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A revolving issue of the Lions Raw. Who would have thunk it? The constantly rotating nature of this issue can be a metaphor for many aspects of school life. The constant swirling of thoughts and emotions in your life, the way in which nothing seems settled or still. Life is beggining to spiral out of control but Lions Raw is here to tell you: even if your life is spinning, it is the meaning you take out of this that counts. Continue turning the pages of this issue, even find yourself also turning the entire issue around and around but read the articles, see what is on at Welsey, what had happened and what is yet to come. Read an exciting and different issue of Lions Raw, number three for this year.

Many thanks of course to Mrs Dundas, who I continue to rely on for a steady mind and editing. To all the con-tributors, another mega thank you, and to Mr Lyon also, who provided a great article and a great prize.

Oh, and by the way, if you’re an amazing procrastinator think about start writing for the Raw :)

Seamus Out.

Editorial:

Contributors; David Browne, Tim Ellmanns, Yasemin Ozsoy, Greta Robenstone, Alex Lahey, Angus Attwood, Ellie Phillips, Cluny Barnes, Seamus Kavanagh, Darryl Tirtha, Ryan Sandor, Branford Gruar, Martin Quinn, Stephanie Mc-Mahon, Isabella Wright, Isabelle Stubbs, Ryan Murphy, Elizabeth Wilson, Georgia Vann, Lily Neilson, Sebas-tian Lindner, Sasha Zhook, Maddeline McKay, Noam Tidhar, Loli Karas, Caroline Thomas, Rachel McCloskey,

Laclan Price, Paris Watson.

Layout & Design;Seamus Kavanagh, Campbell McKenzie, Gabriel Nash, David Browne

Contributors:

LIONS RAWTERM 2 2010

SEAMUS KAVANAGH STEPHANIE DUNDAS

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[ 04 ] Revolver.

[ 07 ] IRS Comittee.

[ 08 ] Regina Spektor.

[ 10 ] A Street Car Named Desire.

[ 12 ] Charities.

[ 14 ] Time For Reform.

[ 16 ] A Robbery.

[ 18 ] Food For Your; Stomach.

[ 20 ] Hot or Not.

[ 22 ] Pull Out Poster.

[ 24 ] Kodak Moments.

[ 26 ] Exam Stereotypes.

[ 31 ] Large Band.

[ 32 ] Metro.

[ 35 ] Suit Up.

[ 36 ] Melbourne Storm Report.

[ 38 ] Puzzle Paradise.

[ 41 ] Raw on the Portal.

[ 42 ] Horoscopes.

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11.

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4.

We Go Back In Time To Mr Lyon’s 1980 Review Of The Beatles, Revolver.

William Lyon

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5.

COMPETITION:

For a bit of fun, Mr Lyon has acquired a brand spanking new copy of The Beatles’ Revolver al-bum and has offered it to the person who can best complete the ‘colouring page’ on page 25 of this issue!!

Get Colouring!

”

6.

Sahh

h In

die:

The Death O

f Individual.Isabelle Stubbs

The concept of a genre titled “Indie”, a shortening of ‘individual’ or ‘independent’ contains a paradox. If an idea has enough of a follow

ing to become a genre in

its own right, I think w

e can safely say that you can no longer be classified as an individual if you follow

it.

Indie has become w

hat grunge rock was in the 90’s.

Most teens today w

ould classify themselves as “In-

die” and therefore are part of a larger group of “in-dividuals” w

ho all like, dress, listen to, watch, com

-m

ent, think and view the entire w

orld in the exact sam

e, individual, way. W

ow, can’t you just feel the

uniqueness?

Hey, I’m

not saying I don’t like Indie. I love the m

usic and the clothes but I do think that w

hen a genre, created because of its singu-larity, becom

es the norm w

e should prob-ably re-title it. I m

ean, there’s a facebook group and everything! “I’m

saaa Indie… just

like everyone else” So theoretically, the indi-vidual genre has been killed by it’s ow

n awe-

someness. O

h, the irony.

Really, there can only be one Indie. Real-ity T.V show

anyone? The ratings would be

through the roof. Think about it, “who w

ill prove the m

ost individual of all?” Each year the contestants w

ould have to fight to at-tain the crow

n. But that probably wouldn’t

work…

no true Indie would do it as they w

ouldn’t want

to conform to m

ainstream m

edia’s idea of entertain-m

ent. All any Indie needs is a guitar and angst.

I think that “The Incredibles” put it best.

“Everyone’s special, Dash”

“Which is another w

ay of saying no one is.”

7.

IRSpectacu

lar:

An IRS U

pdate Aft

er Some Big

Events.Tim Ellm

ans, Yasemin O

zsoy

The main challenge the IRS faced this term

, w

as the preparation for the IRS Dinner, w

hich took place on Friday the 21st of M

ay, 2010. Yasm

ine developed this idea last year when

she suggested having a dinner with local and

international guests

combined

with

inter-national food. D

uring Term 1, the idea w

as basically on stand-by because Yasm

ine and I had other activities to w

orry about. How

ever, tow

ards the end of Term 1, the IRS seriously

launched into

the preparation.

Fortunate-ly for m

e, I went overseas to G

ermany over

(Ah oui, trios-cent-vingt-quatre m

etres); a lovely musical

performance from

Helen Ping; and a lot of fun. Photos

will soon be on the IRS board.

Yasmine and I w

ould like to thank the IRS Comm

ittee for

being so reliable, supportive and helpful. We execute

our job successfully not because we becam

e prefects, but because w

e have such a wonderful team

. Thank you also to M

rs. Fischer, Mrs. Crees, M

ichelle Wang, Rolan-

ds, Vonney, and particularly to Sabino for his flexibility.

The next major event w

ill be the IRS Camp at Clunes

from the 25th to the 27th of June. International and lo-

cal students are more than w

elcome because w

e want

to make it even bett

er than last year. Watch out for an-

nouncements, notes and posters.

the Easter break but unfortunately for Wesley I w

as stranded for a w

eek due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland w

hich caused the closure of the entire Euro-pean airspace. In total, I m

issed two w

eeks of school during w

hich Yasmine m

ade incredible progress with

the dinner. When I eventually cam

e back, the dinner w

as basically already planned. She was am

azing and had everything under control and I needed to tell her to take a break and to let m

e take over.

The last weeks prior to the dinner w

ere literally ‘in-sane’. W

e had so many m

eetings during this period; It seem

ed as if we didn’t go to school but to a never

ending meeting. N

evertheless, our efforts paid off and finally w

e had a great evening and the dinner w

as a huge success. Some of the highlights w

ere: Belly dancing, w

hich revealed some talents am

ongst the guests; Trivia - how

tall is the Eiffel tower again?

8.

Regina Spektor:

From Russia, With Love.Alex Lahey

No one can deny Regina Spektor’s creative genius and talent. After all, this is the woman who wrote a song about hearing her neighbours having sex to one of her other songs… On top of this, the New York-based, Russian songstress is incredible on stage, incorporating her forever soaring vocals, clas-sical piano expertise, and mesmerizing lyrics into a show that leaves you gobsmacked for days after. Her long awaited return to Australia was welcomed with open arms at St Kilda’s Palais Theatre.

