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I was looking for a cologne that was unique, masculine, not too strong, and a hint of sweetness to it. In the end, The Dreamer turned out to be just what I wanted. When applied in the evening, it blends so well with your body to create a universally attractive smell. I have been using this cologne for several weeks and every time I go to a club I can't dance with a woman for more than five minutes before I get a compliment about my smell. This cologne really lives up to its name of being a dreamy, romantic cologne and anyone who desires such an amorous scent would love The Dreamer.
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Hmm not sure if i got the right stuff
I think I may have bought the wrong stuff.
I wanted Dreamer by Versace but I got "The Dreamer"
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I wanted Dreamer by Versace but I got "The Dreamer"
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Anyways at first it smells like a cheap 10 year old perfume, but after awhile it smells kinda like Joop.
Reminds me of something a woman would wear.
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Dreamer is one of the masterpieces of perfumery. Powerful start - moderately sweet and very sexy and beautiful disclosure.
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One of my favorites and an everyday cologne if need be. The fragrance is sophisticated and earthy and the masculine aroma is evident straight away.
Get quite a few compliments with this one and D&G
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The scent is not over powering and I receive allt of positive comments.
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This has been my Son's scent since he was literally a toddler. I would occasionally spritz my wrists to smell it throughout my day. As he got older, I found myself having to "sneak" a spray each time he left the house, until he confronted me by my familiar smell. Because it is a higher end fragrance,(pricey)I tried to not take so much of his. Then I discovered Fragrancex.com and was elated as the cost afforded me to indulge in my OWN scented sanctuary! It's not labled as uni-sex, but trust me it IS. Validated by the plethora of complimentary comments. Some are put off when I explain it is a Man's cologne, but I pity that prejudice as it only denies true euphoria of their own senses. (I am in NO way affiliated with Fragrancex.com or Versace and received NO compensation for this review.) ((Hey...Y not, Fragrancex.com?)) ;)
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"They said that if we are willing to fight and kill ourselves, then you must obey us," Mr. Wali said, stroking his white beard. "They would kill us for being traitors if we ever tried to leave."
He was still able to earn as much as $8 a day to support his family, he added, until the sporadic violence became intolerable. "Here there is no work for us, nothing."
With the added worry of the oncoming winter, camp residents complain that assistance from the government and aid agencies has been slow to reach them. Food and clean drinking water are said to be in short supply. Aside from some tarpaulins, hurricane lamps and children´s clothes provided by the U.N. refugee agency, they have largely relied on the generosity of private donors and Kabulis living nearby to see them through.
On a recent afternoon at the start of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, a local man handed out oval-shaped loaves of bread and Iranian dates to a clutch of refugees gathered ahead of the evening call to prayer. Muslims break their fast each day at sundown.
Nader Farhad, a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency in Kabul, said his organization was in the process of screening people to distinguish legitimate refugees from those who have joined the camp to receive free handouts.
There are further concerns that if arriving families are given more than the bare essentials, a temporary camp could become a permanent one they refuse to leave.
"This is not a long-term solution for them. … They need to go back to their places of origin soon for help to be sustainable," Mr. Farhad said.
Since the Taliban government was ousted in late 2001, Afghanistan has faced a massive inflow of returning refugees displaced by previous wars.
Last year, Iran deported more than 360,000 Afghans, causing a humanitarian emergency in parts of the west. Another 100,000 followed between January and May of this year.
Pakistan had also planned to repatriate the 2.4 million Afghans still living in camps on its side of the border by the end of next year, but now says it may review its deadline in light of the strains already placed on Afghanistan´s cash-strapped government.
"We don´t have a special budget to help these people," said Abdul Qadir Ahadi, the deputy Afghan minister of refugees and repatriation, referring to residents of the Kabul camp. "It´s a problem."
Mr. Ahadi acknowledged that worsening security in parts of the southern provinces prohibits many families from returning in the near term, forcing them to find someplace safe within his country's borders.
He said blankets, fuel and other provisions are being readied for distribution to help those displaced cope with the bitter winter months, when temperatures can drop below freezing.
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The Church of the Long Haul
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C
You can't hide this kind of debacle forever—people are finding out.
