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May 26, 2018 – 8:00 PM
Fox Theater - Oakland
1807 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
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What would you do if, one decade into your career, you suddenly saw your latest release named album of the year by one of the world's most influential music websites? If you're Karin Dreijer Andersson, formerly singer with '90s pop hopes Honey Is Cool and now one half of The Knife, the answer is to take a couple of years off and return as a solo artist under a new name.
Fever Ray is the title, of both project and album, an evocation of the music's sound, intense and anxious, yet luminous. It's the culmination of work that began in 2007 when Karin and Olof, the brother-sister duo who are The Knife, decided to take time out following a handful of incredible live shows. Their first two albums did well in their Swedish homeland; their third, Silent Shout, went to Number One, won six Swedish Grammys, underlined their reputation as an act capable of the truly extraordinary and was pronounced the best record of 2006 by Pitchfork. Karin needed a break – she was about to have her second child – but couldn't stop writing.
Small wonder the post-natal period proved so fertile. She composes best in that state any new parent will recognise, awake but exhausted, where reality blurs into imagination and ideas flutter in and out. "Half of what the songs are about is the subconscious," she says, "ideas of things happening. A lot of it is like daydreaming, dreaming when you're awake, but tired; a lot of stories come from that world. I try to write when I'm in that state – I'm very bad at remembering later, so I have to do it right away."
Eight months of the most productive daydreaming later, Karin had a batch of new songs and the raw materials for the production. Unsure how to get them over the finishing line, she took half to Christoffer Berg (who mixed The Knife's work), half to Stockholm production duo Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid for a final brush and tickle.
The result is Fever Ray, an album that, while recognisably the work of the same artist, is dramatically different from The Knife. It's still constructed on electronic foundations and embellished with traditional instrumentation (guitar here, congas there), but Fever Ray is starker, moodier, in places quite sombre – less an invasion, more a slow process of colonisation. Not that you'll find anything so literal in the lyrics.
Her distinctive writing process is at its most striking in 'Seven', where a succession of stories – some real, some imagined, but all tangentially related to that number – are obliquely referenced. That's the way Karin writes; just enough detail to sketch the outline and splash some colour without becoming mired in anything too specific. As she says herself in the song: "I know it, I think I know it from a hymn/ They've said so, it doesn't need more explanation."
"I prefer lyrics that are like that," she says, "I like to keep it as minimal as possible. I like films the same way, ones with very little dialogue, such as the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki (Leningrad Cowboys Go America), I think he's fantastic. It's very important to keep the magic and the feeling of something you can draw yourself. You don't want to be too literal."
Thus 'I'm Not Done', one of Fever Ray's more upbeat moments, only reveals its true meaning in its title, a gesture of defiance against Karin's own thoughts of retirement. "That was the last song I wrote and in contrast to many tracks that are more about anxiety and depression, that one is very full of life," she says. "Sometimes, when you're as old as I am now, you think you're going to quit, and people around you think you're going to quit. But then you have days when you realise how good music can be, there's so much left to explore and so much left to do. That's why I sometimes feel I'll never quit."
You can figure out for yourself whether a song such as 'If I Had A Heart', which sings of "Dangling feet from window frame/ Will they ever reach the floor/ More give me more give me more", is inspired by observing her young children. Or if 'Concrete Walls', despite its ghostly demeanour (that seemingly masculine vocal is, as always, Karin working the voice transformer) and sense of entrapment, is actually about new motherhood, as revealed in "I live between concrete walls/ In my arms she was so warm/ Eyes are open and mouth cries/ Haven't slept since summer." Or whether the regular references to snow reflect anything more profound than the national climate.
One thing's for sure – in a country with a wealth of leftfield pop artists, Karin Dreijer Andersson sounds like no one but herself. Constantly inventive, restlessly emotive, Fever Ray swaggers, broods, intrigues and dazzles without ever making concessions to the soap opera demands of modern media. "I think the music should be able to stand for itself without interfering, like what the artist looks like. That's something you find out during the process, it's a steady ongoing process about how you survive. When you work with music, you have the possibility to create magic."
Opportunity taken, Fever Ray works its magic. Here's your chance to fall under its spell.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he did not make the controversial decision to secretly seize telephone records of the Associated Press but defended his department's actions in the investigation of what he called a "very, very serious leak."
The decision to seek phone records of one of the world's largest news-gathering organizations was made by Deputy Attorney General Jim Cole, Holder said.
Holder, speaking at a press conference, said he recused himself from the matter to avoid a potential conflict of interest because he was interviewed by the FBI as part of the same leak investigation that targeted the AP records.
That seizure, denounced by critics as a gross intrusion into freedom of the press, has created an uproar in Washington and led to questions over how the Obama administration is balancing the need for national security with privacy rights.
Combined with a separate furor over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra scrutiny, it also is stoking fears of excessive government intrusion under President Barack Obama.
The White House has said it had no advance knowledge of the IRS or Justice Department actions.
Lawmakers from both parties on Tuesday criticized the Justice Department's decision to obtain the AP records. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the action "inexcusable."
But in a letter to AP president Gary Pruitt, Cole on Tuesday defended the department's unusual action against a member of the media, saying it was a necessary step in the year-old criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
A law enforcement official said the probe is related to information in a May 7, 2012, AP story about an operation, conducted by the CIA and allied intelligence agencies, that stopped a Yemen-based al Qaeda plot to detonate a bomb on an airplane headed for the United States.
Cole declined Pruitt's request to return the records.
"We strive in every case to strike the proper balance between the public's interest in the free flow of information and the public's interest in the protection of national security and effective enforcement of our laws," he wrote. "We believe we have done so in this matter."
Pruitt, in a statement responding to Cole's letter, said "it does not adequately address our concerns," which include that the subpoena's scope was "overbroad under the law" and that the AP was not notified in advance.
