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Question 1
Sam purchased plant for $10,000 on 1 July 2012. It has been depreciated under the diminishing value method. The plant has an effective life of 10 years and has been used 50% for business purposes.
- Calculate the deduction available for the plant for the 2013/14 income year.
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- What are the tax implications if it is sold on 30 June 2014 for $6,000 (ignore CGT consequence)? (2 marks)
- What are the tax implications if it is sold on 30 June 2014 for $12,000 (also calculate any capital gain or loss)? (3 marks)
Show workings and assume that the business is not a SBE.
Question 2
Fred owns a rental property in Sydney. During April 2014 there is a massive hail storm and 80% of the tiles on the roof of the house are destroyed. Fred is told he will have to wait 6 months for new tiles and that other hail storms are forecast. He therefore decides to replace the entire tiled roof with corrugated iron, even though he is aware that in Sydney's humid environment it will rust relatively quickly. At least the building will be safe from future hail storms. It would have cost $10,000 to replace the damaged tiles whereas the new corrugated iron roof will cost $15,000.
- Can he claim a tax deduction for all or any part of the cost of the roof?
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- What if he had just purchased the house with the roof in an already damaged state? (1 mark)
Question 3
Redneck is a solicitor in a sole practice in Cairns. He employs a secretary but has no other staff. He returns his income on a cash basis. While studying for a Masters Degree in Taxation he decides that he wants to move to an accruals method of accounting for his assessable income. Why do you think he wants to do this? Can he?
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Question 4
Clyde is in a professional partnership. He has heard that he may be able to obtain real tax advantages (as well as considerable personal peace of mind) if he assigns (by gift) part of his interest in the partnership to his wife. What would the tax consequences be for Clyde following the proposed assignment? (5 marks)


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After eager anticipation and our Tournament Team players modeling them out on the course, we are thrilled to release our brand new BP-1 V2 and refreshed BP-2 on October 23, 2018!
The BP-1 V2 is the latest innovation in the Prodigy bag lineup and has significant upgrades designed to offer lightweight, professional performance while giving players plenty of carrying capacity for both discs and other necessities out on the course.
Along with stunning new and modern colors, the BP-1 V2 has a reinforced structural design for durable, long-lasting performance. We have also added expandable storage pockets, upgraded zippers, magnetic easy access pockets, and more. We kept the popular umbrella sleeve and redesigned the optional rainfly to fit more easily and allow easy access to the umbrella sleeve.
Here are some more features:
Weight: 4 lbs
Holds up to approx. 34 drivers (incl. side pockets) + Up to 24 drivers (main compartment only)
Extra large deep putter pocket (4 putters)
Up to 10 additional discs can be stored in side pockets
2 x 32 oz bottle holders
Magnetic accessory pockets
Two expandable storage pockets
Reinforced base with two ground rails
Reinforced side panels
2 steel stabilizing rods on top panel
Umbrella sleeve
Upgraded metal SBS zippers with taped seams
Optional Rain Fly with Umbrella slot
Materials: High density polyester and Cordura nylon
BP-2 Keeps Same Great Performance with New Colors
The BP-2 Backpack has been a favorite among players at all levels, and we have kept the same functional design but upgraded its structure with new side panels as well as refreshed the branding with sleek rubber patches. Like the BP-1 V2, the new release of the BP-2 features a sleek array of colors. The newly redesigned, optional rain fly fits more easily and allows easy access to the umbrella sleeve.
Weight: 3.4 lbs
Holds up to approx. 26 drivers (incl. side pockets) + 24 drivers (main compartment)
Putter pocket (3 putters)
2 x 32 oz. bottle holders
Microfiber-lined compartment
Umbrella sleeve
Multi-functional accessory clip
Top putter pocket
Large side storage compartments
Reinforced base with two ground rails
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Watch Jinki Extend
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English: Jinki: ExtendJapanese: ジンキ・エクステンド
Type: TVEpisodes: 12Status: Finished AiringAired: Jan 6, 2005 to Mar 24, 2005Premiered: Winter 2005Genres: Mecha, Sci-FiDuration: 23 min. per ep.Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
In the year 1988 Jinki model enthusiast Aoba Tsuzaki is kidnapped and brought to Venezuela, and soon discovers that not only are Jinkis real, but that she will also become a Jinki pilot. Fast forward to the year 1991, and a series of unexplained events known as the Lost Life Phenomenon has been wiping entire cities out of existence. Enter Akao Hiragi, a young girl who has lost her memory and also has a strange tie to the Jinkis. Combined, Aoba and Akao have a common enemy: the evil Kokushou, a man who is hell bent on destroying the world!
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Are you new to making your own findings? Or just haven't had the time to make your own necklace and bracelet clasps? If you're looking to expand on your jewellery making skills and would like to start with findings, learning how to make a wire wrapped clasp is a great place to start. Use our step by step guide below to perfect your first wire wrap clasp.
Step by step guide: How to make a wire clasp
Here's how to make an S clasp using some basic jewellery making tools and techniques.
Tools and supplies you'll need:
- Soft sterling silver wire (0.8 – mm depending on your requirements)
- Steel bench block
- Round nose pliers
- Wire cutters
- Wire looping pliers
- Rawhide mallet
- Repousse hammer
Step 1:
Take your sterling silver wire and cut a 4 inch piece with your wire cutters. Make sure each end of the wire you've cut is flush and free from any sharp edges.
Step 2:
Take your round nose pliers and, while gripping one end of your wire, rotate the pliers to form a small loop.
Step 3:
Repeat step 2 at the other end of the wire. Remember to switch the direction that you rotate your pliers so that each loop turns in the opposite direction to the other.
Step 4:
You should now be left with a tiny loop at each end of your piece of wire. Take your looping pliers and place the jaws just behind the first loop you created. Rotate your wire looping pliers, wrapping the wire around the jaw until it meets the first loop you've created.
Step 5:
Now turn the wire over. Take your looping pliers and place the jaws just behind the second loop you created at the other end of your wire. Repeat the process of rotating the wire around the jaw of your looping pliers, wrapping the wire until you meet the tiny loop you made at the very end of your wire.
Important: Turning the wire over ensures that each of your larger loops turns in the opposite direction. This is how your S shape will be formed.
Step 6:
Now that you've learnt how to make an S clasp, finishing the process is simple. You can strengthen the wire clasp by taking a rawhide mallet and gently hammering it on a bench block. This will work harden the wire, strengthening it of use with necklaces or bracelets.
Step 7:
For a professional finish, you may want to hammer the wire clasp using a repousse hammer. This will flatten out the wire and strengthen the loops you've created. Make sure you use a steel bench block to hammer the S wire wrap clasp, so that the hammering technique is flat and effective.
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Once you've hammered the one side, flip your S wire clasp over and repeat on the other side. This will leave you with a straight, flattened out S wire clasp. If your loops have shifted or become uneven, go back to your round nose pliers and adjust the loops as required.
Interested in learning more jewellery making skills? See how to make your own jump rings for use with all kinds of precious metal jewellery pieces. Once you've mastered the art of making your own handmade wire jewellery clasps and other findings, creating your own collections from scratch becomes simple.


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Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton are no strangers to art world collaborations.
After partnering with Richard Prince, Stephen Sprouse and Takashi Murakami, Marc Jacobs joined forces with the legendary Japanese polka-dot painter Yayoi Kusama.
The multimedia artist, has been long suffering from a mental illness, which involves seeing patterns of polka dots in her mind, and has been voluntarily institutionalized at a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo since 1977.
Her work includes everything from red and white polka-dot sculptures, phallic symbols, nude performance pieces, and novels such as "Double Suicide at Skuragazuka" .
So, what should we except this time? Regarding these and the 2007 documentary Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, in which Kusama presents a Louis Vuitton purse hand-painted with white dots, obviously a lot of dots on products ranging from bags to clothing to jewelry.
Everything about her, from red bob wigs to big polka dot garments,is spectacular and nothing less than spectacular is what this fashion meets art collection will be! Be patient until the items hit the Louis Vuitton stores in July 2012, with window installations specially designed to mark the collaboration.
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The Heywood-Wakefield Co. smokestack will be torn down a week from Monday, barring any new change in plans.
The 190-foot smokestack, the most visible monument to the city�s furniture-making past, will be torn down by F.A. Moschetti and Sons construction company, which most recently took down the burned-out remains of one of the former S. Bent Bros. Co. furniture factory buildings.
Shawn Higgins, a representative of Mountain Climber LLC, the company that bought the smokestack and Heywood Place, a 171-apartment and 15-office complex on Lake Street, said the smokestack is coming down for safety reasons. The smokestack has deteriorated to the point where it could be a hazard to people and cars parked in the lot that surrounds it.
The demolition had been scheduled for July 14, but Mr. Higgins gave more time to a group formed by residents who hoped to save the property. He said he has not received a plan for saving the smokestack that he felt would be advantageous to his company and decided it was time to take the chimney down.
Paul DeMeo, a member of the group trying to save the smokestack, said he learned of the date to take it down through a telephone call from a newspaper reporter. He said that before the call, he was still hoping Mountain Climber LLC would accept a plan for saving the smokestack.
�Apparently it fell on deaf ears,� he said.
Mr. DeMeo said Michael Tracy, who formed the committee along with him, and Kerry and Ernest Bettez, drew up a business plan to create a nonprofit corporation to assume ownership of the smokestack. The plan was to form the corporation and for Mountain Climber LLC to deed the smokestack to the corporation, relinquishing both ownership and liability, and then the nonprofit corporation would raise money for the smokestack�s upkeep.
The owner, Mr. DeMeo said, would benefit from a large tax break for making a charitable donation to the nonprofit corporation and it would no longer be liable for the smokestack. He said the city would benefit by retaining one of its important landmarks.
�It would be a memorial to all the people who worked in the furniture industry throughout the area,� Mr. DeMeo said, adding that it would also honor those who worked in industries that supported the furniture industry.
�I thought it was a great business plan,� he said.
Mr. DeMeo said he was still trying to determine if there was anything else his committee could do to save the smokestack.
Heywood-Wakefield Co. was once the largest furniture manufacturer in the world. It closed in the 1970s and two of three factory buildings in the complex on Lake, Central and Pine streets have been converted to housing. The smokestack was built in the 1930s to serve the factory�s power plant, which was torn down when the Heywood Place section of the complex was renovated into apartments and offices in the 1980s.


