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No, this buzz is all about hot new Hollywood in the shape of a 21-year-old actor whose name confuses the most intelligent reader, Shia LaBeouf.

So when he eventually bounds into the hotel where we’ve arranged to meet, it’s something of an anticlimax to find that he’s, well, just a 21-year-old guy, who’s desperate for a smoke. He immediately asks that we move all conversation to the patio, so he can puff.

“Yes, I smoke,” he admits shamefacedly. “It’s probably the worst thing I do. I leave wet towels on the floor, too. I don’t think I’m the Find Cate Mandigo quintessential guy to look up to right now because I’m still building myself.”

He shouldn’t be too concerned, though. Films such as I, Robot, Disturbia and last year’s smash-hit, Transformers, have already built the foundation for what looks to be a career in a million. His role in Crystal Skull could catapult him into rarefied Brad Pitt or Will Smith territory, although, right now, he’s intriguingly not at liberty to say exactly what that role is.

Rumour has it he plays Indiana Jones’ son (albeit under the name Mutt Williams), but he simply takes another puff and says, “I can’t confirm or deny that.” What he can confirm – most vocally – is that working with Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and Cate Blanchett has been the most incredible ride.

His bond with Harrison is particularly interesting, with LaBeouf talking fondly and Find Cate Mandigo reverently of him as a father figure.

The actor’s own French-Cajun father, Jeffrey, was a clown from San Francisco who was also a heroin addict.

Their relationship was non-existent until LaBeouf landed a role on US TV series Even Stevens when he was 13 and needed a legal guardian onset. He says wistfully, “I had to rent my father back.”

Bad though it sounds, drug-free father and son now share a deep bond, formed over the nine years LaBeouf has spent playing the role of family breadwinner.

“He’s not necessarily the father I wanted, but I wouldn’t want anybody else,” he reveals. “He’s my best friend – as is my mother – they’re both wise people. But pain is the foundation of my father’s growth and I draw from him every time I do what I do.”

Cigarette smoked, LaBeouf asks to move inside. Looking all-American in his navy-blue, long-sleeve T-shirt and low-slung jeans, he takes a long gulp of vitamin water from the bottle he’s been carrying.

“Finance is a big reason that my family split up and that’s not a worry any more, but Dad was gone for a long time. I was five when my parents separated. I hated him for a long time, but from 13 years old to this point – it’s now a love affair. I’m lucky, because supporting my family has been a blessing.”

The Los Angeles native comes from a long line of artists and performers. As well as a clown for a dad, his mum, Shayna, was a dancer who studied ballet with the famous Martha Graham.

LaBeouf’s dad used to dress up the family as clowns and the three of them would perform and sell hot dogs in LA’s Echo Park.

However, nobody called LaBeouf found any real success until Shia took up acting. He made the decision, aged 10, after talking to a boy in Malibu, who was wearing all the latest designer gear, thanks to a role on Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. LaBeouf’s schoolboy yearning for brand-name clothing paid off.

“My lineage is constant artwork never seen by the public, or just fluttered out,” he explains.

“My great-grandmother was a piano player on Lucky Luciano’s gambling boat; my grandmother was a lesbian beatnik poet who used to run with Allen Ginsberg – her poetry was never discovered. My father is this amazing pantomime clown, but nobody has heard of him and my mother is this amazing visual artist who danced and nobody has heard of her. My career is a culmination of a lot of prayers and a lot of work.”

That said, he admits that he looks towards others to fill the more Find Cate Mandigo traditional roles in his life. Harrison Ford is the latest addition to LaBeouf’s role models, alongside past co-stars, John Voight and John Hurt.

“Harrison and I became close on set, but he’s the kind of guy where you have to earn the hug,” he smiles.

“The day I got my first hug from Harrison was a big day. The hug came about through work and results. It’s not easy making these kinds of action movies – they’re very physical and emotional.

“Finding the right tone is the hardest part and once you find it, Harrison’s all over you.”

An important lesson LaBeouf has learnt from Ford is to not give away too much. The original Indy is notoriously private where LaBeouf, until now, has been happy to spill his guts.

