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Sleeping Around: The Bed from Antiquity to Now
. Annie Carlano and Bobbie Sumberg. Seattle: University of Washington Press (co-published with Museum of International Folk Art), 2006. 200 pp.
Reviewed by Greg Stevenson
It may seem like a strange thing for an academic to admit, but I often sigh when I get asked to review a book, as so many academic books can be a chore to read. Not so with this history of beds edited by Annie Carlano and Bobbie Sumberg, which sits as comfortably on the university library shelf as it does on the suburban coffee table. Well-illustrated, well-designed, and written in a clear and concise voice, I almost began to question if this was an
book at all.
The good news is that you do not need to be an academic to enjoy this book or to find it engaging and useful.
Sleeping Around
has been sitting around my own house for a few weeks now on the kitchen table, and most visitors have been picking it up for a flick though. We do, after all, spend a third of our lives in bed, so a book on beds should be at least of some interest to everyone. I suspect, however, that most were tempted by its titillating title. Annie Carlano asks in the preface if the book could have been called
Sleeping Around
in the pre-
Sex and the City
world. I would answer that it probably would not, and should not, have been called that, then or now either. A cheeky title was not required to make this work effective, and it is not about sex at all. But if we can forgive it its tabloid title then this collection of chapters on beds and their meanings was a worthwhile exercise.
Sleeping Around
is funded by grants from the International Folk Foundation, though the material covered inside crosses over between anthropology and design history. Flick through and you will see a good selection of contemporary designer and mass-produced beds from the last decade. In fact, if it has a fault then, the book is guilty of being too ambitious with its remit. You can not really cover "The Bed from Antiquity to Now" well in 164 pages, despite the quarto format. And do not come here expecting to find many academic references for further reading, because they are not here.
In my opinion this book would have been better off dumping the brief tour of early beds that was too wide-ranging and light, and concentrating instead on, say folk bed traditions of the period 1700 to 1900. The lack of depth is mostly felt in the second chapter, which quickly skips from century to century and from continent to continent in an attempt to provide an overview of bed development. The reader does gain a few interesting tidbits of information from this—I did not know for example that French medieval beds could be as large as 13 feet long and 11 feet wide (4 x 3.5 meters). Apparently such large areas required long sticks (
batons de lit
) to smooth out the sheets and bedcovers. But the overall impression is that a closer inspection of a particular theme would have been more rewarding for the reader. Fortunately this is what the rest of the book does, and is where the text comes into its own.
Chapter Three, on "box" and cupboard beds is a successful case study of the practice of sleeping in enclosed spaces. Again it skips through the different countries where such box beds are used, though with little mention of Welsh, Scottish, or Irish box beds. This omission, however, is levelled by the inclusion of some great illustrations of box beds from Brittany, Sweden, and the Netherlands. It might have served better to have considered more the
of sleeping in a box bed, but the chapter was nonetheless informative and well-constructed. The chapter ends by asking if anywhere in the world people continue to sleep in box beds, and is doubtful if they do. As reviewer I can add to the subject here, as I have one that is regularly used in my West Wales cottage, the experience of which is not as claustrophobic as the author infers.
The chapter entitled "Sleeping on the Move" is, like the chapter on box beds, the kind of subject that the reader reads out of general interest and inquiry rather than necessarily from academic interest. It is a fascinating subject. From the simple wool mats of Mongolian yurts to the fancy detailing of Romany wagons or
, the chapter even brings us into the modern Western world with a look at the converted "hippie" pick-up trucks of the 1960s and 1970s.
The subject of sleeping on the road is developed properly in the following chapter that covers train berths, cruise ship cabins, airships, airplanes, and trains. Again, fascinating images combine with a text that lightly skips from subject to subject. Nothing is covered in detail, but the reader has little time to get bored before moving on to the next subject. The text is littered with interesting snippets such as that Charles Dickens felt '
like a giraffe being persuaded into a flowerpot
' in his cabin crossing the Atlantic in 1842.
"Sleeping in the Modern World" was the subject of a further chapter, and frankly this could have been a book in itself, especially as it starts its discussion back in the 1860s. When I saw the image of the restored William Morris bedroom at Kelmscott Manor, I imagined that what would follow would be a discussion on the revival of romantic notions of historical bedrooms in the late 20th century (by designers such as Laura Ashley, for example.). This was not the case, and the illustration was used to discuss the Arts and Crafts original by Morris. The chapter, though interesting, would have worked better as a survey of contemporary beds and what they mean—and even that would be a subject worthy of a book in itself. That does not mean that the discussion on Yoko Ono and John Lennon's "bed-in" at a Montreal hotel in 1969 was not interesting (it deserved to be repeated in a book like this), it's just that as in many of the chapters, I felt that the authors had given themselves too wide a brief, and had left little room for a meaty discussion.
Beds for babies and infants gets a short chapter all to itself, and is interesting enough.
A final chapter, "Sleeping Forever…and Ever" considers beds and sleeping imagery in historical graves, and felt a little out of context in this volume. However it is an engaging subject, and the illustrations maintained my interest to the end. I did not even know that the root of the word "cemetery" is the Greek for "sleeping room."
As the authors remind us, most of us are both born in and die in bed. Some of our most pleasurable and most painful moments are experienced in bed. Beds are undoubtedly worthy of our interest, and
Sleeping Around
makes for a well-illustrated and engaging introduction to the subject.
Greg Stevenson is an Honorary Research Fellow in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Wales, Lampeter. He is author of
Palaces for the People: Prefabs in Post-War Britain
(Batsford, 2003), and has research interests in Welsh heritage, vernacular building heritage, vernacular furniture of Wales, and non-traditional housing in Britain. He has recently collaborated on a television series titled
Y Ty Cymreig
('The Welsh House').


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Follow a year in the life of Lauren Cunningham, a single 28-year-old looking for change, in Love by the Book by Melissa Pimentel. She moves from Maine to London, leaving a serious relationship behind, and embarks on an active social life consisting of casually dating a multitude of sexy Brits.
Despite her declarations of liberation and wish for sexual adventures, her partners are disbelieving and disappear even as Lauren insists she is not interested in a serious relationship. Lauren decides to approach the problem analytically and resolves to follow a different dating guide each month of the year to learn the spicy secrets behind becoming a successful siren. Once those lessons are learned, she knows she will be more appealing to those men looking for plenty of sex without any relationship drama. From modern manuals such as The Rules to the Victorian-era Manners for Women, and even a handbook intended for guys, Lauren applies the tenets of each guide to her potential paramours such as "Top Hat" and "Sleepy Eyes" and journals the outcomes. The comic results are entertaining as Lauren documents some colossal failures, surprising successes and insightful life lessons from each experiment.
Pimentel's debut is a humorous look at a fresh and likeable young woman longing to embrace independence and sexual freedom. Humorous and realistic, this frothy fun will appeal to fans of Bridget Jones and HBO's Girls.

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The planning for the 2016 ICEVI General Assembly that will once again be held in cooperation with the World Blind Union (WBU) and being hosted by the National Federation of the Blind (USA) is well underway. This article provides the important information about the Assembly that will help you in your own planning.
The full Assembly event will take place from Thursday, August 18 to Thursday, August 25th, 2016.
It should be noted that these dates include the entire Assembly event comprising the following:
The Assembly event will be held at the Rosen Centre Hotel, which has been used for a number of years by the NFB to hold its annual conventions.
Rosen Centre Hotel
9840 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819, USA
All Assembly events and accommodations will be located in the same venue, which makes it very convenient for everyone. The hotel is well laid out and easy to get around; there are also lots of restaurants, some shopping and other attractions close by and it is very easy to walk on the footpaths around the hotel area. The NFB was also able to negotiate a very favourable room rate for us at about $125 USD per night per room, including all taxes. Please note, meals are not included in the room rate but the hotel has very good food service and there are lots of low cost options close by for breakfast and other meals.
