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This blog may be called Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, but for the past year it's felt more like Hunter Angler Gatherer Cook. I've stepped up my foraging considerably in 2010, and for much of the year my garden suffered because of it. There are only so many hours, and something had to give.
Now I'm happy to report that the garden is back in full swing. I built two new raised beds in July and planted a full array of fall and winter veggies, all of which are doing well. Hell, even with this benign neglect, I managed to successfully grow both butternut squash and pumpkins; winter squash always had been a problem for me in the past.
Conversely, this is something of a down month in my foraging year. California aches for rain in September; it is our deadest, driest time. Yes, you can still find berries, but you need to head up to the Sierra, or down to the river to find them. Nuts don't come on until October, and we will not see anything green until the rains come.
This pause — garden humming, wild world waiting — gives me a chance to reflect on how different the relationship to the plant world is between the gatherer and the gardener — or, at the very least, how my relationship with plants has altered.
Control lies at the center of the relationship. Gardening is all about control, while gathering requires you to relinquish it.
In a garden, you control the soil, the water, what grows where, when, and next to what. You become an imperfect master of your own little green world, a guardian standing vigil over your charges. You squash caterpillars, crush beetles, spray mites. You cover your tomatoes for fear of frost, and shade your peppers if the sun shines too strong.
In the wider world, however, it is the plants that have control over you. They decide whether to fruit or not, drop acorns or not, present themselves to you or not. Anyone who has ever hunted mushrooms knows they possess a paranormal power to become visible, or invisible, depending on your state of mind. You cannot will a morel to show itself; you have to let them come to you in their own time.
Gardeners plan. They pore over seed catalogs and scribble down imaginary garden plots when the snows are flying in February, and then when it comes time to plant, they line their seeds up like soldiers: Straight lines, right angles.
Gatherers meander. Sure, when we wander into the wild, or at least the semi-wild, we have some notion of what we ought to find when we get there; only a fool looks for blackberries in April. But a forager must keep an open mind — and open eyes — for the unexpected. The salal berries I found last month while huckleberry picking were just the most recent example.
It's like shopping for your dinner: If you walk into the supermarket in search of a ribeye or some pork shoulder, you are all but assured to find it. But if you are in search of fresh fish, you really cannot plan. Maybe the salmon is sketchy today, but the sole sings to you. Or something special might make an unexpected appearance, like fresh sardines or spot prawns. Then you must drop everything and seize the moment. Fish, incidentally, are the last wild food we humans regularly eat.
But it goes deeper than the question of control. The more I forage for wild plants, the more I start to look askance at my garden plants. Don't get me wrong, I love my funky Italian lettuces, my Portuguese cabbages, my German radishes.
It's just that, well, they're needy. And demanding. Some, particularly the brassica family, are downright pushy. If you garden, you grow brassicas: cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy, radishes, mustard greens, etc. And at least in my garden, the brassica clan grows under siege. Cabbage looper caterpillars, the larvae of those pretty little white butterflies, gnaw the leaves ceaselessly. Worse, a legion of black-and-orange harlequin bugs can materialize overnight to suck my broccoli raab dry. I must tend my plants almost daily to prevent the bugs from gaining the upper hand.
Contrast that to my tepary beans, which are more laid back. Teparies originated in the Sonoran Desert, and as you might imagine, they require almost no water. A few waterings to get the plants started, and you can literally walk away all summer. Yes, the beans are small, but this is a fair trade for an effort-free crop in my book.
It was as I was planting these tepary beans last May that I fully realized something: Half the plants in my plots are volunteers. My garden is six years old, so there is a lot of seed around. Every spring, and sometimes in fall, I get volunteer peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos, arugula and the like. Every year I've let more of the seedlings live, weeding around the strongest. This summer, all my tomatoes, tomatillos, melons and squash were volunteers. I have a fennel patch that consistently gives me a half dozen bulbs each year. I am, in effect, relinquishing some control.
Why? Because volunteers are, without question, stronger plants. They resist bugs better, they're more drought tolerant and, if I treat them right, will yield better than the newcomers I plant each season. These plants chose to grow in that spot. All I did was preserve their pride of place. We're both the better for it.
So it is with wild plants. As a forager, I go to their spots, where they have chosen to grow. I never need to worry about pests, or watering or whether the plant will get enough light to set fruit. It's taken care of those things all by itself. If it's a bad year for something, it will always be a good year for something else.
Holly has posited that one reason we hunt is to meet wild animals on equal terms: A grouse or a duck or a deer is in full control of its faculties, and, more often than not, will use those faculties to escape us. If you don't believe this, you have never hunted. Contrast that to farm animals, which are raised in captivity, dulled of many of their senses and are doomed to become our dinner the day they are born. They are, in essence, slaves.
I am starting to feel the same way about garden plants. Those brassicas I love to eat require my constant attention if I want them to grow to harvestable size. Is it all worth it? Sometimes. The flavor of some domestics — squash, peppers and tomatoes for example — beats any wild cousin.
Yet this newfound realization has definitely affected how I view my garden, and what I plant within it. Tepary beans, really beans of any type, will stay. They are good for the soil and don't ask much. Tomatoes? You bet. The taste of an heirloom tomato still hot from the summer sun is worth any effort.
But to the brassicas, and to any high-maintenance crop, I say this now: I'm done with you. I have neither the time nor the inclination to baby you all any longer. You can grow pest-free, or die. I promise to weed around you and water you in droughts. But beyond that, you're on your own. I'll be out, hanging with your wild cousins.