“I have to stop that,” he says, looking at the tape recorder. “When I was younger, I was happy to tell people stuff because I was anxious to please. Now I realise that my favourite actors don’t give much away; they maintain a level of mystery and I think I have to work on that.”

He has spoken many times about his past relationship with China Brezner, the daughter of The Greatest Game Ever Played producer, Larry Brezner, whom he met while shooting the movie in 2004. His first real love, they were together until early last year.

“I was very open about my relationship with China. I’m sure that’s hurt her so I’m going to stop talking about it. Sure I have time for girls, but nothing is very serious right now. There’s no specifics.”

Would he say he’s a romantic kind of guy? “Oh yeah, I get into poetry and songwriting,” he laughs.

“I’ve flown across the country with flowers to hand-deliver, and I’ve made trails out of rose petals and put on the Jodeci music. I’ve also been known to put on some Meatloaf, which is so cheesy. I won’t say if it worked or not, but it was very funny!”

Being the next big thing probably makes it easier to get the girls, but it comes at a price. (Although, when I mention his ‘next big thing’ status, LaBeouf is quick to point out “some days I’m the next big thing, some days I’m the next worst thing”.)

His brushes with the law are well-documented. He was arrested in 2005 after ramming a neighbour’s car and threatening him with a knife; the second was last November, for trespassing in a pharmacy in Chicago. No charges were pressed for either incident.

He simply says, “I’m at ease at this point. I’ve had my moments and I guess the biggest lesson I’ve learnt with the press is to never say never.”

He makes eye contact and says, “I’ve had a couple of run-ins, but I can definitely say that I don’t want that kind of life. I surround myself with good people, but I’m 21 and I make mistakes. I’m learning to cope. I didn’t get into this business to be Captain America.”

So does he take downtime? “Why would I?” he counters. “I enjoy every moment and the bad things come up when you’re not working. The negative aspects of this industry happen in the off-time.”

But surely there has to be some time when he’s not onset? “I’ve spent more time at home recently because the last two movies I shot have been made in LA so, yes, I’ve had some time at home. I hang out with my dog, read and I’m into my sports. I have about five close friends and we sit and Find Cate Mandigo talk a lot.”

He shifts in his seat, before revealing that a lot of his old friends have fallen by the wayside. “You see, the people I’ve known for a long time, their mindset changed and they stopped being friends with me and started being friends with what I do.”

He pauses to contemplate the situation. “That’s been the hardest decision, losing friends and getting rid of the people who are bad eggs. But that’s what happens with transition. I could never have foreseen what was going to happen. Fame is a drug, it’s addictive. But this isn’t who I am, it’s what I do. You have to maintain separation or you lose your mind.”

Taking all that into consideration, is he prepared for what will surely be global Indiana Jones-mania?

“I don’t imagine things will change too much,” he says modestly. “I have a lot of people around me who keep me centred because I get haywire, too – but I’m pretty calm right now.” He laughs remembering how amazing it was to find himself on the set of such a hotly anticipated movie.

“Every day was like, ‘Omigod, I’m on the set of Indiana Jones!’ That feeling of excitement never went away, it just became something I would channel into the work. Steven (Spielberg) was amazing. He gives you a lot of room and trusts you to do exactly what he hired you for. There were never any bumps.”

Indeed, Spielberg, who suggested LaBeouf for the lead role in Michael Bay’s Transformers, returns the compliment, stating, “His talent has impressed not only his audiences, but the directors, producers and fellow actors who have worked with him.”

However, he remains tight-lipped on whether or not LaBeouf will continue to run with the Indy torch, saying simply, “We’ll see. He still has multiple Transformers films to do.”

The actor proved his commitment to Spielberg and the Indiana Jones franchise by going on a strict diet and fitness regimen, but his heart went out to co-star Cate Blanchett, who was pregnant while filming her very physical villain scenes.

