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Author's Notes: I wrote this one after "Foundation Day" aired. Now that we had learned about Emily's mother, I thought it would be fun to explore what it would be like for Emily to be reunited with her father as well. I have no idea if anyone is finding or reading these, but I wrote about 10 of them when the series aired, and I am determined to find a home for them. If you are out there, let me know.
It is raining outside. Colin comes into the house and bumps into Emily, who is just preparing to go outside.
COLIN: Hold on there. Where are you going in this weather?
EMILY: I want to post a letter before the stage goes out this afternoon.
COLIN: You stay in. No sense both of us getting wet. I'll take it.
Emily hands him the letter and Colin looks at it and frowns.
COLIN: Emily...
EMILY: I know what you're going to say. Just post it, Colin. Please.
Colin takes off his coat and hat and puts them on the coat tree. He takes Emily by the shoulders and leads her to the sofa.
COLIN: Sit down for a minute.
Emily sits and Colin sits next to her.
EMILY: Don't say it.
COLIN: I think you need to hear it. Again. Emily, all the pictures and letters you've sent him. And you've never heard from him. You don't even know where he is. You have to send them general delivery.
EMILY: If he wasn't getting them, the Adelaide office would forward them back here, wouldn't they?
COLIN: Yes, I suppose they would. But that just makes it worse, doesn't it? If he gets them, why doesn't he answer you?
EMILY: I guess he has his reasons.
COLIN: I just hate to see you disappointed again when there's no reply to this.
EMILY: He's my father, Colin. I have to try. Reconciling with Mother has made me realize that it's not too late. If I can have her back in my life, perhaps I can have him, too.
COLIN: This letter you wrote him. Did you tell him your mother is here?
Emily looks away evasively.
COLIN: Emily…
EMILY: He wouldn't come if he knew that. I just want to tell him about the baby. Maybe if he knows he's going to be a grandfather, he'll...
Colin takes her hand and looks at her intently.
COLIN: You know I'm happy for you…for us…that you and your mother have made amends. But sometimes, Emily, things don't work out the way we want them to. I don't want to see you hurt.
EMILY: I'll be all right, Colin. I promise. Please take it to the post office.
Colin sighs, but then kisses her and retrieves his coat and hat and goes outside with the letter.
Several weeks later. Several men are sitting around a table in a shack at a mining camp. They are playing cards. One of the men is in his fifties, the other two much younger. One of the men puts some bills on the table.
YOUNG MAN #1: Well, Cornish. I guess this is it for you. Call 'em or fold 'em. It doesn't look like you have anything else to bet.
Cornish, the older man, takes a drink directly from the whiskey bottle at his elbow.
CORNISH: No. I'm still in.
MAN #2: How can you be? There's two hundred pounds on the table. What have you got to match that?
Cornish reaches into his coat pocket and takes out a piece of paper.
CORNISH: This.
One of the men takes it from him and reads it.
MAN #1: The deed to your mine?
CORNISH: It's a good mine. Worth well over two hundred pounds.
MAN #2: That must be some hand you're holding.
CORNISH: It will cost you to find out.
Cornish throws the deed onto the pile of bills.
MAN #2: You're drunk.
CORNISH: No doubt I am. Are you adding money to the pot or not?
The man folds his hand and Cornish looks expectantly at the other man.
MAN #1: Okay, Cornish. Here's ten pounds. Let's see them.
Cornish places his cards face up on the table. It is a good hand. He begins to gather in the pile of money, but the other player places his hand on Cornish's arm.
MAN #1: Not so fast.
The man places his cards on the table. It is a better hand than Cornish's. He takes the money off of the table, including the deed.
CORNISH: Wait...
The two men get up from the table. Cornish attempts to rise also, but is unsteady on his feet. One of the men tosses a coin to him.
MAN #2: Here, old man. Buy yourself another bottle.
Cornish lays his head on his arms and the other two men leave.
The next day. Cornish is in a shack next to a mine. He is lying on a cot, an empty bottle of whiskey on the floor behind him. He is still wearing his clothes and coat. Two men come into the shack. One of the men rolls Cornish off of the cot and Cornish lands roughly on the floor. He groans and rouses himself.
FIRST MAN: Get up, Cornish. You've got some explaining to do. There are two blokes outside who say this mine is theirs. You want to explain that?
CORNISH: I...I lost it. I put it up last night in a game.
FIRST MAN: That's what they said. I just wanted to hear you say it.
He punches Cornish hard in the stomach and Cornish staggers against the wall.
SECOND MAN: We were partners. The three of us. That mine was feeding my family. Do you know what you've done? You lousy drunk!
He also punches Cornish. Cornish sags onto the cot.
CORNISH: I'm sorry. I'll get it back.
FIRST MAN: And just how are you going to do that? The two outside said they'd sell it back-for three hundred pounds.
CORNISH: Three hundred! I can't get three hundred pounds.
SECOND MAN: Of course not. You don't have the mine any more.
FIRST MAN: Then he'll get it some other way. Because if you don't, I promise you'll regret it.
CORNISH: Regret it? What can you possibly do to me? You want to harm me, kill me even? That won't get the mine back. I'm sorry, I'm terribly sorry I lost it. But I can't get it back for you. I have nothing.
SECOND MAN: Ah, but that's not true. Every man has treasures. And here's yours.
He takes a box from a shelf and opens it. Inside are a packet of letters and pictures. The man takes a letter and looks at the envelope.
CORNISH: Give me that.
The man ignores him. He reads the envelope.
SECOND MAN: It's from someone named Emily McGregor.
He looks at more envelopes.
SECOND MAN: They all are. Who is that, Cornish? A lover?
He opens an envelope and reads the letter. The first man grabs it from him and begins to read it aloud.
FIRST MAN: "Dear Dad..."
FIRST MAN: Well, well. So you do have a family. Emily McGregor. McGregor. Why does that sound so familiar?
He looks at the envelope again.
FIRST MAN: Paterson's Ridge, is it?
SECOND MAN: The man from Snowy River.
FIRST MAN: What?
SECOND MAN: You know. Matt McGregor of Paterson's Ridge. The legend. The man from Snowy River.
FIRST MAN: Well, Cornish. It turns out you do have something of value. What does your daughter have to do with this legend, this Matt McGregor?
Cornish ignores them and the second man grabs him by the coat and pulls him off the cot. He holds him up while the first man punches him again.
FIRST MAN: Speak up!
CORNISH: She married his son.
SECOND MAN: It looks like you're off the hook. Get her to give you the three hundred pounds, we get the mine back, and we'll forget your drunken bet. We'll pretend none of this ever happened.
CORNISH: I can't. Her husband's a preacher. He has nothing.
FIRST MAN: That may be, but his father has plenty. And he's going to share it with you.
CORNISH: No. I'm not involving her in this. And you can't force me to. I don't care what you do to me.
The second man rummages through the letter box and pulls out a photo of Emily.
SECOND MAN: Do to you? Don't worry. We're not going to do anything to you. Is this her, your daughter? A pretty girl. It would be a shame if anything were to happen to her.
CORNISH: You stay away from her.
FIRST MAN: We will. For a week. If you don't get the three hundred pounds from her by then, we'll get it from her ourselves.
The man tosses the picture on the floor and the two men leave. Cornish picks up the picture and looks at it. He gets a bag from under the cot and begins to put clothes in it. He puts the picture of Emily in it, then closes it.
A few days later. It is morning. Colin, Emily, and Josh are standing on the platform at the train station. The train approaches.
JOSH: Here it comes!
Emily touches her hair and adjusts her dress.
EMILY: Do I look all right?
COLIN: You look beautiful.
EMILY: Five years is a long time.
COLIN: Emily, you're going to wear yourself out before he even gets here. Relax.
Emily smiles nervously and the train pulls up to the platform. Passengers begin to disembark. Emily's father gets off and Emily sees him.
EMILY: Oh...
COLIN: What?
EMILY: He looks so...old.
COLIN: Come on.
The three of them greet Cornish.
Emily and her father look at each other uncertainly, and then Emily gives her father a hug.
CORNISH: Emily! How wonderful you look. Oh, it's so good to see you.
Emily has tears in her eyes and turns to Colin.
EMILY: Dad, this is my husband, Colin.
CORNISH: I feel as though I know you already. Emily's letters are full of you.
COLIN: I'm pleased to meet you, Mr. Cornish.
CORNISH: Call me Charles, please. And you must be Josh.
JOSH: Did Emily write you about me, too?
CORNISH: Of course she did.
Josh smiles and gets a bag that an attendant has put on the platform.
COLIN: I'll take that, Josh. Is this all?
CORNISH: I'm traveling light this trip.
He looks across the street to the hotel.
CORNISH: Is that the hotel? Let me just get settled in and washed up, and then we can have a nice long visit.
EMILY: But you're staying with us.
CORNISH: I don't want to be any trouble, Emily. The hotel is fine.
COLIN: No use arguing with her. It's all arranged.
JOSH: You'd better come. She's been fussing for days.
EMILY: Josh! I haven't gone to any trouble, really. Please stay with us.
CORNISH: Well, I don't see how I can say no. Lead the way.
That evening, at dinner. Colin, Emily, Cornish, and Josh are sitting around the kitchen table.
CORNISH: That was delicious, Emily. All my favorite things. Emily was always a good cook, Josh.
JOSH: What else was she like? When she was little, I mean?
EMILY: I think we'd better clear the table and serve dessert. I'll make some tea.
