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The entire vegetable is consumable, including the occasional yellow flower. Common cooking methods include sauteeing, steaming, boiling, and stir frying. Broccolini's flavor is sweet, with notes of both broccoli and asparagus (although it is not closely related to the latter vegetable).
Nutritionally, broccolini is high in vitamin C but also contains vitamin A, calcium, folate, and iron.
Swiss Chard Dip
- 1 cup green or red Swiss chard, stemmed and finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 whole-wheat pitas, cut into wedges and toasted
Prepare an ice bath; set aside. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add chard; cook until just tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain. Immediately plunge into ice bath to stop the cooking. Drain.
Using a mortar and pestle, grind garlic and salt into a paste. Stir chard, yogurt, garlic paste, oil, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper in a medium bowl. Serve with pita wedges. Tzatziki can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 week.
Lemon & Thyme Dip Recipe
- 1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 1/2 cup light mayonnaise
- Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon (about 1 teaspoon zest and 2 to 3 tablespoons juice)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves, plus more for garnish
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- In a small bowl, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon zest and juice, and thyme; season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with more thyme; serve with crudites, or cover and refrigerate, up to 3 days.
Ginger Nuts Recipe
- 1 pound unsalted mixed nuts (3 cups)
- 3/4 cup minced candied ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine nuts, candied ginger, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, and sesame seeds. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and water over medium-high. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves, 3 minutes.
Pour sugar syrup over nut mixture and toss well to combine. Arrange in a single layer on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. Bake until nuts are golden, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool completely on sheet on a wire rack before breaking into bite-size
Mandarin Asparagus Salad Recipe
2 1/2 cups diagonally sliced asparagus2 cups rinsed, dried and torn endiveleaves2 large oranges, sliced into rounds1 red onion, thinly sliced1/3 cup raspberry vinegar2 tablespoons canola oil1 tablespoon orange juice1 tablespoon white sugarsalt and pepper to tasteDIRECTIONS:
1. To a large pot of boiling water, add the asparagus. Blanch for 1 minute; drain, and plunge asparagus into a bowl of cold water. Drain again and dry. 2. In a large bowl, combine the asparagus, endive, oranges, and red onion. 3. Whisk together the raspberry vinegar, canola oil, orange juice, sugar and salt and pepper. Add dressing to the asparagus endive mixture; toss well and serve.
Pineapple Fish Recipe
- 1 small ripe pineapple
- 1/4 cup minced scallions
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoon minced fresh jalapeño pepper (about 1 large)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 pound catfish, tilapia, haddock or other white fish fillets, cut into 4 portions
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- To prepare salsa: Cut the top and skin off pineapple, remove the eyes and core. Finely dice the pineapple (you will have about 4 cups diced pineapple) and place in a medium bowl. Add scallions, cilantro, lime juice, jalapeno and oil. Toss to mix. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour to allow flavors to blend.
- To prepare fish: Combine flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a shallow dish; thoroughly dredge fillets (discard any leftover flour).
- Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fish, working in batches if necessary, and cook until lightly browned and just opaque in the center, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Serve each portion of fish with about 1/4 cup salsa each.
Artichoke Crostini Recipe
- 8 slices (1/4 inch thick) baguette
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1 jar (6 1/2 ounces) marinated artichoke hearts, drained, rinsed, and patted dry
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish (optional)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make crostini: Brush baguette slices on both sides with a total of 1 tablespoon oil; season with salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet, and bake, turning over once, until golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool.
Meanwhile, make topping: Finely chop artichokes, and combine in a bowl with Parmesan, parsley, and remaining tablespoon oil.
Dividing evenly, spoon topping onto crostini, and garnish with additional Parmesan, if desired.
Olive & Goat Cheese Crostini
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- 3/4 cup green- or black-olive tapenade
- 3 tablespoons fresh thyme, leaves, plus sprigs for garnish
- 5 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts, (1 1/4 ounces)
- 1/4 cup dried currants
- 5 ounces soft goat cheese
- Crostini
In a small bowl, combine tapenade, thyme leaves, walnuts, andcurrants. Spread 1 to 2 teaspoons goat cheese onto each crostini. Place 1 to 2 teaspoons olive mixture on top, and garnish each with thyme tips. Serve.
Kale Crostini Recipe
- 1 baguette, sliced 1/2 inch thick on the diagonal
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 pounds kale, preferably Tuscan, stems removed, leaves sliced into 1/4-inch-thick strips
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 small wedge Parmesan
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange bread slices on a rimmed baking sheet. Brush with 1 tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake until light golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil and garlic over medium-high until garlic is fragrant. Add kale and cook until wilted, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and add 1 cup water; cover and reduce heat to medium. Cook until almost all liquid has evaporated, 12 minutes. Uncover and cook until liquid is evaporated, 3 to 5 minutes. Toss with lemon juice.
Top crostini with kale. With a vegetable peeler, shave Parmesan onto top.
Roasted Squash Recipe
- 1 lb. rutabaga, sweet potato or butternut squash peeled and cut into 1/2- to 3/4-inch pieces
- 1 to 3 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt; more to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Fresh lemon juice (optional)
Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 475° F. Line a heavy-duty rimmed baking sheet with parchment. In a medium bowl, toss the rutabaga with enough of the olive oil to coat generously, the salt, and a few grinds of pepper.
Turn the squash out onto the baking sheet and arrange the pieces so that they are evenly spaced and lying on a cut side. If the pieces cover the baking sheet sparsely, arrange them toward the edges of the baking sheet for the best browning. Roast the rutabaga until browned on bottom, 13 to 15 minutes. Flip and continue to roast until tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
Return the rutabaga to the bowl in which you tossed it with the oil, or put it in a clean serving bowl. If the rutabaga seems a bit dry, drizzle it with a little oil. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, if using.
Leek Tart Recipe
- All-purpose flour, for work surface
- 1 sheet store-bought puff pastry (from a 17.3-ounce package), thawed
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 6 leeks (white and light-green parts), halved lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise, rinsed well
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On a lightly floured work surface, roll pastry to a 10-by-14-inch rectangle. Halve lengthwise into two 5-by-14-inch rectangles. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
With a paring knife, lightly score each rectangle 1/2 inch from edges, creating a border; prick pastry inside border all over with a fork. Refrigerate for 15 minutes, then bake until golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes. (To store, keep crusts at room temperature, up to 1 day.)
