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Jack and Bunny both had the same expression. They both stared at North with disbelief. What was he thinking?
"North, be reasonable," Tooth begged.
"I am," North bellowed. He pointed a finger at them. "They do nothing but fight. They need to get along. I need to collect Christmas lists from the children before their parents throw them away. They can bond while doing it for me."
"Do it youself!" Bunny objected. "I'm busy, mate."
"Tooth and Sandy have to work every night and Christmas is only a few months away," North reminded. "Easter was two weeks ago. You have a little free time. Jack doesn't have to be anywhere, either. You two are the only ones who have time to do it."
"I was planning one last snow day," Jack complained.
"Do it some time later," North told him. "It'll only take a day." Tooth and Sandy looked at North, not thinking it a good idea. Bunny and Jack had a habit of getting distracted and fighting. But, it was true that they were the most free at the moment.
"You're kiding," Bunny whined. Jack was the last person he'd want to spend a day with. The guy was impossible to get along with!
"It'll make things easier, I suppose," Tooth mumbled. She didn't really want to take sides, but she really did think it would be for the better. Still, she was worried that they would fight.
"No buts, Jack," North interupted. "Just get on with it. The longer we discuss this, the harder it'll be to get all the letters."
Jack said nothing, he just stormed out with a gust of wind following. Bunny sighed before following him, knowing the winter guardian would leave him behind. He didn't look back at North. No doubt he was enjoying every minute of the torture.
"Jack!" Bunny called out. Jack ignored him, not turning around. "It'll be a lot quicker through my tunnels, mate."
"I like flying," Jack told him. Since he spoke softly, and did not turn around, no human would've heard him. But Bunny did, and he could feel an arguement coming on. How would they meet up if they went two different ways?
"Wait," Bunny said. Jack paused, turning back to the overgrown rabbit. "Don't ditch me."
Jack couldn't resist a smile. "Who? Me? Why would I do that?"
"Seriously?" Bunny asked. He rolled his eyes at Jack's innocent attempt, and opened one of his tunnels. "Meet you near Jamie's?"
"Whatever," Jack said. He took off before Bunny could say much else, flying off high in the sky.
Bunny watched him go, before thinking of something he had never wondered before. "How does he fly?
-Traveling in Process-
Jack was the first to arrive. Not because he was faster, but because Bunny had stopped to check on his eggs. He was like a mother to them.
Just to kill time, Jack started making it snow around him. It was night, and no one would notice if a patch of snow started to come down. It would melt before anyone had their attention drawn to it.
As soon as Bunny showed up, he started complaining about how cold it was near Jack. Apparently, the fur was all for show. It had no real use.
"Did you think it would feel like a beach day near me?" Jack asked him. He couldn't do anything about how cold he made the air around him, but he did send wind away and make it stop snowing.
"Do you ever get cold?" Bunny asked. Jack rolled his eyes at the stupid question. He wasthe cold. He couldn't get cold. Seeing the look, Bunny said, "Yeah, no point in asking that. Would you melt if you got hot?"
"Are you trying to act like an idiot?" Jack asked. Bunny sighed in frustration and pushed past Jack to the mail box.
"One down," he said while holding up a sloppy eveloped letter with stickers on it. Some stickers were of rainbows, and others of snowflakes. Jack jumped up on a lamp post and looked out over the town. They'd need a day to collect just one town worth of letters! "Heights don't bother you at all?"
"Never have," Jack told the rabbit, remembering a little of his human life. It seemed like he was always climbing trees, both to make others laugh and to see more than others could.
"That's crazy, mate," he replied. "Aren't you scared of falling?"
Jack couldn't resist the oppurtunity to tease. "You'd catch me, wouldn't you?" he asked with a wink.
Bunny glared at him. "Fall to your death."
Hard, consitering Jack was already dead. But, he didn't say anything, and just jumped down. The wind made him a cushion, making himm land painlessly on both feet.
"Where to next, captain?" Jack asked. Bunny ignored the captain part and shrugged.
"How 'bout I take everywhere near here, and you go to the other side of the town?" Bunny suggested.
"I don't honestly care," Jack informed. "As long as we get it done." He started to leave, jumping into the air, but Bunny grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. "What now?!"
"Look," Bunny said. He had opened the letter, seeing some suspious sand on the outside. Jack took it, and read it, coming to the same conclusion as the rabbit.
"They tricked us!" Jack yelled in frustration. He stomped around the lamp post, wind following him. Bunny jumped back from the gush of cold.
The entire thing had been a set up. North had been messing with them. The letter told them to have a day off and be "nice" to each other. If he found out that they had seperated, they'd have to clean Phil's office.
"Listen, mate, I'm as upset as you are," Bunny said, "but could you let up on the wind?" Jack looked to him, seeing the rabbit shivering as wind blowed harshly on him. Jack calmed it, but didn't stop his pacing. "Thanks."
"So what do we do?" Jack asked. Bunny saw that he had stopped pacing, and was now looking at the rabbit. Jack could only handle a few minutes of being serious, so his time limit expired. He wanted some fun, and apparently Bunny had to tag along.
"What do you normally do?" Bunny asked. The rabbit spent all his time painting eggs and coming up with new decoration ideas.
"Skating," Jack mumbled. He shifted uncomfortly, feeling childish. Bunny could only stare at him.