A few years ago I wrote a book about the experience of watching 24 consecutive hours of bad Christian television. My friends and family signed up for an hour each to watch along with me. The whole thing was insane, but things got especially crazy around 1 a.m. when a show called the Power Team was on. Now, thePower Team are a bunch of enormous steroid-muscled men who hold really loud Christian rallies in which they tear phone books in two and break 2x4s over their heads by the power of the Holy Spirit. And they talk a lot about what "the Lord" had done for them. It's impressive stuff.
Anyway, so our own Andie Lyons was watching with me along with my friend Jerry. And the three of us watched in stunned silence for a moment trying to understand what it was we were seeing, at which point Andie finally said "so wait, basically they break stuff for the Lord?" and I answered yes, and then Jerry said "big deal, I break stuff all the time," to which Andie asked, "but is it for the Lord?" and Jerry said, "well, it is now!"
Honestly the only reason I told you this story is by way of saying that I'm not a fan of the over-use of the term "the Lord. "Like when people say "I just love the Lord," I just never really know what that means. The way it's casually thrown around makes me uncomfortable especially after Harry Potter, since Voldemort is called the Dark Lord. I just, I don't know, I'm not saying it's wrong, I'm just saying that for whatever reason, I can't handle it.
A movement of lay advocates speaking out against sexual violence is gaining steam in the faith communities. But are similar efforts happening inside church doors?
When it comes to leading denominational conversations on sexual violence, clergy across traditions express twin reactions: encouragement over the protocols already in place and the efforts of fellow advocates; and frustration with a culture of silence around sexual violence in the church. Despite strikingly different experiences across denominations — and church by church — the clergy, church staff, and seminarians who spoke with Sojourners are in agreement that addressing this issue in one's own house is complicated at every level.
The result: a loss of potential by the American church to be a leading and vibrant institution of radical vulnerability and transformative healing.
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
Most of us are too familiar with this story: an Upper Midwestern Baptist minister claims that "God made Christianity to have a masculine feel [and] ordained for the church a masculine ministry." Or a Reformed Christian pastor mocks the appointment of the first female head of the Episcopal Church, comparing her to a "fluffy baby bunny rabbit." Or a Southern Baptist megachurch pastor in California says physical abuse by one's spouse is not a reason for divorce. Or numerous young evangelical ministers brag about their hot wives in tight leather pants.
Fewer of us are familiar with this story: Tamar is raped by her half-brother Amnon. Tamar protests her brother's advances, citing the social code of Israel, his reputation, and her shame, to no avail. Their brother Absalom commands her to keep quiet, and their father, the great King David, turns a blind eye.
What do these contemporary statements above, delivered into cultural megaphones with conviction and certainty, have to do with the Old Testament rape and silencing of Tamar? The difficult answer is, quite a lot. The narrative dominance of these stories rests on power and control, which — whether intentional or not — speaks volumes about whom the church serves and what the church values.
Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church's Mission by Amy Simpson
Laughter is Sacred Space: The Not-So-Typical Journey of a Mennonite Actor. Herald Press
Several years ago, Amee Paparella was an eager student at a state university in Ohio. A conservative Christian, she quickly signed up to join the campus ministry. What she found in the group surprised her.
"It was so misogynistic," Paparella recalled. "My leaders perpetuated this hyper-masculinized idea of God as physically a man."
Over the years, Paparella wrestled to reconcile this image of God with her own faith, often to the discomfort of her peers. But an incident of sexual abuse within the ministry proved the breaking point. When it was discovered that a young man had been abusing his female partner, also in the group, the campus minister and student leaders responded by encouraging the young woman to stand by her man and to pray with the other students for his healing.
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I wish that this recipe wowed me like it did everyone else. I thought it was bland and didn't love the way the flavors came together.
Toasted Quinoa Salad with Scallops & Snow Peas
From EatingWell: March/April 2009
This scallop-studded quinoa salad gets an exciting texture from crunchy snow peas, red bell pepper and scallions. Feel free to substitute shrimp or thin slices of chicken for the scallops.
42 Reviews for Toasted Quinoa Salad with Scallops & Snow Peas
This was a delicious dish. I followed the recipe but knew as soon as I saw it, it would need something for a little more kick. I used 1/2 cup fresh cilantro and I added a seeded chilie pepper. Was perfect for our tastes. Thanks for a great idea. I am going to try it next with grilled chicken.