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I love granola.
I love making my own granola. I love knowing exactly what's gone into it (no preservatives etc.), I love that it is easy to make and you can be as creative as you want to be, changing up the nuts and dried fruit.
I love having a big jar of it in the kitchen, to eat with almond milk for breakfast, over yogurt and drizzled with honey, or as a snack by the handful, any time I pass the jar.
I promise this will not last long on the counter!
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups hazelnuts – roughly chopped
- 1 cup dried tart cherries (unsweetened)
- 1/3 cup peanut or other nut butter
- 6 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup honey, maple syrup, or Agave syrup
- 1 Tbsp water
- Preheat oven to 350F , line a baking dish with parchment paper.
- Stir together all dry ingredients (oats, salt, cinnamon, hazelnuts and cherries).
- Add to the dry ingredients the coconut oil, honey, maple syrup, or Agave syrup vanilla, nut butter, and water.
- Mix well and spread onto the baking sheet.
- Bake for around 30 minutes, or until golden brown and stir often.
- Let cool before storing in air tight jar.


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Life is hectic and loud and often it's like trying to herd cats or lizards or monkeys. And that's ok because they are my monkeys.
And because I know I will forget, here is a typical Monday in my house right now.
12:35 am baby wakes me, pat her back, put her back down.
4:45 feed baby and get back to sleep.
5:30 baby wakes, comfort her and put her back in crib.
6:00 baby wakes, feed her, wake up her daddy And hand off. Back to bed!
8:00 Andrew gives baby back, feed Cierra, get up and have breakfast while kids play and daddy gets ready for work. Get kids dressed and coiffed. :)
9:00 kids watch tv while I get Cierra to sleep, then shower, get kids snack, unload dishwasher, reload dishwasher
10:00 Cierra up, feed her snack and get the kids out of the house to get groceries
12:00 home for lunch, feed feed feed.... kids clean up toys to earn TV time, baby crawls around uncleaning what the kids clean, climbs over their cushion forts from the morning.
1:00 put baby down for nap while kids watch tv, clean kitchen, finish putting groceries away, eat cookies and rest for a few minutes. Aaaaah!!
2:00 Cierra up, get kids outside for fresh air either park or playdate or time digging in the garden
4ish get home give kids pre-dinner veggies to tide them over, get dinner going or just play till Daddy comes home
5ish dinner and clean up and play time
6:00 start getting Cierra ready for bed
6:30 baby down
7:00 snack for kids, bath, stories, teeth brushing, songs,
7:30 lights out with multip-le interruptions or quiet play until....
8ish all three kids asleep
CRASH on the couch!
Good, hectic days full of lots of physical effort but I love it.


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text: Edel Grass and HC Bloemendaal have extended their partnership. «The Musschen» will also start the new season on a brand new, Edel Grass Triple-T pitch. The satisfaction about the performance of the former pitch, was one of the main reasons to chose for the same system again. As last season was not what Bloemendaal expected, they will absolutely strive the become Dutch champion this year. The first match of the season will be played on September 11; HC Bloemendaal – HC Den Bosch.


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Elderly woman killed in Carroll County brush fire
CARROLL COUNTY, Va. — A 92-year-old woman died in a brush fire on Friday, according to WDBJ.
The fire happened on Meadowbrook Road, outside Cana.
Family members told WDBJ that Anna May Thompson was out raking leaves when the fire started. Thompson died trying to stop the fire.
Thompson's son was in a trailer near the fire. He is paralyzed from the waist down and family members said if the fire had gotten to the trailer he likely would not have made it out.
Thompson grew up a mile down the road from where the fire happened and had lived in the area her entire life, WDBJ reports.
The fire was extinguished at about 1 p.m. Friday. It is unclear what started the fire.
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Wednesday, 18 May 2016
So I was watching a video by Freddy My Love, where she was raving about how the No7 Instant Radiance Highlighter was a great dupe for the Benefit Watts Up Highlighter, so I thought I'd give it a go.
Can you SEE that pigment? I'm so impressed. My beauty-guru sister Ella (see her YouTube channel here) recommended that I apply a highlighter stick under my foundation for extra glow on the cheekbones and middle of my nose, and I'm seriously impressed by the results - no matter how mattifying your foundation of choice is, you still get a gorgeous glow from the highlighter underneath (and then you put MORE highlighter over the top before powder to get that Kim K glow).
I picked up the No7 Instant Radiance Bronzing Highlighter too because frankly, one swatch of this and I couldn't put it down. They were only around £9 each from Boots which is pretty great compared to the £24-ish that the Benefit Watts Up Highlighter costs.
I've been complimented on my highlighter since I've been wearing it too, and isn't that what any girl wants to be complimented on, really?
So I've been wearing this daily since I bought them last Sunday, and the longevity of these highlighters are fab - I can glow from day to night! I highly recommend if you're wanting to test out stick highlighters, these are so creamy and easy to apply (and pigmented) so they're worth every penny and would definitely be my first choice of highlighter right now.
Can you recommend any other highlighters for me?
Maia xx
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If you haven't already noticed, I tend to write these posts every morning about the previous day. So this morning, which is December 19, Reykjavik has snow on the ground! Despite what one might assume about Iceland, this month of December has been full of wind and rain, but no snow (although we can see it far in the distance). Just in time for our Icelandic Christmas dinner that is happening this evening at the residence! The SIM staff will be taking over the kitchen to make us the true Icelandic meal- I'll have more to report on that tomorrow.
Today's post is broken into a few fragments as I re-group from our trip and look at wrapping up the residency.
Moving On
Now for yesterday's thoughts- Being out on the road the past few days, I had a ton of grading to wrap up and post finals. I did spend a lot of the day doing that however I did take advantage of the beautiful light coming through my room to re-shoot some footage that I had been frustrated with prior to leaving for the coast.
Do you know what that means? I'm taking another stab at the last morse code piece with a slightly differently approach. What a difference a few days make. And what seems completely ridiculous is that the resolution to some of my major frustrations was the quality of the imagery. So I'm re-shooting it (and re-shooting it because even yesterday wasn't quite right). Funny how the most obvious of solutions are not obvious at all.
But what I am also contemplating is their life beyond youtube. I'm now considering what their life would be as installed in a gallery. It seemed to be another piece of the puzzle that I had not been thinking about and now I feel I should be so that is on the docket today. Plus it begins to start to feel more like something that I might make and not this somewhat left field "now I use video" nonsense.
We'll see what happens.
Thoughts on Glaciers
I hadn't mentioned what happened when we pulled into our second lagoon (Jökulsárlón of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier) the other day. Friday was an utterly overwhelming day. I mean, so was Thursday and Saturday, but Friday we visited glaciers in probably the most perfect weather ever. I mean it was damn cold but the light was stunning.
We talked a little bit in the car about what actually is a glacier. Have you really thought about it before? I mean I have always just been like "it's beautiful chunks of floating ice" and while that is true, there is something far more poetic about them.
We were at the largest ice cap in Iceland, Vatnajökull (which is a national park of the same name), which covers 8300 kilometers. So we started to discuss that the ice cap rests above volcanos (the largest being Grímsvötn in that region) and in the depths under the ice is geothermal activity cause by the volcano. It's mind boggling to think about the coldness of this ice and the stirring heat that it covers. Over a gajillion years (accurate measurement), the moisture freezes and heats up and freezes over and over again which causes what we see in glaciers. Then, from time to time, volcanic eruptions happen to release pressure the ice caps create.
We saw two different types of ice- bright blue pieces and shimmering clear pieces. The pieces that break away from the glacier and float in the lagoon is a process called 'calving.' The blue pieces are the oldest and have that color due to its density. This is many, many years of accumulation which results in extremely compacted crystalline structure where all colors of light pass through the ice, except for blue, leaving it the color we see. The clear pieces, well, they are the babies of the group.
This is a pretty generalized explanation. If you want more on glaciers, click here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier
Now, I had to research some of that for you so I could explain it properly. When we arrived on Friday, I wasn't thinking of any of that (or at least with any amount of depth). At risk of sounding melodramatic, we got the first glimpse of the glacier calves and my eyes welled up. Then we pull around to the lagoon and my eyes bubbled over with tears and to my surprise, I just started to cry and cry. I have no idea how or why it happened like that. I would have thought I could control myself over a bunch of floating ice in a lagoon.
But think of it, it has formed over a thousand years. It's what we based our metaphors on- and oddly correlates with the videos I've been making here- the composure and stillness on the outside that covers over the intensity of turmoil on the inside. And these pieces break off, calves, as children of the glacier and cast away into the water to melt and fall away forever. And with climate change as a reality, it falls away without hope.
I feel as though I watched these pieces of ice, as beautiful as they are, as these tragic figures in their swan song. That, is overwhelming.
I completely get that I am personifying an inanimate object (but as artists don't we do that sometimes anyway).
I wanted to write a bit more today but I'm afraid this took much longer than anticipated so I need to move along. More tomorrow, including a report on Icelandic dinner, menu and all!