"Isn't that how you died?" he asked. Jack shrugged.
"It's fun."
"You need a life," Bunny laughed.
"Like you don't?" Jack grumbled. He let wind flow through his fur, making him shiver. "I bet I could take you in a fight."
"What's with the sudden topic change?" Bunny asked. "You that bored?" Jack's response was to make the tempature of the wind drop. Bunny sneezed. "Enough!"
"See? I win," Jack bragged. Bunny picked up a snowball from Jack's earlier boredom and threw it at him. "Ouch!"
"What?" Bunny had not expected that as a reaction. He thought Jack would take the challenge happily. He walked closer, seeing that Jack was holding his arm. "Your shirt is cut."
"There was a rock in that snowball," Jack told him. He moved his hand, looking at his arm. Indeed, it had cut him, but that's not what stood out.
"Where's the blood?" Bunny asked. He continued to watch as the cut formed a small layer of ice over it.
"I don't bleed," Jack said. He thought everyone knew that. His blood was frozen when he died, so it didn't flow. He thought the guardians knew that. How did they think he was so pale?
"You don't bleed?" Bunny repeated. Jack shook his head, gesturing to the frosted cut on his arm. "Not at all?"
"No!" Jack said again. "I have no blood!"
Bunny blinked in surprise. You learned new things everyday. "Will it melt?"
"Not until my skin closes," Jack answered.
Bunny hesitantly touched it. Jack was shocked, but let the rabbit be curious. Bunny withdrew his hand quickly. It was much colder than the air around Jack. It was so cold it burned.
"That's just too pitiful," he mumbled.
"Huh?" Jack asked. "Why?"
"Blood is... well," Bunny searched for words. "A sign of life."
"You're not exactly alive yourself," Jack reminded.
"Yeah, but, that's different."
Jack, for some odd reason, wanted to hug Bunny. They enjoyed fighting, but Bunny said things sometimes that got to Jack. Some made him happy, and some sad. Bunny knew the right words to get a reaction from him. This time, it was a good one.
"Hey, Bunny?" he said. Bunny stopped staring at the frozen skin to look into deep blue eyes. "Thanks."
"Anytime, mate," Bunny said.
Maybe an overgrown rabbit was okay company sometimes.


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Gladstone, QLD, Australia (News4us.com) May 26, 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh officially launched work on the $16 billion Santos Liquefied Natural Gas Project near Gladstone today.
The project, which is one of Australia's largest energy projects, is expected to generate $9 billion a year in exports and create more than 5,000 construction jobs and nearly 1,000 long term operational positions.
Speaking at the site of the project, the Prime Minister said it was a significant day for the people of Gladstone and Queensland, as well as Santos and its partners.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will play an important part in the global transition towards a cleaner energy future.
Australia is currently the world's fourth largest exporter of LNG and projects such as this one are projected to take this ranking to second by 2015.
The Gladstone project demonstrates the global attractiveness of Australia as an investment destination and as a reliable trading partner for energy commodities.
It is further evidence of the important role LNG has to play as we transition to cleaner fuel sources.
The Gladstone project will create jobs for Australians and deliver significant local, state and national economic benefits.
The project will also generate new training opportunities. Eighteen Masters degree scholarships will be offered at the University College London's campus in Adelaide as part of the project.
These new scholarships, jointly sponsored by Santos, KOGAS and UCL, build on Santos' existing $10 million contribution to establish UCL's School of Energy and Resources.
The Gladstone LNG Project is subject to more than 300 Commonwealth environmental conditions, in addition to those imposed by the Queensland Government.
The first cargo from the Gladstone Liquefied natural gas project is scheduled to be exported from 2015.
This project will be joint venture between Australian company Santos, Malaysia's PETRONAS, Total of France, and KOGAS of Korea (subject to regulatory approval).
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"KEEP calm and carry on" is Phil Parkinson's message as his side start preparations for their penultimate game of the campaign.
One point from a possible nine has slowed the promotion push to a crawl, yet the Wanderers boss insists there is no reason for panic as his side head to Port Vale this weekend.
Parkinson came in for criticism in some quarters for the tactical approach in weekend defeat at Oldham and the goalless draw against Bury on Tuesday night.
But, speaking to The Bolton News, the manager hopes fans can help his side keep their composure in the final stretch.
"Supporters are only nervous because they care," he said. "They want it as badly as we want it.
"But we are all in it together. We're going for the same thing and we'll give it absolutely everything to get there.
"There is no lack of effort, the lads are giving us everything.
"If something had dropped for us and we'd got a goal against Oldham or Bury this would be a very different conversation
"We're two points clear and we've just got to keep chipping away. Whatever it takes we've got to get ourselves over the line."
Parkinson explained his reluctance to gamble against Bury, where he continued with Adam Le Fondre up front alone until switching to a 4-2-3-1 with 15 minutes to go, bringing on James Henry and Chris Long.
"We got better as the game went on but in the last 15-20 minutes we lost our way a bit," he said.
"It was a difficult decision to make because we chased it on Saturday, got picked off at beaten on the break.
"As I said after that game sometimes when you really chase it you lose the balance of your team and it's not the best way to get the winner anyway."
