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Entertaining within a 60 mile radius of Germantown, MD Germantown MD 20874
Why settle for some super expensive and Mundane Abra Cadabra Magic Show, Give your children Pirate Magic and I promise a fully interactive hi-energy adventure like no other.
All the children participate in the show, not just sit and watch like other magicians! If you are not blown away by my performance, your show is 100 percent free!
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123 Party 4 U dba Rivera party and events are the best kid party entertainers in town! Our entertainment package includes... colorful entertainer, music, magic show, games/activities, face painting, cotton candy for ONE GREAT PRICE!! Call us! We pride ourselves on quality service and great fun for your kids!
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Whether it is a Clown, Face Painter, Game Meister, Puppets, Teen Parties, Balloon Decor or Balloon Twisting...or a colorful artist for any event, we have your character to make your party one to remember!
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Entertaining throughout St. Johns, Flagler, and southern Duval counties and nearby areas 32084
Sparky promises to bring laughter, fun, and plenty of excitement, no matter what the occasion. For larger events, 3-RingCircus.com can provide additional face painters, clowns, characters (Princess & Spiderman Party) balloon twisters, magicians, bounce houses, slides and more, individually tailored to your entertainment needs.
We provide great entertainment for a fair value. So many clown performers today lack humor and provide nothing more than face painting and balloons. We can face paint and twist balloons, but we can also do so much more. Sparky is constantly receiving compliments about his mannerisms and approach with children.
Sparky carries clown insurance and is a member of several clown associations.
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622 S Collins St Plant City FL 33563
5 Alarm Party Rentals is owned and operated by local Firefighter/ Paramedic and Family. All inflatables are cleaned and sanitized after every use. We carry the LARGEST water slides in central Florida. We have over 50 inflatables to choose from all purchased new not used like other companies. Just remember it is your kid\'s fun and safety. Make sure you choose the right company for the job. We are also fully insured and registered for all Parks.
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Inflatable Bouncers and Party Supplies!
We are your Denver Colorado party rental company. So when you are looking for bounce house rental Colorado that will last the whole day, give us a call. We have a variety of different size inflatable Bouncers, Waterslides, Obstacle Courses, Games, Costumes, Concession, Tables, Chairs, Canopies, Generators, ect. and more - for any size event!
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Serving Minneapolis, St. Paul, Twin Cities And Suburbs and Western Wisconsin
A Party Crashers Entertainment provides a wide selection of entertainment options for kids' & teens' events and party entertainment needs. We offer:
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390 Winkler Drive Alpharetta GA 30004
Book one of our in house birthday parties, popular for both children and adults. We can customize the party for any age, and create a memorable and unique experience for your guests.
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1900 N University Drive Pembroke Pines FL 33024
All About Entertainment is an exclusive event company that specializes in incredible, over-the-top private parties and public events for children and families.
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We pride ourselves on being one of the top event performer agencies in Texas!
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Operating throughout Florida for Parties & Southeastern US for Fairs/Festivals Sebring Florida 33870
Experience the thrill of walking on water inside our large inflatable water walking balls or water rollers. Aqua Bubbles is an exciting concept in inflatable entertainment that can provide your party or event with a very unique and energized activity enjoyed by kids, teens and adults of all ages. Let us help make your next event a hilariously entertaining and memorable experience for everyone involved. We offer two types of inflatables to choose from, Water Bubbles or Water Rollers.
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Arizona Inflatableis a family owned and operated business. We can help you plan the perfect event from a birthday party to a large corporate event.
We offer party packages, bouncers, slides, water slides, obstacle courses, boxing, joust, bungee run, rock wall, trackless train, petting zoo, carnival games, Hi striker, popcorn, snow cone, cotton candy, pucker power, hot dog, and dunk tank.
At Arizona Inflatables Events we are fully insured and run with the highest safety measures. We rent you the cleanest and newest inflatables in the valley. All our rentals are for 5 hours.
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Serving the greater North Charlotte area and beyond!
Complete All-inclusive Princess Parties, Sports Parties, WaterSlide Parties and even Pirate Parties can take the worry out of planning your next backyard birthday party and even make your big school events easier. Check out AstroJump of Charlotte's selection of Party Packages - designed to simplify, save you money and reduce party stress. We're sure the children love to jump, climb, slide and play and we'll deliver the whole party right to your door. We cover all of the greater North Charlotte, NC, area and offer free delivery to most areas. Contact us early for the best selection!
In addition to our fun Astro Jumps® and waterslides, we offer Carnival Games, Trackless Train, Rock Wall, Mechanical Bull, Dunk Tanks, Bungee Trampoline, Mechanical Rides (Ferris Wheel, Swings, and more).
We are locally owned and operated, licensed and insured! All of our inflatables are Cleaned and Sanitized!
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Athletic Parties' Indoor and Outdoor Party Packages are great for energetic and less active kids ages 4-12 in Westchester, Fairfield, and Rockland Counties. Kids learn the benefits of a proper exercise program while having fun! Our Indoor and Outdoor Party Packages emphasize Teamwork, Cooperation, and Encouragement. The "No Bullying Allowed" policy creates a positive and all-inclusive atmosphere.
Over 15 years of experience facilitating athletic programs and school events. 8 years of coaching organized youth sports. 10 years teaching experience in adapted PE for special needs. Masters degree in school district administration and supervision. Certified ACSM Personal Trainer. Certified in CPR and AED
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Serving the greater Columbus, OH area
We provide a variety of professional interactive entertainers, party game & inflatable rentals for family style and corporate events in the Columbus Ohio area.
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7000 East Shea Blvd. Scottsdale AZ 85254
At B.E.S.T., we promise you a stress-free and one-of-a-kind birthday sports party experience in our brand-new PartyZone facility filled with an energetic 85 minutes of sports activities that keeps your guests running, laughing and learning! There's action and excitement for kids 18 months to 10 years (children under 2.5 require parent participation).
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BATTLE JAX offers a Mobile Laser Tag experience like no other in Jacksonville, Florida.
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The best part of all is the fact that the setup is completely mobile so it can be arranged indoors or outdoors.
Unlike paintball, at the end of the event there is no mess, no fuss, and no bruises.
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3401 Tuscany Way Boynton Beach FL 33435
Mobile ICE SKATING BIRTHDAY PARTIES!
Want to thrill your birthday boy or girl and surprise them with an ice rink in there backyard with snow machine an all?
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We use real ice or Super-Glide synthetic ice which responds like natural ice. Rent for one day or more. Ice skates, silver-glide skate bars, helmets, fencing, and seating included. We can even turn your party into an Ice Skating Theme Party of your choce!
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We service and deliver to Hamptons Roads, Richmond, Petersburg, Charlottesville, and Fredericksburg VA 23328
We service and deliver to Hamptons Roads, Richmond, Petersburg, Charlottesville, and Fredericksburg areas!
Throw your child a party to remember by renting any of our spectacular inflatables! With over 70 inflatables to choose from you are sure to find one that will entertain your guests for hours! We have inflatables appropriate for people of all ages. For help choosing the right inflatable please see the recommended ages on the information page for each piece of equipment, or feel free to ask us. To help create a carnival like atmosphere you can add a concession or carnival games for a small amount more.
With over 70 inflatables, bounce houses, movie screen, sumo suits, bungee run, joust, dunk tanks, rock wall and more we have exactly the selection you need. We also have more than 60 games and concessions to make your event perfect. We focus on providing CLEAN and SAFE fun. All of
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We have been providing fabulous birthday parties for children throughout Connecticut for more than 20 years. From invitations to goodie bags, we take the stress out of the entire event from planning the event to running the activities so you can simply enjoy that special day with your child.
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So, bottom line: The DM-300 is a cardioid dynamic, and that's basically all we can say about it. But it looks really funky! Not your standard SM58 ice cream cone – there's something drastically retrofuturistic and at the same time very socialist about it (reminded me of some Czech Tesla handheld mics), and it looks tragically late 80s at the same time.

