text: This is the first IR story that I ever created. It gets really rough. I have definate ideas as to where I want to take it to conclusion, but I never managed to finish it. Perhaps you could help me get motivated. Her Black Lover, My Blissful Agony Warning: This story gets rough at times with an emasculation/humiliation theme. Her Black Lover, My Blissful Agony By: Got2, All rights reserved, repost by permission only My name is Jack Cooper, I'm thirty-eight years old and my wife, Jenny, is thirty. Jenny and I had a good sex life. We'd been married twelve years and I was under the impression that both of us were very satisfied with our sexual relationship. However, through a series of events, mostly of my own doing, I find myself now an impotent cuckold to my beautiful wife, not to mention, the target of constant public humiliation. We married very young, well at least Jenny was young. Fresh out of high school, with the body of a cheerleader, she fell in love with me, a man of twenty-six with a successful internet business. I thought everything she needed to be happy was mine to give her. Wherever we went, my friends were taken with Jenny's beauty. Her long blond hair and her tight little ass never made it through any room without attracting the gaze of every man present. She would revel in the attention while I enjoyed the knowledge that the woman every man in the room wanted was mine. After an evening out with my wife, I'd take her home and ravish her like a conquering hero. I really got off having my cock where the other guys could only fantasize about. Jenny noticed my increased passion after we went out. She began to tease and flirt with other men while watching my desire build up. My wife works in a doctor's office with two other women, Gina and Kim. They all talk about their lives, leaving nothing to the imagination. It's as if they're trying to outdo each other to see whose life is the most exciting. One day Jenny came home and told me that Gina, one of her friends at work, was having an affair. Gina is a cute little Italian girl, with a big round ass and a matching large set of breasts. Her short dark hair frames her pouting lips, and mischievous eyes. She went on to say how Gina's husband was completely oblivious to the whole situation and could not even tell that his wife had been having sex with another man. Even when Gina came to bed with her lovers cum dripping from her pussy, her husband was still blind to the situation. Jenny asked me what I thought of Gina and her situation with her husband. I thought she was asking me what I would do if she was having an affair, so I said, "if it was you that was screwing another man, I suppose I would want to know about it." "That's not what I was asking" said Jenny, "but since you brought it up, how would you react if you found out I was having an affair?" I thought about it then replied, "as long as you still loved me, and it was just about sex, I guess I could live with it." "Bull shit" Jenny said, "there's no way you could handle your wife being with another man, let alone bringing his still warm semen home with her." "How do you think this thing with Gina is going to play out?" I asked my wife. Jenny said Gina's husband Joe, was not performing well in bed, so Gina was getting what she needed elsewhere. The rest of their marriage was great, Gina loves her husband and they have fun, but he does not compare to her lover's big cock. In the weeks that followed Jenny and I played with the fantasy of her taking a lover, even to the degree of calling me another man's name while we were having sex, then asking me to go down on her to see if I could tell that she's been fucked by another man. For me, it was a thrilling experience to think of my sexy wife seducing and servicing another man. We both got excited by the fantasy of the marital taboo being broken, the danger, thrill and naughtiness of it all. Sadly, Gina's husband finally found out about the affair, then asked for a divorce. This put an end to the most exciting fantasy that Jenny and I had played with in years. She didn't even want to talk about another man in our sex lives. The cold realization of the consequences for Gina took the fun out of our game. In fact, all of our role-play fantasies came to an end around that time; sex was starting to become plain vanilla for us. I knew somehow I had to find a way to convince Jenny that I was not like Joe, that even if she wandered and slept with another man, not only could I forgive her, but I would gain some sexual satisfaction of it as well. My chance came in the form of a medical supplies salesman named Phil. I had often heard Jenny's work mates talking about Phil, mostly about how all of them wanted to go down on this guy in the worst way. It seems he has a reputation for having an extremely large penis. I asked Jenny what she thought about Phil, and she sort of blushed a little, and said "he's cute, I guess". At the next office Christmas party I met Phil and was very surprised that he was a black man. Jenny seemed to spend a lot of time alone talking to Phil, so Gina and Kim came over to me and asked if I minded that my wife was chatting up a handsome black man. I told them that Jenny could do as she pleased, what pleases Jenny, pleases me. "Wow!" Gina said, "Your wife is a very lucky woman." It was getting late, so I went looking for Jenny. Gina said she saw her outside with Phil, by his car. When I spotted them together I was stunned. Phil is at least a foot taller than Jenny; his dark skin is a stark contrast to Jenny's pale complexion and blond hair. She had her index finger hooked on one of his belt loops, she kept tugging on him as they talked and laughed. When they saw me coming over they separated. Jenny said, "I'll see you Tuesday", then she tuned and walked over to me. That night was some of the best sex I can remember; I kept telling Jenny to imagine that it was Phil's big cock that was in her pussy. She responded by saying that she wished it was Phil's big cock instead of my little one. This was the first time she referred to my cock as little. While it was a bit humiliating, it was also a great turn on for me. As hard as I tried to hold off, I was so tuned on that I told her I was about to cum. "Pull out!" Jenny demanded. I did as she asked; she held out her hands and said, "cum in my hands." I wildly jerked on my cock until I spewed my cum all over her delicate little palms. She held her hands up to her face, for a moment I thought she was going to eat my cum, then she looked me in the eye and asked, "Do you really want me to fuck Phil?" "Yes," I answered emphatically. "Will you do anything I ask if I agree to do it?" Once again I breathlessly answered, "Yes." Jenny had now subtly turned the situation to her favor. Cleaver girl. "Then lick your cum out of my hands," she ordered in a stern tone. I bent in and got a whiff of my semen. It was overwhelming. I quickly backed up. "I don't think so," I said, "I just don't think I can go through with it." "Too bad," Jenny said, "we probably could have had fun with this. I knew you weren't serious though." She got up to go into the bathroom to wash up but I stopped her. "Wait! Don't go, I'll do it." I sighed as her feet touched the floor. The sexual thrill had gotten to me. "Really" Jenny beamed as she turned to look at me. "I'll tell you what. Since I didn't get off while we were fucking, how about you go down on me? After you make me cum I'll give you your treat, ok?" Jenny spread her lovely pearl white legs wide for me, giving me full access to her furry dark blond pussy entrance that glistened with her juices. The whole time I was licking my wife's pussy, she kept her eyes closed. She told me what a lousy lover I am, how she's going to