Amber - World-of-Newave.info World-of-Newave.info http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 2008-11-20T17:50:38Z Latest news and articles about Amber Copyright (c)2004-2008.§/Newave SARL. All rights reserved. {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Nigel Slater on autumn cooking Walk around the parks, the garden, the woods, even the leafier of our streets and there is a mild scent of sweet decay. The smell, that of autumn on the cusp of winter, hangs over our markets, too, with their late mushrooms and game birds, venison and fashionable, purple-ribbed greens. This, and the dampness in the air, brings me hungrier than ever to the table, much more so than at any other time of the year. To be honest, I look forward to supper all day. The list of ingredients that these last gasps of fall bring with them is long and delicious: partridge, green lentils, black cabbage, onion squash, mushrooms, blackberries, oysters and the last raspberries. It is also the time to get out the juniper berries and the sweet spices of nutmeg and cinnamon, ginger and mace. Deep flavours abound. Getting robust flavours into our cooking means starting with stronger-flavoured ingredients, yes; but, kid ourselves as we might right now, with a distinctly wintry feel to the weather, slow cooking is the only food that will really, truly hit the spot. Onions need to be cooked on a low temperature till they fill the kitchen with the scent of warm sugar. You can't do that in five minutes. The flame must be low, the pan sturdy and true, the onions need to be cut into large pieces and left to form a sticky coating in the butter. Once the colour of amber and soft enough to crush between thumb and finger, the onions are ready for a further deep flavour: pancetta or streaky bacon, thyme leaves, or any of the spices. I often introduce depth into my cooking with a couple of chopped anchovies, stirred into the softened onion so that they cannot be seen. The result is far from fishy. The anchovies dissolve, leaving only a ghost of themselves behind, but will beef your cooking up a notch. Even in a fry-up of mushrooms they are undetectable, but will add body and warmth. Dried mushrooms will add a woodsy depth to a casserole or stew, soaked first in vermouth, dry sherry or water, then stirred into the onion base. The liquid - no, don't waste that. Stir it in when you add the stock or wine. Porcini are the best for this, and despite their cost they go a long way. I can get away with half a dozen slices in a small casserole.Roots are the cheapest way of introducing deep notes to your cooking, especially parsnips, which have their own earthy brand of sweetness. A few added to the roasting tin and mashed into the gravy before draining add much body and soak up every ounce of savour in the pan. It is the little things that matter enormously in bringing that woodsy depth to our winter cooking. Sprigs of thyme, bay leaves, a few rosemary needles. These are the small, cheap ingredients that are so often forgotten, but can make so much difference.I'm not a great one for adding alcohol to my cooking, but when there is frost on the ground and there is time for the flavours to mellow (such as in a slow stew of game or pork) then I will upend the wine bottle into the pot. The two I find most worth including are Madeira and dry Marsala. Both add a sweetness, but more importantly a mellow depth to your cooking. For the most part, the smoky, herbal notes are introduced into our cooking at the start: slow-cooking the onions, stirring in bay, thyme, earthy vegetables, bacon or mushrooms. But there is also the chance to add it at the end too. I find a couple of tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, often less, will mellow out any dark sauce such as the gravy of a stew or the pan juices from a slow-cooked joint. Yes, they will add sweetness, but it is not as simple as that, with good balsamic lending low base notes that appear to have been in the pot right from the start. Pot-roast pigeonNothing fancy, this, just a sound pot-roast with classic flavourings and a thick, old-fashioned gravy. You will need some bashed or creamed root vegetables to soak up the copious juice. Serves 4a small handful of dried mushrooms, such as porcini50g butter4 plump, oven-ready pigeons4 plump, herby sausages1 medium to large onion1 large carrot2 sticks of celerya few sprigs of thyme2 cloves of garlic4 rashers of unsmoked streaky bacon12 juniper berries2 bay leaves1 level tbsp of flour1 wine glass of Madeira250ml fruity red wine250ml chicken or game stockbalsamic vinegarmashed parsnip or potato to serveSoak the dried mushrooms in water, vermouth or white wine for 15 minutes. Melt half the butter in a heavy casserole, then brown the whole pigeons and the sausages, cut into four, lightly on all sides. Lift them out and set aside. Set the oven at 190C/gas mark 5.Peel the onion, cut it in half, then slice each half into five from root to tip. Melt the remaining butter over a moderate heat and add the onion. Peel the carrot, cut it into large dice and add it to the onion, together with the chopped celery, 4 or 5 sprigs of thyme and the peeled and sliced garlic. Continue cooking, stirring from time to time. Remove the rind from the bacon and cut each rasher into about six pieces. Stir into the onion and add the juniper berries, lightly crushed, and the bay leaves. Leave to soften, making certain the vegetables have a chance to colour. Stir in the flour, let it cook for several minutes, then stir in the Madeira, wine and stock. Add the dried mushrooms and 100ml of their soaking liquid. Bring almost to the boil then return the pigeons and sausages to the pan, cover with a lid and bake in the preheated oven for about 50 minutes, until the pigeons are tender. Taste the gravy, then stir in a little balsamic vinegar, starting with 2 teaspoons, then increasing as you feel it needs it. You are after a deep, mellow warmth, not an obvious sweetness. Pan-fried mushrooms with toasted bread and parsleyThe weight of mushrooms you need here will depend on the variety you choose. The softer, more tender mushrooms such as chanterelles and oysters will need less cooking time than firm, cultivated fungi.400g mushrooms 2 anchovy fillets70g butter 2 medium-sized cloves of garlica small bunch of parsley a lemona small ciabatta loafCut the mushrooms into large bite-sized pieces. Leave the smaller ones whole. Carefully remove any growing medium, but don't wash them. Chop the anchovy fillets.Melt 50g of the butter in a shallow pan together with the peeled and crushed garlic. As soon as the garlic is soft and fragrant, add the anchovy and stir until it has almost dissolved into the butter, keeping the heat low enough that the butter doesn't brown. Stir in the prepared mushrooms, let them soften and colour for a few minutes, then add the parsley and a generous squeeze of lemon juice.Meanwhile, in a second pan, melt the remaining butter, tear the bread into