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Self-adhesive replacement badge in modern style. Fitment: Elise S2 MY04 - Elise 111R - Exige S2.
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As fitted to the later S2 and early 111R, this badge fits on the rear transom (rear panel) between the lights.
The badge has a curved back that fit the inward curvature of the rear panel. To fit, simply unpeel the backing, line up and stick to a clean panel.
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Congratulations to the Class of 2018!
The Graduation Ceremony marked both an ending and a new beginning for the graduating class of 2018, and it provided a time for everyone in the TH School community to reflect on the memories of their journeys together and to celebrate the many achievements along the way.
For many students, it was a challenge and an opportunity to study at a new school in Vietnam, which combined an advanced international education with essential elements of Vietnamese language, history, and literature. Today, these graduates leave TH School with a diploma- a hard-earned reward for their courage in accepting the challenge and daring to overcome the difficulties.
Student Council President and Grade 12 representative Le Hong Thuy, who came from her native Saigon to study at TH School, reflected on her own educational journey and the lasting friendships she has made: "The decision to study at TH was perhaps one of the riskiest decisions in my life so far, but if I had to make the choice again, I would still choose TH." Congratulations to the Class of 2018. May your futures be filled with much success and happiness!


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I am fairly well convinced that composting is a valuable practice for any gardener. I have often seen barrel composters in gardening magazines/books and in some stores. The ones in stores seemed to cost too much and I figured I could duplicate one of them fairly easily. The promise of a barrel composter is that one can produce compost relatively quickly and conveniently. I've been dumping all our kitchen wastes onto a pile in my composting bins (along with garden and lawn cuttings, etc) and this seemed like a better approach.
Plastic barrels are abundantly available on Craig's List (for example) so I bought a couple for $10 each. I drilled holes in the top and bottom so I could install an axle which was just a length of 1 1/2 in PVC pipe. I drilled smaller holes around the circumference at each end for ventilation. I cut a square hole in the side with a jig saw and attached hinges and snap latches from Lowe's for the door. The hinges (and other hardware) were attached with pop rivets. A simple cross-buck frame made of 2x4s serves to hold the barrel and allow rotation. The photo below should give a good idea of the project. (The barrel has been painted black subsequent to these pictures being taken.)
In use, the barrel is loaded with material to be composted. I started with some horse manure and we have been adding kitchen scraps periodically. The barrel is turned weekly (at least) which does a pretty good job of mixing the material. However, with a large load turning the barrel is not for the weak. It needs some handles to give a better grip or a turning mechanism. I'm still experimenting with the latter to try to come up with a handle that can spin (slowly) the barrel.
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In a place like Delhi, far away from the hustle and bustle of the crowds, a pleasant 30 minutes drive from the city is Country Club Eros Regency. Country Club always aimed at serving its members provides the best amenities at their Delhi property. With central air-conditioning Country Club is conceived with the aim of facilitating a 360 degree experience of relaxation. Having an unmatched ambience that you have never experienced, to be associated with Country Club India is a joy in itself.
The scenic beauty surrounding Country Club Eros Regency is simply amazing and feels most beautiful once been there. A place that is so close to nature gives a feel of complete calm and leisure. A break from all the monotony of life Country Club Delhi gives you the much needed peace in life. With also the best services and staff Country Club ranks the highest among its competitors. To enjoy life you must visit Country Club.


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Here's the Thing
Joe Dallesandro Thought Warhol Made Soup
Joe Dallesandro became famous as a shaggy-haired blond Adonis in the iconoclastic and transgressive Andy Warhol-produced films Flesh, Trash, and Heat, in which he helped to rewrite the rules for onscreen sexuality. He's name-checked in "Walk on the Wild Side," Lou Reed's most famous song, and that's Joe's pair of jeans on the cover of the 1971 Rolling Stones record Sticky Fingers. But, as he tells host Alec Baldwin, Dallesandro just wanted to run a pizza place. That was before a series of left turns brought him to the attention of one of the twentieth century's most influential taste makers — even if "Little Joe" didn't have a clue who Andy Warhol was at the time.


