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ELISABETH SEREDA recalls some mouth-watering movies and dissects some culinary classicsThe recent release of Chef and The Hundred Foot Journey brought back memories of other mouth-watering films that have caused growling stomachs while watching, followed by ravenous food consumption afterwards.
And no, I am not talking about famous restaurant scenes in famous movies as in When Harry Met Sally. Meg Ryan's excitement at Katz's Deli, prompting the older lady to comment: "I'm having what she's having", incites a hunger of a different kind. And when Anthony Hopkins is having "his liver with some fava beans", the feeling the viewer is left with is more blood boiling than salivating. And not The Big Feast/ La Grande Bouffe either, where a group of men (Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi) hire prostitutes, go to a villa in the countryside, engage in group sex and decide to eat themselves to death. Good movie but hardly appetizing.
The films I fondly remember (and could watch over and over again) in connection with food are of a different kind. They are the ones you have to prepare for: eat before or wait til after? Re-watch on DVD – or VCR before there was a DVD – and pause to write down recipes and inspirations? Plan a huge dinner party for friends with the culinary theme of the film? I am guilty of all of the above although I have stopped food intake before the screening. You rob yourself of a gourmet experience after. I starved through The Hundred Foot Journey which begins with a sea urchin and ends with one (or a few), only to reward myself later with four (!) orders of uni at my favorite Sushi restaurant. I would have preferred urchin the way it is served in Barcelona: erizos de mar – the sweet, orange center scooped out of its shell, mixed with cream and herbs, put back into the shell and baked, just to be scooped out again by the grateful eater, the flavors melting in the mouth – but the yuzu on top of my uni was not so bad, either. The studio kindly provided a few recipes from the film (the omelet, Tandoori chicken, madeleines, etc.) but left out the soup the protagonist's mother creates, blending the urchin with Indian spices in a way that almost makes the smell come off the screen.
The following is a list of favorite food films – or as I'd like to call it #fff:
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
The food in this crime/thriller/comedy is fantastic with bitingly witty dialogue. Director Ted Kotcheff tells the story of a four course meal served by Europe's greatest chefs to the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The courses are featured in Britain's number one gourmet magazine, run by the sarcastic and surly Robert Morley: "How about recreating the Last Supper?" an assistant asks. To which he replies : "That is without a doubt the single most tasteless, vulgar and macabre suggestion it has ever been my misfortune to hear. What next I wonder? The Andes plane crash cook book?!"
One by one the chefs are killed in the manner of their specialty: Jean Pierre Cassel (baked doves) dies stuffed into the oven. Philippe Noiret (pressed duck a l'orange) has his head end up in the duck press. The Venetian seafood master drowns in his own lobster tank. Leading lady and dessert chef Jaqueline Bisset is saved before her famous ice cream bomb explodes. And there is an amusing side story between Bisset and her ex-husband, played by George Segal, who wants to start a fast food chain for omelets while she prefers chiche lorraine over caged chicken products. The grizzly murders not withstanding, the film makes you want to cook and eat all the meals, culminating in the chocolate-strawberry-vanilla ice cream bomb. Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe? was released in 1978, but if you want to find a decent copy on DVD, good luck. Upon investigating we were told that the master had been lost. I still own a bad copy on VHS.
Big Night
The way Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub caress a timballo (bread stuffed with all sorts of Italian delicacies) in close up before carving it up to serve to a select group of friends and competitors is nothing short of sensual. Tucci co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in this heart warming story about two Jersey Shore restaurateur-brothers who hope jazz legend Louis Prima will save their failing family business.
"To eat good food is to be close to God," says Primo (Shalhoub) to his brother Secundo (Tucci) but that doesn't impress Pascal (Ian Holm), the owner of a popular but rather bad eatery nearby: "A guy works all day, he don't want to look at his plate and ask, 'What the fuck is this?' He wants to look at his plate, see a steak, and say 'I like steak!'" Yet even Pascal, after trying the timballo, must admit: "I should kill you! This is so fucking good, I should kill you!" and then kisses the chef on both cheeks. Big Night inspires home cooked Italian feasts that require days-long preparations.
Like Water for Chocolate / Como Agua Para Chocolate
Mexican director Alfonso Arau made this wonderful and magical realist drama, telling the story of Tina who was born on the kitchen table with her mother's tears being turned into a bag of salt. The culinary metaphors reach their climax when Tina meets her love, Pedro. To this day the film's most ardent fans write down the recipes and copy the dishes served. That in itself is a testament to its quality.
