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The stories of our familys past show us where we came from and how our parents became our parents.
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Pam Sherman / Brandon Vick
A few years back, when I was writing a fictional play based on my factual life, decided to take my parents to lunch and tell them my plan. It included writing characters based on my mother and my grandmother.
My mother was beyond flattered (she shouldnt have been). But my father was worried that Id share family stories about his mother, because pretty much every one of them revealed that Grandma wasto use the term from back thennuts.
Now, Pamela, youre not going to share the story of how Grandma threw a hammer at Grandpa and they sent her away, are you? he asked.
My mother chimed in: Billy, shes an artistyou cant censor her.
I wanted to give my mother a big kiss for calling me an artist, but I was still reeling from the hammer story. I wondered, Did she hit or miss? And then I remembered Id always been told Grandma made regular visits to a fat farm. Turns out she was actually being sent away for electric shock treatments.
It was a new wrinkle to all the old stories I had heard. Like how they escaped from the Cossacks in the 1920s and Grandma hid her jewels in body cavities that cannot be mentioned. Or how Grandma was the original home shopping networkshe would lie in bed and order shoes from Saks Fifth Avenue and have them hand-delivered to Staten Island. Or how Grandpa was the first doctor on Staten Island to have a car.
These were the stories Id heard so many times as a kid that they reached mythical proportions in our house. They were the stories of our familys past, showing us where we came from and how our parents became our parents.
Through these stories, passed down to us, I learned that my mother was considered to be from the wrong side of the tracks when she married my father because her mother was a seamstress who didnt shop at Saks. My mother, who is an amazing cook, was also considered the worst cook ever when she was first married because she made tomato sauce from ketchup. My parents spent their first years in Switzerland while my father was in medical school, and one legendary story had it that my older siblings were featured on the cover of the Swiss Life Magazine as the first American twins born in Switzerland after World War II.
I dont know how much of this is true. I dont even know if there was a Swiss Life Magazine. Somehow it didnt matter. These stories were part of our family lore, much better and funnier than anything I could ever make up. Regardless of whether the stories stretched the truth, they helped define our family.
The stories were told around the dinner table or while driving on long car trips. And they were shared loudly every holiday, perhaps as a way to bring relatives who were no longer with us into the room. We heard them over and over, yet we never tired of them. We learned about my mothers aunt, known as Dumb Dora, though her husband one day disappeared and was never found, so maybe she wasnt so dumb after all.
Actually, my husband had an Aunt Dora, too. Originally, the story said she went out west and became successful in business cleaning freight cars. Turns out she was doing more than cleaning the cars; her moniker became Great Aunt Dora the Madame.
The more I heard my husbands family lore, the more I realized his stories were even more colorful than mine. My favorite involved his family relationship to The Three Stooges. The HowardsMoe, Curley and Shempwere cousins of my husbands paternal grandmother. According to family legend, my husbands grandmother loaned Moe half her first paycheck ($5), which he never paid back.
When my husband was little, he would watch The Three Stooges on television and tell his friends, Those are my cousins. But no one believed him. So his brother wrote to Moe, who eventually wrote back and told him to show the letter to all his friends to prove that they were related. Today that letter is framed and hangs on the wall, along with a picture of my husband, his brother and Moe on a family trip to California, circa 1970. By the way, on that trip, he asked Moe for his grandmothers $5.
My husbands other famous cousin was Sydney Franklin from Brooklyn, known as the first (only?) successful Jewish-American matador. He hung out with Picasso and Hemingway in Spain.
Funny thing about stories: Were all busy living our lives, not noticing how were weaving the next round of family lore. My husband and I met in London on a semester abroad. He jokes that he picked me as the smartest girl in the class and that if I got him through the semester, he would spend the rest of his life with me. That joke is now part of our new family lore.
And so is what he claimed to be the real story. He said he actually went home from our first date and told his roommate that I was the girl he was going to marrywhich is crazy considering we were 19 and 20 at the time. For years, I challenged his story. I would argue, You probably said I was the type of girlthe category of girlbut not the actual girl. Finally, his roommate, Bruce, confirmed the legend by making the story his toast at our wedding.
We lost Bruce a few years later to cancer at a young age. And that became part of our family story, too: the loss of loved ones who were taken too soon. Like my mother-in-law, who battled cancer from the time my husband was six years old. Her sense of humor and resilience in the face of multiple cancers became the stories that my children have used to come to know her.
One of my all-time favorite stories is about my father-in-law, who was notorious for not paying attention to what was going on around him. When my mother-in-law was in the hospital toward the end of her life, we all went to dinner one night to cheer each other up, and as my father-in-law walked past a woman who was breast-feeding her baby, he actually said, What a cute baby. How adorable. Is that your baby? No, Dad, she was a wet nurse. We still all laugh about that time we needed a laugh so badly.
In the last few days of my mother-in-laws life, we would sit in her hospital room and share stories of my husbands family. Sometimes we laughed so hard we were afraid they would throw us out. And sometimes we would laugh so hard we started to cry. My father-in-laws cry was huge, mixed in with giggles and snot and tears. It was the very meaning of catharsis.
Apparently, the stories that will define my immediate family are mostly connected to bodily functions, which is not surprising, given that my husband likes to say I carried the Stooge seed. Like how my son, at age 2, started christening neighborhood yards like a dog marking territory. It didnt help that our neighbor, who was the general manager of the Washington Capitals hockey team, told him it was making the team win and he should keep doing it. Or the legendary diaper-leakage stories, including one at a family wedding during the actual ceremony, and one at an Arbys on Route 15 that will always be remembered as the Epic Diaper Explosion Arbys. Or the story of my husband changing my sons diaper in a Barnes & Noble while visiting family in Florida and slamming our sons finger in the changing table. To this day, my son has trouble walking into that restroom. But we always tell him, Be glad it was just your finger.
My children can proudly recite, word for word, the story of my now 27-year-old nephew (about to earn his MBA from University of Texas), who as a toddler was in the room while my husband was on a conference call with an important client, and my nephew started screaming to my husband, Please wipe my butt!
Of course, its most fun to tell these kinds of stories. Any familys stories weave into the big stories of a generationstories of immigration and wars, in my familys case. Our childrens stories will weave against a backdrop of a country following a terrorist attack and a massive recession.
Or maybe thats why so many family stories make us laugh: Theyre the history of happiness against a backdrop of struggle and challenge. As the holidays roll around, well continue to tell old stories and make new ones. In the end, though, after Im gone, I hope the biggest story my kids will remember is how much their father and I love each other and, most important, how much we love them.


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Anderson police ID high-speed chase suspects
Anderson police this morning are identifying the three men and a woman detained Monday following a high-speed chase that ended in Redding.
Those arrested were Billie Jo Patterson, 23, Raymond Lamar Thomas, 24, Benjamin Ben Barnett, 31, and Jennifer Ann Barrett, 21, all of Redding.
Police said on Monday that at least one shot was fired at officers from the car as it sped away. But today they updated their information, saying they had yet to determine whether shots were fired. They were unable to locate a weapon after combing through the pursuit route.
The incident started at 9:32 a.m. at the Walmart store parking lot in Anderson. Police spotted a Pontiac Grand Prix that had been reported as stolen.
Four people were seen getting inside the car. Officers attempted to contact the occupants who then fled.
Speeds reached more than 100 mph during the pursuit.
Police said occupants fired flares from a flare gun, which started two fires in the Palo Cedro area. Occupants also threw stolen merchandise and other articles from the car.
