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Lehman Brothers Holdings raised $4 billion of capital Tuesday in a deal that could boost Lehman's outstanding share count by about 15 percent, but could also stop questions about the investment bank's stability.
Lehman's shares rose 10.2 percent, as the offering assured the market that the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank had the support of major investors.
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Lehman said the convertible preferred securities were priced with a dividend yield of 7.25 percent and their principal can be used to buy common shares at $49.87, or a 32.49 percent premium to their closing price Monday.
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Prisoner of the State
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Gives readers a front row seat to the secret inner workings of China's government. It is the story of Premier Zhao Ziyang, who tried to stop the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, and was dethroned for his efforts.
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Adi Ignatius
It was an exhilarating moment for China and the world. In late 1987, at the end of a spirited Communist Party Congress that seemed to propel China on a more progressive course, a new team of leaders emerged, led by a preternaturally tranquil man named Zhao Ziyang.
Zhao wasn't an unknown: after an impressive career in the provinces guiding the first, baby steps of China's recovery from Mao Zedong's lethally unsuccessful economic experiments, Zhao had been summoned to Beijing in 1980 and was soon named Premier, responsible for the economy.
Yet now he was being elevated to the most senior position in China's leadership: General Secretary of the Party. Since he was only sixty-eight years old — a mere child among China's leaders — he had to deal with an older generation of Party veterans who lacked official titles but nonetheless wielded ultimate authority. But the supreme leader of those octogenarians, Deng Xiaoping, had given Zhao the keys to the republic. It was his time to shine.
Zhao was unlike any previous Chinese leader. When the new inner core, the Standing Committee of the Politburo, appeared at the end of that Congress in 1987 for an unprecedented face-to-face with the international press corps at the Great Hall of the People, Zhao beamed with a relaxed confidence. He seemed to signal that China was ready to join the world, that it had begun a process of transforming not just its economy but also its tightfisted politics.
For the first time in memory, the entire Standing Committee appeared in Western attire, their Mao suits stashed away for this photo op aimed at telling the developed West that China was comfortable on stage. When a reporter commented on Zhao's impressive double-breasted pinstripe suit, Zhao, with a big grin, playfully pulled open the jacket to show off a lapel that indicated: made in China. A new era seemed to be at hand.
Over the next two years, however, things would spin out of control, for China and for Zhao. Missteps on the economy led to a rampant inflation that unnerved China's citizens and opened the door for China's more cautious leaders to seize authority and reimpose central controls.
And then, in April 1989, the Tiananmen protests erupted. By the time they were suppressed, less than two months later, Zhao was out of power and under house arrest in his home on a quiet alley in Beijing. China's most promising change agent had been disgraced, along with the policies he stood for.
Zhao spent the last sixteen years of his life, up until his death in 2005, in seclusion. An occasional detail about his life would slip out: reports of a golf excursion, a photo of his aging visage, a leaked letter to China's leaders. But China scholars often lamented that Zhao never had his final say, that he didn't leave his take on what really happened behind the scenes during the tumultuous years that he was in Beijing and, in particular, in 1989 during the Tiananmen protests, when he stood up to China's conservative forces and lost.
The fact is, Zhao did produce such a memoir, in complete secrecy. This book is the first time it is being made public.
Zhao, it turns out, methodically recorded his thoughts and recollections on some of modern China's most critical moments. He talked of the Tiananmen crackdown, of his clashes behind the scenes with his powerful rivals, of the often petty bickering that lay behind policy making, of how China had to evolve politically to achieve long-term stability.
Somehow, under the nose of his captors, Zhao found a way to record about thirty tapes, each about sixty minutes long. Judging from their contents, they were made around the year 2000. Members of his family say they knew nothing about the project. Zhao produced these audio journals mostly by recording over some low-quality cassette tapes that were lying around the house: kids' music and Peking Opera. He indicated their order by numbering them with faint pencil markings. There were no titles or other notes. The first few recordings, covering Tiananmen and other topics he was eager to address — like allegations that Zhao had backstabbed his predecessor, Hu Yaobang, when Hu had been forced out of power in 1987 — seem to have been made in discussion with friends. Their voices are heard on the tapes but have been edited out to protect them and their families' security.
When Zhao finished the recordings after about two years, he found a way to pass tapes to several trusted friends. Each was given only a portion of the total recordings, clearly an attempt to hedge the risk that the tapes might be lost or confiscated. When Zhao died in 2005, some of the people who knew of the recordings launched a complex, clandestine effort to gather the materials in one place and then transcribe them for publication. Later, another set of the tapes, perhaps the originals, was found, hidden in plain view among the grandchildren's toys in Zhao's study. The audio recordings themselves have been returned to Zhao's family, who will decide how they should be preserved. Clips of the recordings will be released to the public upon the release of this book.
Prisoner of the State is a nearly complete presentation of Zhao's recorded journal. The book does not follow Zhao's precise sequence. Some chunks were rearranged and others trimmed to eliminate repetition and for greater readability. For instance, we open with sections that deal with the Tiananmen protests and crackdown of 1989 and with Zhao's many years under house arrest. We begin each chapter with brief editors' notes, in italics, to help set the stage for readers who aren't familiar with what was happening in China at the time. We also have inserted material throughout the book in brackets and footnotes to provide added clarity. Wherever these appear, these are our words, not Zhao's.
Although Zhao gave no instructions as to how or when the materials might be published or otherwise used, he clearly wanted his story to survive. Here's what he says at the start of Part 1, which covers the events leading up to the Tiananmen Massacre of June 4, 1989: "I jotted down some notes about the events surrounding the June Fourth incident because I was worried that I might start forgetting some of the specifics. I hoped that it might serve as a kind of historical record."
What is the significance of this journal? Above all, it is the first time that a leader of Zhao's stature in China has spoken frankly about life at the top. He provides an intimate look at one of the world's most opaque regimes. We learn about the triumphs and failures, the boasts and insecurities, of the man who tried to bring liberal change to China, and who made every effort to stop the Tiananmen Massacre. This is Zhao's version of history, and he perhaps was making his arguments for a future generation of leaders who may revisit his case and decide whether he should be rehabilitated in the memory of the Party, and of the nation.
