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There's just something about the Boston Celtics and region draft picks.
Midway through Luke Harangody's rookie season in 2010-11, Boston traded the former Andrean/Notre Dame star to Cleveland.
On Thursday, EC Central and Purdue grad E'Twaun Moore, another Celtics' second-round pick, was dealt to the Houston Rockets for free agent Courtney Lee.
Houston also acquired Boston's JaJuan Johnson (3.2 ppg.) and backup center Sean Williams (3.6 ppg.) in the deal. Both are 6-foot-10.
Moore and Johnson, teammates at Purdue, were rookies in 2011-12.
"Of course I want to play. Of course I'm not happy about not playing. Of course I'm a little angry," Moore told The Times last April. "But I'm still confident in my game, confident I can come in and hit the big shot when needed.
"You've just got to stay with it."
The 6-4 Moore appeared in only 38 regular-season games last season, averaging 2.9 points with a career-high 16 coming at Orlando on Jan. 26. He had five points in nine playoff games.
Indianapolis native Johnson, a first-round pick in 2011, was slow in his development and that reportedly bothered some team officials. The signings of Chris Wilcox and Jeff Green and drafting of Jared Sullinger made him expendable.
Williams appeared in 11 games last season, including three with the Celtics.
Lee, a guard/forward, averaged 11.4 points per game for Houston and joins a Boston team that recently added Jason Terry and is deep at the guard position.
"Really, E'Twaun's got guys ahead of him," coach Doc Rivers told The Times before a February game in Chicago. "Avery (Bradley) has played well. Keyon (Dooling) is back. (Rajon) Rondo is healthy. Mickael Pietrus has come in and played well.
"There's just not enough minutes at that spot."
Moore and his agent Mark Bartelstein could not be reached for comment Thursday.

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I'm In Love with My New Copper Kettle
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- niki rothman May 23, 2007 12:59 PM
And my husband isn't jealous! Just kidding...heh. I want to say everybody deserves to love their kettle. A kettle should be one of the minor gods on Mount Olympus, it's such a powerful symbolic icon of the kitchen. The first thing I reach for after I turn on the light in the early morning darkness, still bleary eyed. It generously gives me all that comforting tea all day long - the tea that somehow insures my sometimes tenuous sanity. And cocoa and the boiling water to fill the Cafe' presse with which I finally learned to make perfect coffee.
And since I bought this absolutley beautiful big copper kettle a few weeks ago it's been a thing of beauty always sitting reassuredly sparkling its reddish glow on the back of the stove. And a thing of beauty is a joy forever. I even shined it twice so far, and it's easy. I was scared that the whistle would be annoying but it's not, my husband actually says he likes to hear it. It's a sweet little whistle but you can still hear it at the other end of my typically cramped old San Francisco apartment.
Being British, this kettle knows all there is to know about boiling water for tea and it has the typical British discretion to know enough NOT to have an annoying whistle.
I had grown disenchanted with my Michael Graves museum replica 80's style stainless steel kettle. Let's face it - it's dated, plus it, like me, it was beginning to definitely show its age. Sigh...momento mori. But we tea drinking chowhounds never say die, and so it was out with the old kettle and in with the new.
A weeks long computer search convinced me that the kettle of my dreams was going to be the Simplex brand large sized copper kettle (they've been making them for 200 years) which I bought at the best price I could find, which was $75.00 (shipping and handling was free!) from alwaysbrilliant.com. Does that sound like a lot? Hmm...maybe you're right. But I still love it!
niki rothman, I inherited my mother's c1940 nice big copper kettle and treasure it. Not only is it a joy in the kitchen but I remember it from my childhood so it makes me smile while the water is boiling. I'm pleased to know that it can be replaced if and when it ever becomes necessary.
Wow! You are a champion shopper. That copper kettle is $119.95 at Sur La Table. Plus shipping and handling.
I've had the Simplex for God knows how many years. Thirty? Bought it after I ruined How Many? Walked off and forgot them and they boiled dry, the solder joints on the spouts melted off, etc. No way you can ignore that insistent whistle on the Simplex!
It's such an old friend now that I hear the sound of the water when it's just about to boil and I'm up and across the kitchen just as it's ready for me.
It's been worth every copper cent for that copper kettle. It will outlast me.
re: MakingSense
Wow! I didn't know the Simplex copper kettle was even IN the Sur La Table catalog. I've been in their store at the SF Ferry Building and was convinced the prices were too high. Thanks for making me feel that in addition to hearing the Simplex IS indeed the Rolls Royce of kettles (as a Sur La Table imprimatur would suggest), I also got a bargain.
Maybe one key to successful online shopping is experience Googling - which is something I enjoy doing for all sorts of reasons. I always check Amazon prices first but often the bargains are elsewhere and found via Google search for key words. One idea of my husband's for safer online shopping is to reserve one credit card ONLY for online shopping and I sort of vet the sites for signs that they have customer service that is easily accessible, a good return policy, a sophisticated website design - so far no problems.
re: MMRuth
I've just realized that I lied - I don't have a Simplex, I have a Windsor copper kettle. Still happy w/it though!
I love love love my electric kettle. I'm a tea drinker so I use it several times a day for tea + making coffee for DH + assorted other needs.
However, your love letter to your Simplex is causing me to consider infidelity for the first time...One question, though: My electric kettle boils water incredibly quickly & I have always found stove top kettles annoyingly slow. Is the Simplex speedy?????
Please don't say that it is...LOL
re: fauchon
I am totally willing to do a road test for you. How many ounces should I put into the Simplex? Then I'll time it to the minute and write back to you.
re: niki rothman
I love this! How about 16 oz? (2 cups)....
re: fauchon
Worth checking if you both have electric or gas burners! Good luck with the experiment.
re: fauchon
You got it, fauchon. 16 ounces it is. And a tip o' the hat to MMRuth - I have a nasty old gas stove that does not have a very high "high" setting. But we shall see. It's 2:00 p.m. SF time and the game is afoot!
OK - 2 1/2 minutes! That was fun. But is it fast enough?
I just remembered there is a more expensive model of the Simplex called, appropriately, the "Quick Boil" kettle - it has vents on an additional bottom copper layer which my kettle does not have and these vents, I'm assuming, hasten the heating of the kettle. It's on sale at alwaysbrilliant.com, where I bought mine, for $91.95. The ad says they have 9 left. Since mine was around $74, I wonder just how much faster this quick boil kettle could be? Or, how fast is too fast? As long as you have enough time to get out your cup and tea bag, I suppose! Heh heh..
re: niki rothman
Your Simplex is elegant, sexy, classic. My Russell Hobbs electric kettle is ditto. But it's Barbaro compared to an oat burner in a back country claiming race...my 2 cups took 1 minute and 21 seconds. I began with cold (but not icy) water from the faucet. And, of course, we didn't take altitude into account...altho I don't know if the fifteenth floor in Manhattan makes THAT much diff....
I'm a tea slut and "discovered" the beauty & power of elec kettles some years ago when we were living in London & have not been without one since.
re: fauchon
So the Simplex standard model took one minute longer. Maybe you SHOULD get the "high speed" if that minute actually makes a difference. I guess THAT must be the "New York" minute I've heard about...
