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Title: Blood Money
*Kids are skating in an empty pool.
As the camera pans out we realize this is Walt's house. Abandoned, with a fence around it. Walt pulls up to the house and steps out of his car. He goes to the trunk and takes out a crowbar. He squeezes through the gate then uses the crowbar to open his front door. He walks into the house. "Heisenberg" is spray painted on the wall.
Walt goes to the window and watches the kids skateboarding outside. He walks to his room. He takes out his keys and unscrews the outlet cover to remove the ricin.
He looks at a broken mirror.
Walt, back outside, puts the crowbar back in his trunk. Behind him his neighbor, Carol, stands stunned holding a bag of groceries
WALT: Hello, Carol.
Carol drops the groceries
Hank steps out of the bathroom, a look of shock on his face.
Outside, Walt, Junior, Marie, and Holly are all enjoying themselves with music playing. Hank walks down the hall, Walt's book in his hand. He puts the book in his purple bag. Hank observes everyone outside for a brief moment then opens the door
MARIE: *to Walt jokingly* You are the devil.
They laugh
WALT: *to Hank* Hey buddy, ready for a cold one?
HANK: No, I'm not feeling 100%.
SKYLER: Oh no, I hope it's not something you ate.
HANK: No, no, I just...I just...
JUNIOR: We have Pepto, Uncle Hank.
WALT: Yeah.
HANK: No, I'm good, I think we need to shove off.
WALT: Oh, okay.
MARIE: I'm sorry, Skyler, I hate to leave you with-
SKYLER: No, no, no, don't worry about it, I have plenty of help.
WALT: And by that she means me.
They laugh
SKYLER: That is correct.
MARIE: Holly can help.
WALT: *to Holly* Come on, let's go say goodbye. Let's go send them on their way. Let's say goodbye to auntie and uncle. Say bye, sweetie.
MARIE: *to Holly* Bye bye. *to Skyler* Hey, you know and it's been about 100 years since we've been bowling.
SKYLER: Well, how about Thursday night?
MARIE: Oh, that sounds great. Thank you for having us.
SKYLER: Yeah, absolutely.
WALT: *to Hank* Hey, you okay to drive?
HANK: Yeah.
WALT: Alright, well, feel better.
Hank closes his door and drives off
WALT: *to Holly* Say bye, Uncle Hank. Bye, Uncle Hank
, bye, Aunt Marie. Can you wave bye? Bye. Bye.
SKYLER: Alright, let's get started on those dishes.
JUNIOR: You?
SKYLER: You.
JUNIOR: No, you.
SKYLER: You. Washing, okay?
JUNIOR: I'll dry, you wash.
WALT: *to Carol* Hello, Carol!
CAROL: Oh, hi Walt!
MARIE: Europe. I can't believe it, were you there when she said that?
HANK: Yeah.
MARIE: You okay? Your stomach okay?
HANK: Yeah, oh yeah, I'm fine.
MARIE: Okay. God, Jesus, Europe. I just. And you know where they were three or four months ago. She was talking about, I guess a second honeymoon.
We need to go to Europe. We could go.
HANK: Yeah.
MARIE: We could go on a business trip, we could um...go to Italy...
Marie starts to fade into the background as Hank nervously drives forward. He starts breathing heavily
MARIE: Hank. Hank. Hank? You okay? Hank!
Hank drives the car onto someone's front lawn. He gets out of the car quickly and leans on a fence. He's breathing heavily. Marie gets out of the car
MARIE: Oh my God, Hank! Hank. Hank! Oh my God! Hank, no, are you okay?
The man who owns the house rushes outside. Marie is holding Hank
MARIE: *to the man* Call the ambulance! Call an ambulance! *to Hank* It's okay, take a breath.
HANK: It's an accident, it happens.
MARIE: I'll make the appointment, all you've gotta do is show up.
HANK: For what? Three hours in the emergency room, all for nothing.
MARIE: All they did was rule out a heart attack. What if it happens again?
HANK: It's not gonna happen again.
MARIE: How can you know that? You couldn't even say what it was in the first place.
HANK: Marie, baby, I'm fine. Trust me. Discussion over. Do not tell Skyler.
MARIE: What, why?
HANK: Just don't.
Hank has Walt's book in his hands as he walks away
MARIE: There's nothing to be embarrassed about, Hank...Hank!
Hank grabs the file from the Gale Boetticher case and starts checking the handwriting of the note in Walt's book
The garage door of the car wash goes up as all the workers are waiting outside. Walt steps outside
WALT: Hola, Mariano. Louise. Enrique, ooh, feliz cumpleaños, Enrique!
SKYLER: *to Walt* Hi.
WALT: *to Skyler* Hi...okay.
SKYLER: *to customer* Have a good day.
WALT: Air fresheners are high margin, right?
SKYLER: At thirty cents wholesale, yeah.
WALT: Right. So I'm thinking we reorganize the display. Separate the food scents from the nature scents, I mean, does bubble gum belong anywhere near ocean spray? No. And pine is still our biggest seller, right? So maybe we move that over to the cash register by the 5-hour Energy drink.
SKYLER: Sure, that's fine.
WALT: Yeah, yeah. *pulling Skyler to the side* Come here. Speaking of the business. The story comes first. The story is that we are car wash owners pure and simple. But, if our story is that the car wash is successful, what do successful car wash owners do? They buy more car washes. Listen, Skyler, we'll be laundering that money for years. Decades. Wouldn't two be better than one?
SKYLER: Well there's General Hands over by Kirkland, I do love that location. I'll think about it.
WALT: Yeah, right, right. To be continued.
SKYLER: *to Lydia* Good morning, welcome to A1.
