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Tokyo Disneyland is always a treat to visit, no matter the time of year! Fortunately, we happened to pop in on a gorgeous, sunny Tuesday and found plenty to write home about! So without further ado, lets take a journey around the Kingdom of Dreams and Magic!

Repainting continues on the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, the current round of which is set to conclude on July 11th, and overall by this winter.

This morning, fire drills were being conducted inside the parks, and two helicopters were buzzing around for about an hour from just about every direction,

Inside the park, we can see that the floral has been changed once again to the latest seasonal flowers.

With no seasonal events going, this is by far the longest weve seen the generic Welcome sign underneath Tokyo Disneyland. I remember when it was such a rare sight

Crowds have increased somewhat, probably up to about 10,000 Guests per day, up from 5,000. Despite this, none of the lines are ever all that long anyway.

A small patch of asphalt on World Bazaar is blocked off for minor work. This will probably gone within the next couple of days.

Meanwhile, the Tokyo Disneyland Band is out to greet Guests coming into the park!

Over at Sweetheart Caf, the fever surrounding the Sadaharu Aoki Paris Bakery collaboration pastries seems to have died down, with a virtually nonexistent line all day.

The Omnibus has returned once again to the Hub, after being absent due to the 5000 Guests restriction.

On days like this, Cinderella Castle truly shines like the marvel it is.

Also back is Pirates of the Caribbean, which was down our last visit for its annual refurbishment.

Meanwhile, Guests could be found in a stretching queue for the new Young Oysters gachapon capsule toys at Adventureland Bazaar.

If you get misty-eyed about Trader Sam, rest assured that he lives on at Tokyo Disneyland as he has since 1983.

Over in Westernland, Cast Members have started selling water spraying fans as the heat ramps up in Japan. It hit as high as 26C (78F) today, which may not seem like a lot until you factor in mild humidity. The sweltering misery of Japan in August isnt far off now.

Country Bear Jamboree is still performing for the time being. We havent heard word yet if the Country Bear Vacation Jamboree will return this year or not, but we certainly hope so!

Across the way, the Troubadour Tavern facade is still undergoing some restoration work.

With hardly anyone at the park, even Big Thunder Mountain hardly had a wait the whole day!

Meanwhile at the Haunted Mansion, the Stretching Room has once again returned thanks to the low capacity! This probably wont last too long, it tends to go away once capacity hits 20,000 people.

Also undergoing facade work is Pleasure Island Candies, which is closed due to low capacity at the parks.

Today, a new candy case was released featuring Minnie and Figaro aboard one of the iconic tea cups on Alices Tea Party in Fantasyland.

Also new is this incredibly adorable its a small world popcorn bucket, which even opens up like the clock tower on the rides facade!

At Maurices Cottage, the covers have finally been removed from the standby clock and FastPass distribution signs for Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast. Still no word on when FastPass will return, however.

Early morning is the best time to visit Belles Village for sure, right when the sun hits the facade of Beasts Castle.

Over in Toontown, construction on the North Mountain and the Fantasy Springs Hotel is growing more and more visible from inside Tokyo Disneyland. We can only hope theres a plan to hide these sight lines a bit more effectively.

Entry Request was turned on all day for character greetings once again, including over at Minnies Style Studio. Her new costume debuted today, actually!

The primary location for the its a small world popcorn bucket was at The Big Pop, so naturally Guests filled up reservations to the brim. This, unfortunately, lead to the extended distanced queue stretching out and around the outside.

This wasnt a unique problem to The Big Pop, however, as the low capacity lead to a dearth of counter service restaurants open around lunchtime. As such, even Tomorrowland Terrace faced longer waits stretching outside.

Thats the latest update from Tokyo Disneyland! Be sure to stay tuned to WDWNT as we keep you updated with the latest news from Tokyo Disney Resort and the other Disney Parks worldwide!

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For that princess tea party, this new Glass Slipper Veggie Tea Sandwiches recipe is a royally approved treat. As part of the Dole Food Company Disneys Ultimate Princess Celebration, this new recipe is a vegetarian twist on the old school dish. Even though the queen would approve, these tea sandwiches are for a modern princess.

Periodically, Dole partners with Disney and Pixar to bring the various characters off the screen and onto the table. With the Disneys Ultimate Princess celebration, this initiative highlights various Disney Princess characters who not only display courage but put kindness and helping others first.

