to eat his meal or go out of his laboratory, but who yet would stand by the hour to attend my lectures on the Vedanta; for, as he expresses it, they are so scientific, they so exactly harmonise with the aspirations of the age and with the conclusions to which modern science is coming at the present time.

Tesla was practically living in his Houston Street Laboratory in New York at that time, and fits Vivekanandas description of the scientist mentioned above. They did meet at the Corbins house (a mansion on Fifth Avenue, New York City) for dinner on February 5, 1896, and Vivekananda almost certainly ex-plained Snkhy cosmology to Tesla and asked him questions, for we know of the letter from Tesla to Vivekananda dated February 8, 1896:

As it would be difficult to answer your questions by letter and as I wish to have the pleasure of meeting you again I would suggest a visit to my laboratory 45 East Houston Street any day next week you find convenient.

They agreed to meet, as Vivekananda wrote in a letter to E.T. Sturdy dated 13 February 1896, recollecting the manner of their earlier encounter, following a performance of Isiel by the famous French artiste, Madame Sarah Bernhardt:

Madame spying me in the audience wanted to have an interview with me. A swell family of my acquaintance arranged the affair. There were besides Madame, M. Morrel, the celebrated singer, also the great electrician Tesla. Madame is a very scholarly lady and has studied up the metaphysics a good deal. M. Morrel was being interested, but Mr Tesla was charmed to hear about the Vedantic Prna and ksha and the Kalpas, which according to him are the only theories modern science can entertain.

In the same letter, Vivekananda proceeds to sketch his ambitious plan to ensure that Vedantic cosmology will be placed on the surest of foundations:

Now both ksha and Prna again are produced from the cosmic Mahat, the Universal Mind, the Brahm or Ishvara. Mr Tesla thinks he can demonstrate mathematically that force and matter are reducible to potential energy. I am to go and see him next week, to get this new mathematical demonstration. I am work-ing a good deal now upon the cosmology and eschatology of Vedanta. I clearly see their perfect unison with modern science, and the elucidation of the one will be followed by that of the other. I intend to write a book later on in the form of questions and answers. The first chapter will be on cosmology, showing the harmony between Vedantic theories and modern science.

This is followed by an extraordinary diagrammatic representation (reproduced on the previous page).

Vivekananda wanted to work all this out carefully, explaining each step of the process of manifestation, from the highest levels of Brahman or the Absolute, to the lowest regions of matter.

Unfortunately, there is no record of this meeting between Vivekananda and Tesla; possibly it never took place. Nor did Vivekananda go on to write his book reconciling Advaita Vedanta with modern science. Vivekanandas disappointment at the failure of this marriage between Vedantic cosmology and modern science (modern in the 1890s) is clear in his lecture in Lahore:

There is the unity of force, Prna; there is the unity of matter, called ksha. Is there any unity to be found among them again? Can they be melted into one? Our modern science is mute here; it has not yet found its way out.

Einsteins landmark papers were published in 1905, three years after the death of Vivekananda. For the first time the interchangeability of matter and energy was considered possible. It is interest-ing to note that even as late as the 1930s, Tesla did not quite agree. When he was finally convinced of the famous Einstein equation E = mc2, he wrote a letter that remained unpublished in his lifetime, and was first brought to public knowledge by his biographer John J. ONeill:

Long ago he (man) recognised that all perceptible matter comes from a primary substance, or a tenuity beyond conception, filling all space, the ksha or luminiferous ether, which is acted upon by the life-giving Prna or creative force, calling into existence, in never-ending cycles, all things and phenomena. The primary substance, thrown into infinitesimal whirls of prodigious velocity, be-comes gross matter; the force subsiding, the motion ceases and matter disappears, reverting to the primary substance.

It is amazing that 40 years after his meeting the Swami, Tesla remembered the Sanskrit terms ksha and Prna, which Vivekananda had used so extensively in his expositions of the unity between science and spirituality.

UNFINISHED TASK

Modern Physics is busy grappling with the issues of expansion of this universe (the cosmological constant), the funda-mental particles that arose right after the Big Bang explosion, the Unified Field Theory, and so on. But the question alluded to indirectly by Vivekananda, namely, what gives rise to ksha and Prna, is even today considered meta-physics rather than physics. Moreover, the moment of quantum mysticism has also passed. Appropriated by New Age faddists, attempts to connect physics with Eastern philosophy have come to be regarded by most practicing scientists as pseudoscience or quackery. Despite brave attempts by the likes of Amit Goswami (The Self-aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World. New York: Putnams Sons, 1993), the desire to offer a Vedantic picture of the universe that also satisfies the truth-conditions and methodological demands of contemporary physics may be said to have largely failed.

Nevertheless, what we notice are interesting parallels in the manner in which the two sides conceptualise or imagine reality.

These parallels or resemblances are mostly metaphorical; they create the effect of narrative likeness. However, the two languages, that of science and spirituality, are distinct, with no possibility of overlap, at least at present.

The language of science, no matter how closely it may seem similar to that of spirituality, is actually mathematics, with precise sounding equations and fixity of meaning. The proof is through experimental verification; the theory must fit the data. The language of spirituality, on the other hand, is poetic, reveling in figurative language, open to a hundred different interpretations. It is impossible, therefore, to collapse the one into the other.

Vivekananda, in that sense, could not have anticipated the unity that the physicists were after in their pursuit of the theory of everything. But his speculations and assertions sound similar to the latters ideas and conceptualisations. That is the difficulty with those who make scientific claims on behalf of spirituality. Such claims are not sustain-able precisely because they fail the truth standards and demarcation protocols of science. At best, spiritual constructions of the universe sound similar to those of some scientists at times, but such similarities cannot be considered sufficient proof that spirituality is somehow scientific.

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SPIRITUALITY: Christians are urged to preach the Gospel at all times – Norwich Bulletin

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

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A couple of weeks ago my friend, John, dropped by for a visit.He came bearing a gift.He said he immediately thought of me when he bought it.He told me he had it for a couple of years but it took him a while to make the delivery.

I almost cried when I opened the package.It was a beautiful Hallmark figurine depicting the Peanuts' character, Linus, holding his shepherd's crook. Written on the base is the phrase, "That's what Christmas is all about..." It was precious.

John and I worked together in the play, "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" several years ago. We met and hit it off right away. He's funny and very creative. He played Snoopy and I was Linus. It was so much fun to work with him.

Yet the two of us had another link. It was our common faith in Jesus Christ. John is a Roman Catholic. I am a Baptist pastor. We often had opportunities to talk about our faith when we were back stage. It helped form a bond that I cherish.

Most people know that Charles Schulz, Peanuts creator, was a devout Christian. Schulz added a new dimension to the funny pages by using the strips to subtly raise questions aboutthe nature of God,the Bible and even the power of prayer. By mixing the antics of Charlie Brown and the gang with questions of spirituality he made his readers laugh while inviting them to explore a depth of conversation that was unusual in the comics. It was his way of sharing his faith.

That's when it hit me: Why couldn't we do the same thing with the opportunities that God gives us?You've heard the quote from Francis of Assisi: "Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words." Schulz used his comics.

Like Linus, in the scene from the famous Christmas pageant, let's use our moment in the spotlight to tell the world what faith is all about. You never know whose life you will touch and the friends you will make.