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Elgar's act of faith
Daniel Jaffé reviews Sir Mark Elder's performance of The Apostles with the Hallé
From the low A flat note which opens The Apostles, there's no doubt about how key (no pun intended) that work is as an expression of Elgar's faith. A similar soft low A flat opens his Symphony No. 1, inaugurating the procession which Elgar described as an 'ideal call – in the sense of persuasion, not coercion or command – & something above every day & sordid things'. The connection between this and an oratorio concerning Jesus's call to his disciples – 'ordinary men' as Stephen Johnson's thought-provoking programme note explains was Elgar's premise – is clear.
Given this, it is no surprise that The Apostles contains some of Elgar's most striking music and a Richard Strauss-like mastery of colourful depiction, whether of dawn as seen by the watchers on the temple roof – heralded by the striking rising fanfare of a shofar and the sonic burst of bronze-like daylight – or the woodwind's silvery glint as Judas is first given his payment to betray his master, only to reappear when he later hurls the coins upon the temple floor.
All this was splendidly depicted in this Proms performance by the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder's direction. Joining them were the well-drilled choruses of the Hallé and London Philharmonic – diction so clear that the printed libretto was almost superfluous – and a superb line-up of singers, baritone Jacques Imbrailo as Jesus being perhaps the most outstanding with his rich yet well-focused tone and noble deportment. Imbrailo has previously performed in the Christ-like title role of Britten's Billy Budd at Glyndebourne, so it was striking to see in this Proms performance Judas sung by Clive Bayley, who had portrayed Budd's evil foe, Claggart (albeit not at Glyndebourne): I couldn't help feeling, though, that the poor man with his characteristically brooding, sardonic expression was type-cast, and the effect might have been rather different if, say, John Tomlinson had taken the role of this anti-hero. Elgar, after all, shows Judas not to be so much evil incarnate but as wrong-headedly trying, through his betrayal, to force Jesus's hand to reveal his divine power (a motive subsequently hi-jacked by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber).
The two female roles were taken on engagingly by the bright-toned soprano Rebecca Evans and mezzo-soprano Alice Coote. At least one critic has complained that Coote was not the contralto Elgar specified, and one can imagine that a darker, more 'earthy' voice would have suited Mary Magdalene: but my impression was Coote brought the role as much to life as is possible, given that Elgar, who seems to have shared Mary Magdalene's fear of being forsaken by her God, gives more emphasis to this quality in his music than her more positive love of Jesus.
So is The Apostles an unjustly neglected work, overshadowed by the more obviously dramatic Dream of Gerontius? While the sincerity of Elgar's portrait of Jesus's ministry and of his disciples is palpable, I'm not sure that this has resulted in a flawless work of art. Both the roles of Mary Magdalene and Judas suggest new perspectives on these often two-dimensional characters, yet fall short of the fleshed-out characters to be found even in some of Wagner's most perfidious specimens (not an irrelevant comparison, since Judas in particular owes something to Wagner's Alberich).
There is also a brave naivety in Elgar's work, setting lines such as 'And when He had spoken these things, while He blessed them He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight; and they looked steadfastly toward heaven' with an absolutely straight face. So what? Perhaps one should be able to accept the naivety of such a depiction as part and parcel of Elgar's faith, and while I'm not sure that The Apostles is a neglected masterpiece, it certainly deepens and reinforces one's understanding of Elgar by revealing aspects of the composer's sensibility and invention not to be found in any of his other works.
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Joss Whedon reveals what Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will bring to The Avengers 2, while Edgar Wright explains why he's waited so long to make Ant-Man. Aaron Eckhart really wants you to know about the hardcore stick fighting in I, Frankenstein. Plus Karl Urban previews Fox's new robot cop show Almost Human! Spoilers alive!
Top image from Doctor Who.
Man of Steel
Here's a behind-the-scenes video for Zack Snyder's Superman movie. [@BurnettRM]
The Avengers 2
Writer-director Joss Whedon explains what new additions Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch – sans their Magneto-based origin story, per Marvel's rights agreement with 20th Century Fox – will add to the sequel:
"You know, they had a rough beginning. They're interesting to me because they sort of represent the part of the world that wouldn't necessarily agree with The Avengers. So they're not there to make things easier. I'm not putting any characters in the movie that will make things easier."
Check out the link for a little more from Whedon on how Tony Stark will fit into the sequel after the events of Iron Man 3. [IGN]
Edgar Wright explains why he chose to direct Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The World's End before tackling his long-awaited superhero film:
"I actually made the choice to make Scott Pilgrim and The World's End before this one. And Ant-Man is such a big special-effects film, it's almost like the further it goes on, the easier it is to do, in a way. I feel more confident now, but I can't talk about it too much because I get superstitious. I just feel like I don't want to jinx it… I've learned a lot in the last five years, and now I'm ready to do something big and crazy. Or, I should say, small."
Doctor Strange
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige explains why he wants to include the Sorcerer Supreme in Phase Three:
"I would love Strange to be a part of that only because he's a great character. He's a great standalone character. He's got a great origin story, for the most part. And that world of pure magic, we haven't done yet. There's a whole supernatural/magic alternate dimension going on in the Marvel comics that we haven't ever touched on. So I think that's exciting… I think there's any number of actors who would be chomping at the bit to play this guy."
Kevin Feige also explains why development stalled on an adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's acclaimed comic:
"It's a matter of where it fits. The way the business is working now, you either have really inexpensive, sort of surprise movies that can come out and be hits, but don't cost much. Or you have the big giant summer blockbusters that really swing for the fences. Right now, we're just swinging for the fences every time. Runaways sort of falls in between those, in a way. We just haven't found where or how to do it – right now… I'd love to do it someday."
