You know you’re on track with your true self when thinking about a goal makes you smile. So how do you keep that smile on your face and make it happen? Here are my three steps to keep you in step with your smile:
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Ring in 2021 with Palos Verdes Pulse!
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Throughout the year Southern California's premier formation flying team, the Tiger Squadron, participates in many events which include Missing Man formation, fundraisers and display flyovers. Whatever the mission, the Tiger Squadron team are ready to step up to the challenge. Here are some highlights.
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Many of us would simply like to forget 2020! However, the Marine Mammal Care Center’s all-volunteer Board of Directors and its Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Amber Becerra, along with the MMCC staff remember 2020 as a remarkable year filled with genuine gratitude, appreciation, generosity, and a true sense of community!
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, nine of the twelve Japanese submarines positioned in Hawaiian waters prior to the attack were ordered to the U.S. Pacific coast to attack merchant shipping. These submarines, all similar, had a range of about 14,000 miles at 16 knots (about 18½ mph), a maximum surface speed of about 23½ knots, could carry up to 17 torpedoes, a seaplane stored in a watertight hangar and had a 5.5" deck gun.
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December is typically a relentless month filled with jam-packed schedules and a list of tasks that bring equal parts joy and a tug at our purse strings. It’s a time where we normally rush around like fiends shopping ‘til we practically drop then collapse on the couch grateful for a moment of peace amid all the chaos.
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After the darkness comes the dawn, and with it the optimistic, vitalizing fire of Sagittarius season! Vibrant and action-oriented, the energy of the archer encourages us all to heal, recalibrate, and find the potential in the days ahead. It’s been a painful, challenging year on many levels, and the imbalances in our world and personal lives have been glaringly exposed.
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It’s December and time of good cheer with Christmas, Hanukah, Quanza and other valued rituals and celebrations. So many movies that express sentiments of the season, with joy and introspection. Take your pick (pun intended!). Happy and Merry!
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Learn how to make a living succulent wreath that makes a perfect centerpiece for your holiday table from Terranea
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You craft habits bit-by-bit with each repeated small decision, thought and action. A habit, once crafted, according to Duke University researchers, accounts for about 40% of your daily behavior! And, your daily behavior becomes your life!
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Several years ago, I was invited by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to attend a Travel Mart followed by a familiarization trip through Isaan, Northeast of Thailand.
Unbeknownst to me, an adventure awaited, as I travelled on this off the beaten path. The mystique, magic and mystery evoked by the resplendent Khmer temples dotting the landscape, a navigation for the Cambodians, left me wondering if I was in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Shortly after acquiring Santa Catalina Island in 1919, William Wrigley, Jr. began to leave his thump print on his beloved isle. On July 1, 1920, Wrigley opened the Atwater Hotel dedicated to his daughter-in-law, Helen Blanche Atwater Wrigley who married Phillip Wrigley, Wrigley’s son, on March 26, 1918.
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While Southern California may not enjoy the traditional “seasons” many in colder climates look forward to, the blessings of sunshine and warm temperatures make this a joyous place to celebrate outdoors. Few settings rival the pristine patch of Los Angeles coastline along the Palos Verdes Peninsula, home to the beautiful Terranea Resort.
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Experts say that you form immediate, vivid impressions of someone during the first three seconds you encounter them. Then, in the next five minutes, you add more data to those first impressions. This happens in person and even on Zoom.
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Finding your perfect forever love is as important as finding the right job. Yet, we spend much more time and energy finding the right job, which makes us happy during the day. But what about nights, weekends and vacations? We deserve to be happy then too.
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Do you believe the Loch Ness Monster exists? Or, perhaps, do you feel the whole thing’s a tourist gimmick to boost seeing the sights in Scotland? “Nessie” has always intrigued me so when (a few years ago) the Scottish Tourist Board invited me on a travel media press trip to that country, I shouted “Aye.”
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Sacred Solar Astrology November 2020 Forecasts
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We are finally stepping into the deepest magic and mystery of autumn with Scorpio season. Halloween draws near, and the invitation to plumb our own depths is tantalizingly extended. For millennia, this time of year has represented the same thing for many cultures across the globe – the dying away of things. In fact, Halloween itself originates in the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain (sow-en), which in Gaelic simply means “summer’s end.” It was a time to give thanks for the final harvest, reap its remaining bounty, and clear away the fallen fruits and dried leaves for burning. Our own lives follow this pattern of planting, growth,
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