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A transient was arrested after deputies said he walked on school grounds and threatened a Roseville middle school principal.
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Hope floats into the night sky
Ancient festivals of light were mainly religious rituals carried out with primitive lanterns that were meticulously constructed using ultra-thin rice paper that had been dyed with the pigments from fruits and vegetables.
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Can you start a hugelkultur bed any time of year or do you need to do it in the spring?
How long does a hugel bed last before it needs to be rebuilt?
How long is a piece of string?
Assume the bed in the first video. In 40 years that bed will probably be only two feet tall, but all of the growies would have kept dumping leaves so the soil below would still be crazy awesome.
But that same bed in florida would shrink about five times faster.
Are some types of wood better than others?
Yes. And while I have some ideas in this space, my knowledge is horribly incomplete.
Are some types of wood better for different crops?
I would guess that black walnut would be poison to some species, but no big deal to others.
Does the direction of wood grain have any effect on the system?
Not enough to worry about I think.
Is there an advantage or method for preparing the wood before burial?
I think bigger pieces will last longer.
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I have not had time to read all four pages of comments- our connection is antediluvian, radio, very slow -so forgive me if I am repeating something someone has already said, but one has to remember that a tree or branches contain the bark and the growing tips which are rich in other minerals and enzymes, which help decomposition tremendously, quite different in effect from dry sawdust.
If you don´t have time to get aorund to building the beds or terraces this year ( it´s pretty heavy work!) Nature here has a neat process for decomposing dry material at the end of the rainy season: our woods are covered with vines, most of them flowering - it´s beautiful. I have this theory that it is Nature´s strategy to help decompose the dry material before the seven months of dry heat oxidize it all (by creating a nice humid microclimate).
Two of the most efficient vines here are native morning glories and passion fruit. We use this strategy to break down wood, especially of thorny trees that are difficult to handle. Practically any vine which climbs over the whole mass and just covers it should work - some clambering beans for instance. We have used mucuna for this, for example.Of course we are talking tropics here...By next year the material is much easier to handle. Normally then we just plant squash in it.But it can be used to build a bed.
We consider rotting wood to be the real soil-builder.
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Is there any crop that is best for forming your first season, you know like rooty plants to help stop erosion of the soil?
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the grain--wood is a bunch of aligned straws, I imagine upended rounds would absorb more water(as water trickles down and does not shoot sideways), then lying them on their sides? (unless the wood is well rotted to begin with)
I confess I found the construction of the bed in the video with such big rounds(and notmuch else) a bit odd--I thought when building it above ground like that you need more thin filler stuff to kinda weave through the dirt and everything to help hold it together--at least long enough for roots to get well established. But then where they are it's not a lot of rain? so what is the annual rainfall at that location? min/max temps?
I guess I always wish there was more basic local climate info in the videos(which I do love the vids)--it would add a lot of comprehension in comparing the project to ones' own situation, at least annual rainfall and max/min temps
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wyldthang : Most of the wood was cotton wood, it was very well rotted, crumbling in some places. Our expert instructor tells us there is no preference for facing the wood grain any special direction.
Here is a video with an established bed.
we've got about a 1/5 of the yard relegated to laying hens. id love to let them free range the entire property but there's not enough room for them. they get into the herb spiral, garden, etc. they unmulch everything and eat our veggies. one problem is ive got a pet nigerian dwarf goat and a 100lb dog. the dog eats chickens and the goat eats everything else. the two of them are buddies and live in the deeply shaded backyard (under a few pecan trees and a catalpa tree). not the best two fellas to have around when it comes to small scale urban permaculture... but.. theyre my friends, theyre here and just something i have to deal with.
so the chickens have their own fenced in area in the front yard under a giant pecan tree. theres only five hens but theyve already managed to deforest their area. every now and then I open their gate and let them roam the rest of the front yard, but you have to be out their with them to keep an eye on them or its havok in the herb spiral. i feel for them because they dont get enough grass/greens/etc to munch like they want. i feed them organic layer mash i buy at the feed store. i dont have any dreams of being able to produce all their feed onsite but i would like to supplement their diet somewhat with things grown here... ideally inside their own chicken run. Sooo.... I built this hugel bed:
the very center is probably 3.5 feet tall. i didnt dig it in.. the bottom level is a huge pecan branch that fell out of the tree three years ago and has been laying in the same spot since. its already filled with mycelium as ive counted at least 3 species of mushrooms growing on it (none edible). i gathered all the wood from my property. more pecan, a magnolia tree i chopped down, a little bit of crape myrtle... covered the entire mound with spoiled hay, then green grass, more spoiled hay, more grass, more hay, then an entire small bed pickup truck full of horse manure (three scoops from a front loader at the horse manure factory) mixed with more hay. the manure came from a pile of manure in different states of decomposition... im not sure i would call any of it composted. then i stuck the vertical branches in, leaning against the mound and stuck firmly into the ground below. the idea is it would make the top of the bed less accessible to the chickens and give anything that might vine a place to go. in a couple weeks im able to get a truckload of nice soil for free which will go on top. should i put down a layer of straw before the dirt? might that help fight off the seeds in the hay and manure?
so... here's my question after this long winded post. what the heck should i plant in this bed? it might have to out compete a lot of grass/weeds from the horse manure and hay. maybe that'll be good food for the chickens...? i live in austin texas, which is a zone 8b. we're actually in the city so i think its even a little milder during the winters. the spot gets shade all morning. late to early afternoon it's dappled shade. after about 2pm it gets a healthy dose of sun until almost dusk. the morning shade comes from a pecan tree its under. its surrounded by a sea of chickens.
any ideas about planting native trailing blackberries (dewberries) here? they grow like gangbusters in this area. they're super invasive (can you say that about something native) but should be contained by the chickens...? ive read chickens like blackberries... and so do i. what other plants could i plant in there with them that would benefit the chickens? im also a bit worried about how much sun that spot gets in late april when blackberries are fruiting.
ok... i have to stop now, i could go on forever. any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated to give me some ideas or get me going in the right direction.
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I think your vertical branches might make it much easier to get the soil to stick, but I'm no expert.
However Paul is an expert & he will be popping in to check this out & I'm sure you will get lots of great input from him as well as from other experts who frequent here.
I have been told that buckwheat is a good choice for a first year crop.
Your place looks like an urban oasis!
Please take more pictures for us, we love to see them!