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LRTT Fellowships bring great teachers together to share their knowledge and skills with educators who often get very limited teacher training and professional support. Our Fellows come from all over the world, including the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand. As an LRTT Fellow, you'll be part of a team of 25 teachers sharing a transformational experience.Hear it from Fellows
Teachers who join LRTT bring a more global understanding of education back to their classrooms. As a Fellow, you'll work closely with a small group of teachers leading them through a cycle of instructional coaching aimed at promoting mastery of classroom strategies. This humbling experience is a chance to build authentic relationships helps and challenges us to reflect on 'what makes a great teacher'.Hear it from Fellows
Our success as an organisation hinges on supporting sustainable, long-lasting improvements in education. Rather than teaching children, LRTT Fellows facilitate globally-informed and contextually relevant face-to-face teacher development programmes that up-skill and empower teachers to unlock learning in their classrooms.Hear it from Teachers
There's a commonality between every teacher that becomes an LRTT Fellow; the desire to be the best teacher they can be. Stepping out of your comfort zone and challenging yourself is one of the most effective ways to grow as an educator. Because our Fellowships bring teachers together across contexts, they are both a skill-sharing opportunity and a cultural exchange.Hear it from Fellows
You'll build game-changing leadership skills in a supportive and new environment. Many of our Fellows tell us how their experience on an LRTT Fellowship gave them the skills and confidence they needed to take on senior roles in their schools back home. Many Fellows go on to join more Fellowships, either as return Fellows, senior Fellows or Team Leaders.Hear it from Fellows
Experience the very best in wildlife, culture and adventure during your Fellowship. From tracking Gorillas in Uganda to experiencing the worlds tallest single drop waterfall in Guyana or Taj Mahal in India and the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia the adventure starts here.Hear it from Fellows
The experience was amazing. It was great to be able to immerse myself in a completely different culture and see how schools operate in a totally different context to what we are used to. Visiting somewhere so rural meant that we really experienced Uganda properly.
The LRTT fellowship experience was one of my proudest moments in my teaching career. Just something simple as taking a flight and living with people I didn't know was all part of the experience. It also allowed me to meet like-minded fellows and build new relationships and come out stronger as a teacher.
Taking part in a second fellowship I feel I was able to offer a lot more knowledge about what successful training sessions looked like and I was able to guide others to think about how.
Having completed the fellowship previously, I feel more passionate about reducing educational disadvantage and I feel like a team leader next year I will be able to have a greater impact for this mission. In Pune schools, I saw first hand the impact the Fellows are having and this should continue.
After a tough year of teaching, I feel as though I am coming back to as a different person. Working together with in-country teachers we shared our experiences to grow together as educators. This is an experience I could not have gotten anywhere else, and I am excited to be back this school year with a whole new outlook and approach to teaching.
Without doubt, LRTT is my most valuable CPD to date. It's developed me as a teacher and a leader and I have every intention of staying involved for many years to come.
This summer has been both life changing and life affirming for me. It has taught me that I am capable of things that I would never have guessed and reminded me that there are people out there in the world whose aspirations, vision and morality truly align with my own. I feel like I have found my tribe and have every intention of continuing to be involved in the LRTT.
I've done things I never thought I would, experienced the real beauty of Malaysia, made some awesome new friends and hopefully been the catalyst for educational change elsewhere in the world. I've returned to work so much more positive and enthused for the profession, so all in all, the most incredible Summer ever!
It massively exceeded my expectations. I had a wonderful time in Cambodia. The combination of the gratification gained from seeing the impact of the training on the teachers, the varied excursions and the group of like-minded people I was with made it the best experience I have ever had.
I built fantastic working relationships with the Nepalese teachers and learnt so much from them. By the end of my time in Nepal, I felt I was able to successfully lead CPD. Since returning to my school I've delivered CPD on routines and AfL at my school.
This was, by far, one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I had a great relationship with my lead teacher and all of the staff at the school. The Team Leaders were very responsive and supportive.
A once in a lifetime experience. I was absolutely thrilled and humbled to work so closely with local teachers who were so friendly and kind. I would definitely recommend LRTT and would love to continue to be a part of its mission as it's something I feel very strongly about.
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The pimp the swap competition also ended yesterday. I asked by lovely BF to pick a winner...
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Delle and I will spend the next week reading your blogs and Ravelry profiles so we can match you up with the perfect pal. If you haven't posted your questionnaire yet you have until Midnight on MONDAY 9TH JUNE. If you haven't posted your questionnaire by then you will be dropped from the swap.
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If you need inspiration, or want to get to know your fellow swappers better then check out the questionnaires that have already been posted - there are some great picture choices out there.
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No Neck Blues Band/ Languid Red Marchetti / Vinyl LP / Planam / planazaum
Starving Weirdos / Land Lines / Vinyl LP / Amish Records / AMI044
Another shamanic journey in Tazartès's universe. He sings and plays all the instruments and samples, recorded in the very same room as all his other solo records since 1974. Performed, produced, and recorded by Ghédalia Tazartès for Bisou in 2012. Tazartès's son, Lalo, can be heard on "Don't Cry for Me, Mamma." The front cover is a picture of Quentin Rollet, shot by Yannick Ressigeac. The back features a drawing by Lalo Tazartès. Mastered by F/Lor."
Korea Undok Group / Purple Circles / Sargasso Sea / Korea Undok Group / Vinyl LP / Penultimate Press
After a run of extremely under the radar cassette releases, Penultimate Press is proud to present the first vinyl collection of works by the Winnipeg (Canada) outfit Korea Undok Group. With more hiss than a valley of snakes the various monikers here cover the gamut of contemporary practice traversing industrial decay, rhythmic pulse onwards to piano etudes and fractured possession. All these forms come debossed with the signature destroyed tape aesthetic which makes these sharks so lonely. 180 gram vinyl on beautiful reverse board sleeve with passport style booklet all designed by KUG. This is a package that befits this unique scene of one, or many.
Karies / Karies / Vinyl LP / 12" Vinyl / Harbinger Sound
Stuttgart's Karies produce four new tracks of that brooding, but driving post-punk sound they're known for throughout Germany. Even though the material may reference the likes of Die Haut and the Abwarts , and even touching on The Wipers at points. Karies constantly reframe that sound and keep it very much retro free. These are the last group recordings to feature Kevin Kuhn who had to go fulltime with his other band - Die Nerven. This UK edition of the EP is housed in a gorgeous gatefold sleeve and is limited to 300 copies on Harbinger Sound. A new album will follow in the fall.
Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (b. 1934) is a German composer of minimalist and reductionist contemporary music. His name is still most closely associated with his long-time position as radio editor and producer for New Music at the Hessian Broadcasting Corporation (Hessischer Rundfunk), but his own compositional oeuvre – beginning in 1955 and continuing until now – has in the recent years attracted more attention with various concerts and several releases. Having attended the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music from 1958 onwards, Stiebler decided in 1963 to leave serial music behind and instead opt for his own reductionist style built on minimalist structures and repetitions, though not in any way related to the so-called Minimal Music but rather influenced by Minimalism in visual art. In terms of composers of his time, the closest stylistic relationship that could be drawn is that to Morton Feldman. Stiebler's approach is best summarized in his own words: "Music is too important to burden it with emotions." This LP pairs two organ-based works: "Kanon" (1980) for organ, electric organ and wind instruments, and "Torsi" (2002) for organ in three movements: "Torso", "Organa minima" and "Cantus". The latter recording, made at St. Stephen's Church in Konstanz (organ: Hans-Peter Schulz), was previously released on CD by m=minimal. "Kanon" is so far unreleased. Edition of 300 in gate-fold sleeve including an extensive interview conducted by Jens Strüver about Stiebler's compositional views and techniques."
Decimus / Jyestha Cassette / House Of Alchemy / houseofalchemy#070
Black Motor / Jumehniemi / Vinyl LP / Sagittarius A-Star / SAS#29
Innercity / Into The Bright World / Cassette / Beyt Al Tapes / BAT03
Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura / Interpenetrating Dimensional Express / 2 x Vinyl LP / Golden Lab Records
Third vinyl outing for Manchester, UK free-rock guitar army Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura. Recorded at the band's unofficial HQ at 'Sunshine Studios' by local legend Patrick Crane, it's another molten third eye opener shooting ecstatic vibrations straight to the pranic centres.
Improvised/recorded/edited: summer 2016, Uley-guiseley Screened clear cassette with double-sided j card. Constellation Tatsu.
Control Unit / In A Frame / Vinyl LP / Alt Vinyl / av043
Terre Roche / Imprint / Cassette / OSR Tapes
Terre Roche / Imprint / Cassette / OSR Tapes / OSR50
Limited to 500 copies. Recorded over a few years in Antwerp and Tokashikijima. "After two sold out concerts in Tokyo and Osaka, we treat ourselves on a trip to Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands. After spending a little time in the main city of Naha we took a ferry to Tokashikijima, a small island surrounded by coral reefs, mother-of- pearl farms and infested by an aggressive and poisonous snake. Aharen, a classic small beach town stuck in a fabricated memory of 80's surf movies, was to be our home for just a few days. While walking through its snake infested bush and through its lagoon, while photographing, the Tombeau De Robert Louis Stevenson, a composition I was hinting at in live environments, became reality inside a patchwork of history, of coral reefs. While walking on the beach, more or less solitary since tourist season was just a few months away, while listening to the gorgeous sound of a small motoric fishing boat working on the reef – an ever-pleasing sound -, and to beautiful synthesized steel drum music coming from the local junior school. In the end the piece became so simple, an almost clinical exhibition of sound, that it became a difficult world entangled in meaning. Like a coral reef that is so pretty, yet dangerous, vibrant, endangered, complex, slow, fast, all at the same time. (…) Since I already figured out how to present my idylls – in a possible dark sense of the word – in the various forms, presented as a storytelling collection in four parts. Being a portrait (which could be a secretive self-portrait), a comment on ethnography, an exotic illustration and a ritual. The latter used in the most mundane sense ever, since I'd like to stay far away from a sensational bubblegum approach to (religious) pseudo-ethnography, to the copying of ethnic behaviour, or to approaching it as something odd or weird. These behaviourisms unavoidably invoke the end of all rituals, thus making the world a duller place."
Jim O'Rourke / Keiji Haino / Oren Ambarchi / I Wonder If You Noticed "I'm Sorry" Is Such A Lovely Sound It Keeps Things From Getting Worse / 2 x Vinyl LP / Black Truffle
The remarkable series of releases from the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi continues with "I wonder if you noticed "I'm sorry" Is such a lovely sound It keeps things from getting worse", which presents the entirety of an 80 minute set performed at Tokyo's SuperDeluxe in March 2014. Where their 2012 performance (BT011 and BT012) was divided into two releases, one continuing their exploration of the guitar/bass/drums power trio format and the other emphasizing new instrumental configurations, the single extended performance presented here ranges widely over terrain both new and familiar, from acoustic strings and collective chants to thunderous power trio moves. Throughout all of its transformations, the music here is some of the riskiest and most abstract the trio have yet committed to record. Beginning with chiming percussion reminiscent of Haino's classic Tenshi No Gijinka, the first side is dominated by Haino's impassioned vocals and performance on the bulgari, a traditional Turkish string instrument. Together with the woozy, sliding foundation of O'Rourke FX-laden bass and Ambarchi's ritualistic percussion, the trio craft a sort of epic, abstracted song that moves through its spontaneous episodes with all of the fluidity of the best free improvisation. After a haunting passage in which Haino's voice, descending from angelic high notes to guttural growls, is accompanied only by O'Rourke's roaming bass, Haino turns to electronics, gradually building a thick cloud of cosmic sludge as Ambarchi's drumming goes into free fall. The end of the second side presents a special treat: Haino's first recorded outing on the contrabass harmonica, from which he coaxes bizarre, wheezing textures against a backdrop of spacious bass and percussion. When Haino eventually picks up the guitar midway through the epic performance, the spaciousness and sense of volatility remain, with the trio often moving in an instant from crescendos of ecstatic noise to near-silence. O'Rourke and Ambarchi rarely adopt here the classic rock roles essayed on earlier releases. O'Rourke's bass, which takes centre stage surprisingly often, is sometimes so heavily processed by his array of pedals that it becomes a shifting electronic mass; at other times his roving chromaticism suggests a sort of fuzzed-out free jazz. Ambarchi spends much of the set exploring areas of tumbling free pulse; and even when he locks into a constantly repeated figure on the set's third side, he gestures as much toward Ronald Shannon Jackson's stuttering marching band funk as toward any classic rock moves. When the trio finally move in the final quarter of the performance into an extended passage of rock riffing, the payoff is immense, as they craft a thudding one-chord epic reminiscent of some of the early Fushitsusha classics, before Haino returns to the bulgari, bringing the set back to where it began. Continuing to explore new instrumental and dynamic possibilities while remaining grounded in the trio's previous work, this set also brings with it a unique pleasure for the non-Japonophone listener: for the first time Haino sings many of his metaphysically brooding lyrics in English. (Francis Plagne)"
Loren Connors, Suzanne Langille / I Wish I Didn't Dream / 7" Vinyl / Northern Spy Records / NSVS 031"
Peter Brötzmann, Steve Noble / I Am Here Where Are You / CD / Trost Records / TR122
At the beginning, Hystérie off Music was conceived as a catalogue record, an open field where the author could play with all musical genres and their stereotypes, but then evolved rapidly into an uncompromising clash of field recordings, sampled instruments and Tazartès' incomparable vocal eclecticism, made of emotional psalms and shamanic hymns. The Encyclopédie of genres turns into a childish - and sometimes scary - play and the song titles mislead the listener introducing him to a completely new classification. Recorded in early 2000s and released on CD in 2007 by the French label Jardin au Fou, it's now available in a remastered vinyl version - with an excellent cut made by SST in Frankfurt - for the best listening experience of this cinematic electronic collage. A true movie for the ear. Released on Holidays Records in a limited edition of 350 copies on black vinyl.
Myrrh / Hymns / Cassette / Lighten Up Sounds
Myrrh / Hymns / Cassette / Lighten Up Sounds / lighten up sounds #56 All Infinite Limits' copies of this tape are from the first edition of 100 copies.
Phil Julian / Hive Work / CDr, Mini / Sheepscar Light Industrial / SLI.013
Blanche Blanche Blanche / Hints To Pilgrims / Vinyl LP / OSR Tapes / OSR25
Following on from the sun-bleached, decayed atmospheres of Scott's previous 2016 release The Carousel (SKR05), Hilldrop brings together four pieces for piano, FM synth, finger cymbals, autoharp, and clock chime. Recorded in different domestic settings between 2011 and 2016, the four tracks vary in structure and intensity, yet remain united by a common sense of stillness and a lightness of touch familiar to much of Scott's solo and collaborative work. Originally planned as a double 7", Hilldrop is presented here as a single 12" cut at 45rpm and comes packaged in brown paper inner sleeves with a hand finished wrap-around cover designed by Tom Scott. Composed and recorded by Tom Scott. Autoharp on Dewpoint played by Kristina Liulia. Mastered by Sean McCann. Edition of 150 copies.
Andrew Paine, Richard Youngs, Highwaymen E.P., 7" Vinyl, Sonic Oyster Vinyl, SOV003"
Clay Cantrell / High On The Gallows / Cassette / House Of Alchemy / houseofalchemy#067
Chris Weisman / Hi / CD/CDr / OSR Tapes
Chris Weisman / Hi / CD / OSR Tapes / OSR39
Maher Shalal Hash Baz / Hello New York / Vinyl LP / OSR Tapes / OSR60
(This album has been designed to be played as loudly as possible). Rusting metal junk, discarded as trash by a world that saw no value in it, but when filled with blood, flesh and bone it can be transformed into potent sources of energy. Those chunks of energy are designed to rouse once more our savage souls, to drag us out of our comfortable everyday reality into an imaginary world. TNB present us with a choking, vacuum-like, hermetically sealed space where you utterly lose touch with your senses, whereas ABH dwell with our senses then push them towards freedom. The cover art is a classical, elegant portrait photo by Rupenus which has then been walked over and spat on by Yamada. Package consists of a long box, containing a handmade 'objet' card made of scrap metal (each one is different in shape and design) and a twelve-page booklet of artwork by the two musicians. Limited edition of 250.
Stunning new LP from Elodie (Andrew Chalk and Timo van Luijk duo project). "The glowing momentum captured in a suite of five movements for speechless voice rooted in a flair of earthly instrumental strokes. A sensual twilight where ashes become seeds". Each copy includes an original hand printed edition etching by Timo van Luijk, attached to gorgeous handmade sleeves of thick card stock with textured debossing/rounded tabs outside sleeve construction. Released on van Luijk's Editions La Scie Dorée imprint in an edition of just 300 copies."
Sheldon Siegel / Greve Totale / 2 x Vinyl LP / Scheld'apen / S'ASS001
William Corrigan / Grandma's House / Cassette / All Gone / No Catalogue #
Philip Corner / Gong / Ear : dance-ing 1 & 2 / Vinyl LP / Roaratorio / roar27
Guerilla Toss / Gay Disco / Vinyl LP / NNA Tapes / NNA069
New and official full-length studio album by Micheal Morley's Gate, joined here by Ninni Morgia and Silvia Kastel's Control Unit! Six hallucinatory tracks of free noise blast, abstract electronics and industrial landscapes. A radical new effort by two projects at the apex of their creative power. Cover Art is a painting by Morley's himself. Released on the 8mm Records label in a limited edition of 300 copies.
Malcolm Goldstein / Full Circle Sounding / Vinyl LP / Kye / Kye34
Peter Brotzmann / Marino Pliakas / Michael Wertmuller / Full Blast / Full Blast / Vinyl LP / Jazzwerkstatt
Heavyweight European free-jazz/improv from Full Blast, the trio of Peter Brotzmann, Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmuller. The pieces on this heavyweight vinyl LP issue were performed and recorded in Cologne, Germany, in February 2006. Released on the Jazzwerkstatt label.
Limited to 50 copies cassette by Christian Mirande that's a "meditation on the relationship between Eastern and Western aerospace engineering". Another fantastic release from Mirande. Published on Jason Crumer's No Rent Records label."
Sam Hooker / Apetechnology Chip / Four Minutes Of Madness Vol. 1 "Madness Squared" / Cassette / Michigan Underground Group
Sam Hooker, Apetechnology Chip / Four Minutes Of Madness Vol. 1 "Madness Squared" / Cassette / Michigan Underground Group / No catalouge #"
Al Marantz / Forgotten Device / Cassette / OSR Tapes / OSR30
Fvrtvr / Following Shapes to the Edge of a Drift / Vinyl LP / Discombobulate / BOB009
The trio Argo was formed in Darmstadt in 1985 by Hans Essel (violin), Marit Hoffmann (viola), and Thomas Stett (clarinet). It existed until 2016 when it was forced to an end by the untimely death of Stett. Argo set out to explore new ways of free collective improvisation that were aimed neither at personal expressivity nor at the evocation of a certain mood or atmosphere. Eschewing any compositional agreements, they experimented with musical forms and processes that emerged spontaneously between the poles of the players' individual lines of improvisation. They played with fleeting objects of sound and transformations, inflections, and disruptions of those objects. Unexpected noises that could arise at any time required and provoked fast reactions of the players. Argo utilized three classical instruments without any preparations but over time developed an augmented range of sound generation techniques on these instruments. Their playing bears almost no traces of tonality, harmony, or rhythm. The title of this edition, "Flüchtige Musik", translates as "fleeting music" or "transient music". The double LP collects recordings made mostly live between 1987 and 2013. The first recording still shows traces of classical sound material but also includes other sound generators like styrofoam and cardboard that were left out later. Already in 1991, Argo had settled on using the three instruments exclusively but with a new range of sounds that can be heard throughout the subsequent recordings. On a few occasions, Argo transferred their concept to experiments with their own speaking voices. This led to "Flüchtige Wörter" ("fleeting words"), one recording of which is also included. Double LP in gate-fold sleeve with black poly-lined inner sleeves. Edition of 300. Edition Telemark."
Toxoplasmosis / Father Son Holy Ghost / Cassette / AA Records / No catalogue #
Toxoplasmosis / Father Son Holy Ghost / Cassette / AA Records / No catalogue #
Albrecht/D. (Dietrich Albrecht) was born in Thüringen in 1944. Influenced by Raoul Hausmann, Hans Arp and Kurt Schwitters he became an artist in 1966 and founded Reflection Press in 1968 to published a wide variety of magazines and cassettes. Albrecht was associated with the Fluxus movement and an active member of the mail-art community. He worked and performed with leading artists such as Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell and Throbbing Gristle. His first album, Endless Music, came out in 1974 and in 1979 he was included in the famous NWW-list. In the early 90's Albrecht recorded a session for a release on Slowscan Records but the project got shelved. Edited and mastered in 2016 these recordings are now finally available. 'Far East And Out' contains 4 home recorded, improvised and minimalist pieces using percussion, cymbals, bells, flute and guitar. Introvert, meditative and definite endless music. Limited to 200 copies.
Second Family Band / Family Album / 2 x Vinyl LP / Sagittarius A-Star / SAS34
Eli Keszler / Keith Fullerton Whitman / Eli Keszler / Keith Fullerton Whitman / Vinyl LP / NNA Tapes
Eli Keszler, Keith Fullerton Whitman / Eli Keszler / Keith Fullerton Whitman / Vinyl LP / NNA Tapes / NNA043
Return of the legendary FACTRIX together with new cult hero CONTROL UNIT! After their last release from 1982, the seminal "California Babylon", San Francisco industrial pioneers Factrix are back with a new studio album, recorded together with Italian duo Control Unit (whose critically acclaimed debut "The Fugitives" was released on Backwards last year). The quartet formed by Bond Bergland, Cole Palme, Silvia Kastel and Ninni Morgia moulds a new language of industrial music with guitars, bass and electronics, resulting in a fusion of acoustic and electric elements, primitive rhythms patterns and even blues. On top sits the ghostly, sexy, no-waveish voice of Silvia Kastel. The collaboration started during Control Unit's US tour; Factrix attended one of their shows and were so enthusiastic that they invited the Italian duo to record with them. The LP was recorded in Spring 2012 at the Factrix studio in Berkeley, CA and later mixed by Silvia Kastel and Bond Bergland, then mastered by Scott Colburn in Seattle. Fans of classic industrial music, Throbbing Gristle, post punk, Confusion Is Sex era Sonic Youth will feel at home with this album, but it will also satisfy those who love the most extreme avantgarde experiments in music. The first pressing of the record will be accompanied by a limited edition 7" with bonus tracks. Cover artwork by Karen Constance (Blood Stereo) and an exclusive insert written by Seymour Glass (Bananafish). Graphics & layout by Backwards."
Wolf Eyes / Dull Murder EP / 7" Vinyl / American Tapes / AM965"