The registration fees are similar to those charged in 2012; however it should be noted that lunches are not included in the fees although arrangements will be made for reasonable cost options for purchase. The fees are as follows:
We do hope that this information summary is helpful to you. We will plan to provide you with an update within each E-News and The Educator. For specific information, please feel free to contact me directly at: email@example.com
The conference website will be available soon for doing online registration and we shall provide the address of the website and also create a link to the conference site through the websites of ICEVI and the WBU.


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Tomorrow is Coastal Cleanup Day
This Saturday is the 22nd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. Since the program started in 1985, more than 10 million pounds of debris has been removed from California's shorelines and coast.
Held on the same day as the Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup, the event focuses on both pollution cleanup and pollution prevention, educating and empowering people to become a part of the marine debris solution.
There are 700 cleanup sites in California. Find one near you here. Then pre-register or just show up at the site for the cleanup, which is from 9 am-noon.
There's more information about California's cleanup at coastforyou.org.
Oregonians can read about the Great Oregon Fall Beach Cleanup at solv.org, and Washington residents, here's information about Operation Shore Patrol/International Coastal & Underwater Cleanup.


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Not long ago, both the NY Times and the LA Times opened the golden gates of their movie review sections to You, the person of the year. Oooh, it's Web 1.34! Well, Your reviews are in—and You totally suck! You suck even worse than Stephen Holden!
Letters from Iwo Jima, Los Angeles Times
A disappointing public relations attempt to suggest a "kind and gentle" Imperial Japanese Army of WW 2 (confusing the IJA as the Japanese people). The IJA set a tone of barbarism and, yes, institutionalized racism in China even prior to America's involvment. This film tries to rewrite history in a self-serving manner.
....ideas of time and space are spurious at best so why try to pin them down, why try to impute logic onto a system that is so elusive that even our "finest" minds come up with quantum fluctuations that are subject probabilities and absurd contradictions ....... logic and linearity giving way to godel, escher & bach and finally Lynch ..... may not that be precisely the action that screwed us to begin with? The "horror" is the audacity of claiming yes i understand....
Although there are some total bright spots:
Music & Lyrics, New York Times
I have to say the opening was quite amusing and brought back memories of my Wham love. But after that the movie grinds to a awful crescendo of noise, bad casting choices, AWFUL music and my thoughts of WHY was this made (oh wait the money). Can someone direct Drew to a speech therapist??? I had one as a child and it really lessened my speech impediment.


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Two Hubbell Realty Co. projects
won Des Moines City Council permission Wednesday to apply for state Enterprise
Zone credits before the program expires June 30. Hubbell plans a $9.5 million
townhouse development at 555 S.W. Seventh St. and is preparing the third phase
of its Cityville project at 510 S.W. Ninth St. Hubbell is seeking
$609,925 in tax credits for the Seventh Street project, which will have
will have 38 units. The company is asking for slightly more than $1 million in
tax credits for the next phase of Cityville, which will add 117 apartment units
at a cost of $13 million. Hubbell plans nearly 340 units for the mixed-use
project. Both projects will need approval of the city's Enterprise Zone
commission and the Iowa Economic Development Authority. When it takes effect
July 1, the new law will terminate the involvement of the local commissions in
the tax credit approval process and open the program to areas of the state with
housing shortages. It has been criticized by some local developers, but is seen
as boon for the development of affordable housing and developments that might
have steered clear of some areas of the state. The Des Moines City Council met
in special session Wednesday to consider Hubbell's requests and other matters.


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but I'm curious if our filesystem will deal with this number of files an still stay maintainable.
See maximum number of files in an ext4 linux filesystem.
The limit is around 4 billion, 2^32 - 3, if the posts are correct, and maintaining usablility is a matter of handling sub-directory structure properly, setting ionode size, and other filesystem details. It seems doable for you. listing directories with 8 million files may interest you.
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Bill Clinton Just Made History With A First Lady Speech Delivered By A Man
The former president has made political history, delivering an emotional and honest description of the woman he married
Amidst the speeches from Michelle Obama, Sarah Silverman, Lena Dunham and Meryl Streep that have dominated the headlines this week, there's one poignant speech that will go down in US history.
Last night, former President and husband to the first female nominee of a major US political party, Bill Clinton, delivered the first First Lady Speech expressed by a man.
Clinton, who was the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001) stepped into the spotlight for the first time in his political career, not to promote himself at a Democratic convention, but to stand by his wife and urge the US public to vote for a Democratic president and, more importantly, his wife of 41 years.
Turning the tables on Hillary – who first addressed a national convention when her husband was running for a second term in 1996 – Bill took to the lectern to describe a side to Hillary often hidden from the public.
Considering the now infamous furore surrounding his indiscretions while in the White House, some might say this speech was really the least he could do.
His support for Hillary's campaign while forthright, hasn't always been well received.
This speech may mark a turning point.
And where better place to start than the moment that he fell in love with Hillary Rodham?
In the spring of 1971, I met a girl. The first time I saw her, we were, appropriately enough, in a class on political and civil rights. She had thick blond hair, big glasses. Wore no makeup. And she exuded this strength of self-possession I found magnetic.
He went onto describe the subsequent weeks after spotting his future wife and the first time she spoke to him.
She walked the whole length of the library, came up to me, and said, "Look, if you are going to keep staring at me, we at least ought to know each other's name. I'm Hillary Rodham, who are you?" I was so impressed and surprised that, whether you believe it or not, momentarily, I was speechless.
After meeting her 'crusty, conservative father' and mother Dorothy ('one of the greatest gifts that Hillary ever gave me'), he went on to marry his 'best friend'.
'She's the best darn change-maker I ever met in my life.'
Discussing his wife's relentless motivation and dedication to US politics he said:
She has been around a long time. She sure has. And she has sure been worth every single year she has put into making people's lives better. I can tell you this — if you were sitting where I am sitting and you heard what I have heard and at every dinner conversation, every lunch conversation, on every long walk, you would say, "This woman has never been satisfied with the status quo in anything." She always wants to move the ball forward. That is just who she is.
He added that Hillary has:
'done more positive change-making before she was 30 than many public officials do in a lifetime'.
'I have lived a long, full, blessed life. It really took off when I met and fell in love with that girl in the spring of 1971.'
He ended his 40-minute speech with:
'Those of us who have more yesterdays than tomorrows tend to care more about our children and grandchildren, and the reason you should elect her is that in the greatest country on earth we have always been about tomorrow.'
Someone give him a hug.
Watch the full speech below


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My poems and writing are fictional and or real. They are depressing, dark, deep,scary,sad, and unhealthy. I write what i see....what i feel, and why iv personly when through. My name well just call me CC and yah... read my writing.
Articles and Art by Endless1996:
Mine To Love
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Fourteen Years Wasted in RED
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love in the way you hurt me
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Ask a Law Question, Get an Answer ASAP!
Hi (UKSolicitorJA only) Thanks for your answer. I just want to explain that she has no problem with paying ground rent. The freeholder has both of their numbers but has only now informed my girlfriend (after the husband has been ignoring them for nearly 2 years) that they both owe all this extra money due to him ignoring them. They are citing court fees, n379 application, legal administration, land registry fee, £128.60 interest charge and another £96.99 interest charge. I assume some of these charges have been incured by the lack of response from the husband but if they had contacted her in the first place rather than waiting all this time it wouldn't have happened. So are you saying she is still just as liable regardless (assuming she doesn't want the house repossessed)?


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AIDS Awareness Week Observed at BaylorNov. 23, 1999
by LoAna Lopez
The Health Education and Wellness Office of Baylor University will host AIDS Awareness Week Nov. 29-Dec. 3. Wednesday, Dec. 1, is World AIDS Day.
Campus events to promote awareness will include an AIDS compassion tree in the McLane Student Life Center from 1 to 5 p.m. during the week. Students can become part of Brian's House, a non-profit organization helping children with HIV. Donation boxes will be set up in both the Bill Daniel and McLane student centers.