No, this title does not refer to Arnold Schwarzenegger's early grasp of the english language (a joke once made at one of the funnier Oscar ceremonies), but to an early Ang Lee film about a Taiwanese master chef who's only way of communication with his three ballsy daughters is by way of cooking Sunday dinner. The comedy got a Foreign Film Oscar nom.
Babette's Feast
This Danish drama culminates in a scene with the most spectacularly shot visuals of a dinner ever seen onscreen. It is a banquet of culinary – and other – senses and deservedly was nominated for a Foreign Film Oscar. As in all good food films, the meal is a metaphor for life, love, sex and joie de vivre. The dishes resemble emotions and actions and feelings between the family members. And yes, it too leaves you hungry for more.
Chocolate during lent?! Quelle horreur! Juliette Binoche shocks a French village when she opens a chocolate shop in Lasse Hallström's sweet tale, at first only winning over Johnny Depp, the riverboat-dwelling drifter, before the cacao scents invade noses and hearts of the stuffy villagers. The chocolate shop was fiction but I did have a film deja vu when I discovered Marie Belle's in Manhattan's Soho district where the truffels look straight out of the movie and you almost expect Binoche's delicate face to peak from behind the hot chocolate cups.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
My list would not be complete without this documentary, a must-see for sushi lovers. President Obama may not have been able to finish his meal with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in this famous basement restaurant in a Tokyo subway station, with its ten seats and three Michelin stars. But anyone watching would have gladly taken the leftovers. "I fell in love with my work and gave my life to it," Jiro Ono says in the documentary. Jiro is over 90 years old; his son and sous-chef Yoshikazu has been waiting to succeed him. And we may not be able to afford a meal at Sukibashi Jiro but we will get inspired to order something other than California rolls on our next outing to the neighborhood Sushi place after watching this.
Mostly Martha
Never have spaghetti tasted this good: Martina Gedeck plays a headstrong chef who is forced to take care of her stubborn eight-year-old niece. The girl is difficult to feed and fighting ensues until a charming Italian sous-chef arrives in the kitchen. The ingredients of this delightful German comedy are perfectly chosen and well spiced. The half baked American remake No Reservations, starring Catherine Zeta Jones, cannot hold a salt shaker to the German original.
And yes, there are others…
…like Louis Malle's My Dinner with Andre, Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia as America's master cook Julia Child, Helen Mirren's first outing in a food film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, the noodle epic Tampopo, I Am Love, where Tilda Swinton falls for a young chef, Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its original Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
And certainly my favorite chef on TV: Monica Geller as played by Courtney Cox on Friends: her recipes for Thanksgiving dinners over nine seasons alone make you want to order an extra serving of turkey and glazed yams.


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The General Assembly has officially completed its business for the 2013 long session. The 2014 short session will begin on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The MVA Public Affairs Legislative Report on North Carolina will be distributed bi-weekly to keep you up to date on the latest legislative issues facing the state during the interim.
Market Based Solutions and Elimination of Anti-Competitive Practices in Health Care
On Tuesday, January 21, the Committee on Market Based Solutions and Elimination of Anti-Competitive Practices in Health Care met in Raleigh. The Committee began by hearing a presentation from legislative staff on the history of health planning and certificate of need (CON) laws. The presentation focused not only on actions within North Carolina, but also on how this issue has been addressed nationally. Presentations by legislative staff included comparisons to other states' actions with respect to CON and other actions designed to ensure availability, affordability, and adequacy of health care facilities. Next, Drexdall Pratt with the Department of Health and Human Services gave the Committee an overview of how the CON process works in North Carolina. Following these presentations, the Committee heard about specific issues with the CON law as it applies to ambulatory surgical centers. The Committee heard from several physicians and other operators of ambulatory surgical centers in North Carolina. This was followed by a presentation that compared the experience of North Carolina operators with those doing business in Georgia, which has a less restrictive CON law with respect to ambulatory surgical centers. Finally, the Committee heard a summary of the latest version of H 177 from legislative staff. That bill would loosen CON laws in North Carolina, particularly with respect to ambulatory surgical centers.
