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Hey! I know. -.-;; I haven't posted in here in forever! I feel so rude for the lack of attention you're all getting. O_O;;;; But what about a little update? HAHHAHA...Fear this :D ..... Shit dude..nothing's changed. >< I'm so lame! lol. okokok - I made cookies today. Cool? Ohh yeah.I'm over at LiveJournal as CrazySkippy
Hiya!! I know..long time no see. o-o;; I thought I would update the bigest events! (there really aren't many) + New-to-me 2000 Jeep Cherokee + Passed my driver's test!!! + Got into SEM! <3 + Mucho tired-ness-o + In Penn. about every weekend + Went ice fishin' + Still a pretty lame life :DYou can find me over at LiveJournal, too. As :: CrazySkippy. I'm still pretty lazy, as you can see.
Today was Blah. I got a 46% on a vocab test, everyone else got higher grades because they openly cheated! How crazy! And Fish is making me all angry and negative! And my eyes are all puffy and itchy! >
Ash came over! We ate lunch, watched Tv...yea, my cable really sucks right now. The fuzz!! Then we walked the dogs around the block. Fun times, ya know? We went out to eat an early dinner, walked the mall, went to Circuit City, then to the movies. Only, we didn't see one since I was off on the times. Opps,.. We rented instead! "Bird Cage" & "Midnight in the garden of good and evil" and made cup cakes! OH! Yesh, I bought 3 movies for $30 all together. "Ghost World" "Finding Nemo" and "LOTR, the Fellowship of the Ring." Ash went home a few minutes ago, since she had to met her dad for breakfast. I had to back up the truck so she could get out, and then I drove it around the block...this Audi was on my freaking ass the whole time! Argh! But it makes me thing, do I really want a bmw or do I want a trail blazer? Hmn.
I got a 74% on Asher's test...the one I didn't get to study for. She asked what went wrong >< Arg! I hate doing bad in a class I usualy do well in! In other news, grilled cheese with tomato rocks!
Let's see...Hardly anyone at school. Got a jump on some homework! Plans seem to be good for tomorrow, at least with Ash. I'm hoping to see a movie with Tina, Ash, Zach, and Fish. Then have Tina and Ash sleep over. I went shopping today!! I bought 2 bras and 5 pairs of panties. Also some PJ bottoms. ^^ Got home from school early and went out to eat. I had a cheeseburger with bacon and a tomato, with out the bun - of course!! YUM!! The fries!!! I swear, my favorite food has to be fries. So I'm home now. I just took a great shower! I'm going to attempt to do some HW. I hope I get at least SOME of it done. Maybe the english? Or just the history. ( MONKEYS! )
hah! School was very funny today! People kept giving me food. I'm in an English group with Evan, Molly, and Chris! :D We'll get nothing done, but they are all so funny! Arg..Bia got her hair straightened! It look great! Fish is a fucking pussy who thinks g+d is going kill him. Not really, but he is a fucking pussy who thinks no one else has problems. "Look around you dude!" I want the raver lights Alijhandra has on his key chain! I swear, I'll get a billon! XD Loads of HW. Gilmore Girls is on at 8! I need to get clothes on, finish laundry. Tina and I are talking. Julian wants to see me, he's moving again too. HAHAHAH I'm possible going to SEM...HAHHA...new phone, tinny room...who knows what else. Wesley will be there, she's a nice kid. The Politician might be there, Maria. Some girls I know. And teachers and stuff. I hope it works out.
Why does school give homework? Well - this much of it anyway. It's not a lot, but after the day I had. O_O it is. I left my science to do at school, and I'll have to finish The Scarlet Letter sometime before 11AM. My head is really pounding, and I feel extremely nauseous. I don't know what I'll do about school, now. People are telling me to stick it out, go to SEM, and other things. I'll wait till the President gets back to SEM, which will be at the end of the week. I don't think I would have that much of a problem with going back there. I kind of look forward to it.
O_OSchool sucks. They won't let me do early graduation. They called me to the office TWICE to tell me that. And I really need to be up in PA. So I'm gonna try to go back to SEM.
I have the hiccups! heh. What a bother. I've been all..down today. It really bites. I ended up going out to lunch at the B&T with gram and mom. A lot of people stopped to say their sorry's about Carol and Papa being dead. I kept wanting to run away and cry. And sun bathe. But I didn't really do either. I went out to the mall quickly and saw Phyllis! She wanted to hear what everyone had said about my hair and such. She's great to talk to. I went home and put up my new Sanrio shower curtain! It looks great with all the new magazine ads in it! hahah! You all must see it and be in awe! I moved my room around, again! It looks really cute! But I did all that myself, so I'm pretty sore. What? You try moving my queen sized bed & mattress! Back to school tomorrow, I'm pretty much ready. The meeting with Mr. Stone is tomorrow, about early graduation. Yuck!
Ah! I finally finished the Asher USA map! So that means that school is still tough. lol. We're gonna do monologues in Drama, again. Anyone have any good ones?Tomorrow I'm going out for dinner and the dog park!I can't even think if anything cool really happened.
I had my meeting today, after this year, I only nee 4 1/2 credits. heh. We had to make an appointment with Mr. Stone (headmaster) to discuss early graduation. After the meeting, he'll consult with the school's owner. The guidance lady said it's not allowed, but maybe if they hear us out..I changes back into drama and study hall, ^_^. I've worked 2 + hours on a map for history. I have a test tomorrow first period. I'm pretty stressed, going from zero to loads of homework. I'll live. Friday I have to talk the dogs to the park since mom will be at a party. I'll also go over to Elaine's for taco night after that. ^_^ I had taco's tonight, but mom messed up my order. I don't blame her really, I didn't exactly tell her what I wanted. Stomach is killing me, so is my back and head. So I'll take a bath and go to bed! <33Bah..what a boring update! Cole wrote on my stuffed animal's tage that it's my dog. And Paul came over 1st thing, he was going to wash our cars but couldn't. Other stuffe happened, but I can't really recall it.
AH! Good morning!! I'm terribly sad to see my vacation leave. I start a new class tomorrow. How...thrilling. Yesterday I made cake & cup cakes. I delivered them all to the gates, The Ginns, and the Pollens. It was a lot of fun! I have Asher homework to do. o-o! Ekk! It's evil!! I might go shopping, I know I've been talking about it for a few days now. Evreyone will be out now, since it's a holiday. Things are good with everyone. ^_^ And...Hmn..No new news, really. Besides that I moved my room around- again!
Sara's latest obsessions :: <33Moe's the iPod miniNordstroms!Penn State!Louis VuittonBMW^___^ Don't you feel sorry for my whoever I date? XDD In other news, Mom bought a Coach! I'm proud of her! XD They offered me a job there. O_O;; Soo..My stomach hurts like hell. I saw a few people at school. The English exam wasn't too hard. I'm waiting for my class ring to come on in. x.x
Hi. Today kinda sucked. And I'm all PMSy and feel sick. I ate cookies and they were yucky..I feel really bad for eating. Them. And I want some of that hummus stuff. But mom wont go buy it. So I'm stuck here feeling fat and ugly. I'm scared that things wont work out right for me at school. It's the only thing I've been crazy happy about for years. The allergist was a horrible experience. We couldn't find the place, and she made a scratch on my arm that's still there. And we aren't going to go back. They were mean. My head really hurts. And I need to talk to Becca about Spring Break. And I really want a shower and someone to snuggle with.
Math Exam! It was hard, but thankfully multiple choice. ^^;;;We did a lot of shopping and eating today. ^^ We went to the Lilly store, and talked to old friends. I saw Nate's sister, heh. We ate at Hamburger Heaven, I'm still full from that lunch! We came home and putted around. We just got back from dinner and shopping. I bought a great stain lipstick and an adorably packaged mascara! I love shopping for make-up. ^^ We got a lot of free samples, as well. Right now I have a hair and face mask going, which is fun. Tomorrow is the allergist. o-o;; I figured out what I want to do. Ready? I want to graduate early. Take summer school for english, so I can do the whole graduate early thing. And then be done. o-o! I'll apply to a few schools, but I'll really want to go to Penn State. So for the Spring Trimester, which I'll be out of school for. (harharhar..) I'd either go to college or vacation. But I'd definitely be in school over the summer. And then in the fall and so on and so on. I just hope my school won't screw me over and say no. Because you know what?This is something I'm truly excited for and every inch of my body is saying that this is the right thing for me to do. And I have a feeling I'm right, this time. I haven't been this..it's not really excited, but it's a feeling that..kind of clicks. Lenny stopped by while we were out, he left a huge "Keep Off Grass" sign in our yard. It is the greatest thing!!