Andrea King, student outreach coordinator, said reminders about the severity of AIDS always is important, no matter how much students already know about the disease.
"Our office is here to educate people about making responsible choices," King said. "AIDS is still affecting many people's lives and since there still is no known cure, it is imperative that students get the facts."
For more information about AIDS Awareness Week, contact the Health Education and Wellness Office at 710-3482.
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Medicine Center Pharmacy celebrated the 25th anniversary of Executive Vice President Nancy Wharmby with a dinner and reception at La Pizzaria on Jan. 28.
Wharmby has served as controller and human resources director with the company.
"Over the last 25 years, Nancy has been an irreplaceable part of our team" said Medicine Center Pharmacy founder and owner Paul White.
Founded in 1976, Medicine Center Pharmacy includes locations in Canton, Louisville, Minerva and New Philadelphia.
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BC nothing short of dominant
Top-ranked Boston College scored a goal in each of the first two periods and three in the third on its way to a 5-0 shutout of UMass-Amherst last night in front of 6,821 at Conte Forum.
It was the final game for the Eagles (19-6-0, 15-5-0) before Monday night's Beanpot semifinal against Boston University at TD Garden.
"We're just trying to stay in this race for the league championship,'' said BC coach Jerry York. "You've got to keep winning because it seems that [New Hampshire] keeps winning also.''
Despite a bit of a slow start, York said the Eagles weren't looking past the Minutemen (6-14-4, 5-9-4).
"We've been pretty good about that the last few years, trying to really focus on the next opponent,'' he said. "It's easy to talk about it, it's easy to say, but sometimes it's very difficult because the Beanpot to our players is certainly a very memorable night. But we never talked about the Beanpot, we never really discussed it. We want to win a championship in our league and that's been difficult for us the last five or six years.''
BC got into some early penalty trouble. Just 14 seconds after a strong flurry in the UMass end that led to scoring chances for Bill Arnold and Barry Almeida, the Eagles had two players in the penalty box.
At 8:49 of the first, junior defenseman Tommy Cross was assessed a five-minute major and game misconduct for contact to the head/elbowing when he delivered a blow to UMass's Marc Concannon. At the same time, BC's Steven Whitney was called for tripping, giving the Minutemen a two-man advantage for two minutes.
Their best chance came at 9:18 when freshman defenseman Adam Phillips's one-timer from the left circle rattled off the right post. UMass lost the latter part of its five-on-three when Michael Pereira was called for hooking, resulting in a four-on-three for 12 seconds.
The Eagles took a 1-0 lead at 15:33 when Joe Whitney drove from the left circle into the crease and beat senior Paul Dainton (35 saves) with a backhander for his fourth tally of the season. Cam Atkinson started the play in the BC end with a pass to Brian Gibbons, who in turn relayed the puck to Whitney.
BC nearly had another goal at 4:20 of the second when Dainton was caught out of the crease. Atkinson had the puck in the slot and fired a bullet, but senior defenseman Doug Kublin made a terrific play to block the shot and allow his netminder to get back into position.
At 17:57, the Eagles made it a two-goal lead when sophomore defenseman Philip Samuelsson fired a shot from the left circle that beat Dainton through a screen and over the glove. It was Samuelsson's second goal of the season and first of two in the game. He finished with 3 points.
At 3:16 of the third, BC cashed in on a power play when Samuelsson beat Dainton from the right point.
Junior left wing Paul Carey potted the Eagles' fourth goal at 14:18, and Atkinson closed the scoring at 15:43 when he redirected a pass from Joe Whitney past Jeff Teglia, who came on in relief of Dainton for the final 5:42.
Chris Venti played the last 3:06 in relief of John Muse (14 saves) and made two stops.
"We were totally outclassed,'' said UMass coach Don Cahoon, whose team was outshot, 43-16. "One team possessed the puck and showed a great deal of poise. There's a reason they're the defending national champions and ranked No. 1 in the country. They have great poise with the puck. I think our team in general, outside of Dainton, were rattled and we didn't exhibit much poise. It was two teams in two different development phases.''
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Sontaneous regression of a macular hole
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An idiopathic macular hole presents a retina defect in the place of acute vision, which is characterized with dislocation of neurosensory retina with abolishment of pigment epithelium receptor layer. As a result, due to fixation damage, the central detailed visual acuity of the affected eye is significantly decreased. According to Gass, there are four different Stages I–IV of macula hole. The surgery is reasonably performed by Stages II till IV. We reported about a 77 years old male patient who was for the first time in our clinic in September 2008 examined with the complains of Metamorphopsien and a brown spot on the left eye. A month ago he received intravitreal treatment on the left eye with Lucentis because of retina edema and intra-retinal cystoid spots. In october 2008 with the help of OCT was observed a macular hole developed in Stage II–IV with retraction of vitreous' boundary surface. In the same time the diagnosed visual acuity was 0.3. That was the reason a vitrectomy with the thrombocyteconcentrate and gastamponade to be recommended. Four weeks later, during the preoperative examination, the macula hole had closed, the visual acuity was increased to 0.5. We performed a follow up. The situation was stable,we decided only to control, without perform any surgery. After regular observations in a time span of five months the macula hole was not detectible and the fixation was central again.


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My dad and I text everyday. Well yesterday a good friend of his passed away after fighting cancer for three years. This man left behind three daughters. I have been texting my dad all day and he kept brushing me off. I finally wanted to know what was going on. He answered and said if I didn't answer you, that means I busy. So I told I was just wondering what is going on with him. My dad is also fighting cancer. He then said I am with xxx ( the guys daughter). He then told me he was letting her cry on his shoulder and he didnt know when he would have time to talk me, but it would be a couple days cause he needs I spend time with xxx. I got very angry with him. I am just starting to have a relationship with my dad. He was a mean person to me when I was younger. He was very mentally abuse to me. I am finally able to put the past behind me. The thing he doesn't get is I need him to. I am going though something's in my life and would like to lean on my dad. But once again my dad is putting me last. That's the story of my life, being put last for some one else.
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I created a blog few years ago on your platform and I would like to delete it.
I'm connected to my account, but the interface told me that I don't have any blog ... so I can't get access to the settings...
but I have an old one that we can found at this address: benedictelepimpec.wordpress.com
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Sevilla's quest for a third successive Europa League title remains on course, but only just, after they needed penalties to see off Athletic Bilbao to reach the semi-finals.
The hosts had lost just one of their last 18 matches at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan prior to Thursday's quarter-final second leg, but trailed 2-1 after 90 minutes to leave the tie locked at 3-3 on aggregate.
After falling behind to a 57th-minute strike from tournament top scorer Aritz Aduriz, Sevilla hit back two minutes later through Kevin Gameiro.
Athletic's attempts to force extra time were hampered by an injury to Aduriz, but Raul Garcia popped up to head the crucial goal 10 minutes from time.
Neither side found a winner during the additional 30 minutes and, after Benat sent his spot-kick straight into the arms of David Soria, Gameiro – who had earlier gone down with a calf problem – stepped up to convert the decisive penalty in a shoot-out that ended 5-4 to the holders.
Early penalty claims went unrewarded when Sevilla felt a Mariano cross struck Benat on the arm, before Aduriz knocked the ball around Soria at the other end but saw his effort from a tight angle touched behind by Timothee Kolodziejczak.
For all the attacking intent, particularly from Athletic, who were without the injured Inaki Williams, neither side was able to find a breakthrough in the opening period, although Garcia forced Soria into a diving save before the break.
Sevilla started the second half on the front foot and Iago Herrerin had to be alert to push wide a rifled Vicente Iborra strike from the edge of the box, before Mariano half-volleyed over.
But it was Athletic who eventually broke the deadlock when Aduriz created an angle for the shot and sent an effort squirming past Soria, who will do some squirming of his own when he watches the replay.
Sevilla responded almost immediately, though, with Gameiro tapping home from a Grzegorz Krychowiak ball into the six-yard box.
