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The first World University Rankings, published in The Times Higher last week, generated widespread interest across the globe. Thousands of overseas readers accessed the tables online ( www.thes.co.uk/worldrankings ) on the day they were published, prompted by local media reports.
Almost 10,000 people had registered for the service this week, suggesting a strong demand for the faculty-level rankings that will begin to appear in The Times Higher in December.
The media response to the rankings came from countries as far afield as Australia, Korea, Singapore, the US, Canada and continental Europe. The Sydney Morning Herald , for example, gloried in the presence of six Australian universities in the top 50, while the German news agency DPA bemoaned the absence of the country's universities in the top positions.
The Harvard Crimson was delighted with its institution's place as the world's number one. Marilyn McGrath Lewis, director of undergraduate admissions at Harvard, said: "It's always flattering to be admired."
She added that The Times Higher "was correct to include a large number of great universities".
Around the world, the rankings were a global story with local resonance.
The South China Morning Post , for example, focused on the fact that Beijing University had been placed above Hong Kong's leading universities, while Singapore News noted that the National University of Singapore and Nanyang University had both outperformed competitors in the Asian market. It observed that US heavyweights Columbia and Cornell were placed below NUS.
Shih Choon Fong, student union president at the National University of Singapore, told the Straits Times : "We welcome these comparisons, because we are confident of the quality of our education at NUS, and we can only raise our profile further if we make it to such lists."
Many academics, however, were critical of the exercise. In The Australian , for example, Gavin Brown, Sydney University's vice-chancellor, said he found the ranking "totally mystifying", while Ian Chubb, his opposite number at the higher-placed Australian National University, said that all such rankings were imperfect because they aggregated different variables.
However, Robert King, deputy vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales, said that The Times Higher "would appear to have based the rankings on highly relevant criteria".
Much of the UK comment on the rankings also pointed to local success, with BBC Somerset noting that Bath University had almost made the top 100.
A spokesperson for Queen Mary, University of London, trumpeted the fact that London had six of the top 100 institutions. The choice of measure may have been influenced by Queen Mary appearing at 100th position.
The rankings were welcomed by some institutions as a means of benchmarking their university against a global standard.
Many universities, from Japan to New Zealand and England, simply wanted to know how close they had come to appearing in the tables.
The vice-chancellor of one well-known English university, on being told the answer, commented: "It will be a long struggle for me and probably my successor to make much of an impression on this table."


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Help! just got my E96 Test back and I'm heartbroken and confused
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Hi, So to make this short-I just got my results for the
E96 Common food panel results.
I had a tumor on my pancreas that was removed with my spline and a part of my GI tract and as a part of my healing process been seeing a naturopath that suggested doing the (400$) test to see what does my body need to let go off-i'm left with very little-i'm already vegetarian and will not any of the meat or fish I can tolerate based on this test but it seems like I can only eat rice, potato, and spices! I also don't cook and don't have time for it anyhow now that I'm back to work (like really, I burn water) :pout:
My low reaction foods are potato, rice, avocado, yams, spinage, pecan, mushrooms a bunch of spices and fruit (I can have a lot of fruits with the little pancreas I have left, need to be careful with sugar)
My moderate (only to have every 4 days) include cucumbers, peppers, broccoli, carrot and some fruit as well...
My AVOID list is big and has cheese eggs gluten tomatoes almonds and everything else that is obvious and big..
I'm so frustrated I can't stop crying I can't figure out how to start doing this! :'(
what do you guys eat for breakfast? I'm truly heartbroken that the one thing that I feel like I need to heal myself and I can't figure out what to eat tomorrow without feeling like all I've eaten is a mash of cooked items, I'm used to eating big salads every day! if I can only eat most fresh vegetables every four days how is that going to work?!
Please tell me what do you guys do? I'm so upset I feel pathetic..thank you! :heart:
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Welcome! Im so sorry youre facing so many challenges! :grouphug:
From an allergy standpoint, naturopaths and the test you had are worthless. I know there is antidotal evidence that changing your diet can be beneficial when fighting cancer, but Im not really sure if there have been any scientific studies proving the best way to do that. I cant imagine severely limiting your diet like the naturopath suggested would be beneficial - perhaps quite the opposite. What does your oncologist say?
Our members are great at coming up with things to eat when having to avoid many foods and Im sure will be eager to help in any way we can, but I urge you to seek the advice of your oncologist and find out which, if any, foods to avoid that could be beneficial for you before avoiding so many things.
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Enfant Terrible, Kenneth Anger, Is Almost Turning 90
"When I arrived, I asked the man at the front desk about a reservation for Kenneth Anger and his face went white.
Anger walked in 20 minutes later, and the waiters swiveled to see him—the whole room did. He was scowling, eyes glaring, and wearing a track jacket emblazoned on the back with the word 'LUCIFER.' A host led him to a booth. Musso & Frank is the oldest restaurant in Hollywood, but only a few years older than Anger, America's first avant-garde filmmaker.
For decades, Anger was quite literally a cult figure—a filmmaker with a strong affinity for the occult teaching of Aleister Crowley, known only from clandestine midnight gatherings. In 2010, Jeffrey Deitch, then the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, wanted to include Anger in a show about L.A. artists. He was told, 'Kenneth Anger, he's no longer alive.'