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The thing that strikes me in those photos are the fences. Obviously, some climbing vines would be happy to make use of your vertical space... but you might have to protect them from the chooks until they get established. Also, you could plant forage plants just on the other side of the fence, so the plants are protected, but will grow through to feed the chickens.
I am also thinking vertical in terms of fodder trees. Mulberry comes to mind. Maybe you have enough tree cover already...short of cutting down trees, you could just open up the canopy a bit.
here are some plants good for chook fodder:
VINES FOR FENCES AND TRELLISBanana passionfruit, black passionfruit, choko, grapes, cucumber, beans, climbing spinach
Sunflower, amaranth, corn, millet, buckwheat, chickpea, sorghum, wheat, oats, barley, lucerne, clover
TREES and SHRUBS WITH FRUIT
Mulberry, lillypilly or other native bushfoods, persimmon, pawpaw, feijoa, strawberry guava, tamarillo, custard apple, peach, banana (chop up the stems), fig, jaboticaba, grumichama, Brazilian cherry, pears
TREES and SHRUBS WITH SEEDS OR PODS (for larger areas)
Tree lucerne/tagasaste, wattle, pigeon pea
Comfrey, arrowroot, New Zealand spinach syn. Warrigal greens
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i was re reading Ann Lovejoy's 2001 book "Organic Garden Deisgn School" yesterday, and although her principles don't really line up with most permaculture principles she had some interesting things to say about downed trees in a forest being nurse trees.
She was talking in the book about how a nurse tree (downed tree) will feed the plants around it for many many years..which is pretty similar to a hugel bed..as it is rotting wood feeding plants for years.
kinda made me think of when we go out into the woods to forage for wild mushrooms and huckleberries, and when you come across a really old large down tree how much life there is in that old dead tree. Mosses, mushrooms, baby trees growing up beside it or out of the center where it is good and rotted.
If you think hugel, and think large dead rotting trees..it only makes sense that this works.
as for my hugel beds i put in this spring..they have a huge crop of very nicely growing plants in my garden now..comparing the same crops in the hugel beds and the spread old compost pile beds..to the other beds that don't have the buried wood or compst..there is a HUGE differnce..the hugel and compost beds are wildly fertile and the plants are huge and strong..in some of the other beds that have receeived less attention from me, the plants are spindly and weak.
we have been going through one of the worst droughts in our area of Michigan than we ever have..my pond has no inlet of fresh water, and it is huge..well not any more, the water is down 2 1/2 feet, first year ever it has been this bad in 8 years since it was dug.
but those hugel beds are thriving..the others ..even with soaker hoses..are not doing as well..however..have to admit..nothing is dying..i believe a lot of the other benefit to our land has been all the trees that I have planted over the 39 years here..I belieeve they have been building up the soil and shading it and providing transpired moisture..where most of the homes in the area have nothing but browning grass (or sprinklers running 24/7), stuff here is still green, and it is always cooler here than it is at our neighbors property..
Bloom where you are planted.
You know I once walked in the forest & I saw downed trees as potential fire wood, BUT NOW I see a downed tree & I see hugelkultur fodder.
I can't wait to do a bed of my very own!
Also there is pine sawdust - fine due to the 1/8 inch kerf of the bandsaw mill. Nearly all of the trees cut are bug damaged or fire killed trees. I also have a few Bull or Grays pines which is a lower foothill twisted but decently rotting pine that is not considered good commercially. I know better though. Homestead barns as well as other structures were built from it. The bull pines commonly drop gigantic limbs and rot in a few years.
Thoughts on using this mill and other mostly pine waste?
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Bloom where you are planted.
Sounds like a good set of resources to work with.
The sawdust might absorb nitrogen too quickly to be directly of use in a garden bed. If it's coarse enough to safely use as animal bedding, or if it would be worth the effort to sift and/or agglomerate, you might try lending it to someone near you who keeps domestic animals. There are other ways to diminish the C:N ratio (or just the activity of the carbon) before using it, such as growing mushrooms, cold-composting with N-fixing bacteria, or low-temperature pyrolysis.
The extra bark, rotten portions, and maybe even the charred portions will help make the wood less of an immediate drain on fertility.
It's possible that some of the plants you would want to grow, won't do well on pine for the first few years. It's worthwhile to plant a wide variety anyhow, and other people here might have some good advice on what to try.
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It took 3 wheelbarrows of old logs, sticks, and bark to fill this hole.
Tomorrow I will fill in the gaps with sheep and chicken bedding.
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Sounds like a good set of resources to work with.
The sawdust might absorb nitrogen too quickly to be directly of use in a garden bed. If it's coarse enough to safely use as animal bedding, or if it would be worth the effort to sift and/or agglomerate, you might try lending it to someone near you who keeps domestic animals. There are other ways to diminish the C:N ratio (or just the activity of the carbon) before using it, such as growing mushrooms, cold-composting with N-fixing bacteria, or low-temperature pyrolysis.
The extra bark, rotten portions, and maybe even the charred portions will help make the wood less of an immediate drain on fertility.
It's possible that some of the plants you would want to grow, won't do well on pine for the first few years. It's worthwhile to plant a wide variety anyhow, and other people here might have some good advice on what to try.
Thanks, Joel. I have always wanted to grow mushrooms but will have to work out a spot for them as it is hot here - still I think I could make a place and will have to research it more.
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I'm giving it a long soak with the sprinkler, then in the next couple days I'll top it with soil and plant something, probably melons.
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Here are a few pics of our bed building work shop.
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Cornell Composting has extensive data for lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose content. I'll have to take a look to see how that works into the cycle.
sawdust weathered 3 years 142:1
sawdust weathered 2 months 625:1
alder sawdust 134:1
hardwood 560:1 with .09%N
hardwood bark 223:1, .241%N
softwood 641:1, .09%N
softwood bark 496:1, .145%N
leaves 35:1 to 85:1, .9%N
pine needles 60:1 to 110:1
cardboard 350-563:1, .1%N
corn cobs 56-123:1
rotted sawdust .25%N
urine .8:1, 15-18%N
wood ashes 25:1
wood chips 400:1
While the N content of woody materials is low, the density is considerably greater than humus or compost. A hugelkulture bed would have great amounts of N contained within it. As organic matter decomposes, much of the carbon is released as CO2. As the CO2 leaves the soil in gaseous form, the C:N ratio would drop. This causes me to think the decomposition rate would be slow at first and increase over time.