Mikel San Jose – booked for dissent moments earlier – was perhaps lucky to remain on the field when, as the last man, he clumsily dispossessed an advancing Gameiro in the 69th minute, but Athletic were soon left reeling by the departure of Aduriz through injury.
Gameiro proved an increasing nuisance for the Athletic defence, seeing another powerful strike kept out by Herrerin before Steven N'Zonzi headed wide from a promising position.
But Garcia then netted Athletic's crucial second after Gameiro had smashed yet another effort over at the other end. The former Atletico Madrid man got on the end of a lofted Benat cross to send a looping header over Soria, who once again failed to cover himself in glory as he watched the ball float beyond him.
With the game forced to extra time, Markel Susaeta was left with his head in his hands after sending the ball bouncing wide from a one-on-one with Soria, before a Yevhen Konoplyanka free-kick found its way onto the right-hand upright via the head of a defender.
Tempers flared as extra-time reached the midway point, but Herrerin kept his focus to get down to his left and keep out a Konoplyanka set-piece.
With neither team able to put the match to bed, it was left to penalties to separate the sides, and Gameiro, whose turn was held up by a scuffle in the centre circle after Oscar De Marcos' efforts to put off the Sevilla striker, kept hopes of a remarkable treble alive for Unai Emery's men.
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In perhaps a worst-case scenario where some deal to restructure Comcast SportsNet Houston is not reached, the Astros are prepared to investigate whether an alternate means of broadcasting games is viable.
"Certainly, we hope it's resolved in some favorable manner to all the parties," Crane said. "We want to get that done. We've gone out and said that we would be hopeful that we'd be able to come with some other type of streaming, or some other mechanism, where the fans could see the game. Once we get past this stage, if we don't get something resolved, then we'll be working on that. We haven't really put a plan together on that. We've got until April 1 to do it. But I want the fans to see the games, that's clear.
"There's really three options at this point: we come with a solution; the judge dismisses the case, gives us our rights fees back; it gets pitched into bankruptcy court and someone else will have to settle it out. But the bottom line is, there haven't been enough subscribers from the other networks to sustain the business."
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Diablo Cody Claims A McCain Presidency Is One Doodle That Can't Be Undid
When Sarah Palin's teenage daughter Bristol revealed her pregnancy earlier this year, all of America played the exciting game "This Thing Is Like That Thing," remarking, "Hail fellow! This young maiden with childe recalls the heroine of the moving picture Juno. For seriousballs!" And it was good. Sadly, Sarah Palin is not Allison Janney, and according to Juno scripter Diablo Cody, Bristol is no Sunny D-swigging Juno, either:
"I was getting contacted by so many people regarding the plight of young pregnancy that I was beginning to think I was the leading obstetrician in this country or something," Diablo said at the MTV Networks Election Effect Panel Discussion in NYC. She laughed off questions about her teen comedy "glamorizing teen pregnancy." "If I would have know that I wielded that kind of power, I would have written a movie called Don't Vote for McCain," Diablo joked.
Later, Cody opined on Sarah Palin:
"I think Sarah Palin is creepy actually," Diablo says. "Creepier than McCain. But you know I think my beliefs have been very liberal my entire life, so naturally I'm voting for Obama. I used to think that McCain wouldn't make a bad President to be honest, but I think this election has exposed so much ugliness that its just cemented my beliefs."
Perhaps if Sarah Palin traded in her rimless Kawasakis for a pair of pink, heart-shaped sunglasses, the Republican ticket could see eye-to-eyewear with the Oscar-winning writer, but until that day comes, it appears that Cody is firmly on Team Letterman. And John? Don't even attempt a rebuttal. Diablo is simply better at this than you. [Photo Credit: AP]


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(Undated) -- Marlon Wayans is facing a lawsuit for poking fun at the similarities between an actor and a cartoon character. According to court documents obtained by TMZ.com, actor Pierre Daniel is suing Wayans after he took to social media to joke that Daniel looked like the "Family Guy" character Cleveland Brown. Wayans posted pictures of the two side-by-side and had some colorful commentary on them. Daniel believes Wayans' jokes constituted harassment and were racially motivated. Daniel claims the incident has caused him "shock, pain, discomfort and/or anxiety." He's asking for unspecified damages.


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R.V. College is spread over 51 acres and 6 guntas i.e., 21.30hectares. The total built up area is 85360 Sqm with all amenities. Ramps and lifts have been provided to help the differently abled and sick. 90% of the class rooms are provided with multimedia projectors and internet facility. All academic blocks have secured Wi-Fi connectivity.
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An on campus banking facility is provided by Kotak Mahindra Bank. The branch is listed as Kotak Mahindra, RVCE branch. It is fully computerized and air conditioned. It caters to the need of 4000 students and staff. The ATM facility is a boon to the hostelites and faculty.The bank takes care of all the college transaction. It also provides EC facility for parents and students to pay fees, hostel charges, mess bill, University fees etc.
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HILLSVILLE — One day after the Hillsville Fire Department responded to a call at a mobile home at 243 Knob Hill Lane, a Carroll County grand jury indicted the man who lived there for arson.
In addition to the direct indictment against Travis Ray Hall, 25, he also has been charged by the Carroll Sheriff's Office with making a felony threat to burn the home he shared with Ashley Hall, according to Investigator Shannon Goad.
Hall's wife took out a warrant against him, charging him with misdemeanor assault and battery.
The Galax School Board announced that it will begin the search for the next schools superintendent.
After 43 years as an educator and more than 12 years with Galax City Public Schools, Superintendent Sam Cook, who will turn 65 in November, will retire at the end of 2008 and return to his hometown in Franklin County.
It is with great pride that I write this letter on behalf of the Grayson County Recreation Park's policy board.
Nearly 18 months ago, our board successfully bid to the Virginia State Dixie Youth Association for the honor of hosting not one, but two state tournaments simultaneously in Grayson County.
These tournaments had never been hosted in Grayson or Southwest Virginia, and winning the bid was an honor within itself.
At the Carroll County supervisors' meeting Sept. 8, The Gazette's reporter asked for more accountability in county meetings involving closed sessions.
Carroll officials have heard concerns about this topic before.
Citizen Mike Goldwasser has made appearances as recently as this month before the Carroll supervisors and the Industrial Development Authority to share public misgivings about use of closed sessions and the lack of public hearings in regard to disposition of county land.
Little Ty Dixon seemed like a normal baby, but at age 6 his parents — Angela and Brian Dixon of Galax — found they had been blessed with something special.
As an infant, Ty sat up and crawled early. But as he grew into a toddler, red flags went up for Angela and Brian.
Ty didn't walk until 19 months. And by age 3, when toddlers speak in full sentences, Ty was only saying a couple of words here and there, and potty training became a challenge.
HILLSVILLE — Closed session practices by Carroll County governments have been called into question recently, but county boards are not necessarily meeting behind closed doors more than they have in the past.
With concerns about use of closed sessions persisting in Carroll County, The Gazette recently checked into the record of executive sessions.
State law allows governmental bodies to meet behind closed doors in some situations where the hearing of matters in public meeting would be detrimental to a board's position.
FRIES — The Twin County Regional Airport Commission appears to be bumping non-paying members — including the towns of Fries, Hillsville and Independence.
Interim Airport Manager Tim Brown approached Fries Town Council at its regular meeting Sept. 2, asking members to accept or reject the commission's request to change its charter membership.
HILLSVILLE — Even after a developer who sought 91 acres of Carroll-owned land for the Mayberry Opry property has ended acquisition attempts, a citizen continues to question county officials about other deals in the works and the methods used.
Citizen Mike Goldwasser appeared at both the Industrial Development Authority meeting Sept. 3 and the Carroll Board of Supervisors meeting Sept. 8 to express continuing concerns.
TAZEWELL ––Nobody's clothes came off, but Tazewell put on a pretty decent strip show just the same.
