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Former Microsoft executive will focus on enriching Foundation's legacy, enhancing community impact
Seattle, Wash. – Former Microsoft executive, nonprofit board leader and philanthropist Tony Mestres is the new president and chief executive officer of The Seattle Foundation, announced Martha Choe, chair of the Foundation's board of trustees. Mestres replaces Norman B. Rice, who is retiring.
"In this ever-evolving philanthropic world, the board sought a leader adept at navigating change and skillful in uniting diverse interests toward a common goal," said Choe, who is also chief administrative officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Tony has demonstrated these skills in the highly competitive world of global technology and in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. With his wide-ranging capabilities and belief in the power of philanthropy, Tony will both enrich The Seattle Foundation's legacy and enhance our impact going forward to continue improving our community."
A 22-year veteran of the technology industry, Mestres was most recently a marketing general manager and sales vice president for Microsoft, managing worldwide partner, sales and marketing execution for the company's mobile strategy and Windows product line. His philanthropic leadership includes more than 12 years as a partner and board member of Social Venture Partners, a 500-member organization that cultivates effective philanthropists. In addition, Mestres is president emeritus of the board of directors of Kindering, a nonprofit organization serving children with special needs and their families. He has served on Kindering's board for more than a dozen years.
"Kindering has benefited immensely from Tony's leadership over the past 12 years," said Mimi Siegel, Kindering's executive director. "He thinks big, asks challenging and probing questions, and at the same time, is respectful of the legacy and culture of our organization. His leadership style and skills will result in a stronger Seattle Foundation, making even greater positive impact on our communities."
The Seattle Foundation's mission is to foster powerful, rewarding philanthropy to make King County a stronger, more vibrant community for all. In his role as president and CEO, Mestres will provide strategic direction and leadership for the nation's 20th largest community foundation serving more than 1,200 families, businesses and nonprofit organizations and holding more than $800 million in charitable assets.
"More than a decade of deep involvement in Social Venture Partners and Kindering ignited my interest in the dynamic world of social impact," said Mestres. "The chance to lead a philanthropic organization with such a rich legacy and abundant opportunity ahead aligned perfectly with my desire to move into a career of greater service and purpose."
"Tony is a passionate, strategic leader with the skills to redefine The Seattle Foundation's role in local philanthropy in a fashion that will excite its longstanding partners and attract new philanthropists," said Paul Shoemaker, chief connector at Social Venture Partners.
A native of New York City, Mestres is a graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor's degree in history. He began his career in telecommunications and joined Microsoft in 1999, progressing through business development and general management roles before being named vice president in 2010.
Mestres was chosen following a rigorous six-month search process chaired by Ann Watson, Foundation trustee and chief financial officer at Moss Adams, a regional assurance, tax and consulting firm based in Seattle. His selection caps a search process facilitated by Spencer Stuart, a global executive search firm, which specializes in placing executives at the nation's largest and most prestigious organizations and who has worked with many of the most impactful nonprofits in the world.
Mestres will begin work at The Seattle Foundation on July 1.


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The social support network of teenage mothers in Botshabelo
A qualitative and quantitative approach was chosen together with an exploratory and descriptive design in order to obtain knowledge, insight and understanding regarding the utilization of social support network of teenage mothers in Botshabelo. It is necessary for social workers to identify the social support systems that exist in a social support network of teenage mothers in order to select those systems which would be relevant to meet the needs of teenage mothers. The aim of this study is to present guidelines for social workers to empower teenage mothers to utilize social support networks to fulfil their roles as parents. A sample of ten teenage mothers (14 years to 19 years of age) who are from the service area at the J clinic in Botshabelo was involved in the study. A qualitative investigation was carried out by means of conducting interviews with the aid of a semi-structured interview guide. The responses of the participants and the findings of the study were analyzed and compared with the findings of previous studies. The results of the investigation confirmed that the findings of the literature study namely that teenage parenting severely impacts daily functioning of teenage mothers. These challenges include aspects related to financial problems, responding to the baby's needs, attending classes or seeking for a job, while expected to play a mother's role at the same time. The results of the study gave an indication of the nature of social work intervention that is needed for this target group: talking to someone, distributing information regarding teenage parenting, distributing information regarding available services, participating in a support group and learning to cope with daily activities. The findings of the research can be used as guidelines by social workers who need to empower teenage mothers to utilize their social support network.


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There are only a couple of days to go to the big switch on of Aylesham's Christmas tree lights on Saturday evening.
The fun begins at 4pm when the Christmas market stalls open at Market Place. They will include Christmas decorations, personalised gifts, sweets and novelties, jewellery, face painting and tombola along with local information stalls, a refreshment stand and Woody's barbecue.
Organisers, the Aylesham4Aylesham team has a selection of baubles into which personal messages can be inserted before being placed on the Christmas tree.
Snowdown Band will be performing from 6pm with an interlude at 6.30pm for a performance by Minster Handbells. The band will resume at 7pm to celebrate switching on the tree's lights.
Aylesham4 Aylesham looks forward to the community coming together and taking part in this major village event. Any volunteer support with setting up earlier in the afternoon would be very much appreciated.


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1973 NBA Finals
The 1973 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1972–73 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the culmination of that season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1. The series was an exact reversal of the prior year, with the Lakers winning Game 1 and the Knicks taking the next four games. Knicks center Willis Reed was named as the NBA Finals MVP.
