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Geraldton is the administrative center of the Australian Midwest's diverse industry base, which includes mining, fishing, manufacturing, construction, agriculture and tourism. The city is projected to grow rapidly over the next decade, with more than AUD$27 billion of planned investments for the region.
IBM and Market Creations will design and construct the first cloud-enabled data center in Geraldton to help the city realize its goals of energy efficiency and economic competitiveness.
"With Geraldton fast becoming a strategic service for industries across Western Australia, we have a responsibility to ensure that our city develops and expands in a sustainable way – and without compromising the quality-of-life for our citizens as the economic growth of the city continues to accelerate," said Ian Carpenter, Mayor, City of Greater Geraldton.
"Geraldton needs to be able to best leverage scalable and resilient technology to support our vision of becoming a technologically advanced and carbon-neutral hub. The new data center will help provide that platform as the first stage of this exciting digital evolution for our city and citizens."
Under the contract, IBM will design and construct a scalable modular data center with the uptime, security and resiliency features needed to sustain growth. The data center will be designed for a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.3 or less, making it one of the most energy-efficient data centers in Australia.
The data center will have the ability to scale up to four times its current capacity, a key requirement that aligns with the City of Greater Geraldton's projected growth as a hub for the region's surrounding industries. The cloud capabilities will enable the facility to operate as a multi-tenanted data center, providing organisations with the computing power, flexibility, and cost-efficiency that IBM's cloud infrastructure offers.
"We're pleased to be supporting Geraldton's forward-thinking initiatives to become a more efficient and competitive city," said Darren Lee, Managing Director, Market Creations. "As a sustainable, highly robust and cloud-enabled data center, the facility is expressly designed to meet the future demand of not just Geraldton, but the greater region and industries which it continues to service and lead."
The investment is consistent with one of many recommendations made by IBM to the City of Greater Geraldton in 2012, when IBM performed pro bono consulting here. The engagement was funded by the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge, a competitive grants program that has provided US$50 million worth of consulting for 100 cities worldwide over the last three years. Geraldton had asked IBM to evaluate its vision to become a digital and carbon-neutral regional hub.
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That looked close at first but the Pirates broadcast didn't show a replay - how close was it?
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I thought Baker was over the top old school..... but you bunt to let Stubbs try and drive him in? You let Valdez hit too? Does best record not sound important to anyone?
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Ann Patchett is one of my favourite authors but this one was a little disappointing. I loved the writing, Patchet is a master at non-cliché insights, but the crazy blended family was a bit hard to keep track of and I didn't connect with the characters as much as usual with a Patchett novel. The novel was enjoyable enough, it just didn't grab my attention as well as Bel Canto or State of Wonder did. It did have one of the best opening lines of a book ever…""The christening party took a turn when Albert Cousins arrived with gin." I read an interview with Patchett about this book and she gave one of the best definitions of fiction I've ever heard: "None of it happened, and all of it's true." From the same interview, she said that her father was dying and actually passed away while she was writing this novel, and as I reflect on that, the parts in the story when Franny's father was dying were the most poignant and most beautifully written–now that makes sense.
"One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.
Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them."


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Miley Cyrus is more trick than treat this Halloween ... at least judging by the photo of some very X-rated pumpkins she just posted on Twitter.
It's unclear if Miley carved the Jack-o'-lanterns herself -- but she's definitely proud of the 3 pumpkins, 2 of which contain images of people bangin' (one lesbian scene) and another gourd contains an image of a giant marijuana leaf.
And to tie the whole thing together, there's a sign that reads, "Happy F**king Halloween."
You stay classy, Miley.
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Tattoos are forever, which is why they cost so much to remove
The weekly magazine Aera recently discussed tattoos, which became a contentious issue in Osaka after Mayor Toru Hashimoto not only prohibited city employees from gettting them but suggested that any who already had tattoos resign. Hashimoto believes that Osaka citizens are offended by tattoos, which tend to be associated with gangsters and other lowlifes. Many young people get tattoos for reasons having to do with fashion, but the majority of citizens don't make such a distinction. Public baths and onsen (hot springs) tend to prohibit patrons with tattoos, even if it's just a tiny reproduction of a butterfly.
The mayor's pronouncement met with complaints from some corners, which grumbled about personal freedom and human rights, but the Aera article implies that it had the desired effect. One young man in his late 20s told the magazine that after high school he became a construction worker and got a fairly large tattoo on his back because all his construction worker friends had tattoos. But now he wants to take a test to become a civil servant and wonders if having a tattoo will be a liability, and is therefore seriously thinking of having it removed. When told that no one can notice the tattoo when he has his shirt on, the young man says that he figures if he does get a public job he will have to undergo a physical examination, and so the doctor will see the tattoo and may report it to his supervisor.
In the context of the article, this isn't presented as paranoia but more like common sense. In any case, tattoos are painfully permanent, and having them removed involves a hefty investment and even more pain. Aera says that you can assume that whatever your tattoo cost to apply, it will cost 10 times as much to erase. The magazine reports that the number of people in Osaka who are having tattoos removed has increased noticeably since Hashimoto made his stand. But it's not just in Osaka. One Tokyo cosmetic surgery service, Isea Clinic, says that since the beginning of the year the number of inquiries it receives about tattoo removal has gone from about 100 a month to 125. Most are from the people who have tattoos themselves, but quite a few are from people whose children have tattoos. The reason isn't just employment. Some parents think their children have less of a chance of finding a marriage partner if they have a tattoo.
There are three removal methods: laser, surgery and skin grafting. The laser method is the cheapest, at about ¥10,000 per square centimeter of skin. However, depending on the tattoo, it is likely that a shadow of the original pattern will be left behind, so others will know that the individual used to have a tattoo. Surgery, which means basically gouging out the skin and then sewing up the wound, costs about ¥30,000 per sq. cm. The tattoo is gone completely, but a scar remains. A skin graft, which involves cutting a chunk of flesh from another part of the body and using it to cover the tattoo, runs anywhere from ¥700,000 to ¥1,000,000. As the Isea doctor says, it's too easy to get a tattoo, which is why so many people regret it in the morning, so to speak. In the end they want it removed regardless of the cost. "They always tell me it's OK to leave a scar," he says. The price you pay is more than just money.