Although thoroughly dominated in the first half, Tazewell twice pried the ball free from Carroll County ballcarriers in the second half, coming up with key turnovers as the Bulldogs rallied for a 27-16 win at Bulldog Stadium.
FRIES — A man described by police as a "person of interest" in a suspected arson at 142 Sunrise Lane in Fries was found dead at his house Friday afternoon.
According to Grayson Sheriff Richard Vaughan, Thurman Davis was named a person of interest in a suspicious fire at his son-in-law's house on Sept. 11. He was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound at his own home on Providence Road the next day.
The fire occurred last Thursday afternoon, and after a preliminary investigation by the Fries Volunteer Fire Department, it was determined to be suspicious.
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Gisborne Judge Graham Hubble has given a "high-level sportswoman" a discharge without conviction on a drink driving charge. As a bonus, she also received permanent name suppression.
The Police aren't happy with this. In spite of the main stream media trying to crank this up as someone truly famous, they have just issued a press release to pour cold water on that idea:
Police have also confirmed the woman is not well known nationally and does not play a mainstream sport.
And so the dance of who is or isn't likely to be the person involved starts. Again.
It's such a miscarriage of justice that Queens Council Nigel Hampton has made a strong protest about it
Mr [Nigel] Hampton said he was "very surprised" when he heard about the case. "I would say it's quite exceptional for a discharge without conviction to be granted in these circumstances," …
Asked if he thought the woman had received special treatment because of her sporting status, Mr Hampton replied: "It sounds a little like it, and one wonders whether that should be the case.
"You think of various high-profile people who have been charged with drink-driving – from actors like Robyn Malcolm to lawyers like Colin Carruthers – and they don't ask for suppression of name and they don't see it as a hindrance for them going overseas, because I am sure it's not."
So here we essentially have a nobody that went for a drive twice over the limit, getting discharged, and got name suppression, because her lawyer stitched up a story as to how a conviction would prevent her from competing overseas.
Even if that was true, those are called consequences.
This time there are no victims to protect, and the "high level" sportswoman got a get-out-of-jail-free card.
But what the judge hasn't counted on is the Streisand Effect. The interest in this case is now coming from the media, the legal profession as well as the Police, so when this gets overturned, the poor little darling is going to be very well known, nationally.
To illustrate, who is Jenna Kendall Louise Mackenzie?
I suspect most of you don't know. Well, Jenna did exactly the same thing, was charged, convicted, and as an Olympic hopeful, her counsel tried and failed to get name suppression:
Her counsel John Black unsuccessfully tried to argue for discharge without conviction and name suppression, stating a conviction would ruin her chances to travel and be selected for the 2012 Olympics, and to fundraise for future international events.
The drink-driving incident had followed the loss of a close friend and was out of character, he said.
Timaru police prosecutor Sergeant Mylen Hamilton opposed the name suppression and discharge without conviction on the grounds as a sportswoman of national standing she should have been more aware of the consequences of drink-driving.
Judge Maze agreed.
Judge Maze should go kick Judge Hubble up the bum:
Judge Maze said the conviction could compromise her "very real chance" of being selected for the 2012 Olympics but that did not make the offence "right or proper to use a discharge without conviction".
"People would know within the relatively small sporting area she has pled guilty to drink-driving.
"To discharge without conviction and suppress her name would leave open the opportunity for the defendant to cause embarrassment to other organisations and cause resentment because others who commit drink-driving offences and have to live with the consequences in their chosen field."
Consequences. You do something wrong, you pay the price.
The days of "high level" sports or business people hiding behind the law after breaking it should have been well in the past. Instead, we have idiots for judges that think it's a good idea to send the message that as long as you are successful in some part of your life, the courts will protect you if you have done something wrong.
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Earlier this week, a guy named Gavin Zhang tipped us with the news that he had launched his own smart LED night light on the Indiegogo crowdfunding website.
Called the Roome Mini Plus, it is a smart light that has been designed to work just when you need it to.
The Mini Plus does this by automatically turning on when it detects movement in the dark, tracking your movement and monitoring the ambient lighting conditions.
As time goes on, it will gradually learn to control the light to work automatically for you.
Users can also put it on a magnetic charging base so that it can be used for continuous lighting in both indoor or outdoor situations.
Once it's off the base, the light will last for up to 10 hours.
The project is looking for $10,000 in Indiegogo in order to get into production, which you can help them reach via the source link below.
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February 15, 2011
How Genetic Variations In Neuroactive Steroid-Producing Enzymes May Influence Drinking Habits
* Alcohol dependence (AD) may develop through alcohol's effects on neural signaling.
* Researchers have found that neuroactive steroids may mediate some of the effects of alcohol on ó-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors.
* These findings suggest that genetic variations in neuroactive steroid-producing enzymes may be related to risk for AD.
One of the ways in which alcohol dependence (AD) may develop is through alcohol's effects on neural signaling, such as modulation of ó-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors. Alcohol may indirectly modulate GABAA receptor function by increasing levels of neuroactive steroids in blood. A new study has found linkages between AD and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes encoding two key enzymes required for the generation of endogenous neuroactive steroids, which suggests a genetic link between neuroactive steroids and risk for AD.Results will be published in the May 2011 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View.
"Although alcohol's biochemical effects on the nervous system are not completely known, the immediate effect of alcohol on how we feel and function as well as the long-term development of tolerance to alcohol are thought to be mediated by neurotransmitter receptors, especially GABAA receptors," said Jonathan Covault, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center and corresponding author for the study.
GABAA receptors are primarily responsible for dampening brain activity, Covault explained, and balance the other major class of neurotransmitter receptors "" glutamate receptors "" that are responsible for enhancing excitatory brain activity. Healthy brain function relies on a relative balance of these two signaling systems.
"For example," he said, "excess excitatory relative to inhibitory receptor activity can result in seizures. The acute dampening effects of alcohol, such as disinhibition and sedation, are in large part due to alcohol effects on enhancing GABAA receptor function. Changes in the production of GABAA and glutamate receptors after chronic alcohol use also contribute to withdrawal symptoms, which can be medically serious and include delirium or seizures. The mainstay of medical treatment for alcohol withdrawal is to replace the effects of alcohol on stimulating GABAA receptors with medications "" valium, librium or other benzodiazapines "" that have similar effects as alcohol on enhancing GABAA receptor activity but can be gradually reduced in a controlled fashion."
"Previous studies have shown that neuroactive steroids contribute to alcohol sensitivity in rats and subjective feelings produced by alcohol in humans," said A. Leslie Morrow, John Andrews Distinguished Professor in the departments of psychiatry and pharmacology, and associate director of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, both at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. "Since low alcohol sensitivity has been linked to risk for alcoholism in humans, it is possible that low neurosteroid responses to alcohol may be linked to this disease."
"The detailed mechanisms by which alcohol modulates GABAA or glutamate receptors are still not well understood," added Covault. "How the body controls the production of neuroactive steroids is poorly understood, but stress and alcohol are two triggers shown to increase neuroactive steroids in the bloodstream and brain of laboratory rats. Laboratory studies suggest that many of the immediate effects of alcohol may be the result of alcohol on the production and metabolism of neuroactive steroids."
Covault and his colleagues genotyped SNPs in the genes encoding two key enzymes "" 5ñ-reductase, type I (5ñ-R) and 3ñ-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, type 2 (3ñ-HSD), both of which are expressed in the human brain "" in 1,083 participants living in Connecticut (583 males, 500 females): 531 with AD, and 552 individuals without AD.
"Results indicate that naturally occurring common genetic variations in two key enzymes required for the production of neuroactive steroids may influence the risk of developing AD," said Covault. "This finding is among the first evidence that some behavioral effects of alcohol are related to the production of neuroactive steroids. Specifically, genetic variation in each of two genes coding neuroactive steroid biosynthetic enzymes was more common in controls than AD participants, suggesting that protective genetic variations may result in more neuroactive steroids being produced in response to alcohol, thereby increasing the acute effects of alcohol "" particularly sedating effects "" which tend to limit a person's use of alcohol."