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Bill Bradley (1983)
Jerry Lucas (1980)
Dave DeBusschere (1983)
Willis Reed (1982)
Phil Jackson (2007, coach)
Earl Monroe (1990)
Walt Frazier (1987)
Wilt Chamberlain (1979)
Gail Goodrich (1996)
Pat Riley (2008, coach)
Jerry West (1980)
Red Holzman (1986)
Bill Sharman (1976, player/2004, coach)
Darell Garretson (2016)
Mendy Rudolph (2007)
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|Knicks defeat Celtics, 4–3
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Los Angeles LakersEdit
The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 1973 NBA Playoffs as co-favorites in the West with the Milwaukee Bucks, but both teams faced inspired opponents in the first round. The Chicago Bulls gave the Lakers all they could handle before the Lakers came from behind in Game 7 to take the series. The Lakers next faced the Golden State Warriors for the Western Conference Championship (the Warriors had upset the Bucks in six games). In Game 1, the Lakers won by 2, and in Game 2 the Lakers won by 10. In Game 3 at Oakland, the Lakers routed the Warriors 126-70, but the Warriors won Game 4 to send the series back to Los Angeles. In the Forum, the Lakers took Game 5 and advanced to their fourth NBA Finals series in five seasons.
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One year after their NBA Finals loss, the Knicks were back in the playoffs. For some of the Knicks, including Jerry Lucas and Earl Monroe, this was probably their last shot at an NBA title. In the first round they paired against the Baltimore Bullets. The Knicks won Game's 1 and 2 in New York, but lost Game 3 at Baltimore (in that game, the Bullets used a strange lineup of two centers and three guards). New York would take Games 4 and 5 Walt Frazier averaging 20 points per game in this series. In the Conference Finals, the Knicks faced none other than the 68-14 Boston Celtics, who had the league's best record. The Celtics won Game 1 at the Boston Garden, but the Knicks stunned the Celtics in Game 2 with a big 129-96 victory. The Knicks eventually held a 3-1 series lead before Boston came back with two critical wins. However, that had to be done without their star John Havlicek, who was nursing an elbow injury. The loss would come back to haunt the Celtics as they lost again, in Game 7 at home to the Knicks. Even rarer was the fact that this was lost on their home court.
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|Defeated the (2) Baltimore Bullets, 4–1
|Defeated the (4) Golden State Warriors, 4–1
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|Defeated the (1) Boston Celtics, 4–3
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After losing the first game, the Knicks reeled off four straight wins to reclaim the NBA title. This is the Knicks' most recent NBA Championship to date. New York would not make it back to the NBA Finals until 1994.
This would also be the last Finals appearance of the decade for the Lakers. Their next appearance would be in 1980, which would be the first of nine Finals appearances in 12 years for the Franchise.
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Knicks win series 4-1
This was the only NBA Championship for Jerry Lucas and Earl Monroe.
Game 5 of the 1973 Finals was Wilt Chamberlain's last game played in the NBA. Chamberlain scored the last points of the game, and of his career, on an uncontested fast break dunk with one second remaining.
ABC televised its last NBA Finals, until 2003. This is, to date, the last time a New York/Los Angeles NBA Finals of any combination has taken place, as well as the third-to-last championship series contested by both cities in any sport (the 1981 World Series is the last such matchup in the 20th century, and the 2014 Stanley Cup Final is the latest).
In popular cultureEdit
These Finals were cited by Sam Tyler (played by Jason O'Mara) as a treasured memory of his father on the U.S. version of the TV series Life on Mars.
Team rostersEdit
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I have at times prided myself on my work with clients at the DI, believing that I was a good listener and sometimes a useful guide. But one day this summer I was humbled to stand and watch tough love at work.
For a few months, we had two guys on 4th floor who I'll call Billy and Bobby. They were "good ol' boys", Maritimers both, and gave me some interesting challenges during their stay with us; never before or since have I had to put a lid on a game of Frisbee taking place in the hallway, for instance. One evening a young client from 3rd floor who I'll call Sam came to the door and told me he wanted to see Bobby. I asked him to wait at the stairwell door (we discourage visiting between the sleeping floors, and only 4th floor clients are allowed on the 4th floor) while I went and found Bobby, as usual, playing guitar on the smoke deck. I told him about his visitor, watched him meet Sam at the door, and got busy with something else for a couple of minutes.
Next thing I knew their voices were getting louder, meaning that I'd need to step in on behalf of dozens of sleeping men in hearing distance of the argument.
"We can see it in your face," was the only phrase I caught.
Billy joined in at this point, ushering the other two out the door and into the stairwell, waving a sign to me that they would take this outside and that he and Bobby would return shortly.
I followed even so, and caught the word "dope" as their voices receded down the stairs. Billy returned first, and got more honest with me than he ever had.
"I'm a crackhead, Roger," he said. "Sam is the one who helped me and Bobby clean up three weeks ago. Now he's having a rough time, and he gave Bobby his money today so that he wouldn't go out and spend it on dope. Now he wants it back, and we're not giving it to him."
Almost on cue, Bobby came back in the door with a determined Sam following close behind, and I watched as Billy and Bobby stood their ground with their friend; "No, we won't! We care about you; we love you, man."
The DI has a pretty firm policy against debt collecting in the building, not to mention keeping peace and quiet on the sleeping floors, giving me the authority to inform Sam that he must go back downstairs as I called on the radio for staff backup to make sure he would do so. In less than a minute Sam was facing Billy, Bobby, and 4 staff on the stairs, but he took only a few reluctant steps until I threatened that I'd call CPS if necessary. Finally he walked with Bobby and me down to the first floor and made no attempt to follow us back upstairs again when we left him, leaving me to reflect on how ignorant I am of what happens at the DI. But I also found myself feeling good about my job, knowing that there must be far more tough love happening all around me than I had ever imagined.
Billy and Bobby got their own place and moved out in August. I still see Sam in the building; he says "Hello", and shakes my hand. And I remember that, while there's a time and a place for a floor supervisor to speak up, when love and true strength are at work the smartest thing I can do is shut up and get out the way.
