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Equity market investors are likely to cheer a plan to increase private ownership in state-owned enterprises, but the longer-term prognosis will likely vary across sectors.
The big losers could well be the "big four" state banks, ICBC, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank Of China, which dominate formal lending. They are already feeling the pinch of interest rate liberalisation and China's leaders have promised to accelerate financial sector reform.
"In the near term, we believe market sentiment should be lifted by the detailed announcement of the Third Plenum released Friday night," Goldman Sachs China equity strategists said in a client note referring to a four-day conclave of Communist Party leaders that set the reform agenda, promising "decisive" results by 2020.
The 60-point plan included land and residency reform to make it easier for rural Chinese to migrate to urban areas, a relaxation of the country's one-child policy and allowing markets to play a greater role in the economy.
Stock markets in Hong Kong and China had rallied on Friday after an apparent leak of part of the plan circulated on social media. The China Enterprises Index of the top offshore Chinese listings in Hong Kong jumped 3 percent for its biggest percentage gain in three months.
This could continue since investors are underinvested in Chinese equities, analysts said. A Bank of America-Merrill Lynch survey showed that just 11 percent of emerging market funds had an "overweight" position on Chinese equities in November ahead of the Communist Party meeting, down 45 percentage points from October. Since the reforms announced on Friday have helped dispel doubts about the reform credentials of President Xi Jinping, some of the funds could upgrade their view of the markets and filter money back in.
Investment into China-focused equity funds has been choppy in the last month, but data from global funds tracker EPFR showed there were net inflows in the week to November 13, despite market losses after the initial communiqué on the reforms released late on Tuesday had disappointed.
Still, much will depend on how the relevant ministries and government agencies follow through on executing the reform blueprint. That will provide clues on the urgency and priorities of the reform programme, Goldman Sachs said.
China's health ministry tempered expectations on Saturday that the relaxation of China's one-child policy may eventually see restrictions lifted entirely, suggesting provinces may vary how quickly they implement the latest change. The reform plan increases the number of couples who can have a second child.
That uncertainty may temper gains for the Chinese dairy and baby goods sectors, whose sales could benefit from an increase in China's birth rate. But for the economy as a whole, some scholars and analysts say the change in the one-child policy is unlikely to do enough to reverse China's shrinking labour pool or convince many women to have more children as living costs rise.
Still, other consumer names, such as white goods retailers and food and beverage producers, will likely be lifted by plans to ease restrictions currently limiting the pace of rural-to-urban migration. Policymakers want to speed up the migration to bolster consumption and services, which they see as the future of the economy after years of investment- and export-led growth.
Limits on migration to China's biggest cities largely remain, suggesting policymakers are eager to spur growth to second-tier cities, especially as rising property prices in first-tier cities are a major concern for the central government.
The reforms pointed to an acceleration of property taxes at "the appropriate time", but did not explicitly mention crimping property demand as a policy priority.
The lingering policy uncertainty could trigger a rotation out of outperformers in the Chinese property sector such as Country Garden and Shimao Property into larger rivals, whose share prices have lagged this year, such as China Overseas Land and China Resources Land.
Still, Beijing's move to make its urbanisation policy more equitable for rural land owners will lead to an acceleration of farmland transfers in 2014 as smallholdings are consolidated, Jefferies analysts Jack Lu and Laban Yu said in a client note.
They said this should benefit agricultural machinery and high-tech farming sectors in the months ahead, such as First Tractor, Gansu Dunhuang Seed and Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical.
A plan to increase the dividends that state-owned enterprises pay to the state will likely be channelled to pay for the expansion of the social security system, analysts said. That could give a further boost to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. China's healthcare sub-index has already risen 20 percent this year.
For state-owned enterprises, which dominate many economic sectors, the impact of the reforms were not clear, analysts said.
Fuel price reforms would encourage small competitors to loosen the state's grip on the energy sector, but giving markets more influence to price energy could mean rising prices, boosting earnings of the likes of state-owned Sinopec Corp and Petrochina.
Petrochina has already reported a 20 percent rise in third-quarter profit after Beijing hiked gas prices and allowed petrol and diesel pump prices to track international crude costs more closely.
Interest rate liberalisation has already narrowed net interest margins for the "big four" state banks and the squeeze looks set to tighten further. China's central bank governor pledged soon after the reforms were announced to "pull out all stops" to deepen financial sector reforms.
The introduction of private banks will increase competition for cash deposits and loan demand. A sub index of offshore Chinese financial listings in Hong Kong is down 4.5 percent so far this year, compared with a 1.4 percent loss for the MSCI China.
The banking sector is also vulnerable in the short term to a sharp rise in onshore money market rates amid a tightening of money supply. The central bank signalled earlier this month that it would rein in money supply growth.
On the other hand, non-banking financials, such as brokerages and insurers, will stand to gain from moves to deepen China's capital markets. The reforms included making it easier for firms to launch initial public offerings, which have been suspended in mainland markets for more than a year.
(This version of the story corrects reference in paragraph eight to EPFR)
(Editing by Neil Fullick)
By Clement Tan


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No. 17 UCLA women knock off No. 12 Texas 62-42
Alyssia Brewer had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 17 UCLA held No. 12 Texas to 24 percent shooting en route to a 62-42 victory Saturday in the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Showcase.
Jasmine Dixon added 10 points for the Bruins (5-1), who have played three ranked teams already this season.
Nneka Enemkpali had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Texas (5-1) - her school-record sixth straight double-double. No other Longhorn player had more than six points as Texas hit just 15 of 63 field goals and committed 29 turnovers.
UCLA led 13-12 midway through the first half when it scored 15 straight points to pull away for good.
The game was played at Reliant Stadium, home to the NFL's Houston Texans, as part of a Texas-UCLA men's and women's doubleheader.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - NEW YORK (AP) — Chick Corea took the unusual step of releasing four major recordings last year covering a wide gamut of music — everything from solo piano improvisations to a concerto for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra.
Now, The 71-year-old jazz pianist and composer is in the unusual position of competing against himself in two categories at the Feb. 10 awards show in Los Angeles.