P.S. Thank you, John.

God bless. See you in church.

The Rev. Cal Lord, of Norwich, is the pastor of Central Baptist Church of Westerly. Reach him at calstigers@gmail.com.

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The spirituality of hockey … and other things that matter – Mankato Free Press

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

March is for hockey. High school hockey.

This was my religion from 1975 to 1978, and if I were honest with myself, for decades later. I take a week off every March to watch the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament because it brings me back to the important things of my past.

I was a high school hockey player during those years. A goalie. We were raised by she-wolf-like women who ran St. Paul city playgrounds. There was a playground director by the name of Kathy Hare, a speed skating competitor who gave us skating lessons and taught us how to push off and extend the leg. We spent hours at night and on weekends on these playgrounds with the outdoor ice that ran through our veins.

We were dedicated to its existence with late nights pulling on long firehoses, flooding the rink for the next day's skaters who dreamed to be heroes and champions.

All kinds of kids hung out at the playgrounds. Rich, poor, black, white, Irish and Romanians. And yes, Vikings fans and Packer fans. Neighborhoods were not as defined as they are now. The business owner lived next to the tradesman. Their kids were on the same teams. So, sports united us more than class.

The St. Paul city leaders knew something the sociologists had to study: Communities need a meeting place and an activity, a sport, where race and class and status can be equalized and communitized. They knew that kids could stay out of trouble in a relative way if they had a place of their own.

Religion in St. Paul tended Catholic. Hockey blended with religion and that was good for religion.

The dozen or so Catholic grade schools had hockey teams. I switched to St. Andrews in 6th grade hoping to make one of their five grade school hockey teams. They had an A, B and three C teams. I didn't make any of them. The coach told me I just wasn't experienced enough.

In 7th grade, I switched back to the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and tried out for their one hockey team. But the Blessed Virgin did not look favorably on me or my goaltending skills.

There was a guy named Thomas Raiche who beat me out for goalie. The only thing he ever said to me was he liked to "eat pizza and sleep." So I was not a stellar player to get beat by Raiche.

I tried out for the North End regional hockey pee wee team. Got cut.

So, it was back to the Front Street playground team, another switch. Catching cold pucks in outdoor hockey tends to hurt more than getting cut. But, like others in these neighborhoods, I endured because hockey was what you did in the winter.

Then one day my parents got a call. Seems the North End regional team wanted to take another look at me. The two goalies they chose were not doing that well. We're talking pee wees here and it's like the NHL draft. I went to practice. They apparently liked what they saw.

I was the starter in their next game the dreaded and hated Harding area team that beat us 8-0 in the first game. At some point in life, kids are tested, sometimes when they are not yet 13. It's not ideal.

Parents are ready to cry before their kids at disappointment in sports. It's a black and white thing. Win or lose. They worry that their kids are not yet ready to understand the gray areas of life.

My parents didn't have to worry. We won 2-0. My first shutout. Ever. I was blocking pucks with body parts I didn't know I had. There are no words that could describe my feelings as a 12-year-old kid coming to this hockey redemption. When I think of it today, I get goosebumps.

I was in. Accepted. Self confidence skyrocketed.

This early success led to later achievements, an idea that I think about often. I eventually became the starting goalie as a sophomore on my high school hockey team, the Washington Prexies.

While we did not make the state tournament like Johnson and Harding, we had moments in my senior year. I recorded two shutouts, both against Central, the worst team in the league. We upset St. Thomas in the first round of the playoffs but lost to St. Paul Academy.

Today I consider others who had an impact on my glory days. My accomplishment was not achieved without the tireless work of volunteer coaches, blue collar guys who had full-time jobs, and who were not hesitant to advise us about premarital sex in blue-collar terms effective for their clarity.

Sponsors were the unsung heroes of youth sports.

The Iron Workers local union sponsored us, as did the VFW on Rice Street. Unions and organizations had an incredible commitment to youth that seems to have faded away. I'm not sure why, but I suspect it has something to with poverty and crime and the loss of union jobs.

The North End, Rice Street, was recently described as the poorest neighborhood in St. Paul. Youth hockey is all but gone. But I've got a 40-year-old puck in a 40-year-old Riedell goalie skate box to remember it by. Some things are worth remembering as long as we can carry them forward.

Confidence of youth, community well-being. These are serious subjects we must consider, always.

We often underestimate the confidence-building power of athletics. But sports is not the only place we can find this confidence. We can gain them in academics, robotics, speech, debate, band, choir and the arts. And we should pursue and support them whenever we can, as much as we can.

Young people matter. Let's remember our own experiences and help them win with confidence, endurance and the mental stamina required for understanding that it's how you play the game any and every game that matters.

Winning with regard to this idea isn't everything. It's the only thing.

Joe Spear is editor of Mankato Magazine. Contact him at 344-6382 or jspear@mankatofreepress.com. Follow on Twitter @jfspear.

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Spirituality: Consider your unique calling – StarNewsOnline.com

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

By Keith Louthan StarNews Correspondent

Come on Amy...Finish!! The call? An urgent whisper. Encouragement to continue. Exhortation to endure. The command to finish rather than quit. We should relate. Who has not heard the bellowing voice of Bela Karolyi urging 1996 Olympian Kerri Strug as she stared down the runway with a broken leg and Americas gymnastic hopes riding on her last vault, You caan doooo eeet! You caaan dooo eeet!? Through pain and tears and memories of past failures, Strug stuck her landing, vaulting into Olympic fame.

But what if the eyes of the world are not watching? No world class coach urging you on? What if the necessary heroic effort will not make you a hero? What if the payoff for all your hours, and all your exhausting training is merely the possibility of maintaining a grip on daily activities most adults consider mindless and easy?

This is the daily regimen for my wife and other brain cancer survivors. The grind is exhausting. The gains miniscule compared to the effort required. The dis voices -- discouragement, disillusionment, disappointment -- shout with greater clarity than the quiet, privately urgent calling to continue the treadmill, barre, yoga, visual training, and core work necessary to combat the cumulative effects of brain cancer, surgery and the radiation to kill any remaining vestige. But radiation kills more than just cancer. The brain stem and cerebellum are agonizingly slow to heal.

When Karolyi called to Strug, his words carried the encouragement of possibility, but also the urgency of obligation. He called to an Olympian, the last remaining competitor in the last team event. Strug did what an Olympian should do. When my wife exhorts herself, her voice carries the same encouragement and obligation, voiced through weary breaths. Amy ought to continue. She wants to walk unaided. She has an active family. She wants to teach and speak. With no medal to strive for, she should finish. And she does. Every day.

It is not just Olympians and survivors who get called. Everyone needs both momentary and life defining calls. Everyone wrestles to understand their calling. We sense there is something we should be doing, some purpose for which to strive and live, uniquely prepared for each of us. Doctors and carpenters. Landscapers and homemakers. Teachers and designers. Artists and athletes. Uniquely equipped. Uniquely talented. Uniquely called by a voice which both encourages and obligates.

But there is a crisis of calling in our day. Forbes says that 53 percent of the American workforce feels out of place in their careers. Parade indicates that only 38 percent feel that they are doing what they were meant to do. And Business Insider says that a shocking 80 percent actually hate their jobs. What call do these hear? What voice encourages their efforts? What words reinforce their obligation? The next column will deal more specifically with these numbers, but for now, lets deal only with the discouragement evidenced there.