'It's not an exaggeration to say he's the inventor of independent cinema, he's the inventor of gay cinema, and my friend David LaChapelle says he's the inventor of the music video,' Deitch said. 'This guy is astonishing in his contributions.'
The rumors of Anger's death turned out to have been overstated. His work has popped up in exhibitions ranging from the Whitney Biennial to last year's Art Basel art fair in Switzerland, courtesy of his dealer, Sprüth Magers. The gallery just opened an outpost on Anger's home turf, ensuring that he'll be represented in Los Angeles for the immediate future. Long considered, however quietly, a founder of video art and underground film, Anger, as he approaches his 90th year, is doing something nobody would have expected seven decades ago, when he was starting out: stepping into the spotlight." - Nate Freeman via ArtNews


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Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star as powerful men on the opposite side of the law in Billions. Featuring the world of high stakes finance, Bobby Axelrod has everything, but U.S. attorney Chuck Rhoades dreams of taking it all away. The result is a cat and mouse game to see who can outmaneuver the other. Billions returns to Showtime on February 19 at 10 p.m. ET. No cable? No premium channels? None of that matters because you can watch Billions online without cable. All you need to do is keep reading and we will tell you how to watch Billions online with live stream or on-demand options.
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In the Arrivederci Roma nightclub, bar and grill
Standing in the fibreglass ruins watching time stand still
All your troubles you confess
to another faceless backless dress
Schnapps chianti porter and ouzo
Pernod vodka sambuca I love you so
Tatty beauty talking in riddles
Rome burns down everybody's on the fiddle
Two thousand dollars for wife and some class
A thousand years drowned in a chaser glass
How I wish that she was mine
I could have been a King in Six Eight Time
Schnapps chianti porter and ouzo
Pernod vodka sambuca I love you so
It's a brittle charm but she's had enough
Still she wrote her number on his paper cuff
You don't know where to start or where to stop
All this pillow talk is nothing more than talking shop
When I came here tonight my pockets were overflowing
They took my return ticket without me even knowing
I pray to the saints and all the martyrs
For the secret life of Frank Sinatra
But none of these things have come to pass
In America the law is a piece of ass
I'm a deportee
Goodbye Cruel World
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- I Wanna Be Loved
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- 2. Veronica
- 3. Who Do You Think You Are?
- 4. She Handed Me A Mirror
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Haven't been doing a lot the last few days. I have been a little under the weather, pain in my back and leg cramps. I found Aleve helps more than anything. Yesterday I made it to the Post Office, and grocery store. They had cabbage on sale for 45 cents lb. So, this afternoon I made cabbage and sausage, with carrots and potatoes. It was soooo good. I think I will have just enough for tomorrow.
The Post Office lost my mail from my mail forwarding service. I will make another trip tomorrow to town and hope they have it by then. If not then I will have a few choice words to say to them. Escapee's mail service e-mails me when they sen my mail, which was last Friday. It surely should be here by now. I think it is the PO, they have a new person working, and I think it just got "lost".
I am still trying to decide where I want to go for the winter. How do You decide where you will travel? Do you go to see the amusements, or family, or maybe the weather is the reason? I think I am looking for warm weather!
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Vote Batman or Bane in Empire's for new Dark Knight Rises cover reveal
You know, it's sort of a cool concept what Empire is doing here. You can go to this link and decide which image you want revealed for their next cover. The more votes you cast, the more the cover is revealed. Not a bad concept.
Unfortunately, the chosen subjects aren't the best in my opinion. If this was the absolute first time we'd seen characters from THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, it would be pretty cool, and I would be sitting here all day voting. But we've already seen a ton of Bane pictures in full costume on set, and uh Batman? I think we know what he looks like by the third movie.
Between the two, how is this even a contest? Rather, the other choice should probably be Catwoman. Even though it would likely just be Anne Hathaway in pointy goggles, at least it would be a new character.
I was hoping these would be fully revealed by the end of my shift, but Bane has 22,000 votes and you can't even see past his nipples yet. Check back next month for the full image (or hopefully in a few hours if they speed this process along).
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Today's featured blog is "Balzer Designs". You may have noticed their blog button on my sidebar...
I found Julie a year ago on one of my late night Web Surfs. Her style of art journaling is so me...a bit messy, lots of texture and words and colors. Love it! My favorite thing about her blog is her monthly challenge..."Art Journal Every Day". With Julie's support {along with dozens of other girls} you are encouraged to create something in your journals every single day. Sounds hard...but the few months I did it felt so good!
I have been visiting her blog a ton lately in anticipation of the new year and my goal to get back to art journaling. I totally abandoned it last fall when I began painting so much and getting ready for my shows. Not anymore!! 2012 is the year of STORY for me and art journaling will play a huge part in that!!
Okay...so do you remember this room?!?!? And that turkey??
And one more...
