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7 Ways To Detoxify Your System Every Day

Cheryl Alker
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7 Ways To Detoxify Your System Every Day

Health and Fitness

7 Ways To Detoxify Your System Every Day

By Cheryl Alker

I am sure we have all read about the benefits of detoxing, yet the very word can often conjure up starvation, headaches, breakouts, fatigue and nausea. In fact, whilst the end result is obviously worth it, it can often leave you wondering if you are up for the actual process!

For those of us who are a little faint-hearted and not ready to go for the full monty, how about introducing foods into your diet on a daily basis that may naturally detox your system?

Fruit – Ensure you eat plenty of fruit including oranges, watermelon and bananas. On the whole, fruit has a high water content which will ultimately assist with flushing toxins from your system. Obviously you are also getting all the vitamins, nutrients, antioxidants and fiber that a serving of fruit can deliver.

Leafy Vegetables – Leafy green vegetables such as chard, spinach, kale, bok choy and arugula are another great detoxifying food. The chlorophyll in these vegetables can assist in the removal of toxins such as herbicides, pesticides, and toxic metals.

Garlic – There are so many health benefits of garlic, one being that it will stimulate your liver into overdrive, which in turn will assist in the elimination of toxins from your system. Add it to as many dishes as you can, cooked or raw.

Citrus fruit – Citrus fruit such as lemons, limes and oranges are filled with water and have amazing “flushing” benefits. Drinking citrus infused water throughout the day and starting the morning with warm water and lemon will also give your digestive system a huge boost.

Raw vegetables – Whether you need to eat your vegetables raw, cooked or juiced, add as many to your diet as you possibly can. Raw vegetables in juice form is a wonderful and easy way to consume a lot of vegetables easily which will help your liver function to remove toxins more quickly.

Nuts and seeds – Eat a handful of raw nuts and seeds every day or better still add them to your salads and snacks.

Eggs – Believe it or not because eggs are a protein rich food they have a high content of sulfur. Sulfur improves liver function so is therefore a wonderful detoxifier.

The Importance of Living Green

Bryan Hayes
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The Importance of Living Green

Living Green

The Importance of Living Green

By Bryan Hayes

What is the importance of Living Green in the first place? What is the significance of sustainability? What is the value in putting a value on our planet?

While we are going to disagree – be divided on issues – not see eye to eye, we can agree that we all strive to be sustainable. No matter our viewpoint, we all want to have a sustainable environment, whether from a granular level that is literal or figurative. Being sustainable in our world, in our life, is something we all desire.

Beyond that, there are going to be differences. What we put a significance on, what are our priorities are become diversified. What we deem as important not only for ourselves but for our families, our communities, and the planet at large, are all unique. How we see the world is through our own lens of perspective that influences our decisions.

What we value most and what are our top priorities is exemplified and can be extrapolated by where we put our resources like time, money, or labor. We may value the planet, but do not feel a need to have that as a top priority. Likewise, environmental sustainability may not be perceived as a most pressing need depending on the individual.

What is the root cause of instability, whether it be environmental or otherwise, also comes into question. There are more questions than answers. And, even the answers invoke more questions.

While we are going to disagree and while closing the gap of what divides us is not going to happen anytime soon, we can find common ground. In fact, the ground itself is common to us and a place where we can begin. Wherever we are, whatever we may think is true or not, we all do so while standing on a common ground that is the Earth.

If we cannot come together at least we can be together as we look up when we go outside, as no matter where we are, we will be looking up at the same sky. The clouds, the day, or the night, may be different depending on our location but we all, no matter what we believe, all share in the most common denominators. The sun, the moon, the sky they are all around us all.

The discussion of whether, as we drill down to look at the individual issues, should be devoting our resources to the protection of our natural resources and a sustainable environment. It is not a discussion that can be put off indefinitely. What we value today will become a direct and indirect reflection of our tomorrow. What we do today will also affect generations to come.

While we may not take into consideration future generations, they will be the benefactors of all that we do and who we are. It may not be in our lifetime that we see all the results of our decisions, our actions, and our inactions. It may not even be in our children’s lifetime or their children’s lifetime, but what we do (or not do) though is not confined or constricted to this time and space.

Judge Marilyn Milian to Speak at YWCA Stand Against Racism Luncheon

Allyson Samiljan
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Judge Marilyn Milian to Speak at YWCA Stand Against Racism Luncheon

The YWCA of Palm Beach County’s fifth annual “Stand Against Racism” Luncheon will be held on Monday, April 23, 2018, 11:45 a.m., at the Kravis Center’s Cohen Pavilion. Featured speaker for the event will be Judge Marilyn Milian.