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Thank you all for taking the time to enter my competition. So many delicious suggestions and so many I need to try!! The winner with the comment ' I really love the icecream with gooey caramel and praline coated pecans or hokey pokey with caramel from Baskin and Robbins.....but in saying that if I won these I'd make some of my simple homemade vanilla icecream to serve up in this pretties!' is Erica. Congratulations Erica.
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An article at Mashable talks about a New Video Dating App.
The 3 milestone discoveries of the 2001 - 2010 decade for Theories of Romantic Relationships Development are:
I) Several studies showing contraceptive pills users make different mate choices, on average, compared to non-users. "Only short-term but not long-term partner preferences tend to vary with the menstrual cycle"
II) People often report partner preferences that are not compatible with their choices in real life. (Behavioural recommender systems or other system that learns your preferences are useless)
III) What is important in attracting people to one another may not be important in making couples happy. Compatibility is all about a high level on personality similarity between prospective mates for long term mating with commitment.
I agree that the entire Online Dating Industry for serious daters in 1st World Countries is a HOAX, performing as a Big Online Casino, with a low effectiveness/efficiency level of their matching algorithms (less than 10%), in the same range as searching by your own.
Actual online dating sites offering compatibility matching methods are only fueled by big marketing budgets and not by serious scientific evidence. No one ( eHarmony, Chemistry, PerfectMatch, PlentyOfFish Chemistry Predictor, MeeticAffinity, Be2, RewardingLove, Parship, True, etc) can prove its matching algorithm can match prospective partners who will have more stable and satisfying relationships than couples matched by chance, astrological destiny, personal preferences, searching on one's own, or other technique as the control group in a peer_reviewed Scientific Paper for the majority (over 90%) of their members.
They are all like placebo, as:
* Actual online dating sites offering compatibility matching methods, when calculating compatibility between prospective mates, have less or at least the same precision as searching on one's own. [in the range of 3 or 4 persons compatible per 1,000 persons screened]
* That is because they use:
a) simplified versions of personality traits, instead of the 16PF5 or similar with the complete inventory (16 variables)
b) inadequate quantitative methods to calculate compatibility between prospective mates.
To solve that problem I propose:
1) the 16PF5 or similar normative personality test to measure personality of normal persons over 26 years old interested in serious dating.
No actual online dating site offering compatibility matching methods uses the 16PF5 normative test available in different languages.
2) a new quantitative method to calculate compatibility between prospective mates, based on quantized pattern comparison (part of pattern recognition by correlation)
WorldWide, there are over 5,000 -five thousand- online dating sites
but no one is using the 16PF5 (or similar) to assess personality of its members!
but no one calculates similarity with a quantized pattern comparison method!
but no one can show Compatibility Distribution Curves to each and every of its members!
but no one is scientifically proven!
The only way to revolutionize the Online Dating Industry is using the 16PF5 normative personality test, available in different languages to assess personality of members, or a proprietary test with exactly the same traits of the 16PF5 and expressing compatibility with eight decimals (needs a quantized pattern comparison method, part of pattern recognition by cross-correlation, to calculate similarity between prospective mates.)
High precision in matching algorithms is precisely the key to open the door and leave the infancy of compatibility testing.


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It takes a lot for me to care about World Team Tennis. I genuinely don't understand it, I don't get the scoring system, I don't get why it's so noisy, I don't get how it makes any money, I don't get any of it. In fact, I generally tend to ignore it completely regardless of the haps. But I suppose Chucky and Serena sharing a laugh on court probably counts as a relevant hap.
People seem really excited about the prospect of her return to the tour, given that whole mixed-doubles thing. Is it ok if I'm not excited? Does it make me a bad fan? Do I care? I just...Chucky was a big reason I stopped watching tennis in the 90s so seeing her squinty face just brings back bad memories of when I kiiiiiiiiiiiiind of hated watching tennis.
So please pardon me if I generally ignore all this Hingis stuff until it actually becomes a thing that can no longer be ignored. I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
Oh, Serena jumped over a net. Didn't cry though. So as per usual, you are wrong, Janko.
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What is it with these lottery stories from North Carolina? In February I wrote about a North Carolina Lottery winner who waited until the literal last day to claim a MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE. His reason: he was afraid of the publicity, the attention. He stashed it all over the house, in bibles, and a shoebox, and once thought he had lost it. He waited two weeks to tell his wife, until she had a bad day, he said. I'm sure it cheered her up.
On July 29th the North Carolina lottery made news again, for me at least, when the THIRD member of the SAME FAMILY won the lottery. Damn, I can't even get two of the numbers to hit even when I buy quick picks and don't use the ages, birth dates, and anniversaries of everyone in the family. I do buy tickets once in a while, because you can't argue with "You Can't Win, If You Don't Play." I used to buy them every week when I lived in Arizona. I never won ten cents, let alone the $100,000 that Kimberly McCauley won in a scratch-off game called "10X the Money" (The Charlotte Observer Reported). Let's not even go there.
The last time I bought a "scratcher" ticket was on a recent road trip to New Mexico. I bought three of them and handed them to my wife. She's luckier than I am, which is say, I'm not lucky at all. Nope. Not even a $3 prize. Now I have to admit we've won a $1 prize before on a scratcher once or twice, which you should win at least 90% of the time that you play a scratcher ticket, so you can buy another scratcher ticket, which is what they want you to do, and which is what I always do. Who wants a dollar when the card screams out to scratch off three matching symbols and win $50,000!
Kimberly's mother, Amy, hit $160,000 in the Carolina Cash 5 in the North Carolina Education Lottery in 2007. But her big win was $15.5 MILLION in the New York Lottery in 1991. Amy said her mother was "hogging all the luck" so she didn't think she would ever win anything. So Kimberly became number two in the family to hit the lottery, and good lord I don't think they needed the money. Well, maybe Kimberly did, I don't know.
