CNK Socail: 12/04/14

Thursday, December 4, 2014

A team of West Coast chefs celebrated Thanksgiving in an over-the-top way by creating a protein monstrosity that makes the decadent turducken seem practically austere by comparison.

The epic, artery-clogging Roast Beast, which was served up at Bourbon Steak and Pub in Santa Clara, California, on Thanksgiving Day, combined in itself seven different types of protein all mounted on a massive rotisserie and cooked to greasy perfection.

The meaty menace, which has been given the moniker 'lambpigcow' on Twitter, was made up of 24 quail; 12 chickens; 8 ducks; 6 turkeys; 2 lambs; a pig and a blanket-size side of wagyu beef butterflied open to wrap all the other ingredients.

Not your grandma's Thanksgiving dinner: Bourbon Steak and Pub restaurant in Santa Clara, California, cooked up this meaty monstrosity dubbed the Roast Beat for Thanksgiving last week

Meat madness: The culinary madmen combined 24 quails; 12 chickens; 8 ducks; 6 turkeys; 2 lambs; a pig and a blanket-size side of wagyu beef for the gargantuan dish

Unusual cooking tools: The colossal meat course was bundled with a 20-foot metal garden fence

Burning at the stake: The cooks required a huge rotisserie to cook the meaty beast to perfection

To keep everything in place during the hours-long roasting process, the mad culinary geniuses at the Santa Clara eatery bundled the colossal meat course with a 20-foot metal garden fence, secured it in place with eight stainless steel clamps, and mounted it on an enormous rotisserie.

Besides the various layers of poultry and meat, the beastly creation also included chestnut and turkey sausage stuffing.

The mastermind behind the epic dish was Seattle chef David Varley, formerly of Bourbon Steak and Pub, who returned to his old haunt last week to oversee the creation of the gargantuan roast.

Varley's Seattle restaurant, RN17, and Bourbon Steak and Pub located at the San Francisco 49ers' Levi's Stadium, are both owned by chef and restaurateur Michael Mina.

Meat blanket: The staff butterflied open a side of beef and rubbed it down with spices before using it as a wrap for all the other ingredients

Fowl play: Pictured here are a pair of stuffed quail on a bed of butterflied chickens and ducks

Handymen: The project required a variety of metal tools, including clamps and gears, to hoist up the roast

Mastermind: The Roast Beast was the brainchild of Seattle chef David Varley, formerly of Bourbon Steak and Pub, who returned to his old restaurant to orchestrate the tailgate

Dinner is served! The final product was served to hungry football fans along with a pair of turkeys, a half dozen Seattle sea chickens and a gravy fountain

Varley’s edible colossus dubbed the Roast Feast was served up at the Thanksgiving Tailgate party after the Seattle Seahawks beat the 49ers 19-3 in San Francisco.

The hulking slab of meaty goodness was presented alongside a pair of plump turkeys, a half dozen Seattle sea chickens in honor of the Seahawks - who ended up defeating their San Francisco opponents 19-3 - and a gravy fountain .

‘I'm taking a few years off from working on thanksgiving after this,’ David Varley joked on Instagram after the holiday dinner.

Argentinian mother scarred for life in savage attack by football thugs in front of her eight-year-old daughter... just for wearing a rival team's shirt

These horrific images show the life-changing injuries inflicted on an Argentinian mother by football thugs who attacked her in front of her eight-year-old daughter after a match.

Lorena Sabio, from Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, took her daughter Altea to watch the clash between fierce rivals Boca Juniors and her local side River Plate.

But their day out turned into a nightmare on the way home when a Boca fan saw Ms Sabio wearing her team's shirt and launched a vicious attack on the helpless mother.

Lorena Sabio was attacked by thugs in front of her daughter, eight, because she was wearing a rival team's football shirt

Ms Sabio, 33, was not far from her home when a local hooligan, nicknamed Ketchup, and fellow thugs savagely attacked the woman.

The vicious attack has left her scarred for life and the horrendous injuries make it difficult for her to eat.

Ms Sabio said: 'I had a great day with my daughter, our team won the match against Boca.

He [her attacker] came up to me and I couldn't believe it when he just punched me in the head.

'I was lying on the ground barely conscious, and he told me to stay there and warned me that if I went to the police, I would pay the price.'

Despite telling the police the identity of the man who attacked her, no arrests have been made, prompting the mother to post pictures of her horrific injuries on social media.

Ms Sabio's daughter (right) still has nightmares a week after the vicious attack near their home in Buenos Aires

According to local reports, the attack was unprovoked and will leave Ms Sabio scarred for life.

Ms Sabio said: 'He has threatened me and his family have told me to stop the campaign, but what more can they do to me, they have already ruined my face.

'I have difficulty even managing to eat, and will need dozens of operations that I can't afford to return my health. My daughter has nightmares.

'The man is crazy, and unless somebody stands up to him he will probably carry on doing it and next time probably kill someone.'