COLIN: Not so fast. I want to hear this, too. My past holds no secrets, but we don't too often get to hear about Emily's, do we, Josh?
JOSH: Nope.
CORNISH: Well, let's see. She was...
He looks at Emily tenderly.
CORNISH: She got into mischief. Oh, nothing bad. But she was always curious. She liked to play pranks. To make me laugh. She liked to make people feel happy.
JOSH: What kind of pranks?
EMILY: Dad...
CORNISH: Oh, all right. I won't give away your secrets.
EMILY: Thank goodness.
She rises and begins to gather plates. Colin gets up and takes the plates from Emily.
COLIN: You've done enough work for one day. You go rest. We'll call you when the tea's ready.
EMILY: I can...
COLIN: No arguments, please.
Emily sighs and goes into the parlor.
CORNISH: Thank you.
COLIN: For what?
CORNISH: For taking such good care of her.
COLIN: No. What I do for her comes easy. I love her.
CORNISH: I can see that. And I'm glad for her. I was afraid she'd find someone like...well, I'm glad she found you. I can see she's happy.
COLIN: We both are.
JOSH: How long are you staying?
CORNISH: Not longer than a week.
JOSH: But if you stay longer, you can meet…
COLIN: Josh, it's not polite to argue. You know that. We'll just have to be satisfied and grateful to have Mr. Cornish here for even a short time.
CORNISH: Well, it can't be helped. I'll have business to conduct at the end of the week. But in the meantime, we can get to know each other, eh, Josh?
JOSH: Colin, can we take Mr. Cornish to Langara tomorrow?
CORNISH: Langara?
COLIN: My father's cattle station. It's a beautiful place.
CORNISH: I'd like to see it. And to meet the man from Snowy River.
COLIN: Tomorrow it is, then.
The next day. Rob is breaking a horse inside the yard. The rest of the family, including Colin, Emily, Josh, and Mr. Cornish, are watching. Rob is thrown from the horse and climbs to his feet slowly.
COLIN: That wasn't too impressive, Rob.
ROB: And I suppose you could do better?
MATT: Sounds like a challenge to me, Colin.
Colin looks at Rob and climbs over the fence into the yard. He approaches the horse slowly, then gets in the saddle. The horse bucks, but Colin hangs on. The others cheer, Josh and Emily the loudest.
CORNISH: He's a man of many talents.
EMILY: He'll never give this up.
Emily watches Colin fondly and Cornish looks at her watching him. Colin gets the horse to quit bucking and trots it around the yard. He slows it to a walk and rides over to Rob. He dismounts and hands the reins to Rob.
COLIN: Even you should be able to ride him now.
Rob scowls and the others laugh. Colin winks at Josh and comes over and puts his arm around Emily.
CORNISH: Well done.
COLIN: Well, Rob has to be reminded sometimes that he's not the only McGregor son who can break a horse.
CORNISH: But you're good friends, aren't you?
COLIN: Rob and I? Yes. Yes, we are.
CORNISH: I've always regretted that Emily didn't have a brother or sister.
Cornish looks away and Emily puts her hand on her father's arm.
EMILY: Let's go for a walk.
The two of them walk away and Colin watches them with concern. Matt sees the expression on his face and comes over.
MATT: Everything all right?
COLIN: Yes. Emily and her father just went for a walk.
MATT: I've never heard her talk about him. Not even once.
COLIN: Emily's childhood still holds many secrets. Until Emily's mother arrived, I thought Emily grew up happily in a stable home. There's still so much she won't talk about. But she never gave up on seeing him again.
MATT: Looks like she got her wish.
COLIN: Yes. I hope it turns out the way she wants it to.
Emily and her father are walking by the waterfall on the property.
EMILY: Isn't it wonderful here?
CORNISH: Yes, it is. And you're so much a part of it. Funny, I never pictured this for you. But I can see that it's right. These mountains, Colin and Josh. And the baby. I'm very happy for you, Emily, happy that you have a family.
EMILY: I do have a family here. But it's not just the McGregors. I have a mother, too.
CORNISH: I'm not sure I…
EMILY: Dad, Mother has come to Paterson's Ridge.
Cornish looks at her in obvious astonishment.
CORNISH: What? Jessie Cornish here?
EMILY: She goes by Jessie McClusky.
CORNISH: I know what she goes by. Tales of her…exploits…are known far and wide. I wouldn't think a small mountain town would be suited to a woman with the ambitions of Jessie McClusky.
Cornish eyes Emily carefully.
CORNISH: But she didn't come for the town. She came for you. After almost twenty years, she's come for you.
EMILY: Yes.
CORNISH: Emily. Surely after what she's done to you…to us…leaving you without a mother, leaving me to raise a daughter alone. Just like that, you've accepted her into your life?
Emily shakes her head.
EMILY: No. Not "just like that." It wasn't easy. There was so much anger, so much bitterness. It was hard to work through, hard to forgive. Maybe I'm still working through it, I don't know. But I know I'm glad she's here, and I'd rather have her the way she is, no matter what she's done, than not have her at all.
CORNISH: Do you expect me to feel that way about her? Is that why you asked me to come here?
EMILY: No. I've been asking you here ever since I got married. It has nothing to do with Mother. I've missed you, Dad. I wanted you to meet my family, to be a part of it. And when the baby's born, I want it to know its grandparents. All of them. Having you here makes me happy.
CORNISH: It makes me happy, too. I'm glad I came. But don't expect me to see your mother, Emily. Just how does a woman like Jessie McClusky keep herself occupied when she's not having tea with her daughter?
EMILY: She owns the Railway Hotel.
CORNISH: Ah, so that's why you were so keen on not having me stay there.
EMILY: No. I wanted…want… you to stay with me and Colin. So we can spend time together. It has nothing to do with Mother. Besides, she's away in Melbourne arranging some supplies for the hotel and then visiting friends. She won't be back for a week.
CORNISH: You know I'll be gone by then. Even if I could stay, I wouldn't stay in this town with her here. You need to know that, Emily.
EMILY: Your feelings for Mother are your own, just like mine for her are mine alone. I know you can't understand what's between us now, and I'm not asking you to. But I do need to understand something from you. Something that will help me work through all this.
CORNSIH: If I can.
EMILY: I never understood why she didn't want to have anything to do with me. I knew she left me. I knew the other children teased me with rumors about her. But I thought she would at least write to me, at least want some connection with me, her child. But there was nothing. I didn't even know if she was alive or dead.
Emily looks hard at her father.
EMILY: But you knew. You knew that she sent me letters, sent me presents. You knew that she was sending money to be put away for my education. But you never told me. You never told me, Dad. You let me believe that she didn't care about me. You let me grow up thinking I had done something to make her abandon me.
CORNISH hangs his head and then meets Emily's eyes.
CORNISH: Oh, Emily. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking of what it was doing to you. I was selfish. I wanted to get back at her, to hurt her. The one way I had to do it was to keep you from her, to let her think you didn't want to answer her letters or have any contact with her. I knew shutting you out of her life would hurt her more than anything else could. I took satisfaction from that. I won't put you in the position of asking for your forgiveness, and I'm not deserving of it. But you asked for an explanation, and that's it, as ugly as it is. I took satisfaction from it.
Emily does not respond, and the two of them look silently at the waterfall for a moment.
EMILY: Dad, why did you wait so long? I wanted so much for you to see my life here, to meet Colin. Why didn't you come?
CORNISH: I wanted to, but I thought it would be better for you, starting a new life, if I wasn't a part of it this time. After you got married, and I was satisfied from your letters that you were loved and taken care of, I didn't think I should drift in and out of your life.
EMILY: I wanted you at my wedding. I needed you there.
CORNISH: No, you didn't. You had your new family, friends. You didn't need me.
EMILY: Don't tell me what I needed. I did need you. You had no right to decide for me what would be best. I had a say, too.
CORNISH: I know you did. Let's not argue, Emily. I can't put right what's in the past, but I hope we can enjoy each other's company for now. Can we?
Emily looks at him earnestly and then kisses his cheek.
EMILY: I've always wanted you here. Come on. Let's go join the others.
The two of them walk back to the house and join the rest of the family on the veranda. Danni is serving tea.
CORNISH: It's a beautiful property, Mr. McGregor. I can see why Emily never wanted to go back to the city.
MATT: She's a mountain girl now for sure.
DANNI: How about you, Mr. Cornish? Is your home in Adelaide?
CORNISH: It's wherever my itchy feet take me, I'm afraid.
DANNI: It must be wonderful to wander about so freely.
ROB: It just seems that way to you right now because you don't want to get up early tomorrow and bring those cattle down.
CORNISH: Why are you moving them?
ROB: There will be buyers in from Melbourne on Saturday. We'll bring a hundred head to the sale yards.
CORNISH: Just out of curiosity, what does a head of cattle bring at the sale yards?
MATT: We should get eight pounds each for them. That is, if Rob's any kind of negotiator.
ROB: You're letting me do the sale?
MATT: Sure. Of course, if you can't get eight pounds a head, you're never doing another one.
Everyone laughs and Cornish watches them, as if he's thinking about something.
The next day, in town. Colin and Josh are in the office at the stables. Colin is sitting at the desk, writing in a ledger, and Josh is standing next to him.
JOSH: Can't we leave now?
COLIN: In a few minutes.
JOSH: But you already said that.
Colin smiles and ruffles his hair.
COLIN: I did, didn't I?