The World's End
Star and co-writer Simon Pegg discusses the music choices in his and Edgar Wright's apocalyptic follow-up to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz:
All music that isn't score in World's End was released between 1987-92. Edgar and myself had a blast delving into our music collections for the right period tracks. We put together a playlist that we would listen to whilst we were writing. We wound up with a bunch of stuff, some of which we were listening to at the time and other stuff that we might not necessarily have been into but has since become somewhat classic. Everything from Primal Scream to Kylie Minogue.
He also suggests that just about everyone you liked in the team's first two films will be back for this one:
Edgar and I decided that everyone who had been in both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz would be back for this film, even if only fleetingly. Our main actors we had our eye on from the start, to the point where we would write their real names in the script which would help us write dialogue specifically for them. We were very lucky getting the cast we wanted and there were no problems assembling the final Cornetto gang, there are newcomers too, one huge one that I think people are really going to dig.
Transformers 4
A casting call for extras appears to give away a couple casting tidbits, as it reveals Mark Wahlberg's character is named Flynn Vincent and Glenn Morshower is back as his namesake, General Morshower. [Examiner]
I, Frankenstein
This quote from Aaron Eckhart about his post-apocalyptic, demon-fighting Frankenstein movie doesn't really offer any new information, but I just kind of love that Eckhart's major talking point for this film is apparently going to be that Frankenstein's monster is a hardcore Kali stick fighter:
Talk about a tough movie! Wow, that movie was hardcore! We did Kali stick fighting in the movie. It was serious. That's coming out in January. It's a movie about Frankenstein, so I had the scars all over my face and back. It's a big action movie. He's a Kali stick fighter. I had no idea it was going to be as hardcore as it was. I trained very hard for it, but we put everything into that movie. We'll see what happens.
World War Z
Iron Man 3 actor James Badge Dale discusses Brad Pitt and Marc Forster's upcoming, much-delayed zombie movie, in which he has a supporting role:
I saw it. The movie looks brilliant. It looks beautiful. I know there's been a lot of talk about production issues, but that really got blown out of proportion. When we were working on it, we knew we were working on something very special. I'm really happy with the movie and happy with the way it came together. I saw it at 11 in the morning and people were jumping out of their seats at 11 a.m., so I think that's a good sign. I don't know much about testing and everything, but that passed my test.
Are you a zombie fan at all?
I am. I'm not a rabid fan of anything, to be honest with you, but I am a zombie fan. [George] Romero's original "Night of the Living Dead" is probably in my top 10 list. I think it's a cool genre and I really wanted to be ... To get to work on this, be part of the genre, it was really exciting for me. I jumped at the chance.
Doctor Who
Here's what I'm fairly sure is the first ever joint interview with Matt Smith and David Tennant, the two Doctors featured in the 50th. It's mostly just nice to observe the two chatting, although they do confirm that their Doctors share scenes in the special. They also indicate that the 10th and 11th Doctors have a friendly relationship and don't bicker nearly as much as previous multi-Doctor pairings like the 2nd and 3rd Doctors – then again, nobody could bicker as much as the dandy and the clown.
I feel like we've sort of known this for months now, but the BBC has officially confirmed that season eight is indeed happening, and Matt Smith, Jenna-Louise Coleman, and Steven Moffat are all returning for it. There's no word on how many episodes there will be in this series – I mean, 13 plus this year's Christmas special would be customary, but it's not confirmed – or when exactly they will air. [BBC]
Game of Thrones
Costar Maisie Williams discusses all that's going on with Arya:
I think when she was with Tywin (Charles Dance) at Harrenhal, she had heard that Robb was going to attack. I don't think she heard about [Bran and Rickon] yet. She's only ever had little droplets here and there, so she's kind of got to make up the middle bit. I think she's just trying to get home and find out for herself what's really happened. She's kind of reluctant to believe anything because so many people are not loyal.
We know Arya hates The Hound, but how does he feel about her?
I think he kind of admires her a little bit for how determined she is. But he really is like, "Why are you making everything so hard for yourself? Why don't you just stop fighting me and let me take you home?" I think that maybe she should keep her mouth shut more because she's getting herself into more trouble when there's lots of people trying to help her. I think she cares too much about little things for that to happen.
Arya has lost two friends. First, Hot Pie (Ben Hawkey) decided to stay and bake for an inn. Then Gendry wanted to stick with The Brotherhood before they gave him away. Does Arya feel abandoned?
I think so, yeah. Ever since Gendry found out about her being highborn, I think she thought they always looked up to her. Then she realizes that they're not really very in awe of her at all. It's like, "Oh, cool. Well, I would rather stay here and bake stuff," or "I'd rather stay here and fix armor." She really does feel abandoned. She felt safer with them as well, kind of a little family away from family. Now she's really on her own. For so long, she convinced herself that she doesn't really care. Now that it comes down to it, she's kind of like, "Oh, it would have been nice to stay with these guys, and they're choosing to leave me." It's a bit of rejection, I guess.
There's still plenty more at the link. [TV Guide]
Under the Dome
Here's a new, extended promo. [TV Equals]
Almost Human
Star Trek actor Karl Urban discusses his starring role in J.J. Abrams's latest TV show, which was recently picked up by Fox for the fall season:
I wasn't particularly looking to do television but, I got a call from J.J. and he told me about this project. I read the script and thought it was really interesting. I really responded to the character and I felt that, if I turned it down, I would probably live to regret that. It's set 46 years in the future. It's about a human detective who has partnered up with a synthetic, a replicant, a robot, to use an anachronistic term. It really explores that point in humanity where we realize collectively that the genie is out of the bottle, with regards to technology, genetic engineering, and all that kind of stuff. I've found that to be fascinating fertile ground.