In a large skillet, heat butter over medium. Add leeks; season with salt and pepper, and stir. Cover; cook until wilted, about 5 minutes. Uncover; cook until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Spoon leeks onto crusts, cut tarts into wedges, and serve.
Autumn Squash Salad Recipe
For the salad
- 6 (3/4-inch-thick) slices rustic seeded bread, cubed
- 3 Tbs. olive oil
- 3 red beets, peeled and quartered
- 5 golden baby beets, peeled and quartered
- 2 pinches fine sea salt
- 1/2 medium delicata squash, peeled, sliced, and seeds removed
- 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 medium Joanagold apple, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 cup beet greens or any other leafy green
- 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
- 1 Tbs. fresh sage leaves
- 1 tsp. fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tsp. fresh oregano leaves
For the vinaigrette
- 1 tsp. grainy Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp. pumpkin oil
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) olive oil
- 1 tsp. fine sea salt
Rutabaga & Carrot Soup
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups chopped leek (white and pale green parts only)
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 cups 1/2-inch pieces peeled turnips
- 2 cups 1/2-inch pieces peeled rutabagas
- 2 cups 1/2-inch pieces peeled russet potatoes
- 2 cups sliced carrots
- 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice
- 4 14 1/2-ounce cans vegetable broth or low-salt chicken broth
Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-low heat. Add leek, celery and garlic and sauté until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add turnips, rutabagas, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes with juices and 2 cans broth. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until vegetables are very tender, about 45 minutes.
Transfer 4 cups soup to processor. Puree until almost smooth. Return puree to pot. Add remaining 2 cans broth; bring to simmer. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and serve.
Meatless Lasagna Recipe
- 1 pound whole-milk ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1 pound fresh mozzarella
- Marinara
- Fresh Lasagna Noodles, cut into 4-by-13-inch strips and cooked, or store-bought dried noodles, cooked
- 5 ounces coarsely grated Parmesan cheese, (about 1 3/4 cups)
Preheat oven to 375. Combine ricotta, egg, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl. Season with pepper. Coarsely grate 1/2 of the mozzarella, and stir into ricotta mixture. Using your fingers, shred remaining mozzarella into 2-inch strips, and reserve.
Spread 1/2 cup marinara in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Place a layer of noodles over marinara. Spread 1/3 of the ricotta mixture over noodles, and sprinkle with 1/3 of the Parmesan. Place a layer of noodles over the cheese layer. Spread 1 cup marinara over noodles. Repeat layering (noodles, marinara, noodles, ricotta mixture, Parmesan) 2 more times. Spread remaining marinara over cheese layer, then sprinkle with shredded mozzarella.
Place baking dish on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until cheese is golden brown and sauce is bubbling, 45 to 50 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before slicing and serving.
Kale and Shrimp Recipe
Tomato, Onion & Cucumber Salad Recipe
5 medium tomatoes, halved lengthwise, and thinly sliced
1/4 red onion, peeled, halved lengthwise, and thinly sliced
1 Kirby cucumber, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
A generous drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil, about 2 tablespoons
2 splashes red wine vinegar
Coarse salt and black pepper
Dress the tomatoes, onions, and cucumber with olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper.
Let stand while you prepare dinner, about 20 minutes. Re-toss and serve salad with Ezekial bread for mopping up juices and oil.
Grilled Wahoo & Cucumber Recipe
For the salad:
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon grated, peeled fresh ginger (from about a 2- to 3-inch piece)
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 medium garlic clove, minced
- 1 Thai bird chile, stemmed and minced
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and grated (about 1 cup)
- 1/2 kirby cucumber (about 8 ounces), sliced into 1/8-inch-thick rounds
For the wahoo:
- 4 (1-inch-thick) sushi-grade wahoo steaks (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- Vegetable oil, for oiling the wahoo and the grill
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
To serve:
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped roasted, salted peanuts
For the salad:
- Place the fish sauce, ginger, lime juice, sugar, garlic, and chile in a medium, nonreactive bowl and whisk until the sugar has dissolved. Add the oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking until combined. Add the carrot and cucumber and stir until evenly coated; set aside.
For the wahoo:
- Heat a grill pan or outdoor grill to high (about 450°F to 550°F).
- Meanwhile, pat the wahoo dry with paper towels. Rub the fish on both sides with a thin layer of vegetable oil and season generously with salt and pepper.
- When the grill is ready, rub the grates with a towel dipped in vegetable oil. Place the wahoo on the grill and cook undisturbed until dark grill marks appear, about 2 minutes. Using a flat spatula, flip the fish and cook until grill marks appear on the second side but the middle is still rare, about 2 to 3 minutes more. Transfer the wahoo to a cutting board.
To serve:
- Add the cilantro to the salad, stir to combine, and divide the salad evenly among 4 plates. Slice each wahoo steak against the grain into 1/4-inch-thick pieces and place over the salad. Sprinkle with the peanuts and serve immediately.
Lemon Broccolini Recipe
1 pound broccolini
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pinch of freshly ground black pepper
Wash and trim the broccolini and steam for 5 minutes, until it is crisp yet tender. Drain.
In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Drizzle the dressing over the broccolini and toss to coat.
Note: variations: 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper instead of black pepper or 3 tablespoons toasted hazelnuts chopped sprinkled on top
Per Serving:
Calories 50; Total Fat 2 g; (Sat Fat 0 g, Mono Fat 1.5 g, Poly Fat 0 g) ; Protein 2.5 g; Carb 5.5 g; Fiber 1 g; Cholesterol 0 mg; Sodium 120 mg
Broccolini Linguini
Pasta Ingredients:
8 oz Linguini Pasta (mine was fresh lemon-pepper pasta)
1/4 cup grapeseed oil
1 garlic scape, finely diced
6 roma tomatoes (preferably organic), seeds removed and roughly chopped
Juice of half a lemon
1 tsp lemon zest
1/4 cup (or more) fresh basil, chopped
Sea salt and pepper to taste
Good quality olive oil for drizzling
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil. Cook pasta according to directions on the box, cooking for 2 minutes or so less. Drain and run under cold water to stop the cooking. Set aside. If you are cooking fresh pasta, you will only need to cook it for a couple of minutes.