1. Mom and I went out to lunch, and the place was really yucky. O_O And we bought furniture for our new room. 2. We went to look at BMW's. The salesmen were expecting us to buy a car A.S.A.P. The Phantom, it's a new Rolls Royce, is wicked amazingly awesome! So is the BMW X3. 3. My Passat is finally at the shop!4. I have an exam tomorrow! I have yet to study! hah. 5. Gram wants us to have dinner with her tomorrow, gag. I'm eating a lot, too. 6. Cleaning my room. O_O;;;;7. I'm probably missing something, but I like this number list. 8. Oh yea, went to the mall in search of something pink. No luck. But I saw Mark, he's an old dude who I met when I was dating Mitch. Cool guy.
The shortest week! XD Only have to go to school today, Wednesday, and Friday! o-o Yes. So I went to the guidance lady.1 - My transcripts are screwed up. 2 - I dropped acting for the Computer course I needed. 3 - I'm not taking the SAT class at school, like I'm supposed to, so I'm doing it out of school. 4 - Next year I'll take the following classes: History, English, and 2 electives each term, 3 the first. Sounds easy. 5 - The lady bitched at me for not wanting to go to college. She said that my family bi=ussiness is going to fail. 6 - She was rude as hell, always answering her phone or talking to people. 7 - I have another appointment on the 21st, she said for mom not to come. Mom is going to just show up. 8 - Anyone want to help me find a way to leave this school?Yea, so I don't really want to go to college. I might just get a few classes done in business and forestry. Or get some two year degree from Penn State. I'm kind of tired, and upset. But I'm making brownies! <33And my hair was loved by all!! haha!


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Edward Conard, of Bain Capital, talks about innovation and risk in his book, "Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You've Been Told About the Economy Is Wrong."
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Ed Conard was a partner at Bain Capital from 1993 to 2007. He served as the head of Bain's New York office and led the firm's acquisitions of large industrial companies. He sits on several boards of directors including the boards of Waters Corporation and Sensata Technologies. Prior to Bain, Conard worked for Wasserstein Perella, an investment bank that specialized in mergers and acquisitions, and Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, where he headed its industrial practice. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and the University of Michigan.
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Wall street is about mortgages. 60% of the financial business in mortgages.
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There are two separate problems for world economies. They are describe the main goals of national economic policy.
1. How do you incentive innovation ?
2. How do you put short term money to work ? These are the savings deposits that put into banks. This is an issue for national economies that have a lot of savings deposits.
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The difference for Canada.
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Canadian homeowner is on the hook for 100% of the value of the house.
The 100% liability
11:30 in the video
Companies are working for customers. If they do not compete to do a better job for the customers successfully then the shareholders do not get rewarded.
12:30 in the video
The last time (from about 1980 to 2009) we recycled the short term money using mortgages (securitized and with a lot of the down payments provided by third party investors.) The system was designed to handle 20% loss and there was 30% loss.
$300 billion was lost on bad loans (loan losses).
$1.5 trillion was withdrawn (withdrawal risk). In spite of $15 trillion in guarantees from the government.
It was institutional run on the banks. Institutions (stock companies, insurance companies, other banks) took money out of other banks.
14:00 in the video
Solutions -
1. Expose banks to withdraw risk.
2. Charge banks for the government guarantees
3. Do not have zero % money from the Fed, charge the right amount to suck profits out of speculation
Guarantees did not hold the money in place, so not it sits on the sidelines.


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A lot of psychology researchers are giant prudes. In previous studies of bedding strangers, some have suggested that pretty much all casual sex is detrimental to your psychological well-being. As a new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science notes, they'll rattle off negatives like "less enjoyment and nurturance than romantic sex, frequent regret, unwanted emotional attachment, substance use, and social stigma." There are others, too, of course: cheap wine and awkward conversation in a smelly apartment, haphazardly setting off stairwell fire exit alarms as you sneak out into the night, or a long and lonely morning walk or taxi ride of shame.
But research that has attempted to measure the overall effects of one-night stands and "fuck buddies" on psychological health hasn't been totally decisive. "[P]ast findings on the main effects of casual sex on well-being range from negative to positive with a preponderance of nonsignificant results," the new study, led by sex researcher Zhana Vrangalova, notes. In other words, the inconsistencies might mean that the true effect is context- and personality-dependent.
All-negative or all-positive findings don't really account for the strange and nuanced spectrum of opinion about casual sex, and they especially exclude those who can't wait to engage in their next coital misadventure with a complete stranger they just met while grinding on a dance floor of a sweaty club.
As we all know, these people do exist. They lurk in our bar's backrooms, on our gym's racquetball courts, on cruises and in airplanes, and on every street in the city of Miami. And, Vranglalova figured, they should be accounted for in statistical analysis.
"The vast majority of unrestricted people desire, enjoy, and form relationships; they just also enjoy and desire casual sex."
In social science parlance, the personality trait that measures degrees of interest in casual sex is termed "sociosexuality." "Sociosexual orientation is a relatively stable tendency toward or away from casual sex, determined by a combination of heritable factors, sociocultural learning, and past experiences, and reflected in three key components: motivation for, attitudes toward, and past experience with casual sex," the authors write.
Other research has shown there are positive psychological benefits when someone acts authentically, or in accordance with their personality. The authors argue that there would be no reason to believe that this effect wouldn't extend to casual sex. If you are "sociosexually unrestricted," or you desire casual sex, you might derive psychological benefits from feeling like you're acting authentically while having it. If you're "sociosexually restricted," it might work the opposite way.
The researchers tested their theory by surveying 371 college students about baseline sociosexuality and then asking about their sexual behavior and psychological well-being over a period of nine months. "Participants were considered to have had penetrative casual sex on a given week if any of their oral, vaginal, or anal intercourse partners were reported as one-night stands, friends with benefits, fuck buddies, casually hanging out, just friends, ex-partners, or unclear/complicated," the researchers explain.
By the end of the study, 42 percent of subjects reported having sex outside a relationship. When it came to those who were sociosexually unrestricted, having casual sex was associated with higher self-esteem and life satisfaction and lower depression and anxiety. "Typically, sociosexually unrestricted individuals (i.e., those highly oriented toward casual sex) reported lower distress and higher thriving following casual sex, suggesting that high sociosexuality may both buffer against any potentially harmful consequences of casual sex and allow access to its potential benefits," the researchers write. Additionally, feelings of authenticity "amplified" the beneficial psychological effects, but did not spur them, as hypothesized. Surprisingly, the researchers did not find any negative effects on well-being in those who were sociosexually restricted but had casual sex anyway. This might be due to limited sample size, though, since not very many restricted subjects did this.
"This study certainly seems to suggest that casual sex can be a good thing for people who are open to it, desire it, and have positive attitudes towards it," Vrangalova says in an email to Pacific Standard. "And it is always a good idea to be safe while doing it and not get too wasted – other research shows that a lot of the guilt following casual sex comes from failure to [use] condoms or getting too drunk."
Still, these findings do not imply that "casual sex is better than relationship sex, even for unrestricted people," Vrangalova cautions. "The vast majority of unrestricted people desire, enjoy, and form relationships; they just also enjoy and desire casual sex."
Not unexpectedly, the types of people who constantly desire casual sex sound a bit insufferable. They are generally "extroverted," sensation-seeking, "impulsive," "avoidantly attached" males, who "also invest less in romantic relationships and are more likely to have cheated on a romantic partner (perhaps because monogamous arrangements are less well-suited for them)," Vrangalova says. "Among men, they are also more likely to be physically strong, and especially among college men, also more sexist, manipulative, coercive and narcissistic." They also tend to be "unconventional, attractive, [and] politically liberal."