Committee on Health Care Provider Practice Sustainability and Training/Additional Transparency in Health Care
The Committee on Health Care Provider Practice Sustainability and Training/Additional Transparency in Health Care met on Tuesday, January 21. The Committee began by hearing about trends in the overall supply and distribution of optometrists in North Carolina and how these trends have been negatively impacted by the lack of a school of optometry in the State or special arrangements to reserve spots in out-of-State schools for North Carolina students. This presentation was followed by a broader presentation that addressed trends in the supply and distribution of other health care professionals. North Carolina has fewer health care professionals than the national average for most categories. For most categories, these professionals also tend to be more heavily concentrated in urban areas of the State. Following this discussion, the Committee heard several presentations on chiropractic coverage under various health plans, including the State Health Plan, and treatment outcomes associated with chiropractic care. This was followed by presentations describing some of the difficulties in comparing both cost and quality of care in the health care industry.
House Committee on Education Innovation
The House Committee on Education Innovation held its second meeting of the interim on Wednesday, January 22 in Charlotte at the Project L.I.F.T Academy. Prior to the meeting, members and staff toured Druid Hills Elementary and Ranson Middle School in the Project L.I.F.T. zone to see firsthand the innovative strategies teachers and students are using to help improve education in the region. Following the school tours, members held their regular business meeting where they heard from Project L.I.F.T. Superintendent Denise Watts, Gaston County Superintendent Jeffery Booker and Union County Superintendent Mary Ellis on innovative practices in use in their communities. The next meeting will be held on February 19 in Raleigh.
House Committee on Banking Law Amendments
The House Committee on Banking Law Amendments met on Thursday, January 23. The Committee began with an overview of the Office of the Commissioner of Banks presented by Commissioner Ray Grace. The presentation began with a broad overview of the history and responsibilities of the Commission and then more narrowly focused on the history and responsibility of the Commission with respect to regulation of mortgage licensees. The Committee next heard from representatives of the independent mortgage license industry. The two areas of specific concern raised during this meeting were whether a representative of this industry should have a dedicated position on the State Banking Commission (a representative of the industry currently serves on the Commission, but in a position designated for a "public member" that need not have particular expertise or experience) and the assessments imposed on mortgage brokers, lenders and services to cover the costs of regulation by the Office of the Commissioner of Banks.
LRC Study Committee on Cultural and Natural Resources
The Legislative Research Commission Study Committee on Cultural and Natural Resources held is first meeting of the interim on Thursday, January 23. The Committee is charged with developing an inventory of natural and cultural resources owned or operated by the State; performing an analysis of assets in other states and the federal level to compare management, operation acquisition and divestiture strategies; and lastly, consider strategies that can lower operational maintenance costs and increase revenues. After an inventory overview by staff, representatives from Cultural Resources, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Wildlife Resources Commission and the Department of Agriculture discussed the inventories of their respective agencies. Wrapping up the meeting was a presentation from the Program Evaluation Division on potential operational changes for State attractions that could yield savings of up to $2 million annually. The Committee will hold its next meeting on Thursday, February 20.
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on HHS - Subcommittee on Mental Health
The Mental Health Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services held their first meeting of the interim on Friday, January 24. The Committee is tasked with studying progress on mental health reform, continuum of care in the system, capacity in State facilities and existing local supports for community health needs. After introductions and an overview of the Committee charge by staff, members heard presentations on the Mental Health System of Services, and Issues relating to the State's public and private psychiatric health facilities. The Committee will hold its next meeting on Monday, February 24.
Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations
The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations met Tuesday, January 28. The Commission heard first from the Department of Commerce. Secretary Sharon Decker and Interim CEO Richard Lindenmuth updated the commission on the status of the Economic Development Partnership of NC, Inc. In an effort ensure a smooth transition, the Commerce officials reported that they are slowing down the planned transition process and won't begin moving divisions to the partnership until at least July 2014. As a result, the General Assembly will convene for the Short Session prior to the transition start, giving members another opportunity to weigh in on the move.
Dr. June Atkinson, State Superintendent of Public Education, and county superintendents from Beaufort and Davie County schools spoke to the Commission regarding the implementation of the Read to Achieve program. Atkinson said that the new method of assessing third-graders' reading level puts added pressure on students and teachers and will require a many of those students to attend weeks-long summer reading camps in order to be promoted to the fourth grade. She believes the large number of tests required by the legislation is causing lower morale amongst teachers and too much stress for students who are losing interest in school due to so much testing.
The Commission also heard updates about trends in Medicaid spending and data, state revenue, and expenditures from statewide reserves.