As well as her incredible musicianship, it’s Spektor’s modesty that evokes respect from her audience, re-gardless of musical knowledge. The endless flow of songs throughout her performance highlighted the versatility of her back-catalogue, dating back to her earliest tracks first recorded in her basement.

The support band Jupiter One was amazing, despite the absence of half of the band! Spektor clearly rec-ognised their talent and used them as her backing band for when she wasn’t on stage by herself. How-ever, by herself, Spektor was at her best. A definite highlight was the encore in which she unleashed potentially one of the musical gems of the last ten years, ‘Samson’. Although she stuffed up the chords

at the beginning of the first chorus, the perfor-mance was still the perfect end to a perfect night!

HIGH POINTWatching Regina sing ‘Poor Little Rich Boy’ while hitting a wooden chair with a drumstick AND playing piano. Multitasking at its best.

LOW POINTThe drummer from Jupiter One’s public speaking. What a tool. Just shut up and play!!!

9.

Nightmare on Elm Street:

Another Movie Review Just For You.Greta Robenstone

Here’s one for the whole family: A Nightmare on Elm Street retells the classic tale of Freddie Kruger, a man with the power to change children’s dreams. It’s heart-warming, really.

Wait, no. No, that’s not right. This is actually a re-imagining of the extremely popular Nightmare on Elm Street horror franchise from the 80’s. Ask your parents about it. In this modernised interpretation, directed by Samuel Bayer, Freddy (JACKIE EARLE HALEY) is back to his old tricks – you know, haunt-ing teenagers when they fall asleep and attacking them with his claw-hand. Freddy looks a little bit like Edward Scissorhands in a knitted jumper. Take heed Freddy: horizontal stripes, not flattering.

So, in an attempt to stave off Freddy’s slashes, Nancy and Quentin (newcomers ROONEY MARA and KYLE GALLNER) investigate the dark secrets of Freddy’s past, revealing their own part in the death of Fred Kruger, and constantly whinging about their lack of sleep. Harden up Nancy, think a fear of being mur-dered in your dreams is sleep-depriving? Try year 12.

Like most modern horror films, the acting in Elm Street is generally pretty atrocious. Freddy also has an annoying need to scrape his metallic claws along any wall he can find, like nails on a blackboard. Actu-ally, the majority of the film was like watching some-one scratching their nails down a blackboard. Pleas-ant.

If there’s one thing this world needs, it’s another remake of Nightmare on Elm St. This particular ren-dition, the 9th time Freddy Kruger has graced the screen, is good for a few surprises, but probably not going to change your life.

2 Margaret and Davids out of 5

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12.

Exam Stereotypes:

Your Exam Revision Personalities.Angus Attwood

Exams. We all have to do them at one point in our lives, if we’re lucky. Everyone else has to done them in an endless loop, again and again and again for years until year 12 is finally over, and you get to leave exams once and for all. Wrongo. After school, most people will go to university and do even HARDER exams, and then, more and more, for years to come. The fun never stops. Thankfully, by now nearly everyone has figured out a personal way of dealing with the stress and workload. These often fit into distinctive, amus-ing stereotypes. Here are some of the many varia-tions I’ve noted, instead of doing exam revision:

Night-Owl (1):Night-Owls are firm believers in ‘Quantity, not Qual-ity’ when it comes to revision. This means s/he will do any piece of revision material available from start to finish, regardless of relevance or source. This is all well and good, but most ‘Night-Owls’ are notorious procrastinators who have delayed work for as long as possible. This leaves the student with three weeks worth to do in one week. To complete this mountain of work, s/he will often stay up for hours on end, night after night. While completing as much study as pos-sible is good in principle, the problem the Night-Owl faces is that this revision is often poor quality, due to

its being finished as quickly as possible to move onto the next piece. Also, expect work quality to rapidly deteriorate due to lack of sleep.

Night-Owls will often have large bags under their eyes, which are also often bloodshot. The mouth of a Night-Owl is often slightly gaping, with a thin trail of drool…unpleasant! The mood of The Night Owl is often grumpy and quick-to-rage. After exams are over, however, expect to see sunny dispositions and frolicking reappear.

The Sloth (2):‘The Sloth’ never seems to feel remotely bothered by the impending exams, regardless of importance. It is rare to see a Sloth actually doing any sort of revi-sion in class, or any work at all, for that matter. The Sloth still manages to have a perfectly calm, relaxed attitude and appearance, as well as a thriving social life. Sloths, while popular through the rest of the year, become almost universally hated as exams get closer due to their apparent immunity to the increas-ing pressure being laid onto the students. Annoying-ly, Sloths often manage to get good marks on exams, even without any sort of revision or work. This makes the sloth a common target for abuse and anger.

Sloths are hard to spot at first, but become easier as exams approach. Sloths are often seen loung-ing about, doing very little and wearing contented smiles. When leaving school, their bags do not ap-pear to be laden with books and revision material, but almost empty. On exam day, Sloths are the ones

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who sit around without any textbooks or notes, ca-sually talking with friends as if it was any other day, oblivious to the angry stares they are receiving from everyone else.

The ‘Teacher’ (3):One of the most disliked stereotypes, the ‘Teacher’, thinks s/he is better than you. A ‘Teacher’ is not an actual teacher (hence the inverted commas), but a regular student giving out meaningless, pretentious advice. The ‘Teacher’ is the one who gets good marks all year round, and is very much aware of his/her own intelligence. ‘Teachers’ believe that anyone who isn’t one of them is in dire need of assistance from a spe-cial brand of genius, and are quick to give it. The only problem is, ‘Teachers’ fail to realise that others have their own individual ways of studying, so what he or she does most likely won’t work for another student. However, that doesn’t stop them from trying.

Now, there is nothing wrong with receiving advice from a friend when you actually need it, or when ask-ing someone for help with a question but a ‘Teacher’ is defined as someone who pushes his/her own spe-cial method of learning onto others, without being asked. No matter how good the advice is (which is admittedly rare), ‘Teachers’ are disliked due to their

superior attitudes and the fact that they are com-pletely oblivious to how annoying they are. Thank-fully, there is no one I can think of currently who fits this stereotype.

The Forward Planner (4):A ‘Forward Planner’ is one of the stereotypes you want to be. This person finishes homework the day it’s given, and gets right onto revision. Forward Plan-ners have often finished all the practice exams and summary notes well before exams, and can often just casually go over these at their own pace. What sepa-rates a ‘Forward Planner’ from a ‘Sloth’ is that the Forward Planner does actually work, using class time and spares effectively. Work is done calmly and casu-ally, with minimal stress and frustration.

While being a ‘Forward Planner’ is something we all strive to be, it should be mentioned that ‘Forward Planners’ are generally disliked for managing to cope with the workload of exams so easily and doing so well in exams.

1. 2.

3. 4.

14.

Time Fo

r Reform

:

Everyday, Average N

ormal Life.

Sasha Zhook

I’ve set out to describe an average life of people with-

in my w

orld, not restricted by time, culture or place.

You follow the sam

e routine everyday. The actual pro-cess could be different, but you still go from

A to B.

