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It's a great App. It's sure to get rid of the nuisance callers once they know they are being recorded.
One party consent here, and I consent.... This app is useless with the announcement.
This could have been a really nice app without the notification. In Sweden only one need to know that the call is being recorded, so as long as you know that you have installed the app...
Would also been nice if it recorded automatically for all numbers not in your contact list.
But since the app have been removed...
Yea, the notification is stupid. I don't know of any states where you can't record a threatening call with no notification, or for personal use. Worst case, if you tried to use it as evidence, they would have the evidence thrown out.
Here's the deal, folks...
1) I installed it from xSellize Source.
2) Upon installation & ReSpring, it stated I'd have to pay via PayPal, which I was totally willing to do!
3) An "Activate" button appeared & upon clicking it, the program took me to Settings & so I clicked "Enabled" to "ON."
4) Next I clicked "Play Beep Sound" to "OFF."
5) It then said "Application Activated" so I made a phonecall to my landline.
6) When the call connected, there appeared a little red circle (Record Button).
7) I pushed the red button & during the call there was NOT any beeping sound or message notification!!!
surely the notification of recording could be erased by looking for the file in ifile - making it not play?
I don't condone piracy, it does offer an option to pay the developer via paypal. Excellent app.
I'd have bought this if not for the auto message. In the UK the law only requires that ONE person be aware the call is recorded. And since I know its been recorded I should be able to remove it.
I might have tried it out if I didn't have to use speaker phone.
it is screwing up the entire phone reception, beeps and distortion.
Why I pay $4 for this c........?! How stupid I can be?!.. seriously!
Dev tweeted that he's bring the tweak back but will not remove the warning message. His attorney(s) gave him the go ahead.
aaah, what a shame about the notification. I bought a similar app for my previous android for ten bucks and would pay that again for my iphone. But my concern after I tried it is that is has some lag in the call...? Anyone else noticing this...?

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I usually do iPhone apps, or apps that exist on both the iPhone and Android, but this week it's an Android only app. I have not used it, since I'm an iPhone user, but I really hope some of the KCAL crew might try it and comment how they like it. This one sounds too cool.
Most people silent their phones for special events. You're in a movie theater, at a concert, watching a play, you get the point. But then you are out of touch, even in an emergency. You head to a nice special event, a wedding let's say, and you mute your phone. But then, your kids, or babysitter can't easily reach you in an emergency. What we really need is a "Silent for everyone but…" switch. Well, today's app does just that.
SemiSilent is so simple, and yet genius. When you open SemiSilent it shows you all of your contacts. You select the ones you want to allow to ring the phone and then set the phone to silent. If one of those 'special few' calls you, the ringer will be turned on, but not for anyone else. That is handy and I really wish something like this existed on the iPhone.
SemiSilent is available for free in the Android Market and is rated 4.5 stars from 22 votes. It was updated February 14th, 2011 and as of this post is at version 1.05. It requires Android 2.0 or higher.
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shawnmgraham said...
180,000 bugs doesn't seem like that much to me for a game that has been running for over five years, as gone through two expansions has thousands of quest and items, and has new non-expansion content added on a fairly regular basis.
Considering a bug could be anything from a tree clipping the side of a hill, to instances not being launched and that this number contains the fixed bugs, it's not surprising to me at all.
AndremedaSC said...
I agree completely, shawnmgraham. Having done some QA and user acceptance testing (and thus had to report and track bugs) for in-house software, I can barely imagine how complex the code needed to run WoW must be, and so that many bugs sounds quite reasonable. And for all we know, 60% of them could be resolved already. I know I personally have seen bugs as minor as a mob halfway inside a tree, so something like that would probably be tracked in the database, while still having little or no impact on the way anyone plays the game. Not a top priority, certainly.
Also note, the number of GMs and customer service reps needed doesn't necessarily correlate with the number of bugs. While they do get bug reports from customers, most of the time they are likely just recording them and passing them on to the developers and QA testers. I expect that they spend a lot of time dealing with hacked accounts and loot issues etc etc etc, and those are probably NOT bug-related.
I fully agree the number of bugs is perfectly reasonable.
My question is this: how many of these bugs have been open, unresolved, and still applicable for 4+ years?
Because I know there are some evade-glitched mobs that have been sitting there, evading, for as long as I can remember. Or quest mobs in the WPL that, when they get down to 20%, disengage from combat, return to their patrol, recover their health because they're out of combat, and potentially (depending on where you were standing when you were fighting them) immediately aggro on you again. Eventually you manage to get them on a big crit that skips over the bug or something, but we're talking about some of the early content here that is still frustratingly screwed up.
It's not like I'm threatening to quit over it or anything, but a fix really should have been rolled out for some of these somewhere along the way, and it's probably a relatively small tweak in their behavior code.
Everyone is forgetting one point, to me it is not a big number when you look at how many registered users there are, and how many of those bugs might be repeats of the same bug by different users (we don't know if their system checks for this)?
Still in 4+ years of running software for millions of users i consider it a testament to blizzard, look at firefox they currently have 500,000 bugs in their tracker. I am also sure that some os's have had that many bugs to.
Thumbs up for blizzard.
android8675 said...
Coming from a former life in QC, there's something else to consider, that this 180k bugs is probably the TOTAL number of bugs ever entered into what I am sure is a very robust database of "bugs" or "Issues" some of the earlier bugs are probably from the first build of the game or even going as far back as "Concept bugs".
In other words, go back 3-4 years before the first games came out, or whenever they started developing the game, and that's when they started the 180k count. That sounds about right for a game as big as WoW.
Look at Madden, EA for the first several years tracked a lot of the older Madden bugs on paper, my friend working on that project as an associate had to report on what they called "legacy" bugs at the start of each new itteration of the game. So even before the project for the year even started out, there was like 4-5 thousand bugs that still existed, or were there to remind devs where they could run into trouble.
180k big number, but not when you consider the man hours put into this game. figure out the man hours spent developing WoW, or the $ paid to devs working on WoW. Those numbers should be rather staggering. You'll never see them published, but I imagine in some cave of some CEOs office on the corner of his desk is a digital counter with like 20 digits just ticking away.
I also agree. Having done QA and managed software testing departments, I concur with the other posters who guess that this number includes both fixed and "non-bug' reports - duplicate bugs, deferred bugs, "bugs" that are really system enhancement (e.g. feature requests).
The more informative number would be the number of active/open bugs.
More than the fact that the number of bugs seems legit, this should be an eye-opener to other companies and their MMOs. Wow is by far the most polished AAA MMO on the market, and while this number represents 5 years of bugs, it hammers home the point that part of being a top-notch MMO is spending a lot of resources on polish.
Exactly. They answered their own question, right there in the article. There aren't 180k ACTIVE bugs... there have been 180k bugs TOTAL, including resolved issues ("have been fixed," as you say above). I'm guessing this also includes bugs on content that never made it to the live servers. (See an issue in the PTR? Add it to the tracking database! Had an issue back in the alpha of the original release? Good bet it's in the database!)


