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Summer Heat Getting to You?
What's Your Favorite Remedy?
Summer is, appropriately enough, the Fire element's season in Chinese Medicine, and for folks like me who wilt badly in the heat it can be a challenge. As a kid I got sunstroke a couple of times (NO fun), but less drastic signs and symptoms of summer heat are excess body heat, profuse sweating, dry mouth and throat, constipation, heart palpitations, agitation, nervous exhaustion, heartburn and insomnia.
The 5 foods recommended for coping with summer heat are:
Mung beans
Eggplant
Coconut Milk
Cucumber
Watermelon
Watermelon juice, including the white part of the rind, is the most therapeutic. In the ancient East watermelon juice and its seeds were traditionally offered to thirsty travelers, and they are still important today in times of drought or water pollution. This ubiquitous summer fruit is one of the best remedies for dehydration and summer heat symptoms, and it blends up easily.
Best of all, if you remain safely on shore sipping watermelon juice the sharks can't get to you.
The homemade drill bit slays me.
A couple other cooling recipes for summer heat:
Chilled Cucumber Soup
4 cups cucumber, chopped
2 cups water or broth
1 cup yogurt
1 clove garlic (optional)
Several fresh mint leaves
Jade Green Soup
1/2 cup tofu, diced
2 cups leafy greens, chopped
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon oil (optional)
3 cups broth
Sauté or steam tofu 5 minutes. Add salt.
Add greens. Sauté 2 minutes.
Add broth and simmer until greens are bright-colored.
What's your favorite coolant?
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Let's Build Communities!
Our team is here to provide support and guidance to new and existing volunteer leaders of each regional and state group, helping them with recruiting, organizing and executing social and action events.
We invite you to join in this effort to build our community. There are many ways to pitch in.
If there isn't a group to join near you, please start one.
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THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY
Colorado: Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Mountain
Michigan: Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Eastern
North Carolina: Sundays, 1:00 PM Eastern
Washington: Sundays, 3:30 PM Pacific
by susans ♥ for Los Angeles Kos
Rhonda, matts2, cat2cate, KatSkahnne, 714day, Chiwere, Teen Loner, Moody Loner, (in back) otoelbc, Zack from SFV, gmats, susans, Shockwave, Frank Vyan Walton, rserven and Joe Bacon's legs
You can join
Los Angeles Kos by sending a Kosmail to
susans.
Houston Area Kossacks had a great meetup
by Chrislove ♥ for Houston Area Kossacks
L-R: scott5js, JJR1971, Blood & cosette, Mary, and Chrislove
You can join Houston Area Kossacks by sending a Kosmail to Chrislove.
Event Organizers! Please contact wink from Netrootsradio.com by KosMail to schedule airtime with them to live broadcast the date of your Event. Wink & Justice will then promote it on The After Show radio program!
Saturday, July 25th
Dallas Kos Meet-up
TIME: NOON
LOCATION: Ojeda's Mexican Restaurant
4617 Maple Avenue • Dallas
ORGANIZER: Send AndyT's a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. AndyT
2. Plus 60 RSVPs from email!
3.
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Latest diary: [Waiting for linked diary]
Saturday AND Sunday, July 25th & 26th
Boston & New England Kos Meet-ups
TIME: 2:00 PM
LOCATION: Applebee's
200 Hancock Street • Quincy
ORGANIZER: Send GreyHawk a kosmail to attend
SATURDAY RSVPs:
1. GreyHawk
2. Hawk Wife
3.
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Maybees:
Mad Mary
gmoke
CwV [Will drive you from south or west of Boston]
Knockbally
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SUNDAY RSVPs:
1. GreyHawk
2. Hawk Wife
3. ialonelady
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Maybees:
Mad Mary
gmoke
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Latest diary: BosKos & NE Kossacks
DAILY KOS COLORADO ROAD TRIP!
Sunday, July 26th
Denver Kos Meet-up with Meteor Blades and navajo
TIME: 1:00 PM
LOCATION: Mercury Cafe is powered by the Wind and the Sun. We serve Local, Organic Food, and Community is our purpose.