The pursuit ended after the driver of the stolen car lost control and slid to a stop on Highway 299 just east of the Churn Creek Road exit in Redding.
All four were taken to the Shasta County jail.
Patterson, Thomas and Barrett were booked on suspicion of possession of stolen property, burglary and other similar offenses. Barnett was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer.
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Winter vacations often include playing in the snow, hiking and getting cozy by the fireplace after a day of adventuring. Why wouldn't your pet want to join in the fun?
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- Make sure your pet is updated on all shots and carry documentation with you
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- Aim to create a home like environment by bringing a crate, a familiar pillow or blanket and try to stick to a regular feeding and sleeping schedule
- Remember to bring along a flashlight, extra leash, portable water dish, first aid kit and cleaning supplies (just in case)
- In preparation for snow and ice, trim your dog's nails and the hair around her feet to prevent chunks of frozen muck from accumulating in her fur
- If backwoods adventuring is part of the plan, consider investing in all-weather booties to protect your pet's paws from injuries caused by rough terrain
- De-icing materials like salt can be rough on sensitive foot pads as well, so if your dog doesn't like the idea of wearing booties then use a paw wax or cream made especially for this purpose
- In general, exercise caution, examine your dog's feet frequently and, this being a vacation and all, don't push your pup too hard out there
- Depending on your pet and how thick her coat is, you may want to consider bundling her up in another layer; smaller breeds prone to shivering spells will certainly appreciate a sweater
- Even in the cold, be respectful of the surroundings and bring baggies to clean up the you-know-what your dog will leave behind
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Wild conditions in the aftermath of a major storm greeted the thirty-two hardy competitors in Fremantle Sailing Club's George Law Foundation ocean race on Saturday. The race is the opening race of the 2012/13 offshore season, and the first heat of the Beneteau Offshore Series and FSC's Success Cup. It commemorates the life of Fremantle yachtsman George Law.
Tough Babe – Race Sponsor Isabel Aujoulet-Law sailing Babystar was unperturbed by the wild conditions.
With the cold south-westerly breeze gusting to twenty five knots and producing a two metre wind wave on a five to seven metre swell, the race committee opted for the inshore 'heavy weather' course, rather than sending the fleet on the usual 42-miler around Rottnest Island then home through Challenger Passage.
'In those conditions, there is a fair probability of large breaking waves on Five Fathom Bank and in Challenger Passage, both of which are unavoidable on the normal course,' explained Race Officer Trevor Milton. 'The semi-protected course down Cockburn Sound made much more sense.'
Heavy Weather – The fleet runs down Cockburn Sound.
The fleets got away on time, with most yachts opting for a reefed mainsail and crews fully-kitted with PFDs and tethers. A wet upwind leg through the shipping channel mellowed into a tight reach across Cockburn Sound to Kwinana, with the forecast rain squalls holding off and sunshine prevailing. A square run up the Henderson shoreline held no perils, and by the time the yachts dropped their spinnakers at the Jervoise Bay mark, the breeze had moderated and most had shaken out their reefs.
After a gusty fetch across to the north end of Garden Island to check out the breakers, the yachts enjoyed a run and reach back to the finish line at South Mole. First to finish was Phil Childs' Hillarys-based Farr 49 Knee Deep in just over three hours, but Tony Mitchell's Farr 47 Sled (RFBYC) relegated Knee Deep to second place in Offshore Division One on IRC handicap. Rob Halvorsen's Farr 395 Giddy Up (FSC) was third. However, Knee Deep prevailed on YAH handicap, from the Marten 49 Sue Sea (Brian Todd, FSC) and Sled.
In Offshore Division Two, the Sydney 36 This Way Up (Bryan Thurston and Hamish Maddern, RFBYC) looked the winner all day, revelling in the bumpy conditions to record the line honours/IRC double. This Way Up even had time to perform an impromptu wind check and pirouette just before crossing the finish. The TWU crew has been working hard to prepare for this year's Sydney-Hobart Race, and will be satisfied with their last hit-out in WA before the boat goes on the truck for Sydney next week
Minor placings under IRC went to Bill Henson's well-sailed C&C 115 Circa (FSC), from the consistent Blondie, Simon Torvaldsen's S&S34 from RPYC. Under YAH handicap, it was Circa from This Way Up, with Brian Baillie's Titan 36 Adrenalin Rush (FSC) third.
Organisers were pleased to see the Offshore Series debuts of Graeme Cole's Cole 32 Double Vision (EFYC) and Paul Arns' Hanse 40 No Rehearsal (FSC), both of which competed in the Premier Cruising division last year, as well as newcomer Not Negotiable, John Rayner's UFO 34 from Claremont Yacht Club.
In the thrill-seeking Offshore Double-Handed division, five pairs braved the conditions, with regular Kraken, Todd Giraudo's Jeanneau Sunfast 3200, electing to stay home at Hillarys rather than endure the long upwind delivery. Graeme Monkhouse's J/122 Lithium (FSC) overcame spinnaker furler problems to take the line honours/IRC double, from the Beneteau First 30 Lamotrek (Adrian & Sally Wilson, FSC) and the new Sunfast 3200 Cutty Wren (Peter Henley, FSC). On YAH, it was Cutty Wren, from Lamotrek, Lithium, Leonie (Mirko Moeller, FSC) and Leisl (Chris Hogan, RPYC).
Although conditions were not conducive to the Premier Cruising fraternity, two yachts greeted the starter, with Mark Trupp's Chiara (FSC) retiring early. Race sponsor Isabel Aujoulet-Law and her crew on the Spirit 28 Babystar proved yet again that are made of stern stuff, completing the course successfully to once again have their name engraved on the George Law perpetual trophy bell, the last bell cast by Law Foundries.
The offshore fleet now takes a five-week break for club opening days, returning with Royal Perth's choice of the demanding 235 nautical mile 51st Cape Naturaliste & Return Race on Friday 26th October or the Rockingham and Return Race on the following day.
Big Day Out – Circa showed great form in the breezy conditions to record first on YAH and second on IRC in Offshore Division Two.
Red Rocket – Giddy Up steams into the finish to score the IRC third place in Offshore Division One.
Which Way? – This Way Up finally found the right way to win Offshore Division Two.
White Water – The fleet sails west from Jervoise Bay towards a wall of breakers in Challenger Passage.


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West Ham midfielder Mark Noble hopes for England call-up
West Ham midfielder Mark Noble says he is playing the best football of his career and hopes his form could earn a first full England cap.
The former England under-21 skipper has started every game as the Hammers have risen to sixth in the Premier League in their first season since promotion.
Noble, 25, says hard work may catch the attention of England boss Roy Hodgson.
"I've just got to keep playing as well as I can for West Ham, and hopefully that will happen," he told BBC Sport.
Mark Noble factfile
- Age: 25
- Debut: August 2004 League Cup v Southend
- Contract: Signed new three-year deal in September
- Appearances: 230
- Goals: 28
Noble has thrived under manager Sam Allardyce, and has started 57 of the 60 league matches played since the former Bolton, Newcastle and Blackburn boss took over in the summer of 2011.
"He's been good for me. I'm probably playing the best football of my career," said Noble, who represented England at every level from under-16 to under-21.
"I'm growing up. I've become mentally and physically a much better player than I was before. I played the whole of last season, and started nearly every game under the manager."
Noble said being selected by his country would be "the pinnacle of any English player's career" and he would be honoured to have the chance of playing at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
"I've got ambitions and goals and to be involved in something like that would be fantastic, but I've got to prove myself first," he added.