We posted some set photos from production. Were you surprised at the interest and response just from filming the pilot?
Yeah. I certainly think that J.J.'s involvement is gonna generate that kind of intrigue. While I wasn't totally surprised, at the moment, we're hoping we get to explore those characters and deliver this. I think it will be absolutely phenomenal.
The Vampire Diaries
Showrunner Julie Plec says it probably won't take long for everyone to discover Stefan is actually Silas:
Truth be told, I don't think it'll be too long. I think that there's more fun to be played with people learning quickly, but independently of the other so there's a lot of good bait-and-switch Katherine-style stuff that could happen early in the season. And people that know Stefan well will be able to catch on pretty quickly I would hope.
Can you confirm that Elena was herself and not Silas when she said she was in love with Damon?
Well put it this way, if it wasn't Elena, then that means Stefan/Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder made out. I think a lot of fans would've been happy.
Will there be a time jump next season?
Definitely our intention is to pick up the beginning of the season as everyone is making their preparations to go to college or whatever it is they're going to do.
[TV Guide]
Warehouse 13
Here's a sneak peek at tonight's episode, "The Sky's the Limit."
Additional reporting by Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders.


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If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, this is it, for me (unhappily, the "original" does not reproduce well). Who do you think this gorgeous creature is? What time period? How old do you think she is? I'll tell you something about her but I want to see if anyone guesses her age in this photograph. Since this blog is dedicated to family history interests, I have to say she belongs in a unique way.
The striking beauty evoked gypsy or exotic Mediterranean comparisons, but she was born in Winnipeg to a working mother who struggled to make ends meet. As Yvonne Mason Reynolds, she was a child entertainer on prairie and western vaudeville circuits when "acts" would travel from one theatre to another with a manager—in her case, with her mother as chaperone. Vonne was eventually paired with sister Adele, but Vonne was rapidly growing, looking older than her years, while Adele was tiny and blonde. They sang, danced, did comedy routines on their physical differences, and were a great hit. Once—Winnipeg was on a prairie circuit for imported acts—her mother managed to persuade Bill (Bojangles) Robinson to give her tap dance lessons.
Theatre life was tough, along with life in general, and sometimes she wanted to give up. She knew her unacknowledged father was a scion of an old prairie family, and she only met him when he was on his deathbed. As vaudeville waned, she became a fashion model: a natural, with her perfect figure and over six-foot height. Early experience taught her to develop a shielding persona in her adult life of elegant appearance and wisecracking humour.
Some time after marriage to Ken Sherman, they moved to Thunder Bay where they bought a local photography studio. Vonne learned and managed every aspect of the photography business; her own glamour was no small point in selling customers on having their portraits captured, and she brought out the best in them with her fussing and uninhibited remarks. Her former stage career gave her the knack for posing her subjects, perfecting the lighting, and using imaginative props. In an era before colour film, Vonne's artistic talents were instigated by colourizing of black and white portraits. Before long she also became a devoted member of the artistic community. She befriended Norval Morrisseau during one of his detox hospitalizations in the 1950s, bringing him art supplies, and treasured the paintings he gave her.
This is when I met her as a family friend; we shared a certain love of the footlight experience. And shared a cross-country trip to the Banff School of Fine Arts, me with two chaperoning mothers. Vonne's public persona was a magnet for men and women alike. Dinner parties at the Shermans' always involved exquisite meals with ingredients uncommon to most Thunder Bay tables. She never had children, but became a surrogate mother to a couple of "chosen" daughters, delighting to repeat in her smoky drawl that she never had to spread her legs to get them.
Vonne never lost her enthusiasm for the stage and returned to it later in life. She and Ken retired to Victoria in the 1970s. She proceeded to become well-known in Victoria for her participation in dozens of theatrical productions; early on, she was persuaded to join the cast of "Auntie Mame" as Vera. Other major roles followed in "Gypsy" and any number of musicals. Her can-can high kicks and later character performances—which she kept up until she was 80!—endeared her to fellow performers and audiences alike. This is where she really felt alive. There was nothing better than a cast party where she could be persuaded to croon at a piano Dietrich-style. One of the most public moments was the visit to British Columbia of Vonne's look-alike Bea Arthur (remember "Maude" on TV?). They were posed in "twin" pictures with an interview which was flashed all over newspapers up and down the west coast. No doubt in my mind who was the star.
As she lost her sight, underwent numerous cancer operations and debilitating physical humiliations, she refused to lose her imagination or the stalwart humour. In fact she regularly tortured herself to apply makeup and fix her hair just so for a photo, to prove to her distant friends she was still alive. From her original majestic height, she had shrunk to a painful five feet six inches by the end, and at the age of 93+ years her body finally succumbed. Vonne insisted on no death notice or obituary or public burial when her time came, and her wish was honoured.
I still half expect to hear that voice coming down the phone line, "What's on your mind today, love? What can Momsie do for you?" She knew how much she was loved.
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It seems to me she was very good friend of Norval Morrisseau and I found it very intriguing to disover the story you wrote.
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Ironic, how just as I'm doubting my own abilities as a girlfriend, this little puppy of a press release lands in my inbox, courtesy of a bemused journalist:
Nice, huh? So basically last night I had a huge row with my boyfriend. So huge that I actually thought we might break up (the row was about a pie – I am not joking). I did not, however, mourn 'appropriately' – the night ended with me and my friend Kate finger pointing to Jane Weidlin's Rush Hour while sloshing warm prosecco all over the kitchen floor, so I suspect I might need some girlfriend lessons. Or lessons on how not to suppress my
emotions using alcohol. Hell, probably both.