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Book – Our Summer Reading Program begins June 1st. The theme is "Paws to Read", which means that we will be highlighting and displaying animal themed books. We will be featuring animals not only with paws, but also fins, talons, hooves, etc. One of my favorite animal stories that I would like to share is Grayson by Lynne Cox. It's a heart-warming quick read that will appeal to adults, teens, and even non-animal lovers. Cox recounts her magical encounter with a baby whale that had become separated from its mother one March morning off the Southern California when she was only 17 years old and training for long distance swimming. In essence, the baby views Cox as his mother and she is determined to re-unite the whale with his real mother. She and the mammal form a very special bond and the narrative not only describes the expanse of the ocean and the exotic underwater life it holds, but it is also a spiritual reflection. The optimistic and courageous swimmer is almost hyper thermic – the water is only 55 degrees – and both Cox and the calf keep searching despite dehydration, hunger, and fatigue.
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In early April, Baird said it recruited a team of seven employee advisors with about $770 million in client assets from Wells Fargo in Houston, while Royal Alliance announced that it added two independent teams in Chicago and Salt Lake City with combined assets of more than $400 million and nearly $3.5 million in yearly fees and commissions.
In addition, Baird says it is opening a second branch in Houston that will be led by John S. Hantak, who just moved to Baird from UBS. He will supervise the new Baird team, which includes legacy A.G. Edwards & Sons advisors, which—through acquisitions—became part of Wachovia and later part of Wells. The group's business model is mainly focused on retirement planning for employees and executives in oil and gas industry.
"We couldn't be more pleased to welcome John and these highly regarded financial advisors to Baird," said Michael J. Schroeder, president of Baird Private Wealth Management, in a statement. "Baird's culture celebrates their entrepreneurial accomplishments and highly specialized expertise in the area of retirement planning for oil and gas industry professionals."
In Houson, Hantak will work with ex-UBS advisors J. Gillette Burns, Orlando C. Montesino, Andrew A. Atkinson, Richard G. Pfeil, Matthew Leatherwood, Thomas S. Davis and Nelson Shields Jr.
Baird has more than 700 advisors as of early 2013, the company says. Since early 2009, it has added about 275 advisors and branch managers, including new offices in Fort Worth, Texas; Charlotte, N.C.; Sarasota, Fla.; Portland, Maine; Salt Lake City; and Portland, Ore.
Royal Recruits
Royal Alliance Associates, part of the AIG-owned Advisor Group of independent broker-dealers says that its two new teams moved to affiliate with Royal's hybrid platform because of the "flexibility and cutting-edge technology" it offers fee-based advisors.
The two new independent teams are JLTD, based in Chicago and led by advisors Timothy McGrath and Horace Seely-Brown; and the Integrated Financial Group of Salt Lake City, which includes advisors Sam Clark, James Davenport, Les Barber, Steve Fulmer and Casey Kotter.
"We are continuing our fourth-quarter 2012 momentum in early 2013," said Kevin Beard, senior vice president of recruiting, in an interview. "We are being more engaged by advisors, who are seeking a long term partner in the broker-dealer space."
Year to date, Royal Alliance has added affiliated advisors with about $6 million in yearly fees and commissions, he notes.
Morgan Stanley
Less than a week after sharing the news that it had nabbed four advisors from rivals with about $3.7 million in yearly fees and commissions and more than $425 million in client assets under management., Morgan Stanley said in early April that it just successfully recruited nine more advisors with about $9.2 million in annual production and over $765 million in client assets from Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan.
Plus, the firm says it recruited 10 FAs from UBS since March 1 with about $7.8 million in production and some $660 million in client assets. The ex-UBS reps include several teams and individuals with over $1 million in trailing-12-month fees and commissions.
One team joining from Bank of America-Merrill includes Gaston Abello and Felix Jaimovich. They are based in Aventura, Fla. It has total production of $2.1 million and prior assets of $165 million. Also moving to Morgan Stanley from Merrill are Robert Iocco and Francis Ciocari of Blue Bell, Penn. Their combined fees and commissions are $1.6 million, while their prior assets are over $200 million.
William Seabrook and Kathleen Chiappone joined Morgan Stanley in Orlando from Wells Fargo. Its combined production is roughly $1.8 million.
Coming over from JPMorgan in Philadelphia are Paul D. Emrick, Troy Hottenstein and Scott Holland. The team's total yearly fees and commissions are $3.7 million, and its prior assets are $400 million.
In the fourth quarter, Morgan Stanley said it had 16,780 advisors, down 29 reps from the prior quarter and off 4% from last year's tally of 17,512. Average annualized revenue per rep, though, was $824,000, an improvement of 4% from the prior quarter and 13% from last year.
"Morgan Stanley may have its technology challenges, but the fact is that it has a broad-based platform of fee-based services and a pretty hefty recruiting war chest," said Mark Elzweig, head of the executive-search consulting group Mark Elzweig Company in New York, in an interview. "Also, advisors who like the wirehouse model have only one of four firms from which to choose. Depending upon where they've worked before, the actual number of choices is even fewer" still.


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Cycle trails
There's cycling for all at Sutton Bank National Park Centre. It's a great starting-place to access the bridleways, tracks and minor roads in the western half of the National Park.
Bring your own bike or hire one at the Centre, pick up a trail map and off you go!
Out on the trails
Family-friendly trails, and the existing bridleway and road network, offer fantastic cycling 'on top of the world', at Sutton Bank's stunning escarpment location. Our trails use a mixture of natural and man-made tracks, similar to those found in a purpose-built trail centre.
- 3-mile 'Cliff Trail' (green), great for families and beginners
- Off-road adventures on the more challenging 'Fort' (blue, 5.5 or 7.5 mile options), 'Drovers' (blue, 10 miles) and 'Paradise' (red, 17.5 miles) trails
- Test yourself in the 'skills area'
- Parking, toilets and café at the National Park Centre
Unlike a trail centre, large parts of our routes make use of existing bridleways that are shared with walkers and horse riders. Please consider other users, and expect to come across some gates too.
Sutton Bank Bikes
There's bike hire, plus a cycle shop, service centre and bike wash at Sutton Bank Bikes, located at the National Park Centre. They also offer bike maintenance courses and guided rides.