News & Observer: Cooper takes on McCrory, GOP lawmakers in new video
Charlotte Observer: GOP Senate candidates call for limited government
Fayetteville Observer: Lawyer Stokes to seek Franks' Cumberland District Court judge seat
Citizen Times: MacQueen makes bid for Congress
Independent Tribune: Harrisburg businesswoman to challenge Pittman for NC House seat
News & Observer: Lenovo strikes $2.9 billion deal for Google's Motorola handset unit
WRAL: Commerce slows transition to public-private partnership
WRAL: Tillis: Teacher, state employee raises in budget mix
News & Observer: Amazon's decision to collect NC sales taxes could mean $20M to $30M for state
Charlotte Observer: Ex-anchor Vince Coakley enters congressional race
Star News: Kure Beach mayor sees backlash for seismic testing support
News & Observer: Governor restarts advisory business council
News & Observer: NC Revenue Department agreed not to disparage company behind $85 million failed tax software system
Star News: Gov. McCrory tours site of future pellet facility
Charlotte Observer: New N.C. jobs plan headed to McCrory's desk
Press Release: Lewis Hannah Announces Candidacy for North Carolina House Run
AP: Hagan to get rival in Democratic primary in NC
News-Record: Davis announces run for 6th Congressional District
News-Record: Jeff Phillips to run for Howard Coble's seat
Mon, February 03, 2014
Child Fatality Task Force
House Committee on Mechanics Liens and Leasehold Improvements (LRC)(2013)
Tue, February 04, 2014
Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee
Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee
Joint Legislative Workforce Development System Reform Oversight Committee
Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy -- CORRECTED
Wed, February 05, 2014
Task Force Against Fraud in Older Adults
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance
Thu, February 06, 2014
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology
Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee
IBM Main Campus, 1 Davis Drive, Durham, NC 27709
Fri, February 07, 2014
Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee
Tue, February 11, 2014
Revenue Laws Study Committee
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services
Wed, February 12, 2014
Environmental Review Commission
Perinatal Health Committee
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, Public Guardianship Subcommittee -- CORRECTED
Purchase and Contract Study Committee (2013)
Thu, February 13, 2014
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety
Mon, February 17, 2014
House Committee on Treasurer Investment Targets and State Employee Retirement Options (LRC)(2013)
Tue, February 18, 2014
Committee on Market Based Solutions and Elimination of Anti-Competitive Practices in Health Care (LRC)(2013)
Wed, February 19, 2014
Agriculture and Forestry Awareness Study Commission
Eastern North Carolina
Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee
Thu, February 20, 2014
Committee on the Assessment of Regulated and Non-Regulated Industry Utility Fees (LRC)(2013)
Committee on Common Core State Standards (LRC)(2013)
Mon, February 24, 2014
Intentional Death Health Committee
Mon, March 10, 2014
Unintentional Death Committee
Mon, April 07, 2014
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U.S. Army Capt. Ellery R. "Ray" Wallace, 33, was fatally wounded by hostile fire on Aug. 28 in the Nangahar province of Afghanistan. Wallace was the son of Latexo High School Spanish teacher, Dewayne Wallace and his wife, Elaine Wallace of Elkhart. The Department of Defense reported was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan when a rocket propelled grenade struck his military vehicle on Aug. 28. Wallace died the next day. Pfc. Bryn T. Raver, 20, of Harrison, Arkansas was also killed and two others were wounded. Funeral services for Wallace were held on Sept. 7 in Big Spring where Wallace attended school through the eighth grade. He is buried at the Mount Olive Cemetery there, next to his grandfather who was also a soldier. Wallace began a life of service in his youth. He was an Eagle Scout and performed missionary work on the Ivory Coast of West Africa for the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Church. Wallace also earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Utah in 2003. Also in 2003, Wallace enlisted in the Army. This was his third tour of duty in the Middle East. He had been in Afghanistan only two weeks when he was killed. Wallace was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (air assault), Fort Campbell, KY. He was a decorated soldier. Wallace's commendations included the Army Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal-Valor, Valorous Unit Award, National Defense Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon and Combat Action Badge, according to information obtained from the website freedomremembered.com. In addition to his parents, Wallace is survived by his wife, Janelle; four children, Adara, Ehlana, Kael and Liam of Clarksville, TN., four brothers and two sisters. Contributing to this report: Steve Reagan, Big Spring Herald; Danielle Hardy, The Daily Utah Chronicle; Rexburg Standard Journal, Department of Defense, Military Times.
