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Feedle farble fristible farum! Or, as we've been known to say downtown, with no small degree of intensity, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK! If that isn't clear enough, I can get more graphic, in a heartbeat….. Sorry, ffolkes, but, nothing relieves built up stress quite as well as a good curse, and, after the four days just passed in my world, relieving stress is the paramount task at hand…. "How can this be?", you may well ask, as the last time y'all heard from me I was headed off to the indulgently hedonistic country of cruise ships, there to once again soothe my troubled spirit with the balm of overt consumerism, as is my wont….
That was then, this is now….. I should have noted at the outset of the trip, the very first item of note on the trip list failed to meet expectations, indicating a certain lack of cooperation on the part of the universe in falling in with my plans for a nice little four-day getaway….. a failure soon followed by a massive outpouring of chaotic events, along with some covert cosmic interference, with Murphy starring in the leading role, that of the consummate asshole…. Suffice to say at this point, the entire trip was one disappointment and problematic issue after another, compounded at the last by my body's own frailty, to the tune of a $2000 medical emergency on the final night of the cruise…. and a lovely time was had by all…. NOT!
For the moment, that is all I'll say on that subject; I am saving the details, and the major part of the angst, to put into letters yet-to-be-written, one to the cruise ship company, and one to my medical insurance company, outlining the series of events that brought home to me the futility of all of Mankind's hopes and dreams, when the universe has other plans for us…. For four days, one thing after another went badly, to be followed almost immediately by something else going wrong…. which would be immediately prior to spilling something on myself in an embarrassing place, even if it was only something as simple as my own body fluids going astray…. Most excruciatingly upsetting, to be sure!….
I'm really glad to be home, and sleeping, as much as I ever do anymore, in my own bed, with my little computer here to absorb my overwrought feelings, and help me to transform them into some kind of acceptance, thereby regaining some of my hard-won serenity of spirit…. At the least, here at home, there is some chance of success in that venture…. For four days I've had every attempt at successful living thrown back in my face, burning hot…..
Okay, all done whining…. I'm sure y'all are somewhat less than riveted by my travails, so I'll get on with something more entertaining, I hope, as soon as I can wrap up this intro section…. which, I see by the drivel above, has reached a minimum legal limit…. As such, I can actually just stop here…. so, I will….
Shall we Pearl?…..
"It matters not how long you live, but how well." — Publius Syrus (42 BC) — Maxim 829
Any ranting that I do today will be related to the above subject, in order to keep the details fresh in what is left of my mind…. Plus, I haven't kept up with what is happening out in the Big Blue Room, which tends to keep me from picking a current event to rag upon, more's the pity….. That does mean a bonus for y'all, as I'll naturally fall back into the default position here at ECR when this happens….
Yes, you know what it means, ffolkes, another old-school pearl, a group of small but tasty pearls, all in a certain direction, or implying a certain theme…. Sure, those themes may not be immediately apparent, even to the most discriminating of Gentle Readers, but, more often, they simply bash one over the brows, driving home the desired point with all the delicacy of a professional wrestler….
I am, as is already obvious, more than just a little verbose this morning, having not written ANYTHING for over four days…. but, I don't think that will hurt this section, since I'm going to segue right into the remainder of this section's contents by using the old magical phrase, "slick as Natty Bumpo's Chevrolet sedan!"…. Or, as we like to say here on ECR… let's dive…. Ooh, ooh, let's go really old school, too, with poetry brackets and everything all mellow….
I knew, by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd
Above the green elms, that a cottage was near;
And I said, "If there 's peace to be found in the world,
A heart that was humble might hope for it here."
– Thomas Moore (1779-1852) — Ballad Stanzas
"I readily relapse into my reflections on the uselessness of our education. Its aim has been to make us not good and wise, but learned; and in this it has succeeded. It has not taught us to follow and embrace virtue and wisdom, but has imprinted their derivations and etymologies on our minds. We are able
to decline 'virtue' even if we are unable to love it; if we do not know what wisdom is in fact and by experience, we are familiar with it as a jargon learned by heart." — Michael de Montaigne, Essays
In the vacant places, we will build with new bricks." — T.S. Eliot
"As long as we're going insane, we might as well go the whole way. A mere shred of sanity is of no value." — Smart Bee
"Be not ashamed of thy virtues; honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times." — Ben Johnson
"We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Beware the Jabberwock, my son
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch
Beware the jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious bandersnatch
– _Jabberwocky_, by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
As with many of the classical offerings I include, this needs no adornment from my direction…. just enjoy….
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its lovliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkn'd ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms:
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.
~~John Keats ~~
Having stated above there would be no rant today, I feel obligated to keep it light… Plus, I'm still not quite feeling as well as I'd like, and need to finish this up, so I can get on with the rest of the day…. So, we again dip into the archives, for a pearl the was fresh the day it was posted, which was in May of this year…. enjoy!….
This last pearl for today will be fresh, or as fresh as I can make it from old, unused pearls, that have been lounging around in my stash for some years now…. It should be okay, it's all straight out of Smart Bee, back when I could trust it to run…. The point of today's old-school effort will be as obvious as I can make it, but, I'm not giving that a lot of credence, and neither should you…. I would suggest you take notes, as it could be to your advantage later on….
"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best." — Oscar Wilde
"One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns he must die and accepts his sentence undismayed. " — Robert Heinlein
"Principles have no real force except when one is well fed." — Mark Twain
40. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck. — Instructions for life
"Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men." — Plutarch (46-120 AD) — Life of Marcus Cato
All things good to know are difficult to learn. — Greek Proverb
"Was mir nicht umbringt macht mir streng!" {What does not kill me, makes me strong!"} — Friederich Nietzsche
Okay, ffolkes, I've done what I can do, and don't have any more in me, so I'm going to send this out to the email group, and get it posted before heading back to bed…. Whoops, better proof…. Not bad for a first effort after a lay-off; I'm going to press my luck, and let if fly with no further ado…. See ya….
Y'all take care out there,
and May the Metaphorse be with you;
Blessed Be, dearest Carole, Mark, and Theresa…
and everyone else, too…
When I works, I works hard.