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The technical challenge for Spice Week sent the bakers back to "ancient times," according to Paul Hollywood, with the ma'amoul bake. This was new for me as well, and introduced me to ingredients I've never used before like orange blossom water, rose water, mahleb/mahlab and mastic. Lucky for me, we live in an area that has a large Middle Eastern and Greek population and my local grocer carried all of these ingredients. If you have a hard time finding them locally, you can order through Amazon.
No tips from me this week but just some observations I made.
- The dough will be very crumbly and seemingly dry. It does come together enough though to form little balls after it's had a chance to chill.
- If you don't have a ma'amoul mold, you can simply shape the pastry by hand. You just won't get the lovely decorative elements like the one Paul made.
- You can make similar designs by using two forks instead of the ma'amoul tongs.
- Paul's recipe doesn't say to chill after molding, but I did anyway because I did't want all the ghee to run out during the bake and flatten the pastry.
- This is great fun for kids to help with. My 4-year-old assisted in making the dough and she shaped all the fillings.
GBBO page and I've pasted it below.
Ma'amoul Recipe
Makes: 12
Hands-on time: 45 minutes, plus chilling
Baking time: 15 minutes
Skill level: Easy
For the dough:
- pinch of mastic
- 20g caster sugar
- 175g fine semolina
- 20g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp ground mahleb
- 90g chilled ghee
- 2 tsp orange blossom water
- 2 tsp rose water
- icing sugar, to dust
For the date filling:
- 75g medjool dates, stoned
- 1 tbsp rose water
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground mahleb
For the walnut filling:
- 25g walnuts
- 25g golden raisins
- 1 tbsp orange blossom honey
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
You will also need:
- Ma'amoul mould
- Baking sheet lined with baking paper
- Ma'amoul tongs
Step 1 – Put the mastic in a mortar with 1 teaspoon of the sugar and grind to a powder. Tip into a bowl and add the remaining sugar, along with the semolina, flour and mahleb. Mix together.
Step 2 – Add the ghee and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add the orange blossom and rose waters and bring the dough together with your hands. Tip out onto a floured worktop. Knead for 5 minutes, until smooth, then wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes, to rest.
Step 3 – For the date filling, place the dates in the bowl of a mini food processor with the rose water, cinnamon and mahleb and blitz to a paste. Divide the mixture into 6 and roll into balls (wet hands will prevent the paste sticking).
Step 4 – For the walnut filling, place the walnuts in the bowl of a mini food processor with the raisins, honey and cardamom and blitz to a paste. Divide the mixture into 6 and roll into balls.
Step 5 – Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/400°F/Gas 6. Divide the dough into 12 pieces, each of about 25g. Roll each piece into a ball and cover with a damp tea towel.
Step 6 – With damp hands, flatten each ball of dough in the palm of one hand, turning it around as you go and lifting the edges to form a little cup. The cups should be about 3mm thick and the sides about 3cm high.
Step 7 – Fill 6 of the pastry cups with a ball of date filling and the remaining 6 pastry cups with a ball of walnut filling. Pinch the dough over the filling to seal and roll each into a ball.
Step 8 – Lightly flour the ma'amoul mould and press one of the walnut-filled balls into the mould. Turn it out onto the lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining 5 walnut-filled balls.
Step 9 – With the 6 date-filled balls, use the ma'amoul tongs and pinch the pastry to create a decorative design. Place on the lined baking sheet.
Step 10 – Bake all the ma'amoul for 12–14 minutes, until golden on the bottom, but pale or very lightly golden around the edges. Remove from the oven, leave to cool on the sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust the walnut ma'amoul with icing sugar before serving.
Want more spice in your life? Check out my gingerbread cookie recipe. If you want more pastries, take a peek at my hand-raised pie and chocolate tart recipes.
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text: Service Experts Locations in DFW Support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Published on May 31, 2016 The National Multiple Sclerosis Society describes MS as when damage to the myelin in the central nervous system interferes with the transmission of nerve signals between the brain and spinal cord and other parts of the body. While the effects of this terrible disease are already cruel, heat can actually aggravate MS symptoms, making dependable air conditioning equipment critical to anyone affected by MS. This is why multiple sclerosis is an organization that is very near to the hearts of Service Experts Heating and Air Conditioning. Actually, in April a couple of our locations, Calverley Service Experts serving the Fort Worth area, Service Experts of Dallas and Plano serving the North Dallas area, and Levy & Son serving the Dallas area, all helped sponsor the Walk MS events that came to the DFW area. See our team at Calverley Service Experts during their pie throwing contest that they held to raise donations for the Walk MS Fort Worth event. Our team had a blast hosting the booth and walking in the event on April 2nd at the Fort Worth Walk MS. Calverley Service Experts, Levy & Son, and Service Experts Heating and Air Conditioning serving the DFW region had an absolute blast supporting this wonderful cause. To read more, visit http://www.nationalmssociety.org/. You can also like us on Facebook to learn about future opportunities where you can help Service Experts help others in our neighborhoods and around the world. Back To BlogContact Us


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Jennifer, Robert and Camryn - November 2012
My cousin Jennifer asked me to come back for another photoshoot, in Dallas. We met up at a cute little park called Main Street Garden Park. It reminds me of Discovery Green in Houston in a way. It was really nice and perfect for the lil family. The photoshoot didn't take long but I got great shots! Charles and I enjoyed seeing them, as always.
Thanks Jennifer and Robert for having us! We need to make a trip up to Dallas...soon!