- Hire - Adult and children's mountain bikes and road bikes, tag-alongs, bike trailers and baby seats
- E-bikes for hire too!
- Cycle shop for bikes, hardware, clothing and accessories
- Woodburner in winter
- Photo ID required to hire
Opening hours
Please note Sutton Bank Bikes may be open at different times to the National Park Centre.
Sutton Bank Bikes are open year-round. See opening times on their website for the most up-to-date information.
Summer: Open Thursday to Monday (10am-5pm) (closed Tuesday-Wednesday)
For further information and hire prices, call 01845 597759 or visit the Sutton Bank Bikes website.
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Students use microblogging and social networking sites to trace the development of characters and examine writing style while reading a novel of manners such as Jane Austen's Emma. By assuming the persona of a literary character on the class Ning and sending a set number of tweets (or status updates), students explore changes undertaken by dynamic characters, the effect of plot developments on individual characters, and the nuanced social interactions among characters in Emma. They also discover elements of authorial writing style through imitation and transposition. This lesson can be scaled from an individual class session (microblogging only) to an ongoing companion to a novel. Though this lesson references Emma, the learning activities could be easily adapted to work with any novel of manners.
Historical Tweets PowerPoint Presentation: This brief PowerPoint presentation shares historical tweets from a variety of historic figures.
In the "Learning with Technology" section of English Journal (May 2003), Greg Weiler suggests that "[i]n some cases technology itself [such as blogs, wikis, and social networking tools] can be a motivating factor, allowing students to experience writing in a way that may be different from how they view traditional writing in school" (74). He goes on to note that "[m]any students are familiar with technologies such as Internet chat, e-mail, and bulletin boards. To these students, blogs [and other digital publishing technologies] present an entirely familiar interface, so that the technology becomes "'transparent' and writing is the focus; and new discussions can easily branch out from established topics" (74).
This lesson capitalizes on students' familiarity with social networking software in order to explore character development and experiment with writing style. Additionally, the networked nature of the software allows students to easily publish their writing to be read by and quickly responded to by other students and extends the possibility for interaction beyond the classroom.
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Owen, Trevor, ed. "Learning with Technology." English Journal 92.5 (2003): 73-75.


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Since 30 years Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) provides the markets Automotive, Communications, Healthcare/Medical and Industrial with a widespread portfolio of Semiconductors and Microelectronics. In addition to Memories and CoT Foundry also high-tech packaging solutions, SoC and ASIC products, DRAM-Chips, GaN Power Devices as well as PCB products can be found within the portfolio of FSEU. Technically high qualified employees are acting closely together with vendors and are able to provide customers with individual "right-sized"-solutions and long-term support. Based on product-specific expertise of all employees FSEU is able to serve customers and partners with technologically innovative solutions and with an excellent technical service. With sales locations in Langen, Munich, Milan, Budapest and Istanbul customers and vendors are able to contact FSEU easily within Europe.
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Sweet Nut Things
By CYNTHIA COWAN
Do not read any further if moderation is something you continually struggle with. If too much of a good thing is not a concept that you are familiar with, turn back now. The following recipe yields a nut that will bring you to your knees and have you praying to a higher power. They are that good.
If you do overindulge, it's not like you ate a whole bag of chips though. At least there is some nutritional value to nuts. A lot, in fact. Take walnuts for example. A 200-calorie, quarter-cup serving is high in protein and contains significant amounts of vitamins, minerals, folic acid and Omega-3 fatty acids. True, they are also high in fat, but it's of the unsaturated variety, i.e. no cholesterol.
These sweet nut things will be indispensable during the upcoming holiday season. They may even be capable of redeeming the brussel sprouts. Sprinkle these irresistible morsels on the sweet potato casserole or roasted vegetables, toss them in a green salad with pears and Roquefort, stir them into muffin batter. Every holiday dish will become just another vehicle upon which to heap these addictive nuts.
You can't go wrong with an inviting dish on the coffee table, a snack bag on the long holiday car rides, a pick-me-up at work. If you can bear to part with a batch, festive jars chock-full make lovely gifts, as well.
Spiced Nuts
2 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons melted butter
1 pound whole walnut meats (or pecans)
Beat egg whites with a fork until frothy in a medium sized bowl. Add remaining ingredients except nuts, mixing until well-combined. Add nuts, tossing and folding until thoroughly coated. Spread in a single layer on foil-lined baking sheet. Bake at 275º for 45 to 50 minutes. Allow to cool before peeling away foil and breaking up nuts. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. Recrisp in oven if necessary, for about 5 minutes at350º. Indulge!


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In her essay in the catalogue to Making Way, the exhibition's curator Ruth Simbao writes that "'making way' can be used as a metaphor for the making of sociopolitical, communal or personal progress". She adds, significantly, that "this progress is not necessarily linear with a clear, triumphalistic goal ahead, but can simply be about movement, about progress beyond stagnation".
We need, urgently, to move beyond the stale canards and thoughtless generalisations about China in Africa and about Africa and China. Too often the relationship is presented as a binary of good and evil. Between those poles, however, are numerous gradations, and it is in endeavours such as Making Way that the complexities and subtleties of the China-Africa relationship are pondered. Behind the grand geopolitical game of resources for infrastructure lie countless human stories, fears, hopes, frustrations and aspirations. And it is in these, rather than in jaundiced and simplistic media reporting and analysis or in bandwagoneering academic rushes to judgment, that a balance will be struck.
Making Way is an accretion of ideas, experiences and reflections about moving, pausing, staying, perhaps settling. It is about journeys of the body, the mind, the heart and the soul. It is, finally, about going and staying, leaving and returning. In that, it is about "diaspora", though I hesitate to appropriate so specific a word. Also, one must note that "diaspora" has not found its way to an easy equivalent in modern Chinese. Instead, there is the ancient "bei jing li xiang" — be forced to leave one's home.
Chinese in an African context begins with thousands forced to leave their homes — economic migrants to the continent and, in the case of this country, to the gam saan ("gold mountain" in Cantonese) of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Chinese dispersion to the tip of Africa is a tale of people from four eras and places — Guangdong, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China — and of the land that beckoned to them.
