Quentin Tarantino: 'Korea's Bong Joon Ho Is Like Spielberg in His Prime'

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Directors Bong Joon Ho and Quentin Tarantino in Busan

BUSAN, South Korea – Quentin Tarantino made a surprise visit to the Busan International Film Festival to meet with South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, whom he praised as one of his generation's most visionary directors during a stage interview on Friday.

"I came here quite impulsively actually," said Tarantino, who arrived in Busan on Wednesday "to hangout with Bong" after attending an awards ceremony in Macau. He recalled watching the Korean filmmaker's The Host for the first time and being so "blown away" that he later screened it along with Memories of Murder at the retro theater he owns in Los Angeles.

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"Of all the filmmakers out there in the last 20 years, he has something that [1970s] Spielberg has. There is this level of entertainment and comedy in his films. [The Host and Memories of Murder] are both masterpieces … great in their own way," he said.

The two filmmakers have a lot in common. Both grew up watching genre films, which they now write and direct to great acclaim.

Tarantino says he considers himself "a student of cinema" and "the day I graduate is the day I die." Though he continues to learn from the great masters like Sergio Leone, he said he tries to reinvent the genre in his own way. "I love Sergio Leone … but they're movies that are a product of their times. I'm trying to do the 2013 perspective." 

Likewise, Bong, also a fan of 1970s films, says he tries to bring a Korean twist to the genre. "In the U.S., scientists, soldiers and muscular superheroes fight against monsters, but in [The Host] a Korean family, a messed up, really idiotic one at that, fights the monster." Tarantino agreed, saying, "It's funny because the whole idea that a family, not just any family, but a weird, f---ed up family like in The Host would be the stars is unfathomable in the U.S., or any country. That is recreating the genre."

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He questioned, however, if it was fair to call such works as his Jackie Brown or Bong's Mother genre films. "Are they genre films or character studies?" The two went on to discuss often working with the same stock of actors for their character-driven films. Tarantino said he opted for such a casting process because his favorite directors, such as Sam Peckinpah, do, adding that it's not easy to find actors who can strongly articulate the dialogue he writes.

Bong also explained that repeatedly casting actors, such as his favorites Song Kang-ho and Byun Hee-bong, makes production easier. "They understand things right away," he said, adding that he took a cue from Tarantino when seeking out the latter veteran actor, who had disappeared from the big screen for some time.

"I saw Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker with Martin Landau … and you can see he was being an actor again … I thought, 'What if you were to give [big actors on a downward climb] a good script that they can really sink their teeth into?'" Tarantino said of his now renowned casting choices. 

About future genre films they'd like to tackle, Tarantino said he'd stay away from serial killer movies because "the planet Earth couldn't handle my serial killer movie. I would reveal my sickness far too much."

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Bong said he'd like to try to film a prison break film set in a World War II camp or a castaway story, but never would be able to make a musical "because I can't bear that embarrassing moment when an actor breaks into singing."

To this, Tarantino said, "I'd want to see 'Bong's Great Escape: The Musical,'" drawing much laughter from the large crowd that had gathered to see the two filmmakers onstage in Korea.

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Table for 7: Sesame Chicken Nuggets with Honey Teriyaki BBQ Sauce

My eldest son is turning 8 years old this summer. He is a bit of a picky eater. Alright, ?he is a huge picky eater. Extremely?extreme, most picky eater on the face of the planet. ?Picky eaters around the world look to him as their leader. He could have his own fan club and other picky eating children could write him letters and ask him ?for advice how to completely drive their mothers insane by not eating a darn thing. ?Get the idea? Picky. The one thing he does eat is chicken nuggets. ?Not just any chicken nuggets. ?Any fast food variety, of course, is his favorite. That doesn't happen too often, so homemade it is. ?The standard staple around here ?is usually my baked version. ? But, for something different..we give these a whirl every so often. Now, the BBQ dipping sauce is strictly for me and my youngest sons. ?Nobody else eats BBQ. ?Weird. ?Personally, I could eat it with a spoon. ?Especially, this BBQ sauce. ?I did in fact, eat it with a spoon..no chicken involved. ? It's fabulous and goes perfect with the sesame, crunchy, chicken,
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Sesame Chicken Nuggets with Honey Teriyaki BBQ Sauce

