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I knew I was different when I was seven years old. While all the other kids in the neighborhood were playing in the Jennings' backyard, sniggering at stolen copies of Playboy and knocking back enough Pez, Twizzlers, and s'mores to make our dentist start shopping for a new '67 Acapulco blue Mustang, I was hiding out in our kitchen.
"Don't hang from the oven handle," Momma Leite would yell, thwacking me on the back of the head with her constant companion, a wet dish rag. "And don't open the door until they're done."
Inside were four Pepperidge Farm apple turnovers. One for her, one for my dad, and two for me. It was the occasional dessert she deigned to serve when I would purposely convulse at the grocery or pronounce in front of company that I was adopted and that my real family lived in a mansion by the sea.
I stood vigil, forehead pressed against the splattered oven window because I desperately wanted to watch the puffery in action. Too many times I'd grown impatient or distracted and stepped away from four flat, pallid triangles only to return to a quartet of buxom beauties, just a hint of their lovely juices seeping through the frills of their ruffles. But that afternoon, I was determined to study every tiny transition in this alchemy. I watched how the sealed edges were the first to blossom and split into a million layers. As the turnovers began to brown, I watched, spellbound, while they bubbled and heaved as though they were coming alive, becoming bigger and firmer until they'd risen, fully engorged! What can I say? While the Freeborns and Jennings ogled what Lynn Winchell, Miss December 1967, had to offer, I was becoming addicted to a very different kind of porn—one that conveniently required no confession with Father Fraga at St. John of God on Saturday afternoons.
Looking back, my life has been punctuated by puffs. Turnovers, vol-au-vent, profiteroles, éclairs. By the time I was 25, I was a waiter at the Hors d'Oeuvrerie at Windows on the World, and had fallen in love with all kinds of international desserts. But the puffers remained my favorite. I'd given up my childish ways—and Pepperidge Farm—in favor of the more adult pleasures of the queen of all pastry doughs, pâte á choux.
I wasn't alone in this fixation. Every so often the seemingly misanthropic Alan Lewis, the general manager of Windows, would come in for lunch. He was the right hand man to the explosively temperamental Joseph Baum, one of the famed restaurateurs responsible for the Four Seasons, the Rainbow Room, and Windows. Lewis would sit by himself and read his paper, every so often lifting his head, watching, and waiting to spot something out of place. Although only in his mid-60s, he reminded me of Winston Churchill's bulldog in its later years. All the waiters hated to wait on him.
The first time I took his order, I climbed the stairs terrified—not unlike how Dorothy & Co. approached the Great and Powerful Oz. He mumbled his order into his newspaper, never looking up, which suited me just fine. A few minutes later, I slid a plate in front of him and he paused.
Shit, I thought. I did something wrong. Demerits or a tongue lashing or extra breakfast shifts were sure to be mine.
"You're new." How could he have possible gleaned that from my hand putting down a plate in front of him?
He glanced up.
"Yes, sir."
What's your name?"
Then he returned his formidable gaze to his newspaper.
After that, he asked for me by name. (To this day I have no idea why. I know for a fact that he preferred his eye candy to be of the feminine persuasion.)
"So what do you do besides this?" he asked me one day, sweeping his hand across the room. Knowing he was famous for trick questions, tripping up unsuspecting staff by revealing their less-than-fanatical devotion to the industry and idolization of the kitchen, I smartly sidelined acting and blurted out "baking" out of a primitive sense of self-preservation. He seemed to like that.
"What do you bake?" he asked as he looked up with an arched eyebrow that clearly telegraphed, Don't disappoint me.
"Um, well," I stalled, mentally flipping through the sticky pages of my only cookbook at the time—a bargain tome with recipes from around the world that weighed as much as a VW Bug. "Éclairs and gougères. Oh, and Paris's Breast," I added with just a hint of smugness. I knew the plump, cream-filled pastry ring, which symbolized the five-lane avenue that circled the city's great big nipple of the Arc de Triomphe, would impress him. Even if I'd never seen one before in my life.
"A paree bress?" he said, both correcting me and expressing considerable doubt. "Bring me something."
Because Lewis's descent on the Hors d'Oeuvrerie was capricious, to say the least, the chances of his arrival overlapping my work schedule were slim. Still, I carted a homemade chocolate éclair in a brown paper sack on the subway from South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, to the 107th floor of the north tower almost every day for more than a month, as cautiously as if I were transporting the Shroud of Turin. That meant every morning I had to bake said éclair, make said pastry cream, plop the cream into a plastic zip-top bag (lest the filled pastry lose its crispness), and be prepared at a moment's notice to procure said glorious éclair. But as much as I groused to my roommate, Darrin, and much as I loathed lugging bags of groceries to our kitchen that was once a 19th-century walk-in closet, I secretly loved it. I loved boiling water and butter, dumping in flour, mixing until my arm ached, cracking in eggs, stirring until the batter shone, and scooping perfect little domes with my ice cream scoop.
When Lewis's and my orbits finally realigned—by which point I'd gotten extremely adept at baking pâte á choux—I presented him with my éclair (with just a whiff of self-importance).
"Here's one of the pastries I was telling you about," I said, sliding the plate in front of him. He looked confused. "You know, the one, the pastry I told you I make."
He took a bite and grunted.
That was it. A grunt. A single frigging grunt. After all that frigging work. Crestfallen, and, frankly, not a little pissed off that this man had me dancing on a tight wire for more than a month, I wheeled around and walked away. When I returned to clear his table, though, I noticed the éclair was gone. High praise, if you ask me. You could feed a small country with what he usually left on his plate.
Not long after, I quit and headed for the loftiest of culinary heights, albeit all the way down on the first floor of the Drake Hotel, at Jean-Georges Vongerichten's first U.S. venture, Restaurant Lafayette. I was one of his two first front waiters. There it seemed everything was puffed—the tender vol-au-vent, the majestic oeuf au caviar, the damask draperies, to say nothing of the egos of most of the customers. But it was the gougères that most delighted me.
Until Jean-Georges V., my exposure to the world of puffsters was, almost without exception, sweet. I adored all manner of creams—pastry, whipped, and flavored—nestled within a crunchy pastry bite. But at Restaurant Lafayette, savory gougères flew out of the kitchen faster than ping pong balls at a Forrest Gump match.
What I adored about these orbs of godliness was how light and airy they were and how the cheese—usually Gruyère—infused the puff with its nutty umami flavor. All I wanted to do was stuff them in my mouth chipmunk-style and eat, and eat, and eat. I had found my puff of preference.