The AP story at issue, he said, contradicted White House assertions that there was no credible threat to the American people in May 2012 around the first anniversary of the killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Cole disclosed that investigators conducted more than 550 interviews and reviewed tens of thousands of documents in the probe before seizing the toll records of AP phone calls.
Holder said he did not have specific knowledge about the formulation of the subpoena for the AP records, but does not believe the Justice Department did anything wrong.
"This was ... a very, very serious leak," he said. "I have been a prosecutor since 1976 and I have to say that this is among, if not the most serious, it is within the top two or three most serious leaks that I have ever seen," Holder said, speaking at an unrelated press conference on Medicare fraud.
"It put the American people at risk, and that is not hyperbole," he said. "And trying to determine who was responsible for that, I think, required very aggressive action."
In June 2012, Holder ordered two U.S. attorneys to pursue separate leak investigations, the subject of which he did not identify.
The probes followed calls by Congress to crack down on national security leaks after the Associated Press report on the Yemen plot and a New York Times report on details of the Stuxnet computer virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear centrifuges.
The AP said it was informed last Friday that the Justice Department had gathered records for more than 20 phone lines assigned to the news agency and its reporters, covering April and May of last year.
Pruitt, in a letter to Holder on Monday, called the seizure a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations.
Five reporters and an editor involved in the AP story about the Yemen plot were among those whose phone records were obtained by the government, the AP said.
Reuters reported that on May 7, 2012, Obama's top White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, who is now CIA director, held a small, private teleconference to brief former counterterrorism advisers who are TV commentators and told them the plot was never a threat to U.S. public safety because Washington had "inside control" over it.
One of the former officials on the call later said on network TV that the U.S. government had indicated implicitly that "they had somebody on the inside who wasn't going to let it happen."
U.S. and European authorities later acknowledged the alleged plot had been discovered because an informant had been planted inside the conspiracy by MI5, Britain's principal counterterrorism agency.
The original AP story made no mention of an undercover informant or "control" over the operation by the United States or its allies.
Brennan acknowledged during his Senate confirmation hearing that he had been interviewed by prosecutors in connection with two leak inquiries, including the Yemen probe. He told Congress that he had not leaked any classified information.
Several prominent Republicans last year called for a crackdown on leaks, with some suggesting the White House was orchestrating them to burnish Obama's security credentials and chances for re-election in November.
Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican on the Judiciary Committee, when asked whether Republicans had the type of action taken against the AP in mind, said: "No, I don't think anybody wants to take away the freedom of the press. ... You can't be free if you've got government monitoring your calls, and your interviews. How is that a free press?"
Reid, the Senate's top Democrat, told reporters at the Capitol, "I don't know who did it, why it was done, but it's inexcusable, and there is no way to justify this."
The Obama administration has been aggressive in combating national security leaks, conducting at least a half-dozen prosecutions - more than under all other previous presidents combined, according to tallies by multiple news organizations.
Mark Corallo, a Justice Department spokesman between 2002 and 2005, said that during his tenure, the rule was that any request from any part of the Justice Department for the issuing of subpoenas against a news organization had to be submitted to his office for approval.
Corallo said that of "dozens" of requests from prosecutors for subpoenas directed against news organizations, he approved one during his tenure.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that President Barack Obama "believes that the press as a rule needs to have an unfettered ability to pursue investigative journalism."
"He is also committed, as president and as a citizen, to the proposition that we cannot allow classified information, that can do harm to our national security interests or do harm to individuals, to be leaked," Carney said.
"Certainly there have been lots of presidents upset about leaks and there have been a number of chief executives who have gone to rather extraordinary lengths," said Darrell West, director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution think tank.
"But I think people believed that Obama was more committed to civil liberties so it's actually more shocking that he did it rather that someone like (George W.) Bush and (Richard) Nixon because people had higher expectations of him," he said.
Additional reporting by Susan Cornwell, Jennifer Saba, Mark Hosenball and Mark Felsenthal; Writing by Karey Van Hall; Editing by Warren Strobel, Cynthia Osterman and Jim Loney

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Community Board
Community Organizations & Services
Fire Department
Local Hospitals
Local Newspapers
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Police Department
Post Office
Private / Parochial Schools
Public Elementary Schools
Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
| Senior Centers
Elected Officials
Special Services
|Child Care / Preschools
Bright Beginnings
49-22 30th Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 777-6664
Maspeth Town Hall PS 229
67-25 51st Road
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 446-2120
NYCHA Woodside Community Center
50-19 Broadway
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 932-0771 Rainbow Christian
Rainbow Christian Pre-School & Kindergarten
72-01 43rd Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 335-3361
Rainbowland Nursery School
39-60 54th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 899-7590
Sports & Arts in School Foundation IS 125
46-02 47th Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 752-9210
YMCA Virtual Y P.S. 229
67-25 51st Road
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 392-7932
Woodside Children's Center
50-37 Broadway
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718)-278-3616
Woodside's Montessori
39-04 61st Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 205-7570
Towers Play-N-Learn
60-10A 47th Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 478-3885
|Community Board
Community Board District # 2
43-22 50th Street
Woodside New York , 11377
phone: (718) 533-8773
|Community Organizations & Services
Queens Child Guidance Center
60-02 Queens Boulevard
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718)-651-7770 ext. 202
fax: (718)-651-5029
Woodside on the Move
39-42 59th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 476-8449
fax: (718) 476-6946
Anoroc Democratic Club
45-25 47th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 784-2193
VFW Post 2813
51-27 Queens Boulevard
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 335-0700
Catholic War Veterans Post 870
39-46 61st Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 476-8539
Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside
45-25 47th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 784-2468