What I do know, is this doesn't seem fair. That the same family wins the lottery three times. But hey, did you know that someone has won the Texas Lottery FOUR times? Well, I didn't either. Yeah, Joan Ginther, set a world record for the amount and times she has won. Talk about lucky. Joan, 63, has won a total of $20.4 million in four different Texas Lotteries since 1963.
The only lottery I'm glad I didn't win, although I placed pretty high, was the draft lottery in 1971. I wish it were "in my stars" to win a lottery ticket though. Its my only hope for retirement at this point, but I just don't think its going to happen. I don't ever remember even winning a raffle, which has a lot better odds than the billions to one odds of winning a lottery.
So am I envious of lottery winners? Yes. Am I even more envious of multiple winners in the lottery? Yes. By the way, you should do a search online to see how often this multiple win thing happens. It happens a lot. The odds of it happening are staggering. Like 24 trillion to one. But, then again, that Canadian who claims to have hit the lottery 5 times is under investigation…not for fraud, but because his brother-in-law claims that he is entitled to a portion of the money. In other words, he was part of a group that purchased the ticket. They're fighting over $17 million. WTF
Oh, and that lottery ticket at the top of this post? Notice who signed that? George Washington, in 1768. It was to raise money for a mountain road in Virginia. Notice the prize is not specified. The ticket sold at auction recently for $13,700 and there are only 25 of them still remaining in circulation. Maybe if I can't win the lottery, I can score a lottery ticket from 1768.


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- præposterous (archaic)
From Latin praeposterus ("with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted"), from prae ("before") + posterus ("coming after").
preposterous (comparative more preposterous, superlative most preposterous)
- Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 16, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- The preposterous altruism too! […] Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
- 2014 December 4, Timothy Egan, "A deficit of dignity", in The New York Times[1]:
- Leading the attack on the president's very citizenship is the professional vulgarian Donald Trump, who gets away with the kind of preposterous, race-based comments granted few black public figures.
- 2016 January 30, "America deserves more from presidential hopefuls," The National (retrieved 31 January 2016):
- Democrats, too, must be criticised. While they have not made preposterous statements or been threatening or demagogic, they, all too often, have come up short, failing to propose new ideas that can help unwind conflicts raging across the Middle East.
- absurd
- foolish
- irrational
- nonsensical
- See also Thesaurus:absurd
absurd, or contrary to common sense
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Further reading[edit]
- preposterous in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- preposterous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911


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Flaw in Intel Ethernet controller exposes to 'packet of death' attack
The hardware qualification is a very important issue, recent vulnerabilities discovered in network appliances of various manufacturer have alerted security community once again on the necessity to validate the hardware especially for large consume product. The last news is related to a vulnerability related to the Intel's 82574L Ethernet controller that expose equipment to risk … Continue reading
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Syrian Electronic Army strike again! This time hacking group hijack Twitter accounts and a Facebook page of Sky News Arabia and also hack their Emails. The accounts affected were the channel's main twitter handle @skynewsarabia and the @skynewsarabia account used for cultural and entertainment news, as well as the Facebook page facebook/skynewsarabia. Sky News regained control of the hacked accounts some how later. … Continue reading
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Chinese malware campaign 'Beebus' target US defense industries
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Apps on your phone could be stealing your data
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EffectsBy affecting the cell wall of bacteria, Rocephin helps kill bacteria (and thus keeps them from infecting the body).
- The medicine is only available as a solution for intramuscular injection or intravenous (IV) administration. It is usually given once or twice a day, depending on your healthcare provider's instructions.
- The Rocephin solution should be clear and contain no visible floating material.
- It should be injected at the same time each day to maintain an even level of the drug in your system.
- For the medication to work properly, it must be administered as prescribed. Your entire course of the antibiotic will be completed, even if you start feeling better. This will ensure that the infection is completely treated.
- Outdated Rocephin should never be used. Any outdated medication may cause serious problems because the intended effects often change after the expiration date has passed.
Dietary Considerations With RocephinThere are no diet restrictions with this medication. Patients should be aware that it does contain a small amount of sodium (83 mg per 1 gram of Rocephin).
DosingThe dosage your healthcare provider recommends will vary depending on a number of factors, including:
- The medical condition you are being treated for
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As always, you should not adjust your dose unless your healthcare provider specifically instructs you to do so.
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Rocephin [package insert]. Nutley, NJ: Roche Laboratories, Inc.;2009 June.
Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Electronic orange book: approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations. FDA Web site. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/.
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Splitting The Atom
Splitting the Atom is Lost Property and Club Zygotic's bi-monthly showcase of aural oddities, held in the strange gloom of The Green Door Store in Brighton. The exposed brickwork and shadowed corners of this listed space are graced with all manner of outsounds, in free entry events that run from 2 – 10:30pm. Since 2010 it has been host to local, national and overseas artists and has enjoyed a few excursions into alternative venues in Hastings and Folkestone.
Splitting The Atom's primary format sees two stages set up in the same room, for quickfire programming of performances. These are often graced with projections that combine esoteric visual discomfort with the tractor and cricket videos lurking in the archives of Train of Thought gallery's Kev Hough.
Through these events we provide a stage for new acts in experimental music to perform, or new ideas to reach a public setting. Those interested in being part of an event are welcome to get in touch.
Some photos from a recent STA:
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Pain is a complex phenomenon that affects various areas of the brain in different ways, depending on whether the pain is acute or chronic. Pain researchers conduct a variety of tests using a repeated painful stimulus such as heat, cold, or pin pricks, to study how the brain responds to these stimuli.