bite-sized pieces, and fry till golden. Toss with the mushrooms and serve.nigel.slater@observer.co.ukGame recipesMain course recipesFood & drinkguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/nigel-slater-on-autumn-cooking-20081169625.htm 2008-11-16T00:05:01Z 2008-11-16T00:05:01Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/16/nigel-slater-autumn-recipes-game Nigel Slater on autumn cooking {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - Walk around the parks, the garden, the woods, even the leafier of our streets and there is a mild scent of sweet decay. The smell, that of autumn on the cusp of winter, hangs over our markets, too, with their late mushrooms and game birds, venison and fashionable, purple-ribbed greens. This, and the dampness in the air, brings me hungrier than ever to the table, much more so than at any other time of the year. To be honest, I look forward to supper all day. The list of ingredients that these last gasps of fall bring with them is long and delicious: partridge, green lentils, black cabbage, onion squash, mushrooms, blackberries, oysters and the last raspberries. It is also the time to get out the juniper berries and the sweet spices of nutmeg and cinnamon, ginger and mace. Deep flavours abound. Getting robust flavours into our cooking means starting with stronger-flavoured ingredients, yes; but, kid ourselves as we might right now, with a distinctly wintry feel to the weather, slow cooking is the only food that will really, truly hit the spot. Onions need to be cooked on a low temperature till they fill the kitchen with the scent of warm sugar. You can't do that in five minutes. The flame must be low, the pan sturdy and true, the onions need to be cut into large pieces and left to form a sticky coating in the butter. Once the colour of amber and soft enough to crush between thumb and finger, the onions are ready for a further deep flavour: pancetta or streaky bacon, thyme leaves, or any of the spices. I often introduce depth into my cooking with a couple of chopped anchovies, stirred into the softened onion so that they cannot be seen. The result is far from fishy. The anchovies dissolve, leaving only a ghost of themselves behind, but will beef your cooking up a notch. Even in a fry-up of mushrooms they are undetectable, but will add body and warmth. Dried mushrooms will add a woodsy depth to a casserole or stew, soaked first in vermouth, dry sherry or water, then stirred into the onion base. The liquid - no, don't waste that. Stir it in when you add the stock or wine. Porcini are the best for this, and despite their cost they go a long way. I can get away with half a dozen slices in a small casserole.Roots are the cheapest way of introducing deep notes to your cooking, especially parsnips, which have their own earthy brand of sweetness. A few added to the roasting tin and mashed into the gravy before draining add much body and soak up every ounce of savour in the pan. It is the little things that matter enormously in bringing that woodsy depth to our winter cooking. Sprigs of thyme, bay leaves, a few rosemary needles. These are the small, cheap ingredients that are so often forgotten, but can make so much difference.I'm not a great one for adding alcohol to my cooking, but when there is frost on the ground and there is time for the flavours to mellow (such as in a slow stew of game or pork) then I will upend the wine bottle into the pot. The two I find most worth including are Madeira and dry Marsala. Both add a sweetness, but more importantly a mellow depth to your cooking. For the most part, the smoky, herbal notes are introduced into our cooking at the start: slow-cooking the onions, stirring in bay, thyme, earthy vegetables, bacon or mushrooms. But there is also the chance to add it at the end too. I find a couple of tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, often less, will mellow out any dark sauce such as the gravy of a stew or the pan juices from a slow-cooked joint. Yes, they will add sweetness, but it is not as simple as that, with good balsamic lending low base notes that appear to have been in the pot right from the start. Pot-roast pigeonNothing fancy, this, just a sound pot-roast with classic flavourings and a thick, old-fashioned gravy. You will need some bashed or creamed root vegetables to soak up the copious juice. Serves 4a small handful of dried mushrooms, such as porcini50g butter4 plump, oven-ready pigeons4 plump, herby sausages1 medium to large onion1 large carrot2 sticks of celerya few sprigs of thyme2 cloves of garlic4 rashers of unsmoked streaky bacon12 juniper berries2 bay leaves1 level tbsp of flour1 wine glass of Madeira250ml fruity red wine250ml chicken or game stockbalsamic vinegarmashed parsnip or potato to serveSoak the dried mushrooms in water, vermouth or white wine for 15 minutes. Melt half the butter in a heavy casserole, then brown the whole pigeons and the sausages, cut into four, lightly on all sides. Lift them out and set aside. Set the oven at 190C/gas mark 5.Peel the onion, cut it in half, then slice each half into five from root to tip. Melt the remaining butter over a moderate heat and add the onion. Peel the carrot, cut it into large dice and add it to the onion, together with the chopped celery, 4 or 5 sprigs of thyme and the peeled and sliced garlic. Continue cooking, stirring from time to time. Remove the rind from the bacon and cut each rasher into about six pieces. Stir into the onion and add the juniper berries, lightly crushed, and the bay leaves. Leave to soften, making certain the vegetables have a chance to colour. Stir in the flour, let it cook for several minutes, then stir in the Madeira, wine and stock. Add the dried mushrooms and 100ml of their soaking liquid. Bring almost to the boil then return the pigeons and sausages to the pan, cover with a lid and bake in the preheated oven for about 50 minutes, until the pigeons are tender. Taste the gravy, then stir in a little balsamic vinegar, starting with 2 teaspoons, then increasing as you feel it needs it. You are after a deep, mellow warmth, not an obvious sweetness. Pan-fried mushrooms with toasted bread and parsleyThe weight of mushrooms you need here will depend on the variety you choose. The softer, more tender mushrooms such as chanterelles and oysters will need less cooking time than firm, cultivated fungi.400g mushrooms 2 anchovy fillets70g butter 2 medium-sized cloves of garlica small bunch of parsley a lemona small ciabatta loafCut the mushrooms into large bite-sized pieces. Leave the smaller ones whole. Carefully remove any growing medium, but don't wash them. Chop the anchovy fillets.Melt 50g of the butter in a shallow pan together with the peeled and crushed garlic. As soon as the garlic is soft and fragrant, add the anchovy and stir until it has almost dissolved into the butter, keeping the heat low enough that the butter doesn't brown. Stir in the prepared mushrooms, let them soften and colour