You are either ignorant, don’t care or do care about social issues but you are too afraid of being exiled by society to speak out.If you are ignorant or you sim

ply don’t care, you live life w

ithout even the anatomy of the illusionary lay-

ers of civilised society, thus selling your souls, ac-cum

ulating apathy and living everyday as a hollow,

walking dead. To those w

ho do care but are too afraid, you are also apathetic. You are selfish, just as every other hum

an is and m

ost possibly also a subconscious narcissist as w

ith the first two exam

ples; as with the

ignorant and the non-caring.

Many of you live life only caring about par-

tying and living life as it is. You only feed on w

hat is given to you by the media, govern-

ment,

your im

mediate

surroundings and

most of all, society. W

hat you feed on is not ‘justice’ or anything that is justifiable but m

ost possibly the result of other people’s crushed dream

s, lives, hopes and families.

The illusion of reality that covers it up is used to blind you from

seeing the truth.

You may com

plain about the world but never truly re-

search into anything. You lack dedication to changing things; you only change the sm

all parts, but never care about the bigger picture; the hum

an race itself. You want

money, pow

er, fame and respect; for all your desires to

be met. M

ost of these are illusions that form the roots of

social problems, such as poverty, inequality, scapegoat-

ing and a shameful society.

You believe in individuality, but still believe every word

spoken to you by the government, and other pow

erful organizations. If you have m

ore power because of m

on-ey, fam

e or perceived class, you abuse bureaucracy to get your w

ay (or perhaps the system of bureaucracy itself

is made for inequality). Com

munism

, democracy or any

political ideology always eventually succum

bs to human

baseness. Thanks to you who do not question or even

dare to fight back, there is no such thing as freedom; w

e are living in an age of the voiceless. You are the puppets; ‘they’ are m

asters.

Discrim

ination exists everywhere in every form

a human

can think of in order to feel superior to others within

every corner of the human society as long as it requires

the human input, including the law

, education system,

this school, religion, politics and business, You will deny

such claims to keep a litt

le perfect world that is patched

poorly with lies; you dare not touch it because it could

hurt.

It’s time to reform

. If we are truly such highly intelligent

beings then this is possible As it is now

, the light only shines for the brightest; the rest are left

to rot.

15.

A num

ber of weeks ago, I ventured to a place that I

hadn’t been in just over 4 years, and have little urge

to return to. No, not the show

er, just good old Camp

Mallana on the G

ippsland lakes, for a week of sailing,

kayaking, camping, not bathing and endless fun.

My w

eek didn’t start off as w

ell due to a mix up first

thing Saturday morning before leaving. I confused

‘going to camp’ w

ith ‘going camp’. I turned up at the

bus wearing black leggings and a D

&G

turquoise skiv-vy. W

hat was I thinking? W

ith that mistake resolved,

we w

ere off ‘to’ cam

p where I w

as greeted by the friendly concierge of the M

allana establishment and

our ‘palatial’ quarters. At this point I must

mention the illustrious leader on our expedi-

tion. Burke and Wills, Captain Cook and Chris

Columbus (our bus driver) have nothing on

Mr. G

oodwin. H

is fighting spirit and endur-ance helped m

ost of us last our week at M

al-lana.

They say “red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky at m

orn, sailors to warn.” ‘They’ w

ere pret-ty spot-on. The first day of sailing w

as beauti-ful w

ith calm w

inds and a warm

sun; another Kodak m

oment. The second day, how

ever…

Let’s put it this way, “y’know

that scene from

‘Castaway’ w

here Tom H

anks is on the open ocean, and the w

inds are blowing a gale, and

the waves are bigger than Eddy M

cGuire’s

ego?” By this time, I’d have preferred being

on a boat with Jessica W

atson. Not because

Hap

py C

amp

ers:

Man Versus W

ild Is Nothing.

Branford Gruar

she’s a single, sixteen year old all alone in the middle of

the ocean but because that big pink boat seemed a lot

safer than the barely-floating, unseaworthy excuses for

boats we w

ere in. Nevertheless, this potential Poseidon

Adventure still had m

e captivated (or capsized). The second sea-tastic part of m

y week at M

allana was

kayaking. Usually the point of kayaking w

ould be getting

from point A

to point B. How

ever, due to bad weather,

our route was m

ore from point A

to point B then back to point A

with a 40 knot headw

ind. This meant that w

hile kayaking back to point A

, if either you or your Kayak bud-dy stopped paddling for a few

seconds, you would be

back at point B in a matt

er of minutes. A

fter this happen-

ing a few tim

es, I assumed w

e had our kayak in reverse!

This brings us to the cuisine section of the camp. The

food at Mallana w

as fantastic. I never knew you could

do so many things w

ith just vegetables. Vegie pasta, ve-gies and rice, vegie stir fry, vegie burritos, vegie curry…

. The food w

ould make M

att Preston’s cravat curl. A

fter

a few days, w

e were all considering eating the Cam

ping staff. H

owever, this w

as decided against – after all, w

e did have scroggin!

The last part of the Mallana experience w

as camping out

for a night. It was supposed to be 4 nights, but due to

bad weather, w

as shortened to one. Not only w

ere we

sleeping with just a tarp above our heads, w

e were only

20 meters from

base camp. That’s right, 20 m

eters. Eat your heart out Bear G

rylls!

And, for our long w

eek at Mallana, w

e all received an-other w

ell-earned 4 hour bus ride. How

ever, when you

also come to experience M

allana (if you haven’t already); even though I’ve taken the ‘m

ickey’ out of it, I hope you can also be a H

appy Camper…

16.

A Robbery:

The Time We Got Robbed.Noam Tidhar

It was around 9:00pm on a dark, crisp Friday night and our parents had gone out to a performance, leav-ing just the four of us, my two brothers and younger sister, home alone. We were all upstairs having set the alarm and turned off the lights on the lower floor. I was playing cards with my sister in one room while in the opposite room were my two brothers. Sud-denly, the downstairs alarm went off. Hesitantly, we reset the alarm from the upstairs controller. We tried calling our parents but there was no answer, so we waited.Five minutes later we heard knocking on the front door. Frightened, we worked up the courage to go check out who it was. But, by the time we got down-stairs the knocking stopped. We looked out the door. There was no one there. We went back upstairs. Again, we tried calling our parents. No answer. A couple of minutes later the knocking started again. This time- Louder. Very frightened, we crept slowly and silently down the steps…Now, before I continue, for those who haven’t seen my house, opposite the stairs are large windows fac-ing the courtyard. Coming down the stairs there is a 90 degree turn halfway so you can’t actually see the courtyard until you’re most of the way down. In front came the dreaded turn. ‘What might

be on the other side?’ We looked over… through the darkness of the hallway, towards the open courtyard. Silhouetted in the pale moonlight was a middle-aged Asian man staring directly at us! We sprinted back upstairs in horror. My little sister began to complain. She heard some strange noises in the attic. Some sort of scratching.