I was born in Manhattan and I miss the food, and the museums and the characters. But when I visited SF as a teenager and discovered all of California is not tropical as I think most Americans assume (SF is in the 60's & 70's year 'round) that was it - I've been here ever since.
But back to the subject at hand: obviously at sea level, and tap water "cold" was used for the experiment. I depend on a very nice stainless steel electric kettle that goes with us to the hotel whenever we go on vacation, but the aesthetics are very important to me and as I stated in the o.p. I'm in love with my copper kettle, you'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands at this point...
But, I think we've also stumbled onto something potentially big here. Along with local chowdowns, and the book club they've got going on the home cooking board, road tests could be a useful way to actualize what we're doing here. How about looking for more opportunities for real life chowhound kitchen road tests?
re: niki rothman
Well, we did have that "is your soaking rice talking to you thread". ;-)
re: MMRuth
Duh...somehow I missed the soaking rice experiments. Do tell the story, please...
re: niki rothman
I think you've nailed it: the notorious New York minute!
I suspect I love my Russell Hobbs as much as you love your Simplex...including for aesthetic reasons...Is your travelling ss elec kettle not so attractive?
I will certainly keep an eye out for additional road test experiments...esp since this one was so much fun! Thanks for being my partner in time!
re: fauchon
I'll have to search out the Russell Hobbs online to see what it looks like. Actually, my electric kettle is really cute! It was another case of a long-winded search that took place over a long weekend at Asilomar, the California State owned landmark resort in Monterey. We have considered it a second home for many years, going about every 2 months. One day I realized I really should be making my own tea and we searched out every store within 20 miles. The Hamilton Beach is Art Deco in style - almost cone shaped with a black plastic round cap and knob on top and a large semi-circular double handle that is also heavy matte black plastic. It's very sleek unlike so much of the bad design that's out there in small appliances. BUT, once again for home use there's something about that Simplex...I love it!
I'm a longtime fan of QE 2 and I understand she keeps and operates her own, personal, electric kettle next to her chair for tea - at all times. Very likely it's a Russell Hobbs, no?
And you're very welcome, fauchon. Please feel free to ask me to time anything you want. Anything food related, that is...
Oh, now you're making me want to go out and buy a copper kettle too! I also have a Michael Graves one (for the past almost-4yrs), and it's been faithfully there for all my cups of green tea, instant coffee fixes, hot cocoa and quick soups. But perhaps it's time to retire it and move on to something different?
Thanks for your sweet tea kettle story.
re: Augusta
One last love note to Simplex - that copper kettle has something magic about it. I had the MG too. Funny coincidence. But THAT copper kettle, and it's big too, lights up my whole kichen in a way that is the perfect combo of sexy and homey - just like me!
re: Augusta
Augusta, that would be wasteful. The Simplex will be around when the MG dies. It's been around forever.
When I was younger, I bought the latest thing, the new design, and gradually I realized that the classics were classics for a reason. I did what niki does, searched for the best prices, bought them one by one and outfitted my home and kitchen with fine things, some new, some vintage, some antiques. You can have real linen, crystal and silver, copper and stainless, terrific kitchen equipment of better quality than is currently manufactured by shopping estate sales and eBay and just watching for the right sales if you know what you want.
Don't settle for junk. These things are your tools and you live with them day in day out for years. You deserve the best. You can have it by shopping carefully. Often for far less than you think.
I have a beautiful Castle Copper kettle imported from Ireland. Before the founder of Calphalon they used to import the Castle line. I had to have it, had to! It now is languishing in my laundry room downstairs. We received an electric kettle as a wedding gift 30+ years ago. After a fire it was not replaced, we drank more coffee than tea anyway.
This past fall we were back in London and out flat had a electric kettle and man was that fast. It is one of my first purchases when we came home. It is a Bodum, it is oval in shape so it fits snugly against the counter and does not take up room. I have 1 quart of water boiling in 5 mins. tops. It also has an automatic shut off so it cannot boil itself dry.
I feel bad about my gorgeous Castle Copper kettle languishing away, I cannot bring myself to donate it, it needs polishing badly and it was quite $$$. I also have a Castle Copper 5 qt. dutch oven. I had visions of stews and braises while it sat gleaming in my kitchen. The copper begins to dull the minute it hits the heat so it is more decorative than used. My 5 qt. LC gets most of the use, oh, and I keep forgetting I have a Castle Copper gratin at the back of a cupboard. I need to clean all of these up and use them now and then. But there is no way I'll give up my electric kettle.
re: Candy
Maybe you're a very busy person but I bought some copper polish and was surprised at how quickly it made the copper beautiful. Copper adds something ineffably lovely and warm to your kitchen. It's Met-All brand brass & copper cream polish and I got it at that alwaysbrilliant.com where I got my sweet kettle.
re: niki rothman
You've inspired me to go check out the Simplex and Russell Hobbs. I am on my second Oxo tea kettle in three years because the colorful porcelain exterior (orange -- I thought it would be cheerful) has chipped at the bottom edge TWICE. This is probably because I move it off the cooktop when I am making dinner and place it on a hard granite countertop. I really do try to be gentle, but it is no match for the hard surface. In as much as this is a really cool, modern-looking kettle (the handle lifts up and it opens the pouring spout), at these prices I am not going to get another one. Hmm -- maybe time to try electric or a good copper.
Is there a best Russell Hobbs? I only make tea for one or two, usually.
re: RGC1982
Funny, after all the excitement, I googled Russell Hobbs and could find pictures of them but none for sale. Even at amazon. Go figure...But the one I saw that I liked was art deco looking - very attractive and looked very much like my ss/black Hamilton Beach, which is a great alternative, only about $35 and used to be available at Target.com. If you find the Russell Hobbs for sale anywhere online, please let me know as I'd like to check it out for future reference.
re: niki rothman
It took a week for the Russell Hobbs US rep to answer my two voice messages. He said that RH was no longer being made, and suggested I buy a Chefs Choice, which share many of the same components as the Russell Hobbs. I ordered on for $69 -- it is a taller model rather than a traditional looking kettle. I'll let you know how I like it when I get it.
re: RGC1982
Do you have a link to the Chefs Choice?
re: fauchon
Go to the www.russell-hobbs.com website. It is on there under the kettles link at the top.
re: fauchon
Hi folks,
Just back online after the weekend. I looked at the target.com site and they have the electric kettles for a lower price. The best looking are the Chef's Choice and my Hamilton Beach, which sells for $39. But there's a good selection and the prices cannot be beat as far as I can see.
re: niki rothman
I would recommend a look at Breville products (http://www.brevilleusa.com/). We have a SK85XLNova (which I think is unavailable now). It functions beautifully and there are numerous small things that it gets right (like a built in loop on the plug to make it easier to remove from the outlet).
re: niki rothman
What's so wrong with a patina? Im not saying you shouldn't keep it clean, but personally I find the look of well used and not overly maintained copper ware to be rather beautiful.
re: KaimukiMan
Not a thing wrong with a nice even patina, but for an all-day tea drinker like me, the pot had developed a splochy, sloppy pattern of water and tea stains that was not at all the nice even, mellow patina that you so rightly honor.
re: niki rothman
I bought my Russell Hobbs at Zabar's about 8 or so years ago. I am an all-day tea drinker, too, and it gets constant use throughout the day and seems...so far...not to have degraded at all.