Girls...this room looks NOTHING like this now. Oh,no!! It is now my DREAM SPACE!! I am soooo excited to share all the photos with you!! Be sure and stop by tomorrow:)
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Jin Yong (Louis Cha)
I recently got into Jin Yong again. He's probably the greatest novelist of all time. In a very true sense, he's the Eastern version of Tolkien. Jin Yong (or Loius Cha) has written extensively, but his most famous works are the '14 Heavenly Novels'. Amongst these 14 novels are Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (天龙八部), The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侣) and The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (倚天屠龙记). The really extraordinary thing about these novels is that they are all connected. In fact, they all follow a timeline - from the 12th century onwards (天龙八部). Some characters, places and events are actually reminiscent of dynastic China. So it's not surprising that my favorite of the 14 is DGSD, because it's the earliest sequel (Jin Yong doesn't dub them as sequels, as he characterizes each book by its virtues, thematic approaches and characterizations) and the characters in the story have more potent abilities.
My favorite sect in the Jin Yong universe is Xiao Yao Pai (逍遥派) which means 'The Wanderers'. They are depicted very mysteriously but play a significant part in DGSD. My favorite characters are all in 逍遥派, ie. Wu Ya Zi (无崖子) Tian Shan Tong Lao (天山童姥) and Li Qiu Shui (李秋水). The latter 2 characters are females and fellow disciples who fall in a love triangle with their disciple brother (无崖子). In a thread I found on the net, fanatics came to a conclusion that they are undoubtedly the 2 post powerful female characters in the novels. Perhaps the reason why I absolutely love them is their abilities. They have some of the most ancient, 'forgotten' and unique skills in the JY universe. These include:
Xiao Wu Xiang Gong (小无相功)
Bei Ming Shen Gong (北冥神功)
Ba Huang Liu He Wei Wo Du Zun Gong (八荒六合唯我独尊神功)
Tian Shan Liu Yang Zhang (天山六阳掌)
Tian Shan Zhe Mei Shou (天山折梅手)
Ling Bo Wei Bu (凌波微步)
无崖子 was actually crippled by his own disciple but his 2 fellow disciples were still caught in an endless struggle to suade his affection. Ironically, at the end of this particular saga, 无崖子 exposes that the person he truly loved was 李秋水's sister, which was a sudden twist in the novel because the stone statue 无崖子 made that everyone thought was 李秋水 was actually her sister lol.


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As many of you know, I have changed my diet drastically over the last couple years. Before kids, I would eat fast food all the time, processed boxed meals from the grocery store and soda…lots of soda. Our oldest child's food allergies pretty much changed everything for us, especially the way we eat. We no longer could depend on quick "convenience" processed meals and I had to learn how to make most of our meals from scratch. To me, this has been a blessing in disguise as it has helped me take my health and my families health under control.
I saw and felt the effects of my bad eating habits and I didn't want my kids to have to go through the same. During both of my pregnancies, I was considered, in medical terms, obese. While I was able to have textbook, easy pregnancies, it wasn't until after having my children that I realized things needed to change. I noticed I would get out of breath easily just playing with my kids or walking around the block. My knees and legs would hurt if I walked a little more than usual. During my first pregnancy, I had high blood pressure for the first time in my life. Things had to change.
With my son being allergic to eggs and dairy, I was opened up to the vegan lifestyle and diet as they not only don't consume meat, but they also do not consume any other animal products such as eggs and milk! So I found myself making veganized versions of muffins, breads, cakes, pancakes and many other foods we enjoyed in the past. This led me to explore eating more vegetables, grains, beans and fruits. While we still consume meat from time to time, exploring vegan foods has become such a big part of our lives and it has helped me get my health on track, lose weight and teach my kids good eating habits while tasting a variety of foods and flavors.
One part of eating healthier that I have really enjoyed is making smoothies. I pretty much consume a smoothie a day and have for almost a year. I gave up soda almost 3 months ago and never looked back. My headaches went away and I dropped 10 lbs in the first 2 months (although just giving up soda won't produce the same results, I also eat a balanced diet with plenty of protein, fruits and veggies.) One argument that has come up numerous times is that the sugar content in smoothies is as high or higher than soda. Or that I shouldn't be eating more fruit because of the sugar! It always seems that with all the fads and diets these days, one group will be opposed or disagree one way or another with the way another chooses to eat. I have read numerous articles (like this) about how consuming smoothies or fruit is as bad or worse than drinking soda or eating a candy bar and that "all sugars are the same"! *cue eye roll*
So let's talk sugars… Yes, there is sugar in fruits. It is a naturally occurring sugar called fructose. Now before you get all worked up saying that it is the same as high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), let discuss it more. The sugar in fruit is not absorbed the same nor does it have the same effect on our body as refined sugar or HFCS. While fruit contains sugar, it also contains antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, water and fiber. Now the fiber in fruit helps determine how the sugar will be used in your body and actually slows the absorption of sugar. Fiber also is what helps you feel fuller longer. So when it comes to fruit, yes you will get sugar, however, because of our lovely friend fiber it will take a heck of a lot of fruit (about 16 cups of strawberries) to equal the same amount of sugar you get in 2 cans of soda. Plus, fiber will help keep you satisfied instead of making you hungry sooner. Plus, you are also getting a variety of vitamins and minerals that you will not find in a candy bar or soda.
Now what about high fructose corn syrup? HFCS has been linked to weight gain, inflammation, heart disease, kidney disease and causes issues to those who are diabetic. It is cheap and easy to make which is why it has become used in so many processed foods. It is quickly absorbed by your body and causes insulin spikes as opposed to slow absorption and gradual rises like the sugars in fruit. HFCS also gives many people a spike in energy, however if this fuel isn't used up right away, your body turns it into fat. And since your body absorbs it so fast, it is in turn digested quicker causing you to be hungry sooner and more often.
