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My parents' house in Christchurch is within the red zone. They are trying to work out how to proceed with their lives and I am hoping you can give some advice on their options.
Mum and Dad are in their late 60s and have no significant savings. They are living off their NZ Super. The value of their mortgage-free house and land in 2007 was $400,000 and they are due a quarter share of my grandmother's house (also in the red zone), which will come to a bit more than $100,000.
They are considering downsizing and moving to an outlying suburb of Christchurch, probably leaving them in much the same position financially as they are in now.
I am wondering if they may be better off renting and enjoying the money left over for the remainder of their lives.
Alternatively I am in the position to build a small house on my land in Bay of Plenty for less than the inheritance from my grandmother.
If Mum and Dad loaned me the $100,000 it would still leave them with $400,000 to enjoy, freeing them up to travel in comfort and have plenty of money to travel back to Christchurch to see family there. What's best for them?
It's funny how an unusual situation can get you thinking beyond the obvious.
When we look at your parents' first two options - remaining as homeowners or renting so they can "eat their house" - the same choice applies to many other retired couples with a mortgage-free home and little income beyond NZ Super. But usually selling their house doesn't occur to them. In your parents' case, though, they have to move - which presumably has prompted you to consider all alternatives.
However, I don't like the renting idea much, for one simple reason: security.
They don't know how long they will live, and if they rent they might run out of money. Worry about that possibility is likely to curb their spending on fun. It's one thing getting by on NZ Super if your accommodation is taken care of, quite another if it's not.
What's more, renters can't put down roots in the same way. They might be restricted in changes they can make to a house or garden, and they never know when the landlord might kick them out, or raise the rent unreasonably.
Of course there are pluses for renters. You can move quickly and easily, and you don't have to worry about maintenance and other responsibilities. But the pluses are unlikely to outweigh the minuses for retired people. The smaller house in the outlying suburb would probably work better.
Your parents, though, have another option - becoming your near neighbours. And if the house you build would be too small for their liking, presumably they could lend you $200,000 or $300,000 for a bigger place and still have some spending money.
The main factor here is that you are giving them free use of the land, releasing money that would otherwise go into land ownership. It's an appealing idea, assuming they are happy to move to your area.
One thing to consider, though, is that as they grow older, they probably won't have as many nearby friends and support people as they would in Christchurch. Does that sit well with them, you, and other family members?
Speaking of your kin, I suggest you talk the whole thing through with them, including what would happen when your parents die, or move to a rest home or elsewhere.
Would you sell their house and give back the proceeds - minus the value of the land - to your parents or their estate? How and when would the land be valued? And what if the house, minus land, sold for lots more than your parents had put into it? Would you keep all or part of that gain, or none of it? What if the opposite happened, and there was a loss?
There are several different "fair" ways to answer these questions.
I'm not trying to discourage you from what could be a really good outcome. But before your parents make plans to move north, I would recommend an honest family discussion and a written document, signed by everyone, that spells out what happens in different scenarios.
It might be wise to involve a lawyer. That might seem heavy-handed, but I've seen previously happy extended families split over lesser issues than this.
Finally, I want to commend you for thinking the way you do. Some people, with their eye on inheriting a portion of their parents' home, wouldn't entertain the idea of Mum and Dad blowing the lot. Good on you!
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How much or how little can be contributed to a child's account to get the $1000 government incentive?
Zero. (I always wanted to be able to do a one-word answer. Mind you, now that I've added this bit, I suppose I've spoilt it. And in any case, strictly speaking I should have said, "An infinite amount or zero.")
Too much caution
I would like to enrol my three granddaughters, aged between 1 and 5, in KiwiSaver so that they can receive the $1000 start-up from the Government, perhaps a few hundred dollars start-up from me and an annual contribution of $50-plus from me to cover the minimum fees.
My sons have doubts about the wisdom of locking the girls into a scheme for 60-plus years when eventually they might not want to contribute compulsorily, and concerns about the long-term future of the KiwiSaver scheme.
I think your sons are being overly cautious. It's true that once the girls start working, even if it's when they are young teenagers, 3 per cent of their pay will go into KiwiSaver. But if they don't want that to happen - then or at any later stage - they can easily take a contributions holiday. And they can renew the holiday every five years until retirement.
Those rules could change, of course. But I can't imagine a government stopping contributions holidays, because that would put off new enrollees. The exception would be if a government makes KiwiSaver compulsory. But if that happens, the girls would be put into the scheme anyway.
As for the long-term future of the scheme, I wonder what your sons have in mind. Sure, KiwiSaver balances will be affected by market conditions, but history suggests they will grow over time. And, with the scheme's huge popularity, no government is likely to take steps that would make members wish they hadn't joined.
Lucky grandkids
I have been thinking of opening KiwiSaver accounts for my grandchildren and putting in say $1000 each and getting government contributions for the same amount.
Do they get a tax break on the income earned?
What is it, and can you guesstimate the likely value of the investment in 20, 30 and 65 years time?
I also understand they could access the non-government contributions for housing but nothing else until 65. Is that correct please?
Another set of lucky grandkids!
There's no tax break in KiwiSaver, but there is a misleadingly titled tax credit - which has nothing to do with tax - that starts from age 18. You get 50c for every dollar you contribute, up to $521 a year on contributions of $1043. Also, if you are employed, your employer contributes 2 per cent of your pay, rising to 3 per cent from April 2013.
The value of the grandchildren's accounts over the years will vary hugely, depending on how much they earn and contribute and how the money is invested. But under the present scheme it won't be unusual for those who join as little ones to retire with more than $1 million, in some cases much more. Even after adjusting for inflation, that should still make for a jolly retirement.
On access to the money, the housing withdrawal is only for the purchase of a first home. The grandkids might also get a first home subsidy of $3000 to $5000. Withdrawals are also permitted if they suffer serious financial hardship or illness, or in some situations if they go overseas.
Retirement withdrawals start at the age NZ Super starts. That's 65, but is likely to be older by the time your grandchildren get there.
One other point for you and the previous correspondent. If you are under 65 and haven't joined KiwiSaver yourself, it's better to do that than to sign up the grandkids. You don't have to wait to turn 18 before getting the tax credit, so your account would grow faster than theirs. And you can always put the money in the grandchildren's KiwiSaver accounts once you reach NZ Super age.
Paying for performance
You asked in last Saturday's column whether there are advisory firms that operate on a "pay for performance" basis.
I thought you might be interested to know that Milford Asset Management does operate on this basis, and it is item seven of our seven "Investor Rights" that we have on our website (www.milfordasset.com), which reads "The right to fair and reasonable fees with a 'pay for performance' philosophy."
We are not keen on investment managers or advisers who "clip the ticket" even if the performance of a fund is poor. That is why we set a reasonable capped annual fee that includes all the normal operating costs associated with a Milford PIE or KiwiSaver fund and then have a performance fee if we out-perform.
We want to have a firm that operates on the basis that if our clients do well then we do well.
You are doing a modified version of what we were discussing last week, in that you charge a base fee regardless of performance. That smoothes out your income considerably. But still, our reader who couldn't find anyone willing to operate on a performance fee basis may want to contact you.
I should note, though, that your firm is not a one-stop-shop for all investment advice.
According to a disclosure statement from one of your authorised financial advisers, "Milford does not give specific advice on some of the wider issues you may need to consider such as estate planning, taxation and insurance planning."
Furthermore, the statement says: "I typically recommend the purchase of any investment on the Milford investment list (which will change over time) or investment in a Milford Unit Trust PIE fund ... For investments outside Australasia I recommend investment managers other than Milford Funds Limited."
Anyone who wants their adviser to consider a wider range of investment options may want to go elsewhere.
Mary Holm is a freelance journalist, part-time university lecturer, member of the Financial Markets Authority board, director of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, seminar presenter and bestselling author on personal finance. Her website is www.maryholm.com. Her advice is of a general nature, and she is not responsible for any loss that any reader may suffer from following it. Send questions to email@example.com or Money Column, Business Herald, PO Box 32, Auckland. Letters should not exceed 200 words. We won't publish your name. Please provide a (preferably daytime) phone number. Sorry, but Mary cannot answer all questions, correspond directly with readers, or give financial advice.

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Felicia Pride, MA '05
What are you currently working on?
I'm a co-creator at 2MPower, a firm I founded with journalism professor Allissa Richardson. Right now we're finishing up the educational materials - standards-based curriculum and community viewing guide - for the forthcoming documentary Slavery by Another Name. The film aired on PBS in February. It is directed by Sam Pollard (Spike Lee's longtime editor). We'll also be developing a curriculum for State of the Re: Union, a radio show that airs on NPR. We're interested in ways to connect media that's not usually thought of as learning tools to the education world.
I am also developing a Vook for my book The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs. Vooks are enhanced e-books that include images, video, and audio. I am managing the project myself with a team of collaborators, including filmmakers, animators and even a visual data artist! Lastly, I just finished my first screenplay. It has a producer attached and we're currently in pre-production.