In a large sauté pan, heat grapeseed oil over medium heat. Add the garlic scapes and cook for about 3 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes and toss to coat. Add pasta and lemon juice. Toss to coat. Add in the basil and remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle each portion with some good quality olive oil before serving.
Sautéed Broccolini Ingredients:
1 cup Brocollini
1/4 cup grapeseed oil
2 large garlic cloves, minced
3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Sea salt and pepper to taste
In a large sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for a few minutes, before it starts to brown. Add broccolini, kale flowers and lemon juice. Toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper.
Broccolini and Sausage Recipe
- 3 cups frozen chopped broccolini
- 1 pound ground sausage
- 3 cups seasoned salad croutons
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup cream
- 1-1/3 cups milk
- 1 can (2.8 ounces) french-fried onions
- Cook broccoli according to package directions; drain and set aside. In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the broccoli, croutons and cheese.
- Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, cream and milk. Pour over sausage mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with French-fried onions. Bake for 3-5 minutes longer or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
Yield: 6-8 servings.
Quick Broccolini Kugel Recipe
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, sliced
4 eggs
1 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
salt and pepper to taste
1 head fresh chopped broccolini
|Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8×8-inch baking dish.
|Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low, and continue cooking and stirring until the onion is very tender and dark brown, 15 to 20 minutes more. Set aside.
|Beat eggs with mayonnaise, flour, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Stir in broccoli and onion. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
|Bake in the preheated oven until broccoli is tender, about 90 minutes.
Broccolini Salad
6 slices bacon
4 cups broccolini
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup frozen green peas
1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 cup seedless green grapes
1 cup seedless red grapes
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons grated onion
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
|Use fresh peas if possible, however frozen peas are easy and convenient.
|In a large bowl, toss together the broccolini, celery, peas, cranberries, green onions, green grapes, red grapes, and almonds. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, salt, vinegar, grated onion, Parmesan cheese, and mayonnaise. Pour dressing over the salad. Gently toss to coat.
Broccolini Bacon Salad Recipe
2 heads fresh broccolini
1 red onion
1/2 pound bacon
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup sliced almonds
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
|Place bacon in a deep skillet and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Cool and crumble.
|Cut the broccoli into bite-size pieces and cut the onion into thin bite-size slices. Combine with the bacon, raisins, your favorite nuts and mix well.
|To prepare the dressing, mix the mayonnaise, sugar and vinegar together until smooth. Stir into the salad, let chill and serve.
Broccolini Chicken/Sausage Skewers Recipe
8 cups broccolini
3 cooked skinless, boneless chicken or sausage
breast halves, cubed
1 cup chopped walnuts
6 green onions, chopped
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup crumbled cooked bacon
|Combine broccoli, chicken or sausage, walnuts, and green onions in a large bowl.
|Whisk mayonnaise, vinegar, and sugar together in a bowl until well blended.
|Pour mayonnaise dressing over broccoli mixture; toss to coat.
|Cover and refrigerate until chilled, if desired. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon to serve.
Quick Garlic Pasta With Broccolini Recipe
1 (8 ounce) package linguine pasta
2 cups chopped broccoli
1/4 cup olive oil
4-6 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 cup finely shredded Romano cheese
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat
-leaf parsley
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
salt to taste
|Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain and return to pot.
|Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add broccoli, cover, and steam until tender, 3 to 5 minutes.
|Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir garlic and red pepper flakes until garlic is fragrant, 1 to 3 minutes. Add garlic mixture and broccolini to linguine; gently toss to coat. Add Romano cheese, parsley, black pepper, and salt; toss to combine.
Grilled Mahi Sliders Recipe
Lettuce and tomatoe with homemade tartar sauce is a great way to enjoy Mahi Sliders. But, Cheddar, Pineapple and Jalepeno Salsa is great too!
Mahi Mahi filets, about 6 oz each- 2
Fresh pineapple diced
Jalapeno- 2 med (can use just one, depending on your hot preference)
Onion- 1/8 (about 1/4 cup minced)
1 tbsp Honey
Slider Pretzel Buns or Sliced and grilled Pumpernickel
White Cheddar Aged- 4 1/8 in slices
Sea salt/Pepper
Turn on the grill or fire up your grill to medium high heat and allow to get hot. Rinse the jalepenos and Mahi Mahi. Slice the filets in half or about 2-3 oz portions. Set aside.
Add the diced pineapple, onion, honey, to a mixing bowl. Stir and set aside. Place the jalapenos on the grill and cover. Allow the peppers to char on all sides.
Once sufficiently roasted and the skin begins to blister away, place in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside.
Season the grill with a little olive oil or other mild flavor oil. Place the filets on the grill. Place sliced buns on the top rack. Cover and cook for approximately 4 minutes.
Check for grill marks and firmness on the bottom, and flip the filets. Cook again for another 4 minutes or until fish is firm but not dry. Buns should be nice and toasty.
Remove from heat and set aside. Unwrap the grilled jalepenos and run under cold water. Remove blistered skin from the pepper, and remove innards. When peppers are peeled, julienne them and then dice them. Add to the pineapple mixture. Mix well.
Assemble the sliders. Place a Mahi filet on the bottom half of a bun, add the sliced cheddar and a heaping spoonful of the salsa. Top with the other half of the bun and enjoy!
Asian Cucumber Salad Recipe
- 3 cucumbers, peeled and seeded
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- Peel and seed cucumbers and cut on the diagonal into thin slices. Toss the cucumber pieces with kosher salt, transfer to a colander, and let drain for 1 hour.
- Toast white sesame seeds in a dry skillet until they're golden brown. Whisk together rice wine vinegar, toasted sesame oil, sugar, and crushed red pepper flakes.
- Rinse the cucumber slices thoroughly under cold running water and pat dry with paper towels. Toss the cucumbers with the dressing and toasted sesame seeds and serve.
The Dr. Wizardov Juice Cleanse
Kale, Pineapple and Ginger Detox Drink (Juicer required)
This purifying beverage contains kale to cleanse the kidneys; pineapple, which has bromelain to aid digestion; and ginger to help stimulate bile flow in your gall bladder.