Originally from Queens, New York, Milian moved to Miami with her family when she was eight years old. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Miami from which she graduated summa cum laude. Thereafter, she attended Georgetown Law School where she earned her law degree; she graduate cum laude at the age of 23.

Milian, personally appointed by Janet Reno, worked from 1984 to 1994 as an Assistant State Attorney for Dade County. Governor Lawton Chiles appointed her to the Miami County Court where she spent five years in the Domestic Violence Court, Criminal and Civil Divisions. Milian was appointed by Florida Governor Jeb Bush to the Miami Circuit Court in 1999 where she served in the Criminal Division.

Since 2001, Milian has presided over the multiple-Emmy-Award-winning The People’s Court television program where she resolves complex cases with a no-nonsense approach while offering sound legal knowledge to all the litigants that enter her courtroom.

“We are thrilled to have Judge Milian as our guest for this event,” said Kalinthia Dillard, Racial Justice Chair. She added, “The Judge’s presentation is certain to motivate individual and community action.”

“Stand Against Racism” is a national program of the YWCA with the goal of bringing together people across the country to raise awareness about racism, take steps to eliminate it, and celebrate diversity. Organizations that share the YWCA’s vision can participate as a partner agency; to get additional information and register, please visit www.standagainstracism.org.

Tickets for the luncheon are $65 with tables of 10 available for $650. Reservations can be made by calling 561-640-0050, Ext. 134.

FoundCare, Inc. Kicks Off 2018 Benefit

Jennifer Cope
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FoundCare, Inc. Kicks Off 2018 Benefit

FoundCare Kicks Off À Votre Santé (To Your Health) At St. John
Gala Scheduled for March 11, 2018

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Dozens of FoundCare, Inc. supporters gathered recently at St. John on Worth Avenue to kick off the organization’s upcoming À Votre Santé (To Your Health) event. The cocktail reception is scheduled for 6 p.m. March 11 at Club Colette in Palm Beach. Guests at the kickoff event enjoyed cocktails and light bites while browsing the store’s impressive selection. St. John is donating an auction item at the main event to include a $1000 shopping experience, and is providing the gift bags for each guest at the event, which will include gift cards to the store.

“FoundCare is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center, providing quality healthcare to Palm Beach County,” said Yolette Bonnet, CEO of FoundCare. “We offer a one-stop-shop that provides pediatric and adult primary care, chronic disease management, behavioral health services, dentistry, laboratory services and X-rays. This event helps us to fund our vital services and we are so grateful to all our supporters and event leadership.”

Longtime FoundCare supporters Barnette and Ken Druskin are the chairpersons for the 2018 À Votre Santé event, and committee members include Yolette Bonnet, Peter Cruise, Eric Diaz, Dr. David and Donna Dodson and Dr. Rik Pavlescak.

This year’s À Votre Santé will have a French-Caribbean theme, and guests will enjoy steel drum music and Caribbean delicacies. Honorees for the event include Susan and Jim Collins and Cheryl Gowdy. Mr. Collins has been a member of the board of directors for more than 10 years, and he and his wife have been steadfast supporters of the organization. “FoundCare means so much to Susan and me because it provides healthcare for people who could not otherwise afford it,” Collins said. “I had a close friend who was involved in FoundCare years ago, and as soon as I learned about their mission, I knew I had to be a part of their fine work,” Collins said.

Ms. Gowdy is known for her philanthropy and dedication to the community. She has been involved in FoundCare and this event for many years. “I am touched to be an honoree for this year’s event,” Gowdy said. “I’m very surprised! I’ve always wanted to make a difference in the world, and FoundCare is making a huge difference in our community. There’s nothing more important than health, and I’m blown away by what they’re doing.”

Sponsors include Call 4 Health, CBIZ, CIBC/Atlantic Trust, FAU Public Ethics Academy, Friends of FoundCare, Mr. and Mrs. Marc Goldberg, International Society of Palm Beach, Jewish Communal Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lubitz, Mil-Lake Medical Center, MDVIP, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Poppel, Louis and Enid Rogow, St. John Boutique, Sullivan Benefits and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Toll.