When I sits, I sits loose.
When I thinks, I falls asleep.
Which is Why….
Sometimes I sits and thinks,
and sometimes
I just sits.


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VeriSign discloses in quarterly SEC filing that hackers stole data in successful attacks, but doesn't say what data was stolen.
Security giant Symantec is close to finalizing a deal to purchase VeriSign's authentication unit for $1.3 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
VeriSign to check customer sites for malware and add security seals to some search results.
The Internet's capacity will need to increase by a factor of a thousand to handle the flow of data over the next decade, the company's CTO says.
Company's founder takes the place of the CEO and president, who resigned abruptly earlier this week.
New protocol will guarantee the origin and integrity of Domain Name System data for .com and .net, company says.
Some analysts say VeriSign's Secure Sockets Layer business is a nice fit for Symantec, but others question how smart it is for the security company to get into the commoditized SSL certificate market.
In an exclusive Face to Face interview with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber, VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos outlines his strategy to have at least half of all voice and data network interactions passing through his company's services by 2010.
The domain registrar sells its 49 percent share of the mobile-entertainment joint venture to its partner, News Corp., for $200 million. Ringtones sound good to Murdoch's media empire.
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As well as the England v Brazil match, there were other Chelsea players in friendly action on Wednesday with plenty of success enjoyed.
Cesar Azpilicueta played the full match on the occasion of his debut for Spain, and celebrated with a 3-1 win against Uruguay in a match played in Qatar.
It was a solid game too for the 23-year-old who intervened to prevent chances for both Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez.
Juan Mata also started and played the first half before being replaced by David Villa. It was Mata who supplied Cesc Fabregas for an early opening goal, struck from distance. Barcelona's Pedro scored twice in the second half.
Eden Hazard was on-target with a 10th-minute penalty for Belgium at home to Slovakia. Kevin De Bruyne also started the match and Romelu Lukaku came on at half-time.
The Belgians, who had dominated with Hazard much-involved, looked to have let the win slip when the away side equalised in the 87th minute but there was still time for a winner from PSV Eindhoven's Dries Mertens. Thibaut Courtois was an unused sub.
Branislav Ivanovic played the first half of Serbia's 3-1 win away in Cyprus. The score was 1-1 at the interval.
Tomas Kalas remained an unused sub for Czech Republic who without injured Petr Cech still kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 away win in Turkey.
At Under-19 level, Nathan Ake scored a 75th-minute winner from a corner for the Netherlands at home to Scotland. The match ended 2-1. Islam Feruz played the first hour in attack for the Scots and hit the post, with Alex Davey introduced at half-time.


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Among the first articles to be tackled was one dealing with a county's ability to regulate matters within its own jurisdiction. It's known as home rule.
Alabama counties have little of it because the men who wrote the 1901 Constitution and the men who amended it over and over again did not want counties instituting reforms that might catch on statewide. So they made it all but impossible for counties to do things within their borders without the permission of the state Legislature. High on the list of not-to-do things were any changes that would raise property taxes.
However, today the business community and the Association of County Commissioners consider the lack of home rule as a drawback to economic development, and they would like to see this changed. That's why most observers believed the home-rule article would be one of the easiest to change and, therefore, the first rewritten.
This opinion was confirmed when the Constitutional Revision Commission announced this week that it would consider the article, beginning with a meeting today in Montgomery. But it became apparent that revising that easy article will not be so easy at all.
The Association of County Commissioners put forth a plan that it would like adopted, a plan that, as you'd expect, would increase the authority of county government. There are plans from the Alabama Law Institute and from anti-poverty groups. There are those who want to keep things the way they are for the same reasons the article was written as it was in the first place — even though none of the plans give the counties new powers to raise taxes.
And there are those who see home rule as just creating one more layer of bureaucracy, this one at the county level. Often it's been pointed out that the only officials voters trust less than their legislators are their county commissioners. Years of anti-government propaganda have made this an article of faith among many.
What was to be an easy first step is revealing all the prejudice, anxiety and self-interest that helped make the original constitution what it was and what it has continued to be up until today. Until those attitudes are set aside and the state's special-interest groups work for the common good, the Constitutional Revision Commission's task will be greater with each step it takes. Increasing home rule for Alabama's 67 counties should happen, and it needs to be done correctly.


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From the author of Lightborn, the third book in a Regency- flavored fantasy series of magic and manners.
Magic dies with the mage, or so the Darkborn believe. That's why Lady Telmaine Hearne has been condemned to death for sorcery. She's escaped but is now bound with her mageborn allies for the Borders and war. Meanwhile, her husband, Balthasar, has learned of his family connection to the Shadowborn-and is fighting for survival and sanity as magic turns him against everything he holds dear.
These riders are good, Ishmael di Studier thought, ruefully. Otherwise he would have heard them before they were almost on him, even on the pleated and twisting old post road. And then he would have been behind the wall on the far side of the field, well out of range of sonn, rather than crouched in a dip behind a boundary marker a mere twenty yards from the road, impersonating a rock. The ridershowever many there werewere traveling with muffled hooves and carefully wrapped metalwork, on horses trained to be silent and easy in darkness. They had crept up on him. His inability to tell their numberssix? eight?was testament to their quality.
If they were friends, he knew how they would be riding: in two staggered lines, spacing precisely maintained, each one listening and casting sonn to his or her own side. It was an order and discipline he had developed with them. They might well be friends, since the ducal order to raise the Borders for possible invasion should have the entire Stranhorne troop turned out on alert for Shadowborn. Perhaps even with instructions to find him as well.
But they might also be enemies, search parties ordered out on the archduke's warrant for his arrest. Worst of all, they could be soldiers from Minhorne, sent to the Borders on that same warrant. Ish had no doubt that the warrant had included instructions that he was to be brought back unharmed; equally, he had no certainty that those instructions would be followed, not for a fugitive charged with a lady's murder and sorcery.