"I'm just back in the Premier League this year. If you work hard, hopefully you make those goals come true.
Noble in Premier League this season
- Starts: 11 (from 11)
- Minutes played: 964
- Goals: 2
- Chances created: 20
- Total passes: 620
- Pass accuracy: 83.87%
- Yellow cards: 3 Reds: 0
"Every manager has their own opinions of players. At the minute I'm thoroughly enjoying things and if that day does happen, then I will enjoy it just that little bit more."
Noble, who made his debut aged 17 for West Ham in 2004, is the club's longest-serving player and said a friend at school had placed a wager on him being capped by England.
"When I was a kid, a mate of mine had a bet on me playing for England. I haven't spoken to him for years and years so hopefully he kept the betting slip," he said.
"If it does happen one day, hopefully he can skip down the bookies and get paid. I can't remember how much he put on me but hopefully he's got it tucked away in a draw somewhere."
Read more from Mark Noble on Sunday, 18 November as the BBC Sport website looks at West Ham's bright start to the season.


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Dhoom 3′s Malang Song Was Shot Despite Aamir's Vertigo
Dhoom 3's new released song Malang that is Bollywood's most spectacular track till date was indeed a task for its actors. While Katrina Kaif needed rigorous work on her gymnastic skills, Aamir Khan had to be put on medication. The song was shot at a height of 80 ft and he was to rotate 60 times in a minute for the same. The song was choreographed such that most of Aamir's moves were to be executed mid-air.
Twirling at the height constantly started making Aamir feel giddy. Perfected over many practice sessions did not help Aamir either as the actor began feeling giddy in his aerial shots, suffering from vertigo. It needed the actor medication from the doctor on the sets to be able to perform that song with ease.
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absolutely desh bhakti,south remake film banate banate buddha pagal ho gaya hai.abhi dil chahta hai film's step dikha raha hai.but everybody knows "pappu can't dance saala".ees film o dekhke lagta hai YJHD ki record bhi nahi tod payega.
Pata nahi buddha ko kya hogaya hai 50 sal ke umar may satiyagaya hai
aacha hota agar rajpal yadav ye movie karta katrina key sath
doom machalee YRF ko dubalay….
action movie nahi comedy movie banaley..
srif 30 CR ka business karaley
Halwa hai kya…..biggest flop of the year
hey @jae,it's you amir fans who always post negative comments unnecessarily during before release of every SRK's film.yes SRK is the most charming actor in bollywood the world says it.he has a lot better look than the two fat sallu and midget amir having old fat swelling body and face with unnecessarily angry look.
also @jae,you said a good joke,amir never repeats.then from where ghajini came?when amir's all 90′s love story film flopped,then he retarded to do romantic movies,then he all the time play unnecessary crap deshbhakti wala movie.
salman should replace uday chopra position in dhoom3
hey @jae,it's you amir fans who unnecessarily post comments during SRK's every film before release.I know truth is bitter but digest it south Indian dubbing artist's fans.
even amir did dil chahta hai film's steps in this song,this is a different thing done by amir for his fans.don't show your stupidity to this world.because the world knows much better than you who is best.by the way look amir in talash,sallu in dabang2,ETT and SRK in JTHJ,CE.you will find the answer.bloody south Indian dubbing artist knows their position.even after some days amir fans will say ghajini is a different film that never been produced before.crapiest star's crapiest fans.ok we are waiting and seeing upto which extent dhoom3 will go.after that your hiding days will start even if amir gets 30 days free run.KING KHAN'S name is enough to tremble your stars.
just wait & watch baby
D3 will break all records
SSS you seem to be PR of Shah Rukh Khan. However your comments doesn't make any difference to Aamir Khan fans. You can post as many comments as possible. But the fact remains that Aamir does not repeats himself they way SRK does.
In every second movie he romances thinking that he is so charming. But every one knows that he looks way older than Aamir and Salman.
all knows CE remains at 1st position,even if a great effort by krrish3 by getting double free run,more screen,fake BO collections,good songs than dhoom3 also didn't surpass 3idiots.now looking at the biggest joke that is the mr.perfaketionist this movie can't close near to YJHD.CE's record only will broke by HNY next year.it's not so easy to come near 400cr.lol.
a biggest crap of the year.surely overseas people will reject it like krrish3.that's why krrish3 can't go more than 363cr.and now watching at the overexpression through out the trailor and 90′s crapiest dance moves will made dhoom3 the biggest dissapointment.it doesn't deserve to touch 200cr however it can't touch krrish3.so better forget about 3idiots.and huge distant dream to even think about the film CE.this time amir fans can't save his hero from danger.after this all his films will just be a hit or flop.because his next movie is peekay which will earn much more less than dhoom3 because raj hirani didn't steal it's story from the writer chetan bhagat.so it's the last film to judge amir's career.this old midget not at all suits for this stylish series.however YRF will rescue amir this time otherwise all amir fans have a fear that this one will not like another talash their mr.perfaketionist.lol.
jet a life u jerk
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An unexpected windfall of $800,000 for the Lafayette Consolidated Government will mean a similar windfall for some top administrators.
The LCG found out about the extra funds this week, thanks to a boom in taxable properties. Some council members say they found out only a few hours before the scheduled vote Thursday on the 2014 budget that the budget included pay raises of at least $172,726 from the windfall for LCG salary increases.
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The Pontiff made his exhortation in a message addressed to Archbishop Luigi de Magistris, major pro-penitentiary of the Church, in connection with a course the Apostolic Penitentiary offered seminarians and young priests on the "internal forum," namely, questions of conscience.
The Pope proposed the sacrament in a positive sense, not just as an instrument to "destroy sin," but also as "a precious exercise of virtue, of expiation and of an irreplaceable school of spirituality."
He said that priests should "frequent it personally, as a valid aid in their own path to holiness, and that they also take recourse to it as a qualified means of spiritual direction."
"Holiness can only be attained, especially priestly holiness, with habitual, humble and confident recourse to the sacrament of penance, understood as a vehicle of grace -- indispensable when it has been lost, unfortunately, because of mortal sin -- and favored when mortal sin has not been committed," the Pope clarified.
In this connection, sacramental confession "corroborates virtue and helps to mitigate tendencies inherited due to original sin and aggravated by personal sins," John Paul II continued.
According to the Holy Father, one of Lord´s highest gifts from the Holy Year 2000 "has been a renewed awareness in many faithful of the decisive role played by the sacrament of penance in Christian life and, consequently, a comforting increase in the number of those who frequent it."


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My friends and I were just four of the 11 FSU students who bought tickets for the NC State game last weekend. We made the 10 hour trek and had a great time, besides going to the actual game. Sure, the loss was tough but what truly ruined the experience was the hatred we received from NC State fans.
I had assumed that when you travel to the true South, you would instantly be met with politeness and hospitality executed at all times in a slow and charming drawl. This wasnt quite the case. Maybe it was their mediocre season record so far that fueled the residents of Raleigh, or maybe it was the fact that we chose to sit in the first and thirds rows of their student section. There were no Marching Chiefs, of course, and no other fans in sight. It was just us four.
The main offenses were thrown gum, popcorn, and other food items. One young lady pushed my friend in the front row, causing him to almost lose his balance and fall 10 feet onto the cement. A kind-looking older gentlemen with the appearance of Santa Claus looked me in the eyes and gave the simple utterance, f**k you.
