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Vitamin Of The Day: Stay Strong And Keep Fighting

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In cased you missed the Vitamin Of The Day on the Quick Silva Show… The Vitamin of the Day “Stay strong and keep fighting. At times it feels like the weight of our aspirations are to heavy to bare. You have to get it through your mind that you are enough and you have the keys to keep fighting. If you want to see the full vitamin watch the full video above.  

Vitamin Of The Day: Stay Strong And Keep Fighting

ScHoolboy Q Hits The Beach To Celebrate Being The ‘Man Of The Year’ [VIDEO]

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ScHoolboy Q sets his aspirations and goals for 2014 with his latest track “Man of the Year.” Not only does he provide a hit single,…

ScHoolboy Q Hits The Beach To Celebrate Being The ‘Man Of The Year’ [VIDEO]

Is Doris Day the New Betty White?

The organizers behind one Facebook campaign would like to think so, but they’re not stopping at a barnburning guest-host stint on SNL ; they want gold . “Doris Day to be (finally) Honored by the Oscars?” has launched its bid for the 88-year-old legend to collect some honorary hardware at next year’s Academy Awards. Its argument? “As of 2009, Doris Day was the top-ranking female box office star of all time and ranked sixth among the top ten box office performers (male & female). Isn’t it time the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences pulled out an HONORARY OSCAR AWARD ?” Well? [ Facebook ]

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Cat Deeley Talks to Movieline About So You Think You Can Dance’s Changes and Stealing Emmys

Cat Deeley’s hosting gig on So You Think You Can Dance acquaints her with talents who want a quick rise to stardom, but her beginnings in TV happened just as swiftly. The 33-year-old star landed an on-air job in her native UK after sending one self-made audition tape to MTV. That job led to countless others, including hosting duties on Brit reality series The Record of the Year and Reach for the Stars . Now that she emcees the US and UK versions of So You Think You Can Dance , Deeley seems poised for a universal takeover. Ahead of SYTYCD ‘s seventh season premiere tonight on Fox, Deeley spoke with Movieline about her academic past, Emmy aspirations, and how the show will be different without Mary Murphy as a permanent judge.

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Summer camp for grownups

Copious amounts of sand and surf is a traditional prescription for recharging depleted emotional batteries, but we’ve found nothing better for relighting that creative spark than sinking your hands into a fresh, exciting project. “That’s all fine and dandy,” you mutter with stress-tinged annoyance, “but I don’t exactly have time to indulge in arts and crafts.” Except … with a summer session, you do! Even if you’re not the artsy, craftsy type, never fear—we’ve got ideas that will pique the creative interests of just about any battle-hardened worker bee. John C. Campbell Folk School The leader in immersive arts and crafts education, this traditional rural center in North Carolina has been teaching arts such as book-making and weaving since 1925. Penland School of Crafts Another North Carolina gem with courses ranging from bedwork to woodworking. Vermont Woodworking School Wait, did someone mention woodworking? This school can handle your aspirations, whether you’re a beginner or an experienced woodworker. Zingerman’s Bakehouse If you’ve always had a hankering to bake bread (or pastries, if your tastes run a little sweeter), try a two- to four-day workshop in front of the ovens in nice, cool Michigan. Pilchuck Glass School From stained glass to sculpture in Washington state. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Looking for something more central? This contemporary arts and crafts center is located in Tennessee. Haystack Mountain If dodging the summer heat is on your agenda, try this center tucked away up north in Maine. (Photo credit: neadeau, SXC )

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Living Downstream links environment and cancer

There was once a village along a river. The people who lived there were very kind. These residents, according to parable, began noticing increasing numbers of drowning people caught in the river’s swift current. And so they went to work devising ever more elaborate technologies to resuscitate them. So preoccupied were these heroic villagers with rescue and treatment that they never thought to look upstreams to see who was pushing the victims in. Living Upstream is a walk up that river. Author, environmentalist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., was raised in a family that seemed prone to cancer. She was diagnosed with bladder cancer at age 20. Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when Steingraber was in high school. Her aunt died of the same form of cancer that Sandra had, and many of ther close family members also struggled with the disease. But there is no question that cancer does not run in Steingraber’s genes—she was adopted. Clearly, this family was struggling with toxic influences surrounding them in their daily lives. Living Downstream , first published in 1997, both tells the tale of Steingraber’s ongoing battle against cancer and her life’s work linking the effects of our toxic environment on cancer and our health. A documentary film adaptation of the book coincides with last month’s release of an updated edition of the book, tracking recent scientific revelations in the connection between a healthy environment and human health. Find a public screening of Living Downstream , the movie, or purchase a DVD at LivingDownstream.com , and follow Steingraber’s ongoing search for answers and journey of cleaning our environment of carcinogenic influences in Walking Upstream . (Photo credit: Steingraber.com ) Glossary: Carcinogens , Toxicity

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Conference: Rethinking Everything

How would you live if you could rethink virtually everything? That’s the top question on the minds of the socially conscious explorers attending Rethinking Everything , an international conference taking place this September in Dallas, Texas. What began 14 years ago as a local conference for unschooling families has evolved into a meetup of like-minded people sharing fresh and empowered ways of parenting, self-design and sustainability . Founded and produced by Barb Lundgren, an entrepreneurial unschooling parent with decades of experience questioning everything, this conference literally bubbles over with activity for children and adults alike. “Expect nurturing support for the creation of respectful, exuberant, freedom- and responsibility-filled lifestyles for everyone in your family,” she writes. “The five conference days are overflowing with multiple options at all times, from early morning to late night.