Could you describe one person, experience, or series of events at Emerson that shifted the course of your career, and/or that illustrates one of Emerson's core attributes of creativity, collaboration, risk taking, and excellence?
One experience at Emerson that illustrated Emerson's core attitude of risk taking was when I started BackList. As a way to connect with New York publishing as I studied it at Emerson, I decided to start a newsletter that looked at the business of publishing with an African American focus. I received so much support from my professors with the launch of BackList and as it grew over its seven-year life.
Is there an example of how a faculty member aided you with your career?
There are several examples—from receiving recommendations to receiving contract work. To this day, Emerson professors are supportive of my career and are always willing to lend a helping hand.
What's the single most important piece of advice you'd like to give to Emerson students?
I'd say take advantage of everything – from clubs/organizations/opportunities to travel/connecting with professors/reading/learning/meeting people. Soak it all in. And make the experience your own.


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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Bourgeois Pig Now Open!
We strolled by the Bourgeois Pig the other day, which has been open for several days now. It's decor is exactly how we pictured, although unfortunately they wouldn't let us take photos of the inside (outside is above) because they weren't quite set up yet. But if you've ever been to the Manhattan location you'll be able to visualize it. In fact the small bit you can see from the drapery in the windows might help too. Picture giant chandeliers, big decorative chairs, and lots and lots of red velvet. Definitely not the type of atmosphere for casual hanging. It creates a real date night mood. It's decor mirrors the rich food on the menu, indulgent. As we walked by the smell of bacon was pouring out onto the street. Maybe they were working on a bacon and cheese fondue? One can only hope.
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The only difference between Mirabelle and Adam Harding's life was that this island would be good as gold by Christmas. Maybe that's why there was nothing he liked better than a good, old-fashioned natural disastertornadoes, floods, hurricanes. As long as no lives had been lost in the happening.
He could fix roofs and replace windows, repair roads and replant trees, putting everything right again. It's what he did best. He fixed things. That's why the folks here on Mirabelle had hired him, to get their town, their businesses and their lives back on track.
As a gentle, late summer breeze laden with dust blew from the interior of the island out toward Lake Superior, Adam glanced up and down Main Street, taking note of his team's progress in cleaning up after the tornado that had ripped across this island. When he'd first arrived, shattered glass, crumbling bricks, torn shingles, shredded awnings and twisted lampposts, as well as the remnants of uprooted trees and broken branches, had been scattered this way and that across town. Unfortunately, there was still much to be done before any rebuilding could start.
"This cleanup isn't happening fast enough," Adam said, addressing his crew. He could mollycoddle with the best of them, but every once in a while a man needed a swift kick in the rear to make something happen. "Initial supplies are getting dropped off in the a.m. That means no one leaves tonight until this place is ready for the shipment. Understand?"
"It would've been a hell of a lot easier getting rid of all this debris if we'd brought a couple of our semiloaders over on a barge, and drove them right up that pier and onto the island," said Ray Worley, one of several operations foremen. "We'd have had this whole place cleaned up in a couple days."
"And in the process we'd have destroyed all of Mirabelle's cobblestone," Adam said, staring pointedly at his foreman as he referred to the street below his feet. He made eye contact with as many of his crew as he could. "Every job we've ever done has had its own special problems and opportunities," he said softly. "One of the objectives on this island is to do no more damage while we're here. Tread lightly. Be respectful of Mirabelle's history. Understand?"
The men nodded, most of them having been with him for years. They understood he took pride in making good on his promises, and that's why his company had one of the finest reputations in the country for restoring towns devastated by natural disasters.
"I've promised these people that we'll have their island up and running before Christmas, and they've put their lives in our hands. Let's get this done."
His cleanup crew dispersed, a small team, relatively speaking. In a couple days, the real work would start and his main construction crew would be crawling in full force all over this island.
"Ray," Adam called.
"In the past, you've disagreed on occasion with my messages to the men, and I've asked you to voice your objections in private," Adam said quietly. He didn't get angry, and he never raised his voice. He simply stated his expectations, and if those expectations weren't met then there would be consequences. "Contradict what I say one more time in front of anyone, and you're fired."
"Yes, sir."
Adam turned away, felt the heat of the man's irate stare on his back and impassively headed to his trailer set up on the street bordering the city park. He'd positioned his mobile office in about as centrally located a position as he could get while still being able to survey most of main street Mirabelle on which he and his crew would be focusing their efforts. There'd been some minor damage out at the Rock Pointe Lodge resort, up on the golf course and at Mirabelle Stable and Livery, but the rest of the mayhem wrought by the tornado had been concentrated in the village center.
As he crossed the street, his personal assistant, Phyllis Pennick, came out of the trailer holding a stack of messages. Phyllis was in her mid-fifties and of medium height with short, salt-and-pepper hair. She was rail thin, no doubt from smokingoutside, he'd always insisteda pack of cigarettes a day. Some managers might begrudge the time she took away from her desk to appease her habit, but as far as Adam was concerned she more than made up for that one flaw with her organizational skills. Her husband had died almost a decade ago, so she had no problems traveling on the job, and, as with most good executive assistants, he didn't know what he'd do without her.
"Darwin called," she said. "His bus broke down somewhere in Iowa last night and they're waiting for a part. He figures they're going to be at least a day late."
That meant the initial supplies would be here tomorrow, but a big part of his crew wouldn't. It wasn't the firstand it certainly wouldn't be the lasttime that's ever happened. Although he tried to hire as much local labor as possible, knowing an area devastated by a tornado could usually use the inflow of employment dollars, he brought the majority of his construction workers, including several foremen and supervisors, along with him to every job.
"I'm going to get myself a sandwich while I can," she said. "You want one?"
"Sure." He reached the steps to his trailer office and noticed his kids' nanny, along with his daughter and son, coming down the hill from the house he was renting up in the residential section of the island. Carla had standing, strict orders to not bring Julia and Wyatt anywhere near his construction sites and had never once violated the rule in the three years she'd been working for him. This had to be something big.
As they neared Adam, Wyatt caught sight of him. "Daddy!" he called.
Adam waved. Carla quickly bent down to Wyatt's level and pointed at the play equipment. Then she let go of the four-year-old's hand, and he ran over to the play equipment without a second glance toward Adam. His seven-year-old daughter, Julia, on the other hand, never took her eyes off Adam's face.
"Hi, Daddy," Julia said, looking more than a little worried as she and her nanny approached him. "I know we're not supposed to come down to your work, but Carla said it was important."
"It's all right. I'm sure Carla had a good reason." The nanny's eyes were red and puffy as if she'd been crying. "Julia," he said. "Go play with your brother for a few minutes while I talk with Carla."
"But, Daddy"
"Julia," he said calmly. His soft-spoken strategies in dealing with his employees worked just as well with his kids.
"What did I ask you to do?"
Crossing her spindly little arms, she frowned at him, but then headed over to Wyatt.
As soon as his daughter was out of earshot, he turned to Carla. "What's going on?"
"It's my mother," she said, her voice breaking. "I don't know if you remember, but she's been sick." He remembered. "They found lung cancer."
"I'm sorry."
She closed her eyes for a moment, gathering herself.
"Do you know what you want to do yet?" he asked softly, bracing for the worst. The only thing he'd ever been able to count on in the construction business is that he couldn't count on anything. He'd deal with this problem the way he dealt with everything else.
"I have to go home to take care of her."
"How long will you be gone?"
"Could be two months. Could be a year. I don't know. I'll be staying as long as she needs me. I think it's best for the children if you find another nanny."
Something bad happened without fail on every single one of his jobs. This was the construction business, and what he did, moving from town to town, rebuilding after disasters, had more than its fair share of plans going awry. Last time they'd been to Arkansas, his roofing crew had been late by more than a week. In east Texas, one of his foremen, a good friend of Ray Worley's, had shown up on the job site in the morning still drunk from the previous night of partying and Adam had had to fire him. In Oklahoma, they'd had another tornado come through not a month into the job, forcing them to start almost from scratch. He'd gotten used to problems, had accepted them as par for the course. But this? This was different. This impacted his kids.
Carla had been his children's nanny ever since Bethever since his wife had died three years ago. Carla had been the only constant in their ever-changing landscape. Wyatt, too young to understand much of anything, went about playing on the park equipment as if nothing was amiss. But Julia?
She was watching him. Always, she watched him. no child should have to grow up so fast.
"The children." Tears streamed down Carla's face. "I'm so sorry, Mr. Harding."
"It's all right, Carla. We'll survive."
One way or another, they always did, but he was getting a very bad feeling about this Mirabelle project.
"Men." Marin Camden glanced at the group of construction workers eyeingno, more like oglingher as she and her mother took a ferry across the choppy surface of Lake Superior to Mirabelle Island. "They're all pigs."