The power structure that Zhao describes is chaotic, often bumbling. Competing factions rush to win over paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, whose nods of assent or rejection resonate through society as if handed down from an oracle. In this narrative, Deng is a conflicted figure who urges Zhao to move quickly with economic reforms but consistently fights back against anything that seems to challenge the Party's supremacy. He is at times portrayed not as the authority, but as a puppet, subject to manipulation by Zhao or his rivals, depending on who presents his case first. Zhao reflects on comments he made to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that upset Deng. His assumption, based on years in the inner circle, is that Deng could not have had such a reaction simply on his own: "I have yet to learn who it was or how that person managed to provoke Deng."
The China that Zhao portrays is not some long-lost dynasty. It is today's China, where the nation's leaders accept economic freedom but continue to intimidate and arrest anyone who tries to speak openly about political change. Although the central figures of Zhao's narrative have mostly passed from the scene, the system itself and its habits have not evolved. At the end of 2008, more than three hundred Chinese activists, marking the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, jointly signed Charter 08, a document that called on the Party to reform its political system and allow freedom of expression and an independent judiciary. Beijing responded as it always has: by interrogating many of the signatories and arresting some, including prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo.
China is still a nation where the Party's obsession with self-perpetuation drives its public behavior, and where patriotic voices that don't narrowly conform are silenced. That has consequences far beyond the political sphere. In 2003, when the deadly SARs virus began to spread in China, officials initially resorted to form by trying to control the news and cover up the extent of the problem. That lack of candor may have exposed many thousands more to possible infection.
This journal isn't comprehensive. It doesn't deal with Zhao's long and productive career, only the tumultuous three years before he fell from power. Yet his impressive achievements and the reputation he developed are worth remembering.
Zhao's rise to power traces to his success running economic policy in the provinces. Though born in Henan Province, he built his career in Guangdong, where he became Party chief in 1965 at the remarkably tender age of forty-six. Like countless other officials, he was purged during the Cultural Revolution; he was assigned the relatively menial task of being a fitter at the Xiangzhong Mechanics Factory in Hunan Province. Zhao Wujun, the youngest of his four sons (there is also one daughter), worked with him. The family lived in a small apartment nearby with a suitcase in the middle of the living room that served as the dinner table.
Zhao's return from exile shows the high regard Beijing's leaders had for him. As Zhao once described it to friends, in April 1971 the Zhao family was suddenly roused in the middle of the night by a banging at the door. Without explanation, the factory's Party chief informed Zhao that he was to go at once to Changsha, the provincial capital. The factory's only means of transport was a three-wheeled motorcycle, which was quickly readied to take him.
Zhao was driven to Changsha's airport, where a plane had been prepared to fly him to Beijing. Still unaware of what was happening, he boarded the plane; it landed in Beijing, and he was driven to the well-appointed Beijing Hotel. Zhao said he didn't sleep all night; after his years in the political wilderness, the mattress was too soft.
In the morning, he was taken for a meeting with Premier Zhou Enlai at the Great Hall of the People. When they met, Zhao began a speech he had been preparing all night: "I have been rethinking the Cultural Revolution during these years as a laborer — " Zhou cut him off and told him, "You've been called to Beijing because the Central Committee has decided to name you as a deputy Party chief of Inner Mongolia."
Zhao later learned that Chairman Mao himself had been responsible for his return from political exile. Mao one day had suddenly asked an attendant, Whatever happened to Zhao Ziyang? When he was told that Zhao had been purged and sent to the countryside as a laborer, Mao expressed his displeasure with the excesses of the purification effort he had launched with the Cultural Revolution: "Purging every single person? That's not what I want..." With that, Zhao Ziyang was rehabilitated.
Zhao held top jobs in several provinces and won widespread praise for finding solutions to the economic paralysis left over from Mao's collectivization. He became the Party leader in Sichuan Province in 1975 and launched ambitious changes in the countryside that increased agricultural output and farmers' wealth. His success prompted locals to say "yao chi liang, zhao Ziyang," a wordplay on his name that translates roughly as "If you want to eat, look for Ziyang."
Unlike many other high-ranking officials, Zhao had a reputation for pragmatism, for taking care of business. He couldn't stand having people do things for him. Before he was purged for the final time in 1989, there was an evening when he was having trouble sleeping. The Party's service bureau sent over a doctor to give him massages to help him rest. After a few visits, Zhao had them stopped. Asked why, he said, "The first thing this doctor did each time he came was to kneel down on the floor and take off my shoes. I couldn't stand it." Zhao never seemed to warm to the isolation of Zhongnanhai, the Party's fortified compound in the center of Beijing. When he'd meet people from outside China's inner circle, he'd excitedly ask, "What's the latest news out there?"
But if Zhao was a rule breaker, he was also a man of discipline. Whereas his predecessor as Party chief, Hu Yaobang, was indiscreet (an incautious interview with a Hong Kong journalist may ultimately have cost him his job), Zhao was circumspect and mindful of the potential fallout from every step he took. That rigor extended to his personal life as well. For years when he worked in the provinces, friends urged him to quit smoking. Finally, in 1980 when he was about to become Premier, he changed his mind. "Okay, it's time," he told friends. He never smoked again. (He did continue to drink, however, and had a reputation for being able to handle large quantities; a friend says Zhao had no trouble tossing back six mao-tais over a dinner.)
His years in the provinces were surely his happiest. In Beijing, Deng charged him with leading reforms — first in the economy, and later in politics. But China couldn't easily adapt to dramatic change, and when things got too shaky, Deng opted for stability. He sacrificed his two most liberal lieutenants: first Hu, then Zhao. Dreams of a broad political awakening in China were put on hold.
Zhao's account of his final years is dignified, yet sad. Under house arrest, he could do little but obsess over events, rewinding the clock to pore over the technicalities of the Party's official case against him. From the outside it could be argued that he was handled gently, at least compared with earlier, violent purges of communist officials. He wasn't put in jail, and the Party eventually lost interest in trying to tear him down. But his captors succeeded in keeping him out of view and making him irrelevant, throwing up enough obstacles to deter all but the most determined visitors. As Zhao says in this journal, "The entrance to my home is a cold, desolate place."