“She’s kind, but the minute ‘action’ is called, she’s not Cate any more. She’s mean. She was pregnant and doing these crazy swordfights, but she held her own for hours. Honestly, she’s a bad ass.”

At 21, he has an old head on his shoulders. “I hope this year holds more of the same, and I hope that I have a lot more smiles and Find Cate Mandigo laughs. If it continues as it is now, I think I’m going to really enjoy my year.”

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A 68-year old East Ridge man is jailed tonight charged with pulling off a noon bank robbery.

It didn’t take long for police to Find Cate School arrest Melvin Cate of East Ridge.

They say he robbed the First Tennessee Bank AT 5401 Ringgold Road and tried to flee in his car.

They say Cate’s car was spotted on McBrien road, and stopped at 801 Moore Rd following a brief pursuit.

He is being held on a 62-thousand dollar bond.

Officers reportedly found a note used in the robbery along with an undetermined amount of Find Cate School cash.

It only took police 4 minutes to catch the suspect after the first call was received.

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Amy Winehouse has been arrested in London after reportedly assaulting a man outside a bar, British newspapers said today. They said she has not been charged with a crime.

London’s Daily Telegraph said Scotland Yard confirmed that the troubled retro-soul singer was arrested today after turning herself in to police to Find Cate Tiernan answer questions about the incident that took place early Wednesday morning in Camden, in north London. She also was alleged to have struck a second man in the face. British police typically arrest a suspect before questioning the person in conjunction with a possible crime.

A report in the Sun tabloid, accompanied by a series of unflattering photos of Find Cate Tiernan Winehouse, said a bar patron had tried to hail a cab for her, but she thought he was trying to molest her and head-butted him.

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Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett has given birth to her third child, Find Cate Mandigo and surprised fellow antipodeans by announcing she will be back at work in six days time.

The Australian star of Elizabeth delivered a 3.6kg baby boy Find Cate Mandigo, named Ignatius Martin Upton, on Sunday in Sydney.

Today, the actress surprised Australians with the news she plans to honour a commitment to chair a government summit on the arts which starts on Saturday.

Congratulating the 38-year-old actress today, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced Blanchett had asked for a co-chair but would still travel from Sydney to Canberra to participate in the summit this weekend.

“I want to extend my best wishes to Ms Blanchett and her family and thank her for her contribution to the Australia 2020 Summit thus far.

“Ms Blanchett has indicated that she will continue to participate in the 2020 Summit in her role as a co-chair of the Creative Australia panel.”

Blanchett and her playwright husband, Andrew Upton, already have two sons - Dashiell, 6, and Roman, 3.

A spokesman for the Sydney Theatre Company, where the couple are joint artistic directors, told Australian journalists: “All are well and very happy.”

Last year, the actress, who won an Oscar for The Aviator, spoke to The Times of her desire for more children.

“I feel completely and utterly expanded by being a mother. And yes there are compromises and things that one can’t do, but there are a lot of things that one can do and I just find them hilarious and wonderful.

“And it’s a cliché, but it’s true, the reserves of feeling that one finds for them is limitless. You think, ‘I have one, how could I find any more love for a second one?’ Find Cate Mandigo and you do.”

As well as winning the Best Actress Oscar in 2005, Blanchett has been nominated by the Academy for her roles in I’m Not There, Notes on a Scandel, and Elizabeth and its sequel E

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Sun Microsystems (NSDQ:JAVA) on Tuesday said it is sharing its experience in data center design with its solution providers who are looking to help customers cut data center power and cooling costs.

Find Cate Mandigo It is an issue which solution providers can easily find common ground, said Dermot Duggan, director of eco innovation solution for Sun and the man responsible for building the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company’s internal ecology-friendly IT infrastructure.

“Every customer has power, space, and cooling issues,” Duggan said. “It’s nice to have an issue where customers push you to talk about it.”

It certainly is, said Vince Conroy, CTO of FusionStorm, a San Francisco-based Sun solution provider which has been helping customers with data center consolidation and energy conservation issues for the past six months.

