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In the News (Wed 2 Dec 09)

  
 gherkin
Gherkins are a quick ‘cash-crop’, ready within 70 days, but needing plucking and processing in vinegar or brine within 24 hours, making its entire chain labour-intensive.
Though contract farming is still controversial because of exploitative contracts, pre-fixed rates for gherkins together with the advance loans on soil inputs are an attractive alternative to farmers in distress from a poor prevailing agricultural marketing system.
Gherkin consultant Mr Balachandran from Mysore thinks it is the responsibility of the government to lay down rules of operations, including corporate social responsibilities like long-term ecological measures and protection of farmers’ interests.
www.farmedia.org /spectrum/gherkin.html   (1122 words)

  
 Gherkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gherkin (French cornichon) is a young cucumber (Cucumis sativus), picked when 1 to 3 inches (3 to 8 cm) in length and pickled in jars or cans with vinegar (often flavoured with herbs, particularly dill; hence, ‘dill pickle’) or brine.
The gherkin is mentioned in English in the seventeenth century, although the English diarist Samuel Pepys describes the ‘girkin’ in his entry for 1661-12-01 as ‘a rare thing’.
Gherkins featured heavily in the British children's TV series Stoppit and Tidyup.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gherkin   (478 words)

  
 Metroactive Music | Slow Gherkin
Slow Gherkin is the biggest musical draw in Santa Cruz and is poised to break through in the valley (the band plays the Edge in Palo Alto Nov. 20).
Slow Gherkin is currently on a Tomatohead Records tour in support of Bay Area Ska, a compilation CD to which it contributed four tracks.
Gherkin's accelerated brand of ska is horn-based rather than grounded in guitars.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/11.20.97/slowgherkin-9747.html   (1535 words)

  
 Welcome to FreshPlaza
Gherkin, a cucumber type of vegetable the size of a small finger (the crop will be disqualified if it becomes as big as a ring finger), is generally had with food and wine or alcohol.
The cultivation of gherkin in a number of blocks in Jalpaiguri district was initiated by Gopal Barma, agriculture development officer of Mainaguri block.
Slightly bigger gherkins (40-60 pieces weigh a kg) were sold at Rs 6.50 per kg.
www.freshplaza.com /2005/20sep/2_in_calypsofoods.htm   (556 words)

  
 Waitrose.com - Gherkin - Food Glossary
The young fruit of a variety of small, dark green cucumbers, gherkins are especially grown to make pickles.
Uses: Gherkins are a main ingredient in dill pickle and are traditionally served with cured meats.
Finely chopped gherkins are included in tartare sauce which is a creamy, tangy mayonnaise-based sauce served with grilled or fried fish.
www.waitrose.com /food_drink/Recipes/glossary/foodglossary/Gherkin.asp   (103 words)

  
 Slow Gherkin - Run Screaming   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Slow Gherkin are definitely a trandescendent treat, as they have weathered the storm that ravaged all of the typical Ska acts of the mid 1990's.
This is due to the fact that Slow Gherkin is no typical band, as they successfully modified indie rock, ska, emo, blues, and rock into one hell of an act.
The urgency that Slow Gherkin has in their live show is transferred to this disc, having the effect of combating the canned sound many acts put on their stereo album.
www.geocities.com /Drakulon666/reviews/slowgherkin.html   (258 words)

  
 Gherkin, West Indian -- Cucumis anguria L.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The West Indian gherkin is also known as burr cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, and (erroneously) gooseberry gourd.
The gherkin plant is a trailing vine, 5-10 feet long.
Gherkin is grown occasionally in home gardens throughout Florida in a manner similar to that for cucumber.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /MV066   (577 words)

  
 The Gherkin - London Stock Image Photographs: Buy Commercial, Editorial Stock Photos
Find here oblique views of the structure's unique, spiralling, geometric tinted glass, images of the Gherkin reflected in neighbouring buildings, people enjoying its top floor viewing deck, photos of the Gherkin's restaurant and the enormous lens which eyes the sky at the structure's apex.
Facts: The Gherkin is a 40-storey, diagonal steel structure (a 'diagrid') standing 180 metres high (three times the height of Niagara Falls).
Interesting Historical Note: The Gherkin's cone-like proportions are modeled on the shape of a finial originally intended by Christopher Wren to sit atop the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.
www.jimbatty.com /london/gherkin_1.html   (557 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Slow Gherkin
Slow Gherkin might sound like a silly name, but to write the Santa Cruz, CA-based ska band off on that basis alone would be a serious mistake.
Moving beyond the conventions of ska-oriented music, Slow Gherkin manage to combine influences from all over the musical map into a distinctive, original sound that is irresistibly catchy and danceable.
The stark contrast between the happy music and the serious subject matter is one of the most rewarding and compelling aspects of their songs.
www.ink19.com /issues_F/99_10/ink_spots/010_slow_gherkin.shtml   (2290 words)