He sensed diffused sonn, scattered back from the tall grass and tares around him, and thought rocklike thoughts. Midnight damp seeped through his steadying knee and a painful cramp settled in his calf muscles. He dared not shift his weight. The riders would have hearing as acute as his own, and some of the veteran border troopers had intuition that seemed akin to magic. And if his profile broke that of the rock, a bowed spine did not echo like stone.
A horse stamped and blew, and despite himself, he twitched. He could have sworn that he made no sound, but a woman's voice carried clearly through the night. "Ishmael, is that you there?"
He knew the voice; a held breath went out of him in a sigh. "Yes," he said. "I'm here."
Gloved hand on the boundary marker, he pushed himself up. He had hiked and jogged upwards of thirty-five miles in the latter part of the previous night and the earlier part of this one, carrying a pack and weapons, and he was no longer twenty, as his knees were informing him. A little stiffly, he made his way back to the party on the road.
The woman on one of the two lead horses grinned triumphantly down at him. "I thought I caught a movement. You're slipping, Ishmael." She was not that much past twenty herself, a leggy young woman, long hair braided and wound around a broad brow, features too marked and mouth too wide and mobile for conventional beauty. She wore a practical jacket and a divided riding skirt, had a rifle slung over her shoulder, a revolver and a knife at her hip, and another knife in a boot sheath. Hers was hardly the typical attire of an heiress, even in the Borders, but she was a delight to sonn, nonetheless. He returned her grin with one of his own, "You're good, Lavenderyou're all of you goodand y'well know it."
Smiles widened around him. He did not recognize any of the six men and one woman with her, but they'd all know him by reputation as Ishmael di Studier, Baron Strumheller, hunter of Shadowborn, and mage. For all he was no longer most of these things.
"Nicholas," Lavender di Gautier said, "give him your horse, and mount up with Thalia. The two of you will be easier on a horse than the baron and I." The youngest and lightest of the troop swung down and dutifully handed over the reins. Ishmael took a moment to free his rifle from his pack and strap his pack behind the trooper's provisions. The horse tried to sidle; he cuffed it, growling at it for taking him for a novice.
As he climbed into the saddle, she said over her shoulder, "You want we should head back, or finish the loop round the Pot?"
Back would be to Stranhorne Manor, her family seat, and his destination since he had jumped off the southbound coastal train just before Stranhorne Crosstracks. The Pot was a small, perfectly round lake at the bottom of a steep-sided pit, immediately recognizable on any relief model. Almost certainly it had been made by magic.
"Back," he said, though not without thought. But after spending yesterday in the open, in a day-blind pitched in shadows, he would feel much happier with stout walls around him.
"Come up by me."
His lips quirked with amusement at the confident command in her voice, even toward him. The others smoothly rearranged themselves as he eased his horse forward. They were good; neither the baron, her father, nor her twin sister would have allowed her out with anything else.
"Are you all right?" she said in a low voice.
"Aye," he said. "I am now."
"We heard"there was a slight tremor in her voice, despite herself"we heard you were dead."
"Came closer to't than I like, I'll admit," he said. He tried for an easy tone, but that near miss had probably cost him one of the most precious things he had. Two livesespecially those of Lady Telmaine and her daughtershould be a fair exchange for his lost magic, but if someone were to ask him outright, he could not honestly swear that he would not rather have died.
She would never ask him, but she knew him well enough to hear something of it in his voice. "I suppose," she said, "I'll have to wait until Stranhorne to hear all of it. I presume that is where you were bound."
"Well, you're safe now."
"That's more your promise than th'truth," he chided her. "For all it's welcome."
"This warrant for your arrest"
Had her father told her both of the charges, or just the one? With the city broadsheets being delivered every night by train, she could not have remained ignorant for long. "False, both of them."
"I know they're false," she said with spirit. "I know you. Surely the archdukesurely Lord Vladimer"
The less said about the archduke's attitude, the better. "Until Lady Tercelle's true murderer is produced, suspicion will remain on me. And as to th'other"he weighed what to say, given that he was not supposed to talk about this at all with her"it's for Lord Vladimer t'do the convincing of my innocence, since he was the one I supposedly ensorcelled. He's a wily man, and it no doubt suits his purposes to have me leading this chase."
She made a disgusted noise but expressed no further opinion. "Then what about this ducal order? All it tells us is that the ducal order of six twenty-nine was suspended, allowing us to mobilize troops beyond our allotment to guard the Borders against threats. Who are we supposed t'be guarding against? We've not seen claw or hair of Shadowborn all this summer."
She showed her youth there, Ishmael thought, believing that quiet was good. He'd spent the summer in Strumheller as fidgety as a man in burlap britches. The Borders took their name because they abutted the boundary of several thousand square miles of uninhabited land, the Shadowlands. The mages who had laid the Curse that made the Darkborn had lived near the center of what was now the Shadowlands. Some residue of that, or other, terrible magic, had given rise to the Shadowborn, marauding monsters that were the Borders' constant hazard.
Ishmael had passed the betteror worsepart of twenty-five years fighting Shadowborn, first as a trooper for hire, then as a professional Shadowhunter, and ultimately as Baron Strumheller, organizing an integrated system of warning and defense that had about halved the casualties from Shadowborn incursions. In twenty-five years, he had never experienced a summer so ominously quiet.
He had fretted and roamed and listened, but it had been Lord Vladimer Plantageter, the archduke's brother and spymaster, who had raised the possibility that this might be a prelude to Shadowborn activity more organized and extensive than any they'd encountered before.
"Here's the short of it," Ishmael said. "Th'archduke sent the ducal order on th'urging of Lord Vladimer. There's been Shadowborn at work in th'city, Shadowborn with seemingly the wits of men, the gift of taking on the likeness of others, and an appetite for chaos."
He heard her catch her breath, though with admirable discipline, she did not turn her attention from the road ahead.
