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“Coca-Cola” “Don’t Stay Bottled Up” “Speak Out Against Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws”
Group show Coca-Cola they’ve got to speak up now and take a strong stand against Russia’s anti-gay laws.
On Monday, gawking Coca-Cola employees snapped pictures of the 3 trucks with massive billboards reading “COCA-COLA” “DON’T STAY BOTTLED UP” “SPEAK OUT AGAINST RUSSIA’S ANTI-GAY LAWS” that roared past their head offices in Atlanta all day. Take a look:
The trucks were covered in the news around the world. And one of the biggest stock exchanges, the Nasdaq, just said that Coca-Cola is “dropping the ball on gay rights at Sochi”. That could spell real trouble for Coca-Cola’s share price.
It’s working: Coca-Cola is stalling because of the pressure – and the longer they take to answer, the more out-of-touch they seem.
As one of the biggest Olympic sponsors and a major investor in the Russian economy, Coca-Cola has huge influence with the government. By speaking out, they could help put an end to the anti-gay laws.
Thanks to “All Out” members chipping in a few dollars and nearly 150,000 supporters sending the CEO emails, Coca-Cola is seeing that we consumers hold the power. If they don’t speak out soon, it could be a major blow to their reputation and their profits.
Nasdaq: Coca-Cola Drops the Ball on Gay Rights at Sochi
BFMTV: JO de Sotchi: les militants LGBT visent Coca-Cola
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Gay rights group seeks Coca-Cola support
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Eggs in pots (oeufs en cocotte)
Ingredients
150g/5½oz crème fraîche
salt and freshly ground black pepper
pinch nutmeg
handful of chopped dill
4 free-range eggs
To garnish
red lumpfish roe
small sprigs of dill
Preparation method
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Season the crème fraîche with salt, freshly ground pepper and a pinch of nutmeg.
Place a heaped tablespoon of crème fraîche in the bottom of a ramekin, followed by a little dill.
Crack an egg on top, add a second tablespoon of crème fraîche and sprinkle with a pinch each of salt, pepper and nutmeg. Repeat with three more ramekins.
Place the ramekins in a baking dish and pour enough lukewarm water into the dish to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
Bake for 15 minutes or until the egg yolks are set to your liking.
If you like, finish each serving with a teaspoon of red lumpfish roe and a sprig or two of dill.
Recipe by Rachel Khoo
Lemon and Raspberry Madeleines
For the madeleines
– 3 free-range eggs
– 130g/4½oz sugar
– 200g/7oz plain flour
– 10g/¼oz baking powder
– 1 unwaxed lemon, finely grated zest only
– 20g/¾oz honey
– 4 tbsp milk
– 200g/7oz butter, melted and cooled
– punnet of raspberries
– icing sugar, for dusting
For the lemon curd
– 1 unwaxed lemon, finely grated zest and juice only
– pinch of salt
– 40g/1½oz sugar
– 45g/1¾oz butter
– 2 free-range egg yolks
Method
1. Beat the eggs with the sugar until pale and frothy. Put the flour and baking powder into a separate bowl and add the lemon zest.
2. Mix the honey and milk with the cooled butter, then add to the eggs. In two batches, fold in the flour. Cover and leave to rest in the fridge for a few hours, or overnight.
3. Meanwhile, make the lemon curd. Put the lemon zest and juice, salt, sugar and butter into a small saucepan and heat gently until the sugar and butter have melted. Remove from the heat.
4. Whisk the egg yolks in a bowl, then add to the pan and whisk vigorously. Return the pan to a low heat and whisk constantly as the curd starts to thicken. Don’t stop whisking or the eggs will curdle (if the curd starts to boil, take off the heat). Once the curd thickens and releases a bubble or two, remove from the heat and pass the curd through a sieve into a bowl. Place cling film in direct contact with the curd and refrigerate for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
5. When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Butter and flour a 12-shell madeleine tin. Put the lemon curd into a piping bag fitted with a small, pointed nozzle and place in the fridge.
6. Put a heaped tablespoon of batter into each madeleine shell and press a raspberry deep into the batter.
7. Bake for five minutes and turn the oven off for one minute (the madeleines will get their signature peaks), then turn the oven on to 160C/325F/Gas 3 and bake for a further five minutes. Transfer the madeleines to a wire rack and leave for a few minutes until cool enough to handle. Meanwhile, wash and dry the tin, then repeat the baking as for the first batch.
8. While the second batch is baking, pop the piping nozzle into the mound in each baked madeleine and squirt in a teaspoon’s worth of lemon curd. Repeat with the second batch, then dust with icing sugar and serve straightaway.
Recipe by Rachel Khoo
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Study explains why women feel urge to eat babies
Women: Have you ever snuggled a baby in your arms and had an overwhelming urge to actually eat it? As soon as you catch a whiff of that sweet newborn skin you feel compelled to put your mouth on it? A team of researchers have found that this feeling is entirely normal. It’s part of the maternal instinct—and explains why we often find ourselves describing babies as “delicious” and “yummy” and saying things like, “You’re so cute! I could gobble you up!”
Scientists at the University of Montreal found that a newborn’s scent triggers the reward circuit in women’s brains, causing the release of dopamine and activating the same part of the brain that craves certain foods. The researchers found that women had the same feeling even when they were holding a baby who wasn’t their own.
“The olfactory—thus non-verbal and non-visual—chemical signals for communication between mother and child are intense,” explains Johannes Frasnelli, a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Montreal’s Department of Psychology. “What we have shown for the first time is that the odor of newborns, which is part of these signals, activates the neurological reward circuit in mothers. These circuits may especially be activated when you eat while being very hungry, but also in a craving addict receiving his drug. It is in fact the sating of desire.”
(In case you were wondering: While women get this urge to eat babies, they don’t literally do it.)
For this small study, the researchers formed two groups of 15 non-smoking women: One group of women who’d recently given birth and another who’d never had children. Both groups were presented with newborn smells while undergoing brain imaging scans. All of the women received the odors with the same intensity but the scans showed that the mothers’ brains had a stronger reaction.
The researchers concluded: “These results show that the odor of newborns undoubtedly plays a role in the development of motivational and emotional responses between mother and child by eliciting maternal care functions such as breastfeeding and protection. The mother-child bond that is part of the feeling of maternal love is a product of evolution through natural selection in an environment where such a bond is essential for the newborn’s survival.”