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Aha! I found you (with a little help from Paul)! Love your blog! It took me back to our writing group at the Tower…plus many more memories! Love to both of you!
David's Alaska blog matched our 2006 cruise to Alaska almost to a T -with bro Keith and Rita
with the exception of the right-winger from Ohio. Think ours was a way-leftist from DC! LOL


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President Trump once referred to the accord as the "worst deal ever negotiated" and argues that the reinstated sanctions are necessary to bring Iran back to the negotiating table. According to the US Department of State, exactly why Iran needs to be forced to negotiate is clear: it argues that through state-sponsored terrorism "Iran's regime has brought suffering and death to the world and its own people [and has] scarred countless lives."1 US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has argued that "The Iranian regime has a choice: it can either do a 180° turn from its outlaw course of action and act like a normal country, or it can see its economy crumble."2
Perhaps unsurprisingly, news of the reinstated sanctions has been met with a measure of scorn (to put it mildly) in Iran; President Rouhani has vowed to "proudly break the sanctions" and "continue selling oil".3 Indeed, exactly how effective the sanctions will be isn't quite as clear cut as one might hope – without the support of the EU (which has stuck to the terms of the accord) and exceptions being made for eight major Iranian oil importers, including India and China, there remain some (albeit diminished) legal routes for Iran to do business with the world. Despite these concerns, Mike Pompeo claims that US pressure has already cost Iran US$2.5 billion in lost oil revenues since May this year.4
The fact that India and China (amongst others) have been granted temporary waivers is testament to their growing importance to the global oil market. President Trump himself stated that whilst he "could get the Iran oil down to zero immediately […] it would cause a shock to the market and [he] didn't want to lift oil prices."5
India's continued economic growth is set to drive a surge in oil and natural gas consumption over the coming years, likely offsetting declining demand growth from more developed markets. According to the Financial Times, government figures show that there are roughly 230 million vehicles on India's roads, but this market is still actually underdeveloped. Estimates show US$345 billion of investment will be needed to meet fuel demand by 2030.6 To meet this staggering demand, India has been pulling out all the stops to attract investors, including holding roadshows in London and emphasising attractive fiscal terms for exploration and production contracts. The CEO and Managing Director of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves, HPS Ahuja, was quoted as saying "India is a bright spot in the world economic order, where demand for petroleum products is on the rise. The primary energy demand of the country will almost double in the next 12 years."7
The last decade was shaped by the growth of China – it looks like the next will be shaped by the growth of India.
1. 'Select Iran-Sponsored Operational Activity in Europe, 1979 - 2018' – https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/283789.htm
2. 'Iran sanctions: US vows 'relentless' pressure as sanctions resume' – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46101703
3. 'Iran sanctions: Rouhani defiant as US re-imposes measures' – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46094489
4. 'India, China among eight countries exempt from US sanctions on Iran oil' – https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/india-china-among-eight-countries-exempt-from-us-sanctions-on-iran-oil/articleshow/66520204.cms
5. Ibid. at 2.
6. Raval, A., 'FT BIG READ. INDIA', Financial Times, p. 11, (5 November, 2018).
7. 'India stages roadshow in UK to attract investors for oil, gas sector' – https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/india-stages-roadshow-in-uk-to-attract-investors-for-oil-gas-sector/66438959


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Having a pet in your home is one of the essential things that you can do. You need to ensure that the pets in your house will require some necessities such as crates and kennels. Before buying these products, you should take time and consider some issues. For that reason, in this content, we have compiled some of the top issues that you need to put a close eye on before buying pet products.
Firstly, where to buy pet products is one of the issues that you need to contemplate before making the final settlement to pay. Keep in mind that in this world of digital marketing, you can buy any product on the web. Also, you can visit various local stores before you make the final step to pay for pet products. It is recommendable to decide on the website when looking for the best pet products. That way, you will get exposed to a variety of pet products.
Secondly, the total cost of pet appliances is the next thing that you need to keep in mind before making the last step. You should talk with several vendors in your location before you make the purchase. Ensure that you compare the value to keep you in a situation where you can make the best decision. Set a limit of the funds that you can offer. It is desirable to pick the seller who is providing the pet appliances at a rate that is within your means.
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Before I started my journey to apply Love as a Lifestyle, I was stressed, tired, often had sleepless nights, and was at a bit of a stand still. I had so much to juggle that my mind was simply overwhelmed and I wasn't progressing as quickly as I should have been. What's crazy is I didn't even realize how bad it was. I still laughed, smiled and seemed to be living-it-up, so I thought I had to suck it up and deal with consequences of being a busy bee. I had everything I wanted, so what was there to complain about? For whatever reason, I was programed to believe that I was lucky to have the stress and it just came with the territory - so deal with it.
Hindsight: I couldn't have been more wrong. The truth is: we can't fully enjoy life with our minds clouded by worry and stress. When our minds are preoccupied, trying to control the future, or stressing about our endless to-do lists, it's nearly impossible to enjoy the current moment. Why do we stress about things that haven't even happened yet? It doesn't help the situation it only harms it. Stress leads to sleep deprivation, weight gain, loss of motivation, self-doubt, even terrible diseases. I'm confident you see the tragic snowball this can become. Stress is not to be taken lightly, especially when it's been linked to cause serious health problems such as cancers, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, among others. No one should ever have to deal with it.
So, before anyone goes spiraling out of control, here are some simple things I actively practice that help me eliminate stress. Hopefully you'll give them a shot. I know they can help you, too!
1. Sit in silence.
It's easy and I swear it will help you tremendously. Here's what I do: every morning before I do anything else, I sit for 20 minutes outdoors in a quiet corner of our patio. I turn my cell to airplane mode, turn on a guided meditation I downloaded from my wellness coach and yoga teacher, Erin of Pure Light Wellness, and I sit and clear my mind. Simply sitting in awareness with your eyes closed draws your attention in. This practice helps to connect your mind, body and heart in a way we simply can't during an active day. This is the most important thing I do every day.
Don't be alarmed if you haven't tried meditation before. Sitting in quiet time without interruption will have a similar result. Over time, as you learn to quite your mind and control your worrying thoughts, your day will improve tremendously. If you do nothing else on this list, try this one.
2. Put away your crystal ball.
I can't even begin to explain how wrapped up I was in predicting the future. If you do this, let it go! It only leads to more crazy stress. Let me be clear here: this is different from planning for your future. You can plan, set goals, and be responsible in your commitments and obligations, just don't dwell on what it will all look like in the end. Keep an open mind!
If you give today everything you have, tomorrow will be the best version it can be. Maximize today and it will prepare you for tomorrow and whatever tomorrow brings. No more crystal balls and stress about what hasn't even happened yet. It doesn't even exist so just let it be..
3. Maximize today!
That's it! Simply give it your best shot. I know it's easy to kick yourself around and focus on what you could have done, or should have done, but that's negative and only brings more stress. Break that habit! Simply set your intention to give it 100%, own it, do it, and that's it. Work effectively and efficiently and stand confidently in what you accomplished. You may have a day planned with your family, or an important presentation to give, or a report to turn in, or all of the above! It's okay. Focus on giving every moment 100% of you - do it for you and the people that count on you.
Trust me, when you can walk away confidently at the end of the day knowing you gave it your best shot, there's simply nothing left to stress about. Maximize it!
4. Stay active.
Move around a bit - especially if you have an office job. Take a 10 and walk around the building, hit the gym a few times a week, or go for a walk after dinner. Whatever you choose to do, simply remove yourself from your "tasks" and be active. Being active and exercising helps detach your mind from worry, increases endorphins, helps regulate sleep, and ultimately reduces stress.
Plus, imagine your self-esteem boost and glowing smile when you realize you're not only lowering your stress levels, you're also doing your body good in the process. Be active, look good and feel even better!
5. Don't cheat yourself of the good stuff.
In practicing Love as a Lifestyle, one of the commitments is to do what you love! For me this comes in form of my passion for media, yoga, travel, trying new restaurants, cooking, spending time with my loved ones, enjoying romantic getaways with my other half, hitting the beach for a weekend, etc.
Whatever it is for you, whatever you love to do, keep it in your life and do it as often as possible. Share what you love with others, be in the moment, rejoice in what you love. If you're bombarded by stress, learn to channel that energy to be used on the good stuff. Energy can't be eliminated, it can only be transformed. Take time to refocus your energy and spend time thriving in what makes you happy.
Loving yourself and doing what you love are sure ways to clear whatever stress was clouding your mind before and set you on a path to happiness.
Wishing you a wonderful, stress-free day! With Love, Yarei