"I'll tell th'whole of it in Stranhorne, but these Shadowborn were nearly the death of Lord Vladimerwhich was the second charge laid against me"sorcery, the mere suspicion of which had landed him in prison"and were th'death of upwards of a hundred and fifty Darkborn in the Rivermarch, when they set it alight during the day." He had nearly been one of those, too, having escaped by a combination of experience, knowledge of the history of that old and none-too-salubrious district, and luck. He had been spending his luck prodigiously of late. "It's likely"indeed, he was certain of it"that the Shadowborn had the doing of the murder that's been laid at my feet, since Lady Tercelle herself had dealings with them." Intimate dealings, which he would explain to all of them once they reached the manor. "Seems," he said with grim amusement, "that I'm in no great favor with them."
"Ishmael," she said, and fell silent. He could almost hear the hum of her thought. He had first met Lavender and her sister riding with the Stranhorne border troop in boys' disguise. The disguise had been done quite well, and the rest poorly, so he had torn strips off both their hides for being more of a hazard to themselves and their fellows than the Shadowborn, sent them home under escort, and assumed that was that.
"What about Strumheller?" she said.
Ishmael shrugged slightly. "The order of succession was sent and signed, and the barony has passed to Reynard. My brother has no great love for me, but he's got too much sense t'meddle with the arrangements and men I put in placenot with the Borders on alert. You'll have no weakness on your flank."
"Reynard can't hold on to it, not with you still alive."
Having disinherited Ishmael, their father had spent years grooming Reynard to succeed to the barony. His brother had never forgiven Ish for being reinstated, or for the two or three times he had turned up since, alive after long absences. Best to change the subject. "How's your sister? Is she keeping well?"
Unlike Strumheller Manor, which had been reduced to smoldering rubble in the border uprising and civil war of two hundred years ago, and rebuilt as a whole, Stranhorne was a seven-hundred-year-old architectural accretion. There were rumored to be ruins three times its age buried underneath its foundations, but Xavier Stranhorne had dryly observed that even he would not knock down his manor to confirm, historian though he was. Inspired by the fate of Strumheller Manor, the Stranhornes had turned their minds to fortification. South- and west-facing walls were doubled and as sheer an ascent as stonemasonry could make them. The top three stories had sniper windows overlooking an open killing ground strewn with noisemakers, and on the roof were three mounted cannons, a detail that appalled Ishmael, who had fought a shipboard action beside cannon. His ears had rung for hours after. The gardens on the east and the courtyard on the north were protected by a fifteen-foot-high wall with enclosed guard posts. There were two gates, the main one into the courtyard, and a smaller, seldom-used one into the gardens on the east of the manor. The massive courtyard gate was now opened and closed by a steam winch, one of the few concessions to modern technology that Stranhorne allowed.
Even if the features had been added with a mind to repel Darkborn attackers, they should do very well against Shadowborn.
The headquarters for the Border troop had originally been a ballroom on the northeast side of the manor. It was a late addition, conceived last century as a stage for the high social ambitions of one of the baronelles. But after her triumphs, the tiered balconies, the elevated orchestral platforms, and the lush reliefs and scrollwork had grown shabby with decades of neglect. Tradition held that sometimes the ghost of the baronelle could be heard weeping for its ruin, though from what Ish knew of the lady, weeping with rage was more likely.
The courtyard and ballroom were bustling. The courtyard was full of horses, mules, and carts; the ballroom was full of men and a number of women, milling around the entrance to the armory off in one intimate gallery, the mustering station for departing and returning troops, and the entrance to the kitchen. Troops were generally young and inevitably hungry. A final group was gathered around a huge relief model in an open side gallery. A woman was stretching over it to place a marker, her reach slightly impeded by the swell of her abdomen: Lavender's identical twin, Laurel, married a year, and five months pregnant.
At her shoulder, to Ishmael's not unmixed relief, was her father. Most Darkborn were relentlessly modern in outlook; Baron Xavier Stranhorne was an exception, having personally taken an axe to the first telegraph pole raised on his land. He was a relatively young man, only a few years older than Ishmael, and well educated, with a degree in history from the university in Minhorne and a lifelong interest in scholarship. His opposition to "progress" had equal parts Borders obduracy and considered decision.
His opposition to magic was equally uncompromising. The first time Ishmael had called on him as Baron Strumheller, Stranhorne had taken him into his private library and delivered an ultimatum: "I have opened my doors to you, sir, as a peer and a neighbor. But should you exercise or even discuss your unnatural practice within my halls, my doors will be closed to you forever. Do you wish to dispute this?"
"These are your halls, sir. I do not." Stranhorne noddedhe had the refreshing trait of not needing to beat down an adversary who'd submittedand the matter was settled. Ishmael had scrupulously respected Stranhorne's prohibition, and Stranhorne had scrupulously extended to him the courtesies of a peer and host. Were it not for Stranhorne's daughters, their relationship would have remained that of cooperative but distant neighbors. Ishmael would have regretted that.
Lavender hailed her father and sister cheerfully. "Told you we'd find him." Turned her head, sonning the gathered troops. "Pay up!"
He might have known there'd be a pool as to who might retrieve him.
Xavier Stranhorne's face was unreadable, which was not reassuring; the scholarly baron was not particularly demonstrative, but he did not hide what he felt. He said, "Welcome, Strumheller"which title was no accident, undeserved through it was. "I'm afraid I'm greeting you with awkward tidings. Your sister sent a telegram from Strumheller this evening. Ferdenzil Mycene's been charged with the warrant for your arrest. He's on his way with a dozen mounted men."
Lavender caught her breath, her expression horrified. "Mycene! What was the archduke thinking?"
There was no love lost between Stranhorne and the Duke of Mycene and his heir. Mycene's territorial ambitions included the extensive archipelagos off the Stranhorne coast, including the island home of the late Baronelle Stranhorne. And the warrant was for the murder of Ferdenzil's betrothed, Lady Tercelle Amberley. For the sake of his peace of mind, Ishmael was glad he had not known Mycene was hunting him.
"Mycene's also got a prisoner: the physician who was traveling with you."
Ishmael had been afraid of that. When Ishmael had decided to leave the train, his ally, Dr. Balthasar Hearne, had gone on to Strumheller to carry word to Ishmael's brother and sister that he was still alive. Ish hoped the physician had not suffered for his willingness to act as messenger and decoy.