Completely stunned, we frantically called our parents again. But still, no answer! Almost shaking, not know-ing what to do, our imaginations took hold… ‘Are we being robbed?’ ‘There’s someone in the courtyard and what about the attic?’ ‘The only entrance is from downstairs!’ … ‘The alarm!’ ‘Oh, No!’ We called Mum and Dad again and finally, they an-swered. We told them everything. They came home and explained…

Firstl, the alarm: it had been replaced a week earlier. Still faulty after many past false alarms. The noises in the attic weren’t the shuffling in the dark of a myste-rious burglar or of an axe-wielding serial killer but the scratching of possums which had been living there!Finally, the knocking on the front door and at the window was…The Dry Cleaner! As we sat there listening intently and so relieved, we realised the extent to which our minds had tricked us and… we cracked up laughing!

17.

Loss:

Emotions In Motion.Maddeleine McKay

Losing someone who is of great importance to you can really hurt. It’s a fact- all people grieve differ-ently. Some simply want to be alone and deal with, reminisce and forget in peace. Others may not admit it but seriously need their friends surrounding them.Then there are the people who choose to show their feelings.

This is because they want people to comfort them.Condolences are what people hand out when they want to show sympathy. However, sometimes con-dolences aren’t good enough. Condolences don’t al-ways make the past easy to deal with.

And, losing someone doesn’t just mean a death.Losing someone could be as simple as losing a per-son’s trust. Or their friendship. Or their love. Or their pure brightness and joy. No one ever tells you just how hard life is when you lose someone.

In the majority of cases when two people separate, it is due to a misunderstanding. Losing someone im-portant to you can be the most subtle thing you have ever experienced and you don’t realise until there isn’t enough time to undo what has been done.

Life is full of losing what you love, hurdling over the problem finding a way to gain it again. But when it comes to a family member or dear friend, life can ac-tually stand still for a period of time. A child could lose a toy. This can be excruciating for the child. This is because the child doesn’t know how to deal with loss. An adult’s pain, when they have lost a true love, takes them back to that uncontrollable, confused pain they once felt as a child.

Life is about loving and living.If you love someone whether it be a brother, sister, mother, father, aunt, uncle, friend, mentor, lover, soul mate, tell them. They want to know. Because you never know when you might lose them.

18.

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20.

Hot. Not.Bear Grylls

Eurovision

Sue Patroney

Jazz Band

Classic ABC Kids shows (Round the Twist, Ar-thur, Gogs etc)

Tech Savvy Grandparents

Lady Gaga

Ms RW’s Brownies

Casually slipping French words into conversa-tion

Microsoft Word shortcuts

Michael Buble...still

Farting in public (it’s coming back)

Macking in the locker bays

Muntzillas

Over-age gigs

Crossing the entire Senior School to pick up your printing, only to find that the printer is

broken. Again.

The GAT

People who can’t differentiate between their, they’re and there

Lady Gaga

Going into a room and completely forgetting what you went there for

Lads. You know who you are.

Confronting late night SBS moments

The TV show, Merlin

21.

22.

23.

Our team. Our Time. Our Year.

Join THE PRIDE

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25.

Colouring Page:

26.

Kodak Moments:Some Cool Shoot.

Seamus Kavanagh

The Lomo Fisheye:

This little bad boy warps photos and is 170 degrees of fun. With the effect of looking through a fishbowl or through the peep hole of a door, the Lomo Fish-eye makes even the most mundane scene a bundle of joy. Watch as streetscapes, skylines and horizons are turned into curvy works of art. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this camera, is getting up close and personal with people’s faces and distorting them to hilarious angles. Important to note, is that the centre of the frame will remain fairly natural. Place a horizon in the middle = straight looking, place it at the bottom or side of the frame = mega curve. To add that true ‘fishbowl’ effect, one can purchase the ad-ditional underwater casing for this cam cam.

27.

The SLR:

With a camera like this, you will wish your life had a focus setting. As demonstrated by our main main Captain Sandy-Babes, the SLR is very into the whole background and foreground thing, and bringing out the true beauty of a photo. This puppy is for those with a bit of moola to spare and a desire for photos that make the person taking the photo smile. For additional awesomeness, purchase a mega stalker lense and view the world in zoooooooom.

The Polaroid:

We’ve all been there. Making ourselves just the little bit more Indie or Alt with this retro cam cam. I mean, it’s instantly mega awes because it pops right out in front of your eyes. Most are little foldable in-struments that can be easily transported in your hip-ster satchel true? The phrase ‘shake it like a polaroid picture’, however, may be incorrect, and it is just as easy to let these babies develop in peace. For extra fun times, one can purchase a number of different kinds of polaroids.

28.

In an effort to raise support for the hard-working doctors at the Royal Children’s Hospital, this term the Charities Committee is directing all funds to-wards the RCH Pain Management Project. With the Royal Children’s Hospital treating hundreds of thou-sands of children each year, the doctors at the hos-pital work around the clock to tirelessly care for the children of Victoria. The need for support for such an organisation is overwhelming, and with pain man-agement playing a fundamental role in over 90% of cases presented at the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Pain Management Project is without doubt a cause worthy of our efforts. This term, the Charities Com-mittee will be raising funds through the selling of crepes, cupcakes and sausages, as well as holding a casual clothes day.

Next term, the Charities Committee will be holding a series of events in the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools, during the week of the 2nd – 6th of August, to raise money for the Children’s Medical Research

Institute (Jeans for Genes). With cupcakes, casual clothes, BBQ’s, noodles and more, we are hoping to make a generous donation, which will raise aware-ness and help support the research of the geneticists at the Children’s Medical Research Institute. After the success of last term’s Harmony Day, a sub-stantial donation was presented to the APS Founda-tion, and it is hoped that similar success from this term’s events will help support the Pain Manage-ment Project at the Royal Children’s Hospital, and next term, the Children’s Medical Research Institute.

A Charities Update.Cluny Barnes

Charities:

29.

Vince, Sprayed Not Brushed.Sebastian Lidner

In Year 7 I went on a family holiday to France. Of course we went to the Louvre, the Pompidou Centre, and many other art galleries around Paris. I was exposed to some amazing art but perhaps my favourite paint-ings weren’t in the galleries at all. Paris was the first place where I was really inspired by and attracted to street art. Ever since that holiday, I have been slightly obsessed with this art form, watching videos, read-ing books and visiting galleries but most importantly, observing the streets. Until this year, I have basically only made stencil art (painting on canvas of course!) but with ‘Vince: Sprayed not Brushed’, I decided to go further than stencils and use free-hand cans.

This artwork is a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. I tried to imitate the short, detached brush strokes he used in his impressionist paintings – but with spray cans. The idea came upon me when I was researching Im-pressionism for my TOK essay (perhaps there is a les-son for all in that). The main face is inspired by van Gogh’s painting ‘Self-Portrait with Felt Hat’. However, I also included other aspects of van Gogh’s work like the background which is similar to the swirls in ‘Star-ry Night’. I couldn’t get enough definition in the eyes so I used stencils for them. However, in retrospect, I think they work well because they provide a focal

point and also give strength to the work. I must ad-mit…I didn’t mean to make one eye bloodshot!