The difference in C:N between hardwood and softwood is consistent with observations in other posts that hardwood is better in a hugelkulture bed.
Take note of the difference between hardwood and hardwood bark. The bark is twice as nice. Bark is renewable. Could bark be harvested and allowed to regrow, using the bark crop for inclusion in a hugelkulture bed?
Seed the Mind, Harvest Ideas.
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Ludi used 3 wheelbarrels of wood to fill her hole. Small pieces of bark would effect less impact on the body than lifting whole stumps. Anyone can gather bark.
Smaller pieces would mean faster decomposition time.
Seed the Mind, Harvest Ideas.
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how do you harvest and renew bark without harvesting and renewing the hardwood?
They do tend to go together, but there are lots of ways to affect the ratio of one to the other.
Coppicing or pollarding allows you to cut (highly renewable) wood with a very thin section, even from an old tree. A thinner section means that a given area of bark is stretched over a much smaller amount of wood.
It would also be much easier for a tree to heal from this process, than from removal of swathes of bark.
"the qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the storehouse of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of the laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none." SCOTUS, Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kale Inoculant Co.
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Small lumber yards are also a potential source. In NY last year, an amish fellow milled logs into lumber, a one man operation, had a heap of scraps left. These were the outer part of the log cut square, much larger bark: wood ratio. I gathered a truckload for use as stakes. At $5/truckload the price was reasonable for instant stakes. He sold the stuff as firewood, worked mostly with pine, larch and oak.
Larger lumber yards may be a potential source, but due to the volume often have contracts in place for disposal of the stuff as fuel. Still, can't hurt to ask.
Seed the Mind, Harvest Ideas.
College/university Loggersports teams...
These teams do a lot of log cutting and have LOTS of scraps. I know that most schools won't have one but there is a team at the college here and they have small mountains of wood, and are more than happy for someone to take it away.
Zone 5a in Central Ontario, Canada
Since reading this topic I am planning on converting part of the drive area above into a hugelkultur bed that will store the winter water in the wood and release it to the trees and a garden in the area next to them.
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I'd like to avoid using machinery and/or the manual labour to do the digging. If I've gotta dig soil to bury the logs I'd rather get a pond out of the deal if the difference between the two techniques is slim.
Zone 5a in Central Ontario, Canada
Case 1
logs laid out on top of the ground
Case 2
logs laid in a trench with the tops of the logs level with the surface.
In both cases, the volume, size, shape and species of the log should be as similar as possible. Compost and soil covering the logs also needs to be consistent. Covering plants should be identical if planted. If covering plants are left to the environment, the differences can be extreme, even if the beds are beside each other.
This would be sufficient to produce a data point, but it would need to be duplicated as many times as possible. There may be different results depending on the soil, climate, and environment if several people perform the same experiment in their own diverse locations.
I'd also continue and expand the experiment to test for thickness of the wood layer. Several beds, established as uniformly as possible, but with a differing depth of the wood layer. Is there a wood depth that is optimum or a point where more wood depth offers no further gain.
Another variable to test would be the thickness or size of the wood being included. Do logs perform better or does a similar mass or volume of smaller diameter wood perform better? How about if the logs are split?
The next test is species. Several beds, each with a different species of wood. Pine, oak, birch, laurel, maple, sassafras, Ash, Aspen, Poplar, the list keeps on going.
These tests would take several years, perhaps decades. Data gathering would be a challenge. Quantifying the productivity of the beds would need to be developed. For statistically meaningful results, a uniform test bed would need to be identified and standardized. A uniform crop would be required, with measurements of the yield. This can include a standard rotation plan
This is the stuff of government research grants.
Without going to all the trouble of planning and measuring, a qualitative result could be estimated. This could serve as the basis of a more scientific approach to test specific variables later on. For example, Glenn Kangiser, in his driveway above, could use oak on half the driveway, maple on the other, find out if a species works out better or if a difference appears at different times between the species as the experiment progresses.
There is almost no hard science behind hugelkulture. If there were, I'd think it would be translated to the world in a manner which would promote yield as the single important objective, with instructions to growers bearing maximum production in mind. However, the fabric of the ecosystem is intertwined to such an extent that if one thread is plucked, the whole thing can unravel. Hugelkulture is the establishment of a unique biotope. Commercialization of the method would undoubtedly lead to some form of bastardized intensification which defeats the whole purpose or gives the agricorpmonsters yet another method and reason to rape the environment.
Seed the Mind, Harvest Ideas.
I admit, I am addicted to machinery when it will speed up the work process and make something possible in a few hours that would take months or years for me any other way, so please forgive me.
I feel that the direction of the world events is in such a state that we all need to do more of this while we have the opportunity. Soon it may get much harder and much more expensive to feed our families.
Here is my pile of natural resources. Logs that fell - were too old to saw or too tough to use unless the need made it worthwhile, but with hugelkultur they will not have died in vain.
and a few more
Note that some of those you could see were still good. Even the good ones were from bug damaged trees.
I have a Bobcat 963 that will lift 6000 lbs so moving them is not a great problem.
Here I have taken them down to the hugelkultur bed area. A distance of around 600 feet around the hill and down to the terrace around 50 feet lower elevation than the mill. Elevation changes here are around 30 to 40% in most areas - it is around 1/2 mile down hill here to the valley below with few areas resembling anything flat. That is why I want to make areas to contain water and growth on the mountain side, improving the area where we live as far as ability to produce food using less water.
We currently pump around 500 gallons of water for the garden per day using wind and solar power. I wish to maximize the usefulness of our renewable energy as well as make it possible to help supply food to those who need it as well as for ourselves, should the need arise.
After moving the logs near the work area it was time to dig an area for the logs where the winter rains could saturate them as well as be stored for the plant use and a good soak into the clay soil below. We get around 25 to 50 inches of rain per year but mostly between November and April with only a couple more storms by june then nothing until October or so to speak of.
I dug the bed area for the logs about 12' x 25' x 39 inches deep, behind the berm I made 2 years ago for the trees. This berm is on the terrace above the one in the pix with my dog.
A short video of the Bobcat digging. Click the picture to view the video.
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"Glenn Kangiser " wrote:Hmm ... I hope nobody objects my use of machinery to make my hugelkultur bed.
Them trees are HEAVY!!
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I ended up with around 12 logs in there.