"People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another," Corea said in a phone interview. "Well, it's exactly what's happening, but I'm very happy about it because what I love to do is making a lot of music."
His album "Hot House," the latest chapter in his 40-year partnership with vibraphonist Gary Burton, has three nominations — best jazz instrumental album, improvised jazz solo for the title track and instrumental composition for "Mozart Goes Dancing."
"Further Explorations," on which he pays tribute to major influence Bill Evans and is joined by Evans trio alumni drummer Paul Motian and bassist Eddie Gomez, was nominated for best jazz instrumental album and improvised jazz solo for "Alice in Wonderland."
The five Grammy nominations bring Corea's career total to 62, tying him for fourth place with composer John Williams for most nominations. He trails only Quincy Jones (79), Georg Solti (74) and Henry Mancini (71). Corea has won 18 Grammys, including two last year for "Forever," an electric-acoustic album on which the pianist, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White explored the roots of their groundbreaking 1970s jazz-rock fusion band Return to Forever.
Corea appreciated the Grammy recognition for "Further Explorations," one of the last recordings by Motian, who died two months before the album's release in January 2012.
The two-CD set was recorded over two weeks at the Blue Note jazz club nearly 50 years after the release of Evans' landmark "Explorations" LP. Those early Evans recordings with Motian and bassist Scott LaFaro expanded the vocabulary for modern piano-trio jazz, Corea says, by introducing "a conversational approach to playing" in which the drums and bass interacted with the piano as equals.
The album includes originals by each trio member, Evans' own compositions and standards that Evans made his own, such as "Alice in Wonderland" from the Disney film.
"None of us wanted to just go in and try to reproduce Bill Evans trio music," Corea said. "That's why the concept of 'Further Explorations' ... it was the idea of let's explore it further."
While "Further Explorations" was a onetime project, "Hot House" continues a duo collaboration with Burton dating back to 1972 that has included four Grammy-winning albums on which they mostly played Corea's compositions.
To mark their 40th anniversary, the pair decided to focus on a standards repertoire for the first time with Corea writing new arrangements for music such as Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Chega de Saudade," Thelonious Monk's "Light Blue" and Dave Brubeck's "Strange Meadow Lark," which they played early in their careers.
The Grammy-nominated title track is a composition by bebop pianist Tadd Dameron that was popularized by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
"When I came to New York after high school in 1959 and started to meet musicians, 'Hot House' was like a standard jam session tune," Corea said. "It looked like a good way to sum up the whole album ... which was our roots."
The only original tune on "Hot House" is "Mozart Goes Dancing," on which Corea combined a harmonic progression familiar to Mozart with Latin rhythms. He enlisted the Harlem String Quartet to join the duo, which he says is a harbinger for future recordings.
Corea also released "The Continents," a six-movement concerto for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra, last year and "The Mothership Returns," a double-CD with a bonus DVD, recorded during a 2011 tour by the latest incarnation of Return To Forever.
Immediately after the Grammys, the pianist plans to stay in L.A. to mix his next album with his new acoustic-electric band, Chick Corea & The Vigil, which includes saxophonist Tim Garland as well as young musicians Hadrien Feraud on bass, guitarist Charles Altura and drummer Marcus Gilmore, the grandson of renowned drummer Roy Haynes, who played on Corea's breakthrough 1968 trio album "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs."
"The idea of The Vigil is to defy the norm of boxing you into playing music in a certain style," Corea said. "It's about how to keep a free mind as a musician."


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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. The document was designed for world leaders to guarantee the civil rights of every individual. The Commission responsible for the articles' adoption was spearheaded by Eleanor D. Roosevelt. The original drafters of the document were Dr. Charles Malik (Lebanon), Alexandre Bogomolov (USSR), Dr. Peng-chun Chang (China), René Cassin (France), Eleanor Roosevelt (US), Charles Dukes (United Kingdom), William Hodgson (Australia), Hernan Santa Cruz (Chile), and John P. Humphrey (Canada).
Within its Preamble, the document stated that:
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
In 1996, then South African President Nelson Mandela adopted the Declaration of Human Rights to lead the country in a new direction. Two years later, at the country's 50th anniversary, Mandela addressed the U.N. General Assembly challenging them to work harder to enforce the words of the declaration for years to come. He said, "The new constitution obliges us to strive to improve the quality of life of the people. In this sense, our national consensus recognizes that there is nothing else that can justify the existence of government but to redress the centuries of unspeakable privations, by striving to eliminate poverty, illiteracy, homelessness and disease. It obliges us, too, to promote the development of independent civil society structures."
This week marks the Declaration of Human Rights' 65th anniversary.
Below is the complete preamble of the U.N.'s Declaration of Human Rights.
Little Known Black History Fact: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was originally published on blackamericaweb.com


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Opened in the 50's by the Puckett family, Puckett's Grocery served the many small communities in Williamson County, Tennessee. Located on the main strip (like there's much more) in Leiper's Fork for decades it's played multiple roles but perhaps most importantly, meeting place. A visit anytime is great but the seafood boil and open mic. night on Thursdays has the joint jumpin'. Get some creole style shrimp or crawfish and check out the next great country music star. So popular is the music that it's streamed online and you can live message while you watch. Mrs. Sippi got a shout out after posting that she was watching all the way up in Canada. You never know who you'll end up rubbing elbows with either. Country music legends, producers and movie and TV starts alike stop by for a bite to eat or to see a good show.
The building from the outside is pretty non descript. It's fitted out with a smoker, patio tables and gas pumps.Inside grocery shelves and dairy cases make up about a third of the store with an open kitchen, stage and a dining room with mismatched tables and chairs. There's plenty of antiques and kitsch adorning the walls and ledges.
So enough of all that, let's get to the goodies.
The Fried Baloney is, well, fried baloney. It's like a large, round hot dog. It's good of course but I think it would've been better on toast or grilled. Maybe even a slice of American cheese as well.The Pimento Cheese was great. Made right in house it was more cheesy than the others I've tried. Again, I'd like to have tried it on toast but I get scolded for such thoughts.I'm sure if you're scoring at home you'll know by now that just about every time I try Pulled Pork I note that it's not as smoky as I'd like. Well not here. This is the closest thing I've had to my own home made and thus, outstanding. The fact that they don't sauce it and allow you to do it at the table makes it that much better.The Fried Chicken is awesome. More like the Colonel's with a herby, crispy crust. It was just fantastic. I'd suggest waiting for it to be straight out of the fryer. They make batches and they can sit for a little while. It didn't affect the taste or crispiness but it wasn't piping hot.