for a few minutes, then add the parsley and a generous squeeze of lemon juice.Meanwhile, in a second pan, melt the remaining butter, tear the bread into bite-sized pieces, and fry till golden. Toss with the mushrooms and serve.nigel.slater@observer.co.ukGame recipesMain course recipesFood & drinkguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Jonathan Freedland: The president-elect is not a dove - he is just a much smarter hawk That noise you've been hearing for the past week, the one that began in the United States last Tuesday before spreading throughout the world? That's the sound of a global sigh of relief. It contained a cry of joy too, of course, especially among black Americans and people of colour across the globe, seeing a man who looks like them ascend, at last, to the highest office in the world. But history will record November 4 2008 not only as the day when America elected its first black president, but as the moment when one of the bleakest chapters in the postwar era drew to a close. How else to explain scenes - on the streets of Athens and Nairobi as well as Washington and New York - of jubilation that are surely without precedent in the democratic world? What I saw in Grant Park, Chicago, last week felt more akin to South Africa in 1994 or Berlin in 1989 than a normal response to a regular election. The dancing till the small hours, the honking of car horns, the tearful hugs between strangers, these are images we associate with peaceful revolutions, the celebrations that might follow the ejection of a loathed regime. Perhaps that is how many Americans - and hundreds of millions around the globe - do indeed see the election of Barack Obama. For the past eight years, I regularly argued against the claim that anti-Americanism was on the rise in Europe and beyond. On the contrary, I said, most Britons and Europeans remained remarkably well-disposed to the United States: it was just the Bush administration they couldn't stand. The global reaction last week suggested I wasn't wrong. Witness the sheer speed with which - once George Bush had been dispatched - the citizens of the world rushed to embrace America once more. It turns out the world was not just ready but eager for the US to lead again; it just didn't want Bush to do the leading. The result is that the most pressing questions of international life now stand in a wholly new light. Part of that is the warm, amber glow of affection, verging on adulation, for President-elect Obama. (He is surely the first politician since Nelson Mandela whose face can be worn on a T-shirt without embarrassment.) But it's more substantive than that. Take the conflict that defined the age of Bush, the "war on terror". Instantly, that conflict is changed in character. It becomes much harder for violent jihadists to demonise the United States when the Land of the Great Satan is led by Barack Hussein Obama, whose African step-grandmother is still a practising Muslim. Before he has signed a single executive order, the president-elect has won a decisive battle in the propaganda war. It's not only Obama's name that will make the lives of jihadism's recruiters harder. He reportedly aims to order a planned withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, phased over 16 months, within a few weeks of taking office. As Obama vowed in the very last rally of his campaign - an extraordinarily atmospheric, late-night address to nearly 100,000 people standing in what was little more than an empty field in Manassas, Virginia - "I will end this war."What's more, Obama is open to negotiation in a way that separates him from his predecessor. In Afghanistan, the talk now is of finding "reconcilables": Taliban fighters who are not motivated by hardcore ideology and might be induced to lay down their weapons. Obama took plenty of heat for it in the campaign, but he maintains the same willingness to talk to Iran and Syria. And yet liberals and anti-war types should not declare the new president a kindred spirit too hastily. As Obama himself said in the now famous 2002 speech denouncing the Iraq adventure: "I am not opposed to all wars." It's true that he avoids the phrase "war on terror". But that is not because he thinks there is no war to be fought. His disagreement with Bush was that the latter had failed to define America's enemy clearly. It was not an abstract noun - terror - but a specific organisation with a specific leader, namely al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. Indeed, one of Obama's central critiques of the 2003 invasion of Iraq was that it diverted attention and resources from the true fight - against the men who had actually attacked the US on September 11 2001. So peaceniks should not be surprised to read the report in yesterday's Washington Post that Obama "intends to renew the US commitment to the hunt for Osama bin Laden". It's not only that Obama scored crucial political points with his unbending stance in the televised debates - "We will kill Bin Laden. We will crush al-Qaida" (a Democrat, for once, outhawking a Republican on national security). That position also happens to fit with Obama's genuine view of the threat to America's safety. Having placed al-Qaida back in the centre of America's gunsights, the new president aims to defeat it, taking the fight to al-Qaida's enablers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Even as he pulls troops out of Iraq, Obama aims to send thousands more to fight the Taliban. He was ahead of Bush in calling for the theatre of operations against al-Qaida to be expanded beyond the Afghan borders to include the tribal areas of western Pakistan where many believe Bin Laden is holed up. Put simply, Obama is no dove. He is just a much smarter hawk, his eye more sharply focused. The new disposition on Iran is similarly nuanced. The noises are much less warlike. Obama promises diplomacy and dialogue, and relegates force to where it should be: a last, not a first, resort. But his own advisers counsel that Obama is firm on this matter. He has concluded that Tehran cannot be allowed to become a nuclear power, not least because it would trigger a regional arms race. He will use negotiation to thwart that possibility. But if that fails, the use of force remains an option. And that's when the new global context could make all the difference. Imagine if John McCain had toured European capitals, trying to assemble a coalition for strikes against Iran. He'd have barely got a hearing. Two million people would have marched in London waving banners declaring: "We won't get fooled again."But if Obama were to make the case, explaining that he had seen through the nonsense of Iraqi WMD but that the Iranian threat was real, he would surely earn a very different response. In that sense if no other, armed international action against Iran might be more achievable under an Obama presidency than it would have been otherwise. Other areas are more straightforward. On climate change, a