Having hit the crossbar twice at Boundary Park, Adam Le Fondre repeated the trick against Bury – his effort bouncing down on to the line and out to safety.
Parkinson is confident his side's luck in front of goal can change in the Potteries and help to reduce some of the tension which has crept into recent performances.
"Points are hard to come by at this stage of the season," he said. "Maybe something will go in for us at the weekend?
"We need to keep doing the right things, concentrate on working like we have done all season."
"In games like that the first goal is so important because it would have meant Bury had to change something.
"If we had got that the game would have opened up. We didn't get that goal so all we can do is keep chipping away."
Bury boss Lee Clark reckons the tension around the Macron played into his own team's hands as they held on for a precious point in their survival fight.
"There's pressure at either end," said the former Birmingham City boss. "There's pressure because this is a big club in this division. Getting back into the Championship would be huge for them.
"The fans sensed that, if they get a little bit nervy does that transfer to the players?
"When you come away from home that's what you do, you play the crowd. That has got to be part of your game-plan.
"You have got to work the crowd so that they make the home team nervous. That's what we've done a little bit."
Clark admitted his own side had struggled to play their best football but he denied that they had come to protect a point, rather than go for the win.
"We came for the win and always tried to leave two strikers up the pitch. But it's a really tough place to come, especially because they were going all out for the three points."


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As fourth-generation owner of Arnaud's Restaurant, one of New Orleans' premier dining establishments since 1918, Katy Casbarian is proud to carry on her late father Archie's legacy of serving exceptional Creole cuisine. Her success as a leader derives from her understanding that the restaurant's continued success lies in achieving a balance between preserving the past and embracing the future.
This year, she serves as chair of the Louisiana Restaurant Association (LRA). Casbarian has ascended the leadership ladder, having served as President of the LRA Greater New Orleans Chapter, the Chair of the State Communications Committee, and through the Executive Committee ranks.
From toddler age, Casbarian, along with her brother Archie, found themselves at home in the 975-seat restaurant with rich wood paneling and mosaic tile floors in the dining room, and corridors above with beautifully decorated private dining rooms.
"As children of restaurateurs, we had a remarkable experience growing up at Arnaud's," Casbarian fondly recalls. "Our father cleared out one of the store rooms for Archie and me to do our homework when we finished school and extracurricular activities. As kids, we ran the restaurant, playing office, from that store room."
A graduate of Isidore Newman School, Casbarian attended Cornell University, earning a degree from the prestigious School of Hotel Administration, just as her father had. Casbarian kick-started her career at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, where she excelled in her work as restaurant manager, assistant executive steward and sales manager.
"The operational aspects of working at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York gave me a greater appreciation for the foresight my father had in implementing those systems at Arnaud's," said Casbarian. "It cemented in my mind that structuring our large restaurant like a hotel operation with different departments and team leads made great business sense."
In 2003, Casbarian was lured back to New Orleans and the restaurant she called home to ensure the restaurant remained just as her father would like it. She loves the culinary aspect of the business, but leaves the cooking to the professionals.
"I have a tremendous respect for chefs and culinarians, and while I'm a good cook, I leave the restaurant kitchen in Chef Tommy DiGiovanni's capable and creative hands," said Casbarian.
While that's true, she and her brother have challenged Chef DiGiovanni to expand the menu offerings to appeal to a larger audience. In January, Arnaud's introduced its light Résolution Menu, created with the health-conscious in mind. With more people seeking out healthier menu options in restaurants, this move also makes great business sense.
The management side of the business was ultimately where she found her calling. Her no-nonsense approach to her professional life and her volunteerism is what makes her such a respected leader and valued volunteer.
"The LRA is blessed to have the access to the vision, passion and creative energy of Katy as she serves as our 2016 state chair," said Stan Harris, President and CEO of the LRA. "She has a wonderful history in our industry as she gained experience in understanding each role in the business' operation. I know she will share this amazing background with our LRA members as she travels our state this year."
As the New Year kicked off, we caught up with Casbarian who shared her outlook for the year, who's been most influential in her life and why she's given so much time to the LRA and Louisiana's restaurant industry.
KC: I would like to see members, new and old, get more involved in advocacy. This is a critical benefit that the LRA offers, but we all have to do our part and tell our story.
ALC: What are you most interested in seeing improvement in the restaurant industry?
KC: I think the industry needs to do a better job of telling our story. We continue to grow and provide jobs year over year across the nation. There are not many other industries that can say that. We offer security and opportunity yet we continue to allow ourselves to be represented by negative connotations.
ALC: How do you see the association fitting into the needs of the next generation?
KC: We must continue to adapt to the needs of our members as we've done in the political and economic arenas. In the last five years, under Stan Harris' leadership, we've made significant improvements in communications and technology. As an association, we are consistently exploring new ways to serve our members.
ALC: What is something you learned from your father, you think would benefit the membership?
KC: That's a difficult question to answer in a few short words because the list is long. He had a lot of euphemisms that always amused me. These two were used a lot and are particularly apropos…"this restaurant is a business of pennies" and "a day does not a year make." Of course I now say them all the time to the team. It's scary watching yourself become your parents.
ALC: You've described your father as one of your great mentors…any others of note?