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The Johns Hopkins oncologist doesn't look particularly comfortable in the spotlight. This is no way to really talk to people. She's used to the nonjudgmental ways of a microscope or the one-on-one with a patient. But this is how the game is played.
By speaking at major conferences like this one in late May, the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, scientists create a buzz around their work, networking with others who may someday help move their research forward.
Emens' hand absently pushes her light-brown hair out of her eyes, her voice with its hint of the South quavering a bit as she begins. Her red pointer jerks across a towering video screen displaying a series of slides. One shows the mouse models that her experimental breast cancer vaccine was tested in. Another shows how it was administered to the first 28 women in her small clinical trial. A third goes over a formula she used to determine which doses of chemotherapy seem to have yielded the best immune responses.
Much of what she is saying would have flown high above the heads of her patients. It flies over many in the room - all that talk of "one-sided Fisher's Exact tests" and "HER-2/neu transgenic mice." But to those in cancer vaccine research, to those who understand what a breakthrough it would be to train the body to attack its own cancer, she is clearly saying, "There's hope here."
Hope is what has drawn 42 women so far to enroll in two small clinical trials being run by Emens, to donate their cancer-stricken bodies to her unproven science. Despite being told it is unlikely, they hope for a cure. She can't even promise she can extend their lives beyond the one to two years that are typical once cancer has spread beyond the breast.
In science, entire careers are spent working toward cures that don't come. Scientific progress comes slowly, if at all. That is the nature of experiments. Every step must be taken deliberately, each one building upon the last. There can be no short cuts. This is how Emens has been trained. This is how Emens operates.
10 years of uncertaintyIt was nearly five years from when Emens first began manipulating breast cancer cells to when the first patient was injected. It has been almost five more years since then, and still Emens has few concrete details on whether the vaccine works, no information on whether it will extend lives. She is right on schedule, scientifically speaking.
The women enroll certain that the vaccine will make them better. It may be their last chance at survival. They cannot look to a future 10 or more years away. They have Stage IV cancer. For them, there is no time for protocols of science.
Many put her on a pedestal. One patient calls her a "rock star." They revere her and depend on her. They need assurance that the experiment to which they have devoted so much of their remaining time will amount to something.
One day a week, Emens, 46, sees patients, oftentimes the women who are part of her studies. She opens their charts, sits straight up in her chair and goes over the basics. Beyond that, she volunteers little. There is so much the women feel they need to know, and so little Emens can share.
"These trials are so small," she explains, "you can't say anything with any level of certainty."
Most days, Emens' job is focused on what is being done in the laboratory now and in the future. The blood of the women in her studies is combed for evidence of immune response and for clues about how to better attack cancer down the road. She and her technicians study how mice react to new combinations of chemotherapy or other cancer drugs given to better prepare the immune system to beat back the disease.
But mice don't ask tough questions. They don't hope for miracles. They aren't depending on her for a cure.
Well preparedEmens arrived at Hopkins in 1998 as an oncology fellow holding a medical degree and a doctorate in cell biology from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. One of the first doctors she met was Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, a pancreatic cancer vaccine researcher considered a pioneer in her field.
They had lunch and talked science. Emens soaked up what she could about the prospects for cancer vaccines, the direction in which Hopkins was headed and where it had been.
In 1993, doctors from Hopkins and MIT - including Jaffee - had published a groundbreaking paper describing how they used a protein called granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor, or GM-CSF, to stimulate an immune response in mice. Not a single mouse got cancer when it was exposed to the protein.
This protein is still central to many of the vaccines in development around the country.
Jaffee - who is just a couple of years older than Emens - became a mentor to Emens. In one of their conversations, Emens told Jaffee why she wanted to focus her life's work on breast cancer.
When Emens was in the fifth grade, her mother, Rita, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Rita Emens was in her early 30s.
It was a time when people didn't talk about breast cancer. And despite the career path she chose, Emens has never asked for the particulars of just what her mother went through. She thinks her mom had a mastectomy soon after the lump was found. She knows her mom didn't want chemotherapy. She didn't want her hair to fall out.
She remembers the time the family of five, headed back home to Los Angeles from a vacation in Canada, had to stop at a hospital because of her mother's intense back pain. There, doctors told her mother the cancer had returned.
"She lived until I was 16," she says. In the Emens family, "we don't talk about it still."
Though Emens didn't know it at the time, something was cemented in her as she watched her mother die: a need to find a way to do something about the disease that took her down in the prime of her life.
Start of her researchWith the backing of Jaffee and other vaccine researchers at Hopkins, Emens got to work in July 1999 on a breast cancer vaccine. She painstakingly grew cancer cell lines in the lab, finding the just the right ones to genetically modify with GM-CSF. She wrote protocols and grants to pay for her research.
Nine years later, Emens is overseeing her own clinical trials, paid for mostly with money from the National Institutes of Health with help from charitable organizations such as the Avon Foundation. The two trials cost more than $2 million each.
At the oncology conference, Emens reported that between nine and 14 of the women who received the vaccine had immune responses. Administering a very low dose of one chemotherapy agent, she told the doctors in the room, elicited a better response than giving more.
This is where Emens is most original, others say, in not just mixing together drugs to see if they make tumors disappear but in methodically testing which drug combinations may work and why. She is determining just where the balance is tipped.
"She's got the most innovative stuff," said Dr. Bernard Fox, president-elect of the International Society for Biological Therapy of Cancer. "She's got a lot more work to do, but it's encouraging."
For now, Emens says she doesn't know how well the vaccine is working. She won't say how many of the women in the first trial - the last woman just received her final shot - are still alive. She says she can't share those kinds of details until her scientific paper is complete a year or so from now and the results have been reviewed and legitimized by her peers.
What she can say is that some women are responding. What she can't say is whether that equates to longer survival, to the extension of life her patients desperately want.
Her short-term goal is to see if the immune system reacts to the vaccine by arming itself with cancer-fighting antibodies and T-cells. In the medium term, Emens hopes to give a vaccine to women with early-stage breast cancer, alongside standard chemotherapy and radiation, to help keep the disease from coming come back. In the long term, Emens and others dream of creating a vaccine in every sense of the word, for healthy women at high risk of developing breast cancer. Many groups of researchers are working to get there.
Trials like hers can be, by their nature, difficult to draw conclusions from. How much can be learned about whether the vaccine could work on the healthy when the test subjects enroll as long shots for survival?
There is so much talk about all that can be done for breast cancer patients now, but that's the story of early-stage disease. When the cancer returns elsewhere in the body - as it will in up to 40 percent of cases - it can no longer be cured. Each year, 40,000 American women still die of breast cancer. They are the ones Emens yearns to help. They are the ones who remind her how difficult that will be.
"If I took every failure to heart, I couldn't come to work every day. Is it a failure? We're not curing them," Emens says. "But we're helping them to live their lives. You do the best you can with what you have and you focus on making better tools."
She stops and takes a breath before continuing. "It affects me more than you think."
Climbing for fundsEmens arrives on a swampy evening in early June at a Timonium fitness center. She exchanges her white lab coat and stethoscope for gym clothes and weights, priming her middle-aged body to scale one of the highest peaks in the world.
In five days, she and 21 others leave for Tanzania, where they will tackle Mount Kilimanjaro. It's not all for pleasure. The climbers will raise roughly $200,000 toward Emens' research.
A sprite of a trainer marches the doctor through a grueling workout: doing push-ups on a giant exercise ball, hoisting a 30-pound pack over her head as she walks backward at a 15-degree incline, lifting dumbbells as she balances on a moving platform.
The first of these charity climbs - to Mount Cotopaxi in Ecuador - was planned two years earlier by Baltimore Jewish Times publisher Andrew Buerger, whose sister has advanced breast cancer. Emens told him she wanted to come along. There's no room for spectators, he told her. Oh no, she replied, she planned to reach the 19,000-foot summit.
She had never before climbed a mountain.
Now, she can't seem to stop.
more on the seriesComing tomorrow in The Baltimore Sun: Some women see the vaccine trial as one last chance for a breast cancer cure. How one woman comes to terms with the fact that, despite the vaccine, her disease keeps spreading.
Online at baltimoresun.com/vaccine: Watch a video of Dr. Leisha Emens discussing the breast cancer vaccine and find more photos and yesterday's installment of the series
Tonight on WJZ: Watch one woman's personal story as she battles breast cancer. Can this study save her life? The emotional interview, Monday at 11 on WJZ Maryland's News Station