According to the info on the bottom of my RH it's 1500 w & was made in China.
I tried to buy another one about 5 years ago but couldn't. I was told at several housewares stores that RH was not being imported any more (someone even said it wasn't being manufactured). I have no idea how reliable this info is.
The closest elec kettle I can find is this one from UptonTea...It looks very similar to the RH...an ss cylinder...(mine has brown plastic on the bottom and the design & color (brown in my kitchen & on my monitor) plastic bottom looks suspiciously identical). The placement of the switch also appears to be identical. I wonder if this is the same kettle as the RH but sold under a different label....IIRC, I paid considerably more (but less than $100) for the RH.
BTW, it occured to me after our posts the other day that the reason a stove top kettle seems "slow" is that I'm so accustomed to the speed of the RH....When I'm visiting friends, I feel as if I'm waiting "forever" for my water to boil! Came as a surprise when we did our timing test to learn that we're really only talking about a minute or so)....
re: fauchon
Hi fauchon!
Just got back onloine for the first time since our kettle boiling challenge. (dental work, jury duty...don't ask)
I am, sadly, unable to make your link work but am going to check out that upton tea website and IIRC brand electric kettle. As I think I mentioned, I cannot find the Russell Hobbs for sale online, but I found a picture of it and it looks suspiciously like my own Hamilton Beach electric kettle which I bought exclusively for vacation use. I notice the black base has no brand name molded into it. Yet all the other info IS molded in. The HB name is on a plastic glued-on label. Looks like China is producing clones and wholesaling them to the importer companies. I paid about $34 for the HB and it's big. So, if you ever need a replacement you could check it out.
re: niki rothman
i have no fear of polishing, if you were to see the amount of silver I maintain you'd know that. I've always loved copper but my kettle would get to splotched and spattered it didn't have that lovely warm gleam and it was a constant chore to try to have it look the way I wanted it to.
I just took the challenge on boiling times. My little Bodum electric pot from BB&B which was all of $39.99 less the 20% coupon boiled the 2 C. of water in just under 2 minutes.
Okay, my new Chef's Choice arrived today. It was what the Russell Hobbs salesman said I should try. I have boiled water in what appears to be record time. What was your test? 16 oz. to a rolling boil? I could swear it did it in just over a minute. I'll have to time it. Oh boy, this is going to be fun to use!
re: RGC1982
You're right...16 oz cold but not icy water to a rolling boil...my RH did it in 1 min 21 secs...the RH is years & years old & used several times a day so I wonder if its performance has degraded in that time...it'll be interesting to see if your new CC beats the old & often used RH...please post results...
re: fauchon
Revereware copper bottomed kettle, 16 ounces. 50 seconds on a gas stove, ambient temp 80 degrees, maybe 300 feet above sea level.
re: fauchon
I don't really have cold tap water down here in Texas -- can I start with the chilled fridge water from the door, or will that be too cold ? I'm giggling at the thought of a "test"!
re: RGC1982
We chowhounds who are "game" really do need to start doing more tests, challenges, experiments, bake-offs...whatever. More live action food competitions and general showing off. Got any ideas?
YOU need to giggle more. I can tell.
I love my Russell Hobbs. A few years ago, I got one for my best friend. Her husband ruined the first one by lighting it on top of stove when he was drunk. (It's cordless, only the base part has a cord that is plugged in.) He replaced it with a Chef's Choice or something from Macy's. About a year later, when she was on the phone, her friend decided to heat more water up for tea -- you guessed it -- it happened again. So, she's on her 3rd one and I've had my same Russell Hobbs all these years, at least 15.
re: walker
I would have hid the kettles after that happened.
re: RGC1982
Too inconvenient to hide them; I had a BIG laugh each time it happened. She was indignant, exasperated, each time it happened. When I gave it to her, I told her I'd picked out the perfect gift, something she needed and didn't even know she needed it. She's Irish and makes tea everyday.
re: walker
Hilarious. If drunks and stoves didn't sound almost as hazardous as drunks and car keys...
All of this kettle talk is making my head spin and excited with the possibilities.
I need to get a new kettle because I have gone back to making my coffee with a Chemex and now use a kettle daily.
My kettle is fine accept when I pour the handle and spout ratio are too close that I almost burned my hand a few times I do not like using a glove when pouring.
The other issue is I have hard water so is it better to use copper, stainless steel or cast iron?
Just wanted to update this 2-year old thread. Bought my Simplex kettle from JL Hufford, for 84.50 (using a 5% off coupon I googled) and free shipping. They had a $65 offer on Open Box Simplexes but they were sold out before I could get to them :( -- bummer, but I'm still happy paying $84.50 instead of $120+ elsewhere!!
re: stefoodie
How fast does it boil?!
I need to test mine :)


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May 5, 2014
Some shall have prizes
The New York Drama Critics' Circle voted today on its annual awards. They are:
• BEST PLAY: The Night Alive, by Conor McPherson
• BEST AMERICAN PLAY: All the Way, by Robert Schenkkan (I voted for Family Furniture, by A.R. Gurney)
• BEST MUSICAL: Fun Home, by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori (I voted for Nobody Loves You, by Itamar Moses and Gaby Alter)
We also voted to award special citations to the Shakespeare's Globe productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III and playwright-director Richard Nelson and the company of The Apple Family Plays (I didn't vote for either citation).
The links are to my Wall Street Journal reviews of the shows.
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The Great Debate UK
from The Great Debate:
Clashes with Russia point to globalization's end
As the European Union and the United States ramp up their sanctions on Russia, President Vladimir Putin's plans for retaliation seem to include an attack on McDonald's. There could not be a more powerful symbol that geopolitics is increasingly undoing the globalization of the world economy.
The burger chain was celebrated in the 1990s by the journalist Thomas Friedman's "Golden Arches theory of conflict prevention," which argued that the spread of McDonald's around the world would bring an end to war. But almost 25 years after a McDonald's restaurant opened in Moscow, it seems that deep interdependence has not ended conflict between great powers – it has merely provided a new battlefield for it.
As in any relationship that turns sour, many of the things that initially tie the parties together are now being used to drive them apart. For the past two decades we have heard that the world is becoming a global village because of the breadth and depth of its trading and investment links, its nascent global governance and the networks of the information age. But those forces for interdependence are degenerating into their opposite; we could call it the three faces of 'splinterdependence':
From free trade to economic warfare
Economic interdependence was supposed to defuse geopolitical tensions over time – or at least allow the two to be compartmentalized. But today the West is using Russia's participation in the global economy to punish it for its actions in eastern Ukraine. The EU has announced sanctions that will hit Russia in the banking, oil and defense industries. When China felt its interests were threatened, it was also willing to use economic sanctions in its territorial disputes with the Philippines and Japan. In May, Beijing found itself on the receiving end as Vietnam turned a blind eye to anti-Chinese riots targeting Chinese plants when China put an oil rig in the disputed Paracel Islands.
from The Great Debate:
Don't miss the boat on trade facilitation
Trade ministers open their meeting in Bali Tuesday with the aim of creating a new multilateral trade reform package worth more than $100 billion to the global economy. The deal -- focusing on measures to cut red tape at borders -- would be a welcome shot in the arm for both global trade and for the World Trade Organization itself.