1/2 cup pineapple
2 large cucumbers
1 bunch kale without stems (4 cups chopped)
1/2 lemon, squeezed
1/4 inch of ginger
1 bunch of mint (1/2 cup)
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Organic production may still represent only a small fraction of agricultural sales in the U.S. and worldwide, but it as been growing rapidly over the last two decades.
"According to the latest global census of farming practices, the area of land certified as organic makes up less than one percent of global agricultural land."
— but it has grown more than threefold since 1999, with upwards of 37 million hectares of land worldwide now under organic cultivation. The Organic Trade Association forecasts steady growth of nine percent or more annually for organic agriculture in the foreseeable future.
But despite this growth, no one expects organic agriculture to top conventional techniques any time soon. The biggest hurdle for organics is the added cost of sustainable practices. "The cost of organic food is higher than that of conventional food because the organic price tag more closely reflects the true cost of growing the food," reports the Organic Farming Research Foundation. "The intensive management and labor used in organic production are frequently (though not always) more expensive than the chemicals routinely used on conventional farms."
However, there is evidence that if the indirect costs of conventional food production–such as the impact on public health of chemicals released into our air and water–were factored in, non-organic foods would cost the same or as much as organic foods.
Another challenge facing the organic sector is a shortage of organic raw materials such as grain, sugar and livestock feed. Without a steady supply of these basics, organic farmers can't harvest enough products to make their businesses viable.
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The traditions have been carried through history for centuries with Easter upon us, thoughts turn to chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and tales of the Easter bunny. And to mark the Christian festival, revellers are already snapping up sweet treats and arranging Easter egg hunts. Bunnies and eggs have become symbols of Easter traditions – and here's why But what is the history of the tradition and why are bunnies and eggs so symbolic?
Why do we buy Easter eggs?
During the Christian calendar event, it's become customary to buy chocolate eggs.
The sweet treats have a hollow centre, which has become a symbol of Jesus' empty tomb.
According to the Bible, the Son of God's body was laid out in the tomb after crucifixion.
The scriptures state that when the stone covering the entrance was moved, the corpse was nowhere to be found and onlookers discovered that Jesus has risen.
This is another reason why eggs are a common part of the religious ritual, as they're a sign of re-birth.
Why do we have the Easter bunny?
Bunnies are nowhere to be found in the Biblical scriptures, but this hasn't stopped the cute creatures from becoming associated with Christian tradition.
Easter bunnies were incorporated into mainstream tradition in the 17th Century.
Early depictions from Germany showed the floppy-eared creatures delivering toys and eggs in baskets to Christian families.
It's difficult to pinpoint the exact origin of the rabbit symbol, but many scholars believe it stems from pagan ritual.
The pagan festival Eostre is dedicated to the goddess of fertility, who is often depicted as a bunny.
As the term "to go at it like rabbits" suggests, the animals are often associated with fertility.
This ties in well with the Bible, as Easter celebrates the re-birth of Jesus following his crucifixion.

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Edmond Squifflet, a retired Boeing Civil Engineer, passed away in Nov. 2016, and his model aircraft collection was gradually donated to RAHS this year.
David Bush, executor of the late Edmond Squifflet's estate, personally knew and appreciated Squifflet's dedication to history and modeling.
"After retirement he took up two hobbies, reading and model collection / building. He was an obsessive history buff," said Bush. "He would read everything he could find and research on a subject, and along the way either build or collect scale models and dioramas to portray that interest."
When retired Boeing employee Edmond Squifflet passed away in the Fall of 2016, his estate looked to donate some of his belongings.
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The donation honors Squifflet's dedication to his career at Boeing and love for the aviation industry.
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This study aims at examining the possible relationship between increasing violence in Pakistani society and its excessive portrayal in popular Indian movies, ardently watched in Pakistan during the four decades (i.e. 1970s, 80s, 90s & 2000s). Firstly, five top grossing films selected through popularity charts and youth polls were analyzed from each of the four decades under study (following sampling techniques of Shipley & Cavendar, 2001). 1 Then Violence Index (as per adapted George Gerbner's Formula, 1976) 2 was calculated to identify and compare the trends in the defined time period. Subsequently, four samples of one month issues of the largest circulated Daily Jang __ from each decade (1976-2006) __ were carefully content analyzed for crime news as an authentic daily record of social crime scene.
Results show that violence has increased both in Pakistani society and Indian movies during the forty years sampled but the increase is curvilinear rather than linear in nature. The very fact reflects that the impact of media messages on society is rather slow, gradual and subtle unlike the hypodermic needle or magic bullet theories of yesteryears. Besides there is a broad observation that strikingly popular Indian movies (which actually fill the cinematic vacuum in absence of sufficient quality local films) play a major role in transmitting patterns of conduct and defining role models in Pakistani society. Above all the desensitization effect of excessive violence in movies on mass audience is also identified widely.
Crimes and Violence is one of the major themes that have dominated the silver screen world over since its advent in the late nineteenth century, and thus raise researchers concerns about its damaging effects on vulnerable sections of society. In about three thousand studies conducted over the last four decades (1976-2006), researchers have identified that incessant and excessive exposure to onscreen violence often leads to antisocial and aggressive behaviors when complemented with hostile surrounding at home and in society.
Violence implies extreme form of verbal or physical aggression that has a significant risk of injuring their victims.
Crime, on the other hand, refers to breach of law. It is thus any act that breaks a criminal law.
Criminal acts are broadly divided into violent offenses (against persons) and nonviolent offenses (against property).
According to Social Change Theories (2011), "Change in external factors does not automatically produce social change. Rather when people redefine situations regarding those factors and thus act upon revised meanings, i.e. alter social behavior, and then there is social change."
Stossel (1997, pp.1-14) added that change in attitude and behavior expresses only occasionally and is seemingly quite erratic so seems to be true in our results that correlate rate of crimes in movies and reported news.3
Besides as Jarvie (1970) pointed out in his study that film often depicts popular reality and project popular view of the issues and its implications than the reality itself which might contribute to the social reality but in an extremely slow and subtle manner.4
The current study heavily relies on Culture and Learning Theories assuming that onscreen violence might incite certain vulnerable segments of society to react violently especially when they come across similar situations as portrayed in fictional world of films. As Bandura (1986) indicated that most of us especially children learn and adopt behavior following striking role models both in real world and media.5
Moreover this study also investigates Inhibitory and Disinhibitory Effects of learning theories in the justification of criminal violence both on and off screen, hypothesizing that people learn and adopt deviant and even criminal behaviors as a ready reaction and quick solution to social injustice when they observe reward and positive reinforcement for deviant actions in media. Even when majority of viewers might not turn criminal in reaction to exposure to violent films, they might get converted into either desensitized or fearful human beings since they possibly take onscreen depiction of violence as a representative reality of its age.