Man eaten by anaconda: 'Last thing I saw was her mouth'

Paul Rosolie, a naturalist and wildlife filmmaker, is about to make everyone who loves him upset by being eaten by an anaconda, all for the Discovery Channel. Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones) explains. Video provided by Buzz60 Newslook

Yes, it's confusing. Paul Rosolie was eaten alive by an anaconda and now he's giving interviews.

His stunt – which he says he survived by wearing a carbon-fiber snake-proof suit – was filmed and will air on the Discovery Channel on Sunday in a show called Eaten Alive. Spoiler alert: The fact that he'sgiving an interview to Entertainment Weekly makes us think he lived.

"She nailed me right in the face," Rosolie tells EW, "and the last thing I saw was her mouth wide open before everything went black. And then she wrapped me and I felt the suit cracking and my arms ripping out of their sockets. It was absolutely terrifying."

Rosolie says he's experienced backlash from animal rights supporters, concerned for the snake. "People all over the world have been calling me saying they hope I get Ebola, that they hope I die, that they think I'm heinous and inhuman and horrible, and that I'm 'the Hitler of animals'," Rosolie said.

Watch the video to see his special suit and the giant snake. The full show airs on Discovery at 9 p.m. ET.

Roman slaves are unearthed . . . still with their iron collars and shackles in place

Archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of Roman graves in southwest France, some of which contain skeletons still bound by shackles on their necks and ankles.

The incredible excavation is located at a building site about 250m west of the Saintes amphitheatre once used for battles between gladiators and wild animals.

Among the hundreds of graves found, five skeletons - four adults and one child - were found shackled or chained.

A skeleton uncovered at the Roman burial site pictured exactly as the individual was buried - with an iron shackle attached to his neck

A wider photo shows the same skeleton - thought to be a man - with a shackle on his ankle as well as his neck

This group of four people were buried head-to-toe in a small, trench-style grave

Dating back to the first and second centuries AD, the grave site is thought to have been an important necropolis used for those massacred at the nearby stadium.

Three skeletons were found with iron chains attached to their legs, another was buried in a crude shackle around his neck and a child was found with a device on its wrist.

Several of the graves were found to be mass burials - pictures show individuals buried side-by-side, head to toe in trench-style graves.

The site was first identified as a possible necropolis last year and scientists are now hoping they can establish the individuals' cause of death.

Roman necropoleis were usually constructed in the country as a site for burials and cremations to take place away from tombs built within a city.

In this photo, another skeleton can be seen buried with a shackle still attached to its ankle

Unfortunately, the graves at Saintes have yielded almost no artefacts or possessions.

Only a few vases were found with the remains of one man, and a child was found with coins resting on his eyes.

Roman custom was to place coins on the eyes of the deceased so the person's spirit could pay the ferryman to take them across the river Romans believed divided the world of the living and that of the dead.

SAINTES: A THRIVING ROMAN OUTPOST

The period of Roman rule across what is now France is commonly referred to as Gallo-Roman, and the graves discovered in Saintes this week fall within this category.

The period in which the graves were used - the first and second centuries AD - corresponds to a time in history when Saintes' was a thriving Roman town.

It was established as a regional capital during this period because of its location where the major road between Lyon and Acquitaine met with the Charente River.

It is famed for its Roman Colosseum-style arena, which when completed, held up to 18,000 people.

Construction on the area started during the reign of Tiberius (14 - 37AD) and finished under Claudius (41 - 54AD). It is the largest and oldest remaining Roman amphitheatre in France.

The sex dolls that look REAL: Fashion photographer makes the fake women look startlingly life-like in glamour shoot

Female sex dolls have been around for decades.

But until now, the rubber women have taken on an extremely fake quality, with even the untrained eye able to spot one from a mile off.

But in this new photo shoot by New York fashion photographer Stacy Leigh, many of the toys appear very human-like.

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Photographer Stacy Leigh from New York has 12 dolls of her own. She positioned the toys in fashionable clothing and life-like poses. Stacy wanted to prove that the mannequins can be very attractive.

The collection of love dolls worth up to £4,000 each, have been carefully dressed and posed as if they are taking part in a glamour shoot.

Stacy, 43, decided to create her project, which she calls 'Average Americans' to prove how anyone could find themselves fancying mannequin-like dolls, taking the stigma away from those who use them.

She said: 'Men and women both use the dolls as replacements for human companionship, whether by choice or necessity.'

'I believe it's perfectly fine if it makes one's journey through life more bearable.'

The collection of love dolls worth up to £4,000 each, have been carefully dressed and posed as if they are taking part in a glamour shoot

Until now, the rubber women have taken on an extremely fake quality, with even the untrained eye able to spot one from a mile off

She continued: 'My photos are about life and relationships and sexuality.

'Some people are repulsed by the dolls, while others are empathetic towards them.

'As the world becomes more digital and less personal, dolls and robots will become more commonplace as surrogates for relationships.

'I can only hope that my photos spark an emotion or connection in the viewer.'