LYDIA: Just the regular, please.
SKYLER: Well, we're having a special on hand wax. $21.99 if you're interested in getting rid of those water spots.
LYDIA: Just the regular is fine.
SKYLER: Okay. Well there's complimentary coffee inside while you're waiting. Have an A1 day.
Lydia hands her car keys to Skyler
WALT: *to customer* Please give this to your car wash professional and have an A1 day.
LYDIA: *to Walt* 68% and falling.
WALT: Good morning, may I have your ticket, please?
LYDIA: I knew there would be a drop in quality, but 68%? This is not what I agreed to.
WALT: I left a viable operation, the rest was up to you. May I have your ticket, please?
LYDIA: I'm only asking for a few days. A week at most. Call it a tutorial.
WALT: That's the standard wash.
LYDIA: Fix this. Get the ship back on course. We'll make it worth your while.
WALT: That'll be $14.95, please.
LYDIA: Listen. This is a complicated situation, there are a lot of moving parts.
WALT: None of which are my concern.
LYDIA: You're putting me in a box here. You know what could happen.
WALT: Again, none of my concern. There's your change and if you'll hand this to your car wash professional and have an A1 day.
Skyler enters the car wash
LYDIA: Listen-
WALT: It'll only be a few more minutes, there's some complimentary coffee if you like.
Lydia walks away. Skyler approaches Walt while staring at Lydia
WALT: What's up?
SKYLER: Just wondering who washes a rental car. Walt, who was that?
WALT: She's a former business associate who wants me to go back and I won't.
Skyler puts a pen down on the counter and walks away. She walks outside toward Lydia
SKYLER: *to Enrique* Enrique, this one's finished. Terminado, gracias. *to Lydia* Get out of here. Now.
LYDIA: Excuse me?
SKYLER: Never come back here. Do you understand me?
SKYLER: Go!
Lydia gets in her car and drives away
Hank is standing outside. Marie walks ouside carrying a mug
The doorbell rings and two DEA agents are standing outside
SCOTT: Morning, Mrs. Schrader.
MARIE: Hey guys, what's going on?
ARTIE: Just dropping these off, ma'am. Where'd you like 'em?
HANK: Bring 'em around to the garage, guys. *to Marie* I got it. Have a good day.
MARIE: You too...
SCOTT: Boss, Janice said to tell you a few of them might not have indexes. We could give you a hand sorting through 'em?
HANK: No I got it, thanks.
ARTIE: See you, boss.
HANK: Okay.
SCOTT: *as the garage door closes on them* Okay, uh...
Hank opens a box and begins doing research
BADGER: Dude, you are tripping! I'm not dead. I'm on the starship enterprise macking on Yeoman Rand
while the Andori with the disrupter's back on Talice 4 or whatever.
SKINNY PETE: What do you think all those sparkles and shit are? The transporters are breaking you apart man, down to your molecules and bones. They're making a copy. That dude who comes out on the other side? He's not you. He's a colored Xerox.
BADGER: So you're telling me every time Kirk went into the transporter he was killing himself? So over the whole series there was like 147 Kirks?
SKINNY PETE: At least. Dude, yo, why do you think Mc
Coy never likes to beam nowhere? Cause he's a doctor, bitch. Look it up, it's science.
BADGER: I ever tell you about my Star Trek script?
SKINNY PETE: Star Trek script?
BADGER: Yeah, I gotta write it down is all!
The Enterprise is five parsecs
out of Rigel XII
. Nothing's going on, neutral zone is quiet, the crew is bored. So they put on a pie-eating contest. The whole crew's in the galley, they're eating tullaberry pies.
SKINNY PETE: Tullaberry?
BADGER: Tullaberries! From Gamma Quadrant.
SKINNY PETE: That's Voyager, dude!
BADGER: Okay, blueberries then. They're eating blueberry pies...
SKINNY PETE: Better.
BADGER: As fast as the replicator can churn them out. *makes replicator noise* Finally, it's down to just three. Kirk, Spock, and Chekov, okay. Spock always wins these things.
SKINNY PETE: How's Spock gonna beat Kirk, yo? Spock's like a toothbrush, look at Kirk, he's got room to spare.
BADGER: Spock has total Vulcan control over his digestion! You wanna hear this or not?
SKINNY PETE: Yeah, yeah, go.
BADGER: Okay, finally, Kirk, he can't take it anymore. He yorks! Now it's just down to Chekov and Spock. But Chekov, you see. He's got a whole fat stack of quatloos riding on this. And he has figured out a way to win. He's got Scotty back in the transporter room locked in on Chekov's stomach. Every time Chekov eats a pie, Scotty beams it right out of him.
SKINNY PETE: Where's he sending them, the toilet?
BADGER: Space!
SKINNY PETE: Ohh!!
BADGER: There's blueberries just floating out there, frozen, because it's in space. And Chekov is just shoveling them into his mouth and Spock's like, "I can't believe this Russian is defeating me," meanwhile Scotty's in the transporter room fiddling with levers when Lieutenant Uhura comes in. And she's got, you know, her big pointies and Scotty's fingers are all sweaty...
SKINNY PETE: No!
BADGER: Chekov screams! He sprays blood out of his mouth! Scotty beamed his guts into space!
SKINNY PETE: No way!
Badger laughs. Jesse leaves
Badger: Hey, where are you going? You're missing the best part!
FRANCESA: *to man with broken neck* Just fill this out. Bring it back to me.
The man walks away and sits down. Jesse is sitting in a chair with his feet on a black duffel bag. He looks over at Huell then back to Francesca
JESSE: *to Francesca* Yo. Yo!