Fans at the game shouted an endless barrage of insults ranging from wild profanities to sexual slurs. Understand that this wasnt just some of the fans. It was nearly all of them. The tailgating beforehand was manageable, but only if we didnt leave our area. The only time it really got to me was when I had beer thrown on me.
I have issues with some of the NC State traditions, themselves. Instead of honoring the home of the brave in our National Anthem, they shouted home of the Wolfpack. After every kickoff, they shouted you suck. When you perpetuate these kinds of arrogant chants, its no surprise what kind of disrespect grows from them.
I understand the passion of sports rivalries, but the disgusting behavior of almost everyone I encountered in Raleigh that day was enough to make me never come back (and Im sure they're fine with that). I would sincerely like to believe that if it were the other way around, our Tallahassee community would not have shown this level of disrespect on such a widespread scale to our guests and respected competitors.
Id also like to extend a special shout-out to the kid who gator chopped at me for the entire four quarters. I hope your arms arent too sore. To the rest of NC State, good game and enjoy being relevant for a week. Move those chains!
~ Ryan Rabac
Junior, Florida State University


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You'll feel a warm welcome as soon as you step into this apartment. It's bright, spacious and modern. A great base for you stay and a real home from home. Take a coffee out onto the little balcony as you sit and plan your day. How about a picnic at the Parque da Fonte Luminosa? Or hop on the metro to see the sights in the historical centre.
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Arrivals and departures outside this standard time are always tried to be accommodated depending on other guests.
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Refundable damage deposit upon arrival : € 150.00 cash. The damage deposit will be returned at check-out.
For a late check-in after 22:00 or an early check-out before 08:00 there is an extra cost of € 30.
Please note : smoking allowed, pets are welcome, no parties please
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"Mean Girls" so totally s mean girls. Like many stories about flamboyant evil, this cheerfully frivolous teen comedy exults in the sight of mini-me Marthas flipping their perfect hair and licking their blood-flecked lips. What's not to like? Mean girls may eat you for lunch (they'll vomit you afterward to save the calories), but, unlike Hannibal Lecter, they look pretty in pink. As everyone who survived high school knows, and as media fear-mongers attest, beneath the dewy skin and those tight little bodies lies evil incarnate.
Blissfully unaware of the teen-girl menace, recent transplant Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) enters the brave new world of high school with the usual case of jitters. Fresh from someplace in Africa, Cady has spent her life being home-schooled by her zoologist parents, if not terribly well (she mispronounces "zoologist"). Untutored in pronunciation and particularly adolescence, she conducts an initial mild flirtation with some arty outcasts (played by Lizzy Caplan and scene-stealer Daniel Franzese) before realizing that school resembles the wild kingdoms of her past. If she's to survive, Cady must tame the beasts within and those roaming the halls, specifically the school's killer queen bee, Regina (Rachel McAdams), and her simpering size-2 minions, Gretchen (Lacey Chabert) and Karen (Amanda Seyfried).
Stuff happens — mostly mean-girl intrigue, hot boys and tears — much of which will be familiar to anyone who's ever watched a teen movie. Originality is never the point of an entertainment like this; the point is that director Mark Waters, who capably guided Lohan through last year's "Freaky Friday," has specific marks to hit in "Mean Girls," and he hits them with confidence. He shows Lohan to attractive advantage, proving that her fresh face has yet to stale, and he confirms that he has a fine studio touch. He keeps the story light and bright, and he brings out real comic performances from his cast, including newcomer Seyfried, who plays her ditz with Judy Holliday charm, and seasoned funnyman Tim Meadows, who puts a nice dry spin on his totemic role as a beleaguered principal.
Aside from "Heathers," movies about mean girls usually come across as the revenge of the nerd, "Death Wish" fantasies from pariahs whose most intimate experience with the opposite sex during high school was likely limited to websites and skin magazines. The makers of "Mean Girls," by contrast, seem to know girl villainy from the inside out, perhaps because one of the film's chief architects is Tina Fey. A head writer on "Saturday Night Live" and one of its two "Weekend Update" anchors, the highly regarded comic wrote "Mean Girls" and costars in the film as a hip-nerd of a math teacher, Ms. Norbury. The suppleness of Fey's perfect sneer suggests that this is a woman who's tasted her share of blood; that sneer may also explain why her screenplay so thoroughly loves its mean girls.
Based on Rosalind Wiseman's bestseller, "Queen Bees and Wannabes," Fey's screenplay distills much of the material visited in Margaret Talbot's 2002 New York Times Magazine article about mean-girl researchers like Wiseman, who has made a career of observing the ways and cruel means of alpha adolescents. Picking up on the humor inherent in such soft-sell cultural anthropology, Fey and Waters exploit the alarmist undertones in the mean-girl phenomenon (the blackboard jungle is actually pink!), and turn high school into a veritable primeval forest. Of course, anyone with a pulse knows girls can be mean (though, to be fair, they rarely tote guns), and Talbot rather reasonably wondered if researchers weren't taking queen bees too seriously, granting them "a legitimacy and a stature they did not have when they ruled a world that was beneath adult radar."
Well, duh — that's why books like "Queen Bees and Wannabes" are published and movies like these are produced, and so much the better. Whether they're tormenting Shirley Temple or drop-kicking little Laura Ingalls across the prairie, mean girls have been around forever, providing much-needed spice to offset the spoon-fed sugar.
The only thing remotely new is that, unlike "Heathers" — still the mother of all mean-girl movies and written, incidentally, by Mark Waters' brother, Daniel Waters — "Mean Girls" exhibits more than just the usual fascination with she-devils. "Heathers" employs mean girls to score satiric points about social conformity. But in "Mean Girls," neither social conformity nor even being a total witch leads to oblivion; these days, those things are simply the price you pay to get what you want, including a happy ending, world peace and (fingers crossed) a hit movie.
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"You get nothing," the president said. "I get that for free." "At one point, according to notes taken by a participant, Mr. Boehner told the president, 'I put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?'" You get nothing. Obama's ego balloon is now blown up to near-bursting point thanks to his "mandate" last November. You've earned this, America. Enjoy. BTW, he's going to Hawaii at your expense. Aloha.
Contributed on December 22, 2012 by Bonfire of the Absurdities, who has submitted 3527 posts.
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- DefHarryMelon December 22, 2012 at 7:49 am
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Link takes me WSJ page where I get nothing if I don't subscribe, which I will not.
- Bonfire of the Absurdities December 22, 2012 at 8:13 am
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OK, updated with another link that supposedly works. I am a WSJ subscriber so I didn't know about the wall in the original. If that still doesn't work, maybe referral from Hot Air will: http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/22/you-get-nothing-i-get-that-for-free/
- poppajoe49 December 22, 2012 at 8:05 am
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Obama will continue to be a petulant child, he thinks he has the support of the people.
He will be in for a rude surprise come the midterm elections.
- Not so silent December 22, 2012 at 9:25 am
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We have officially have a temperamental five year old in the White House, I would not be surprised to see him laying on the floor kicking and screaming about one kid of bullshit or another…..I am thinking he got a lot of participation trophies in whatever country he happened to be in at the time..and maybe a self esteem class or too cause he sure thinks he is important……He ranks right up there with Creepy Crowley, if they both were kidnapped by space aliens I wouldn't even miss them. In fact I might invite everyone from IHTM to my house for a few drinks.
- ooddballz December 22, 2012 at 10:55 am
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Don't forget to invite the aliens too. If they take both Crowley AND Obummer, they deserve a drink.
- Room101 December 22, 2012 at 10:10 pm
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Obama the person is more a manifestation of a reflection of American societal and cultural opinion/defect, not the cause.