Crucially, the study proves that casual sex is much more textured and complex than previous research has let on. "This study and a previous study of mine are some of the first studies to show that hooking up is not always bad or good for everyone, that it depends on various personal, interpersonal and situational factors," Vrangalova says. "And we need more research that will examine these various factors, and move the discourse away from the black-and-white picture often painted and toward these more useful nuances." Pushing past the binary, Vrangalova is now investigating what influence getting wasted and forgetting to use a condom might have on casual sex's overall psychological effects.


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David Copperfield
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George Cukor's 1935 film version features Basil Rathbone as David's cruel stepfather, Mr. Murdstone and W.C. Fields as Mr. Micawber. 130 min.
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Wonderful old chestnut with an equally delightful cast. Edna May Oliver was *perfect* for the tough but sweet Aunt Betsey Trotwood, just as W.C. Fields was for Micawber the mooch. The great Basil Rathbone deserved more time as the nasty Murdstone, as did Lionel Barrymore as the craggy seadog Dan Peggotty. My one gripe would be the young Freddie Bartholomew, whom I've found irritating since seeing him in "Captains Courageous". This film evidently put him on the map, and he was, I suppose, a talented young man, but I felt he overdid it. A starstruck youngster, kinda like Shirley Temple, whose films I avoid like the plague. That said, this classic from George Cukor is a treasure.
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hey guys good day can i have link on where to download vray-rt for active shade
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hey guys good day can i have link on where to download vray-rt for active shade
thanks in advance!
hi there im new to this blog and i love reading all your comments! is there a way i can download free growfx plugin as a starter! :) thanks
WOHO! Best Thursday ever. Just won a GrowFX license at RonenBekerman.com..
Congratulations to @MikeDugenioHansen the first stage winner! Keep on posting images ya'll... one more license is waiting ;)
My plugin Arsenal needs a grow :D
My adventure with landscaping and foliage started couple years ago when i discovered onyx. Since than i have always tryed to build realistic environment as much as hardware/software and patient let me. I always loved to put in my scens big old trees and uniqe smalll shrubs, thats why almost into every projects i was creating some foliage treating it as training. Almost every trip be car or by foot was spend to watching how thing looks what is their structure, how to build one, seekeing for inspiration. So why i want to use growfx? I thing i have squeezed onyx to its boundaries and always thought that its high time to switch to growfx. Finally i made my decision after my whole data base with every single vegetation broke couple weeks ago, and 95% data was lost.... I have made long way till that time, an reconstructing whole vegetation library in onyx would be painful. Thats is why i need growfx - to expand my skills and freely create what i want to do, instead what software can let me do.
Looks like an amazing resource, great give away!!
Great giveaway that's for sure ;)
Here, pick me! It would be really useful!
I have never Used GrowFx in my projects but have tried along to learn it quite useful
I really hope I will get growFX. as this is a way to create a unique work in a short time. and not copy-paste of models
manually creating trees right now, could use a help :- )
@ronenbekerman growFX is something I've want to start using in my workflow Come on Papa needs a new plug-in!
i've read about growfx and it looks like the best solution for 3d foliage. i won't mind owning it :)
I feel cheated everytime I buy a vegetation model, because I know I could possibly create endless types of vegetation with GrowFX. I'd love to own it.
Thank you for this giveaway. This a extremely high quality plugin to build your own trees, shrubs, plants, grass, etc. It´d be a great help to have this for my future works.
i have an unhealthy obsession with rendering realistic vegetation...hope i get lucky here :)
good plugin..
One thing I've ever hated about renders, is that most time you are stuck with the same tree models, and you have to use them over and over again, making your work look as a factory made pattern, I would love to use GrowFX to make my renders even more realistic and less patterned.
Pick me!)
It would be awesome build a huge parametric tree library to distinguish every project from pre-made un-editable tree geometries! This first, iToo Forest following...
Started fooling around with GrowFX a while ago for an old chapel project in the middle of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, mainly using it for Japanese Cherry Blossom trees. Not yet perfected, but it is truly a great learning experience using the software. A license would be great to follow up and finish the project! Plus I'd probably share my models with everyone; always good to help out the 3D community.
GrowFX would make populating environments fun again! I would love to have this plugin!
I would like to have GrowFX soo I could start making great looking visualization for my architectural projects.
I'd use Grow FX to create a library of custom trees and foliage. The advantage over just buying meshes would be the ability to tweak presets and get loads of variation on the same type of trees and plants. Great giveaway Ronen :)
Thanks Ronen! Would enjoy using the plugin all projects I work on.
I really would like to use Grow Fx with Itoo Forest Pro. I'm using Evermotion library at the moment but I would like to make my own trees !By the way, great give away !!!
Very nice plug in , nowadays it seems that more people are interested in animation and this one just hits the targetrecommended for visual artists / architects
Great plugin! I'll use it in every project. Dajte ego mne, chuvaki )
I like to use exact tree species when making visualizations, so growfx would be perfect for this :) Finger crossed ^^
i'll use GrowFX to make Avatar like plants :)
Going to be doing some pretty specific custom foliage for my next project and have been looking forward to picking up a license of growfx!
The biggest advantage of grow fx is its nice, intuitive interface. If you ever worked with onyx, you know what i mean. And the results speak for themselves. My former boss always said: 'No one around here seems to know how a tree looks like.' :D
The best plant modeller out there!!!... hopefully I would be the lucky @ronenbekerman
I wanna be picked :)
Great ! most of my renders have dense vegetation and natural background. I must get it ! :D The iTrees 3D library from iCube is so poor :(
Would love a copy of GrowFx to use with Forest Pack for custom foliage. Looks like the best solution for 3DS Max users.
awesome plugin for my next project: a meadow in the sun! :)
Hey. I'd like to use Growfx for some heavy tree growing ;) I'm amazed by it's potential and would like to get my hands on a full version.
hi ronenbekerman - i wish to ask how many images i can attach to the second part of giveaway?
@Mateusz Ledzki Damn :- (. I think you're the best tree creator vastly around, I could not believe you made those trees in Onyx when I saw them in your portfolio. I wish you have made some tutorial or insight into your superly detailed work. Good luck !
@MikeDugenioHansen Congratulations Mike!
@MikeDugenioHansen Well Mike... you have good Karma ;) You won a GrowFX License... Now go ahead an start creating those endless types of vegetation!!!
@Design_Corps Thanks... with all the foliage chatter on the forum and my NNG entry I'll probably get into such custom buildup pretty soon ;) If I could enter with an image (and I can't) I would send in this one that I like very much...
all custom GrowFX stuff here
@Mateusz Ledzki as many as you like ;)
@Lonelymonk @MikeDugenioHansen Thanks man
@ronenbekerman @MikeDugenioHansen
Okay seriously.. This is like Christmas when you were a little kid. And you knew what was in the presents. But you couldn't open them before Christmas Eve..
Can you please tell Exlevel to contact me as soon as humanly possible. I'm so hooked on it right now.
@ronenbekerman @MikeDugenioHansen
Ohh yeaah.. I wanna get started right now. My e-mail is [email protected]
@ronenbekerman Yes I'm watching that thread with interest :) Looking forward to seeing how the NNG entry goes too!