Francesca ignores him. Jesse sighs and rubs his face. He pulls out a box of cigarettes and puts one in his mouth. He lights it up and starts smoking
HUELL: You know you can't smoke that up in here.
Jesse continues smoking. Francesca picks up the phone to call Saul
FRANCESA: Yeah, Jesse Pinkman's out here smoking pot?
HUELL: Give me a break, man.
The door opens and Saul waves him in
FRANCESA: *over intercom* Pinkman? He'll see you now.
Jesse drops his cigarette
SAUL: Woody Harrelson live and in person. Pull up a bong and take a seat,
hey I'm kidding about the bong, dude, don't be doing that. Uh, sorry to keep you on ice out there, kid. If I'd known it was you...well Francesca, I warned her before. One more time and it's back to the DMV. So uh, are we on our own today?
MASSEUSE: *to Saul* Barn door open.
SAUL: Barn door? *looks down at pants* Oh. *zips up pants* So, uh, how is the maestro? Things have been quiet on this end.
JESSE: Haven't seen him.
SAUL: Just as well. Probably. After that whole thing in the jails...when they start to whack the lawyers, that's where I start to draw the line.
JESSE: This goes to Kaylee Ehrmantraut and that goes to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sharp. 315 East Web Roads up in Whitehorse. Two and a half million each. Total of five.
Saul locks his door
SAUL: Mr. and Mrs. who?
JESSE: Drew Sharp's parents.
SAUL: Drew Sharp, that's the kid on TV, missing, uh...why would you? Scratch that, I don't know and I don't wanna know. The thing is, what those folks want is to know what happened to their boy. Sack full of cash on their doorstep, that's just gonna raise more questions. Kaylee Ehrmantraut, that's Mike's granddaughter? So this is Mike's money?
JESSE: It's mine.
SAUL: It's your money? Okay. And you're giving it to Kaylee Ehrmantraut...?
JESSE: It's what Mike wanted.
SAUL: So you and Mike, uh, you've been in touch? So we're just talking about charity? Okay, look, you know uh, shelling out money to the ex and her little boy, I kinda get it. I mean, kinda.
But this, this is a bridge too far. I'm sorry to say, kid, but you're still gonna be two miracles short of sainthood.
Saul walks around and sits next to Jesse
SAUL: Brass tacks, okay, my job is to advise and my advice is: come on, already. Mike left one step ahead of the boys in blue and you better believe his family's on the radar. Couple million bucks shows up, they're gonna snatch it, tout suite.
The feds have already taken Kaylee's money twice. What are you, you're going for a hat trick?
JESSE: I'll fricken do it myself, Saul.
SAULl Oh no, no, no! I was just, I was thinking out loud.
JESSE: Enough bullshit, Saul, are you gonna do this or not?
SAUL: Yes, yes, absolutely. I live to serve. And kid, uh, you might wanna think about cleaning up a little, getting some rest. You've looked better!
JESSE: Just get it done.
Jesse leaves Saul's office. Saul goes into his desk and grabs a phone
SAUL: You know who this is? Don't hang up on me. Yeah, there's a problem, there's five million of them here in my office.
WALT: No, no, don't. Just hold onto it. Yes. Yes. Calm down. I'll handle it.
Walt hangs up the phone and looks up at the IV for his chemo treatment
Jesse looks down at a cockroach that is crawling on his table.
There is a knock at his door. Jesse opens it and Walt walks into his house
WALT Déjà vu, huh?
Jesus. Alright, look. You wanna talk me through this? What you were thinking? What you asked Saul to do, I mean, come on! It's just nonsensical. *Walt picks up a red bong on Jesse's table* If you...do you have any explanation at all?
Jesse mumbles something
JESSE: It's like you said, it's blood money.
WALT: I s-…okay, yes, I said that. I did. But it was in the heat of the moment, I was trying to win an argument, alright?
And I was wrong. This is your money. Come on, you've earned it.
Walt sits down next to Jesse
WALT: Drew Sharp. That is a terrible memory, no doubt about it. But son, you need to stop focusing on the darkness behind you.
The past is the past. Nothing can change what we've done.
But now, that's over. You're out and so am I.
Jesse looks over at Walt
WALT: That's right, I'm done. I've been out for about a month. But there is nothing left for us to do except to try to live...ordinary, decent lives.
Walt takes off his glasses and rubs his face
WALT: Why Kaylee Ehrmantraut?
JESSE: She needs someone looking after her.
WALT: Mike is perfectly capable of looking after his own granddaughter.
JESSE: I don't think so. I don't think he is capable. I don't think he's coming back.
WALT: What are you saying?
JESSE: You doing what you did, offing Mike's guys. If he was out there, you'd have to look after your shoulder the rest of your life and that's not how you do things, so I think he's dead and I think you know that.
WALT: I don't know that. I don't! Listen to me. I did not kill Mike.
The last time that I saw him, he had his bag -- the one that I brought him. And he got in his car and drove away.
For all I know he is alive and well. And if...if he does come back and he doesn't understand why I had to do what I did, well then that's on me. Jesse. I need you to believe me.
It's not true, it's just not.
JESSE: So he's out there. He's okay.
WALT: Yes. Mike is fine, wherever he is. We both know that he can take care of himself. And he's certainly capable to provide for his own family.
Jesse. I need you to believe me.
JESSE: Yeah. Like you said. He's alive.
WALT: Yeah. Mike's alive. Absolutely.
Jesse turns away slowly. They both sit there on the couch
INT - WHITE HOUSEHOLD, kitchen
SKYLER: Well, you've gotta have a college counselor, are they bringing in someone new?
JUNIOR: I don't know. Maybe she'll be back.
SKYLEr: Well if she's not, what are you supposed to do? I mean, what's Louis gonna do?