Colin closes the book and stands up. He takes Josh's hand and the two of them leave the stable and walk toward the store. They see Matt in front of the store, slinging some bags onto his horse.
COLIN: I thought you'd be with the cattle today.
MATT: Rob's about got it done. It's just a hundred head. Your sister gave me instructions on some things to get for Emily's birthday celebration.
COLIN: You know, I think this is going to be really special for Emily. With her father here, I mean.
MATT: It's going okay then, having him here?
COLIN: It's fine. Why?
Matt looks at Josh and Colin catches his look.
COLIN: Josh, you go inside and see if you can pick something out. I'll be in soon.
Colin and Matt wait for Josh to enter the store.
MATT: There's something about him that makes me a little uneasy.
COLIN: He seems pleasant enough.
MATT: It's not that. He's just so closed about himself. Did you notice how he wouldn't tell Danni where he lives?
COLIN: I don't think Emily even knows.
MATT: And you don't think that's odd?
COLIN: Of course I do. But she doesn't ask him, so I don't either. She seems to accept him as he is. I think she's just thankful that he's here.
MATT: But why is he here?
COLIN: Well, to see Emily. She asked him to come.
MATT: But why now? She's asked him before.
COLIN: I don't know, Dad. Can't we just be happy for Emily's sake that he's finally come?
MATT: You're right. Well, I'd better get going before Danni comes out for me. She can be quite a task master.
Matt mounts his horse.
MATT: Are you coming to the cattle sale tomorrow?
COLIN: I thought I might. It will be fun to see Rob in action.
MATT: Well, go easy on him if he doesn't get eight pounds a head. The market's really only bearing seven right now.
COLIN: But he'll get eight. See you tomorrow.
Colin waives him off and goes into the store. He sees Josh in front of a counter. Josh picks up a case holding a pair of hair combs and holds it out to Colin.
JOSH: What about these? I've seen her looking at them.
COLIN: So have I. Let's have a look.
Colin picks up the case and looks at the price tag. He sighs and sets the case back on the counter.
COLIN: Sorry, Josh. We can't afford them.
Miss Kirov comes over to them.
MISS KIROV: May I help you find something?
JOSH: Emily's birthday is tomorrow.
MISS KIROV: And you'd like to get her something special?
Josh looks longingly at the combs.
JOSH: Yes.
MISS KIROV: I have just the thing.
She brings a locket over and hands it to Colin.
COLIN: What do you think, Josh? We could put pictures in it. One of you and one of me. She'd like that.
JOSH: Can't we get her the combs for her hair?
COLIN: Not this time.
Colin hands the locket and some bills to Miss Kirov.
COLIN: Thanks, Hannah. We'll take this.
MISS KIROV: Do you want me to wrap it up for you? I have some pretty paper in the back.
COLIN: Thanks. We'll come back for it.
JOSH: I'll wait for it.
COLIN: Okay. I've got some more things to do at the stables. Remember, don't let Emily see you come into the house with it.
JOSH: I won't.
Colin leaves.
MISS KIROV: I'll just be a moment, Josh.
Colin is on the street, walking toward the stables. He sees Emily's father on the street and greets him.
CORNISH: Hello. I thought I'd just take a walk. Emily's napping.
COLIN: Good. Josh is at the store if you want some company.
CORNISH: Thanks.
Colin continues and Cornish goes the opposite direction. He approaches the store. Across the street, the two men who were Cornish's mining partners watch him. They cross the street and each grab him by an arm and drag him around the corner.
CORNISH: What are you doing here? I still have a few days.
FIRST MAN: We know. We just thought that us being here might move things along a bit.
SECOND MAN: So, how's your daughter? Have you asked her for the money yet?
CORNISH: No, and I'm not going to.
FIRST MAN: That's not a good choice, Cornish. I'd hate to see an accident happen to her.
CORNISH: You'll get your money. I'll have it by tomorrow night.
SECOND MAN: You'd better.
They leave and Cornish leans against the wall, catching his breath.
That evening, at Colin and Emily's home. Emily gets up from her chair and goes to look out the window.
Colin comes and puts an arm around her.
COLIN: Do you want me to go look for him?
EMILY: No. He was just restless after supper. I'm sure he'll be back soon. Let's go to bed.
COLIN: Are you sure?
EMILY: Yes. It's fine.
The two of them go into the bedroom.
Later. Cornish is in the bar. He has a nearly-empty bottle beside him. He drains the rest of it into a glass and drinks it. His two mining partners come into the bar and buy a new bottle. They sit down with Cornish.
FIRST MAN: Old habits die hard, huh, Cornish? Well, drink up. Some liquid courage for your task tomorrow, don't you think?
Cornish doesn't answer, but takes the drink offered.
Same time, in Colin and Emily's room. Emily is awake, but Colin is asleep. Emily lights the lamp and gets some things from the dresser and a dress from the wardrobe. She takes the lamp into the other room.
In the bar. Cornish is at a table, his head nodding drunkenly. His two partners are laughing. Emily enters the bar and they look up, as does the bartender and the other patrons. The bartender gets up and goes to greet her.
BARTENDER: Mrs. McGregor. You shouldn't be here.
EMILY: I'm sorry. I...I'm looking for my father.
The bartender nods toward Cornish.
BARTENDER: Is that him?
EMILY: Yes.
BARTENDER: I'm sorry, Mrs. McGregor. I didn't know he was your father. I'll get someone to help you get him home.
He goes to the table and helps Cornish up. The two men with him get up also.
FIRST MAN: We'll take him home.
They stand on either side of Cornish and drape his arms across their shoulders.
SECOND MAN: Where to, ma'am? Mrs. McGregor, isn't it?
EMILY: Yes. I'll show you. It's just up the road.
The three of them walk up the deserted street to the house. Emily opens the door.
EMILY: I can take him now. Thank you.
FIRST MAN: Our pleasure. Perhaps we'll meet again under more pleasant circumstances.
EMILY: Yes. Good night.
She goes inside, maneuvering Cornish in with her. The two men leave and slap each other on the backs as soon as Emily closes the door.
Inside, Emily is trying to get Cornish into a chair.
EMILY: Dad. Please. Sit down.
Cornish misses the chair and lands on the floor with a thud. He laughs.
CORNISH: What do you think, Emily, my girl? Just like old times.
EMILY: Please get up, Dad.
CORNISH: Did you bring me a bottle? Go back and get me a bottle. There's a good girl.
Colin comes out of the bedroom, wearing his night clothes and a robe. He stands in the doorway uncertainly.
Cornish staggers to his feet and sways in front of Emily.
CORNISH: Emily! Emily Cornish, I want that bottle now!
EMILY: Dad, don't do this. Don't do this now. Not here.
CORNISH: You do as I say or you'll see the back of this hand.
He raises his hand to strike her and Colin quickly runs to him.
COLIN: No!
Colin steps between Cornish and Emily and pushes Cornish into the chair.
COLIN: Emily, leave the room.
EMILY: He doesn't mean anything, Colin. He doesn't even know what he's doing.
COLIN: We'll talk about it later. Please go back to bed. Please.
Emily reluctantly goes back into the bedroom.
Later. Colin enters the bedroom. The lamp is out. He lights it and sees Emily in the bed. She is in her nightgown. She is lying on her side, facing the wall. She is crying. Colin takes off his robe and goes to Emily. He takes her gently by the shoulders and helps her sit up. He holds her. She is crying hard.
COLIN: Shh. It's all right. I put him to bed.
EMILY: I'm sorry, Colin. I didn't want this to happen here. I prayed it wouldn't.
COLIN: It's happened before?
EMILY: I grew up with it.
Colin puts the pillows against the headboard. He lies next to Emily, propped up against the pillows.
COLIN: Come here.
Emily turns to him and puts her head on his chest. Colin puts his arm around her.
COLIN: Talk to me, Emily. Tell me about him. About you, growing up.
EMILY: After Mother left, it was just the two of us. Dad changed. He started drinking. I was little, not even seven, and I never questioned why, never put it together then. I always knew what her leaving did to me, but it wasn't until I was much older that I saw what it had done to him. But when I was young, growing up with him, his drinking was just how it was. It was just a part of him. But not all of him. When he wasn't drinking, he was kind, funny, loving. He liked to laugh. I liked to make him laugh. I thought if I could make him happier, he'd quit drinking.
COLIN: But he didn't.
EMILY: No. I know he tried sometimes. But he never could. It just got worse as time went on. He couldn't hold down a job, lost his investments. When I got older, I realized he gambled quite a bit. Sometimes money would come in and I learned how to hide it, to set some of it aside so he wouldn't buy whiskey with it or gamble it away. We did all right. It wasn't so bad, really. Until he'd drink again.
COLIN: And then?
EMILY: He was mean. He'd lose his temper. He'd… hit me sometimes.
COLIN: Oh, Emily.
Emily has quit crying and shakes her head firmly.
EMILY: No. I don't want you to feel sorry for me. And I don't want you to judge him. You don't know what it must have been like for him. Mother's leaving destroyed him.
COLIN: He destroyed himself. He was responsible for his own actions, and he was responsible for bringing up a child. Had it not been for your strength of character, your determination to strike out on your own and make a life for yourself, he would have destroyed you, too.
EMILY: You know, when he showed up here, after all this time, I thought it was because he was sober. I thought he had stayed away until he wasn't drinking any more. Now I don't know what to think.
COLIN: Do you want him to leave?
EMILY: Do you want him to?
COLIN: It's not my decision.
EMILY: I'm asking you what you think, Colin.