Kerri Strug responded to the call with a broken leg, on which she would have to land in order to fulfill her purpose as an Olympic athlete and teammate. Amy responds in the loneliness of our home, her private brokenness no less an obstacle as she fights for daily normalcy. The called must inevitably respond through the brokenness of life. The statistics indicate a broken workforce, but the response seems saturated in bitterness, not resolve. Amy never urges Come on...FINISH! at the beginning of a rehab session. The call always comes near exhaustion, at the point of decision. Finish or quit.

Consider YOUR calling, brothers the Bible urges. The words of Paul echo through history as his letter to the Corinthians is read. This calling is uniquely suited for and ultimately answered by YOU. 1 Corinthians continues, God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world...and because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'

God chose...God chose...God chose. The essence of calling thrice repeated. God calls. Encouragement and responsibility issue from the same cross. Not reserved for the talented, but rather to each, individually. Our response invited. Our brokenness seen and shared. Our endurance supported. Come on! You can! He calls, FINISH! Dont quit.

Keith Louthan is a husband (to Amy), a father (to Austin, Hunter and Ellison), a former high school math teacher and coach, and most recently, a pastor. Send your thoughts and questions to him at Keith.Louthan@StarNewsOnline.com.

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BUCYRUS - Great Commission Women of Christian and Missionary Alliance Church began their February meeting with prayer and refreshments.

Janet Cory presented the national project and played a video of a displaced Syrian family. Their experience of escaping capture and being helped by the church is being replicated many times.

Plans for the mother-daughter banquet were announced. The program will include a speaker who will impersonate Fanny Crosby, who wrote a considerable number of songs, many of which are in the groups hymn book.

Kei Sullivan told about her mission trip to Nepal. In the 60s and 70s Nepal was a Mecca for spiritual enlightenment. There were dozens of statues throughout the country. The population is 81 percent Hindu, 9 percent Buddhist, and 2 pecent Christian, the commission reported. She often saw shrines by the side of the road.

Sullivan said the food was terrible, the temperature was 105 degrees, and visitors, such as herself, were physically uncomfortable. However, she heard many testimonies of how people came to know the Lord. During her talk she quoted Mabel Francis and Amy Carmichael who ministered overseas many years ago. She not only was able to help the Nepalese, but learned about herself, and came under conviction about changes needed in her own life. She concluded that it was a very fruitful undertaking.

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One of Hollywood’s Oldest Buildings Has Become a New-Agey Microdosing and Meditation Haven – L.A. Weekly

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A workshop at the Be Hive

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Theres nothing you cant microdose, says Fabian Piorkowsky, his salt-and-pepper hair slicked back into a low bun. You could probably microdose nicotine if you wanted to. The European biochemist turned shaman has spent the last three decades leading ayahuasca-fueled healing ceremonies in countries like South Africa and Peru and claims to have promoted microdosing or the administering of tiny quantities of drugs to trigger what he calls a healing crisis long before it became the hottest buzzword in Silicon Valley. But on this rainy Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, hes attracted a small crowd to hear him speak in a venue much closer to home: a century-old brick loft in the middle of Hollywood, a neighborhood with its rash of tourist attractions, fast food restaurants and nightclubs that's not exactly known for its wellness scene.

Tamara Edwards, the 32-year-old founder of the Be Hive, is looking to change that. Billed as an urban sanctuary, the second-floor space she opened at the corner of Cahuenga and Sunset boulevards last July directly above two other health-focused businesses, LifeFood Organic and Sweatheory offers the kind of programs youre more likely find in a remote jungle, or at least west of the 405: cacao ceremonies, new-moon gatherings, sound baths, yoga and reiki classes, and a smattering of science-and-spiritualityblending workshops such as the microdosing one Piorkowsky hosts every month. (He charges $45 in advance or $50 at the door for the two-hour session; drugs not included.) Owing largely to word-of-mouth and social media, the Be Hive has quietly built a small but devoted following of mostly Eastsiders who dont want to travel to new agefriendly Venice or Malibu or South Africa or Peru, for that matter in search of spiritual enlightenment.

It feels like this part of Los Angeles is already calling for it, says Edwards, who actually lives in Venice herself. Were just building this super organically and we kind of just see ourselves as stewards of the space. What does this space want and what does the community want? Were just curating that.

What the community apparently wants, in addition to meditation and hypnosis workshops and regular visits from Piorkowsky, who acts as a kind of shaman in residence, includes the option of spending the night in one of six sparse yet modern bedrooms, all named after various plants and herbs and available for rent on Airbnb for less than $100 a night. The rooms, which keep the Be Hive afloat financially by covering its rent, tend to attract the kind of traveler who feels more at home lounging on a tiny rooftop garden covered in potted succulents than, say, tanning at the pools at the nearby Roosevelt or W hotels, which can cost more than three times as much.

Fabian Piorkowsky's SOL products on display at the Be Hive

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But any of the programs and offerings at the Be Hive are easily upstaged by the historic space itself. Erected in 1914, the brick building is among the oldest in Hollywood. It is rumored to have housed a bank at one point and a brothel at another. Though theres little evidence supporting the latter, its easy to imagine that the row of near-identical white bedrooms connected by a long wooden hallway at one point served a more salacious purpose than simply hosting travelers from Airbnb. The building has housed everything from a now-shuttered museum of rock & roll memorabilia in the 1980s to campaign headquarters last year for thenCity Council hopeful Teddy Davis. It is still the current home of the recording industry startup Gobbler its co-founder and CEO, Chris Kantrowitz, is the Be Hives primary investor and has committed it to a 10-year lease, according to Edwards.

Its kind of this hub for spiritual but also modern and nomadic entrepreneurs, basically, the soft-spoken Edwards says. Obviously we have a lot of artists but were not exclusive, were open to everyone.

Piorkowskys workshop, for example, drew a mix of people parents and schoolteachers included many of whom were eager to learn about microdosing as a form of stress or pain management. Largely associated with psychedelics such as LSD, microdosing involves taking one one-hundredth of a typical dose of a drug, according to Piorkowsky. The amount is large enough to help with anxiety and depression, some researchers say, yet small enough that its psychoactive effects are rarely felt. The technique has been touted as a mood and even a marriage enhancer by author Ayelet Waldman her new book, A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage and My Life , chronicles her regular use of LSD while Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have hailed it as a creativity-inducing productivity booster in the pages of Rolling Stone and GQ.

In a long room with gold-painted walls and big windows overlooking a cactus garden, about a dozen people at the Be Hive sit cross-legged on floor cushions, taking notes and asking questions about the history, chemistry and legality of microdosing (the answers vary widely depending on the substance). The general idea behind microdosing, Piorkowsky explains, springs from this question: "How can I achieve what the medicine or plant or substance offers in a safe way without interfering with daily activities? Piorkowsky, whom Vice once described as a German who made a killing working in finance in London, only to spend it all becoming a shaman in the Peruvian jungle, has come up with one such solution: homemade tinctures called SOL drops, whose natural ingredients he says mimic the structure of illegal hallucinogens such as ayahuasca, iboga and San Pedro.