So now that we understand how the sugars are absorbed by our bodies, let's look at sugar content. I went ahead and used a nutritional tracker to check the nutritional and sugar content in some of my smoothies. The ingredients listed are the ONLY things I add. I do not add any artificial sweeteners.
The first is a green smoothie with the following ingredients:
- almond milk
- 100% pineapple juice
- frozen mango chunks
- avocado
- kale
- frozen banana
It has 463 calories, 13 grams of protein and 48 grams of sugar.
The second one contains:
- decaf coffee
- almond milk
- kale
- raw cacao powder
- medjool dates
- pure vanilla extract
- ice
It has 256 calories, 6 grams of protein and 41 grams of sugar.
And last:
- kiwi
- fresh squeezed lemon juice
- fresh parsley
- kale
- strawberries (a whole cup!)
- coconut water
- chia seeds
256 calories, 9 grams of protein and only 23 grams of sugar.
Now granted, I realize the first two contain more grams of sugar than a can of soda that I pictured below. But look at the other nutritional data. This soda contains 0g of protein, no fiber, no vitamins, no minerals, no antioxidants, however it does contain nasty processed chemicals such as phosphoric acid, "natural flavors" and caramel color… Plus ALL the sugar from this can of soda is high fructose corn syrup so it will be used up quicker, cause insulin and blood levels to rise quickly, most likely cause a burst of energy then a crash later on and won't satisfy you nearly as long as any of the smoothies I listed. Not to mention this can is only 12 oz. The nutritional data I supplied for the smoothies is for the entire smoothie. All of my smoothies are anywhere between 3-4 cups per serving which equals to anywhere between 24-32 ounces! So think about that the next time you want to tell me my smoothie is worse than your can of soda!
Now of course not all smoothies are created equal. I get that. When might a smoothie be not so good for you? Well when it contains any of the following:
- ice cream…pretty self explanatory
- dairy milk…especially commercially produced containing antibiotics and hormones
- artificial sweeteners or syrups
- canned fruits, especially canned in syrup
Ok, then what about our Diet Coke drinkers? Well unfortunately, just like it's regular full calorie counterpart, diet soda has been found to cause kidney function issues. Even though the calorie count looks much better, it doesn't help you lose weight. A study actually found that people who drink diet soda are more likely to become overweight and overeat which may be because of the artificial sweeteners that trick their body into thinking they are consuming sugar, thus causing them to crave more. And if this isn't enough to get you to change your mind, read the rest of the ingredients or I should say chemicals…
I really hope all this information has been helpful. I enjoyed researching everything and I even learned a lot of new things I hadn't known before. I will continue to drink my smoothies proudly and encourage many people to try giving up soda for good or even a month and see how they feel.
- http://www.smoothiediet.com/are-smoothies-bad-for-you/
- http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/body-process-fruit-sugars-same-way-refined-sugar-8174.html
- http://www.discovergoodnutrition.com/2011/02/the-truth-about-sugars-in-fruit/
- http://www.diabeticconnect.com/diabetes-information-articles/general/153-why-diabetics-should-avoid-high-fructose-corn-syrup
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17525693?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
- http://www.healthyhorns.utexas.edu/n_dietsoda.html
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2660468/
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As we reported last month, Epic Games named two Fortnite players in a lawsuit against cheaters in Fortnite: Battle Royale. The suit alleged that "Vraspir" and "Broom", infringed on the company's copyright by using a program that made changes to the game's code and thereby violating the ToS. However, it appears that one of the defendants in the lawsuit is a 14-year-old whose mother says that he is a scapegoat in Epic's ongoing battle against cheats and hacks in Fortnite.
The lawsuit stemmed from Epic's stated purpose of zero tolerance for cheating, with both defendants allegedly using an aimbot from a site that sells programs (The site costs between $5-15 a month to subscribe). This, according to Epic, violates the Terms of Service. In addition, the pair live streamed the use of the program in the game. Epic also alleges that the pair are staff members of this site.
The woman has addressed the court in a letter to make the following points according to Kotaku:
- She says that Fortnite's terms require parental consent for minors, and that she never gave this consent.
- She says the case is based on a loss of profits, but argues that it's a free-to-play video game, and that in order to prove a loss Epic would need to provide a statement certifying that Rogers' cheating directly caused a "mass profit loss".
- She claims that by going after individual players, rather than the websites selling/providing the software necessary to cheat in an online game, Epic is "using a 14 year-old child as a scapegoat".
- She claims that her son did not, as Epic allege, help create the cheat software, but simply downloaded it as a user, and that Epic "has no capability of proving any form of modification".
- Finally, the mother says that by releasing her son's name publicly in conjunction with the move that Epic has violated Delaware laws related to the release of information on minors.
Users at TorrentFreak are pointing out the fact that it is not generally possible to sue underaged teens and illustrates that Epic didn't have all information about the identity of the defendants.
Epic responded to the mother's letter:
This particular lawsuit arose as a result of the defendant filing a DMCA counterclaim to a takedown notice on a YouTube video that exposed and promoted Fortnite Battle Royale cheats and exploits. Under these circumstances, the law requires that we file suit or drop the claim.