There is a small but not insignificant prehistory to these influxes of settlers. A copy of the so-called Kangnido map — the Chinese/Korean chart dating to the late 14th or early 15th century, which shows Africa with remarkable accuracy — hangs in the South African National Assembly. The original was presented to Zhu Di, the Yong Le emperor, by the Korean ambassador in 1403. It was Zhu Di who sent Admiral Zheng He on the Ming dynasty's great global voyages of exploration, beginning in 1405.
Making landfall
The fleet that set sail just over six centuries ago is still without peer in seafaring history — 27 000 men on board 317 ships. The largest of those, the treasure ships, were almost five times the length of Columbus's Santa Maria. Zheng sailed an estimated 300 000km, in seven voyages over 28 years, and made landfall in about 30 countries. One of those might have been what is today South Africa.
Chinese maritime historians are wary of making grand claims about Zheng's voyages, but not so the retired British navy submarine commander Gavin Menzies. His book, 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, claims that Zheng He's fleets rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached "America" more than 70 years before Columbus. It is important to examine this putative link between China and Africa because it informs some of the current relationship between them.
Menzies's overall thesis may well be flawed, but it is possible that he is correct about the first connection between China and South Africa. In 1420, according to 15th-century Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro, a Chinese ship rounded the Cape of Good Hope on a voyage of exploration into the South Atlantic.
Mauro's observation is in a note appended to his map of the world, and also shows a picture he drew of a Chinese junk. Mauro compiled his famous map for Dom Pedro of Portugal, brother of the famed patron of explorers Henry the Navigator. The map correctly drew the Cape of Good Hope — 30 years before Bartolomeu Dias made the first European rounding of the Cape. Historians believe that Mauro must have used Chinese navigational maps to show the Cape so accurately.
Anecdotal evidence abounds of porcelain shards being washed up in Mossel Bay, on the southern coast of South Africa, as late as the 1980s, which have led to suggestions that Chinese treasure fleets stopped there in the early 15th century.
I have dwelt on this highly debatable Menzies theory because the contemporary Chinese presence in Africa shares some motivations with Zhu's policies on foreign trade. The emperor decreed: "Let there be mutual trade at the frontier barriers in order to supply the country's needs and to encourage distant people to come."
Africa loves China
Beijing's first policy document on Africa was produced only in January 2006, but relations with the continent preceded that by at least 50 years. Beginning in 1955, China sold military equipment to the continent, totalling $142-million by 1977; during the same time, 15 000 African students attended Chinese universities. The launch in 2006 of the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership has boosted trade and investment through political, economic and cultural exchange and co-operation.
China in Africa, and China and Africa, have become a major media focus. The 92nd issue of the literary magazine Granta, titled The View from Africa, had as one of its pieces "We Love China" by Lindsey Hilsum, the Channel 4 News International editor. Her final words are very germane here.
"The Chinese come to Africa as equals, with no colonial hangover, no complex relationship of resentment. China wants to buy; Africa has something to sell. If African governments could respond in a way that spread the wealth — a large if, of course — then China might provide an opportunity for Africa which Europe and America have failed to deliver."
China did not always arrive so mightily in Africa. It was as labourers that Chinese came to South Africa: the Dutch brought Chinese workers from their colony of Batavia in the 1660s. The first Chinese to set foot on South African soil arrived in Cape Town in 1658. Previously that honour had been ascribed to one "Wancho", a convict who arrived in Cape Town in 1660, aboard the Dutch ship Arnhem, from Batavia. In 1664, Ytcho Wancho made a knife attack on a female slave, was caught and subsequently tried to hang himself. He was sentenced to a flogging, and then dispatched to Robben Island, in effect for life.
From the 1740s about a dozen or so Chinese at the Cape of Good Hope ran restaurants, sold vegetables and were chandlers and traders. From 1849 to 1882, the British colonies of the Cape and Natal experimented with importing indentured Chinese labour. From 1875, Natal imported Chinese artisans and labourers to work on the colony's roads, Durban harbour and other public works projects. The first Chinese in the Transvaal were seven gold prospectors who arrived in July 1876 at Pilgrim's Rest, where gold had been found.
The first wave of Chinese immigrants sailed to South Africa in the 1870s from Canton, now known as Guangzhou. These 19th-century migrants from the southern Chinese province of Kwangtung (now Guangdong) are the ancestors of most South African-born Chinese (now self-styled as SABC or SABCs).
Africa in China and Africa and China in many ways present the other side of the coin. In southern Chinese cities, there are African markets, Little Nigerias, mini Lagoses, visitors and traders from many other parts of our continent. When do such economic migrants become rooted? When my great-grandfather and grandfather journeyed from China to Johannesburg in 1911, they reckoned on staying for a short time, working hard, saving money to send back, and eventually following it home. My grandfather never set foot on China's soil again.
Making Way is replete with considerations of migration and its almost inevitable accompaniments — nostalgia for home, xenophobia in the new home and the mythical-memory complex.
Appreciation and thanks must go to Simbao and the African and Chinese artists she has gathered so sensitively and skilfully to present a picture of the very human nature of the Africa-China relationship.
This is an expanded version of Darryl Accone's opening address at the exhibition, which is at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg until March 28


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(CNN) -- The incidence of soccer supporters hurling bananas as a way of racially abusing top black footballers playing in Europe's major leagues shows no sign of abating.
AC Milan defender Kevin Constant and midfielder Nigel de Jong were left raging by the abuse during a Serie A match against Atalanta in northern Italy Sunday, while fellow teammates applauded in a sarcastic manner.
Neither Milan or Atalanta were immediately available for comment, while Liga Calcio, which runs Serie A, is expected to make a statement later on Monday.
The FIGC, the Italian Football Federation, have opened an investigation and will issue a statement later this week.
Sunday's incident came just two weeks after Barcelona's Dani Alves captured the world's attention by eating a banana which had been thrown at him from the crowd during a league game at Villarreal in Spain's top league.
The Brazilian's quick thinking was widely acclaimed by anti-racism campaigners and he gained worldwide support through social media.
The fan was banned for life by Villarreal after throwing the banana which landed at Alves' feet as he prepared to take a corner.
One week after Alves was abused, Levante's Senegalese player Papakouli Diop claimed he had heard monkey chants from Atletico Madrid supporters.
His response was to dance in front of his alleged abusers.
