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When you re stuck in the tiny, old-fashioned elevator of the Lan Mart building, no one can hear you scream.
Upstairs at the Lan Mart.
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Anne Bishop the owner of Pilates With Anne on the second floor discovered this a few years ago, on her way to teach a class. Because her pilates studio wraps around the elevator shaft, and she knew she had a room full of students waiting for her, Bishop, on realizing the elevator was jammed, called out for assistance. Despite being separated by only a single door, not one person on the other side heard her. I couldn t believe they couldn t hear me yelling! she recalls now.
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Dormant gas exploration licences emerge as next frontier in New South Wales gas battle
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A dormant gas license covers this cattle farm in Bunnan.
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About a decade ago, a coal seam gas company went door knocking in the New South Wales Upper Hunter.
Key points:
The approval of the Narrabri Gas project has energised gas companies
Twelve dormant gas licenses cover 55,000 square kilometres in north-west NSW, and have renewal applications pending
The state government s Future of Gas statement is expected in the coming months
What happened next would drive a wedge through Anne Bishop s family.
Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived. Since then, Kreya, the group’s leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice for each day he lives, she will live one less. She’d rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burned as are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives. But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead don’t rest in peace after all. Five warriors one broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in t