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Kong JT, Johnson KA, Balise RR, Mackey S. Test-retest reliability of thermal temporal summation using an individualized protocol. J Pain 2013:14(1);79–88.


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Time For Action – Andres Webersinke
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a mobile app that lets people make payments, sign
up for service reminders, find property values and
access other services online. And the United Kingdom
recently completed a project to unify 312 government
websites under the Gov.uk domain.
When these kinds of projects are successful, they
often save taxpayers money. For instance, officials
in Denver expect to save US$250,000 per year from
reduced customer service call times alone. But to
realize this potential, project managers must find
a way to rally stakeholders and collaborate across
departments, says Marion Royal, PMP, director
of the government solutions division in the U.S.
General Services Administration Office of Citizen
Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT) in
Washington, D.C., USA.
"Everyone is working toward the same goals, and
there are probably lots of experts who could assist
you," he says. "But they can't help you if they don't
know that you need help."
Governments are expected to invest in initiatives
that help communities thrive and make life easier.
But given that ROI is not always tied to profits, the
public sector must take a more holistic approach to
define project success. In addition to looking at the
must find a
way to rally
and collaborate
—Marion Royal, PMP,
U.S. General Services
Administration Office of
Citizen Services and Innovative
Technologies, Washington,


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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Where is Spring????
I haven't checked in with Missy to be sure, but by my count we should be in the home stretch of the countdown to Spring....21 days??? I wish I could hibernate for the next 3 weeks!!
Friday, February 27, 2009
7 Quick Takes Friday
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Things I LOVE Thursday....Kid Shampoo
To see what everybody else LOVES this week visit TheDiaperDiaries.net
The BMW saga
It was August by the time he got the car towed home and it has been sitting in our driveway ever since. Somebody determined that the heater core was the problem causing the overheating.....when he would put water in, the water would almost instantly run onto the driver side floor board. As I have said before, Hubby is not mechanical. Well, our kids aren't overly mechanical either & this kid is especially pessimistic when things have started not going his way. He was ANGRY with the car. The kid talked about getting the brother of one of his friends to fix the car, but it never worked out. He talked about selling the car as is, but never did. My Mother tried to lay claim to the car, she wanted the kid to give it to her & she would find somebody to fix it so she could drive it.....he didn't go for that one. He had paid a pretty good chunk for the car and giving it away, even to his grandmother wasn't what he wanted. As time went on, he grew more frustrated with it and the more frustrated he got, the less he wanted anything at all to do with the car.
Hubby's car died last Spring and I have been driving him back and forth to work ever since. Hubby likes the BMW, Kid doesn't like the BMW anymore, so a plan was hatched. Hubby and Kid went out and found a Subaru wagon that the Kid really likes. We helped him buy it, and helped him get the brakes completely replaced. He is mobile and he LOVES it!!! The BMW is now Hubby's car.
Last week we had the BMW towed to a shop recommended by a friend of our oldest son. They took a while, but it was worth it. $350 later, they have fixed the "short" and they by-passed the heater core. We are pretty happy. Unfortunately, we discovered that the tires that are on it are over 15 yrs old and how they still manage to hold air is beyond the mechanic. The tires are some weird outdated size. To get new tires, we have to replace 3 of the rims (somebody else already replaced one of them), new rims and tires will end up costing us almost another $600, but overall, I'm hopeful that it will be worth it in the end. We pick it up tomorrow!!!
Works for me Wednesday---Ditching CABLE for good
I shut the cable off a few months ago, much to my family's unhappiness. It was a money saving strategy at the time. We were spending $60 a month to have our preteens learn about teen attitude and to DVR the shows that Hubby & I would eventually get around to watching. When we turned it off, we not only saved money, but the lack of teen angst in our house was almost instant too. Hubby found that we could watch most of the shows we had been putting on the DVR, online and the preteens rediscovered their video games & their bicycles. Our local news is available online, my favorite shows are available online & we own tons of kid appropriate movies.
While looking at the TV displays in the store I started to have an idea. What if we hooked the new screen up to one of our computers? What if we just continued watching our favorite shows from the internet, but on a bigger screen? We already have a high speed connection, why not? Now, I have to tell you that I got Hubby onboard with this idea by suggesting that HE could have the TV and his regular screen attached to his computer....he is a computer gamer & was instantly sold on having a 32 inch computer monitor. We bought the TV, we bought a new HD DVD player to also attach (don't want to stress his computer out playing kid DVD's) and we bought a digital antenna. Moving from one screen to the other was initially challenging, but 2 weeks later it's going GREAT. The digital antenna picks up our local channels very clearly, including several digital versions of PBS. I never thought we watched enough TV to be paying an extra $60 a month for it. This Works for Me in a big way....check out the new host of Works for Me Wednesday over at We are THAT family.com to see what's working for everyone else this week.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tackle it Tuesday--Fixing the vacuum
Monday, February 23, 2009
Music Monday
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Still Recovering from my pneumonia
We've been eating a LOT of take out and other than a few loads of wash I don't feel like I've gotten anything productive done in the house since coming home from the hospital. I'm planning to cook dinner tonight & I really need to run the vaccuum....just wish standing didn't make me short of breath in 20 seconds flat. Being sick is not easy for me, I keep expecting to just get my energy back & be FINE....double pneumonia is serious stuff.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Home from the hospital.....Finally
I'm FINALLY home!!! I had no idea how sick I was, I was just in a ton of pain & couldn't figure out why. They initially thought I was having a heart attack because the worst pain was in my left shoulder/arm and jaw.....I've never seen hospital people move so fast. After lots of tests & a couple EKG's, they started thinking stroke, but did a chest x-ray to rule out broken bones. The chest x-ray looked really weird & they thought I had a perforated lung or that the left lung was collapsed, so they ordered a CAT scan with contrast dye. The CAT scan showed that both my lungs were mostly full of GUNK. My oxygen sats were 89% and I had a fever of 102, so they decided I would have to stay overnight for IV antibiotics.