Shortly before we opened to the public, Jean-Georges V sat all the waitstaff at a long table in the dining room for a private tasting session.
"Zis is the only time I want to zee you eating my food in za dining room unless you are a paying guest," he said in his devastatingly charming Alsatian accent. "You take one bite of food while working, and you are—" and with that he drew his index finger across his entirely too thin neck.
It was my one chance to eat as much as I wanted and I wasn't about to squander it. As he described each dish in the precise way he wanted us to present it to guests, I polished off a silver bowl of gougères by myself. One of the French waiters who'd been imported from Paris to make our very American waitstaff appear more international shot me a look so dripping with derision it practically slid down the slope of his sizeable nose and arced across the table.
"Quoi?" I said sotto voce, daring him to test what he considered to be our American thuggish ways. He deflated back into the chair, a peacock without plumage.
The restaurant opened a few days later—without any international skirmishes—to four stars from Bryan Miller, the then-restaurant critic for The New York Times. Near the bottom of his fullsome effusive review, he wrote, "The crepuscular lighting sometimes makes it difficult to read the menu. When a waiter saw us straining, he came by and gave us tiny flashlights, the kind children twirl at the circus." (That waiter was me!) Sadly, I couldn't afford the $75 tasting menu, $160 in today's coinage, so I never enjoyed the restaurant—or its marvelous gougères—as a guest.
Not long after, I trashed my bargain basement cookbook and splurged on a copy of Larousse Gastronomique. While searching for a gougères recipe to commit to memory, I stumbled upon the entry for Paris's Breast—its great mammary commemoration to itself. Due to what I'm convinced is an undiagnosed case of dyslexia, I was shocked to discover that the circular pastry had been created to honor the Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race—its shape suggesting a wheel. Not a breast or nipple in sight. It made more sense, sure, but I liked the idea that it was kind of an edible Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction. What can I say? Once a pornographer, always a pornographer.
Prosciutto-Parmesan Puffs
I believe that of all the puffs, the savory gougère is the pinnacle of puffery perfection. The reason is the puff pastry used for profiteroles, cream puffs, and even the Everest-like croquembouche is, at the core of its being, no more than a vehicle for the filling. It's what you have to get through to get the Cracker Jack prize of pastry cream, ganache, caramel, you name it. But the gougère, well, the gougère is the prize. It's an edible version of a Chinese takeout food container. And as if its inherent cheese-iness isn't enough, you can fill the gougère with meats and cheese and greens to make mini puff sandwiches. In this version, I went one better by adding prosciutto, Parmigiano-Reggiano, thyme, and rosemary to the batter so that every bite explodes with flavor. (Okay, perhaps I'm a bit hyperbolic, but these are indeed not your ordinary savory gougères.) It's a swell bite to pair with Champagne or, our favorite, Prosecco. Think New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, parties, showers….–David Leite
LC Full Of Hot Air Note
Classic gougères are filled with marvelous pockets of hot air when they come out of the oven, a result of the beaten eggs rising to their full glory. These puffs are a little different. Their air pockets are smaller, and the puff is a wee bit denser. That's due to all that cheese and prosciutto. I wouldn't have it any other way, and considering the fact that four guests polished off an entire batch before dinner, I'd say they wouldn't, either. You can cut back on the prosciutto, if you wish. Mais pourquoi?
Prosciutto-Parmesan Puffs Recipe
- 1 cup cold water
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
- 1 cup (4.5 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
- Pinch kosher salt
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 4 ounces prosciutto, thinly sliced and finely chopped
- 4 ounces (1 1/4 cups) finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (Don't even think of using the cheap stuff on sale. It makes a huge difference.)
- 2 teaspoons rosemary leaves, minced
- 2 teaspoons thyme leaves, minced
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1. Position racks in the top third and bottom third positions of the oven and crank up the heat to 425°F (218°C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking sheets.
- 2. Bring the water, butter, and salt to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
- 3. Dump the flour into the boiling butter mixture all at once and, using a wooden spoon and good old elbow grease, mix until the flour clumps into a ball and pulls away from the sides of the pan. Continue stirring over medium-high heat until the dough leaves an even, dry film on the bottom of the pan, 2 to 3 minutes. (Don't you dare skimp on this step.)
- 4. Drop the dough into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on low speed until the dough is just barely warm to the touch, about 5 minutes.
- 5. Plop in an egg, increase the speed to medium, and beat until incorporated. The dough may look hopelessly soupy and broken at first, but fear not and continue mixing until the blob turns smooth and slick. Repeat with the rest of the eggs, adding them 1 at a time. Using a spoon, stir in the prosciutto, cheese, rosemary, thyme, and pepper.
- 6. Drop rounded tablespoons of the dough, or use a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop to make plump mounds, on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Have a glass of cold water handy and dip the spoon in it every so often to help make the dough easier to scoop.
- 7. Bake the puffs until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes, reversing and rotating the sheets once halfway through baking.
- 8. Transfer the sheets to a wire rack to cool slightly. Then whip off your apron, pop as many puffs as can fit into your mouth, place the rest of the puffs on a platter, and offer them to your guests post haste. (You can bake these up to 2 hours in advance, then reheat them in a 350°F [176°C] oven for 5 to 7 minutes. Or freeze a batch of baked, cooled puffs for up to a month and, just before guests arrive, pop the frozen puffs into a 350°F [176°C] oven for 10 to 12 minutes.)
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought the response of former UP Chief Minister Mayawati on a plea seeking her prosecution in the Rs 17 crore Taj corridor scam case without the sanction of the Governor.
"We will examine the case," a bench comprising justices H L Dattu and Ranjan Gogoi said.
The court also issued notice to the Centre, the CBI and the Uttar Pradesh government on a petition challenging a judgement of Allahabad High Court giving relief to the BSP supremo.
The bench also issued notice to Mayawati's former Cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui and sought his response in the case.
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Memories of a teenager with vitiligo
All Woman Monday, November 17, 2003I had just turned 13 years old the summer before. It was normal for me to gaze at my reflection in the mirror because I felt I was a pretty good-looking girl. A pageant was coming up and I had given my name to enter the competition. My confidence was high because I had won a previous pageant in first form. When I saw my mouth, it was not so shocking, I thought to myself in a couple of days the white patches would simply disappear.>
Months passed and they did not. The condition worsened. The comment from adults was that I liked too much pepper in my food. I believed that explanation and repeated it for a long time. The day came two years later when that was not a sufficient explanation for me. Everyone I knew had "normal" skin and was prettier than I was. I withdrew into myself. I stopped desiring to be the centre of attention. I wanted to hide from everyone and myself. I secretly hoped that one day I would wake up from this horrible nightmare.