Scholars will no doubt wish to compare Zhao's memoir with other accounts of that era. For one thing, he contradicts the widely held belief that the decision in 1989 to call in the military to crack down on student demonstrators was put to a formal vote of the Politburo Standing Committee. Zhao attests otherwise: there was no vote. For Zhao it's a critical detail, since a proper vote could have lent the decision an air of procedural legitimacy. Zhao explains his own defiance in the clearest of terms: "I refused to become the General Secretary who mobilized the military to crack down on students."
Just after the decision was made to call in the army — and aware that his own political career was probably finished — Zhao made a remarkable visit to the seething Tiananmen Square to speak with the student protesters. (Hearing that Zhao was making the trip, his rival, Premier Li Peng, tagged along. Zhao says Li was "terrified" and quickly fled the scene.) Accompanied in the end by director of the General Office Wen Jiabao, who would later become China's Premier, a teary Zhao spoke to students through a bullhorn. "We have come too late," he said, urging students to leave the square to avoid a violent outcome. They didn't heed his words. Around two weeks later, the tanks were unleashed, and hundreds of demonstrators were killed.
Though he was the main voice at the top articulating a gentle response to the protests, Zhao is largely forgotten today. For three years after Tiananmen, China stagnated under the repressive shadow of the Massacre. But then Deng Xiaoping, mindful of his own legacy, made a celebrated trip to China's vibrant southern region and sounded a call to free up economic policy and let people get rich. The result is a China with a booming economy and a repressive government. If Zhao had survived politically — that is, if the hard line hadn't prevailed on Tiananmen — he might have been able to steer China's political system toward more openness and tolerance. His ultimate aim was a strong economy, but he had become convinced that this goal was inextricably linked to the development of democracy.
Zhao's call to begin lifting the Party's control over China's life — to let a little freedom into the public square — is remarkable coming from a man who had once dominated that square. Although Zhao now speaks from the grave, his voice has the moral power to make China sit up and listen.Preface copyright © 2009 by Adi Ignatius

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The word Advent is from the Latin adventus, which means coming, and is celebrated during the 4 weeks of preparing our hearts for Christmas as we celebrate the miraculous birth Jesus.
Advent is a time of spiritual preparation and this email is your opportunity for musical preparation as it contains the plans for the next 5 weeks including Advent, Christmas & Epiphany.
If you plan to sing or play on Sunday, you have a choice of either rehearsing on Wed at 7:30pm or Sat at 9am. If you plan to rehearse THIS Wed, PLEASE reply ASAP to this post as I won't be there if no one signs up.
Solos & Duets - Also, as usual, I strongly encourage and welcome solos & duets at this time of year. I've already spoken to one of our new high school youth about singing. Let me know if you have a special Christmas song you'd like to song or if you'd like me to help you choose one.
Will You Sing When I Sing? - Also, reply or post if you will be here on Sunday, January 1. I'm thinking about doing the service with just a small group or even just me, but I'd like to know who's available before I decide.
Songs for Sunday, December 11 2016
Opening Song - Angels from the Realms of Glory - LSB 367
Christmas Offering (Baloche)
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- www.leadworship.com/media/offering_christmas.mp3
Offering: Christmas is Coming (NEW - see earlier email for files)
The Advent of our King - LSB 331 v 1, 4, 5, 6
Hark the Glad Sound - LSB 349 v 1-4
O Little Town of Bethlehem - LSB 361
Closing: Joy to the World - LSB 387
Next Week: December 18 2016
Opening: Christmas is Coming (2nd Time - see earlier email for files)
Special Music: Choir sings 2 songs from the Cantata
Angels We Have Heard on High - LSB 368
Offering: Oh, What a Glorious Night (NEW - see earlier email for files)
Lord's Prayer (Away in the Manger version)
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing - LSB 380
Christmas Day - Sunday, December 25 2016 - (10am service only) - No Praise Team
New Year's Day - Sunday, January 1 2017 - (Who will be here?)
Joy to the World - LSB 387
Welcome to Our World (Rice) - Key=D
Offering: Oh, What a Glorious Night (2nd Time - see earlier email for files)
Closing: Go Tell It on the Mountain - LSB 388
Sunday, January 8 2017 - Epiphany - Officer Installation
Opening Song - Angels from the Realms of Glory - LSB 367
Babe in a Manger (with Silent Night)
Offering: Your Great Name
What Child is This? - LSB 370
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - LSB 366
Gentle Mary Laid Her Child - LSB 374
Sending Song: As With Gladness Men of Old - LSB 397
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Pastor Kevin Bueltmann
12/6/2016 02:12:11 pm
I'll be there Wed (if people sign up) & Sat & Sunday
Shari Duval
12/6/2016 03:00:44 pm
Of the weeks listed in the email, I will only be available the weekend of December 18th due to my work schedule and a Valpo wedding the first weekend of January.
Carol Breedlove
12/6/2016 04:09:08 pm
I can practice Wednesday or Saturday so let me know which one to come to. Thanks!!
Pastor Kevin
12/6/2016 04:19:04 pm
Carol, You should come on Saturday since that's the day Curtis will be there so you guys can work on Communion songs together.
12/6/2016 11:33:49 pm
We will be there for Saturday practice--prefer not to practice Wed. We will be in KS on 1/1/
Rachel Fox
12/7/2016 06:04:04 am
I can do Wed. rehearsal if you decide to have it. I will be there on Saturday 12/9. I will be in town on 1/1 as well. Also, I would like to do a solo/duet if you are ok with that. I was thinking Breathe of Heaven. Its one of my favorites. Let me know what you think.
Pastor Kevin
12/7/2016 09:38:59 am
Rachel, since no one else has signed up for Wed (tonight) just plan to be there on Saturday 12/10. That would be great! to have you do Breath of Heaven! When would you like to do that? You could choose a Sunday before or after Christmas or even Christmas Eve.
Scott Stewart
12/9/2016 07:31:25 pm
I can make Saturday for practice, see you in the morning.
Don Lutz
12/16/2016 07:09:10 pm
Not sure how this works. Are Sheila and I needed for Sunday?
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Taste The Difference! I didn't....
Monday, October 04, 2010
Festival Food
Having a restaurant in France, I can tell you that a strike day is wonderful for restaurant owners. Everyone take the streets, protesting from 10am and then at 12, take a long boozy lunch before starting the afternoon march.