denier in the White House has been replaced by a believer. Tellingly, Obama's proposed bail-out of the American auto industry does not propose chucking money at Detroit to keep churning out the same old cars. Instead, Democrats want a loan programme to help the auto companies start making fuel-efficient vehicles. That fits with Obama's wider approach to the economic crisis - to see it as an opportunity to spend money to make America greener. In every sphere, Obama marks a break from the recent past. He will not be perfect; the disappointments will be real and may come soon. But for now, at least, we are entitled to that sigh of relief - and even the odd yelp of joy. ? freedland@guardian.co.ukObama White HouseBarack ObamaUS foreign policyUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/jonathan-freedland-the-president-elect-is-not-a-20081174520.htm 2008-11-12T00:04:28Z 2008-11-12T00:04:28Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/12/comment-obama-white-house-peace Jonathan Freedland: The president-elect is not a dove - he is just a much smarter hawk {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - That noise you've been hearing for the past week, the one that began in the United States last Tuesday before spreading throughout the world? That's the sound of a global sigh of relief. It contained a cry of joy too, of course, especially among black Americans and people of colour across the globe, seeing a man who looks like them ascend, at last, to the highest office in the world. But history will record November 4 2008 not only as the day when America elected its first black president, but as the moment when one of the bleakest chapters in the postwar era drew to a close. How else to explain scenes - on the streets of Athens and Nairobi as well as Washington and New York - of jubilation that are surely without precedent in the democratic world? What I saw in Grant Park, Chicago, last week felt more akin to South Africa in 1994 or Berlin in 1989 than a normal response to a regular election. The dancing till the small hours, the honking of car horns, the tearful hugs between strangers, these are images we associate with peaceful revolutions, the celebrations that might follow the ejection of a loathed regime. Perhaps that is how many Americans - and hundreds of millions around the globe - do indeed see the election of Barack Obama. For the past eight years, I regularly argued against the claim that anti-Americanism was on the rise in Europe and beyond. On the contrary, I said, most Britons and Europeans remained remarkably well-disposed to the United States: it was just the Bush administration they couldn't stand. The global reaction last week suggested I wasn't wrong. Witness the sheer speed with which - once George Bush had been dispatched - the citizens of the world rushed to embrace America once more. It turns out the world was not just ready but eager for the US to lead again; it just didn't want Bush to do the leading. The result is that the most pressing questions of international life now stand in a wholly new light. Part of that is the warm, amber glow of affection, verging on adulation, for President-elect Obama. (He is surely the first politician since Nelson Mandela whose face can be worn on a T-shirt without embarrassment.) But it's more substantive than that. Take the conflict that defined the age of Bush, the "war on terror". Instantly, that conflict is changed in character. It becomes much harder for violent jihadists to demonise the United States when the Land of the Great Satan is led by Barack Hussein Obama, whose African step-grandmother is still a practising Muslim. Before he has signed a single executive order, the president-elect has won a decisive battle in the propaganda war. It's not only Obama's name that will make the lives of jihadism's recruiters harder. He reportedly aims to order a planned withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, phased over 16 months, within a few weeks of taking office. As Obama vowed in the very last rally of his campaign - an extraordinarily atmospheric, late-night address to nearly 100,000 people standing in what was little more than an empty field in Manassas, Virginia - "I will end this war."What's more, Obama is open to negotiation in a way that separates him from his predecessor. In Afghanistan, the talk now is of finding "reconcilables": Taliban fighters who are not motivated by hardcore ideology and might be induced to lay down their weapons. Obama took plenty of heat for it in the campaign, but he maintains the same willingness to talk to Iran and Syria. And yet liberals and anti-war types should not declare the new president a kindred spirit too hastily. As Obama himself said in the now famous 2002 speech denouncing the Iraq adventure: "I am not opposed to all wars." It's true that he avoids the phrase "war on terror". But that is not because he thinks there is no war to be fought. His disagreement with Bush was that the latter had failed to define America's enemy clearly. It was not an abstract noun - terror - but a specific organisation with a specific leader, namely al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. Indeed, one of Obama's central critiques of the 2003 invasion of Iraq was that it diverted attention and resources from the true fight - against the men who had actually attacked the US on September 11 2001. So peaceniks should not be surprised to read the report in yesterday's Washington Post that Obama "intends to renew the US commitment to the hunt for Osama bin Laden". It's not only that Obama scored crucial political points with his unbending stance in the televised debates - "We will kill Bin Laden. We will crush al-Qaida" (a Democrat, for once, outhawking a Republican on national security). That position also happens to fit with Obama's genuine view of the threat to America's safety. Having placed al-Qaida back in the centre of America's gunsights, the new president aims to defeat it, taking the fight to al-Qaida's enablers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Even as he pulls troops out of Iraq, Obama aims to send thousands more to fight the Taliban. He was ahead of Bush in calling for the theatre of operations against al-Qaida to be expanded beyond the Afghan borders to include the tribal areas of western Pakistan where many believe Bin Laden is holed up. Put simply, Obama is no dove. He is just a much smarter hawk, his eye more sharply focused. The new disposition on Iran is similarly nuanced. The noises are much less warlike. Obama promises diplomacy and dialogue, and relegates force to where it should be: a last, not a first, resort. But his own advisers counsel that Obama is firm on this matter. He has concluded that Tehran cannot be allowed to become a nuclear power, not least because it would trigger a regional arms race. He will use negotiation to thwart that possibility. But if that fails, the use of force remains an option. And