It took me three years to see a dermatologist who explained that the skin discoloration was vitiligo (the American Academy of Dermatology defines vitiligo as a skin condition resulting from loss of pigment which produces white patches). There is no known cure. I was told to prepare for the possibility of the condition getting worse or the pigment reappearing. In the meanwhile I could use treatments to control the loss of pigment. I was shattered and I started to hope and internalise my feelings about my appearance.
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(written by Samsooki, editing, layout, design and City Hall dreams by 0timelost, cleown, and mead33)
(This is what you get when you mix a little bit of Michelle Obama, Sailor Moon, an old rich Korean woman together with Mi Rae)
City Hall: Episode 9 – What It Means To Be A Civil Servant, What It Means To Be A Woman.
To neutralize Mi Rae as a wild card in the upcoming Mayoral election, Joo Hwa has just offered Mi Rae a job as a mascot / cheerleader for her Victory Party's candidate. Mi Rae, incensed at constantly being treated like a fool by Joo Hwa, rejects the offer. Mi Rae declares that SHE will run for Mayor, and she will just have to become Wonder Woman to do so! Joo Hwa is in disbelief, but recovers more than a little of her classic sneer in deriding Mi Rae's threatened action.
Joo Hwa: You think wearing star spangled panties is all it takes for anyone to become Wonder Woman? All those people with a dot on their nose, will they be like Jeon Ji Hyun? And what about Min So Hee? She's totally crazy just like you.
(Note: This is actually pretty funny, as City Hall writers continue to poke gentle fun at other Korean dramas and actors/actresses. Joo Hwa is referencing both the lovely actress Jeon Ji Hyun's now-removed tiny birthmark on her nose and the popular hit drama series, Temptation of Wife. In Temptation of Wife, the character of Min So Hee is a paranoid lunatic who also has a dot-sized birthmark on her nose. Btw, Temptation of Wife is one of those dramas that turns your brain into a sandglass with your brain cells leaking out as you watch. People might label it as a "mak-jang" drama but I think it is more appropriately named a "crack-jang" drama, due to its addictiveness and resulting brain damage.)
Unfazed by Joo Hwa's derision, Mi Rae gives Joo Hwa a pat on the shoulder and leaves, noting that Joo Hwa's fear is clearly showing. With her plans completely backfired, Joo Hwa can't help but look worried.
Ah, but Mi Rae is a wily one. Back at the Mexico and Chicken Restaurant, Mi Rae admits she said all that just so as to piss off Joo Hwa and put a little scare into her. Who would vote for Mi Rae anyway?
Meanwhile, Jo Gook is playing a round of golf with Governor So, the provincial governor whose jurisdiction covers Inju City. Governor So introduces his man who he wants to be the next Mayor of Inju City. Jo Gook politely refuses to manage the campaign of the Governor's man; he's already got a candidate in mind to become Mayor, and this particular candidate doesn't even know how many political parties there are in Korea. Governor So is outraged that Jo Gook would pull this kind of double-cross.
Even Soo In is confused by this maneuver. Jo Gook's candidate wouldn't be Shin Mi Rae, would it? How can that make any sense? Not happy to be asked about Mi Rae, Jo Gook responds: did it make any sense for Soo In to betray Jo Gook? (Uhh, what does one thing have to do with other?)
In any case, it looks like Jo Gook has gotten over Soo In's backstabbing, as Jo Gook admits that if BB had asked him to do the same, Jo Gook would have done it too, but done it better. Right down to the stylish suits, the penchant for backstabbing, the hair parts on the same side of the head, and even the faint mustache and beard outlines, Jo Gook and Soo In are alike, and it seems that both like Mi Rae too.
Meanwhile, things are moving quickly in Inju City. Joo Hwa gets her dad to run as the Victory Party's nominee for Mayor. And on the other side of town, Boo Mi tells Mi Rae about that certain job that she is trying to get for Mi Rae. Boo Mi took all the remaining money that she had, AND, all the money that Mi Rae gave to her (which was all the money that Mi Rae had), and used it to pay for the Mayoral election application fee! Mi Rae, obviously, freaks out. She cannot run for Mayor!
Later that night, Jo Gook meets with Boo Mi and gives her an envelope full of cash, to reimburse her and Mi Rae for the application fee. But Boo Mi refuses to take the reimbursement money. She asks Jo Gook: does the former Deputy Mayor think that Mi Rae can win? Jo Gook nods. Boo Mi responds, ruefully, that she doesn't think Mi Rae can win. Boo Mi explains herself:
Boo Mi: Mi Rae is too simple-minded, too naïve. She goes around helping anyone and everyone, and she spends all of her time trying to take care of everyone – from taking part-time jobs to donating money to schools, making snacks for the children for their field trips, rice cakes for people having birthdays. And most of all, 365 days out of the year, Mi Rae is never fake; she is always sincere and real. I have never once seen a mayor like that in my whole life.
Jo Gook: And so?
Boo Mi: And so, that's why I am putting all of my own money in. That's why you should take this money back. And that's why you must make Mi Rae the next Mayor.
(That rocks. Boo Mi is one fierce and loyal ahjumma. I said that I want to grow up to be like Jung Do, but I change my mind – I want to be like Boo Mi.)
With that, Boo Mi heads back to the porridge shop where she is working part-time. Mi Rae and Jung Do are waiting for her. They tried to get back the application fee from the city election office but to no avail. The money is now gone. Mi Rae screams at Boo Mi, wondering how she could just waste all their money like that!
Boo Mi doesn't back down and yells back:
Boo Mi: It ISN'T wasted! If you get 15% of the vote, all of your money will be refunded. So you, you must get over 15% of the vote!
Mi Rae: 15% comes so easily off of your lips! Is 15% the name of your dog? Do you know how hard getting 15% is?!!
Boo Mi: So work HARD and I am telling you, you WILL get 15%! Work your hardest to get 15%, and then work even harder to win the election. Work your hardest to win the election, and then when you are Mayor… get me my job back.
Mi Rae: (speechless, in tears)
Boo Mi: I was a good civil servant, you know. For our country, I was loyal and did my best. For the citizens, I acted righteously and I worked hard for them. In my work, I was creative and conscientious. At my workplace, I acted respectfully and spoke credibly. And in my life, I act honestly and cleanly. I swore an oath to keep all those things, and I kept all of them. And so you have to get me my job back, do you understand?