United Forties Civic Association
45th Street and 50th Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (917) 650-7776
Sunnyside/Woodside Lions Club
42-09 47th Avenue 1B)
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 784-8437
|Fire Department
Engine 325 / Ladder 163
41-24 51st Street
Woodside NY , 11377
|Local Hospitals
Elmhurst Hospital Center
79-01 Broadway
Elmhurst NY , 11373
phone: (718) 334-4000
Queens Blvd Ext Care Facility
61 - 11 Queens Boulevard
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 205-0288
Family Health Center
57-18 Woodside Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 898-9494
fax: (718) 898-5023
Western Queens Alcoholism Center
62-07 Woodside Avenue
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Woodside Clinic
67-14 41st Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 458-4243
fax: (718)-458-4481
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Woodside Herald
43-11 Greenpoint Avenue
Sunnyside NY , 11104
phone: (718) 729-3772
fax: (718) 729-8614
Woodside times
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Bush Park
61st Street, N/S Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Dough Boy Park
Woodside Ave, Between 54th and 56th Street
Windmuller Park
52nd to 54th Street, Woodside Ave, 39th Road, 39th
Brig Gen Jos T. Hart Memorial Playground
65th to 69th Streets, 37th Avenue, Broadway
Carl R Sohncke Square
Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside Avenue, 58th Street
Winfield Plaza
Woodside Avenue, E/S Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Woodside Park
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|Police Department
108th Precinct
5-47 50th Avenue
Long Island City NY , 11105
phone: (718) 784 -5411
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Woodside Station
39-25 61st Street
Woodside NY , 11377-9997
phone: (800) 275-8777
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St. Sebastian (PK-8)
39-76 58th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 429-1982
Razi School (PK-12)
55-11 Queens Blvd
Wodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 429-4700
St. Illuminator's Armenian Day (PK-6)
69-23 47th Ave
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 478-4073
Greater New York Academy
41-32 58th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 639-1752
ABC Child Care
66-26 Laurel Hill Boulevard
Woodside NY , 11377
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70-20 47th Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
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Corpus Christi School (PK-8)
31-29 60th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 721-2484
Greater Ny Sda Academy (9-12)
41-32 58th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 639-1752
Jackson Heights School Sda (K-8)
72-25 Woodside Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 426-5729
St Teresa School (PK-8)
50-15 44th Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 784-0178
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P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan (K-6)
54-25 Skillman Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718)-779-2090
fax: (718) 458-6362
P.S. 012 James B. Colgate (K-5)
42-00 72nd Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 424-5905
fax: (718) 424-0207
P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
50-05 31 Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718)728-2676
fax: (718) 545-2028(718) 545-2028
P.S. 152 Gwendoline Alleyne (K-6)
33-52 62nd Street
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 429-3141
fax: (718) 779-7532
P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan (PK-7)
67-25 51 Road
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 446-2120
fax: (718) 672-3117
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I.S. 125 Thomas J. McCann (5-8)
46-02 47 Avenue
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 937-0320
fax: (718) 361-2451
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Woodside Senior Center
50 - 37 Newtown Road Building 19
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 932-6916
Woodside Senior Assistance Program
61-20 Woodside Ave
Woodside NY , 11377
phone: (718) 779-1234
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|NYC Council
Hon. Jimmy Van Bramer
District Office Address 47-01 Queens Boulevard, Suite 205
Sunnyside NY, 11104
phone: (718) 383-9566
fax: (718) 383-9076
Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, Suite 1833
New York NY , 10007
phone: (212) 788-7370
fax: (212) 513-7195
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Hon. Brian Barnwell
District Office 55-19 69th Street
Maspeth NY, 11378
phone: (718) 651-3185
fax: (718) 651-3027
Albany Office LOB, Room 921
Albany NY, 12248
phone: (518) 455-4755
fax: (518) 455-5032
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District Office 31-19 Newtown Avenue, Suite 402
Astoria NY , 11102
phone: (718) 728-0960
fax: (718) 728-0963
Albany Office Capitol Building, Room 413
Albany NY, 12247
phone: (518) 455-3486
fax: (518) 426-6929
|Boro President
Hon. Melinda Katz
Hon. Bill de Blasio
|US Congress
Hon. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
District Office
Legislative Office229 Cannon HOB
Washington DC, 20515
phone: (202) 225-3965
Woodside is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Queens. Although it was inhabited by European settlers in the early years, it did not grow substantially until the 1800s because it was a dangerous and isolated area of snake-infested swamps and wolf-inhabited woods. In the1860's, the first developers, Benjamin W. Hitchcock and John Andrew Kelly, moved in and the Community of Woodside was formed. Kelly built a home that he called "Woodside" after the nearby forests. The name also became popular from a series of newspaper articles he wrote from his home. In 1869, more than one thousand lots were laid out by Benjamin Hitchcock, generating the first massive building of the new village Woodside.
The completion of the Queensboro Bridge and subway tracks allowed more people to migrate into Woodside and the population reached 6000 by 1910. Eventually the city of New York and other developers began building in the area to accommodate the influx of people. Woodside has since grown as a mixed residential, commercial, and manufacturing suburb for working class people.
Public library service didn't arrive in Woodside until 1908 when the Woodside Improvement Association succeeded in converting Mr. H. Wikters' General Store into a public library, known as a "traveling library station". On June 19, 1910, the city-funded branch library opened to the public with Anna Burns as librarian. The library was housed on the first floor of a two-story frame building on the southwest corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 58th Street. During World War I, the library served as a community activity center. The branch later temporarily relocated to a newly built store at 59-12 Woodside Avenue until 1932 when it moved to its permanent location on the southwest corner of 55th Street and Skillman Avenue. In 1963, after the building underwent extensive renovation and rehabilitation, it reopened to the public with a new entrance on Skillman Avenue. The branch building was again updated in 1999, improving access to the building for those with disabilities. The Woodside Community Library primarily serves the area bounded by Northern Boulevard to the north, Maurice Ave to the south, 50th St. to the east, and Brooklyn–Queens Expressway to the west. Among the residents of Woodside, most are immigrants. Chinese immigrants are the largest group. Ecuadorians are the second largest group. Koreans, Colombians, Bangladesh, Filipinos, Asian Indians, Guyanese, Peruvians and Irish are also well represented in Woodside.