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Appropriate Adult
|Appropriate Adult
|True crime
|Directed by
|Julian Jarrold
|Produced by
|Lisa Gilchrist
Jeff Pope
|Written by
|Neil McKay
|Dominic West
Emily Watson
Monica Dolan
|Music by
|Dan Jones
|United Kingdom
|Original channel
|Original run
|4 September 2011 – 11 September 2011
|Running time
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|No. of episodes
Appropriate Adult is a 2011 British television film, first shown on ITV in two 90-minute parts on 4 and 11 September 2011. It starred Dominic West, Emily Watson, and Monica Dolan. It is based on the true story of Gloucester serial killer Fred West and wife Rose West, and focuses on the events between the Wests' arrests in 1994 and Fred's suicide in Birmingham's Winson Green Prison on New Year's Day 1995.
The film got its title from the role of Janet Leach in the investigation as an appropriate adult during the questioning of Fred West. The senior investigator wanted to ensure that there could be no suggestion that West did not understand any part of the process, so he had an appropriate adult present at all times.
- Dominic West as Fred West
- Emily Watson as Janet Leach
- Monica Dolan as Rose West
- Robert Glenister as Detective Superintendent John Bennett
- Sylvestra Le Touzel as Detective Constable Hazel Savage
- Samuel Roukin as Detective Constable Darren Law
- Anthony Flanagan as Mike
- Stanley Townsend as Syd Young
- Gerard Horan as Howard Ogden
- Seline Hizli as Mae West
- James McArdle as Stephen West
- Robert Whitelock as Detective Constable Carl Kempinsky
- Jasper Jacob as Brian Leveson QC
- Jack Fortune as Richard Ferguson QC
- Vincent Brimble as Mr. Justice Mantell
- Rupert Simonian as Josh Leach
The film was directed by Julian Jarrold and written by Neil McKay. The production was headed by ITV executive producer Jeff Pope, who saw it as the concluding feature in a trilogy of films about the most notorious murder cases of the past century (the previous films being the multiple award-winning This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper and See No Evil: The Moors Murders).
Co-producer Kwadjo Dajan researched and developed the project over four years after establishing contact with Janet Leach and consulting with Gloucestershire Constabulary. The drama was filmed over seven weeks in Manchester.
Dominic West's physical resemblance to West was noted during filming and Fred West's daughter Mae West thought he "captured the evil essence of him – his character, his mannerisms, even his gait". Janet Leach found it difficult to approach him in character on set because he was so convincing that it took Leach back seventeen years.[1]
Despite its controversial reception, the film won the award of Best Single Drama at the Broadcast awards in London. This was supplemented when both Emily Watson and Dominic West were awarded the respective leading female and male actor awards at the 2012 BAFTA Television Awards on 27 May 2012. Monica Dolan also won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Rose West.
Emily Watson's performance received nominations for Best Actress for both the Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The first episode (of two) was met with positive reviews after it was transmitted on 4 September 2011. Sam Wollaston from The Guardian described it as "beautifully done, not sensational or hysterical". A later article by Phil Hogan in The Observer and The Guardian described Dominic West's performance as "worryingly close" but said "even with a set of chipped teeth, bad jumper choices and a rattling West Country burr, handsome Dominic couldn't quite conjure the Fred familiar from his demonic police mug shot. What he did conjure, in one impressively seamless personality, were the strange warring traits of a man cheerfully sane and yet not quite there – helpful but manipulative, confiding but controlling, troubled but carefree, a composite that perfectly explained why the police wanted the presence of an 'appropriate adult'".[2] Hogan was also impressed with Monica Dolan's highly convincing performance as Rosemary which he described as "literally spitting-mad".
Andrew Billen from The Times described it as "mesmerising and inspired", while Matt Bayliss of The Daily Express described it as "sensitively written, ferociously acted and dealing with a true and powerful subject". It has been tipped as a multiple award-winning drama. However, the Daily Mail described it as one which "deeply divided opinion between those who have hailed it a dramatic tour de force, and a compelling insight into the nature of evil, and those who accuse it of trampling on the graves of Fred West's victims".[3] The family of Fred West and the son of Janet Leach condemned the series.[3] Fred West's daughter Anne-Marie Davis was disgusted that the film had been made and said it would be deeply traumatic bringing back the memories and would cause "unimaginable distress."[4] However, ITV claims that several daughters of the Wests and the families of the victims spoke more positively about the series after having viewed it.[5]
Following its transmission, the programme was also criticised by retired Gloucestershire Detective Superintendent John Bennett who said, "the series went far beyond any justifiable claims of 'dramatic licence' and 'simplification' by creating dialogue and scenes which did not take place at all, these just sensationalising the story and not furthering it, wrongly depicting how Janet Leach was treated and her involvement, giving her a kudos she far from deserves".[5] He further said that "this series painting her as a 'victim' and wrongly portraying the sequence of events and her contact with and payment by the Mirror Group whilst grossly exaggerating her involvement is an insult to the true victims, their families, which very much includes the extended family of the Wests, the witnesses who so courageously gave evidence, the investigating team, and its professionalism, also the many professionals and others who worked so hard to unravel the horrific crimes and bring the Wests and others to justice".[5] However, he concurred that "the mannerisms and psyche of Frederick West captured and enacted by Dominic West and Monica Dolan of Rosemary West are hauntingly accurate".[5]
In response to Bennett's statement ITV's Janice Troup issued the following response:
We took the legitimate editorial decision to focus our drama on the largely untold story of how an ordinary mother and housewife, Janet Leach, became involved in one of Britain's most notorious murder investigations when she took on the role of Fred West's 'appropriate adult'. This is a drama not a documentary and the film has a caption at the start telling viewers that some scenes are created for purposes of dramatisation.
We have not attempted to whitewash Janet - her portrayal in the drama is subtle and balanced, and shows an ordinary woman subjected to an extraordinary situation. We depict her decision to accept the newspaper deal to sell her story, and how that was exposed in court during the trial of Rosemary West, as well as showing that her motivation was not simply financial.
We met former Detective Superintendent John Bennett on several occasions to discuss the making of a factual drama based around the case of Fred and Rosemary West. Not only because he had led the police investigation, but also because, like others involved in the case, he had subsequently written a book about it.
He showed some interest in acting as a paid consultant on the project but we didn't pursue that option. We took the legitimate editorial decision to focus our drama on Janet Leach.
It is certainly not ITV's wish to cause distress to the families of the Wests' victims, or their children. Two of Fred and Rosemary West's daughters have praised the drama and from those of the victim's families still contactable we have only received positive comments.
The film neither recreates the crimes, nor attempts a definitive psychological analysis of Fred and Rosemary West. Like This Is Personal and See No Evil it is about the effect of the crimes, rather than crimes themselves. Whereas those earlier dramas focussed variously on the police, the victims and their families, and the families of the murderers this one places at its centre a woman who was almost an accidental witness to the uncovering of what happened at 25 Cromwell Street.[5]
- ^ "TV portrayal of killer leaves daughter scared". Yahoo!. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ Hogan, Phil (11 September 2011). "Rewind TV: Appropriate Adult; Horizon: Are You Good or Evil?; Reel History of Britain". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b Bracchi, Paul; Wright, Stephen (10 September 2011). "A very inappropriate drama: Why police can never forgive serial killer Fred West's confidante whose story is being told on TV". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "'It will cause unimaginable distress': Fred West's daughter condemns ITV drama about the serial killer". London: Daily Mail. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "ITV Appropriate Adult: West detective John Bennett speaks out". This is Gloucestershire. Retrieved 13 September 2011.