KC: I have been very fortunate to work with some very accomplished individuals, in New Orleans and across the country who have taken me under their wing and provided great guidance to me over the years. The most significant to note, other than my father, were always a stone's throw away. Lisa Sins, our beloved Director of Sales for over 30 years, and Jane Casbarian, my mother. My mother had no experience in the hospitality industry. If you look up the definition of dedication, loyalty, tenacity, perseverance and grace….well, you will see my mother's name.
ALC: What did it mean to you to have these mentors as you developed as an adult?
KC: This industry can have the highest of highs and lowest and lows. Having my mentors meant I had trusted advisors I could bounce my ideas off of and build my confidence.
ALC: What is it about the LRA that you find most valuable?
KC: What is so tremendous about the LRA is that our members can come together as a team to help overcome a challenge, explore an opportunity or advocate for the industry. We put aside our differences and forget we are competitors to do what needs to be done.
ALC: Who has had the greatest impact on your involvement?
KC: I have made tremendous friends through my involvement, but LRA Board Member Helen LeBourgeois, President of TLC Linen Services, is who got me involved when I moved back to New Orleans. She took me to lunch and told me about what the LRA did and why it was important to her and the industry. She invited me to a few chapter meetings…really took me under her wing. Cindy Brennan did the same with her. That simple engagement got me involved. I hope to inspire more of that during my year as chair.
In addition to Arnaud's Restaurant, Katy also oversees the operation of French 75 Bar, Remoulade Restaurant and Arnaud's Food Company with her brother and mother.
Casbarian also devotes her time and expertise to the betterment of the community. For the past two years, she's worked with the New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation on the Teddy Bear Drive. Recently, on behalf of Arnaud's and its patrons, she donated over 1,200 teddy bears, which will be distributed to police officers to have with them to comfort children in crisis situations.
Casbarian serves on the Board of Directors for the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau, Louisiana Hospitality Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and Louisiana Museum Foundation, and is Past Chair of the Board for Lighthouse Louisiana (formerly Lighthouse for the Blind).
Forbes.com named her one of "The Reigning Business Women of the South" in 2014; the New Orleans CityBusiness honored her as a Woman of the Year in 2013; the LRA Greater New Orleans Chapter selected her as its Restaurateur of the Year in 2012; and New Orleans Magazine named her as a Top Female Achiever in 2010.


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Four-star defensive end Alex McCalister (Clemmons, N.C./West Forsyth) verbally committed to the Florida Gators on Monday, just after his official visit this past weekend to Gainesville.
McCalister chose the Gators over Georgia Tech and in-state team North Carolina.
McCalister is being recruited by Florida to play its buck position, a hybrid defensive end/linebacker position. Bryan Cox Jr. (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas), also recruited for the buck position, committed to Florida on Saturday.
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I posted months ago and my itinerary was too vague to receive much help so I'm trying again with firm dates and specific questions.
My family will be traveling to Germany for 3 weeks, starting off in Berlin for 5 nights
July 2 - 7.
Q1. I was wondering if the 3 day Berlin Pass is a good idea. I like the prepaid public transportation part and admission to many museums. What should I do about using public transportation for the remaining 2 days.
I would like to rent a car on July 7 and travel Wurtzburg to see some relatives and be able to stop along the way.
Q2. Any suggestions on car rentals? I checked out Sixt car rental and they had a per day charge for "Premium Location fee" what's that all about?
We will be arriving in Munich on the 11th for 3 days. I was told to be here on a weekend.
Q3. I've heard about a nice hotel that has a subway station right underneath it. But I don't have a name. Any ideas???
Q4. Are there free places to park? This is the only time I'm worried about having a car. If I have to pay for parking how much should I expect to pay?
On the 14th I'll be heading to Erding for 3 nights. I'll be exploring the area from here.
Q5. I would appreciate any suggestions for sights to see. Are there areas to avoid?
Plans to visit Salzburg and Garmish will end our trip before we fly home on the 22nd from Munich.
Q6. How many days should I allow for these 2 locations?
I'm traveling with 2 of my teenage daughters until Munich. My oldest will be finishing up an exchange trip and join us for the last week.
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I posted months ago and my itinerary was too vague to receive much help so I'm trying again with firm dates and specific questions.
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There are lots of Germany experts who can give you good advice. I'm no expert but have traveled several times in Germany, so here are my thoughts:
Your itinerary seems to backtrack somewhat. For instance, Erding is practically at Munich airport from which you'll depart. Why not explore Erding just before departing? And Erding is only an S-bahn ride away from Munich city center. If it were me, I would explore Salzberg and Garmish after Wurzberg, returning the car at Garmish,* train to Munich,* explore Munich (you don't want or need a car there) then train/s-bahn to Erding to fly out.
* alternative - return car to Munich airport, airport bus into Munich
Q4 - See comment above
Q5 - Not familiar with sights in and around Erding other than near the airport
Q6 - Minimum 2 full days in Salzberg and 1 day in Garmish
Sounds like a really nice trip. Have fun!
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Q1. I've found Berlin to be a walkable. Why not go see the things that are out of center first then, after the pass runs walk and buy day passes. Transportation is relatively inexpensive.
Q2. Check out AutoEurope and Kemwel they offer good prices. Also, if you'll be dropping a car off in a different city make sure you understand what the drop off fee will cost. You may want to check with a company like Hertz so you will understand the total bill before you decide.