enjoy Phil's big fat cock. Her legs began to quiver as her orgasm built up. Her whole body shook as she came, she drove the heals of her feet into my back to keep my face buried in her pussy as she came. After she recovered, she sat up and said, " You're always telling me to imagine that it's Phil's cock that's fucking me. Now it's your turn. Imagine it's Phil's cum you're licking up." Then she brought her right hand, still covered in my cum, to my face. I slowly lowered my head down and took a tentative lick. "Mmmm, I like this even better than watching you lick your cum from my pussy," said Jenny. "In fact, I think you shouldn't cum in my pussy anymore. That should be reserved for nice big cocks, like Phil's." Her tone was strong and direct. As I finished cleaning my wife's hands of cum, I could tell by the smile on her face that we had crossed a line, and I loved where it was taking us. Jenny had taken away the privilege of my shooting cum inside of her. I voiced no objection. Tuesday was Phil's regular day for stopping into Jenny's office; so when she got home that evening I was a little anxious to hear about her day. She didn't say much happened, but she did bring home some catalogs of Phil's medical equipment. It seems that in addition to selling to doctors, he also sells to veterinarians. Jenny pointed to a page, and asked if I knew what that thing was. I told her I didn't, so she explained that it was called an elastrator, it was used to castrate bulls and other animals. The instrument placed a tight rubber band around the scrotum, when left on long enough, it would kill off the animal's testacies by cutting off their blood supply. Eventually the dead tissue would fall off, leaving a slight scar where the sac and balls once were. I've never seen Jenny so excited. She was breathing hard and very flushed. "Maybe we should get one of these, so I can keep you in line," she said. "I don't think so," I replied, "it looks like it would hurt. Not to mention it would be dangerous." Licking up cum was one thing, but a castration scenario sent shivers down my spine. "We'll see," Jenny said with a laughing tone, "maybe Phil can get me a sample." That weekend we went to a party at Jenny's friend Kim's house. Kim is a tall skinny red haired woman, a few years older than Jenny and Gina. You can tell by the look in her eyes that she can get pretty wild. Gina was there and asked me what I thought about Jenny's long lunches with Phil on Tuesdays. I told her that Jenny didn't mention anything about going to lunch with Phil, but what ever she did, it was all right with me. I asked Jenny about lunch with Phil, she said, "oh, it's just a couple of good friends grabbing a bite to eat, that's all." Then she smiled at me and said, " Why, do you want there to be more than just lunch?" All I could muster was a grin and looked away. That night was a repeat performance of the week before; with me ending up this time eagerly licking my cum from Jenny's hands as she told me, "now that you're so accepting about eating cum, I'll have to find another test to put you through to see how sincere you are about me screwing Phil." The next Tuesday, Jenny called to say she'd be working a little late, but she'd be bringing home a surprise for me. I wondered if she was talking about having sex with Phil. 'Was she bringing me her pussy with his cum in it?', I wondered. Although we'd talked about it a lot, I wasn't sure if Jenny would really do it. I was so excited that I could hardly keep myself from jerking off before Jenny got home. Around eight fifteen, Jenny's car pulled into the driveway. When she got out, I noticed she was carrying a box. She came in, and set the box down and asked how my day was. We made small talk for a few minutes, but I kept staring at the box. Jenny saw me and knew I was curious to see what she'd brought home. "Open it." She said. I took the cover off and pulled out a large pair of what looked like gleaming silver pliers. It was spring loaded and had a wide grip. In fact, it looked like some sort of medieval torture device. "It's an elastrator!" she exclaimed. "I know what it is, but why do we have one?" I asked, knowing what Jenny intended for me. "I thought it might be a little fun to play a game", she said. "Follow me to the bedroom". She was so bubbly that she bounced up the stairs, her sexy ass beckoning me to catch up. I followed her into the bedroom apprehensively. My knees shook as I approached our bed. "Lay down," she whispered in a sexy devilish tone. I followed her instructions. "I want you to try as hard as you can to please me", Jenny instructed. "But," she added, "I will put one of these on you, and when I cum, I'll cut it off". She was holding a blue elastrator rubber bands in her right hand. "What if it hurts me," I said. "Don't worry", Jenny explained, " I'll use one of the bigger ones so it won't squeeze you too hard." That devilish grin was back on her face. I was like putty in her hands. I undressed quickly. As I lay on the bed, Jenny calmly fit the rubber band onto the tool, then she carefully slipped it over my balls. The cold stainless steel made me shiver when she pressed it up against my thighs. Once my scrotem was stretched through the device, Jenny removed the tool, leaving the band around my balls. The band pressed them together and held them tight up against me. The fit was uncomfortable but not agonizing. "You'd better hurry up and get me off" Jenny chuckled, "you know what happens if we leave this on too long." I literally dove into her pussy, pulling her panties aside and feverishly licked her with the gusto of a condemned man until she exploded in orgasm. "That was the best cum I've ever had," Jenny said, "we'll have to do this more often," as she carefully cut the band from around my balls. Jenny's smile was overwhelming. When the blood rushed back into my ball sac, it kind of hurt a little, but that went away quickly as Jenny began to give me a fantastic blowjob. I was in ecstasy. Just as I was about to cum, Jenny pinched down on my cock, stopped me, then slowly milked my cum out into her hand. I came, but I didn't orgasm. The cun dripped out of me instead of shooting out. Jenny lifted her hand to my mouth and I obediently cleaned it up. I had surrendered to my wife and I was enjoying it. We decided not to do the banding thing too frequently, to save it for special occasions. Jenny's vivid imagination about an affair with Phil was providing us with a wealth of role-play material. Whether we were having intercourse, or if she was giving me head, she always knew when to stop so I could cum in her hand and then lick it up. She would add new comments like, "guys with little dicks must learn to like the taste of cum." Although I was slightly embarrassed by what she was saying, I was starting to enjoy the taste of my cum. The fishy smell, the salty taste and gooey texture were becoming familiar. In the back of my mind the realization was forming that soon Jenny's pussy would be filled with another man's sperm that she would have me clean out with my tongue. The thought both sickened and excited me at the same time. At this point, all of our love making culminated with my licking up my own cum from her hands. Jenny had kept her word, I was barred from cumming inside of her. Part II Several weeks had passed before we attended another party, this time at Gina's house. Even though she was the one who cheated on Joe, somehow she still wound up with the house. We arrived early to help set up. When I was alone with Gina I asked her how she was doing after her separation from Joe. She said that she missed Joe, but the sex had never been better. She told me that Phil set her up with two of his friends and she has been getting laid every night. I