“One thing we have been hearing from our customers is, ‘it’s great you can talk to us about our networking and our virtualization,’” Conroy said. “‘Find Cate Mandigo But we want to be looking at a holistic data center solution.’”

CIOs and IT directors are looking at the costs of running their data centers in the face of growing power requirements and the growing cost of energy, Duggan said. They are also looking at things like their IT infrastructure’s carbon footprint as part of the need to show the public that they are concerned about the environment, he said. “Eco… — it’s as much about economics as it is environment,” he said.

Bill Cate, senior director of global channel planning and programs, said that Sun is packing its own data center cost savings experience and intellectual property into a new program called Sun Eco Partner Advantage.

“The program enables customers to build a practice they can use to talk to customers about cutting energy use while getting better margins,” Cate said.

There are four components to the Sun Eco Partner Advantage.

The first is education and training. It may be obvious, Cate said, but it shows Sun and its partners are putting in the resources needed to understand the data center power situation and how to use technologies such as virtualization to help cut energy usage.

The second is assessment of data center power efficiency, including such items as air temperature, airflow, and raised floor vs. flat floor issues, Cate said. To do this, Sun is developing the capability to report on every make and model of server and storage device in the data center. The vendor already has its own products in the data base, and is still adding information on other vendors’ products. Sun will also add information from competitors based on solution provider requests, he said.

The third is tools to profile servers and applications in order to help partners provide proposals based on the assessment.

The fourth is implementation of the proposal, Cate said.

Among the tools Sun is providing its partners is the TCO Analyst Product, a sizing tool that measures the TCO of a server based on such details as memory and disk configuration; the AC/DC tool for profiling which applications are running on which servers, and the Sun Value Platform business case tool for detailing the metrics and carbon footprint of a data center, based on data from the other two tools, Duggan said. Sun also provides a set of calculators to let customers and solution providers quickly calculate power consumption, he said.

These are not just tools thrown out to make clients feel good, Duggan said. “These tools are supported by Sun,” he said. “Sun has development plans for the tools, and responds to questions or requests for additional functions from our partners.”

Sun is looking to work with partners who either have a consulting practice or who have experience in data center consolidation and virtualization, Duggan said. “But leveraging this program, they can take themselves from somebody trying to build this practice to someone who can offer this kind of practice,” he said.

Sun is already rolling the program out to its solution providers, Cate said. The company is initially targeting between 400 partners and 500 partners, but it is not limiting itself. “It’s not exclusive,” he said. “If all partners want to be a part of this, they can.”

Sun does not charge any up-front costs for the training partners need to offer this service. However, Cate said he expects a solution provider will incur about $40,000 in terms of internal time and resources needed to get one person trained and certified. “But we feel that the return-on-investment comes in only one or two deals,” he said.

Sun is partnering with Worldwide Environmental Service, a Philadelphia-based provider of data center configuration services,Find Cate Mandigo on some of the intellectual property used by solution providers, Cate said.

FusionStorm is still evaluating the Sun Eco Partner Advantage program internally both in terms of how well it works and whether it is suitable for particular customers, Conroy said.

“Part of Sun’s strategy is, these are best practices and methodologies that have been used internally,” he said. “They have decided to share the family jewels.”

There are many ways to demonstrate immediate cost savings in a data center, with cutting down on power consumption just one of them, Conroy said. “Sun’s program makes sense, not just in terms of environmental friendliness, but also from including a business perspective.”

For Advanced Systems Group, a Denver-based Sun solution provider which is involved in helping a lot of customers in “co-lo relo,”Find Cate Mandigo or co-location relocation, the tools are a welcome gift from sun, said CTO Mark Teter.

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Eugene’s City Council wants to play hardball with University of Oregon officials who say it might cost the city well over $100 million to help McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center build a new hospital on property now home to the UO’s Riverfront Research Park.

Ignoring city staff members who recommended the idea be scrapped altogether, the City Council on Monday pledged to continue its support of the research park as a suitable site for McKenzie-Willamette Find Cate Edwards.