Bil Goldfield, Doles director of corporate communications, said, Dole has been celebrating Disney heroes and heroines since 2016 but this is the first time weve honored so many remarkable stories of bravery, hope and resilience at once. Motivated by 80 years of Disney magic, weve expanded our traditional definition of health and wellness to include courage and kindness, which are at the heart of Disneys Ultimate Princess Celebration.

A twist on the traditional tea sandwiches, the Glass Slipper Veggie Tea Sandwiches recipe is bursting with nutrition. Like the princess from the classic tale, these sandwiches might be delicate on the outside, the nutrition nourishes that strength from within.

Made with Dole Cauliflower, Radish, Carrot, Green Onion and English cucumber, it is bursting with veggies yet never feels weighted. Whether that princess is dancing the night away or running down the steps, these tea sandwiches are perfect for any situation.

With some fat-free cream cheese, there is a lusciousness to the bite. And, the cashews mixed in for texture, even the prince might be willing to sit down to the table and enjoy the sophisticated bite.

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By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Durham, N.C. Researchers at Duke University recently dove into the brains and actions of three-year-olds to figure out what actually drives them to behave. And they returned with this theory: While the voices of parents and other authority figures are important, often kids just want to fit in.

By the age of three, kids not only listen to the adults in their lives, but also pay attention to the actions of others too, according to a press release.

To conduct the study, researchers invited 3.5-year-olds to a pretend tea party. Each of the 104 kids received the same blue sticker to wear. They were told that people with that color sticker were part of the same team.

From there, the kids made decisions about what teas, snacks, cups and plates would be used at the tea party. First, they picked their favorite. Then, they could change their mind after hearing what others had chosen.

Sometimes, when announcing their choices, a child would say that they had chosen a donut, for example, because it was their personal preference. They would say something like, "For my tea party today, I feel like using this snack," the press release said.

But others framed their decision as a "norm" shared by the whole group, the release said. So they would say something like, "For tea parties at Duke, we always use this kind of snack."

After listening to what everybody else had picked out, the kids usually stuck to their first choice. But 23% of the time, the kids changed what they wanted, based on what another person had picked, the release says.

"And when they did, they were more likely to go along with the other person when an option was presented as a group norm rather than a mere personal preference," the press release said.

And that pattern continued even when another child made the choice, not another adult. That suggests, the release said, "that the preschoolers weren't simply acting out of a desire to imitate adults or obey authority."

The findings could help explain how kids develop the moral reasoning that sets us apart from animals, the release says.

"When an adult says to an infant or a toddler, 'we dont hit,' the child generally does as shes told out of deference to that person," the release says. "But eventually, by around their third birthday, children start to think in a different way. They begin to understand cues such as we dont hit as something larger, coming from the group, and act out of a sense of connectedness and shared identity."

The study's first author is Leon Li, a doctoral student in psychology and neuroscience at Duke. The study was conducted in the lab of professor Michael Tomasello at Duke and with Duke undergraduate student Bari Britvan.

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As we embrace summer-like days in Vancouver, were looking forward to indulging in delicious food at every opportunity.

If youre interested in celebrating the most glorious season of the year and taking part in a highly anticipated food festival, look no further than Capilano Malls NOSH Foodie Fest.

Taking place from June 1 to 30, the virtual event, sponsored by Dished Vancouver, is giving us all a reason to rejoice. Since programming for the month-long celebration is free, you can pick and choose the yummy activities you want to attend, each of which showcases the local food and beverage merchants within Capilano Mall.

Broiled feta with chili salt, tomatoes, and basil (@foodgays)

One mouth-watering activity that we already have marked in our calendars is Meet & Eat, a virtual series of cooking classes starringlocal cookbook authors Adrian Harris and Jeremy Inglett of Vancouver-based food and lifestyle blog, the Food Gays. From 12:30 to 1:30 pm every Saturday in June, the duo will be whipping up a different recipe from their cookbook, Cooking in Colour using ingredients from Capilano Mall food merchants.