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Q4 crckwc1 gave a good answer. I dislike driving in large cities so I try to dump the car when I get there.
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The Munich/Erding days are really a bit odd.
You have suburban trains between Erding and Munich every 20 minutes, till midnight or later.
It's still in normal commuting distance, and the suburban trains go through the crosstown tunnel and call right in the historic city center at Marienplatz.
So,as you want to be in Erding anyway, you could stay there the whole 5 or 6 nights you planned for Munich + Erding, park your car for free at your Erding hotel. And use the Park & Ride lots in case the Erding hotel is not close to the S-Bahn station.
Is there a reason why you want to be in Munich specifically on a weekend? Saturdays are a zoo downtown with all the shopping in the pedestrian area. And Sundays the stores are closed.
Monday would be a problem with museums as in many cities, but otherwise I cannot see why you need to be here on a weekend.
Public parking in central Munich costs around 3-4 euro per hour with usually a daily cap of 20-25 euro per 24hrs.
Garmisch (or rather Linderhof palace, Ettal monastery, maybe also Mittenwald) is a typical day trip from Munich. Salzburg as well, but 1night/2 days can be filled easily.
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The stop in Munich is necessary to pick up my other daughter. She's on a student exchange and that ends on the 14th. I'll look to see if I can go to Erding earlier and travel in by train to pick her up. I didn't know I would be so close. I'd rather not have the car in the city.
Thanks everyone for your help. Please continue to post if you have any more recommendations.
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One thing you might not be aware of: the World Cup.
Between the 4th and the 9th of July the quarter- and semi-finals are played and on the 13th the final.
This is big in Germany no matter who plays. But if Germany plays in one of these games, it's huge. Expect that some of your plans will be disrupted on a day Germany plays. But on the other hand it'll be an experience. I'd recommend to go there even if it's one of the late games starting at 10pm.
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We used gemut.com for our German car rental last year and were very pleased with the price and service.
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I beg to differ re. the World Cup.
It will be played in Brazil - and that is a few kms from Munich
The major "disruptions" you will experience will be people congregating in public places to watch the matches on big screens. Or in beer gardens or any pub or cafe.
But it will have no impact on public transport or the ease to go from A to B.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Carrie Imler performs as Myrtha, queen of the Wilis, with company dancers in PNB's world premiere staging of Giselle. Photo © Angela Sterling
Born out of Artistic Director Peter Boal's desire to create a signature version of "Giselle", Pacific Northwest Ballet's (PNB) world premiere staging attempts to recreate this most famous of Romantic ballets as it was originally performed in its 1841 Paris debut. Key to the re-creation are three historic manuscripts: A 1842 musical score annotated by ballet master Antoine Titus with detailed descriptions of the mime sequences; another ballet master, Henri Justamant's 1860's manuscript describing the dancing and mime sequences (only recently unearthed at a German flea market in 2002); and a turn of the 20th century manuscript in a now defunct form of dance notation, Stepanov notation. Luckily, PNB's own staff includes Stepanov notation expert Doug Fullington, who collaborated with Boal and University of Oregon musicologist/dance historian Marian Smith to reconstruct the original choreography and mime sequences from these historical sources.
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Certain aspects of "Giselle" do not speak to contemporary audiences. The portrayal of German peasant dances in Act I that may have appeared quaint and exotic to 19th century audiences are somewhat monotonous by today's standards. Although always appropriate to the libretto in mood and tempo, Adolphe Adam's score is more in the nature of movie music than the distinctive ballet scores by later composers such as Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. Overall the PNB modifications make for a more accessible "Giselle". The comic yokel scenes provide a touch of levity before the melancholy but beautiful second Act; the bawdy nature of the mime sequences adds entertainment value to the highbrow ballet aesthetic. And the portrayal of Giselle as a spirited young teenage girl makes her fit of madness more psychologically believable.
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I understand the trepidation that many feel when it comes to drugs like heroin. They have a strong reputation for being extremely addictive and destructive; a reputation which is not entirely without merit. However, a system of prohibition is the wrong course.
Individual adults should have the right to put something in their bodies, in private, without being threatened. The right to self-determination is immeasurably important, and abridgement of an individual's freedom should only be public policy when there is CLEAR and direct harm caused to another individual. For a clear parallel, think of alcohol. You can drink as much as you want in private. However, you cannot drive on a public road and endanger others. You cannot beat someone up or rob a store because you were drunk and "not thinking right." The moment you do that, you have left the sphere of your freedom, and have impacted the freedom of other individuals.
It should be legal for an adult to consume any substance they wish. We're all individuals, with different tastes and different views on what's pleasurable. We need to respect each other and let every person be fully autonomous. Freedom is not just a slogan; it's an extremely vital right that all humans are entitled to. It also comes with the obligations of responsibility and respect.
Any adult who works to support their path through this life, while observing and respecting the other individuals around them, should be able to put a drug in their body at the end of the day. That's how freedom works, and we need to realize that, even if we wouldn't personally make the same choices with our own bodies.
People only see crime and death with opiates herion in particular. Not realizing that crime comes from inflated prices due to the difficulty of smuggling it into the U.S.A. and death comes from the impurities that come from dumb and greedy people not knowing or caring what happens to the user when they cut (mix) whatever they want into it ruining quality to increase quantity . If it was monitored for a certain time period with a regulated quality people would have an understanding of what amount would be safe and how much would be lethal, instead every high being a roll of the dice with your life. Also the government would gain billions in taxes and wholesaling it to clinics and whoever they decide to sell it to.