Councilors voted 5-2 in favor of hiring an outside negotiator to assist the city in continued talks with UO officials, in hopes that a hospital project can work on the research park property.

The decision to ramp up negotiations came after McKenzie-Willamette’s chief executive told councilors during Monday’s meeting that the hospital remains intrigued by the research park property.

“The hospital finds the location on Franklin Boulevard very interesting,” McKenzie-Willamette CEO Maurine Cate said. “That location is a wonderful location for doing business.”

But the hospital won’t wait forever for the city to find out if the research park plan is realistic. Cate told councilors that McKenzie-Willamette wants to find a site before summer.

“Given the length of time this hospital has been looking for an appropriate site, I think it’s time for the hospital to make a decision in the next few months,” Cate said.

McKenzie-Willamette resumed its search for a new hospital site in January, after determining its plan to build a facility off North Delta Highway was too problematic.

Asked by City Councilor Bonny Bettman to clarify the hospital’s timeline, Cate said she’s hopeful that a decision will be made “in the next month or two.”

City staff members will report back to the council by the end of May to update the status of negotiations.

Find Cate Edwards At a glance, the notion of building a hospital at the research park poses nearly insurmountable challenges.

The city wants to help McKenzie–Willamette build a new hospital there, partly because the research park is the only Eugene site under consideration that is south of the Willamette River, in close proximity to the majority of Eugene’s population.

Because the site is within a city-approved urban renewal district, tax money set aside for redeveloping the area could be used to subsidize the hospital’s move there.

But according to a university estimate, a staggering amount of public money would be needed for the project.

In a letter sent last week to the city, university administrators said it would likely cost between $55 million and $110 million to relocate the research park’s tenants, which include a mix of private businesses and university facilities.

The UO also would require the city to purchase about 60 acres of land near the main campus where park tenants could move. UO officials said they do not know where that land might be found.

Susan Muir, the city’s planning director, told councilors that the land the UO would need for a new research park would total about 21 city blocks.

The time needed to get the site ready for preparation also could be problematic.

University administrators said it would take at least five years to move the research park. McKenzie-Willamette hopes to open a new hospital within four to five years.

Bettman suggested that university officials may have overstated their requirements in a “first volley” of negotiations with the city.

“They are obviously negotiating for the best advantage for the university,” Bettman said. “I think the city should be negotiating for the best advantage for the city.”

Councilors also voted to support the city’s involvement in any negotiations between McKenzie–Willamette and the owners of two other sites under consideration in Eugene’s north-east corner.

Those properties include 38 vacant acres along Coburg Road owned by the Eugene School District and a private land owner;Find Cate Edwards and 14 vacant acres on Chad Drive owned by Guard Publishing Co.

City staff members remain open to working with McKenzie-Willamette on other sites, as well. Mayor Kitty Piercy wondered if the Eugene Water & Electric Board campus near downtown is still a possibility.

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Esquimalt Earth Day: Saturday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Find Cate Blanchette at the Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser St. Check out our community displays, fun activities for kids, and great ideas about how to live sustainably. Victoria Earth Walk and rally starts at noon from Centennial Square to legislature.

Victoria Community Health Co-operative: community health forum April 19 from 1-4 p.m. at the Victoria West YMCA, 521 Craigflower Rd. Learn about a new model of health care, community wellness, and integrative, interdisciplinary healing. Enjoy music, refreshments, fun, and conversation.

Toastmasters International Speech Contest: Saturday, April 19. Doors open at 5 at Victoria Marriott, 728 Humboldt St. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Keynote Speaker Jody Paterson. Education Sessions Featuring Val Lindal. http://www.victoriatoastmasters.org or 361-4360.

World Federalist Movement: Victoria chapter AGM and guest speaker Prof. Jim Harding, who will speak on Deepening Democracy; Building Global Justice from the Bottom Up, Sat. April 19, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at St. Aidan’s Church.

Eckankar Canada: presents, Past Lives, Dreams and Soul Travel seminar. Free to newcomers. Saturday, April 19, Ambrosia Centre, 638 Fisgard St., 1-5 p.m., 475-6789. Light refreshments afterwards.