"I imagine Artie and Max might just take issue with that very generalized opinion." Marin's mother, Angelica Camden, chuckled softly. "Your brothersmy sons, mind youare definitely not cut from the same cloth as those crude strangers. Or, for that matter, Colin."
At the mention of her ex-fiancé, Marin turned around and gripped the ferry's railing. "That's what you want to think, but how do you really know? Men hide their affairs very well these days, and Artie and Max would hardly spill to either one of us."
"Well, I know this isn't what you want to hear, but affairs are just one of the many ways men break their vows," Marin's mother said, frowning as she adjusted her dark sunglasses. "Sometimes the most subtle infractions can be the most painful."
There was a great deal of truth to that statement. Discovering Colin had been screwing around behind Marin's back almost since the day they'd started dating more than six years ago hadn't been quite as shocking or cutting as discovering the identity of his lover when she'd returned home early from a work conference and found them in bed together. This, on the same day she'd discovered the top management at the
Wall Street firm she worked for were under investigation for ethics violations and had decided to quit her job.
She still wasn't entirely sure what to think. Was Colin's betrayal her fault? Had she been just too assertive and demanding? not sexy or sensual enough?
"Still," Angelica continued, "I refuse to believe that there are no men worthy of love and commitment."
Marin shot a glance in her mother's direction. She'd known her mother and father had been having a few spats of late, but when her mom had asked if she could tag along in Marin's escape from the media frenzy surrounding her breakup with Colin, she'd assumed it had been nothing out of the ordinary. Now she wasn't so sure.
"Forget about me and Colin," Marin said. "What's going on with you and Dad? Did he do something? Something serious or subtle?"
Her mother looked away. "I'm sorry, Marin. He's your father. I don't want to say anything that might color your opinion of him."
"Oh, come on." Marin shook her head. "How many times have I told you to divorce the arrogant, self-absorbed asshole? Have you finally decided to do it this time?"
Only silence from her mother.
"Mom?" Marin felt her eyes widen. "Did you actually file for a divorce?"
"I saw an attorney last week."
Holy hell. This from her patient, calm, always loving and forgiving mother. What had happened to the sermon about how a person doesn't throw away thirty-five years of marriage on a whim? Anyone can get a divorce. Making a marriage work? That's the hard part.
"Well, this probably doesn't help much." Marin wrapped her arm around her mother. "But I would've left him decades ago." Of course, Marin never would've married the opinionated, sexist, controlling United States senator in the first place. She loved Arthur Camden as a father, but she'd never liked him as a man. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"Not just now," Angelica said, smiling slightly. "Suffice it to say, I needed a little time away. Thanks for letting me tag along with you."
But then the quaint and quiet Mirabelle Island with its Victorian bed-and-breakfasts, cobblestone streets and horse-drawn carriages wouldn't have been Marin's first destination pick. She would've much preferred a month at an adults-only resort on St. Barts in the Caribbean. Sand, surf and ice-cold drinksSex on the Beachwould've done wonders for her frame of mind.
Then again, hanging with her sister, Melissa, after she'd estranged herself from the family all these years held a certain appeal. It'd be nice getting to know her again and her new world. Although Marin would venture to guess that her husband, Jonas, was as much an ass as the rest of his sex.
"You know I've never been off on my own like this away from your father," her mother whispered. "For more than a weekend here or there."
"Then you were long past due."
"A month on Mirabelle. What in the world are we going to do all day long?"
"Unwind and relax."
Easier said than done. Marin might have a multimillion dollar trust fund inherited from her famous Camden grandfather sitting at a bank, making quitting her job financially feasible, but she'd also inherited her grandfather's work ethic. Other than to pay Harvard tuition and buy her Manhattan apartment, she'd never relied on that trust money for support. Until now. It didn't sit particularly well, but Marin was going to attempt to give lazy a good go for the first time in her life.


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JAPANESE whalers are set to arrive within days at Antarctic hunting grounds, just as their targets are swelling in their annual feast on krill.
''These whales feed like blazes,'' Australian Marine Mammal Centre senior scientist Nick Gales said yesterday. ''Their whole annual cycle is set around access to this hugely abundant food in a short period of time.''
Dr Gales said the whaling boats would be operating in waters close to the edge of the pack ice and continental shelf break, near the largest congregations of whales.
Some species had starved for months and depended on this summer bounty, he said.
Japan's whalers have found minke whales most numerous in pursuit of the shrimp-like krill. These tiny crustaceans can swarm by the trillion in summer, as the pack ice cover melts and the sea blooms with planktonic food.
Japanese reports to the International Whaling Commission show that over recent years, more minkes have been spotted than any other species. The smallest baleen whale was the least hunted in last century's industrial whaling.
When the Japanese fleet last hunted in these waters off the Australian Antarctic Territory two summers ago, its keen-eyed spotters scoured ''a total searching distance'' of 8200 nautical miles of ice-strewn waters, and counted 2242 minkes. They harpooned 506, the official Japanese cruise report said.
The second-most numerous whales they saw were migratory humpbacks, returning south by after spending winter off the north-east and north-west coasts of Australia.
When the Japanese government planned to include Australian humpbacks in its kill quota in 2005, its scientists argued that they were becoming so numerous that they could be suppressing minkes.
In 2009-10, the whalers came across 603 humpbacks off the territory, but harpooned none.
Humpbacks are still officially on the Japanese kill quota, with plans to take 50 annually. But Tokyo notified the whaling commission in December that it would again withhold this kill as a sign of faith in peace talks at the deeply divided organisation.
However the whalers still intend to target the fastest of the great whales, fins, which are among the least numerous of the whale family in the Antarctic.
According to commission figures, there are only about 30,000 fin whales in the far south. About 750,000 were killed during the 20th century.
Two summers ago, Japan's whale spotting ships counted 186 fin whales on their zigzag survey course. Their harpooners sailed within reach of only 15, and they killed just one. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as endangered.
The report said sea conditions and ''practical reasons'' made dealing with fin whales unsafe. With an adult fin weighing about 50 tonnes, they are thought to be too difficult to handle on the factory ship, Nisshin Maru.


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Frontier School Board Draws Tentative Plans For New Additions
Written by Devon Boen
The Frontier School board met Jan. 7 for its monthly meeting and discussed the Quality Schools Grant and potential plans for the school's expansion.
The Quality Schools Grant would provide Frontier with $200,000 for improvements or expansion as long as the board agreed to pay $100,000 toward the project and any remaining costs.
The board approved accepting the Quality Schools Grant and also approved the environmental checklist and the environmental site assessment phase I the project required in order to move forward.
The project would definitely add on a new 33'x52' expansion north of where the school's library currently sits. It is undetermined exactly what the expansion would be used for, but dean of students Jeffrey Whitmus said several ideas were being considered.
Depending on the cost of the 33'x52' expansion, the school would possibly be able to add two additional offices. The additional 16x10 offices would sit on the east side of the library expansion.
Whitmus also wanted to have architectural drawings made for a 15'x65' storage space and PE classroom on the north side of the gym and two 30'x30' classrooms on the south side of the school. Whitmus said the grant wouldn't likely cover the storage room or the classrooms, but said it would save money to have the cost determined and the architectural plans made for them along with the library expansion plans. He said those additions could be considered at a later time.
Moving on, the board discussed safety precautions the school would take in wake of the violent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut last month. Whitmus said the school would leave the front door unlocked at the request of law enforcement. He said all classrooms will use their one-way door locks so an outside intruder cannot enter any of the rooms, but students and teachers can still exit.
There will be a Blue and White scrimmage on Jan. 10 at 5 p.m.
The board accepted the approval of three out-of-district students. One student was accepted pending verification of the necessary requirements.
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See if you can find a P228, best all around Sig IMHO.
My advice would be to skip the P250 and get a P2022 which is a much more refined pistol at an excellent price. If you have the money the classic P Series is really hard to beat. I carry a P229 SCT quite a bit and have owned three other Sigs, a P239 in 9mm and two other P229's in .40. Excellent ergonomics, reliable, accurate and very good looking.
I really like the concept behind the P250 tho, the ability to go from FS to SC is nice. I would use the SC as EDC and FS when up north at my cabin (we have bears, wolves, and mt lions in area) and the 2Sum costs less than any of the other P series... but you get what you pay for usually. if I can find a nice used P226 or 229 I would jump all over that but if I'm buying new I think I'ma go with P250. The 2022 seems nice but i would like something in a higher caliber, I've only seen it in 9mm, does it come in .45?
I have extensive trigger time on the P250 and I love it. The ergos for the gun are just amazing to me and is my favorite pistol to shoot hands down. I think the SIG classic P series are great weapons, however I hate DA/SA trigger systems. I've found working within LE and in the military using DA/SA trigger systems pose a greater training challenge than a P250 with a light smooth DAO trigger. The P250 has had some first generation set backs but seems to be running very smoothly right now. I have not had any problems with my with over 10k rounds through them. Truth be told that I don't think you will go wrong with any of the SIGs out there.