JUNIOR: He's not worried.
SKYLER: Oh yeah, sure. What's there to worry about, it's only college, right?
WALT: Right. College, nothing more important.
SKYLER: Oh. You know, Uncle Hank's still not feeling well, so bowling is off tonight.
JUNIOR: Really?
SKYLER: Really. So you're spared a night out with the family. You do not have to look so happy about it.
WALT: *leaving the table* I'll be right back.
JUNIOR: Umm, so...if bowling's off, can I get a late curfew?
Walt is in the bathroom, he takes out a bottle of pills then turns on the faucet. He runs over to the toilet to throw up then puts a towel on the ground for his knees.
He looks up to the basket of magazines on the toilet and looks through them. He throws up
Walt is on the ground with a flashlight looking for his book under the bed
SKYLER: Are you gonna turn off the light?
WALT: Have you seen *Leaves of Grass*?
SKYLER: Hmm?
WALT: My book. Walt Whitman. Dark green hardcover?
SKYLER: I didn't even know we had that.
WALT: Hmm...you don't think Junior?
SKYLER: You're kidding, right?
WALT: Well, it'll show up.
Walt gets into bed and turns off the light
WALT: What's wrong with Hank?
SKYLER: It's a stomach bug, sounds like. He hasn't been to work all week. Well, goodnight.
WALT: Goodnight.
Walt turns on the light and walks outside. He looks around his neighborhood then turns to go back inside. He stops and heads over to his car where he finds a GPS device
A homeless man is looking through the garbage for returnable items. He walks over to a car where Jesse is sleeping. He knocks on Jesse's window
HOMELESS MAN: Mister, can you help me out? Spare some change?
Jesse shakes his head no and the homeless man walks away. Jesse rolls down his window
JESSE: Hey. Come back. Yeah, you, I've got something for ya.
Jesse opens up his duffel bag and takes out a stack of cash. He hands it to the homeless man
JESSE: Yeah, here, take it. Go ahead. Just take it. Take it. Yeah.
The homeless man takes the money and Jesse drives away. Jesse drives down the street slowly while throwing cash out of his window angrily
SCOTT: Anything you want us to tell Steve Gomez? He says he's worried about you.
HANK: Yeah, tell him I already got two grandmas. So tell everybody more work and less worry.
ARTIE: I guess we better hit it.
SCOTT: Yeah.
Both agents leave the garage. Outside a kid plays with a remote control car as Walt pulls up to Hank's house.
Hank begins packing his work away
WALT: *to agents* Hey guys, good to see you.
SCOTT Walt.
WALT: How are you, it's good to see ya.
SCOTT: How are you doing?
WALT: Good. Hey, how's your son doing, by the way? I was thinking about that.
SCOTT: Oh, it's back to 100%. He's goin' to district.
WALT: That's gotta be exciting. When is it, this Saturday?
SCOTT: This Saturday morning. I think the first pitch is at 10 A.M. so, uh...
WALT: I've gotta come, I'll be there. Should be a good crowd.
SCOTT: Yeah, yeah, it'll be fun. You gotta bring-
HANK: *to agents* Guys, you're still on the clock here, let's go!
WALT: Alright Artie, see you Scott. Be well.
Walt walks into the garage as the agents get in their car and leave
WALT: *to Hank* They're good guys, huh?
HANK: Yeah, they're good guys.
WALT: Well, it's good to see you up and about.
HANK: Yeah.
WALT: How you feeling?
HANK: Well, you know, been better, but...
WALT: Did you get to see a doctor? I mean, when one of these things lasts more than three days you really should get that checked.
HANK: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I did and I'm fine, I'm, uh, what they say on the upswing, you know.
WALT: Oh, good. Good to hear.
HANK: Yeah.
WALT: When I heard you weren't going into work, I…well, it looks like you've got the work coming to you. Perks of being the boss, huh?
HANK: Eh, you know. How's things at the car wash?
WALT: Good.
HANK: Yeah?
WALT: Really good. Hey, did you have any of that potato salad?
HANK: I don't know, maybe.
WALT: Yeah, I mean no one else got sick so I probably shouldn't worry about it. Well, Skyler will be very happy to hear you're feeling better. Which reminds me, I better get back to it. If there's anything I can do. Feel better.
Walt goes to walk away and stops. He turns around
Walt: You know. You're gonna laugh, but I have to ask you about this.
Walt takes out the GPS device
WALT: Believe it or not I found this on my car. I mean, it looks just like the GPS tracker that we used on Gus Fring, doesn't it? Back when we were tracking him just the two of us. You wouldn't know anything about this, would you, Hank?
Hank closes the garage door behind Walt
WALT: You okay? I gotta say I don't like the way you're looking at me right now.
Hank punches Walt in the face. Walt falls to the ground. Hank picks him up and tosses him against the garage door
WALT: Hank.
HANK: It was you. All along it was you! You son of a bitch. You drove into traffic to keep me from that laundry.
WALT: Calm down.
HANK: That call I got telling me Marie was in the hospital. That wasn't Pinkman. You had my cell number.
You killed ten witnesses to save your sorry ass
. You bombed a nursing home.
Heisenberg? Heisenberg. You lying, two-faced sack of shit.
WALT: Hank. Look, I don't know where this is coming from Hank, but just-
HANK: I swear to Christ, I will put you under the jail.
WALT: Just take a breath, okay, just listen to yourself. These wild accusations, they could destroy our family. And for what?
HANK: You don't give a shit about family!
WALT: Hank, my cancer is back.
HANK: Good. Rot, you son of a bitch.