COLIN: I just don't want you to be hurt. He was going to hit you tonight, Emily. I can't accept that. Or understand it. Or, God help me, forgive it. And I don't want Josh exposed to it.
EMILY: He won't do it again while he's here. It will be better for a while.
COLIN: Is this how it was? A night like this, and then…what? You go on as if nothing has happened?
EMILY: Oh, Colin. It's what I know to do. I used to try to be angry with him. But all I could feel was hurt. And confused. I didn't understand any of it. I knew he loved me. But how could he love me and then want to harm me? I thought if I could feel angry at him, really angry, it would be better than the hurt. But I couldn't feel it.
Colin kisses her forehead.
COLIN: And you still can't, can you?
Emily shakes her head.
EMILY: I spent my entire childhood trying to understand him and make him happy. But I know only he can do that. For now, I'll take him the way he is. I've missed him so much.
COLIN: You love him very much.
EMILY: Yes.
COLIN: That's what you had instead of anger. You had love.
EMILY: It didn't stop the hurt.
COLIN: I know.
Colin kisses her and turns out the lamp.
The next day. Several hundred cattle are penned in the yard by the rail head. All of the McGregors are standing outside the fence. Cornish is also there. Rob shakes hands with a cattle buyer and the man hands Rob a roll of bills and leaves. Matt comes up to Rob and shakes his hand.
MATT: Well done, son. Eight pounds a head. I knew you could do it.
ROB: No, you didn't.
Matt smiles and looks at the roll of bills in Rob's hand.
MATT: They didn't give you a bank draft?
ROB: No. Does it matter?
MATT: It makes me a little bit uneasy having eight hundred pounds about. We can't get it in the bank until Monday. Why don't you get on home with it, huh?
ROB: Okay.
DANNI: I'll ride with you. I want to help Mi Lei get Emily's birthday dinner ready.
The two of them get on their horses and ride away. Cornish watches them and is startled when his two partners come up behind him. Matt, who is standing a short distance away, watches curiously.
FIRST MAN: Feeling better this morning, I see.
SECOND MAN: I've never been to a cattle sale before. It was very interesting.
CORNISH: Let it go. I said I'd take care of it.
Emily comes over to them.
EMILY: Dad, these are the men who helped you. I wanted to thank you again.
FIRST MAN: Think nothing of it, ma'am.
He tips his hat to her and the two men leave. Cornish turns to Emily.
CORNISH: I want you to stay away from those men, Emily.
EMILY: Why? Do you know them?
CORNISH: Just do as I say.
EMILY: But I don't understand.
Cornish turns to her angrily.
CORNISH: Always trying to understand. Some things you don't need to understand. Sometimes you just do what your dad asks you to do. Now you listen to me, girl. I don't want you going near those men. You understand that?
Emily's eyes tear and she turns quickly away from him and leaves the area. Matt comes to Cornish.
MATT: No one here ever raises a voice to her. I don't think you need to, either.
CORNISH: I don't need you to tell me how to talk to my daughter, McGregor.
MATT: Who are those men? Why is it so important to keep Emily away from them?
CORNISH: It's no concern of yours.
MATT: If it involves Emily, it is. She's a very special girl, and she's a part of my family. She means a lot to all of us. I'd hate to see her hurt in any way.
CORNISH: So would I, believe me. And I can take care of her. She's my daughter, not yours.
Matt starts to say something, but turns away instead.
Later that evening, at Langara. All of the McGregors and Cornish are seated at the table. Emily blows out the candles on a cake.
JOSH: Did you make a wish, Emily?
EMILY: Yes, I did. But if I tell you what it is, it won't come true.
DANNI: Are you going to open your presents before we serve the cake?
EMILY: If you'd like.
DANNI: Good. Mine first.
Danni hands Emily a package and she opens it. It is a shawl.
DANNI: I hope it's all right. I crocheted it myself, but I'm not very good at it.
ROB: I'll say. You've never seen such a production here as Danni and all that yarn.
EMILY: It's lovely, Danni. Truly.
Matt hands Emily a package.
MATT: And this is from the rest of us.
Emily opens it. It is a book. Emily reads the cover and then looks at a few pages. She hands it to Colin.
EMILY: Look, Colin. Nursery rhymes and lullabies.
MATT: Kathleen picked it out before she left. You'll need it when you put your little one to bed.
EMILY: Thanks, Matt. Thank you all.
JOSH: What about me?
EMILY: What about you?
JOSH: Aren't you going to open mine?
EMILY: Did you get me something?
JOSH: Well, it's from Colin, too.
Josh hands Emily a present and Emily unwraps the locket. She opens it, but there are no pictures in it.
JOSH: Colin and I are going to have our pictures taken, and then you can put them inside.
EMILY: That's a wonderful idea, Josh. Then I can have my two best fellows with me all the time. Thank you. Thank you, Colin.
JOSH: I wanted to get you the combs for your hair. The ones you look at all the time. But Colin said they cost too much.
COLIN: That will be enough from you.
Everyone laughs and Cornish tousles Josh's hair.
CORNISH: I didn't get you anything yet, Emily. I wasn't sure what you wanted. But now Josh has let me know, haven't you, Josh?
EMILY: You've already given me the best present ever just by being here. It's been too long since I've celebrated a birthday with you, Dad.
Cornish smiles at her and Danni begins to serve cake.
Later. Colin, Emily, and Josh are at their buggy and the family is gathered around to say good-bye.
CORNISH: I think I've left my coat inside. I'll be right back.
Cornish goes inside the house and begins to open drawers in the cabinet in the drawing room. He goes quickly into Matt's room and looks in a box on the dresser, then begins to open drawers. He finds nothing and goes back into the front room. Danni is there, holding his coat.
DANNI: Here it is, Mr. Cornish.
CORNISH: Of course. Thank you, Danni.
Later that night. Colin and Emily are in their room. Colin takes off his jacket and hangs it in the wardrobe. He begins unbuttoning Emily's dress for her.
COLIN: Did you have a nice birthday?
EMILY: One of the best ever. I told you it would be all right, Colin. With my dad, I mean.
Colin faces her.
COLIN: I really love you, you know that?
Emily smiles at him.
EMILY: I know. I love you, too.
They kiss.
The next morning, in Colin and Emily's kitchen. Colin is dressed in his black suit and collar. He is tucking in Josh's shirt for him.
COLIN: That's better.
JOSH: Isn't Emily coming to church?
COLIN: Not today. We'll let her rest.
Cornish comes into the room and hears them.
CORNISH: Is everything all right?
COLIN: Emily still gets queasy in the mornings sometimes. I'm sure she'll be fine. Josh and I would like it if you'd come to church with us, Charles.
CORNISH: I don't think so. It's been a long time for me.
COLIN: It's not too late to start going again.
CORNISH: Thank you, no. I'll stay with Emily in case she needs anything.
COLIN: Well, you know where to find us if you change your mind. Come on, Josh.
Colin and Josh leave the room and go out the front door. Cornish's two partners are outside the house, hidden from view. They watch Colin and Josh walk toward the church, then go inside the house.
FIRST MAN: Okay, Cornish. Let's have it.
CORNISH: I couldn't get it.
SECOND MAN: I think you're stalling. I think you need a little incentive.
He goes through the house, opening doors. He opens the door to Emily's room and sees her in the bed.
SECOND MAN: Get up and get dressed.
EMILY: Colin! Colin!
SECOND MAN: He's not here. Now get up.
Cornish comes into the room.
EMILY: Dad?
CORNISH: Just do what they say, Emily. It will be all right. Get dressed and come out of your room. They won't hurt you.
The two men leave the room.
CORNISH: For God's sake. She's not feeling well. I know you want your money, but surely you're not going to terrify a pregnant woman. Just leave her alone and I'll get it.
SECOND MAN: We're not cruel, Cornish. We're not going to harm her. We're just going to take her with us. You can meet us with the money. When we get the three hundred pounds, you get her back. Safe and sound.
CORNISH: Where?
FIRST MAN: We saw a stockman's hut not too far from town. South side. That should be good enough. We don't need to go too far with her. Just far enough so no one will hear us. Or her.
Emily comes into the room and looks at the men cautiously.
CORNISH: Emily, you have to go with them. I'm sorry.
EMILY: I don't understand.
CORNISH: I know.
FIRST MAN: We've got a buggy down the street. Let's go, ma'am.
The two men lead Emily out of the door and Emily looks back at her father with pleading eyes. Cornish runs to the livery and gets Colin's horse. He saddles it and rides out of town.
Same time. Matt and his family are seated in the church, waiting for Colin to start the service. Matt looks at the empty seat of the organ. He turns to Danni.
MATT: Where's Emily?
DANNI: Home. Colin said she wasn't feeling well this morning.
MATT: Her father there too?
DANNI: I think so. Why? What's the matter?
MATT: Just a feeling. Probably nothing. I think I'll go check on her.
ROB: Do you want me to come?
MATT: No. I'll be back soon. Don't say anything to Colin.
Matt gets up to leave just as Colin and Josh are entering from the office. Colin looks at Matt questioningly, then ushers Josh to be seated next to Danni and goes to the pulpit.
Matt takes Rob's horse and rides to Emily and Colin's house. He goes inside, calling for Emily. He gets no response and looks around the house, then leaves again. He rides down the road.
Cornish is riding on the road to Langara. Matt catches up to him. Cornish begins to ride harder and Matt rides along side. He catches up again and this time pulls Cornish from his horse.