Laurel stepped forward and hugged him firmly. He returned the hug, gladdened to feel her girth. The last time he had passed through, she had been worrisomely thin and sick with early pregnancy. He was not surprised to hear her murmur against his ear, "Librarywe'll join you." Laurel had always been the cunning one of the pair.
"We can give you provisions," Lavender said urgently. "Get you away on a fast horse."
"No," said Ishmael and Stranhorne together. Ishmael continued, "I was coming to Stranhorne, whatever befell. You need t'hear my report. You need to know what's behind the ducal order."
"That can't be more important than your freedom, surely," Lavender said.
"I think it is."
"Then let me intercept Mycene," urged Lavender. "Misdirect him." Her father got a pained expression on his face; Lavender was a notoriously poor liar. Laurel just said, "Lavender, think."
This was best not discussed in an open hall. With this many men and women around, there were bound to be those who, for the best or worst of reasons, might reveal information to a man carrying the archduke's warrant. Ishmael nodded to Stranhorne and worked his way through the group, returning handclasps and greetings as he went, but not stopping. Alone, he made his way to the baron's study. Which seemed to have had several more shelves added, though he would have sworn there was no room. In a bunker built of books alone, Stranhorne could hold off a Shadowborn armybut that whimsy was rapidly followed by the sobering awareness of possibility.
Stranhorne, Laurel, and his younger son, Boris, arrived promptly enough to prevent Ish from nodding off in a soft armchair. Lavender was downstairs, organizing sweeps, knowing that if her father did not tell her everything, her sister or brother would. Stranhorne served Ishmael brandy from a bottle sequestered behind a particularly forbidding tome, and rang for lemonade for his daughter and son.
"If you hoped," Stranhorne said, sitting down with his own brandy glass, "I'd shield you, I'm likely to disappoint."
Ishmael had hoped that; he could not deny it, at least to himselfhoped for shelter, for time, for help. "I know," he said, without rancor. "Would have been one matter to have city agents arriving hours or days behind me, but here's Ferdenzil Mycene hard on my heels. The last you want is him t'give him time to take the measure of Stranhorne's full assets when y'think you might come to need them against him, someday that might be soon."
Stranhorne sonned him crisply, but it was no secret that, should the Duke of Mycene and his son act on their ambitions to annex the islands, Stranhorne would support his late wife's people, in arms, if need be. With the men and women that Ishmael himself had helped train to fight Shadowborn. Ishmael added, "His knowing that you know he's taken me is some security that he'll return me to Minhorne for trial, and not just stake me out for th'sunrise."
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"I didn't murder Tercelle Amberley," Ishmael said. "Th'appearance was cursed compromising, I'll admit, but I'd been lured to be discovered with the body still warm. I'd hoped to prevent harm to her, if she'd been blameless, and get some answers if she hadn't."
Stranhorne's nod said that he accepted that. "We've been stockpiling munitions," he admitted. "And rotating our reserves in for training. We know that Mycene has been building up a presence in the isles. We weren't sure that this business about the Shadowborn wasn't a distraction. The city has never taken much interest in Shadowborn before now."
"Lord Vladimer has," Ishmael dissented.
There was a silence. "Vladimer," said Stranhorne, "Yes." His opinions of the archduke's brother and spymaster had to be mixed, Ishmael thought. Vladimer was the best of allies to those whose interests aligned with his brother's policy. And the worst of enemies to those whose interests did not. The former Baron Strumheller well knew where the archduke's policies did not entirely serve the Borders. "In this, at least," he said, "Vladimer's our ally."
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Monday To Friday From 05:30 PM To 10:30 PM Saturday From 05:00 PM To 10:30 PM Sunday From 05:00 PM To 10:00 PM
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Wild Turkey Lounge is great! – This is a great place to hang out. I love stopping by the Wild Turkey Lounge in the winter. Sit by the fire and have a drink and a great Angus Barn steak. It's cozy.
Not worth $45 dollars, Sorry – we got ripped off out of $300 plus dollars for a mothers day buffet that was very very bad.
The Food was BAD, Service was fair, but not worth 18% TIP! , PRICE $45.00 each! LOLOLOLOL What a joke.
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MOTHERS DAY BUFFET VERY BAD, for $45.00!!!!!! – Angus Barn has always been a great place to dine, but as of late, the food has gone down the drain.
Today, I took my family to the Mothers Day buffet. I must tell you that no steak, no ribs or even a green salad were served!
The ham, green beans were sub standard, cold and all the food was tasteless.
For $45 I expected a drink included in the price!! To top it off, they added a 18% TIP for the waiter who did not serve us our food!!!!!!!!!! What a wasted day, The Golden Corral would have been 100 times better at one third of the cost!!! WHAT A WASTE OF MY MONEY, POOR FOOD, But, fair service. SHAME ON YOU ANGUS FOR RIPPING US OFF of OUR HARD EARNED MONEY> I WILL NEVER NEVER DINE at this barn AGAIN..Tom
Cary NC
Excellent – Best restaurant in Raleigh. Yes, pricey, but great food, great service, great ambiance
Very expensive – One of the most over-rated restaurants in Raleigh, and certainly the most expensive, Angus Barn is nothing more than a steak joint; the same kind you'd find practically anywhere in Chicago. However, the ambience (tables crammed in next to one another), the service (mediocre at best), and the menu (boring) leave one wondering why so many people crowd in every night. The reason? Raleigh doesn't really have a good steak house for competition, that's why. The Chop House has a much better menu, service, and ambience for about the same price. I'd drive the extra few miles and go there... really. Unless you like to eat butter with your butter, the Angus Barn is old fashioned cooking with plenty of fat on the side. The crowd is mostly over 50 and you sit at simple wooden tables with your back shoved right up against the table next to you. The chef is good, but the menu is nothing compared to half the steak houses in Chicago. Want a really great steak? Hop on a plane and go to Lawry's. Otherwise, drive over to the Chop House.