was surprised at her candor, so I asked why she didn't ask Phil to date her seeing as everyone thinks he's such a catch. "Phil only has eyes for your wife," Gina responded, "besides, I'm very happy with Reggie and Curt, you'll meet them, later. They're coming with Phil." I was a little taken aback. Usually it was just the women and their spouses at the parties. I was wondered why Phil was invited and how Jenny would react to him being there in close proximity with me. Around nine o'clock, Kim and Bob showed up. Then Reggie, Curt, and Phil arrived about twenty minutes later. Everyone was enjoying the casual mood of the party; we all had a lot to eat and drink. I couldn't keep my eyes off Gina, and her two men. They were both as big as Phil and both as black. It was obvious to everyone there that they had a three-way relationship as both men were kissing and touching her constantly. I must have been paying so much attention to Gina that I didn't notice my own wife had gone outside to the pool with Phil alone. I was on my way out to join them when I felt a hand on my elbow pulling me back. It was Kim. "Leave them alone," she admonished, "it looks like they went outside for some privacy." I looked around for her husband, Bob, and found him at the bar enjoying the show of Gina and her two studs. "Jenny told me that you have developed a taste for your own cum," Kim said in a cool tone. I froze in my tracks. I never thought Jenny would tell her friends about that. "Oh yeah Bill, we talk about everything in the office. Jenny even told us how you secretly want her to get together with Phil." I was starting to feel very uncomfortable, I was looking for a way out of this conversation. Then Kim went on to say that even though Jenny told them that she found Phil attractive, she would never approach him. "That's why we told him, Jack," said Kim, looking me directly in the eye. "You told him what?," I asked nervously. "Gina and I told Phil that you want your wife and him to become lovers. That's why he's here tonight." I could not summon a response so she pulled me back toward the bar and poured me another scotch. I downed the drink quickly as my fingers trembled holding the glass. When Gina saw me she smiled and said, "I know, let's all get into the pool." I turned around to find that Jenny and Phil were just walking back inside. "Great idea, Gina," Jenny said, "but I don't have a suit." Gina reached behind the bar, pulled out a couple of bikinis, and tossed them to Kim and Jenny. Kim handed hers back and said, "It's getting late, Bob has to get up tomorrow, so we'll pass on the pool." Jenny ran into the other room and put her suit on. Gina handed me and the three other men Speedo style suits and said, "Let's all meet by the pool." There were a limited number of rooms so I had to wait until Reggie was done before I put my suit on. By the time I got out to the pool, everyone was already in the water. I saw Gina standing in the pool, being sandwiched between her two black lovers. At the other end of the pool was my wife, pressing her chest against Phil. I must have been staring so intently at my wife's white body compressed against Phil's ebony mass that I didn't see the chase lounge in front of me as I walked toward them. I fell over it with a loud crash and scraped up my elbow. Jenny quickly got out of the pool and brought me inside to bandage my elbow. "Let's go home," she said, "you can't go back in the pool with your arm all cut up." I told her that I'd be ok to say in the house. I made up an excuse about her going back to keep Gina company. Of course, I wanted her to continue to bond with Phil. "Ok," she said, "but when you're ready to go, just yell for me." She then turned and walked back out to the pool. I watched as her tight little, mostly naked, butt went through the door and thought, "what the hell am I doing." Then I rationalized situation by imagining the hot sex Jenny and I were going to have tonight with her being so worked up from being around Phil. I sat on the recliner, flipped on the TV and watched the football game. Forty-five minutes later, the game ended. I walked out to the pool to get Jenny. The pool was empty, the patio looked empty. I was just about to go back inside when I saw Gina at the far end of the patio. In the dim light I could see she was bent over a lounge chair, sucking on Curt's cock while Reggie plowed her from behind. I wanted to stay and watch the live sex show, but I figured I should leave before they noticed me. I went back inside to look for Jenny and Phil. I checked every room in the house then I went out to my car. Just then I saw Jenny getting out of a shiny black Escalade. Phil got out of the drivers side and they walked up to the house together. It was clearly obvious from the bulge in Phil's Speedo that the rumors of his size were not exaggerations. My wife's nipples were jutting out hard against the thin fabric of her bikini top. Jenny saw me, and said, "I'm ready to go now Jack, just let me get my skirt and blouse." She walked right up toward me. As she passed, she stopped and gave me a deep tongue kiss. I immediately noticed a salty, creamy taste in Jenny's mouth. I had tasted it a lot recently. It was semen, Phil's semen. I looked her right in the eyes. She just winked at me and ran into the house to get her clothes. Phil just stood there smiling; his big white teeth gleaming in the moonlight. His ebony muscled skin glistening with the sheen of his perspiration. "Quite a woman you've got there Jack," said Phil in a deep muscular tone. "I hope you don't mind me monopolizing her time tonight. She can be a lot of fun." I was about to stammer a response when Jenny came bouncing out of the house and said, " I said good bye to Gina for you, let's go." Then she turned to Phil and said with grinning eyes, "see you Tuesday." Phil gave her a close hug and told her he would be looking forward to it. Again, I was treated to the sigh of the contrast between my wife's white skin and blond hair and Phil's deep black muscled frame. Part III Jenny and I walked arm in arm to my car and headed home. On the way she said, "Thanks for letting me have a good time with my friends tonight." "That's ok," I said with a great deal of anticipation, "you can make it up to me when we get home." "Why wait till then," Jenny responded as she unzipped my fly and pulled out my semi erect penis. As she stroked me she asked if I noticed how Reggie, Curt and Phil filled out their Speedo's. "I don't know how Gina handles those two big guys," Jenny said, "but it looks like she has fun doing it." Jenny kept me on the edge of cumming all the way home. Left unsaid were her activities with Phil. It was our shared secret. When we arrived home, we went straight to bed. I desperately wanted to fuck her, to have my cock inside of her just after she had given Phil a blow job. To reclaim her as my territory, to ravage her pussy with my cock, to use her as my wife. "Just wait," Jenny said as she drew her arms around me as we stood naked next to our bed. "Let's play our little game again. You know, after all, I feel like this is a special occasion. After you get me off with your tongue, I'll let you fuck me." I nodded in agreement, my semi-hard cock just barely making contact with her pussy hair, her hard nipples pressing against my chest. In moments I was flat on my back, legs spread out. Jenny had the elastrator out again, grinning like a wicked devil, and loaded the device with another rubber band. "I'm all out of the big bands," Jenny said, "so we'll have to try one of the smaller ones. They use these on dogs, so let me know if it hurts, ok?" Since I was on my back, feeling like a dog in heat myself, I did not notice how small the dog rubber band was. She gently