The objective of this study is to evaluate if there is any correlation between the fictional world of violent crimes in highly popular Indian films and factual world of criminal violence in Pakistani society.
Motion pictures are declared the most lethal weapon of propaganda that can influence culture, perspectives and attitude of its viewers in a subtle but certain manner. Indian movies have wide appeal and addiction in Pakistan. Bollywood celebrities are equally worshiped by Pakistani fans and Hindustani rituals and fashion fads are readily adopted by local public as their own. In this scenario, one cannot overlook the possible detrimental effects of these violence ridden movies and TV Programs on the sense, sensibilities and behavior of Pakistani viewers especially in the context of the numerous studies conducted by various researchers such as Blumer (2000), Hauser (2001), Surgeon General's Reports (1972, 1982, 2001), George Gerbner, (1976), {Singer and Singer (1981), Bryant Carveth and Brown (1981), Atkini (1983), as cited by Zuberi ,(1992), Huesmann, Lagerspetz and Eron (1986), Gosselin and Deguis (1997), Thersea Webb (2009), Vivian, Allyn and Bacon (2009) to name a few. These studies, adopting diverse research methods including content analysis, field surveys and lab experiments, have unanimously condemned films and TV for spreading aggression, propagating 'mean world syndrome' and above all desensitizing heavy viewers to real life crimes and violence.
1. Is there any correlation between the rate of violence in Indian movies and rate of crimes in Pakistani society as gauged through news coverage across the four decades (from 1970s to 2000s) in this study?
2. Is the Social Crime Scene has any relevance with the depiction of violence in films?
Content Analysis is adopted as a primary method in this research study as Kelinger (Dominick, 2005, p. 141) 6 identified the fact that these types of studies require analysis of movies and reported news in a systematic and objective manner to quantify the two variables.
To gauge the changes in frequency and depiction of violence and crimes both on and off screen during last four decades, a year's worth of movies and newspapers were sampled from 1976 to 2006__ the period under study. Following the sampling model of Shipley and Cavendar's study (2001), top five blockbuster movies were arbitrarily selected to analyze one year's worth of films in each decade over a period of four decades. These movies were sampled from and other authentic websites and examined for their portrayal and prevalence of violent themes and acts. Since the second part of the study deals with reported news to evaluate if violence and crime rate increases in Pakistani society over a period of time or not, one month's newspaper for crime reports were analyzed as a reflection of social crime scene in a sampled year from each decade.
Eventually, findings of the two studies were compared statistically to evaluate if one can anticipate a link between the real and reel life crimes and violence across four decades or not.
Violent Crime that is our subject of concern in this study is taken seriously since they include offenses against people. It includes homicide (murder), aggravated assault, forcible rape, robbery, burglary, larceny-theft, auto-theft and arson which also come under the category of traditional or street crimes.
The present study adopts the definition of violence used in Fazal Rahim Khan's study conducted on Violence in the Dramatized Entertainment of Pakistan Television.7 This definition further broadens the horizon and scope of our study and includes both:
Overt Expression of Physical Force
Dowd (2006) defined is as "the force (with/without a weapon) against self/others compelling action against one's will on pain of being hurt/killed or actually hurting/ killing" as sampled in Cultural Indicator (CI) research as well.8
Verbal and Symbolic Violence
Verbal or Symbolic violence includes "verbal threats/abuse or gestures. This might be psychologically and physically injurious to a person such as yelling, shouting, showing off weapons to threaten, mostly used as a symbol of power" (Signorielli, Gross & Morgan,1982). 9 The inclusion of verbal and symbolic violence widens the scope of our study in comparison to CI and other such studies that were confined to acts of physical force only.
Violent Incident
According to the CBS definition, "one incident is not absolutely synonymous with an act rather it might include brief breaks in the violent action, as in a protracted chase scene, interrupted by pause for regrouping and reloading etc"
Overall this study fosters the results of around more than half of the British, American and local studies that contradict mass belief regarding the direct, necessary and sufficient detrimental effects of media violence on social crime scene.
On the contrary, it strengthens the rational revelation that media violence in nexus with several other personal, psychological and socio-economic factors in the environment might contribute to the formation of a volatile generation that often lead to a dangerous society as reinforced by other studies such as Berkowitz (193l), Geen and O' Neal (1969), Frederick and Stein (1973), Josephson (1987), Bushman (1995), National TV Violence Study (1996-97) and Anderson and Dill(2000), Anderson and Bushman (2002) to name a few.
Eventually, it is vital to realize that even small statistical effects of media violence on aggressive behavior can have crucial social consequences due to the fact that it affects almost everyone across a large population, influence individuals psyche gradually and leaves lasting impressions on unconscious mind subtly through repetitive and continual exposure to onscreen violence over a period of time .Thus any single incident of violence in reel or real life can trigger the pent up emotions and results into extremely volatile reactions as evident in various recent incidents of brutality such as Sialkot lynching of Butt Brothers, Killings, stoning and burning of snatchers and burglars by mobs in Karachi, Lahore and other cities of Pakistan and violence during Lawyers' Campaign in Pakistan to name a few.
Thus even a negligibly weak positive correlation of +0.20 between the incidences of violent crimes in movies and news reports found in the current study may be taken as an indication of serious social implications in the long run and inferences are to be drawn with caution in the wider perspective.
1. Is there any correlation between the rate of violence in Indian movies and rate of crimes in Pakistani society as gauged through news coverage across the four decades (from 1970s to 2000s) in this study?
Apparently the two factors do not show assumed direct and immediate link between the number of incidents in films and news reports during four decades for e.g. 1990s represents highest number of incidents in news reports i.e. 370 whereas it shows the lowest rate of violent scenes depicted in sampled films in the same period i.e. 62. Similarly, the decade of 2000s exhibits second highest number of violent incidents (i.e. 360) in reported news, with second lowest no of violence scenes on silver screen i.e.76. Subsequently, rest of the two decades of 1970s and 1980s reflect relatively lower figure of violent crimes as reported in Jang newspaper i.e. 76 and 275 compared to higher number of violent scenes calculated in the top five popular Indian films i.e. 80 and 94 respectively.