Mi Rae despairs. Everything Boo Mi has said is right, but Boo Mi has just laid the responsibility of her unemployment squarely on Mi Rae. It is too much for Mi Rae, and she cries out that now all the people that Boo Mi got signatures from will be disappointed in Mi Rae, and questions how she can show her face to anyone. It is a heart-tugging scene, as Boo Mi's hopes for (and demands on) Mi Rae have frightened Mi Rae beyond even her own strength and courage. Mi Rae cannot deal, and runs out of the porridge shop.
Jung Do has been silent the entire time, but now he questions Boo Mi.
Jung Do: You didn't, by any chance, meet with the former Deputy Mayor, did you?
Boo Mi: Yes, I did. In the beginning, I did start this because of him, but as I went around getting signatures, I realized that this was the thing that I actually wanted for Mi Rae all along, and so…
Jung Do (interrupting): I know YOUR intent quite well, but did you even once stop and think at what the former Deputy Mayor's objectives are? Don't you know that he wants a Mayor that he thinks he can easily manipulate?
Boo Mi is speechless for once, as she starts to realize how big of an error she might have made. This is a really, really good point by Jung Do. (Note: Boo Mi and I both got so caught up in the moment, we BOTH totally forgot about Jo Gook's penchant for doing things that benefit him first. Thank goodness for Jung Do to keep us all grounded!)
The following day at the market, Mi Rae is selling her fish and trying to calculate how many votes it will take to get to 15% – it is a whole lot. As Mi Rae starts to despair again, a familiar person is walking through the market, with his child and his mother to boot! Jo Gook is making his rounds, giving smiles and handshakes. Rang looks adorable in his capri khakis, but Jo Gook's mom could not be less thrilled with being used as a political prop. Jo Gook sees Mi Rae, and he greets her rather awkwardly.
Jo Gook: It has been a long time.
Mi Rae: Yes.
Jo Gook: (says nothing)
Jo Rang: Who is that, daddy?
Mi Rae: (looks curiously at Rang, it is her first time seeing the child).
Jo Gook: Oh. This noona is… your dad's… colleague. (Note: in this context, "noona," or "older sister" is merely a polite way to talk about a stranger)
Mi Rae is rocked by Jo Gook's portrayal of their relationship, but hides it behind a warm smile to Rang. Before Jo Gook can finish introducing his mother, Jo Gook's mother snaps that she knows who Mi Rae is since she reads the newspapers. With that she storms off with Rang as the smell of baendaengis is too much for her nose – Mi Rae doesn't even get to properly introduce herself.
(Being able to make a good first impression to a potential future mother-in-law might be important to any woman, but in Korean culture, it is vital because the wife is expected to join the husband's family, leaving her own behind. Historically, this would mean that the wife would be directly under the supervision, care and control of the husband's mother. So first meetings are doubly important for the wife-to-be. But Jo Gook introduces Mi Rae as a "colleague" and Jo Gook's mom takes the cue and doesn't wait around long enough to meet Mi Rae. And so Jo Gook has just obliterated any chance that Mi Rae might have had at making a good first impression. Mi Rae can only interpret that as Jo Gook saying to her that they have no chance to be together.)
Outside the market, Jo Gook and family start to drive away when Mi Rae dashes out to stop the car. Even if she has no chance at a relationship with him, even if she has been labeled by Jo Gook as being nobody special, Mi Rae still needs Jo Gook's help.
Mi Rae and Jo Gook have their face to face, and Mi Rae asks Jo Gook if he believes that she can win, and if she cannot, whether she can at least get 15% of the vote, and if she cannot even get that amount, whether Jo Gook can give her the application fee. He responds that there is no way that Mi Rae will lose, and so she shouldn't think like that.
Jo Gook then asks what Mi Rae would be willing to give him, if he helps her to win the election. Will Mi Rae agree to whatever Jo Gook wants? Mi Rae sighs and nods.
Jo Gook: You haven't even asked me what it is that I will require from you.
Mi Rae: I already know.
Jo Gook: You know?
Mi Rae: Yes.
Mi Rae: As guys get closer to me, they all want the same thing.
Jo Gook: Really?
Mi Rae: Yes. They all say "Get lost!" or "You should find a good man, I am not deserving of you" or "Wouldn't it be better if we were just like brother and sister?"
Jo Gook: Who are these jerks anyway? You should call them up so I can deal with them.
Mi Rae: Oh, but there is another guy too. He's the worst of them all.
Jo Gook: Why are there so many of these jerks?
Mi Rae (staring straight at Jo Gook): Yeah, this guy says, "Oh, this noona, she's your father's colleague."
Jo Gook is truly shaken by Mi Rae's words which hit him squarely in the heart. He looks hurt and betrayed by her comments. But honestly, WHO is the one who has done the hurting and the betraying?
Mi Rae continues – she isn't some 20-year old girl who will hang on every word of a guy who takes her on a camping trip. So he needn't look so serious at her comments. But Jo Gook has a few stunning words in return.
Jo Gook: These days, I've been doing things that I've never done before. And in living this life of mine, I've never had anything like this happen to me before. Doing the things that I did with you took a lot of courage for someone like me. Don't you see that?
Mi Rae (frozen by his words).
Jo Gook: I admit that I am not a good man, but I hope that you won't see me like a person that you would despise.
That has got to be one of the best responses in the history of responses. Mi Rae feels, well, she feels about what she looks like. She has had her heart crushed and inflated, twisted and straightened, and forever altered by this man, who is just so hard to understand. When he speaks the truth, it hurts. When he lies, it hurts. There is no getting around pain when Mi Rae hears words that come from Jo Gook, but no matter what, if he starts speaking, Mi Rae's heart opens up again.
Back to the furious pace of this episode! The election nominee deadline has passed, and the candidates are gathered at the city election office to give slogans and to announce their platforms. Without further ado, we proudly present the candidates for Inju's mayoral by-election:
Clockwise, from the top left: Candidate #1 for the newly revamped Victory Party, Joo Hwa's dad! Candidate #2 for the Purity Party, the man that Governor So wanted! Candidate #3 for the Sovereignty Party, Father Time himself! And Candidate #4 for the Citizens' Progress Party, well, some guy:
And Candidate #5 is… not present. Where is Mi Rae on this important day? She has searched out Jung Do, to ask for his help. But Jung Do is not convinced that Mi Rae knows what she is doing, especially since her top priority seems to be getting her money back. Jung Do challenges Mi Rae about her lack of educational background and experience. Who would be willing to vote for her? Undaunted, Mi Rae challenges back:
Mi Rae: Was Mayor Go's education poor? Was his work experience bad? Politics! What is that anyway? Isn't it, "For people whose lives are poor, to help them get better lives, and for people whose lives are good, to ask them to help out." Isn't that what it is about? At the very least, I am confident that I can do a better job than Mayor Go in that regard!!