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• for Chicken:
• 1 lb boneless chicken breast, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 cups canola oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 TBSP sesame seeds
• for BBQ Sauce:
• 3/4 cups BBQ sauce, any flavor you desire
• 1 cup honey
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 TBSP garlic powder
• 1/2 TBSP onion powder

Cooking Directions:

1. for chicken:
2. Add corn oil to deep fryer or deep skillet.?
3. Heat to approx 375 degrees.
4. ?In a medium bowl, mix egg and water. Add sesame seeds and flour. Stir until smooth. Dip chicken pieces into batter to coat. Add into oil, a few pieces at a time.?
5. ?Cook in oil for approx 4 minites or until no longer pink.
6. for BBQ sauce:
7. In a medium saucepan, add indgredients and combine.?
8. Bring to a boil.?
9. Reduce heat, and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

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Cuomo warns Khloe: Change your shirt

Cuomo warns Khloe Kardashian that her tee-shirt line's logo may violate New York's copyright. Governor Cuomo's administration sent Khloe a 'pro forma' letter of warning.

By Associated Press / May 20, 2013

New York Governor Mario Cuomo has warned Khloe Kardashian, seen here at the March 23 Kids' Choice Awards, that her new tee-shirt logo may violate copyright law. The logo on Khloe's clothing line resembles a New York-owned design, says Cuomo..

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent a letter to?Khloe?Kardashian informing the reality star that the logo on her tee-shirt line may violate copyright law.

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The governor confirmed his administration sent what he called a "pro forma" letter advising Kardashian that her tee-shirt line resembles the logo of a New York farm program.

The state's design has an image of the Statue of Liberty above crop rows, encircled by the words "Pride of New York."

Kardashian's shirt contains the Statue of Liberty image and crop rows and, in font similar to the New York logo, the words: "Rich Soil New York."

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Not just blowing in the wind: Compressing air for renewable energy storage

May 20, 2013 ? Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehensive study. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Bonneville Power Administration identified two unique methods for this energy storage approach and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

Compressed air energy storage plants could help save the region's abundant wind power -- which is often produced at night when winds are strong and energy demand is low -- for later, when demand is high and power supplies are more strained. These plants can also switch between energy storage and power generation within minutes, providing flexibility to balance the region's highly variable wind energy generation throughout the day.

"With Renewable Portfolio Standards requiring states to have as much as 20 or 30 percent of their electricity come from variable sources such as wind and the sun, compressed air energy storage plants can play a valuable role in helping manage and integrate renewable power onto the Northwest's electric grid," said Steve Knudsen, who managed the study for the BPA.

Geologic energy savings accounts

All compressed air energy storage plants work under the same basic premise. When power is abundant, it's drawn from the electric grid and used to power a large air compressor, which pushes pressurized air into an underground geologic storage structure. Later, when power demand is high, the stored air is released back up to the surface, where it is heated and rushes through turbines to generate electricity. Compressed air energy storage plants can re-generate as much as 80 percent of the electricity they take in.

The world's two existing compressed air energy storage plants -- one in Alabama, the other in Germany -- use human-made salt caverns to store excess electricity. The PNNL-BPA study examined a different approach: using natural, porous rock reservoirs that are deep underground to store renewable energy.

Interest in the technology has increased greatly in the past decade as utilities and others seek better ways to integrate renewable energy onto the power grid. About 13 percent, or nearly 8,600 megawatts, of the Northwest's power supply comes from of wind. This prompted BPA and PNNL to investigate whether the technology could be used in the Northwest.

To find potential sites, the research team reviewed the Columbia Plateau Province, a thick layer of volcanic basalt rock that covers much of the region. The team looked for underground basalt reservoirs that were at least 1,500 feet deep, 30 feet thick and close to high-voltage transmission lines, among other criteria.