Percentage or Prevalence of Violence (%P)
Is the Social Crime Scene has any relevance with the depiction of violence in films?
Apparently the two media (Indian films and Pakistani newspapers) show somewhat peculiar and characteristic trends as far as prevalence of violence is concerned. While %P (percentage of hours containing violence in films) consistently decreases through four decades i.e. (from 29% in 70s to 25% in 80s and 16% in 90s) , it consistently increases in the real world of crimes news reports ( from 1% to 2% between 70s and 80s and 18% in 90s) with an exception of the last decade during which it decreased prominently from 18% to 3% in newspapers while raised markedly from 16% to 23 % in movies during the same period.
However, the findings indicate one possibility that the effects of media and film content are slow and gradual and it might take more than a decade to change the mindset of a generation as discovered by Psychology Professor, Leonard Eron's longitudinal study (1960) by observing effects of violent TV on its subjects with eleven years gap in two stages from age 8 to age 30. 10
It was found that the heavy onscreen violence viewers were more likely to commit serious crimes, treat their families rather aggressively and punish their kids seriously than the non-viewers but the media violence took more than a decade to exhibit its effects in the conduct of its viewers. Lefkowitz's follow up study 'TV Violence and Child Aggression' (1971) endorsed that exposure to intense TV violence and crimes led to aggressive behavior by the age of 18 especially in boys and so did the Centerwall's research (1981) that noticed the dreadful TV influence on South African village within 12 years of its advent in the region.
Thus it seems that Indian movies affect rather than reflect the social reality especially that of the neighbouring country such as Pakistan, which we attempt to analyze through news and crime reports of a popular Urdu Daily Jang, spreading over 20 to 30 news pages (since number of newspapers' pages are markedly increased in the last two decades). Moreover, a large number of real world crimes and violent acts remain unreported or simply sweep under the carpet, while the same acts and incidents are in focus and highlighted when projected on silver screen which are usually 2 to 3 hours long.
1. Shipley, W., & Cavender, G. (2001). Murder and Mayhem at the Movies. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 9(1) , 1-14.
2. Gerbner, G., & Gross, L. (Spring 1976). Living with television- The Violence Profile. Journal of Communication, 173-197.
3. Stossel, S. (1997, May). The Man Who Counts the Killings. Retrieved 2010, from The Atlantic. com: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97may/Gerbner. htm, 1-14.
4. Jarvie, I. (1970). Movies and Society. NewYork : N.Y.: Basic Books, Inc.Lewis,D. (1940), 1-394
5. Bandura, A. (1986). Social Foundations of Thoughts and Actions: a Social Cognitive Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 47-80.
6. Wimmer, R. D., & Dominick, J. R. (2005). Research in Media Effects. In R. D. Wimmer, & J. R. Dominick, Mass Media Research- An Introduction (8th Edition ed., 141-143, 393-396, chapter VII). Wadsworth Publishing.
7. Khan, R. F., & Rashid, I. (1993). Violence in the Dramatized Entertainment of PTV. Research Journal Gomal University , (B)13 (2), 205-222.
8. Nancy Dowd, D. G. (2006). Handbook of children, culture and violence.
United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
9. Signorielli, N., Gross, L., & Morgan, M. (Vol 2; 1982). Violence in Television Programs- ten years later. Television and Behavior: Ten Years of Scientific Progress and Implications for the 80's, 2 (Bouthilet and Lazars eds).
10. Eron, L. D. (1960). The Effects of TV Violence on Children
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Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) Football Club is located in North London. The club is also known as Spurs. Tottenham's home ground is White Hart Lane. The club motto is Audere est Facere (To dare is to do).
Ledley King admits there is a little score to settle with Sunday's opponents Newcastle United following our unfortunate FA Cup exit against them less than a month ago.
It was one of our best away performances of the season at St James Park, but the boys could just not snatch an equaliser after Patrick Kluivert's 5th minute opener, despite piling huge pressure on the home side.
It is still fresh in the memory and Ledley hopes the winning of three points on Sunday would help ease some of the disappointment.
"Yes, the cup game was disappointing for us," sighed the skipper. "We thought we did enough to get something out of the game at least. We will take that into the home game, along with confidence from the cup game - we know we were the better team for large periods of the game.
"With our home fans behind us we are looking forward to it.
"We had a few good chances and the keeper was man of the match on the day. Sometimes that happens, he was inspired and wasn't going to be beaten. We gave it everything we had but it wasn't to be."
Newcastle suffered a little downturn in form after their Cup progress - drawing with Portsmouth and losing at home to Aston Villa. A UEFA Cup victory over Sporting Lisbon will have lifted spirits, not that Ledley was reading too much into their form guide in any case.
"I'm not too sure about whether there is a good time to play teams. When we played them in the cup they came in on the back of some good results and we really dominated the game.
"It hasn't gone so well for them in the last few weeks, but we can't take anything for granted. We're at home, we will go out and give it everything we've got again and make sure we come out with the win this time."
Newcastle will be without the three players sent off against Villa last weekend, which is likely to result in a starting place for midfielder Jermaine Jenas - a player Ledley rates very highly.
"Having spent time with him for England I've realised what a good player he is. He was captain for them earlier in the season and, for someone so young to captain a team like Newcastle, he's got to have something about him.
"He is a fantastic player and it is hard for me to see why he wasn't playing. If he is playing he is one we have to keep an eye on.
"I saw him in his last few months at Forest and you could see what a good player he was then. With a big move to Newcastle he is showing what a player he is and what he is going to be."


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Rodney Alcala, acting as his own attorney, is trying to convince jurors to spare his life.
Last week, the jury found 66-year-old Alcala guilty of kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old Huntington Beach resident Robin Samsoe, and guilty of torturing and slaying four women from Los Angeles County in the 1970s. Alcala never offered a defense for the L.A. murders.
Alcala's witness, Dr. Richard Rappaport, testified Alcala does not remember killing the four, possibly because he suffers from a borderline personality disorder, with psychotic episodes possibly prompted by stressful events, suggesting the horror of killing women could trigger amnesia.