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South Ossetia residents go to polls to elect new president
Topic: Presidential elections in South Ossetia
TSKHINVALI, November 13 (RIA Novosti)
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Residents of the former Georgian region of South Ossetia are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president.
Incumbent President Eduard Kokoity has served two terms and is barred by the republic's constitution from serving a third consecutive term in office.
Polling stations opened at 08:00 a.m. Moscow time (05:00 GMT) and will close at 20:00 Moscow time (17:00 GMT). Preliminary results of the voting will be announced on Monday.
Some 50,000 eligible voters in South Ossetia will have to choose among 11 candidates running for the president's office. The republic's central electoral commission registered 17 candidates but six of them eventually withdrew their bids.
South Ossetian Emergencies Minister Anatoly Bibilov is seen as the candidate with the highest chances to win the election.
The presidential elections in South Ossetia will be recognized as valid, if over 50 percent of eligible voters take part in the polls. A winner must gain 50 percent plus one vote. If no candidate gains a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held no later than 15 days after the results of the first round are announced.
Some 80 foreign observers from different countries, including Russia, Poland, Germany and France, and international organizations are monitoring the elections.
Russia recognized South Ossetia and another former Georgina region - Abkhazia - in 2008, following a five-day war with Georgia. The war began when Georgia attacked South Ossetia, where most residents are Russian passport holders.
Russia's decision has been condemned by many nations. Georgia considers the two regions part of its sovereign territory.
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Can anyone help me make sense of this?
R10) 10sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 6sc (33)
I get what each mean, but how does one get to 33 stitches from that combo? Unless the dec count as stitches?
Here's the rest of the pattern if that helps:
R1) magic ring 6 (6)
R2) inc in each sc (12)
R3) *1sc, inc* 6 times (18)
R4) *2sc, inc* 6 times (24)
R5) *3sc, inc* 6 times (30)
R6) *4sc, inc* 6 times (36)
R7-9) sc in each sc around (36)
*attach eyes and nose. stitch mouth using embroidery thread and tapestry needle*
R10) 10sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 6sc (33)
R11) sc in each sc around (33)
R12) 10sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 6sc (36)
R13-15) sc in each sc around (36)
R16) *4sc, dec* 6 times (30)
R17) *3sc, dec* 6 times (24)
*stuff your mameshiba*
R18) *2sc, dec* 6 times (18)
R19) *1sc, dec* 6 times (12)
R20) dec until closed


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Movie News
Trailer For Steve McQueen's SHAME!
Nordling here.
I don't think I've seen an NC-17 placed so boldly in a theatrical preview before, but good for Fox Searchlight for doing so. As I've said before, I have nothing against NC17 as a rating at all. I just want the stigma removed. SHAME is an adult film, about adult things, and I'd hate to see a filmmaker like Steve McQueen denigrated just because he wants to go places that might be uncomfortable for some audiences. It's pretty simple - if you can't handle a frank discussion of sexual addiction and family dysfunction, don't see the film.
Personally, I want to see SHAME pdq - Michael Fassbender has quickly become a hell of an actor to watch, and he's proven he can do serious drama as well as popcorn fare. The trailer feels suitably intense and I love the cinematography in it - dark, but classically shot. Feels like McQueen is making a stylish drama and can't wait to see it. SHAME opens soon; check www.shamemovie.com for details. Here's the trailer:
Nordling, out.
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Nov. 2, 2011, 6:19 a.m. CST
by westie
steve mcqueen?
Should you be allowed to have that name if you work in movies?
Nov. 2, 2011, 6:37 a.m. CST
by CreatureCantina
That trailer doesn't at all relay that the film is an hour and a half of looking at dude's junk... which is what I've read in reviews.
Nov. 2, 2011, 6:41 a.m. CST
by James
He's an artist you fucking pleb. Wikipedia him, you might learn something.
Nov. 2, 2011, 6:44 a.m. CST
Fassbender is brilliant
by melonman
As dark and focused as the whole movie. Liked this a whole lot more than HUNGER. Although the NC17 US rating is frankly bizarre. There are a LOT more explicit movies around. It's almost as though they're rating it as a movie for adults rather than content. Which may be a good thing. Keeps the twittering popcorn dribblers out.
Nov. 2, 2011, 7:19 a.m. CST
Shame: The Chazz Michael Michaels Story
by ltgalloway
jk It looks like a well crafted movie with great performances. I'll have to give it a look!
Nov. 2, 2011, 7:28 a.m. CST
Deceptive: but the MPAA didn't sound the penis alert
by Nem_Wan
The rating description says SOME EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT. They didn't use the infamous MALE NUDITY warning that was created after BRÜNO supposedly because "parents requested" that they be warned when there is not just nudity, but MALE nudity, the worst kind of nudity.
Nov. 2, 2011, 7:32 a.m. CST
Or perhaps the MPAA is afraid to admit they gave an NC-17 solely for seeing a penis
by Nem_Wan
"other than the maybe 2 or 3 shots early in the film – mind you, not lingering shots; more like milliseconds, in passing – in which star Michael Fassbender's member is shown, there's absolutely no other sex act depicted in Shame that we haven't seen in previous films with R-ratings." http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/archives/2011/10/06/new_york_film_festival_2011_entry_4_-_review_of_steve_mcqueens_shame/
Nov. 2, 2011, 7:42 a.m. CST
by BangoSkank
Yes, how could someone possibly confuse Steve McQueen with Steve McQueen? Respectfully yours, Clint Eastwood (No, not that Clint Eastwood, you fucking pleb)
Nov. 2, 2011, 8 a.m. CST
is this in 3D?
by Spandau Belly
If not, that's a real shame.
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:01 a.m. CST
I liked the original, but I don't see Fassbender being better than Wayans
by Spandau Belly
Could be good though.
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:04 a.m. CST
Alfred Hitchcock will be releasing a movie next year
by Bentley_Bear
as well as Cecil B Demille. Was this an unfinished project that was recast?
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:09 a.m. CST
fucks sake. must be the holidays.
by MacReady452
here comes the spam bot retail fuckers. NORDLING ban that handle immediately PLEASE!
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:28 a.m. CST
BUT will we see Fassbender's junk? Cos I'm in for that shit
by Dharma4
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:38 a.m. CST
Boo Fucking Hoo
by Garbageman33
Oh no. Here's a rich, well-dressed, good-looking guy who can't stop banging hot young girls. But he doesn't even enjoy it anymore. It's an addiction. Poor bastard. I haven't felt this bad since that King of England who had to send commoners off to die with a voice that didn't sound pretty.
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:48 a.m. CST
No Christian bashing?
by torontoxic
I thought Jesus was ruining this movie or something, Nordling?
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:55 a.m. CST
See FISH TANK...
by workshed
...just, see it.
Nov. 2, 2011, 9:22 a.m. CST
Apparently all of McQueen's movies star Fassbender
by impossibledreamers
You know, Steve - there are other actors out there.