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News about food, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Dec. 24, 2014
Kebab, most popular form of street food in France, represents threat to country's identity to some on far right there; some chefs have stepped up to defend kebab, calling attacks on Eastern meat dish racist and means of using food as political weapon. MORE
Dec. 17, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column; chocolate lovers can dip their own truffles, bars and other confections at Voila Chocolate, Upper West Side chocolate shop and studio that offers abbreviated classes; other food and cooking items noted. MORE
Dec. 10, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column; Maille mustard bar on Columbus Avenue in Manhattan allows visitors to sample several types of strong French mustard along with various seasonings; other food-related items noted. MORE
Nov. 27, 2014
Berlin Journal; growing concern about food waste in Berlin has led to establishment of roughly 100 sites at which people can donate and share excess; sites, which feature shared refrigerators and shelves stocked with leftovers from private parties and restaurants, are just one of several initiatives in Germany aimed at keeping edibles out of the garbage. MORE
Nov. 26, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column; Roundabout Theater is offering caviar and sparkling wine at its performances of musical Cabaret in effort to evoke decadence of pre-World War II Berlin; other food news and items noted. MORE
Nov. 23, 2014
Bonnie Tsui Frugal Traveler article on finding affordable, comforting meals from street stalls throughout Yokohama, Japan. MORE
Nov. 17, 2014
Rachel L Swarns The Working Life column on how struggle to prepare fresh, healthy, home-cooked meals frames working lives of many parents in New York City and beyond; notes sociology researchers from North Carolina State University argue efforts to promote home cooking by government officials, celebrity chefs and food writers, may be putting unfair, unrealistic and unhealthy burden on women. MORE
Nov. 14, 2014
India and the United States reach agreement over food stockpiles, removing major obstacle to global trade deal that has been stalled for months; deal is first significant major one since creation of World Trade Organization. MORE
Nov. 12, 2014
Mark Bittman Op-Ed column disputes notion that more food must be produced in order to feed the world's growing population; contends that solution to malnourishment is to eliminate poverty. MORE
Nov. 12, 2014
Highly sensitive memo issued by Walmart in October to its managers across country, pushing them to improve performance on fresh dairy, meat and produce items, reflects customer complaints about quality of food offered by discount retailer; memo was leaked for public use by manager unhappy about understaffing, and some retail analysts agree that Walmart does not have enough employees in its stores. MORE
Nov. 6, 2014
Voters across the country delivered mixed messages on number of measures and initiatives involving food and beverages; food and biotech companies spent at least $60 million fighting proposals linked to what Americans eat and drink, and considerable amount of media attention was devoted to food issues in midterm elections. MORE
Oct. 29, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column notes that Raaka Chocolate has settled into spacious new factory in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and is turning out 20,000 bars a month using beans that are fermented but not roasted; other food news and items noted. MORE
Oct. 28, 2014
Environmental Working Group introduces one of the most comprehensive online databases of food products, containing information on more than 80,000 items sold in groceries nationwide; it offers details of ingredients and nutritional information as well as an attempt to assess how processed the food items are. MORE
Oct. 19, 2014
Jane Margolies travel article on the old food markets of Barcelona, more than 20 of which have been renovated and remodeled. MORE
Oct. 7, 2014
Walmart announces initiative to reduce adverse environmental impacts of the food it sells and to help customers improve nutrition in their diets. MORE
Sep. 29, 2014
Bangkok Journal; Thai government will unveil device that promoters say can scientifically evaluate food in order to determine whether it is genuine Thai cuisine; robotic taster, developed by government-financed Thai Delicious Committee, is aimed particularly at combating proliferation of bland Thai food overseas. MORE
Sep. 28, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Martin Caparros cautions that United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's yearly report on food insecurity should be read with skepticism; notes that method used by FAO is very malleable. MORE
Sep. 17, 2014
United Nations reports significant declines in rates of child mortality and hunger globally, but warns that trends are persisting in parts of Africa and South Asia despite major health care advances and better food production; observes that while goal of halving the number of hungry people by 2015 is still within reach, second goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds is years behind schedule. MORE
Sep. 8, 2014
Nursing homes and senior living communities nationwide are hiring professional chefs and adopting gourmet techniques as they prepare to cater to aging baby boomers and their more demanding palettes; shift reflects importance of food as a cultural currency among an aging population. MORE
Sep. 1, 2014
Concerns have arisen about shortage of almonds, production of which has suffered due to drought in California as well as colony collapse disorder among bees that pollinate almond trees; other crops that have high demand but low supply are so-called ancient grains like quinoa, although warnings about shortage of kale was vastly overblown. MORE
Aug. 27, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column notes that Saraghina Bakery is set to open in Brooklyn; other food and dining news noted. MORE
Aug. 27, 2014
U Ye Htut Win, businessman known as Sharky, has successfully brought locovore cuisine to his native Myanmar; in a country where rice is the universal staple, he produces brown breads, baguettes and croissants, earning respect of those with considerable bread-making pedigrees, and in the process, single-handedly creating beginnings of culture in Myanmar that mixes local resources and Western traditions. MORE
Aug. 24, 2014
News analysis; handful of high-tech start-ups are trying to revolutionize American food system in ways that are at times at odds with entrenched local and artisanal food movement; both camps share common desire to create more sustainable food supply and capitalize on people's appetites. MORE
Aug. 13, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column; set of nautical plates from E A T Gifts on Madison Avenue make ideal house gift for weekends at the shore or on a boat; other food related items noted. MORE
Aug. 9, 2014
Russians grapple with ramifications of Western sanctions and knowledge that they will have to do without many imported foods; reactions, while generally calm, range from support for Russian-grown fare to frustration with government's role in Ukrainian conflict. MORE
Aug. 8, 2014
Russia retaliates for Western sanctions against Moscow, announcing ban on all beef, pork, fish, fruit, vegetables and dairy products from the European Union, United States, Canada, Australia and Norway for one year; move raises level of confrontation over Ukraine with measures likely to affect Russian consumers at least as much as European farming . MORE
Aug. 3, 2014
Claire Martin Prototype column; California firm Bitty Foods is selling flour and cookies packed with protein-rich, environmentally friendly crickets; there are nearly 2,000 types of edible insects, and Americaan entrepreneurs in this field believe protein-rich bugs are poised to ignite a quinoa-like food craze. MORE
Jul. 31, 2014
Op-Ed article by food writer Ruth Reichl decries federal appeals court ruling allowing Food and Drug Administration to leave antibiotic used in animal feed on market even if it is dangerous to humans; warns that practice breeds antibiotic-resistant bacteria and notes that some mainstream food suppliers have already moved away from such antibiotics, urging entire industry to join them. MORE
Jul. 27, 2014
Nicola Twilley article analyzes how refrigeration and cold storage boom in China is transforming the way the nation grows, distributes and consumes food; holds boom is also formidable new factor in climate change, as cooling is already responsible for 15 percent of all electricity consumption worldwide, and leaks of chemical refrigerants are major source of greenhouse-gas pollution. MORE
Jul. 23, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column; Luzzo's wood-burning pizza cart, which can produce a thin-crust pie baked to order in less than a minute, has been seen in various locations around New York City; other food items and news noted. MORE
Jul. 20, 2014
New York City Sanitation Department employees Haley Rogers and Lisa Brunie-McDermott are on mission to convince New Yorkers to deal with food waste differently; two are key players in two-year, $10 million pilot program of department's recycling unit to make home composting a reality for the city. MORE
Jul. 11, 2014
Mike Hale discusses and rates several outdoor destinations around New York City that offer gourmet food, laid-back shopping and seemingly spontaneous entertainment. MORE
Jun. 29, 2014
Andrew Curry article on trip to Italy hoping to find food that his gluten-intolerant wife could enjoy; shares surprising discovery that the land of pasta and pizza is welcoming, even sympathetic, to travelers who avoid eating gluten. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
Mark Bittman Op-Ed column takes issue with the term foodie for describing someone who cares about good food; contends that it would be useful to move the term beyond one who simply gets pleasure from food to one who pays attention to how food is produced and the impact it has. MORE
Jun. 18, 2014