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York-solicitor war of words harmful to law enforcement
The war of words between York officials and the office of 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett over an allegedly "botched" murder investigation has succeeded only in casting doubt on the competency of both. This dispute is not likely to improve the quality of law enforcement in York County.
The first shot was fired by York Mayor Eddie Lee, who went to Brackett with a list of cases against repeat offenders in which charges had either been dropped or reduced. Lee demanded an explanation as to why so many repeat offenders were ending up back on the street.
In a blunt letter hand-delivered to Brackett's office Oct. 1, Lee, at the request of the City Council, called for "improved cooperation and communication" between the solicitor's office and the York Police Department.
Lee's letter evidently was prompted in part by a Sept. 11 fight on California Street that police say was gang related. One person, Dawud Chester, was fatally shot during the fight.
Lee accused the solicitor's office of ignoring evidence collected by York police officers and declining to prosecute cases.
Brackett's initial response to the mayor's chest beating was measured. He said that he had not been aware of any problems before receiving the letter, and that the accusations made in the letter were vague. He scheduled a meeting with Lee to discuss the letter.
Brackett added that his office has had issues with the evidence produced by York police on some cases. York Police Chief Bill Mobley countered that lack of communication may have contributed to the problems.
This would have been the ideal opportunity for Lee, Brackett and Mobley to sit down, discuss their differences quietly and reasonably, and iron out whatever problems existed. Instead, the public circus continued.
Brackett responded two weeks later, accusing the York Police Department of botching the investigation of the Sept. 11 murder and presenting insufficent evidence for charging Antonio Mobley with that murder. Calling the investigation a "nightmare," Brackett noted that two signed warrants named two different gunmen in the case and that conflicting statements suggest that another man might have shot Chester. Brackett has asked the State Law Enforcement Division to take over the investigation.
Judge Michael Nettles of the 12th Circuit in Florence originally had denied bond for Mobley. But he agreed last week to release him on a $15,000 personal recognizance bond after Mobley's attorney asked the judge to reconsider based on the conflicting evidence.
Then it was Chief Mobley's turn. He accused Brackett of acting more like a defense attorney than a prosecutor and said that Brackett was trying to get back at the city for its complaint about reduced charges and dropped cases.
These are serious issues and serious accusations on the part of all involved in this spat. The question is whether the interests of York County residents and quality law enforcement are best served by this public sparring match.
The solicitor's office and local law enforcement agencies are obligated to work together, not at cross purposes. Their duty is to serve the public for whom they work.
The public needs to have confidence that police are competent, well led and well trained. The public also needs to have confidence that the solicitor's office is adequately staffed to review cases carefully and to vigorously prosecute dangerous criminals. And the public needs to know that police and prosecutors are working hand in hand to achieve that common goal.
Behind the public feud are two serious questions: Does the solicitor's office drop or reduce too many charges and is the York Police Department capable of investigating crimes?
For the sake of law-abiding citizens, the city of York and the solicitor's office need to work together to determine the answers.
Public accusations and counter-accusations are not conducive to goal of better law enforcement.
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Damian Moss
November 22 - December 23 2017
This body of work has developed from my interest in mark making and the mechanics of repetition. The composition of each work begins with a grid, a system which provides pictorial structure while allowing for endless variation, and satisfies my own formalist tendencies. The process is slow and instinctual, with the outcome of each work remaining open rather than predetermined.
In the end, each image shares a common structure but reveals a unique cartography, juxtaposing the intuitive process of mark making with the repetitive nature of patterns and the infinite complexities of nature and spatial relationships.
Damian Moss
November 2017
each work is framed with non-reflective, UV resistant museum glass