Only when the day finishes, they all meet again in restaurants for long arguments on how the day has been or what will be the next day of strike!
Early September when striking was on everybody lip in France we made our best day ever at the Voyageur Nissart (taking wise). Today with a massive tube strike we did our worst day ever at Gauthier.
We need to educate British Tube Strikers.
I wonder what Bob Crowe had for lunch today?
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Visitors and critics
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Foie Gras Apple-Sultanas
Crispy Herbs Caramel
Calvados Reduction Deglazed with Verjus
Scottish Scallops & Girolles
Parsley Cream, Garlic & Crunchy Granny Smith
Light Crustacean Dressing
Salsify & Curry
Light Curry sauce & Mango Chutney
Autumn Truffle Risotto
Chicken Jus Reduction & Brown Butter
Cut Of Welsh Lamb
Autumn Vegetables from Secrett's Farm
Classic Pommes Dauphines
Garlic & Lamb Jus
Slowly Baked Icelandic Cod
Marinated with Soya & Sugar
Braised Celeriac & Leeks
Lime Aromatic Jus
Light Herb Millefeuille
Wild Mushrooms & Almond-Tofu
Crunchy Pear & Port Jus
Golden Louis XV
Crunchy Pralin & Gold
Warm Apple & Caramel
Crumble Chiboust
Caramel Ice
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Recap of Summer
It is almost surreal as how fast time flies!
Thursday, July 08, 2010
back in Bangkok
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Today's Vegetable Menu
Green Asparagus
Sautéed Mousserons Mushrooms
The asparagus are quickly pan-fried in olive oil without coloration with salt. Then we add ½ a glass of water and cover.
They cook for 4 minutes.
When the lid is removed the entire liquid has disappear back into the asparagus.
The asparagus are bright green and look shiny and tender.
In another pan, we turn the butter brown and quickly pan fry the mousserron mushrooms.
It is vital that the pan is large enough so the mushrooms concentrate their taste within the brown butter.
Otherwise, the mousserron release their water and the whole thing turns bitter.
We plate the asparagus and put the mushrooms over it.
Easy & simple but delicious.
Light Green Pea Velouté
Soya marinated Tofu
Peas are prepared everyday- we keep the pods.
Peas are quickly washed and pan fry with nothing more than olive oil, salt and water.
We cook them for 3 minutes- that's all.
We add some ice cube and blend very quickly.
Meanwhile we boil the pods for 10 minutes. Then we blend them and add the pod'jus to the pea.
We taste the soup and keep in fridge for at least 3 hours on ice. It must be very very cold.
We always buy the softest Japanes Tofu- we slice it and marinate it with fresh gratted ginger, lime jus and skin, sweet soya sauce, fleur de sel and olive oil.
We sometimes add a spoon of caster sugar- not always- depends of my mood. (Humm...., the Michelin inspector may not like that- maybe I should not write that!)
Then we cut the tofu in thick cubes and put it at the bottom of the soup plate.
We pour the soup over the tofu infront of our guest.
The sweet pea mixed with the soft texture of the tofu is quite special. Then comes the bite from the ginger and lime.
Perfect with peas.
Monday, June 07, 2010
Bloody Mondays-
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Late Spring....
Monday, May 31, 2010
A really crazy week end
That mean a crazy Sunday at the restaurant.
Voyageur Nissart is very well know amongst Nicois & Sunday lunch is often packed with families enjoying the restaurant' simple cooking.
Yesterday was really different- It was mother's day.
There are 2 things that you do on mother's day. First you buy flowers, then you bring your mother and family to your favourite place to eat.
The rush arrived around 12.30, when the mass was said and aperitifs had been finished.
They all wanted to eat at the same time- mega rush in kitchen and dining room.
It was hell: orders after orders- nobody wanted to wait- extra Panisses here; more polenta for this table; who took the pudding order for table 14?; did we charge the extra bottle of Badoit on 16?
When 4pm arrived, the restaurant looked like a mess and everyone had left towards the Promenade des Anglais for some fresh sea breeze.
The restaurant had to be reset; the kitchen had to start another daube and some more lemon tarts.
Last night was also crazy- restaurant filled twice between 7pm and 10.30pm
When I called at midnight, Daniel was exhausted but felt like his mission was accomplished.
42 available seats- over 130 covers during the day. Not your typical Sunday!
Tables in please- the day is over!
Well done to everyone at Voyageur Nissart.
Meanwhile in London, I was enjoying reading our upcoming review in Time Out when I saw, by accident, a tweet from Harden's guide questioning the integrity of Giles Coren review of our restaurant in Saturday Times.
I just couldn't believe my eyes. Harden's got something- but I don't know what it is?????
I thought very hard but I don't remember turning down any of the Harden brothers advances? ...or maybe I did- but that would mean that they were just really ugly and not sexy.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Ups & Downs
This week is ending and it was a real roller coaster.
Firstly, I was told off by Antony- our very clever & young PR- for posting light jokes on my blog about very serious Food Critics. So I removed it- too dangerous.
Then, I was trashed by some bitter half baked brothers who have been spending the last 20 years CCing a very famous and respectable food guide. Their review was nausea and full of painful hits. They even managed to put words in other critics mouth- not very clever I thought; again Antony said not to be upset and to move on. So I did- well almost.
I concentrated on fine tuning the operation; trying and trying and trying recipes.
tasting food- tasting food- again and again.
Meanwhile the restaurant has been full everyday- which is a good sign.
Lunch is still a bit slow but I can feel that it is going to happen. Already repeat business- days after days.
Tuesday was photo shot at the restaurant for Jamie Magazine- I should be writing their recipes rather than writing this blog- but I can't help myself-I need to get the things out of my head.
Friday was photo shot for our web site and our own library.
Cath (the photograph) came and did some amazing pictures. It is funny how you get hook by someones pictures. 6 months ago I did not know her at all. She came to Roussillon and did the most amazing portrait I have ever seen. She took the cutest pictures of Roberto- and that is an achievement. Roberto's personality was all over her pictures.
Then I asked Cath to come and take pictures of the restaurant.
It is quite funny the way she works:
It always seem that she is just half prepared- camera in hand- and very quickly take pictures.