Epic is not okay with ongoing cheating or copyright infringement from anyone at any age. As stated previously, we take cheating seriously, and we'll pursue all available options to make sure our games are fun, fair, and competitive for players.
Epic has previously stated that it will have zero tolerance for cheaters. How this will play out in court remains to be seen.
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Seron Maxwell
Born on the 3rd day of the third month of the year 3290. 15 years old. A third-year student at the 4th Capital Secondary School in the Capital District of the Roxcheanuk Confederation. His hometown is far from school, so he lives in the dorms. Not a part of any school clubs.
Strauski Megmica
Born on the 14th day of the second month of the year 3289. 16 years old. A third-year student. She is from the Allied Kingdoms of Bezel-Iltoa. 'Strauski' is her family name. Because she started school a year after moving to Roxche, she is a year older than her classmates. A member of the chorus club.
Larry Hepburn
Born on the 12th day of the fifth month of the year 3290. 15 years old. A third-year student. He is from military family with a very long history, and trains daily to become a soldier himself. Seron's best friend.
Natalia Steinbeck
Born on the 8th day of the sixth month of the year 3290. 15 years old. A third-year student. Her parents are famous musicians. Part of the orchestra club, and is skilled with musical instruments.
Nicholas Browning
Born on the 4th day of the fourth month of the year 3290. 15 years old. A third-year student. He has an androgynous appearance and is not part of any clubs. He and Seron are acquainted.
Jenny Jones
Born on the 17th day of the first month of the year 3290. 15 years old. A third-year student. She is the daughter of one of Roxche's richest people. President of the newspaper club.
Chapter 9: The Basement
"All right. No one's around, and no one's watching. It's going well so far." Said Larry.
"Is anyone here? Please answer if you can hear me!" Seron yelled into the window, crouching down. "We need to tell you something very important. Please, can you hear me?"
Seron repeated himself multiple times, making sure to state that the windows were set to be blocked and that it would be best if the man were to come outside.
He then waited, straining his ears.
But there was no response.
"Should we try the west side? That's where he was in the picture." Larry asked.
"No, let's not. It'll be the same no matter where we yell from." Seron replied, getting up and turning to Larry. He met his gaze. "It's all up to you now."
"All right. Leave it to me."
Larry pulled off his backpack and went up the stone steps to the doors.
"You think he can do it?" Natalia wondered. "If this doesn't work out, we're outta options."
"We must simply believe in Larry. And if he should fail, we will think of something else. Perhaps going to watch a film is still a viable option?" Nicholas wondered.
"Please… we are asking you, Larry. We want to help the man…" Meg pleaded.
"Good luck, blondie. I'll let this one slide without any incriminating photographs." Jenny nodded.
Larry got down on one knee before the doors.
He took out Natalia's hairpin from his pocket. It had been snapped in two and the ends filed into points. Seron stood beside him.
"All right. Time for the Confederation military's secret technique…" Larry joked, pushing the two pieces into the lock. He held one in place in the direction the lock turned, and pushed the other piece down along the grooves as he moved it back and forth.
Several seconds later.
There was a click.
"I got it."
The open lock was in Larry's hand.
"Not bad, Larry!"
"I suppose the film can wait for another time. The theater will wait for us."
"Incredible, Larry! It is very incredible!"
"Hm. You're more useful than I gave you credit for."
The others commented, one after another.
"Great work, Larry." Seron added.
"I'm only doing this 'cause it's an emergency."
Slowly, Seron and Larry unwrapped the heavy, rusted chains from the doors.
They heaved open the squeaky double doors. Afraid that someone might jump out from behind, Seron and Larry quickly took defensive stances.
But all that escaped the storehouse was a damp, cold breeze.
Seron and Larry went back down the stairs and returned to the group.
"That was great, Larry. Give me lessons sometime—if all else fails, I'll just go into a life of crime."
"I'll have to refuse, Lia." Larry said, shouldering his backpack again.
"All right. We'll be back soon." Seron said.
Natalia, Meg, Nick, and Jenny responded at once.
"Hold on a moment, Seron. Do you plan to leave us behind?" Asked Nick. Seron nodded.
"The two of us are more than enough. It's too dangerous for all of us to go when we have no idea what's really down there. This was how we planned the mission in the first place."
"That's news to me, Seron. You're taking us with you." Natalia said with a glare.
"Yeah! We didn't come all this way just to sit back and wait." Jenny agreed, holding up the camera bag she had slung over her shoulder.
"If it is possible at all, I would like to go together as well. Is it not possible, Seron?" Meg pleaded.
"Huh? Er… I… I didn't think you'd all want to come along." Seron explained awkwardly.
Natalia sighed.
"I thought it was pretty obvious we'd all go together, considering how the conversation was going. For being smart and handsome, you're a pretty dense guy."
"We don't know who might be down there. It's too dangerous—"
"Which is why you're not gonna go in there without us. The more eyes and ears, the better, right? Though my eyes aren't gonna be much help." Natalia said, pushing up her glasses. Seron did not seem convinced.
"I was hoping you guys would keep an eye out in case someone approached the storehouse."