Raleigh's worst customer service – I am horrified at the service we received this evening. I do not know where to begin.... The waitress was extremely unpleasant. When asking for drink, dinner and dessert orders, she rushed us through, we felt we were bothering her. Questions were always answered curtly. She asked us if we wanted wine, my brother indicated he wanted water initially and would be looking through the wine list, she immediately removed all of our wine glasses from the table. 10 minutes later my brother ordered wine and with a frustrated look she returned all of our wine glasses. Who trains their waitstaff?? The individuals who ordered soup were given cold soup, the individuals who ordered salad were given the incorrect salad. When we requested the soup be re-heated she seemed irritated.
I suggested we pay for our drinks and salad/soup and leave immediately, however the rest of my party was starving. When our food arrived, of course, the sides were incorrect. Half-way through our dinner, we learned there were daily specials by over-hearing the next table's waitress.
I cannot repeat it enough - it was an absolutely horrible experience.
Impeccable Service, Delectable Meals! – I went to the Angus Barn to celebrate a special occasion. I was NOT disappointed. From the moment we arrived we were treated like royalty. Our waiter was attentive and helpful. And the food! The food was absolutely DIVINE. my steak nearly melted in my mouth. I almost cried when I ate the last bite because there was none left. lol
Over Rated – Is what you call high class dining? I beg to differ, the steaks are mediocre. I'll choose Brasa Brazilian Steakhouse any day and time over Angus Barn!
yep still overrated – At least for Thanksgiving buffet it's way overrated. The atmosphere we were allocated didn't begin to be worth the price-- We were seated in the Wild Turkey Lounge at a backgammon table. Nuff said. Well, not really:
No tablecloth, continuous parade of other diners traipsing by with overloaded plates, table too small for plates & glasses, Barn staff heavy -footing by in a hurry. The food was okay but not worth a second trip. Ridiculously crowded. Desserts were no better than Golden Corral!
Great & attentive server, though. Rather wasted on a buffet meal.
DID ANGUS BARN PAY CITYSEARCH ? – The Angus Barn is by far not the best steak in the triangle, I think people who do not eat at nice places much are impressed by the atmosphere, it seems like a fancy steak place, so how could it be bad? The service and food are mediocre at best, and I have eaten there all my life, mostly because of a work dinner or my parents want to go, but they don't eat out much either, I mean it's kind of a Raleigh Institution, it' s a familiar place. Try Capital City Chophouse, Jimmy V's in Cary, even Firebirds has a better steak, and it is Cheaper. I will give A.B. props on the wine list and dinners in the Wine Cellar, that part is great , just be prepared to dish out a lot for the wine if that is why you are going there, a thick book of different wines does you no good when you can only afford a 25 dollar bottle.Service is hit or miss, and the Turkey Lounge is a cool place to knock back a few cocktails, if you can find a seat in the crowd. However, I do not see how this place won best steak, there are too many better options these days, if this were 1988 I could see it.
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I agree with Laurie, however I think it is the responsibility of the parent(s) to first introduce this topic with their children. How can they not? Look at the world, it is bombarded by sexual stimulus everywhere you look from TV, to billboards to kids themselves. Unless some parents are hermits it's not easy to miss the sexual messages that permeate our society.
Sex - Yes please!
What's the fuss??
Sex education should be conferred on the kids by parents. The mechanics in Biology class and the wisdom of what sex (act of) is used for and what we should look out for if the kids make this choice, should be exposed by teachers.
It couldn't be simpler. So online, offline, on the bus who cares as long as they get it and get the bare truth (No pussy footing around). For the moral right look at how many abandoned crack babies there are in the US who know one wants. Parents stop abdicating all you responsibilities to the education system. They are YOUR kids after all.
Get real - all living things have been doing it for eons...stop this crazy PC stuff already!
Should sex education happen in class, or online?
Parents should be the ones to talk to their children. However, parents are sometimes reluctant to do so. Then another trusted adult should be available. Anything by anybody can be put online. Teens need to be taught how to get rid of garbage and get reliable information.
Should sex education happen in class, or online?
Shouldn't it be three-fold? I certainly agree that in-school sex education, both by teachers and on-line resources, is of vital importance. However, shouldn't parents (or parent-figures) also be held responsible, in some part, for the sex education of our youth (i.e. their youth…you helped bring them into this world , did you not?)? Not only scientific research, safe-sex practices, and the option of abstinence should be taught, but individual experiences from parents (or parent-figures) should be addressed. What happened (or maybe it never was) to parents talking openly to their children? And if you do not talk openly to your kids, you should figure out how. Not only will this help kids' sex-education, but their overall growth into adulthood.
Online sex education
The opportunity to learn, research, and work online provides a sense of relevance, currency, and even limited privacy to young people as they seek to answer questions they may have about themselves, their bodies, and personal topics that may be difficult to chat about in a classroom setting.
It cannot be overstated, however, that it is through a human connection with a trusted adult, whether parent or teacher, that our students need to be able to confirm and understand this information. In any online research, the ability to question and verify the accuracy of information, as well as the need to place information in a personal context, is essential. This best occurs with a person who knows the student's background, level of comprehension, and perhaps even what other information they have been exposed to -- accurate and respectful, or not.
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The alternative to sex education in class is pregnancy in class.
We are dealing with a generation of students who are accustomed to getting information, whether reliable or not, via some sort of stimulating interactive experience through the internet and television. If this medium attracts and keeps the attention of these students, something as important as sex education should, at the very least, have an online component. I would think any vitally important message for the health and welfare of students should be using the most effective method of communication; educationally sound web-sites, podcasts, blogs...


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Shapley,Originally posted by Shapley:
Whatever the general view is of Louisiana and Mississippi, they are a far cry from being "third world countries".
We sent aid to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Niger, et. al., because they needed it. Europe has been undergoing some pretty serious flooding in the past few weeks. So far as I know, they've neither asked for assistance nor have we offered it. I sent money to the Catholic Charities to help out with relief to areas stricken by Katrina, as I did for tsunami relief and the Niger famine, but I hardly expect the Indonesian people to be in a position to reciprocate. (Well, Okay, that rich widow in Nigeria could help out, but I thinks she's still trying to find someone to help her get her dead husband's millions out of the country. )
Where would the other countries send their care packages: To the poor insurance companies who will be out billions to pay costs, or to our government, that will most likely make up the difference between what is lost and what is covered?