Mark Bittman Op-Ed column calls attention to paper published in journal Social Currents by sociologist Ivy Ken, who asserts that food companies continue to promote unhealthy products while presenting themselves as part of the solution to obesity crisis; contends government must regulate and oversee industry in way that protects public health. MORE
Jun. 16, 2014
How do you feed two children in a family when one is overweight and one is underweight? MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Fermented skate, a fish known as hongeo, is prized in South Korea for the ammonia fumes it releases, sometimes so strong they cause people's mouths to peel; lowly fish, once just a regional specialty, is now a large part of the economy of Heuksan Island. MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
Samuel G Freedman On Religion column; Adnan A Durrani's Saffron Road food company, maker of halal frozen entrees, has moved beyond a core audience of American Muslims and into the commercial mainstream; it has more than 50 different products, with annual sales approaching $35 million. MORE
Jun. 12, 2014
Personal Tech Q&A column on printing pictures in iPhoto '11 on OS X Mavericks; difference between Movie Moments and Movie Maker on Windows 8.1; Tip of the Week on new additions to Google search results for food lovers. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Michael Ratney, United States consul general in Israel, hosts dinner party offering menu prepared from ingredients almost exclusively purchased from West Bank food purveyors underwritten by funds from United States; meal is meant to showcase export potential of Palestinian producers at a time when US aid is under criticism from Israel. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Farhad Manjoo State of the Art column describes experimenting with Soylent, drink mix created by Robert Rhinehart that is meant as a substitute for staple meals; contends product is punishingly boring and joyless; notes that there are still questions about Soylent's healthfulness. MORE
May. 28, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column notes that chef Nicholas Morgenstern has opened Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream, ice-cream parlor featuring uncommon flavors, in Lower East Side; other food items and news noted. MORE
May. 26, 2014
The F.D.A. still does not require that food products made with genetically modified plants be identified, despite public backing of such labels, but food buyers have options. MORE
May. 25, 2014
Isabel Soares and a handful of volunteers start cooperative called Fruta Feia, or Ugly Fruit, intended to reduce food waste in Europe by selling fruits and vegetables that would not make it to supermarkets; Soares estimates that a third of Portugal's farming produce goes to waste because of set quality standards; calls waste striking example of misplaced regulatory intervention by European Union, which has tried to unify food standards across 28-nation bloc. MORE
May. 25, 2014
Several catering services throughout New Jersey offer pig roasts with whole roast hogs accompanied by other delicacies (Metropolitan/New Jersey). MORE
May. 25, 2014
Experts on regional food specialties offer their tips for must-eats in Myanmar, Lebanon, Turkey, Mexico City and Umbria, Italy. MORE
May. 18, 2014
Chef Tom Colicchio, who owns the Craft chain of restaurants, is most vocal and widely-recognized figure among growing ranks of chefs who are becoming politically active in issues ranging from food industry reform to hunger to social benefits of organic farming. MORE
May. 17, 2014
Food waste is an increasingly hot-button issue, with cities, restaurants and companies adopting strategies for reducing problem; Environmental Protection Agency says Americans threw away more than 36 tons of food in 2012, about $165 billion worth of food annually; city of Austin, Tex, is building food collection program that will turn food scraps into compost as part of goal to eliminate 90 percent of waste it sends to landfills by 2040. MORE
May. 14, 2014
Florence Fabricant Front Burner column offers sampling of some of the best food halls in New York. MORE
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Stirring the Pot for Good Fortune
For many, consuming this frugal dish on the first day of the year is said to augur prosperity.
December 31, 2014, Wednesday
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Fish Cakes Conquer Their Shyness
Fish cakes break out with chiles and aromatic herbs. (Article plus video.)
December 31, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON FOOD AND: Cooking and Cookbooks , Seafood , Recipes
How They Roll
At Gem Wheelchair & Scooter Service, the main attraction is a fleet of motorized wheelchairs and scooters, all lined up as if at a Mini Cooper dealership. But Gem's true calling is its repair business.
December 28, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON FOOD AND: Jews and Judaism , Kosher Foods and Products , Hillcrest (Queens, NY) , Disabilities , Gem Wheelchair & Scooter Service (Queens, NY)
A Crime Mistress, and Jewish Recipes
"Queen of Thieves" is about Fredericka (Marm) Mandelbaum and her apprentice crooks; "Eating Delancey: A Celebration of Jewish Food" has an introduction by Joan Rivers.
December 28, 2014, Sunday
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McDonald's in Japan Resolves Fry Shortage
The company said it would resume serving all portion sizes of fries on Jan. 5 after resolving an inventory crunch stemming from labor disruptions on the West Coast of the United States.
December 27, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON FOOD AND: McDonald's Corporation , French Fries , International Trade and World Market , Japan
Frozen in Time, Friends' Gingerbread House Joins a New Village
The confectionary decoration that Steve Lukse of Rye Brook, N.Y., bought in 1976 for his companion, Betty Dineen, who died this year, will be in Gingerbread Lane at the New York Hall of Science.
December 25, 2014, Thursday
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Food Safety Program
Philip Derfler, the deputy administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, defends its work.
December 24, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON FOOD AND: Food Contamination and Poisoning , Food Safety and Inspection Service
A Sausage Roll Recipe for Boxing Day
In Britain, sausage rolls make an appearance on Christmas Eve, on Christmas Day or on Dec. 26, Boxing Day.
December 24, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON FOOD AND: Cooking and Cookbooks , Meat , Boxing Day , Great Britain
A Culinary Tour of Cuba
A home for artisanal cheeses, Cassoulet Week, bacon bread and more food news.
December 24, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON FOOD AND: Restaurants , Cooking and Cookbooks , Food , New York City , Cuba , Cheese
Harbs, a Japanese Bakery, Moves Into Chelsea
The chain's first American branch offers creamy cakes and pies, DF Mavens opens a cafe, and more restaurant openings.
December 24, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON FOOD AND: Restaurants , Bakeries and Baked Products , Harbs (Manhattan, NY, Bakery) , Chelsea (Manhattan, NY)
36 Hours in Santa Fe
No matter what the season, food, culture and nature buffs will find ample reason to linger in and around Santa Fe.
India Discusses Public Food Stockpiling
India's commerce minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced an agreement between her country and the United States on public stockpiling of food, clearing the way for a global trade deal.
36 Hours in Dublin
After decades of tumultuous change, a more refined wave of affluence has reached Dublin, where visitors will find a restaurant renaissance, musical creativity and a glorious sense of history.
36 Hours in Tulum, Mexico
Once a laid-back resort village with a hippie vibe, Tulum's pace has quickened, with new shops, restaurants and nightlife options complementing the broad white beaches and yoga retreats.
36 Hours in Hanoi
Hanoi is changing fast, but with its tree-lined lanes, graceful old architecture, a flourishing arts scene and sophisticated night life, the city is having its moment.
Foolproof Tarte Tatin Recipe
Julia Moskin demonstrates the art of caramelizing apples for a crisp and sweet tarte Tatin.
36 Hours in Athens
After years of economic turmoil, Athens's self-confidence and creativity are stirring again, with new restaurants, shops and a blossoming of local pride.
From Slaughter to Table
The Korean-American chef Hooni Kim has a rule about the chicken he uses in his restaurants. It's only worth serving the day it is killed.
What Kids Around the World Eat for Breakfast
What do kids around the world eat for breakfast? It's as likely to be coffee or kimchi as it is a sugary cereal.
36 Hours in Copenhagen
Copenhagen, the standard-bearer for both design and New Nordic cuisine, offers other creative endeavors, from enticing shops to cozy bars.
36 Ore a Firenze
Nuovi bar, boutique e ristoranti sono il complemento perfetto per i monumenti storici di Firenze.
36 Hours in Central Park, New York
With its endless trails, hidden nooks, museums and nearby night spots, Central Park is that rare tourist destination that is also a pleasure ground for locals.
Russia and E.U. on Food Sanctions
Dmitri A. Medvedev, the Russian prime minister, and Frédéric Vincent, a spokesman for the European Commission, discussed Russia's ban on food imports from the United States and other countries.
Reporter's Notebook: Palestinian Feast
To celebrate the diversity of Palestinian products grown on the West Bank, America's top diplomat to the region prepared a feast inspired by the "Chopped" television Series.
Taste Test: Could Soylent Replace Food?
A sommelier, a gastroenterologist, a personal trainer and a Times dining reporter tested out Soylent to see if it could one day replace food for them.
Food Curated | Amagansett Sea Salt
Steven and Natalie Judelson turned their passion for making sea salt at their house on Long Island into a business, harvesting seawater and setting it out to evaporate.
Crisis in South Sudan
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Middle Eastern Ingredients | Za'atar
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A passenger fell off a Carnival cruise ship this morning as it sailed into Tampa but eventually was rescued by one of the port's pilot vessels.