Nobody on the opposing side has clearly ever tried heroin. The pure joy you feel while injecting an HIV contaminated needle deep inside your arms alongside your best friends is unmatched. Heroin is a gateway to the best things in life, like STDs and losing all your friends and family
I am a retired attorney and clinical social worker. I am also a life-long off and on user & abuser of many illicit drugs. I have seen the wreckage and even outright carnage strewn about after junk or meth or crack screams across the sky. And I also know the evil and desperation that drugs are capable of formenting in the human psyche. All of that being said, this so-called War On Drugs must end. Throwing addicts in jail never worked. It just shifted around a bunch of jobs and resources, like one of those carnival barkers with his "shell game" slight-of-hand trickery, without ever reducing the harm that drugs cause on humans and their society. A harm that, even in the case of heroin or meth or crack, is mostly caused by their illicit status and the criminal justice system, not their physiological effects, or even their emotional effects (as admittedly damaging as those sometimes are). One need only look to past pre-Harrison Narcotics Act history when up to 20% of the population in some cities was estimated to be addicted to opium or morphine in some form to see how cheap, legal access to opioids does not automatically spell total anarchy and destruction for a society. Indeed, turn-of-the-century America was doing quite well for itself thank you...And citizens, along with their doctors, made the decision about what substances to put in their bodies. Fast forward to today where the moderately conservative and overwhelmingly Catholic country of Portugal decides to essentially legalize ALL drugs for personal use. As expected there was a brief but small increase in some drug usage rates but after a few years that leveled off. Now in 2016, drug usage rates are significantly down--especially for the "harder" drugs--but more importantly, drug-related crime, overdoses, drug trafficking, and even overall violence in the country--including domestic violence--have all been significantly reduced in the last 15 years. There is now more and more evidence that drug use is driven by individual biochemical differences in brain anatomy and chemistry. Some who abuse drugs will abstain and move on with their lives. However, many will not. The time has come to try a different approach. Let's Legalize All Drugs Immediately.
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Heroin is illegal for a reason. I can't stress this enough. Its not about choice of the individual, heroin ruins lives. Look to the many council estates across England - its not the choice of the individual - it destroys users life, their family, friend and kids (if applicable). Invest more in strategies such as drug treatment, better drug prevention and smart enforcement. Wake up. Addiction isn't a choice.
Legalizing heroin will cause an epidemic of addiction and adequate resources do not exist to support such an increase in the number of hard drug users from a medical or rehabilitation standpoint. Once becoming quickly addicted to heroin, new users would become a burden on society as they would not be employable or reliable as family members.
Legalizing Heroin will also legitimize it, and that will be deadly for our young people. Keeping it illegal will make keeping children away from it easier. Heroin is addictive after only one or two uses. It cannot be compared to alcohol which is addictive only to a small part of the population.
Just because heroin used to be legal doesn't mean it should have. When heroin was legal it was because there was not enough known about it and its effects. It became illegal because we started to see when can happen as a result of it use. It is my opinion that if we legalize heroin nothing good can come from it. No problems will be solved. My fear is that heroin use will be seen more. Right now (at least in my town) it is hidden for the most part. My children don't have to see it. I am afraid that if it becomes legal that those who use won't hide and our children will see more than we want them to or more then they should have to see.
Heroin and also cocaine used to be legal. The only reason the government put controls on them is the fact that so many people died from them. In the latter part of the nineteenth and earl twentieth centuries heroin was an over-the-counter drug. The problem was that so many people died of overdoses that the government put controls on them.
I'm all for individual liberty, but the average person in the street has no idea how much they can tolerate and how much is an overdose.
Heroin should not be legalized. Unlike weed, it is very dangerous and harmful to the body as well as addictive. People who use heroin are easily addictive and are sick and dangerous to be around. If we legalized it we might as well legalize meth and coke and other dangerous drugs.
The harmful effects of heroin use are felt by society! It makes individuals less economically efficient and more unstable! In addition, there are good chances that your tax dollars will be used even more extensively to help out addicts and the harm being caused. Heroin is VERY addictive, and will prove to not only be a bane for the individual, but one for society (and that is what must really be taken into consideration). For example, look at drunk driving. You may say the person has the right to be drunk in their car, it's their body. However, they are a danger to those other drivers. This is analogous to how heroin is harmful to our society.
The minute we start talking about "legalizing" any currently outlawed drugs or behavior, we invite the government to take control of yet another facet of our daily existence. Drugs like heroin, crack cocaine, etc. were made illegal for a reason. If all the people doing these drugs stayed in their own homes with no one else around them, then there is a chance that the only people hurt by their drug use would be themselves. However, we all know that the only way that can happen is for the government to attach stipulations to the legalization process, and what about law enforcement? How are they supposed to deal with the ramifications of legalized heroin usage? The government can't even get health care right, so I am all for minimizing their power over my life.