"And what if someone does? Then we all get in trouble. Or did you want us to run off? If whoever comes here decides to go, 'Oh, somebody left the door open' and locks it right back up, we're done. Larry's the only one who can open it. So it makes no difference whether we stay or go with you. And if things go wrong, we can always muscle open one of the windows from the inside." Natalia argued.
Next to her stood Meg, looking at Seron like a puppy begging to go on a walk. Seron fell silent.
"We do have enough gloves and flashlights for everyone." Larry commented.
Seron thought for a moment. Then he reached a conclusion.
"…Stay right behind us and don't wander off."
"Then we will go too!"
"I suppose we are."
"Of course we're going along!"
Larry whispered to Seron as the others celebrated.
"Going on an adventure with the girl of your dreams in a dark basement, eh? It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Seron whispered back.
"I don't even know what I'm trying to do anymore…"
"What? We're going in there to rescue someone."
"…Yeah. Let's go with that."
Natalia cut in.
"Hey, you two! Stop leaving us out of the conversation!"
Everyone had a pair of gloves and a flashlight.
"We're good to go. Let's get started, Seron."
The group started towards the building with Larry and Seron in the lead. After a short climb up the steps, they entered the cool interior.
The girls followed right behind Larry and Seron, and Nick brought up the rear. They left the door wide open as though daring a teacher to see.
The storehouse interior was symmetrical in design. The large rectangular building was divided in four by two intersecting hallways with high ceilings.
Next to the halls were rooms with wooden walls, but the ceilings were lower in the rooms. The rooms were not furnished.
It was cool and humid inside. The air stank faintly of rusted iron.
The group stood in the middle of the building, examining the interior with fascination. It was quite bright inside thanks to the windows on the roof and near the ceiling. No one had to turn on their flashlight.
There was a thin layer of dust in the halls, but it was otherwise clean—someone must have been regularly cleaning the storehouse. The stone floors were slightly sunken in the parts that were most trodden on, speaking for the three centuries' worth of history that the building represented.
"Hm… I don't see anything that looks like a basement entrance." Larry said.
They could not find any stairs or steps leading down. None of the halls led to any other levels.
"Then maybe there's an entrance in one of the rooms." Said Seron.
"Should we split up?" Asked Larry."
"No, we'll stick together." Seron replied. "We'll check the rooms in order, starting from the ones on the east." He began walking cautiously down the long hallway.
The moment Larry made to follow, Natalia whispered to him,
"Countin' on you."
Natalia walked protectively next to Meg, as though escorting her. Jenny took out her camera and put the strap around her neck, looking around as she snapped the occasional photo. Nick followed behind her.
Seron and Larry stopped at the nearest door. Larry grabbed the handle and cautiously opened it, slowly peering inside.
The room was about 4 square meters in size.
Like in the hallway, the floor was made of stone here as well. Heaped on the floor was a pile of old timber bent from humidity. There was nothing—and no one—else.
The room across the hall was full of roof tiles. The dark dust made clear their age. Some of the tiles were cracked around the edges.
They finished checking all the rooms on the east.
They could not find anything resembling any staircases. The only things in the rooms were construction materials from an unknown time.
"It looks like they're not going to be using those. They probably left the materials here because they're too lazy to move them out." Said Seron.
"The teachers must've personally done repair work back in the old days—the really old days. Now you can just call a company to do that work for you, and they even bring their own materials." Larry added.
"Next?" Natalia urged them. Seron turned west. The group went back down the hall to examine the other rooms.
The two in the lead braced themselves for anything to pop out at them at any point as they continued to search.
They began with the doors near the middle, but all they found were rooms full of rusted metal scaffolds, coils of metal wire, and old materials that would never see use.
"Just two rooms left." Larry said. They had yet to explore the two rooms on the western edge of the building. In terms of location, the window featured in the photograph was just underneath the last two rooms.
Larry slowly opened the door to the room on the northwestern corner and peered inside. And,
"Hm… is this the place, you think?" He asked, gesturing Seron over.
Larry was crouching low by the door. Seron peered inside from just above his head and scanned the room.
It was different from the others.
There were no construction materials to be found there. Instead was a large brown rug, which covered most of the floor. Atop the carpet stood an old wooden desk.
Seron instructed the others to wait and entered the room alongside Larry.
Silently, they exchanged glances. They each picked up either end of the desk and slowly carried it out into the hallway.
All that was left was the rug. Seron and Larry stepped back inside and began to slowly—ever so slowly—roll it up.
The others watched from the hallway.
"This is it."
Under the rug, between the stone flooring, they found a wooden trapdoor.
The trapdoor was about 1 square meter in size and was at nearly the same level as the floor. It emerged fully as Seron and Larry completely rolled up the rug.
"Can I open this, Seron?"
Larry took hold of the handle. He pulled on it, and the trapdoor opened easily. From the gap they could hear the sound of wind passing through the barred windows.
The gap widened as Larry heaved open the door, and eventually became a 1-meter-square hole.
Seron and Larry pulled back the door, letting it down on the rolled-up rug. And they slightly adjusted its position so it would not close on its own.
"Is anyone in there?" Seron yelled into the opening.
His voice was sucked into the darkness. All he heard was an echo of himself. There was no answer.
Seron pointed his flashlight into the hole.