DeToqueville wrote about this in the 1830s and more recently, a savvy Czech-writer.
A people/electorate that could elect a non-entity like an Obama is the actual problem, not the candidate in the empty suit winning another term.
Any/every Democrat and most Republicans could speak for President Obama about all the new Government instructions and taxes we'll have to implement/pay, or else…
- poppajoe49 December 23, 2012 at 5:20 am
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Obama is a tool of Soros Inc, and the Communist/Socialist parties, he will be the medium through which this country is turned into 1940′s-1970′s Russia/USSR if we don't do something to stop it.
The mid-term elections will be the first step. Gaining control of the Senate will go a long way to reversing the damage he has done.
We need the Senate because Dingy Harry has too much power to deadlock the process of getting anything done.
It is true that the Republican establishment has gone soft, and is helping ruin the country, but there are TEA party people in there that can rally support to change that. If they refuse to change, we need to rally support among the people to get the TEA Party strong enough to challenge by running more candidates that believe the way we do.
- Sidekick December 23, 2012 at 5:36 am
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You're right about the electorate being the problem. We can survive BHO but the republic won't survive an electorate that reelects a man like him twice.
If Boehner is removed from the speakership and replaced by a solid TEA Party type of conservative, then we have a chance to slow down the freight train the progs have put us on.
- Room101 December 22, 2012 at 9:46 pm
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If you think the Republican party is going to sweep the Congressional mid-terms in '14 like they did in '10, you're sadly mistaken.
Even if they did, so what?
They voted to grow pestilential parasitical Government to benefit their cronies and crooks.
The Republican party is another less-than-worthless organization supposedly dedicated to preserving the constitutional rights of American citizens to preserving our speech and property.
The Democrats have evolved to seamlessly control the new reality they created in every institution of society and culture.
All white people are de facto "racists", especially the black ones!
The Republican party is officially on board with the Democrat party with having the Government keep raising taxes, increasing spending, and hacking-away with a meat axe the rest of our illusory 'freedumbs'.
Now that my diatribe against the GOP is out of the way, there's another reason Republicans shouldn't be elected to anything.
They don't stand for anything, so they won't have to take a political fall for their irrelevancy when the SHTF.
The long experiment of idiocy of Leftism in the West will just have to run its course.
- poppajoe49 December 23, 2012 at 5:20 am
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See my post above.
- Missile Command December 23, 2012 at 5:46 am
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Judge Smails to Spalding, "You'll get nothing and like it".
Chairman O to Boehner, "You get nothing"
Very similar sentiments. Chairman O & Judge Smails have much in common. Both golf all the time, both are arrogant & condescending, both are cheaters, …
- danybhoy December 23, 2012 at 6:07 am
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Here you go…
- Missile Command December 24, 2012 at 2:57 am
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"The future that you anticipated has been cancelled,
Please, remain seated - and wait for further instructions…"
"Please Remain Seated" – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (2013)
Hovering slightly above the Comeback Trail this week, was Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (or OMD if you're low on ink) with a new album called 'English Electric'.
More than just hairstyles have changed since OMD was at its peak in the '80s yet their sound remains as familiar as ever. It's not as though they're blissfully unaware of it, however. As the computerized voice in the album's opening track serves to remind: "The future you anticipated has been cancelled." (How's that for Dystopian?)
If you care to look to simpler times, we also visit them in this edition, with the debut album by Los Angeles duo, The Milk Carton Kids. Their sound is warmly reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel, when they were still chums and singing in the dingy Folk clubs of Greenwich Village back in '61. The 'Kids' are set to tour Australia for the first time in June. (Turtleneck sweaters are optional.)
Not all highly regarded musicians are comprehensively honoured with the career-spanning anthology they might deserve. With 'Carry On', Stephen Stills stands among the more fortunate. 'Carry On' is a thoughtfully prepared box set spanning 50 years of a (sometimes) remarkable career. High points have included stints with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills & Nash and as a solo artist. In this edition of JR we dip into the 'Carry On' box for a few historic milestones.
The JR Radar was also active this week, with an alert to one of the year's more curious collaborations, by Aussie Electronic Dance duo, Yolanda Be Cool (of "We No Speak Americano" fame) and Indigenous superstar, Geoffrey "Gurrumul" Yunupingu. Their song, "A Baru In New York" is hands-down, the funkiest song Gurrumul has recorded since he was a member of Yothu Yindi.
Also in this edition, we preview a song from the forthcoming 6th album by American Rock quintet, The National (due out in May) along with the latest single from Iceland's Of Monsters And Men.
Yolanda Be Cool featuring Gurrumul: "A Baru In New York" (new single)
Of Monsters And Men: "King And Lionheart" (new single from the album, 'My Head Is An Animal')
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: "Metroland"/"Helen Of Troy" (from the album, 'English Electric')
The Milk Carton Kids: "Honey, Honey"/"The Ash & The Clay" (from the album, 'The Ash & The Clay')
The National: "Demons" (preview from the album, 'Trouble Will Find Me')
Buffalo Springfield: "For What It's Worth" (from the 4xCD anthology, 'Stephen Stills: Carry On')
Stephen Stills & Jimi Hendrix: "No-Name Jam" (from the 4xCD anthology, 'Stephen Stills: Carry On')
Crosby Stills & Nash: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (from the 4xCD anthology, 'Stephen Stills: Carry On')
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"Adrift": A Timelapse by Simon ChristenJuxtapoz // Thursday, July 25, 2013
Living in San Francisco, spending summers enclosed by a thick layer of fog, many of us in the Juxtapoz office have a love/hate relationship with nature's blanket. But there is such a beauty to the way fog moves through the Golden Gate and covers the surrounding hills and City, and this timelapse really does capture the romance of fog.
David Choe: Afghanistan Tour Diary, the OuttakesJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
On newsstands now, David Choe's Afghanistan Tour Diary graces our August 2013 issue, with photography by Estevan Oriol. To call these "outtakes" is a little misleading; these are all intriguing and fantastic photos from one of the leading photographers in the world. But we couldn't fit everything into the print edition and now have a look at some of the extras that missed print. If you haven't read the Choe feature, we suggest going and getting the issue right now. If you are interested in Afghanistan and all it has to offer, well, try and go there, or at least look at the Choe travel guide.
In L.A.: Push @ Known GalleryJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
This past weekend we stopped by Known Gallery for the opening reception of "Adaptation" and installation by Push. As a part of the Game Changer series, SIMPLE Mobile told Push they wanted to give him a chance to do something he always wanted to do with his art without restriction. Push's first choice was a to do a three-dimensional installation piece that stretched his skills and the ideas of what people thought of when it came to muralists that cut their teeth on the streets of Los Angeles. Photos and more after the jump…
School Night x Ace Hotel x Juxtapoz Present "Summer School" @ Ace Hotel, Palm SpringsJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
As we did last summer, Juxtapoz is teaming up with the Ace Hotel Palm Springs for a little summer hangout session in the desert. The very hot, pool-oriented, modern architecture desert setting, if you will. Last year Sage Vaughn and Father John Misty headlined the weekend, and this year, Jux is lucky to participate with School Night and Ace Hotel's "Summer School" art and education program, featuring artist-taught workshops with Kozyndan, Michelle Valigura, Marcelo Gomes, Kayla Mattes, and a special print pop-up shop hosted by Poster Child Prints.