It's not the first team Constant has been racially taunted. The French-born Guinean player was racially abused during a preseason friendly game against Sassuolo in July.
Constant smashed the ball into the stands and walked off the pitch after becoming enraged by racist chanting emanating from a section of supporters.
In January 2013, Constant's teammate Kevin Prince Boateng walked off the field of play after being racially abused by a number of fans during a friendly game against Pro Patria with six people hit with two-month prison sentences.
In the past the FIGC has been accused of not taking a tough enough stance against racism.
In May 2013, the organization was heavily criticized by FIFA president Sepp Blatter after it fined Roma $65,000 following the racial abuse of Milan's Mario Balotelli by the club's fans.
"What is $65,000 for such an incident? I'm not happy and I will call the Italian Federation," Blatter told the world governing body's website at the time. "That's not a way to deal with such matters."
In April 2013, Inter Milan were fined nearly $60,000 by European governing body UEFA after its fans were found guilty of "improper conduct" in chants directed towards Tottenham Hotspur striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
Two months earlier, Lazio received its fourth charge of racist behavior this season -- with Roma's city rivals having been fined nearly $300,000 after repeated fan transgressions.
In May last year, FIFA adopted tougher penalties for racist behavior during its congress in Mauritius.
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Jussie Smollett Update: Actor Appears In Court, Enters Plea
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March 14, 2019
Jussie Smollett has pleaded not guilty to 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct.
The Empire star and his legal team entered the plea on Thursday (March 14) at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. Cameras captured the action both inside and outside of the courtroom. Jussie was first shown walking into the courthouse looking extremely confident. During his strut, he even took a moment to acknowledge fans' support by putting his hand to his chest as they shouted their love for him. (Watch it HERE)
Inside the courtroom, Jussie maintained his innocence amid allegations he faked an attack on himself for career gain. As previously reported, the actor claimed he was assaulted in Chicago on January 29 by two men wearing ski masks. He said he had just arrived in the city from New York and made a late-night run to a Subway when someone yelled: "Aren't you that f**got 'Empire' n**ga?" He claimed the two attackers, later identified as brothers Abel and Ola Osundairo, then proceeded to jump him, put a rope around his neck and poured bleach on him. Jussie additionally claimed his attackers shouted, "this is MAGA country!"
However, Prosecutors allege that Jussie paid the brothers to attack him because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted to promote his career. During a press conference last month, the Superintendent of Chicago PD, Eddie Johnson, claimed Jussie took "drastic and illegal tactics to gain attention," adding the actor "concocted a story" about an alleged hate crime that "took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career." The Chicago PD accused the actor of paying his attackers — Ola and Abel — $3,500 by check before the attack and sending them the rest of their payment after the job was done.
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Author: Courtney Love, Not Kurt Cobain, Wrote Note Found in Wallet
SEATTLE (AP) — One of the foremost experts on Kurt Cobain said the late grunge rocker did not pen a note mocking his wedding vows to fellow musician Courtney Love.
Love herself wrote it, said Seattle author Charles R. Cross, who has written several books on Cobain, including the biography Heavier Than Heaven. Cross said Love emailed him to say that she wrote the note and that she gave it to Cobain before their wedding in 1991.
"Early in their relationship, they wrote notes like that to each other constantly," Cross said. "The handwriting is absolutely Courtney's."
Police found the note in Cobain's wallet after he killed himself in 1994. It received a lot of media attention last week after CBS News published it, saying it was presumably written by Cobain and that it was sure to stoke questions about what role his marriage played in his death. The note references Love as Cobain's "lawful shredded wife" who would be "siphoning" his money for drugs.
EARLIER: Seattle Police Releases Note From Kurt Cobain's Wallet Scorning Courtney Love
"The note was promoted as Kurt mocking their wedding vows three years after they were married. It just doesn't make any sense," Cross said.
Cross said the couple often wrote each other such sarcastic notes.
Cobain's body was discovered in Seattle on April 8, 1994. An investigation determined that days earlier Cobain had gone into the greenhouse of his home and taken a massive dose of heroin. He then shot himself with a 20-gauge shotgun.
Earlier this year, in advance of the 20th anniversary of Cobain's suicide, a Seattle detective reviewed the case files, including evidence photos and statements. He found no new information to change the police conclusion that Cobain took his own life.
Cobain, who was 27 when he died, sold millions of albums with Nirvana and helped popularize the Pacific Northwest's heavy, muddy "grunge" rock. Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.
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This time, we will be introducing a pachislot machine of "Otome Yokai Zakuro", a manga written by Lily Hoshino. It is serialized in the monthly manga magazine Comic Birz and got adapted into an anime in 2010.
In alternate Japan, where humans and spirits (yokai) co-exist, half-spirit girl Zakuro partners with Kei Agemaki to solve problems that arises between humans and spirits.
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All eyes were on writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson as to what project he would be taking on after his 2007 tour-de-force There Will Be Blood. It took a few years, but he finally settled on a new untitled project that centers on the leader/creator of a faith-based organization and his followers. The stellar cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman as the organization's leader and Joaquin Phoenix as a young drifter who Hoffman sets as his right-hand-man, as well as Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, and David Warshovsky. Steve was able to grab a synopsis for the film at AFM earlier today, as well as a simple promo poster. Hit the jump to check them out.
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Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Thomas Anderson (the acclaimed director of, There Will Be Blood, Magnolia and Boogie Nights), this story stars Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) and Academy Award-nominee Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line). Set in America in the years following World War II, a charismatic intellectual (Hoffman) launches a faith-based organization and taps a young drifter (Phoenix) as his right-hand man. But as the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the onetime vagabond finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor. A truly one-of-a-kind drama, which promises magnetic virtuoso performances, the film marks the fifth collaboration between Anderson and Hoffman, following Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch Drunk Love.
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Compass Rose Studio Theater's Oliver!
Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist has seen a lot of action in 50 years: 10 Tony nominations and five Oscars, including 1969's Best Picture. It's the tale of an innocent orphan among a den of thieves in Victorian London, a story I've seen and performed countless times. Yet Compass Rose Studio Theater's production is in some ways the most memorable, the most heart-wrenching.