that's when the new global context could make all the difference. Imagine if John McCain had toured European capitals, trying to assemble a coalition for strikes against Iran. He'd have barely got a hearing. Two million people would have marched in London waving banners declaring: "We won't get fooled again."But if Obama were to make the case, explaining that he had seen through the nonsense of Iraqi WMD but that the Iranian threat was real, he would surely earn a very different response. In that sense if no other, armed international action against Iran might be more achievable under an Obama presidency than it would have been otherwise. Other areas are more straightforward. On climate change, a denier in the White House has been replaced by a believer. Tellingly, Obama's proposed bail-out of the American auto industry does not propose chucking money at Detroit to keep churning out the same old cars. Instead, Democrats want a loan programme to help the auto companies start making fuel-efficient vehicles. That fits with Obama's wider approach to the economic crisis - to see it as an opportunity to spend money to make America greener. In every sphere, Obama marks a break from the recent past. He will not be perfect; the disappointments will be real and may come soon. But for now, at least, we are entitled to that sigh of relief - and even the odd yelp of joy. ? freedland@guardian.co.ukObama White HouseBarack ObamaUS foreign policyUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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]]> {HARDWARE > STORAGE} - Sun Unveils Its First-Ever Storage Appliance for Any Size Enterprise Sun on Nov. 10 announces its first storage appliance, which can be used in a small IT system or, using a larger former factor, in a large data center. Code-named Amber Road, the rack-mounted Sun Storage 7000 line consists of three products: the Sun Storage 7110 (2TB maximum capacity), the Sun Storage 7210 and the Sun Storage 7410 (up to 288TB). All of them use the open-source ZFS file system and the DTrace system analysis tool and can be up and running in about 5 minutes, Sun claims. Amber Road has been in development for about two years. Pricing starts at about $11,000 for the 2TB version. - ... http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/hardware/storage/sun-unveils-its-first-ever-storage-appliance-for-20081168316.htm 2008-11-10T21:36:32Z 2008-11-10T21:36:32Z Eweek.Com http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/Sun-Unveils-Its-Firstever-Storage-Appliance-for-Anysize-Enterprise/?kc=rss Sun Unveils Its First-Ever Storage Appliance for Any Size Enterprise {new window}   Www.Eweek.Com - Sun on Nov. 10 announces its first storage appliance, which can be used in a small IT system or, using a larger former factor, in a large data center. Code-named Amber Road, the rack-mounted Sun Storage 7000 line consists of three products: the Sun Storage 7110 (2TB maximum capacity), the Sun Storage 7210 and the Sun Storage 7410 (up to 288TB). All of them use the open-source ZFS file system and the DTrace system analysis tool and can be up and running in about 5 minutes, Sun claims. Amber Road has been in development for about two years. Pricing starts at about $11,000 for the 2TB version. - ...
Sun Unveils Its FirstEver Storage Appliance for Any Size Enterprise: Sun on Nov. 10 announces its first storage appliance, which can be used in a small IT system—or, using a larger former factor, in a large data center. Code-named Amber Road, the rack-mounted Sun Storage 7000 line consists of three products: the Sun Storage 7110... {...}
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]]> {HARDWARE > STORAGE} - Sun Goes Beyond RAID in Its First Storage Appliance Sun Microsystems' new storage appliances can be used either in a small IT system or, using a larger form factor, in a large data center. Code-named Amber Road, the rack-mounted 7000 line comes in 2TB, 44TB and 288TB options. All use the open-source ZFS file system and the DTrace system analysis tool and can be up and running in about 5 minutes, Sun claims. - Outside of its Java-based software for video games, smart cards and handheld devices, Sun Microsystems has never had anything resembling a true small-business or quot;consumerish quot; hardware or software product in its 26 years as a mainstay of enterprise network computing. Until now, that ... http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/hardware/storage/sun-goes-beyond-raid-in-its-first-storage-appliance-2008113518.htm 2008-11-10T20:23:14Z 2008-11-10T20:23:14Z Eweek.Com http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/Sun-Unveils-Its-Firstever-Storage-Appliance/?kc=rss Sun Goes Beyond RAID in Its First Storage Appliance {new window}   Www.Eweek.Com - Sun Microsystems' new storage appliances can be used either in a small IT system or, using a larger form factor, in a large data center. Code-named Amber Road, the rack-mounted 7000 line comes in 2TB, 44TB and 288TB options. All use the open-source ZFS file system and the DTrace system analysis tool and can be up and running in about 5 minutes, Sun claims. - Outside of its Java-based software for video games, smart cards and handheld devices, Sun Microsystems has never had anything resembling a true small-business or quot;consumerish quot; hardware or software product in its 26 years as a mainstay of enterprise network computing. Until now, that ...
Sun Goes Beyond RAID in Its First Storage Appliance: Sun Microsystems' new storage appliances can be used either in a small IT system or, using a larger form factor, in a large data center. Code-named Amber Road, the rack-mounted 7000 line comes in 2TB, 44TB and 288TB options. All use the open-source ZFS file... {...}
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Category: Computers > Hardware > Storage

]]> {EUROPE > COMPUTERS AND INTERNET} - Sun trumpets radically simple open storage boxes Ease on down that Amber Road The high priests of open storage have finally delivered products for our approbation, three of them. Sun's radically new 7000 line of storage appliances combines embedded servers, drive arrays and a comprehensive open storage software stack in a low-priced bundle. Will customers take the bait?? http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/business-and-economy/computers-and-internet/sun-trumpets-radically-simple-open-storage-boxes-2008111648.htm 2008-11-10T05:02:04Z 2008-11-10T05:02:04Z Theregister.Co.Uk http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/10/suns_amber_road_storage/ Sun trumpets radically simple open storage boxes {new window}   Www.Theregister.Co.Uk - Ease on down that Amber Road The high priests of open storage have finally delivered products for our approbation, three of them. Sun's radically new 7000 line of storage appliances combines embedded servers, drive arrays and a comprehensive open storage software stack in a low-priced bundle. Will customers take the bait??