If you don't know her, you very quickly come to the conclusion that she is not doing her job properly; instead it is her style- she works like that! And the result is unbelievable. She is dead gifted. She has the eyes.
But where she excels is in her food photo shoot. I don't know if she realised how good she is- but she gets everything right: angle, colour, definition.... everything in perfect osmosis.
I feel very lucky to have met her.
And I was going to forget the amazing review we had from Giles Coren in the Saturday Times.
Couldn't ask for a better review.
Merci Giles.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Bangkok is reopening!
Tee had been stuck in his flat above the restaurant; he did not get out for almost 2 weeks; the area was a no go area and snipers were on top of of every building targeting whoever would dare crossing some streets. The chaos was falling onto Bangkok and the army could not find a way to stop the red shirts. It is now over (for the moment!)
After a week-end of cleaning, the area is starting to get a new life- street food vendors are back during the day and today was the first day at work for many workers in the Saladeng area.
Tee has been designing his menu and the 24hours market is starting tonight.
Fresh greens from north east are pouring into Bangkok- choice would have never be that fresh!
The huge prawns will all be really alive and the pigs and snakes are being slaughtered- as I write this blog.
Let's look forward to making La Table de Tee once again the most exciting place to eat in Bangkok!
Meanwhile in Nice, Max is breaking all the records!
May has never be that busy- 250 covers in 3 days- not a bad week end!
It is good not to have your eggs in the same basket.
Monday, May 17, 2010
A week into the opening.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Wind & Waves
We are getting into the busiest months of the year. The Cannes film festival is starting in 6 days time and that is followed by the Monaco Grand Prix. I am slightly worry that with such a bad weather, visitors are not going to spend much time in the area. I am also worry that our usual Italian clients are going to give a miss to their usual trip to the Riviera!
It seems as nothing is certain those days; we are going thru a very weird patch. Uncertain times ahead everywhere- and the weather is not helping.
The good news is that we are spending the day cooking- youpi!!!!!
I can't wait to touch the vegetables!
I can't wait to prepare the asparagus, mousserons, girolles....
I can't wait to taste my consomme, infusions, marinade...
I can't wait to try my new toys: blender, bath, pacojet.....
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Countdown has really started...
Monday, May 03, 2010
Waiting at tables.....
I sometimes wonder if I should have been a host rather than a chef. When I left hotellerie school, I decided to spend some times in kitchens. I was told that in order to be an excellent restaurant manager, you should be an excellent cook. So I embarked on a chef's journey and never looked back.
Only last year, when we took over Voyageur Nissart in Nice, did I start working in the dining room again . I just loved it!
Welcoming customers , taking their orders, making sure that their experience was worth what they were paying for...
But my favourite part was to explain dishes! I got into very detailed explanation of recipes;
I was purposely using very technical terms and was always giving them tips on Nicoise cuisine. Some were puzzled by the extend of the details; other were fascinated; no one knew I was a chef!
Sunday, May 02, 2010
News from la Table de Tee
Game Room
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Restaurant Spine
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Chairs & dust
This morning, a massive truck pulled in front of my house- the driver from Tcheque Republic told Clive that he had 800+kilos of chairs to be delivered at my home adress! wrong adress and 1 week too early- flooring is not finished at the restaurant- the carpenter is still sanding; dust is everywhere....
So the driver drove all the way to Soho and delivered the chairs.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Neighbours and smell
News from the front...
The usual non stop traffic is now non existent.
La Table de Tee has been closed for 2 days and we have had to ask most of the staff not to comeback until the area is safe.
The other parts of Bangkok are full of army personnel checking who is doing what.
I read in this morning newspaper that the prime minister had rejected the offer of a dissolution; the army is going to end all of this with gun.
We all expect carnage in the streets of Bangkok and that makes me really sad.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Piercing & Tattoo
Most of our future wine suppliers have been coming to the restaurant for the last few days. They all share our hopes and are very supportive- above my expectations.
Meanwhile, Damian is busy trying to create a relaxing and chic dining room. He has also started interviewing our future waiters & waitresses. Recruiting for a restaurant in Soho is nothing to compare with recruiting for a restaurant in Pimlico. Our staff need to reflect Soho diversity and also its eccentricity- so get ready for a few piercing & tattoos.
Tears & Bombs
The tough hours were behind me.
I walked Oxford street, passed Liberty and walked back to the restaurant via the side Soho streets. The sun was shinning and the sky started to look, again, like a congested sky motorway!
When I stepped into my office, Gerard was intensively looking at the computer; he saw me and told me:
Did you hear what happened in Bangkok?
I didn't know was he was talking about;
Bombs have exploded at Saladeng Station! 3 dead-100 injured.
Saladeng station is exactly where our restaurant in Bangkok is situated!
Gerard and I bought a restaurant for our protégé chef- Tee Kachornklin- called La Table de Tee.
It is probably the best restaurant in the Saladeng area and despite having been open for just under a year, business is really good.
Last week Tee told us that the red shirts had started to move closer to Sillom road and saladeng road. We did not worry, thinking that they will be deterred by the army. Wrong!
Red shirts are fighting for the restoration of democracy. The current government is fighting for the end of corruption. 2 good causes. 2 sides with conviction.
Sadly behind each side there is the interest of a few minorities pulling strings!
Now the King needs to step in or blood is going to flow in the streets of Bangkok... and our restaurant will never survive the chaos.
Not a bad day is it?
Thursday, April 22, 2010
A day to forget
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Menu dilemna
Soho is no Pimlico and I must reflect what Soho is all about in my menu.
It should be straight forward, relax and to the point- without the fuss.
Price wise, It should reflect my feeling toward gastronomic restaurant:
I just detest restaurant where I feel I am being overcharged. I think that having a Tasting menu for £75 or up is just daylight robbery! All our suppliers will be helping us to succeed when we start- we must pass the savings to our customers.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
First trial---exciting
The organisation was very slick; there was a bar in the kitchen where a very clever Canadian girl was mixing cocktails- the Saint Tropez cooler is exceptionnal= Ginger beer + Lime + Cognac
The meal went very well- if slightly under pressured in order to make sure that every single plate would be identical.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Builders and dust
I can't wait for the day when I will see the back of this dust squad. They seem to love it. They sand and sand and sand all day long...I need to be strong; I know that it will soon be a bad memory.