The cooking classes, which also provide cooking tips and techniques and live Q&A sessions, will be hosted on Capilano Malls Instagram Live, so its completely free to tune in. This cant-miss series kicks off on Saturday, June 5, with a No-bake Boozy Blueberry Cheesecake recipe, followed by a Zucchini Meatball Sub recipe the week after, then Chocolate Cherry Skillet Brownies, and lastly, a Broiled Feta with Chili Salt, Tomatoes, and Basil recipe.

Before each cooking class, you can head to the NOSH website to download a recipe and discover where to find the ingredients at Capilano Mall. Is anyone else already feeling hungry?

If a virtual tea party sounds like your cup of tea (pun intended), etalk host Danielle Graham is set to host Spill the Tea a Zoom tea party that will include everything from celebrity gossip to a Q&A with Graham on Sunday, June 27.

You can enter to win one of 80 invitations to attend the tea party via a contest on Capilano Malls Instagram channel, starting on June 2 and running through June 16. After scoring an invite (and before the tea party), winners will visit Capilano Mall and pick up a box filled with tasty goodies from the malls food merchants.

Another creative way to take part in this years NOSH Foodie Fest is to join one of two custom jar label workshops. There are 50 spots available for each workshop, and all you have to do is register on the NOSH website to join via Zoom and create your own custom-printed jar label through a design lab experience.

The workshops, taking place on Sunday, June 13 (from 11 to 11:30 am and 12 to 12:30 pm), will have a set theme (jam or salsa), which will inform the jar design options youll be working with.

After taking part in the workshop, participants will visit Capilano Malls Guest Services to pick up their personalized jar label along with a mason jar and a merchant-provided jam or salsa recipe.

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Looking for more food-tastic content to consume? Local food stylist and photographer Sophia Hsin will be teaching How to Put the Cute in Charcuterie a food styling tutorial about how to design a photo-worthy charcuterie board using ingredients from Capilano Mall food merchants and how to best capture your beautiful creation on camera. You can check it out on Capilano Malls IGTV on June 15.

Keep an eye on Capilano Malls Instagram on June 22, 23, and 24 to see a series of reels produced by local influencer Clarissa Nuttall. This Capilano Foodie Tour video will spotlight the range of delicious dishes available at Capilano Mall and inspire your summertime snacking.

To experience a festival like no other this June and simultaneously support local merchants, visit the NOSH Foodie Fest website and learn more about the activities that resonated with you.

For more information and to get the latest updates during NOSH, follow Capilano Mall on InstagramandFacebook.

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The White House insists its not done trying to cut a deal with Republican lawmakers on its jobs and infrastructure agenda, but by the end of last week, few Senate Democrats seemed eager to keep bipartisan talks going. Its just not particularly genuine, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) told Politico about the GOPs $928 billion counteroffer to President Joe Bidens infrastructure proposal, which was more than $1 trillion short of what the White House is seeking. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote a letter to his Democratic colleagues on Friday informing them that they must pass comprehensive jobs and infrastructure legislation this summer. Work on that legislation, he added, would happen with or without the support of Republican Senators.

Biden and White House aides have spent the last several weeks in talks with GOP lawmakers in hopes of finding common ground by a self-imposed Memorial Day deadline. As the talks continued, Congress typically vocal left flank held back. Weve tried to give a little bit of space on these bipartisan negotiations because we understand there are some Senate Democrats who need to see that, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told me on Friday.

The holiday came and went, but the negotiations will continue, a strategy the White House believes will showcase Bidens bipartisan bona fides and reflect well his party within the halls of Congress and among the voting public. But progressive lawmakers refused to hold back any longer. On Friday afternoon, the Congressional Progressive Caucus issued a statement urging for Bidens economic proposals to move through Congress quickly via the budget reconciliation process, which requires only a simple majority in both chambers to pass. It also insisted that the priorities the left flank have coalesced aroundincluding universal child care, affordable housing, and lowering drug pricesbe included in that package.The dwindling attempts at bipartisanship have opened the door to debate within the Democratic party, and a return to the dynamic that shaped the COVID relief bill Congress passed in March.

As the fate of Bidens economic legacy looks increasingly to rest on a party line vote, Congress left flank is threatening to assert itself in a narrowly divided House and Senate to quash legislation that doesnt meet their demands. As they prepare, in the words of one aide to a progressive lawmaker, they are telegraphing clearly and openly to Biden, Schumer, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that their exertion of pressure is forthcoming.