slid the band on, her fingers worked my balls through the opening of the device. I don't know if it was the alcohol I drank or what, but the band didn't hurt at all. Jenny then slid up and sat her warm dripping pussy on my face. Her juices quickly covered my face. The whole time I was licking her, she was saying things like, "that's it pussy boy, lick me good," and, "your little cock and balls are no good for me, you'd better be good with your tongue." I was struck with a combination of jealousy and desire to please her as I pressed my tongue deeper and deeper into her. Jenny must have been a little drunk too because it took her an awfully long time to cum. When she finally slid off my face I sat up and noticed my balls were a bright purple. I started to panic; especially when it took Jenny a couple of minutes to find the clippers to cut the band off. When she cut the band, the blood rushed back in. It felt like my balls were on fire as waves of pain shot from my groin up my spine. "Here," Jenny said massaging my swollen testicles, "let me make you feel better." She bent down and began to suck my cock. As hard as she tried, my cock would not get fully erect. I had tears in my eyes as I realized I would not be able to perform, that I was not going be able to take her with my cock. "We have to find a way to get the cum out of these balls," Jenny said in a half serious tone. " I know how," she went on, "Kim told me about a trick." She then wet a finger, and slid it in my ass. Suddenly I felt the urge to cum. Jenny could tell too. Having my wife stick her finger up my ass felt a bit humiliating, yet, I was so desperate for sexual release that I did not give it a second thought. "You want to cum Little Jacky", she said in a little girl voice. "Yes!" I nearly screamed, "Yes please!" "Well your little dickie is too soft to put in my pussy, so I am going to finger fuck you to orgasm." Jenny continued to work her finger into my ass and slowly stroke my soft cock. In less than a minute I went over the edge. The moment my cock began to spasm, Jenny cupped her hand over its head and captured all of my cum. Delightfully, she brought her hand up to my lips so that I could savor the taste of my emissions. When I finished, we spooned and fell asleep pressed together, nude. For weeks after that night I couldn't get an erection. When, on the rare occasion my cock responded, it never got rock hard. Of course, my cock never got even close to Jenny's pussy. Even so, Jenny and I had never been more intimate. We looked forward to making love in the evenings, especially on Tuesdays when I knew she had been to lunch with Phil. Since I was having a problem with my erections, our love making consisted of me going down on Jenny, and then either jerking off, or getting a hand job from Jenny. She didn't like to suck on my dick unless it got hard. For a few weeks it was just her hand, or mine. Once, while I was in the shower, I tried to jerk myself off just to prove that I could cum; that I could still fuck like a man. My penis refused to respond no mater how much I pulled on it. In the end, I leaned against the shower tiles and had myself a good cry of self pity. I think Jenny heard me. After I got out of the shower she came into the bathroom wile I was shaving and gently caressed my small, lip cock through my boxer shorts. "I still like my Little Man," she whispered into my ear. As I turned to kiss her she had already left. Indeed, I was her Little Impotent Man. Still, I loved licking Jenny's pussy. It made me feel so intimate with her. Her juices tasted like the ocean, her soft dark blond feminine hair ticked my chin as I circled my tongue against her beautiful pussy lips. It also allowed me to confirm that she and Phil were not fucking on their long lunches, although, I suspected that she was giving him head. (To Be Very Much Continued)


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TIME Magazine's Top Ten of 2007
by Alex Billington
December 13, 2007
Source: TIME.com
Yet another worthwhile top ten list to point out. I know these seem like they never stop (and they really don't all the way through December and January), but they're perfect for pointing out the films that if you haven't seen yet, you definitely should. TIME Magazine has published two top ten lists (making it the top twenty, I guess), one from each of their two critics. This is another great selection of a variety of films that aren't the typical ones you'd expect, give or take No Country for Old Men showing up on everyone's list.
Richard Corliss:
10. Beowulf
9. Waitress
8. In the Valley of Elah
7. No End in Sight
6. Persepolis
5. Sweeney Todd
4. Atonement
3. Killer of Sheep
2. The Lives of Others
1. No Country for Old Men
Richard Schickel:
10. Dan in Real Life
9. There Will Be Blood
8. In the Valley of Elah
7. The Savages
6. Breach
5. Black Book
4. After the Wedding
3. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2. No Country for Old Men
1. Michael Clayton
For more on the top ten lists from each critic, head to their respective page at TIME.com: Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel.
Good choice putting Michael Clayton at the number 1 spot, Schickel! I loved that movie and it's getting few mentions jhere and there and now finally a strong placement. Another movie increasingly more absent from all the lists is Juno. Everyone seems to love Ellen Page, but the movie on a whole is never mentioned or never put on any lists. Quite a shame, as it is definitely one of he best of the year.
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By Kent Gray
Triplicate staff writer
Del Norte County and Crescent City will be paying nearly half a million dollars to purchase the land needed to build a transfer station.
A purchase agreement signed by the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority and Ali and Malihe Hooshnam last week stipulates the Hooshnams will be paid $492,000 for 13.3 acres at the intersection of Elk Valley Road and State Street.
andquot;It is a fair deal for a unique piece of property, especially because it's an industrial/commercial plot that has access to city water and sewer,andquot; said Director Kevin Hendrick yesterday.
According to earlier staff reports, the property was appraised at $286,000.
andquot;It is a negotiated price and it is more than the appraisal that we had,andquot; Hendrick said. andquot;We think it's justified by avoiding the cost an eminent domain.andquot;
Hendrick said approximately $20,000 to $60,000 may have surfaced in attorney fees if the land deal ended up in court, a possible $10,000 in extra staff time, plus the delay and having to restart at a new site, which he said could run between $50,000 and $100,000.
andquot;Since we've completed the environmental impact report on that property, we have been able to analyze and address any issues,andquot; said Hendrick. andquot;Third, we have a local use permit for this property, and of course that makes it valuable to us.andquot;
Although the purchase agreement has been signed, amendments have been made after the fact, mainly for clarification, Hendrick said. These changes will go before the authority at its meeting on Thursday. Most of the amendments were requested by the Hooshnams, but the agency asked for some as well.
andquot;There are contingencies we put in that have to be satisfied,andquot; he said. andquot;One is that we will be able to secure all the permits, that we get the financing to build the transfer station, and the board announces and holds a public hearing on this purchase.andquot;
Yesterday, consultants Winzler andamp; Kelly and subcontractor Kleinfelder were surveying the property and taking soil samples to determine if there is any contamination that needs to be cleaned up.