First off, let me just say, I made a mistake and added 3 tbs soy sauce to the dressing. I was quickly transcribing the recipe from my computer and somewhere there was a glitch. In spite of this, my husband and I both loved this. He is the one that pointed out it was a bit salty. Honestly, it was salty but not too salty to enjoy since there was no table salt added.
This is a slightly prep-intensive recipe since there is a bit of chopping and dicing and a few bowls involved but it is well worth it. I used jumbo shrimp instead of scallops and it was fantastic.
I served it with another EW recipe---Elise's Sesame Noodles. My husband figured out that mixing the noodles with the quinoa salad cut the saltiness and tasted delish to boot.
We ate this accompanied by a bottle of Yellow-Tail Pinot Gris. Cheap but nice.
I'm psyched to have leftovers for my lunch tomorrow.
I've only made this without the scallops so far, but I think it's a really nice base recipe you can play around with depending on what you have on hand.
This was my first experience cooking quinoa, and I'll definitely make it again. It was so good I called my sister over to try it :)


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The Minolta Camera Company Ltd. said yesterday that cost-cutting and a rise in sales helped it earn an operating profit in the year that ended on March 31, its first such profit in five years. Minolta's operating profit of 3.96 billion yen ($36.75 million) compared with a loss of 736 million yen a year ago. Sales in the information-equipment division, which includes copiers, rose 2.9 percent on the year, to 126.27 billion yen. Sales of optical equipment, which includes cameras, rose 10.8 percent, to 67.49 billion yen.
Minolta cut costs by shifting to low-cost production sites outside Japan and reducing its work force. The company makes 86 percent of its cameras and 64 percent of its copiers outside Japan. It has cut about 1,400 employees in a three-year cost-reduction plan that began in 1993. (Bloomberg Business News)


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Home > Press > From Dreams and Sweat: University of Maryland Announces Finalists for Its $50K Business Plan Competition
For some the dream is now a well-crafted plan. For others, years of research are culminating in a commercial idea. Others are vetting ideas for future products.
They're solving problems: how to reduce medical errors, how to dispose of aging satellites.
They're offering cures: a smallpox treatment; rapid, nanotechnology-based wound healing; nanoparticles for better vaccine delivery; and small, wireless, wearable devices to monitor hospital patients' vital signs.
They're teaching: with an educational kit for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) instruction, and a Web 2.0-like online learning community.
The nine finalists for the University of Maryland $50K Business Plan Competition, announced today, will present their business plans to a distinguished judging panel comprised of the region's entrepreneurial and technology leaders on April 27, at the University of Maryland.
The finalists are:
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* Accelign is a company developing technology that quickly fuses or "registers" medical images from multiple sources to create a single, three-dimensional image. Fusing images through Accelign's hardware accelerator gives doctors the ability, using existing imaging equipment, to see the metabolic activity of positron emission tomography (PET) scans, as well as the high resolution anatomical structure of computed tomography (CT) scans, all in one image—resulting in more accurate diagnoses and pre-operative planning.
* BioFactura Inc. is a biopharmaceutical development company focused on solving unmet medical and national security needs in the infectious disease arena. Key programs include human therapeutics and biomanufacturing technologies. The company's lead initiative is the development of a novel smallpox therapeutic composed of synthetic, fully human antibodies that have been demonstrated to neutralize poxvirus. This program is under development in close collaboration with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Ft. Detrick, Md.
* Remedium Technologies Inc. is a company developing active wound care products. Based on proprietary technology, Remedium utilizes nanometer-sized containers, anchored to a wound dressing, to deliver therapeutic agents to a wound in a time-controlled manner. Those agents can include both tissue regeneration and anti-infection products.
* SD Nanosciences Inc. is a spin-off of the University of Maryland with a proprietary "Triad" technology that has applications in vaccines, cancer diagnostics, and specialty research probes. Triad combines carbohydrates and protein on nanoparticles in a controlled and logical way. SD is developing its platform technology; the company's planned initial products include a vaccine platform, an optical fiber-based diagnostic test, and a biosensor for glycoprotein bioprocessing.