Thankfully, here she is, my muse, 'London's Perfect Girlfriend'. I have, it seems, much to learn from her. And I quote:
'London's 'perfect girlfriend' is 5ft 6 inches tall, drinks white wine, has no tattoos and supports local team Tottenham, it has been revealed.'
I am 5ft6 inches if I stoop and flatten my hair a bit, AND I drink fuckloads of white wine: SCORE. I don't support Tottenham, so already my perfection is coming into question, but I'm doing well so far.
'A study of 2,000 men by location based dating app [REDACTED SO AS NOT TO PROMOTE THESE BASTARDS] also found that men in London like a woman with a foreign accent, who drive an Audi
TT, is a meat-eater and loves a roast dinner.'
I don't technically have a foreign accent, but I grew up in Wales and can do a pretty convincing North Walian accent if forced. I'm not sure how sexy it is and it kind of reminds me of the guy I lost my virginity to but hey, it's something. I also LOVE a roast dinner, and having been a forced veggie for twelve years of my life, will now eat pretty much any part of an animal. Last time I went to France I had pig's colon!! Could it be that I might actually be London's perfect girlfriend?
Ok, so I don't drive. Even if I did I'd never drive an Audi, because I am not a letting agent called Andy.
'Like other British men they would like to date a teacher or nurse with brown hair and think it's more attractive if she wears makeup – but only subtly.'
Both professions which crop up in porn a lot (coincidence?) and which, outside of porn, involve caring for
vulnerable people, a typically feminine activity which chimes with thousands of years worth of patriarchal gender roles. Nice! I'm impressed, men of London.
But be warned, nurses and lady teachers of London, your years of training and underpaid labour and long hours are only worth so much as far as your perfectionability goes. If you go about no make-up (or too much), the men of London won't be impressed. We're talking the 'natural look' here, as favoured by women's magazines: a look which apparently makes it appear as though you're not wearing any make-up despite the fact that you've been goaded into buying fifteen different products to achieve the finished result. And you thought your public sector job was hard, bitches.
'Weighing a healthy 9st, she's a 34C who enjoys listening to a bit of pop music and her favourite movie is the Patrick Swayze classic – Dirty Dancing.'
Let's break this shitlist down.
9st? Not since I was 21, you bunch of cunts. Now I feel really bad about myself.
34C? At most I am a B, but to be honest, only when I'm on the blob. Most of the time I'm more like an A. So I'm fat and I have small tits, basically. I'm Lena Dunham! ("No, her stomach isn't huge, it's just that her boobs are really small – it's an optical illusion")
And Pop music is OK, I suppose. The last song I listened to was 'Bloody Motherfucking Asshole' by Martha Wainwright. That counts, right?
Oh, and I've never seen Dirty Dancing. Do I need to hand my vagina back in now? Or should I just give it to the men of London, on a plate? It would solve a lot of problems, it seems.
'When asked to choose a celebrity who resembles their perfect girlfriend, Kelly Brook was London and the nation's most popular choice, followed by Denise Van Outen then Kiera Knightley and Katy Perry.'
Talk about a mixed bag! I do not resemble any of these women, but I could potensh pass for Katy Perry in the right light, if I stopped eating for a couple of months and dyed my hair black and stopped calling myself a feminist. Potensh.
'Friends is her current favourite television show closely followed by Location, Location, Location and Coronation Street.'
Friends? Was this survey conducted ten years ago? It's not even on anymore.
The press release, which is probably being uploaded to MailOnline this very second, continues:
'We know that everyone has a favourite hair colour and sometimes even eye colour and height.
But we think that avoiding a woman because she might support an opposing football team or enjoy a different genre of films to you, might be being a bit too picky.'
No shit, guys? Really?
'It was also found that the perfect partner enjoys a wide range of hobbies, with reading, going out to dinner and travelling as their favourites.'
Those are literally EVERYONE'S favourite hobbies, as evidenced by their dating profiles.
'They also love to go to bars with their friends, watching a live band every so often and are careful with what they eat – without being too strict.'
So much for that regular roast dinner they wanted me to snaffle. ABORT ABORT.
'Men like a girl who likes to watch football and would prefer them to wear either skinny jeans or miniskirts.'
The rage is becoming strong now.
'Researchers also found that the perfect girlfriend needs to be adventurous in the bedroom, is happy to embark in a bit of role-play and experiment with different positions.'
Role-play, huh? Like being a sexy nurse, or perhaps a teacher? Or Denise Van Outen? Or some kind of nurseteacher nineties ladette hybrid?
'And men don't want a woman who can just impress them; they want a girlfriend who will get on with the other important woman in their life too – their mum.'
Fuck your mum. She made you. Seriously, fuck her.
'But after all that, three quarters of the single men who responded to the study said they don't think they will meet their perfect woman and will have to compromise instead.'
At which point I begin playing the world's tiniest violin.
'And more surprising still, two in five men already in a relationship think their current wife or girlfriend isn't the perfect woman for them.'
Thus comes the realisation that, not only am I too angry and flat-chested to be London's perfect
girlfriend, but I'm probably not even my boyfriend's perfect girlfriend. Thanks bullshit press release, your sexism just made my hangover ten times worse. I'm off to bake a literal humble pie while watching Dirty Dancing now, you pricks.


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As the years have unfolded, Microsoft has added features, and then upgraded them with each new release of its flagship word processor, even if hardly anyone used those features; one of them is comments, a tool that can be very handy if you are someone that works with Word very often, especially if you work on long documents or collaborate with others.
To be clear, comments, are embedded bits of text to remind you of something about the context of your document; they are sort of like electronic sticky notes and are useful, because they can be easily turned on and off, and because they don't show up when you print the rest of your document.