James Makin was the invited artist who chose the winner of the acquisitive art prize this year. In his speech, he was asked to make observations about the students’ work. He spoke about 5 or 10 pieces. None were mine. Then he said he was going to read out the winner. I was surprised when I won because firstly, as James hadn’t made any comments about my work at all, I didn’t expect he liked it. Also, I wasn’t entirely pleased with some aspects of the work (like where the head meets the hat) and would have changed them after the exhibition had the painting not been bought. Then, as the Visual Arts Prefect, I was asked to thank James Makin for his comments and choos-ing a winner. How awkward! To most, it would have looked like I had written an acceptance speech.

Overall, it was extremely pleasing for me to win The Acquisitive Art Prize. I also thank everyone who vot-ed for my work in the ‘Peoples Choice Award’.

Visual Arts:

30.

fun we have w

hile we play. W

inning isn’t the objective, although it’s a definite plus! W

ith strong performances from

all of the bands that w

ent up this year, Wesley left

with

potentially the most successful G

ambier to

date. Big Band not only ‘achieved’ first place in the First D

ivision, they consumed it, w

ith a 10 point m

argin between first and second

place - the biggest landslide in Gam

bier his-tory. W

ith this win, the Big Band has claim

ed w

hat is rightfully theirs, the title of A

ustralia’s best high school band. A

djudications are recorded for every band, D

ivision One being judged by internationally

renowned jazz m

usician, James M

orrison. W

hen listening back to the Big Band’s adjudi-cations, it is clear that this perform

ance will

forever remain in G

ambier history. The per-

formance left

James M

orrison (by no means

a shy man) speechless, his final w

ords on the recording saying it all: “W

esley, you’ve done it again.” Band D

irector and all-round good guy, Mr

Foley describes the 2010 Big Band as being “an incredibly hard w

orking and comm

itted

band whose successes are overw

helmingly

deserved.” Head of M

usic, Ms A

rnold sings her praise for the band in saying: “I w

as so excited, so pleased that, having seen all the sections w

orking together and being so moti-

vated, and getting to see how

everything de-veloped and grew

, that you got the recogni-tion you deserved.”

Big Band is just one example of w

hat hard work can

achieve. The endless rehearsals, sectionals, and jug-gling of school w

ork, sport, and social lives through the m

onths leading up to the competition w

as a challenge overcom

e by all, resulting in the ultimate

victory. A

s a band, we’d like to take this opportunity to

thank all those involved in making G

ambier such a

success. So, thank you to Ms A

rnold, Mr M

arsland, M

r Mow

at, Ms H

ildeyard, Ross Irwin, N

ick Wilkins,

Darcie Foley, M

addie Foley, John Morrison, Jam

es M

orrison, and all those involved in making G

enera-tions In Jazz the m

ost anticipated event in the high school jazz program

calendar. O

f course, we have left

the best until last. If anyone in the w

orld can find 18 students of varying musi-

cal ability and turn them into A

ustralia’s best school band, then their nam

e is Peter Foley. Mr Foley is an

inspiration to all who are privileged enough to w

ork w

ith him. H

e is the most enthusiastic band leader

any one could ever hope for and deserves all the success he gets. W

ithout him, the W

esley Big Band w

ould not be what it is today. TH

AN

K YOU

MR FO

-LEY! A

s a part of winning first prize, the W

esley College Big Band perform

ed on Hey H

ey It’s Saturday on W

ednesday the 23rd of June.

31.

The Big Band’s Journey From The

Band Room, To Your H

eartsvCaroline Thom

as

Every year, Jazz Band, Stage Band and Big Band m

ake the eight hour road trip to Mt. G

ambier

to compete in the annual G

enerations in Jazz N

ational Stage Band Championships. N

ow in

its twenty-first year, the com

petition (known

most com

monly to its com

petitors as “Gam

-bier”) is the highlight of the W

esley College jazz program

calendar. Wesley enters G

am-

bier each year with the goal of perform

ing as w

ell as possible, and in doing so hopefully inspiring others; show

ing them how

much

Although the band did incredibly as a collective,

there were som

e outstanding individual results. Sam

Jeffreys (guitar) and A

dam Friedm

an (lead trum

pet) were both selected for ‘Superband’, a

band that James M

orrison selects, comprised of

the best players from every band in D

ivision One.

Adam

Engel (drums), W

ill Base (bass), and Alex La-

hey (lead alto sax) were all selected as ‘Future Final-

ists’. Making it to Super band is diffi

cult enough; to be a future finalist is com

parable to being in the AFL

team of the century. In the w

ords of Jimm

y Kus they are “the best of the best.” O

f these Finalists, one is selected as the w

inner of the Pat Corrigan Develop-

ment A

ward, aim

ed at aiding the musical career of

the winner. This year, the w

inner was our very ow

n A

lex Lahey.

Kin

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f the M

ou

ntain

:

32.

Train the Trains:

Metro Goes Up In Flames... We Wish.Rachel McCloskey

Getting in trouble for not being in tute? Not going to tute because you’re scared of being finally seen in tute? All are deservedly punishable offences. Getting in trouble for not being in tute because the public transport screwed up and you forgot your note for yesterday’s delayed trains? Yeah, right, it’s a joke. Like Metro. Let me tell you another one: according to the International Association of Public Transport, a metro is a high-frequency, high-capacity system in-dependent of traffic or pedestrians. Sadly though,an even bigger joke than our “Metro” is the fact that the Government has let Melbourne’s public transport crisis go on for this long.

In April, Metro ran 84.5% of its services online. A shocking figure in itself! What most people don’t re-alise is that this figure means that 84.5% of services arrived within 4.59 minutes of the prescribed timeta-bles time. It’s ok; the Flinders St is only three minutes late, it doesn’t matter that you have to wait another ten minutes for the next Sandringham- if you’re lucky and it’s on time. No stress, school will wait for you; you’ve only missed tute… right?

Overtime use of the excuse, ‘my train was late’, has become somewhat akin to the ‘my dog ate my home-work’ excuse. Except the train defence works. After

all, 84.5% of the time it is true. So why is it our respon-sibility to write ‘late’ notes accounting for Metro’s dis-mal performances? In Japan, the train system operates with such accuracy that when trains are delayed pas-sengers are able to collect a note from stations stat-ing just that. However, we do have some concern for the environment and don’t want to completely defor-est Brazil. After all, they are hosting the 2014 World Cup. Metro would probably fail at it anyway. How lu-dicrous do the excuses have to become before Metro realises that no matter how much money is spent on Myki, public transport is still a malfunctioning, dismal, annoyingly bad failure?

Dear Head of House, I am sorry, my son/daughter was late for school yes-terday. Metro had trouble getting their new timeta-ble (designed to make trains more efficient) to work … Dear Head of House…a train broke down at South Yarra, delaying the Sandringham by twenty minutes... Dear Head of House… there were signal failures…the brakes weren’t working… it was too hot…

The excuses sound like North Korea complaining about soccer games being played too early because it’s “too hot” for their players before withdrawing from the consequently later scheduled game because it’s “too dark.” At least the North Korean Government is do-ing something. It’s a radical comparison to be sure but how extreme do we have to get before the Gov-ernment will actually change anything? The message is clear, for whatever government will actually listen: FIX THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT and you may actually save some money.