By the time the ships full of relief supplies could get here from France, UPS will have delivered everything they need to get started getting their lives together.
It isn't very charitable to start expecting reciprocity for charitable giving.
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"I need to tell Mitchi," was the only sentence I was able to muster to my parents.
"You do that sweetie, I'll go tell Eitan..." said my Mom wiping the tears from her eyes.
I definitely did not want to be there for that. I went into my room and grabbed my phone. Before I dialed I just shut my eyes and lay down on my bed. Dead. Alexis was dead. My best friend...we were going to drive to New York City together one day, we were going to be roommates when we were older, I couldn't wrap my head around any of this, so I just gave up.
I dialed Mitchi's number and held my breath until his Mother picked up.
"Um hi Anne may I please speak to Mitchi?" I asked.
"Sure Chelsea! Is everything okay? Hows Alexis?"
"Please Anne just put him on the phone," I said.
"Mitchi Alex is dead," I said breathlessly.
"WHAT?!" he screamed, and I could hear his Mother asking what was wrong.
"SHE'S GONE SHE'S GONE SHE'S GONE!" he kept screaming, I was silently jealous of his reaction, but my brain just hadn't soaked it in yet, how could Alexis really be dead?
"Oh god Chelsea oh god," Mitchi kept saying.
"Are you okay?" I asked him stupidly.
"No I--I think I need to go, I'll call you a little bit later okay?" he said and then hung up.
I went downstairs to see my Mom holding little Eitan by the hand, he was shaking and clinging onto my Mother with his coat and shoes on.
"Get your coat on Chelsea," said my Dad who was holding my sobbing brother in his arms.
"Why? Where are we going?" I asked.
"We're going to take you to the hospital to say goodbye, so that it becomes real," said my Mom.
I really didn't want anything to become real.
I don't remember the drive to the hospital, I only remember getting off of the elevator and seeing Alex's parents Essy and Michael waiting for Eitan. Essy looked as shocked as I did, but Michael was obviously holding it together for everyone.
"Hello Chelsea, my name is Kate and I'm the hospital social worker," said a lady beside me.
"We're going to go in and see your cousin together, okay?" she said in one of those fake-nice voices.
"She's my best friend, not just my cousin," I muttered, and my Dad shot me one of those 'don't-be-rude' looks.
The social worker led me into the hospital room, and I saw Alexis hooked up to even more machines, but still breathing!
"She's not dead!" I cried out happily
"She's able to breathe because of that big machine over there," said Kate the social worker. "It's called a respirator, and it keeps your organs going when your brain stops working. Once she's unplugged from that machine then she will technically be dead. Right now she's just listed as brain dead."
I appreciated the social worker for being so blunt with me, but being told my best friend was dead a second time hit me hard. Everything came crashing down at that moment and I ran to Alexis and put my face to hers. I soaked her long black hair with my tears and just screamed.
"No you can't be gone...I love you Alex...come back...please come back...I love you...If you're not here I don't want to be either."
I'm not sure when my Mom barged in but she did and pried me away from Alex into her arms.
"I'm so sorry Chelsea," she said "I am so so sorry."
We left Eitan with his parents in the hospital so that the family could say their goodbyes, and I just remember crying the whole way home.
I ran upstairs to my room, slammed the door, and threw myself on my bed.
I leapt up immediately, and saw the ring Alex had lost the other day right on my pillow.
I had spent two hours looking for it after we had come back from the hospital the first time, but there it was right in plain sight, it had came from out of nowhere.
"Alex?" I breathed, but no answer.
I held the ring tight in my hand and cried a little while longer. I then stopped myself. I couldn't cry anymore, I just didn't have it in me. I wiped my eyes and called Mitchi to see if he was okay, and then went to bed.
It would be six months before I had any sort of reaction again.
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Banff Musicians in Residence (Winter)
Program dates: January 6, 2014 - March 14, 2014
Application deadline: Extended to November 1, 2013
Please also see Banff Musicians in Residence (Fall)
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"This amount of growth would likely have taken many months to achieve in the context of our everyday lives."
Joel Visentin, Music Residency alumnus
The Banff Musicians in Residence program provides emerging and established artists from all musical backgrounds with a period of focused time to concentrate on artistic development. This program is the ideal opportunity for individual musicians, ensembles, bands, composers, and music researchers to: work on a specific project; create new works; prepare for concerts, auditions or competitions; research innovative ideas; or explore new aspects of personal musical growth.
Residents are given the opportunity to expand their artistic insights through interaction with both distinguished visiting artists and other international musicians in the residency program. All residents have their own private studio space that they can access any time they wish. Participants in the residencies receive artistic and career advice from well-established guest artists and may perform with them on selected performances. There are weekly opportunities for performances on Banff Centre stages, as well as off campus.
Residency length can vary within the prescribed program dates. All residencies must begin on a Monday and last for a minimum of 12 days up to a maximum of 10 weeks. Acceptance to residencies is primarily based on artistic excellence and integrity, as well as the merit of the suggested artistic project, the probability the artist will realize the project, and the ability of The Banff Centre to provide appropriate support.
Demo recordings are available to musicians already taking part in any of The Banff Centre's Music residencies and are intended as a resource for artists needing CDs for auditions or personal promotion, and not for commercial purpose. Demos can be booked prior or during the artist's residency and completed as studio schedules permit. Please clearly indicate demo needs in your application material on the Resource Request Form.
Professional CD recording projects can be integrated within a Music residency or kept separate. Financial aid is not available for the production of a professional CD recording. It is strongly recommended to contact the Audio department prior to applying online. Find more information about Professional CD Recordings.
Above photo: Courtesy The Banff Centre.
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Longhorns hold off Hampton12:29 am | December 24, 2012
MOUNTAIN CITY — Johnson County's basketball team delivered in the clutch.