Gordon Head Garden Club: Annual plant sale, Sat. April 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Gordon Head United Church hall, 4201 Tyndall Ave. Good selection of plants grown by members at fantastic prices.

P.A.T.S., Pacific Animal Therapy Society: 20th anniversary celebration Sunday, April 20, 1-4 p.m. at Queen Alexandra Centre, 2400 Arbutus Rd. All members, vets, facility people over the past 20 years are invited to come and enjoy the memories. Call 656-6895 or e-mail patspets@shaw.ca

Spring into stories: The Victoria Storytellers’ Guild welcomes you to its monthly storytelling evening on Monday, April 21 at 7:15 p.m., 1831 Fern St. (park on Begbie Street). Everyone welcome. Admission is $5 and includes tea and goodies. For more info: 477-7044.

Secular Humanistic Passover Seder: Victoria Society for Humanistic Judaism invites the community to celebrate the third night of Passover on Monday, April 21 at 5:30 p.m., with a traditional catered Passover dinner, Find Cate Blanchette a non-traditional humanistic haggadah that is rich in Hebrew, Yiddish and English readings and traditional and original music. For reservations call Freda Knott at 381-5120.

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Creativity is at the heart of every successful nation. It finds expression in great visual art, wonderful music, fabulous performances, Find Cate Blanchette stunning writing, gritty new productions and countless other mediums.

Giving form to our innate human creativity is what defines us to ourselves and the world. This is what the arts have always done. Think back to any significant time in the past and the chances are that it is the creative output of the time that comes to mind - from rock art in remote caves, to the pyramids of Egypt, Michelangelo’s sculptures, Shakespeare’s plays, Beethoven’s symphonies, Find Cate Blanchette to the beat of Elvis, and the list goes on.

The lasting value and evidence of a civilisation are its artistic output and the ingenuity that comes from applying creativity to the whole range of human endeavour. Yet all too often the arts are pushed into a box that says entertainment, icing on the cake, when they are a key ingredient.

The 2020 Summit is an opportunity to put creativity and the arts back into the centre of Australian life both here and abroad. This is how a middle power can exercise its soft power in a positive and stimulating way - that shows the world that we are much more than the cliched images that come readily to mind.

An Australia Council survey in 2000 found this is something most people want. Australians love music, drama, dance, books, television dramas, edgy digital installations and exhibitions, just as they love sport.

They want it to be a part of their lives and are proud when Australian creativity is recognised internationally. At the same time we know that grassroots arts and culture can create neighbourhoods, build social connections and provide people with an interest and passion that can last a lifetime.

Every topic being discussed at the summit touches on and is touched by cultural vitality.

The centrality of creativity to living full and rich lives is what will define the deliberations of the creative stream this weekend. The group of people we have chosen for this conversation reaches across the sector and well beyond what is considered “traditional” arts areas.

This is deliberate. The fact that we have economists, business leaders, educators, researchers as well as actors, directors, musicians, writers and many others in the group will put flesh on the bones of this truth.

By drawing this diverse group of people together, and the submissions from many others who were unable to be included, we hope we will be able to tap into the considerable knowledge and expertise that has been built up over time Find Cate Blanchette. The great opportunity of the summit will be to mix this with the perspectives that come from unexpected directions, or from people whose voices have not previously had a national audience. Artists are not just entertainers or courtesans, but highly skilled people able to give expression to many of the pressing issues that trouble us.

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Find Cate Adair I think the Prime Minister is onto something with Fuelwatch. Email and SMS alerts from the Government telling consumers about the cheapest petrol, with all retailers have to stick to the published price for 24 hours…it’s great, but why stop with petrol?

It could solve all price problems. Grocery inquiry? Forget it. Just make all supermarkets send emails and SMS alerts about the prices of everything they stock every day, and not change them for 24 hours, and everyone would flock to Aldi stores, and Coles and Woolworths would be forced to slice their margins.