2199 California Street • Denver
ORGANIZER: Send ColoTim or Leftcandid a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. ColoTim
2. Leftcandid
3. Meteor Blades
4. navajo
5. acpa
6. Ginny in CO
Plus 100 RSVPs by email
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Maybees:
Sol Fed Joe
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Monday, July 27th
Colorado Springs Kos Meet-up with Meteor Blades and navajo
TIME: 6:00 PM
LOCATION: MacKenzie's Chop House
128 S Tejon St • Colorado Springs
ORGANIZER: Send thanatokephaloides a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. thanatokephaloides
2. Meteor Blades
3. navajo
4. Madam Poopsy
5. Piano Guy
Plus 24 RSVPs by email
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Wednesday, July 29th
Four Corners Kos Meet-up with Meteor Blades and navajo
TIME: 5:00 PM
LOCATION: Private Residence
[Address will be given to RSVPers, Entrance is mobility impaired - there are steps going down into residence that are unavoidable.] • Durango
ORGANIZER: Send Thinking Fella a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. Thinking Fella
2. Meteor Blades
3. navajo
4. nzanne
5. Gary Norton
6. redmoondog
7. relleno
8. mnguitar
9. Merry Light
Plus 17 RSVPs from email
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Maybees:
vexed weasel
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Tuesday, July 28th
Houston Kossacks Meet-up
TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Collina's Italian Cafe
502 West 19th Street • Houston
ORGANIZER: Send Chrislove a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. Chrislove
2. nomandates
3. JJR1971
4. Blood
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Latest diary: Houston Area Kossacks: Meetup Scheduled for Tuesday, July 28
Saturday, August 1st
Nashville KosKats Meet-up to Discuss Local Ballot Issues
TIME: 12:30 PM
LOCATION: B & C Melrose BBQ
2617 Franklin Pike • Nashville
ORGANIZER: Send ZenTrainer a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. ZenTrainer
2. Anonymous 1
3. Anonymous 2
4.
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Maybees:
Al Fondy
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Latest diary: Confusing ballot in Nashville election. KosKat meet-up for help? With Update!
Saturday, August 1st
DKos Asheville Meet-up
TIME: 1:00 PM
LOCATION: The Bywater
796 Riverside Dr • Asheville
ORGANIZER: Send [organizer's linked user name] a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. randallt
2. davehouck
3. Lamont Cranston
4. Joieau
5. DawnN
6. Otteray Scribe
7. FarmerG
8. Gordon20024
9.
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Latest diary: DKos Asheville: Open Thread
Sunday, August 9th
Butte County Kossacks of CA-01 Meet-up
TIME: 1:00 PM
LOCATION: Broadway Heights Restaurant
300 Broadway St. (Upstairs) • Chico
ORGANIZER: Send smileycreek a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. smileycreek
2. Paradise50
3. SoCalHobbit
4. Caddis Fly (most likely)
5. side pocket (strong maybe)
6. Besame (maybe)
7. Chico David RN (probable)
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Latest diary: Chico & Paradise Meet-up: Sunday, August 9th, 1:00 PM
Announcing Asheville, North Carolina as the location
for our next Regional Event! 9.26.15
Asheville, N.C. is the destination for September 26, 2015! DKos Asheville, the In-Real-Life group under the leadership of randallt, has been setting the example for other IRL groups across the nation regarding registering people to vote, getting out the vote, having a state open thread and setting up strategy conferences for their region. Because of this impressive leadership we've asked randallt to be the State Leader for all of North Carolina. We've got important work to do on the ground there and randallt has shown he's the person to make that happen.
All states are welcome to attend this event and if you do you can expect to meet Markos Moulitsas in person, as well as some of the Daily Kos staff. More details regarding this regional event will be shared in the future so please stay tuned to Connect! Unite! Act!
For now, SAVE THE DATE and spread the word!
navajo maintains the above event list. Kosmail her if you have any diaries
about your event or if you have changes or additions.
EVERYONE is welcome, tell us what you're working on,
share your show and tell, vent, whatever you want.
This is an open thread. Nothing is off topic.