Heroin is an addictive drug that should not be legal ever. Heroin ruins peoples lives. All the drug does is drag you down. It not only ruins the users life. It also ruins the family of that users life. Heroin makes one feel like complete crap and makes them feel like they can just neglect their responsibilities. No one can achieve any accomplishments using this drug. All the user will get with this drug is a really bad life, and will lose everyone close to them. This is a drug that makes users steal from their own family, just to get their own quick fix. No child should ever have to deal with seeing the use of this, therefor it should remain Illegal.
The debate concerning the legalisation of heroine has taken two major points as the bases of argument. The first is to state that as a pain killer it has the quality to combat a range of life crippling diseases. While the counter argument has been to outline the addictive nature and detrimental affects it has.
It is the issue of this post to express the weight of the negative argument. As it brings to lite the ongoing negative affects this drug has. Regardless of the purpose given for it's usage.


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Shirley Temple starred in 35 films and is the biggest child star Hollywood ever produced. Shirley Temple's influence on New Zealand is the subject of a research project by a screen and media studies professor at the University of Waikato. His research led him to Shirley Piddington in Timaru. She was the runner up in a Shirley Temple lookalike photo competition in Christchurch in 1935. Now, almost 80 years later, Shirley Piddington can still recall the excitement of the contest and the joy Shirley Temple brought to movie-goers in an era when joy was often in short supply.


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Ohio State (23-4, 12-4 Big Ten) was able to claim the regular season conference title but the tournament championship remains far from reach.
The third and final game on Thursday's opening day will feature #6-seed Michigan State taking on #11-seed Purdue.
The Spartans (20-10, 8-8 Big Ten) routed the Boilermakers (9-18, 3-13 Big Ten) in their only meeting this season on Feb 8.
The Boilermaker roster shows five players averaging in double-figures, but only two (Matt Kiefer and Marcus White) are active. Carl Landry and Nate Minnoy are out with knee injuries while Korey Spates has been dismissed from the team.
Kiefer leads the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game and White adds 10.6 per game for a team that is missing huge parts their offense and team.
Also missing parts heading into the post-season are the Spartans, who are dealing with some key injuries.
They lost a big man and great defender inside when senior Matt Trannon went down with a broken jaw two weeks ago. Then just last week, Marquise Gray, Trannon's starting replacement at power forward, suffered a fractured foot in the game with Wisconsin.
While Gray is expected to miss the remainder of the season, Trannon is questionable for Thursday's game. Earlier last week, he was fitted with a face shield so that he might be able to play in the tournament. The injury requires four to six weeks to heal. The mask is similar to that of Rip Hamilton of the Detroit Pistons, except Trannon's extends below the chin to support his broken jaw.
The Spartan offense remains deadly and could be a driving force in the tournament. Maurice Ager (19.1), Shannon Brown (18.2), and Paul Davis (18.2) rank two, four, and five in scoring in the Big Ten.
The second-highest scoring team in the conference (75.9 PPG), MSU will be up against the worst scoring defense in the league (70.9).
The Boilermakers have had a tough year with several problems and season-ending injuries. Coach Matt Painter deserves credit for keeping his team playing well and developing the players that he has.
Freshman guard Chris Lutz has stepped in and is averaging 9.3 points per game in over 30 minutes a game. Painter is setting himself up well with players for next year's team.
On the other hand, Tom Izzo believes that his team has the potential for big things in the post-season if can get a few breaks. The first task is to get off on the right foot against Purdue because #3-seed Illinois awaits the winner of this game.
Illinois just ended their season by knocking off the Spartans on their home-court in East Lansing.
With a solid offense and a neutral-court site, the Big Ten tournament is a perfect place to get a few more wins before the real tournament starts. The Spartans can still make some noise and send their seniors out with a bang.


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Our church has partnered with First Baptist Church of Chalmette, LA to provide a monthly stipend for a Youth Minister through an internship program with the New Orleans Baptist Seminary. This partnership is agreed to for two years with optional funding for an additional year to be decided at a later time. FBC Chalmette was devastated, along with New Orleans and many other Gulf Coast cities, when Hurricane Katrina hit the US in August 2005. The re-construction of their church is still under way, and their Church body worships at Chalmette High School, in the cafeteria. top
Twice a year, on a Saturday morning in the fall and spring, our church focuses on local missions and outreach. Activities have included: making toiletry bags and building cleanup at ECHO; neighborhood evangelism; goodie/evangelistic baskets for fire and police stations; making gifts and cards for nursing home residents; stuffing Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes for children in poverty overseas; sprucing up the outdoors at elementary schools and community parks; and assembling toiletry and goodie bags for soldiers and veterans. top
The "Ecumenical Community Helping Others" (ECHO), Incorporated, is dedicated to providing charitable assistance to those individuals and families experiencing temporary difficulties in the Burke and Springfield communities of Fairfax County, Virginia (south of Braddock Road; west of I-95/395; north of Lorton and east of Route 123). top
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Our Church has been associated with FACETS (Fairfax Area Christian Emergency and Transitional Services) for almost nine years. The major thrust of the Church's involvement has been to prepare and serve meals to homeless individuals and their families who are sheltered in various motels on route 50 in Fairfax City. Our volunteers prepare and serve meals to the homeless on the second Thursday of each month. For almost 9 years we have averaged approximately 100 meals each week. The number of meals sometimes has been as high as 180 and as low as 75. Approximately 10,000 meals have been prepared and served since the inception of the "Meals Program." Many faithful individuals' enthusiasm, participation and Christian love have made all of this possible. top