To see how to embed a comment in your document, click the Review tab on the main ribbon, near the middle of the screen; you should see the New Comment icon:
Before clicking on it, click somewhere in your document that has some meaning to you to make it the current position, then click the New Comment icon. Here is what you should see:
The word just prior to your current position is highlighted, and a dashed line has been drawn leading to a comment balloon that has been opened on the right-hand side of your screen, awaiting your comment. To create the comment, all you have to do is start typing. Type whatever seems germane to you, then click anywhere in the body of the document to end comment editing.
The comment should look like this when you're done:
To make the comment even more useful, Microsoft has provided two different ways to view your comments; to access the commands to make those changes, click on the Show Markup menu choice, then select Balloons:
Note: In Word 2007, there is a Balloon icon next to this menu to perform this function.
Show Revisions in Balloons means to show them off to the side in a pink balloon, which is the default, which means you've already seen it.
Show All Revisions Inline, looks like this:
Instead of line leading to a bubble on the side of the page, the comment is shown instead right in the text of your document.
Show Only Comments and Formatting in Balloons, looks the same as Show Revisions in Balloons, unless you have some other formatting unrelated to comments or formatting.
Next to the New Comment icon are two icons labeled Previous and Next; they allow you to hop from comment to comment in your document in either direction.
To toggle comments on and off, click on the Show Markup menu choice, then check or uncheck the box next to where it says Comments.
Using the check box allows you to hide or unhide your comments so that you see your comments only when you want to see them.
Finally, just next to the New Comments icon, is an icon that says Delete; and it does just that. If you wish to get rid of a comment you've created completely, highlight it, then click on the Delete icon.
Note: The Delete icon will only be lit up when you have a comment selected in your text.
Comments are most effective when they are used to remind you of why you wrote something, to keep track of where you got the information or to let others who will be also working on the document know other related information about something you've typed.
You can insert as many of them into your documents as you wish; the more you use them, the more they will become an integral part of your document creation and editing experience.
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Evaluating Silymarin for Chronic Hepatitis C
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To investigate the effect of silymarin, derived from the milk thistle plant, Silybum marianum, in preventing and reversing the complications of chronic infection with hepatitis C virus and/or clearing hepatitis C infections.
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|Drug: Silymarin (milk thistle)
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The objective of this exploratory project is to assess the feasibility of investigating the effect of silymarin, derived from the milk thistle plant, Silybum marianum, in preventing and reversing the complications of chronic infection with HCV and/or clearing HCV infections, thereby generating preliminary results to serve as the basis of a more definitive study. Allopathic therapeutic interventions have not proved promising, particularly with the genotype most commonly encountered in Egypt and they are prohibitively expensive in the developing world. Egypt has the highest prevalence of HCV infection in the world, averaging 15-25% in rural communities. There are limited rigorous assessments of the dietary supplement milk thistle, but there is promise of salutary effect. The specific aims are to evaluate whether silymarin, the extract of milk thistle, can: (1) improves hepatic morbidity in subjects with chronic HCV hepatitis and/or cirrhosis; (2) prevent progression of liver disease in participants who have chronic HCV infections but who have normal liver enzyme levels; (3) help clear HCV infections; and (4) improves these participants' quality of life. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive silymarin or a vitamin supplement (below antioxidant levels). Participants will be recruited from a cohort of HCV-infected individuals currently enrolled in a large observational study in Egypt. Participants will receive the supplements daily for 18 months, with measures obtained every six months. Measures to be assessed will include: retention in the study, compliance with study assignment, self-described symptoms, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, serum collagen markers, abdominal ultrasound, viral load and clearance, and quality of life (SF36 survey). It is hypothesized that silymarin will not lead to clearance of HCV infections but can prevent progression of liver disease in participants with chronic HCV hepatitis and, in some cases, reverse hepatic lesions that are already present, as well as improving the quality of life in individuals who use this dietary supplement. This exploratory project is anticipated to result in successful initiation of larger and more definitive studies of the effect of milk thistle on HCV infection. Evidence of beneficial effect of an inexpensive and benign herbal dietary supplement would have great impact on the large global population suffering from chronic HCV infection.
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|Evaluating Silymarin for Chronic Hepatitis C
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The 2015 BMW M3 and the misnamed 2015 BMW M4 (let's just call it the M3 Coupe) are going to be all sorts of wonderful. And now we know just how much all that wonderful will cost. This is a case where two is greater than four. Or at least more expensive.
When the 2015 M twins go on sale, you can expect to pay $62,000 for a base M3 and $64,200 for a base M4. The last M3 coupe (RIP) started around $61,000, so these are modest base price increases over the previous cars. Of course, like a Porsche 911, there really isn't such a thing as a base M car.
The fine folks over at BMW Blog have all the juicy details on the packages, options, colors, and other good bits that come with M3 or M4 ownership. No word on a factory badge replacement option on the M4 to read M3 though. That's probably going to be an aftermarket thing.


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My family and I will be relocating to Birmingham in the coming weeks. I have tried everything to this point in my search but I have had pretty poor results in my job search.
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Religion and Income in the USA
How economically successful are different religions in the USA?
(retrieved 05.01.2013 at http://www.pewforum.org/Income-Distribution-Within-US-Religious-Groups.aspx)
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Immigrants and their income in the US 2010
Immigrant's Top Ten Countries or Origin and the Top Ten Destination Countries 2010
Religious Breakdown of Migrants 2010
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Serious Grape: A Mixed Case of Interesting Reds and Whites for Fall
On Fridays, Deb Harkness of Good Wine Under $20 drops by with Serious Grape.