I was choked up from the moment the somber workhouse orphans marched onstage for their daily gruel. In a place so creepy you can almost hear the rats scurrying in the dark, they sing and dance about Food, Glorious Food in the sweetest voices imaginable, with perfect British accents. Yet Mr. Bumble (Thomas 'Toby' Hessenauer) is deaf to Oliver's (Sarah Grace Clifton) lisping, "Please, sir, could I have some more?" He's too busy flirting with Mrs. Bedwin (Michelle Hill) in the best performance I have ever seen of the often forgettable I Shall Scream.
Thus begins Oliver's journey into the wide world — with Bumble's haunting cry of Boy for Sale. A brief stint as a professional mourner for the shrewd Mrs. Sowerberry (Hannah Scholl) prompts him to ask Where Is Love? He runs away and meets the Artful Dodger (showman Corey Buller), who indoctrinates him into a home for wayward boys in Consider Yourself (at Home) where he meets three masters of his destiny, played by three outstanding professionals.
Fagin (Daniel Siefring), the miser who trains children to steal in exchange for room and board, is spell-binding whether in monologue, dialogue or ensemble, showboating for his orphans in such blockbusters as the Vaudevillian Pick a Pocket or Two, Be Back Soon and Reviewing the Situation. You will love watching this oily menace switch on a sixpence from fiend to friend and back again.
Nancy (Molly Densmore), the warm-hearted wench ultimately responsible for saving Oliver's life, is lusty and loveable in It's a Fine Life, I'd Do Anything and As Long As He Needs Me. Bill Sykes (Andre Softeland), her abusive boyfriend, will make your hair stand on end in his musical calling card, My Name.
Oliver's fortunes turn in Act II when he is arrested on his first day "on the job" and then taken in by his intended victim, Mr. Brownlow (Danny Brooks), a sympathetic gentleman. There he finds love and joy.
This show would be perfect if it ended there. But Dickens wrote more, of course, and this production loses its energy after that.
To accommodate a tiny space, Compass Rose pared down cast and staging to bare bones. Thrift works with phenomenal effect for the most part, but the ending is so skeletal that it lacks drama despite kidnapping, murders, and vanquished evil. It is as if the play dies with Nancy. Apparently forgotten is the ending of the show's headlining events with the requisite gawkers, mourners and hangers-on that such spectacles attract.
On a lesser note, two distracting details can and should be corrected. The accompanist is so conspicuously lit through a window she appears to be part of the action. And Sykes' costume is so out-of-step with the rest of the cast he looks like a skinhead flasher.
Reviewing the situation, I found that this show's tears and laughter far outweigh its yawns. I recommend it to all who love children and great musical theater.
Director: Lucinda Merry-Browne. Musical director: Anita O'Connor. Choreographer: Molly Densmore. Costumer: Julie Bays and Meaghan O'Beirne. Lights: Paul G. Webster II. Tech: Patrick Horn. Set: Thanh Lam and Horn. Also in the cast: Natalya Jimenez, Aubrey Heyl, Donovan Heyl, Stephen Scholl and Tad Clifton as orphans and thieves, and the lovely Sarah Wade as Bet.
Playing thru June 3 at 8pm ThF; 2pm and 8pm Sa; 2pm Su at Compass Rose Studio Theater, Eastport Shopping Center, 1011 Bay Ridge Ave., Annapolis. $30 w/discounts; rsvp: 410-980-6662; www.compassrosetheater.org.


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Serious Sam 3 looks like a throwback to the action games of my youth: no cover system, huge levels, and an emphasis on all-out action. Spot a pile of ammunition in the middle of a calm street? Get ready for a swarm of enemies. Croteam, the game's developer, knows what works within the Serious Sam formula, and these are aspects of the game that won't be changed.
I recently had the chance to chat with Croteam CEO Roman Ribaric about the game's design, and it would be hard to find a man more at peace with the game his studio is creating. "Serious Sam 3: BFE is a culmination of everything we've learned from developing the previous games in the series, while also adding in some of the things that just weren't possible back in 2001 or 2002," he told Ars.
You don't need cover to have strategy
"The strategy found in a cover-based game like Deus Ex: Human Revolution or Gears of War is completely different from the strategy at play in Serious Sam games," Ribaric said. "In Serious Sam 3: BFE, the player's decisions are based on quickly assessing a situation where there are dozens of different enemies charging your position and the player has to prioritize targets and choose the most effective weapon from the arsenal. This must be done quickly, as there is little room to hide and the enemies certainly aren't taking cover either."
This sort of frenzied assault makes a Serious Sam game special, he said; adding anything else to the core mechanic would be doing the franchise a disservice.
Having said that, Ribaric also pointed out the changes made to the new game. "The first gameplay update fans will notice are the new melee attacks that can be used against small to medium sized enemies," he explained. "These quick moves, along with the sledgehammer weapon, come in very handy when the player is overwhelmed by a large group of enemies and needs to make a little room."
Sprinting is the other big addition, which is important in a game where the largest level is twice the size of the largest level in the previous Serious Sam game. Those large levels are important, as the game will ship with the ability to play with up to 16 players in co-op mode.
"There are definitely unique factors we have to take into account when designing the campaign levels, since there might be one gamer battling through alone or 16 panicked gamers running around like mad men firing off cannons in all directions," Ribaric said. "The Serious Sam games have always focused mostly on large open battlefields that are definitely more conducive to a scaling number of players, but at the same time some of the interior temple or catacomb levels need to account for big groups playing at once."
This isn't a simple task, as everything from enemy counts, item placement, and width of the game's corridors needs to be taken into account when you scale up to that many players. People may describe Serious Sam as being big and dumb, but it takes a whole bunch of smarts to make something this crazy.
The game also occupies an odd space in the industry as a digital-only release that's more expensive than many games that launch on services like Steam. Serious Sam 3 will initially appear for $39.99, and earlier this year Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski had harsh words for games that weren't either big-name event launches or quirky indie games. "I'm going to go on the record and say that I believe the middle class game is dead," Bleszinski said during his talk at GDC. It almost seemed as if he was taking a shot at games like Serious Sam 3 and Hard Reset.
Ribaric thinks the criticism is misguided. "'Middle class' games were almost dead, but luckily, Valve's Steam came to rescue," he told Ars. "Steam is not just bringing them back to life, but it's also giving them extra blood, via good royalties, to make them stronger to stay alive and compete for a long, long time."