Nov. 2, 2011, 9:24 a.m. CST
Damnit! I thought this was a scoop on a villian added to the next batman movie.
by whatevillurks
Nov. 2, 2011, 9:50 a.m. CST
by TheSeeker7
Did I see that right? Fassbender and Mulligan, who appear to be siblings in the story, doing it in a couple of those shots? You weren't kidding on the family dysfunction.
Nov. 2, 2011, 9:52 a.m. CST
AhSHAMED to watch this
by Dhaemon
That Mulligan chic always looks like she is crying.
Nov. 2, 2011, 10:27 a.m. CST
I wonder if it has full man anus and balls spread across the 70 foot screen like our idiot brother
by UltraTron
Nov. 2, 2011, 10:28 a.m. CST
Thanks but I won't be seeing any movies based on you nerds reviews anymore. That fucking movie was tepid desk drool
by UltraTron
Nov. 2, 2011, 10:28 a.m. CST
by KilliK
Nov. 2, 2011, 10:36 a.m. CST
They're using a double for all the dong shots. Played by Brian Cocks.
by Mel
Nov. 2, 2011, 10:45 a.m. CST
Brian Cocks.
by UltraTron
With a phone book and a computer you might be able to figure out how many there are. I'm sure there's at least one of the poor bastards that had it ripped off by some machinery or something
Nov. 2, 2011, 10:54 a.m. CST
You first, ginger
by bah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen See how you missed the point, you pleb?
Nov. 2, 2011, 11:32 a.m. CST
I love Fassenbender, but Hunger was fucking awful.
by loafroaster
Nov. 2, 2011, 11:36 a.m. CST
by surprider22
Nov. 2, 2011, 11:37 a.m. CST
Fassenbender is becoming my favorite actor working today.
by Randy
He's really shooting up to the A level.
Nov. 2, 2011, 11:47 a.m. CST
Imagine if Steve McQueen was still alive and he made a movie for Steve McQueen?
by AsimovLives
Nov. 2, 2011, 11:52 a.m. CST
by AsimovLives
Remember, once upon a time Scorsese used Robert DeNiro a lot. Nobody complained about there being other actors in the sea back then. If the dudes love making movies together, so be it. In fact, it was thanks to HUNGER that Fassbender became famous, or at least exposed him enough which made all directors want to work with.
Nov. 2, 2011, 11:54 a.m. CST
by AsimovLives
The king of england can't sent anybody to die. It's the parmalent that does it. The royals in england do not have any political power.
Nov. 2, 2011, 12:10 p.m. CST
by DonLogan
Nov. 2, 2011, 12:24 p.m. CST
asimov....I thought they WERE talkin about the old BAMF Steve McQueen!
by Cheif Brody
When I first heard about the MPAA bruhaha over the rating of the latest Steve McQueen flick...I thought, "Wtf? Steve McQueen has an UNRELEASED almost porno flick that their putting out?" <p> I was thinking maybe he shot a "Last Tango In Paris" type flick right before he died...and it ended up sitting on a shelf somewhere w/o a distributor...or that it got "shut down" after his passing because it was incomplete. <p> I'm disappointed and...yet, slightly relieved that is not the case...But Nordling could put the word "director" in front of this new McQueen once in a while! Cuz... <p> There's only ONE muthafuckin' STEVE McQUEEN!
Nov. 2, 2011, 12:40 p.m. CST
by AsimovLives
Parliament. As in Parliament of The United Kingdom. Get it? It wasn't that difficult to have figured that out despiste my typo, frankly.
Nov. 2, 2011, 12:41 p.m. CST
cheif brody
by AsimovLives
At first i was as suprised as you. Then i understood wht they ment. Still, Nordling's title for the talkback is pretty misleading, and i believe deliberatly so.
Nov. 2, 2011, 12:45 p.m. CST
Now there's two Steve McQueens.
by AsimovLives
One was an asshole prima-donna man-child riddled with personal insecurities who looked really cool onscreen, a master of understated and physical acting, and ocasionally proved he could actually act the hell out of a role in all that it required of him... when he bothered to, that is. The other is a young british filmmaker who's proving to be quite talented.
Nov. 2, 2011, 12:46 p.m. CST
by DonLogan
Nov. 2, 2011, 1:27 p.m. CST
Do we get to see Brian Cox in FULL FRONTAL!?
by poop
I sure hope so. He is the master.
Nov. 2, 2011, 1:31 p.m. CST
There's 2 asimovlives
by macheesmo3
One of them is a productive member of the forums who displays a unique insight into the art of filmmaking as well as a forward looking vision of the direction modern film should be heading. The other one lives in Portugal
Nov. 2, 2011, 2:04 p.m. CST
Does he fuck his sister?
by twogunjames
Because if my sister looked like her, I might think about it. NO. No, no. I never would. Not ever. Well, maybe, I mean she's pretty hot. NO. Christ, that's just gross and wrong. But, you know she's got those lips. HEY. Fuck that. Incest is illegal right? No way.
Nov. 2, 2011, 3:25 p.m. CST
Fassbender again shows his 'talent'. Dream role for him....or anyman
by the_shitweasel_with_a_quizzical_brow
Nov. 2, 2011, 4 p.m. CST
So there isn't a reason to call yourself Steve McQueen than being an attention whore?
by Mugato5150
Okay. I guess it doesn't hurt though.
Nov. 2, 2011, 4:03 p.m. CST
I agree with westie.
by frank
The guy should at least go by Steven. Yours, William Joel
Nov. 2, 2011, 4:16 p.m. CST
Oh no, it's the attack of the grammar nazis!
by AsimovLives
Run away!!!
Nov. 2, 2011, 4:17 p.m. CST
by AsimovLives
So that makes one, not two. Can you count?
Nov. 2, 2011, 4:19 p.m. CST
mugato5150, the names "steve" and "mcqueen" didn't exausted with the movie star, you know?
by AsimovLives
Nov. 2, 2011, 5:53 p.m. CST
is that even a sentence, asimovlives?
by Mugato5150
Nov. 2, 2011, 6:31 p.m. CST
I hear Hugh Jackman has a cameo where he says "Go FUCK yourselves." The reason for the NC-17.
by gruemanlives
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:07 p.m. CST
There is only one Steve McQueen..
by MegaBeth
and he is currently jumping motorcycles over barbed wire in heaven.. So fuck off fake British half a fag wanna be Steve McQueen. I agree he should go by Steven McQueen.. or Steven "I'm not the cool one" McQueen. The trailer made me totally disinterested in this flick. Looked very boring.
Nov. 2, 2011, 8:57 p.m. CST
Why did he not change his name?
by ShamelessAceGuy
http://aceanywhere.com/rj0u9 Steve McQueen got ACED.
Nov. 3, 2011, 1:44 a.m. CST
I always thought that Ali McGraw was Steve McQueen's Shame...
by Stegman84
Nov. 3, 2011, 6:26 a.m. CST
by AsimovLives
Being a grammar nazi brings you joy and happiness? If it counts, i'm not english or american. I'm portuguese. English is my second language, one very different from my native portuguese. How's that fare now? And how's your portuguese, by the way? P.S.: At least i don't mistake "you're" for "your", like it's so common among americans.