While theyre far from FDA-approved Piorkowsky is careful not to make any medical claims he says the herbal supplements are intended to boost energy, emotional balance and self-awareness. And at $40 for a 15-milliliter bottle, theyre not cheap. But its a price some of his followers are willing to pay. One of the workshops attendees, who asks not to be named because of her work with incarcerated youth, says she was desperate for stress-management techniques after having internalized the pain and anger of many of her students. On top of that, she says, she was paralyzed by fear and uncertainty following the election of President Donald Trump. Shed heard about the purported psychological benefits of microdosing and figured shed give it a try in the name of self-care.

Tamara Edwards

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Edwards was seeking a similar kind of enlightenment when she turned to meditation about a decade ago following a life-altering breakup that caused her to question her identity. A New Yorkbased model at the time, she credits a two-week meditation retreat in India with her realization that she needed to leave the fashion industry because it wasnt spiritually fulfilling. So she returned to Los Angeles, where she'd once moved as a teenager to pursue acting, but this time tried her hand at producing. She landed gigs on a number on indie films but soon became disillusioned once again, and eventually left to become a meditation teacher. Now, she says, more people are turning to spiritual practices like meditation, thanks in part to the tumultuous political climate.

Its like this rat race and I think were reaching a time that people are starting to wake up and be like, Every moment of my life is precious, she says. So they are looking for something deeper, theyre looking for deeper connections, theyre looking for deeper fulfillment in life.

Of course, not everyone seeking deeper connections can afford to drop $50 in the hopes of aligning their life with the rhythms of the natural world, as, for instance, the new-moon kava ceremony purports to do. Edwards says she welcomes input and involvement from the community about the types of programming theyd like to see at the space. She eventually hopes to shift the business to a more affordable membership model, where members pay a monthly fee for unlimited classes rather than just for individual ones. It almost seems to make the most sense, so that we could make the prices lower and more accessible, she says. The way she sees it, it has the potential to be "like a Soho House for wellness.

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The Enlightenment’s legacy is under siege. Defend it. – The Week Magazine

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The many anti-globalist politicians, parties, and movements roiling the politics of Western liberal democracies can be understood in many ways. But the most fruitful may be to view them as the latest representatives of an old tradition of opposition to the 18th-century Enlightenment and its legacy to our world.

The Enlightenment legacy can be seen all around us: individualism, international commerce and trade, moral cosmopolitanism, freedom of the press and a culture of publicity, technological modernity, the valorization of expertise, and on and on.

Back in the 1760s, when these and many other norms and ideals were just beginning to emerge in Europe, a series of writers began to question their worth and to claim that a society based upon them would be disastrous for human happiness and flourishing. But now, for the first time in many decades, their descendants are gaining traction in debates, winning votes in elections, and rising to positions of political power. Those of us on the Enlightenment's side in the dispute owe it to ourselves to become acquainted with the most cogent and compelling claims made by the leading opponents of our position. That is the only way to defeat them.

The Enlightenment began as an act of rebellion against complacency. Demoralized by what they saw as centuries of intellectual and economic stagnation, as well as decades of pointless religious civil wars, the leading figures of the Enlightenment (Locke, Montesquieu, and Kant, among many others) advocated a series of reforms. Europeans needed to learn to think for themselves, founding a culture of criticism, applying healthy doses of skepticism to the claims of political and ecclesiastic authorities, and bringing rational criticism to bear on received institutions and customs. They needed to advocate the use of the scientific method to increase the sum total of human knowledge and apply these findings to the betterment of human life through technological advances. They needed to spread this knowledge among the common people to enable a greater degree of self-government. They needed to encourage and reward international commerce and trade, both to raise standards of living and diminish the likelihood of conflict between states.

This was the agenda of the Enlightenment, which lives on to this day in the norms, practices, and beliefs that prevail among intellectual, cultural, economic, political, and journalistic elites throughout the Western world.

But the agenda has been dogged by critics from the beginning and not just ecclesiastical and political critics who rose up in defense of their own privileges against the reformers. Far more formidable were the philosophical critics, who had no stake in defending the old order for its own sake. Instead, these critics worried that a world transformed in precisely the ways advocated by the Enlightenment would be a world marked by psychic and spiritual misery along with new forms of economic oppression and conflict.

The first and possibly greatest of these critics was Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who became notorious in the 1760s and '70s for claiming that a highly educated, civilized, and "enlightened" world would be filled with profoundly alienated and unhappy people who felt deeply divided against themselves, longing for a lost sense of wholeness and fulfillment that remained forever beyond their grasp. This unhappiness, Rousseau predicted, would give birth to tyrannical political movements and unprecedented forms of moral degradation (which to some extent he exemplified in his own life).

Building on Rousseau's insights and prophecies, Johann Gottfried Herder argued in the 1770s and '80s that the cosmopolitan Enlightenment project would lead to social and psychological fragmentation. Human beings are naturally social, Herder claimed, and they depend on and thrive most fully within linguistic-cultural wholes that form a unified context of meaning and purpose. Without that intact context, individuals feel lost, alone, bereft, miserable. The way to combat these maladies is the self-conscious construction of a new political whole of the "nation." (Herder was Europe's first theorist of and advocate for nationalism.)

This first wave of counter-Enlightenment thought crested and dissipated around the turn of the 19th century. Over the next several decades, as Europe modernized, underwent industrialization, endured a series of wars, and experienced numerous revolutions, reform movements, and successful efforts at national unification, the legacies of the Enlightenment and its critics left their marks from one end of the continent to the other.

Only in the closing decades of the 19th century did the critiques of Rousseau and Herder come surging back in a new and far more radical form. Writing in the 1870s and '80s, Friedrich Nietzsche described a modern world in which all forms of greatness had been flattened out into universal mediocrity and nihilism. The causes of this decline were complex, but one aspect of it was the Enlightenment's ill-advised and nave "will to truth" its foolish disregard for humanity's equal and opposite "will to ignorance." Push people to live in the glaring light of truth and they will end up blinded, prone to lunging for relief toward the opposite extreme of complete darkness.

Martin Heidegger developed this insight further during the 1920s and '30s, writing about how the founders of civilizations and peoples wrest collective meaning from the nothingness that underlies human existence in all of its forms and that threatens to overwhelm and engulf all such meaning in the modern, enlightened world. For a time, Heidegger became a devoted Nazi because he believed Adolf Hitler was doing precisely this overcoming modern meaninglessness by leading the German people on a quest to forge a new way of being-in-the-world that appropriated and transformed the German past and projected it onto a grand, indeterminate future.

In his later thought, after his extravagant hopes for National Socialism had been dashed, Heidegger came to view the modern world as an undifferentiated, irredeemable "wasteland" thoroughly permeated by technological modes of thinking, acting, and living. For the late Heidegger, the only hope for redemption from absolute nihilism involved the deconstruction of technological modes of thought and then the expectant waiting for the revelation of a new god who might make possible the advent of "another beginning" beyond modernity, beyond mass politics, beyond the Enlightenment and its pernicious legacy.

If such eschatological pronouncements sounded portentous when Heidegger uttered them (in the 1950s and '60s), they came to seem bizarrely anachronistic once the Cold War drew to a close and many in the West began to entertain the possibility that history had culminated in a world universally destined for enlightenment liberalism.