Tickets to À Votre Santé are $275 each. For more information about the 2018 event, please contact PJ Layng at 561-472-9160 ext. 220 or visit www.foundcare.org or call 561-HEALTHY (432-5849).
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Lakeside Family Fun Days

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Lakeside Family Fun Days

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Espresso Bark

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Espresso Bark

Espresso Bark 

Give your loved one an exquisite treat for Valentine’s Day!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon margarine
  • 3/4 cup whole coffee beans
  • 1/4 cup chopped white chocolate

Directions

  1. Cover a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
  2. Combine the chocolate chips and margarine in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring between each, until melted and smooth. Mix in the coffee beans until evenly distributed.
  3. Pour the chocolate out onto the waxed paper and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle the pieces of white chocolate evenly over the top and press in lightly to make sure they stick. Place in the freezer until set, about 5 minutes. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.

Love Song

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Love Song

Love Song 

By Rainer Maria Rilke

How can I keep my soul in me, so that
it doesn’t touch your soul? How can I raise
it high enough, past you, to other things?
I would like to shelter it, among remote
lost objects, in some dark and silent place
that doesn’t resonate when your depths resound.
Yet everything that touches us, me and you,
takes us together like a violin’s bow,
which draws *one* voice out of two separate strings.
Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
And what musician holds us in his hand?
Oh sweetest song.

 

Making Us Really Great Again. A Ten-Minute Play.

Wendell Abern
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Making Us Really Great Again. A Ten-Minute Play.

Cantankerously Yours

Making Us Really Great Again. A Ten-Minute Play.

By Wendell Abern

Dear Readers,

SCENE: A SMALL GOVERNMENT OFFICE. LONG DESK AND CHAIR FACING AUDIENCE. ANOTHER SMALL CHAIR ON RIGHT OF DESK.

U.S. FLAG ON LEFT WALL; PHOTO OF STATUE OF LIBERTY ON RIGHT. VERY STRAIGHT-LACED WOMAN BEHIND DESK. A MAN IN SUIT AND TIE SITS ON CHAIR NEXT TO DESK.

MAN: Once again, Ms. Richards, thank you for seeing me.

MS. RICHARDS: Gayle. Please.

MAN: Very well, Gayle. And I’m Robert Amstatter. Rob.

GAYLE: Yes. Rob, (SHUFFLING THROUGH PAPERS) I see you’re from some new –

ROB: Yes. I am the chairman of a newly-formed sub-committee on the president’s immigration task force.

GAYLE: Oh. But – we’re the National Park Service. We have nothing to do with —

ROB: Yes, you do, Gayle. You have a great deal to do with immigration.

GAYLE: Um … I fail to see …

ROB: It’s kind of involved. Essentially, I need kind of a ball-park figure from you on … well, on time. We’re working on a timeline here.

GAYLE: A time – I don’t understand.

ROB: The president has asked us – well, asked me, personally – to look at all aspects of our immigration program. To look outside the box, if you will.

GAYLE: If I will what?

ROB: Um … it’s just an expression. Specifically, I came to talk to you about the Statue of Liberty.

GAYLE: And what does she have to do with immigration?

ROB: Ah! Outside the box, Gayle. Outside the box.

GAYLE: Rob. Mr. Amstatter. You’re speaking in riddles.

ROB: Think of what she is, Gayle. What she has become! She’s a beacon! She has become a beacon!

GAYLE: Rob. Mr. Amstatter. She’s a symbol. Of liberty. You think that’s wrong?

ROB: That was not her original intent! She was simply a gift from France! Few people realize she was meant as a celebration of –

GAYLE: Yes, yes, we know that here. Of the emancipation of slaves after our Civil War. But now –

ROB: Now she’s a magnet! She’s like an open invitation! Asking all kinds of people from all over to come join us!

GAYLE: But … she is a beautiful symbol of –

ROB: Of everything we have to change to make this country great again! You see, we don’t want her attracting immigrants! We don’t want them! This isn’t the Nineteenth Century any more! She —

GAYLE: She helped make this country great! She contributed! To our diversity! To our freedom! To our –

ROB: We are going to change her.

GAYLE: What are you talking about? We just went through renovations …

ROB: We’re not talking about cosmetic renovations. We’re talking about a complete re-design. Beginning with her torch.

GAYLE: What? What about her torch?

ROB: It has to go. Instead, it will be replaced with her hand held up like a police officer’s, to stop traffic.

GAYLE: NONPLUSSED.

ROB: We have already contacted several architectural and engineering firms to engage in a top secret competition … asking them to submit designs and rough cost estimates on the change.

GAYLE: STILL NONPLUSSED.