Hendrick said the property is generally believed to be free of contaminants, however.
andquot;According to the aerial photographs, it was basically trees and an oval racetrackandquot; for motorcycles, he said. andquot;They'll take samples if they see anything that looks like it's contaminated.andquot;
Another Hooshnam property that was considered earlier was believed too contaminated and testing was never completed.
Hendrick said the agency has not ruled out seeking permission to pursue an eminent domain action.
andquot;We're still keeping that option open because we have given it our best shot,andquot; he said.
The transfer station will replace the county's landfill once it reaches capacity and closes next year.


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Saturday, May 30, 2009
UOW Review: Talking To Terrorists
Written by Robin Soans
Directed by Mark Haslam
Assistant Director Emma Mcmanus
Verbatim theatre is a strange thing. To my mind it is the antithesis of what theatre aspires to, in that it (often under the guise of being objective) uses the words of real individuals or documents to present a kind of overview of a particular subject; a presentation of reality. To me, theatre is much more about an aesthetic and visceral engagement with the world than a summary of situations or people that exist in it. Surely that is the domain of the documentary and the nightly news, not the theatre. As Simon identified in Version 1.0's Deeply Offensive and Utterly Untrue, objectivity in verbatim work is highly suspect. Simply by framing it as theatrical, the work loses any pretence to objectivity, seemingly undercutting itself. So in light of this, what is the deal? Why bother? What does it offer us?
Talking to Terrorists, in Mark Haslam's hands, offers us a human connection. The performers relate this text directly to us, looking us in the eyes and sharing the experience with us; something a documentary or interview could never do. It is staged simply in a beige box and the performers are mostly static throughout their monologues and scenes, entering and exiting either from a door upstage or a second level staircase above it. It has no pretense to high aesthetic ideals, the focus is purely on the performers and their communication with us. To quote the program…"though the space, actors and production might all be built on artifice, the truth of the experience remains."
And the truth of the experience is distressing. Talking to Terrorists is the product of 12 months of interviews with individuals involved with or having some experience of terrorism. In a broad sweep this covers child soldiers in Uganda, British politicians and ambassadors, members of the IRA and UVF, Palestinian Miltia, Kurdish separatists and aid workers. The complexities of the subject matter are done away with in favour of the emotional core of the experience, the consequence being that some of the most affecting moments are not driven by horror but by recognition: giving a face to something that is usually represented as faceless. It is the domestic insight as someone slops a cup of tea, accidently picks up the wrong wine glass or has a tiff with their partner that really brings terror home to us.
The nuances of the text are handled gracefully by the cast (my year); it is delightful to see a university production where every single performance is on the same level, since usually it is a bit of a mixed bag. It is incredibly exciting to see how they have progressed through this process and full credit to Haslam for bringing this out in them.
In relation to my own practice, Talking to Terrorists reminded me that theatre is a two way street, a shared experience and, while I am still wary of verbatim theatre, a beautiful way to be informed and learn.
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- Jana said...
Hey Mark, just a little comment. I am intrigued by verbatim theatre, and I wonder if it's taken to be too uniformly one thing, when it could be many. Rimini Protokoll, for example, do some amazing stuff with the form - and so did, incidentally, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, whom I hope you guys have caught at the Sydney Fest earlier this year.
Verbatim animation, if we can call it that way, is possibly the most exciting cinematic form developing today. I am thinking specifically Waltz with Bashir, but also this amazing Swedish omnibus (Swedish? Danish? I think it was Swedish) titled Never Like the First Time. It animated short audio interviews with people retelling their first sexual experience, and was one of the most incredible things I've ever seen in the cinema. Just on the strength of these examples, I wonder if theatre isn't too modest with its claims to the verbatim form.
To my mind, theatre of this, let's call it Sydney-verbatim kind (there's a curious lack of it in Melbourne), makes the mistake of trying to cut and chop its material and make drama. Both Rimini and Oklahoma succeed because they make decidedly post-dramatic theatre. It is as aesthetic and visceral as the Robert Wilson next door (to use the most aesthetic aesthetic I can think of).
- May 31, 2009 at 2:55 AM
- The Perf said...
I actually missed Nature Theatre of Oklahoma because I was down in Melbourne. Perhaps I'd feel differently had I seen it. It'd definately be a change to see verbatim text treated in such a way, as yes I think I balk a little at the concious dramatic structure in some works too.
Talking to terrorists, was saved by its focus on communication as opposed to information in this respect.
- May 31, 2009 at 7:21 PM
- jenni said...
Mark, I'm sure you are aware and I can't remember if you said you'd seen it before, but My Name is Rachel Corrie is on at the Seymour Centre for the next few weeks if you haven't seen it. It's a similar style of verbatim theatre but is really interesting. I was never a fan of verbatim theatre either but these two pieces have changed my mind...
- May 31, 2009 at 9:54 PM
- Rachel said...
I think one of the main problems I had with project:ALICE was that I felt there was an ill-fitting 'conscious dramatic structure' within their use of verbatim text. Particularly because the work was devised and often based on the personal experiences of the performers/creative team, I balked at the use of stories I had hear before 'from the horse's mouth' being used as a means of creating 'drama'. An example would be the story Cook'n'Kitch tells regarding a trip to England, watching a man contemplating jumping off a building, while traffic piled up below him. Having heard this story from its original source, my gut reaction when hearing it as part of the dramatic content of a performance was to reject any relationship that it was trying to form with me. I know my opinion here is tainted by the fact that i had heard that story before - but the same reaction of rejection occurred with other stories throughout the performance. It may have had something to do with the 'blanket term Generation Y' feeling that you (Mark) discussed in your project:ALICE review, as well as my rejection of verbatim/personal experience used as drama.
Talking to Terrorists, however, struck a completely different chord with me. Same director - different reaction. I agree entirely that the uncluttered focus on the performers and their communicating with the audience created a human connection that I felt was lacking in project:ALICE. I was completely open to allowing the experiences to affect me (helped by the fact that my friends were performing) and was very thankful for the lack of preaching - especially considering the subject matter.
I can see a difference between something being 'verbatim theatre' and something being 'verbatim as drama.' Verbatim is intriguing enough on its own - I don't think it needs to be treated as drama (or, I haven't seen it done well yet. I sincerely regret not being able to see the National Theatre of Oklahoma last Sydney Festival.)