The Fried Okra on the side was very good but sadly the Mac n Cheese really lacked a good cheese punch. I mentioned it to Rob (the owner) and immediately one of his employees said she thought that batch was sub par. So it may be better on another visit.The Chicken Fried Steak was of course fabulous but even better was the gravy. Some of the best white gravy I've had. The Johnny cake was nice and so was the fried okra. The corn casserole was really tasty. A bit light on the corn flavour but very creamy.The ribs are outstanding. I'm not as much a fan of baby back ribs as you know but these among the best. Fully smoked and pull apart tender. Great when topped with the tangy BBQ sauce. The tater salad was good IMHO but Mrs. Sippi loved it.Deserts are made by Rob's wife right on the premises. A cooler full of these tasty treats sits off the dining area. We opted for Chess and Pecan pie slices. Both were just as good as they could be.
The cinnamon buns are baked fresh every morning but need to be consumed early. I had one after lunch and it wasn't as fresh as it needed to be. The early bird gets the good cinnamon bun.A trip through the country side is a beautiful drive and a stop for lunch at Puckett's is a great way to top it all off.
You can find Puckett's at 4142 Old Hillsboro Rd. in Leiper's Fork, Tn.
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You can also find them on the web and facebook.
Well that's all for now. We'll see you next time in the food court.


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Experts suggest modified activities for obese Boy Scouts
- Group says it was protecting the health and safety of members
- Fitness experts say modified fitness options could be offered to heavy kids
- Activities including kayaking%2C rock climbing and hiking were planned
The Boy Scouts of America says it was just looking out for the health and safety of the scouts and their leaders.
To that end, the organization didn't allow extremely obese scouts and leaders to attend the quadrennial National Scout Jamboree this week, but national fitness experts say the group could have offered heavyset scouts easier, modified fitness activities rather than excluding them.
Scout leaders designed the 10-day wilderness gathering in the New River Gorge region in the West Virginia mountains to be physically demanding, with numerous high-adventure activities including kayaking, zip lining, rock climbing and skateboarding. The jamboree is "on foot," with all participants and staff walking and hiking everywhere; there will not be bus circuits or personal vehicles on site, the scout website says.
To be eligible for this year's jamboree, Boy Scouts and their leaders had to meet standards for body mass index (BMI), a number that takes into account height and weight, and other health factors. Scouts whose BMI was 40 or above, which is referred to as extremely or morbidly obese, could not participate in the jamboree on the 10,600-acre Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve.
People are considered morbidly obese if they are roughly 100 or more pounds over a healthy body weight. Scouts with a BMI between 32 and 39.9 had to submit medical information to be approved.
Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith says those same requirements were in effect at the last jamboree. "We published our height-weight requirements years in advance, and many individuals began a health regimen to lose weight and attend the jamboree."
No youth applications were denied this year, Smith says.
"Our intent and desire is that every young person in America will come and experience this $350 million, world-class, high-adventure facility like none other in the United States."
He says many of the sports and activities are extremely physically challenging. "We would love every child to be here, but we had two things to consider: their enjoyment and their health and safety."
Melinda Sothern, a pediatric obesity and physical activity researcher, has "mixed emotions" about the Boy Scouts decision. "On the one hand, I would never support discriminating against children who are overweight and desperately need opportunities to be physically active, especially outdoors.
"However, my research and that of many others indicates that overweight and especially significantly obese children and adolescents are physically incapable of performing such intense weight-bearing activities like rock climbing.
"It would seem logical to me that perhaps the scouts could offer different levels — for example, beginner, intermediate and excellent fitness levels. In this way, the less-fit overweight or obese youth could still participate and set goals toward achieving the next level by the end of the camp session," says Sothern, a professor at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and co-author of Trim Kids.
Exercise researcher Tim Church, director of preventive medicine research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, says this is "a very challenging issue. But given that they (the Boy Scouts of America) state this is an endurance camp, they are on very solid ground from a safety perspective. It would be nice if there was an alternative provided for the obese children."
Scott Kahan, director of the STOP Obesity Alliance, a George Washington University-based obesity policy organization, says, "Frankly, my most immediate reaction is thinking about several patients of mine who would be perfect fits for this sort of activity but would be excluded due to their weight. I hate thinking about them missing out on such an exciting opportunity, but it's particularly heartbreaking to think about how they would feel when told that they're too fat to participate.
"I'm quite certain the exclusion wouldn't motivate them to lose weight; rather, it would likely make them want to cower in a corner somewhere and wish they were invisible. There is a somewhat pervasive, but misguided, belief that shaming and blaming motivates people to change. It doesn't; it just makes them feel bad and often paralyzes change. We've been essentially 'making fun of the fat kid' since time immemorial, and childhood obesity rates have only increased."
Francesca Zavacky, who taught physical education for 23 years and now works for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, says, "PE teachers work at meeting students where they are at and improving their skills. Schools don't exclude any children from physical education, and activities are modified to meet the developmental level of all children."


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Game Burgers with Sweet Onion Confit
Mixing the buffalo with beef and lamb adds flavor and moisture. This will ensure your burgers are nice and juicy, and hold their shape during the grilling process.
Sweet onion confit:
4 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. canola oil
4 large onions, thinly sliced
18 shallots, peeled and sliced
48 cloves garlic, peeled
3⁄4 cup marsala wine
3 cups demi-glace
1⁄4 cup fresh thyme, chopped
4 lb. ground buffalo
4 lb. ground lamb
4 lb. lean ground beef
2 tbsp. salt
2 tbsp. pepper
3 lb. Saint-André cheese
1 cup sweet-hot mustard
1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
24 large buns, toasted
1. For sweet onion confit: Heat butter and oil in a sauté pan. Add onions, shallots, and garlic. Sauté until translucent.