WALT: I'm sorry you feel that way. I want to beat this thing, I do. I'm back on chemo and I am fighting like hell. But the truth is, in six months you won't have someone to prosecute. But even if, somehow, you were able to convince anyone that I was capable of doing these things, you and I both know I would never see the inside of a jail cell. I'm a dying man who runs a car wash, my right hand to God that is all that I am. What's the point?
HANK: Have Skyler bring the kids here. And then we'll talk.
WALT: That is not going to happen.
HANK: I don't know who you are. I don't even know who I'm talking to.
WALT: If that's true, if you don't know who I am, then maybe your best course would be to tread lightly.


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I wore this last Saturday? I think? Or five years ago? Or something? Really I just wanted to wear the skirt because it was a gift from the awesome Christian Siriano and his show was Saturday but taxis hate Laia and me and traffic is icky and we couldn't even go. Fail.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Cotes de Porc A L'Auvergnate - Braised Pork with Cream and Cabbage
I am what I eat, but is that all that I am? I'm passionate about many things, consumed by some and totally repulsed by others. I'm intense and commit totally or not at all. My Dad - first coach and cheerleader - would watch my antics, shake his heads and murmur to me and an invisible asssembly, "Thank God, you're not a missionary!" I garden with the same intensity as I cook and that's how it happened that I was up to my knees in mulch on a wet, chilly Oregon day last week. It wasn't the bitter cold of winter, but rather a creeping, damp that chills the bone and afflicts serious gardeners wherever they may be. Soup and stew help ward it off, but there was no time to make either. I culled from memory a recipe - a golden oldie - that would provide warmth and comfort in a bit less than an hour. I'd forgotten how satisfying pork cooked in this manner can be. You'll need some bacon, pork chops, cabbage, wine and cream to pull it off. Then let imagination carry you to a French farmhouse kitchen with a roaring fire and bottle of vin rouge on the table. Grab a glass and pour. The recipe comes from the mountainous Auvergne region of France which is famous for rustic pork dishes such as this one. Here's the recipe.
Cotes du Porc A L'Auvergnate - Braised Pork with Cream and Cabbage
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 slices bacon, cut in 1/2-inch dice
4 center-cut pork chops, about 1-1/4-inches thick
1 small head Savoy cabbage (2 pounds), cored and cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices
1/2 cup dry white wine or dry vermouth
1 cup heavy cream (light cream or whole milk can be substituted)
Pinch of sage
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1) Heat oil in a large, deep skillet until it shimmers. Add bacon and saute until light golden brown, about 3 minutes. Transfer bacon pices to paper toweling to drain.
2) Season both sides of pork chops with salt and pepper. Saute until a deep golden brown on each side, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
3) Add sliced cabbage to skillet and cook until wilted, about 3 minutes. Stir in white wine and cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Return pork chops and bacon to pan and simmer, partially covered, until cabbage is tender, about 10 to 15 minutes.
4) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Transfer mixture to a greased ovenproof casserole or individual gratinee dishes. Spoon some cabbage over top of pork chops. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and melted butter. Bake, uncovered, until top is lightly brown, about 20 minutes. Yield: 4 servings.
29 comments :
- Selba said...
Don't we all love pork? :)
What a nice recipe. - May 11, 2009 at 12:34 AM
- Kathy said...
Oh, how we love cabbage! Can't wait to try this! Thanks for sharing :o)
- May 11, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- Jude said...
Nice recipe, and ready in under an hour? Sign me up.
- May 11, 2009 at 1:53 AM
- Katy ~ said...
My mouth was watering as I read the recipe. I loved a creamed cabbage anyway; but toss in some pork and wine, now we're talking! YUMMERS!
- May 11, 2009 at 4:46 AM
- Heather S-G said...
mmmmm, pork...what a satisfying and delicious dish. I really should eat before I start browing all these tasty morsels...
- May 11, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
Mary, what a gorgeous dish and I'm not wild about cabbage but I'm crazy for pork. You know I love anything French.
Sam - May 11, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- Martha said...
This looks great -- I have pork thawed -- with cabbage from the market, this will be dinner!
- May 11, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- Ginger said...
Mary you should be cooking for a five star restaurant. This looks like it could be on the menu of the very best restaurants in the country. Delicious!
- May 11, 2009 at 8:20 AM
- Cathy said...
Mmmm, this looks so good. I can almost smell it cooking. I'm obsessed with everything French right now so have to try this.
- May 11, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- NKP said...
Yay for pork!
This does look warming and satisfying, delish!
(and I am always up for a little vin rouge!) - May 11, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Netts Nook said...
Mary this sounds and looks out of this world. Last week when I cooked pork I was worried I might grow a tail can't wait to try this.
- May 11, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- theUngourmet said...
I'm there! This looks and sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing this.
- May 11, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Penny said...
Oh my, Mary. This could become my favorite dish just from your description. Love your way with words!
- May 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM
- Pam said...
It looks fabulous - a perfect meal for those cold days in Oregon.
- May 11, 2009 at 12:42 PM
- ellen b. said...
Can I come and live in your kitchen?
- May 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
Got the kitchen window open? Your neighbors must be very jealous of what goes on in your kitchen. This sounds so perfect, it is going on the top of my list to try. Thank you, thank you. I know we will love this!!
- May 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
I would totally commit to this.
- May 11, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- Lyndas recipe box said...
Oh my goodness, this recipe sounds tantalizing and more than able to warm a body up on a cool day. Perfect comfort food, Mary, and a fabulous photo!
- May 11, 2009 at 4:27 PM
- Lori said...
Oh Mary- that looks delicious. Pork and cabbage are such a pair. I havent really made a lot of French dishes. This oe sounds like a good one.