It's back to school time. Even if you aren't going back to school yourself, even if you don't have kids, you may be nostalgically thinking about those days of sharpened pencils, new lunchboxes, and shoes that pinched.
If you're longing to learn something new this fall, how about grapes? Most of us gravitate to the same few grapes when we buy wine and prefer to bank on familiar favorites rather than take a risk with something we're not sure we'll like. But these grapes will please most palates and provide you with an opportunity to expand your wine knowledge--and your wine comfort zone.
Because the point of this mixed case is to expand your knowledge, I'd suggest you ask your local wine store to pick out one bottle of wine made with each of the following six red grapes and six white grapes. You can always go back for more of your favorites.
Six Whites
1. Roussanne: Wines made with Roussanne grapes are rich, round, and flavorful. If you like robust Chardonnays you will probably like Roussanne. I often associate the aromas and flavors of Roussanne with ripe orchard pears. There are often melon, floral, and apple notes as well.
2. Albariño: If Roussanne reminds me of pears, Albariño always makes me think "apple." Ligher in body than Roussanne, Albariño has zest and lift to go with the richer flavors of apples, peaches, and other stone fruit. Another iconic Spanish grape, Bonny Doon has been making some excellent domestic Albariño wines in Monterey County, and Bokisch Vineyards in Lodi also makes terrific, affordable wines.
3. Prosecco: You probably thought this was a type of sparkling wine from Italy (it is), but it's also the name of the grape that goes into that sparkling wine. Prosecco grapes make light, crisp wines that are full of citrusy aromas. The best can have some floral notes, as well. And they're affordable, too.
4. Garganega: You may not be familiar with the grape, but you are probably familiar with one of the areas where it is popular: Soave in northeast Italy. Garganega wines have a pleasing bitter almond note that goes along with apple, pear, and lemon aromas and flavors. People who like Chardonnay usually like wines made with Garganega grapes and find them a refreshing alternative.
5. Verdelho: An often-overlooked grape, this historic variety goes into prized Portuguese white port and Madeira. These days, it's also being made into dry table wines. I often pick up Verdelho when I would have chosen Sauvignon Blanc but wanted something a bit different. Expect flavors and aromas of honeysuckle and peach, along with with zingy grapefruit notes. I've had very good Verdelho from California and Australia.
6. Palomino Fino: This is the grape that provides the juice for Sherry. If you've never had Sherry, you're in for a treat. The wine made with this grape have nutty, briny, and yeasty aromas and flavors. Look for a dry Fino, Amontillado, or Manzanilla Sherry to chill down and sip before dinner with a handful of almonds. You'll be in heaven.
Six Reds
1. Tempranillo: Though some readers may think this is too common a grape to appear in this mixed case, there are still a lot of people who have never tasted Spain's iconic red grape. If you like Cabernet Sauvignon, you'll like Tempranillo's gutsy berry and cherry flavors and firm tannins. Look for Spanish wines from Rioja (one maker I like is Bodegas Montecillo), as well as Tempranillos from California.
2. Gamay: I sometimes describe the wines made with this beautiful grape as "poor man's Pinot Noir." A combination of earthy and fruity aromas and flavors are typically found in the light- to medium-bodied wines made with this grape. Look for affordable wines from France's Beaujolais region, although the grape is also grown in the Loire and in parts of California, too. And don't buy last year's Beaujolais Nouveau--you can get really good Beaujolais for about $13 that isn't "nouveau."
3. Malbec: Malbecs often remind me of a cross between Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. They have all of Syrah's lush fruitiness with a bit more grip and structure. I often taste blackberry and blueberry fruit flavors, and detect notes of leather and tobacco, too. Malbec grapes are most often associated with Argentina, and for good reason. But you can find Malbecs grown in Washington State and California, too.
4. Mourvèdre: Mourvedre is often found blended with Grenache and Syrah, but it deserves its own spot in the limelight. I often taste some combination of cherries, plums, and chocolate when I drink Mourvedre--and what's not to like about that? Mourvedre is grown in France, Australia, Spain, the United States, and elsewhere so you should be able to find an affordable bottle.
5. Dolcetto: Though the name means "little sweetie," the wines made with the Dolcetto grape are dry, rich, and flavorful. What I love about them is the interesting combination of black cherry and licorice aromas and flavors. In spite of the name, Dolcetto grapes are tannic and you may need to give the wine time in the glass before it shows its real potential. Fans of Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon should enjoy wines made with this grape. Look for wines from Italy, California, and Australia.
6. Nero D'Avola: If you like Syrah, especially new world Shiraz, then you will probably adore wines made with Sicily's Nero d'Avola grape. Expect to taste every berry you can name when you sip this wine, while the low tannins and spicy aftertaste make it a natural partner to soups, stews, and tomato-based dishes. There are excellent values to be had in Sicilian Nero d'Avola.
Extra Credit, Touriga Nacional: If you're thinking you've already tasted all of these grapes, earn some points and try this beautiful Portuguese grape. It is a strongly aromatic grape, with lots of tannins that pucker up the sides of your tongue when the wine is young. When they mellow out, however, these red wines are lush and velvety with aromas and flavors of black cherry, plum, and pepper.
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This unique prairie remnant gets its name from a nickname given to the greater prairie chicken by early European settlers. These settlers heard the sound of the male prairie chickens on spring mornings and likened the low, resonant "booming" sound of the male chickens to the sound of drumming on a large kettle.
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Plan Your Visit
For more information on visiting this and other Minnesota preserves, check out our Preserve Visitation Guidelines.