"Mr Bitchin'": Robert Williams Documentary @ Egyptian Theatre, Los AngelesJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
This past weekend at Comic-Con, our founder, Robert Williams, saw his long-overdue, and long in process documentary, Mr. Bitchin';, take home the honor of "Best Documentary at Comic-Con Int'l Independent Film Fest." A pretty great feat consider all the competition. Now, for all our friends in Southern California and beyond, you can see a special presentation of Mr Bitchin' at the famed Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on July 30, at 7:30pm. And for all our readers, we have a special offer for you...
Wall Therapy 2013Street Art // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Tomorrow, Juxtapoz will be heading over to Rochester, New York to bring you exclusive coverage of what's happening at the week long mural and arts festival known as Wall Therapy. Now in its third year, the South Wedge neighborhood is the primary focus for local and international artists to provide inspiration in the form of murals. With over 30 artists participating, we expect to see a diverse amount of work from artists such as Connor Harrington (Juxtapoz December 2012 cover artist), Lady Pink, Faith47, Daleast, Labrona, Freddy Sam, and many more. Stay posted on our exclusive coverage.
Unreal/Hyperreal Paintings by Damian LoebJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
We are still trying to figure this artist out, because I have spent a good bit of time staring at this image above and can't wrap my head around the fact that this is a painting. Not in that, oh, it should be a photograph way, but just the immense skill at color and shade that Damian Loeb must have. All of these paintings, depicting intimate moments in bedrooms, either nude or minimally clothed, are just breathtaking to take in.
Time Of War: Photography by Olivier ValsecchiJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
We are loving this beautiful series of nude photographs by French photographer, Olivier Valsecchi. Capturing both motion, skin, and the surreal nature of the materials that the bodies are brushing off, the works almost appear to be traveling through time, bringing with them materials from outer space.
Rene Almanza: "Gloves"Juxtapoz // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Our friends at Juxtapoz Latin America just posted this fantastic video of Monterrey, Mexico-based Rene Almanza working on some experimental painting techniques, mainly with the use of gloves. As you can see in the video, the gloves allow for an extremely fluid motion in Almanza's paintings, taking his already motion technique and allowing him to move the characters body and expressions without having to actually imply their movement. The end results are stunning...
New works by Aakash NihalaniJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Friend of the magazine Aakash Nihalani has a few new installations in New York that just opened featuring his signature works and transformations with tape. At the Parrish Art Museum, he created tape installations on the exterior of the museum, while he went on inside to Tripoli Gallery and opened a solo show, Aaranged, featuring triangular and geometric tape pieces. Check out some of the works after the jump . . .


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Coal Bed Methane (CBM) is naturally occurring methane gas (CH4) in coal seams. It is referred to also as Coal Seam Methane (CSM) and Coal Seam Gas (CSG). Methane which is associated with coal mining operations is called Coal Mine Methane (CMM). Methane was long considered a major problem in underground coal mining but now CBM is recognised as a valuable resource. The methane is usually mixed with carbon dioxide, other hydrocarbons and nitrogen.
CBM forms by either biological or thermal processes. During the earliest stage of coalification (the process that turns plants into coal) biogenic methane is generated as a by-product of microbial action (similar to the mechanism which generates methane in council landfills). Biogenic methane is generally found in near-surface low rank coals such as lignite. Thermogenic methane is generally found in deeper higher-rank coals. When temperatures exceed about 50°C due to burial, thermogenic processes begin to generate additional methane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water. The maximum generation of methane in bituminous coals occurs at around 150°C.
The methane produced is adsorbed onto micropore surfaces and stored in cleats, fractures and other openings in the coals. It can occur also in groundwaters within the coal beds. CBM is held in place by water pressure and does not require a sealed trap as do conventional gas accumulations. The coal acts as a source and reservoir for the methane gas while the water is the seal.
CBM is produced by drilling a well into a coal seam, hydraulic fracturing the coal seam then releasing the gas by reducing the water pressure by pumping away the water. Hydraulic fracturing of the coal seam is done by pumping large volumes of water and sand at high pressure down the well into the coal seam which causes it to fracture for distances of up to 400m from the well. The sand carried in the water is deposited in the fractures to prevent them closing when pumping pressure ceases. The gas then moves through the sand-filled fractures to the well.
A commercial operation needs the right combination of coal thickness, gas content, permeability, drilling costs (number of wells, seam depth and coal type), the amount of dewatering required to allow gas flow and proximity to infrastructure.
In Australia the CMM and CBM resources are administered by State and Territory Governments. In New South Wales and Queensland CMM is administered by mineral resources legislation and CBM is administered by petroleum resources legislation. In Victoria, CBM resources are administered under the legislation for mineral resources development.
Although the presence of methane has been known ever since coal mining began, separate commercial production of CBM is a relatively recent step. This commenced in the USA in the 1970's, and exploration for CBM in Australia began in 1976 in Queensland's Bowen Basin when Houston Oil and Minerals of Australia Incorporated drilled two unsuccessful wells. In February 1996 the first commercial CMM operation commenced at the Moura mine in Queensland methane drainage project (then owned by BHP Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd). In the same year at the Appin and Tower underground mines (then owned by BHP Pty Ltd) a CMM operation was used to fuel on-site generator sets (gas fired power stations). The first stand alone commercial production of CBM in Australia commenced in December 1996 at the Dawson Valley project (then owned by Conoco), adjoining the Moura coal mine.
CBM exploration involves locating highly productive areas, known as 'sweet spots' or 'fairways'. Initially, CBM was mainly sought within the Permian coal seams of the Bowen and Sydney Basins. However, since the early 2000's, CBM exploration also targeted the relatively shallow depths of the lower rank coal seams of the Jurassic age Surat and Clarence-Moreton Basins in Queensland. Although these seams have less gas content than high rank Permian age coal these lower rank coals at shallow depths (100 to 600m) are more permeable and CBM can be more easily desorbed (or extracted), resulting in higher recovery factors. Brown coal (or lignite) of Tertiary age also has become a target for CBM exploration in the Otway Basin in Victoria. Other prospective coal basins which have been targeted by CBM explorers include the Gunnedah, Gloucester, Galilee, Murray and Perth Basins. However, the Bowen Basin remains the most actively explored and developed basin in Australia for CBM. The basin's share of CBM drilling activity exceeded 80% of Australia's total in 2004.
Companies actively exploring for CBM include:
As at September 2005 the 2P reserves (proven plus probable) of CBM in Australia were 3 477 Petajoules (PJ) or more than 50 years of production life at current rates of extraction of 64 PJ per annum. Queensland has 3 410 PJ (or 98%) of the 2P reserves with the remainder (67 PJ) at the Camden operation in New South Wales. Of the Australian reserves 2 733 PJ (or 79%) occur in the Bowen Basin and 677 PJ (or 19%) occur in the Surat Basin. The Santos Ltd operated Fairview project in the Bowen Basin has 1 098 PJ of 2P reserves or 32% of Australia's CBM reserves. Note that there are no CMM reserves.
In Australia the commercial production of CBM (including CMM) was zero in 1995. In 2003, CBM production was 40 PJ and by 2006 CBM production had doubled to 80 PJ with 73 PJ being produced in Queensland. In 2006, CBM met 63% of the total Queensland gas demand of 117 PJ. In 2006, CBM supplied about 15% of the east coast gas market. CBM is predicted to supply 35 to 50% of the gas demand in eastern Australia by 2020, as the Cooper Basin gas reserves become depleted. In 2004, CBM accounted for about 4% of Australia's total natural gas consumption. Operations producing CBM and CMM include:
Moura (now Dawson): The open-cut mine is owned by Anglo Coal Australia Pty Ltd and is located in the Bowen Basin. The commercial production of CMM commenced in February 1996 with gas being transported via a 21km pipeline to the Wallumbilla-Gladstone pipeline. The CMM is drained using a series of horizontal wells into both highwall and underground seams. Moura produces about 5.5 PJ/annum.