Photographer Stacy decided to create her project, which she calls 'Average Americans' to prove how anyone could find themselves fancying mannequin-like dolls

She wanted to take the stigma away from people who use sex dolls

A world away from blow-up sex dolls of the past, love dolls or real dolls as they are also known, have become increasingly popular as they have become more realistic looking.

Many collectors refer to their love dolls as their 'girlfriends' and have full sexual relationships with them.

When buying a love doll, customers can choose to customise everything from hair, eye and skin colour to boob size and even the shape and style of the vagina.

Stacy, who owns 12 real dolls, explained how she became involved in collecting and photographing her plastic subjects.

When buying a love doll, customers can choose to customise everything from hair, eye and skin colour to boob size and even the shape and style of the vagina

Many collectors refer to their love dolls as their 'girlfriends' and have full sexual relationships with them

She said: 'I watched a TV show called REAL SEX on HBO that featured Real dolls.'

'I had always wanted a life size doll, as I have been collecting small fashion dolls since I was a child.

'I perused the internet with the intention of using a love doll as my sitting model for photography.

'When my first doll arrived, I began to photograph her and the rest is history.

'Over the last decade, my job has become far easier as manufacturers add more realism to their products.'

A world away from blow-up sex dolls of the past, love dolls or real dolls as they are also known, have become increasingly popular as they have become more realistic looking

Photographer Stacy owns 12 of the 'real dolls'

She continued: 'These days, for my personal projects- I add make up to completely confuse the viewer.

'I've added wrinkles and depth to the face, much in the same way I would a painting.

'I received accolades for my ability to pose, and 'breathe life' into them.

'Immediately, it became my goal to get better with each photo.

Shocking moment a woman is punched in the face by a fellow contestant over a competition to win a car

A man who lost his cool during TV game show dashed a female fellow contestant to the floor before smacking her in the face in a sudden and unpleasant outburst.

The bikini-clad victim was left bleeding and sobbing after the sudden attack, which was filmed as part of a television programme broadcast across Russia.

The abruptness of the attack appears shocking, but commenters on the video uploaded to YouTube who have apparently watched the entire programme say was provocation leading to the attack.

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Just don't hit women, okay? The victim bleeds and sobs after she's suddenly attacked during a game show

MailOnline had no Russian speakers on hand to translate, but it the victim and her attacker were among eight contestants apparently taking part in a 'touch the truck'-style competition to win a car.

The rules of such competitions stipulate than contestants must keep their hands on the prize for as long as possible. If they let go they lose their place in the competition. The last person touching the prize wins.

A video excerpt published to YouTube begins late on in the full programme, with the contestants evidently beginning to get rather annoyed with each other.

One woman, the soon to be assault victim, is dressed in just a skimpy thong bikini, and she is behaving provocatively, waving a high-heeled platform shoe in the air and pretending to lick it.

She then swings the shoe into the head of a fellow contestant. He is not amused.

Cheeky: Before the attack, during the competition where she was apparently annoying other contestants

Provocation? The woman waves her stiletto at her fellow contestant's face, hitting him with it

Reaction: He has evidently lost his rag, he advances towards her with cruel intent

A horn sounds as he lets go of the car and forfeits his place in the competition. He turns towards the woman and grabs her by her hair, his hands each side of her head, and hurls her bodily to the floor.

She lands with a thud, and is evidently shocked and hurt. But her attacker hasn't finished. He cruelly bends over her puts his left hand on her shoulder and, with his right, slaps her in her face with his open palm.

Finished with his sudden violent outburst, the man walks back over to the car and puts his hand on it - even though he must know that he has already forfeited his chances of winning.

His victim lies on the floor, clutching her face, until a presenter wanders over and puts his hands on her shoulders. She's sobbing, but when the presenter apparently asks if she's okay she turns and gives him a thumbs-up.

The final shot of the excerpt shows her speaking to the presenter, still tearful. As her hand moves away from her face viewers can see her nose is smeared with blood.

Attack: The male contestant grabs the woman either side of her head by her hair

Down: He throws her to the floor by her hair, she lands with a thud and is evidently in pain at this point

Cruel: But he is not finished dishing out his punishment to her. He smacks her right in the nose with his fist

Most commenters on YouTube, where the clip has been watched more than 113,000 times, were shocked that a man could so suddenly dish out such a ruthless attack on a woman.

But some who had seen the entire programme provided context that at least explained what had led to the attack. 'He asked her multiple times to stop. She was hitting him, and others in the show multiple times, also spitting, cursing, etc. He just snapped, like most others would,' wrote one commenter.

Another said: 'She was antagonizing everyone on that set. Spitting on them, cursing at them, hitting them with shit, slapping them. The guy that ended up throwing her to the ground and punching her kept his cool the entire time until this point. Prior to throwing her down he had repeatedly asked her to stop, but she persisted.'

But others said that despite the provocation, his behaviour was out of order.

'He broke her nose because she touched his face with a shoe? And you people think that's a normal reaction? Let's say that's your mother or sister or girlfriend. Would you still say she deserved to get her nose broken?' wrote one.

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