One night turned into three. Fortunately being on oxygen & getting breathing treatments helped a lot with the PAIN. I'm still pretty sick, but at least I can breath again. I've sometimes fantasized about how nice it would be to get away for a few days. This experience was a total let down, not only did I feel AWFUL most of the time, but they didn't let me sleep more than 2 hrs in a row. My arms & hands are covered in bruises from all the blood draws and multiple failed IV insertions.
I'm on tons of medicines & probably have almost no blood left because they took so much out. Hubby did great taking care of the kids the whole time. He has always been wonderful in crisis situations, so I knew he could handle things. I'm going to end up weaning Baby Daughter because of the medicines they have me on, she is 21 months. She went to sleep & slept all night for Hubby when I wasn't here, so he will have to keep up that routine with her until it becomes a habit. Potty training didn't do so well without Mommy home & she has been in Pampers since Friday. We'll get wash done & think about digging the house out in a few days when I'm hopefully feeling more human again.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Things I LOVE Thursday....Vinegar
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
I pondered this for a few days, looked around facebook, but couldn't find the magical application to accomplish this amazing feat. Tip Junkie to the rescue!!! Yesterday she had a blurb about how to advertise your business on facebook & along with that wonderful information she also included instructions on how to link your blogs to your facebook account!!!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Music Monday
Last week we had SNOW on Monday. Today, it is 70 degrees!!! I have to say I really do prefer warm over COLD.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
I'm still sick....be back soon
Monday, February 2, 2009
Music Monday
I don't think this should be classified as a Christmas song...this is the mood at my house tonight.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
A challenge for the week
I was inspired & so starting today I'm going to give it a try too!!! Want to join us?


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Drew Foxman
Founder & Chief Creative Officer
For more than a decade, Drew has built multidisciplinary projects, coalitions of partners, strategic communications platforms, and resource mobilization initiatives at the intersection of arts and culture, youth development, education, and global social justice. Drew's diverse professional experience includes leadership roles in music as one of the founding Directors of Education for the San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ) and in international development as the Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships and Communications for the leading US philanthropic organization dedicated to India, the American India Foundation.
Drew holds a Certificate in Social Enterprise Management & Impact Investing from Middlebury College, and Social Sector Leadership from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley; an M.A. in International Development Education from Columbia University Teachers College; and a B.A. in Economics and French from Northwestern University.
Avery Waite
Program Director
A Music Action Lab 2.0 Fellow, Juilliard and Oberlin-trained cellist Avery Waite is a composer, performer, and international music education leader who has performed and taught at music programs around the world, including Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Jamaica, and El Salvador among others. Avery has performed in venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Alice Tully Hall, and has performed alongside many renowned artists such as Itzhak Perlman. As a composer and arranger, he has done extensive arranging of traditional Indo-Afghan, Central Asian and Kurdish folk music. His ensemble Drifting East recently released its debut album, Songs and Melodies of Afghanistan.
Avery also serves as Program Director for the global music education organization MusAid, where he leads socially-minded music projects in countries emerging from poverty and conflict by leading volunteer teaching workshops and fellowships. Avery is also on the faculty of American Voices, working at the forefront of cross-cultural engagement around the world. He was a 2016-17 Fulbright Scholar, focused on developing music programs across India.
Duygu Gun
Community Director
Omeed Manocheri
Multimedia Producer
As a multimedia entrepreneur, Omeed has focused his career on balancing the economic & social benefits of the media he produces. With this project he wishes to amplify the role of music within society, which he believes will help define the moral & ethical tone of the modern Anthropocene.
Derek Beckvold
Co-Director, Curriculum Development
A graduate of Music Action Lab 1.0, Derek Beckvold has performed music in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East in a wide range of musical styles as a woodwind multi-instrumentalist, composer and conductor. In addition to an active performance career with a variety of recognized ensembles, he is a committed music educator both in the United States and international settings. He was previously on the faculty at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, Afghanistan and was a trainer with Musicians Without Borders in Palestine. He taught music and was Program Manager for Community Outreach and Engagement at the Music Matters School in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In Delhi, India he taught at the Global Music Institute, where he was also Assistant Director of Institutional Advancement. He was a 2014 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar in India, partnering with Music Basti as Curriculum and Teacher Training Advisor and studying tabla with Pandit Shailendra Mishra. He has been on the faculty for programs with American Voices, in collaboration with the US State Department, in Sudan, Turkmenistan, Lebanon and Iraq, and was Artist-In-Residence with the inaugural Music Action Lab program for musical social change.He received his Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory in saxophone performance and was personal assistant to composer, conductor and educator Gunther Schuller. He is Co-Founder of the international music education initiative Teach To Learn and is currently Curriculum Writer for Empowerment Through Integration as well as the Education and Community Engagement Manager for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.
Robert Jordon
Co-Director, Curriculum Development
Topher Wilkins
CEO, Opportunity Collaboration
Topher has been convening and connecting people for the purposes of social change for over a decade, starting with co-founding the Highland City Club, a membership community of 300 change-makers in Boulder, Colorado, to managing Dunton Hot Springs, one of North America's top all-inclusive resorts and retreat centers, to leading the Opportunity Collaboration, a global network of 1200 nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, grant-makers, impact investors, corporates and academics building sustainable solutions to poverty, and finally with creating Conveners.org, a group of over 150 fellow conveners and accelerators in the impact space.
His purpose is to convene and connect nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, grant-makers, impact investors and all other agents of positive change, thereby building the ecosystem for the social sector and creating greater opportunities for international social and economic justice.