- May 11, 2009 at 8:52 PM
- Fifi Flowers said...
That looks and sounds AMAZING!!! I would like to stick a fork in that photo and be able to taste it... YUM!
- May 11, 2009 at 10:20 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Fifi, I'm so glad you are back. This dish is not hard to make. I hope you'll try it.
- May 11, 2009 at 10:22 PM
- noble pig said...
Well then i am probably one big piece of chocolate! Nice recipe and I have visited that French region...beautiful!
- May 11, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- Jamie said...
This dish looks fantastic! I am not a pork fan, but we all love cabbage dishes (hubby is French, after all). The flavors in this sound wonderful and I'll bet this was so flavorful and delicious. Maybe I'll ask hubby to make it?
- May 12, 2009 at 5:08 AM
- test it comm said...
That sounds like a great way to serve cabbage!
- May 16, 2009 at 5:27 PM
- Dr Zibbs said...
That looks great. I think I may even make that!
- May 16, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- Penny said...
All the things I love. Hope it warmed your chilled bones. I should borrow this recipe for my French food series this month. LOL
- May 12, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- KimH said...
Whoa.. This looks phenomenal.. and Im not that crazy about pork chops.. M'honey is though.. and I could be with the right recipe.. This looks like "the one!"
PS.. Are you French? You certainly look like you could be.. My family line left France in the 1500s, went to Canada & then to the US where we're flourished. ;) - May 11, 2013 at 5:25 PM
- Beverly said...
Mary, I prepared this for dinner tonight, and it was delicious. I did use a pork tenderloin instead of chops, but we all loved it.
- March 31, 2015 at 7:20 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Beverly, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. It is one of our favorite dinners. Hugs and blessings...Mary
- March 31, 2015 at 7:34 PM


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Chad Billingsley (4-5, 3.57) vs. Randy Wolf (4-4, 4.06).
COMMENTS: The Dodgers face a former Dodger starter for the second night in a row, and if we've learned anything after last night's 7-2 victory, it's that even our sorry offense can draw blood against the Padres' relief corps. The bad news for us, though, is that Wolf's record this season shows he is getting stronger as the season has progressed, lasting over six innings in each of his last five starts (2-1 record over that period). With Russell Martin and Matt Kemp each notching three RBI last night, and James Loney reaching base all five times (2-for-2 with 3 BB), could the Dodgers' bats be awakening, in pitcher-friendly Petco Park of all places?
STAT OF THE DAY: Rafael Furcal still leads the team in runs (34), despite the fact that he has only played in half of the team's games (Furcal has missed 32 games of the Dodgers' 64). Furcal is also tied for second on the team in home runs, and is third for doubles and stolen bases. (With regards to a non-cumulative measure, Furcal also leads the team in OPS at 1.045; the closest, Russell Martin, is almost 200 points away at .858.)


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Minimum Curve Radius
To allow HSR operation at 125 mph, just how wide does a curve need to be? This is an elementary calculation of railway engineering, and is determined by safety and passenger comfort. Without going into details, speed can be increased in a curve by banking the track into the turn, like a turning airplane or a freeway exit ramp. The outside rail can be canted or super-elevated a maximum of 7 inches (178 mm) higher than the inside rail. Trains can go even a bit faster than the speed that balances this banking, causing passengers to feel a sideways push to the outside of the curve. The technical term for this is cant deficiency, and under current FRA regulations it is limited to 3 inches. Within those limits (7 inches cant + 3 inches cant deficiency), physics dictates the following curve radii:
Speed | Minimum Radius | (Recommended Radius) |
160 km/h (100 mph) | 1200 m (4000 ft) | 1800 m (5900 ft) |
200 km/h (125 mph) | 1900 m (6300 ft) | 2800 m (9200 ft) |
215 km/h (135 mph) | 2200 m (7300 ft) | 3200 m (10500 ft) |
The recommended radius is preferred, in the absence of trackside constraints such as houses and roads, to keep passengers comfortable and reduce wear and tear on the trains and the track. Wherever curve clearances are constrained (i.e. pretty much anywhere on the peninsula), the minimum radius becomes the quantity of interest.
The Cost of Slowing Down
Slowing down from 125 mph to take a curve, and accelerating back up to 125 mph costs several seconds of travel time, compared to an uninterrupted run at 125 mph. It's just a few seconds, but if every curve eats a few seconds out of the schedule, pretty soon HSR starts losing its "high speed." So exactly how many seconds are too many? Maybe the answer lies in the cost of a second. If you assume:
- HSR annual ridership will be 60M passengers / year (considerably less than the CHSRA's estimate)
- About one third of all HSR passenger trips will include the peninsula segment
- The average passenger (leisure and business) values their time at $12/hour (an approximate value based on time value studies)
- The cost of straightening a curve is amortized over 15 years of operation (the continuing benefit beyond 15 years is free)
Using a typical deceleration / acceleration rate of 0.5 m/s^2, the cost of temporarily slowing down for a typical curve from a cruise speed of 125 mph goes as the square of the speed difference:
Curve Speed (mph) | Time Penalty (s) | Delay Cost |
The square relationship means that it's not necessary to straighten curves all the way up to 125 mph. Arbitrarily setting our threshold of diminishing returns at 5 seconds of penalty, 110 mph curves can be considered "good enough" unless they can be straightened to 125 mph within the existing right of way, essentially for free. The reconstruction of any curve below 110 mph should be weighed against the dollar cost of time lost.
While this author is not versed in the fine art of estimating construction costs, we now have enough information to at least prioritize the worst curves where something should be done, short of deciding which ones are actually cost-effective to rebuild.