Of the 2022 and the 250 I would only have the 2022. But like most have said step up and get the P series. I have a P228 and I am angling for a P220. Its worth the extra money. You will probably get rid of your xd once you truly get in to the P series.
Buy the kind that says "M&P" on the slide!
If you are limited to either the P250, or the 2022, I'd get the 2022.
Much better pistol for around $50 more
Firearms, Guns, Rifles. Grain Valley, Missouri.
Used CPO classic P-series Sigs can be found for (at least close to) that price range. They're worth the search.
I own a 2022 and it is an excellent gun, but my EDC is a Sig 250 subcompact 9mm. I also have a Subcompact 250 in 40 S&W and I carry the 9 and the 40 interchangeably. The other Sigs mentioned are very good guns, but rather large and heavy, including the 2022. I originally bought the 2022 for carry, but I only carried it for about two weeks, and then decided that I had better choices (lighter and smaller). I do love the 2022 but it has been remanded to range duty only.
I had a Sig 239 in 40, but sold it because I found that it was too heavy for a gun only holding 9 rounds, and the shape was such, that it seemed the outline of the rear sight area always poked through my shirt while carrying IWB.
Getting back to the 250, the trigger is long but certainly not heavy...it is rather light and smooth as butter. Those that say the 2022 is a better gun.....why is it better? Most of the nay sayers do not own a 250, and probably never even handled one!
I just picked up a SIG P220ST .45 ACP for $550 at local Gander Mt. used. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, Pics to come Thursday when i pick it up.
I would look for a P228 if I could find a good deal. It is the perfect Sig in my opinion.


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Joshua Seaver April 27, 2013 at 12:26pm
hey guys and gal
please make sure that all of you are updating this page with your rounds or atleast drop me a message with the final results like who is what tag number now! I'm trying to make sure the leaderboard is updated all the time so everyone knows who has what! There may be a special prize for the person who has the most rounds recorded at the end of the season
Joshua Seaver April 19, 2013 at 8:23pm
Bag tags have been delivered. Lets get these rounds going boys!!!
Joshua Seaver April 11, 2013 at 11:27pm
bag tag challenge round
trying to get as many people possible for a bag tag challenge round tomorrow at 1:30pm at memorial park in frankenmuth! possible 2 rounds if anyone is interested be there around 1:15pm! thanks everyone!!
i am go for sure n come play us for challang!!!!!!!
ill be there who eles is goin?
Joshua Seaver April 10, 2013 at 1:50pm
yo everyone!
the bag tags have been started and should be finished soon i emailed the dude this morning and he let me know what was up!
Joshua Seaver April 2, 2013 at 4:17pm
The bag tags have been ordered! They will be being made soon and shipped right after they are only coming from Illinois so shouldn't be to long!!!!!
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Time Out New York picks the hot films to see during blockbuster season
Jersey Boys
Clint Eastwood directing a musical? That makes our day. The former Dirty Harry is behind-the-scenes only on this seemingly splashy adaptation of the hit Broadway show about the rise of the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. Christopher Walken plays a mobster, and hopefully hoofs it, as he need to do more often.
Our own Josh Rothkopf was enthralled by Richard Linklater's nearly three-hour drama when it premiered at Sundance. Shot piecemeal over 12 years, the film follows a young man (Ellar Coltrane) as he grows from childhood to adulthood and learns to deal with his troubled parents (Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette) in the process.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
James Franco is out, but Andy Serkis is back as motion-captured monkey revolutionary Caesar, who is still wreaking havoc on humanity in this sequel to 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The cast is quite eclectic (Keri Russell, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Judy Greer), and if director Matt Reeves brings half the style to this that he did to his moody adolescent vampire movie Let Me In (2010), we're in for a good time.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel's Cinematic Universe expands further with this otherworldly adventure following earth man Peter Quill, aka Star Lord (Chris Pratt), as he teams up with a rag-tag bunch of mercenaries—like the gun-toting Rocket Raccoon and the towering, tree-like Groot—to bring down the evil Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace). We'll say it again: A raccoon. With a gun. Awesome!
Michael Fassbender goes behind the mask, literally, in this quirky dark comedy about an oddball rock band frontman who only ever appears in public wearing a giant papier-mâché head. It's sad we won't get to see much of Fassbender's handsome mug (we've got X-Men for that), but his face-shielded performance is supposed to be extraordinary, so count us in.


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It's not the flag but other issues that need attention
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The proposal to compel schools to erect flagpoles as a means of fostering national pride seems an extraordinarily cynical move by a Government whose immoral and flawed policies on global warming, refugees and unilateral action against Iraq have so damaged our national interest and international standing ("PM unfurls his patriotic school agenda", Herald, June 23).
It seems Pauline Hanson's "Australia First" legacy, like much of her thinking, lives on.
I. Hoskins, Marrickville, June 23.
Who was it who said: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"?
Patrick Sayers, Woollahra, June 23.
One thing I am missing in this flag debate: why is it good to be patriotic?
Matthew Roberts, Normanhurst, June 23.
So schools don't get funded if they don't fly the flag. I can't see what all the fuss is about. The idea of displaying our loyalties is fine and there's nothing wrong with a bit of financial coercion. But wouldn't it save a lot of trouble to just add a star and fly the stars and stripes instead?
Robert Fisher, Leichhardt, June 23.
So federal funding for schools will be dependent on a fully functioning flagpole (FFFP) and a school motto. May I suggest Laboris Votii?
Brian Harris, Tamworth, June 23.
Dear politicians, please don't waste our time discussing how you will dot the I's and cross the T's on schoolyard legislation. Tell me how you will fix the health system, waiting lists, education, public services, the railways, the environment, security, Iraq and many other important issues. When all that is done, let's talk about flagpoles.
Matt Lohmeyer, Kareela, June 23.
The belated ALP agreement on federal school funding will mean more money for education and better outcomes for all children. The requirements for more fitness activity and a flagpole are symbolic measures which promote sound health and good citizenship. It is time for schools to get on with the job, regardless of their status or system.
Noel Hadjimichael, Mount Annan, June 23.
When researching the background to D.H. Lawrence's Australian novel, Kangaroo, (written in Thirroul in 1922), I had cause to read your august journal of that period. Your readers may be interested to learn of your then trenchant support for the policy introduced by the recently-elected Nationalist (that is, conservative) government in NSW to oblige schools to hold flag-raising ceremonies to reinforce national spirit, patriotism, etc. The flag to be raised, however, was not our Southern Cross-embellished one, but the Union Jack.
Robert Darroch, Bondi, June 23.
My mum's school flies the Australian and the Aboriginal flags proudly. Will John Howard advocate this?
Alanna Fernandes, Kings Langley, June 22.
The Australian flag is more than a sheet of coloured cloth that graces the offices of politicians and government buildings. Our flag is a symbol of this nation's greatness and, in conveying 216 years of heritage and a rich culture that is second to none, it is a display of Australia's origin and its future.
In our greatness, Australia stands for freedom of expression; the rights of individuals; tolerance, and, most importantly, unity as one people living peacefully together on this land.
To speak out against flying the Australian flag in our schools is to speak out against everything our nation represents and for which so many brave men and women have fought hard.
Benjamin Smith, Glenmore Park, June 23.
Having observed the Prime Minister once again wrapping himself in the flag while his Minister for Education exhorts schools to develop stimulating mottos, may I suggest that the minister refer Mr Howard to that of his (Mr Howard's) old school, Canterbury Boys' High, which I also attended, "Truth and Honour".
Joseph Scott, Bundaberg (Qld), June 22.
Will a fourth Howard government require classrooms to hang his portrait as well as fly the flag in order to get funding?
Richard Doyle, Leura, June 22.
Patriotism is communal pride in our reputation for social achievements. Saluting the flag under threat of funding cuts is un-Australian.
Bernie Dean, Mt Morgan (Qld), June 23.
I see that patriotism is now the last refuge of wedge politics.
Mick Newman, Holt (ACT), June 23.
Another day, another tragedy for the victims in Iraq
I woke up today to hear the sad and depressing news of the beheading of another civilian in Iraq. The world is not a safer place because of all this death and carnage, no matter what anyone tries to tell us.
Chris Farnham, Putney, June 23.
On July 1 a number of very brave men and women will formally assume official powers as the interim government of Iraq, with the full support of the United Nations and the Organisation of Islamic Countries. This is the best hope for a representative government and a revitalised Iraqi economy that the various groupings of the Iraqi people have had in the past 50 years.
Surely, it is right for all of us to support these brave individuals. Let us remember that the alternative is red-blooded terrorist groups which have already killed indiscriminately large numbers of Iraqi civilians, targeted female members of the previous governing council, assassinated numerous representatives of the UN and the Red Cross, and ritually beheaded civilian captives for cameras.
Richard Mews, Bellevue Hill, June 22.
The ABC news on Monday evening showed the South Korean man begging for his life. A later story on the ABC news about battery hens carried a viewer warning that some people may find the report disturbing.