"This study brings scientists one step closer to understanding genetic and biochemical factors that underlie risk for alcoholism," said Morrow. "Such advances will surely lead to better treatments for alcoholism. We now have both genetic and behavioral studies linking neuroactive steroids to alcohol effects in humans. More studies of neuroactive steroids in humans are needed.
Covault concurs. "While much more work is needed to understand how variation in neuroactive steroid metabolism may influence an individual's predisposition to alcohol use problems, this report opens the door to new avenues of investigation and the potential development of new medical interventions for alcohol use problems."
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Sweary chef Gordon Ramsay is just as bossy off camera:
Mr Ramsay said he had already spoken to Prime Minister Gordon Brown about outlawing out-of-season produce.
When winter asparagus is outlawed, only outlaws will have winter asparagus.
He says it would cut carbon emissions as less food would be imported and also lead to improved standards of cooking.
Here's another idea: stop importing foreign television programs.
The TV chef said it was "fundamentally important" for chefs to provide locally-sourced food.
The same presumably applies to locally-sourced television. Ramsay's UK-sourced program is shown in Australia, the US, Canada …
"I don't want to see asparagus on in the middle of December. I don't want to see strawberries from Kenya in the middle of March. I want to see it home grown."
Ramsay owns a Ferrari; a curious choice for an apparent anti-globalist.
"There should be stringent laws, licensing laws, to make sure produce is only used in season and season only," he said.
The Green Team's final tip is just for you, Gordon.
"If we don't restrict our movements within this industry of seasonal-produce only, then the whole thing will spiral out of control."
Strawberries in March. Why, it's absolute chaos!
UPDATE. Ramsay is a food fraud:
[Gordon Ramsay] fails quite brazenly to practise what he preaches in his own restaurants, which serve food from thousands of miles away.
' … the Soil Association's Food for Life Partnership director Emma Noble said the celebrity chef was right to suggest that "seasonal menus are a key step in cutting the environmental impact of our food".'
Seasonal menus would help right now in Burma, wouldn't they?
Maybe the Burmese Government isn't politically isolationist after all. With all that down time between shooting people, they've simply been watching Gordon Ramsay cooking shows.
Stop that food right there at the border! It's travelled way too far!
Fuck me. What a fucking stupid fucking prick. Isn't fucking Ramsay the same fucking bastard who has fucking restaurants all over the fucking globe? What a fucking hipocritical fucking arsehole. The fucking thing that realy fucking pisses me fucking off is that I fucking love his fucking show and I'm fucking disappointed that the fucker turns out to be a fucking loon. Fuck.Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 05 11 at 01:48 AM • permalink
the most annoying thing about this food miles business, is that it ignores the total energy used in getting the item from an idea in some farmer's head in say, the antipodes, to some pommy git's plate.
this paper shows what a crock the concept of food miles really is:
Comparison of energy used and CO2 emissions between NZ and UK Dairy. The UK uses twice as much energy per tonne of milk solids produced than NZ, even including the energy associated with transport from NZ to the UK This reflects the less intensive production system in NZ than the UK, with lower inputs including energy.
Comparison of energy used and CO2 emissions between NZ and UK Lamb. The energy used in producing lamb in the UK is four times higher than the energy used by NZ lamb producers, even after including the energy used in transporting NZ lamb to theUK. Thus, NZ CO2 emissions are also considerably lower than those in the UK.
Comparison of energy used and CO2 emissions between NZ and UK Apples. NZ is also more energy efficient in producing and delivering apples to the UK market than theUK is. NZ energy costs for production are a third of those in the UK. Even when transport is added NZ energy costs are approximately 60 per cent of those in the UK. Consequentially the CO2 emissions per tonne of apples produced are also higher in the UK than in NZ, reflecting the higher energy use but also the lower emissions from NZ electricity generation.
Comparison of energy used and CO2 emissions between NZ and UK Onions. The energy associated with onion production is higher in NZ compared with the UK. However, when storage is included for the UK, so they can supply the same market window as NZ can, the UK energy costs rise to 30 per cent higher than those in NZ, even accounting for transport.
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I can't think of one other time I've disagreed with your views Tim, but I do on this one. My reasons have nothing to do with global warming,food miles or fair trade or any of that other crap but I can remember how fabulous it was when produce came into season and how great they tasted.
Now we can things like strawberries, mangoes, watermelon well anything really all year round and that thrill of waiting for their season to come around is gone.
Westietoo, you make a good point.
But I fail to see how pining for the good old days is a reason to outlaw out-of-season food. By that rational, we should be riding horses or buggies, not driving cars.
And you could always just, y'know, not buy out-of-season food. Walk past the produce section, and wait until the local fruit stands open again. Your local farmers will greatly appreciate your business, I'm sure.
That's known as "voting with your feet".Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2008 05 11 at 02:24 AM • permalink
Why is such a fascist (word used absolutely correctly) required? This dumb ass could just choose not to serve (or eat) produce out of season. No English strawberries for sale? Strike them off the menu.
Of course the secret businessman Gordan Ramsey realizes this won't work because of the darkest evil of capitalism—substitution. Consumers desiring a strawberry dacquari will just go down the street to another restaurant, depriving him of not only strawberry revenue but also the rest of the meal. Therefore it is imperative to have the power of the state force his competitors to agree with him in the interests of fairness.
Heck, there is a product idea. Calenders with in season food availability tuned for various regions. The perfect gift for victims of liberal guilt with more money than brains. Better still, use part of the proceeds to fund research for a cure for economic idiocy. The cure is certainly not university scholarships.
We're supposed to ban imported produce so you can be "thrilled" when it is available? You goose-stepping totalitarian!!! If you jollies are so hard to come by, try having your significant other withhold sex for eleven months a year. (But perhaps I'm making too great an assumption here…)
Anyway, aren't there ways to get you thrills back without denying the benefits of civilized, peaceful free trade to the rest of us?
Oops. Again I forget. Free Trade Bad. Capitalism, ooooooh. Civilization Bad.
At the risk of invoking Godwin, you freakin' NAZI!!!Posted by nofixedabode on 2008 05 11 at 02:35 AM • permalink
One of my favourite times of year is November when the cherries arrive. I flatly refuse to buy imported cherries during the rest of the year. A cherry air freighted from the States, no offence to all the seppos here, is absolutely nothing like our home grown ones. Plus the excitement of knowing the cherries are coming just adds to the pleasure.
Same goes for mangoes and grapes.
Couldn't we just ban all British food and be done with it?
Couldn't we just ban Gordon Ramsay instead? I don't mind the occasional yorkshire pudding.Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 11 at 02:50 AM • permalink
Oh, for goodness' sake! All those bloody chefs bleating on at the update link about sustainability and the rest.
Guys, you're cooks! Just stay in the kitchen and quit your preaching.Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2008 05 11 at 02:54 AM • permalink
Look out! Look out! He's got an aspargus spear! He's a stalker!!Posted by andycanuck on 2008 05 11 at 03:14 AM • permalink
Well why doesnt Gordo the Vulgarian take it one step futher and ban food not sourced within…say 10Km of his restaurants?
Just think how creative hed have to be to pull in the crowds, in his Greater London shop, with endless variations of "rat on a stick", "subway mushrooms", and "Spongy green thing at the back of the fridge".
On the other hand it could help clear out the homeless in the area…Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2008 05 11 at 03:16 AM • permalink
Did "Sweary chef Gordon Ramsay" want more publicity? Say something to outrage and he gets publicity. Why not ignore him?Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 11 at 03:26 AM • permalink
Couldn't we just ban all British food and be done with it?
A term loosely used.
Pogs, I eat imported cherries, only out of season of Aus cherries. I love cherries and in the last few years I haven't been able to buy decent cherries without remortgaging my house.
I hate buying other stuff out of season in Aus because with apples and some other fruits it's been gassed and the qaulity is dumpster grade. The early season delicious apples at the moment are rubbish, only good for cooking. (And I object to arguing with the shop assistant when I take them back for a refund.)