This may come as a surprise to some. Indeed, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations had quietly died after a 10-year struggle. But in fact, work has continued in the World Trade Organization -- and in capitals around the world -- to capture some of the gains from what was once billed as the most ambitious trade round ever. The first multilateral trade agreement in almost 20 years now stands tantalizingly within reach.
from The Great Debate:
China's commitment to growth will drive the global economy
From outside China, the Bo Xilai trial looks like the Chinese news event of the year, one of the preoccupations of Western media, along with corporate corruption and the clampdown on American and European companies. Yet these issues are no more than sideshows to the most important economic event of recent times, the unveiling and ratification of a major program for reforms for the next decade, which will occur at the Chinese government's third plenum in November. The reforms promise to bring another great leap forward in China's dramatic ascent.
Chinese officials will reveal how long China will need to make the transition from an investment-led, middle-income country to an innovative, consumer-driven, high-income one -- and thus when it will become the world's largest economy. Can China circumvent what we know as "the middle-income trap" that has for decades denied high-income status for Latin America and Asian countries like Malaysia and Thailand?
from The Great Debate:
An agenda to boost Africa's economy
A lot can happen in a year. This time last year, U.S. businesses and NGOs bemoaned the Obama administration's perceived indifference to Africa. Now, they're trying to find out how to catch the wave of interest. Major new initiatives, including Power Africa and Trade Africa, unveiled during President Obama's first true trip to Africa this summer, as well as a reinvigorated push to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act fully two years before it's due to expire, have given U.S.-Africa watchers a lot to consider. But what -- and when -- is enough for U.S. policy in Africa? What more can be done in the year ahead? How do things really shake out for investors, civil society and Africans? Here are three additional areas the Administration should consider as it deepens its commitment to the continent:
1. Invest in Africa's equity and commodity markets. Despite all the interest in Africa's economic growth and investment potential, it's still very hard to invest on the continent. Of its less than 30 stock markets, only a few exchanges really offer modern processes and back-end technology to facilitate daily transactions. As Todd Moss from the Center for Global Development notes in a recent paper, some African exchanges trade less in a whole year than New York does before "their first coffee break." As a result, for institutional investors who need to take large positions or who have fiduciary requirements for daily liquidity, Africa remains almost entirely off-limits. In an era of algorithmic and high-speed trading, Africa's antique market infrastructure is a major barrier to entry for much needed foreign direct investment.
from The Great Debate:
The G20 summit should commit to growth
By Gordon Brown
The views expressed are his own.
The build-up to the G20 summit has been dominated by the euro's failings. With Europe now the epicenter of the global crisis, its continued weakness will dominate the G20 discussions. Even now, uncertainties about Greece's future -- and about the real strength of Europe's commitment to its new stability fund -- has left little opportunity for a focus on the global economy as a whole.
But even if the state of the world economy has featured less than the euro in the preparatory work for the summit, the decisions world leaders will make on the global economy will dictate the mood of the coming two years. President Sarkozy has major global initiatives he will unveil to improve global food security, and may even force his plan for a global financial levy on the agenda. But there is a big choice the G20 must make. Either the world will come together and agree on a coordinated growth plan -- or we will retreat into a new, more acrimonious protectionism.
from MacroScope:
Building BRICs in Africa
Some eye-catching numbers from Standard Bank out today on the influence of BRICs countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- on Africa.
First off, the bank says the global recession and its recovery have been nourishing these so-called South-South ties. But it is all now ready to take off. The bank estimates:
Is there a way out of the currency war?
Competitive devaluation is no longer a possible danger – it is already here. Many people are worried that, after global stock market crashes and a collapse of most of the world's banking system, a war over exchange rates completes a sequence of events that looks awfully like a rerun of the 1930's. There is however one crucial difference. The Chinese role certainly makes matters more complicated, though it is as yet unclear whether it makes the outlook better or worse.
The key point to understand about the belligerents is this. In the context of purely self-interested beggar-my-neighbour economic policy, devaluation makes good sense for the Eurozone countries as a whole, the British, the Japanese, Swiss, Koreans… for everyone except the Americans. Whether they are deficit countries, like Britain, or surplus countries, like Switzerland, Korea or Japan, devaluation will increase demand for their exports and make their imports more expensive, giving a boost to their output and employment. And if other countries retaliate by counter-devaluation, they can tell themselves that their situation would have been worse if they had not taken the initiative and got their retaliation in first.
from Breakingviews:
U.S. trade thaw may leave China out in cold
The retaliatory China currency bill passed in the U.S. House helps brand this Congress as one of the more protectionist in years. The next one might switch gears and embrace trade by passing several stalled pacts. But Beijing shouldn't expect that to translate into a friendlier Washington.
A companion bill in the Senate also meant to pressure China to allow a faster rise in the yuan is unlikely to succeed. And it would probably be vetoed by President Barack Obama if it did.
from Breakingviews:
China's yuan: a guide for the perplexed
By John Foley and Wei Gu
China's plans to make its currency global could change the world -- if they get off the ground. More international use of the yuan might increase China's trade clout, unseat the mighty U.S. dollar and make a lot of financiers very rich in the process. But it can be hard to separate the facts from the fable. Here are some questions answered.
Why are people talking about an international yuan?
China is the world's second-biggest economy. But its currency doesn't nearly match its size. For most international dealings, China relies on the dollar, which leaves it beholden to the United States. Beijing wants more influence on the global stage, so it has been taking baby-steps to turn the yuan into an internationally used currency.
Sluggish U.S. economy may threaten UK business development
- Paddy Earnshaw is the Director of Customer Relations at Travelex Global Business Payments. The opinions expressed are his own.-
British importers and exporters' confidence in the economy leapt in July, as positive economic data fuelled hopes for a return to strong economic growth. According to the Travelex Confidence Index (TCI), which jumped 12 points in July to 116, from 104 in June, strong gains were driven by quarter 2′s GDP figure, as it showed the UK grew at its fastest pace in four years.


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Setting the tempo and shaping the sound of 200 orchestra students will be the primary goal of guest conductor, Richard Rognstad, at the fourteenth annual Yankton College & Yankton High School Orchestra Festival to be held Tuesday, November 6 in Yankton at YHS. The ensemble of high school students from South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska will play together at the day-long rehearsals and end with a free evening concert at 7:00 p.m. in the Yankton High School Theatre that is open to the public. Rognstad will bring a repertoire of music for the students to practice and perform. Each selection offers examples of compositional style and distinct musical features.