As a vegetarian for two decades, I care about animal cruelty, but are we not getting our wires crossed? The report on the hostage carried no warning and the man was petrified. Later he was beheaded. I found this offensive, that human life and this man's human rights were deemed to cause less disturbance than the treatment of battery hens.
Philip Wilkinson, Hornsby Heights, June 23.
Yet another tragedy has occurred in this disastrous war in Iraq. Kim Sun-il, the South Korean worker, has been murdered.
His death gives comfort only to two parties - the murderers and the pro-war machine. Each will use his family's mourning to further their illegitimate cause.
The victim being a Christian missionary and the murderers being supposedly Muslim does not add any dimension on this loss of life. Please don't "sex up" the reports.
K. El Hassan, Bankstown, June 23.
Hospital staff's advice a breath of fresh air
Congratulations and thanks to the public hospital admission staff overheard by Dr H. Ashley Berry for honestly providing facts about private admission to hospital patients (Letters, June 23). They are a breath of fresh air in the public health system.
When my newborn twin babies were admitted to neonatal intensive care (only available in public hospitals), the admission staff tried every trick in the book to try to coerce me into admitting them as private patients, including telling me that they would be used as practice babies by medical students unless they were admitted privately.
By the way, Dr Berry forgot to mention that the public patient is also relieved of the stress and responsibility of the ongoing paperwork in recovering the part of the medical expenses that they actually get refunded.
C. Birch, Willoughby, June 23.
A submission in vain
As a member of one of 214 organisations and individuals who made submissions to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties inquiry into the free trade agreement, I am angered that, on the very day that the committee's report is tabled in Parliament, the enabling legislation is being introduced in the House of Representatives.
How naive even to bother taking part in the so-called democratic process. How pointless to have had the Government-controlled committee spend months on its inquiry. Its findings have been taken for granted, and there is not even the pretence that they are informing parliamentary debate. The same thing happened with the Singapore/Australia free trade agreement last year.
And there is, of course, a Select Senate Committee yet to report on its findings. I'm glad that at least the non-government parties are interested in what it will say next month. At the very least so will the hundreds of organisations which made submissions to that inquiry.
Jill Greenwell, Aranda (ACT), June 23.
Solar ignored again
What an extraordinary letter from Bob Wilson, former managing director of Sydney Water Board, in which he states "Sydney does not need to build water desalination plants. The high energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions would only add to the global warming that is affecting the city's water supply" (Letters, June 23).
Perhaps Mr Wilson has not heard of solar panels, which are making great progress in Germany, hardly known for its abundance of sunshine. Recent developments there have reduced costs of this Australian invention by 50 per cent. Perhaps Sydney Water could make inquiries from the Germans to import our own invention?
John Heal, Potts Point, June 23.
Teen sex will happen
Not only does preaching not work, it is counterproductive in attempting to curb teenage sexuality "Papa, don't preach, it won't be effective", Herald, June 23).
Much expression of teenage sexuality is in the context of intoxication either with alcohol or illicit drugs. So all the educational overkill comes to naught when a condom fails and a girl presents for the morning-after pill.
They know about contraception and sexually transmitted disease. They don't want yet another lecture from a talking-head adult expert. What they do want is to get the morning after pill, forestall a pregnancy, and get the hell out to have sex again the next weekend.
Dr Raymond Seidler, Kings Cross, June 23.
Professor Rosenthal encourages us to "embrace the idea of young people's sexuality as a valid expression of their humanness", which conveniently marginalises as repressive any voice that suggests teenage promiscuity is a problem of moral vulnerability, not just a health risk to be mitigated with education and over-the-counter products.
We happily protect our youth from drinking, driving, smoking, prison, and voting until they reach a "responsible age", where they can fully own the consequences of their decisions. Until such an age we, the adults, have a solemn call to be responsible on their behalf.
On that basis we should reject Professor Rosenthal's idea as profoundly irresponsible - akin to throwing the keys to your WRX to a 14-year-old, and then counselling them to make "wise decisions".
Jon Guyer, Cammeray, June 23.
Some facts from ICAC
Last weekend's edition of the Herald (June 19-20) contained an extract from a Daily Telegraph editorial of June 18 regarding the ICAC's initial investigation into former minister Richard Face.
The editorial incorrectly stated that the ICAC accepted without question a denial by Mr Face that he had used his parliamentary resources and staff to set up a private consultancy.
The fact is that as part of its initial investigations, the ICAC undertook company searches with respect to Mr Face. These searches of ASIC and other relevant databases found no indication that Mr Face had any registered business interests at that time.
All of this information was considered by the ICAC's Investigations Management Group before determining that no further investigative action should be taken at that time. This decision was later considered and endorsed by the Operations Review Committee, which provides oversight and advice on ICAC investigations.
When further information came to light in August 2003 the ICAC immediately undertook further investigations, including interviews with former staff members of Mr Face, which resulted in the findings of fact and findings of corrupt conduct contained in the report released this week.
These facts are clearly stated in the report on the ICAC investigation released this week.
Irene Moss, Commissioner, ICAC, Sydney, June 21.
Initial problem returns to cause more angst
I agree with Kim X. Larkin III about this trend in using middle initials (Letters, June 23). I note, too, that some actor credits in American television use a first initial. I hope that this practice will not creep into our usage.
J. Grant Reynolds, Mittagong, June 23.
I married an American, Morton W. Shepard III. Now an Australian, he's Bill and our son is Adam, who, like his sister, has no middle name.
Sally Shepard, Port Macquarie, June 23.
Who does Kim X. Larkin III think he/she is? My numerologist insists that I use my middle initial so that my name is represented by 10 letters, thus ensuring me good health, prosperity and the frequent publication of my letters in newspapers.
Ian A. Waters, Surry Hills, June 23.
Marketing a body image
Mary-Kate Olsen has been admitted to a clinic reportedly to be treated for anorexia. Having marketed their brand of skimpy clothing and beauty products towards teens and tweens, I look forward to the marykateandashley company recalling its products in the interest of public health, sharing the blame for perpetuating the body-image problem of this generation.
Adam S. Gregory, Hornsby, June 23.
The wisdom of one
When England's rugby coach, Clive Woodward, says "you always cop your share of abuse" and "it's part of running a successful England team" ("England plan to talk tough, not play rough", Herald, June 23), his words should be treated with great caution.
He is, after all, quoting from a sample of one.
A. Simmons, Wahroonga, June 23.
There's worse to come
No, Bob Dengate (Letters, June 23), Eddie, Gretel and Medicare ads do not qualify for the most annoying moment in television. Be patient, we have an election coming.
Catherine Craddock, Hornsby, June 23.
No more backyard bliss
As the suburban backyard shrinks, what will happen to the traditional lemon tree, the mint by the back door, the beans in the vegie bed and the chooks up the back ("Our days in the sun may be numbered", Herald, June 22)?
Will we lose forever the knowledge of how our food grows and the joys of eating really fresh fruit and vegetables?
Debbie Williamson, Wangi Wangi, June 23.
A bald head day
Regarding Mustafa Erem's comment about the fashion police (Letters, June 23), does Peter Garrett ever have a bad hair day?
Steve Barrett, Glenbrook, June 23.


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Lois Bryson Pippin
1914 — 2013
WAYNESVILLE — Lois Bryson Pippin,98, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center.
A native of Haywood County, she was a former resident of Pennsylvania and Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late Carl W. Bryson and Ninnie McElroy Bryson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Duane W. Pippin, who died in 1996; six sisters, Ruby Green, Jessie Humphery, Billie Davis, Pansy Reeves, Edna Davis and Ila Lepely; a brother, Mack Bryson; and one sibling at birth.
Lois attended Blanton's Business College and was a member of the Order of Eastern Star Waynesville Chapter 165 and served as past Worthy Matron. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.
Lois is survived by two sons, David Hayes Pippin, and his wife, Marjorie, of Charlotte, and Donald Duane Pippin, and his wife, Gail, of Wagontown, Pennsylvania; two sisters, Sally Kate Phillips, of Waynesville, and Susie Richards, of Rossville, Georgia; one brother, Duane Bryson, of Waynesville; four granddaughters, Lauren Lawrence, and her husband, Mark, Jennifer Almond, of Charlotte, Amy O'Grady, and her husband, John, and Rachel Pippin, of Wagontown, Pennsylvania; and five great-grandchildren, Greg and Katie Almond, Cole and Ivey Lawrence, and Suzzane Angstadt.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Antioch Baptist Church with the Revs. Steven Taylor, and Larry A. Reeves officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Wells Funeral Home of Waynesville.
Memorials may be made to Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Pat Howell, 131 Mimi Mills Road, Waynesville, NC 28785. An online memorial register is available at www.wellsfuneralhome.com.


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Peace Arrow @ The Peacock Room. Orlando.