A steel ladder was securely affixed to the stone foundation. It was about 2 and a half meters in length, and touched the bottom of the basement.
There was nothing in his line of sight, save for the floor and the ladder.
Seron called out into the basement once more, and turned.
"All right. Come over here, everyone." He said to the others in the hallway.
Meg, Natalia, Jenny, and Nick entered the room, curious. And soon, all six students were squatting around the trapdoor, staring inside.
"Hm. So now we know somebody's going in and out of this place. We're getting more and more clues as we go." Natalia said.
"So this is the entrance to our secret labyrinth, I suppose." Nick commented.
"Whoever's inside, come out here where it's bright. I'll snap a really nice photo of you." Jenny grinned.
And finally,
"We must save him as fast as possible! It will be very bad for his health if he stays always in a place like this!" Meg cried.
"So we're really going in together?" Seron asked one last time.
"Why'd you have to be so stubborn? We're all ready to go." Natalia sighed.
All six of them were wearing green work gloves and were holding flashlights. They checked the flashlights several times over to make sure they worked.
"…Let's go. Make sure to stick together—it would be terrible if someone got lost." Seron said.
"I'll take the lead." Larry said, putting down his backpack and climbing into the trapdoor first. He put his feet on the ladder and cautiously put his weight on his feet, making sure that the rungs were strong enough to support him. Then he slowly climbed down to the floor, which was lit by Seron and Natalia's lights.
And even as Larry climbed down the ladder,
"Is anyone in there? We're coming inside!"
Seron continued to call out into the basement.
Eventually, as Seron and Natalia watched, Larry safely made it to the basement floor. He turned on his own flashlight.
From above Seron and Natalia saw Larry look around with his flashlight. The light circled the area once and stopped.
"What's it like down there?" Asked Seron.
"It's empty. It's an empty room made of stone. And it's pretty big, too. About half the building upstairs, I'd wager. But there's no one and nothing here." Larry said curiously, his voice resonating slightly.
Seron left his things to Natalia and climbed down the ladder.
Cautiously following Larry down to the basement, Seron also turned on his flashlight and scanned his surroundings.
The basement's walls, ceiling, and floor was all made of stone.
The ceiling was a little lower than on the ground floor. It was cooler in the basement than aboveground, but thanks to the barred windows the air was not very humid.
The windows also let enough light into the basement. By the time his eyes were adjusted to the darkness, Seron only had to use his flashlight to examine the minutest of details.
Before his eyes were stone walls, the floor, and the ceiling. It was like he was standing in an empty box.
And just as Larry had said, the room was large.
It was square in shape, almost 10 square meters wide. It was about half the size of the building aboveground. There was a doorway leading into the next room on the eastern side.
Seron turned to Larry.
"It really is completely empty in here. The walls around the doorway probably serve as supports."
"Should we check out the other side, while we're at it?"
"Sure. Nat won't like it, but let's do this."
Seron and Larry walked through the basement with flashlights in hand.
"Hey! Guys!" Natalia cried from aboveground, but they ignored her.
"Is anybody here?"
Seron and Larry called out loudly as they headed for the doorway leading into the next room.
They stopped at the doorway and exchanged glances. Then—
"Are you in there?"
"Excuse us!"
They pointed their flashlights into the room in unison and stepped through.
And they went quiet.
There was nothing there.
"This doesn't make sense…"
"No, it doesn't."
Larry and Seron furrowed their brows as they headed back to the trapdoor.
"Hey! Don't wander off without us!" Natalia yelled from upstairs, her bangs falling forward. Seron responded.
"Oh, feel free to climb down now, Nat."
"Hm? What's down there?"
"Nothing. And no one."
"All right. Thanks for the permission, your majesty."
Natalia climbed down first with Larry's backpack on one arm. The moment she stepped onto the floor, she held out the backpack towards Larry.
"Oh. You didn't have to lug it all the way here."
"Forget it. Take it already."
Meg carefully, cautiously descended the ladder next under Natalia's watchful gaze.
She was followed by Jenny, who climbed down with ease. Nick was last.
"So now we're all down here." Larry grumbled.
"Problem, Larry? Anyway, did you find anything?" Said Natalia. Her voice resounded slightly.
With four people's gazes on him, Seron repeated himself.
"There's nothing here."
"It's kind of weird for me to say this, since I was against everyone coming along. But I think it'll be faster for you to take a look yourselves."
Led by Seron, the four latecomers began to look around the basement.
And they were done in a matter of seconds.
"It's certainly a very tidy place." Nick noted. It was hard to tell if he was being sarcastic.
"Much cleaner than my room." Larry added.
Seron narrowed his eyes at the exchange.
Jenny went over to the window on the west side—where she had captured the mysterious face on camera.
"Over here! He would have been standing right here! I just know it!" She cried, jumping up and down.
"There is nothing here, and there is no one here. What in the world happened? Why?" Meg wondered. But no one could answer her questions.
Larry put down his backpack and looked at Seron.
"Hey. I know this isn't the best time to say this, but…"
Everyone turned to Larry when they heard his voice trail off. Larry seemed to feel even more self-conscious.
"Maybe… maybe that picture was a trick of the light after all?"
"What the heck, blondie!" Jenny exploded.
"I'm just suggesting a possibility." Larry replied.