2. Deglaze with marsala until reduced by half. Add demi-glace and thyme; simmer until garlic cloves are tender.
3. For burgers: Lightly mix meats with salt and pepper. Form into patties; grill to order. Cover burger with 2 oz. cheese during last moments of grilling.
4. For service, mix mustard and mayonnaise; spread 1 tbsp. on each bun. Place burgers on buns and top with onion confit.


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On one of my trips this summer to Amawalk Farm I noticed they had a potato patch growing.
Sweet potatoes to be exact. It was the first time they were trying them and at the time, they were not exactly sure what they would be getting in the Fall.
Never fear … the yield was magnificent. Beautiful and delicious sweet potatoes! I went back in October and bought 20 pounds!
So what exactly are they, and how are they different from yams? The names seem to be used interchangeably by many people and they kind of look similar, right? Well, not really. First, they hail from different parts of the world: yams from Africa and Asia, and sweets from South America. Yams are dry and starchier in texture, where sweets are, well sweeter and creamier. So there is really no need to add sugar, or even marshmallows, which I think mask their beautiful flavor in the end. Sweets are loaded with great nutrients: complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, beta carotene, Vitamins A, B6, C, Iron, Calcium … wow!
I've been literally planning this post for months, truth be told. Ever since I saw the patch of leaves growing at Amawalk, I knew I wanted to create something with this great veggie. This week I have four different ways to use your sweet potatoes. A couple are inspired by recipes I came across in my research and a couple from experimenting!
More after the jump …
First up is Sweet Potato Hash. One of Larry's favorite dishes. There once was a little restaurant in Port Chester named the Crossroads Cafe, who made his favorite rendition of this dish. They closed several years ago and ever since I've been trying to replicate it. He thinks this one came very close!
I have no real recipe for this, only general amounts. For four servings I used 1 small onion (about a cup) diced, 1 pound of sweet potatoes cubed, one pound of Gaia's Breath Farm Boudin Blanc Sausage, a bunch of their red kale and eggs.
After sautéing the onion with extra virgin olive oil, I added the sweet potatoes and cooked until they got nice and crisp. In another pan I cooked the sausage. Once the sweets were done I added the sausage to them and the finely sliced kale and wilted it. Then I made four little wells right in the pan, adding a bit of oil to keep them from sticking, and crack the eggs right in. Cover and cooked for about 3 minutes. To make life super easy I just move the whole pan to the table and served. Delicious!
Moving on to lunch I decided to make a soup. I have a really wonderful book by vegetarian cookbook author Anna Thomas, called Love Soup. She has a kale and sweet potato recipe in the book that I slightly adapted. The recipe is below, but basically this one is leek, sweet potato, Yukon gold potato and kale. I used half the kale she suggests and chicken stock in mine.
With Thanksgiving around the corner I was determined to do something other than gob up these beautiful potatoes with marshmallows. As a kid growing up the 60s and 70s never a Thanksgiving would pass without my Grandmother taking sweet potatoes from a can, covering them with marshmallows and broiling. Even back then I knew there was something just so wrong about that! (Sorry Grandma!) This year we'll be heading to my Aunt Donna's house and I promised my cousin Maria that I would make them sans marshmallows!
After noodling around on the web I kept coming up with a recipe that Mark Bittman created for Cooking Light last year. Link after link touted this recipe. All I needed to see was his name and how could I go wrong? The only thing I changed from his original recipe was doubling the cranberry sauce and adding some beets. I was just too amazing to not have more! The garnish is pepita seeds (picture above) that are toasted and scallions. I also wanted to show you a little trick I do with chipotle peppers, that also works with tomato paste. Drop them on a sheet of plastic wrap and cover. Then place in a freezer bag. Snip the sections off as needed, straight from the freezer!
Back to this dish: you can make it as spicy or mild as you like – but do use the chipotle peppers. The contrast to spicy and sweet is what makes it so special. I had some beets in the 'fridge and added them as well, but simply using the sweets is just perfect!
Last, but not least, a Sweet Potato Pie. I found lots of recipes in books and on line – but I let my creativity lead me on this one! I wanted to really mix up the spices and let the crust do a little of the heavy lifting, too. After taste testing several ginger snap cookies I found the Walker brand to have the best flavor. I combined them with unsweetened coconut and butter. The crust is sticky, so keeping it cold and having patience is a must!
While my potatoes were baking I worked on the crust. Here is a little tip I use when teaching kids to roll out crust: I place it in a big zip lock bag, cutting the sides open and roll. This method works beautifully with sticky doughs!
I added ricotta cheese to the filling which gave it texture and richness, along with Chinese Five Spice which worked beautifully with the crust.
It's a must to left this completely cool and pop in the 'fridge to set up. The crust is a bit crumbly straight from the oven. I promise you won't be disappointed! The result is amazing … warm, spicy and exotic!
I hope you will give a few, if not all of these a try. If I were to choose one I would suggest the cranberry chipotle recipe. They are completely addictive!
Buon Appetito!
Kale and Sweet Potato Soup (adapted from Love Soup by Anna Thomas)
Makes 2 quarts
2 cups thinly sliced leek, white and light green only, about 2
1½ cups Vidalia onion, ¼" dice
2 tablespoons olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly grated black pepper
2 cups sweet potato, ½" dice, about 2 medium sweet potatoes
1 cup Yukon gold or white potato, 1/2" dice
6 cups thinly sliced kale, about 6oz.
½ cup thinly sliced scallion, divided
1½ tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
1½ cups vegetable or chicken stock
Zest 1 medium lemon
1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Thoroughly rinse the leek under cool water to get rid of all the sand that might be lurking about. In a heavy bottom pot over medium heat sweat the onion with ½ teaspoon of salt and pepper. Once they get translucent add in the leeks and cook for about 10 minutes until they get caramelized.
Add in 5 cups of water, the sweet potato, Yukon gold potato, kale and 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/5 teaspoon of pepper. Bring to a boil and lower to a simmer. Cook for 15 minutes.