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In the Beginning … We Misunderstood
Former CIU president Dr. Johnny Miller co-authors book on Genesis chapter 1
Former Columbia International University president Dr. Johnny Miller says debate about the age of the earth by Christians misses the point of Genesis chapter 1. Miller, who is today a professor in CIU Seminary & School of Ministry, has joined with Dr. John Soden of Dallas Theological Seminary, to co-author the new book, "In the Beginning … We Misunderstood – Interpreting Genesis 1 in its Original Context."
Miller and Sodon explore the creation account in its historical and cultural context, and how the original audience would have understood its teaching. They also address the significance that the creation account has for theology today. The book is published by Kregel Publications.
Miller responds to questions about the book:
What is meant by the title, "In the Beginning … We Misunderstood." Who misunderstood what about Genesis chapter 1?
Along with many well-meaning, Bible-believing Christians, we misunderstood the meaning of Genesis 1 in relation to its original recipients in their language, culture, and historical circumstances, and therefore we misunderstood the meaning in relation to us. We read the passage through the filter of our modern western worldview, instead of through the filter of an ancient Near Eastern worldview.
Is this book intended to quell debates among those in the church who hold to a young age of the earth (thousands of years old), and others who hold to an earth that is millions of years old?
If everyone were to agree with us as to the meaning and significance of Genesis 1, it would change the nature of the debate between young earth and old earth creationists. No longer would someone believe that they have to support a young earth position because the Bible supposedly mandates it. If our position is correct, then Genesis 1 does not say when the world was created, or how.
But even if folks do not agree with us, we hope that our book will be a gracious argument that encourages respect and civility in furthering discussions on the meaning of the biblical text. We also hope that it will engender new constructive conversations around evidence from the text and context of Scripture that is sometimes missing or misunderstood.
Since the original readers of Genesis 1 were the ancient Israelites, what was Moses' purpose in writing it?
We believe that Moses wrote Genesis for Israel about the time of the Exodus. He was declaring that their God was the only true God, that He owned the Promised Land, that He could give it to whomever He wanted, and that He had promised it to Abraham's seed. He was freeing them from the untruths that they had absorbed in Egypt and to which they would be exposed in Canaan.
Through Moses, God was also challenging their worldview and theology. He was teaching them that He was dramatically different from what the nations around them accepted as "deity." God was showing them that He is truly sovereign. He is transcendent over all creation (without being part of any of creation), and so also over all nations. They have purpose as His image bearers and they have opportunity to worship Him in truth and imitate Him in living.
What other accounts of creation would Israel have been exposed to when Moses wrote Genesis 1?
They would probably have been exposed to the Mesopotamian myths and to Canaanite myths. They undoubtedly knew the Egyptian creation accounts and theology. Even a quick read of some of those accounts shows how radically distinct was Moses' teaching. Yet we also see the similarities, especially in the Egyptian accounts.
What do you hope readers take away with them after finishing "In the Beginning … We Misunderstood?"
We hope that readers will understand that Genesis 1 is not meant to be read as science but as theology. We hope that they will apply the hermeneutical principles to their study of all of Scripture: That it must be understood in light of its meaning to the original author and recipients, and then by application to us.
We also hope that students from Christian backgrounds who study in non-Christian universities will not be turned against the Bible or science when they discover that science challenges the belief that the world is only about 6,000-10,000 years old. We want them to know that such a belief is not a necessary interpretation of Genesis 1, that such was not the intent of the original author, and that science does not undercut the authority of Scripture. Christians are free to pursue the study of legitimate science wherever it leads, whether to a recent or ancient creation, without conflicting with the intent of Genesis 1.


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Isabella Ferarro dropped out of high school her final year after having no motivation to finish. Isabella entered The X Factor Australia and performed 'Skinny Love' by Birdy, originally by Bon Iver. Her performance received a standing ovation and left tears of joy in her mothers eyes. Natalie Bassingthwaighte compared Bella to Adele and Ronan Keating called her performance the best first audition he has ever seen.
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Classic Party Food: 3 Takes on Spinach Dip
Every chain restaurant has one, and for good reason—spinach dip is a crowd pleaser that's delicious and feels virtuous just because it's green. (FYI if it's bubbling and cheese-crusted, it's not.) Here are three versions: One hot and gooey, one cold and healthy, and one adorably served up in mini bread bowls.
1. Spinach and Artichoke Dip, from the Kitchn. Nealey's version of a Southern staple, using fresh (not frozen!) spinach, artichokes, wine, cream, and sour cream. Delicious.
2. Spinach Avocado Dip, from Martha Stewart Living. The idea of mixing wilted spinach and greek yogurt with mashed avocado sounds so appealing. And healthy! We love the sugar snap peas for dipping, too.
3. Baked Spinach Dip Mini Bread Bowls, from Picky Palate. We've made these twice for baby showers, and they're a hit. You use store-bought biscuit dough to make little bread bowls that are super cute (FYI we used frozen spinach with perfectly good results).
What's your favorite spinach dip?
Related: 15 Essential Dips and Spreads for Summer Parties
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Paul Collier
Sir Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony's College. From 1998–2003 he took a five-year Public Service leave during which he was Director of the Research Development Department of the World Bank. He is currently a Professeur invité at Sciences Po and a Director of the International Growth Centre.
He has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. His research covers the causes and consequences of civil war; the effects of aid and the problems of democracy in low-income and natural resources rich societies; urbanization in low-income countries; private investment in African infrastructure and changing organizational cultures.
Recent books include The Bottom Billion (Oxford University Press, 2007) which in 2008 won the Lionel Gelber, Arthur Ross and Corine prizes and in May 2009 was the joint winner of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book prize; Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places (Vintage Books, 2009); and The Plundered Planet: How to reconcile prosperity with nature (Oxford University Press, 2010).
His latest book is Exodus: How migration is changing our world (Oxford University Press, 2013).
In 2014, Paul received a knighthood for services to promoting research and policy change in Africa.
Faculty spotlight on Sir Paul Collier.
Zambia: Policies for Prosperity from Resource Wealth, edited with Chr. S. Adam and M. Gondwe. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2014.
Exodus: How Migration is Changing our World. London, Allen Lane 2013.
Plundered Nations? Successes and Failures in Natural Resource Extraction, with A. J. Venables. Palgrave Macmillan 2011.
Kenya: Economic Policies for Prosperity, edited with Chr. S. Adam and N. Ndungu. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2011.