MATT: Where's Emily?
CORNISH: Let me go.
MATT: Go where? Tell me what's happening. If Emily's in trouble, I can help.
CORNISH: They took her.
MATT: Who took her? The men you told her to keep away from?
CORNISH: I owe them money. They won't harm her. They just didn't think I'd get the money unless they took her.
MATT: You're going to Langara, aren't you?
CORNISH: You have eight hundred pounds there. And I only need three hundred. I tried to get it last night, but I couldn't find it. If I could have given it to them then, they would have left her alone.
MATT: Where are they holding her?
CORNISH: They said there's a stockman's hut on the south side of town.
MATT: I know it. You stay here. There's another track to Langara that will get me there quicker. I'll get the money and a fresh horse and meet you back here. We'll ride to the hut together.
Cornish nods and Matt rides away.
Later, at the hut. Emily is sitting at the table, her head in her hand and her eyes closed.
FIRST MAN: We wish we could have done this some other way, ma'am. Really we do. But that daddy of yours sure was slow about asking you for the money.
Emily lifts her head up.
EMILY: What?
SECOND MAN: The money. The three hundred pounds he owes us. He came here to ask you for it. You being a McGregor and all.
Emily sinks lower in her seat and puts her head in her hand again. She looks up when she hears riders outside.
FIRST MAN: He's got McGregor with him.
SECOND MAN: What difference does it make as long as he's got the money?
He goes to Emily and gets her out of the chair. He pushes her toward the door, then pulls his pistol from its holster. He stands in the doorway with Emily in front of him, holding the pistol. The other man is standing at the window with a rifle.
CORNISH: We've got the money. Put your gun away. You can't hold a gun on her!
SECOND MAN: I don't think you're in any position to be giving orders. We tell you what to do, not the other way around. Now show me the money. Count it out.
Cornish takes a roll of bills from Matt and begins to count the bills aloud.
SECOND MAN: Very good. Now, real slow, come set that money on the step here. And watch yourself. You never know when this gun might go off. And there's another one pointed at the legend there.
Cornish sets the money on the step and then backs away. The man picks it up.
SECOND MAN: You go inside, ma'am.
He pushes Emily inside and the other man comes out and shuts the door behind him.
FIRST MAN: We got what we wanted, Cornish. I know you won't come after us. Because you owed us this, and because you never know when we could come back if you or McGregor there were to do anything stupid.
The two men climb into the buggy and ride away. Emily looks out the window and sees them leave. She opens the door and stands in the doorway. Cornish and Matt both call to her and hold out their arms. Emily runs to Matt and he holds her.
MATT: Are you all right? Did they hurt you?
Emily shakes her head and sobs.
MATT: Shh. You're okay. You're safe now.
Cornish watches Matt comfort Emily and then looks away, tears in his eyes.
Later, at Colin and Emily's house. Colin comes into the bedroom, where Emily is sitting in a chair. She is staring at the floor. Colin kneels in front of her.
COLIN: He's going to stay at the hotel until the train comes tomorrow morning. I think you should tell him good-bye.
EMILY: I can't. I can't talk to him right now.
COLIN: Then talk to me. What are you feeling, Emily?
Emily begins to cry and Colin holds her hand.
EMILY: I thought he came because I invited him. I thought he came because he missed me, because he loved me. But he came because my name's McGregor. He came because he needed money. He doesn't care about me. Well then, let him go. I don't care about him, either.
COLIN: Oh, Emily. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
He goes out into the front room. Cornish is standing by the door, his suitcase at his feet.
COLIN: She won't come out.
CORNISH: I didn't think she would.
COLIN: You could have spared her this, you know.
CORNISH: I know. I'm sorry.
COLIN: It's not me you need to say it to.
CORNISH: I know that, too.
He picks up his suitcase and leaves.
Several weeks later, at Colin and Emily's home. Colin and Josh come into the house, Josh carrying a package. Emily comes out of the kitchen to greet them.
JOSH: You got a package in the mail, Emily.
He gives it to her.
COLIN: It's from your father.
Emily hands it to Colin.
EMILY: I don't want it.
COLIN: I'll open it for you.
He opens it and takes out a narrow case. He opens the case and unwraps thin paper from some objects. They are hair combs. Josh looks at them.
JOSH: They're even better than the ones in the store, Emily. Put them in your hair.
Emily has tears in her eyes and turns away from him.
COLIN: Josh, have you fed Patch yet today?
JOSH: Um…
Colin looks at Josh harshly and Josh speaks hurriedly.
JOSH: I was going to just now. Honest.
COLIN: Off you go, then.
Josh leaves and Colin goes to Emily.
COLIN: Are you all right?
EMILY: He probably got them with gambling money. Everything nice he ever gave me he got from gambling.
COLIN: Maybe. But perhaps he's found a good position somewhere. He's paid Dad back the money already.
EMILY: He'll sink back into his bottle soon enough.
Colin holds out the combs.
COLIN: What do you want to do with these?
EMILY: Sell them to Hannah. You can use the money for the church.
COLIN: Are you sure? Maybe you should keep them in case you change your mind.
EMILY: I won't.
Colin puts the combs back in their case and sets it down. He looks at her.
COLIN: I think you got something you wanted.
Emily looks at the comb case.
EMILY: I didn't.
Colin puts his arm around her.
COLIN: You wanted to be angry at him.
EMILY: I'm sorry. I've tried not to be angry.
COLIN: No. It's all right. You have a right to it. You've always had a right to it.
Emily does not reply, but instead puts her head against his chest. Colin holds her and the scene ends.


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Temperatures will be back up I the 90s this weekend and folks will be headed out to our rivers, streams and lakes to cool off. Auburn State Recreation Area, Supervising Ranger Scott Liske, cautions people to be safe as the current is swift and the water is cold.
Ranger Liske says a personal floatation device is the best safety bet on the water.
The flows on the American river change not only from the runoff from heavy flows in spring to lighter flows in the summer but also water released above our dams, changes conditions not only day-to-day but throughout the day as those flows come into our area.

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CNN put Hillary marginally ahead in the presidential debate but Donald may still win
Hillary and Donald sparred in a debate but the overwhelming victory of Hillary did not materialize and Donald may yet defeat Hillary
The second presidential debate is over and the analysists are out with facts and figures. Those who watched the debate have stated that Donald put in a creditable performance and saved his campaign. Many expected that Donald would sink in the second debate and to put on more pressure many top Republicans disassociated themselves from Donald's campaign. His running mate expressed his displeasure and Mitt Romney was verbose in criticizing Donald on his comments in 2005 against women.
The debate
It was assumed that Donald would be washed out and people like Robert de Niro and Condolence Rice lend their own color to the campaign against Donald.
CNN gave a marginally better rating in the debate to Clinton but many others felt Donald did well. The incident of the published tape of 2005 and Donald's comments against women was expected to take the wind out of Donald's debate. But Donald turned in a great performance as he brought up the case of three women who had been sexually abused by the Clintons as a counter thrust. He made a telling comment that the three women were in the audience. He also mentioned his comments about women were a locker room casual comment. This did help Donald and Hillary could not seize the initiative.
Hillary's failure
Hillary was uncomfortable over the question of the email scandal, Obama Care and immigration of Syrians to the US. She just went on in the debate with a condescending smile, but she could not outbox Donald, who fought very well, considering he was the underdog in the debate.
The overwhelming victory did not materialize.
Donald on road
One thing is clear, all the stop-Trump rhetoric is very much in the race but he is a formidable candidate. He has a committed support from a particular class of Americans and they will vote for him. Today's debate would also benefit him as he more than held his ground against Hillary. To the chagrin of the anti-Trump brigade that has been doing the shouting for over six months, the fact that Donald as per reports of 90 percent of the analysists put in a fighting performance won't be happy news. To my mind, Donald is on steam to enter the white house and if he can put in a good performance in the last debate, he will very possibly win #Donald Trump #Hillary Clinton


text: Jeff Garzik wrote:> > People from time to time point out a wart in ethernet initialization:> They sure do. You were away at the time, but I had a 94 file,140k patch late last year which fixed all this. It'sat http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/netdevice.patchand the design doc is at http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/netdevice2.txtFrom a quick look, I think the only substantive differencehere is that my `prepare_etherdev()' function allocatesand reserves the device's name (eth0), but prevents itfrom being available in netdevice namespace lookups. Thiswas done because lots of drivers wanted to do: init_etherdev(); (Replaced with prepare_etherdev()) printk("%s: something", dev->name);The changes to dev.c and net_init.c were fairly subtleand took some thinking about - we should revisit themif you want to go ahead with this.The patch all worked OK, was back-compatible with unaltereddrivers, and indeed altered all the drivers. But it kind ofgot lost. Too big, too late and dev_probe_lock() was there.Now, Arjan says that this race is causing oopses. Thissurprises me, because current kernels have the the dev_probe_lock()hack which I put in. This fixes the problem for PCI and Cardbusdrivers. The ISA drivers generally use the dev->init() techniquewhich is not racy. There isn't a lot left over. Arjan? Which driver?The other reason I'm surprised that it's causing oopses: mostracy drivers do this:xxx_probe(){ init_etherdev(); <initialisation - takes 10s of milliseconds and can sleep> dev->open = xxx_open; return;}So the vastly most probably failure mode if the race occurs is this: the interface is opened while dev->open is NULL.This won't oops. Sure, the interface is screwed becausethe open() routine hasn't been called, but it should hangin there. A subsequent close() of the interface *will*call dev->close, and I guess the driver is likely to getupset if its close() routine is called without a correspondingopen().Yes, we can fix this if we want, and kill off dev_probe_lock().It'll only take a few days. Do we want? If not, we canextend the dev_probe_lock() thing to cover probes forother busses. USB, I guess.--To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to firstname.lastname@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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Why Enrollment is Surging in Machine Learning Classes
Machine learning is sweeping through industries, transforming scientific research and already changing aspects of everyday life, making the impossible possible. No wonder university students are flocking to it. Enrollment in machine learning classes is soaring, and universities are scrambling to add classes to meet an unprecedented demand. Comprehensive figures aren't available for U.S. machine learning enrollment or degrees, but all evidence points to dramatic growth. In a survey of more than a half dozen universities, all reported sharp increases in students pursuing the field. "At its highest level, machine learning is about understanding the world through data," said Geoffrey Gordon, acting chair of Carnegie Mellon University's Machine Learning Department. "Anything you can think of — public policy, finance, automobiles and robotics, for example — there's a role for machine learning." 600%…
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Honda will be making a decision on the future of their factory racing team by the next MotoGP race in Indianapolis, reports Yahoo! Sports.