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It's obvious from the first seconds of the opening "Veil", that Malaise, the newest album from the Gainesville, FL based duo Hear Hums have grown more refined and mature since their 2012 album Opens. Since the previous album was whimsical and carefree in nature, almost childish, strongly…thx Weed Temple
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A scattering of drums amidst the chirp of birds and on the forest floor hovers an electronic folk pop haze. Voices chant uncertain wonder in warbled tones to American primitive guitar. Hear Hums is harmoniously devotional with enmeshed roots.
Emily Reo released the great Olive Juice a few months ago. I covered "Happy Birthday" from the album.
Over the years we have been able to make some incredible friends and Mitch of Peace Arrow is one of them. We don't get to see each other much but this weekend we shared a special time at Microfest in St Augustine. It has been great to see Mitch grow and you can see it as he plays "Broken…
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Photo from Old Florida
As I said in my last post, I was in St Augustine last weekend at Microfest. It was a great time of being with friends and playing music. If you haven't hung out in St Augustine, I highly recommend it.
One of the acts that I saw that totally blew me…
wuz a fun tour with bois
This year at TOTAL BUMMER 4EVER, Relief In Abstract has currated a special line up that will feature a custom built stage and visuals. This will take place at the Orange Space, Saturday, August 31st. We are honored to have them apart of the fest.
Pre Sale tickets are still available for $25. August 1st is your last day to purchase a ticket at this price.
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peace arrow // broken bridge
ryan watson filmed this at apothecary in asheville
TOTAL BUMMER 4EVERMills DistrictOrlando, FLAugust 29-31Congratulations everybody!!! We have done it! TOTAL BUMMER 4EVER will once again take place in Mills 50 located in Orlando, FL. We are so proud to be a part of this community and to experience a weekend of sharing and…
Out of the overflow of the heart, AKASHIC is spoken. AKASHIC is a community project started by Mitch from Hear Hums and Peace Arrow. From Talking to Mitch, AKASHIC will be hosting shows in Gainesville, putting out mixes and putting out videos of musical acts. Gainesville is near and dear…
Mural for Leticia Miller in Lakeland, FL
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SWAMPING Presents:
Hear Hums w/ Alligator Indian, Shenzhen, & Balloon Animal Farm
Asheville NC
November 26, 2012
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Tour DatesFri 11/16 - Birmingham , AL
Sat 11/17 - Nashville, TN
Sun 11/18 - St Louis, MO
Mon 11/19 - Bloomington, IN
Tue 11/20 - Chicago, IL
Wed 11/21 - Detroit, MI
Fri 11/23 - New York, NY
Sat 11/24 - Baltimore , MD
Sun 11/25 - Raleigh, NC
Mon 11/26 - Asheville, NC
Tue 11/27 - Atlanta , GA
Thu 11/29 - Athens, GA
Fri 11/30 - Macon, GA
Sat 12/1 - Tallahassee, FL
Sun 12/9 - Jacksonville, FL
Fri 12/14 - Gainesville, FL
new song & tour dates
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Praything - The Fetter
Turkish video director Dağhan İş chose a very dark color palette for this number, which fits its somewhat somber, cinematic, after sunset tone. Surprisingly, the songwriter Ju Kovacevich hails from Gainsville, Florida, the sunshine state. Go figure.
The lovely Her Skin Caught The Glow EP is out now via Bndcmp.
Praything — "The Fetter"
Ju Kovacevich's presence is easily admired around a certain FL community. His project; Praything is centered around much of the admiration, where its live nature opens up an entirely new perspective for the project. "The Fetter" returns to a lot of those characteristics and also finds itself fitting among everything Praything has released so far.
To be released on his upcoming EP, Kovacevich also lists "Philip Glass, Alzheimer's disease, and those mood compilation discs from the 90's with Enya and Enigma" as the inspiration behind the release.
Previous work found @ Praything's Bandcamp
MILAGROS: Portal Culture
This was a one week residency at the Freedom Tower culminating in a group musical performance by members of Levek, Jovian Junction Orchestra, MSNRA, and Jane Jane Pollock.
k/k news and feelings
I'm trying my darndest to avoid the "summer is here" obligatory newsletter opening line so let us instead celebrate earth's slow carbon dioxide and cow fart demise into something new where, no doubt, superior beings will eventually evolve and be better animals than we could ever be!
If you've already clicked the video above you are in luck! You will have already been listening to Sleep Good's new triumphantly hedonistic JAM, Summer Explosion. It's the A side on their 7" through Austin based promising label Pau Wau.
Speaking of vinyl, Our good friend Lady Lazarus upcoming single has been oh-so-thoughtfully included in Graveface's charity subscription series with the likes of Mount Eerie, Xiu Xiu, and others, with the proceeds going to help a charity of each of the artists' choosing. Pretty rad.
I spent some weeks traveling with Hear Hums and it would be hard to love them much more as people or performers but a couple weeks ago at FMLY FEST in brooklyn they arrived via bus from FLORIDA (I can't even imagine that bus trip) and played a delicate set going in a totally different direction than the past high energy shows I've caught. Luckily our buds from Tiny Waves were there to tape the beginning of the set and you should totally watch it. Their cassettes through us are now sold out but Mitch's new project Peace Arrow is super rad if you're jonesing for more of their sounds.
All the Boneglow///Delusions aka Dreampeter tapes were all shipped last week so hopefully you'll be receiving your copy soon. Brad did a really awesome job on the cover. They're sold out at the moment while I figure out some stuff with the stickers but hopefully I can put them back up soon. More people should be able to buy/listen to this wonderfully inventive pop record.
Japan's own Magical Mistakes is flying back to the U S of A and will be joined by Mutual Benefit and Little Spoon for an East Coast / Midwest tour before heading West for solo dates. We're so excited this is happening. He's been helping create a sweet diy dance scene with INNIT and he's been consistently making some of my favorite electronic music for 2 years. Check out the new song w/ Jake Falby on violin added some beautiful sonic texture. What a badass!
I'll wrap this up by extending my sincerest appreciations to everyone that opens up their spaces to performing artists, people who make sacrifices and spend time helping their local scenes, people who are unsatisfied with broken systems and try to help create positive communities themselves. I've been traveling more often than staying put this year and I've never felt more inspired by people out there doing what they can to make their communities more livable through art, co-ops + sharing programs, demanding better use of public space, and supporting all things local and sustainable by taking part in the activities and lives of the people in their very own neighborhood. I'm hoping to be less scatterbrained and actually have time to write about some of the folks like Sam Portrykus and Kevin Greenspon but alas this newsletter is already getting rambly.
kk / jordan
flyer for a show, july 24th
peace arrow show coming up, weston (god boat) did the flyer
Song To Get You Through The Goddamn Day #153:
Peace Arrow: "Gems"
Mitchell Myers is already half responsible for one little pile of excellence this year with the release of Hear Hums' Opens, so it's no surprise that the first track released under his newly fashioned Peace Arrow moniker is an absolute stunner. Myers weaves his mesmeric vocals in and out over a lush bed of musical trinkets, impeccably scant percussion and field recordings borrowed from Reinsamba & Luftrum. "Gems" adds layer upon layer of sound with each passing second, heightening the tension while also slyly obscuring the plea for redemption and the desire to slough off the modern trappings of society that rest at the heart of the song's lyrics. Mr. Myers has created a wondrous thing here and I will be eagerly awaiting whatever he comes up with next.
"I don't need all the pain, hate, and misery of wants and needs and obsessing."
[The Gems single can be downloaded at Peace Arrow's Bandcamp]
thanks company pants!
Peace Arrow — "Gems"
The luft air between Mitch's vocals and every bit of instrumentation/organic-samples provided becomes an insanely recognizable production on Peace Arrow's debut single. Even more so at times, it's an almost Avey Tare added feel where Mitch Myers has previously found with the results from his other Gainesville project, Hear Hums.
The two percussion-wielding Gainesvillites actually set out for FMLY Fest several days ago without a single drum. Instead, Kenzie brought along a xylophone, a bow, and a few toy melodies. With Mitch on his guitar and much more added vocals present, you could see Peace Arrow's solemn existence before it was even properly born. Its presence is clearly here now and I wouldn't skip a beat on hitting the play button for the project's only track.
mp3//Peace Arrow — Gems
SWOOOOOOON! someone give these babes a good home next week, we love them very very much fmlyfestadopt:
CHIFFON from Baltimore
- 2 people from 6/20-6/23
- http://chiffon.bandcamp.com
"Hello! Chase and Amy from Baltimore need a place to stay for two nights, on June 20th and June 23rd. We are nice humans and just need a place to crash. I will totally make food for us and whoever hosts us :) Whoever lets us stay has a place to stay in Baltimore whenever."