More information about the Woodside community is available from the following sources:
Woodside at a glance:www.maxhome.netfirms.com/
Woodside: a tour through the past, present, and culture of a historic urban community:http://users.bestweb.net/~brouwer/
Catherine Gregory: Woodside, Queens County, New York : a historical perspective, 1652-1994.
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately one of two American men and one of three American women will have some type of cancer at some point during their lifetime. Queens Library HealthLink seeks to increase access to cancer screening and cancer treatment among medically underserved communities in Queens. Queens Library HealthLink is a partnership between Queens Library, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital and the American Cancer Society.


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The next version of the audio editing software includes a nifty tool for removing unwanted sounds.
Adobe has given us a sneak peek at the next version of its Audition audio editing software, alongside upgrades to After Effects, Premiere Pro, Prelude and SpeedGrade – as well as formally launching its network-based editing system Adobe Anywhere.
Audition CS7 * gains the new Sound Remover tool – which allows you to paint on the spectral display to create sound model, then capture that sound model and remove it from a whole clip. Adobe's business development manager for video Niels Stevens demoed this to remove a siren behind a voice by capturing the model of the siren only.
A Preview Editor panel that shows the results of any effects or work on an audio clip. Other new features include the Pitch Bender effect, the TC Electronics Loudness Radar for checking broadcast compliant of audio levels (as in Premiere Pro CS7), colour-coded tracks a la Premiere Pro, the ability to quickly add silence and adjust the insertion order when bringing in multiple clips.
* While Adobe has released updates to tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver for free to subscribers to its Creative Cloud service, the company is talking about these new features in terms of the 'next version' of the software, leading us to believe that this will be Audition CS7 – so a paid-for upgrade available for non-Cloud members and free to those who are. We've also received information pointing to the next version of AE that was demoed at the same time is After Effects CS7.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Hamas on Wednesday marked its 24th anniversary by playing up how many Jews it has managed to murder. The highly publicized event (and grisly casualty figures) came just months before Palestinians are scheduled to go to the polls to elect a new parliament and president.
In an official statement Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, boasted of killing 1,365 Israelis and wounding another 6,411 in 1,117 terror attacks over the past two decades. The group also noted that it had fired over 11,000 rockets and missiles from Gaza into southern Israel.
Hours later, tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City to celebrate Hamas' founding and its successes against the hated Jews of Israel. Speakers at the event reiterated Hamas' dedication to eliminating Israel, and decried ongoing Middle East peace negotiations as a failed experiment.
Many in Israel saw the public event as the start of Hamas' campaign for the next legislative and presidential election, which Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas recently announced would take place in May 2012.
Hamas leaders expect to score another landslide victory when next the Palestinians go to the polls. The 2006 Palestinian election produced a surprise Hamas takeover of the Palestinian parliament, a result that left clueless Western diplomats baffled.
If recent electoral results in Egypt are any indication, the general sentiment on the street has only drifted closer to the Islamist viewpoint in the intervening years.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The study, called the National Brands Index, conducted by government advisor Simon Anholt and powered by global market intelligence solutions provider GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), shows that Israel is at the bottom of the list by a considerable margin in the public's perception of its image.
The Index surveyed 25,903 online consumers across 35 countries about their perceptions of those countries across six areas of national competence: Investment and Immigration, Exports, Culture and Heritage, People, Governance and Tourism. The NBI is the first analytical ranking of the world's nation brands.
"Israel's brand is by a considerable margin the most negative we have ever measured in the NBI, and comes at the bottom of the ranking on almost every question," states report author Simon Anholt.
Anholt believes that the politics of a nation can affect every single aspect of a person's perception about a country. In the light of the recent announcement that the Israeli Foreign Ministry has taken upon itself to re-brand Israel, Anholt comments that to succeed in permanently changing the country's image, the country has to be prepared to change its behavior. He reiterates his strong belief that a reputation cannot be constructed: it has to be earned.
"If Israel's intention is to promote itself as a desirable place to live and invest in, the challenge appears to be a steep one," Anholt concluded.
The survey also indicated that Israel came last in each area by a long margin, including the fact that of the 36 countries ranked, there is nowhere that respondents would like to visit less than Israel. Worse yet, the survey indicates that Israel's people were also voted the most unwelcoming in the world.
And there was one more unpleasant surprise: Whoever thought that the United States is Israel's best friend and Israel is loved in the US, the index indicated that Americans ranked Israel just slightly above China in terms of its conduct in the areas of international peace and security.
The 35 countries polled for the study were: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, and the USA.
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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o improved his 40 time on Tuesday and that may improve his draft prospects, but he reportedly won't be in New York to find out how much.
Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reports that Te'o has turned down two invitations to come to Radio City Music Hall for next month's draft. It's not known where Te'o plans to find out his professional home and, per Rapoport, the belief is that he wouldn't come to New York unless he'd be a top 10 pick. That's almost certainly not in the cards, even with his faster time in South Bend.
It's almost certainly the right choice for Te'o if he wants to avoid the media circus that accompanied him to the combine in Indianapolis. The "Catfishing" story that broke earlier this year would be everywhere all over again and the prospect of an ugly scene with Te'o taking the stage in front of a New York City crowd is likely one that neither Te'o nor the league would much like to entertain.
Te'o will know via a phone call when he's going to be picked before the rest of the viewing audience, but it looks like he'll be spending the day pretty much the same way otherwise.


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Turn 55 – And I Sucked Her Essence Out
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Featuring John "MusiM", Joey, and Scott.
Music by MusiM. Buy the new album at musim.bandcamp.com
And this week we employ the timer and manage to keep the podcast under 2 hours!