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* Aid Networks LLC (AIDN) is a seed stage medical device R&D company developing small, portable, wireless, wearable vital sign monitors for hospital patients. AIDN's patent-pending monitors are 15 times less expensive than existing products. Multicenter clinical trials are currently being conducted at the Washington Hospital Center, Johns Hopkins Hospitals, and Harvard Beth Israel.
* Erudition is a company developing an online learning community dedicated to providing users with the tools to create and share study materials with classmates, as well as give users the opportunity to enroll in interactive online courses.
* Geo-Haul Inc. is developing the Space-Tug, which functions as a tow truck for aging satellites, enabling their proper disposal. The Space-Tug utilizes robotic arm technology developed in the University's Space Systems Laboratory. Geo-Haul's system can dispose of satellites at a fraction of the cost of other solutions offering to comply with U.S. satellite disposal regulations.
Undergraduate Student Division
* IMPACT Education LLC develops low-cost educational kits that university professors can use to teach MEMS fabrication outside of expensive laboratory facilities. While those facilities can cost millions of dollars to build, IMPACT's educational kit will cost $500.
* Medical Error Reduction through Information Technology (MERIT) is a company developing Meritrack, a low-cost, scalable, and flexible total procedural healthcare systems solution that will reduce human error in healthcare and support efficiency in clinical record keeping. Meritrack will integrate mobile computing, RFID tracking, and relational database technologies into existing clinical and hospital infrastructures.
About University of Maryland
The University of Maryland $50K Business Plan Competition, now in its seventh year, promotes the commercialization of innovative ideas and University-created technologies by offering faculty, students, and alumni prizes for the best new venture plans. The Competition emphasizes learning by offering one-to-one coaching for finalists, as well as the experience of presenting ideas to an experienced panel of judges.
The Competition has historically awarded a total of $335,000 in prizes to faculty, students, and alumni to launch innovative new ventures. Companies active in the Competition have generated millions in revenues, grants and awards. Past winners include Chesapeake PERL Inc., AnthroTronix Inc., Affiliate Classroom, and Squarespace Inc.
For a complete listing of persons comprising each finalist team, please visit http://www.bpc.umd.edu .
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Re: CM7 noobie storage questionGardenNookGuy Apr 2, 2012 10:42 AM (in response to nekoz)
I've found that when you install an app when running CM7 it installs it onto your NC's internal memory.
When in CM7 if you go to Settings / Manage applications / you'll see tabs across the top of the screen. The 1st tab is all your apps and you'll see the internal storage memory that is used and how much is left at the bottom of the screen. If you select the SD Tab at the top, again you'll see at the bottom of the screen how much space is used on your SD card. When on that SD Tab scroll down through the listing of apps and any app that does not have a check mark by it is still on the internal memory.
Select an unchecked app and you'll go to another screen which gives you the option to move that app to your SD card. Once that is complete you can select to move it back to your "phone" (ie internal memory), if you so choose. On that screen you can also force close an app that won't shut down or clear it's cache.
Back arrow to the listing of apps under the SD Tab and continue to scroll until you find another without a check mark. I've successfully moved all apps to the SD card BUT I wouldn't recommend moving clock or file maintenance programs from the internal memory (As they run better there).
This should free up your internal memory as you fill up you SD card.
I had to reinstall CM7 at one point and that forced me to reinstall all my apps and move them each to the SD card again. So this time around I'm leaving most of the apps in the cloud until I'm ready to download and install and use them.
Re: CM7 noobie storage questionKevin86 May 19, 2012 11:39 AM (in response to nekoz)
Hi, I have another question about the SD card... if I partition the SD card with 10G for the boot/Nook side and 20G for the CM7 side (non boot) - Can CM7 share or use any part of the 10G boot/Nook side?
I understand that the /emmc is the internal memory of the Nook and that I could put music and photos there, but I would like more room than /emmc offers. So I would like to use the SD card... it makes sense that the Nook could not see or use the CM7 partition but shouldn't the CM7 OS be able to use all of the SD card?


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Former Stonington resident Robert Ponte, described by federal prosecutors as a central player in real estate and Ponzi schemes that cost investors and lenders more than $25 million, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford to 90 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny will order restitution at a later date.
Ponte, 59, once lived at 49 High Ridge Drive in the Pawcatuck section of Stonington in a home that the government said he obtained fraudulently, according to court documents. He has been living more recently with his parents in Denville, N.J.