To travel to Kettledrummer Prairie Preserve, drive west of Foxhome on State Highway 210 to the intersection with County Road 19. Turn north and proceed five miles north, and then turn east on a gravel road. Take this road for one mile, where Conservancy signs will mark the prairie along the south side of the road. You can park on the road on the northwest corner of the preserve. Nearest facilities are located in Foxhome, Rothsay and Fergus Falls.
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The preserve almost is flat to the eye, but subtle changes in topography and hydrology lead to varied plant communities. The big bluestem gives way to bluejoint and prairie cordgrass along the shallow watercourse flowing westward. Where the watercourse enters and exits the property, small cattail marshes are present. In the southwest portion of the preserve, indian grass is dominant. Scattered in various areas are some of Minnesota's rarer plants, such as the northern gentian, small white lady slipper and alkali nut grass.
Western meadowlarks, bobolinks, common yellowthroat, Le Conte's sparrow, savannah sparrow, sedge wren, greater prairie chicken, upland sandpiper and marbled godwits are just some of the many grassland birds that utilize Kettledrummer Prairie.
Why the Conservancy Selected This Site
Kettledrummer Prairie was acquired by The Nature Conservancy in 1973, in part because it was home to some of the southernmost greater prairie chickens in the state. Since that time, greater prairie chickens have been reintroduced to the Minnesota River Valley near Lac Qui Parle. Biologists recognize the importance of linking this newly-reintroduced population with the existing grouse found in the Agassiz Beach Ridges further to the north. Kettledrummer Prairie is one of the more southern prairie remnants along the edge of ancient Lake Agassiz that consistently harbors nesting greater prairie chickens. It is an important link between these populations.
What the Conservancy Has Done/Is Doing
Conservancy fire crews periodically burn portions of this preserve. Trained fire leaders pick ideal weather conditions and the appropriate time of year to conduct the burns. The controlled fires help to set back the invasion of woody species. On the prairie, trees harbor predators that prey on grassland birds and their nests. Conservancy stewards keep the prairie free of large areas of trees in order to increase the use of the site by important grassland birds, such as the greater prairie chicken for which this site was named.


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Tomintoul 30 Year Old 1985 vintage Speyside single malt Scotch whiskey. Single cask bourbon barrel bottled 2015 by Cadenhead's for the Single Cask series. 192 bottles.
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Tomintoul Single Malt Whiskey
Tomintoul Distillery was built in 1964 and production began the following year at this Speyside malt whisky distillery. Its four stills produce mainly lightly peated whisky although small batches of highly peated whisky are produced annually. The core range includes the Tomintoul 10 Year Old and Tomintoul 14 Year Old. Independent bottlers including Hunter Laing and Gordon & MacPhail produce regular single cask expressions.


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Geometric brooch of the "METRIQ" series, made of brass and stainless steel.
There are 9 different "METRIQ Brooches" and are available in both brass and stainless steel.
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Citigroup is consolidating its brokerage operations with Morgan Stanley's, and sequestering it as an independent business unit.
The move is a gigantic reversal from the trend over the last decade to merge all units of banking under one roof, as allowed by the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999.
The brokerage consolidation may be part of a plan by Citigroup to split itself in two, as the company faces staggering losses in the financial meltdown that warranted a government bailout that totals hundreds of billions of dollars.
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The boards of both banks--Citigroup and Morgan Stanley--have agreed to the brokerage merger, according to CNBC. Citigroup would assume 51% financial control of the created operation.
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Blessed with abundant natural resources, Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly awakening and preparing to take its rightful place among the world's economies.
Broll Property Group has fully fledged operations in Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Indian Ocean Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Swaziland, Uganda and Zambia and provides services in a number of other countries. The lack of a formalised approach to property management and maintenance in these countries opened the door for Broll to replicate its South African offering elsewhere on the continent, bringing a wide scope of its specialised services and unique capabilities to those markets.


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Former DU goalie Adam Berkhoel, who led the Pios to the 2004 NCAA championship, was working outside the Murray A. Armstrong Hockey Complex on Wednesday as a player's rep for Vaughn, the popular goalie equipment manufacturer. I took this picture of Berkheol between freshman goalie Sam Brittain (left) and sophomore goalie Adam Murray. Berkhoel hung up the skates in April after finishing the season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. He played nine games in the NHL, going 2-4-1 for the Atlanta Thrashers in 2005-06. I'll never forget when he beat the New Jersey Devils that season, and Martin Brodeur said afterward: "Their little goalie played well."
That little goalie was named 2004 USA Hockey college player of the year after a surreal postseason. Following CC's shocking first-round WCHA playoff sweep over DU at Magness Arena, Berkhoel and the Pios beat Miami 3-2 and North Dakota 1-0 at the West Regional in Colorado Springs, then 5-3 and 1-0 over Minnesota-Duluth and Maine, respectively, at the Frozen Four in Boston. What a trip.
"It was time to move on," Berkhoel, 29, said of his professional hockey retirement. "I played pro six years, and was able to play in the NHL. It was time. This job came about, and this is a way to stay involved, a way to stay in the game."
Berkhoel said he used Vaughn equipment in the pros, working with Scott Hughes, and Hughes was the only college/pro U.S. rep with the company. "And my wife is from Michigan, and the (Vaughn) factory is literally 10 minutes down the road. The last three summers, I've gone to the factory and done a step-by-step process to inspect all my gear, and really got a first-hand look at what goes on, and I really respect the quality of Vaughn. When (Hughes) said a job was available, it just worked out. My wife wanted to be close to family."
The Berkhoels live in Romeo, just north of Detroit, and the factory is in Oxford. "We want to be back in Denver; it's our first choice," Berkhoel said.