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Middle of the Road
This past week and the next one are midterms weeks, which is both stressful and strange in the sense that it doesn't feel at all like we are already halfway through the semester... After my biggest midterm exam on Wednesday I just needed to stop focusing on anything for awhile, so I met up with Carter downtown and we wandered around the Financial District for a few hours. I think my mind has since checked out since studying so hard for that fried my brain. Good thing I'm leaving this weekend for fall break and heading up to New Hampshire and Maine with my mom. Yeah, I really need a break. I just wish it could last more than a few days...
(I wore a black flounce hem dress from LOFT, a patchwork plaid infinity scarf from LOFT, Alex + Ani bracelets, black lace up flats from Topshop, a white Kate Spade envelope cross body purse, and sunglasses from Target.)
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Newsweek reviews 'Pill City'
The magazine says 'Pill City' "deftly ouches a range of national issues as it sings the ballad of Brick and Wax, including urban crime, addiction, race, mental health, sexual abuse, encryption, entrepreneurship and the tech industry. Both teens were raised by heroin-addicted mothers and met as 10-year-olds when both of their moms brought them to a shooting gallery.Read More
Interview with VICE
I recently spoke to VICE's Seth Ferranti about the changing face of gang culture in New York. You can read our conversation via this link:
http://www.vice.com/read/how-new-york-citys-gang-culture-is-changing-818Read More
Reading at The Astoria Bookshop, June 4
Come out for a 'Triangle' reading and signing from 7-8 p.m. this Thursday at The Astoria Bookshop, 31-29 31st Ave., in Queens.
More details can be found here: http://www.astoriabookshop.com/event/author-event-kevin-deutsch-triangle
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"Reporter from LIC writes book on inside look at New York's ongoing gang war"
Thanks to the Queens Courier for their piece on 'The Triangle.' I'm thrilled to be part of the neighborhood.
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Interview on Crime Beat Radio
Here's the link to a fun book interview I did last month with Ron Chepesiuk of Crime Beat Radio: http://www.artistfirst2.com/ArtistFirst_Crime_Beat_2015-03-05.mp3Read More
Reading at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville, TN
A big thank you to Flossie McNabb for inviting me to read at her store in February. Pick up a copy of "The Triangle" and other books on their Web site: http://www.unionavebooks.comRead More
Newsday calls 'The Triangle' "Brave and Detailed"
"Newsday crime reporter Kevin Deutsch's 'The Triangle' is ...a work of brave and detailed immersive reporting in the tradition of "The Corner" by David Simon."
Read the full review here: http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/the-triangle-kevin-deutsch-goes-inside-hempstead-s-gang-wars-1.9808136Read More
'Ensuing Chapters' book review calls 'The Triangle' an "important" book
"Dramatically reconstructed from interviews, legal records and first-hand experience, The Triangle is as fast-paced and action-packed as a first-rate thriller—a literary narrative as entertaining as it is troubling."Read More
'Triangle' segment on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Brian Lehrer last week to talk about my book, as well as the current tensions between the mayor and NYPD. You can listen to the full WNYC segment here:
http://www.wnyc.org/story/year-ground-new-yorks-bloods-and-crips/Read More
Laura Miller of Salon.com reviews 'The Triangle'
Miller writes that "Many aspects of this story may sound familiar, but Deutsch wants to change the framework in which we view them. We should, he argues, recognize the ongoing Bloods-Crips conflict not as a series of isolated criminal incidents but as a 45-year war that has claimed 20,000 lives. He points out that fewer Americans died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars than died in Bloods-Crips battles during the same period."Read More


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Andrew Foster-Williams debuts at Opera de Bordeaux
Andrew Foster-Williams joins Opéra National de Bordeaux for a specially curated project around the story of Don Quixote including excerpts from Ravel's Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, De Falla's El Retablo de Maese Pedro and Massenet's Don Quichotte. Conducted by Marc Minkowski, the production runs from 17 to 25 September.
Looking ahead to a busy season on both sides of the Atlantic, Andrew's highlights include Don Pizarro in a concert performance of Fidelio at the Philharmonie de Paris, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius with the Minnesota Orchestra and Edo de Waart, Escamillo in Kasper Holten's new production of Carmen at the 2017 Bregenz Festival and Bach's St John Passion with The Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst.