Ponte pleaded guilty in the middle of a trial in March 2013 to two counts of conspiracy, 14 counts of wire fraud and two counts of tax evasion. His co-conspirators, Robert Rivernider of Wellington, Fla., and his sister, Loretta Seneca of Boynton Beach, Fla., also pleaded guilty.
According to the government, Ponte and Rivernider used the Internet and other means to defraud investors of a "No More Bills" debt repayment program of about $3 million. The investors typically borrowed the funds from home equity lines of credit or their 401(k) retirement plans with the promise of receiving returns of 7 to 10 percent. Ponte and Rivernider used the funds to pay for living expenses and for the pre-existing debts of other investors, according to the government. The men operated the scam from June 2005 to April 2008.
In a second scheme, Rivernider, Ponte and Seneca recruited borrowers to take out financing to purchase various investment properties, primarily in Tennessee and Florida, with financing from victim lenders. While representing that the properties were being sold at deep discount, Rivernider and Ponte marked up the price, often by as much as 25 percent, and falsely represented that the properties would produce sufficient income to cover the expenses and reduce the borrowers' debt burden.
Ponte recruited his parents, who were retirees, to obtain financing for his Stonington home, defrauding a lender of $625,000, according to the government. Real estate records indicate Thomas and Barbara Ponte purchased 49 High Ridge Drive, a 5,346-square foot gambrel on 1.96 acres, for $1,275,000 in December 2006. The property was foreclosed by the lender, Bayview Loan Serving LLC, which sold it for $625,000 in March 2012.
Ponte's attorney, Jodi Zils Gagné of Bristol, asked the court to impose a sentence of 12 to 18 months in prison, with home confinement. She wrote in a sentencing memorandum that Ponte was uninformed about the schemes and never intended to harm anyone. She said Ponte had served as the president of the chamber of commerce when he lived in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and was a devoted family man and volunteer.
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We are seeking to be a God-centred, Jesus-led, Spirit-filled, community on the Isle of Bute. We are in King Street, Rothesay, by the castle.
It was with great sadness that last autumn we said farewell to our pastor, Rev. Ron Rye. We are proceeding towards the appointment of a new pastor, and our activities will carry on as normal in the meantime.
Our Sunday Services are at 11.00 am and 5.30 pm. We meet for Prayer and Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7.30 pm. We have a Coffee Morning every Saturday from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm.
All are welcome. No requirement. No obligation. Why not join us?
Help for Syrian Refugees
On Sunday 6th September, Tom McKay spoke movingly of the need to help those fleeing from the terror that is Syria. Blankets or clothes for Syrian refugees may be handed in to Bute Oasis. For further information, talk to Nikki at church.
Songs of Praise at the Fountain
At 3 pm on Sunday 9th August, the churches of Bute celebrated by the Fountain with a joint service of praise, led by Rev. Andrew Swift.
Ardbeg Record No. 5
The Ardbeg Record No. 5 was published on 9 August 2015. Click here to download the full colour version.
160th Anniversary Meeting
On Saturday 25th April the Church celebrated its 160th anniversary with a gathering in the evening. The speaker was Rev. Jim McGillivray, a former pastor of this church, now at East Mains Baptist Church, East Kilbride. Jim also preached at the morning and evening services the next day, Sunday 26th April.
11th October: 11.00 am: Harvest Service
1st Sunday: communion during evening service
3rd Sunday: evening service at Port Bannatyne Village Hall
last Sunday: Soup Lunch after morning service
Pastorate Committee
The Pastorate Committee had its second meeting on the afternoon of 24th March. Progress continues to be made. It was agreed to include a description of the process of finding a new Pastor in the next edition of the Ardbeg Record.
Rev. Ron Rye
15 March 2015: it was announced at this morning's service that our former pastor, Rev. Ron Rye, has been offered and accepted the charge of Whytescauseway Baptist Church, Kirkcaldy. We wish Ron all the very best in this new charge, and our prayers go with him.
Pastorate Committee
25 January 2015: at this morning's service Allan Martin reported to the congregation that the Pastorate Committee had had its first business meeting. Rev. Robert Voysey took the chair. Allan was elected secretary. A number of profiles have been received of possible candidates for the vacancy, and these were given initial consideration by the committee.