Add ¼ cup scallion, thyme, stock, lemon zest and juice. Simmer another 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning and serve.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cranberry-Chipotle Dressing (adapted from a Cooking Light recipe by Mark Bittman)
Serves 8
2½ lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1½ cup fresh cranberries
½ cup water
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon chipotle chile, finely minced, (canned variety)
½ cup pepitas (raw pumpkin seeds)
¾ cup chopped green onions
¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves
Preheat oven to 450°.
Place sweet potatoes on a large rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Bake at 450° for 30 minutes or until tender, turning after 15 minutes.
Place remaining 1 tablespoon oil, cranberries, water, and honey in a saucepan. Add chopped chipotle and 1 teaspoon adobo sauce. Place pan over medium-low heat; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and cook 10 minutes or until cranberries pop, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Mash with a potato masher or fork until chunky.
Place pepitas in a medium skillet; cook over medium heat 4 minutes or until lightly browned, shaking pan frequently. Combine potatoes, pepitas, onions, and cilantro in a bowl. Add cranberry mixture to bowl; toss gently to coat.
Cooks Note: Feel free to also add beets to this recipe. Just make sure you cut them the same size as the potatoes to ensure even cooking.
Spiced Sweet Potato-Ricotta Pie with a Ginger-Coconut Crust
Makes 1 – 9" pie
2 lbs sweet potatoes, approximately 3 cups
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup whole milk ricotta
3 whole eggs
¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
1 teaspoon Chinese Five Spice Powder
¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Rinse the sweet potatoes and place on a foil lined cookie sheet in a pre-heated 425 degree oven. Bake until the center is soft, about 30-45 minutes, depending on the size. Remove from oven slit open and allow the potatoes to cool. When cool enough to handle scoop out the center and place in a bowl, discarding the skin.
Cooks note: skip down to the crust recipe at this point and start working on it.
When the potatoes are completely cool place in the bowl of an automatic mixer. Using the paddle attachment beat the potatoes on medium speed until smooth. Add the sugar, ricotta and eggs and continue to beat for 3-4 minutes. Add the salt, vanilla and spices blending well.
Place the filling into a cold Gingersnap-Coconut pie-crust shell (recipe below) and smooth out the top. Bake in a pre-heat 375 degree oven for 40 – 50 minutes, or until the filling is set and an knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove and allow to cool completely. The crust sets up the best if you cool and place in the 'fridge for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
Serve with freshly whipped heavy cream, or simply by itself.
Ginger-Coconut Crust
Makes 1 pie crust
9 Walkers Stem Ginger Biscuits
¼ cup all purpose flour
½ cup unsweetened coconut
¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
1 stick of butter, frozen and chopped up
1-2 tablespoons ice water
Break up the biscuits and place in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse 3 or 4 times and add in the flour, coconut and salt. Process until the cookies are finely chopped. Remove and measure. You should have 1¼ cups of dry mix. If not, add a little more flour to have it equal 1¼ cup. Place back into the food processor. Add in the frozen butter pieces and pulse 5-10 times or just until the butter is incorporated into to the dry mix. Open the lid and drizzle in 1 tablespoon of water, then pulse 1 time. If the mix needs a bit more to pull together add another tablespoon.
Remove the dough and place on a cutting board. Working quickly form it into a disk and place in a large zip lock bag and set in the 'fridge to chill.
When the dough is firm after about 15-20 minutes) take the bag and slit the sides, keeping the dough inside. Roll the dough to ¼" thick. Place on a cookie sheet and put back in the 'fridge to chill for about 5 minutes.
Once it's cold again, but slightly pliable peel back one side of the plastic and place in a metal pie plate. Press down slightly. Gently peel back the other side of the plastic and discard. Working quickly, with damp fingers smooth out the dough in the pan. When it looks smooth and even take the plate and put in the freezer until ready to bake.
Cooks note: Don't despair if the dough gets a little sticky on you. The cooler it is, the easier to manage – hence the in and out in the 'fridge. I promise that patience will be rewarded with a very delicious crust!
Recipe created by Maria Reina of Bella Cucina Maria.
Seasonal Chef blogger Maria Reina comes to the world of food as a third career, spending a great portion of her adult life in the field of Human Resources. With her private company Bella Cucina Maria she is a personal chef, caterer and recreational cooking class teacher in Westchester. She's an avid food television watcher and cookbook collector, always looking for a new take on a traditional dish. In her free time she loves hanging out at local farmers, chatting it up with the farmers and doing cooking demos with their seasonal ingredients. In addition to her blog, which is loaded with easy recipes, you can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.


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Edward Alsworth Ross
December 12, 1866 - July 22, 1951
"There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell." –Edward Alsworth Ross
Edward Alsworth Ross was born on December 12, 1866 in Virden, Illinois, the son of farmer William Carpenter Ross and schoolteacher Rachel Alsworth. Orphaned at an early age (some sources say at the age of eight, others say at the age of ten), Ross was taken in by three different Iowa families. Alexander Campbell, Ross's lawyer and guardian, protected his inheritance, which afforded him plenty of funds for his education.
Ross earned his A.B. from Coe College in 1886, after which time he studied for a year at the University of Berlin and traveled in France and England (1888-1889). He started graduate study in 1890 at Johns Hopkins University where he majored in economics. Ross received his Ph.D. in political economy in 1891 with minors in philosophy and ethics. In 1892 he married Rosamond Simons, the niece of sociologist (and first president of the American Sociological Society) Lester Frank Ward.
During these first few years, Ross held a plethora of attractive positions, including professor at Indiana (1891-1892), secretary of the American Economic Association (1892), professor at Cornell University (1892-1893), and professor at Stanford University (1893-1900). While at Stanford, his affinity for free speaking sparked an intense dispute. Ross had been opposed to the use of migrant Chinese labor in the building of railroads. His progressive views, free silver advocacy, and blunt candor clashed with Jane Lathrop Stanford, the university's benefactor (the Stanfords were involved in the building of the Union Pacific Railroad). Then-university president David Starr Jordan dismissed Ross at the request of Stanford. This set off a chain of events which forever changed the fates of American academics. George Elliott Howard, another Stanford professor (and later seventh president of the American Sociological Society), was terminated from his position for voicing his opinion of Ross's unjust discharge. Subsequently, nearly half a dozen other Stanford faculty members resigned in protest. A national debate ensued concerning the freedom of expression and control of universities by private interests. From this grew the organized movement to protect tenured academics.