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Business Analyst, Ecosystem Products
Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL
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Company Description
The Magic Leap Ecosystem product team's mission is to attract and empower Creators to join Magic Leap's quest in changing how we interact with the world. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.
Are you a passionate problem-solver? Do you obsess over details and know how to connect the dots? Do you have a love-of-learning and an entrepreneurial, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude?
We are looking for a Business Analyst to be the driving force behind how our products are built. In this role, you will be tasked with breaking down concepts, writing requirements, and maintaining clarity throughout the software development life-cycle. The right candidate for this role has Agile experience as you will own consistent, high-quality user stories, acceptance criteria, functional specifications and process/data flow deliverables for teams that rapidly deliver value.
Job Description
The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator who brings a unique blend of critically important analytical and soft skills who enjoys living in the product development trenches and driving the details home. You're an organized learner whose work is both tactical and strategic: you can grasp the big view while maintaining a firm footing in the now. You have a passion for creating and owning all documentation a team needs to succeed.
- Participate in planning and own the details of our product ecosystem roadmap, delivering high-quality work on tight deadlines.
- Be accountable for product requirement deliverables which include Process/Data Flows, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria and Functional and Technical Specifications
- Champion grooming and build consensus across teams to get buy-in on product iterations.
- Have the discipline and flexibility to operate in multiple modes; be savvy enough to understand business objectives to drive value but tactical enough to define and unblock technical dependencies.
- Become a Subject Matter Expert on the ins-and-outs of our products.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers and designers to refine product artifacts, requirements and use cases to ensure they are ready for development.
- Earn trust from your team and work to maintain the start-up-environment-with-heart culture we have.
- Work with Product Managers to prioritize production issues; serve as first-line-of-defense with our Quality team to triage customer escalations and provide Support team with timely and thorough resolutions.
- The ability to write concise, fine-grained requirements (captured as user stories, functional/technical requirements and acceptance criteria) that have clear conditions of satisfaction.
- 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Business Systems Analyst in an Agile world where you are expected to chunk apart work and deliver details with quick turnaround time.
- Know how to work in an environment where ownership is shared across a highly-collaborative team with a furious focus on the customer and delivering value.
- Good technical crossover; you know how to connect the dots and ensure all corners are reached; Technical Writing background is a plus.
- Ability to speak the product development language, build cross-functional consensus among engineers, designers, and product managers.
- Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to identify ways to address a complicated problem at various levels of depth.
- Possess a high degree of internal motivation with ability to thrive in an environment where team-members operate autonomously while focusing on high-impact work.
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or a comparable discipline from a college or university. Equivalent work experience considered
Additional Information
- All your information will be kept confidential according to Equal Employment Opportunities guidelines.
About Magic Leap, Inc.
How It All Began October 5, 2017 Today, Magic Leap is a company made up of hundreds of artists, engineers, explorers, and dreamers from around the globe, all chasing their curiosity toward the same goal – bringing together the digital and real worlds to advance human potential. But it all began on a road trip to Austin when we asked the question – "what if computing could spill outside the computer?"


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On Stands: OUR HOMES Peterborough Early Summer 2017
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Hi all,
I am back again with another layout to share using my favourite D-Lish goodies again..
I created this layout for the August Crate Paper blog challenge to use Navy blue and sequins, I was very lucky to be chosen as one of the runner's up for this layout!! You can check out the winner and other runner up's here..
The photo is of my sister and I at her recent July Wedding over in England where I spent 4 weeks, I had an amazing time of course!!
A close up of some of the detail....
D-Lish goodies used:
Small Vellum Bag
Heart Sequin Patch-Peacock
Wooden Button-Butterfly
Thanks so much for stopping by today...take care and happy scrappin..
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Flying with the Marine Corps
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Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1974. Wraps. 264 p. Includes illustrations. Some illustrations in color. More about The Reader's Digest: May, 1974: Volume 104, Number 625
Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest, 1980. Wraps. 234 p. Includes illustrations. Some illustrations in color. More about Reader's Digest: September, 1980: Volume 117, No. 701
New York, NY: Walker & Company, 2000. Trade paperback. Glued binding. 96 p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More about Navajo Code Talkers
New York: Longmans, Green and Company [The Ward Ritchie Press], 1940. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 282, [2] pages. Includes illustrations (some with color). Illustrated on endpaper. Occasional footnotes. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Foreword by Commander Leland P. Lovette, U.S.N. More about The United States Navy
Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. First Edition. Approx. 400, profusely illus., color frontis, color maps, fr bd weak, tear at title page hinge, pencil underlining & notes on several pages. More about The Third Marine Division
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1981. Book Club Edition. 269, glossary, bookplate ins fr flylf, clippings pasted ins front & rear bds & rear flylf, DJ soiled & edges worn: sm tears, tape. More about Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There
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New York: St. Martin's Press, c1988. First Edition. 22 cm, 264, illus. Foreword by Senator John McCain. More about A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian Prisoner of War in Vietnam
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"We brought together very unlike-minded people fromprofessions like epidemiology, business, sociology, technology,geography, public health and mental health to find out what wecould learn from each other," says Anton. "Some countries dointegrated care not only differently, but also better than we do."In addition to the 85 attendees, more than 400 viewersfrom 42 countries tuned in via live Web stream, and dozens ofparticipants tweeted from the meeting.
Keynote speaker Reynaldo Holder, MD, of the Pan AmericanHealth Organization, launched the summit by pointing out thatmany nations are facing similar health challenges, such as risingcosts, aging populations, climate change, a growing urban-ruraldivide, and unequal access to health and mental health care. Forexample, in the Americas, though many countries have seeneconomic growth, "when you look at the distribution of thatAdewale Troutman, MD, associate dean for health equityand community engagement at the University of South Florida,urged participants to look closely at root causes of inequity.
Other barriers to care include fragmented health caresystems, competing provider groups and the high cost ofservices, participants said. One way to provide more access tocare is through digital care and telehealth, said John Fortney,PhD, of the University of Washington. A number of innovativehealth-care delivery vehicles can help patients, he said, such aswaiting-room kiosks or hand-held devices that help record andrate symptoms, which make for a more efficient visit and mayencourage more honest, "guilt-free" answers, he said.Several countries and organizations are making notablestrides in integrated care. Among the best known organizationsis Cherokee Health Systems, which has 14 clinical sites inTennessee. Behavioral health consultants are key membersof primary-care teams and behavioral health and preventionare part of every well-child checkup and prenatal care visit,said Parinda Khatri, PhD, chief clinical officer. The group alsoscreens for and offers preventive treatment fordiabetes, a big problem in the community.
In the United Kingdom, the National
Association of Primary Care is helping to test the
model of community-based primary-care homes
that offer highly coordinated and personalized
care to as many as 50,000 patients each, said its
chairman, Nav Chana, MD. Another summit theme
Chana noted was the need to quantify well-being
and the value of preventive care, per the World
Health Organization dictum that good health is not
simply the absence of disease.
"In Norway, having psychologists in primary-care teams willnow be mandated by law, and will lead to more psychologistson staff throughout the country's public health system and inmore schools and communities. You need to be where peopleare," said Tor Hofgaard, PhD, president of the NorwegianPsychological Association. "I often joke that we should havepsychologists at IKEA."Other nations' integrated-care efforts are less established.In China, for example, primary-care providers need moretraining on how to provide mental health care for older peoplein the country, which has just 25,000 psychiatrists to treat morethan a billion people, said Shulin Chen, MD, PhD, of ZhejiangUniversity.
Reforming payment models is critical as well, and will help
achieve provider satisfaction along with the "triple aim" of
better patient experience and care quality and reduced cost,
Health-care leaders from around the world met at APA to discuss their goals, successes and barriers
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My Breakfast Smoothie
Your food choices depend greatly on your culture and your environment. That's why changing your eating habits can be so challenging. What you eat is your choice; but that choice is influenced by where you're from, if you suffer from food allergies, whether you're a vegetarian, whether you eat for nutrition or for the pleasure of satisfying your taste buds. It's not a myth that what you eat affects how you feel physically and emotionally, so what and when you eat are important, especially if you are concerned with your overall health.
In many cultures, breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day. Did you know that breakfast means to "break" the "fast" from the previous day? I prefer to do my yoga practice before breakfast; Ashtangis know it's best to do asana practice on an empty stomach. I learned this the hard way, after a bad bout of stomach cramps while forward folding during one of my first yoga classes. It was very painful!
Today, I'm going to share what I usually have for breakfast after my practice. I love smoothies, fruit and veggies! A smoothie is nutritionally packed because you use the whole fruit or vegetable, seeds, and skins too. That's why organic is the way to go. They are usually filling, but if not you can add protein powder, oats or nuts. They are quick and easy to prepare. You can take them on the go, or make a batch, freeze it and enjoy it later. They make me feel healthy and they are delicious!
The smoothie I make the most is the green smoothie since I always have ingredients at hand. I usually combine three fruits and three veggies. Sometimes I add almonds or chia seeds. I have experimented with different ingredients and followed recipes until I found something healthy, energizing, filling and satisfing.
Here is a list of some of the fruits and veggies I choose from and why.
Best known for its ability to reduce inflammation in muscles and joints.
They are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber.
Known to have cancer-fighting properties.
Banana makes the smoothie creamy and sweet.
They are known to be very nutritious and packed with healthy fats. They also make your smoothie creamy, but not sweet.
Known for its cooling quality, high water content and thirst quenching properties. Great after a sweaty practice.
Is a great source of vitamin K and dietary fiber.
Green leafy veggies
Celery, romaine lettuce, parsley, kale, cabbage, spinach... too many to list. They all have vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and a plethora of nutrients. It's what makes your smoothie green. If not, it would be a strange unappetizing color.
Don't be afraid to mix different fruits and vegetables. One of my favorite fruit smoothies is mango and passion fruit. You can add ginger, turmeric, oils, nuts, spices until you find the perfect blend.
My Favorite Green Smoothie
1 cup of water or fresh coconut water
1 cucumber, chopped
1 apple, chopped
1 cup of pineapple, chopped
1 cup of broccoli, chopped
2 handfuls of any leafy green veggie
Half of a banana or avocado if you prefer less sweet
1 cup of ice
Blend for 1 minute in a high-speed blender. Makes approximately 64 ounces of green smoothie. Enjoy!!
Do you have any favorite smoothies? Please share!
UPDATE: When I first started drinking green smoothies I used a lot of fruit, I was accustomed to a sweeter taste. Over time, I slowly reduced the amount of fruits I use. Now when I make a green smoothie, a handful of strawberries or blueberries is the only fruit I add.