THURSDAY, 6/21, MCKIBBEN PARK [info]
w. verbs, alpha mc, alaskas, human resources, sea glasses, cuddle formation
by day: 13 thames [info]
w. megafortress, mutual benefit, michael parallax, little spoon, alligator indian, weekends, lands & peoples, bananas symphony, jack littman, vision quest, maximino, fables
by night: shea stadium [info]
w. pressed and, truman peyote, many mansions, farms, yohuna, brown bread & von holt
by day: bohemian grove [info]
w. catamaran, vacation dad, emily reo, merlin monroe, the spookfish, winks, cough cool, baby birds don't drink milk, body cheetah, surfin' serf, warcries, freecare
by night: shea stadium [info]
w. messy sparkles, birthdays, persona la ave, hear hums, bayatas, chiffon
:: an advance fest pass is $15, this will get you into each event throughout the festival. the week of the fest we'll bump the pass to $20, as will be the price during the days of the fest… and that's for nearly 50bands, a dozen unique discussions, three days of celebration, a bunch of in-fest giveaways, and countless other treats.
:: a single event pass is $5. each day [besides the 21st] will have two events, a daytime festival from 1-8pm followed by nighttime grooves from 9pm til' whenevs.
:: a day pass is $10, because each day is made up of two events.
:: the 21st is free and outdoors, because we love you.
:: if you purchase a ticket online you will not receive anything in the mail. your name will be on a list at the door, and at that point you'll be given a homemade friendship bracelet to rep.
:: tickets can be purchased here
:: the schedule is posted above, and we'll share set times the week of the fest
:: feel free to also follow us on twitter or rsvp to the fbook event
Levek — "Muskat Mingle" [Live]
Props to the person who filmed this video. This was an amazing moment.
Also check out the first released track off Look a Little Closer entitled Black Mold Grow (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13729-black-mold-grow/)
"She'll be coming 'round The Mountain with the Light straight through Her Body"
I've been sitting on this egg far too long. It's about time I let it hatch and walk away from it. I sincerely hope that you enjoy it.
Big Love,
Spirit Tramp
so good
Here's the amazing Hear Hums long lost interview that we had with Mitchell Myers and Kenzie Cooke in November, 2011.
Listen/buy/download their music on their Bandcamp. Their blog is also worth checking out, which includes interviews of Dustin Wong, Braids, Tree Hopping.
Interview we did with Sayuri after meeting in NY at our show with Dustin Wong and FMLY folks. We answered these questions on the road home from our November tour, totally in a different place now!
Kaliska - The Path We Make + Hear Hums - Opens
Order from Inner Islands or grab a copy from us on tour
My debut album as Kaliska. The Path We Make.
Walking a personal path, howling at the moon.
cassette available mid may via Inner Islands
Braden McKenna aka WYLD WYZRDZ's new project!
Bayatas - The Hand Effect
Gabriel Berrios moved to Miami "for different reasons, one of the main ones for me was to find out what really was going on this huge city that no one seems to care to much about… Sometimes it seems to me that the thought of something is better than what it actually is. Like when you see a building under construction. The more that's left to the imagination, the better. Its the same way with Miami—this stale, bright jewel, some sort of luxury, and a very valid connection to my hispanic roots—and so I made these few songs to really explore it."
Get this single and "What is the Dream" free on his Bndcmp.
Jane Jane Pollock, Psychedelic Halloween from the dirty south, and The Growlers, California's own Surf Goth Ghouls, have joined forces to smother gore on the dance floors around the united states. New Jane songs and Vinyl will be debuted on this USA extravganaza… Come hit our pinata so the bus caravan of goth halloween weirdos will commence… Candy Candy Candy Candy CANDY CANDY
I am unbelievable excited to be a part of Total Bummer this year along with Teengirl Fantasy, Hear Hums, Kohwi, COOLRUNNINGS, Levek, Dark Sea Of Awareness, Emily Reo, Little Spoon, Dreampeter, Netherfriends, Orchard Thief, Cuddle Formation, Ming Ming and like a hundred other bands I can't remember right now. I can't believe not only the insanely great line up but also how much I like all these bands as people. I think its gonna be megafun.
I think you can preorder tickets for cheap through indiegogo for a couple more days before it gets more expensive. come spend cinco de mayo with us in orlando!
TOTAL BUMMER 3D is going to be so fun!
Now all Hella albums can be streamed or downloaded in any file size at the Hella Digital store . Just waiting to get Leather Diamonds and then it will be complete!
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Holy hell, the first weekend of March is going to be a doozy. This afternoon saw the schedule announcement for the Innagural voyage of The Gasparilla Music Festival, and now Orlando's Orange You Glad Festival has thrown their massive schedule out there for your discerning minds as well.
As previously mentioned, OYG is set to take over O-town for four days (five if you count Wednesday's pre-party with Grimes, Born Gold, and SubAp! fav Michael Parallax), and it's going to be near impossible to see everything you want to. Thursday and Friday look way doable, but with 34 bands spread across five venues (plus Consequence of Sound's afterparty at Lil Indie's) on Saturday, it's a matter of picking and choosing who you can see.
Have a look below, and let us know who you want to see. Check out OYG's official website for more details.
Wednesday, March 7 (Downtown Orlando)
Backbooth (Pre-party)*
9:00 – Michael Parallax
10:00 – Born Gold
11:00 – Grimes
* The pre-party is NOT included in the weekend pass
Thursday, March 8 (Mills 50)
Will's Pub
8:15 – Thee Wilt Chamberlin
9:00 – Telethon
9:45 – Everything Is Terrible
8:30 – Sleepy Vikings
9:30 – Alexander and the Grapes
11:45 – Wholphin Screening
12:00 – The Pauses
Uncle Lou's
10:30 – Grendel
11:00 – Knife Hits
11:30 – Centuries
12:00 – No Qualms
Friday, March 9 (The Milk District)
The Plaza Live
9:00 – Mrs. Magiciam
10:00 – Spectrals
11:00 – Cults
Saturday, March 10 (Mills 50)
Consequence of Sound stage at Wally's
5:30 – Saskatchewan
6:30 – Hundred Waters
7:30 – The Big Sleep
8:30 – Caveman
Will's Pub
5:00 – Roadkill Ghost Choir
6:00 – Moodrings
7:00 – Peter Baldwin
8:00 – Khann
9:00 – Tops
10:00 – Great Deceivers
11:00 – Basements Of Florida
The Dropp Stage at Paradise
5:00 – Between You And Me
6:00 – The Broken Inn
7:00 – Wet Nurse
8:00 – Gospel Music
9:00 – Grandchildren
10:00 – Loud Valley
11:00 – Praything
12:00 – Lonesome City Travelers
Peacock Room
5:30 – Alias Punch
6:30 – Dark Sixties
7:30 – Hear Hums
8:30 – Euglossine
9:30 – Maximino
10:30 – Levek
11:30 – Quilt
12:30 – Attatched Hands
Uncle Lou's
6:00 – Jsihih
7:00 – Quiet Clouds
8:00 – The Wooly Bushmen
9:00 – Larf
10:00 – Tree Hopping
11:00 – Rex or Regina
12:15 – Mr. Pussy
Lil Indie's
Consequence of Sound Afterparty
Sunday, March 11 (Audubon Park)
Park Ave CDs
2:15 – Out Go The Lights
3:30 – Deleted Scenes
4:00 – Doldrums
4:45 – Fake Problems
5:30 – How Dare You
6:15 – Zambri
7:00 – The Attack
7:45 – Hospitality
8:30 – Tennis
3:15 – Fortune Howl
4:15 – Grant
5:15 – Day Joy
6:15 – The Dewars
7:15 – Trails
8:15 – Surfin Serf
Hear Hums - Opens
out on cassette via Inner Islands on April 16th 2012.
Also on CD via Akashic Records
Available now digitally
We will be playing in Gainesville at The Church of Holy Colors on March 11th with some amazing bands. Click thru to rsvp.


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When Phil Jackson was hired by the Knicks to take over as President of Basketball Operations, some were concerned over his credentials (or lack there of). Despite having a proven track record as a player and coach, does Jackson have what it takes to build a winner behind the scenes?
Such a question (or subsequent argument that someone like Jackson isn't qualified enough) is raised quite often across NBA circles when a team makes such a hire.
For what's it's worth, it'd be safe to argue that NBA legend Oscar Robertson doesn't exactly have what it takes either, if ever so desired.
In a recent interview on SiriusXM, the former floor general emphatically asserted his belief that Carmelo Anthony should leave the Knicks, but it appeared to be for all the wrong reasons:
Robertson said Anthony should join the Rockets, but appeared to only to believe so because the team would then have the most evident talent, perhaps on paper.
What's more, the legend believed that Anthony has been the scapegoat for previous failures in both Denver and New York. If he remains in the Big Apple, Robertson believes the resident star will continue to be blamed for whatever struggles the Knicks endure.
Clearly, this past season wasn't Anthony's fault by any means. Still, it goes without saying (or so it should) that there's a cause for concern over the fact that the forward has not emerged as a proven winner in the playoffs over the course of his decade long career, regardless of who made up his supporting cast.