Meanwhile, the building work is coming along nicely. First floor dining room almost finished- ground floor needs another day of painting; cellar needs to be build (ouch! that takes a long time)- private dining rooms need to make feel even more private; toilets need to be started....etc
We are not open yet!
Gerard is back from his holiday and I feel a lot better. I am kind of weird when he is not around.We tend to talk to each other on the phone at least 10 times a day- and this has been going on for the last 12 years. I can see much clearer when he is around.
He only had 2 hours break today, but he came to see me at the restaurant; gave me his point of view on different issues and we talked about strategy. Sometimes his intelligence really impress me- and that is quite reassuring.
I am going home early tonight.
I was out last night to the Streetsmart party at The Groucho Club- too much Champagne is bad for me. Good party and very nice & chatty people.
After that we went for supper at Rosa's (again); it was packed and I was really thrilled for them. They deserve to be full= good food; gracious service and Thai smile. What more do you need in a restaurant? Oh! and the price is still ridiculously low.....
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Pad Thai & Macaroons
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Back after easter week end
I told her that usually chefs stay 3 to 4 years in a restaurant and then move on.
I have spent the day trying to install my HP printer- without success. I also tried to design a mini-bar for our tasting room; It reminded me that a few years ago I designed a bar for Roussillon- we ordered it but was never delivered!
The carpet has been laid down in our offices and I have started to put my wonderful Ikea offices.
I have divided the offices in 2= 1 creative office where we will, hopefully develop ideas, recipes, products.... for Lindsay House, Voyageur Nissart & La Table de Tee.
The other office is the account- they should never be mixed together.
I'll take some pictures tomorrow.
Barcelona- Arsenal tonight! I need to go.
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Last service at Roussillon
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
More Antics....
I have found some really fascinating stuff: Silver forks for Sardines only; serving trays in silver exclusively for white asparagus (!); gold platted carving knives...
The highlight of my finding was a set of beautiful Escoffier dish (for main course garnish)- they were more than 80 years old but looked perfect to me. I bought the whole set.
I have also managed to convince one the antic dealer to show me his collection of German coffee cups- I have already bought the tea cups but he was really reluctant to show me the coffee cups that matched the tea cups. Wednesday morning after 11am only- this German guy can read me like a book- Grrrrrrr....
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Back from the East
A week since being back but I just start to feel normal again.
After a few days, I felt unwell- then I felt really bad- fever and all... A bad flu!
Back to normal now and ready to get on with what's ahead! One minor bad news when I came back: Apparently my Drinking Licence application was not properly put together by my solicitor; Westminster returned it- we had to redo it; 2 weeks delay. Rather than moving in to start work on 20th March; it will have to be early April- My solicitor didn't do his job properly- I make sure to bring this issue when he shows me his bill!
The leak at the restaurant did not seem to have been fully repaired, so I am chasing the agent for repair.
I have found some amazing plates at Islington Antic market; the perfect plate for our Louis XV pudding. I also discovered the most gorgeous 1940's coffee cups- I bought them all.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Dishes from Soup restaurant Singapore
Lunch at Marsilling MRT-
2 lunchs in row in a small shop near Marsilling train station. Roast or steamed chicken are the only things on offers.
My steam chicken is soft and warm; the garnish of pickle cucumber is crunchy yet juicy- the fresh chilly paste doesn't burn and brings a lovely settle kick to the dish.
I don't know how they cook the rice- I suppose they steam it and add some sesame seed oil at the end- not sure. I must try.
Chicken consommé is clear, light and served with some chopped spring onions and coriander leaves. Delicious- as good as any consommé you'll get in a classic gastronomic French restaurant only slight difference is the price: the lunch is S$2.50 per person (£1.10); you know which one is my favourite!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Back to Singapore
The plane is packed- Anais is a nightmare, she can't stop screaming unless we let her run around in the plane- that is what we do and she comes back with a massive bruise under her eye! She now can't stop crying-it seems as everyone in the plane is looking at us.
Now Arthur drops half of its orange juice on the man sitting next to him and they both fall asleep 10 minutes before landing! 2 hours of hell- but it makes good memory!
Singapore is steaming as always. The moment you walk out of the airport- you feel like if someone has forgotten to close to steam oven door! It is 9pm and temperature is around 32degrees. I wish I was in London... well maybe not.
Clive mother has cooked for us tonight- something simple, as she puts it.
It looks like a feast to me.
Sauteed vegetables with garlic and sliced abalone
Steamed fish with lotus roots, spring onion, little chilly and fish broth
Casserole of very soft pork meat, mushrooms, dark soya broth
White & brown rice..
There was also a brown bean soup with chinese herbs- but I was too full to have some.
Everything was masterfully done- but a mother always cook like that when she puts love in her cooking!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Delicious Dim Sum en famille
I have just returned from an amazing Dim Sum. We went to Crystal Jade, a good looking restaurant in Siam Paragon. The place was full- filled with rich Chinese Thai- having lunch en famille.
Dragon Castle is my favourite Chinese restaurant in London; their Dim Sum is exceptional but the one I've just had today was much better. Didn't think it could have been possible.
Everything I had was perfect; the thing that really marked me was the quality of the dough; rice flour dough is not exactly easy to master- it usually turn out too tough (dry-not enough water/ or too wet and you can't control you dough); the one used today had the most exquisite balance: Soft without being chewy; light- meaning that it must have been a nightmare to prepare!
First came the Chinese puff pastry-piping hot with a meat and honey filling-perfect, light, a little sticky with some roasted sesame seeds over it. Arthur couldn't stop eating them! Then pork rib boiled, served with a homemade chilly dressing and thick soya sauce. Didn't look appetizing but I think that it is the all idea- slightly peasant food with the right kick from chilly.
Followed: A Chinese gyosa- ravioli lightly pan-fried- filled with roughly chopped green chards with shallots & a little mince pork= Divine. I remember 15 years ago, at Alain Ducasse restaurant in Monaco, we used to pan fried cepe mushroom ravioli- today's interpretation of Gyosa Chinese style was a masterpiece of taste and texture. There was a slight resistance in your mouth from the pan fried ravioli skin; then came the softness of the chard- the crunchiness of shallots.... Just perfect combination and much better than Ducasse's one.