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It's 4 pm on a Saturday and I literally have turned my little apartment into disaster zone. Let's fast-forward about four hours ago when I sat with coffee number two to write the "Meet Candice" section of this website. I was writing then deleting, writing then deleting when I finally stopped writing, I looked around my room and started to collect everything that = me. Pretty crazy how much has happened up till now. It feels good to be starting something brand new. Read the full // MEET CANDICE section here.
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Hernshead is a miniature woodland landscape overlooking the Lake. The name is derived from the shape of the prominent bedrock outcrop that punctuates the end of this small peninsula. To Olmsted and Vaux, its shape resembled the head of a heron (hern, in its British translation). Olmsted lavished horticultural attention on this site, first with a grove of London plane trees and then with a variety of herbaceous plants and shrubs. Spring is Hernshead's season with blooming azaleas, Virginia bluebells, Dutchman's breeches, and daffodils. Violets add diminutive dots of color amid the unfurling fern fronds. Most striking of all, in late June, is the copse of flowering white mountain laurel — a rare sight in Central Park.
A narrow pathway through the woods ends at a filigreed cast iron structure called the Ladies Pavilion. Located earlier at Columbus Circle on the site of the Maine Monument to serve as a bus shelter, it was moved to Hernshead some time after 1912. Like many of the Victorian vintage structures in the Park, it has elaborate ornamental detailing requiring consistent maintenance; the good news is that restoration is in the works with plans for ongoing care. The Ladies Pavilion provides the perfect setting for admiring the vista of the Lake.
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The Ladies Pavilion provides the perfect setting for admiring the vista of the Lake. 1 May 2003.


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Video Dating: A Flash in the Pan or Here to Stay?
People of a younger generation may not know this but video dating began as far back as the 1980s. Crude VHS tapes were used to create dating profiles to send to potential matches via dating services. Since then startups have made diligent efforts to bring video dating up-to-date on mobile phones.
Now with smartphones being the primary way we communicate online and offline, dating apps are attempting to integrate video into their apps. They're featuring video profiles and video messaging. Yet they're hesitant to go whole hog, offering only these one or two video features.
The exception to this state of affairs is newcomer Zepeel, the one and only dating app to feature a complete video platform. It incorporates all three forms of video communication: video profile, video message, and video chat. Zepeel is way ahead of the curve with video dating, but more about this dating app later in the blog.
The New Video Dating Frontier
Video dating is new territory yet to be explored except by a few hardy pioneers, who are wading into the shoals, but not ready to do a deep dive into virtual-reality dating.
Two schools of thought exist about video dating. One argument goes that it's daunting to use any video feature for fear of exposure to strangers in cyberspace. On the other hand, the counter-argument assumes there are things you can't know about a person merely from an inert photo: what their speaking voice sounds like, or do they have a likeable personality.
Is Video Safe?
Setting aside both these arguments there's a case to be made for online safety. Although numerous dating apps demand you use a Facebook account to sign up, allowing partial identification of a user, video adds another element, identity disclosure. In other words, a person in the virtual flesh.
Video makes it impossible to catfish for example. Catfishing is when someone assumes the identity of another to emotionally and materially extort the victim. But video avoids these fake profiles and unpleasant surprises when the snookered user shows up to a date and sees someone unrecognizable (clothes, hair, attitude is all different).
Also Read >>> How to Make a Good Impression When Talking on Dating Apps
Being hoodwinked won't happen on a dating app with video features, especially Zepeel, which has a layered approach to video dating. But more about them later.
Another challenge video poses is harassment. But there are ways to get around it. Moderating the platform and asking users to report any breach of the app's privacy policy. Another is to link places of education, job position, and so forth will show on the user's profile.
But to be clear about the issue of harassment on dating apps, there is no 100% failsafe way to avoid a bad-mannered jerk, or sex addict from seeping through the cracks of any dating app. Vigilance and reporting are the way to address this problem.
In spite of the many challenges developers face in creating the safest dating apps using technology like facial recognition and auto-eliminating offensive content, the mobile dating community is evolving.
The Zepeel Solution
The remaining challenge is to develop video features in such a way that users are motivated to take the final step and go on a live video chat. And this brings us back to Zepeel, who is the one and only video dating app to develop a video platform that warms users up to each other through the layering and progression of its watch, talk, and meet video features.
To gain users' acceptance of video dating on Zepeel's platform it's all in the clear, succinct, and logical presentation of its video features: watch, talk, and meet. Zepeel makes concrete how simple and unintimidating its video dating platform is, namely:
You watch a 30-second video profile. The user is moving, gesticulating, articulating, and conveying human warmth, all of which you can't get from a static photo.
You talk through a video message. The character and personality of a user is revealing itself right before your very eyes.
You meet in a live video chat. By the time you get to this stage of the virtual-reality dating experience you'll be well-acquainted with your match.
The final step is, having achieved maximum comfort level and strong rapport, you'll take your relationship offline and meetup in real life. Face-to-face and in the flesh, you'll naturally want to take that first selfie to commemorate your first date. This is what Zepeel's video dating platform can do for you, bring your burgeoning relationship to life on its all-inclusive video dating platform.
How do you feel about video dating? Have you tried it, liked it, not liked it? What are your concerns and has any of the information in this blog encouraged you to give it a try? Let us know in the comments section..
Author Bio: Patricia attended San Francisco State University and earned a degree in Technical and Professional Writing in 2008. She took a professional development course, B2B High-Performance Copy-writing from American Writers and Artists Inc., in which she learned among other things lead generation, white papers, and landing pages. She has experience in blogging and expert in writing different topics.