Westietoo, you'll have to develop a thicker skin. I prefer to boycott out of season fruit. I prefer it bred for taste, not length of storage time.
O/T, but more good news. Nature yet again shows how resilient she is – Bikini Atoll explodes into life.
Likewise, nature shrugged off the Chernobyl melt-down; the area since has become a wildlife haven.
There's one place I can't see mother nature ever being able to re-assert herself though. This onslaught is like nothing the world has ever seen.
I always start shaking in my boots when I hear chefs like Ramsay, Stein and all the idiots on Market Kithcen start preaching against imported food. Lets get one thing straight: what they are railing against is CHEAP FOOD, what the poor eat. It's Malthusian callousness at its finest. The corn laws killed millions of Irish and drove millions more away from Ireland. And this yobbo wants to give it all a rerun.
It's almost identical in scope and origin. The corn laws were to protect the rich farmers of the time from competing with cheaper imported food. Now a multi-millionaire chef wants to prevent food imports to protect his nuche and his brand. Bugger the African poor, the British poor have more to fear from this attitude than anyone!
And sucks to anyone who won't eat California cherries; I like them! :^)Posted by AlburyShifton on 2008 05 11 at 03:39 AM • permalink
I trust that the wine list at Gordon Ramsay's is stocked with only the finest British fruit wines?Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 05 11 at 03:45 AM • permalink
Agreed. (Your comment was not yet posted when I composed mine.) I happen to find people who want to enforce their whims at the point of a gun to be most offensive.
Westieloo- That's just childish. Typical. You make an extremely offensive assertion, then get you feelings hurt because I do take offense. You propose massive restrictions on my freedom, How do you expect me to react? I'm suppose to stay silent? Not point out your views for what they really are? I can see how the idea of using the power of Government to make everyone act as you want them to would be attractive to you.
"Strawberry dacquari(s)" brings up a side issue: Nobody with actual taste buds would use fresh strawberries. Ditto fresh tomato juice for Bloody Marys or fresh tomatoes for sauce or most recipes. Strawberries and tomatoes to be sold as fresh are harvested and shipped green, ripening on the way on market. This is why they have no flavor. (And no, Westietoo, your laws wouldn't change this. Unless you made it illegal to ship further than the distance of one day's horse-cart journey.) Dirty secret: The best results come from canned or frozen tomatoes or berries, which are allowed to vine ripen, achieving full flavor before being processed. Store-bought fresh strawberries and tomatoes have the crisp texture, but the all flavor of cardboard.
Anyone selling you a "fresh" daiquiri is most probably adding quite a bit to syrup to it. And still charging you a fortune. All produce sold as "fresh" suffers taste degradation to some degree. Strawberries and tomatoes are where I notice it most.
So I grow tomatoes on the deck but refuse to eat them in restaurants. I patronize Farmer's markets. I go the the u-pick farms. But I don't demand that the Government enforce my culinary idiosyncrasies at the point of a gun!!!Posted by nofixedabode on 2008 05 11 at 03:45 AM • permalink
Could Ramsay really drink Welsh clarets?
But seriously, Ramsay is an idiot. Britain has been a major food importer since the 19th century. It highly doubtful that Britain has enough productive land or farmers to feed itself, even if it wanted to. It has at least 20 million more people since it was last self-sufficient and those people are eating at lot more than their 18th century ancestors.
Well why doesnt Gordo the Vulgarian take it one step futher and ban food not sourced within…say 10Km of his restaurants?
Just think how creative hed have to be to pull in the crowds, in his Greater London shop, with endless variations of "rat on a stick", "subway mushrooms", and "Spongy green thing at the back of the fridge".
Some idiot's already tried it: The Urban Chef. He refuses to serve anything in his restaurant that he can't source within the bounds of the London Undergound. Some people think he's great. I think he's a fuckwit. He's full of shit and has to make umteen compromises in the course of an episode, in order to keep the faith.
"Sustainable agriculture" is about nothing more than sustaining the human population at a level the elites would like.Posted by AlburyShifton on 2008 05 11 at 03:58 AM • permalink
nofixedabode – Mate get a grip. It was pretty obvious to me that you didn't even read my original post properly. AT NO TIME did I say that I don't buy fruit or veg out of season, I do, I buy what I like when I like. Got that? What I was doing on a pleasant Sunday afternoon was reminiscing – do you understand that big word? In what way does my reminiscing impinge on your individual rights? Then you make another huge leap and try and bring my sex life into it.. HUH??? And I'm childish. Go back & read my original post again, read the words one at a time and maybe you'll understand them a bit better.
Dammnit my Parody And Crushing Observationtron seems to be playing up agin….
That sounds like a seriously sad show.Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2008 05 11 at 04:17 AM • permalink
Logic certainly is not one of his strong suits on this one:
I don't like being able to get cheap out of season fruit? I wasn't aware anyone was forced to buy it. But I would be mightily pissed if by Regulation I was not be able to buy it.Of course the reason producers don't like out of season fruit is that it removes the chance to get large premiums in the market if they can supply a few weeks early/late (OZ farmers use the quarantine line to restrict imports).
Why a restauranteur could give a shit is a mystery. It is not as if the availability of out of season fruit has any impact whatsoever on the quality of local produce, and it means he has access to cheaper produce.
If he is complaining that fruit doesn't taste like it used to, well to some extent that is because he is not as young as he used to be, but also because producers pick fruit earlier to make it less suspectiple to bruising in transit, pest attack etc. Mangoes, for example, must be picked while still green, as otherwise the flying foxes get all the good ones before they can be picked.
Hmm, I love the smell of a tray of Bowen mangoes!
I'm surprised locals of the Ramsay mindset don't complain about Australia. For months the oranges you buy in Safeway and Coles have been California oranges (Florida would be better I'm told) complete with a little American flag sticker. A while back it was Florida grapefruit too, but the local product is now on sale.
The price is right and while the quality isn't as good as fresh local produce—two months on a ship doesn't do a lot for them—its OK, especially given the alternative is no oranges at all.Posted by walterplinge on 2008 05 11 at 04:22 AM • permalink
#32 Dammnit my Parody And Crushing Observationtron seems to be playing up agin….
That sounds like a seriously sad show.A Derelicte of the restaurant world.Posted by walterplinge on 2008 05 11 at 04:24 AM • permalink
#30, well, I went and read your original post again, and it could certainly be interpreted that you were advocating restrictions because, for no other reason but the excitement of that first case of cherries in late October (or whatever), you wouldn't be upset if out of season fruit were banned. The first sentence gives the impression via the negative:
can't think of one other time I've disagreed with your views Tim, but I do on this one.
Perhaps it wasn't what you meant, but it could be interpreted as protectionist. And maybe nofixedabode either feels quite strongly about the issue, or has had a long session somewhere. It is Sunday.
From the first link at #22:
I expected a moonscape in the huge underwater crater left by the hydrogen bomb but I found the coral doing incredibly well," scientist Zoe Richards said.
I'm just wondering: Does Greenpeace issue fatwas?Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 11 at 04:28 AM • permalink
When is the wheat season in Darfur. Anybody know? Gordon? Westie? I don't want to be outlawed or have my movements restricted. "Oh, I can't have my strawberries flown in out of season, it offends my delicate palate." Piss off.Posted by dean martin on 2008 05 11 at 04:29 AM • permalink
Thank heavens that beer and toasted cheese sandwiches are available all year round.Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2008 05 11 at 04:34 AM • permalink
#39 – But a couple of years ago there was a huge fuss because tons of surplus oranges were dumped and bulldozed. Not sure why that was, apart the fact no one wanted them for any purpose.
Local growers might well complain and, certainly, given a choice I'd buy local citrus but at this time of the year there isn't any.Posted by walterplinge on 2008 05 11 at 04:37 AM • permalink
Hmmm. I do agree in part to this – buying and eating local produce supports local farmers, tastes (generally) better and is more fun to buy at farmer's markets.