Richard Rognstad is this year's guest clinician who has been at the University of South Dakota since 1986, where he conducts the USD Symphony Orchestra and teaches double bass, music theory, and American music. Active as a guest conductor and clinician, he has led orchestras in South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, and Florida. He has studied conducting extensively with Paul Wolfe, Jurgen de Lemos, Abraham Chavez, Giora Bernstein and at Indiana University. His bass teachers include Stuart Sankey, Barry Green, and Gaston Dufresne. Rognstad has served as principal bass for orchestras in Wyoming, Colorado, Florida, and South Dakota and has appeared as soloist and chamber musician in seventeen states, Canada, Austria, and Germany. An expert in American music, Rognstad has published articles, liner notes, and reviews widely, and been instrumental in finding unique repertoire for the USD Symphony Orchestra and the recordings of the Rawlins Trio from the generations of American composers active between the Civil and First World Wars.
In addition to Rognstad, two string members from Vermillion's Rawlins Trio will join the students as part of the musical experience. "I'm very much looking forward to the Orchestra Festival, to seeing all the students and especially to leading them in accompanying my colleagues, violinist Eunho Kim, and cellist Marie-Elaine Gagnon in the first movement of a wonderful concerto for violin and cello by Antonio Vivaldi." Kim and Gagnon are also USD faculty members in the Department of Music.
Yankton High School Orchestra Director, Kim Evander, who organizes the festival says, "This is an exceptional experience for regional string players where they learn how to perform in a very large group. This year the students and audience members are in for a real treat with our two guest soloists from the world renowned Rawlins Trio who are exceptional musicians."
This event adheres to the educational mission of Yankton College and its commitment to orchestral performances. Yankton College has financially supported the Orchestra Festival since its beginning in 2001 as a way of fostering appreciation of music and to further YC's presence in the community. For further information, contact Yankton College at (605) 665-3661.
Six members of the Yankton College Board of Trustees and one member from the Alumni Advisory Board were appointed to begin a procedural plan and timeline for a fundraising campaign towards the proposed "future home of Yankton College" in the Mead building at the Board of Trustees fall meeting held in two parts Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27 at the Summit Activities Center in Yankton. They include YC alums: Ron Bertsch, Bill Bobzin and Lee Gass from Yankton, SD; Monte Farnsworth, Pierre, SD; Joe Ward, Gainesville, FL and Gary Ward, Viborg, SD, representing the AAB.
At the meeting, Dr. Charles N. Kaufman, who was inaugurated as the president of the College in 2005, submitted his resignation from the presidency and the Board of Trustees due to health reasons. Dr. Kaufman, an alumnus of Huron College and the University of South Dakota, has been integrally involved with the Board of Trustees since 1968, and his resignation was received with surprise, followed by regrets and gratitude for his long service. The Board then voted unanimously to declare Dr. Joseph Ward III Interim President. Dr. Ward, the great-grandson of the College founders, Dr. Joseph and Sarah Wood Ward, is a 1966 graduate of YC and has served on the Board of Trustees since 1983 and as Vice-Chair of the Board since about 1986. The Vice-Chairman's seat will remain vacant as the transition of leadership is completed.
Other agenda topics included: a report from the AAB on the success of the 2014 All-Class Reunion; the 2014 proposed agreement between Yankton College and the South Dakota Community Foundation perpetuating the restricted YC scholarship endowments; modifications on the 2015-16 general and post-graduate scholarship applications and review sheets within the Yankton College Scholarship Program.
The Yankton College Alumni Advisory Board also held its meeting, Friday, September 26, at the SAC. Among the items of business on the agenda were a review of the events at the 2014 All-Class Reunion; re-election of Board officers; new AAB member, Scott O'Neal from Crofton, NE was welcomed and two scheduled regional reunions were announced: one in Gainesville, FL, November 1, 2014 and the second in Fayetteville, NC, October 10, 2015.
Following the meeting, a no-host social hour and dinner were held Friday evening at Murdo's. For further information, call the Yankton College office at (605) 665-3661.
By JAMES D. CIMBUREK ~ Yankton Press & Dakotan
The NFL Films series "A Football Life" has featured the likes of Walter Payton and Tom Landry as well as more contemporary players like Tim Tebow and Darrelle Revis. Later this year they will feature someone near and dear to many area football fans.
A crew from NFL Films was in Yankton on Tuesday and Wednesday to film interviews and do research for an hour-long piece on the late Lyle Alzado, the Yankton College great who went on to star in the NFL. The show will air Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. Central on the NFL Network.
"A Football Life is documentaries on people who had a very interesting life in football," said NFL Films supervising producer Neil Zender. "We really wanted to do one on Lyle Alzado because most people have forgotten him or don't remember him, and the people that do remember him just think of steroids. It's the first thing that comes to mind, and there's a heckuva lot more to Lyle Alzado than steroids. He was a very interesting person, and the more you dig into him and research him, the more interesting and complicated he becomes."
One thing that intrigued Zender early in the process was Alzado's boxing exhibition with boxing legend Muhammad Ali in 1979.
"He wanted to fight Muhammad Ali in a boxing ring so bad that he mortgaged his own house to do it," Zender said. "When you find out that somebody's that type of person, that would do something like that, it's someone you want to do a show on the find out what makes him tick and why he's the way that he was."
Zender wanted footage of Yankton College, not just because it was where Alzado went to school and played, but because of what the YC campus is now.
"We wanted to go to Yankton to just get some footage of where he played in college and also show what's happened to his college," he said. "It's an interesting and unique thing that you can't say about many NFL players, that their college has now become a federal prison camp."
The Yankton College alumni office, which remains open nearly 30 years after the institution closed in 1984, proved to be a valuable asset for Zender.
"It's very impressive, the archives that Yankton College has. I've been at NFL Films for 15 years, and the caliber and quality of their archives, it just blew me away," he said. "It's impressive the depth of material and the quality of the job they've done there. Yankton should be very proud of that."
"You won't find many NFL teams that have that level of detail in archiving everything."
While Zender knew Alzado was an intimidating presence on the field, he entered the process not knowing what Alzado had dealt with off the field.
"What I didn't realize was what an underdog that he was, and all the odds that he had to overcome and all the obstacles that were in his way," Zender said. "He had a tough childhood. He didn't have the best father in the world. He was not a high draft pick in the National Football League. He didn't come from a college that traditionally produced NFL players."
While in Yankton, they also interviewed Alzado's first wife Sharon, who still has ties to the community. Zender said that they have a few interviews left, but most have been completed.
"We've talked to his formmer teammates, like Tom Jackson of the Broncos and Howie Long with the Raiders. We've interviewed people he played against, like Joe Theismann. We've interviewed members of his family," he said. "We've looked as closely as anybody's ever looked into Lyle Alzado and his life, who he was, and we'll putting it to bed pretty quick."
And while many use Alzado's story as a warning for the dangers of steroids, there is another, more positive lesson that can be learned from his life.
"He said a lot of times that, if he hadn't found out about football, he would either be in jail or on the corner dealing drugs. Football saved him and gave him an occupation and something to pursue," Zender said. "His life is an example of the positive things that football can do for people."