But the "end of history" lasted barely more than a decade. Buffeted by a series of shocks over the past 16 years the 9/11 attacks, the Iraq War, the financial meltdown, the dashed hopes of the Arab Spring, the Syrian civil war, the rise of ISIS, and the refugee crisis in the European Union the liberal order bequeathed by the Enlightenment looks more vulnerable today than it has at any time since the 1930s. That mood of pessimism is both a cause and an effect of the resurgence in counter-Enlightenment thinking in our time.

Among Heidegger's most influential admirers today is Aleksandr Dugin, the Russian fascist philosopher who serves as Vladimir Putin's informal ideological guru. One of Dugin's books, Martin Heidegger: The Philosophy of Another Beginning, has been translated into English by Nina Kouprianova, who just so happens to be the ex-wife of alt-right white supremacist Richard Spencer.

The point of rehearsing this history isn't to bring the counter-Enlightenment tradition up on the charge of thought-crime, or to engage in an act of guilt by (Nazi) association. The point is, rather, the opposite: to emphasize how vitally important it is for those who wish to defend the Enlightenment and its legacy along with its vision of human life, both individually and collectively to engage deeply and thoughtfully with its most challenging, resourceful, and resilient critics. The fact that these ideas have come roaring back so forcefully after so many years in eclipse is a powerful indication that they can't be dismissed as glibly as some of the Enlightenment's side of the debate would like.

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Spirit of truth: Trump and the transition of politics and pundits – The Hill (blog)

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

Lent is the season of reconciliation and sacrifice. The true meaning of penance is derived from metanoia, Greek for change of heart. And Washington D.C. is a place in need of grace for true transformation. The political establishment knows it. Lights, cameras, action.

One must read the text line by line of the inspired speech delivered to the Joint Session of Congress by President Donald J. Trump, to understand the temporal and theological implications, to comprehend the enormity of challenges yet the profound blessings being showered upon this nation at this pivotal time in history. Desiring good to prevail for all people, President Trump stated, "We are one people, with one destiny...And, we are all made from the same God."

It is disturbing to hear of holy Jewish sites and Christian churches being desecrated, heartless crimes perpetrated and victims deprived of sanctuary and justice. President Trump strongly stated, While we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms. Promising to deliver a message of unity and strength, the President delivered what he promised.

He Who Has Ears, Let Him Hear (Matthew11:15)

Like Billy Graham, President Trump proclaimed, Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future. And believe, once more, in America. This inspiring call to action by the successful businessman elected as 45th President of the United States did not fall on deaf ears in the House Chamber, media outlets or living rooms.

Popular twentieth century Thomist philosopher Josef Pieper notes, Belief is by its nature a free act. Close-minded people who choose to focus on the past instead of opening their ears and hardened hearts to a brighter future need enlightenment. Set aside partisanship in favor of patriotism. Restoration in pride of being an American is the Reaganesque trumpet calling all American people to renewed faith, hope and love for God, country and life. Good news, millennials I know find it cool to be patriotic and pro-life. That will Make America Great Again.

Americans agree that the most memorable part of this historic Congress event was the compassionate link between President Trump and the widow of Navy Seal Ryan Owens and the spiritual connection with her husband. The cinematography panning was riveting generating bi-partisan tears. In a special way, we all felt connected to this American hero who sacrificed his life for our freedom.

I submit that another profound moment of grace was when CNN expressed admiration for President Trump and the pundits were Americans first before political agendas. Post-speech comments by Anderson Cooper, Gloria Borger, Don Lemon and former Obama team member Van Jones offered glimpses into illuminations of consciences. President Trump clearly hit a cord and touched hearts of skeptics. What is exciting is there is hope for healing and unity if courage with grace prevails.

Trump Means Business and Jobs

As a personal anecdote, I flashed back to the RNC Cleveland Convention, where I had a serious discussion with Van Jones in the Arena. Growing up in South Los Angeles I hold passionate concern for inner-city plight and frustration for why both parties ignore it.

I enthusiastically expressed, Van, you know that Trump will be great for the community, finally kids and struggling businesses will have a chance to reach their potential. Look at Crenshaw district, Walmart closed-jobs lost. Leimert Park stores are shut down. Why not help Trump rebuild our inner-cities, no matter what party we belong to? Come on Van, lets all work together. This is President Trumps hopeful plea of unity and following his speech skeptical pundits, including Van Jones, exhibited change of hearts. Bravely standing up to political peer pressure will result in practical solutions for struggling Americans. True charity. Let us welcome a new chapter in American Greatness.

New Hope=New Life

In Judaism-the heart, not the brain, determines life. President Trump described the source of his speech, a message deeply delivered from my heart with incredible life energy. One could say, he has inspired 70 as the new 50. What was also notably transforming was he touched resistant hearts of media naysayers and even unlikely members of Congress such as Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenAnother day, another dollar for retirement advice rip-offs Spirit of truth: Trump and the transition of politics and pundits Overnight Cybersecurity: Sessions recuses himself from Russia probe | Bill would help states with cybersecurity | Typo took down Amazon cloud MORE who reluctantly broke into energetic applause when he spoke about helping women entrepreneurs.

Hope is the virtue which holds other virtues together and we learn from St. Thomas Aquinas that the mother of virtues is love. St. Mother Teresa taught, We must love until it hurts. President Trump described Ryan Owens and those who virtuously sacrifice their lives for our freedom and protection until it hurts, passionately noting, For as the Bible teaches us, there is no greater act of love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.

Fellow Americans, brothers and sisters, let us respect and be grateful to our commander-in-Chief and all who love our country sacrificing to serve a cause greater than themselves. The color purple symbolizes Lent and the blending of red and blue for royal splendor.

Possibly your Lenten sacrifice Mr. President, and your penance political pundits, is to love and respect each other for the greater good of America. Recalling the inspiring words of St. Paul to the Corinthians, Faith, hope and love abound, but the greatest of these three is love.

Nol Irwin Hentschel is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of AmericanTours International (ATI), America's largest privately held, American-woman owned,"Visit USA"tourism organization. Mentored by St. Mother Teresa and Lady Margaret Thatcher. Follow her on Twitter@NoelUSA

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China to launch core module of its space station in 2018 – The Indian Express

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By: PTI | Published:March 3, 2017 12:18 pm The Chinese space station will offer a promising alternative with the ISS retiring in 2024. (Image fore representation, Source: AP)

China will launch a space station core module in 2018 as the first step towards completing its first space outpost, a top official said today.

The core module of the space station, named Tianhe-1, will be launched on board a new-generation Long March-5 heavyweight carrier rocket, said China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) director Bao Weimin.

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The core module will be followed by a series of launches for other components of the space station, including two space labs, which will dock with the core module while in space, in the next four years or so, he said, adding that the space station will be completed around 2022.

Assembly of the core module has already been completed and tests are currently underway, Bao told sate-run Xinhua news agency. Earlier reports said the new Chinese space station will initially be much smaller than the Russias International Space Station (ISS), which weighs 420 tonnes, but could be expanded for future scientific research and international cooperation.

With the ISS set to retire in 2024, the Chinese space station will offer a promising alternative, and China will be the only country with a permanent space station, the report said. Bao said the Chinese outpost will function in orbit for dozens of years, and that it had been specially designed to be able to handle space debris.

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For the big pieces (of space debris), we could conduct evasive maneuvers, and for those measuring less than 10 cm in size, we just take the hit, Bao said, adding that all key parts of the space station will be serviceable and replaceable. He said the next five years will see some exciting advances in Chinas space programme.