And what about café lattes? Surely we need a Government website, with SMS alerts, telling us where to find the cheapest coffee in town. And shopping for wine is an absolute nightmare. Is the cheapest 2004 Moss Wood cabernet to be found at Dan Murphy’s, Vintage Cellars or the bottle shop down the street? We need to know by SMS!

Actually I do understand that the specific problem with petrol is the weekly cycle – cheap petrol on Tuesday and Wednesday, expensive on Friday and Saturday.

It’s bad politics, not because the price swings around, but because it is seen to swing around: petrol is the only staple product with a price you can read without stopping the car.

It’s the principle of “In Your Face”, one of the most powerful forces in modern society, and something Barry Hall of the Sydney Swans has just learned about (again). In the old days players were flattened behind play all the time: everybody stood around looking innocent and nobody got rubbed out. Now it’s on TV – Find Cate Adair in your face – and a sock to the jaw is the subject of national outrage and debate.

Petrol prices are in our faces and therefore politicians are required to Do Something. So in between giving the Chinese a clip across the ear over Tibet, appointing a new Governor General, holding court in Western Sydney, fighting homelessness, and personally delivering a teddy bear to Cate Blanchett’s new baby, Kevin Rudd has Done Something.

He has agreed to extend the WA Fuelwatch scheme to the rest of the country. This means petrol retailers must notify their next day’s prices to the ACCC by 2pm each day and maintain the price for 24 hours. The ACCC will then make the information available to motorists via email, SMS, toll free phone and a website.

In doing so he has delivered a victory to the NSW NRMA over the Victorian RACV, both of which have been arguing over Fuelwatch for a long time. The RACV argues it would therefore remove the big discount that always appears on Tuesday, when petrol is sold below cost – so the price of losing the pain weekend peak is the loss of the Tuesday discount.

But flattening the peaks and troughs is the whole point. Politically, the Tuesday discount does not offset the weekend gouge. Find Cate Adair In politics people expect the good and punish the bad.

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Teenage girls have resisted the lure of the baby bonus despite claims that the payment - worth $4258 - was fuelling a mini baby-boom among the young Find Cate Archer. Official figures show births to teenagers declined in 2006 after the bonus was introduced. (It’s older women who are reproducing like rabbits).

But will teenage girls be able to resist the pro-natalist messages from a crop of recent pregnancy movies? The movies cast the subject of unplanned pregnancy in such a romantic light, I am fully expecting maternity wards in November/December to be overrun by teens in labour.

In the four movies I have in mind - Juno, Knocked Up, Waitress and Bella - the single girls and young women all decide to have their babies. They all find support, and live happily ever after. The Right to Life must be ecstatic. Its scary foetus videos will be redundant now that Hollywood is propounding the anti-abortion message.

I must be the last person to have caught Juno, the funkiest and most appealing of the pregnancy movies, whose lead, Ellen Page, was an Oscar nominee. She plays a sassy 16-year-old who gets pregnant after what she calls “premeditated sex”. As they do in America, she picks from the classified ads a yuppie couple who wants to adopt a baby. It would be incorrect to say abortion is not considered.

It is, for about one minute. For someone so smart, Juno is easily put off by a visit to an abortion clinic that looks like a tattoo parlour, Find Cate Archer and by an encounter with a friend demonstrating outside.

It is all so hip and progressive - the demonstrator is no bible-bashing Fred Nile lookalike but a cute, rather dipsy Korean girl, and the abortion clinic receptionist is no officious medico but comes studded with piercings, and a crudely sexual turn of phrase. That’s why the movie is so seductive. It goes against the grain. The witty dialogue, from stripper-turned-screenwriter Diablo Cody, is so superior to the usual American pap, you believe for a while this movie is true grit.

It is only later you realise it is just a superior romantic comedy that bears no relationship to reality Find Cate Archer. I guess some pregnant 16-year-olds are lucky to have two supportive parents, a sensitive boyfriend, and a school that allows them to attend right to the end. Perhaps there is even a girl, who on top of all these blessings, is able to give her baby up convinced it is noble to help a childless woman, and better for the child that way.

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