Nov. 3, 2011, 6:29 a.m. CST
What's in a name?
by AsimovLives
The star Steve McQueen birth name was "Terrence Steven McQueen". The director Steve McQueen birth name is Steve Rodney McQueen. So, the director is literally Steve McQueen. While the star was a Terrence. I guess being called Terence doesn't make you look "cool".
Nov. 3, 2011, 9:19 a.m. CST
Full-frontal dick gets you an NC-17, yet full-frontal bush still gets an R
by Nasty In The Pasty
Why the double standard?
Nov. 3, 2011, 1:33 p.m. CST
nasty in the pasty
by Seamus
The difference is pubes vs genitalia. Bush = R A shot of the snatch like Ang Lee's Center of the Universe = NC17
Nov. 3, 2011, 7:29 p.m. CST
Get off that double standard shit already.
by grendel69
Ive prob seen 30 films in the past 5 years with dick shots and theyre all R rated. This is NC17 because of the psychological /disturbing nature of the material, not for dick shots.
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Homemade Mac n' Cheese: What's Your Favorite Method?
You can start with a roux. You can make it in the microwave. You can use a mix of fancy cheeses, or you can stick with Velveeta. You can eat it straight from the pan or you can bake until bubbly. What's your favorite tried-and-true method for making macaroni and cheese at home?
My personal favorite is macaroni and cheese made with a large amount of cheddar cheese and thickened with a beurre manie (which is definitely not as hard as it sounds). I've always been a little impatient, so I skip the oven and love it served straight from the pot while the cheese is still completely melty and oozy.
But I'm not really choosy. Let's face it: pasta + cheese = delicious, no matter how you make it.
While you ponder your favorite method, here are a few recipes to explore:
• Easy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
• One-Bowl Microwave Macaroni and Cheese
• Brie-Style Mac and Cheese with Mushrooms
• Provencal Macaroni and Cheese
• Lighter Macaroni and Cheese Casserole
What's your favorite?
Related: Good Questions: Can I Freeze Macaroni and Cheese?
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Cream cheese with mustard and a little milk (and if I'm feeling really fancy - white sauce) straight and creamy from the pot. Mmmmm... With double elbow macaroni. Or shells. With maybe a little shredded cheddar thrown in. *nom*
Great. Now I want mac 'n' cheese for dinner!
Gotta give it up for Kraft dinner. It tastes like childhood. Sure it's got fluorescent orange powdered flavoring, but I can overlook it.
At least I've switched to the Annie's version.
On a side note, I tried putting some on the waffle iron the other day to crisp it up. Didn't really work out.
It's so funny that this post came up today because I just emailed my husband literally 2 minutes ago to tell him I want to make homemade mac and cheese for the kids tonight! Normally I make the deluxe Kraft boxed kind, but my 3-year-old would eat that every day if I let her, and I think I'm tired of pumping her full of preservatives and chemicals.
So I found Alton Brown's recipe on the Food Network's website and I'm going to try it tonight. I hope they like it!
Previously we have made it with a bechamel but the girls declared it yucky, so hopefully Alton's tastes more like the boxed kind.
while the wait almost kills me, I always put mine in the oven after mixing the noodles and the roux based cheese sauce together. I through a little extra cheese on top and some bread crumbs for a bit of crunch once it's baked. Soooooo gooooood. I might have to make this tonight.
Béchamel + sharp cheddar + sour cream. Add to the pasta (penne rigate), toss in some fresh broccoli florets and stir. Dump into an oven dish, sprinkle with more shredded cheddar and breadcrumbs, and bake until browned and bubbly.
My favorite is from smittenkitchen.com and uses cottage cheese. You don't make a roux and you don't precook the pasta. You just mix it all up and bake. It's pretty simple and incredibly delicious.
My recipe calls for a couple eggs, which I think gives it a delicious custardy binding. In addition to that, I make it with milk and cheddar cheese, then top it with just a few pats of Velveeta before making it to give it that extra melty cheesiness. This is the one and only place I'll allow Velveeta to be used in my kitchen.
@ShellyIN - that is the only way to do it!
I like Martha Stewart's version with cheddar and Gruyere when I'm feeling fancy. When I'm not, I love boxed mac & cheese (pref. Annie's cheddar deluxe) with a can of diced tomatoes and a can of green chiles. So good!
Vegan Mac and Cheese!
I was raised in a dairy-free household and grew up on mac and cheese made with nutritional yeast. Every so often I start to crave the stuff and I whip up a skillet for myself. I thought it was a weird guilty pleasure, but then a few friends asked me to make some for them and apparently even people who grew up on kraft can appreciate it!
I wrote about it here:
czech it out! It's cheap, easy, and wildly delicious!
Béchamel, then cheddar cheese, then black pepper, red pepper, mustard, worcheshire and salt (if needed). Toss with large shells (and steamed broccoli, if I feel the need for greens), pour into a casserole dish, top with bread crumbs, then stick in a 350F oven for 15 minutes until bubbling. I can count on one hand the number of times we've had leftovers!
I usually make a bechamel with sharp cheddar and rough grain mustard, with garlic :), and broil it a bit. But most nights, my quickest and easiest version of mac n cheese is a carbonara-esque creation of 2 egg yolks, sharp cheddar, and sauteed protein of some sort (bacon, chicken sausage, pancetta, hamburger) or even just sauteed garlic and onions. Yum a thousand times over. And bad for you.
My favorite is a simple roux and heavy on the cheddar and baked in the oven, but for a quick lunch or dinner for my kids and me I skip the oven step.
I make a bechamel and add whatever cheeses we have in the house - always cheddar and I love to throw in some swiss we have that. I usually put in a bit of mustard as well. We eat it straight from the stove top, and will throw in some steamed broccoli usually to make it a smidge more "healthy."
bechamel all the way with some nice sharp cheddar thrown in once it's all thick and bubbly. Then toss with noodles and eat right away. I don't like my mac and cheese baked, stove top only, please!
Bechamel, whatever melting cheese I have on hand (sometimes just cheddar, sometimes something fancier like Gruyere or Fontina) and a little Parmesan and dijon. If it's for my daughter, I add a touch of agave syrup for a little sweetness and a pinch of truffle salt that I received as a gift.
I love the recipe in the old Best Recipe book. They use evaporated milk, egg yolks, cheddar, mustard, and hot sauce. It's different in the New Best Recipe and not as yummy.
My lazy mac and cheese is Annie's shells with a serving of peas mixed in. The peas fit inside the shells perfectly.
I have to disagree about any mac and cheese being good. There is a restaurant near my old office that has amazing barbecue but their mac and cheese is soggy, overcooked noodles with lumps of oily, congealed cheese. Just because it contains both macaroni and cheese does not make it worthy of the mac-n-cheese name.
I don't make mac and cheese often but when I do I use the Alton Brown recipe or, as I have been doing lately, I make a ridiculously easy and equally decadent sauce with just cream and Trader Joe's Cotswold Double Gloucester with Onions and Chives. I usually mix in pasta... however I'm pretty sure this cheese sauce would make my kitchen sponge delicious.
well for home made ive always used the classic Fannie Farmers mac and cheese recipe. but i will sometimes sub out the cheeses for whatever i have on hand. it always comes out delicious!
but i would be deceiving you guys if i said thats what i eat most often. i still cant resist kraft!