They then examined public data from wells drilled for gas exploration or research at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. Well data was plugged into PNNL's STOMP computer model, which simulates the movement of fluids below ground, to determine how much air the various sites under consideration could reliably hold and return to the surface.

Two different, complementary designs

Analysis identified two particularly promising locations in eastern Washington. One location, dubbed the Columbia Hills Site, is just north of Boardman, Ore., on the Washington side of the Columbia River. The second, called the Yakima Minerals Site, is about 10 miles north of Selah, Wash., in an area called the Yakima Canyon.

But the research team determined the two sites are suitable for two very different kinds of compressed air energy storage facilities. The Columbia Hills Site could access a nearby natural gas pipeline, making it a good fit for a conventional compressed air energy facility. Such a conventional facility would burn a small amount of natural gas to heat compressed air that's released from underground storage. The heated air would then generate more than twice the power than a typical natural gas power plant.

The Yakima Minerals Site, however, doesn't have easy access to natural gas. So the research team devised a different kind of compressed air energy storage facility: one that uses geothermal energy. This hybrid facility would extract geothermal heat from deep underground to power a chiller that would cool the facility's air compressors, making them more efficient. Geothermal energy would also re-heat the air as it returns to the surface.

"Combining geothermal energy with compressed air energy storage is a creative concept that was developed to tackle engineering issues at the Yakima Minerals Site," said PNNL Laboratory Fellow and project leader Pete McGrail. "Our hybrid facility concept significantly expands geothermal energy beyond its traditional use as a renewable baseload power generation technology."

The study indicates both facilities could provide energy storage during extended periods of time. This could especially help the Northwest during the spring, when sometimes there is more wind and hydroelectric power than the region can absorb. The combination of heavy runoff from melting snow and a large amount of wind, which often blows at night when demand for electricity is low, can spike power production in the region. Power system managers have a few options to keep the regional power grid stable in such a situation, including reducing power generation or storing the excess power supply. Energy storage technologies such as compressed air energy storage can help the region make the most of its excess clean energy production.

Working with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, BPA will now use the performance and economic data from the study to perform an in-depth analysis of the net benefits compressed air energy storage could bring to the Pacific Northwest. The results could be used by one or more regional utilities to develop a commercial compressed air energy storage demonstration project.

The $790,000 joint feasibility study was funded by BPA's Technology Innovation Office, PNNL and several project partners: Seattle City Light, Washington State University Tri-Cities, GreenFire Energy, Snohomish County Public Utility District, Dresser-Rand, Puget Sound Energy, Ramgen Power Systems, NW Natural, Magnum Energy and Portland General Electric.

REFRENCE: BP McGrail, JE Cabe, CL Davidson, FS Knudsen, DH Bacon, MD Bearden, MA Chamness, JA Horner, SP Reidel, HT Schaef, FA Spane, PD Thorne, "Techno-economic Performance Evaluation of Compressed Air Energy Storage in the Pacific Northwest," February 2013, http://caes.pnnl.gov/pdf/PNNL-22235.pdf.

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE SITES

Columbia Hills Site

? Location: north of Boardman, Ore., on Washington side of Columbia River

? Plant type: Conventional, which pairs compressed air storage with a natural gas power plant.

? Power generation capacity: 207 megawatts

? Energy storage capacity: 231 megawatts

? Estimated levelized power cost: as low as 6.4 cents per kilowatt-hour

? Would work well for frequent energy storage

? Continuous storage for up to 40 days

Yakima Minerals Site

? Location: 10 miles north of Selah, Wash.

? Plant type: Hybrid, which pairs geothermal heat with compressed air storage

? Power generation capacity: 83 megawatts

? Energy storage capacity: 150 megawatts

? Estimated levelized power cost: as low as 11.8 cents per kilowatt-hour

? No greenhouse gas emissions

? Potential for future expansion

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Friars pound Nationals, force series split

By BERNIE WILSON

AP Sports Writer

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updated 7:26 p.m. ET May 19, 2013

SAN DIEGO (AP) - After losing to Stephen Strasburg on Thursday night and then blowing an extra-inning game Friday night, the San Diego Padres righted themselves rather nicely against the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals.