In 1901 Ross accepted a position at the University of Nebraska; Howard also took a position there in 1904. Together, with a young law professor named Roscoe Pound, they transformed the University into a bustling center of sociology. While at Nebraska, Ross published one of his most famous works, Social Control (1901), in which he analyzed societal stability in terms of sympathy, sociability and social justice. He explored the dimensions of racism and coined the phrase "race suicide" in his article, "The Causes of Racial Superiority" (1901). In his Foundations of Sociology (1905), Ross created a comprehensive theory of society.
In 1906, Ross followed an offer from the University of Wisconsin economics department. He became a professor of sociology there and, as the only sociologist among the faculty, developed his courses according to his own resolve. Ross wrote his popular essay, "Sin and Society" in 1907, which gained endorsement from Theodore Roosevelt. In 1908, Ross published Social Psychology, seeking to expand upon the ideas of French sociologist Gabriel Tarde. Two of his most progressive and influential books, Changing America (1909) and The Social Trend (1922), paved the way for future sociological analysis and reform.
Ross served as the fifth President of the American Sociological Society for the years 1914 and 1915. In this capacity, he sponsored sessions on freedom of expression and, with Roscoe Pound, created the American Association of University Professors. Ross, Howard and Pound generated one final work together called Principles of Sociology (1920). In 1929, Ross formed a separate Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Wisconsin, which he chaired until 1937. He retired in 1937 and was honored with election to the status of professor emeritus.
After his death in Madison, Wisconsin in 1951, an article entitled "Edward Alsworth Ross: Sociological Pioneer and Interpreter" was published in the American Sociological Review. Ross was nationally famous as a writer and lecturer. During his career he wrote twenty-seven books and over three hundred articles. Ross believed that the primary purpose of the field of sociology was to identify and cure the ills of society. His works are best understood as reformist and progressive, mostly written in response to social problems created by the rapid industrialization and urbanization at the turn of the century. Ross, like most sociologists of his time, was a social Darwinist in thought, especially in examining the struggles between races.
"Moreover, such differences as there were in respect to economic condition did not put distance between people. In general, class distinctions show themselves, not between those who possess and those who do not possess, but between those who possess and those who not only do not but apparently cannot possess." –Edward Alsworth Ross
For more information on Edward Alsworth Ross, you may find the following sources useful:
- BookRags.com. "Biography of Edward Alsworth Ross." Retrieved October 28, 2004 (http://www.bookrags.com/biography/edward-alsworth-ross/).
- Encyclopedia.com. 2002. "Ross, Edward Alsworth." Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2003. Retrieved March 6, 2003 (http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/r/ross-e1dw.asp).
- Headrick, William C. 1941. "A Study of Social Stratification With Reference to Social Class Barriers and Social Class Rigidity." Pp. 302-304 in Ph.D. dissertation, New York State University. [http://www.abbeyclock.com/cecil/105.html]
- Hertzler, J. O. 1951. "Edward Alsworth Ross: Sociological Pioneer and Interpreter" American Sociological Review 16(5): 597-612. [PDF, 734 KB]
- Hill, Michael R. 2000. "Ross, Edward Alsworth." American National Biography Online. Retrieved March 14, 2003 (http://www.anb.org/articles/14/14-00522.html).
- Perry, Michael W. 2004. "BC04. The Decline of 'Old Stock' New England and the Race Suicide Crisis: Modern, Scientific Racism." Inkling University, Retrieved October 28, 2004 (http://www.inklingbooks.com/inklinguniversity/C567674158/E245371840/).
- Ross, E. A. Seventy Years of It: An Autobiography. 1936.


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BERNARDI, Itiberê P e PASSOS, Fernando C. Bat community structure in a Seasonal Deciduous Forest fragment in southern Brazil. Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.1, pp.9-20. ISSN 0327-9383.
Because of their being extremely specious, abundant and occupying the most diverse habitats and food resources, bats have been considered excellent models for diversity studies. This study aimed to describe the bat community structure in three sites in the Seasonal Deciduous Forest of the city of Frederico Westphalen, in northern Rio Grande do Sul state. From October 2005 to September 2006, each of the three sites received a monthly sampling effort of one night from dusk to dawn. In 36 nights of field work were obtained a total of 511 catches of 15 species of bats and three families. Vespertilionidae presented seven species, followed by six Phyllostomidae and Molossidae with two species. The nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test revealed no significant differences between sites. Sturnira lilium and Artibeus lituratus were the main species caught, with 52.4% and 34.4% relative abundance, respectively. Frugivorous species accounted for 90.5% of the total catch, followed by insectivores with 9.3% and carnivores with only 2%. There were no significant differences in community composition between months and even between the seasons, suggesting the absence of seasonal variations. The curves of accumulation and rarefaction of species indicate that with the continuing efforts the number of species continue to grow. The occurrence of species considered rare in southern Brazil reinforces the importance of forest fragments to maintain the diversity of the bat faunas.
Palavras-chave : Abundance; Mammals; Municipality of Frederico Westphalen; Richness; Similarity.


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MDPrevent is an innovative physician-led health services, fitness, and educational center providing guests with all the nutritional, fitness, and emotional health support, tools, and detailed knowledge they need. "Our goal is to help our patients increase life's pleasures," says Dr. Steven Charlap, M.D., M.B.A., a pioneering physician, and the founder and Chief Service Officer of MDPrevent.
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Jeff, my 14-year-old who looks like a fully grown man in the eighth grade, needed a ride. He and his friend, Justin, were heading to the middle school dance.
They sprinted for the car as they always do. "Shotgun!" Jeff shouted, as if Justin would try to steal the front-side passenger seat from him to sit next to me. Jeff flopped in the seat and then did what he always does whenever he is in the car. He turned on the radio full blast and tortured me with pop music.
I feel as if I have heard every pop song thousands and thousands of times as the radio stations play a limited number of hits over and over again. As the car rumbled down the road, a few bars of a song came through the speakers.
"Yah! Turn it way up. This is a good song," Jeff said.