The only constant is the bechamel; everything else depends on what we have in the house. Not only does the cheese change but the pasta shape does as well.
I love me some Alton Brown and have found that the Joy of Cooking's recipe is good, too (very similar, contains onions, but no egg tempering).
like my mom makes it - cook the macaroni (a little less than al dente), then bake it in the oven in a custardy mix of eggs/milk/shredded cheese/cubed cheese, salt and pepper.
I like to change it up, but the little one prefers consistency. Her fave is elbow macaroni with extra-sharp cheddar and a bechamel made with evaporated milk, some very finely minced onion, and a little thyme. The husband likes it with gruyere. I like it with broccoli. Only I like it baked. Reading this, I want to try mustard, and cream cheese. My fave pasta for this is mini shells.
I like to make mac and cheese on a weekend afternoon, but since there's just two of us I've had to develop my own recipe (I found that just cutting one in half doesn't work out so well). I do a roux and use 2% milk and a little cream. A small yellow onion, or shallots if I have em, and I like sharp cheddar and Parmesan cheeses.
I've found that the key is to grate my own cheese. I think there's something *on* the stuff you buy in the bags--a powdery something--that just throws everything off.
Oh, and don't forget the crushed goldfish crackers on top!
It's the classic bechamel in our house with tons of cheese thrown in. It's the only time I'm happy to overdo the blue cheese. Panko, Hungarian paprika and more cheese on top, into the oven until bubbles. Microwaved frozen peas on the side. Yumm!
I will have to try adding mustard to the sauce, it sounds delicious.
Made some last night!
Saute onions then make bechamel, using whatever mix of cheeses I have in the house, but always with a cheddar or colby jack. My favorites always have gruyere in it, I think it gives it such a nice flavor. Par-cook noodles, add to sauce to finish cooking. Yum!
My very favorite is the yummy yummy yummy Ultimate Mac & Cheese recipe from Sunset Mag. It's shallots, white wine, creamy bechamel, gruyère & gouda. It's definitely grown up mac & cheese!
oops sorry my link above is broken. try this one instead:
Bechamel, with extra sharp white cheddar, lots of salt, some cracked black pepper. Pasta elbows that are under-done, mix with cheese sauce, throw in a pan, top with italian bread crumbs—350 degree oven. Served with a side of peas and apple sauce.
it's my mother's method from the 70's - creamettes macaroni recipe, but she used sharp cheddar cheese and doubled the amount called for.
I make my mac n cheese exactly like purdygirl. A classic.
I second sturgeongeneral's comment: the Moosewood Low Fat cookbook recipe is really great. You make the sauce in the food processor: cottage cheese, buttermilk, mustard, a little cayenne. Then mix with uncooked elbow macaroni, grated cheddar, and grated onions. The last few times I've made it I've also added 4 oz of wither gorgonzola (less low fat but still yum!). It is really good, and goes in the oven in about 10 minutes.
Oops, sorry, meant to write EITHER gorgonzola or goat cheese, not sure what happened.
My dad always made it quite simply "pasta and cheese" - elbow mac and cheese in a dish and baked till bubbly.
My current fav - a nice white sauce with lots of fresh chopped garlic sauteed in the butter first. Then a mix of sharp cheddar and colbyjack. Elbow macaroni, a bit of pepper, a bit of mustard - mix - pour into a dish. Top with crushed garlic croutons and bake. Absolutely fantastic!
My husband and I have adapted a recipe based on three or four recipes, then we decided to mix up the cheeses with international and flavorful cheddars, plus soft fontina to make it nice and goey. It starts with a Roux, then lots and lots of cheese gets added. A favorite at holiday gatherings.
I converted a non-cheese eater (I know, who doesn't love cheese) into a mac & cheese lover with mine. Simple white sauce with cheese, nearly baked noodles, piled into a casserole dish, topped with panko & possibly more cheese.
But the other night - I added cubes of chicken that I had browned up with onions - and carmelized onions are now going to be added into the recipe on a permanent basis.
Martha Stewart has a recipe with a bechamel sauce and you add 8 oz gruyere and 15 oz cheddar. Baked in the oven with bread crumbs that have some of the cheese mixed in - absolutely to die for!
Step 1: Cook pasta
Step 2: Grate cheddar cheese
Step 3: Stir cheese through pasta while it's hot.
Step 4: Gorge yourself.
my recent fav is from the pioneer woman. her spicy mac and cheese is all my favorite things in one dish! i add some diced chicken breast to make it a whole meal. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/05/not-your-grannys-mac-cheese/
i love making baked mac & cheese. i sprinkle little bits of butter liberally over the breadcrumb topping so it gets crispy - love the crunchy edges from an oven bake :)
My favorite recipe is from Cooks Illustrated. It's roux/bechamel based and the secret ingredient is a few ounces of gorgonzola.
milk, fresh-grated cheddar (never bagged, yuck!) and some plain yogurt for creaminess and tang. Always stovetop, don't understand the oven crowd or the breadcrumbs crowd.
No one has mentioned putting ketchup on it, and I know that is gross to so many people, but I grew up with ketchup on my mac and cheese and must have it!
I am now curious about cheese alternatives, as I do love gruyere, chevre, gorgonzola, gouda, and more. Mustard sounds like a lovely addition, also. Thanks, everyone!
It amazes me how many ways there are to make such a simple dish.
My favorite way is to make a Roux first. Some think I am strange, but I like to add white pepper, thme & rosemary to the flour at that point. I feel that it opens up the herbs and makes the dish more fragrant.
I use half&half, Havarti, Velveeta & white cheddar.
After the sauce is ready I pour over the cooked macaroni & then bake in the oven. My favorite thing from my childhood was the "burnt" top of grannies mac & cheese....so I never make it any other way.
VEGAN Mac'n'Cheese! So yummy. My favorite version so far is the "Cheesy Sauce" recipe from Veganomicon, though I've been working on tweaking it to be thicker and even yummier. My omnivorous boyfriend loves it...
I've been on a Mac n Cheese binge the last few days.
I've tried so many recipes found online but the absolutely best so far has been the Gnocchi Mac n Cheese from NoblePig. OMG... i could put that cheese sauce in a thermos and drink it for breakfast.
goodness, i want to try ALL of these! NOT ENOUGH TIME! and way more cheese than i should be eating. for a while now i've desperately wanted to make the 'fancy' mac & cheese recipe at pioneer woman's site.
it sounds heavenly.
mac & cheese is just the ultimate comfort food. i like it any way it's made. except when there's not enough cheese sauce. that's annoying.
there's this pub near me that makes buffalo mac & cheese. it's not very mac & cheesy but it's still delicious. i love the flavors. and it has chicken in it. sometimes i'll ask them to put a little bacon in.... oh man. but like i said, it's not the same as that nice simple saucy kind of mac & cheese.
my favorite easy way is to use Dreamfield's pasta (which is low carb for diabetics, but tastes like normal pasta) I mix together 16 oz of light sour cream with 2 cans of campbell's cheddar cheese soup, 1 cup of milk and 2 cups of shredded cheddar. I add some ground nutmeg and black pepper. mix sauce with pasta, put in greased casserole dish and sprinkle crushed ritz crackers on top. bake for 30 mins at 400. yum!
oh, and half a yellow onion, chopped, thrown into the pasta water before it's done boiling!