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Greetings,I am new to this forum and have a question about the momentum fabric that seems so popular. I now live in Colorado, and camp between 6000' - 9000'. The wind seem to be a factor that was not a real concern on the AT. I wish to continue using my tarp, but have been dealing with colder nights at this elevation. Does anyone have any real world experience with this fabric? How is it's wind resistance and heat retention when used as the shell in a quilt? Thank you in advance for any light you can shed on this. Best Regards, Cabana
Hey John,I have a home-made quilt made from .85 DWR and one made from Momentum. They both have 9 oz of down and have a similar design.The .85 DWR is from Thru-hiker and is no longer being sold in favor of the Momentum.My .85 quilt is horrible with any breeze. I have stayed comfortable down to 40* with light winds and was very cold at 35* with about a 5 mph wind.With the momentum, I have stayed warm down to about 37* with a 10 mph wind. It was actually quite comfortable at that temperature.All things added up, the momentum bag with just the different fabric gave me about 7-8* over the .85 DWR and the 10 mph I slept in made me happy that Thru-hiker is selling the fabric.This is about all the help I can offer, hope it helps.I've got 15 yards of the Momentum right now just waiting to be molded into a wind breaker, hooded sythetic jacket, and pants, and new design All-in-one Quilt-Bivy-Pad.
Edited by awsorensen on 03/13/2007 01:22:41 MDT.
Thank you for the great insight! Do you think that if I used the 1.1 ripstop from Thu-hiker the wind resistance would increase? Best Regards, John
Hey John,I meant to add that part to the last post.My very first, (now scraped) quilt was made with 1.1 DWR.I did not have it around to compare it with the Momentum.The 1.1 was warmer than the .85 DWR and I would put it just behind the Momentum.Wind resistance was actually fairly good with the 1.1 DWR, however any dew at all would stick and throughout the night get the fabric soaked enough that even some, (not much) of the down would get wet.If you are using the 1.1 DWR in perfect weather or shorter trips, the 1.1 DWR will do you justice.On the other hand, Momentum is a far superior fabric and if you really want to rely on your bag and don't want any problems, Momentum is the way to go. If you are going to spend all of that time making your gear, the extra $$$ you spend for a better product that you will be much happier with far out weighs the price difference.I scrapped my 1.1 DWR quilt because I wasn't happy at all with it. What was left over after scrapping it became a dog bed, (my dog is sitting on it in my I.D. picture).
Edited by awsorensen on 03/13/2007 23:08:29 MDT.
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From The Telegraph.
Summary: Afghanistan is officially a longer quagmire than the Soviet Union's excursion there. And we're still looking for Osama?
Coalition troops, including 9,500 British, will on Saturday surpass the nine years and fifty days which the Red Army spent unsuccessfully trying to build a socialist state.
The milestone comes as Nato has 140,000 troops deployed in the country and levels of violence are at their highest since the US-backed ousting of the Taliban in October 2001.
Russian troops invaded Afghanistan on December 27, 1979, to prop up a communist regime facing a popular uprising.
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North Bank Hardware is a Do it Best affiliate and offers screen repair, key making, balloons, computerized paint mixing, and lawn mower blade and chainsaw sharpening. In the spring, the store will feature a full line of non-phosphorous fertilizers, according to Boggiano, who has a background in hardware and building materials.
North Bank Hardware is co-owned by John Leppink and Rich Cole. The store employs 10, doubling the number of workers at Grand Dollar.
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Challenge Cup: Wigan Warriors' Shaun Wane dreams of Wembley
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St. Louis Man Goes to Federal Prison for Selling Counterfeits
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) – A St. Louis man who ran a business out of his house will call federal prison home for a while.
The US Attorney's Office says 56-year-old Dirk Lee Robinson operated "Jeans and Things" from his address on Margaretta Avenue, where he sold knock-off Nike, Chanel, Coach and other goods.
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Falling DownUse the Shado-Pan Rope to descend into the Terrace of Gurthan and search for the fallen Shado-Pan marksman.
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Thanks for the supportJune 21,2013
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A fund-raising event was held on June 8 at the Montpelier Elks Club to raise money to grant the wish of Lisa Kaiser, a late-stage cancer patient.
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Her wish has been to travel to Disney World in Orlando with her two young daughters and her husband to create fun, loving family memories that will last a lifetime for her girls. The Kaiser family, as well as those of us who organized the event, are very grateful for all the support they were offered and the donations given to make their wish come true.
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Josh Brolin was arrested after he came to the defense of his W co-star Jeffrey Wright when a brawl broke out around the pair in a Louisiana bar. An eyewitness reported to have seen four squad cars and several bike cops, as well as a canine unit on the scene. In other words, Josh Brolin is rugged. It's like that time the FBI had to be called in to kill Jason Vorhees.