Well, I dare say that Mi Rae has got a little bit of Boo Mi fire in her eyes now! Jung Do agrees to help out with Mi Rae's campaign…but of course, now we have two cooks in the same kitchen. Two savvy political guys, graduated from the academy in the same year, with completely different ideas on how to make Mi Rae into the next Mayor of Inju City.
First issue to resolve – what is going to be the overall photo concept for the campaign? What kind of image should Mi Rae portray? Progressive Jo Gook likes the Hillary Clinton and the Michelle Obama looks. Traditional Jung Do likes the "dignified and noble older Korean woman" kind of look and also the "Korean freedom fighter Yoo Gwan Sun" look. They start to dress Mi Rae like a doll. Hehe!
Fortunately, Mi Rae gets the final say and she scraps these contrived looks for something that actually means something to her. the final photo concept ends up being a picture of Mi Rae, taken by Boo Mi during one of the Miss Baendaengi contest event. And to convey the Wonder Woman concept, her friends photoshop in a tiara to the hat. The words read, "For the future, let's pull for Mi Rae! Wonder Woman Shin Mi Rae! We ask this of you, Inju City!"
Right off the bat, Mi Rae receives some good news. Candidate #3's (Father Time's) check has bounced and he is out of the election! Mi Rae's chances have just risen!
As Jo Gook is driving Mi Rae home after a long day, he receives a call on his cell As Mi Rae curiously looks on, Jo Gook's side of the conversation ends like this: "Mmmhmm… I miss you too." Mi Rae can only hear a few bits and pieces of the conversation, but she has a pretty good idea of exactly who Jo Gook is missing. Jo Gook suddenly stops the car and tells Mi Rae to get out, as he has a meeting to attend. Mi Rae can only watch as Jo Gook speeds off, away from her…
and towards …
During their walk through the park, Jo Gook tells his fiancée frankly that he is using her to ensure that BB will help him ascend the Blue House. Go Hae answers that it is okay if he uses her, but in return, she would like to be by his side when he enters the Blue House. This is the bargain they have made with each other.
Go Hae also offers to help finance Mi Rae's election. She gently asks Jo Gook not to refuse her money, since if he does refuse, then she might get the wrong idea about the relationship between him and Mi Rae. It is a difficult choice for Jo Gook, as Go Hae seems to be the key to both his ambitions and Mi Rae's ambitions. And what Go Hae asks in return will keep him and Mi Rae apart forever.
As a very troubled and sad Jo Gook is driving back to Inju City, his thoughts go back to a recent memory of the camping trip that he had with Mi Rae. And now we are able to see what happened on that overnight trip, between the two of them that night.
It looks like both of them are unable to sleep, especially Mi Rae, who has a man close enough to her that she can feel his breath. Jo Gook pretends to sleep though, perhaps to give Mi Rae some measure of comfort.
But Mi Rae, in a surprising move, rolls over and Jo Gook quickly closes his eyes.
Mi Rae tentatively reaches out, like a fish testing a baited hook, and then falling back quickly. Jo Gook does not awake, and so she reaches out and strokes his face.
Mi Rae can barely breathe. Almost on their own, her fingertips start tracing his eye brows, and then his cheek. As her fingers touch his lips, Jo Gook's hand grabs Mi Rae's!! CAUGHT!! Jo Gook, the clever fisherman, has caught his very first baendaengi!!
Jo Gook (sleepily): Keep that up, and you will get jumped…
Mi Rae rolls back over to her side of the tent like she is on fire. As it is, she should take comfort in the fact that any other human being would have actually burst into flames. Mercifully, Mi Rae is let off of the hook by Jo Gook who volunteers to sleep outside…and the scene shifts to the present again…but this memory is no longer Jo Gook's alone, but Mi Rae's as well! She too has been thinking of that night they spent together camping.
Mi Rae's eyes falls on Jo Gook's jacket, which is still hanging in her room. Mi Rae walks over to the jacket that told her more about Jo Gook than any of his words. Shouldn't she return the jacket? Given the events of the day, it is clear to Mi Rae that the jacket, like the unspoken promise it held, would very likely remain empty.
The next day, it is campaign finance awareness day for Mi Rae. Both Jung Do and Jo Gook finally agree on this critical point: If Mi Rae wants to have any success at all in this mayoral election, she will need to borrow a lot of money, quickly – in the neighborhood of a quarter million dollars!
To that end, Jo Gook takes Mi Rae to a hotel room to meet with a VIP sponsor. Mi Rae is fearful and sickened, thinking that Jo Gook is trying to make her spend the night with some sleazy guy. Mi Rae is now not only hurt by Jo Gook, she is disgusted by him. But as Mi Rae stands up to go, the VIP sponsor enters the room:
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If Episode 6 is the episode that made City Hall the drama series that cannot be missed, then Episode 9 is the episode that makes City Hall the drama series that must be loved. I absolutely LOVED this episode. There are so many scenes that were so brilliant, with the OST songs and lyrics matching the scenes, the powerful acting by everyone, the wonderful pacing, and the balanced direction by the PD and staff.
While Mi Rae's and Jo Gook's feelings for each other are easy to see, the relationship itself keeps running into the reality of Jo Gook's world. He needs Go Hae, not just for her money, but because she is the key to keeping BB on Jo Gook's side (or, rather, the key to keeping BB from being Jo Gook's enemy). The only thing that his fiancée wants in return is for her to be there by his side when he enters the Blue House. That's the arrangement, and that's what Jo Gook has agreed to do. But that means that Mi Rae will be left alone, only able to dance with an empty jacket.
And as we see, there are lines that Mi Rae simply will not cross. She will not sell her body or her principles for money or for power. And if Jo Gook goes down an unethical road for the sake of his own ambition, it is extremely unlikely that Mi Rae would sell out for his sake either. And this makes Mi Rae and Jo Gook potential enemies.
Sitting back a moment, and reflecting on Mi Rae, it is hard to imagine how Mi Rae's heart can take so much. As a guy, perhaps, I try to parse and break things into manageable pieces, to organize and to compartmentalize. One thing has got nothing to do with another. But for Mi Rae, her heart mixes everything together, and her emotions are the result of the love she holds in her heart for everyone in her world. And her holding onto the promise of the jacket, despite everything that tells her otherwise, it is her expression of what it means to be a woman.