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Every December the Women's Ministry organizes our Shining Star Ministry, where church members provide Christmas gifts and breakfast cereal to about 100 children attending elementary schools in our neighborhood. These children all have two things in common: a.) Without our ministry, they would probably not receive anything for Christmas, and b.) they likely would not have anything to eat for breakfast over the Christmas holiday. Church members select either a gold star (for a girl) or a blue star (for a boy) from a Christmas tree in the church foyer and exchange the star for information about the child. Members purchase one item of clothing and one toy for their adopted child and wrap those items together in one package. The packages are delivered to the schools right before the Christmas break. top
We regularly send volunteer teams to assist with Church building projects in nearby states. Builders for Christ is a network of volunteer teams who offer to assist Southern Baptists in building Churches in locations which appear to be in significant need of evangelism. Some of the network teams have been active in this Ministry for over twenty years - since 1981. Forty-six projects have been completed in Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, New Hampshire, Maine, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, and Indiana. top
The Good News Jail and Prison Ministry strives to provide spiritually mature, equipped, and motivated Christian chaplains to serve in correctional facilities nationally and internationally. Their purpose is to meet the spiritual needs of both inmates and staff through ministry that includes evangelism, discipleship, and pastoral attention, while facilitating other religious faiths within the guidelines established by law and the individual correctional facility. top
The sewing and crafts group are women who bring together their choice of crafts to work on and give to an organization within the community or in other countries - such as to military personnel. This group makes sock dolls, knits hats for troops, knits baby caps and booties, crochets afghan and baby quilts to go to Fairfax Hospital, and lots more. There is also a time for a devotional, with sharing and prayer time. These ladies are open to suggestions, like Prayer shawls, lap robes or anything someone has in mind. Thanks to all the ladies - there's always room for more! top
Our Summer mission trip to Myrtle Beach was great! Our students were challenged to step out of their comfort zones and they did! We worked for two days in a soup kitchen - cooking and cleaning - serving about 500 homeless men, women and even a few children . We also passed out cold lemonade and frisbees on the beach, just to let people know that God loved them. Later we walked down the streets and asked people if they needed prayer. Some rejected us but others did not, and our students prayed for them right on that spot. Another great opportunity that we had was when we went to the Lighthouse Center for at Risk Students. These were teens that had been arrested for drug or alcohol abuse. There we played games with them and got to share our stories and our faith with them. top


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The ACT Brumbies will become the first Super Rugby team to launch its own free-to-air television show next week as the club attempts to engage fans and boost its stagnated membership drive.
In a move designed to break into a new market that has eluded Australian rugby, the Brumbies have locked in a deal with Network Ten to have a weekly slot on One HD for the Super Rugby season.
It comes as the Brumbies fight to attract new members, with sign-ups slowing at less than 7000 a week before the season begins against the Wellington Hurricanes at Canberra Stadium.
Brumbies chief executive Michael Jones said the target remained to break 11,000 members by the end of the year and was confident slower-than-expected sales would not halt progress.
The Brumbies are aware of the challenges they face in luring fans back to Canberra Stadium and want their new show to educate supporters on the confusing Super Rugby revamp.
SANZAAR has introduced two new teams as well as a convoluted draw to accommodate 18 teams.
It means fewer Australian derbies – traditionally the biggest drawing games for Canberra crowds – and more clashes against New Zealand teams.
"One of the things that I firmly believe is that whilst the Fox Sports coverage is sensational, we miss a whole sector of the market by not having free-to-air TV," Jones said.
"We thought if we ran a magazine-type show and create the content ... make it not just about us but about who we're playing. We always find that we have good games against South African teams but fans don't know who they are.
"We want to educate the audience more about who we're playing and hopefully that generates some interest when those teams come to Canberra."
The Brumbies will take over television next week, with three stations airing programs in the build-up to their round-one clash against the Wellington Hurricanes on February 26.
Stephanie Brantz has been recruited as the host of Brumbies TV, while Fox Sports will air The Code over four nights after coach Stephen Larkham opened the doors for behind-the-scenes access.
Brumbies star David Pocock will feature on a two-part Australian Story: True Grit series from Monday.
The Brumbies are one of the only professional sports team in Australia to have their own show on free-to-air television, joining some AFL clubs in stepping into new ground.
Rugby has previously failed to secure free-to-air coverage but has teamed up with Network Ten this year to show replays of one Australian match on Sunday mornings.
The Brumbies will have four of their first seven games shown on One HD, as well as live on Fox Sports.
Despite the hype and expectation that the Brumbies will be a title contender this season, fans are yet to jump on board.
The Brumbies were initially targeting 13,000 members this season for what would have been an increase of 4000.
That is set to be revised to 11,000 as the club pushes hard to crack 7000 before round one.
"We're trying really hard to get to 8000 by the time we get to the NSW Waratahs game [in round two]," Jones said.
"Every player in Canberra's [junior and senior competition] gets a membership. So we will probably be closer to 11,000. I think 13,000 was a pretty stretched target.
"It's a challenge but it's still do-able. I worry about everything, that's the nature of the business. But we are confident we can get to 11,000 and be ahead of last year."