In particular, the Long March-5 launch missions have been scheduled this year, including one that will take the Change-5 lunar probe to the Moon in November and return with lunar samples. Long March-5 is a large, two-stage rocket with a payload capacity of 25 tonnes to low-Earth orbit and 14 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit, the largest of Chinas carrier rockets.

Its carrying capacity is about 2.5 times that of the current main model Long March carrier rockets. The rocket will also be used in Chinas planned Mars probes, and possibly future missions to Jupiter and other planets within the solar system, Bao said.

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SpaceX delays force Spaceflight to find alternative launches – SpaceNews

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Spaceflight says it has found new rides for nearly 90 satellites originally scheduled to launch on its Sherpa tug because of Falcon 9 schedule delays. Credit: Spaceflight Industries

WASHINGTON Delays in SpaceXs launch schedule have led an aggregator of secondary payloads to find alternative rides for dozens of satellites it planned to fly on a Falcon 9.

In a March 2 message, Curt Blake, president of Seattle-based Spaceflight, said that significant delays in the planned launch of the Formosat-5 mission on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California forced the company to find alternative rides for nearly 90 satellites that were to launch as secondary payloads on a payload adapter called Sherpa.

We learned our launch would occur potentially much later than expected, Blake wrote, not giving a specific launch date. While delays are inevitable in the launch business, we made the decision to rebook all our customers slated to launch on the FormoSat-5 mission.

Formosat-5 and Sherpa were scheduled to launch on a Falcon 9 last year but were delayed, in part because of the Sept. 1 pad explosion of a Falcon 9 during preparations for a static-fire test at Cape Canaveral. That halted all Falcon 9 launches for four and a half months.

Brown, in an October 2016 interview, said Spaceflight was waiting on the Falcon 9 return to flight before getting a new launch date, and at the time didnt expect a launch before early 2017. The company had told the owners of the satellites not to ship them to Spaceflight for integration onto the Sherpa adapter until it got a confirmed launch date from SpaceX.

SpaceX has not disclosed a launch date for Formosat-5, or many other upcoming launches from Vandenberg. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, speaking at a Feb. 17 press conference at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, said the company had delayed the next Falcon 9 launch of Iridium satellites, from Vandenberg, from mid-April to mid-June to fill in the queue of folks that have been waiting for a flight since we were down last September. The company hasnt identified those customers.

Blake said that, given the extended delays, the company decided to find other rides for the satellites that were to fly on Sherpa. It took a huge effort, but within two weeks, the team hustled to have all customers who wanted to be rebooked confirmed on other launches! he wrote.

Spaceflight spokeswoman Jodi Sorensen said March 2 that most of the satellites that had been flying on Sherpa will be rebooked on one of two launches. One is on the companys own dedicated Falcon 9 mission, dubbed SSO-A, scheduled to launch from Vandenberg later this year. The other is an unspecified international launch scheduled for this summer or fall.

Spaceflight has brokered launches of small satellites as secondary payloads on a number of different vehicles. That included nine cubesats that launched on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Feb. 14. Eight of the nine satellites were from Spire, a company deploying a constellation of cubesats for ship tracking and weather data. The ninth satellite was a cubesat from an Israeli university.

Blake, in a recent commentary, defended the use of PSLV, which developers of small satellite launchers in the U.S. have criticized for undercutting the market. Contrary to popular belief, foreign launches are not less expensive than domestic ones in part because of regulatory costs, he wrote in the SatMagazine op-ed.

In comments directed at President Trump, Blake called on the administration to avoid any making policy changes that would make it harder to launch on Indian or other non-U.S. rockets while the capacity in the domestic market grows. We ask the current administration to allow these international launch options that are critical to the smallsat industry and to support the efforts and policies that expand not restrict access to space, he wrote.

As for Sherpa itself, Sorensen said it could fly on the SSO-A mission or another launch with a different set of satellite payloads. Its completely flight ready, so if we can, well definitely use it, she said.

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Citing schedule slips, Spaceflight rebooks 89 satellites on SpaceX’s launch list – GeekWire

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

Spaceflights SHERPA carrier is designed to deploy scores of satellites. (Spaceflight Illustration)

For more than a year, Seattle-based Spaceflight has been waiting to launch an array of 89 miniaturized satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and deploy them in orbit from its innovative SHERPA carrier.

Now the launch logistics companyisnt waiting any longer.

All 89 satellites have been rebooked due to schedule concerns, Spaceflights president, Curt Blake, reported today in a blog posting.

We found each of our customers an alternative launch that was within the same time frame, Blake wrote. It took a huge effort, but within two weeks, the team hustled to have all customers who wanted to be rebooked confirmed on other launches!

The SHERPA carrier had been slated as a secondary payload on the launch of Taiwans Formosat-5 satellite. It was puton SpaceXs manifest since 2015, but the launch has been repeatedly delayed, in part due to the Falcon 9 rocket mishaps that occurred in mid-2015 and last September.

Spaceflight was anticipating that the launch would finally take place around May or June, but Blake said SpaceX recently communicated their 2017 manifest, and the impact on the Formosat-5 mission is significant.

Welearned our launch would occur potentially much later than expected, he said. By some accounts, the Formosat-5 mission has been shifted into 2018. Thats what led Spaceflight to look at alternatives.

Neither Blake nor Jodi Sorensen, a spokeswoman for Spaceflight Industries, laid out the details of the schedule shifts. Sorensen told GeekWire that the arrangements with SpaceX were still being worked out.

The payloads that had been scheduled for deployment from the SHERPA carrier includePlanetary Resources Arkyd 6 satellite, which is designed to test a midwave-infrared imagingsystem; and the Pathfinder-2 satellite, an Earth-observing spacecraft that serves as a prototype for Spaceflight Industries BlackSky constellation.

Spaceflights dedicated-rideshare launch on a different Falcon 9 is unaffected by the SHERPA shift.

SpaceX isnt the only launch provider that Spaceflight works with. In the past, the company has facilitated the placement ofpayloads on Indias PSLV rockets, Orbital Sciences Antares rocket and Cygnus capsule, and Russian rockets as well.

This week, Blake called on the Trump administration to refrain from limiting the ability to book U.S. payloads onto foreign launch vehicles.

Quite simply, there are not enough U.S. launches to meet the demands of the ever-growing number of smallsat companies, Blake wrote in an op-ed column for SatMagazine.

The op-ed was motivated by concern that President Donald Trumps America First economic policies might restrict the options forlaunching small satellites. As it is, U.S. commercial payload providers have to get waivers from the federal governmentto have their satellites launched on Indian rockets.

We ask the current administration to allow these international launch options that are critical to the smallsat industry and to support the efforts and policies that expand not restrict access to space, Blake wrote. Limiting launch options will only hinder or halt the economic growth of this burgeoning American industry.

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Small experimental satellite launched by new Chinese rocket – Spaceflight Now

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

China debuted a new solid-fueled booster Thursday in an unannounced flight that put a small satellite into polar orbit, adding another rocket to the countrys growing fleet of lightweight launchers.

The KT-2 rocket lifted off at 2353 GMT (6:53 p.m. EST) Thursday from the Jiuquan space center, a military-run base in northwestern Chinas Gobi Desert, according to a report from the government-owned Xinhua news agency.