Dawson Valley: The CBM operation, now owned by Anglo Coal Australia Pty Ltd, commenced in November 1996 and is located in the Bowen Basin near the Moura mine. The project is connected by a 47km pipeline to the Wallumbilla-Gladstone pipeline. Dawson Valley produces about 3.0 PJ/annum.
Fairview: The CBM operation, owned by Santos Ltd (~75%), commenced in 1998 and is located in the Bowen Basin 100km north of Roma. The project is connected by a 26km pipeline to the Wallumbilla-Gladstone pipeline. Fairview produces about 13.9 PJ/annum.
Spring Gully: The CBM operation, owned by Origin Energy, commenced in June 2005 and is located near the Fairview project in the Bowen Basin. A 2x500 MW combined cycle gas fired power station is planned to be commissioned in 2009 with each unit consuming 35 PJ/annum.
Peat: The CBM operation, owned by Origin Energy, commenced in 2000 and is located 14km east of Wandoan. Peat produces about 6.0 PJ/annum.
Scotia: The CBM operation, owned by Santos Ltd, commenced in 2002 and is located about 25km north of Peat.Scotia produces about 8.0 PJ/annum.
Mungi: The CBM operation, operated by Origin Energy, commenced in 2004 and is located in the Bowen Basin near Moura. Mungi produces about 1.0 PJ/annum.
Moranbah: The CBM operation, owned by CH4 Gas/Arrow Energy, commenced in 2004 and is located near the township of Moranbah in the Bowen Basin. The project is connected to the 220 MW combined cycle gas fired power station near Townsville via a 391km pipeline. Moranbah produces about 14 PJ/annum.
Berwyndale South: The CBM operation, owned by Queensland Gas Company, commenced in 2006 and is located 20km east of Condamine in the Surat Basin. A 135 MW combined cycled gas fired power station is planned to be commissioned in 2009. Berwyndale South produces about 8 PJ/annum.
Kogan North: The CBM operation, owned by Arrow Energy/CH4 Gas, commenced in 2006 and is located 40km west of Dalby in the Surat Basin. Kogan North produces about 4 PJ/annum.
Daandine: The CBM operation, owned by Arrow Energy/CH4 Gas, commenced supplying about 2 PJ/annum to a 27 MW gas fired power station in 2006. The project is located 30km west of Dalby in the Surat Basin.
Tipton West: The CBM operation, owned by Arrow Energy/CH4 Gas, commenced supplying about 6 PJ/annum in February 2007 to the Braemer Power Station. The project is located 20km south of Dalby in the Surat Basin.
German Creek: The CMM operation fuels a 32 MW gas turbine, operated by Energy Developments Ltd. The 2.5 PJ/annum project commenced in 2006 at the German Creek Colliery located in the Bowen Basin 25km south west of Middlemount.
Oaky Creek: The CMM operation fuels a 13 MW gas turbine, operated by Envirogen. The project commenced in 2006 at the Oaky Creek Colliery located in the Bowen Basin 17km east of Tieri.
Camden: The CBM operation, owned by Sydney Gas, commenced in 2001 and is located 50km south west of Sydney in the Sydney Basin. Camden produces about 3.5 PJ/annum.
Appin and Westcliff (Tower): The CMM operation, operated by Energy Developments Ltd, fuels power stations with a total capacity of 97MW. The project commenced in 1996 at the Appin and Tower Collieries located 40km north west of Wollongong in the Sydney Basin. Appin and Westcliff produce about 7.5 PJ/annum.
Tahmoor: The CMM operation fuels a 5 MW gas turbine, operated by Envirogen. The project commenced in 2001 at the Tahmoor Colliery located in the Sydney Basin 70km south west of Sydney.
CBM and CMM are generally used as either a fed for pipeline gas or as a fuel for on-site electric power generation. Pipeline gas is supplied to regional centres and cities for such uses as power generation, industrial facilities and mains gas for home heating, cooking and hot water. Water is produced as a by-product of CBM production and after treatment this water may be suitable for use as town water supply, industrial facilities (eg coal mines and abattoirs), feedlots and high-value horticultural development. Other untreated CBM water use options include aquaculture, recharging aquifers, habitat creation (eg wetlands) and recreation (eg sailing, boating, picnic spots).


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Michigan wide receiver Drew Dileo / JULIAN H. GONZALEZ/DFP
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The biggest wins are usually credited to the stars of the team, and for good reason. A player like Denard Robinson has had his hand in many a play that down the line mattered for something a whole lot more than what it ever seemed in the flow of the game. Rarely does a role player step into the spotlight as forcefully as Drew Dileo, the slot receiver/field goal holder who, upon looking back on the game, had his hand in just about every scoring drive that Michigan was able to muster in the win over Michigan State. While the rest of Michigan's offense was mired in inconsistency, Dileo kept showing up with the kind of important plays that turn rivalry games into wins instead of losses.
He is no stranger to the "right play at the right time" (see: last year's OSU game and the Sugar Bowl), but this game will go down as his magnum opus.
The biggest question heading into the game was if U-M's rush offense would finally be able to find some room to operate against the impressive MSU defense. The story of this rivalry is a simple one: the winner of the rushing battle wins the game. Yet, with quarterback Denard Robinson on the field, Michigan has failed to even come close to the Spartans on the ground in the last two years, getting out-gained by a combined margin of 462 yards to 231 yards.
The rushing results on U-M's side were largely more of the same. Outside of two big plays -- an off-tackle scamper for 38 yards by Fitz Toussaint and a 44-yard QB scramble in the fourth by Robinson -- Michigan's running game was responsible for just 81 yards and 2.7 ypc on its other 30 tries. U-M's bread and butter play, the inverted veer (a variant on the zone read that uses the running back as an outside threat and the quarterback keeper as an inside threat with the read being the play-side defensive end) was largely ineffective as Robinson failed the make the correct read a majority of the time while MSU sent more and more pressure with its linebackers. Michigan State constantly found ways to block running lanes, fill gaps and control the line of scrimmage.
During the long tenure of Robinson as starting quarterback, a bottled-up run game has often meant the difference between wins and losses. The Wolverines, when faced with more second- and third-and-longs have to depend much more on the passing offense to keep the chains moving and pick up longer first downs. With the erratic nature of Robinson's arm, this is a thin line to walk and can lead to disastrous results, especially against a talented, disciplined defense like Michigan State. However, U-M was turnover-free outside of a meaningless interception on a Hail Mary attempt before halftime.
Defensive battles of this sort are often not remembered as much for the full 60-minute defensive effort that both teams display (although both defenses were very impressive), but by those few plays that eek out just enough of an advantage in field position or for a field goal to shift momentum. In that regard, nobody did more than Dileo on Saturday.
It started in the second quarter. Facing a third-and-6, Robinson threw the ball down the seam to Dileo, who spun, jumped and absorbed a hit from MSU safety Kurtis Drummond while coming down with the ball. A few plays later on third-and-11, Dileo would once again find his way to an opening at the sticks and come up with another first down. The next play Fitz Toussaint would take the ball 38 yards into Michigan State's red zone setting up the game's first field goal.