Pastorate Committee
On 17th November 2014 the Pastorate Committee met to welcome Rev. Robert Voysey, Pastor of Linwood Baptist Church, as Interim Moderator. Mr Voysey will chair the Pastorate Committee's meetings, and also offer a wider perspective on our deliberations. The Committee consists of three deacons – John Asher, Sandy Hill and Jean McArthur – and three elected members – Ruby Cowie, Flora Graham and Allan Martin.
Candlelit Praise Service (14 December)
Our annual Candlelit Praise Service was held on Sunday 14th December. Contact sang for us (picture above), there were readings and carols, and a short word from Rev. Bill Milton. After the service refreshments were served, including hot chocolate and mince pies.
Farewell to Rev. Ron Rye (21 September)
21st September was Ron's last day as our Pastor. His morning sermon, passionate throughout, and sometimes emotional, completed Paul's letter to the Philippians on a note of thanksgiving. In the evening, the church was packed for a praise service wishing him farewell. Favourite hymns were sung with gusto, Bill Lavender delivered an appreciation, and presentations were made to Ron and Steph. After the service, refreshments were enjoyed by all.
Baptism at St. Ninian's Bay (14 September)
Nikkie was baptised by Rev. Ron Rye in the waters of St. Ninian's Bay on Sunday, 14th September 2014. More details and pictures in The Ardbeg Record, No. 3. Click here.
Church Window Image (10 August)
The sun projects the image of our stained glass window onto the carpet.
Douglas Bruce Book Launch (6 March)
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In the chilly white raiment of the Kingsguard, Ser Mandon Moore looked like a corpse in a shroud. "Her Grace left orders, the council in session is not to be disturbed."
"I would be only a small disturbance, ser." Tyrion slid the parchment from his sleeve. "I bear a letter from my father, Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King. There is his seal."
"Her Grace does not wish to be disturbed," Ser Mandon repeated slowly, as if Tyrion were a dullard who had not heard him the first time.
Jaime had once told him that Moore was the most dangerous of the Kingsguard--excepting himself, always--because his face gave no hint as what he might do next. Tyrion would have welcomed a hint. Bronn and Timett could likely kill the knight if it came to swords, but it would scarcely bode well if he began by slaying one of Joffrey's protectors. Yet if he let the man turn him away, where was his authority? He made himself smile. "Ser Mandon, you have not met my companions. This is Timett son of Timett, a red hand of the Burned Men. And this is Bronn. Perchance you recall Ser Vardis Egen, who was captain of Lord Arryn's household guard?"
"I know the man." Ser Mandon's eyes were pale grey, oddly flat and lifeless.
"Knew," Bronn corrected with a thin smile.
Ser Mandon did not deign to show that he had heard that.
"Be that as it may," Tyrion said lightly, "I truly must see my sister and present my letter, ser. If you would be so kind as to open the door for us?"
The white knight did not respond. Tyrion was almost at the point of trying to force his way past when Ser Mandon abruptly stood aside. "You may enter. They may not."
A small victory, he thought, but sweet. He had passed his first test. Tyrion Lannister shouldered through the door, feeling almost tall. Five members of the king's small council broke off their discussion suddenly. "You," his sister Cersei said in a tone that was equal parts disbelief and distaste.
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"What are you doing here?" His sister's lovely green eyes studied him without the least hint of affection.
"Delivering a letter from our lord father." He sauntered to the table and placed the tightly rolled parchment between them.
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Grand Maester Pycelle stroked his flowing white beard and nodded ponderously. "It would seem that a welcome is in order."
"Indeed." Jowly, balding Janos Slynt looked rather like a frog, a smug frog who had gotten rather above himself. "We have sore need of you, my lord. Rebellion everywhere, this grim omen in the sky, rioting in the city streets . . ."
"And whose fault is that, Lord Janos?" Cersei lashed out. "Your gold cloaks are charged with keeping order. As to you, Tyrion, you could better serve us on the field of battle."
He laughed. "No, I'm done with fields of battle, thank you. I sit a chair better than a horse, and I'd sooner hold a wine goblet than a battle-axe. All that about the thunder of the drums, sunlight flashing on armor, magnificent destriers snorting and prancing? Well, the drums gave me headaches, the sunlight flashing on my armor cooked me up like a harvest day goose, and those magnificent destriers shit everywhere. Not that I am complaining. Compared to the hospitality I enjoyed in the Vale of Arryn, drums, horseshit, and fly bites are my favorite things."