33.

Captain Sandy Says:

A Review of the Talent Quests.Ryan Sandor

Another brilliant talent quest has gone by but I think we should take a step back and relive some of the great performances that we witnessed.

Let’s start off with some of the comedians. You may or may not count Costa, Harry and Miles as true co-medians but they did provide some ‘light hearted’ humour before their performance which really added to the mood of the event whilst also playing a great version of harder, stronger.

Gus Atwood, without a doubt, portrayed Rowan At-kinson very very well. Phil Kossman and Julian New-man put on a long, but entertaining show for the crowd that had a different taste than most of the other acts. Branford and Ben, the comedians of the future, have great potential and were a success on the day.

The musical acts usually dominate the talent quests, for good reason, and there was no exception to that on this occasion. The Barber Shop Quartet sang a beautiful rendition of “I will follow him”, and I look forward to seeing more performances in the future.

The McQueens continue to impress and have built up a big Wesley fan base with all of their performances!

I would like to thank everyone else who performed and hope that we can see even more people involved in the next talent quest.

The McQueen’s

34.

Sno

w S

po

rts:

See

You

On

The

Slop

es.. El

lie P

hilli

ps

With

the

rec

ent

cold

wea

ther

mos

t pe

ople

hav

e ju

st n

otice

d th

e ch

ange

of

seas

on. H

owev

er, f

or t

he

snow

spor

ts te

am th

e im

min

ent w

inte

r has

bee

n lo

ng

antic

ipat

ed.

From

as

earl

y as

Apr

il, t

eam

mem

bers

ha

ve b

een

star

ting

thei

r pr

epar

ation

s fo

r th

e se

ason

ah

ead.

Unl

ike

othe

r sp

orts

, ye

ar-r

ound

tra

inin

g is

not

an

optio

n fo

r sk

iing,

esp

ecia

lly g

iven

Aus

tral

ia’s

siz

zlin

g cl

imat

e. F

orce

d to

aba

ndon

the

sno

wle

ss m

oun-

tain

s, t

he s

now

spo

rts

team

too

k to

the

bac

k-tu

rf,

the

Bota

nic

Gar

dens

and

eve

n th

e be

ache

s as

par

t

of o

ur d

ry-la

nd t

rain

ing

regi

me.

Our

fina

l ses

sion

in

the

iceh

ouse

ska

ting

rink

was

a li

ttle

clo

ser

to h

ome

for

mos

t sk

iers

(th

ough

stil

l a c

halle

nge

for

the

hap-

less

sno

wbo

arde

rs).

With

the

hel

p of

Wes

ley’

s ow

n O

lym

pic

skie

r, Ka

tya

Crem

er, a

nd th

e Vi

ctor

ian

Juni

or

Coac

h, J.

C Le

gras

e, t

he te

am w

as a

ble

to p

repa

re fo

r th

e co

min

g se

ason

in st

yle,

read

y fo

r the

Inte

rsch

ool’s

co

mpe

tition

in A

ugus

t.

This

yea

r, a

maj

or fo

cus

of s

now

spor

ts w

ill b

e cr

oss-

coun

try

skiin

g. T

his

mea

ns a

ll st

uden

ts a

lread

y re

g-is

tere

d fo

r sn

owsp

orts

are

exp

ecte

d to

try

cro

ss

coun

try

alon

g w

ith t

he n

orm

al d

ownh

ill e

vent

s. F

or-

tuna

tely

, it

’s n

ot t

oo l

ate

for

the

rest

of

Wes

ley

to

give

it a

go,

too

. Eve

n th

ose

with

no

expe

rien

ce, o

r no

idea

of

wha

t cr

oss

coun

try

skiin

g ac

tual

ly is

, can

ta

ke p

art.

Unl

ike

dow

nhill

ski

ing,

rat

her

than

mer

e-ly

goi

ng d

own

the

hills

(w

hich

can

be

bori

ng a

fter

a

whi

le),

cros

s co

untr

y sk

iers

can

go

up,

dow

n an

d an

ywhe

re in

bet

wee

n. T

here

are

als

o tw

o di

ffere

nt te

chni

ques

, cla

ssic

and

ska

ting,

to o

f-fe

r ev

en m

ore

vari

ation

.

To b

uild

on

last

yea

r’s

exce

llent

tho

ugh

smal

l te

am, W

esle

y is

offe

ring

eve

ryon

e a

chan

ce to

tr

y cr

oss

coun

try

skiin

g be

fore

the

Inte

rsch

ool

even

ts.

On

Sund

ay,

the

25th

of

July

(se

cond

w

eek

of t

erm

3),

a bu

sloa

d of

stu

dent

s w

ill

head

to

Lake

Mou

ntai

n fo

r le

sson

s. T

hen,

to

ease

you

into

thi

s ne

w, c

halle

ngin

g sp

ort,

you

w

ill c

ompe

te in

you

r ve

ry fi

rst

race

onl

y on

e ho

ur la

ter.

Both

cla

ssic

and

ska

ting

tech

niqu

es

can

be tr

ialle

d an

d so

me

of th

e co

sts

of s

ki h

ire

will

be

subs

idis

ed b

y th

e sc

hool

. Fo

r fu

rthe

r de

tails

con

tact

Ben

Wei

sser

, Ste

ph M

cMah

on

or m

ysel

f (El

lie P

hilli

ps).

Stud

ents

who

are

alre

ady

sign

ed u

p fo

r sn

ow-

spor

ts s

houl

d al

so n

ote

the

follo

win

g da

tes

whi

le a

nyon

e lo

okin

g fo

r a

quie

t w

eeke

nd a

t M

t Bul

ler

shou

ld a

void

them

.

Sat 1

0th

- Sun

11t

h Ju

lyTr

aini

ng W

eeke

nd

Sat 1

7th-

Sun

18th

July

Wes

ley

Cup-

Dow

nhill

Sk

iing,

Sno

wbo

ard

and

Cros

s Co

untr

y

Sun

25th

July

Trai

ning

Day

-Cro

ss C

oun-

try

(eve

ryon

e w

elco

me)

Sun

8th

Aug

ust

Inte

rsch

ool’s

Cro

ss-C

oun-

try

Cham

pion

ship

s

Sun

22nd

-Fri

27t

h A

ugus

tIn

ters

choo

l’s S

now

spor

ts

Cham

pion

ship

s

*A

ll ev

ents

at

Mt

Bulle

r ex

cept

cro

ss

coun

try

trai

ning

day

35.Suit

Up

:

The

six

suit

s of

cha

rity

. Lach

lan

Pric

e

It w

as a

lazy

Tue

sday

aft

erno

on a

nd,

after

5

long

per

iods

of

prod

uctiv

e sc

hool

wor

k, t

he

boys

in

the

Year

10

Fren

ch c

lass

wer

e lo

ok-

ing

to a

void

fur

ther

stu

dy.

Piet

er T

egm

ann,

in

a m

omen

t of

ran

dom

bri

llian

ce, a

sked

Mr.