  
 MetroActive Music | Slow Gherkin
Amid all the ruckus, though, the band still managed to find time to record and is currently gearing up for Saturday's CD-release party at the Catalyst for a split four-song EP with Orange County's Rx Bandits done for Random Order Records.
For Rickman, the reasons for the evolution of Slow Gherkin's style are difficult to pinpoint.
For many of Gherkin's members, this required saving money by living at home or having the band's budget cover some of the members' rent while they were away.
www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/12.15.99/slowgherkin-9950.html   (1135 words)

  
 Gherkins and pickled cucumbers from Unicorn Pickles Ltd. Bangalore, India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The gherkins are graded on the basis of count/kilo and are thoroughly washed.
The washed gherkins are passed through a minute inspection to sort out crooked and bent fruits, remove flower, remove stalks, seperate damaged fruits and to seperate worm infected fruits.
After these initial steps, the gherkins are subjected to brining or vinegar / acetic acid process as per requirements.
www.unicornagro.com /gherkins.htm   (302 words)

  
 Building of the Year: The RIBA Stirling Prize
Known to Londoners as the Gherkin, Swiss Re's new headquarters is extraordinary for many reasons, not least because less than six months after the building's official opening, it has already become a London icon – and a popular one at that.
Built on the site of the Victorian Baltic Exchange, which was badly damaged by an IRA bomb in 1992, the Gherkin, designed by Norman Foster, is a tall building for a city which has yet to embrace the skyscraper.
That the Gherkin should be green was important to Swiss Re, since many of its clients cover the often devastating costs of global warming.
www.channel4.com /culture/microsites/B/building/shortlist.html   (1313 words)

  
 BlueBeat.com - Artist: Slow Gherkin
With their third-wave influence of hyper-active ska-punk that the likes of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Operation Ivy first debuted, Slow Gherkin wanted to bring their own playful style of this genre to their native Santa Cruz, California.
But like most ska-punk bands who's over crowded line-up could have the tendency to out number the audience, Slow Gherkin were also cursed with a revolving line-up since their 1994 debut; a line up that at one point featured ten members.
Despite Slow Gherkin's membership change, the band still managed to release a split CD EP with Jeffries Fan Club in 1996, which was followed by the seven-inch "Death of A Salesman" that same year.
www.bluebeat.com /artists/1233   (204 words)

  
 CNN.com - Proposed 'erotic gherkin' riles some Londoners - July 4, 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The "gherkin," one of several headline-grabbing projects Foster & Partners are working on in the British capital, would be 180 meters tall -- falling just short of the nearby International Finance Centre, still commonly known as the NatWest Tower.
The only taller building in London is a 244-meter Canada Tower at Canary Wharf in the regenerated Docklands, east of the city -- although one businessman has suggested a 420-meter tower on the south side of the Thames.
The project has been likened to an erotic gherkin, a cigar, a rocket, an upturned zeppelin and an artillery shell inflated to giant proportions.
www.cnn.com /2000/STYLE/design/07/04/britain.gherkin.reut/index.html   (702 words)

  
 Slow Gherkin
Slow Gherkin began in the summer of 1993 when A.J., Zack, Phil and I (James), all Santa Cruz High students, decided to try out a fresh and exciting style of music played by Skankin' Pickle, Bad Manners and a few other ska bands that had played in our hometown of Santa Cruz.
The end of '94 also marked the induction of "Polka" Peter Cowan (initially on accordian, then keyboard), Rob Pratt, member of local ska bands the Square Roots and the URJ, on tenor sax, and Matt Porter on trumpet, another Santa Cruz High kid who A.J. and I had been playing music with since 7th grade.
An upstart label run by members of a Sacramento ska band called Punch the Clown asked us to contribute to it's first release, so we recorded "Thumbs Down to Generation X", "Este Torro", and "Meatdance" at a fancy studio in San Fransisco.
www.arielpublicity.com /slow_gherkin   (994 words)

  
 I Hate Gherkins.com
Yes the gherkin cam is back on line, the image will be refreshed every hour as we watch this little gherkin's life journey...
We were skiing on the slopes when we accidentally dropped our gherkin, guess where it is and if correct you'll top our Wall of Fame.
Remember it's just for fun, no gherkins were hurt in the making of this avi.
www.ihategherkins.com   (324 words)

  
 The Gherkin - London, UK : citynoise.org
Owned by Swiss Re, the Gherkin has 40 floors and it's restuarant at 165 metres high, is officially the highest in the city.
my friend tried to film outside the gherkin and the security men got very angry - it seems it is a breach of copyright of the architect...
The actual name for the Gherkin is 30 St Mary Axe, which is just the address - boring.
www.citynoise.org /article/731   (1221 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts news | Foster's Gherkin tipped for architecture prize
Norman Foster's London skyscraper at 30 St Mary Axe, more commonly known as the Gherkin, has been shortlisted with five other buildings for the £20,000 Stirling prize for architecture.
The 40-storey capital landmark is 5-2 favourite to win the prestigious award, according to odds from William Hill.
If the Gherkin does win, it will not be Foster and Partners' first Stirling prize.
www.guardian.co.uk /arts/news/story/0,11711,1300781,00.html   (410 words)