"When you initially say 'Lyle Alzado,' that's not the first thing that people think of, but that was pretty true of his life."
The 1960's Decade Scholarship, an additional one-time-named Yankton College general scholarship, will be made available next spring to a deserving student as a result of a recent challenge presented to the Yankton College alumni attending the 2014 All-Class Reunion held recently in July.
The Decade Challenge was one of the fun reunion activities held during the four-day event. Alumni from the '30,'40,'50,'60,'70 and '80 decades who attended the reunion had to meet criteria to earn the most points to win the naming of a Decade Scholarship valued at $1,000 to be awarded to a college-bound student in 2015. The following criteria earning twenty-five points each included: 1) must pre-register and pre-pay for 2014 All-Class Reunion before 5 p.m. on Friday, July 18; 2) must attend the Decade Social held Saturday evening, July 19; 3) must give or have given to the Yankton College Forever Club (a form of gentle giving, designed to annually fuel the success of Yankton College); and 4) must have donated one or more YC memorabilia during the All-Class Reunion or within the last year.
"It was a close call. Alumni from the 1960's decade barely earned the winning points over the alumni who attended during the 1970's, by fifty points," reported Jan Garrity, Executive Director for Yankton College, who recorded the tallies with help from a non-alum. As a result of the challenge, Yankton College will provide financial aid to a graduating high school senior next year and the alumni office obtained noteworthy memorabilia (see list below).
The winning decade was announced during the final evening of the reunion at the Decade Social. The 1960's Decade Scholarship will be awarded through the Yankton College Scholarship Program. The student selected by a Scholarship Committee will receive a $1,000 scholarship to be used at an accredited college or university for the 2015-16 academic year. He/she will be selected from applications processed through the Yankton College Scholarship Program ranked on merit and criteria.
For more information on the Yankton College Scholarship Program or the 2014 All-Class reunion visit the Yankton College office at 1801 Summit St. or call (605) 665-3661.
Memorabilia Donated by YC Alumni during the 2014 All-Class Reunion:
Classroom chair – Ron Bertsch '65
Classroom chair – Cindy Filips '65
Greyhound wrestling warm –up jacket – Dave Mathews '71
YC postcard and 1912 YC Bulletin from Marilyn (Whaley '56) Jones
Library card and student id – Gary Ward '71
Lyle Alzado football Denver Broncos football cards – Jo (Lessert '73) Barber
Greyhound basketball warm-up pants – Doug MacTavish '70
YC beer mug; College hymn words by Donald B. Ward; 1983 newspaper article honoring alumni; '62/'63/'64 yearbooks; 100 year-old commemorative plate – George Robie '64
YC coffee mug and 100 year-old commemorative plate – Marilyn (Van Epps '63) Wendell inherited from her folks Claude and Martha (Grow ED'30) Van Epps '30
Greyhound sweatshirt and Pioneer Day stadium seat – Eva (Kenton) (Kackmeister) Stob '64
YC t-shirt, YC periodicals and a banner – Suzan Gass '80
Nine YC postcards, a photo of YC students, Class of 1964, attending Pioneer Day homecoming in 1974 and six photographs of the YC trailer park in 1961 with Chuck Lucas '64, Doug Carrington '63 and Larry Selgeby '61 – Chuck Lucas '64
A scrapbook belonging to actor and YC alum John Gill '48 – Beverly (Burkhead x'56) Hallstrom
A French lesson book used by Arlene in Miss Burgi's class – Arlene (Anderson '56) and Jim Lefler '56
YC periodicals and YC newspaper articles – Ruth (Book '65) Williams
Joseph Ward the Builder book, YC Bulletins, YC Students and YC programs – Ann (Workentine '59) Cochran
Greyhound football helmet and warm-up pants – Gary Schuurmans '76
Signed and framed photographs of Philadelphia Eagle player Dean Wink and with his teammates – Dean Wink '66
We welcome Yankton College memorabilia that you find and may not want! To donate college memorabilia, visit the Yankton College office, located: 1801 Summit St., Door #9, Yankton, SD. Open: Monday through Friday, central time, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Or send to: Yankton College, PO Box 133, Yankton, SD 57078.
The 2014 Yankton College All-Class Reunion was held July 17-20, according to Ron Bertsch '65, Chair of the YC Alumni Advisory Board. Approximately 200 alumni from nationwide and two countries attended the various functions held at locations throughout Yankton. Bertsch said the AAB makes the final decisions in planning for the reunion, "This is our chance to connect with the alums and emphasize that we still exist, well beyond the days of the classroom."
The four-day event kicked off with a Meet & Greet on Thursday at Rounding 3rd in downtown Yankton; then, Friday, officials from the Federal Prison Camp offered two guided tours of the campus, for those who pre-registered; two mini class reunions were held in various locations, including the Class of 1959 and the Classes of 1963 & 1964 and finally that evening, there were two events: a YC Theater alumni get-together and the Greyhounds Greats, a program recognizing the YC athletic greats; on Saturday, college athletes, humanitarians and distinguished alumni were recognized or honored during two luncheons and at an evening social; the Talent Show showcased performing alumni; and memories were rekindled while browsing the college historic collection at the Yankton College office. The reunion closed on Sunday with a special church service at the United Church of Christ featuring special music on the Yankton College organ performed by Ted Powell '78 and by the UCC choir (many YC alums) directed by Jennifer (Vondracek '78) Powell.
Two Alumni Achievement Awards were presented to Marilyn (Tunberg '57) Nyberg, Yankton, SD and Howard Waldron '75, Taunton, MA for their outstanding contributions in their chosen field of endeavor; two Alumni Service Awards to Carol (Kasulka '62) Boos, Tuscon, AZ and Robert Titus '49, Yankton, SD, for their significant service and contributions to Yankton College and one Pro-Causa Award to Michael Marek, Vermillion, SD, for his significant contribution to Yankton College as a non-alum.
Marilyn Nyberg is worthy of recognition for her years of performing on the organ and piano. She began playing the organ during Sunday church services in Volin, SD, as a teen. She developed a passion for the pipe organ and obtained a Bachelor of Music with majors in Sacred Music and English magna cum laude.
After graduation, she married Jim Nyberg x'57, whom she met at YC when they were freshmen, and while he attended dental school in Minneapolis, she served as the organist and choir director for their church in MN. They moved to Germany for three years where Jim practiced dentistry for the U.S. Army and Marilyn continued studying the organ, while raising their family.
In 1966, the Nybergs returned to live in Yankton, where Marilyn has stroked the organ keyboard at Trinity Lutheran ever since as church musician. Besides playing for Sunday services for over forty years, she was a driving force in the restoration of the church's pipe organ and was also instrumental in launching the successful Bach's Lunch music series held every Advent season.
Howard "Howie" Waldron came to Yankton College from Taunton, MA to earn a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Physical Education and History. After graduating in 1975, he remained in South Dakota to gain head coaching experience in girls' basketball, boys' and girls' track and football. He returned to his MA high school in 1979 and over the years coached track and football, but is most known for strength conditioning and power lifting.