Paz de la Huerta put the smack down on dead-in-the-eyes model Samantha Swetra at The Standard Hotel in New York. Paz allegedly punched and threw a glass at Swetra after the duo quarreled over who is more famous. Neither were nominated for this year's Classiest Lady Award.
Vancouver wasn't the first time that Turd-Stains got his ass kicked in public. LaBeouf also made headlines back in February when he got into it with a customer at a bar in LA. It's alleged that the customer lobbed an insult Shia's way causing the actor to lunge directly into the guy's outstretched fist. Several times. Shia needs karate classes or something.
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Friday Night Lights
My wife and I just finished the first season of Friday Night Lights (the television show, not the movie). The show is a teen drama that follows the ups and downs of the fictional town of Dillon and its obsession with its football team, the Dillon Panthers. Dillon's fictional locale is somewhere in west-central Texas, about four hours from Austin. I started off the series somewhat reluctantly, knowing I would end up mad and disappointed with politically correct plots, but I have been pleasantly surprised. It is available on DVD, BitTorrent, and also via Netflix's instant streaming service.
A few observations:
1. Overall, it seems to be a fairly accurate portrayal of the heart of Red State Texas and its high school football obsession. As an anthropological study, it is hard to beat.
2. The producer is Peter Berg, a New Yorker who apparently has a first cousin who lives in a small Texas town and became fascinated with the football cult. Not sure of Berg's ethnicity, but the show is remarkable in its realistic portrayal of the Christian culture that still permeates rural Texas. The show does not exhibit the typical Jewish producer's allergy to all things Christian unless it involves taking the name of Christ in vain. FNL is so enjoyable because it portrays our people as they are, not as caricatures. In addition, the sets are dead-on perfect. The houses, the furniture, the settings are all genuine Texas small town.
3. The best positive of the show is the portrayal of the head coach's relationship with his wife. Their relationship is warm, supportive, and highly sexual. It's unusual these days to have a mainstream television show portray heterosexual marriage in a positive way. The coach character in particular is stand-out, the epitome of a principled white male who does the right thing and doesn't back down from adversity.
4. The first season covered at least four politically incorrect plot elements:
(a) A new black quarterback, a Katrina refugee, comes to the town, recruited by local boosters. Once on the team, he acts like a total thug, but the coach displaces the white quarterback to give it to the black, who seems to have more natural talent. During the game, the black player's ego gets in the way of winning, the coach realizes the error of his ways and pulls the black out of the game and puts in his humble, team-player white quarterback. The Panthers go on to win the game and the Katrina refugee eventually leaves town to play for another school (and re-appears in full thug form as the Panthers' opposition quarterback in the season finale state championship game).
(b) This same thug quarterback, before leaving town, goes to the local teen hangout (a burger joint) and calls one of the Mexican players a wetback. The Mexican player gets really upset but does not attack the thug. Later, a brainy white kid makes a snide, but non-racist, remark to the Mexican about the general meaninglessness of football. The Mexican, still smarting from the thug's insult, follows the white kid outside and beats him up so bad he ends up in the hospital; the next day the Mexican is arrested at practice. The rest of the episode features the Mexican claiming it was the white kid who called him a wetback, and that was why he beat him up. The coach initially trusts the Mexican kid, but once he finds out the truth, he kicks the Mexican off the team permanently. I have never heard of ANY mainstream television show portraying a fake hate crime by a minority, even though fakes are the substantial majority of real-life hate crime accusations.
(c) The showboat black running back on the team, who calls himself Smash, tells his mother he wants to take an SAT prep course that costs $1300. The mother can't afford it but instead enlists their pastor's help who then takes up an offering at the black church the following Sunday. The black player then takes the money and buys steroids. I can't think of any show that portrays blacks this realistically, in their full depressing depravity.
(d) Late in the season, an assistant coach tells a reporter that he thinks black players like Smash have a "junkyard dog" mentality that makes them better runners, whereas white players are more "creative" and make better leaders and quarterbacks. In the resulting uproar, black players threaten to quit the team unless the coach gives in and fires his assistant. The coach ignores their threat, and even has white kids from the JV team fill in for the blacks. The coach also stands by his friend the assistant coach, refusing to fire him (even after the asst. coach offers his resignation for the good of the team, the head coach refuses it, saying not firing him over the remarks was "the right thing to do"), and the show portrays the assistant coach as a whole, complex person who truly cares about the kids, not a hateful racist. In addition, the head coach nor none of the main characters ever deny what he said was true, but they just say "what you said was stupid" or "you can't talk about the black-white thing". This is probably exactly how coaches in Texas would talk in private. No hand-wringing or shock at the statement, because it's obviously true.