The secretive launch occurred at 7:53 a.m. Beijing time Friday without an official announcement ahead of time, other than a notice to pilots published two days before the mission warning of drop zones for the KT-2s spent motor casings.

Little is known about the KT-2 rockets design. The multi-stage booster could be based on technology developed for the Chinese militarys road-mobile DF-31 ballistic missile, with the addition of an upper stage to place an object into orbit.

Chinese social media accounts shared several photos appearing to show the KT-2 launch around sunrise at Jiuquan.

Xinhua reported the rocket was developed by China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp., or CASIC, with the intention of eventually launching commercial satellites.

The KT-2 rocket is one of the five carrier systems in the CASIC commercial space plan, Xinhua reported. It features high carrying efficiency and adaptability, according to the CASIC.

China has developed several new small satellite launchers in recent years. The Long March 11 rocket, managed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, another state-owned space contractor, debuted in 2015. The Kuaizhou 1 booster, another CASIC product, has launched satellites three times since 2013 with two different variants.

The payload aboard the KT-2 launch wasa small satellite named TK-1, the first spacecraft independently developed by CASIC, Xinhua reported. The TK-1 satellite will be used for remote sensing, telecommunications and experiments in minisatellite-based technologies, the news agency said.

The U.S. militarys satellite tracking network detected two objects from the launch. One of the objects, likely the payload, is in a near-circular orbit ranging in altitude from 236 miles (381 kilometers) to 250 miles (403 kilometers) with an inclination of 96.9 degrees to the equator.

Another object, believed to be the KT-2s upper stage, was found in a lower orbit, positioned to expedite its re-entry into Earths atmosphere, a common tactic to minimize space debris.

The KT-2s inaugural mission was the third Chinese space launch of the year, and the second from Jiuquan.

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MAVEN avoids crashing into Mars’ moon Phobos – SpaceFlight Insider

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

Derek Richardson

March 3rd, 2017

An artists illustration of NASAs MAVEN spacecraft in orbit above the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA

NASAs Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft just avoided colliding with Phobos, one of Mars two moons. An avoidance maneuver was performed on Feb. 28, 2017, to safely alter the trajectory of the orbiter.

MAVENsengines fired to change the velocity of the spacecraft by less than 1 mph (about 0.4 meters per second). This ensured the spacecraft would miss Phobos by about 2.5 minutes on its March 6, 2017, closest approach.

Phobos is one of two moons of Mars the other is Deimos. PhotoCredit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona

Before the maneuver, the two objects would have crossed paths within 7 seconds of each other. However, with Phobos being nearly 19 miles (30 kilometers) long at its widest, that was too close for comfort for NASA as it had a very high likelihood of collision.

This was MAVENs first collision avoidance maneuver since it began circling Mars in 2013. The spacecrafts elliptical orbit around the planetcrosses other spacecrafts orbits as well as Phobos many times over the duration of a year. As the pathsof all of these objects are well known and monitored by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, these events are usually known well in advance.

Kudos to the JPL navigation and tracking teams for watching out for possible collisions every day of the year, and to the MAVEN spacecraft team for carrying out the maneuver flawlessly, said MAVEN Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky in a news release.

Currently, there are six spacecraft orbiting the planet. The most recent spacecraft, the European Space Agencys (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, arrived in Fall 2016. ESA also has the Mars Express spacecraft, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2003.

In addition to MAVEN, the United States spacecraft circling Mars include the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Odyssey orbiting since 2005 and 2001, respectively.

India also has a spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet. Its Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan, has been circling Mars since 2014.

On the surface, there are two NASA rovers: Opportunity, which landed in 2004, and Curiosity, which landed in 2012.

Since 2014, there has been a record number of active missions on or around the Red Planet: seven from 2014 to 2015, and eight from 2016 to 2017.

A graphical representation of the orbits of five of the current six spacecraft circling Mars. ESAs Trace Gas Orbiter arrived after this graphic was created. It resides in a circular low-Mars orbit of 250 miles (400 kilometers) inclined by 74 degrees. Image Credit: NASA

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Derek Richardson is a student studying mass media with an emphasis in contemporary journalism at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He is currently the managing editor of the student run newspaper, the Washburn Review. He also writes a blog, called Orbital Velocity, about the space station. His passion for space ignited when he watched space shuttle Discovery leap to space on Oct. 29, 1998. He saw his first in-person launch on July 8, 2011 when the space shuttle launched for the final time. Today, this fervor has accelerated toward orbit and shows no signs of slowing down. After dabbling in math and engineering courses in college, he soon realized that his true calling was communicating to others about space exploration and spreading that passion.

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James Webb Space Telescope will search TRAPPIST-1 planets for signs of life – SpaceFlight Insider

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

Laurel Kornfeld

March 3rd, 2017

This artists concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the planets diameters, masses, and distances from the host star. Image & Caption Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech

The seven Earth-sized planets discovered last month orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 will be ideal targets for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled for launch next year, to probe in a search for signs of life.

Viewed as the Hubble Space Telescopes scientific successor, JWST, a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency, will observe in the infrared and use spectroscopy to identify the chemical contents of exoplanets atmospheres.

Artists rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in space. Image Credit: Northrop Grumman

Spectroscopy separates light into individual wavelengths. Every chemical has its own unique wavelength signature, so the technique is capable of identifying individual atmospheric components.

This means JWST will be able to search the atmospheres of all seven TRAPPIST-1 planets assuming all have atmospheres for chemicals produced by biological processes, known as chemical biomarkers.

Two such chemicals are ozone and methane. On Earth, ozone forms mostly through interaction between oxygen produced by plant life during photosynthesis and sunlight. Atmospheric ozone also protects life on Earth from harmful solar radiation.

Finding methane could be a first step toward locating a biological source of the oxygen that goes into the formation of ozone.

If these planets have atmospheres, the James Webb Space Telescope will be the key to unlocking their secrets. In the meantime, NASAs missions like Spitzer, Hubble, and Kepler are following up on these planets, said NASA Exoplanet Program scientist Doug Hudgins.

Being Earth-sized is not the only factor that makes the TRAPPIST-1 planets perfect targets for JWST. At 40 light-years away, the system is relatively nearby. Three of them orbit in their stars habitable zone, where temperatures allow liquid water to exist on their surfaces.

With the red dwarf TRAPPIST-1 star being so small and dim, signals from the planets will be large enough and strong enough for scientists to isolate their individual atmospheric components.

A planets ability to support life depends not just on its atmosphere containing chemicals such as oxygen, ozone, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and water, but also on the proportions of these chemicals within the atmosphere.

JWSTs infrared capability will identify the contents of the TRAPPIST-1 planets atmospheres while its spectroscopy will determine the proportions of these biosignatures.

Observations will especially focus on the three planets in the stars habitable zone, TRAPPIST-1 e, f, and g. With the right atmospheric composition, one or more could have an environment capable of supporting liquid water.

Because the seven planets are so close to one another, scientists will be able to study all of them with JWST and compare them with one another in terms of composition and processes.

This is the first and only system to have seven Earth-sized planets, where three are in the habitable zone of the star, noted Hannah Wakeford, a postdoctoral fellow at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

It is also the first system bright enough, and small enough to make it possible for us to look at each of these planets atmospheres. [] With all seven planets Earth-sized, we can look at the different characteristics that make each of them unique and determine critical connections between a planets conditions and origins, she added.