"I just shake my head. I don't believe it. I think it's disgusting. He exactly what he was doing," said Dedee Parenteau, sister of Jill Parenteau, one of Alcala's victims.
Parenteau's sister Jill was murdered by Alcala in 1979 after he broke into the 21-year-old's apartment.
"He's committed this horrible, brutal murder. It kind of makes you angry. He doesn't care," said Dedee.
The court heard how Alcala, who was a winning Dating Game show contestant in the 1970s, has a high IQ, no signs of drug problems and grew up in a loving home.
Rappaport testified Alcala remembers earlier crimes, like when he tortured and sexually assaulted Tali Shapiro when she was 8 years old.
The prosecutor pointed out that Alcala only mentioned to the doctor the crimes he's already served time for, and the doctor is being paid $20,000 to be a witness for the convicted serial killer.


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Pret•ty /ˈpritē/ (Adjective)
Attractive in a delicate way without being beautiful.
It was a man's changing room tradition – trash the opposing team, make fart jokes, and go into in-depth discussions of the female population of the school.
"There's something about the way she moves, all soft and gentle that just makes me want to break her in, you know?" A round of cheers followed this statement and Wally opened his locker with such force that it bounced off of Wilson's beside him and almost slammed shut again.
"Oh man, if I could just get my hands on her. I'd love to be the one to pop that cherry!" Marcus exclaimed, jumping up on the bench and he began slow thrusting the air, his hands held in front of him as if his fingers were clutching onto hips. His teammates laughed and jeered, before Watson screwed the lid off his water bottle and upturned it over Marcus' head, drenching the guy.
"Come off it! I bet that some guy got there first."
"Or girl!"
"She's Asian, right? I've heard that they're into some kinky shit!"
"Only downside is that she has small boobs."
"Nah, I reckon there's a good handful there. And she has legs that go on for miles."
Wally could feel the anger slowly rise in him, but he stomped it down, breathed deep and slowly, focusing on the fact that his inhales were cooler than his exhales. He reached into his locker and grabbed his bandages and he began to wind the off-white material around his knuckles as he sat on the bench behind him, his back to his football team-mates.
"You're being unusually quiet over there, Beatles!" Brian shouted out, slapping his hand against Wally's shoulder.
"I don't have a lot to say." Wally said with a forced calm, slowly, slowly, slowly winding the white bandage around his left hand, counting to ten in his mind, just focusing on the action and ignoring the words…
"Come of it, Beatles!" Harry jeered, leaping onto the bench beside him, his legs on either side, "you always have something to say about the pretty girls – Hell, you've deflowered most of them!" This was met with a chorus of laughs and Wally smirked, curling his fingers into a tight fist, shadow boxing the air in front of him, his muscles flexing.
They weren't completely wrong; Wally thought as his carded his fingers through his blonde hair, letting the strands of his shaggy cut fall back into his eyes, he usually did have a lot to say.
But not about her. Never about her.
Kuki Sanban was that one girl in the school that most guys wanted, but only one or two of them had a chance with – So far, only Patton Drivolsky had been so lucky as to date her, but that didn't stop other guys trying.
Wally wouldn't try. There was no point. He knew, in his gut that he wouldn't have a chance with someone as beautiful and pure as her, that he would taint her life, leaving a wretched stain that she'd never be able to scrub clean on her reputation.
The resident badass with the purest girl – that was not an equation that had a decent answer. Instead, it would cause tears, heartbreak and broken promises and Wally just knew that he wouldn't be able to deal with hurting her like that.
She wasn't pretty, like Harry had foolishly called her – she was beautiful. Much too beautiful for himself, Wally thought as Watson made another derogatory remark towards the tiny Asian girl and his fist flew out on instinct, connecting sharply with his jaw, sending him reeling back. And she was much too beautiful for this group of saddo's.
A/N: This is a new series that I'm starting which, I'm guessing you can tell by the summary, is one-word prompts - None of the chapters/one-shots will relate to each other, and most of them will be AU's (the biggest one being Nigel doesn't leave for the GKND and will be present in most of these...I have a soft spot for Nigie.)
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Pawel G.
Pawel (Paul) joined our Brooklyn team in September and will spend a year in mission with us. He first met Heart's Home (Domy Serca) in Warsaw, one of our newest houses which has been in mission there since 2012. If you'd like to read more about our work in Polish, please click here. Domy Serca
Born and raised in Zagórnik, Poland, Pawel is proud to be a "neighbor" of one of the most famous Poles, as his town is not far from Wadowice, where St John Paul II was born. Pawel holds a Masters degree in Sociology and Communications, and spent last year working in a nursing home. As part of our neighborhood outreach team, Pawel is always excited to meet new people. A "seeker of the signs of heaven in our ordinary days", Pawel is grateful to have this year in mission to find God hidden in daily activities and new friendships. When not busy meeting a new friend, you can usually find Pawel with his camera, capturing the beauty of the city.
Joanna H.
Hailing from Pisarzowice, not far from Krakow in southern Poland, Joanna has been living in Warsaw for several years, where she first met Heart's Home. Joanna joined our Brooklyn team in September and will spend a year in mission with us.
After completing a Masters degree in Finance at the Warsaw School of Economics, she spent several years working as an auditor at a major consulting firm. When she discovered Heart's Home, she knew this mission was what she had been looking for, and is very excited to be here in the Big Apple. Joanna is part of our neighborhood outreach team, and in addition to polishing up her English, is learning some Spanish! When she is not getting to know new friends here in Brooklyn, you can usually find her exploring the streets of New York, passionate about discovering all the nookies and crannies of this fascinating city.
Sr Katie K.
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Sr Katie, a proud native Chicagoan, never thought she would live here in New York, but…here she is! In Brooklyn since August 2015, she is the first Servant of God's Presence native to the United States. Excited to begin a new mission here, her natural enthusiasm and energy have been shaped by her previous missions in Thailand, El Salvador and France. Her first mission in Bangkok, Thailand as a volunteer in 2010, coming at the end of several years working in fundraising and communications, was a turning point for her, and led her to El Salvador to continue discerning with Heart's Home in 2012.
After a year and a half discerning with the Heart's Home sisters in France, in 2014, she entered the community of the Servants of God's Presence. She is immensely grateful for this last "spiritual year" in mission, which was a holistic education that included not only intensive courses in theology and philosophy, but also the space and time to live out a deeper silence and prayer life.