The Plundered Planet: How to reconcile prosperity with nature. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010.
Conflict, Political Accountability and Aid. Routledge, 2010.
Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places. Harper Collins/Random House, 2009.
The Bottom Billion. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2008.
Economic Policy Options for a Prosperous Nigeria, edited with C. Soludo and C. Pattillo. Palgrave 2008.
Globalization and Poverty, 3 Vols. (The globalization of the World Economy, 19), with J. W. Gunning. Cheltenham UK/Northampton USA: Edward Elgar 2008.
The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa, 1960-2000, with B. Ndulu, R. Bates and S. O'Connell. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy, with V. L. Elliott, H. Hegre, A. Hoeffler, M. Reynal-Querol, N. Sambanis. Washington DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press 2003.
Labour and Poverty in Rural Tanzania, with S. Radwan, and S. Wangwe, with A. Wagner. Oxford, Clarendon Press 1987.
Supervision and Project Performance: A Principal-Agent Approach, with L. Chauvet and A. Fuster. Document de travail (Working Paper).
Investing in Africa's Infrastructure: Financing and Policy Options, with J. Cust. Annual Review of Resource Economics, forthcoming 2015.
Security threats facing Africa and its capacity to respond. PRISM 5, 2: 30-41.
Closing Coal: Economic and Moral Incentives, with A. J. Venables. Oxford Review of Economic Policy 30,3 "Green Growth" (Autumn 2014): 492-512.
Votes and violence: Evidence from a field experiment in Nigeria, with P. Vicente. The Economic Journal 124, 574: F327–F355.
African Agriculture in 50 Years: Smallholders in a Rapidly Changing World, with S. Dercon. World Development 63: 92-101.
Scottish Oil and Global Justice. International Energy Law Review 4: 150-153.
Public capital in resource rich economies: Is there a curse? with S. Bhattacharyya, Oxford Economic Papers 66 (1).
The Economic Legacy of Civil War: Firm-level Evidence from Sierra Leone, with M. Duponchel Journal of Conflict Resolution, 57: 65-88.
Épargner les revenus tirés des ressources naturelles dans les pays en développement: Principes et règles de politiques. Revue d'économie du développement, 2013/4 Vol. 27.
Under Pressure: How governments can manage expectations when oil is discovered. Finance and Development 50,4: 50-53.
Commodity prices and growth: An empirical investigation, with B. Goderis. European Economic Review 56: 1241-1260.
Land Deals in Africa: Pioneers and Speculators, with A.J. Venables. Globalization and Development 3,1: 1-20.
Managing Resource Revenues in Developing Countries, with R. van der Ploeg, M. Spence, and A. J. Venables. IMF Staff Papers 57,1: 84-118.
Book Chapters
Housing and Urbanization in Africa: Unleashing a Formal Market Process, with A.J. Venables. In E. Glaeser and A. Joshi-Ghani (eds), The Urban Imperative: Towards Competitive Cities. India, Oxford University Press 2015.
Zambian Macroeconomic Policy: a Time for Tough Decisions. In Chr. S. Adam, P. Collier, and M. Gondwe (eds), Zambia: Policies for Prosperity from Resource Wealth. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2014.
Strategies for Growth, with N. Ndungu. In Chr. S Adam, P. Collier and N. Ndungu (eds), Kenya: Economic Policies for Prosperity. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2011.
Democracy and Prosperity, with R. Gutierrez-Romero and M. Kimenyi. In Chr. S. Adam, P. Collier and N. Ndungu (eds), Kenya: Economic Policies for Prosperity, Oxford, Oxford University Press 2011.
Trade and Economic Performance: Does Economic Fragmentation Matter? with A.J. Venables. In Lin and Plescovik (eds), Annual World Bank Conference of Development Economics. World Bank, 2008.
Civil War, in Hartley and Sandler, (eds.) Handbook of Defense Economics, North Holland, 2007.
Using Aid Instruments More Coherently: Grants and Loans. In I. Kaul and P. Conceicao (eds), The New Public Finance. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.


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Bittersweet Life, A (UK - DVD R2)
Bang! Bang! Bang! There are no second chances. Gabe enjoys the gut punch...
Sun-Woo is a hard man. Sun-Woo works for a hard mob boss named Kang, and he is ruthlessly efficient at his job. He does what he's told. When Boss Kang tells Sun-Woo to keep watch over his young girlfriend while he takes a few days holiday, Sun-Woo asks no questions. Kang suspects that his new girl may be seeing someone else. When it turns out Kang's suspicions were accurate, Sun-Woo grants the star-crossed lovers mercy. In the criminal underworld there are no second chances.
South Korea has got to be the only region of the world that gets me automatically excited about film any more. I've seen my share of sub-par work from the area, but the good to bad ratio still leans very much in favour of the former. Director Kim Jee-woon single handedly restored my personal faith in Asian ghost stories with his wonderfully baroque A Tale of Two Sisters. That film was the reason I requested this one when the review opportunity came around.
The premise of the film is one that didn't excite me, because I've already seen my share of John Woo films...and Tarentino films...and Scorsese films...and a whole slew of rip offs, copycats, and knockoffs. The troubled mob guy story has been played out before, but I loved A Tale of Two Sisters enough to give it a chance. What I discovered was that though obviously a film about crime syndicate politics, A Bittersweet Life was actually a Western. To be more precise a modern Korean Spaghetti Western, or a Kim chi Western, complete with a middle act Django style torturing of our stoic lead.
I'm guessing Kim Jee-woon is a fan of Italian cinema of the '60s and '70s, because both films I've seen from the man have shown a vibrant influence. The baroque quality of his earlier horror effort is still quite evident, now influenced by the Dogmatic Italian obsession with physically and emotionally tortured anti-heroes. Think Mario Bava meets Michael Mann, and you'll have a good idea of what the film looks like. The comparisons to Tarentino are valid in that both directors show a strong influence from the time, place, and genre. Kill Bill Volume 2 is also a modern Euro-Western. Another director who's dabbled in post post-modern Westerns is Austin's Robert Rodriguez, and the A Bittersweet Life's final shoot-out does bring back memories of Antonio Banderas engaged barroom brawls in Desperado.