  
 Cooks.com - Recipes - Gherkin
Originally published in 1877, this facsimile edition of Ohio's premier cookbook from the 19th century covers all facets of cooking and housekeeping including bread making...
Results 1 - 10 of 108 for gherkin.
Day 1 - Morning: Water gherkins, place in large...
www.cooks.com /rec/search?q=gherkin   (229 words)

  
 Gherkins and pickled cucumbers from Koeleman India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gherkins and pickled cucumbers from Koeleman India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
We bring you Delicious Gherkins (Pickled Cucumbers) that add a unique flavor to your food.
Koeleman is a trusted name for delicious and high quality Gherkins exported to all major countries, throughout the world.
www.koelemanindia.com   (86 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Iconic 'Gherkin' may be sold off
The Gherkin is open to the public this weekend
Owners of the iconic Gherkin building in the City of London have confirmed they are considering selling the tower.
Despite reports it is being sold for £600m, financial giants Swiss Re said while they were evaluating the sale, no decision had been made.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5352056.stm   (271 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Modern Britain's instant icon
It's 25 years since the City of London last got a new office tower, and it's never had one like the Swiss Re skyscraper - known as the Gherkin for its unique shape.
The "shard of glass" - the 1,016ft London Bridge Tower - is set to be the tallest building in Europe.
Last November the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, gave the 66-storey project the go-ahead despite opposition from English Heritage (a body by no means opposed to height, as the Gherkin has its full support).
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3663971.stm   (814 words)

  
 bConstructive - The Gherkin, London
This huge building comes complete with over 24,000 square metres or the equivilent of 5 football pitches of glass cladding and is recognised worldwide as a fantastic piece of architecture which has changed the capital's skyline.
Owned by Swiss Re, the Gherkin has 40 floors (let's hope there's a lift!) and it's restuarant at 165 metres high, is officially the highest in London, so there's no doubt that this amazing building must be one of the best places in the city for views.
Light level and movement sensors prevent unnecessary lighting, reducing energy consumption and cooling loads.
www.bconstructive.co.uk /onsite/projects.asp?sub_section=133&sub_section2=237   (268 words)

  
 Erotic Gherkin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Photos taken from a high building in Aldgate, East London, UK.
The main subject is the Swiss Re building aka "The Erotic Gherkin" aka "The Towering Innuendo" and the Lloyds of London building.
The pictures were taken with a Minolta Dimage Z2 camera and have not been cropped or manipulated apart from being reduced in size to 1024 x 768.
homepage.mac.com /jvk/gherkin/gherkin.html   (77 words)

  
 BBC News | UK | 'Erotic gherkin' for London skyline
A 'virtual' image of the gherkin on the City skyline
A new sky-scraper, nicknamed the erotic gherkin, is to be built in the City of London following a decision by John Prescott.
The deputy prime minister decided the planning application for the tower, to be built on the site of the Baltic Exchange, did not need further consideration.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/893161.stm   (534 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Shed Some Skin - Slow Gherkin at Epinions.com
Slow Gherkin has some of the best brass players I've ever heard!
It's a great finish to an excellent album, and one of the best songs throughout.
Unfortunately, Slow Gherkin isn't a very popular ska band, which is too bad because their talent surpasses that of many ska bands.
www.epinions.com /content_33647398532   (466 words)

  
 That Brutal Joint :: The “Gherkin”
Just as the form of the Art Deco skyscraper was influenced by Hugh Ferriss’s dramatic explorations in charcoal of skyscraper setback requirements in the 1920s, the new green towers are being formed with the aid of digital models testing the effects of wind, solar gain, and daylighting.
While this method of tower design is not new to Europe, Foster’s “Gherkin” is its clearest application yet.
Rotational tower schemes are nothing new: Norman Foster’s Gherkin is the most famous precedent, but United Architects’ European Central Bank project with its intricate geometrical lattice, Make Places’ colorful Vortex, and even Calatrava’s own Turning Torso come to mind as well.
www.brutaljoint.com /blog/?p=35   (340 words)

  
 Stock Image: Gherkin 10 - Dreamstime
This is a image of the modern building called the Gherkin which is in London.
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 How Now, Lowbrow by Slow Gherkin: Song Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "How Now, Lowbrow" on album Roman Holiday.
Check the albums tab for other downloads from Slow Gherkin.
Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "How Now, Lowbrow" on album Roman Holiday.
www.mp3.com /tracks/2961104/dl_streams.html   (105 words)

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