We start with moving pictures including but not limited to Green Lantern, Emerald Knights, Summer Wars, Black Butler, and Southpark.
Continuing on with videogames including but not limited to Infamous, Infamous 2, Brink, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and Blaster Master.
And finishing with literature including Teen Titans, DCU, Neil Gaiman, Buffy Season 8, Hellboy, Locke and Key, Mike Mignola, Joe Hill, Divergent, The Maze Runner, Gail Simone, Batman, Grant Morisson, American Gods, JSA, and Starlight.


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Montville couple accused of selling heroin had hidden compartment in car
A Montville couple accused of selling heroin in the region concealed the drug in several vehicles, including one with a hidden compartment, court records show.
Cristian Caba, 29, formerly of 622 Route 163, Montville, was slated to appear Tuesday in New London Superior Court, but because he's in a Rhode Island federal prison on drug charges, he was not present. His alleged co-conspirator, Krista Raffo, briefly appeared in court Tuesday. She also faces federal narcotics charges.
According to warrants, a confidential informant told police in April that Caba was selling heroin and keeping the drugs in his home and car. The informant called Caba, and they agreed to meet. During this time, police watching Caba's residence in Montville saw him and a woman, later identified as Raffo, leave the residence and meet up with the informant in Norwich, the warrant says.
Raffo was seen leaving the truck and meeting the informant, at which time there was a brief exchange. The informant gave police a clear plastic bag with contents that tested positive for heroin.
Police arranged a second drug deal with the informant.
On May 8, Montville police, state police and the Statewide Narcotics Task Force executed a search and seizure warrant at Caba and Raffo's residence. They were pulled over as they were leaving their home. Raffo told police that as they were being pulled over, Caba instructed her to hide the heroin in her body. When they were stopped, she retrieved the drugs, which subsequently tested positive for heroin, the warrant says.
Raffo also directed police through instructions to open a motorized compartment in the rear of the front passenger seat. Police found about 10 grams of heroin packaged for sale in the hidden compartment.
During the search, Raffo's mother, Cindy Raffo, was inside the residence. Police said Cindy Raffo told them that they would find drugs in a white Cadillac DeVille that was parked in the driveway. She said she had seen Caba constantly come and go from the vehicle.
Krista Raffo and Caba denied owning the car and refused to consent to a search of it. A drug-detecting dog sniffed the car and alerted police to the presence of drugs. The car was impounded and searched. Altogether, police said they seized 380 grams of heroin, packaging materials, scales, cutting agents, three cars and more than $13,000 in cash. The street value of the drugs was estimated at $38,000.
Raffo was released that same day on a $25,000 bond. Documents showed she paid $43,500 in cash to secure Caba's release on his $600,000 bond.
Both were charged with possession of narcotics and three counts of risk of injury to a minor. Caba was also charged with operation of a drug factory and possession with intent to sell.
On May 29, the couple was arrested on federal drug charges in Norwich. Police said Caba had a motel key for a room in Niantic. After securing a warrant, police and federal agents found 150 grams of heroin packaged for sale and other packaging materials in that hotel room.
Both Caba and Raffo were indicted on conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. Caba was also indicted on possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin.
Both Caba's and Raffo's Superior Court cases have been continued to Sept. 11, although it is uncertain whether Caba will appear then because he remains in federal custody. Raffo is out on bond.
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Organic Red Russian Kale, Tomato, Onion & Cucumber Salad
Our ALL TIME FAVORITE Organic Salad Recipe!
- 1 bunch Organic Red Russian or White Russian Kale – (lower stems removed and saved to cook with Salmon Teriyaki)
- 2 Organic Tomatoes
- 1 Organic Cucumber
- 1 Organic Sweet Spring Onion
Gently tear the kale into pieces. Add chopped tomato, cuke & sweet onion. Add a pinch of ground Himalayan Pink Salt & ground pepper. Combine with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and a little (optional) Mustard Seed Oil. (Optional) Add a dash of Balsamic Vinegar or a squeeze of lemon – if desired.
Coconut Curry Soup
6 cups coconut milk (homemade or bought)
tbsp ginger, minced
1 tsp chopped garlic
tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup sesame oil
1 tbsp organic coconut or palm sugar
1 tsp dates
1 tsp Himalayan Salt
1 tbsp curry powder
2 tbsp Braggs or Soy Sauce
1 tsp Turmeric Extract
1 Jalapeno pepper, diced
1 avocado, cubed
13 cup tomato, diced
13 cup cucumber, diced
cup cilantro leaves
1 cup shitake mushrooms, marinated or grilled
Organic Peach Tartlet
Vegan Cashew Cream and Nut Crust
Make Crust:
- 1/2 cup whole almonds
- 1/2 cup whole walnuts or pecans
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup flour
- 3 tbsp organic coconut oil
- 3 tbsp maple or agave syrup
- 1 tbsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Bake the nuts until toasted. Raise the oven temperature to 375 degrees.
Grind the nuts into a coarse meal and add to the oats.
Add the flour and salt.
In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, maple or agave syrup, and vanilla.
Add to the oat-nut mixture and mix well.
Chill 10 minutes in refrigerator. Press the mixture onto the bottom and up the side of your pie or tartlet plates, using your hand or the back of a spoon.
Bake crust 8 minutes at 375 degrees; cool on wire rack.
Cashew Cream Filling Mixture:
- 1 cup organic raw cashews soaked for 2 hours
- 1/4-1/2 cup distilled water (depending on desired thickness)
- 1-2 Tbsp maple or agave syrup
- 1/2 tsp natural vanilla extract
- a pinch of Himalayan pink salt
Whip the cashews in a Vitamix or blender until creamy. Add sliced peaches (raw or baked) to the top of the nut cream and serve.