Carnival says the incident happened as the 2,052-passenger Carnival Inspiration was approaching Tampa's port channel at the end of a four-night voyage to Mexico. The passenger told authorities he had been climbing on a railing for a better view when he slipped, the line says.
Nobody on the ship immediately reported the passenger missing, and the line reportedly wasn't aware of the incident until it got word of the rescue.
"A male individual was seen in the water holding on to a pilot marker," the line says in a statement sent to USA TODAY. "The individual, who was subsequently identified as a guest from the Carnival Inspiration, was taken to a local hospital where he is being treated for his injuries."
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U.S. Coast Guard officials report the passenger's name is Larry Miller and that he is 46 years old.
The incident marks the second time in less than a month that a passenger on a Carnival ship has ended up in the water. An 18-year-old passenger was seen going overboard from the Carnival Fantasy late last month during a cruise out of New Orleans. He was never found.
There have been an unusually high number of "man overboard" incidents this year on cruise ships that include two other occurrences on Carnival, one on Norwegian Cruise Line and one on P&O Cruises. Only the P&O Cruises passenger was found and rescued.
Carnival says that upon learning of the situation this morning officers on the Carnival Inspiration notified appropriate authorities including the U.S. Coast Guard and the FBI.
"The guest told authorities that he climbed up on a railing to get a better view of the pilot boat when he slipped and fell overboard," the statement notes. "The incident remains under investigation."
The Carnival Inspiration was returning from a cruise that began in Tampa on Thursday, June 11. The ship is scheduled to depart on a five-day cruise this afternoon as scheduled.
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Well we're now knee-deep in blob mania after taking part in the runout of the theater. Dave R & Frank were perched atop (yes on top!) of our van that was somehow parked almost directly across the street from the theater amidst the huge crowd so they could get the big wide shot. And where was I? I was using our secondary camera (an HD mini dv) and against the advice of the police officers present decided to stand right in the middle of the street exactly where the crowd would run so I could get action closups. The other photographers weren't all that happy with my position either because I was in all of their shots. But we'll do just about anything to get the good shots and make "Strange PA" as fun to watch as possible. You'll have to wait for the show to see all of that footage!
I'm happy to report that after that mayhem only 1 person slammed into me and it was a kid so I think he got the worst of it! -Dave H


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Safi Faye's Gaze: The Evolution of an African Woman's Cinema by Beti Ellerson
An earlier version of this article under the title "Africa Through a Woman's Eyes: Safi Faye's Cinema" appears in Focus on African Films. Françoise Pfaff, ed. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2004.
By considering the history of African women in film production, we can better appreciate Safi Faye's place as a pioneer. Moreover, it is not by chance that the person recognized as the "father" of African cinema—Ousmane Sembene is also Senegalese. The time span between the emergence of these two firsts is relatively short: Sembene made his first film in 1963, while Faye's debut film was released in 1972. However, the interval between the birth of African cinema and the visible presence of African women playing key roles has been much longer.
Ousmane Sembene released La Noire de...(Black Girl), in 1966, the year that Safi Faye was initiated into the world of international culture as an official guide during the First World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar, Senegal. There she began her connections with people and places that led her to her career path. She also became aware of the importance of the preservation of African history and culture, a theme that was omnipresent at the festival and became a leitmotif in her work. She describes that event as an expression of national energy and recalls her desire to meet the intellectuals and researchers who had gathered there (Cissé and Fall 1996, 6). Her encounter with French ethnologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch at the festival was important, since it allowed her to travel to France a year later as an actor in his 1968 film Petit à Petit (Little by Little). She returned to her position as primary school teacher of French in Senegal after the film was completed.
Later, as an experienced filmmaker, Faye looked retrospectively at Rouch's film and admitted that she did not like it at all, viewing it as too unwieldy and unstructured, naïve and somewhat silly. Even as she found the film amusing, she did not especially like this display of entertainment and found it rather foolish to make a film with no real plot or ending (Haffner 1982a, 64). While Faye did not explain why she found the film silly, I would suggest that she simply outgrew it, and in retrospect found her character to be superficial and perhaps completely in opposition to her experiences as an African woman in Paris. Other African viewers who critiqued the film during a ciné-club screening and Q&A in 1979 in Kinshasa agreed with her sense of its superficiality (Haffner 1982b, 88). Jean Rouch even admitted, after being pressed by film critic Guy Hennebelle, that the film presented a folkloric impression of Africans (M. Martin 1982, 92). A loosely-structured film about Africans who encounter Paris for the first time, Petit à Petit has been viewed as controversial because of its ambiguous interpretation of Africans and is considered one of Rouch's least successful works (Serceau 1982, 159).
Rouch is often described as Faye's mentor because of similar elements in their work—anthropology and documentary-style filmmaking. However, Faye herself is unsure to what extent he influenced her evolution into filmmaking and her study of ethnology. While film critics and historians have drawn these conclusions, she views her decisions as more intuitive. Not knowing exactly what area of study to pursue, and realizing that she did not know Africa very well, Faye opted for ethnology in order to better understand the continent. One significant component of the ethnography curriculum at the Sorbonne in Paris was the use of the camera as an instrument for field research. Faye discovered that the camera was an important tool for comprehending what she observed:
During that time there were many abstract things in the course of events that could not be explained, such as African ceremonies. One observes them but cannot actually explain them. I thought perhaps that in analyzing these elements, I might find the foundation of these things. I decided that the best solution was to do film.(Cissé and Fall 1996, 6)
Faye also became aware of the importance of film as a means of communication with the predominantly oral people of her country. She realized that even though they did not read literature and books, the 70 percent of the population that was non-literate knew how to read images (Amarger 1998).
Faye learned how to use the camera during her studies in ethnology and began to study filmmaking at the Louis Lumière Film School in Paris in 1972. At the end of that year she completed her first film, La Passante (The Woman Passerby). While this student film is not generally included in the analysis of her body of work as a filmmaker, (1) she defines it as an "intimist" work. She recalls that she initially filmed for her own pleasure, but later her filmmaking interest evolved around her research (Traoré 1979, 28).
It is noteworthy that Faye's first work is a short fiction film inspired by the theme of beauty and fantasy, a theme that recurred in full glory some twenty years later in her film Mossane. She describes La Passante as influenced by French poet Charles Baudelaire's poem "A une Passante." In an interview, Faye said of her film:
[It is] the story of a beautiful African woman who arrives in Paris. Dreamlike, she notices that everyone watches her, admires her. Among her admirers she chooses a White man and allows him to dream, then a Black man who dreams as well. They watch her walk down the street. In fact, they are dreaming. That is not at all my reality; Baudelaire inspired me. (Cissé and Fall 1996, 6)
It is significant that in her film, Faye acts as the main character and uses Paris as the setting. In a very individual way, the film echoes her own experiences as a woman "divided between two cultures—French and Senegalese," yet defining herself as neither, "a Westernized or liberated woman" (Remy 1996, 34). Faye's poetic sensibility, viewed early in her filmmaking with La Passante, evolved into an important element of her cinematic écriture. Beyond the film's poetic incantation, Faye attempted to deal with cultural diversity expressed in a woman's encounter with two men from different cultures; particularly in the way they experience food (Bouzet 1991). With the European man, she dines at a restaurant. With the African man, she prepares a meal at home. They both live out their fantasies with her according to their cultural habits related to eating and cuisine. Food is explored as a medium of culture, a theme Faye also investigated later in the documentary, Ambassades nourricières (Culinary Embassies, 1984). (3)
From the start of her filmmaking career in France, Faye's visibility as an African woman was immediate. She recalls that it was relatively easy for her to enter into the profession. Since she was the only African woman making films; a lot of attention was given to her and her work. In contrast, she finds that women now have a much more difficult time entering the domain of filmmaking.