Last month, it was reported that Honda would likely be reducing their budget next year, possibly cutting down to just two factory bikes. Honda currently fields three riders on their factory team – Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso. They also give factory support to San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Marco Simoncelli.
Honda boss Shuhei Nakamoto has a tough decision to make. The budget has to be cut somewhere, and Stoner and Pedrosa are basically assured of their jobs. So should the team stop factory support for Simoncelli, cut Dovizioso, or try to keep both?
"I'm not happy about [Dovizioso and Simoncelli]," Nakamoto was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport. "Marco goes well in qualifying, but then he's had some problems in the races. Andrea has improved, he's third in the championship, but he's not at the top yet. We want to win and at the moment they aren't winning."
Of course, Nakamoto's decision was made no easier by the recent results. Apparently Dovizioso and Simoncelli were motivated by the comments, as they finished second and third on Sunday in the Czech Republic to help Honda sweep the podium for the first time in five years.


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Mary Elizabeth's life is spiraling out of control. Her twin sister, Babs, was killed in an automobile accident. Her bereaved brother-in-law has decided now is a good time to renew their college romance, and her healthy, domineering mother is demanding that she move back home and slave - ah, make that care for her. What's a woman to do? Get the heck out of Dodge! She jumps on the promotion offered by her best friend, Kiesha Morgan, and moves to Refuge, North Carolina. The last thing she wants or needs is a man; she's got enough going on in her life.
Hugh Mosely owns and operates Refuge's only eating establishment. As a favor to Alex Morgan, good friend and alpha of the Raven Pack, he agrees to rent the empty apartment above his diner to Mary Elizabeth and keep an eye on her. Hugh is also a were-bear who's actively searching for a mate: a she-bear he can breed with and continue his nearly extinct species. Despite his nearly overwhelming, instant attraction to Mary Elizabeth, he has no interest in human females. Unfortunately (or is that fortunately?) for them, the true mate bond doesn't care about personal agendas. Watch as they both get caught up in the mating fever and try to fight their way out.
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And this time he's got rather more thoughtful.
Now, I could complain about the grudging tone, the whingeing ('The mean nasty people shouted at me'), the self-righteousness ('The mean nasty people misinterpreted me'), the accompanying touch of self-revisionism.
But hey, I get the need to save face and pretend you haven't climbed down when in fact you have. We all do it sometimes. So I shan't be mean and nasty, not me.
Besides, think how much he gave us all to talk about.
(Update: here for Tribble updates. Warning: not everyone may be as kind as me.)


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Kindness Revolution Day 11: Letter to a Friend
Who hasn't pined for more time? Fewer tasks on the proverbial to-do list? More energy at the end of a day for the people that matter? In our breakneck speed world, few of us can honestly say we have all the time and energy for the people we love and for enjoying our favorite hobbies.
Almost a decade ago I met a wonderful woman in an acupuncture course I was taking. We clicked immediately. You know that feeling when you meet someone for the first time and you just know that you and she (or he) will be good friends. Well, we've been friends ever since even though thousands of miles separate us. But over the last couple of years we've lost touch. The phone calls have dwindled to almost none. The cards and letters have stopped.
Part of me wonders whether she's just moved on in life and that our friendship has run its course. Let's face it: sometimes friendships, like relationships, are meant for a particular phase in life and then people go their separate ways. Perhaps she has new friends and doesn't feel a connection to me anymore? I'm not sure but I decided today that regardless what happens afterward, I am going to make the time to sit down and write my friend a letter that tells her how much she's meant to me over the years and that it is my hope that our friendship continues. And, then I'll just let things be…whatever that means.
If you're just joining us for the Kindness Revolution, I'm doing my part (well, at least trying) to spread kindness in the world by giving 29 gifts in 29 days, inspired by the book 29 Gifts. And, I'm asking you to join me. If you're just tuning in, check out the first blog in this series.
And, don't forget to add your comments to my blog over the next four weeks because, with the help of the kind people at Care2.com, I'll be giving away free copies of my books! Winners will be selected from the comments!
Check out the other articles in the Kindness Revolution Series:
Join the Kindness Revolution: Give 29 Gifts in 29 Days
The Kindness Revolution Day 2: Book Giveaways!
Kindness Revolution Day 3: Mediterranean Feast
Kindness Revolution Day 4: Foot Massage
Kindness Revolution Day 5: I Failed Miserably Today
Kindness Revolution Day 6: Giving Clothes to Charity
Kindness Revolution Day 7: Advice from an African Medicine Woman
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Parramatta has more heritage value than Tasmania's Port Arthur yet past attempts to attract tourists have fallen short, says deputy mayor Paul Garrard.
Councillor Garrard made the comment before a unanimous vote last week to establish a dedicated tourism committee to promote the city as a leisure destination.
At the March 24 council meeting, Cr Garrard said Parramatta had ''more heritage probably than Norfolk Island or Port Arthur'' but the success of previous strategies to attract visitors had been limited due to the lack of a dedicated person to oversee them.
''There's a tendency that we've been far behind the times here,'' Cr Garrad said.
Councillor Andrew Wilson agreed it was important to find a designated person to oversee the tourism plan who ''knows the workings of Parramatta intimately" and can actively sell the region to visitors.
"It's [been] a bit like watching the under-5s play football: no one passes ... you don't get the co-ordination,'' Cr Wilson said of previous attempts to attract tourists.
Lord mayor John Chedid said the visitor strategy aimed to build on Parramatta's potential to be both a national and international tourist destination.
''The story of Sydney is incomplete without a visit to Parramatta,'' Cr Chedid said.
''We are particularly keen to promote our riverfront as a tourist attraction as we are Sydney's only CBD on a river.''
Cr James Shaw said the council should take advantage of the area's ''considerable heritage'' at sites like the Parramatta Female Factory to increase activity around them as well as protect them.
Parramatta Chamber president Roger Byrne welcomed the resolution to establish the committee and said Parramatta's historical relevance and heritage significance had been "under-utilised" for too long.
"It needs a concerted effort by all interested parties," Mr Byrne said.
"While the city boasts some of the country's most important historical elements and in particular architecture, Parramatta has been built on the back of commerce and enterprise and as such the historical elements take a back seat to the commercial focus of the city," he said.
The economic development tourism committee will include councillors and key organisations will be invited to join, including Sydney Living Museums, Parramatta Park Trust, Venues NSW, Destination NSW, Sydney Ferries, local hotels and restaurants, the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce, Parramatta & Districts Historical Society and the Australian Turf Club as well as local heritage campaigner June Bullivant OAM.


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Nic Kocher has been an image maker since 1997 when he started as a staff photographer at The Age newspaper. It was stimulating work, enticing great photos from a large, culturally diverse group of people of all ages. He has provided images for hundreds of feature stories and magazine spreads.
Working as a freelance photographer since 2007, Nic has major clients such as the Federal Department of Health, Federal Department of Defence, State Department of Education, Victoria Police, Origin Energy, Melbourne Racing Club, and many others.
He has specialised in time-lapse photography providing footage for many clients, including Grand Designs Australia.
Recently, he produced a major projection work 'The Absudity of Infinity' for the 2014 Melbourne White Night Festival. It consisted of Cinemagraphs taken in Tokyo and Melbourne.
A commentator on technology and photography, Nic writes for the Livewire section in The Age newspaper and is active in social media.
He hosts a regular, lively photography discussion night at John Gorilla Cafe, where three photographers from diverse backgrounds speak about their work and answer questions from the audience.
He has provided consulting to photographers and companies on highly technical projects. Over an 18 month shoot, he provided lighting expertise on the feature film Mary and Max. He was a digital capture consultant for a Google/Sydney Opera House streaming project for the 2013 Vivid Festival.
In 2013 he completed a Masters in Visual Art at Monash University. He explored the potential of photographic aesthetics and expression in regards to new technology.
Since 2008 he has developed programs at Photography Studies College. Notable courses have been DSLR Video production, Photographic New Media, and recently, Interactive Photography for Touch-Screen Devices. He has produced and delivered successful time-lapse workshops for RMIT Media Arts.