There is a tantalizing voyeurism in hearing the personal experiences of another, and i believe that this experience is heightened when the audience is separated from the subject - in the case of Talking to Terrorists, the actors functioned almost like a mask that the real-life people could wear while they told us their stories. We feel as though they are opening up even more, giving us the gritty details, because they can wear a mask. The text was originally recorded onto tape - the tape in itself is a kind of mask for the storyteller. Other examples I can think of are ITV's Creature Comforts, and Never Like The First Time (I haven't seen it Jana, but it sounds very interesting). The person speaking into the tape, the transcribed words, and the actors communicating those words to us - that was enough for me in Talking to Terrorists. The only dramatic structure I could sense whilst I was seated in the audience was simply the placement of stories - grouping certain characters or incidents together so the recounts would compliment each other. And I was ok with that.
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The first sip of tea sent me straight to heaven. It had a creamy mouthfeel and fruity flavor that reminded me of peaches covered with fresh cream. It was absolutely delicious and definitely the type of tea I find myself craving during the hot summer months.
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I wasn't a fan of this the first time I tried it so I decided to toss the rest of it in my cold steeping pitcher and make iced tea. This time around I was able to taste the banana flavor, although it had a strong chemical aftertaste. I ended up drinking a few glasses, then dumping out the rest of the pitcher.
While I was traveling I ended up cold steeping this in my travel mug before I went to bed each night. Like magic I woke up to a great cup of cold tea each morning, it was heaven! It tasted heavily of vanilla, with hints of bergamot— the exact opposite of how it tastes when I steep it according to the package directions. I think I prefer this cold steeped since it doesn't dry my mouth out as much, but either way it's a delicious tea.
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Renowned civil rights activist and labor organizer, César Chávez, is soon getting the Hollywood treatment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Keir Pearson and Larry Meli have optioned the life rights of Chávez.
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Screenwriter Jeff Stockwell has been hired by Cary Granat and his Bedrock Studios to adapt "A Wrinkle in Time," the time-travel extravaganza from author Madeleine L'Engle.
Granat, who previously worked with Disney in the "Chronicles of Narnia" movies and "Bridge to Terabithia," is developing "Wrinkle in Time" for the studio, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
LEngles 1962 Newbery Medal-winning science fiction novel features teenage protagonist Meg Murry, her whiz brother Charles Wallace, and classmate Calvin O'Keefe and their intergalactic mission to rescue Meg's missing scientist father. They are helped along the way by Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which -- I bet you, these characters will be memorable in the film version.
Stockwell previously co-wrote the adaptation of "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys," and "Bridge to Terabithia" for Disney.
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Wow, Summit Entertainment is upping the ante in the director department for the fourth installment of the super-popular "Twilight" franchise! According to EW.com, the studio is looking at Academy Award nominated directors to helm Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner for the fourth and final chapter.
The names Gus Van Sant ("Milk"), Sofia Coppola ("Lost in Translation"), and Bill Condon ("Dreamgirls") have been mentioned (pictured left to right).
Van Sant's reps confirmed to EW.com that he's been approached. But I think the biggest problem of the whole franchise is not the directors, but the scripts by Melissa Rosenberg. I would love to see a different scriptwriter tackle the project, and then maybe, an Oscar nominated director. Wait, how about an Oscar nominated writer? Because after all, a great film starts with a great script!
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Rose McGowan is set to star as an evil half-human/half-witch in director Marcus Nispel's "Conan." The actress is joining Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Bob Sapp, Leo Howard, Ron Perlman and Said Taghmaoui in this remake based on the Robert E. HOward books.
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German national team coach Joachim Low is focused on building a winning roster for next year's World Cup in South Africa, and has stated he will only call players who see regular first-team action for their pro clubs.
Low made the statement to Welt am Sonntag, telling the German newspaper that he has learned his lesson following Euro 2008 when he named Real Madrid defender Christoph Metzelder to the German roster.
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4. "I get along well with the principal/institute manager and I don't want to rock the boat."
"Being in a union isn't about fighting with 'the boss'. The AEU empowers and supports its members to contribute to their workplaces in professional, informed and constructive ways. We help make you an even greater asset at work!"
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"The employer/union relationship is about working constructively to do what's best for the people they employ and represent. Sometimes that involves an adversarial process, but the AEU has a great track record of maintaining a positive relationship with employers while advancing the interests of its members."
"Being in a union is about knowing your rights and campaigning for better resources for educators and students, so we can deliver the best quality education possible."
"The AEU represents all educators in the public system, including principals. Being an AEU member doesn't automatically put you at odds with your principal, who is equally likely to be an AEU member themselves. If your principal is not an AEU member, this is more reason for you and your colleagues to be pro-active in knowing your rights at work."
5. "I don't want to be in the position of letting down my students if I'm called to go on strike!"
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"The AEU brings about real, positive change in the lives of our students. We are the key voice, and in some cases the only voice, advocating for public education and better resources for students. Our activism in the lead-up to the last state election meant that public education became the number one election issue, and we now have the only state government in Australia that has proudly called itself 'The Education State'. That's a direct result of the efforts by the AEU and its members."
"Without our significant campaigning, no Gonski funding would have been delivered to schools, and there would be no TAFE sector left to speak of! We would not have the precious 15 hours of funded kindergarten for our children, and no monitoring of the NDIS roll-out. These are just a few of the many ways that AEU has improved the lives of students and staff in public education."