A plate of roasted duck- soft meat- yet juicy- skin was masterfully done. I have seen Chinese chef preparing the duck skin. They make a hole in the duck neck and blow very strongly with their mouth; the skin comes out of its layer. They quickly deep fry it. The skin is crispy and very, very thin! I recommend the opening of Eat, drink, man, women to understand it....
The rest of the meal was also very good- especially the scallops & spinach dumplings.
I just wish I could cook Chinese food like that.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thai Odyssey, delicious Green Curry and other Thai delicacies...
It was nice to be able to chill out by the pool with the children today; Arthur still refuses to go underwater but his swimming technique is coming along nicely. The weather was quite hot today and the sun was pretty strong. I have been rubbing myself with some 50+ sun protection cream but I managed to get slightly sunburned on my right shoulder-grrrrrr...
I received a phone call today about a flooding in the ground floor dining room of Lindsay House. A flooding between exchange and completion is not exactly ideal. I knew that there was some sort of issue regarding the flat roof in the back of the restaurant. I suspected that water could infiltrate via the air conditioning unit. The landlord confirmed that the leak had been repaired; clearly not. Not sure who will have to pay to fix this. Obviously, I am not going to abort the deal due to the flood; and I have no right to do so. It is just a bit annoying. Let's get it fixed and let's move on.
I had two very good meals today. Both time at the same restaurant= Oakleaf- Naratiwas 24
My crab fired rice for lunch was perfect; juicy, not sticky and with plenty of lime juice over it. I could have eaten a tonne of it-it was as light as a cloud....
Then for dinner I had some steamed meat parcels- soft pork meat with coriander, red chilli, and nuts... served with a soya sauce dressing. The parcel had been done on the day; they were soooo light. I followed with snow fish & spring onion- crunchy onion mixed with the fatty fish flesh- there was a broth served with it- probably rice vinegar + fish sauce + leek+ sugar + soya sauce (again) and fish head consommé. That was very powerful in taste but quite refined texture wise. My main course of Chicken green curry was divine; the green curry sauce was clearly made out of fresh coconut milk- that is the big difference I think with Green curry you can find in London. I did not feel any heaviness in the dish- green curry can be overwhelmingly rich; this one was like a light velouté- the meat was moist and the baby Thai aubergines were not at all bitter. Now I understand this dish a bit better. I have a long way before I understand the entire Thai Food repertoire- I have the rest of my life- no rush; my children who are half Thai have, hopefully, thru their mother a predisposition to understand and enjoy the cuisine of Thailand.
With my silly French roots, I must break a lot of preconception. I wish I had been exposed to other food earlier in my life.
I also, took the children to see Avatar at the IMAX. Another powerful dish was served to my eyes!
Good Night.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Diner at La Table de Tee
Because Tee had been working with us for 6 years, we decided with Gerard to help set up his own restaurant. I came to Bangkok in October & November 2009 to help him with the refurb of the restaurant, the search of suppliers, deciding on colours of walls, shape of plates...etc
I had to leave early November and Gerard came for the opening week. Since then, it has been quite busy. La Table de Tee has been reviewed by many newspapers and magazines- they have all been very good. A full page in Bangkok Post was the highlight of our exposure.
The restaurant can only seat 18 and it is a chef's table concept- so no A la Carte- Tasting Menu for everyone. I went to eat, for the first time, with Clive & Aubrey (my son's former teacher when he was at the New Sathorn International School in Bangkok).
First course: A very Thai salad of prawns & green chard with a rice vinegar dressing and some Sesame seed oil. It was cold and refreshing as a first course. Then we had a clear crustacean consommé infused with lemon grass and lime leaves- a little spicy & as always a dash of white pepper. That was quite a dish- I thought that the balance of flavours was perfect- It was very Thai. Delicious! The following course was Potato gnocchi, rolled in brown butter and served with a green "salsa" and some courgettes. Good but not memorable- rather safe- taste and texture were very good but I wasn't blown away by the composition of the dish. That was followed by a perfectly cooked seabream, served with some steamed Thai kind of celery and a fish reduction. It was well executed but a bit boring. Again, no ingredient really came up punching my taste bud. I felt Tee was playing a bit too safe. The main course was a lightly breadcrumb chicken breast; served with broccoli and mange tout- again quite boring despite the meat being well cooked. I didn't see any chicken jus reduction and was quite surprised by that. After spending so many years with us, I would imagine that Tee ahd understood that meat jus & consommé were the basis of any good cuisine. Clearly he forgot this lesson. – A refreshing Yogurt ice cream was served- then came the real let down of the evening= the Tee's chocolate delice. It is meant to be a dacquoise base with pralin & white chocolate & topped with chocolate mousse and covered with glacage Paradis. It wasn't like that at all; Tee changed the recipe and that was a real disaster. The bases was just a dry chocolate genoise topped with a not cold enough chocolate mousse and covered with a not reduced enough glacage paradis. We were then served the petits Fours: Delicious marshmallow despite the fact that they had no taste whatsoever; the pineapple macaroon were embarrassingly too cooked.
Oh! I forgot to mention the bread: delicious with garlic.
White wine was a 2006 Gewürztraminer- a bit too sweet for me. The red was the delicious Unfiltered Thai Syrah from Asoke Valley 2006. This wine is exceptional.
I talked to Tee after the meal. For 750 baht, this meal was probably the best you could buy in Bangkok. I thought that Tee really needed to trust his instinct and be a lot more adventurous with his cooking. He agreed with me.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
What a week it has been; at one point I thought that we would never sign. Then on Friday, I received a call from my lawyer saying that we had exchanged contract.
The only thing that can stop us now is Westminster council not granting us a new Licence.
Retrospectively, I feel that the deal has been very smooth and I am glad that I can start planning the opening of my restaurant.
12 years at Roussillon is a long time but I could have gone on for another 25 years.
It is a real pity that my business partners did not share my enthusiasm, hopes and desire for the future. They were too busy planning their own exit strategies. It took a long time for me to realise that but it is never too late.
So I could go on and develop on how I have been taken for a foul; how I have been taken for ride; how I have been lied to; how they lured me into thinking that they were truly interested in taking Roussillon to another level....That was just bullshit!
It is better not to look back- I have learned from my naivety and can move on.