Organic Thai Banana Tartlets
Vegan Cashew Cream, Nut Crust & Coconut Whipped Cream Topping
Same recipe as above. Instead of using peaches for fruit, use Organic Thai Bananas and slightly pulse them into the cashew cream at the end of the cycle. Place a can of coconut milk in the refrigerator overnight. Whip the coconut milk in your Vitamix or blender until creamy and add a dallop on top of each tartlet. Garnish with a slice of banana.
Crispy Fried Thai Bananas & Coconut Ice Cream
- 2-4 regular bananas, OR 4 mini sweet Thai bananas
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup rice flour
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3 Tbsp. dry shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/3 cup cold water
- 1/3 tsp. baking soda
- 1 egg
- few drops vanilla flavoring
- 3/4 cup coconut oil for frying
- 1/3 cup rice flour for coating
- Place oil into a small frying pan or wok and set ready to go on your stove. Oil should be 3/4 to 1 inch deep.
- To prepare bananas, peel and slice in half. Then slice each section in half again, but lengthwise this time. (If using mini bananas, simply slice once lengthwise.)
- Place all-purpose flour, rice flour (1/4 cup), cornstarch, salt, and 2 Tbsp. of the shredded coconut together in a mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
- Mix baking soda with water and pour into bowl with flour mixture. Also crack in the egg and add the vanilla. Stir well to create a more or less smooth batter.
- Place 1/3 cup rice flour in a dry, separate bowl and add 1 Tbsp. shredded coconut. Set next to the batter.
- Dip banana pieces first in the batter, then gently turn them in the rice flour-coconut mixture. This last step helps firm up the batter and is the secret for creating a crisp (rather than soggy) coating. Your bananas are now ready for frying.
- Heat up the oil over high heat. When a breadcrumb sizzles and cooks within a few seconds, oil is hot enough to fry. Carefully set coated bananas in the hot oil. Fry approximately 1 minute per side, or until batter puffs up slightly and turns light to medium golden-brown. Remove from heat and drain on paper towel.
- Drizzle with some chocolate sauce and serve your fried bananas as soon as possible, adding coconut ice cream or vanilla on the side, or just eat them plain – they're fantastic either way!
Spring Onion Curry
- Wash and chop the spring onions very finely(both the green and white part together)
- In a kadai add oil and throw in the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves to this.
- When it splutters add the chopped spring onion and stir well.
- Add salt and mix well.
- Allow this to cook for a minute or 2.
- Add the besan,redchilli powder and garam masala at this stage and mix well.
Spicy Roasted Romanesco
Cara Cara Orange & Kale Salad
1 small bunch lacinato, green or red kale
4 small Cara Cara oranges
1 small shallot, very thinly sliced
high quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil
maldon salt or other large flake finishing salt
– Remove stems from kale (it's preferable to have a small bunch of dino kale, the leaves will be less bitter!)
– Wash greens, dry in a salad spinner or with paper towels and tears into manageable pieces. Massage kale to soften it.
– Cut peel from 3 of the blood oranges and slice into rounds.
– Combine greens, shallot slices and oranges on a plate
– Drizzle with olive oil, squeeze the juice from the remaining Cara Cara orange over the salad and generously sprinkle finishing salt over the top. Serve immediately!
Baked Zucchini Stix
- 3 large zucchini, sliced longways, halved and cut into sticks
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup plain bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried garlic powder
- Olive oil spray
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray olive oil spray on large baking sheet. Set aside.
- Slice zucchini into long planks. Cut planks in half then slice long into sticks.
- In large shallow bowl, whisk together 2 eggs, set aside. In large shallow dish, combine breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, oregano and garlic powder.
- Working with 3-4 zucchini sticks at a time, start breading process by dunking and completely covering zucchini with egg mixture. Take zucchini sticks out of egg mixture, allowing an extra egg to drip off, and place into breadcrumb mixture. Gently coat the zucchini stick completely with breadcrumb mixture. Place breaded zucchini stick onto baking sheet.
- Continue this process until all zucchini sticks are breaded and on baking sheet. Spray each zucchini stick with olive oil spray and place into 425 degree oven. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. Using a spatula, flip each zucchini stick and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until crisp and golden brown.
Flatbread Pizza
Ezekiel Flatbread (we sell these for $5)
Sauteed Rainbow Chard with sweet mini peppers
Pinto Beans, drained, rinsed and dried
Red Onion, sliced
Homemade Salsa
Pre-heat oven or toaster oven to 400.
Take your defrosted Ezekiel tortilla and place on baking sheet (tip: to keep bottom of tortilla crisp and to avoid getting too soggy, I preheat baking sheet with the oven so that it's already hot when the tortilla hits it).
Spread thin layer of salsa on tortilla then top with thinly sliced red onion, sauteed rainbow chard and pinto beans. Bake in oven for about 5-7 minutes or until tortilla is crisp and slightly browned. Take out and let cool. Drizzle salsa over top, slice and serve.
Romanesco Cauliflower with Pine Nuts
- 1 Romanesco Cauliflower (Substitute: broccoli or cauliflower)
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp thinly sliced shallots
- 4 cloves of garlic, sliced
- 1 tsp crushed red chilies
- 1 tbsp pine nuts
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Remove the tough edges of the cauliflower and separate the florets taking care not to break the individual florets. Wash the florets and place in a sauce pan with 2 tbsp water. Bring this to a boil and close the pan with a tight lid. Let it cook for 2 minutes on medium heat, then remove and immediately plunge the florets in cold water to stop the cooking.
Heat a large pan and roast the pine nuts and keep aside.
Add the oil and sauté the shallots till soft. Season with salt and the crushed chilies. Stir in the garlic and the drained florets and sauté gently on high heat for 2 minutes. Add the pine nuts and remove from the heat. Stir in the lemon juice and mix well. Serve warm.
Sugar Snap Peas & Sesame Recipe
1 pound sugar snap peas, trimmed
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black sesame seeds
Preheat oven to 475° F
Toss snap peas, sesame oil, and salt in a bowl. Spread in a single layer on a baking sheet.