Littlefinger laughed. "Well said, Lannister. A man after my own heart."
Tyrion smiled at him, remembering a certain dagger with a dragonbone hilt and a Valyrian steel blade. We must have a talk about that, and soon. He wondered if Lord Petyr would find that subject amusing as well. "Please," he told them, "do let me be of service, in whatever small way I can."
Cersei read the letter again. "How many men have you brought with you?"
"A few hundred. My own men, chiefly. Father was loath to part with any of his. He is fighting a war, after all."
"What use will your few hundred men be if Renly marches on the city, or Stannis sails from Dragonstone? I ask for an army and my father sends me a dwarf. The king names the Hand, with the consent of council. Joffrey named our lord father."
"And our lord father named me."
"He cannot do that. Not without Joff's consent."
"Lord Tywin is at Harrenhal with his host, if you'd care to take it up with him," Tyrion said politely. "My lords, perchance you would permit me a private word with my sister?"
Varys slithered to his feet, smiling in that unctuous way he had. "How you must have yearned for the sound of your sweet sister's voice. My lords, please, let us give them a few moments together. The woes of our troubled realm shall keep."
Janos Slynt rose hesitantly and Grand Maester Pycelle ponderously, yet they rose. Littlefinger was the last. "Shall I tell the steward to prepare chambers in Maegor's Holdfast?"
"My thanks, Lord Petyr, but I will be taking Lord Stark's former quarters in the Tower of the Hand."
Littlefinger laughed. "You're a braver man than me, Lannister. You do know the fate of our last two Hands?"
"Two? If you mean to frighten me, why not say four?"
"Four?" Littlefinger raised an eyebrow. "Did the Hands before Lord Arryn meet some dire end in the Tower? I'm afraid I was too young to pay them much mind."
"Aerys Targaryen's last Hand was killed during the Sack of King's Landing, though I doubt he'd had time to settle into the Tower. He was only Hand for a fortnight. The one before him was burned to death. And before them came two others who died landless and penniless in exile, and counted themselves lucky. I believe my lord father was the last Hand to depart King's Landing with his name, properties, and parts all intact."
"Fascinating," said Littlefinger. "And all the more reason I'd sooner bed down in the dungeon."
Perhaps you'll get that wish, Tyrion thought, but he said, "Courage and folly are cousins, or so I've heard. Whatever curse may linger over the Tower of the Hand, I pray I'm small enough to escape its notice."
Janos Slynt laughed, Littlefinger smiled, and Grand Maester Pycelle followed them both out, bowing gravely.
"I hope Father did not send you all this way to plague us with history lessons," his sister said when they were alone.
"How I have yearned for the sound of your sweet voice," Tyrion sighed to her.
"How I have yearned to have that eunuch's tongue pulled out with hot pincers," Cersei replied. "Has father lost his senses? Or did you forge this letter?" She read it once more, with mounting annoyance. "Why would he inflict you on me? I wanted him to come himself." She crushed Lord Tywin's letter in her fingers. "I am Joffrey's regent, and I sent him a royal command!"
"And he ignored you," Tyrion pointed out. "He has quite a large army, he can do that. Nor is he the first. Is he?"
Cersei's mouth tightened. He could see her color rising. "If I name this letter a forgery and tell them to throw you in a dungeon, no one will ignore that, I promise you."
He was walking on rotten ice now, Tyrion knew. One false step and he would plunge through. "No one," he agreed amiably, "least of all our father. The one with the army. But why should you want to throw me into a dungeon, sweet sister, when I've come all this long way to help you?"
"I do not require your help. It was our father's presence that I commanded."
"Yes," he said quietly, "but it's Jaime you want."
His sister fancied herself subtle, but he had grown up with her. He could read her face like one of his favorite books, and what he read now was rage, and fear, and despair. "Jaime--"
"--is my brother no less than yours," Tyrion interrupted. "Give me your support and I promise you, we will have Jaime freed and returned to us unharmed."
"How?" Cersei demanded. "The Stark boy and his mother are not like to forget that we beheaded Lord Eddard."