Existing Curves on the Peninsula
All major sub-125 mph curves in the Caltrain corridor from San Francisco to San Jose are shown in the chart below. Milepost is plotted along the bottom, and the curve's maximum speed is plotted on the vertical axis. The maximum speed is derived from the curve radius by assuming the aforementioned 10 inches of equivalent cant, except for reverse curves where different constraints apply. (Note, these speeds are not possible today; the maximum cant on Caltrain is 5 inches to accommodate freight trains, and the signaling system allows only 79 mph.)
Click for Larger View. First, there are quite a few curves that interfere with a 125 mph speed limit, as indicated by the blue dotted line.
- Several curves fall above the 110 mph "good enough" threshold, indicated by the green dotted line, although they should still be candidates for realignment if they are easy to fix. Recall these speeds are absolute maximum speeds, with 3 inches of cant deficiency (passenger discomfort).
- Some curves are very tight, but would be impossibly expensive to straighten; an example is the Sierra Point curve, which runs around the base of San Bruno mountain. There are other sharp curves in the San Francisco and San Jose terminal areas that fall into this category.
- One curve will be avoided entirely by HSR: the infamous CEMOF double reverse curve in San Jose, where the most expensive way to avoid a curve is planned, namely a tunnel.
The Top Ten Worst Curves
Here's a Google map, although it is much more accurate and instructive to view the KML file directly in Google Earth.
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#10 (Honorable Mention) CEMOF Double Reverse Curve - Milepost 46.5 - While the CHSRA plans a tunnel under this area, you really have to wonder what Caltrain was thinking when they dropped this turd on the approach to San Jose. That's why it gets an honorable mention.
#9 Belmont - San Carlos Reverse Curve - Milepost 22.4 - While we're adding another two tracks here, the incremental cost of straightening this curve to 125 mph ought to be near zero, since it can probably be done within the existing ROW. Savings: 10 seconds.
#8 San Antonio Curve (see curve detail map) - Milepost 34.3 - Great potential for straightening to 125 mph, again within the existing ROW. Savings: a couple of seconds, but it's free!
#7 Bowers Curve (see curve detail map) - Milepost 41.9 - Already OK for nearly 110 mph, but could use as much flattening as practical because of the proximity of Lawrence curve.
#6 Lawrence Curve (see curve detail map) - Milepost 40.6 - This shallow 100 mph curve can easily be straightened all the way up to 125 mph by purchasing a narrow strip of office parking lot (which Sunnyvale has plans to redevelop anyway). This is low-hanging fruit, well worth the 10 second savings.
#5 Hayward Park Curve (see curve detail map) - Milepost 18.8 - This curve was already straightened in the year 2000 by moving the rails by 20 ft. It might now support 95 mph. Would be better at 110 mph, saving about 10 seconds.
#4 Millbrae Curve (see curve detail map) - Milepost 13.9 - An unfortunate consequence of the last Quentin Kopp extravaganza, the BART airport extension. Challenge: BART tail tracks occupy the inside of this 90 mph curve. BART would have to give up one of three tail tracks to straighten for 100 - 110 mph operation. This ought to be feasible: two of the tail tracks were built in anticipation of a BART extension south of Millbrae, which no longer makes sense. Savings: about 15 seconds.
#3 Palo Alto Station - Milepost 30.1 - Already discussed in Focus on Palo Alto. While the existing curve radii are gentle, the problem at Palo Alto is a double reverse curve, which requires long spiral easements to reverse the curvature and prevents the speeds you might deduce from the radius alone. The southbound track is good for just under 90 mph. Challenge: reconfigure the Alma St. overpass; on the plus side, JPB already owns all the required land. Savings: about 25 seconds. A must-do, regardless of whether Palo Alto becomes an HSR station.
#2 Bayshore Curve (see curve detail map) - Milepost 5.1 - Just north of the Bayshore station at the mouth of Tunnel #4, this curve is a piece of cake to straighten to 125 mph, provided Bayshore station is redone. This will probably happen anyway to make room for the approaches to the planned new tunnel bores on each side of the existing tunnel. The new tunnel bores could even have curved ends. Savings: about 20 seconds. Cost of new platforms: $10M tops. Low hanging fruit, just waiting to be picked!
#1 Worst Curve: San Bruno Curve (see curve detail map) - Milepost 10.9 - previously discussed in the San Bruno article. This curve, currently 65 mph, should be straightened to 110 mph minimum. Savings: a whopping 40 seconds. Challenges: well-advanced plans by Caltrain for a new station, locking in the existing curvature; eminent domain for ~$5M worth of houses on the inside of the curve; six I-380 viaduct pillars would need to be moved. If this curve can be fixed even for $30-40M, JUST DO IT!
The total time saved from straightening these 10 curves is about 2 minutes, not including the savings from straightening the other 110 mph+ curves not listed here. These time savings add up to ~7% of the non-stop travel time between San Francisco and San Jose, expected to be around 30 minutes.
The CHSRA and its engineering contractors should not resign themselves to the existing curvature of the peninsula corridor. A rigorous study of curve remediation should be undertaken before the new track alignments are finalized.
Update - 02 Feb 09
It was brought to my attention that the CHSRA published in its considerable (if un-navigable) body of work a series of run simulations. This is what the pros do, instead of the back-of-the-envelope calculations detailed here. A sample San Jose to San Francisco run is detailed below. The train used in the simulation is a Siemens ICE 3. It does not stop in San Jose in this particular example. Total time from San Jose (running start) to San Francisco is a few seconds short of 30 minutes (1793 seconds, to be precise)
This simulation reveals a couple of interesting assumptions on the part of the CHSRA's analysts:
- Total cant is 12 inches (vs. 10 inches assumed in the calculations above) allowing 10% higher curve speeds. This is not outlandish: 12 inches is practiced today on the NEC.