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Female aggression is the glittering lure of Big Little Lies, the HBO miniseries that makes athleisure-clad warriors of Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley. Packs of mean girls once roved the hallways of pop culture, from Heathers to Pretty Little Liars. Now, those mostly white, mostly wealthy women duke it out in the mommy wars, where every child-rearing decision is both a dagger and an Achilles' heel. The word "vicious" — tutted by parents of both genders at moms — is as ubiquitous in this version of the affluent seaside town of Monterey, California, as are Burberry dresses for first-graders. Based closely on Liane Moriarty's enormously thoughtful best seller, the seven-part adaptation (which premieres Sunday) teases out our biases about aggression — who gets punished and who gets a pass, what we teach about it versus what we do about it — and how violence is learned through generations. Big Little Lies's themes go back to Greek tragedy, but take on forceful new connotations when filtered through a female lens, even in this rarefied setting. As frothy and funny as it is serious, the miniseries will likely stand out as one of the most important TV projects of the year.
Bruises bloom faster than salvaged-wood cafés here, coloring legs and backs and necks in a nauseating purple. A more final type of violence opens Big Little Lies, and the parents of Otter Bay Elementary School unload years of gossip and catty impressions of one another to homicide detectives with a near-orgasmic passion. Among Monterey's least liked is Witherspoon's Madeline, a housewife and mother of two who freely admits to her new friend, Woodley's new-in-town single mom Jane, that she shames working mothers for not spending enough time with their kids. Unlike the other Monterey mommies, Jane's so young she's initially mistaken for Madeline's nanny — there's always a "right" way and time for women to reproduce, even for the most liberated among us.
It's Madeline who's the most relatable, even when she glams up in 4-inch stilettos and flower-print dresses probably straight out of the Draper James catalogue just to drive her kids to school. Her lack of purpose outside parenting drives her crazy, but she knows she can't compete professionally with her peers, like tech exec Renata (Laura Dern), for whom being on the board of PayPal is just another side project. And so Madeline can't help being, essentially, the Tasmanian devil of Monterey, destroying everything in her path in her flurry to right the slightest of wrongs. On the first day of school, Jane and Renata exchange dirty glances after Renata's daughter accuses Jane's son of attacking her on the playground. Jane's son denies it, but he becomes the only kid in the class not to be invited to Renata's daughter's birthday party. Jane's merely upset, while Madeline — an "itty bitty ball of rage," as one of the other moms describe her — quickly takes it nuclear by pulling her own popular daughter from the party to punish Renata.
Petty bitchiness will probably be the main reason viewers tune in, and Big Little Lies serves up plenty of it while decrying the sexism that depicts all women as competitive with one another. "Women: You all want to be the envy of your friends," observes Renata's husband (Jeffrey Nordling) in a typical line that's at once sharply observational and off-puttingly boorish. Mindful of not perpetuating the age-old tradition of putting women on a pedestal only to knock them down — a goddess/trash dichotomy now nearly as pervasive as the virgin/whore one; ask any Hollywood It girl who gets one more award or second in the spotlight than she "deserves" — the miniseries celebrates the rich moms' designer coats and Architectural Digest–worthy beachside mansions while exploring why none of those social-media-ready surfaces make these women happy.
Significantly, these mothers on the verge of a nervous breakdown aren't consumed by quiet distress because they aren't mindful or grateful or present enough — none of that trite nonsense. Like Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, Big Little Lies belongs to that subsection of book-club staples about ordinary women so consumed by ideals of female perfection that they don't realize — or realize too late — how their lives have been derailed by male cruelty. Madeline is confronted by her first husband's (James Tupper) infidelity all over again when her younger daughter ends up in the same classroom as his child with his mistress-turned-wife (Zoe Kravitz). Jane believes her son didn't hurt his classmate, but it's soon revealed that she has her own reasons to fear the sweet 6-year-old.
But it's Kidman's Celeste — the tallest among the three friends and yet the most shrinking — whose domestic-abuse story line most bluntly demonstrates the soul-killing sacrifices it takes to appear flawless. The violence that Celeste endures from her husband (Alexander Skarsgard) is unlike any I've seen in either movies or television, and its mixture with sexual desire gives Celeste enough plausible deniability to lie to herself about what's really happening. Wild and Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée employs his signature style of fast cuts, handheld cameras, and dense collages of images. In lighter scenes, he can deliver a joke or convey maternal warmth in half a second. But that same approach in the abuse scenes is oppressively intimate. A therapist's attempt to get Celeste to admit her victimization in the fifth episode is the most rivetingly tense moment of the first six installments.
Kidman's Celeste is statue-still for much of the series, as if she were afraid to take up too much space. The actress's native Australian accent distractedly pops in and out — perhaps in an unconscious homage to the novel's origins — but she fully expresses the character through her physical performance alone. Madeline is a brooding brunette in her soul (and in the book), but Witherspoon is a hilarious delight, rattling off bratty bons mots like, "I love my grudges. I tend to them like little pets." Witherspoon doesn't have the best chemistry with Adam Scott, who plays her dumpy second husband, but at least it sells their lack of enthusiasm for their marital duties. Woodley is great, too, as a lonely outsider suffering from PTSD, but unsurprisingly it's Dern who steals every scene as the tragic embodiment of having-it-all womanhood: a stratospherically successful leaner-in who finds that she's now too busy to enjoy her life, and that being the object of jealousy doesn't make her any more liked.
There's probably another five story lines that I haven't mentioned; the miniseries is as packed with plot as the Bay Area is with sanctimony. Writer David E. Kelley, who borrows from Moriarty some of her most quotable lines, can't make storytelling sense out of her most outlandish development, which involves Madeline's teenage daughter (Kathryn Newton) and an extremely juvenile understanding of internet activism. "Why does shit keep happening to me?" Madeline wonders, knowing that the rest of Monterey is watching her every move. Their job is to judge her. Ours is to not.