Barrett Shaver
Director of Development, SFJAZZ
A strategic nonprofit executive with more than 15 years experience driving organizational growth, Barrett has been building and engaging audiences for jazz and world music for the past decade. After honing his skills in membership and major gifts for the San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ), he became Director of Development in 2013, completing a $64 million+ capital campaign for the world's first freestanding facility dedicated solely to jazz, the LEED-certified SFJAZZ Center. In this capacity, he has overseen exponential revenue growth in SFJAZZ's evolution from nomadic organization to city arts institution.
Earlier in his career, Barrett managed strategic planning projects with the Consulting & Research team at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and grants for the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health. Barrett is also active in the local community, serving on the Board of Zambaleta School of World Music and Dance, and volunteering with Refugee Transitions and the International Rescue Committee.
Dr. Monisha Bajaj
Chair, International & Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco
Monisha Bajaj, Ed.D, is Professor and Chair of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Bajaj is the editor and author of six books, including, most recently, Human Rights Education: Theory, Research, Praxis (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017), as well as numerous articles. She has also developed curriculum—particularly related to peace education, human rights, anti-bullying efforts and sustainability—for non-profit organizations and inter-governmental organizations, such as UNICEF and UNESCO. She is the recipient of the Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award (2015) from Division B of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). In 2016, she co-authored an annex on Transformative Human Rights Education to the report of the Global Citizenship Commission, chaired by former British Prime Minister and United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown.
Mariano Vales
Music Program Director, Organization of American States
Award-winning composer, conductor, and cultural leader Mariano Vales has been at the forefront of music initiatives for social change for the past decade across Latin America, the Caribbean, and South America. As Music Programs Director for the Organization of American States, Mariano has designed and led orchestra programs for at-risk youth and violence prevention projects in Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and El Salvador. Mariano is also Music Director of the DC Youth Orchestra Program and its conductor.
He serves on the faculty of the Global Leaders Program of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, and has taught or lectured at leading institutions including Yale University. As composer-in-residence at GALA Hispanic Theatre, the National Center for Latino Performing Arts, his musical "Momia en el closet: The Return of Eva Perón," received two Helen Hayes Award nominations. Mr. Vales holds degrees from Yale University, Florida State University, and Universidad Católica Argentina.
Judy Tsang
Director of Programming, Stern Grove
Judy Tsang is the Director of Programming at Stern Grove Festival, a non-profit organization dedicated to producing an admission-free performing arts summer concert series in San Francisco, she curates a wide variety of music and performance genres to serve the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Festival takes place in the stunning natural amphitheater at Sigmund Stern Grove, one of the most unique performance venues in the country. Ms. Tsang has sat on panels at international conferences and for the National Endowment for the Arts, Globalfest Touring Fund, Western Arts Alliance, and San Francisco Arts Commission. She is an advocate for Bay Area artists and is an ambassador for the San Francisco Music Alliance. She is also a member of Women of Color in the Arts, an organization dedicated to creating an equitable, inclusive and diverse performing arts field. Ms. Tsang is a San Francisco native and a graduate from the University of California, Berkeley.
John Colleton
Multimedia Director, San Francisco 49ers Academy
With more than thirteen years working with youth through multimedia and the performing arts, John is a recognized community leader for arts-based youth leadership in the Bay Area. After serving as Performing Arts Director for the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula, John founded Design Build Create, where he has led the construction, setup, and programming of multimedia centers across the country with partners including the NFL, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, and the Boys & Girls Club of America.
As the Multimedia Director of the San Francisco 49ers Academy, John serves some of the region's most underserved youth with innovative arts and technology program throughout the school life cycle, and regularly leads major youth-led productions such as an original hip-hop production at the Warfield San Francisco in 2015. John holds a Bachelor's in Music from Northwestern University with a concentration in vocal performance and jazz studies.


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PR & Communications
There's always something exciting happening here in Town and we want to keep you informed! Here are the best ways to stay in the know on all things Glastonbury!
Stay up-to-date on exciting news, events, and achievements of the Glastonbury community by subscribing to the town's enotification system. Signing up is easy, simply enter your name and email address, and then select topics you'd like to receive updates on automatically to your inbox! Sign up for enotify here! The best part? You can update your subscriber preferences any time to add or remove topics that are relevant to you.
We also recommend that you follow the town Facebook page to stay up to date on all thing Glastonbury! Some Town departments also manage their own Facebook pages for information specific to their operations. Click the social media link below to see all town Facebook pages and be sure to follow the pages of interest to keep their information in your newsfeed!
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The links below should help you find the meeting, document, or upcoming event of interest to you!
If you have trouble locating what you need, please don't hesitate to Glastonbury's Marketing & Communications Specialist at email@example.com.


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Arguably set in the best position in the Village, Nozawa House sleeps up to 8 persons and is a fully self-contained ski house right in the middle of the snow and still near the village!
Please note: late night check-ins are best avoided with on-snow accommodations.
360 Degree Panorama
Click image for full panorama!
All this and with no immediate neighbours means you'll enjoy a private, tranquil holiday escape. Magnificent views out to the forest, ski lifts and across the valley and village.
3 Bedrooms Sleeps 8
The beautiful, self-contained Nozawa House house is made up of three bedrooms, and can comfortably sleep 8 people in a blend of Western and Japanese style.
- One bedroom has a double bed,
- One has two bunk beds, and
- One room is Japanese style with Futons for bedding.
Well equipped, the house has two Western style toilets (one on the ground floor, one on the second) with wash basins and a shower room with a big bath that looks out over the stream below.
The kitchen has everything you need, with a fridge, microwave, gas stove, and more.
The open dining area allows you to enjoy your home-cooked meals while you gaze out over the village and valley below.
"Breathtaking! Can't think of a better position for a skiing holiday.