The one to watch for in this Episode: Boo Mi.
If everyone in government service had as much fire, passion, and integrity as Boo Mi, how much better of a world would we live in today?
While recapping this episode, I went back to the Boo Mi scenes with Jo Gook and with Mi Rae, and I feel like her words should be etched in stone and put in every government office, as the very essence what it means to be a civil servant.
I said this before, but Boo Mi is one fierce ahjumma. And while every girl should have a friend like Jo Gook, I think that every person should have a best friend like Boo Mi.
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Last night, I was at a support group for parents of multiples, and the guest speaker, a clinical psychologist, brought up how important it is to maintain intimacy with your partner after having children. She meant every kind of intimacy, not just the in-the-bedroom kind, but when hands went up for questions, one mom said what was on a lot of our minds: "How do you have sex when you're tired?"
She really should have said "exhausted," which is the word that kept coming up again and again among the new and recent parents in the room. And even Late Blooming Mom, who is going on five years at this parenting gig, but has to work AND be mom AND be wife, is having a hard time getting to the getting-it-on part of the wife gig sometimes.
The guys in the room were tired too, and some of them said it certainly doesn't help anybody get in the mood when dad gets home from work and mom hands him a baby or kid as soon as he walks in the door.
The psychologist told us how relationship dissatisfaction for many couples dramatically increases in the six months to a year after having a child. Looking back, I have to say that wasn't really the case for us. We like being married to each other, liked it before kids, like it after.
What we don't like is having to juggle busy lives to the point where we barely get to see each other until after nine o'clock at night, and by the time we've wound down after that, we're often barely coherent, let alone ready to be seduced or seductive.
The psychologist suggested scheduling fooling around, so there's a designated space for it. But when I came home and suggested this to Late Blooming Dad, it only made him sad: "Is that what it's come to? How un-romantic!" He had a point. Still, in truth, I'm a planner by nature (he always points this out to me) and there have been plenty of occasions when I basically scheduled the fooling around, though I didn't exactly put it in my datebook or on his Treo. I'd just suggest, "Hey, tomorrow night, after we put them in to bed and get them asleep, let's go right into the bedroom." Sometimes I'd do this more than a night or two in advance. Not romantic in the least... but in practice, the planning didn't diminish the enjoyment.
So I guess, some nights anyway, this IS what it's come down to: a matter of scheduling. Still, there are those spontaneous times still happening, when we're not both feeling as if we can't prop our eyes open after a full day's work and then the school pickup/dinner/bath/bedtime routine, during which our children seem to make about three demands on us per minute. The problem is, too often, it's can't-keep-our-eyes-open night.
My only consolation is that last night, in that room with all the other couples, I wasn't alone in this dilemma. But Late Blooming Dad wasn't with me -- he'd agreed to stay home with kids so I could go to the support meeting. Perhaps next time I'll schedule a different kind of support meeting -- after the kids are in bed -- and make sure I sneak off for a nap during the workday. If that's what it takes, it's what it takes. Late Booming Moms and Dads have gotta do what they gotta do.
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Sleep Vs. Getting It On: The Tired Mom's Dilemma
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I know that parents of young children find this hard to believe, but the challenges of exhaustion and scheduling intimacy (in order to recapture spontaneity -- and yes, it's a paradox) also affect couples who don't have kids, including gay couples. It's just that you guys have more folks in the background. Not an audience, of course, and yet witnesses nevertheless: little people whose destinies will be marked by whether their parents are well-adjusted and functional and occasionally fulfilled. That extra challenge must be pretty intense, and as in anything, the stakes are higher when kids are involved.
But really -- you are NOT alone!
Where you and Late-Blooming Dad may differ from others is that you two have been though a lot as a couple: as a result, you really appreciate each other. (It practically radiates from you when you're together, sufficient to light up the room.) Not every couple has this. It's more valuable and lasting than merely being hot for each other, and it's why you'll figure out a solution in time. - March 11, 2010 at 11:39 PM
- William V. Madison said...
P.S. I for one am glad that you did not entitle this post "Naked Time: The Sequel."
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So i just got two really nice switches from OTRATTW, and they look great. However my old KC switch came with only three wires, green, white, and brown. The new rockers have 5 prongs. So far i got the lights to turn on, but the switch wont turn on/ lite up. Does anybody know how to get both the lights, and the rocker switch to turn on?
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One post on the switch has to be grounded most switches without the light in them only serve as a bridge between the hot and the accessory but you have to have a ground to the switch for the light.
I have not seen that switch, but I have bought many switches and other things from Jim over at OTRATTW.com . But I would post up that question over on Jim's forum, I bet you would get a quicker answer.
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It's no longer much of a secret that some of the best watering holes and hipster hangouts in Orange County can be found in downtown Santa Ana. Economic revitalization brings many things, including a thirsty and adventurous younger crowd that lives in the area and wants to keep its imbibing and socializing local.
Here are some of my favorite bars and restaurants in central Santa Ana to get a craft beer, inventive cocktail or decent glass of wine. My list is long – I got only halfway through the alphabet! – so I will have to re-visit the subject in another column.
Chapter One: Calling itself "the modern local," this breezy and attractive place offers a sophisticated buzz on the weekends. It boasts about "local produce and seasonal fare," which I haven't sampled much of, but I like the craft beer, wine and creative cocktails at the bar. Here are some of my favorites. Craft beer: Brainless IPA (Epic Brewing), Firestone Double Barrel Ale, Grandma's Pecan (Dude's Brewing), Little Sumpin Wild (Lagunitas Brewing Company). Wine: Blue Nun (yes, I'm a child of the '70s), Chanson Pinot Noir, Granrojo Grenache, The Federalist Zinfandel. Ask about the house barrel-aged cocktail.
227 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. 714-352-2225.
The Copper Door Bar: Like your bars with a retro vibe? This downtown underground haunt fits the bill, with a few well-worn pool tables and a great live-music policy. Beer lovers know it well – it's got one of the best craft brew lineups in O.C. You can find exotics for every taste here, such as Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout and Wells & Young Banana Bread from the U.K. Belgian legend Chimay is represented, too, as are some respected American craft beer makers such as Delaware's Dogfish and San Diego's Green Flash. Did I mention that its entertainment includes stand-up comedy and burlesque? Now that's retro!