text: Diary log 2557 Salut comrad! Summer is coming very fast here up north, you can see grass growing already and summer breeze feels great against my masculin beard.. I think we have survived asian invasion, that panda was a joke dont you think? but you never know what is going to happen when it's too late... like eye of storm, shit starts to look scary but in a short moment all is going to look good again.. until you notice that your hand just got chopped of by elevator like boris hand did? haha oh those were the good times! We drank alot that night and boris went to sleep early. I hope you and your beautiful family the best. i will protect our passive income stream at front lines hoping the best, see you soon in the field again! Sincerely Kirkonpolttaja Diary log 2557½ *torn off page* Salut! Google launched new algo update a week ago, i heard that there were alot of casualties at south patrols but they are keeping it at bay, sounded like a huge fight. How it going at your end? It's getting warmer here and my sites are doing fine, trying to keep them safe as much as i can with setting up random watch towers as landmarks, corner of it pointing back home. I heard today that if you build your army with new personel, they need to be trained, given apprentices and after in mass, exposing all of them to google to scare it off until next wave. Not sure .....*page torn* Diary log 2561 Comrad! Sorry i havent been able to send you letters, there has been a wave of continuous attacks from west for few days now! My sites are struggling like almost most of my groups sites, they are fading fast! Now i have to go setting up new watch towers and blowing bridges, will get back to you i promise. Diary log 2563 salut We got intel from our commander that the newest google algo was baptised as penguin! Why in the world google would name it as penguin at this time of year?... who knows. Penguin was deploid to execute those on sight who know SEO too well, punishing us for taking care of our sites, doesnt make sense. I have cometh to conclusion that this newest algo update is communist, trying to make us all equal in ranking and making it suck for everyone. Those who dont do SEO wins the game... one thing has been keeping me wake for some nights... what is googles logic? This new algo attack punished those who didnt set up watch towers and those who did like i did, they say that it was due to taking care of your sites too much? I tought internet would thrive on fresh content? I will sleep over this and will get to you when all is lost so i can whine you about aftermath. Pissed off greeting from Kirkonpolttaja Diary log 2565 Hey Now it has been 2 weeks of the attack of our beloved communist penguin and sites are somewhat floating back up.. whats going on? Maybe this is a somekind of warning shot to make us SEO'ers scared for our livelyhoods? logic of google is still making a fog of confusion in my head but i think i can now explain this situation to myself and others. Few days ago i decided to go out of the camp while others were sleeping and i put up ALOT of watch towers, my site is doing now much better... where is the penalty for making watch towers? i tought it was not allowed by google in this newest algo? Those who stripped all their love from their sites got good results aswell... in my opinion this doesnt make sense, why would google reward sites which are now more inrelevant for the keyword? if i would try to get myself yellow onions, i would get garlic, it doesnt make any sense. I will setup basecamp outside of our post and see what i can do, will keep you informed comrad! Modestly relieved Kirkonpolttaja Diary log 2566 Hey again! I set up a small camp with few of my apprentices when others were at sleep, we have now established good basecamp for watch tower building! By the looks of it penguin is going back slowly, looks very promising. I found this letter under my sack, i will add it with this letter, looks like i wrote something yesterday when we had small party at our bunker haha! Diary log 2567 Yes! I found a cure! now today, 4.5.2012 i have seen HUGE changes in my ranking, i didnt do anything else than start doing watch towers again! And in matter of fact... i'm doing the same thing that i did when that stupid panda came to our basecamp and drank all our rice wine! I will inform all sectors with this intel, hopefully we will win this war before summer so i can drink coconut rum with my comrads at sunset! Thanks to you and pass my regards to your wife aswell Sincerely Kirkonpolttaja ps. we won! Congradulations for you if you managed to read to this point, hopefully this will be somewhat different to read than common case studies and you like it, you can wait for sequal which will most likely come when newest google algo is released and we are AGAIN in deep mud struggling. If your interested in buying this story for movie purpose, PM me. repost, posted to wrong place at first


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New Atlas Sound - "Holiday" (Plus: Some Hoser Raids Brandon Cox's Mediafire Folder)
Download: Atlas Sound - "Holiday
Brandon Cox is nothing if not prolific. And, lucky for us listeners, he also happens to be very generous, giving away countless amounts of non-album material on his Deerhunter/Atlas Sound/Lotus Plaza blog. Of these many tracks, the especially noteworthy ones come in the form of Virtual 7-inches, in which Cox updates the concept of the single to the 21st-century.
Number 4 in the series is "Holiday", a track that sounds like an Elvis ballad as produced by an unusually focused Kevin Shields. In other words, "Holiday" takes a classic pop chord progression and puts it through a house of shoegazer mirrors. Download it here. End of story, yes? Actually, no. Apparently, Cox left his Mediafire folder "unprotected and in plain view." The mistake unfortunately resulted in the folder raided, and the many demos, including ones for a new Atlas Sound LP titled Logos, contained therein being leaked. Cox responded with few despondent blog posts that have since been removed. The first one involved Cox calling the raider a C U Next Tuesday. (Bet you can figure that one by yourself).
Here's what Cox wrote subsequently:
Fuck this shit. I can just make another album. It's not finished and now it never will be. It was also going to have a rad cover. i would describe it to you but that would be stupid. P.S. there are no vocals on Quick Canal. I never got the chance to record them. This record was not free to record, so if you'd like to pay for hearing it send a paypal donation to firstname.lastname@example.com. I am not a fucking opportunist so don't think I expect it.
And, in a follow-up post:
I have no idea what people want me to do. I'm not trying to be a cunt to anyone. I will finish the fucking album and stop bitching. I honestly really truly do not want attention from this. Sincerely. I wish none of this shit would have happened. I was just trying to give away another virtual 7". Now everyone that reads this thing is going to think i'm a fucking lunatic. I just have nothing to do. I guess I'll go clean my room.
Yikes. (On a personal note, just because someone puts themselves in a situation where they can be taken advantage of doesn't actually give you the right to take advantage of them in the first place.)
Pity. The song is actually pretty great, like most of Cox's material. Listen to it at the top of the post. The B-side is "S.S.C", a reggae-tinged number.
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text: Cruise payment due in full this week and we are rethinking wheather we should go or not as the cost is ASTRONOMICAL for 1 week , have looked at land packages instead but would really like somewhere with a small kitchen for our family of 4 . Can anyone recommend a good villa/suite type hotel not too far from disney. Just looking at our options before parting with all that money !


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Does anybody have any idea about where to get details of fluent 6.x grid file formats. i wish to read fluent file into my application (some code I am writing).
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What you should do is: go to "surface-iso surface". Then set surface of constant density - set iso values to desired density for example 500kg/m^3 if you have water air problem. This defines a line of cnstant density (the line of interface). Chose the name for the surface, for example denity500 and click create.
To get the coordinates go to "plot-xy plot". Deselect "position on x axis". set "Y axis function to grid - y coordinate" and "x axis function to grid x coordinate. Select "density500" at surfaces. If you want to get the numerical values (instead of plot) select "write to file"..
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Sorry this was the answer to some other question...
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I remember the GAMBIT manual explains the neutral format for mesh and the FLUENT user manual explains the fluent native format.
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Directions (Q. 1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A) Tsunamis generally consist of a series of waves with periods ranging from minutes to hours, arriving in a so-called "wave train".
B) Wave heights of tens of meters can be generated by large events.
C) Rather than appearing as a breaking wave, a tsunami may instead initially resemble a rapidly rising tide, and for this reason they are often referred to as tidal waves.
D) A Tsunami is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.
E) Although the impact of tsunamis is limited to coastal areas, their destructive power can be enormous and they can affect entire ocean basins.
F) Tsunami waves do not resemble normal sea waves, because their wavelength is far longer.
1. What is the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F
2. What is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) D (d) F (e) C
3. What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C (c) B (d) E (e) F
4. What is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F
5. What is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F
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6. Japan's abundant rainfall and the ___ mild temperature throughout most of the country have produced a _____vegetation cover.