Sun trumpets radically simple open storage boxes ? The Register {...}
Published: November 10, 2008, 5:02 am - Indexed: November 10, 2008, 1:09 pm - Page Size: 24KB
Category: Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Business and Economy > Computers and Internet

]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Christmas shopping weekends Six writers reveal where to go and what to buy - from Estonian amber and Turkish silk to a cheap pair of Clarks http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/christmas-shopping-weekends-20081110318.htm 2008-11-09T00:02:46Z 2008-11-09T00:02:46Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/nov/09/shopping-christmas-holiday-bargains Christmas shopping weekends {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - Six writers reveal where to go and what to buy - from Estonian amber and Turkish silk to a cheap pair of Clarks
Christmas shopping weekends | Travel | The Observer {...}
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Category: Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media

]]> {NORTH AMERICA > LODGING} - FALL SPECIAL! Yachats Ocean Front Home with a Panoramic View! (Yachats, Central Oregon Coast) $160 2bd 32996035 | Sweet Homes Rentals! | info@beyondtheseahouse.com | 800.519.0437 Beyond The Sea! Yachats, OR Ocean Front in Yachats! Furnished 2BR/2BA Vacation Home $160/night Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 full, Sq, Footage 1400 Parking 2 dedicated DESCRIPTION Fall and Winter Special! Stay 2+ nights and receive an extra night FREE! * Check our website for availability: www.beyondtheseahouse.com Our lovely oceanfront home provides complete comfort for up to 6. Featuring amazing views from the living and dining areas, the kitchen and master bedroom. This home also offers a cozy brick fireplace and full-width deck to enjoy the waves crashing on the rocky shoreline. Easy rocky beach access and just a short stroll on the 804 walking trail to miles of sandy beach. Artsy shopping and delicious restaurants are nearby.Two bedrooms: a master with king bed and private bath, and a second with a queen bed. There s also a queen hide-a-bed in the living room with fireside ocean view. Amenities include a fully equipped kitchen, cable TV, DVD player and stereo, laundry. *excluding holidays see additional photos below RENTAL FEATURES Fireplace Living room Dishwasher Refrigerator Stove/Oven Microwave Washer Dryer Balcony, Deck, or Patio RENTAL RATES $160 a night Fall and Winter Special! Stay 2+ nights and receive an extra night FREE! (excluding holidays - sorry!) ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Renter contact info: Sweet Homes Rentals! info@beyondtheseahouse.com 800.519.0437 www.beyondtheseahouse.com Equal Opportunity Housing Posted: Fall/Winter 2008began to succumb to injuries Crosland became more of a fixture in Smith's teams In addition the (2002) Conserved enzymatic production and biological effect of O-acetyl-ADP-ribose by silent information regulator 2-like NAD+-dependent deacetylases While the scrolling planet wraps around horizontally internally the game still marks player and enemy positions using X and Y coordinates and simple greater-than comparisons are used to do direction checks to figure out how enemies should chase the player The IDL corresponds to the zero on the X-axis of the game's coordinate system When the player crosses over that point although moving only a pixel on the screen his position is suddenly clear across the map and aggressive enemies will r where six specially-marked dice representing resources can be rolled up to three times with the player being able to choose which dice to keep between rolls After the player stops rolling they may invest their resources to build roads knights settlements and cities Eden Baldwin The Young and the Restless Actress Adam Newman Adrian Korbel Adrienne Frantz Amber Moore Amelia Heinle Andy Richards (The Young and the Restless) April Stevens (The Young and the Restless) Ashley Abbott 32996035 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/fall-special-yachats-ocean-front-home-with-a-panoramic-2008117027.htm 2008-11-07T04:22:11Z 2008-11-07T04:22:11Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/vac/909034340.html FALL SPECIAL! Yachats Ocean Front Home with a Panoramic View! (Yachats, Central Oregon Coast) $160 2bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - 32996035 | Sweet Homes Rentals! | info@beyondtheseahouse.com | 800.519.0437 Beyond The Sea! Yachats, OR Ocean Front in Yachats! Furnished 2BR/2BA Vacation Home $160/night Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 full, Sq, Footage 1400 Parking 2 dedicated DESCRIPTION Fall and Winter Special! Stay 2+ nights and receive an extra night FREE! * Check our website for availability: www.beyondtheseahouse.com Our lovely oceanfront home provides complete comfort for up to 6. Featuring amazing views from the living and dining areas, the kitchen and master bedroom. This home also offers a cozy brick fireplace and full-width deck to enjoy the waves crashing on the rocky shoreline. Easy rocky beach access and just a short stroll on the 804 walking trail to miles of sandy beach. Artsy shopping and delicious restaurants are nearby.Two bedrooms: a master with king bed and private bath, and a second with a queen bed. There s also a queen hide-a-bed in the living room with fireside ocean view. Amenities include a fully equipped kitchen, cable TV, DVD player and stereo, laundry. *excluding holidays see additional photos below RENTAL FEATURES Fireplace Living room Dishwasher Refrigerator Stove/Oven Microwave Washer Dryer Balcony, Deck, or Patio RENTAL RATES $160 a night Fall and Winter Special! Stay 2+ nights and receive an extra night FREE! (excluding holidays - sorry!) ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Renter contact info: Sweet Homes Rentals! info@beyondtheseahouse.com 800.519.0437 www.beyondtheseahouse.com Equal Opportunity Housing Posted: Fall/Winter 2008began to succumb to injuries Crosland became more of a fixture in Smith's teams In addition the (2002) Conserved enzymatic production and biological effect of O-acetyl-ADP-ribose by silent information regulator 2-like NAD+-dependent deacetylases While the scrolling planet wraps around horizontally internally the game still marks player and enemy positions using X and Y coordinates and simple greater-than comparisons are used to do direction checks to figure out how enemies should chase the player The IDL corresponds to the zero on the X-axis of the game's coordinate system When the player crosses over that point although moving only a pixel on the screen his position is suddenly clear across the map and aggressive enemies will r where six specially-marked dice representing resources can be rolled up to three times with the player being able to choose which dice to keep between rolls After the player stops rolling they may invest their resources to build roads knights settlements and cities Eden Baldwin The Young and the Restless Actress Adam Newman Adrian Korbel Adrienne Frantz Amber Moore Amelia Heinle Andy Richards (The Young and the Restless) April Stevens (The Young and the Restless) Ashley Abbott 32996035