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What age am I? It's a question that comes up from time to time.
I usually answer by saying that I'm 35 looking out and about 95 looking in.
Although I write a lot about the past, I certainly don't live in the past, and I have great difficulty grasping the fact that my teenage years were half a century ago.
My memory is quite good though, but it's not as good as I sometimes think it is.
So, when questions come up from time to time from Notebook readers, I don't always have the answers at my fingertips.
If the truth be told, I'm quite often stuck for an answer.
And when I make mistakes and readers point them out to me, I make the excuse they were intentional.
"I put that in deliberately to make sure people were paying attention," is the line I usually take to fend them off.
I pride myself though that I was not trained in what I call The Stab in the Dark School of Journalism.
The old maxim I was taught was: When in doubt, leave it out.
Today, however, I'm going to ignore all that and take a stab in the dark at an answer to a question I've just been posed about rock bands in Dunbartonshire in the 60s.
Drew Davidson has written to me regarding some articles I wrote about the Apaches after the death of his brother-in-law, Jim Mullen.
Drew has a website dedicated to the Apaches - www.apaches.org.uk - which tracks their history from their start in 1959 to their disbandment in 1966.
He has also tracked down and been in contact with the remaining members of the group, John Cannon and Steve Hall, and has put them in touch with the other original members of the group, Willie Hodge and Tom Patterson.
He is still trying to track down some information on Phil Pattinson, who died some time in the 1980s but without much success to date.
Perhaps someone can help Drew with that?
I can't give him the full answer to the question he asked me which follows on from one put to him by Apaches' drummer Jim Molloy's daughter, Wendi.
She sent him a poor quality photograph of her dad in a group prior to the Apaches and asked if I knew their name.
To date, however, Drew's inquiries have drawn a blank – and I became his last port of call.
I can't name the group but I am nearly certain that the person pictured second left is Stewart Walker from Cardross.
Stewart was a major figure on the local rock scene then and became Dumbarton's answer to Brian Epstein.
The last time I saw him, which is more than 10 years ago, he was running a pub with a country and western theme on the Broomielaw in Glasgow.
I am sure there are some of you still extant out there who remember the Cardross band, so let me know if you do.
Incidentally, Wendi Molloy wrote to Drew to say that before her father died he was attending night school to learn how to read and write music, focusing on bosanova beats. It seems the former Waldie's Garage mechanic who emigrated to New Zealand had developed a huge passion for jazz and was still playing in a band prior to his death.
Wendi says her dad's Ludwig kit has recently been reconditioned and is in the possession of her children, who, of the three of them, the two boys are both accomplished drummers.
They have been playing the drums since the eldest was four. The snare drum and the stool are the only un-original bits.
Jim seemingly sold the snare drum to the drummer of New Zealand band Super Groove.
Ever a man for a joke, he told friends and family he left his stool in Wanganui after a gig.
Jim's son is also a drummer and plays the guitar. He is a guitar technician touring with Nick Cave at the moment – "He's just done Glastonbury and currently in Poland," said Wendi.
So, if you can help Drew Davidson to piece together this important part of local rock history, get in touch with him through the Apaches website and the link provided.


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How well and how often do you move? Do you think moving and exercising are the same thing?
Do you think lifting weights repetitively makes you stronger and healthier overall?
I'm just asking these questions because I often hear clients and colleagues saying Yes to the above questions yet I've never seen them exploring other planes of motion or shifting loads.
Guillaume Tual
That we train hours in the gym, or running kilometres and swimming in the pool, but do we actually allow our bodies to move and work in the multitude of directions and twists and turns that it is capable of? For many of us who do not engage in 'multi movment' activities, this can be a danger. We equate hours in a single exercise that has us in 'fixed planes' of motion as being sufficient to keep our bodies in good shape and healthy. This could in fact be a little bit of 'sticking head in the sand' when you wind up on the treatment table with pain and injury and a perplexed expression of 'but I workout' on your mind.
There is a group that promote the idea of movement patterning and looking at the overall movement of the human animal as the primary aim and goal to target good health and adaptable and well tuned functioning people. The founders of the CrossFit system had this as their primary goal: "greater work capacities across broad time and modal domains" The idea to create an athletic performance that is not specific in one specialised ability and fitness, but in a general and more broad sense, encompassing a functional and adaptable athlete.
The human animal can be brought to an abrupt halt by dysfunctional movement patterns... common movement errors that can rob you of speed, power, endurance and strength.
Dr Kelly Starret
The quote above hints at what is possible when you begin to train inside your own specialised movement pattern. Continuing to train in known movement patterns and disciplines can and does develop strength and power and increases your performance. However, we can also become trapped in these movement patterns and disciplines without utilising the power and dexterity of other patterns to compliment and even enhance the movements that we are trying to perfect. If we don't stimulate new growth and new ways of performing, our body becomes adept at reinforcing only singular outcomes and forgets to utilise all that is available to us.
There is a movement of Bio-mechanics which is loosely explained as the 'physics of movement'. This is looking at the intrinsic value of natural movements and the mechanics of what goes on with our bodies and the amount of movement that we are capable of, the history of movement we are built upon genetically and the science on how the body can move (right down to a cellular and microscopic level). Understanding movement and the possibilities therein has massive effects on how we can function more effectively and efficiently so that our whole system (not just our muscular/connective system) avoids pain.
The concept that most appeals is the 'victim of captivity'. Essentially - that we are captives of our prescribed body movement patterns. We are desk-bound (most of us), we are seated-beings. We sit in the car, we sit at the desk, we sit at lunch, on the computer, on the couch watching television. We are captives of this frontal position and the flexed hips, curved back and forward head (mainly as we exist so much on device screens). This comes down to a philosophical move away from our traditional environment – our forest dwelling, hunter/gatherer biped mode. The natural evolution of our history has us as walking, running, climbing and negotiating other fields, such as water or sand. This changes the way we move how we utilise 'rotation' and twist to negotiate and deal with various changes in the
As a captive culture we exist in a sedentary space – Captive – we live inside 'mini controlled environments'. Katy Bowman M.S - a biomechanist and scientist who promotes a movement based practice for good health and reduced pain, talks about how exercise has become the standard of our understanding of movement. Without the natural need to gather our food and hunt and battle with natural landscapes (hills, trees, mounds, seas) we have now associated things such as gym workouts as movement. Exercise has become a supplement of high intensity, short duration, quick fix pill that satisfies the need to move. But movement exists in a much broader sense, where we twist and turn and jump and arch ALL DAY LONG. Sitting on the floor, getting up off the floor and getting into 'new joint configurations' is vital to stimulate our bodies into the various planes of movement that is NOT tied to this 'seated' position (flexed hips, flat lumbar)
Repetitiveness is the main problem. Even before we were desk bound in the industrial revolution, we were standing at machines. We were involved in long periods of 'shifts' where we performed the same, repetitive movements. These controlled environments resulted in repetitive issues and thus repetition can and does bring about injury as the body units involved in repetitive actions get overused. In this way, prolonged standing in one position is every bit as dangerous as seated in one position. We need movement and a constantly changing stimulus to operate in different ways and stimulate different movement patterns so that we don't over work singular actions or postures. This is what we must battle in the captive state - The Fixated Posture. We can change this even if we are forced to sit for 10 hours a day. We can sit differently. Get a different chair, a Swiss ball, a stool – change the posture. It has as much a benefit as does going to a standing position. This is where the adjustable work spaces that go between standing and sitting are really on the money. They change the way we work with our desk. A changing environment is a healthy environment to stimulate new ways of working. Right down to cellular and neural level. Neural pathways can be activated when we are standing vs sitting. It's a game changer that stimulates alternative stimulus and this makes a big difference to how the body and the brain respond to movement. We know that sometimes when you walk away from an issue, you come back to it with a new solution – this is one of the reasons why this works! Its scientifically proven that movement stimulates a change in brain patterning.
Taking this to the next level and stimulating our bodies in different ways via exercise is another way to make sure we stimulate those new pathways, cellular activities and so forth. In this way, sport based activities sometimes have a one-up on other. The introduction of a ball or a bat into the equation, this can change the way our body moves. The way that our body interacts with other implements changes the way that our muscles are used to manipulate this object. I've talked before about the importance of bringing rotation into your training regime to ensure you are utilising all the various planes of movement into the body. This activates that all important facial connective system that incorporates a whole different set of co-ordinations and contractions that are utilised to enable that cross-plane movement.
Move in all different planes of motion because life is not linear - Guillaume Tual
Funnily enough, I have been seeing quite a few soccer players with this type of issue. Soccer is different because it involves movement 'across the midline' of the body. Think of passing a soccer ball with your foot. That fundamental movement involves a direct stress on the adductors that not many other sports do incorporate – to that large degree. So many of the weekend soccer players I get are not strong enough in the core 'in the rotational sphere' and necessarily open enough in the adductors to enable the movement along with strength in the supporting muscles of the hip on the supporting side to do this movement over 90minutes on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
This is a classic example of a different plane of motion. This is a classic example of how changing up your movement actions can work your body in different ways to stimulate different co-ordinations and motion. And this ultimately leads to good health as long as you can introduce it in a tolerable dosage. Like the Lion that is released into the wild after living in a cage – running across the open savannah is different to circling a cage and being hand fed. You can't GO HARD too quickly otherwise you do end up on my table. But it doesn't mean that you shouldn't do it. You really just have to incorporate it in tolerable dosages so that you can eventually – run wild in the savannah.
In short, movement is about natural patterns of function. Not just singular planes and the performance of a single leap, throw or lift. Whilst these are worthy pursuits and the specialisation of these patterns is impressive and inspiring and to be rewarded, its not the only way that the body can perform. And to keep health and balance, these specialised patterns are often detrimental in the long run IF you are unable to bring into play the vast array of 'movement' that the body is capable of. So trying new and different planes of movement and investing in actions that are not your normal up and down, front and back actions are perhaps worth exploring because as Ido Portal promotes...
"we are humans first, movers second and specialists third"