- The Palo Alto and Bayshore curves are evidently straightened out, with a curved platform at Palo Alto
- None of the other bad curves appear to be straightened, as revealed by the three deep notches in the speed profile at Hayward Park, Millbrae and San Bruno.
- The train's throttle is used heavily, and the regenerative brake will certainly get a good workout. Whether this lead-footed driving style is realistic is open to discussion.


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MLB commissioner Bud Selig says he will retire in January 2015
The Associated Press
| Friday, September 27, 2013, 10:05 a.m.
NEW YORK — Bud Selig took over a sport with $1.7 billion in revenue, four teams in each year's postseason, economic disparity among the clubs and a fixation on sticking with traditions that dated to the 19th century.
After a decade of maintaining his departure was imminent, the 79-year-old baseball commissioner put his exit plans in writing Thursday and said in a statement he will retire in January 2015 after 22 years — the second-longest term behind Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
His revolutionary reign produced an $8 billion industry, interleague play, an expanded postseason and two decades of labor peace. But, he also presided over a canceled World Series and long-running drug scandal.
"He's been the voice of baseball. Some people liked his voice. Some people didn't," Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "I have a lot of respect for the guy."
Selig has been a bit of the Boy Who Cried Wolf in the past when it came to his retirement. He said in 2003 that he would step down at the end of 2006 but has repeatedly accepted new contracts.
Some owners — even his wife — had been skeptical in the past that he really would quit, but this marked the first time he issued a formal statement that he will give up the sport's top job. He even gave an exact date: Jan. 24, 2015.
"I look forward to continuing its extraordinary growth and addressing several significant issues during the remainder of my term," he said.
Selig's length of service and impact on his sport matches those of Pete Rozelle, the NFL commissioner from 1960-89, and David Stern, who is stepping down in February after 30 years as NBA commissioner.
Selig said he will soon announce a transition plan that will include a reorganization of central baseball management. Rob Manfred, baseball's chief labor negotiator, has gained increased influence in recent years, but it's not clear whether Selig's successor will come from within the commissioner's office.
Many had speculated Selig wanted to surpass the term of Landis, who served from November 1920 to November 1944.
Perhaps the biggest mark on Selig's tenure was the prevalence of performance-enhancing drugs. Management didn't have a drug agreement with its players from October 1985 until August 2002, and drug testing with penalties didn't start until 2004. Selig has repeatedly defended his record, saying baseball acted as fast as it could in a matter that was subject to bargaining with players.
"The game has grown under him tremendously. He's made every effort to try to clean the game up," New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He's left his mark on the game. There's no doubt about it."
Selig's tenure also included splitting each league into three divisions instead of two in 1995, when wild cards and an additional round of playoffs were added. Wild cards doubled to four last year, when the postseason stretched to four rounds.
Expansion teams in Arizona and Tampa Bay started play in 1998, raising the major league total to 30. Interleague play began in 1997 along with revenue sharing, which allowed the smaller-market clubs a better chance to compete. Jackie Robinson's No. 42 was retired by Selig for all of MLB that same year, and other initiatives followed. Major League Baseball Advanced Media launched in 2000, the World Baseball Classic in 2006, limited video review of umpires' calls in 2008 and the Major League Baseball Network in 2009.
Owners have repeatedly praised his financial stewardship, which has led to record franchise values as shown by the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers last year. The average player salary has tripled under his tenure to more than $3 million.
Selig's critics said he moved cautiously — a characterization even he sometimes agreed with. Running baseball from his longtime home in Milwaukee, he worked to build consensus rather than dictate to owners in the manner of Peter Ueberroth. Selig used a grandfatherly charm to get what he wanted.
"Everything's been a success overall," Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. "You're going to have your detractors, that goes without saying."
Selig became a baseball fan when his mother took him to games as a child. Working in the family auto-leasing business, he became a minority investor in the Milwaukee Braves and tried to stop the team's move to Atlanta for the 1966 season.
As a stopgap measure, he arranged for the Chicago White Sox to play nine regular-season games at Milwaukee in 1968 and 11 the following year. Just before the 1970 season, he bought the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court, moved the franchise to Milwaukee and renamed it the Brewers.
Mentored by Detroit Tigers owner John Fetzer, Selig became a leading owner by the early 1980s in his role as chairman of the Player Relations Committee, which determined labor policy. He was part of the group that wanted major changes in the sport's lab contract with players and forced the resignation of Fay Vincent, who had been in office for three years. Selig took over as acting commissioner on Sept. 9, 1992, in his role as chairman of the executive council.
While he presided over a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95 that led to the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years, following eight straight work stoppages owners and players reached agreements without interruption in 2002, 2006 and 2011.
Although Selig repeatedly said he would not take the job full time, he was formally elected commissioner July 9, 1998. He turned running the Brewers over to daughter Wendy Selig-Prieb, but the Selig family did not sell the franchise until 2005.
Selig agreed to a new contract as commissioner in 2001. He first announced his planned retirement in 2003, telling a group from Associated Press Sports Editors he would leave in 2006.
"For a guy who took it in Sept. 9, 1992, and I told my wife it was two-to-four months — 14 years later … I think that will be enough. There's no question, because there are other things I really would like to do."
Asked again if this was his final term, Selig responded; "Oh, there's no question."
He then agreed to new contracts in 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Selig has said he wants to write a book. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin and Marquette's law school.
"We look forward to working with the commissioner over the next 15 months," union head Michael Weiner said in a statement. "Then, we hope the commissioner enjoys his retirement and wish him well."


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