Later in the quarter after Michigan got the ball on its own 30-yard line after a punt and personal foul, Dileo would once again come up with a big play, this time on a play-action slant that Dileo would turn into a 35-yard gain to the MSU 35-yard line. Four yards and three plays later, Matt Wile would kick the game's second field goal.
The second half was largely quiet for Michigan as the Spartans rattled off two 80-plus yard scoring drives to twice take a narrow lead against the Wolverines. But the MSU offense was unable to hold the ball long enough to kill the game late giving U-M's offense one more chance. The Wolverines got a quick first down on a Vincent Smith rush, then another first after MSU offsides penalty and a couple short gains. Yet with 18 seconds left from the 41-yard line, U-M needed something to set up a reasonable field goal. Once again it was Dileo coming up with the big play, this time getting open in front of MSU safety Isaiah Lewis for a 20-yard reception that set up the final kick, a 38-yard field goal with seconds left that gave U-M the two point lead.
It was the kind of defensive battle that most expected coming into the game, but thanks to the sure hands of Dileo (who, by the way was the holder on all four field goals), U-M was able to escape the Big House with its first win over MSU since 2007 and the 900th win in school history. Four held field goals (all good), three receptions over 20 yards, two third-down conversions and one play when U-M absolutely had to have it. When Michigan needed a big play, it turned to Dileo and he delivered.
Nobody played bigger than the 5-foot-10 slot receiver on Saturday, and U-M has him to thank for turning a close, defensive battle into an exhilarating win.


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New Zealand Embassy Ha Noi, Viet Nam
New Zealand Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade holds talks in Hanoi
Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade and NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade CEO Mr John Allen visited Hanoi on 18-19 April for talks with Vietnamese counterparts.
A primary aim of the visit was to participate in Foreign Ministry Consultations with a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Vice Minister H.E. Mr Dao Viet Trung.
The purpose of these biennial talks is to take the pulse of the bilateral relationship between New Zealand and Viet Nam; and to discuss regional and global issues of mutual interest. Both sides assessed progress over the last year to implement a wide range of initiatives launched when New Zealand established a Comprehensive Partnership with Viet Nam in 2009 and a similar partnership with ASEAN in 2010.
Substantial progress to implement these activities has been made, including through regular reciprocal high-level visits, the signing of three new bilateral cooperative arrangements (customs, police and science and technology), the launch of new NZ aid projects, the establishment of a new Joint Education Commission, and a healthy 38% increase in two-way trade.
But Mr Allen and Vice Minister Trung concluded that more would be done in 2011 and beyond to ensure the relationship continued to strengthen and deepen.
On a regional level both sides discussed current 'hot' topics such as the engagement of the United States and Russia in the East Asia Summit, the establishment of the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus process and the South China Sea. Global issues included the G20, climate change, counter-terrorism, food security and human rights.
Separately, Mr Allen also met Vice Minister of Industry and Trade H.E. Mr Tran Quoc Khanh to discuss bilateral trade issues, implementation of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) and progress in negotiating the new Trans Pacific Partnership of which both countries are members.
Mr Allen also called on Vice Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs H.E. Mr Nguyen Thanh Hoa to discuss a proposed bilateral Working Holiday Scheme that will allow young people from each country to travel to the other for extended periods of time, to holiday, work and study.
He also visited the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam to speak to current students and staff about New Zealand foreign policies and views of ASEAN and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
Mr Allen described the bilateral relationship as progressing very well, with many initiatives and activities in a wide range of sectors that were fully demonstrated during his short stay.
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Reproductive Health and Women's Educational Attainment
A recent IWPR report offers an overview of the significance and status of access to reproductive health rights and services in the United States today. The report also highlights promising strategies from women's funds working to expand access to family planning methods and information in an effort to improve young women's prospects for economic security in adulthood.
Women Will Not See Equal Pay with Men until 2059, One Year Longer than Previously Projected
New fact sheet uses updated data from the U.S. Census Bureau to chart the gender earnings ratio since 1960 and analyzes changes in earnings during the last year by gender, race, and ethnicity. The gender wage ratio improved slightly from 77.6 percent in 2013 to 78.6 percent in 2014, which the Census Bureau reported was not statistically significant. An IWPR analysis finds that, if current trends are projected forward, women will not receive equal pay until 2059. This date is one year further out from last year, indicating that the slow progress in closing the gender wage gap over the last decade may have long-term effects on women's economic gains.
Get to the Bricks: The Experiences of Black Women from New Orleans Public Housing After Hurricane Katrina
A new IWPR report presents a comprehensive analysis of responses from 184 low-income black women who were living in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed. The report finds that disaster relief and housing policies established after the hurricane ultimately removed opportunities, supports, and infrastructures from low-income women and their families when they needed it most.
How the New Overtime Rule Will Help Women & Families
A new report released by IWPR and MomsRising finds that working women—especially single mothers, women workers of color, and women working in service and administrative support positions—stand the most to gain from an increase of the overtime salary threshold.
See also: Nearly Half of Currently Exempt Women Workers Aged 18 to 34 Will Gain Coverage Under DOL's New Proposed Overtime Salary Threshold


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The County Attorney's Office prosecutes felonies, gross misdemeanors and misdemeanors occurring in Scott County. The County Attorney's Office also serves as the legal advisor for the County Board of Commissioners and other County officials. The County Attorney's Office represents Scott County in all civil litigation in which Scott County is involved.
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The mission of the Scott County Attorney's Office is to promote justice and public safety by prosecuting crime, protecting those in need, and representing Scott County in fulfilling its mission statement by delivering quality public services to all citizens in an effective, professional and efficient manner.
The Scott County Attorney's Office provides assistance and support to victims and witnesses who play a vital role in the criminal justice system. The victim/witness program ensures that victims of crime receive written notice of their legal rights and timely notice of court appearances. The Scott County Attorney's Office strives to keep crime victims fully informed of all important developments in their cases and affords them the opportunity to express their concerns and to have their questions answered. The County Attorney will seek restitution for losses suffered by crime victims. The victim/witness coordinator and victim/witness staff help victims and witnesses understand the trial process and assist victims and witnesses in their trial participation and preparation of victim impact statements for sentencing hearings. The victim/witness program provides victims with information on community resources and referrals to other agencies or organizations, if needed. The Scott County Attorney's Office also provides notice to victims, witnesses, and police officers of the results of each case. Tera Portinga is the Victim/Witness Coordinator.


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Sean Garrett is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer.
You wouldn't know from his southern hospitality that he grew up in Europe and speaks several languages. The down to earth demeanor is the opposite of the Hollywood image you'd expect from a man whose talent has changed the face of popular music.
He has produced fifteen #1 singles which puts him in fifth place on the Billboard list of producers with the most number one hits. He has worked with Usher, Jay- Z, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige and many more Artists.


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6 Varsity Sports In Action For Knoxville Today
Posted By Sports On April 5, 2011 @ 5:58 am In Today's Local Sports | Comments Disabled
The Knoxville Boys Tennis Squad begins its 2011 season today and is among six teams that will be in action for the Panthers. Along with the boys and girls soccer squads in Carlisle, the boys and girls track and field squads travel to P-C-M, and the boys golf squad is in a triangular with Oskaloosa at Norwalk. For the Knoxville Boys Track and Field Squad, the Panthers took first place in their outdoor season opener at Winterset this past Friday. Coach Mike Cunningham the Second says many people do not realize it, but field events are very important to the overall success of a team. The P-C-M invitational will also welcome the Pleasantville boys and girls among area teams that will be participating.
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