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St. Norbert Opens Season With Win Over UW-Platteville
From Sports Information Director, August 31, 2014 | Men's Soccer
by Dan Lukes, firstname.lastname@example.com, (920) 403-4077
DE PERE - St. Norbert College opened the 2014 season with an impressive 2-0 win over UW-Platteville in a non-conference match at Schneider Stadium.
The Green Knights scored twice in the first five minutes of the game in order to gain a win over a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference school since a 2-1 win over UW-Whitewater on Oct. 15, 2006.
St. Norbert jumped ahead on its first attack of the game, when Joe Fabich put home a rebound just 21 seconds into the match. Patrick Hehir and Sam Lamers recorded assists on the goal.
Lamers then gave the Green Knights a 2-0 lead when Nathan Angell crossed a pass to Lamers, who finished with a top right shot.
Platteville (1-1) outshot St. Norbert 18-7, including 14-3 in the second half, but Scott Fall turned in a nine-save performance to register the shutout. Faul made at least three difficult saves to hold the Green Knights' two-goal lead.


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Growing Beyond the Families of Abraham - Part 2
Welcoming Marginalized Traditions
by Hans Gustafson
Marginalized traditions, including contemporary Paganisms and Earth-based traditions, are beginning to be welcomed to the table of interreligious engagement in pockets around the U.S. However, the rest of us can still be more welcoming. Part I of this three-part series focused on the need to welcome marginalized religions in general to the table of interreligious engagement, making a special call to welcome those from indigenous and polytheist traditions. Part II moves from the general to the particular by focusing on one tradition: Heathenry in the United States, though lacking a unified theology, is typically polytheistic, centering on a pantheon of deities from pre-Christian Germanic Europe.
Jennifer Snook, lecturer in sociology of religion at Grinnell College, specializes in American Heathenry as a new religious movement in the U.S. context. Karl E. H. Seigfried serves as Pagan Chaplain at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he is an adjunct professor of humanities. Snook and Seigfried provide a sense of the Heathen experience in the context of interreligious encounter, especially on American college campuses. They both identify as Heathens and cite positive and negative experiences with interreligious encounter and dialogue.
Kinship can form between and among those from other marginalized traditions. Seigfried, as the former president of Interfaith Dialogue at the University of Chicago, says "At the University of Chicago, the individuals who have been most interested in engaging with truly diverse interfaith dialogue have been undergraduate and graduate students from embattled or marginalized minority faith backgrounds such as Hinduism, Judaism, Mormonism, and Unitarianism."
Snooks' home institution has been remarkably welcoming. She reports that she "was immediately welcomed by the Chaplain [and] invited to participate in organizing a Pagan discussion group for students." Grinnell College approved her new course Witches, Druids and Heathens: Exploring Paganisms in the United States, which "was the highest enrolled course for the semester and has received a lot of positive attention on campus." Further, the college continues to support her tradition by funding the travel of "Heathen speakers to campus for talks and rituals, and a field trip for students to attend a Heathen event."
Prior to living in Iowa and teaching at Grinnell College, Snook lived for a decade in Mississippi, a region she recognizes as deeply embedded in a Christian tradition that demands religious participation. There, she was often met with confusion, misunderstanding, ignorance, and stereotyping.
Every time that I outed myself to students or others, the responses were always morbid curiosity, surprise, fear, and awe. Fear that I was not "saved," or that I was Satanic. One student asked me if Heathens perform human sacrifice, and others asked if any or all Heathens worship Satan. Others congratulated me for coming "out" and being "brave"— presumably because in this context, they understood the risk of ridicule and judgement, and had never met another Pagan.
At the University of Chicago, Seigfried faced challenges as well. He remarks, "The group that has been consistently opposed to including minorities in the campus dialogue – both in-class and in the larger public space at the university – have been Christians in positions of authority as senior professors and administrators." He cites instances of intimidation and silencing, such as instances of Christian faculty and administrators publicly shutting down counter-narratives from minority-faith students, and the tearing down of posters for an officially approved lecture by a member of a minority religion. Seigfried finds this intolerable, especially on the campus of one of the most esteemed universities recognized for its inquiry into religious history, interpretation, and diversity.
Despite promising movements on the horizon, there remains work to do for those who dominate the tent of interfaith engagement. Seigfried calls on those with power and privilege at the table of interreligious dialogue and "those of good conscience from majority religious traditions … to stand up and actively promote their colleagues who belong to smaller faiths." In the interest of constructive interreligious learning, and in light of those who have "suggested a direct relationship between radical monotheism and intolerant, oppressive attitudes toward other religious faiths," I support my colleague Dr. David Penchansky's intuition that "perhaps a more open and complex view of divinity would promote a better understanding between religious faiths, particularly now, when we seem to be in each other's faces so often."
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Tage Thompson
Position: Center
College team: Connecticut (NCAA)
Born: Phoenix
Measurables: 6-foot-5, 185 pounds
2015-16 stats: 36 games, 14 goals, 18 assists, 32 points
Central Scouting rank: No. 20 (North America)
Lowdown: Fans love to yell, "Shoot!" when a team has a power play. They don't have to say it twice with Thompson on the ice. The big forward has a cannon for a shot, and he used it to lead the NCAA with 13 power-play goals.
The true freshman has been around the ice his whole life. His father, Brent, was an NHL enforcer with Los Angeles, Winnipeg and Phoenix. While Brent Thompson registered one goal and 352 penalty minutes, Tage is the opposite and would much rather score than fight. His one-timer from the top of the circle is his best punch.
While he's good at protecting the puck and can play physical, Thompson could still use some weight to handle inside play. He's working on his skating.
They said it: "He's a pro player. For him to go into that program and get the ice time and production he's getting, he's getting bigger and stronger and his skating has picked up. He upgraded his skating even though he didn't need to, so he's one of these guys who can get in, protect the puck, get it to the net and he's hard to check.." – Dan Marr, director of NHL Central Scouting, to NHL.com.
The Buffalo News is profiling 30 prospects in 30 days leading up to the NHL Draft, which will be held June 24-25 in First Niagara Center.


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We were one of four winners out of eight finalists from an initial pool of 109 applicants. The money will go to further our students' impact on the industry as skilled craftsmen and women. Some of the grant money will be used to build an ImpactSA Tiny Home that we use for community outreach. We will continue to make an impact on our community and support other districts who reach out to us as a model program in promoting training and the trades in a high school setting.
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A useless prediction
Ok, so I've already stated that I'm not all that excited about this Super Bowl. Since my Packers lost to the Giants, I've lost interest. If I have to pick a team to root for I'll root for the Giants, in much the same way I root against whoever is playing the Yankees. I really don't like the Patriots and hope that they lose out on this chance to make history. Having said that, I think it's almost impossible that they are denied. I think they are much too complete as a team to lose tomorrow. I also don't think it's a close contest. My guess is that the final score is 34-12, with New England prevailing.
Here's hoping that I'm wrong.