Place in the oven and roast, turning halfway through, until snap peas are tender and lightly browned, about 10-15 minutes.
Toss with sesame seeds and serve.
Pineapple Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe
3 cups of cooked, cold jasmine rice (that was prepared the day before and chilled overnight)
3 cloves garlic – finely chopped
12 medium-sized shrimp – shelled and deveined
2 shallots – thinly sliced
Half a carrot – cut into matchsticks
1 medium red bell pepper – diced
1 small pineapple or 1/2 large pineapple – hollowed out; fruit cored and cubed (save the juice)
1 tbsp raisins (or more if you like)
1 tbsp of Season with Spice's Sweet & Spicy Curry Powder
1 tsp toasted fermented shrimp paste (belacan), optional
1 tbsp soy sauce
Salt and finely ground white pepper to taste
1/2 cup roasted unsalted cashews
Chopped green onion, sliced red chili and/or cilantro leaves for garnish
1. In a wok, heat 1 tbsp oil on medium fire. Then add 1 clove of chopped garlic and sauté until aromatic. Finally, add in shrimp until just cooked (adjust heat during the process if necessary). Remove from wok and set aside.
2. In the same wok, heat up 2 1/2 tbsp oil on medium-high fire and sauté the shallots and the rest of the garlic until fragrant. Add carrots to the wok and cook for a minute or two until softened. Then, add red bell pepper and cook for another minute (adjust heat during the process if necessary).
3. Add the cold, cooked rice into the heated wok, along with the pineapple chunks, juice and raisins. Cook on medium-high fire, as you scoop, stir, flip, and press the rice to break up any clumps and to cook it evenly (see tip above).
4. Add curry powder, soy sauce, salt and white pepper (and belacan, if using), and stir-fry thoroughly on medium-high heat until the ingredients are well combined. Taste and adjust seasonings.
5. Throw in roasted cashews and the cooked shrimp. Crank the heat to high, and stir constantly to mix all the ingredients. Cook for just one minute. 6. Serve fried rice in pineapple shells. Garnish with spring onion, cilantro and/or sliced red chilies.
Sugar Snap Peas & Shrimp Recipe
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1 tablespoon minced ginger
2 teaspoons chinese rice wine or 2 teaspoons dry sherry
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
3/4 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
6 ounces sugar snap peas (about 2 cups)
1/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- Make the marinade: combine all the marinade ingredients in a bowl; mix well.
- Add the shrimp; stir to coat evenly; let stand for 10 minutes.
- Put stir-fry pan over high heat until hot.
- Add in the oil; swirling to coat the sides.
- Add the onion and sugar snap peas; stir-fry until the peas are tender-crisp, about 2 minutes.
- Add in the shrimp; stir-fry until they turn pink, about 1 ½ minutes.
- Add in the broth and sesame oil; stir-fry until the broth boils and thickens slightly, about 20 seconds.
Pineapple Chicken Recipe
- 8 Chicken Thighs, Bone in, Skin on
- zest and juice from 2 limes
- 2 Tsp Chilli Powder
- 2 Cups diced pineapple
- 1 English Cucumber, diced (1/4 inch cubes)
- 1/4 Cup Parsley
- Kosher Salt & Ground Pepper
- Place oven rack about 4 inches from the top
- Heat broiler (I set mine to high)
- In a small bowl, combine lime zest, chilli powder and salt
- Season the chicken with the zesty rub
- On a rimmed baking tray, place chicken skin side down
- Broil for 5 minutes
- Flip so that the skin side is up, broil for 10 minutes more until the chicken is cooked through
- In a medium bowl, combine lime juice, pineapple, cucumber and parsley
- Serve the chicken with the salad
Kale & Bean Salad
Refreshing raw kale salad sweetened with cranberries, protiened up with Edamame, and enlivened with basil and mint!
- 3 tablespoons Meyer lemon juice
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, finely minced or crushed
- 3/4 teaspoon dried Italian herb blend
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 cups finely chopped Tuscan kale, ribs removed (this is about 4 ounces of kale)
- 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained (fresh are better)
- 2/3 cup dried cranberries, such as Craisins, soaked in boiling water to hydrate
- 1 cup edamame beans, cooked and cooled
- Mint
- Basil
- A few carrot shreds (if you have them, for color)
- Garnish: Cherry Tomatoes
- Add all dressing ingredients to a large salad bowl and whisk until combined.
- Into the bowl throw the kale, chickpeas, cranberries and edamame. Mince a handful of mint and a handful of basil leaves and toss them in, along with some carrot shreds, if available.
- Toss salad well to combine, and garnish with cherry tomatoes.
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.
Blood Orange Vinagrette 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
INSTRUCTIONSPlace all of the ingredients except the oil in a medium, nonreactive bowl and whisk to combine. While whisking continuously, add the oil in a slow, steady stream until it's fully incorporated. Refrigerate in a container with a tightfitting lid for up to 4 days.
- 1/2 teaspoon finely grated blood orange zest
- 3/4 cup freshly squeezed blood orange juice (from 3 to 4 medium oranges)
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallots
- 2 teaspoons whole-grain mustard
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
Kale & Avocado Salad
Try three or four different kinds of kale in your salad!
6-8 ounces of kale
6-8 dried apricots
1/3 or so cup cooked beans
1/4 or so cup almonds
8-10 flakes of Parmesan cheese (Vegans exclude cheese)
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 avocado
salt and pepper
Fold a piece of kale in half lengthwise and use your fingers to tear out the tough inner stem. Repeat with the other leaves of kale. Tear all the leaves into bite-sized pieces and put them in a medium-sized mixing bowl.
Cut the apricots into little bits and add them to the bowl with the kale, along with the beans, the almonds, and the cheese. Whisk together the oil and vinegar. Pour the vinaigrette and a healthy pinch of salt over the salad and use your fingers to toss and rub everything together.