225 1/2 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. 714-543-3813. thecopperdoorbar.com
The Crosby: The granddaddy of Santa Ana's trendy bar movement is still going strong. There's an undeniable mystique to this place. Look at the wallpaper closely: yup, those are stylized skulls peering at you. The wall art consists of old boom boxes. And that logo – the crazy deer with hand antlers over a crossed knife and fork – is inexplicable yet chill. Executive chef Linh Nguyen's lineup is always offbeat and tempting; for a while I simply couldn't walk in the door without ordering the sweet potato fries. But I love the bar even more. The cocktails, which change frequently, are colorful and fanciful. (Last year I enjoyed something called the Creole Fizz.) And this is one of those rare spots that can be busy after everywhere else is closed.
400 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. 714-543-3543. thisisthecrosby.com
Diego's: Like your cocktails spicy? Make a beeline for this place. Recently I tried the Santa Ana Sour, the Mango Pimiento and the Jalapeño Pepino. They're still working out the details behind the bar at this stylish new restaurant near the Yost Theater (there was a little disagreement among bartenders about certain recipes), but I appreciate that their food and cocktail philosophies follow the creative twists on traditional Latin American ingredients. And everyone's friendly. Warning: These cocktails are not for those whose idea of hot is a touch of black pepper from the shaker.
224 E. Third St., Santa Ana. 714-558-8257. diegosdowntown.com
The Playground: This popular restaurant is better known for its cutting-edge food, but I also like the small bar with its eccentric, tasty reinterpretations of traditional drinks and seasonally themed signature cocktails. A few weeks ago during a hot spell I tried the summertime specials. The Pimm's Cup was served from a tap. It came with a cucumber, blackberry and mint garnish and is thoroughly muddled. Almost as refreshing was Negroni with Aperol, an Italian aperitif made with bitter orange, gentian, rhubarb and cinchona that reminds me of Campari. It arrived with one huge, square ice cube and no garnishes – bitter and bracing. Be sure to ask about the specials; they like to match them to the seasons.
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Dust storms are beginning to whirl around Mars as spring blooms in the southern hemisphere of the planet and along the equator where the Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs) are roving into their fourth year with a second banner month of exploration.
New Horizons' Jupiter flyby was successful!
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According to a press release issued minutes ago, New Horizons has successfully completed its close flyby of Jupiter.
New Horizons sees Io erupting!
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There were two new pictures posted on the New Horizons Science Operations Center website this morning, of Io, and if you enhance the images a bit, there are two clear volcanic plumes visible on the limb -- Tvashtar and Prometheus are active!
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Winter time is observing time at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Massachusetts, when humidity is low and the sky is often clear. And so it has been for the Optical SETI telescope, which opened its doors in April 2006.
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9:45 Arlen Specter does not look happy. Complaining that 23 Senators switched their votes on the Baucus amendment in order to kill the bill. Complaining that voting Yes for cloture and then No on the bill is a time-honored tradition that all opponents should support. This is the last chance. Whine, whine, whine.
9:52 Feinstein on now. "Do the right thing." "Many people don't understand the bill." "We are very close to the votes required." This bill is a miracle cure that will solve all of the current enforcement problems. Begging for cloture votes and promising to consider more amendments post-cloture. Not exactly confident.
6:59 Jon Kyl loves the bill. Yes, we haven't enforced existing law. But that's because it's too hard. This bill will solve all that. To those who say we should enforce the existing law, the existing law is unenforceable. Please vote for cloture and we'll give you more amendments.
10:03 Hero Jeff Sessions takes the stage.
10:04 Psych. Yields to Liddy Dole. She's reciting the failure to enforce the 1986 and 2006 bills. I didn't realize she was on our side until now.
10:06 Bob Corker against cloture, striking conciliatory tone. "Today this is going to get down to 4 or 5 Senators." People have lost faith in the ability of government to do what it says it will do. "This is about credibility, it's about confidence." "I believe that this bill is going to fail."
10:09 Jim DeMint. Crisis of confidence in government. We need to be more sensitive to the concerns of the American people. Only 10 minutes time has been allocated in the debate to hear the concerns of the American people.
UPDATE from PoliPundit: DeMint says, "This immigration bill has become a war between the American people and their government. The issue now transcends anything related to immigration. It's a crisis of confidence."
10:11 Lindsey Lohan. Once the American people hear what's in this bill, they support it by 2-to-1. The current law is unenforceable. Threatening conservatives this is the best bill they'll ever have a chance to vote on.
10:17 Ken Salazar for cloture. Letters from public are filled with hate and with venom.
10:21 Sessions. CBO says this bill would bring only a 13% reduction in future illegal immigration. Border Patrol Association, leaders, say this bill will not work. The American people get only 10 minutes while the Masters of the Universe get 50 minutes to promote their side. Sergeant at arms says the Capitol switchboard has been shut down (crashed by volume).
10:24 David Vitter. Triggers are a joke. If the triggers are never pulled, amnesty is forever.
10:25 DeMint confident. Silver lining is that the American people have been re-engaged in government. Amen!
10:27 Durbin starts speaking and I think the No side's 10 minutes is up. 23 minutes for pro-amnesty coming.
I have to step away for a few mins. Please continue in the comments section.
10:35 {AJ Sparxx} Mel Martinez is whining about doing something instead of doing nothing. How the illegals come here not to change the Country but to be CHANGED by the Country. Specter gave him another 3 minutes because Martinez is an immigrant himself. In the last hour, those who don't support this bill have been called a hater, filled with venom, the gestapo by Ted Kennedy, and not educated in the true language of the bill. These people are pathetic.
Michelle Malkin reports Susan Collins and Judd Gregg are on the fence. Collins 207-780-3575, Gregg (603)622-7979. Please be polite. They are wobblers, not Lindseys.
10:43 Specter quotes Edmund Burke to say that representatives should use their judgment in spite of the will of the people.
UPDATE by PoliPundit: Funny how amnesty supporters say that the public supports the bill, then pat themselves on the back for defying the will of their constituents.
10:48 Specter again whining about 23 vote changes on the Baucus amendment.
10:52 Reid: don't arrest little boys. Reid received a threatening letter. Lots of venomous and hate-filled letters. Immigrants are good. Telling some story about still having the watch that was up Christopher Walken's ass.
10:57 {AJ Sparxx} Reid thinks because his immigrant father-in-law gave him a ring from his deathbed, we need to let 12million illegal immigrants legal. Yea, that makes sense.
11:03 Here we go! Can't hear the roll call responses, but I think Brownback said "Aye."