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Gallery: 57 Recipes For Your Fourth Of July Party
Grilled Pork Chops
A brined, well seasoned, and properly grilled pork chop can be truly fantastic on its own—the meat is incredibly moist and the crust full of flavor
Tocino (Filipino-Style Grilled Cured Pork)
There isn't much to tocino: thinly sliced pieces of pork shoulder are cured in sugar and salt for a few days, then pan-fried and served with egg and rice for a hearty morning meal.
Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs
Spare ribs, deep-fried so they are golden brown and a little crisp, are simmered in soy sauce and sugar. The mixture reduces into a syrupy glaze
Chili-Spiced Skirt Steak Tacos
Of all the inexpensive cuts on the cow, the skirt is probably the greatest dollar-to-flavor value out there. It is riddled with plenty of buttery, beefy fat with a deep, rich flavor and a tender, juicy texture.
Grilled Chicken Breasts
It's all too common of an occurrence to get dry, chewy, cardboardy breasts. This is all correctable though, and chicken breasts can be fantastic on the grill, it just takes a little know-how.
Mexican Roadside Chicken
The succulent flavors--an earthy and acidic combination enlivened by the chicken's juiciness, paired very nicely with the green onion and tomatillo salsa accompaniments
Grilled Chicken Under a Brick with Lemon, Garlic, Rosemary
Crispy skin, moist chicken, and...a brick? Try this recipe out and you won't be disappointed, especially by the tangy combination of lemon, garlic, and rosemary
Brazilian-style Peel and Eat Shrimp w/Fried Garlic
These diminutive ruby-red, briny, thin-shelled gems, complete with head and legs, come glistening with olive oil and fried garlic.
Grilled Garlic-Lime Shrimp
A marinade heavy on the jalapeño, lime, and garlic with a little chili powder thrown in, is ideal as the shrimp soak up all these delicious flavors. A couple minutes on the grill and you have perfectly grilled and flavored shrimp.
Beef Satay
These beef skewers are complimented by the traditional peanut sauce. It has an Asian flair that, while not traditionally July 4th food, is still somehow very appropriate.
Steak Sandwich with Caramelized Onion-Jalapeno Sauce
The sauce is sweet with caramelized onions, hot with slivers of fresh jalapeño, and has just a touch of heavy cream. Cook your steak medium-rare and smother it with sauce, then tuck it into a sturdy roll and open wide.
Homemade Vegan Burgers That Don't Suck
You'll never look at veggie burgers the same way again after eating this one.
The Ultimate Sliders
Deep aromatic onion flavor, with beef that, despite its size, was moist, juicy, and had even retained a bare hint of pink.
Homemade Big Mac
Even though there are several different steps to this do-it-yourself Big Mac, the final result is a sandwich that's truly worthy of the title of American Icon.
Green Chorizo
The green chilies give it a very natural flavor that season the pork thoroughly with a spicy kick, but don't overpower the meat, creating a link with great flavor and balance.
Whiskey Wieners
By the way, even after several hours of slow-cooking, the whiskey aroma can still be quite powerful. And of course, the best thing to pair whiskey wieners with is... whiskey.
Grilled Bratwurst with Beer, Mustard, Sauerkraut
Bratwurst simmered in sauerkraut and lager is a natural pairing. A few thyme sprigs and a scoop of good whole grain mustard are a welcome addition
Seven Spice Pork Lettuce Wrap
Blend it into ground pork and grill them into patties. Wrap them in lettuce and dip them in garlic-laced soy for a spicy, juicy, intensely savory hand-held snack.
Classic Potato Salad
Tangy, salty, and sweet with a texture that's simultaneously creamy, crunchy, and fluffy in each bite, a perfect potato salad should taste feather-light, like this one.
Summer Tomato Salad
There is a drizzle of sweet balsamic and a sprinkling of nutty, toasted pignolis. There is fresh basil and a crumble of tangy local chèvre.
Three Melon Salad with Mint
End your meal with this refreshing salad of watermelon, cantaloupe, and honey dew melon. Fresh mint was perfect to highlight the candy-like sweetness of the ripe melons.
Fresh Corn Salad with Scallions, Basil
This make-ahead salad of sweet, crisp corn scraped off the cob, mild
scallions, and fresh basil in a tart white wine vinaigrette is a great
Watermelon, Lychee, Feta, and Basil with Spicy Lemongrass Vinaigrette
The watermelon grainy and watery, the lychee slippery and chewy, yet with a nice savory vinaigrette with a hint of heat, a touch of lemongrass, and a drop or two of soy sauce, they come together in a great way.
The Best Basic Guacamole
Mashing the aromatics into a paste before adding them to the avocado will result in a guacamole that is far more evenly and deeply flavored as well
Guacamole Variation #1: Different Citrus
Swapping out the traditional lime for lemon, bitter orange, or even grapefruit is a quick way to alter the profile of your guac.
Guacamole Variation #2: Mango and Jicama
The sweet tropical aroma of mango and the apple-y crunch of jicama actually do make for an interesting dip.
Guacamole Variation #3: Fermented Bean Paste and Chili Oil
Guess what? Fermented Chili Bean Paste Guacamole is actually really tasty, especially when drizzled with some extra hot chili oil
Cheeseburger Dip
Described short and sweet: "It's so gross, but it's so AWESOME."
Queso Fundido con Chorizo Verde y Rajas
Melted cheese with green chorizo and roasted pepper strips. Umm...yes please?
Wings al Pastor
The heat is fairly mild, but there is a strong earthiness from the guajillo and chipotle chiles. They definitely need the pineapple and lime to bring some freshness to the party.
Really Good Oven-Fried Buffalo Wings
The secret to our perfect oven fried wings is rubbing the skin with salt and baking powder, leading to extra crisp results without having to heat up a big pot of oil.
The Ultimate Extra-Crispy Double Fried Confit Buffalo Wings
Full-on crisp, crackly, ever-so-slightly greasy, perfectly juicy and succulent, sauce-coated, tangy, vinegary Buffalo wing perfection in every lick-lipping, finger-dripping bite.
Tea-Smoked Chicken Wings
A wok is an excellent way to add a bit of light smoke flavor to smaller foods. A tin foil pouch with aromatics, and a rack are all you need to make these delicious tea-smoked wings
Old Bay Hot Wings
This is a recipe for fairly normal hot wings, except they get a toss of Old Bay before being baked. The result is incredibly different from Buffalo wings, yet immensely satisfying.
Extra-Crispy Thai Sweet and Spicy Wings
Coated with the familiar Thai sweet and spicy sauce, the real magic of these wings was the batter, which was golden brown, crunchy, thick, and filled with little nooks and crannies for the sauce to settle in to.
Crispy Pork and Cabbage Egg Rolls
You can fill them with anything you like—greens, vegetables, noodles, or minced meat or shrimp all work—but pre-roasted pork from a Chinese barbecue makes the whole thing that much easier and delicious.
Coconut Shrimp
The coconut flavor pairs perfectly with the sweet chili sauce we all know and love. Crispy and tangy, this is a great appetizer.
Great Deviled Eggs
There are a lot of poor deviled eggs in the world. These are not them. You'd better make an extra big batch, because they WILL go fast.
Bacon-Wrapped Crimini Mushrooms
You can't go wrong with bacon, and when paired with earth crimini mushrooms and essence of grill, it's guaranteed to be gone in seconds.
Grilled Pizza Napoletana
Grilled pizzas have lightly crisp, thin crusts, so like a good Neapolitan pie, they shouldn't be over-topped. Just one or two carefully selected ingredients make for the best balanced pies.
Your imagination, or more realistically, your palate are the only things stopping you from creating your perfect ceviche. Just get really fresh fish.
Romaine Salad with Spicy Ranch, Tomatoes, Fried Onions
Grilled hearts of romaine added a nice contrast between the lightly charred, soft leaves and the cool, crunchy ones that stayed raw. Just a little spicy Ranch went a long way, adding an excellent tang and kick.
Grilled Chorizo Stuffed Poblano Peppers
So it's kind of cheating to call this a grilled vegetable, but there are peppers involved right? These stuffed poblanos really build upon the awesomeness of the chorizo.
Grilled Salt and Vinegar Potatoes
The vinegar both softens the sliced potatoes and infuses them with an intense tanginess. The standard salt, pepper, and oil seasoning are added and tossed over a medium-high fire until browned on both sides.
Grilled Asparagus, Zucchini, and Bread Salad with Olive-Caper Dressing
Kenji says: "This dish is f*&king delicious." I think we'll leave it at that.
Corn with Chili Lime Butter
Right off the grill, corn is mighty tasty, but slather on a butter mixture with chili powder, cayenne, lime zest and juice and it's taken to a whole new level
Beef Barbacoa Nachos with Pickled Onions
These beef barbacoa nachos take their cue from Northern Mexican flavors. The brisket slow-cooks in a Dutch oven until fall-apart tender and then gets hit with some creamy, chipotle-laced cheese sauce, pickled onions and a host of toppings like black olives.
Crispy Pepper Jack Quesadillas
The key to making them is having an appropriate cheese-to-tortilla ratio, a bit of oil, and high heat. And if you're worried about a bit of cheese oozing out, don't: it's the best part.
Quesadilla Fritas with Pickled Jalapenos, Cilantro, Chipotle Crema
These are crunchy, have a slight kick, and are ooey-gooey with melted cheese. No one can resist.
Nachos with Cabbage, Beans, Cilantro Sauce
These nachos happen to be vegetarian. They are packed with vegetables, from cilantro to poblano peppers to sweet onion to red cabbage.


