they are force-fed and drowned in Armagnac brandy before they're cooked. They are then consumed whole, beaks and all. But what's even more disturbing is that thebirds are endangered. As a result, it is illegal to consume ortolan in ...
in 1972; of 12-year-old hector pieterson, a student killed in 1976 by south african police in a peaceful protest during the apartheid era; and of three-year-old alan kurdi, lying face down on the beach in 2015, having drowned as his family tried to escape from syria. t...
How this frustrated enthusiast drowned in the sea of organisational stupidity Posted on April 3, 2024 Recently, I found myself reflecting on my challenges in navigating the turbulent sea of politics within a large organisation, when prompted about the specific culture there. I know many people t...
Big name 16mm cine' scanners - how many feet can be scanned before they need service? And by service, I mean...a major repair. <><><><> A billion feet? Two of the Spirit scanners I have came from a Indian post house in LA that scanned Bollywood films for ye...
(1984):After years of slowly conquering the Long Island and New York metal scene, Twisted Sister grabbed the brass ring with their third album's undeniable twin anthems, "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock." In retrospect, the only shame is that those pop-tinged hits drowned ...
Tima Kurdi established very quickly that the furor over the refugee crisis, generated by the shocking images of her drowned nephew, was nothing more than a marketing campaign designed to facilitate a reaction and military push-back against the Russian intervention that threatened to derail the U.S...