As a Power Lifting Coach, Waldron has led countless high school students to championship status. From 1989 to the present, Waldron has coached two World Champions, twenty-one National Champions and forty-nine State Champions. "I was fortunate to coach such great kids, who had fun and worked hard," Waldron says of his protégés. Throughout his career, Waldron has received professional recognition for his "dedication and service to High School Power Lifting" and for "excellence in teaching students historical research and writing" and was inducted into the Coyle & Cassidy High School Warrior Hall of Fame in 2012 where he was referred to as a "legend in his own time." Although Howard retired from teaching in 2009, he continues to oversee the power lifting program and assist with football scouting.
Upon her 1962 Yankton College graduation, Carol Kasulka suggested to her classmates that they consider leaving their alma mater with some kind of ongoing gift. Her idea did not receive much attention then and over the years, Boos wondered "what if." Fifty years later when the Class of 1962 met during the 2012 All-Class Reunion, their 50 year anniversary date, she approached her classmates again with the idea of perpetuating the memory of Yankton College and their class with a one-time scholarship. Classmates quickly responded to Carol's idea after she made the first contribution; all were genuinely surprised when the contributions kept on growing, large enough to establish within the Yankton College Scholarship Program, the Class of 1962 Scholarship in perpetuity. Carol's vision and generosity, assisted by her classmates, will provide students an opportunity to continue their education while leaving behind their legacy.
With financial aid from the G.I. Bill, Bob Titus attended Yankton College as a non-traditional student after serving in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946. Because of family obligations and holding a job Titus said he had no time for extra-curricular activities on the campus while majoring in History and Political Science.
Bob, later, became closely involved with Yankton College in the early 1990's after the College closed when he was asked to serve on the Alumni Advisory Board. As an AAB member and volunteer for Yankton College, Bob rarely says "no" when asked to help out. He is an avid spokesperson for YC touting the "vital education" that he received leading him "to discover who I was and where I was going in life."
Titus also acquired a Masters in Counseling at the University of South Dakota. His 40-year career with the South Dakota Labor Department was as an Office Counselor administering aptitude tests and marketable job-skill training to youth, then as a Program Supervisor on the South Dakota Indian Reservations, managing Federal Training Programs to aid public welfare recipients to find gainful employment.
Bob believes in the true meaning of Christian charity and has been involved with community service in Yankton for many years. At the age of 90, Bob can be found regularly volunteering at the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Sister James Nursing Home, Sacred Heart Church and St. Benedict Church.
Michael Marek may not have attended Yankton College as a student, but he was often on campus while his mother, Leona Marek, taught the cello and the string bass for twenty-five years at the Conservatory of Music. Because of this connection, in 2010 Marek was asked to serve on the Yankton College Board of Trustees.
Marek has both a BS and Masters in Communications from the University of South Dakota and has brought his communications knowledge and talents to Yankton College in many ways. He was instrumental in creating a newer version of the YC website and assisted in training the staff to supervise it. He has gladly documented two All-Class Reunions, professionally photographing the alumni events. In 2012, Marek brought Social Media to Yankton College creating a Yankton College Facebook page.
After completing his Ed.D in 2005, Marek has taught Mass Communications at Wayne State College as a tenured full professor for nearly ten years. He specializes in Broadcasting, advises the campus radio station and specializes in use of Social Media. Marek has had several peer-reviewed journal publications based on his work with a Taiwanese colleague, using social media techniques to support the learning of English by native speakers of Chinese. Mike has led students to Taiwan and China for a full semester abroad program.
Two Yankton College alumni were inducted into the Humanities Hall of Honor for their commitment to excellence and to the ideals of Yankton College, Joan (Bunnell '57) Neubauer, Yankton, SD and James Wendell '62 posthumously. Neubauer grew up in Yankton and graduated from Yankton College in 1957 with a BA in English and Speech. After graduation she located in California where she specialized in elementary education, then earned a Master's Degree in Speech Rehabilitation which served as an entry to the areas of special education and administration. Wendell graduated from Yankton College in 1962 with a degree in education and became a career educator and coach for 46 years in school systems at Hartington, NE and Stanwood, IA. His posthumous award was accepted by his wife, Marilyn (Van Epps '63) Wendel from Neubauer.
The following alumni were inducted into the Yankton College Hall of Fame for their outstanding athletic college and career achievements: Lee Shepherd '77, Rapid City, SD, Darryl James '84, Bronx, NY, Bill Spears '65, Cherokee, IA, Mark Herman '71, Dassel, MN, posthumously to Amanda Clement '10 (accepted by Marilyn Kratz '80), Ray "Chip" Salvestrini '75, Ridgefield, CT and posthumously to David Armstead '66 (accepted by Bob Miller '63). Don "Murdo" Edwards '74 was named the 2014 Mr. Greyhound.
The following Greyhound Greats were recognized for their athletic abilities during their college years at YC: Russ Weller '63 and Gerry Ebel '75, Yankton; Rick Evans '75, Garden City, KS; Ernie Ferency '70, Boynton Beach, FL; Darryl James '84, Bronx, NY; Bob Maffei '77, Trumbull, CT; Gerald Geditz '65, Mansfield, SD, John Siwicki '72, Elk Grove Village, IL and Frank Niglio '71, Mount Carmel, PA. Members from the 1966 Greyhound Football Team and the 1966 Cross-Country Team were recognized for their championship successes.
Yankton College produced thousands of students and graduates from 1881–1984. It was the first institution of higher learning in Dakota Territory providing a liberal arts education to young men and women from the Midwest, both sides of the nation and around the world. Scholars and educators, lawyers and doctors, theologians and musicians, artists and athletes emerged from here.
The 2014 reunion marks the 30-year milestone of the continuation of Yankton College since the closing in 1984. Yankton College continues – in a non-traditional way - remaining active in alumni outreach, awarding named scholarships, supporting educational opportunities and sponsoring fine arts events administered by its Board of Trustees.
For more information, contact Yankton College at (605) 665-3661.


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At their best, schools have the capacity to enhance success in all transitions to adulthood through the acquisition of literacy in a commonly spoken language and the transmission of knowledge and means to sustain health, prosocial values and citizenship knowledge and skills, and decision-making, negotiating, and leadership skills and skills for lifelong learning. While the panel supports the UN Millennium Development Goals for education, it does not see the achievement of these goals—universal primary school completion rates and the elimination of gender disparities at all levels of schooling—as sufficient for the next generation of young people to acquire the skills necessary for successful transitions to adulthood. The rapidity of global change and changing patterns of employment require that policy makers give equal attention to investments in school quality in order to ensure adequate learning outcomes at the primary level as well as to create a stronger base for further expansions in enrollment at the secondary level. The panel also identified carefully targeted subsidies as a particularly promising way to increase enrollment and reduce the prevalence of child labor among the poor.
Declines in fertility and improvements in child health have been shown to have contributed to past increases in the demand for schooling. Policies and programs supporting further progress in these areas are likely to continue to contribute to future growth in school enrollment and attainment.