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It really is a dog eat dog world out there!
Fucking end of November means we're full onto the Xmas season and all the materialistic crap that gets thrown in our faces with it. Holiday seasons just suck overall. They suck the joy out of me, they try to suck the money from our wallets, the phony ass people acting nice for a few days suck.
No matter what they throw at ya, remember this picture speaks volumes about our modern world, which of course, sucks!


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It was Shakespeare who said, "to sleep, perchance to dream", but funnily enough all I've been dreaming about recently is sleep!
For ten whole months now, my baby has ensured that I've had the kind of sleep that even my former party girl self (see this post for more on that) would be impressed with. Awake until 3am singing, rocking and cajoling; rudely awoken every thirty minutes or so throughout the night; forced to start my day several hours before the sun has risen… you name it, I've seen it all. The only thing that's kept me sane is the knowledge that I'm not the only parent going through this torture at night. That actually it's incredibly common and that babies, for their abundance of qualities often just do this. It's normal.
It's not surprising that Googling 'baby sleep' throws up a cool 173 million results. Parents like Mr Sunshine and me across the globe are busy pulling their hair out, frantically asking the internet for help and hoping that someone has the magic solution that will finally make little Henry go the F to sleep.
Now I hate to break it to you, but unless you're willing to set out a hardcore sleep training programme and stick to it (hats off to those of you that are, but I'm not), if you have a child like mine then nothing is going to change any time soon.
OK, the baby books are all right when they say that a solid bed time routine is an absolute MUST in order to help your child to wind down and switch off at night. They are not however correct when they list the number of hours your child should be sleeping over a 24 hour period, and the exact nap schedule they should be in according to their age. I once read that at four months old, my baby should be sleeping for an unbroken stretch of 8 hours during the night, along with three day time naps of at least an hour each and I almost went into meltdown. The problem is that these 'authors' seem to have forgotten a key piece of information: EVERY BABY (JUST LIKE EVERY HUMAN) IS DIFFERENT!
So for those of you, like us, who are the proud parents of a little sleep thief, and you're losing the will to live, here are my top three survival techniques to help to get you through those long and torturous nights:
1. The bed time routine. This is worthy of the two mentions it's received in this post, because it is just about the only technique (and trust me when I say I've tried it all) that has worked for us thus far. And when I say worked, I mean it's helped us to get her into a sufficient state of drowsiness to allow her to fall asleep in the first place (it unfortunately doesn't seem to have a lot of bearing on what comes next!). A warm bath, a story, a feed, a gentle song, keeping things dark and quiet and a long cuddle are all a part of our routine and these days Sophia is out cold within half an hour. To me, this is an absolute result.
2. Co-sleeping. Yes, that much talked about, ever-so controversial topic. We know the dangers, we've read the research, and actually it's pretty much the only thing that's allowed any of us (Baby Sunshine included) to get the requisite amount of sleep to survive. For her first two months she refused to sleep anywhere other than on me at night. For her next five, she refused to sleep anywhere other than in reaching distance (thank goodness for the Chicco Next2Me). Even now, aged ten months and in her own room, when she wakes in the night for a feed she often refuses to go back into her cot and will only settle when she's tucked up between us in our bed (usually with a hand on my face and a foot in Mr Sunshine's ribs). Co-sleeping is one of those parenting decisions that I won't apologise for. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I love the snuggles that come with it!
3. Acceptance. This final tip has taken us a little longer to master. It took a particularly formidable bout of colic for us to finally give up on trying to force sleep upon our wakeful child, and instead accept that it's just a phase, that it will pass and that this won't last forever. Repeating these phrases to yourself whenever you're having a particularly difficult night works like a charm (no parent has a fifteen year old who's keeping them up all night remember!!) and adopting a laissez-faire attitude also helps you to relax enough to transmit your oh-so casual demeanor onto your child. Remember, the more wound up you are about them not sleeping, the less likely they are to sleep!
The other night, we experienced a miracle. She'd just finished cutting a tooth, had gotten over a cold and come out the other end of a particularly difficult developmental leap (basically, all of our stars had aligned) and she did something she never did and slept for at least three hours without waking. Ironically, instead of using this chance to catch up on some much-needed sleep ourselves, we stayed awake talking about her, watching videos of her and wishing that she was awake. That is the craziness of parenthood in a nutshell!
I'd love your advice! What tips do you have for encouraging your baby to sleep?
PS. My baby woke three times in the making of this blog post.


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Announcing the #GoVote Photo Campaign
Get ready. On Election Day, more than 300 entertainers will go on social media and post photos of themselves urging their fans to "#GoVote."
Get ready. On Election Day, more than 300 entertainers will go on social media and post photos of themselves urging their fans to "#GoVote."
On February 13th, 2004, HeadCount officially launched at a small concert in Denver, CO. Ten years later, we've registered 300,000 voters and championed dozens of ways for the music community to make its voice heard.
HeadCount's Mountain West Regional Coordinator reflects on the beauty of Jam Cruising alongside fellow HeadCount volunteers and some of her favorite musicians.
HeadCount sent some of its top volunteers on Jam Cruise 11 as a reward for all their hard work. On board, they enjoyed great music, a dinner with artists (open to all HeadCount volunteers), and some serious bonding.
Want to go on Jam Cruise 11 for free? Volunteer to make some phone calls reminding fellow music fans to vote. The more calls you make, the better chance you have of winning. The prize includes a spot in the HeadCount Jam Cruise cabin and $400 in travel expenses.
Want to go on Jam Cruise for FREE? We'll be sending one outstanding HeadCount volunteer on a musical adventure at sea. It could be you!
Where I can, I try to report on the positive things happening in the Gulf. But after my last update, I got a little wakeup call from Galactic guitarist Jeff Raines.
Whether it's from Jeff Raines of Galactic, Spike Lee, HBO or a member of the New Orleans Saints, there's been a lot of talk about New Orleans and the Gulf of late, and much of it is good news. The 2010 Census is seen as a once-a-decade opportunity to increase federal funding to the area, and there's great…
We caught up with Galactic guitarist Jeff Raines last month, while the band was touring around the release of its latest album, Ya-Ka-May, which features guest appearances by just about every great Crescent City musician. In that spirit, we spoke with him about the current state of New Orleans. Headcount: I'll start with a very…


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Years & Years - "Real"
Years & Years are the latest in an incredible line of artists (such as AlunaGeorge and Disclosure) breathing new life into what can only be called Modern R&B. "Real", the newest single from the UK trio, is downright addicting. Founded on percussion, heavily focused on Olly Alexander's vocals, and rounded out by a sexy bass line, this song delivers its beautiful (albeit sad) message: "Love, I will let you go"


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