I have made Paula Dean's "ultimate lady's mac and cheese" several times now. I use half the butter and only 1 egg, and its a real crowd pleaser. I put in all my boyfriend's favorite cheeses (gouda, monterey, swiss, gorgonzola) and a few others and it was DELISH! After having making it with a roux for a while, this was definitely a lot easier. Basically you cook the pasta and then add the cheese while its still hot and then stick it in the oven.
I steep onion, garlic, and bay in the milk for the bechemel and then use cheddar or gruyere with lots of nutmeg. I make it with whole wheat elblow and some Niman Ranch ranch. Kids love it and the sauce freezes well.
I do béchamel with whatever cheese I have on hand (the sharper, the better), then sprinkle with parmesan and bake until crispy. I usually end up eating all the crust even if I only have a tiny portion of mac.
My mom thought it was weird, but I made it several times in a Crock-Pot.
Our Massachusetts mac n' cheese is an old family recipe - elbow or shell macaroni (1 1/2 boxes), 2-3 sticks of cheddar cheese (cabot sharp or extra sharp is what i use now) 1 or 2 eggs, 1 stick of butter, 2 1lb cans of pinecone tomatoes (whole tomato, not stewed). mix eggs with tomato over heat, chopping tomatoes into bit sized pieces, dice up cheese and butter, layer pasta, eggy tomato, cheese and butter in large baking dish (or favorite was the biggest pyrex mixing bowl (yellow of course) layered to the brim. this can be made ahead of time refrigerated. bake in 350 degree oven for about 1 hour (or until top is crusty (the best part)... Thanks Mom for this great family favorite.
Alton's recipe, and our secret is Stadium Mustard plus a dash of Sriacha. Yum.


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Interview with Endurance Sports Journalist MATT FITZGERALD
In my emerging series of interviews with fitness/sports luminaries, I had the wonderful opportunity to speak yesterday with Matt Fitzgerald, who is a well-known endurance sports journalist. Matt was a contemporary of mine at Haverford College, and went on to write several books and publish numerous articles about training and nutrition for triathletes, runners and other endurance athletes. In view of his recent publication of Iron War, a book about the epic Ironman competition between Dave Scott and Mark Allen that culminated in 1989's race, he and I had a phone interview yesterday, Sunday October 16, which follows.
Noah: It's been quite a while! Tell us a bit about your career and what you've been doing since Haverford.
Matt: As you may recall, I was a runner throughout high school, but I burned out and did not run at Haverford. It is one of my great regrets because Haverford has such a great program, with Tom Donnelly as the long-time coach. I was always going to be a writer – since 9 years old. I was an English major at Haverford. After graduating, I moved to San Francisco and the first job I was able to get was with a start-up endurance magazine, Multi-Sport. The magazine did not survive long, but it gave me some experience and re-ignited that fire of endurance sports – that runner in me. I started running again, lost some weight, got fit, and in the meantime continued working as a journalist in endurance sports.
After Multi-Sport, I started writing for Triathlete magazine, worked for some dot-com start-ups, and then eventually struck out on my own. For 7 years, I was free-lancing and then in 2001, I started writing books. My first book was published in 2003. Somewhere in the mix, I got a coaching certification and got certified as a sports nutritionist, which gave me the credentials to write about endurance sports. I have also done some consulting work for various sports nutrition companies and have created training plans for triathletes and runners. All of the aspects of my career have been thematically related: endurance sports, fitness and nutrition.
Noah: Why did you decide on a career in endurance sports journalism? I see that you do a lot of writing on the topic – how did you get into it?
Matt: That was an accident. I wrote poetry the whole time I was growing up and while I was at Haverford. All through that time, I knew there was no possibility to make a living writing poetry. My father was a writer and a novelist and while he did quite well, it was not quite well enough to support a family of five. He therefore did a lot of technical writing on the side to support the family. I have that same passion for writing as my dad did – I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be a writer. I felt that journalism would be a good way to have a career that was enjoyable even if the journalism was not my ultimate passion. I knew I wanted to do some kind of journalism as my day job and continue to do my poetry on the side. When I got to San Francisco, I told myself that I was going to take the first decent job that I was going to get. And that first job was really an accident, getting the job for Multi-Sport. Once I had that, it was like being type-cast in Hollywood – it was as though you're that guy who played the villain with the German accent in a movie. That is the role you end up playing.
Noah: What is your own training routine? Do you run marathons or triathlons?
Matt: Yeah, I started getting back into running in my mid-20's. I ran my first marathon when I was 28. Since then, I have run maybe 14-15 marathons - half for fun, half seriously. I did my first triathlon in 1998, and I've done 13 triathlons, and one Ironman. I go back and forth: at one point I will focus on triathlons, next I will work on marathons.
Now, I have had a lot of injury problems. I would have run a lot more if I'd managed to keep myself healthier. But I always do have some goal in front of me. Endurance sports is my business, so I have every excuse to walk the talk. I always have a lot of time to train. And training is really the source of a lot of learning that I do. Everything that I write about is experience-based. I have had a lot of injuries. When I work through an injury, not only am I working through it myself but I am passing that along to others through my books and articles. It is a nice synergy there.
Noah: I've been reading Iron War. First of all, it's great reading – an odyssey through the lives and adventures of some of the most amazing endurance athletes alive. What was it like interview & (I presume) get to know the likes of athletes like Dave Scott and Mark Allen?
Matt: Hobnobbing with some of the world's greatest athletes is one of the best parts of what I do. People who are very accomplished in their endeavor are inspiring. I have had the chance to meet Haile Gebrselassie, who is probably the greatest distance runner of all time. I am good friends with Kara Goucher, one of the best American runners. I first met Mark Allen in 1996 after he won his last of 6 Iron Mans. And I've done consulting work for the same company as Dave Scott.
Endurance sports are different from the major team sports. If you run the New York City marathon, you are on the same starting line as Kara Goucher. We are all in it together. It is very easy for anyone to relate those who are winning medals and breaking records. At the same time, these people put a lot more people into it. Endurance sports are a lot different from fan sports like football where you have no real connection to the professional players. Running and triathlons are different: even the top athletes don't see any separation. You are all doing the same races. Most of these people are very down to earth – there isn't a whole lot of ego. And yet what I have found is that these athletes are are exceptional in ways that are interesting.
Noah: In reading your book, I've noted that with these endurance there is often an emotional back-story. It sounded as though Mark Allen had a difficult upbringing.
Matt: Yes, well, the reason is that unlike other sports, in endurance sports your success often is directly related to your tolerance for suffering. When you think about it, it's that tolerance for suffering that separates the very best from everyone else. When I talk to the top athletes, they say physically that we're all the same. The separation therefore is mental: it's the willingness to endure the suffering of extreme fatigue and pain. That ability is not a switch that just gets turned on at the start of a race, and it does not get turned off afterwards. It is part of their personality. The question then becomes what gives a person the ability to suffer. It is often something that the person is going through, that strengthens them. Nietzsche said, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." So often there is that back-story. Frank Shorter recently revealed that he was a victim of child abuse. However, that is not always the case. There is a nature vs. nurture thing. Some are born with that capacity, that mental capacity and toughness. Dave Scott is an example of that sort of person. He was born with a special drive that made him willing and able to successfully compete in sports like the triathlon.