Really appreciated the extra space and the nicely furnished house. And having Mark check in for a chat and to make sure all was okay was lovely."
Sarah B, Canada
Nozawa House is fully self-contained and has everything to make your stay comfortable and enjoyable.
- Three Bedrooms – one with double bed, one with two bunk beds to sleep 4 and one Japanese style with Futons to sleep 2 or 3
- Can sleep 8 people comfortably in a blend of Western and Japanese style
- Great kitchen with all you need, fridge, microwave, gas stove and more
- Two toilets, one on the ground floor and one on the second both with wash basins
- Hair dryer
- One shower room with a big bath that looks out over the stream below
- Open Dining area with magic views over the village and valley beyond
- Cozy chill out living room with DVD player, Stereo and big TV
- Ski storage area downstairs so you can ski back to your front door
Ski Locker
As a Nozawa Holidays guest, you also have access to the Takasago Ski Locker – a very easy and convenient way to store some gear whilst you hit the slopes!
Close To…
At Nozawa House, you're close to everything:
- A very short walk to the many great restaurants and bars
- 50 metres to a public onsen
- Ski to your front door and walk to Yu Road to get back up
- Yu-road (moving walkway) is down the road to get to Hikage station and the kids park
Nozawa House is located on the snow! Please have a look at the below maps (click for the PDF file) to see the great positions of Nozawa House, lots of great places to eat and local landmarks.
Free public hot springs housed in traditional buildings all round the village. Perfect after a hard day skiing with Nozawa Onsen Restaurants, pubs, ATM, Post Office and Supermarket all a very easy stroll away.
House Rates
We believe the rate for Nozawa House is unbeatable value for a house that's actually on the snow!
- High season prices starting from 70,000 Yen per night, sleeps up to 8 people
- Early March prices starting from 64,750 Yen per night, sleeps up to 8 people
- Off peak season prices starting from 59,500 Yen per night, sleeps up to 8 people
- Minimum 7 nights stay
Special: Summer half price just ask!
- Is there a minimum stay for Nozawa House?
Yes, most of our prices are based on a minimum 7 night stay.
As you might appreciate, the costs of cleaning up after shorter stays makes it very difficult to accommodate short stay guests in the Cottage.
- How many does the House sleep?
The House sleeps a maximum of 8 people but 9 at a squeeze with an extra cost .
It's a very comfortable house with a blend of Western and Japanese style bedding.
- How far from the slopes is the House?
It's perfect!
You're right on the slopes and can literally ski back to your front door and then walk to Yu Road the moving walk way to get back up. If has not snowed too much and a good skier you can ski to the Yu road too.
- How far to the centre of town?
The centre of town is just a short walk (about 300 metres) away – there are many terrific restaurants scattered throughout the town so you're never too far away.
The nearest Onsen is just 50 metres away.


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Reblogged By: De De Tillman; International Celebrity Blogger
Source:Koreaboo – YG Life, Star News
Media: Koreaboo – YG Life, Star News
Posted: Tuesday July 29, 2014 @ 5:48 p.m PST
PSY is preparing for an official comeback with the track "DADDY."
According to news portal Star News, PSY is preparing to shoot the music video to his upcoming single "DADDY." The filming process of the video will take longer than usual as PSY will be traveling to various places throughout South Korea to shoot his scenes.
"DADDY" is described to be an upbeat and fast-tempo summer track. It will also mark PSY's official comeback, as he is scheduled to promote the song both at home and abroad.
The music video for "Hangover" received over 100 million views in a month despite no official promotions by PSY. "Daddy" is being highly anticipated due to the success of the latter.
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Friday, November 7, 2014
Review: An Heiress For All Seasons by Sophie Jordan
8 comments:
I'm that big into Xmas time but I've rather enjoyed some Xmas-y stories recently, and seems like I should give this novella a try, and see how I like Sophie Jordan's historical romance!ReplyDelete
Very happy to hear that despite being a novella it felt complete and not rushed!
Great review Alyssa!Replies
/i know you love the holidays! This one was certainly adorable. Thank YOU, Pili! :)Delete
i love historical romace, lovely review :DReplyDelete
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Awesome - thank you!Delete
Do I have to read the first book in the series to read this one? I do love holiday stories and historical romance!ReplyDeleteReplies
Nope, not at all! :DDelete
Gorgeous cover.ReplyDelete
I like things wrapped up in the end too along with more info. :)
THANKS for sharing.
Stopping by from Carole's Books You Loved November Edition. I am in the list as #5.
My book entry is below.
Silver's Reviews
My Book EntryReplies
Thank YOU, Elizabeth!Delete
I love comments! I will always try and reply to your comments, as well as leave some comment love on your blog! :)
Also, this an award and tag free blog. While I am flattered that you would think of me, I really do not have the time to follow up. Thank you!


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The Green Juice That Saved Me From Migraines (Recipe)
I've received an overwhelming response to my previous MindBodyGreen articles The Day I Ditched Pills for Green Juice and How Juicing Changed My Life. I've gotten dozens of emails, tweets, Facebook messages, and Instagram comments, asking for the exact green juice recipe that I use daily (sometimes twice day).
Green juice—along with yoga, meditation, exercise, lots of water and a 50% raw diet—has not only gotten rid of my migraines, but has also helped me with depression and anxiety.
I go all organic all the time, no exceptions. It's a little pricey, but it's a great investment...Trust Me!
- 4 kale leaves
- 2 handfuls of spinach
- 3 celery stalks with leaves
- 1 knuckle size of ginger root
- 1 cucumber (peeled if not organic)
- 2 fuji apples
This recipe normally yields close to 32 ounces of juice. I consume 16 ounces and my kids split the rest.
Oh, P.S: Kids love green juice!
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