Unlike Woo and later progeny like Rodriguez, Kim Jee-woon brings real pain to his action scenes. For the most part the director wisely skips the usual slo-mo instant replays in favour of bold and meaty violence. During an escape that would make Batman proud, Sun-Woo scrapes an assailant's scalp against a concrete wall, and holds it while warning off other attackers. This assault made me wince, which scores the film at least one overall ranking point. The idea of beauty in violence is a nice one, but has been explored past its prime in the last forty years, so it's always nice to see film violence with real threat. Even recent horror entries like Eli Roth's Hostel don't hold an honest sense of pain with me, personally.
Lead actor Lee Byung-hun plays his stoic anti-heroic Sun-Woo cool as a cucumber, without sacrificing the character's intelligence or emotion. Lee, who I just happened to have seen in Park Chan-wook's JSA: Joint Security Area the night before I watched this film, is one of South Korea's disserving stars, a real old fashion, golden aged-Hollywood type. The rest of the cast is peppered with faces familiar to devotes of new wave Korean cinema, actors who have, in true Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western style, been hired for their faces as much as their actual talent.
The only problems with the film were its synonymity and its semi-foiled attempts at 'quirk'. Though visually grand, and well scripted, this story of an anti-hero's vengeance has been told more times than even the most studious film buff could count. The element that made Tarentino's earlier efforts memorable (though honestly I'm not a very big fan of his pre- Jackie Brown work) in the face of familiarity was the mundanely amusing dialogue, or assurance that criminals were just like the rest of us, along with unimaginably bizarre situations they come across. They had car trouble, they talked endlessly about the meaning of Madonna lyrics, and they were anally raped by psycho pawnshop owners. Kim Jee-woon, who also wrote A Bittersweet Life, tries to incorporate some of these quirky elements into his story, but for the most part they feel forced.
Minor quibbles aside, I think that A Bittersweet Life may be the film to introduce sceptical and less adventurous viewers to South Korean new wave. It's not as good as the work of Park Chan-wook, it's not even Kim Jee-woon's best film, but it is consistently entertaining, emotionally engaging, action packed in an untired fashion, and the story is not difficult to follow. This film earns its thrills, and even though I could see every major character's ending half a mile off, I still thoroughly enjoyed my journey.
Tartan UK has failed in the past. Wow have they failed. Their uncanny ability to produce substandard video transfers of relatively new films is legendary in the field. As I stated in my review, I'd just watched their release of JSA: Joint Security Area, which suffered substantially from a shaky, grainy, NTSC to PAL transfer. I was afraid I'd be burned again with A Bittersweet Life. Thank goodness my intuition failed me.
This is a fine transfer indeed. Deep, rich blacks, bright, vibrant reds; here we have an excellent mix of subtlety and abrasiveness. The film is mostly a dark one, and with a few exceptions low level noise and grain are minimal. The black levels during some of the driving sequences, obviously filmed on location, are a bit on the warm side, and stick out from the rest of the film. Flesh tones also occasionally show signs of chroma noise, and some close-ups contain a smidgen of colour bleeding. I'd like to see more care put into future Tartan UK releases like this one. So far their newish US incarnation has surpassed them substantially in the field, though their transfers are also not without fault.
Tartan has given us a choice of DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, or Dolby Surround tracks, all in the original Korean. The Dolby and DTS tracks are both solid, and utilize some surprisingly effect surround effects. The encompassing sound of rain pouring over wet earth is beautiful. The DTS track has a little more literal punch and bang behind it. This chunky bass is apparent in the film's first fight scene, where each punch thumps the couch on impact. Gun shoots are loud and echo longingly through the surround channels.
Music cues are a little on the quiet side. I'm not sure if this is a creative decision or not, but it's too bad because the score is perfect. It reminded me of Jo Yeong-wook's work on Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, without being derivative. The simple bits are the best, but punchy pop-infused symphonics are catchy and exciting.
This is not a loaded DVD. One might even venture to say that these extras are simply there to be advertised. In fact, advertisements are pretty much what these are. First up is a set of interviews. Running just under thirty minutes they offer little real insight into the filming process, and Kim Jee-woon actually comes across as a bit shallow, something actor Lee Byung-hun actually makes fun of a bit. The most fascinating thing about the interviews is the series of photos behind Lee's head, which appear to be representations of injured human buttocks.
This is followed by 'A Bittersweet Life in Cannes', which is exactly what it sounds like, footage of the cast and crew at Cannes last year. Not the most thrilling extra, but sort of cute and mercifully brief. The disc is finished off with the film's original theatrical trailer, and a series of Tartan Asia Extreme new release trailers (the usual, in other words).
A Bittersweet Life is a fine action flick, cracking even, to use the parlance of our times. It doesn't take itself too seriously, but is emotionally centred and sometimes frighteningly realistic. It's a great place for Korean cinema virgins to start, and John Woo fans sick of the director's Hollywood output may find another filmmaker to root for in Kim Jee-woon. The disc forgoes Tartan UK's tendency to settle for shoddy NTSC to PAL transfers, and boasts two fine audio tracks to boot.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 24th April 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Korean DTS 5.1, Korean Dolby Digital 5.1, Korean Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: English
Extras: Cast & Crew Interviews, 'A Bittersweet Life in Cannes', Trailer, Asia Extreme Trailer Reel
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yeong-cheol, Lee Gi-yeong
Genre: Thriller
Length: 114 minutes
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Johannesburg - I had an interesting discussion once with a fellow parent at my son's junior school. He was horrified that we didn't have a computer in the house (this was the mid-1990s) and said I was handicapping my children's future progress.
I was reminded of that recently by two things. The first was that my son came top of his class at Toulouse University for his Master's in International Trade Law (after an LLB in South Africa). Holidays at Newport International Group .
The second was a report saying school pupils these days feel themselves grossly disadvantaged if they don't have an iPad.
There can be no doubt that, in these competitive times, parents must become involved in the education of their children, and that education should not be left only to digital devices. That's because, I believe, computers and the Net, far from expanding a person's view, often give them tunnel vision. Case in point: Twitter. Those who use it tend to think the points of view they see comprise the entirety of human thought – yet they are only a fraction of the tip of the iceberg.
I still believe that good, old-fashioned, hands-on, "analogue" experiences are what true education is about.
Another example. When my son was about 18 months old and his friends' parents would sit their kids in front of TV to watch Barney the Dinosaur videos, in Household Seery we had the "Third World Video". This consisted of a sheet of white plastic, board markers and two kiddie's chairs. I would then sit next to my son and we would do "drawing stories". It didn't matter that I couldn't draw. He didn't know. Also I stuck to things like planes and boats. And he would sit, entranced, hanging on every word out of Daddy's mouth. So when he was barely three years old, my son told my sister one day: "Auntie Carmel, did you know the Titanic sank because it hit an iceberg?"