My timing is very straight forward- the restaurant is going to open in exactly 77 days= 4th May 2010.
77 days to concretise my thoughts. I have a very clear idea of how I want my restaurant to look like.
I also know too well that he has to be THE restaurant I would love to visit on a regular basis. I always think that if you are true to your feelings, patrons will feel comfortable to visit you.
I'll develop on the real identity of the restaurant in later blogs.
Currently, I am in Bangkok, visiting my restaurant (La Table de Tee) and enjoying a bit of free time with Clive (my partner) and our 2 children- Arthur 4 & Anais 18months old.
Veganisteria 111
Deep Problem If there was one thing that has seriously amazed me since becoming a vegan chef is the fact that I am still not connected ...
Deep Problem If there was one thing that has seriously amazed me since becoming a vegan chef is the fact that I am still not connected ...
It's one of the mildest winters I can remember, with produce appearing to have a life of its own! I wrote a blog post about this here . ...
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Culture At Large
Is torture a sin or not?
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Although the ghastly images from Abu Ghraib have faded from the media, the issue of how the U.S. treats its prisoners in the global war on terror is back in the news again. Leading Republican lawmakers and the White House have hammered out a compromise bill, up for a vote this week, on treatment of detainees and military commissions to try the accused. The political discussion has a surreally dispassionate and amoral tone to it, with people discussing minute distinctions between "severe" and "serious" pain or "cruelty" and "minor abuse" (see some of the language in this story), that lacks the moral clarity prominent Christian voices could lend to the dialogue.
The controversial and troubling part of the bill, as I understand it, is the vague nature of what harsh interrogation techniques are permitted. When I use the word "torture," I recognize this is a loaded term. More precisely, what we ought to be asking is whether, for instance, "waterboarding" a prisoner (simulated drowning) is a sin, or whether inflicting hypothermia on someone is morally permitted (according to this interview with Sen. John McCain, these techniques may be forbidden by the law, but are not specifically prohibited and therefore open to interpretation by the president). Yet the questions that our politicians and pundits are asking speak primarily to whether physically hurting prisoners will work or not: does cruel treatment keep Americans safer? does it put our soldiers at greater risk of being tortured themselves? From a Christian view, however, I think it's critical to discuss the moral dimension before the utilitarian. Before we ask whether it works, we need to be certain that it is morally right. Yet the loudest voices speaking out on the moral issues of torture and abuse are not coming from a specifically Christian perspective.
I don't have anything new to say on the topic (having written about it in the past here and here), but a number of bloggers are writing Christian responses to torture, including: Michael Westmoreland-White at Levellers, Orcinus, Reformation 21 blog (including a second post on the biblical basis for opposing torture), a pastor who emailed Andrew Sullivan's blog, and Pastordan at Street Prophets. And do check out the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.
Topics: Culture At Large, News & Politics, Social Trends, Justice


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Core Values
At Community Church of Waterford, we believe people matter to God and He desires to be in community with us. We also believe the local church is the hope of the world where people who are seeking answers and hope for their lives can find forgiveness, healing and new life. We are committed to reaching out because we recognize that small things done with great love will change the world.
Because we have a God who loves us and passionately pursues us, we seek to faithfully follow Him. We do this by growing in our understanding of who God is and by discovering what purposes He has for our lives.
Spiritual growth isn't something that "just happens." We believe spiritual growth happens as a result of the daily decisions we make for how we will invest our time and energy. To help direct those investments of personal time and energy, we as a church have committed ourselves to four core values and practices to guide us as we seek to fulfill our mission:
Life is about invitations. Community Church of Waterford is committed to be a place where people can expect:
- To come, explore and find a safe place for questions of faith.
- To hear the good news about Jesus Christ and to learn more about His purpose for their lives.
- To experience what it is like to be a part of a church family and discover how their story and other stories come together in God's story.
It is essential to grow in knowledge and faith as we strive to become more like Jesus and seek to imitate Him in all ways. This requires us to take full responsibility for our next steps through:
- Accepting Christ into our life as our personal Lord and Savior.
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- Developing spiritual disciplines.
- Identifying our areas of giftedness and our passions for serving and discovering where these gifts can best be used in the church family and surrounding community.
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- Allowing people to come along side of us to experience life deeply together as a church family.
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- Joining in the ministry and service opportunities available within the church family.
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Just knowing God's purposes for our lives is not enough. We must also act on our knowledge. Putting our faith into action, we are:
- Joining in the outreach opportunities of the church to make a difference in the lives of our family within the community and throughout the world.
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We get it: With the second Hunger Games flick hitting theaters next week, your thoughts have been consumed by all things Panem lately. But stop hitting replay on that Catching Fire sneak peek for a sec—it's time to switch gears to another dystopian YA obsession. The first Divergent trailer has finally arrived, and THERE ARE NO WORDS. Actually, there are words: OMG.
The two-and-a-half-minute clip crams in enough utter epicness that even those of you who haven't read the series will get the gist, and immediately begin a countdown until the March 21st release date. But first! An important note to said readers who haven't read the series: What are you waiting for?! If you liked Twilight and The Hunger Games and all those other books that brilliantly combine sci-fi adventures with coming-of-age teen drama, you're going to love it. Like, all-consuming, ends-of-the-earth kind of love.
But back to the trailer. You should know that Shailene Woodley-as-Tris and Theo James-as-Four get pretty much all of the screentime (Miles Teller, who plays Peter, and Ansel Elgort, who's taking on Caleb, are MIA, probably ruining the world or something), but you won't even care—the genius who cast those two as leads should get a raise immediately.
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After one year of development, PathWays for Diversity Education Inc. was incorporated on July 3, 2015 under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012, with incorporation No. A0091542U
PathWays has since been registered as a charity by the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission.
The ABN of PathWays Inc. is 72 882 348 544
Under these formalities PathWays is accountable to the public and will stage its first AGM during 2016 as required. In the meantime the responsible personnel are:
Chair – Dr Meredith Doig, Rationalist Society of Australia
Vice-Chair – David Mould, Second Strike
Secretary- Dr Paul Tonson, Uniting Church
Treasurer – Stephen Stuart, Humanist Society of Victoria
Board member – Dr Ian Fry, Religions for Peace