FALL SPECIAL! Yachats Ocean Front Home with a Panoramic View! {...}
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Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Travel and Tourism > Lodging

]]> {NEWS > BREAKING NEWS} - Nov. 6, 1928: All the News That's Lit 1928: The New York Times begins flashing headlines to pedestrians outside its offices at 1 Times Square, using an electronic news strip that wraps around the fourth floor of the building. The Motograph News Bulletin, or "zipper" as it was known informally, was a technological marvel of its day. It extended 380 feet around the Times Tower and, with a band 5-feet tall, the moving letters were visible from a distance of several city blocks. A Times column from 2005 described how inventor Frank C. Reilly's remarkable sign worked: Inside the control room, three cables poured energy into transformers. The hookup to all the bulbs totaled 88,000 soldered connections. Messages from a ticker came to a desk beside a cabinet like the case that contained type used by old-time compositors. The cabinet contained thin slabs called letter elements. An operator composed the message letter-by-letter in a frame. The frame, when filled with the letters and spaces that spelled out a news item, was inserted in a magazine at one end of a track. A chain conveyor moved the track, and each letter in the frame brushed a number of contacts. Each contact set a light flashing on Broadway. Reilly, the Times said, calculated that there were 261,925,664 flashes an hour from the zipper's 14,800 bulbs. It was the first use anywhere of the zipper, which was itself big news on a big news day. A headline in the Nov. 6 edition of the Times declared: Huge Times Sign Will Flash News. It also happened to be election day, and the zipper's first streaming headline announced a new president: HERBERT HOOVER DEFEATS AL SMITH Less than a year later, the zipper would be flashing the collapse of the stock market and the events that brought on the Great Depression. Throughout the 20th century, historic moments became frozen as zipper headlines in the national consciousness: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS DEAD OFFICIAL: TRUMAN ANNOUNCES JAPANESE SURRENDER PRESIDENT KENNEDY SHOT DEAD IN DALLAS MAN ON MOON NIXON RESIGNS In between monumental news events, the zipper kept churning out the headlines, which later included weather forecasts and sports scores. Even before the advent of the zipper, Times Square was a mighty crossroads, home to theaters and restaurants that kept the district humming 24 hours a day. Illuminated signs began springing up with such profusion that even in the early 1900s Broadway and Times Square were referred to as The Great White Way. The first neon sign in Times Square -- advertising the automaker Willys-Overland -- appeared in 1924. But the zipper, with its streaming headlines, was something new and arresting. When the Times left 1 Times Square in 1963 for its new building on West 43rd Street, New York Newsday took over running the zipper. But as modern Times Square gradually vanished into an orgy of commerce, punctuated by garish neon and LED displays that make midnight feel like high noon, technology had clearly passed the zipper by. Newsday was ready to pull the plug in 1994, but the zipper was saved when a British company picked up the lease at the midnight hour. As 1 Times Square, like every other building in the area, was gradually buried in an avalanche of modern signage, the old zipper was acquired by Dow Jones and given a complete face lift. What was once the Motograph News Bulletin is now one of several high-resolution displays on Times Square, distinguishable from the others only by the use of amber LEDs. Source: Various http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/nov-6-1928-all-the-news-that-s-lit-2008114365.htm 2008-11-06T05:00:00Z 2008-11-06T05:00:00Z Wired.Com http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1106 Nov. 6, 1928: All the News That's Lit {new window}   Www.Wired.Com - 1928: The New York Times begins flashing headlines to pedestrians outside its offices at 1 Times Square, using an electronic news strip that wraps around the fourth floor of the building. The Motograph News Bulletin, or "zipper" as it was known informally, was a technological marvel of its day. It extended 380 feet around the Times Tower and, with a band 5-feet tall, the moving letters were visible from a distance of several city blocks. A Times column from 2005 described how inventor Frank C. Reilly's remarkable sign worked: Inside the control room, three cables poured energy into transformers. The hookup to all the bulbs totaled 88,000 soldered connections. Messages from a ticker came to a desk beside a cabinet like the case that contained type used by old-time compositors. The cabinet contained thin slabs called letter elements. An operator composed the message letter-by-letter in a frame. The frame, when filled with the letters and spaces that spelled out a news item, was inserted in a magazine at one end of a track. A chain conveyor moved the track, and each letter in the frame brushed a number of contacts. Each contact set a light flashing on Broadway. Reilly, the Times said, calculated that there were 261,925,664 flashes an hour from the zipper's 14,800 bulbs. It was the first use anywhere of the zipper, which was itself big news on a big news day. A headline in the Nov. 6 edition of the Times declared: Huge Times Sign Will Flash News. It also happened to be election day, and the zipper's first streaming headline announced a new president: HERBERT HOOVER DEFEATS AL SMITH Less than a year later, the zipper would be flashing the collapse of the stock market and the events that brought on the Great Depression. Throughout the 20th century, historic moments became frozen as zipper headlines in the national consciousness: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS DEAD OFFICIAL: TRUMAN ANNOUNCES JAPANESE SURRENDER