Of course I couldn't turn it up any louder for fear of blowing out the windows in my 2007 Chrysler Pacifica. No matter, by then, Jeff and Justin were fully engaged in the music, even singing some of the lyrics.
"I'm gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket …" the rapper wailed, and they wailed right along with him.
"Hmmm," I thought, making a mental note. "Popping tags must mean shoplifting! I will use this as a teaching moment."
I tried to listen to the rest of the lyrics, but between the boys singing and talking and the rapper's dialect, I couldn't understand much more than a few words and phrases.
After the song was over, I turned down the volume.
"Hey!" said Jeff, "Can you turn up the music again?"
"In a minute," I said. "I've got to ask you guys something. What does it mean when the guy says, 'I'm gonna pop some tags?'"
"I dunno," Jeff said, irritably.
"I think I might know," Justin said from the back seat, "but I'm not sure."
I tried to coax Justin into telling me what he thought "popping tags" was all about, but he wouldn't talk.
"What do you think it means, Mary Pat?" Justin asked, so he could get off the hot seat.
"I'm not sure, but I think they were talking about shoplifting," I said.
"Me, too," Justin offered.
By that time, we were at the school and the boys were about ready to jump out of the car.
"Hey you guys," I said. "If I ever catch you popping some tags, I'm going to pop you! You got that!" I shouted.
"Yah, OK, Mary Pat," Jeff giggled. And they ran off toward the school.
I felt like Tipper Gore on her highly publicized crusade against teen music, but that didn't stop me. I Googled the song as soon as I got home and read all the lyrics. To my amazement, the song had nothing to do with shoplifting. "Popping tags" is an expression for clothes shopping and apparently has to do with the sound made when you rip tags off new clothing. If you can deal with the obscenities in this Macklemore-Wanz song, it actually has a message that's not bad. It's about eschewing designer labels for thrift shop clothing. As the song says:
"I'm digging, I'm digging, I'm searching right through that luggage
One man's trash, that's another man's come up
Thank your granddad for donating that plaid button-
Up shirt, 'cause right now, I'm up in here stuntin'
I'm at the Goodwill, you can find me in the bins
I'm not, I'm not stuck on searchin' in that section (Mens)
Your grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammy
I'll take those flannel zebra jammies, second hand and I'll rock that [expletive deleted]…"
Whew! Thank God the song wasn't glorifying shoplifting. We've got enough problems. Too many people already think it is perfectly OK to "shop" at Wal-Mart and Kohl's without paying for the goods. Since the beginning of the year, the Rochester Police Department has been on a mission to crack down hard on the pilferers. Every week police send Foster's Daily Democrat four or five press releases with photos of people caught in the act of stealing.
I am not sure why these folks think it's OK to steal. When these clowns swipe stuff, the stores cover their losses by charging all of us honest people a little more. To me, it's very clear. Some things are right and some things are wrong. Shoplifting may be epidemic these days, but it is definitely not OK.
Now, I just need Jeff to understand that.
As I said, if I ever catch him "popping some tags" he hasn't paid for, I'll pop him!
Mary Pat Rowland is managing editor of Foster's and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Matthew 22:15-22 New International Version (NIV)
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar
15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a] to Caesar or not?"
18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, "Whose image is this? And whose inscription?"
21 "Caesar's," they replied.
Then he said to them, "So give back to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
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As we prepare to mark the one year anniversary of the floods, we've been asking our readers to share their flood memories. What is the one thing you'll never forget? What is the one story you keep telling over and over?
We received a number of excellent entries and we will post them throughout the week. A few have been edited for length and clarity.
The boat ride to safety
"The one thing I will never forget is being evacuated with our boat from our front door ... taking the eerie ride down our street, seeing all the utter destruction, to reach safety. I will never forget that!"
- Leeah Holle, High River
Ghost town
@calgaryherald I'll never forget seeing downtown Calgary a virtual ghost town. Very eerie. #yycflood #floodstory pic.twitter.com/UdKiNrG5z3— JenTkachyk Photos (@JTkachykPhotos) June 11, 2014
Evacuating the downtown
"It was around 11 p.m., and I went and sat in my truck where I was parked in the Village there. It was getting darker and darker, and it was just ghostly. It was so quiet, and because the power was out throughout the downtown, there were no lights on anywhere. And all I could think about was these poor seniors with their canes and walkers, moving through their apartments and hallways in the dark. That's when it really hit me — I thought, 'this is unbelievable.'"
- Paul Bagley, pastor at Lifesprings Community Church in the East Village, helped to evacuate stranded seniors from three affordable housing complexes in the neighbourhood.
Danielle Smith in High River
"(I'll never forget) Being at the hospital looking out as the flood waters were cresting because I got trapped in the hospital for seven hours before getting rescued ... the front end loader deposit me on the manure spreader, which was the vehicle that ended up taking me out of the flooded area to safety.
"I won't forget two and half hours going through the streets picking people who were running out of their homes with their kids, their belongings and their pets and getting loaded into the back of the truck.
"After it was over, I got involved in pet rescue and just seeing some of those poor dogs as they got brought over to the emergency operations centre so that they could be taken over to an animal rescue shelter. Just seeing how grateful, sad and excited they were all at once to have been rescued. Many of them had sat alone in their homes for up three of four days.
"Those are some pretty unforgettable memories for me."
- Danielle Smith, leader of the Opposition and Highwood MLA.
Scrambling to save the chocolate
There's a moment that I remember that I thought was just one of those unbelievable Forrest Gump-like life moments. After we got into the building that day . . . we were downtown and downtown was still pitch black and we were here late, late into the night trying to resolve what could be salvaged within that first little burst of time before freezers went totally offline. There's a full moon and a pitch black downtown. So we're just deserted down here and we were outside and we have car headlights pointed at the front door so we could see what we were doing. And it was just a remarkable moment because I thought here I am in the middle of this downtown, we're all alone and there's this full moon and we have a team of people recovering from this thing . . . It was a terrible experience what happened to everybody but that moment itself I wouldn't trade because it was just a very special pause to think about what an extraordinary situation we were all in. The silence and the darkness and full moon just brought it home.