We had one last question: at a time when even Duke Nukem can only carry a few guns at a time, how does Sam carry every weapon in the game at once? "Pockets," Ribaric explained. "Seriously deep pockets."


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Following the dialogue between business and policy makers, the G20 Trade and Investment Promotion Summit 2012 concluded a successful two-day event on November 6 with a promising agenda and determined next steps.
Under an environment of close cooperation and discussion between agencies, the following five strategic challenges were identified:
1. Strong emphasis on policy coherence and sustainable development are more than ever needed due to: a) the emergence of the new global economic landscape characterized by the relevant link between trade and investment, b) the rapid evolution of global value chains in scope, scale and depth, and; c) the shift of trade and investment promotion paradigm.
2. Existing constrains of public funding for trade and investment promotion, and strong desire for working on customized trade promotion optimization (TPO) and investment promotion agency (IPA) country solutions while fostering international peer cooperation and learning.
3. Need for local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access and benefit from global value chains (GVCs).
4. Include private business in the economic development strategy-making process.
5. Missing fast-moving networks for best practice exchange integrating trade and investment.
At the inauguration ceremony and plenary session, executives from the organizing committee provided an overview and positioning of the Summit, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)'s executive director of policy and business practices Stefano Bertasi and welcoming remarks by ProMexico's CEO Carlos Guzman Bonfill. The World Trade Organization (WTO)'s chief of staff Arancha Gonzalez Laya spoke about the changing landscape of trade, where she highlighted the need to focus on global value chains to further trade and investment around the world, and later on the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s director for investment and enterprise division James Zhan discussed the key trends and strategic challenges global investment is facing nowadays.
Following a series of closed-door roundtables, key representatives offered a wrap up press conference where they presented the key strategic challenges listed above as conclusions for the summit. Key representatives speaking to members of the press included ProMexico's CEO Carlos Guzman Bonfill, UNCTAD's James Zhan, and OCDE's chief of staff and sherpa to the G20 Gabriela Ramos.
Alejandro Ramirez, CEO of Cinepolis and B20 chair, also attended the event, where he provided closing remarks and conclusions on a closed door session. In an exclusive interview with MexicoToday, Ramirez stated, "The G20 Trade and Investment Promotion Summit was one of the recommendations we presented at the B20 Summit in Los Cabos which recommended all trade and investment promotion agencies to get together to share best practices and analyze ways how business and government can work closer to advance free trade and investment, and put pressure on G20 countries at a time of growing protectionist threats." Ramirez also added, "This event allowed trade and investment promotion agencies to understand the importance of global value chains, and to analyze ways they can help, especially to small and medium enterprises, in having access to those global value chains which will make them more competitive, resulting on their countries to become more competitive."
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Mary Barclay is a sister to Alexander Barclay and therefore one of his heirs. She was born to John and Ellen Barclay about 1864 in Eagle Creek, Scott County, Minnesota.
Mary was present in the 1865 Minnesota State Census, the 1870 U.S. Federal, and the 1875 Minnesota State census, but she disappears from the census for John and Ellen Barclay by 1880.
At the time of John Barclay's death in 1897, she is listed in his obituary notice as living in Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana. Her last name is not given.
On 10 January, 1899 we find a marriage in Butte, Montana for a Mary and we find out that she had been married before and is now divorced. In 1880 she would have been 16 so maybe she married before the census was enumerated and left home. It is also interesting that she writes her mother's maiden name as Iverson.
Marriage of Charles B. Clark, white, age 42, born at Henderson, Sibley Co., Minnesota, residing at Butte, son of John A. Clark and Sarah Clark maiden name Butler, not previously married. To Mary Barclay white age 34 years, born Shakopee, Scott Co., Minnesota, daughter of John Barclay and Ellen Barclay maiden name Iverson, who has been previously married but who is now legally divorced, date of marriage 10 Jan, 1899 signed by Clinton C. Clark Clerk and Frank M. Sullivan Deputy Clerk.
Source: State of Montana, Charles Clark to Mary Barclay, 10 January, 1899 in Butte, Montana #5142.
We find Mary and Charles Clark living in Carbon County, Montana. You will notice that the middle initial is B in the following census.
Line 1, 1/1 Clark, Charles B., Head, w, male, Aug. 1856, 42 yrs, married 4 years. Born in Minnesota, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, farmer, owns, speaks, write, talks English, farm, no. 1 on schedule. Mary B., wife, white, female, born Jan 1864, 36? yrs., married 4 years, 0 children, born in Minnesota, father and mother born in Scotland, can read, write and speak English. Henry Fisher, servant, white, male, Oct 1876, 23, Single, born in Ohio, father and mother born in Germany, farm labor, speaks, write and reads English.
Source: 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Rens Twp., Carbon Co., Montana. SD?, ED7, Sht#1.
Mary and Charles Clark have migrated to Billings, Montana by the 1910 census and they now have a daughter named Ruth.
Line 38, 303/29/31, Clark, Charles B., head, male, white, [43], married eleven years, born in Minnesota, parents in Ohio, Speaks English, occupation Stockman, cattle/sheep, read/writes (cannot make out the rest). Mary B., wife, female, white, 42 years old, married 11 years, 1 child born, one living, born in Minnesota, father and mother born in Scotland, Speaks English, no occupation, writes and reads. Ruth, daughter, female, white, 12-15 years old, single, born in Montana, speaks, reads and writes English.
Source: 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana, SD#2, ED#246, Sht 7A.
In the 1920 census Charles and Mary Clark are still residing in Billings, Montana and they are alone.
Line 29, 60, 92, Clark Charles B, Head, O, M, M, W, 62, M, born Minnesota, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, Farmer, retired. Clark, Mary B, wife, F, W, 55, M, born Minnesota, father born Scotland, mother born Scotland, English.
Source: 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana, SD# 3 ED#161, Part of Ward 1, Sht#15A, 14 and 15th of January 1920, Frank B. Leaper
Again we find them in Billings in the 1930 census:
Line 90, 803, 142, 154, N. Broadway, Clark, Charles B. head, O, $6000, R, No, M, W, 73, M, 39, No, yes, born Minnesota, farther born Iowa, mother southern WS, retired, farmer. Clark, Mary B., Wife, H, F, F, W, 66, M, 30, No, Yes, born Minnesota, father born Scotland, mother born Scotland.