While Faye is a proponent of women's rights, she does not use the term "feminist" to describe herself or her work but rather sees herself as affirming women's rights and opportunities (Cissé and Fall 1996, 7). She looks for the African specificities regarding women and their experiences, noting that many Western feminist issues are unrelated to African realities. While stating that "phallocracy is universal; she emphasizes that there are women in African societies who want to change their situations (Faye 1984,8). She remarks on external misconceptions about African women:
It is always difficult for Europeans to see Africa, and its women, without taking sides and without bringing European notions of civilization. Today, we do a lot, toward the emancipation of women. It is a subject of many of the films on our continent, but women are not as dependent, submissive or deprived of rights as one thinks. If I consider the situation where I live, in the country, in the Serer region, and the responsibilities that the women take on, for their families and the house- hold, I see women as active partners-courageous and liberated-in relation to their husbands. In the city, on the other hand, women's dependence, financially speaking, appears to me to be much greater. (Eichenberger 1976,2)
Faye rejects Western feminist filmmaking, which has often privileged only women's lives, and emphasizes the very different experiences of African women and what she views as the more important issues regarding the agricultural sector and its ability to sustain itself. It is much more effective to present women in the context of their experiences and society. Faye does, however, call attention to the empowering aspect of a matriarchal society, where women are raised to be independent and self-sufficient (Faye 1984,4). She attempts to evoke the contrasting aspects in women's lives, for example, with the character Mossane, whom she describes as "living between rebellion and effacement." Likewise, her; film Selbé et tant d'autres (Selbé and So Many Others, 1981) describes village women left behind after men have migrated to cities in search of work. Selbé works hard to raise her children but finds herself alone in this endeavor, despite the fact that she has a husband, and she comes to understand her power when she relies only on her own strength.
Though modest in her acknowledgment of her role as "pioneer;' Faye recognizes that other women respect her accomplishments. When asked about her role as a "woman filmmaker;' she does not make a distinction between "Safi as a man or Safi as a woman" –to her, they are one (Cissé and Fall 1996, 7). She emphasizes the similar problems that African men and women encounter as filmmakers; however, she also notes that it has been especially difficult to attract women to filmmaking:
I think it is important that there are women filmmakers and it is a pity that film work is so hard and that many African women don't get involved in it. Women should have an important role to play in African cinema, given their sensitivity and their truthfulness. There is also the reluctance to tackle such a hard and unstable job, that doesn't offer much financial security (Ouaga, 1989).
The tenacity and conviction necessary to endure and survive a profession such as filmmaking also means that there may be a level of tension in a relationship with a male partner. This is especially the case when the woman is self-sufficient and economically autonomous, as Faye remarks:
I think it is very difficult when you are an intellectual, to find a man who accepts these things. They become jealous, the relationship is destroyed. But sometimes I say to myself—if you are born free, buying your own clothes, bringing your own money to get your own food, then if you are not with a man, you have more time to think about your own work. And that is very important. What a woman like me needs in only affection, nothing else. If it is possible ok, if it is not possible, I prefer to get affection from my child rather than staying without work because a man wants to destroy me. I am not afraid of anything. (Vasudev 1985, 3)
Even when the themes in her films have not focused on women's issues, they reflect a perceptible woman's sensibility. There may not be a clear distinction between how Faye as a woman makes films compared to how a man would do so, but Mossane projects a female subjectivity in the way the female characters are assigned agency. Moreover, it shows a very distinctive interpretation of female sensuality and a specific emphasis on the female protagonist. For both, Faye draws from her personal experiences; she reflects her own sexual education during adolescence; and as a mother, she shows her adoration for her daughter and her desire to represent this in the character, Mossane. Faye has declared, in fact, that she made Mossane for herself and her daughter to show a certain reality within African society (Rémy 1996, 34). The close bond that she has with her daughter exemplifies the important place that she regards motherhood in her identity. Locating herself within the simultaneous identities of mother, filmmaker and anthropologist, she illustrates their interconnected and the impossibility of indulging in only one role. She sometimes incorporates her daughter in her work, as in the film, Trois ans cinq mois (Three Years Five Months), which portrays her daughter as an infant. Faye's fourteenth film and her daughter at fourteen years old were two seemingly disparate elements that Faye linked together and celebrated by choosing the subject of Mossane. She noticed her daughter was at the magical age when she turned fourteen, a specific moment in life where the transformation was distinctive and visible.
Faye's interest in anthropology and the visualization on film of experiences in her native village has continued throughout her career. While her earlier films privileged the documentary style in order to foreground social, political and economic realities of the village, Mossane, is a completely fictionalized saga of the eponymous protagonist who is the "most beautiful girl in the world." Woven into the story of a fourteen-year-old girl and the myriad experiences she faces at that age is a fictionalized Serer myth that every two hundred years, a girl is condemned by her beauty to a tragic destiny. Mossane is so stunning that her beauty haunts even the Pangool, ancestral spirits of the Serer. In the end, through the arms of Mamanguedj, she is returned to the seashore where the ancestors live, the only place where she may be protected.
Critics have associated much of Faye's work with reality-based documentary so some resist her contention that Mossane is not an ethnological-based account of actual events in her society, but rather a story that came entirely from her imagination. Even the impressive rituals and ceremonies in Mossane were her invention (Barlet 1997, 11).
This was particularly striking during the press conference of the 15th FESPACO in 1997 when Faye was invited to discuss Mossane with the public and a panel of various members of the press. Faye is not very keen on giving interviews about her films because she feels that after the film has been made, it belongs to the public. At the same time, she believes that she should not have to defend her work. During the discussion, several European members of the audience insisted on anthropological explanations for portions of the film, but Faye insisted that it was a fictional account not based on factual events and a debate ensued. That Faye wanted to present a mythical figure based on ideas from her own imagination became a point of tension and was ultimately rejected by those who viewed her work as based on anthropological research even if fictionalized.
This exchange suggests that in the minds of some viewers, Africa remains a continent that can be fully explained in the anthropological studies that have undergirded European-based research on Africa, as if an African filmmaker/storyteller were prohibited from exercising the artistic authority to create from her own imaginary. For instance, one European speaker insisted that the arranged marriage scenario in the film was based on Faye's account of what actually exists in Senegal, whereas Faye maintained that it was drawn not from her experiences, but from her imagination.
In another instance, in a published dialogue, the French interviewer asked why Faye portrayed filial sensuality towards Mossane by her brother, since this is not an actuality in African societies (Rémy 1996, 34). Faye emphasized that the events of the story were strictly a product of her imagination, and she was suggesting that the fascination inspired by Mossane's breathtaking beauty could torment her own brother, just as the entire village had been hypnotized by it.
Refusing to focus only on the traditional aspects of African cultures, Faye attempts to go beyond the superficial tradition/modernity dichotomy that many Western viewers perceive in a portrayal of resistance to beliefs and customs. She does not offer a moral to the story but rather shows that tradition and modernity are undifferentiated in the reality of today's Africa. For Faye, Mossane is an adolescent as any other: adolescence is a time of confusion, and resistance to the wishes of parents prevails (Barlet 1997, 10). Faye would view Mossane as a universal story within the specificities of an African culture and interpreted from an African perspective.
Such tensions and debates that center on interpretations of "documentary" versus "fiction" and "reality" versus "fantasy" appear to be the basis for Faye's refusal to make these delineations. As a filmmaker, she views life as the story— unlike western filmmakers who try to tell a story (Playback 1981, 7). Faye considers her works as documents, oral reportage (A. Martin 1979, 18). Thus, her films are records, texts, or correspondence, especially in the dialogic sense of an exchange between interlocutors—the visual text, the interpreters in the story, and the viewer.
Faye does not distinguish between fiction and documentary, she does not see linear progression in her work from documentary to fiction or in terms of thematic evolution over time. One element, however, has been constant throughout her career—representing the realities of Africa. Based on research of her native village, Faye highlights the economic upheaval caused by the imposition of the groundnut monoculture and gives voice to inhabitants as they recount their stories in Kaddu Beykat (Peasant Letters, 1975). In Fad'jal (Come and Work, 1979), Faye recalls Amadou Hampaté Ba's well-known phrase: "When an old person dies in Africa, it is as if a library has burned down," as she portrays the richness of African oral tradition and the importance to future generations that people learn and pass on their history. And while Mossane was largely created from Faye's imagination, she draws from Serer mythology.