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Doncaster Knights thumped South Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Tigers 74-5 in their first pre-season match of the 2013/14 campaign - with debutant Paul Jarvis claiming a hat trick of tries.
It took the hosts just nine minutes to get back into scoring ways as former Coventry winger Jarvis carried the ball over the line following a perfectly-timed pass from Bevon Armitage. However, Dougie Flockhart failed to covert as the score stayed 5-0. Roberto Santamaria made it 10-0 moments later as Flockhart found his range for 12-0 in front of a 600-plus crowd at Armthorpe's Castle Park.
Winger Flockhart was then on the try scoring sheet as he collected a Paul Roberts kick in the corner but was unable to add the extras as Doncaster led 17-0 with 23 minutes gone.
Sheffield then enjoyed a decent spell of possession and carried the ball down the left searching for a comeback try, however, a crunching tackle from Armitage saw the Tigers lose momentum as Clive Griffiths' men defended stoically.
Tough-tackling Armitage later capped off a sublime Knights attack to extend Doncaster's lead as he raced nearly half of the field to touch down between the posts - giving Flockhart the easiest of conversions.
Sheffield did manage to get off the mark in the 33rd minute when Alex Graham capitalised on a lack of concentration in Knights' defence, however, that proved to be the visitor's only score of the game as they failed to add the extras.
Griffiths' men got back into their attacking flow as Flockhart and Jarvis collect a brace apiece with the former converting once.
Moments later the strength of impressive prop Tom Davies saw him pile over to give Doncaster a strong half-time lead of 41-5 - Flockhart's resulting kick struck both posts before bouncing to safety for the last kick of the half.
Knights were in stunning form after the restart with quick-fire tries coming from Michael Hills and Samoan debutant Paul Eti-Slater. Doncaster's new kicker Paul Roberts converted both for 55-5.
Jarvis then collected his hat trick of tries in a dream start for his new club to see Doncaster cruise into a 60-5 lead.
Trialist Edu Sorribes Ramirez failed with the conversion but made amends when Scotsman Colin Phillips produce a clever dummy and Ramirez went clear for his first Doncaster try. Will Carrington strongly kicked over for 67-5.
Just minutes before the final whistle, Mat Clark produced the try of the game as he sprinted the length of the pitch, showed clever footwork and evaded the oncoming challenges before touching down. Carrington's successful conversion was the final kick of the game as Knights ran out comfortable 74-5 winners.
Knights: Jarvis, Flockhart, Clark, Armitage, Lewis, Roberts, Bravo, Davies, Santamaria, Davies, Challinor, Walker-Fitton, Kettle, Hills, Eggleshaw.
Replacements: Bergmanas, Hunter, Tamanis, Phillips, Kenworthy, Spencer, Munro, Hallam, Ramirez, Carrington, Slater, Bryce.


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With the current list of talents will BM be on top for hunter spec in PVP considering we can get Readiness , crouching tiger and silencing shot
With the current list of talents will BM be on top for hunter spec in PVP considering we can get Readiness , crouching tiger and silencing shot
BM will be overpowered. bestial wrath is overpowered being able to use it twice and still being able to have all the hunter interupts 1v1 will be op. As for arena i am not totally sure. I just want them to get rid of evasiveness tbh. I would much rather take 3-5 extra yards on my shots then 3 second mini disengage. I mean at least it rewards awareness and timing. I can disengage, while standing 35 yards away from a priest at the start of his vt or mind blast. If i time it right his cast will fail but my next steady shot or arcane shot will still hit. I have pissed off alot of casters doing that except mages but when they remove blazing speed and improved blink is arcane only : D. Actually 4-5 yards on every shot or 15% running speed increase baseline would be good enough for me tbh. Can you imagine that we would never even have to use interupts we could just out of range cast and spam arcane shot it would be so dope.
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Yes, the current Hunter MoP talents look good. Hunters get more options through the new talents, some other classes get really heavy nerfs... which is great :-]
I'm especially interested in the Hunter selfheals in MoP, hopefully they don't nerf that as they did in the past with chimera shot, from 15% heal to a pathetic 5% heal.
Rogues for example: in MoP they have to choose between Preparation and Shadowstep, they CAN'T have both!
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You haven't read the post itself, have you Wopatoolie?
Think you saw the first line, read that wrong even, and than went on a rampage.
If anyone, you're the one whining, not him. He's not complaining, he is discussing possibilities in MoP for BM.
You're complaining about min range for example. That alone shows you're just ranting about current hunter pvp, not about MoP, let alone BM in MoP.
BM will have acces to the same selfheals as other hunters, less the chimaera glyph but plus spirit beasts if unchanged. Again you're not discussing MoP but going on about current hunter mechanics.
Some of your points make sense, in current pvp, but they are not relevant in this topic I'm afraid.
And you're abuse towards the quoted is downright stupid, since you attack him on things he wasn't even talking about.
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As for BM itself in MoP:
so far hunter pvp in MoP seems mostly related on the talents and the glyphs, more than a specific specc.
MM lost both silencing and readiness as MM only, but than again readiness never was MM in the first place...
BW will probably stop breakin cc for the hunter, as I fear that one was never intended to slip through after they removed the immunity.
SV has entrapment, which is nice. Black Arrow being dispellable or not seems less relevant now, since it has become the cc breaker of all cc breakers. I doubt anyone will use it over a knocking back explosive trap for example.
At this point it's hard to say if any specc will trump the others.
If spirit beasts remain unchanged, BM actually has acces to some of the strongest self-heal combinations for hunters:
15% on disengage on 25 sec (can't take the 10 sec reduction if taking the spirit bond).
3% every 2 sec for spirit bond, pet too this one. Currently rather strong...
And than spirit mend itself, which would make up for a MM with chimaera glyph.
I doubt anyone would take these combinations, since you always drop a good utility talent to take both these healing combo's.
Funny enough SV is again the hunter specc with the least possible self healing
Still strong I would guess if you take spirit bond or disengage heal alone, I would think.
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BM looks strong, but then again being able to Chimera Shot every 9 seconds for 10 per cent of my health is something I'd rather have than my Spirit Beast heal. As mentioned above, you have to recall your pet often to get the heal off which obviously gimps your damage. If I'm using a monkey as MM then I can have great control AND self-healing which is very nice. A spirit beast obviously doesn't cc your target outside of intimidation, and you can't use that while you're stunned. If a rogue cheap shots me as MM with a monkey, I can blind him and negate the stun. I just have to eat the damage as BM with a spirit beast. Plus, BM relies heavily upon physical damage, which gimps it a lot against plate.
Braindeadly said he thought survival was a "no brainer" for arena, because it alone has entrapment and is almost all magical damage.
So it looks like you could make a case for ALL THREE specs, which is actually a sign of good game design. My personal opinion is that no spec is so clearly better than the others to justify switching- you'll probably have the best results with the spec you're used to playing.
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I was SV in Vanilla, in MoP I will start SV for sure, and take it from there.


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I read with interest Patti Bippus's My Turn column concerning Thunder Mountain High School.
Juneau is fortunate to have an educational leader with her experience to guide planning for the new high school programs. These plans sound very exciting and in line with current educational understanding.
As a former college instructor, I can attest to the high interest at the college level in creating learning environments that establish student connectedness. On some campuses this effort takes the form of freshman seminars that are required of all students. Other campuses have established learning communities, sometimes in conjunction with freshman seminars.
The goal is to retain students by helping them to understand the nature of true education, the role it will play in their own lives, and the application of critical thinking skills to not only their own educational path but also to the world at large.
When high school students attend theme-based academies, they will benefit in several similar ways: They will be part of a small group that can focus on important issues more fully than in the traditional compartmented approach to education and thereby bring their critical thinking skills to bear; they can apply the universal skills we expect of high school graduates to issues that are more immediately relevant to them given the option of choosing to be in a given academy; and they will be part of a smaller group that allows for more teacher-student contact and better person-to-person communication.
Bravo to the students, faculty and staff who have chosen TMHS and this new and exciting approach to education. And bravo to those faculty and staff who plan to remain at Juneau-Douglas High School and their continuing efforts to engage and serve all students.
Judy Andree
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Good morning! More than 1,500 people turned out Tuesday evening at Saratoga Performing Arts Center for the break out of the completed Saratoga Lip Dub video. The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce produced the promotional production to the sounds of Train and with the help of about 5,000 city residents. The beauty of the piece is that just about everyone gets a cameo. Didn't catch it? We got you covered. Tell us what you think. Drum roll, please…….:
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Thank you all for joining us again for another Anything Goes Challenges here at Through the Craft Room Door!
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Capilano University assists students considering career options by providing information and reference materials on a wide variety of occupations. The Career Resource Centre is located in the Birch Building, Room 267. It houses a collection of vocational literature and information on labour market trends. The Centre also contains calendars from Canadian and international universities and colleges, and free informational brochures on campus and community resources. Copies of current course outlines for Capilano University are available for reference in choosing courses and instructors. The CRC also houses computers for students working on career planning and or seeking a job. For assistance, contact the Counselling Department receptionist (BR 267) or telephone 604.984.1744.
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Did Obama's Reelection Cause Increase in Texas Gun Sales?
In a show of frustration and fear over President Barack Obama's re-election, gun buyers are loading up on armaments and ammo, according to local gun sellers.
Jim Jordan said gun sales at his Jim's Firearm & Shooter Supplies in Nederland are up 30 percent since the Nov. 6 election because of worries about stricter gun control laws.