However, in the context of the global warming hysteria, i can see the next steps – local food only to local goods only to local people only… hey!
The logical conclusion to all this is that tourists and asylum-seekers won't be allowed in to the country because of all the global warming/carbon emission costs.
THAT should be an interesting debate!!
How DO you offset an asylum-seeker's footprint?
In addition, the UK, as the centre of jihad and locally-grown jihadmeisters, has another interesting problem to face. Will the UK govt. fine these jihadists for violating their carbon footprint quotas by by importing Wahhabi books and pamphlets, imams and such unsavoury (in the non-culinary sense) matter?
Will the UK govt. pay fines for all the imported jihad they themselves make possible thru their lack of stringent regulations?
This is going to be a minefield.Posted by carpefraise on 2008 05 11 at 04:38 AM • permalink
Everyone's excited over the fresh stuff, but what about those 50c packs of noodles that constitute 80% of the Australian male's diet?Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 11 at 04:41 AM • permalink
#10 had war-time Germans only been known as Cherries, cries of "The Jerries are coming!" might not have been so frightening.
"The Cherries are coming!" is a much nicer thing to hear.
Ok, ill-thought out, sure. But I do like a cheery chant!Posted by carpefraise on 2008 05 11 at 04:47 AM • permalink
Everyone's excited over the fresh stuff, but what about those 50c packs of noodles that constitute 80% of the Australian male's diet?
Exactly right. Does Ramsay believe anyone cooks his recipes? These modern chef shows are just food porn to sit in front of while you chow down on your reconstituted cup-o-noodles!Posted by AlburyShifton on 2008 05 11 at 04:50 AM • permalink
Nothing on Pangea Day? It's 25 minutes, you know you must watch it all.Posted by dean martin on 2008 05 11 at 05:45 AM • permalink
I do love going to the markets at sparrow fart and buying fruit and vegies straight off the back of the truck from a bloke that still has dirt from the fields on his knees. It's good, it's cheap and it's generally much more tasty than something that has sat in a refrigerated warehouse for months in ethelyne gas (or whatever they use to preserve it).
However – doing the markets thing is a huge indulgence in time. It takes hours to get there, park, potter round buying stuff (in cash at each stall) – as opposed to zipping into the supermarket and getting it all done in a few minutes. With convenient parking. Plus the supermarket is open until late at night every night, whilst the markets are open for a few short hours on Saturday morning.
In short, buying local food from markets is a middle class wank. Which I wholeheartedly participate in whenever possible. But I wouldn't want to do it as my only source of food.Posted by mr creosote on 2008 05 11 at 06:18 AM • permalink
Why doesn't he leave the poor asparagus alone.
When winter asparagus is outlawed, only outlaws will have winter asparagus
I demand the right to own as many asparagus as I wish, purely for home defence of course.Posted by surfmaster on 2008 05 11 at 06:50 AM • permalink
#51 Mr Creosote ethylene is used to speed up ripening, not as a preservative. It shortens shelf life.
From Wiki:
Ethylene shortens the shelf life of many fruits by hastening fruit ripening and floral senescence. Tomatoes, bananas, and apples will ripen faster in the presence of ethylene. Bananas placed next to other fruits will produce enough ethylene to cause accelerated fruit ripening. Ethylene will shorten the shelf life of cut flowers and potted plants by accelerating floral senescence and floral abscission. Flowers and plants which are subjected to stress during shipping, handling, or storage produce ethylene causing a significant reduction in floral display. Flowers affected by ethylene include carnation, geranium, petunia, rose, and many others
All of this explains why I only eat whalemeat delivered by nuclear powered boats.Posted by Margos Maid on 2008 05 11 at 07:51 AM • permalink
#55 ta skeeter, I was sure I'd got it wrong. I'd just woken up from a Sunday afternoon nap and brain was not turned on.
I have helped out from time to time on a small fruit and vegie farm that friends own. They put a certain percentage of their crop into cold storage for a few months after picking, and I can say from direct experience, fruit fresh off the tree blows away stuff that has sat around in cold gas for months. But that's a luxury too few of us get to experience anymore.
Still, if it's a choice between floury apples and no apples at all, I'll take the floury shit most of the time.Posted by mr creosote on 2008 05 11 at 08:08 AM • permalink
In America it's very common to see farmers and gardeners sell produce they grow themselves from roadside stalls and tables. You can buy ears of corn, tomatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, watermelons and other fruit of a far fresher and better quality at cheap prices. Often the missus will sell jars of homemade jelly or home baked cookies or pies. In South Carolina local fisherman will sell shrimp at a fraction of the cost of supermarkets.
One needs only to take a nice drive out into the country.Posted by wronwright on 2008 05 11 at 09:01 AM • permalink
drive into the country? And choke precious Gaia with carbon diabolicaloxide from your car?
Much better to have a semi-trailer deliver it to an Organic Growers Market just around the corner and pay 500% more – somewhere that you can walk to without the Birkenstocks causing blisters.Posted by mr creosote on 2008 05 11 at 09:08 AM • permalink
Who cares about the poor? They don't eat in overpriced restaurants.Posted by SwampWoman on 2008 05 11 at 09:46 AM • permalink
Fresh asparagus is quite good.
That being said, I wonder if Ramsey has the same objections to canned food, which has been imported everywhere for decades, and which most certainly is not Gaia-friendly, what with all that metal the cans are made of, the gas used in transportation, etc. And one more thing: people who claim that we should go back to only eating locally-grown food in season are kind of forgetting places where nothing grows for part of the year, when everything freezes. You know, "winter"? I'm lucky, I live in Florida, but I don't think people who live in, say, Wisconsin should suffer for some rich toff's green cred. Or do people not remember a time when people during the winter had to live on what they were able to store and preserve, because they had no other choice?Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2008 05 11 at 10:34 AM • permalink
Ramsay should stick to beng a restauranteur, which he is actually very good at despite his potty mouth. He should be careful since many ecocultists might well argue that fancy restaurants are ipso facto bad for the ecology by virtue of appealing to "high-consumption impulses".*
I watched Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age last night. She is a superb actress. What does this have to do with Chef Gordon? Well, both Blanchett and Ramsay should stick to what they know and do well, and spare us their insufferable, patronizing opinions on other matters.
And – as with ecofuels – one unintended consequence of "local produce only" is that it will put all those Kenyan farmers and workers out of business. But it's only the Third World, so who cares, right?
* What a dingy world they have planned for us…Posted by JJM Ballantyne on 2008 05 11 at 11:54 AM • permalink
Oh no, Paco assaults asparagus!Posted by andycanuck on 2008 05 11 at 12:11 PM • permalink
Or do people not remember a time when people during the winter had to live on what they were able to store and preserve, because they had no other choice?
I can't believe I had to wade thru 68 comments before Andrea beat me to the logical point! I can just see millions of people in NYC growing and canning their own fruits and vegetables, raising meat on the hoof to be butchered when they need meat (except the vegans, of course:), and finding storage space for all of it. Heaven forbid we ship any food over 100 miles!
And, I would add this. What about the diet and nutrition benefits of the wide variety of foods available year round, even to the lower social classes?
It's not only food transportation that causes carbon emissions. There are electronics, cars and clothing manufactured in Asia. And then there is the greatest evil of all, oil from the Middle East. So Gordons, Ramsay and Brown, would go back to the England of Lancashire mills and horse drawn carriages for the sake of the environment. But wasn't that when England was at its most polluted?
#73—I can just see millions of people in NYC growing and canning their own fruits and vegetables..
Folks of my age and class in Australia will fondly recall their mothers spending hours over a hot stove with a Fowler's Vacola preserving outfit, carefully bottling fruit and veges from the farm or kitchen garden. My wife and I did it for a while 20 years ago but it's a lot of effort when cans from the supermarket are cheap and convenient.Posted by walterplinge on 2008 05 11 at 06:02 PM • permalink


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