Noah: As a seasoned endurance sports journalist, what lessons did you take home after having researched and written this book?
Matt: As I was writing this book, I expected to come away with some big overarching lesson. I mean, it was a great story – and usually the lessons from these kinds of stories are like, "Don't ever quit!" In writing the book, I came full circle. I wrote the book because I admired Dave Scott and Mark Allen. And in it, I explored the question of how they were able to do what they did. Like Christopher McDougall's Born to Run, there was some science built into my research. I tried to look at the anatomy of mental toughness: my question is whether there is some learning that someone like me, the average endurance athlete, can emulate. What has enabled these guys to become these amazing athletes? Was it training? Was it some aspect of their personality? What I learned is that they have something we normal people don't – and all I can do is to admire and appreciate it. It is a very moving story to me. I always got a certain feeling when I thought about this story, or looked at the iconic picture on the cover. It made me think about the indomitable human spirit. I ended up deciding that it is all about that feeling of awe and reverence when you see the very best perform an incredible feat. They just add to our lives. They make you say "wow." There is a value in that feeling.
Noah: What did you learn from your interaction with these folks? What advice can you pass on to others who are thinking about getting involved in endurance sports?
Matt: The number one item of advice is to always put enjoyment first. If you look at surveys of why people begin exercise programs, they are usually given a list of five reasons. Usually, the top reasons for starting an exercise regimen are "weight loss," that is #1, and "improve my health" is #2. But if you look at people who have been exercising for a long time, people who consider themselves athletes, those reasons are close to the bottom. "Enjoyment" is number 1. And close to that is "accomplishing personal goals."
Exercise is hard. That is what makes it rewarding. Part of what makes it thrilling to finish a marathon is that not everyone does it. You have to enjoy it. You have to be getting something out of running itself. You can start for whatever reason you want, but it's important to realize that you're not going to be doing it a year from now unless you enjoy it. And you need to give yourself permission to make it fun – it does not necessarily have to be done in a scientific, perfect way. Exercise is not effective at all if you don't do it. It needs to be something that speaks to your heart, and that you enjoy doing.
One of the surest ways is to set a goal to do an event. There is a magic in crossing your first finish line. I hear those stories all the time: it is a grind, it is a slog, but when they cross that first finish line, it changes a person's life and they are hooked! You need to give yourself that chance to fall in love with exercise.
Noah: Please give us a short overview of the book – what's it all about and why should people read it?
Matt: I think Iron War is one of the most fascinating, momentous and moving stories in the history of sports – all sports! It was one day, one race, when two legends of a particular sport engaged in a titanic battle where they redefined the possible and went places no human had gone before. It was the culmination of a huge rivalry of two mythical, larger-than-life figures. The Ironman triathlon was the pinnacle of triathlons: it was the only race that mattered. And you had these two people who were complete opposites. Dave Scott was the old school jock whose philosophy was: "I will out-run you, I will out-suffer you." And Mark Allen is a very spiritual guy, the kind of person who did not get caught up in the "arms race" of training. And these two figures both got to the same pinnacle in very different ways. For years, throughout the 1980's, Dave would crush Mark. He won year after year, six times throughout the 1980's. As I write about in the book, Dave suffered injuries or had personal problems, yet somehow he would always find a way to get on top of the mountain. Their rivalry just built until 1989 during which Dave and Mark had their finest years ever. And here was the Ironman that October in Hawaii, actually 22 years and a day ago. It could not have played out in a more dramatic way. The two men raced side by side for eight straight hours – in a 140-mile race! There is also a whole spiritual dimension, some cosmic elements, some real stuff that happened which was really hard to believe. There is very rich back-story. It is about a race, a rivalry, as well as the personalities, the island. I am a fan of all sports, but I don't think there is a sports story that matches it.
Noah: What was most enjoyable about writing this book?
Matt: I think probably the most enjoyable part was the research. You know, I had a goal of taking an event that happened 22 years ago and bring it back to life in a way that made the reader feel like they are right there – almost like a film adaptation, where you are inside the story. I just needed to accumulate the huge volume of information and research: I did interviews with the people who where there, or anyone who was connected to that event. Not only the two guys themselves, Dave and Mark, but I also tracked down all of these people, all of the other top competitors, even people involved in organizing it. These were the people who got the sport of triathlon off the ground. And it was so much fun. Every single one of them felt that "yes, this is a story that needs to be told the right way!" People were super-cooperative and excited to share their small slice of it. Each person I spoke to had 1-2 just golden nuggets that added up to an exciting story.
Noah: To change the topic, as you may know, my blog is focused on the problem of obesity and how it is impacting our country. What's your take on the steps needed to remedy this crisis? Give us your perspective.
Matt: Obviously obesity is a tough problem. My perspective is that it all comes down to two things. In a sense, science and technology got us into this problem: they have made our lives more convenient and easier. And I do see the potential for science and technology to get us out of this problem, whether it is possibly new drugs, or this brave new world of genetic manipulation. We are able to create a rodent that can't get fat, so it will only be a matter of time before we can do the same without ourselves. That is the realist in me speaking. But that does not solve the entire problem.
Obesity is a symbol of a deeper problem, which is that we are just not using our bodies enough. Even if we could create a pill or modify our genetics, I would not consider that something to fully celebrate. There is never going to be a complete substitute for physical exertion. The problem I would like to solve is finding ways for more people to exercise and participate in sports. And there it is all about motivation.
I remember talking to a Navy Seal, a guy responsible for their recruitment program. The washout rate for their program has been the same for 30 years. They have brought in all kinds of psychologists to figure out what is the profile of people who succeed or who don't succeed. And what have they come up with? Nothing. It is hard to bottle the essence of what motivates people.
It is not like it is that mysterious as to how we can lose weight: physical exercise works. If you are dedicated to doing it regularly, you get a benefit – and you see a benefit. The question is how you get people to start doing it. Part of the answer to that question is to look at people who have started doing it. They develop a deep passion for a particular kind of activity and they find community it in. But no one has found a way to turn it into a formula or recipe to work for everything. Everyone has to find it for himself or herself. There are small things that you can do.
The company I used to work for, Competitor – their Rock n' Roll half-marathon series has done wonders to address the problem in a small way, creating these festive environments – like a marathon meets a theme park. And about half of the people who do those events are first-timers. So that is working to bring people into becoming physically active. But is that changing the statistics? Not really. So it is all about motivation, finding ways to get people to find exercise fun, so that they find it worthwhile.
" They continue. Each man runs not as fast as he can but as far as the other can, having already swum 2.4 miles, bicycled 112 miles, and run 24 miles, with the balance of a marathon left to run, all in tar-melting heat. That is why the pair remains as if tethered wrist to wrist after racing nearly a full-day shift, well ahead of the 1,284 of the best triathletes in the world. Each is trying with all his might to break the body, mind, or spirit of the other, but although all of these elements in both have been stretched to the breaking point, none has yet broken.


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