Source: 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana, School Dist.#2, First Ward, ED#56-2, SD 10, Sht #6, 7 April, 1930, Mrs. Alice B. Mains
Added as of 4/28/2016: Mary is alone in the 1940 census but she is living in Billings, Montana
Line 58, 803, 110, 0, $3000, No, Clark, Mary B. , head, F, W, 76 wed, No. 8, born Minnesota, same house, no, no, no, no, U, 0 0 yes.
Source: Mary B. Clark, 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana, School District #2, SD#2, ED#56-3, enumerated April 13, 1940 by Elsie Toogood, Sht #3B
Charles B. Clark is buried in Hill Cemetery, in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co., Montana. Find A Grave has a memorial but no tombstone photo. It does state that their daughter is Ruth Clark Kirby.
There is an obituary notice for Charles Clark in the Montana Butte Standard, Tuesday, March 1, 1932 page 3.
CHARLES B. CLARK Called by Death – ANACONDA, Feb. 29, (Special) Charles B. Clark, 75 died, this morning at a local hospital. he was a native of Minnesota and a pioneer resident of Montana. Besides his widow he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Kirby of Billings. The body is at Kendrick chapel. Time and Place of the funeral will be announced later.
There is a Find A Grave memorial to a Mary B. Barckley Clark #161486707. This Mary Clark died on 5 February, 1954. There is a death certificate that is posted and it states that she was born in Schoepee, Minnesota which should be spelled Shakopee. It states that her father is William Barclay but I believe they mixed it up with her brother who was living nearby. It was the hospital that was the informant. Apparently she died in the Montana State Hospital. I believe this is the Mary I seek but of course, it might be good to seek out more information to verify it.
This is not the Mary I seek:
There is a memorial on Find A Grave for a Mary E. Clark who died 19, February 1930 in Calvary Cemetery in Gibson Flats, Cascade County, Montana. There is no tombstone photo at this time.
There is of course, more research to be done on this family. For Mary checking probates, and seeking an obituary might be helpful. Looking for more information on Ruth, their daughter would another step. There is census of 1920, 1930 and 1940 that have a Ruth Kirby in Billings living with a Robert Kirby. They have several children. I cannot get a good fix on her at this time but it might be her. The marriage for this couple has her father as Powers and I am confused by that information. The early years for Mary would be of interest to research pinning down her first marriage and then the divorce.
It is interesting to see that Mary thinks both her parents were born in Scotland?


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During Christmas my family and I eat throughout the day, you know to keep the energy up! There are no rules around the 5/7 a day or consideration of portion controls during the festive season and indulgence is high up on the agenda. The table is laid with abundance and variety and as we chat, chase children and chuckle we consume copious canapés like these pretty, seasonal and utterly Moorish spring rolls. They are filled with soft pillows of homemade paneer, sweet beetroot and butternut squash, nutty lentils and spice. The surprise ingredient is a hint of orange, because it's Christmas.
I made these spring rolls for demonstration at the Taste of London festival, at the tobacco docks. I was on the busy and bustling a2Milk stand as part of the Great British Chefs team and wow, what an experience! a2 Milk™, was used to make the paneer for this recipe. Regular cows' milk contains A1 and A2 proteins and for some, the A1 protein causes side effects such as nausea, bloating and mucus build up. A2 carefully select dairy cows that naturally produce the A2 protein and not the A1 protein. If you have had trouble digesting regular milk, a2 Milk could be for you.
Makes approximately 24 spring rolls
For the paneer cheese (makes approximately 150g)
1 litre of full fat A2 milk
2-2 ½ tbsp. lemon juice
For the spring rolls
35og butternut squash (peeled) and cut into 2 cm cubes
70g puy lentils, cooked per packet instructions
130g cooked beetroot, cut into 2cm cubes
The zest of one medium orange
The juice of one orange
2 ½ tbsp. desiccated coconut
Finely chopped green chillies to your taste (I used 4)
5-6 curry leaves
2 tbsp. vegetable oil for the tempering
Vegetable oil for deep frying the spring rolls
½ tsp. ground turmeric
1 tsp. cumin seeds
Salt to taste
12 spring roll sheets
You will also need
Tightly woven fabric such as muslin or handkerchief material for making the paneer
Keep a finger bowl of water ready, this will be used when binding the spring rolls
- Start by making the paneer. I would suggest making the paneer the night before you make the spring rolls, to allow the paneer enough time to set. It is important to use full fat milk, as any other milk will not contain enough fat. In a non-stick pan, heat the A2 milk until it starts to boil. Turn the milk down to a simmer and then add the lemon juice. You will see that the milk starts to curdle and large clumps that look like cottage cheese appear. Turn the heat off and allow the acidic reaction to fully separate the curds and whey; give it about ten minutes. In the meantime, line a colander with muslin in an empty sink. Pour the paneer cheese into the muslin and then tie the muslin and remove any excess liquid. You keep the whey and use it to thicken curry bases. Put some weight (like a saucepan) on the paneer and allow it to set. Once set, cut the paneer into 2-3cm cubes.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper and then coat the butternut squash with a light layer of oil. Roast the butternut squash at 190 degrees for approximately 30-40 minutes or until the squash is lightly crisp and soft enough to pierce.
- In a large bowl combine the (cooked) puy lentils, beetroot, orange zest, butternut squash, paneer (cut into 2cm cubes), orange juice, desiccated coconut, salt and toss all of the ingredients together.
- For the tempering, heat a non-stick pan and add the oil before introducing the cumin seeds, curry leaves, chillies and turmeric. Allow the seeds to sizzle and then add the tempering to the spring roll mixture and then toss to ensure even coverage.
- Cut the spring rolls in half to create two rectangles. Leaving approximately 3cm centimetres space at the bottom and sides, place a dessert spoonful of the filling towards the bottom. Fold the sides inwards, close the bottom panel and fold the spring tightly in a cigar shape. Seal the end panel with a little water.
- Allow the spring rolls time to settle and the let the sealed panel dry before frying the spring rolls in hot oil. Fry them until they are lightly brown and golden and then use a slotted spoon to remove them from the frying pan, placing them onto kitchen paper