Happy to be back on this side of the Atlantic, she is discovering that her Bachelors degree in German and professional work experience in communications might be of some use to the Heart's Home team here. Mostly though, you can find her visiting friends in our neighborhood or welcoming them to our home, grateful to be trying to live out a radical "hospitality of the heart" here in the Big Apple.


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Pierson Fode shows off his excellent side eye game while heading back to his car after a workout in Los Angeles earlier in the week.
It was just announced that the 24-year-old actor is a pre-nominee at the 2016 Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.
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Pierson is a pre-nominee alongside Nicholas Bechtel (General Hospital), Bryan Craig (General Hospital), Max Ehrich (The Young and the Restless), Rome Flynn (The Bold and the Beautiful), Connor Kalopsis (Days of Our Lives), James Lastovic (Days of Our Lives), Jonathan McClendon (Days of Our Lives), Casey Moss (Days of Our Lives), Terrell Ransom, Jr. (Days of Our Lives) and Tequan Richmond (General Hospital).
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At around 1:00 a.m. on Monday, the Dairy Zone at 2219 East University captured the act of vandalism on a surveillance camera.
The video, posted to the parlor's Facebook page, shows a group of young people overturning flower pots and other decorations. McDonald calls the act frustrating.
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"Where is the Humanity?"
"Europe, what happened to you?"
This is the mantra, repeated again and again every time I hear New Europeans, talking about their situation here, in Greece. They appeal to the conscience of Europe. They appeal to humanity.
Dear new neighbors, I will tell you a secret. There is no Europe. There is no Humanity. There is no one big — happy or not — human family.
You have been cheated. Your ideal view of Europe was the result of political marketing. The Europe you wanted to join never existed. Whatever peaceful, easy and wealthy life was possible in Europe, it was — no more is — for old Europeans only, paid by the exploitation and hidden slavery of people like you. By arms sales to the governments that were trying to kill you. By cheap oil purchased from Daesh. By the destruction of your own home.
Now, the rulers and owners of Europe exploit and destroy old Europeans as well. Google "austerity". Google "Greek crisis". Google "racism in Europe".
Europe is a sinking ship.
You have chosen wrong destination to look for stable, safe life for your families. Ask your predecessors, who joined Europe in 1950s, 1970s, 1990s — they are still Europeans of 2nd or 3rd category. Their children as well. What will happen to you?
You are complaining about slow registration, missing relocation programs, lack of information. You believe that it is enough to protest, to march around or sit down at Syntaghma square. To push governments so they start doing their duty. I am sorry, it does not work any more. People in Europe are shitless scared. People in Europe think about their privileges; privileges they are already loosing. People in Europe do not want to hear about solidarity, humanity and New Europeans.
This meagerly small population of "volunteers" you have contact with, is just an aberration. A group of freaks, who desperately do what they believe in — often without really understanding what you need or want. They try to do what they think governments should do. But their numbers are dwindling.
There is no big, friendly European Union, to take care of you. There is no place for you in trembling, terrified Europe. Unless you make this place yourself. Unless you find new friends and allies. Unless you get organized instead of waiting for somebody to take care. Because nobody will.
Dear New Europeans, welcome to our messy home. Join those, who try to renew it and make it more airy, more human. You will not be given a friendly, welcoming Europe. You can ONLY make it, together with us, troublemakers.
Good luck.
More on Europe and how it changes: House of Glass


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Flore Mary-Jane
Born in Vacoas (MAU) on October 25, 1983
Comes from track & field, his speciality were 400 mts and 800 mts running. Started playing BT in 2012 after having tested some tennis for hobby. On the sand she keeps the left side and is capable of surprising strokes.
Marot Charles
Born in La Saline les Bains (Reunion, FRA) on Febuary 4, 1987
Started playing BT after having moved to Mauritius island. Comes from tennis and is yet an active surfer. On the sand he stays on the left side, with an aggressive style of game.
Tennant Letitia
Born in Mauritius on November 8, 1988
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Ghost of Kalidria
D'valten lies to the west of the island Kingdom of Xephus. Two seas and a Kingdom protected Edius from the might of Calisto. Even this was not enough. D'valten is a very violent land and this breeds a very hardy and stubborn people.
To the East and South the coastal lines are covered in a very thick swamp that yields on the southern stretch to a tropical rain forest known as the Great Serpent Forest. The capital city of Styx is a coastal city protected by a very treacherous reef, making a strike on the city by sea nearly impossible.
The city is nearly rebuilt from the destruction that was dealt it when Calisto's sway on the monsters he had gathered to protect the city while he was away destroying the city of Edius. Calisto's floating fortress never made it back to Styx.
With the rightful king missing, Steward Tiamath Mankin is holding the throne from Reef Town. The former capital has been destroyed by the monsters that were brought there to protect it. The core of the Kingdom has been lost to the monsters.
Directly to the north of D'valten is Kredo and to the west it boarders the Kingdom of Kendor. The wet marshes swamps and rain forest give way to the north to hills leading to the mountains of Kredo. In the northwest these mountains lie within D'valten territory and contain a few active volcanoes.
Cities of Note
Reef Town
Cape Nordan
Fort Clegorne
Great Serpent Forest
Kredo Mountains
Deadlands Swamp
Melnibone Reef
Clegane Plateau
Military Structure
The King of D'Valten is the highest member of the military as well, that being Calisto. Below him is his son serving as a successor. From there you have the four Sentinels, each with their own elite warrior that answer directly to them. These sit upon the top of the heap with the ability to give orders to any other units below them.
Generally speaking, though, Karald is the general and the chief military mind below Calisto and his son. Skald is the primary arbitrator of the actions of the beasts that answer Calisto's call. Lynsyd governs the flow of information and handling things that relate to things in the shadows, and beyond her Elite does not get too involved in the particulars of war. Harrow, well you can consider him the medic among other things…
Ravagers – Harrow's Elite squad of handpicked individuals known for their acceptance of his teachings.
Keepers – Skald's squad that control the minds of the beasts
Dragoons – Karald's most skilled militants, among them are those trained in taking dragons into combat
Silent Ones – Lynsyd's network of spies, assassins and infiltrators


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