Andrew Cashner pitched 6 2-3 strong innings and Kyle Blanks and Will Venable homered off Dan Haren to lead the Padres to a 13-4 victory Sunday and a split of their four-game series.

"It's huge. They have probably one of the best rotations in baseball, let alone lineups," Cashner said. `'That's a really, really good team over there. After we lost the first two we definitely played better the last two games."

After Eric Stults outpitched Jordan Zimmermann on Saturday night, the Padres got to Haren early on Sunday. The Padres tied their season high in runs and their 15 hits against four Nationals pitchers were two short of their season high.

"It was good to bounce back in beating Zimmermann, who is arguably the best pitcher in the National League right now. That was a big win last night," San Diego manager Bud Black said.

"Then to come back today against Haren, who's a great competitor. We got to him early and got him there in the middle part of the game with a couple big swings. Good for our guys. It was a good win."

San Diego's Yonder Alonso homered off Drew Storen leading off the eighth to finish 3 for 4 with two RBIs and three runs scored. It was his sixth homer.

Everth Cabrera and rookie Jedd Gyorko each had two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored. Cabrera had three stolen bases to give him a major league-leading 18.

"We're swinging really good right now and we're seeing the ball so good right now," Cabrera said. "It feels great. I'm happy."

Cashner (3-2) allowed three runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked one.

He retired the first seven Nationals batters and the Padres jumped on Haren for three runs in the first.

"Cash carried that momentum all the way through the game," Black said. "I thought he did a nice job with the fastball-change combination. He wobbled very little. I thought he was in control of the game and pitched very well."

The Nationals have lost six of nine.

Haren (4-5) got off to a rough start by allowing three runs in the first inning and was gone after the fourth-run fifth. Haren allowed nine hits while striking out five and walking two.

With the Padres leading 3-2, Venable opened the fifth with a shot deep into the stands in right field, his sixth. Haren retired the next two batters before Alonso doubled to left-center and scored on Gyorko's single to left.

Blanks then lined Haren's next pitch an estimated 383 feet off the side of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner for a 7-2 lead. It was his third.

"Way too many mistakes," Haren said. "I didn't feel good out there. I didn't have much. I made a bunch of mistakes in the first inning. I kept it close for a while but you can't keep leaving balls out over the plate to a professional lineup. I kept fighting myself. I was working behind in the count too much, which is a recipe for disaster."

The Padres scored three runs against Haren in the first on three hits and a walk. Carlos Quentin and Gyorko had RBI doubles and Alonso a sacrifice fly.

The Nationals pulled to 3-2 in the fourth on Ryan Zimmerman's two-run homer that went an estimated 414 feet into the second deck in left, his third. Steve Lombardozzi was aboard on a leadoff infield single after his hard smash went off Cashner's glove. Cashner was knocked backward by the impact. He stayed in the game.

The Padres scored five runs on four hits, two walks and a sacrifice fly off Ryan Mattheus in the seventh. Cabrera had a two-run single.

"Very disappointing," Washington manager Davey Johnson said. "I hate to even talk about that one today. We didn't pitch very well. We got back in the ballgame but Haren obviously didn't have his stuff. The bullpen didn't do it. Tough day."

NOTES: The Padres had a season-high five stolen bases. ... Washington's Adam LaRoche hit an RBI single in the seventh to extend his career-best hitting streak to 16 games. ... Nationals OF Bryce Harper sat out a second straight game with a bruised left knee from his collision with the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium last Monday night. .... Haren's poor start ended a string of nine consecutive games in which Washington starters allowed two or fewer earned runs. ... The Nationals open a three-game series at San Francisco on Monday night. LHP Zach Duke (0-0, 8.40) is scheduled to start against RHP Ryan Vogelsong (1-4, 8.06). Duke is slated to make his first start since July 10, 2011, at St. Louis. ... The Padres continue their homestand with a three-game series against St. Louis that starts Monday night. The Cardinals are scheduled to start RHP Shelby Miller (5-2, 1.40) vs. RHP Jason Marquis (5-2, 3.49).

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