UPDATE by PoliPundit: Stevens No! Murkowski No! Smith No! Bayh No! Stabenow No! How high can we go?
{AJ Sparxx} Yay 21 – Nay 21 Yay 25 – Nay 26 Yay 30 – Nay 36
Webb NO Bond NO Gregg AYE
PoliPundit: Bingaman No!
PoliPundit: Burr No! Harkin No!
PoliPundit: Barrasso No! Collins No!
PoliPundit: Brownback No!
PoliPundit: Coleman No! Cochran No!
PoliPundit: McConnell No! Brown No! It's a ROUT!
PoliPundit: Warner No! Domino effect! Will we get a majority against the bill?
PoliPundit: Boxer Aye. Never count on Boxer.
McConnell NO. This is turning into a bloodbath. Is there some new deal to vote No now and come back with another proposal later?
PoliPundit: Voinovich No! Hannity must have made an impression. Voinovich is one of the 7 Republican Grand Schemers who voted for cloture a few weeks ago.
53 NAYS and 47 YEAS!! WE GOT A MAJORITY!!!
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Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians began even before the State of Israel was established in 1948, and the two populations have opposing claims to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that have defeated numerous U.S. efforts to broker peace. Right now there is little hope of a comprehensive solution—one that resolves all the issues and involves not only Israel and the PLO but the Arab states as well. Today, the most that Israel can realistically offer is less than the least the Palestinians can realistically accept.
Why? For one, on several critical issues like Jerusalem and security arrangement, the parties remain far apart. For another, full buy-in from critical Arab states is required to make a deal palatable to Israel and the Palestinians, but the turmoil we call the "Arab Spring" makes that buy-in extremely unlikely for now. In addition, the separation between Hamas-run Gaza and the Fatah-run West Bank makes it almost impossible for the Palestinians to make the difficult compromises that a final agreement would require.
For now, the best way forward is to continue talks, but to emphasize practical steps forward on the ground that move Palestinians toward construction of a state. This means building effective institutions such as government ministries, courts, and police, as well as improving the economy so that it is less dependent on foreign aid. It means trying to lighten the Israeli imprint with fewer military raids, fewer checkpoints and other obstacles to mobility, and no physical expansion of settlements in areas that will clearly be part of Palestine someday. It isn't dramatic, but this is the best path forward.


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As cases of Swine Flu continue to increase researchers at The University of Nottingham say patients who live in the Nottingham area could help vital research into how the virus is spread......
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Teccies look to repeat this year's reunion
Organisers of this year's highly successful TEC members reunion in April this year are hoping another can be planned for 2010......
28 October 2009 -
Top award for nanoparticle specialist
A University of Nottingham spin-out company specialising in a greener, safer and cheaper way to produce nanoparticles for high tech applications has been recognised for innovation in the Lord Stafford Awards......
27 October 2009 -
Reforming Human Rights Protection
The University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre will host a world class panel of human rights experts, including Mary Robinson and Thomas Hammarberg......
26 October 2009 -
Helping the obese fight loss of muscle function
Experts at The University of Nottingham are working on ground-breaking research to determine, for the first time, precisely what damage obesity can inflict on the muscles in our body......
23 October 2009 -
Stanley Middleton - a tribute
Although less-well celebrated than his predecessor D. H. Lawrence or his younger contemporary Alan Sillitoe, Stanley Middleton, who has died at the age of 89, was one of the most distinguished of Nottingham novelists......
23 October 2009 -
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An award winning University of Nottingham video project is inspiring a US school to great things in the wonderful world of chemistry......
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University Swimming pool reunion – September 2009
Saturday 12th September 2009 saw the 13 year reunion of the University Swimming Pool staff and their families......
21 October 2009 -
The sound of Swound – see them at Rock City on 3 November!
Band of Brothers - Joe, Rowan, Tom and Lloyd – are collectively know as the highly rated band Swound......
21 October 2009 -
Walking back to happiness
A unique exercise programme which has been proven to help women living with depression has been unveiled by researchers from The University of Nottingham......
20 October 2009 -
Nottingham students love their beans
They've always been a staple of the student diet but a new survey has shown that students in the city of Nottingham spend more on baked beans than in any other city......
19 October 2009 -
Could you HOST an international student?
From Uzbekistan to Egypt, from Russia to Brazil, Nottingham alumnus Neil Hancox (Physics 1958) and his wife Margaret have a fantastic friendship network stretching all over the world......
15 October 2009 -
Remembering a golden time
More than 70 guests from as far afield as Australia, Bangkok, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Mainland Europe, converged on Nottingham for the 1959 Golden Reunion......
14 October 2009 -
Saying sorry really does cost nothing
Economists have finally proved what most of us have suspected for a long time – when it comes to apologising, talk is cheap......
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A rare chance to hear a rugby and music supremo on the art of leadership
University of Nottingham alumnus and Welsh Rugby Union CEO Roger Lewis will give his insight into the fine art of leadership at a special careers masterclass this month......
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Pride of Britain
The University of Nottingham's Professor Sir Peter Mansfield has received a major national honour, winning a Pride of Britain Award......
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Once we reach the age of 55 there's a 25 per cent chance that we will be suffering from bad knees......
6 October 2009 -
Carbon copying the 'Stradivarius' sound
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5 October 2009 -
Caistor skeleton mystifies archaeologists
A skeleton, found at one of the most important, but least understood, Roman sites in Britain is puzzling experts from The University of Nottingham......
2 October 2009 -
Free lunchtime talks and workshops for the Boots and the University exhibition
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Ranked as one of the five best jazz festivals around the world, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival is a must for jazz fanatics visiting the city. Cape Town comes alive for two days in March to the captivating beat of swinging jazz music from around the world. Hosting about 40 international and African stars, the CTIJF is an awe inspiring musical jam of jazz and its popular music relatives, soul, funk, kwaito, blues and more. Hosting the likes of Cesaria Evora, Herbie Hancock, Youssou N'dour, India Arie, Randy Crawford, Hugh Masekela, George Duke, Al Di Meola, Archie Shepp, Erykah Badu, Miriam Makeba, Andreas Vollenweider and Angie Stone, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival is one dynamic music event not to be missed. Even those who don't consider themselves initiates in the love of jazz will find the big live performances accessible and exciting. There are also workshops and classes to attend during the festival, revolving naturally around jazz music but also a number of interesting artistic subjects, like photography and music journalism. To see a programme for the festival and to book tickets check out the official website listed below.
Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)
Date: 31 March to 1 April 2017
Website: www.capetownjazzfest.com