(Nam

e W

ithhe

ld)

abou

t th

e co

mpl

exiti

es o

f su

cces

sful

ly p

artn

erin

g w

ith a

mem

ber

of

the

oppo

site

sex

. In

his

infin

ite w

isdo

m,

Mr.

(Nam

e W

ithhe

ld)

offer

ed a

com

preh

ensi

ve

answ

er,

conc

ludi

ng w

ith t

he s

tate

men

t ‘A

nd

don’

t fo

rget

to

wea

r a

suit,

it a

lway

s w

orks

!’.

I the

n ca

me

up w

ith a

n id

ea: ‘

Wha

t abo

ut c

a-su

al c

loth

es d

ay t

his

Frid

ay?

We

coul

d to

tally

suit

up!’

Of

cour

se, t

his

was

inte

nded

as

a jo

ke, b

ut

Mr.

(Nam

e W

ithhe

ld) a

vidl

y pr

omot

ed th

e id

ea.

U

nbek

now

nst

to u

s, P

iete

r w

ent

shop

ping

th

at n

ight

and

bou

ght

a pa

rticu

larl

y co

stly

sui

t. T

his

com

pelle

d us

to

take

my

prep

oste

rous

ide

a m

ore

seri

ousl

y an

d by

Thu

rsda

y m

orni

ng P

iete

r an

d I h

ad

(mos

tly) d

ecid

ed to

sui

t up.

Ben

Sym

on,

also

in

our

Fren

ch c

lass

, w

as

at t

his

stag

e in

diffe

rent

to

our

caus

e, a

nd a

t Th

urs-

day’

s Fr

ench

cla

ss P

iete

r an

d I

wer

e de

term

ined

to

conv

ince

him

to

don

his

suit

for

char

ity. O

ur e

ffort

s w

ere

to n

o av

ail;

that

is u

ntil M

r. (N

ame

With

held

) ag

ain

prov

ided

ess

entia

l moti

vatio

n. H

e in

stiga

ted

a ‘G

irls

-onl

y’ c

lass

vot

e on

the

ir p

refe

renc

e fo

r ‘s

uit

or

no s

uit’

– th

e vo

te w

as u

nani

mou

s! H

e th

en p

rovi

ded

furt

her

enco

urag

emen

t in

the

for

m o

f ‘fi

nanc

ial e

n-co

urag

emen

t’.

He

prom

ised

tha

t if

Ben

was

to

suit

up, h

e w

ould

don

ate

$50

to F

rida

y’s

char

ity; a

nd, u

l-tim

atel

y de

cide

d to

don

ate

this

sum

in a

ny c

ase.

Ben

even

tual

ly a

gree

d to

sui

t up

on th

e co

nditi

on th

at B

ran-

ford

Gru

ar d

id th

e sa

me.

Bra

nfor

d, o

f cou

rse,

agr

eed

to s

uit

up, m

ostly

to

see

if Be

n w

ould

act

ually

do

it. B

y th

e en

d of

Th

ursd

ay a

fter

noon

, the

wor

d ha

d sp

read

and

sev

eral

oth

er

stud

ents

ann

ounc

ed t

hat

they

too

wou

ld ‘S

uit

Up

For

Char

-ity

’.

Frid

ay m

orni

ng a

rriv

ed a

nd, w

ith s

ome

trep

idati

on, I

do

nned

my

navy

pin

stri

ped

suit,

pal

e bl

ue s

hirt

and

mat

ch-

ing

tie.

Then

, with

‘em

erge

ncy’

cas

ual c

loth

es in

my

scho

ol-

bag

and

suffi

cien

t sp

onso

rshi

p in

my

wal

let,

I bo

arde

d th

e ea

rly

trai

n fr

om M

iddl

e Br

ight

on S

tatio

n.

I s

aw P

iete

r ap

proa

chin

g m

e at

the

tra

ffic

light

s on

th

e co

rner

of

Gre

ville

Str

eet

and

Punt

Roa

d.

‘Tha

nk G

od,

now

I w

on’t

look

like

an

idio

t! K

icka

ss!’,

I th

ough

t, a

s he

too

was

wea

ring

a s

uit!

He

info

rmed

me

that

he

had

accu

mul

at-

ed $

50 b

y as

king

‘ran

dom

s on

the

trai

n’ fo

r spo

nsor

ship

. The

fir

st t

hing

we

notic

ed u

pon

our

arri

val i

n th

e Se

nior

Sch

ool

was

the

lar

ge n

umbe

r of

peo

ple

star

ing

at u

s, a

nd s

o w

e qu

ickl

y gr

abbe

d ou

r bo

oks

and

head

ed t

o tu

te,

whe

re (

as

alw

ays)

Mr.

Dod

d (N

ame

Not

With

held

) was

pati

ently

wai

t-in

g.

In

stea

d of

rece

ivin

g tw

o go

ld c

oins

, Mr.

Dod

d w

as a

s-to

unde

d to

rece

ive

thre

e go

lden

not

es! A

fter

two

peri

ods

of

yet m

ore

wor

k, a

nd tw

o co

nsec

utive

test

s, I

met

with

Pie

ter

agai

n ou

tsid

e th

e ch

ange

roo

ms.

Thi

s tim

e th

ere

wer

e tw

o m

ore

boys

in s

uits

, Ben

Sym

on a

nd th

e on

ly o

ther

per

son

to

live

up t

o hi

s pr

omis

e of

sui

t-w

eari

ng -

Kad

e M

ain,

the

sel

f pr

ocla

imed

‘giv

er to

the

child

ren.

’

Even

tual

ly, B

ranf

ord,

als

o w

eari

ng a

sui

t, jo

ined

our

gr

oup

and

the

5 of

us

wal

ked

delig

hted

ly a

roun

d th

e sc

hool

, sp

ortin

g ou

r sna

zzy

gear

. We

met

with

Mr.

(Nam

e W

ithhe

ld)

wea

ring

a s

uit,

who

told

us

that

he

too

had

dona

ted

his

$50.

Th

is w

as v

ery

good

new

s! W

e ha

d ra

ised

a t

otal

of $

200

to-

war

ds th

e Ro

yal C

hild

ren’

s H

ospi

tal b

etw

een

6 pe

ople

!

The

rest

of

the

day

was

his

tory

and

my

one

lasti

ng

mem

ory

will

alw

ays

be t

he s

heer

vol

ume

of p

eopl

e st

arin

g w

ith b

ewild

erm

ent

and

amaz

emen

t at

the

‘6 S

uits

of

Char

-ity

!’

36.