ROB: Very surreptitiously, of course. No one outside of our small sub-committee is aware of this activity. Just last week, we selected the winning design. And now that you have been informed, we would like you to contact the winning firm and come to an agreement on some kind of timeline. We’re all kind of hoping for a finishing date by the end of 2019.

GAYLE: (PRACTICALLY MESMERIZED) Finishing date …

ROB: Your confidentiality is imperative, Ms. Richards. You must keep this to yourself for now.

GAYLE: To myself …

ROB: And while our full committee and a few other sub-committees are still working on the details of the Great Wall on our southern border…

GAYLE: Great Wall …

ROB: You’ll be happy to know the re-designs we’re working on for the Statue of Liberty will cost only a little over one billion dollars.

GAYLE: One billion …

ROB: More than half of that amount has already been committed verbally … by several concerned organizations and wealthy individuals.

GAYLE: (SHAKES HER HEAD, AS IF WAKING UP) Wait. Wait a minute. I get it now! This is one of Stuart’s gags, isn’t it? He’s always …

ROB: I can assure you, this is not a gag. And there’s more, Ms. Richards. We are advocating another important change. To that pathetic poem by Emma Lazarus.

GAYLE: (GROWING ANGRY) Pathetic poem?

ROB: Came along almost 20 years after the statue emplacement.

GAYLE: I’m well aware of when …

ROB: While it may appear immodest, I’m proud to tell you that my own revised version of the poem – albeit prose and not poetry – has been highly regarded by our full committee.

GAYLE: (QUIETLY. FIRMLY.) Mr. Amstatter. Please leave.

ROB: It goes, “Stop! Go back where you came from! We don’t want you. Spare us your tired and your poor! And as for your huddled masses, we have enough of our own, thank you … we don’t need yours cluttering up our landscape!”

GAYLE: Out, Mr. Amstatter. Get out.

ROB: (GETS UP FROM CHAIR) So. You think this is the end of our little talk, do you? Consider this, Ms. Richards. If one word of this gets out, we will not only vehemently deny ever having had this discussion … but we also have people who will declare you a delusional, paranoid schizophrenic and demand your immediate incarceration.

LIGHTS START TO FADE ON SCENE.

ROB: I’ll see you in a month or so, Ms. Richards … when we’ll have another confidential chat. About our plans for the Lincoln Memorial.

LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK.

Put Your Oxygen Mask On First

Briana D'Andrea
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Put Your Oxygen Mask On First

Mommy Moments

Put Your Oxygen Mask On First

Briana D’Andrea

You’ve heard this before while on an airplane. In the event of an emergency, place your oxygen masks on first and then your child’s…but have you really ever put those words into perspective before? Someone once mentioned that old adage to me before and that lesson really stuck with me. If I’m not right, then how can my children be? As parents it is within our natural instincts and DNA to take care of literally everyone else in our household (including our pets), before even worrying about ourselves. Making sure that all are fed, changed and happy, before taking a bite to eat, much less a shower. I’m here to tell you that it’s ok to do YOU. Have you ever heard the expression “Happy wife, happy life?” Well the same goes for happy moms and dads! If you are in this mindset that you must take care of every little thing your toddler or even spouse asks of you, without taking care of your basic necessities, then you WILL crash and burn.

I remember it all too well. I had my first born baby boy a little over 5 years ago. My world came to a screeching halt! I know I can say the same for my husband. We didn’t care about the things that made us, “us.” Was the baby sleeping? Was he breathing? Was he pooping? Well, what time did he poop? We were literally documenting when he ate, slept and passed a bowel on timers on our iPhones! All the while, a little piece of us were fading away. Now, I’m not saying it’s not important to put some things on the back burner to take care of this little human who needs you literally to sustain LIFE, but I think it was a breaking point for the both of us, when we started to lose sight of the last time WE ate or took 5. I don’t mean 5 minutes together (although that’s crucial), but completely alone! I remember my husband calling out to me saying, “Hey Bri? When was the last time you ate?” I honestly couldn’t remember? I was too sleep deprived, too obsessed with this new normal, that it didn’t really occur to me that if I wasn’t taking care of ME, how on earth would that baby be able to sustain without ME? Once I realized that…yes things started to shift, but still ‘til this day I need to constantly remind myself that it isn’t selfish to take 20 minutes to write, because that’s my passion and what makes me, ME. That if going for a bike ride makes me feel better than by golly, I had better start pedaling!

Even while I write this article, my five-year-old has interrupted me to ask me what’s for dessert, because he finished his soup! He can wait two more minutes for that cookie. He’ll live.