After watching Hampton roar back from a double-digit deficit on Friday night, the Longhorns hung on for a 64-61 non-conference decision at Ray Shoun Memorial Gymnasium. Cody McClain's 3-pointer with 15 seconds remaining pulled the Bulldogs within a point, before Chris Poteet's two free throws sealed the outcome.
"We about gave it away again," Johnson County coach Austin Atwood said. "Tonight I thought we did a good job coming out in the third quarter. We did a pretty good job.
"We even extended the lead a couple of times. Then we came out in the fourth, had a few sloppy turnovers and they got more loose balls than we did. I thought that was a big key."


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For the six Hovdestad boys of Moorhead, 'it was a matter of pride' to wear Army greenSix brothers. One shared sense of duty. The Hovdestad boys of Moorhead were there each time their country called: World War II, the Korean War, and the uneasy peace of the Cold War. All six served in the U.S. Army.
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Snus is spit-free, smoke-free, mess-free, tobacco that comes in a small pouch. Just slide it under your upper lip and enjoy.
Snus originated in Sweden more than 200 years ago and is now used by millions around the globe.
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I own a beauty business, and I hate when I walk into a space and there are drapes everywhere. I do not think that drapes say "come to me, Im a professional". The aesthetics of our space say a lot about who we are and how we operate. I came across these blinds by happenstance. And I've never been happier about a purchase. They have an elegance about them. In my salon, I have a lot of direct light and with all the mirrors, theres a lot of brightness. What I love about these blinds is that my guests and I can still see outside and people outside can't necessarily see in. So my guests comfort and privacy is being met. They are also a conversation piece, so many of my guests have asked about them. A must-have in any space.View this product
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Before the Financial Aid Office can calculate your aid, it must first figure your budget (Also known as your Cost of Attendance COA). The COA covers all your costs per year, from tuition and fees to books to food, transportation and any other costs you could have during the year. This helps determine the maximum amount of aid you can receive for the academic year.
Your budget is based on several factors, including how many classes you're taking, if you're enrolled full year or half year, etc. Each year, we survey current students on their costs for the current academic year. The results are averaged, adjusted for inflation and then used to calculate a student's financial need for the academic year.
You won't be billed for the items on your Cost of Attendance, except for your tuition and fees and, if you live on campus, housing. The other categories on your COA helps the financial aid office account for other costs you will have during the year and how much financial aid you may need to cover those costs.
Your Cost of Attendance is broken down into five categories:
Below you will find an example of a COA breakdown as it is seen on myIPFW. Once you are awarded, you will be able to view yours on myIPFW.
Using the above example, the student's budget is $24,725. That is the maximum amount that the student can receive in financial aid for the academic year.
Once your Cost of Attendance is figured, we award your financial aid, using the Cost of Attendance figure as the maximum amount of financial aid (grants, loans, and scholarships combined) that you can receive during an academic period.
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Read the latest on faculty honors, publications, presentations and more.Read more
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Minihan Buldini '06 to Run Boston Marathon
On Monday, April 21st, Page Minihan Buldini '06 will run her fourth Boston Marat...Read more
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Message from Sister Janet Eisner, SND, on the Anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings
President Sister Janet Eisner, SND, reflects on the first anniversary of the Bos...Read More
April 8, 2014
Deschenes '14 Awarded Graduate Scholarship
Psychology major Spencer Deschenes '14 was recently awarded a scholarship to the...Read more
April 7, 2014
Ryan '14 Awarded Fulbright to Greece
A double major in international studies and Spanish, Kelsey Ryan will spend the ...Read more
April 3, 2014
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During the College's weeklong spring break in March, twelve Emmanuel students, t...Read more
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Emmanuel Students, Staff Continue ASB Tradition
During the week of March 10th, more than 70 members of the Emmanuel community pa...Read more
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Emmanuel Announces New Test-Optional Policy
Beginning with the class entering in fall of 2015, applicants for admission will...Read more
March 26, 2014
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Recently at Emmanuel, as with the rest of the nation, a cappella groups have bec...Read more
March 25, 2014
Cartier '16 Awarded EC Travel Fellowship
Molly Cartier '16 was awarded the EC Travel Fellowship for Advanced Study and wi...Read more
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David Cunningham, Professor and Chair of Sociology at Brandeis University, discu...Read more
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Assistant Professor of Mathematics Benjamin Allen is challenging the students in...Read more
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The latest on faculty honors, publications, presentations and more.Read more
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Four Saints Earn All-ECAC Indoor Track Honors
With the Saints competing on their home practice track, Emmanuel notched All-ECA...Read more
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On the afternoon of March 4th, the full-time faculty of the Theology + Religious...Read more
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On February 10th, the Information Technology department unveiled the first phase...Read more
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Five couples vied for the mirror ball trophy in last night's second annual Danci...Read more
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"Darkness in the City of Light"
In January 2014, twelve students embarked on a travel course to Paris, led by Le...Read more
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Political science majors Alan Gabriel '14 and Michel Legendre '14, the Co-Direct...Read more
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Saints Complete the Sweep...Again!
The Emmanuel women's basketball team cruised to a 65-52 win at Albertus Magnus C...Read more
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EC Model UN
During the weekend of February 13-16, Emmanuel's Model UN participated in the 60...Read more
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On February 6th, the graduating class of 2014 celebrated their final one hundred...Read more
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Carland '14 Spends Semester in Japan
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Galas '89 Finds her Niche in Hollywood
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Smith Named GNAC Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week
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Here are some photographs I took on my two trips to Burma.
- Survivors of the cyclone in the Irawaddy Delta.
- Mug shots of Burmese political prisoners which are part of a display at the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners in Mae Sot, Thailand.
- Ludu Daw Amar, a legendary left-wing Burmese journalist, photographed at her house, in Mandalay, two months before her death, in April, at age ninety-two.
- A monastery destroyed by the cyclone in the Irrawaddy Delta.
- The Mustache Brothers, a banned vaudeville act of political satire in Mandalay.
- The old railway headquarters in Rangoon after the cyclone.
- Sailing down the Toe River into the Irrawaddy Delta after the cyclone.