- Brian Beck, president of Cococo Chocolatiers Inc. with brands the Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut and Chocolates by Bernard Callebaut
Letter to the river
Dear River,
I liked you. I really did. I liked to ride my bike beside you and the peaceful way you made me feel. I ran beside you and watched you through all the seasons.
But then you turned on me. You turned my life upside down. You grew angry and vicious and you really hurt me, my family and my friends. An angry storm started it, and from the mountains you spread your wrath. You ripped through my neighbourhood and city. You spread your fingers into our basements and you crashed your whole weight into houses, destroying plans and dreams.
When I ride or run beside you now I look at you with suspicion. I find myself watching your every move-- are you full, low, silty, calm or angry with that threatening look about you? I look at the trees beside you and notice that many of them have fallen and can never stand straight again. I worry for my friends and neighbours... many of them feel as the trees do.
I will never forget what you did.
--- Reader submission, Calgary
What the hell is going to happen now?
I guess that's the biggest thing I saw from Day 1 - standing up on top of the hill here (on 8th Avenue) watching everything going on. That was a wild day that I've still got strong in my mind. Watching and looking down at the flood and going, 'what the hell is going to happen now?'
--Craig Snodgrass, High River mayor
A river runs through it
#floodstory Visiting my block at midnight & seeing it dry, returning at 9 a.m. to find the river flowing through my basement apartment.— wrecking ball (@kaimcn) June 10, 2014
A volunteer's story
I went down to High River to volunteer with cleanup at a home for the first time. At one point, the owner needed someone to help untangle some hoses that were being used to pump water from the basement. I went with him and as we worked and talked, I found out he had built the home himself and that all of his children had been raised there. It made the devastation so real. Later, as I was dismantling waterlogged furniture, I found a framed photograph of the house that he was so proud of. Miraculously, the image of the house was preserved. I quickly went and found the man and gave him the photograph. He stared at it for a moment and just said quietly, "thank you." I will never forget the privilege I had of handing over that photograph which so powerfully symbolized hope and healing.
- Sheilagh Fox
Taking it all in
@calgaryherald Calgary Hitmen forward @mrPadakin surveys the damage to his home away from home #floodstory pic.twitter.com/HPbbCWI97B— Ashlyn Noel (@afedz) June 11, 2014
We want to hear your stories, big and small. We'll gather the best submissions and share them with readers.
You can submit in the following ways. Don't forget to include your name and where you live. Feel free to include any images that help illustrate your story.
1. Email your story to email@example.com
2. Photos and memories that can be condensed down to 140 characters or less can be shared on Twitter using the hashtag #floodstory.
3. Share your story with us on Facebook.
4. Submit your photo and story on Instagram using the hashtag #floodstory.
Remember to tell your story the way you would tell it to friends and family. It can be a memory of something you witnessed or something you saw on the news or social media.


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Heyndrik van Dale (d. 1562)
Heyndrik (Heyndrick) van Dale, an Anabaptist martyr, was drowned at Antwerp, Belgium, on 3 April 1562 because he "persisted in his heresy of rebaptism." He was unmarried. He had been baptized by Joachim de Suyckerbacker. Van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror, who calls him simply Hendrik, gives 15 August 1561 as the date of the death of a group of seven martyrs which included Hendrik. This is an error. The song mentioned by van Braght in which Hendrik and other martyrs are celebrated and beginning, "Lieve broeders, wij groeten u met sanghen" (Dear Brethren, we greet you with hymns), is found in the Nieu Liedenboeck of 1562 and is included by Wackernagel in Lieder der . . . Reformierten.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: II, 288.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 655. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm:
Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad: IX, 132, 140; XIV, 30 f., No. 353.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Heyndrik van Dale (d. 1562)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 19 Oct 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Heyndrik_van_Dale_(d._1562)&oldid=129686.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Heyndrik van Dale (d. 1562). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 October 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Heyndrik_van_Dale_(d._1562)&oldid=129686.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 736. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Today's prompt: Do you have marriage records for your grandparents or great-grandparents? Write a post about where they were married and when. Any family stories about the wedding day? Post a photo too if you have one.
It's a bit ironic – the ancestors that I have marriage records for are the ones I don't have photographs for, and vice versa.
Since everyone loves photographs, I'll stick to talking about the marriages of the couples portrayed within them, though my knowledge of those weddings are slim.
These are my paternal grandparents, Zenta Lūkina and Juris Celmiņš, on their wedding day. They were married in 1943 in Latvia, but I don't know the date, or where the wedding took place, though it was most likely in Rīga. They were 20 and 23. I had always thought that they met in displaced persons camps in Germany after the war, but then I learned I was wrong. I don't know how they met. Both of their families were relatively well-off – Zenta's father was a justice of the peace and former Member of Parliament, while Juris' father was a bank director (though he may have been deceased by the time his son married, since he died in early 1943).
This photo is of the wedding of my great-grandparents Brencis Līcītis and Jūle Štelmahers, c. 1909. They are the couple in the middle of the second row – Brencis is to the left of Jūle (you can see barely make out the dark corsage on his jacket), and Jūle is in the white dress with the dark edges and flowers in her hair. They would have been married in Krustpils, but that is all I have in terms of details at the moment. Jūle's parents, Indriķis Štelmahers and Ieva Lapiņa are on the left end of the same row – Indriķis is the blurred figure on the end, Ieva is the older woman in the striped dress. Brencis' brother, Krišjānis, is on the left end of the third row, just above Indriķis. Ten people in this photograph, mostly people in the top row, remain unidentified.
I'm not sure how Brencis and Jūle met. I only know that Brencis must have moved to Krustpils sometime before 1897 (since he appears in the 1897 All-Russia Census records for Krustpils), while Jūle was born and grew up there. They married relatively late in life for the time period – Jūle was 35, while Brencis was 43. He made harmonicas and repaired other musical instruments. His brother was allegedly a musician in Paris around the turn of the century.
Does anyone know about the Paris music scene of the early 20th century? Ideas on where to start to look for information about musicians from the Russian Empire in that scene? He was apparently quite well-off, though I don't know if that was due to an inheritance of some kind or an income from music. Thanks for any tips!