Again, while I reminisce of the craziest yet exciting time in our lives, it had been days, maybe even weeks since my husband and I had even noticed one another, because we were so focused on baby! I remember us both putting him down after a screaming, crying fit, 3 calls to the nurse asking why our baby was crying…only to get the response, “Well ma’am, all babies cry.” LOL She was right. We turned to one another and hugged. It was the first time since I didn’t have a big bump separating us and in that moment, I was instantly transported to that bright sunny day on 10.10.10 overlooking the ocean, when we said our “I Do’s”. It was in that moment, that I knew everything was going to be alright.

Ultimately, my children, husband and even my dog will always be first, but I’ve finally started to get back to being me. Even if that means having to schedule in a date night in advance (something to look forward to), starting my own blog (heck yes! One of the best decisions to take that leap!), starting my own business (Yes, it’s been quite the busy year and I’ve got enough bosses under one roof!), taking the time to give myself a little makeover and maybe someday writing that book I’ve always wanted to write. I’m slowly getting back to being me and I can’t encourage you enough to do the same…or at least try to, because there’s only one YOU in the world and you’ve got an army of people who depend on that!

Wellington’s Greatest Show

Angela Shaw
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Wellington’s Greatest Show

Cultural Corner

Wellington’s Greatest Show

Angela Shaw

Every winter Wellington’s greatest show comes to town and stays till spring—a lot longer visit than Barnum’s used to last. Yet, many residents fail to drive the few extra miles to see this equestrian extravaganza. And before we know it, May is here, the arenas are empty, and we’ve missed the magic of this unique equine experience.

The show these days is not your father’s horse show.

At first, the lineup was simply horse and rider running the course in record time and tripping the fewest rails. Nowadays, actual circus-like side shows keep the little ones (and the adults with ADD) entertained while the horses move in and out of position—which for some is enough entertainment. Honestly, spectators like me can’t get enough of the beauty of a well-groomed thoroughbred’s glossy coat, braided mane and rippling muscles. But, for the aforementioned crowd with short attention spans, there is a veritable fair to be had.

Saturday nights starting at 6 pm, families can enjoy fire jugglers, face painting, petting zoos, carousels, bounce houses, live bands and casual bites like tacos and wood-fired pizza. A three-ring event, indeed.

Show jumper, Todd Minikus had this to say after the season’s opening show:

“Despite being the first week of the circuit,…the class ‘looked big.’ The fact of the matter is, I think this is some of the hardest jumping in the world really. We start right off here. You’ve got to have quality horses. They’ve got to be on the top of their game, and you’ve got to be on the top of your game no matter what class it is here. That’s just life in South Florida.” (Palm Beach International Equestrian Center Staff writer, http://pbiec.coth.com, Jan 13, 2018).

Photo credit toddminikusshowjumping.com

Wellington’s worldwide and world class equestrian festival began gaining popularity in the early 70s. It is now the longest running and largest equestrian festival in the country. Over 42 countries send riders of all ages and ranks with their 6000 ponies to compete for more than a half a billion dollars in prizes.

Sure, you could stay home and watch a few races on your hand-held device, or view it streamed on the web, but you would miss the energy that shared events bring; the sense of community and belonging that corporate enjoyment fosters.

During any live event, the unexpected is bound to happen. Once we saw a horse approach a 7-foot faux wall, and display rather human-like responses. Here’s how it went down:

The height of wall was raised to 7’2″. There went the horse. His rider urged him to the wall and the horse dug in to a dead stop in front of the wall. Visibly displeased, the master swung the animal around to make a second attempt.

Galloping fiercely toward the wall, the horse again slammed his hooves into the turf, and to the crowd’s astonishment distinctly shook his head from side to side as if to say, “NO! I am not jumping that wall!” I’d never seen anything like it!

The horse then veered sharply to the right avoiding the barricade, and flung the horseman off the saddle. As the rider dangled on the side of his mount, spectators audibly gasped fearing the unthinkable. To everyone’s relief the horseman recovered his stance with no apparent physical damages.

Besides keeping an eye out for unusual twists like the above, there are always favorite riders and rising stars to watch this year.

To get in a horsey mood and really immerse yourself in the season, visit the Polo Museum in Lake Worth Road. Or pick up a book like, The Great Hound Match of 1905 by Martha Wolfe, Tommy Hitchcock: An American Hero by Nelson Aldrich, Jr., or The Will to Win by Jane McIlvaine.

Whatever you do, don’t sit at home. Tallyho! and all that. See you at Wellington’s greatest show.

Photo Credit – Palm Beach Post
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