"Impossible." Seron shook his head.
"Huh? Why?"
"If it really was a trick of the light, our culprit wouldn't have stolen the film."
"You're right."
"And if there really isn't anyone in this basement, something's not right."
Larry furrowed his brow.
"What does this mean, Seron?" Meg wondered, also confused.
"It's too tidy in here."
"Huh." Larry intoned.
"Hm. You're right." "Indeed." Jenny and Nick said almost in unison. Natalia nodded again and again,
"Hm?" Meg still did not understand. Natalia explained.
"The basement's too clean for a place no one uses, don't you think? With these windows, you'd expect to see some garbage, leaves, or dirt piled up around here."
"Ah, now that you say it, I see. It is very strange."
"It wouldn't be surprising to see the place infested with bugs." Larry added.
"Thankfully not." Said Natalia. "In other words—"
"Someone is cleaning this place regularly." Nick finished.
"So a mystery person really is here?" Larry wondered, looking around with the flashlight again. "Then where could he be?"
"Perhaps he does not reside here constantly? Suppose he simply comes in and out of this building sometimes, and happened to be caught on camera yesterday. Perhaps he placed the rug and the desk over the trapdoor to hide the entrance after he left."
"Not likely." Jenny said immediately.
Natalia agreed. "Yeah. Other places, sure. But this here's a school building."
Everyone nodded.
"I get it. Entry to a school campus is almost as strict as a military base. Someone would call the police on him in no time if he really kept going in and out of here. The security guards'll be on him in a flash with their shotguns and rubber bullets." Said Larry.
"Then there's only one other possibility." Seron said.
All eyes were on him.
"There's more here."
Five voices expressed their disbelief. Natalia quickly spoke for everyone.
"What're you talking about? You know Seron, sometimes you think so fast it's impossible to figure out what you're saying."
Seron lightly shook his head.
"…Sorry. I mean that there's more to this basement than we see here. There should be another passageway. I'm assuming there must be at least one other door that leads somewhere else."
"I see. That makes sense." Natalia nodded.
"I'd love to say the same, but where would we find a passageway? You really think there's a door someplace in this basement, Seron?" Larry asked, casting light on the walls. Seron nodded.
"Yeah. This building was built 300 years ago, and the basement is still preserved. This area used to be the center of an old village, which means that there must have been other buildings around this one."
"Speaking as a history-lover, I suppose that's quite reasonable. I seem to recall hearing that basements and underground passageways were a mainstay of medieval architecture in the East." Nick commented.
Larry turned to Seron for confirmation. Seron nodded.
"Settlements were usually built on exposed bedrock."
Nick decided to chime in, explaining further.
"Before the Middle Ages, settlements were mostly founded near suitable farmland. But architectural techniques grew more and more advanced, and by the Middle Ages it was possible to build structures larger than ever before. These large buildings, of course, needed a solid foundation to prevent them from sinking. That was how exposed bedrock became the norm for settlements. The availability of material and the extra space offered by basements meant that underground floors became quite common. Some built massive structures in a show of opulence, and others expanded and renovated existing buildings to connect them in complex networks. And supposedly, many such basements were equipped with secret passages often used for illicit purposes such as making secret deals or hiding a cache of valuables. You can often find secret basements as a plot device in period novels."
"I get it. So it wouldn't be surprising to find a secret passageway in here." Jenny concluded.
"Thanks for the info. Mind sharing some of that knowledge next time we have to take a test together?" Natalia joked.
"Then, you are saying that this basement has a door to a secret road, and it is not strange that this basement is connected to a next basement? You are saying that the man is hiding away from us there?" Meg asked Seron. Seron nodded.
"Yeah. So let's all take a closer look at the walls in this room. There must be a passage somewhere."
"It won't be easy." Nick warned. "If we wish to find the secret passage, we will likely have to physically push the door open. It will take a very long time for us to find that specific part of the wall."
"Yeah… I wish there was an easier way, but…" Seron trailed off.
"Then I guess it's my turn." Natalia said, pushing up her glasses and stepping forward.
Chapter 10.
Chapter 10.


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July 13, 2007
Greta And Indre Leave
Today I dropped Greta and Indre off at the airport. Indre was probably ready to return home, as I know that whenever I am away for about 10 days or more I am ready to come back to my own bed. Greta, although excited to see her parents, really did not want to leave her babies. Tonight will be the first night that we have been apart since the triplets were born. So far, things have gone smoothly. I did the 4:00 feeding by myself and had a blast reading stories to them afterwards. Finally, around 6:00, Grandma arrived. We got everyone fed and in bed without too much trouble, but Gabbie isn't a big fan of bedtime as of late. Generally she cries for about 10 - 15 minutes after putting her down. Grandma has a hard time with babies crying, and we generally make it a policy to let them cry a little bit.
Last night we did a little photo shoot that didn't go so well. We were all very tired, and in every picture I managed to have a weird look on my face. I was really trying my best, but we just couldn't get a good shot with me in it. Greta was very tired and frustrated and she kept telling me to look natural and not posed, but the more she said that the harder it was. Anyway, tomorrow will be my first full day without Greta. Before leaving she left me a list of how the day should go. I have a feeling that when this is over, I will have an even greater appreciation for my wife.
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