Travel, they say, broadens the mind – and there is no better way to stimulate a young child's brain than by exposing it to the experiences travel brings.
When our kids were small we noticed huge improvements in the way they spoke, they reasoned and the questions they asked after a holiday at the coast.
When their developing brains have to cope with major additional stimuli, they grow additional neuronal connections – or so a friend who has studied this sort of thing assures me.
So how do you incorporate travel into a child's life? And how do you travel with a child?
First, simple is best… and often cheapest. When children are young, they don't yet know the value of things and appreciate the basics, like splashing in the sea and searching for fish in tidal pools. So beach holidays are perfect.
Driving there is also the most logical way to go. You have more control of yourself, your child and the situation when you're in a car as opposed to travelling on a plane or a train. Also, plan your journey with frequent "wee stops" and with games to play. Identifying specific cars is an old one but it still works. Try to incorporate quizzes on the way, too.
When all else fails and the "are we there yet?" chorus starts to grow in intensity, have an audio book or look into installing a DVD player with screens for the rear-seat passengers. Remember to limit the time devoted to the videos, though.
It's also a great idea to get the kids to put together scrapbooks (or digital albums on their iPads) about their experiences and to get them to share them with you or in class.
Taking children to the bush sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Often our kids would get bored quickly in game reserves and did not have the patience to sit quietly at a waterhole. Game drives tend to be short and frustrating – but if there is an opportunity for them to experience nature first-hand, they'll love it: I showed my son how ant lions capture and kill their prey and, on a trip to Zimbabwe, showed him how to fish a "camel worm" out of its hole in the ground.
My son was never one for the great outdoors, though, and his most famous teenage comment, on reaching Swakopmund in Namibia, was: "Why would you want to travel 2 500km just to look at nothing?" He then sat and watched Euro soccer on DStv while my daughter and I climbed the world's highest sand dune.
Yet he was entranced by Europe even though his first visit there was in the teeth of an awful winter. The history and culture – and the thousands of people his age (21) – appealed to him. And now he's there.
My daughter, by contrast, quite liked the bush and animals. No surprise that she's now training to be a vet.
I don't think it is a good idea to take young children on an overseas trip – rather wait until they're in their teens and can appreciate it (and you might be able to afford it by then, too).
And school tours (if you can afford them) are a great mind expander.
Just remember when travelling with older children not to let your guard down in terms of security and things like drink, drugs and sex. Just because you're out of the city doesn't necessarily mean those things aren't there. They may whinge but while they're minors, you're still in charge.
An important thing to remember when you travel is family. Kids need to see granny and grandpa. They need to meet suckers who believe they're little angels – and they need to know they're part of a bigger family.


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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thai authorities and Muslim separatist leaders started peace talks on Thursday aimed at ending almost a decade of unrest in the country's far south, as a new attack by suspected militants killed three Thai soldiers.
The secretary-general of Thailand's National Security Council, Lt. Gen. Paradorn Pattanathabutr, said he was "very happy" with the first meeting with the rebels led by the National Revolution Front, also known by the acronym BRN, and the Pattani United Liberation Organization, or PULO.
"We share the same goal, which is to reduce violence in the region. Both sides have agreed that we want peace in the area," Paradorn told reporters after a daylong meeting facilitated by Malaysia.
Violence has occurred nearly every day in Thailand's Muslim-dominated three southernmost provinces since the insurgency erupted in 2004, and more than 5,000 people have been killed. The militants have mainly targeted security forces and teachers, who are seen as representatives of the government of the predominantly Buddhist nation.
Muslims in the region, which was an independent Islamic sultanate until it was annexed by Thailand in the early 20th century, have long complained of discrimination by the central government in Bangkok, and the insurgents are thought to be fighting for autonomy. But the insurgency remains murky, with militants making no public pronouncements on their goals.
Paradorn said the rebels were asking Thai authorities to provide justice to the insurgents although he declined to give more details of their request.
The Thai authorities were also pushing for the militants to designate areas that could be free from attacks.
"I believe that today's talks will lead to an atmosphere that yields solutions, or yields progress that would result in solutions. The main issues are to reduce the violence," Paradorn said ahead of Thursday's meeting.
The Thai government inked an agreement to start talks with BRN last month in Malaysia during a visit by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Malaysia, which borders Thailand's restive southern provinces, is acting as a facilitator to bring some of the insurgents to peace talks. The insurgents are ethnic Malays and speak a variant of the Malay language.
Paradorn led a nine-member delegation to Thursday's talks.
The Thai government and military have struggled to identify legitimate participants for the peace process, as the militant leadership is not clear and no groups have stepped out to take responsibility for the attacks. The insurgency is believed to be highly decentralized, with local units having the freedom to choose targets and campaigns.
The BRN is one of several separatist movements that have made public calls for a separate state in Thailand's south.
"I insist that the BRN movement is unified but it will take some time for them to relay the message to members in the area," Paradorn said.
Just hours before the talks started, suspected militants killed three soldiers in a roadside attack in Narathiwat province.
Police Col. Suchart Sa-eed said militants detonated an improvised bomb and opened fire at soldiers who were on foot patrol in Cho Airong district. He said five soldiers were wounded in the ambush, which took place in a village that is home to a key BRN leader.
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Delicious marinated, honey lime chicken wrapped in tortillas with cheese and smothered in delicious enchilada sauce.
45 minPrep Time
30 minCook Time
1 hr, 15 Total Time
- 6 Tablespoons honey
- 5 Tablespoons lime juice
- 1 Tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (cooked and shredded)
- 1(16 ounce) can green enchilada sauce
- 10 flour tortillas
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (divided)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Whisk together marinade ingredients and toss with shredded chicken in a Ziploc bag or airtight container.
- Let chicken mixture marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, but preferably a few hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Pour 1/2 cup enchilada sauce on the bottom of a 9 X 13 inch baking pan.
- Fill the tortillas with chicken, saving marinade, and shredded cheese, reserving about 1 cup of cheese to sprinkle on top of enchiladas.
- Placed rolled tortillas into prepared pan.
- Mix the remaining enchilada sauce with heavy cream and leftover marinade, if any, and pour on top of enchiladas.
- Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until brown and crispy on top.
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Loner newcomer captivates resident misfit. Their chemistry crackles, but there's something a little ... different ... about one of them. Put away your silver daggers--you haven't caught the rebirth of the "Twilight" series.
In the highly anticipated big-screen adaptation of teen romance-thriller novel "Beautiful Creatures" (opening Thursday), relative unknowns Alden Ehrenreich ("Tetro") and Alice Englert (the upcoming "Ginger and Rosa") star as star-crossed lovers Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes. He's a Gatlin, South Carolina boy with a penchant for Kurt Vonnegut and Bob Dylan; she's the new girl in town who just happens to be—gasp—a "caster," a nicer term for witch.
At the Trump International Hotel, L.A. native Ehrenreich, 23, and 19-year-old Australian Englert talked about the "basic survival" of high school, their worst adolescent flaws and how they prepared their Southern accents.
Ethan falls in love pretty quickly with Lena, and it's clearly been hard for him to find this sort of thing. Do you think that her being a caster was part of what made him fall for her, or was it just her being different?
Alden Ehrenreich: Well, he doesn't know that, but I think there's a sense of something exotic and something otherworldly and something more sophisticated, and something he's never--his whole thing is wanting to experience something he's never known because he's had this monotony in his life in this small town, and so I think that it's just who she is.
Do you think she maybe cast a little of the spell on him too, not knowing it?
Alice Englert: You know, actually, that used to be my favorite song, "I Put A Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. You know it? It's a great video, very gothic and crazy. No, I think she likes to do it the real way. "Actually like me, please."
One of the central struggles is that Lena will be claimed by either the dark or the light when she turns 16. It seems like a lot of high school girls are similar--either really nice or kind of dark. Why do you think that happens to girls at that age?
Alice: Actually, I don't think that they're kind of nice or they're dark. I think that all girls of that age, I mean, I'm probably wrong, but I think there's such a huge level of insecurity and I think that we have so many different conflicting feelings and ideas in our nature … I think that that time is just basic survival. And it's not about who you are, you just wanna keep being stable enough to get to know who you are. It's just a very compromising time, and I think hormones really do it. I remember when I was that age I didn't want to admit that ... [I thought], "My problems are really important!"... And they were, they were really important to me. But it's really good to be able to have perspective. To know that that stuff … you get through it because the world is a lot bigger than that.
Both of your characters struggle a little, or a lot, with high school, not necessarily fitting in much. What's something that you thought was different or awkward about you in high school?
Alice: My hips being like up here [indicates] during puberty, probably. I mean, come on, the whole of high school is pretty awkward, isn't it?
It is. I think middle school's probably worse.
Alice: Oh right, you guys have a different ...
Alden: The ages are different.
Alice: What's middle school?
Alden: Middle school is sixth grade to eighth grade. You're like 12 to 14.
Alice: Oh yeah, that's middle school. High school is different.
Alden: I had a lot of acne.
Alice: I kind of left.
That's a good call.
Alice: So, let that speak for itself.
And what about you, Alden, the acne probably?
Alden: I think the acne was bad, yeah. No one remembers it; none of my friends remember me having it, but I had really bad acne for like years.
That's something that never leaves you.
Alden: Yeah, well... [touches his face]
Alice: [Laughs.]
On the inside, I mean … Ethan drives around singing Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and doesn't necessarily know all the words. When you're driving around, is that a song that you like to sing?
Alden: I mean, I still really am a big Bob Dylan fan, yeah. I listen to a lot of stuff ... I listen to some really bad country.
In high school, I definitely would drive around singing terrible pop-punk, and I had the worst voice for that kind of stuff.
Alden: Really? That's my favorite memories of high school, driving around singing songs in the car ... with my mom ...
Alice: [Laughs]
Did she let you drive, or...?
Alden: No, me in the backseat, no one in the front seat, and her driving, singing ... what's the David Cassidy [song]?
"I Think I Love You?"
Alden: Yeah. No, I'm just kidding, this isn't true; I'm just making that up.
I don't know, it seems pretty realistic. So, obviously neither one of you has a Southern accent. What did you do to learn that? Did you have a coach?
Alden: Yeah, we had a dialect coach named Rick Lipton who was amazing, and not only taught us about kinda like how to do the accent but why people talk like that in the South and really taught us about Southern culture, which is such an important part of the story. And for me it was amazing because I had a week to prepare for the part, so having him there, really, it was kinda like he did a bunch of research that I didn't have time to do, and that was incredibly informative.
Alice: I think the whole film [and] the whole story was so affected by that Southern culture that it was really great and so important to have someone who went into that much detail about it. And into detail that really could have been potentially looked over in a sense. It was really interesting for me because a lot of that stuff about religion, just about manners in the South, the politeness--
Alden: To me, my whole character portrayal is very influenced by what I got from him about--there's almost like a send-up of kind of the customs of the south, the politeness and the Southern gentleman that to me the story is kind of a comment on [that].
Is there a particular part of the accent that you struggled with, like words that didn't come naturally to you?
Both: Yeah!
Alden: "Innie." … "Any" is "innie." I used to sing a Willie Nelson song before takes.
Alice: What was the song?
Alden: "Pancho and Lefty." Before takes to kind of get [ready].
Want to sing a little bit for us?
Alden: No, no. I don't know it anymore.
Oh, that's too bad. How about for you, Alice?
Alice: The struggle always goes into one big blob for me. Being an Australian, learning accents is very important. You just have to do it for every job.
Alden: That's crazy. It's crazy how many Australian actors are constantly--I mean, like, Nicole Kidman, constantly doing American accents in movies. I mean, I couldn't imagine.
Alice: Yeah, it's really, um, mad. So for me, yeah, it really is just one big struggle struggle struggle struggle pain pain pain ughghghghg and then, OK.
Alden: When's the OK?
Alice: Generally after the second take of the first day.
Alden: Oh, OK.
Alice: Yeah, like, I don't ever feel fine until we're doing the scene generally.
Alden: I just can't imagine having to do an accent all the time, like in your whole career.
Alice: I would say lines as I was falling asleep. I would say my lines and try to do the accent, like, falling asleep.
Alden: Well. The scary thing is trying not to memorize intonation 'cause you don't want to--if your line is like "pass the milk," you don't want to be like, "paaass the milk, paaass the milk," and then you show up and you're like, "paaass the milk," and everyone's like, "Why are you doing that?"
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