Mossane is a fiction film in the sense that the scenes do not correspond to actual events, although specific situations presented in the film, such as arranged marriages, have historical or contemporary referents. Kaddu Beykat and Fad'jal, while documentary in style have fictionalized aspects in that there are reenactments, or certain events created for the film. Listening to her explanation of Kaddu Beykat, we can better appreciate how Faye interprets her work:
Certain sequences in the film…were a mise en scène. So what is it that one calls fiction? The scene…was set up especially for the film… Is that what one calls fiction, or is it reality that one calls fiction? For me all these words—fiction, documentary, ethnology—have no sense. All I know is I base what I do in reality, be it for a reconstitution or for a film…And that's what I call the punctuation in my film: the life of a village, the problems of life and death, economic and social problems…At the end of my films people wonder if there is a mise en scène or not. I think I have chosen this way, [mixing] what is [with] what is done especially for the film. (A. Martin 1979, 18)
This clarification underscores critical specificities of Faye's work and also responds to the many interpretations that attempt to categorize her films according to a fiction/documentary dichotomy. Her style is described as "realistic yet poetical, anthropological yet with a fierce social concern" (Playback 1981, 7). Faye uses her camera to discover African life (Traoré 1979, 28). She and her camera are observers. The camera becomes part of the discussion as if a participant in the conversation (Maupin 1976, 78). Her approach to filmmaking privileges the voice, experiences and perspectives of the actors/participants, who for example, made suggestions during the shooting of Kaddu Beykat that were incorporated in the scenario. Problems were solved as a team and when sequences were changed, they were made spontaneously on the set. In Faye's search for an African filmmaking practice, she rejects certain cinematic conventions regarding the camera position, shot or duration: "When I am in the village with my grandparents, I stay in my place and I listen to them talk, the camera remains fixed" (Maupin 1976, 78).
Just as Faye opposes the documentary/fiction dichotomy she also questions the notion of ethnology as a field of study that most often involves Westerners going to so-called Third World societies in search of information. Asserting that there is no translation for ethnology in African languages, she describes her studies and research as a way to better understand her own society, country and continent (1984, 6). Faye finds it frustrating that she had to go to Europe in order to learn how to study her own culture (Vasudev 1985, 2). In the end, she met the challenge of using European-acquired tools to understand the realities of African societies and to dispel the myths and misconceptions that have been perpetuated about Africa, ironically, by the same Europe to which she was obliged to go for an education.
Faye continues her first profession as teacher and takes up the baton as griot, carrying on the oral tradition by recording the voice and memory of her people in film. Paradoxically, her initial interest in studying anthropology grew from her desire to understand Africa, about which she knew little as a graduate of the French colonial education system in Senegal. Returning to her Serer community as researcher, she was amazed to find that the oral historians of her village could trace back seventeen generations to tell their history, and she wanted to give homage to them (Vasudev 1985, 2). Faye debunks the misunderstandings and falsifications of African history by giving a voice to those who have recorded this history in their memories for generations (Schissel 1980, 7). Referring to the community participants in Kaddu Beykat, she describes rural farmers as the "greatest economists and sociologists" (Vasudev 1985, 2). They do not read or write, in contrast to those who interpret from an intellectually detached perspective, yet they know about the local economy and are able to interpret and understand the pragmatic realities of farming. This point is brilliantly made by one of the interlocutors who asks: "If groundnuts weaken the soil, what good are they?" And the implied response is, "To pay taxes." In Mossane, she again highlights the wit of the villager as the griot queries his friend's son who has returned from university because of a student strike:
"Tell me again the name of your studies."
"A-g-…I am never able to pronounce the word. So many years of your youth lost at the university to learn how to become a farmer!"
At the present, Faye views Africans living in a period of neo-colonialism in which western film monopolies dominate film theaters, which means that African audiences have little control over which films they can see (Vasudev 1985, 2). While colonial education previously prevented Africans from learning their own history, foreign film industries now make it difficult for Africans to see their own images. For this reason Faye was pleased at the warm reception of her films by the very people to whom she gave a voice to narrate their experiences. When she showed the films to the community, viewers often stated that it was "the first time they had seen on film something with which they could identify" (Playback 1981, 7). Using films as a tool for teaching and learning, Faye's goal is to teach future generations of Africans about their origins. The passion that she has for her continent and its people has been evident throughout her career as teacher, anthropologist, filmmaker: I do what I can for my Africa, to tell how beautiful Africa is, and show that the people will not disappear, even if one forgets us. (Mossane promotional brochure, 1996).
(1) Mark A. Reid (1995), however, focuses specifically on La Passante, arguing that it represents a dialogic mode of womanist filmmaking.
(2) Here she focuses on the cuisine of diverse immigrant populations in France. In Man Sa Yay (Me, Your Mother), a film that she made before Ambassades nourricieres,Faye also examines the theme of immigration and adaptation in the host country, and like Kaddu Beykat (Peasant Letter), the epistolary form provides the thread of the story:a son reads a letter from his mother that begins, "It's me, your mother."
(3) The attention given to these three films is largely because they have attained international recognition. However, Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike examines Selbé as an example of African feminist-oriented films. See African Experiences of Cinema, ed. Imruh Bakari and Mbye Cham, London: BFI, 1996.
Works Cited
Amarger, Michel. 1998. "Interview with Safi Faye." Brochure, International Women's Film Festival at Creteil [France], 95.
Barlet, Olivier. 1997. "Interview with Safi Faye." Africultures 2: 8-11.
Bouzet, Ange-Dominique. 1991. "Safi Faye, cinéaste à I'africaine." Liberation, 15 May, 44.
Cissé, Alassane, and Madior Fall. 1996. "Un film en Afrique, c'est la galère." Sud Week-end [Dakar, Senegal], 12 October, 6-7.
Eichenberger, P. 1976. "Une Africaine derrière la caméra." Unir Cinema, 1-2. Reprinted from ZOOM, revue de l'Office Catholique du Cinéma de Suisse Allemande [Switzerland].
Faye,Safi. 1984. Interview with Pantelis Karakasis. Paris. July. Typescript.
Haffner, Pierre. 1982a. "Interview with Safi Faye." CinémAction 17: 63-64.
Haffner, Pierre. 1982b. "Petit à Petit en question." CinémAction 17: 79-91.
Martin, Angela. 1979. "Interview with Safi Faye" Framework 11: 17-19.
Martin, Marcel. 1982. "Jean Rouch et la memoire africaine." CinémAction 17:92-96.
Maupin, Françoise.1976. Interview with Safi Faye. La Revue du cinéma: Image et son
(February): 76-80.
Ouaga: African Cinema Now! 1989. Directed by Kwate Nee Owoo and Kwesi Owusu. Ghana: Efiri Tete Films.
Playback: A U.N. Family Bulletin on Audio-Visual Matters. 1981. Radio and Visual Series #3. New York: United Nations.
Reid, Mark A. 1995. "Dialogic Modes of Representing Africa(s): Womanist Film." In Cinemas of the Black Diaspora: Diversity, Dependence and Oppositionality, ed. Michael T. Martin, 56-69. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
Remy, Catherine. 1996. "Interview with Safi Faye."Amina [Paris] 315: 21, 34.
Schissel, Howard. 1980. "Africa on Film: The First Feminine View:' Guardian, 9 July,7.
Serceau, Daniel. 1982. "Interview with Pierre Braunberger" CinémAction 17: 158-60.
Traoré, Moussa. 1979. "Interview with Safi Faye." Bingo [Paris] 319: 28-29.
Ukadike, Nwachukwu Frank. 1996. "Reclaiming Images of Women in Film from Africa and the Black Diaspora." In African Experiences of Cinema, ed. Imruh Bakari and Mbye Cham, 194-208. London: British Film Institute.
Vasudev, Aruna. 1985. "Interview with Safi Faye." Festival News,Tenth International Film Festival of India [New Delhi] 15 January, 1-3.


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Earl Sweatshirt
About Earl Sweatshirt
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