Before the next game, the black players relent and rejoin the team, because the white coach refuses to give in to their demands. The subsequent game ends in a riot due to the high tensions and the game is called for Dillon after the 3rd quarter, infuriating the home team and town. Dillon players leave town quickly hoping to avoid any more confrontation, but as they make their way out of town local cops stop and decide to harass the team, specifically demanding to arrest the black player on Dillon's team they think started the riot. The "racist" assistant coach gets out of the bus and confronts the local cops, telling them if they do not have a warrant they will not arrest one of his players. The black players then realize the error of their ways in overreacting to the coach's statement, and the head black player, Smash, and the assistant coach reconcile.
I have never seen in any mainstream production a more sympathetic, balanced treatment of an individual who utters a racist statement, and portrays positively those that resist the calls for his head. Nor have I ever seen a portrayal of whites being victorious in not giving in to the demands of offended blacks.
5. The casting is almost perfect. Apparently they hired a special Texas casting director for many of the characters, and it's just dead-on. So many of the characters correspond to archetypes of the larger-than-life individuals who inhabit the South and Texas. As one historian put it, the bravado, faith, and patriotism that characterizes the region is "better than sanity" and this is fully portrayed (the local car dealer and his ubiquitous dead animals on walls, for example; many wealthy Texan males spend millions pursuing large game all over the world). This same character, upset at his ex-wife for dating another man, says "I don't understand what you see in that tree-hugging idiot who makes seven dollars an hour at a health food store. I will not sit by and see my children turn into Communists."
6. Two minor critiques: there was a minor early plot element where the small town mayor is portrayed as a lesbian. The head coach's wife is recruited to help in her re-election campaign, but the coach disapproves, both because he hates politicians and he's "uncomfortable" with his wife being around the mayor. This plot element seemed somewhat random and was not pursued further in the first season. Second, there is a near-miss interracial relationship that is quickly broken up by the black boy's mother who runs them out of the house scolding her son "Don't you bring no white girl in this house". . . in any case, this plot element is isolated and confined to one episode.
7. The second season seems less promising, as the teen drama elements seem to be overpowering the football-driven plot. However, the first season was solid. Not appropriate for children, of course.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived in our own white country, and we would not even have to think about racial issues such as what's in Friday Night Lights.
There was such a "country" in the U.S. 60 years ago. It was called The South.
Good point Scott. Growing up in Eastern Europe, my parents were surrounded by people, that looked and acted the same as them. There was no reason to point out the obvious. Nobody spoke in terms of their own white identity, because they didn't have to, it was plain as day.
Not having to think about race. What a beautiful thing. No, wait a minute, that can't be right. All WNs are homicidal and genocidal Nazis, remember?
This is a great column. The book the show is based upon is even better. Way better! I'll have to check out this show.
Steve Sailer wrote a great column on High School Football and the Jena 6. I can't seem to find it, but it would be worth posting on TOQ as well, in conjunction with this fine article.
Without sports, Black people have no positive images in America. Not one.
I'm not clear on what your critiques are in #6. Are these two themes each too random? Is the coach pointlessly lesbophobic or insufficiently political? Isn't the portrayal of a black parent's opposition to interracial dating a long-overdue corrective to the pretense that only Whites do this?
I thought the lesbian theme to be highly contrived for a Texas small town, and I find any on-screen portrayal of black-white relationships highly distasteful. But yes, you are correct, the ways in which these plot elements were handled were better than average.


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Four-Links – 1999 Mille Miglia, Alpine vacation in a VW, Motion Can-Am Spyder found, Duesenberg J prototype
* Even if you don't read German, you won't be disappointed with FormFreu.de's look back on the 1999 Mille Miglia, loaded with plenty of (film!) photos.
* While we're discussing German-language materials, Big Blue's recently found a scrapbook detailing one German's vacation to Kärnten (Carinthia, in Austria), which features quite a few shots of the Volkswagen that took him up the Alps.
* Over at CorvetteReport.com, Scott Teeters related the story of a rather interesting "barn find:" a Motion Can-Am Spyder left behind when a body shop went belly up.
* The famed Duesenberg Model J had to start somewhere, and according to David Greenlees at The Old Motor, this phaeton is it. Anybody know where it is today?
* Finally, we all have our dreams. One Finn's dream was to drive a GMC Cannonball COE fitted with an Airstream trailer up the Alcan Highway. Those with sensitive ears may not want to hit the play button. (via)


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capital of the country and the most beautiful city I ever saw in my
life. Check out
or this, or this one, or that picture some time - you'll believe me. BTW, they are created by one very lovely and very creative young lady - my daughter Dasha (I know she would hate me for that reference :-).