The panel's recommendations on gender equality emphasize the promotion of gender-equitable treatment in the classroom, the development of compensatory educational and training programs for disadvantaged and out-of-school youth, particularly girls, and the adoption of policies and programs that support delays in marriage in places where girls still marry before the age of 18. Addressing gender problems in society will call for interventions that affect all social classes.
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Fruit of the Angels– Papaya (Papaw, Pawpaw)Friday, November 30th, 2012
One of the exciting things about Bountiful Baskets is the occasional opportunity to try new fruits and vegetables. Once in a while, something really unique and unavailable in my Northern neck of the middle-of-nowhere
woods Great Plains shows up in the basket. Today's basket was one of those baskets! Papaya. PAPAYA! The only papaya I have ever tried before today is in Dole Tropical Canned Fruit—obviously not the same at all as eating the real, uncanned, fresh fruit. I am SO EXCITED! And my kids are too! Baloo the bear from Disney's Jungle Book even sang a song mentioning the Papaya (in the Bare Necessities—you don't need a claw to pick the big pawpaw!)
It is rumored that Christopher Columbus, upon trying a Papaya, called it the "Fruit of the Angels". And, an amazing fruit it truly is! Aside from tasting heavenly and sweet, this fruit is PACKED with some power-house nutrients—provitamin A carotenoids, B vitamins, Vitamin C, lycopene, dietary minerals, and fiber, as well as many phytochemicals, including phynols (antioxidants). Papayas have a lot of natural pectin, which is useful for making jellies and jams. It is also the only plant that produces papain, an enzyme which helps break down proteins, and is often used as a meat tenderizer. Papayas are low calorie, and high fiber. The papaya seeds are edible and are sometimes used as a substitute for pepper, as they have a bitter but somewhat peppery flavor. The leaves have been made into teas in some parts of the world to help combat malaria and other ailments. And that is just the tip of the iceberg! Truly, a rather spectacular plant, and a spectacular fruit!
For more information about some of the health benefits of the papaya, here are a few links:
WARNING: If you have a latex allergy and are unable to eat avocados and bananas, you should also avoid eating the papaya, as there could be possible allergic reactions.
Here is how you eat it!
- Wash it
- Cut it in half
- Gently scoop the seeds out. Save the seeds to use in a salad dressing, or discard them.
- Either peel it gently with a knife or a vegetable peeler, or scoop out the soft meat with a spoon or melon baller
- Savor something tropical!
Here are some recipes to try, if you want to venture into cooking with the papaya instead of just chowing down on it!
- 1 tablespoon fresh papaya seeds
- 1/2 small onion
- 1/4 cup raspberry vinegar (or other try other flavors)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Process the seeds and the onion in a blender or food processor until finely chopped.
- Add the onion, vinegar, sugar, and salt and pulse a few times.
- With the processor running, slowly drizzle the oil in until it emulsifies.
- Enjoy on some greens!
- 1 Cup Hawaiian pineapple, cored and diced into small cubes
- 1/2 cup papaya, diced into small pieces
- 1/2 cup Maui onion, diced
- 1/2 large red bell pepper, julienne cut
- 3 Tbsp. Fresh sage, chopped
- 3 Tbsp. Fresh Chinese parsley, chopped
- 3 Tbsp. Red wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. Fresh ginger, chopped
- 1 Tbsp. Fresh garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp. Shoyu (may use low sodium)
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl, tossing thoroughly. Set aside and chill for a few hours. Serve as a relish for grilled fish or chicken, seared ahi, or as a salsa with chips.
For some other fun recipes, check out:
- 1 ripe papaya (about 1 pound), peeled, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 4 large ripe plum tomatoes, seeded and diced (1/4 inch)
- 1/3 cup diced (1/4 inch) red onion
- 1 1/2 teaspoons finely minced and seeded jalapeño
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- Finely grated zest of 1 lime
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- Gently combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to use, up to 4 hours.
p.s. If you would like a couple more Papaya recipes, Check out today's (12-1-12) recipe round-ups!
Vegetarian Round-up for Conventional 10/20/12Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Vegetarian Recipe Round-Up (Conventional Basket) 10/6/12Monday, October 8th, 2012
Grilled FajitasSaturday, August 25th, 2012
In the 1930′s, cattle ranchers on the vast ranch lands of South and West Texas inadvertently began one of the most popular traditions in Western cuisine. The ranchers would often allow beef to be butchered for the workers during round-ups and drives. Unwanted parts such as the head, hide, and trimmings (including pieces known now as "skirt steak") were given to the Mexican cowboys. The vacqueros would use these pieces to create many different meals including menudo, barbacoa de cabeza, and what we now know as fajitas. They would slice and marinate the unwanted skirt steak, grill it over an open fire, and fold it up into a tortilla with beans and whatever vegetables they had. Over time, adventurous American cowboys sampled the meal and soon the tradition of using up the skirt steak for fajitas took off. (Only the most adventurous cowboys sampled the menudo and barbequed head and those two meals were left in the dust of comparative obscurity.)
A Trio of SalsaSaturday, August 18th, 2012
Last Monday I contributed for the Guacamole add on, and started to dream about rich, creamy guacamole. On Saturday I picked up my Guacamole pack and looked through the bag; avocados, green onion, jalapenos, cilantro, limes and another bag. Inside that bag was a treasure that I was not expecting; dried Chipotle peppers. By the time I got home I had lost interest in the avocados and my sights were firmly set on those wonderful aromatic chipotles. In my conventional basket were 4 big ripe tomatoes, BINGO…Fire Roasted Salsa! It took a couple days before I had time to make the salsa, by then I had remembered the avocados and guacamole.
Herbs Are Your FriendThursday, August 9th, 2012
by Lisa Y
Occasionally we are fortunate to have the option of adding an herb pack to our Bountiful Baskets. One thing I noticed the last time we had this offering was the hesitation of so many who have never used fresh herbs, either because of fear of the unknown, or because they've never had fresh herbs available to them.
In this "mini tutorial I'm going to try to "unlock the mystery" of fresh herbs, give suggestions on using them, and give a couple of tips for drying fresh herbs to use later.
GuacamoleThursday, August 9th, 2012
People say "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach". In my experience the way to my man's heart was through his mother's stomach. My Mother-In-Law is one of my favorite people. An Idaho farm girl, she is a whiz at making the homey comfort foods of her childhood. Biscuits, pies, fried chickens, and of course anything with potatoes, fill her kitchen with delicious smells and tastes. So- when I came into her life (and her kitchen) sporting the fresh, Southwest flavors I love, she was pulled way out of her comfort zone.
The Anatomy of a Mango SalsaSunday, July 1st, 2012
It's alluring… It could be savory, or sweet, but seems somewhat risky in comparison to whipping together a regular pico de gallo. It sounds very sophisticated, but you may be still intimidated. We are here to help you untangle the anatomy of a mango salsa!
Tangy Orange KetchupSaturday, March 3rd, 2012
One of the blessings I've gotten from participating with Bountiful Baskets is the ability to change my family's opinion about food. In the three years that I've been participating and volunteering (and running my own site, and facilitating many other sites in my state), my family has stopped eating at McDonald's, started eating many more homemade meals, and finally – they've started requesting that I make staples for them.