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.
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.
New Year Detox Smoothie
(with kale, strawberry, cucumber, & banana)
The perfect way to cleanse your body after large caloric consumption events. Basically, it's the perfect way to start the new year right!
- Almond Milk — Not only is almond milk dairy-free, but it provides excellent nutritional benefits. One cup of almond milk has less calories than a cup of skim milk, and is a great source of calcium, vitamin D & E.
- Kale — It's actually one of the healthiest vegetables on the planet! Kale provides excellent sources of antioxidant vitamins A, C, and K.
- Strawberries — This sweet berry packs a vitamin C punch to help keep up your immunity. Perfect for a burst of sweet flavor.
- Cucumbers — Cucumbers help re-hydrate the body. They are loaded with vitamin A and K, and also provide a decent amount of potassium.
- Banana – A great source of potassium, good carbs, and fiber are packed into this delicious fruit that makes smoothies creamy and slightly sweet.
- 3/4 cup frozen strawberries.
- 1/2 cup cucumber, peeled and sliced
- 1 large frozen banana, broken into pieces
- 1 1/2 cup vanilla almond milk (or alternate milk)
- 1 1/2 cups kale, loosely packed, stems removed (you can also use spinach)
- Large handful of spinach
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)
Dr. Wizardov's Kale, Avocado, Banana & Lemon Detox Smoothie
- 2 cups of chopped kale
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 ripe banana
- Juice of one lemon
- 1-2 cups distilled water
- Freshly ground flax seed
- Place all ingredients in a blender with enough water
to make the smoothie liquid enough to drink through a straw if desired,
and blend until smooth.
- Freshly ground flax seed could be added during the blending.
Dr. Cassar's Intestinal Detox Cleanse
This is an important Colon Detox recipe for super cleansing.
- 1tsp. Sodium Bicarbonate
- 1-2 tbsp. Living Silica
- 200mg Niacin
- 15 drops Ionic Magnesium with Trace Minerals
- 2-10 drops Sole Salt
Advanced Ingredients:
- 1 tsp. MSM Powder
- ½-1 tsp. Activated Coconut Charcoal (While Dr. Cassar is right to use active carbons to absorb impurities, we don't recommend adding carbons to the detox since the carbons will absorb all good and bad. Instead, take the carbons a few hours after the intestinal detox to further the cleansing benefits.)
- ¼ Cayenne Powder
EZ Instructions 1-2-3:
- Place all ingredients in a 16-32oz glass jar.
- Add alkaline water to ingredients (More water more life).
- Drink every morning for a deep cleanse.
Detox Smoothie Recipe
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Learn All About Kale
There Are 6 Varieties of Kale:
1. Winter Red Kale 2. Red Chidori Kale 3. Lacinato (Dinosaur, Black or Tuscan Kale) 4. Redbor Kale 5. Siberian Kale (Russian) 6. Fizz Kale
Kale is a cruciferous vegetable in the cabbage family and freezes well. Actually, Kale tastes sweeter and more flavorful after being exposed to a frost. Baby kale has a robust flavor and works well raw in salads.
Some like to massage kale with oils, lemon or both to soften the leaves before eating raw in a salad . Baked kale, however, makes a great snack. Kale chips, when baked or dehydrated takes on a consitency similar to Nori, or seaweed, and is similar to that of a crispy chip.
We prefer the green curly kale for making chips. The chips can be seasoned with salt or other spices too. Here's a recipe that we love: Try rubbing the green kale with cashew butter, lemon and salt before baking or dehydrating for a tasty treat!
"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."
…And kale makes up less than one percent of that! That means there is very little organic kale available to consumers. You may have tried one type of Kale, and you weren't too jazzed about it, but have you tried the others?
Each creates a slightly different nutritional profile in the cancer-fighting, cholesterol-lowering, fiber-providing, anti-oxidant-boosting properties which make kale special.
Each type of kale has a unique flavor and health benefits all spectacular.
1. Green Curly Kale
This is what type you've probably seen many. You can find them in nearly any grocer's and at your regional farmer's market. It has a energetic pungent flavor. Green kale is the most common kale for juicers. The favorite recipe is to make kale chips with green kale. Kale lovers like it stir fried.
2. Lacinato Kale
Also referred to as Dinosaur Kale, this variety could be the second most common, distinguishable simply by its dark, long, filter leaves. It is termed slightly sweeter and additional delicate than curly kale. A conventional ingredient of minestrone, lacinato kale's long story with Italian cuisine has also birthed the aliases Tuscan Cabbage and Italian Kale
3. Decorative Kale
Only recently did we start to credit Ornamental Kale for much more than her good looks. Together with either vibrant white, lavender, reddish, blue, or violet indoors leaves, this group of kale was used mainly to provide a decorative garden plant. Its mellow flavor and tender texture is ideal for coleslaws or salad mixes.
4. Russian Kale
The softest of all the kales by far. This is the best kale to eat raw without massaging and goes well in salads. It has a flowery bouquet that imparts a unique flavor. We grow both Red and White varieties.
5. Fizz Kale
A more common kale for juicers and salads. The favorite kale for ornamental gourmet dishes and paired with edible flowers. Kale lovers like it raw or stir fried.
6. Red Kale
Red kale is the most appealing to the eye due to the beautiful varigated leaf and dark red hues. Red kale is perfect for soups and stews as well as for most cooking dishes.
Kale is very high in beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, and rich in calcium. Kale is a source of two carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin. Kales contains sulforaphane (particularly when chopped or minced), a chemical with potent anti-cancer properties.
Kale is also a source of indole-3-carbinol, a chemical which boosts DNA repair in cells and appears to block the growth of cancer cells. Kale has been found to contain a group of resins known as bile acid sequestrants, which have been shown to lower cholesterol and decrease absorption of dietary fat.
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