Any way, let me get back though. As for this event - I liked it. I had a
chance to to meet all these young and very bright folks from their
Department of Computer
Science and Software
Engineering; it was an opportunity to be challenged by their
questions and all that jazz; I had a chance to reunite with my first professor -
Mr. Terekhov, who's leading his own research href="http://www.iti.spbu.ru/eng/default.asp">Institute of Information
Technologies. It's so cool to see how IT sector in
Russia is hauling forward today. Big thanks for that to all these
folks who are teaching new scientists and programmers up there.
Ah, well - that would be a topic for another flame some other day. I
have to write something you all are getting here for - software
So, we can use a few methods to insure our product quality and
guarantee that we're digging at least in right direction.
Another one, I was about to mention, is
coverage. Being a quite simple thing it might give you a rough
understanding of where you're at this moment of product and quality
development. To make the story shorter: you can somehow instrument
your code to report on any execution of code's methods (you might want
finer granularity, but let's not talk about this now). Instrumentation
of a native code might be tricky sometimes and it requires creating of
new binaries for code coverage measurements. Java code's
instrumentation isn't that hard and might be accomplished "on a
fly". Depending on a framework, instrumented code's output
might be as simple as follows:
Method getListHeadPtr() is began
Method getListHeadPtr() is completed
or as weird as this
CLASS: foo/bar/Shift$Stuff []
SRCFILE: Shiftstuff.java
#kind start end count
()V [private]
1 62464 0 2
3 62464 0 2
(Lfoo/bar/Shiftstuff$1;)V []
1 62464 0 2
3 62464 0 2
Then you can process this input in some manner and create a variety of
report out of this data. The only reason to have them is to estimate
how good the source code is covered by your tests. In other words,
you can roughly estimate the amount of exercise you're giving to your
code. There's no special magic behind it. It's one of the primitive
quantitative measures of the quality control. Well, it's not as
primitive as the count of kilo-lines of codes or similar, but
nevertheless. However, different organizations have different
standards on this matter. Perhaps, say 70% would sound reasonable from
some "common" sense point of view, wouldn't it? I'd say yes it is
really sound figure. Would you expect to see 90 or even 100%? It
sounds really cool, right? Well, it depends. Just one interesting
observation: after about 65-75% of code coverage the complexity of
growing it any further starts being almost asymptotic. I meant to say,
that one can't really get 100% of their source code covered by the
tests. Or at least not in a reasonable time/money frame. In other words,
you can do it with ROI close to zero or even negative perhaps.
And using the principle of href="http://weblogs.java.net/blog/cos/archive/2005/10/java_quality_me_2.html">reasonable
quality, you might not want to get that high marks. The level of
80% or even 70% might be a way sufficient. But how would you know?
Don't ask me, because the answer is somewhere beyond that technology's boundaries. I will talk about this next time.
Yet another approach of making improvements in this field is static
analysis. This again popular thing has been mixed lately with pattern
analysis (like many of modern IDEs or standalone FindBugs application do). But I'm talking about the old-fashion one - dealing with
control and data flow analysis. Here's a list href="http://www.testingfaqs.org/t-static.html">of such
tools. However, I'm not suggesting you to use them or something. I just googled this stuff.
So, using this complicated yet powerful technique one can do many interesting things. E.g. you can find a dead spots in your code. Good one, right? It helps to keep a code free of methods made "...just for future use..." and never been used at all. Thus, it increases
the pureness of the code and left less spots for bugs to hide.
Or you can analyze which parts of your code are likely to get most attention, because a lot of others places in the code are using/calling them. Alas, you might
want to pay more attention to these spots merely to insure they are bugs free.
And obviously you can't do much without some special tools. Just generic control flow graph's generator won't help you - what would you do with 40+ thousand nodes' graph? Print it all along and wrap around your office? Neat, isn't it? But you might want to do a little bit more useful stuff. Like analyze a parity of memory allocation/deallocation operations, opening/closing streams, etc. Unfortunately, I wasn't been able to find any free tools to suite such needs. And I don't want to do any commercials here. So, be my guests and find it if needed (please also drop me a note, will you?). I believe that noticeable software companies have to invest in their internal tools no matter what. It's simply not possible to by some stuff off the shelves.
Kinda hint again: I'll continue on this topic next time. Stay tuned...
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