PRESIDENT KENNEDY SHOT DEAD IN DALLAS MAN ON MOON NIXON RESIGNS In between monumental news events, the zipper kept churning out the headlines, which later included weather forecasts and sports scores. Even before the advent of the zipper, Times Square was a mighty crossroads, home to theaters and restaurants that kept the district humming 24 hours a day. Illuminated signs began springing up with such profusion that even in the early 1900s Broadway and Times Square were referred to as The Great White Way. The first neon sign in Times Square -- advertising the automaker Willys-Overland -- appeared in 1924. But the zipper, with its streaming headlines, was something new and arresting. When the Times left 1 Times Square in 1963 for its new building on West 43rd Street, New York Newsday took over running the zipper. But as modern Times Square gradually vanished into an orgy of commerce, punctuated by garish neon and LED displays that make midnight feel like high noon, technology had clearly passed the zipper by. Newsday was ready to pull the plug in 1994, but the zipper was saved when a British company picked up the lease at the midnight hour. As 1 Times Square, like every other building in the area, was gradually buried in an avalanche of modern signage, the old zipper was acquired by Dow Jones and given a complete face lift. What was once the Motograph News Bulletin is now one of several high-resolution displays on Times Square, distinguishable from the others only by the use of amber LEDs. Source: Various
Get the latest in science news, including space, physics, planet earth, discoveries, NASA, satellites, and space travel from Wired.com {...}
Published: November 6, 2008, 5:00 am - Indexed: November 7, 2008, 9:34 am - Page Size: 50KB
Category: News > Breaking News

]]> {MOVIES > REVIEWS} - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Starring: David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Asa Butterfield Review: You may not buy into actors playing Nazis with high-toned Brit accents, but the power of this Holocaust tale sneaks up and floors you. Writer-director Mark Herman has adapted John Boyne's novel with admirable restraint. Eight-year-old Bruno (Asa Butterfield) isn't pleased when he and older sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) are forced to leave their friends in Berlin and settle in a remote area where Bruno's commandant father (David Thewlis) has been stationed. The kids and their mother (Vera Farmiga) believe the fence they see outside their window encloses a farm, not a concentration camp. Bruno even ventures out of bounds and meets Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), the boy in striped pajamas behind the fence. They develop a dangerous, covert friendship with devastating results. Delicate... Rating: 3 Stars http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/movies/reviews/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas-20081040846.htm 2008-10-31T15:13:54Z 2008-10-31T15:13:54Z Rollingstone.Com http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/15481268/review/24014316/the_boy_in_the_striped_pajamas? The Boy in the Striped Pajamas {new window}   Www.Rollingstone.Com - Starring: David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Asa Butterfield Review: You may not buy into actors playing Nazis with high-toned Brit accents, but the power of this Holocaust tale sneaks up and floors you. Writer-director Mark Herman has adapted John Boyne's novel with admirable restraint. Eight-year-old Bruno (Asa Butterfield) isn't pleased when he and older sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) are forced to leave their friends in Berlin and settle in a remote area where Bruno's commandant father (David Thewlis) has been stationed. The kids and their mother (Vera Farmiga) believe the fence they see outside their window encloses a farm, not a concentration camp. Bruno even ventures out of bounds and meets Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), the boy in striped pajamas behind the fence. They develop a dangerous, covert friendship with devastating results. Delicate... Rating: 3 Stars
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas : Review : Rolling Stone {...} You may not buy into actors playing Nazis with high-toned Brit accents, but the power of this Holoca... {...}
Published: October 31, 2008, 3:13 pm - Indexed: November 7, 2008, 9:54 am - Page Size: 38KB
Category: Arts > Movies > Reviews

]]> {MOVIES > REVIEWS} - Repo! The Genetic Opera Starring: Paris Hilton Review: The idea of the director of Saw II, III and IV going at Paris Hilton seems like just revenge for her punishable assaults on acting. In this atonal, faux-arty rock opera about a futuristic bull market in internal organs, Hilton is suitably clueless as Amber Sweet, the daughter of an aria-singing mob boss (Paul Sorvino). Amber trades in her organs like fashion accessories. But a new pancreas costs money. Don't pay, and the Repo Man will tear out your guts. It gets worse, much worse. Talented actors are involved, and I will spare them by not citing their names. "Happiness is a warm scalpel," sings Hilton. Misery is enduring this Rocky Horror Paris Show. Rating: 0.5 Star http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/movies/reviews/repo-the-genetic-opera-20081049953.htm 2008-10-31T15:09:09Z 2008-10-31T15:09:09Z Rollingstone.Com http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/21918704/review/24014134/repo_the_genetic_opera? Repo! The Genetic Opera {new window}   Www.Rollingstone.Com - Starring: Paris Hilton Review: The idea of the director of Saw II, III and IV going at Paris Hilton seems like just revenge for her punishable assaults on acting. In this atonal, faux-arty rock opera about a futuristic bull market in internal organs, Hilton is suitably clueless as Amber Sweet, the daughter of an aria-singing mob boss (Paul Sorvino). Amber trades in her organs like fashion accessories. But a new pancreas costs money. Don't pay, and the Repo Man will tear out your guts. It gets worse, much worse. Talented actors are involved, and I will spare them by not citing their names. "Happiness is a warm scalpel," sings Hilton. Misery is enduring this Rocky Horror Paris Show. Rating: 0.5 Star
Repo! The Genetic Opera : Review : Rolling Stone {...} The idea of the director of Saw II, III and IV going at Paris Hilton seems like just revenge for her... {...}
Published: October 31, 2008, 3:09 pm - Indexed: November 7, 2008, 9:54 am - Page Size: 37KB
Category: Arts > Movies > Reviews

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