"True," Tyrion agreed, "yet you still hold his daughters, don't you? I saw the older girl out in the yard with Joffrey."
"Sansa," the queen said. "I've given it out that I have the younger brat as well, but it's a lie. I sent Meryn Trant to take her in hand when Robert died, but her wretched dancing master interfered and the girl fled. No one has seen her since. Likely she's dead. A great many people died that day."
Tyrion had hoped for both Stark girls, but he supposed one would have to do. "Tell me about our friends on the council."
His sister glanced at the door. "What of them?"
"Father seems to have taken a dislike to them. When I left him, he was wondering how their heads might look on the wall beside Lord Stark's." He leaned forward across the table. "Are you certain of their loyalty? Do you trust them?"
"I trust no one," Cersei snapped. "I need them. Does Father believe they are playing us false?"
"Suspects, rather."
"Why? What does he know?"
Tyrion shrugged. "He knows that your son's short reign has been a long parade of follies and disasters. That suggests that someone is giving Joffrey some very bad counsel."
Cersei gave him a searching look. "Joff has had no lack of good counsel. He's always been strong-willed. Now that he's king, he believes he should do as he pleases, not as he's bid."
"Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them," Tyrion agreed. "This business with Eddard Stark . . . Joffrey's work?"
The queen grimaced. "He was instructed to pardon Stark, to allow him to take the black. The man would have been out of our way forever, and we might have made peace with that son of his, but Joff took it upon himself to give the mob a better show. What was I to do? He called for Lord Eddard's head in front of half the city. And Janos Slynt and Ser Ilyn went ahead blithely and shortened the man without a word from me!" Her hand tightened into a fist. "The High Septon claims we profaned Baelor's Sept with blood, after lying to him about our intent."
"It would seem he has a point," said Tyrion. "So this Lord Slynt, he was part of it, was he? Tell me, whose fine notion was it to grant him Harrenhal and name him to the council?"
"Littlefinger made the arrangements. We needed Slynt's gold cloaks. Eddard Stark was plotting with Renly and he'd written to Lord Stannis, offering him the throne. We might have lost all. Even so, it was a close thing. If Sansa hadn't come to me and told me all her father's plans..."
Tyrion was surprised. "Truly? His own daughter?" Sansa had always seemed such a sweet child, tender and courteous.
"The girl was wet with love. She would have done anything for Joffrey, until he cut off her father's head and called it mercy. That put an end to that."
"His Grace has a unique way of winning the hearts of his subjects," Tyrion said with a crooked smile. "Was it Joffrey's wish to dismiss Ser Barristan Selmy from his Kingsguard too?"
Cersei sighed. "Joff wanted someone to blame for Robert's death. Varys suggested Ser Barristan. Why not? It gave Jaime command of the Kingsguard and a seat on the small council, and allowed Joff to throw a bone to his dog. He is very fond of Sandor Clegane. We were prepared to offer Selmy some land and a towerhouse, more than the useless old fool deserved."
"I hear that useless old fool slew two of Slynt's gold cloaks when they tried to seize him at the Mud Gate."
His sister looked very unhappy. "Janos should have sent more men. He is not as competent as might be wished."
"Ser Barristan was the Lord Commander of Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard," Tyrion reminded her pointedly. "He and Jaime are the only survivors of Aerys Targaryen's seven. The smallfolk talk of him in the same way they talk of Serwyn of the Mirror Shield and Prince Aemon the Dragonknight. What do you imagine they'll think when they see Barristan the Bold riding beside Robb Stark or Stannis Baratheon?"
Cersei glanced away. "I had not considered that."
"Father did," said Tyrion. "That is why he sent me. To put an end to these follies and bring your son to heel."
"Joff will be no more tractable for you than for me."
"He might."
"Why should he?"
"He knows you would never hurt him."
Cersei's eyes narrowed. "If you believe I'd ever allow you to harm my son, you're sick with fever."
Tyrion sighed. She'd missed the point, as she did so often. "Joffrey is as safe with me as he is with you," he assured her, "but so long as the boy feels threatened, he'll be more inclined to listen." He took her hand. "I am your brother, you know. You need me, whether you care to admit it or no. Your son needs me, if he's to have a hope of retaining that ugly iron chair."
His sister seemed shocked that he would touch her. "You have always been cunning."
"In my own small way." He grinned.
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