In closing, Robertson took cheap shots at Jackson for not only accepting a contract for so much money himself, but also for suggesting Anthony take less this summer to attract others to the Knicks in the near future.
This all appears a bit strange, as Robertson's remarks all seem to be unwarranted and/otherwise unprovoked. But he's passionate, nonetheless.


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It's on tap
BAXTER — Beer enthusiasts will now have an opportunity to grab a growler at a taproom in Baxter.
For Patrick Sundberg, the creative force behind Jack Pine Brewery, the taproom connects beer drinkers to the brewing process the way a farmers' market links fresh vegetables to the growers.
People can taste what's new and then grab a jug to share around the lake, the campfire or backyard patio.
Sundberg's dad used a portable bandsaw to cut the knotty pine used to accent the taproom, which is the finished and more appointed part of the brewery. On the other side of the room are the 40-gallon stainless steel kettles and pallets of grains representing the brewery side.
Jack Pine Brewery is opening its taproom doors from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at 7942 College Road, Suite 115.
"The taproom is to connect with people. The main focus for the taproom is to get people to taste the beer and sell the growlers," Sundberg said.
The growlers are 64-ounce jugs of the brewery's own. Taprooms are allowed to sell the beer from the attached brewery in specified containers. The growler is just shy of a six-pack in its beer equivalent.
Brewing the beer involves a 10-hour day and then the brew is fermented for two to three weeks. It will sit in the keg another week. As Sundberg says it's about a month from grain to glass.
The names of the beer, Fenceline and Duck Pond, reflect Sundberg's youth and growing up in rural Perham.
Fenceline is an American pale ale fermented with dry hops for a week to carve a hop aroma and flavor into the beer. Sundberg said it brings out the fresh grass and citrus grapefruit character of the beer. It's his favorite.
The Duck Pond is a nutty brown ale. He described it as an English pub beer, that isn't aggressive but has a rich maltiness with a nutty character resembling hazelnut that is actually created using darker roasted grains to achieve its complexity. Down the road, Sundberg would like add his Dead Branch cream ale, which he describes as an American Pilsner.
The 32-year-old Sundberg started homebrewing 13 years ago. At first it was an occasional hobby. It wasn't long before the math and physics major became more intriguing. He said most homebrewers are fond of their own creations but when he started winning homebrewing awards, he started dreaming bigger.
He enjoyed the science behind the effort to create the perfect balances and bring out specific flavors. He researched and studied brewing, earning a national rank in the nonprofit Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). The organization, founded in 1984, certifies and ranks judges using an exam and monitoring process. Worldwide, the BJCF reports 641 people now have the rank of national judge or higher.
Then Sundberg went to a course in Chicago about starting your own brewery.
"The science end of it is really interesting to me," the Concordia College graduate said of the brewing process and changes in beer just based on the water quality — with hard water good for making stouts and pure water better for light beers. And then comes the coaxing of flavors by what's added to the mix to bring out the flavor, just as beer drinkers add salt to bring out the malt.
"That's water chemistry," he said. "That's what brewers can do. That's the fun part for me and starting the business has been fun, too."
Sundberg moved to the lakes area with his wife Sara, who has family here operating Good Neighbor Home Care. She joined them as operations manager.
"She's been really supportive of this whole thing," he said.
The brewery is Sundberg's part-time gig. The Baxter resident's day job is in Ironton with Mirada Research and Manufacturing, which specialized in inflation components (such as valves, hoses, pumps, flanges), system design and product development. Sundberg is in the engineering department working with specialty testing and putting together assembly procedures and troubleshooting among other duties.
"A lot of variety there," Sundberg said of his job. "That's a great place to work."
Wearing a Blue Ox Brew Society, Brainerd, T-shirt, Sundberg was putting some of the last touches in his brewery Thursday before a final Baxter building inspection. He calls Jack Pine Brewery not a microbrewery but a nanobrewery. The name for the company came from the tree that reseeds itself after a fire. That resurgence is what Sundberg sees in breweries.
Once part of the small town experience and wiped out in prohibition, small breweries have returned with the interest in craft beers. Sundberg said his operation is the first commercial brewery in the Brainerd lakes area since prohibition. According to the Brewers Association, the voice of craft brewers, there are more licensed breweries now with brew pubs, microbreweries and regional craft breweries — more than 2,100 as of 2012 — than in the last 125 years.
"This is perfect timing here just as people are starting to get more interested," Sundberg said of his operation.
From the stainless steel kettles, the beer moves to the fermentation room before it ultimately ends up in the cold taproom for carbonation and then the kegs are hooked to lines leading straight to the taps behind the counter.
An iPad equipped with a Square credit card reader provides a wireless register for business transactions. Customers with a Square wallet can pay for purchases directly from their smartphones.
The taproom sells the growler jugs for $5 and fills them with the beer for $10. The growlers are refilled for customers on return visits. Sundberg's first batches from the brewery will be for sale at the taproom when it opens its doors for the first time this weekend.
Sundberg expects regular taproom hours to be 4-7 p.m. Fridays to catch people as the weekend begins and then add some Saturday afternoons in the future. He's talking to area restaurants such as Prairie Bay about being on tap there and thinks he can handle about six such clients.
Sundberg said his taproom gives people a chance to taste and buy beer where the journey from start to finish is measured in feet not miles.
"Keep it cold and fresh and it's delicious," Sundberg said of beer. "That's the thing about craft beer — you always want to try something different. It's kind of exciting to be part of that. Get the beer out there and see what everyone thinks."
RENEE RICHARDSON, senior reporter, may be reached at 855-5852 or email@example.com. Follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Dispatchbizbuzz.


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God bless that kitty and you for rescuing him. He is telling you he appreciates being there.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
God bless that kitty and you for rescuing him. He is telling you he appreciates being there.
Life is Good!
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elisabrat, I absolutely love your new kitty. Lucky you. I have a sister and a friend who have black cats and they are called 'Lucky' -was a scrawny, skinny little thing she found under a pile of leaves in the winter; and the other is called 'Shadow' . I found out both my cats have major medical problems now and it's so sad to think of them getting so old, they are both 16, I got them from the APL when they were 4 months old. We sure have been through a lot together. I even drove to california and back twice with them - I swear it was probably more difficult traveling with them than babies with all the stuff you have to have for them but they are great travelers!
I'm off to a tag sale. They had sewing machines and fabric listed. I hope I am not too late, been a rainy morning and getting a late, lazy start - love saturday mornings
O Elisabrat....the kitty is so cute. We have a adult cat now who we rescued at 5 mo. old. He had a top layers of black fur and everything else is silver. I asked the vet.....what color do you call him. He said that it is a silver cat inspite of the black layer. Trust me he is a black cat except when he is outside and the winds blow and his fur turns.....sometimes it is a streak down the center and you think.....skunk. We love him dearly. Your kitty looks like he already has the I am king attitude.
Dreaming of New England while being stuck in So. Calif.(the asphalt jungle of the world.) But hey the Happiest Place on Earth is here.
Hello from NH. I have arrived at my friends house and she loved looking at the material in my boom that I brought with me as i will be sewing your blocks here. She even helped with some with stash from her material. She's nice! I plan on sewing some tomorrow as everyone seems to want to see me as so we have had to run the circuit of visiting everyone. remember that I am not home so I do not know who has sent me F8's or even grown up blocks. I will be emailing my son soon and asking for a list . He sometimes gets all that mixed up. I don't just assume how much each envelop will cost to mail and that is why i go to the postoffice. I know that it will cost about a certain price but i want to make sure as some of you I am sending your material back. I want to make sure they get to you. So far I have not had to pay anything extra and some of these have come with just the 45 cent stamp..
Dreaming of New England while being stuck in So. Calif.(the asphalt jungle of the world.) But hey the Happiest Place on Earth is here.
Sounds like you are having lots of fun Barb. Enjoy your weekend and time with your quilter friend.
Anna Quilts
All F8's sent out!!
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Isn't my quilt off to a GREAT start??
Thanks so much everyone.
mailman just went
received F8s from
Wendsy-extra swap
received block from
ljdugas31 - I love it! thank you so much
I just got a BEAUTIFUL BLOCKfrom Roseysue but it isnt my fabric,it is christmas black with red flowers and green stems,i would keep it but im sure the owner would be disapointed. I will send it to the person for you just let me know who it is. Thanks..
I got my blocks from Judy(goldendog55) LOVE IT!!!! Thank you. Also LOVE IT!!!!! from chewboo(Nancy) Thanks ladies...
I got two grown up blocks today one from Chewboo and one from Wanda Lou....they are both so very beautiful. I will post pictures later as I am out for dinner and a movie with the best friend for the evening
Let us help a local QB member Elisabrat even a dollar can add up


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While the GDFT moniker has partnered with adidas Originals on several occassions, look for more upscale sister brand Ransom to get into the act as well. With a preview seen here, things look to follow a boot profile with a capsule concept on creating footwear for all walks of life. Stay tuned for more details on a release.
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