A Storms-A-Brewin:

A Strom Sports Report.Paris Watson

The NRL stripped Melbourne Storm of four premierships, any points scored this season, the team has been fined $500,000 and must give back $1.1 million in prize money because of a breach of salary cap. The club paid 1.7million over these past five years and approximately $700,000 this year outside the salary cap to its players. Because of this Storm has been given the harshest penalty known in sport; definitely the harshest penalty known in NRL history. This makes me wonder if there is more to it - why such a hard penalty? Chief Executive David Gallop’s reason was, ‘‘these payments have allowed them to recruit and retain some of the best players in the game. There’s no alternative for the NRL in terms of penalty.’’Melbourne Storm was the favourite team for the pre-miership this year having won in 2007 and in 2009, along with two minor premierships in 2006 and 2007. Pretty good for a non-rugby State side. Is jealousy the key here - getting rid of the competition?Melbourne Storm also lost two major sponsors, ME bank and Host Plus, losing a lot of money and spon-sorship to pay for the club. In 2002, The Bulldogs were on top of the ladder but by the end of the season ended on the bottom, af-

ter breaching the salary cap by +$1 million in just the two seasons; much more than Melbourne Storm paid over five years, but The Bulldogs lost 37 points and were fined just $500,000. So, why did The Bull-dogs get away with such a minor penalty compared to Storm when their payments allowed them to re-cruit some of the best players in the game? There was definitely an alternative for the NRL in terms of this recent penalty. Another team, New Zealand War-riors, was given even less of a penalty; they only lost a very minor four points in 2006 for less of a breach of the salary cap although it still stopped them from getting to the finals. Storm Fans all over were speaking out, afraid their club would fall, some even asking for an inves-tigation into all other clubs. A sports fan has an un-derstanding of how things work, and most would say, ‘yeah, all clubs breach the salary cap but some are just better at hiding it’. And, now that the NRL have wasted so much time on Storm, other clubs will com-pletely hide their breaches, to please the fans and public, however, time has passed and nothing will be found. Melbourne Storm has come together with the support of their fans, the team is training harder and playing even harder, losing only 3 games of 11 so far this year.Melbourne Storm is going to take legal action; the team believe that the punishment was unfair and that Melbourne Storm never had a chance to find le-gal advice.

37.

20 Fun Things To Do In IKEA.Georgia Vann

1. Go against the arrows, just to be Indie.

2. Hide in cupboards and when people come past, leap out and scream, “WELCOME TO NARNIA!

3. Sit on the toilet and yell at people who walk into ýour’bathroom.

4. Fall asleep on the bed and make sure you have your own pyjamas.

5. Have a faimly reunion in one of the dining rooms.

6. Ignore the age limit, and dive into the ball pit screaming, “I am the lizard queen!”

7. Purchase a build it yourself item and start putting it together in the cafe.

8. Pretend to be a Doorman and offer to take every-one’s coats. If they reply, ‘no’, then run away.

9. Preach to people about the dangers of swivel chairs in the office section.

10. Set up a picnic in the living room sets and invite

all costumers to join you for “A great time to be had by all.”

11. Eat meatballs.

12. Start rearranging the furniture and proclaim, “This room has terrible feng shui mate!”

13. Start handing out leaflets with the title: ‘KMART and What To Do If Ikea Came Under Mutant Baby At-tack’.

14. Release 50 mice into the store and exclaim, “BE FREE MY PRETTIES! BE FREE!”

15. Congratulate everyone who reaches the end of the store and present them with a medal.

16. Pretend to be a cat in the living room and rub up against other customers to add to the homely feel.

17. Scooter through IKEA yelling HO HO HO. Then gloat to other customers when you beat them to the checkout.

18. Start making fairy bread in the kitchen and offer it to children.

19. Shackle yourself to a coat stand and scream, ‘‘I wont let you cut down this tree!”

20. Sit in a chair, deadly still and just stare at ap-proaching cutomers. Twitch occasionally.

38.

Puzzle Paradise:

Turn That Frown Upside Down.Stephanie McMahon

Quiztastic Quiz

1. Which country recently completely banned the burqa?2. Which of the following animals is a raptor – a crocodile, a dingo, an eagle, or a goanna?3. In which African country is the city of Fez located?4. Which actor plays Nate Archibald in the TV series Gossip Girl?5. Which controversial and expressive man was given the nickname ‘Jack the dripper’?6. The following are the first words to which hit song? (Original was Number 1 US, Number 8 UK) “She was afraid to come out of the locker”7. Who is believed to have died after allowing an asp to bite her breast?8. A regulation golf ball has how many dimples?9. Which month is named after a two-faced god?10. Robbie Williams had a hit with the song ‘Road to Mandalay’. In which country is Mandalay?’

Brainteasers

The same three letter word can be inserted any-where into each of these words to give a longer word in each case. REED OUTS BRICKING PING FED MISS DEED BEING SING SPED What is the word? (Answer 1)

Rearrange the following letters to form two nine-let-ter words.

A C E H O R R S T

What are they? (Answer 2)

Answers: 1) Belgium 2) An Eagle 3) Morocco 4) Chace Crawford 5) Jackson Pollock 6) Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini 7) Cleopatra 8) 336 9) January (After Janus) 10) Burma (or Myanmar)

Answer 1 = Lay (Relayed, outlays, bricklaying, playing, flayed, mislays, delayed, belaying, slaying and splayed).

Answer 2 = Carthorse and Orchestra

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Horoscopes:A Revealing Of What Lies Ahead.

Madame Gribast Hiawella

AriesTo be honest, you’re a bit of a pain. That’s some-thing to work on this month, along with those amazingly stunning ram like eyebrows… You’re just making people jealous, ease up!

TaurusAs Venus is behind the sun, it’s the perfect time to improve your personal skills but a piece of knowledge; practising kissing on your mirror won’t help and it’s just unhygienic. At least clean it first.

CapricornI understand how stressed you are today, and how it’s going to build up over the coming months. Make sure you let this stress out for the next few weeks through a number of activi-ties; maybe boxing, unicorn riding and chicken racing. Make sure you relieve this stress before you shoot your favourite celebrity in the knee-caps, which is not a good plan!

GeminiFinally! You’re back from your trip around the galaxies! But gosh, I can’t believe that you for-got to get your shots first! Those alien lung in-fections can be pretty harsh, and only a mystic doctor can eradicate them. I have the number for one if you want; just text or call and I’ll give it to you.

CancerCancer, which one of your multiple personali-ties am I talking to? If it’s the hairy trampoline instructor Thomas, conversation over. But! If it’s you Richard, Prince of Morocco, can we please go on another date? I miss you!

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LeoYou! Yes YOU! The one with the lamb skull on your foot! You’re STAINING my carpet!

VirgoI forgot to tell you, as the moon goes further and further away from us this month, you will slowly turn into a cockroach. Sorry babe, it’s ir-reversible.

LibraStop practising for Australia’s Got Talent in your apartment. The bagpipes are FAR too loud, we can hear you! And let’s just say in your case, Australia doesn’t have talent.

Scorpio As a Scorpio, you do like to party but please re-member…A wake is not a party, so don’t try and pick up girls/guys there; it’s just not appropri-ate.

SagittariusWhere ever you go, laughter and hilarity en-sues. I really wish I could tell you it was because of your jokes, but since Mars is circling the earth not the sun, I think I should tell you, it’s your neck beard that’s causing it. Shave it off. Now!

AquariusJust because you love Elvis, doesn’t mean that you ARE Elvis. Stop singing about us being a hound dog crying all the time because your impersonations are making us cry. They aren’t happy tears.

PiscesThe sun is slowly burning out so this will cause your spiritual energy to change which can’t be good. That doesn’t mean that you have to go out and do all the things you wish like kissing a teacher. You have time; it will take BILLIONS of years until the sun burns out, so just chill.

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