(a) Typically, lush
(b) Prominence, dry
(c) Importantly, scarce
(d) Average, green
(e) General, prominent
7. Nobody knows ____ how many languages there are in the world, partly because of the difficulty in distinguishing between a language and the sub-languages or dialects ____ it.
(a) Exclusively, from
(b) Extend, among
(c) Exactly, within
(d) Extensively, Between
(e) Precisely, with
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(b) Production, depot
(c) Manufacture, ground
(d) Assemble, bunk
(e) Making, drivel
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Home » Reports & Data » Progress » Transforming Lives » Wild Pistachio Forests Replanted in Balkh
Pistachio reforestation brings jobs and improves the environment.
USAID is helping rural Afghans improve their environment and their incomes by planting pistachio seedlings. Wild pistachio forests were once common in northern Afghanistan, but years of improper harvesting and neglect led to the destruction of many forests. Now, a USAID cash-for-work project is underway that will restore pistachio forests covering 700 hectares in Balkh Province while providing jobs for local residents.
More than 2,100 Afghans are participating in the planting of almost 300,000 pistachio seedlings, covering two districts in Balkh. "I see two very important advantages of this project," said Qader, one of the laborers at the pistachio planting site in Dihdadi district. "It will fight pollution and protect the environment, and it will create jobs and a source of income in the long term."
To ensure proper irrigation and to limit erosion, tractors plow rows for the pistachio seedlings and the workers then shape each row with shovels. Water pumps and a network of pipes will transport irrigation water from the Balkh river to man-made reservoirs at the planting sites.
The forests will provide nuts and income for years to come. The wild pistachios are a hardy variety that will reach maturity in 7 to 10 years. Fully grown pistachio trees will yield about 10 kg of pistachios each, which will sell for $3 per kg in local markets. "The pistachio forestation project is really an innovation in this area," Qader said. "It encourages other farmers to promote this important product, which will in turn help to improve our economy."
USAID worked with Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) and Community Development Councils to identify planting sites in the province. After maintaining and monitoring the seedlings for seven months to ensure they are well established, USAID will hand over the project to the MAIL. The MAIL will continue to provide support to the local areas, demonstrating that both international organizations and the Afghan Government are working to improve the lives of Afghan citizens.
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text: hi all. well here is a little background story on what is going on and i would appreciate some ways to solve this constructively. my family which is my mom dad and myself have just bought a house which is about 1.2 million dollars. before we moved, my dad asked my mom how much she made etc and she told him "X" amount. after 2 weeks when we moved to the house all of a sudden my mom says that she actually makes "Y" much a month which is basically half of what she said before. now this is a shocker to my dad and we were forced to sell the house which we are in the process of doing. my dad makes enough to pay for the house payments and everything but its just that my mom would pay for everything else that involved the house but it turns out she does not make as much as she said she did. we fast forward to today and basically its a whole big fucking mess. we found a buyer for the house and we are cutting our losses by selling it cheaper and now we are looking for a house in the neighborhood of 600k. my mom is giving my dad alot of shit because first she would say shes okay with that but then when we look at houses around for that price range, shes just totally blowing it off saying its too old, the area is not good, it is too far from her work, etc. basically shes expecting to buy some sort of 800k+ style home for 600k. now let me remind you guys that she is the reason why we are in this situation because they both knew that i quit work because i was stomping down on school work because i just transferred and now ive been looking for a job to help out with payments for the past half year. my mom is totally disregarding every option that me and my dad are throwing at her just so that we can actually have a roof over our heads when this current house is sold. my dad has gotten into many arguments with her and basically they were both threatening each other with divorce so its pretty bad. i honestly think that shes trying to gain some sort of status with her side of the family buy buying this house which is why she wanted it in the first place and lied to my dad about how much she made. everything to her is material items. i am going to seriously confront her tonight but i dont want to make things worse for my dad as they already are because if i say something wrong she will probably just take it out on my dad cause he told me these things. my moms side of the family is all sketch they are so materialistic that they wanted my mom to divorce my dad before because he didnt make enough. now that we have a new house they are all like asking us if we wanna do this or that. honestly i dont like them and i never will. its sad enough that im related to people like that. so OT how do i go about handling this. i dont really know how to shorten it to cliffs but any advice would help out alot. thanks.


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text: Just returned last night from a quick trip to see my kids' band march down "Main Street, U.S.A." As others have reported, last week was very crowded (we were there March 17 through 21). We are used to visiting in early August and the levels were similar to what we see then. Stayed in a BWV standard view studio. Had a room at the very end of the building, facing the valet lot. View included the pond and some trees - very nice. No view of Illuminations, but it was very quiet. We laughed about the length of the hallways - it takes about 3 turns to get to the very end. (Remember Richyams from these boards, who used to comment on the hallways?) The location was perfect for us, as we like to walk to Disney Studios (and it felt like we were already halfway there). Also, we were close to the bus stop and the quiet pool. The room was in fine shape, no problems there. Was happy to see that the studios now have DVD players, not that we had time to use it. We had breakfast on the porch one morning, which I always read about people doing but had never done (because who would go out on the porch in August?). The people downstairs were smoking on their patio, but luckily they were quick about it. We ran around in the parks for two days like crazy nuts, then took a day off to enjoy the pool. More and more it seems that our best Disney days are spent outside the parks. Had good dinners at Kona Cafe and Boma, unusual for us as we generally cook in our villa (but we usually have a 1-bedroom), Also, we enjoyed the breakfast buffet at Captain's Grille at the Yacht Club. We had reservations at Cape May Cafe but realized that the Captain's Grille would be much calmer (no characters there). Used Magic Express for the first time and it was really wonderful and easy. We usually have a car, so we are not used to being captive to Disney transportation, but we had no problems on this trip. Visited model rooms at BLT (but we were too late to sign up for the member tour that includes the lounge at the top) and Kidani. I see why people have complained about the BLT studio layout and bathroom door, but I would probably still go there for the location. It was nice to take a trip without our kids (they were off at All-Star Music with the band), something we have not done for about 20 years. We could definitely see that our DVC membership will still be a good thing for just the two of us.


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Runtime: 75 minutes
Mario Bruard, Tony Candell, Sandy Deem, Flynn Doyle, Lilly Flowers, Martin Gage, Fiona Gallagher, Muriel Graham, Dan Greco, Gracie Grey, Anna Harris, Daniel Jordano, Pip Martin, Sharon McHenryPower, Joe Milon and McHenry Power.
Drama, Romantic, Adventure.
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