The most powerful space telescope ever built, JWST is scheduled to launch in October 2018, so the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 system is ideal timing, and scientists are eager to aim the telescope at these seven worlds.

Currently, JWST, which has a 6.5-meter (21 feet) primary mirror, is at Goddard undergoing testing by engineers and scientists.

In addition to teasing out the atmospheres of exoplanets, the telescope will also observe the universes earliest galaxies and use its infrared capability to look into dusty clouds to view the formation of stars and planetary systems.

This diagram compares the sizes of the newly-discovered planets around the faint red star TRAPPIST-1 with the Galilean moons of Jupiter and the inner Solar System. All the planets found around TRAPPIST-1 are of similar size to the Earth. Image Credit: O. Furtak / ESO

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Laurel Kornfeld is an amateur astronomer and freelance writer from Highland Park, NJ, who enjoys writing about astronomy and planetary science. She studied journalism at Douglass College, Rutgers University, and earned a Graduate Certificate of Science from Swinburne Universitys Astronomy Online program. Her writings have been published online in The Atlantic, Astronomy magazines guest blog section, the UK Space Conference, the 2009 IAU General Assembly newspaper, The Space Reporter, and newsletters of various astronomy clubs. She is a member of the Cranford, NJ-based Amateur Astronomers, Inc. Especially interested in the outer solar system, Laurel gave a brief presentation at the 2008 Great Planet Debate held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, MD.

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All-American Red Heads to be inducted into Missouri Sports Hall of Fame – Moberly Monitor Index

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

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The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will soon induct the All-American Red Heads women's basketball program, along with former Missouri Southern State University Athletic Director Sallie Beard and two womens basketball coaches Evangel Universitys Leon Neal and the University of Missouris Joann Rutherford and former Lockwood High School volleyball coach Cheryl Shores.

The Hall of Fame also will honor Jodie Adams, a longtime leader in the Springfield Greene-County Parks and Recreation Department, who will be the first woman to receive the Presidents Award.

Its all part of the fourth annual Womens Sports Luncheon presented by the Bee Payne-Stewart Foundation, set for 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 30, at the University Plaza Hotel & Convention Center.

Founded by C.M. Olson in the southwest Missouri town of Cassville, the All-American Red Heads Basketball Program was one of the first professional womens programs in the country. The Red Heads barnstormed across the country for 50 years (1936 to 1986), operating three teams annually as they played 133 games in six months, all covering 30 states.

Eventually, the team was coached and owned by Orwell Moore. Players from Missouri included Cairos Brenda Koester and Kay Burk, and Edinas Pat Overman.

The Hall of Fame will also recognize the Wynn Awards, named in honor of Dr. Mary Jo Wynn, the longtime Senior Womens Administrator at Missouri State University, a 1999 inductee of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and a 2014 Missouri Sports Legend. The awards are presented to former high school, college and pro standouts who made an impact in their sports.

This years Wynn Award recipients will be Tara Bailes (Springfield Catholic High School/Missouri State soccer), Teresa Baird Beshore (Springfield Catholic High School/University of Tulsa tennis), Chelsea Taylor Corp (Sarcoxie High School/Missouri State-West Plains), Aleah Hayes (Ozark High School/Texas Tech University/Columbia College volleyball), Tonya Choate McCall (Mount Vernon High School/Drury University/Cactus Tour golf), Amanda Newton Plotner (Republic High School/Drury University basketball), Melissa Hoffmeister Sanders (Joplin High School/University of Arkansas tennis) and Sophie Cox Stagner (Rolla High School/University of Tennessee-Martin soccer).

A sponsorship table of eight is $400 and includes associate sponsor recognition in the printed program and an autographed print. An individual ticket is $40, while a head table ticket is $100. Numerous other sponsorships, including congratulatory ads, also are available. Call the Hall of Fame at 417-889-3100.

Jodie Adams will be the first woman and 10th recipient to be honored with the Presidents Award, given to someone who promotes sports across the state and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Adams has served on the Hall of Fames Board of Trustees since 2004, supporting numerous efforts that have helped the Hall of Fame achieve more successes.

A 2004 Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductee and graduate of then-Southwest Missouri State, Adams worked 37 years in leadership positions for the Springfield-Greene County Parks and Recreation Department.

Joann Rutherford is the winningest coach in the history of the University of Missouri womens basketball program, with a 422-263 record (.617) in 23 seasons including 19 winning seasons.

Her 422 wins ranked among the NCAAs Top 35 all-time at the time of her retirement. Rutherfords teams captured four Big Eight Conference regular-season titles and five conference tournament championships and reached six NCAA Tournaments, including an Elite Eight appearance in 1982. She was the Big Eight Coach of the Decade in the 1980s, when her teams were 213-98 (.685). Rutherford also was Mizzous Senior Womens Administrator in the latter part of her career and is in the MU Athletics Hall of Fame.

Sallie Beard worked for the Missouri Southern State University athletic department for 37 years. She was the director of womens athletics for 25 years and was athletics director from 2001 to 2009, becoming the first woman A.D. in the history of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

Beard created womens sports on campus in the 1970s following the passage of Title IX and was the first coach of the universitys womens basketball, softball, tennis and track and field teams.

As athletic director, she oversaw upgrades or construction of numerous facilities, helped steer the department from the NAIA to NCAA Division II and served on national committees. Beard also was a coach for the U.S. in the 1981 World University Games and in the 1983 National Olympic Festival.

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Spunky redheads wanted – www.ottawacommunitynews.com/

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Danzig

Calling all redheads.

The Irish Society of the National Capital Region is looking for individuals with the rarest hair colour out there red to participate in this years annual St. Patricks Parade on March 11.

Involvement is up to the ginger-haired participant volunteer, watch from the route, or take part in the parade.

The parade begins at city hall and follows a route along Bank Street to Aberdeen Pavilion, at Lansdowne Park.

Currently, the society is looking for more parade marshals to help out.

According to organizer Lauren Strevens ONeil, marshals are needed all along the route.

We do also have a need for some banner-carriers, Strevens ONeil. Some energetic folks who are willing and able to walk the parade route carrying our sponsors' banners.

Aside from banner-carriers, the parade also collects food and money donations for the Ottawa Food Bank.

All volunteers must be 16 years or older students can earn up to six hours of volunteer hours.

Volunteers can register at city hall at 8 a.m. on March 11. Interested individuals can contact volunteersisncr@gmail.com.

The annual parade celebrates Irish culture and heritage every year during the Ottawa Irish Festival, which ends at the Grand Irish Party.

Beaus All Natural Brewing has partnered with the society to create the second annual Beaus St. Patricks Party.

The Irish Society, along with other Irish organizations in Ottawa, host a variety of events across the city embracing Irish culture during the Ottawa Irish Festival.

The festival begins with a proclamation at by Mayor Jim Watson on March 9 at city hall. Refreshments and live entertainment will be available between 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Over events include:

The Rose of Tralee Ottawa Centre holds its selection on March 12.

On March 14, see musicians Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly in the pub at St Brigids Centre for the Arts

For full event details and more information about the festival, visit irishsocietyncr.com.

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