But in terms of what those hard lines might actually be, well, there arent any yet. Our approach has been to push really hard on every frontwith the Speaker, with the White House, with the Senate, to make sure our priorities get in, Jayapal explained. I wouldnt say, necessarily, that theres a way to say This is the point at which we vote no.

Since Democrats retook the House in 2018, progressives have threatened to disrupt proceedings if they dont get their way. So far, theyve rarely exercised that power, and the CPC and the squad have yet to behave like the liberal equivalent of the tea party representatives that made former House Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryans lives hell. But as Democrats negotiated the COVID relief package earlier this year, the left flank in the House drew a hard line on keeping a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour in the final bill. Their push succeeded until the Senate parliamentarian ruled that raising the federal minimum wage did not qualify for consideration under the budget reconciliation process. Progressives had threatened to vote against the final bill if Vice President Kamala Harris did not exercise her power to overrule the parliamentarian but, ultimately, they stood down, unwilling to block Bidens first major legislative effort.

For the jobs and infrastructure package, the Congressional Progressive Caucus identified five of its top issues back in April. They include $450 billion in Medicaid funding for caregiving, universal child care, a massive expansion of affordable housing and efforts to combat homelessness, and major investments in climate jobs and climate justiceincluding a large-scale Civilian Climate Corps modeled after the New Deals Civilian Conservation Corps. These negotiating points also include apush to lower the cost of prescription drugs, dropping the Medicare eligibility age, and providing a roadmap to citizenship for undocumented essential workers, Dreamers, and TPS recipients. Nearly all of these proposals, such as lowering the cost of prescription drugs, go far beyond the scope and price tag the White House has suggested. Others, such as the caregiving investments, closely mirror Bidens proposalsand simply hold the line.

For now, Jayapal and other progressive leaders are assessing what appetite fellow lefty lawmakers have for making demands during reconciliation negotiationsand if there is enough support to force their inclusion in the final package, according to several sources familiar with the conversations. The demands may end up being more narrow than what the list outlined initially: On climate, for example, some members are considering drawing a line in the sand on keeping natural gas from qualifying as clean energy in both the clean energy standard the White House seeks to pass through Congress and its related line items in the jobs proposal.

But a lot of progressive energy seems focused on getting the White House to yes instead of forcing its hand with a no. Last Thursday, for example, more than 150 House Democrats signeda letter pushing the president to support an expansion of Medicare, something the White House has not included in its various economics proposals. As she explains the public strategy, Jayapal acknowledged the risks of being too forceful and doesnt sound ready to endanger any reconciliation bill yet. We have to be very careful, and we have to negotiate what can get through, she told me. But I think thats why were trying to show that there is support across the caucus for something like Medicare expansion, which she described as a big, bold, popular, populist thing to do.

Other progressives echoed Jayapals combination of concern and caution. Talk to me in a week or two, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) told me last week when I asked if hed vote against a package that doesnt include progressive priorities. Nothing to say at this moment, but well see, going forward. We want to be as green as possible and as equitable as possible overall. Rep. Marie Newman (D-Ill.) said progressives arent going to cheap out and give up on all the things we need to do that are outlined in Bidens proposal. But as far as whether the left flank should take a hard line, Newman offered no specifics. We do have a powerful voice, and we are going to use it, she said.

Progressives in the Senate Democratic caucus, meanwhile, face similar considerations. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has led the push to expand Medicare and lower the price of prescription drugs in the next reconciliation package. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been demanding even greater spending than what Biden proposed for affordable child care. When I asked her in May if she would hold up a Senate infrastructure package if it did not include child care, she was still undecided. But, she warned, I want to make clear that when the infrastructure train moves forward, child care will not be left in the station once again.

Forcing these progressive priorities into a reconciliation package is one thing, but passing it is another. In the end, the $15 federal minimum wage proposal did not have full support among Senate Democrats, and its exclusion from the COVID relief bill helped the party avoid a skirmish that could have tanked the package altogether. A similar dynamic would surely play out if line items from the progressives wish list made their way to the Senate. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), for example, said last month that he wants to see a more traditional infrastructure proposal that avoids additional funding for child care and health care. And so far, its the moderates like Manchin who have demonstrated a willingness to actually slam the breaks on legislation thatdont suit them.

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