The Incredible True Story of the Henrietta C. | Floor Deck Macking Machine

Dee had an infant three-toed sloth in her hands, the bulging pink of its claws poking out from the blanket. She stroked down its thick, downy hair and watched the fresh claws curl back. "Why do you like that one? It’s got such an unhappy ending."

 He signed for Rangers in 1894, moved to Newcastle in 1897 and then to what was Woolwich Arsenal in 1899, making his debut for the club on September 2 that year.

Not too many places can say they kicked off a  career that led to the Academy Awards, but the tiny Lake Macquarie village of Catherine Hill Bay can – Mel Gibson filmed his first movie, Summer City, there in 1977.

In spite of all our mistakes, missteps, misjudgments and misgivings, the world today would be a completely different place if our country; conservative, liberal, black, white, rich, poor, north, south, Manhattan NY or Manhattan KS, Americans all, had turned our back on the injustices and inhumanities that relentlessly stalk the globe.

The silent film was initially planned as a 15,000 pound production but ballooned to a reputed 60,000 pounds, with its world premier held in Newcastle because some of it was filmed on the harbour and Stockton.

People take chickens personally. My brother Bob had a rooster named Oscar. They hated each other! Lots of kids like Big Bird on Sesame Street. The state birds of Rhode Island and Delaware are both chickens; one red, one blue. Oklahoma has two cities named after the humble poult: Chickkasha and Henryetta. Toledo had a minor league baseball team called the Mud Hens.

This enables uncomplicated single-blade installation with the blade in a horizontal position, eliminatingthe requirement for a rotatable installation yoke with blade grippers.

14-time Grammy Award winner Paquito D’Rivera returns to the intimate setting of Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola for a rollicking New Year’s Eve performance. Not only is he one of the world’s foremost saxophone and clarinet virtuosos, D’Rivera is also a composer whose contributions to classical music and Latin jazz have earned him both a Carnegie Hall Lifetime Achievement Award and the status of NEA Jazz Master. D’Rivera regularly sells out top concert halls in New York City (he’ll be headlining in Rose Theater in March), but he also knows how to channel his magic into a club setting, working crowds into a frenzy with deceptive ease. Co-headlining the festivities is Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra bassist Carlos Henriquez, "an emerging master in the Latin jazz idiom." (DownBeat) Hailing from the Bronx, Henriquez is at home in both jazz and Afro-Cuban traditions, and he has performed with greats like Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and Celia Cruz since the age of 14. He, too, regularly headlines concerts in our larger venues, and he’s put together a truly extraordinary band for this gig. Join them at Dizzy’s to ring in the new year with good vibes, great food, and some of the world’s best music… (read more)

 The area covers approximately 132,000 square kilometers and includes 1.2 million people, and on the back of community support, no-one has ever had to pay to be airlifted from an emergency.      

Adam Melchor is a 24 year old recording artist from New Jersey. In his debut EP The Archer, Adam weaves intensely personal lyrics with colloquial melody to create a vivid yet vulnerable narrative. Carried by his folk guitar playing and impressive vocals, the songs showcase a musical empathy rare for an artist of Adam’s age and comparable to contemporaries like M. Ward or Conor Oberst. The 5 song EP includes the singles "Brook Revisited" and "The Archer. It is emotive, stark, and often apologetic. But out of a confession booth turned vocal booth, Adam has created a cathartic and auspicious debut album. 1st single "Brook Revisited" out Feb 24. 2nd single "The Archer" is out March 17. Full EP is out March 31.

"They were trying to change their orbit with the machines, just like the Arboc people were doing too."

I had been spending most of my nights in the calving barns, sleeping in a bedroll and getting up every hour or two to perform some miracle obstetrical procedure. I was tired to the bone and my eyes were sunk back in my head like a scourin’ calf!