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Tirgu Neamt
TIRGU NEAMT (Rom. Târgu-Neamţ ), town in Moldavia, Romania. According to local tradition, Jews were authorized to settle by the sovereign Stephen the Great, who ruled from 1457 to 1502. Later, the king (Peter the Lame) issued a decree expelling Jews from the country (1579). Jews returned to Tirgu Neamt in the 17th century. The oldest tombstones date from 1677 and 1689; there were three cemeteries, the last founded in 1838.
In 1859 the Jewish population was 3,006 and in 1899 it reached 3,671 (42% of the total). The oldest synagogue and the mikveh were demolished in 1849 by order of the abbot of a nearby monastery. The Jews opposed the order by force and six of them fell during the incidents. The Jewish community then sent a delegation to Constantinople, and obtained an order from the vizir compelling the monastery to pay damages. In 1855–56 the community received from the monastery land, money, and bricks to rebuild the synagogue and the mikveh. Among the rabbis who officiated in Tirgu Neamt, most prominent is R. Ḥayyim Mordecai Roller, rabbi between 1895 and 1941. He died in Jerusalem in 1946. Besides the talmud torah, a Jewish primary school was founded in 1890 but it was closed down in 1893 because of opposition from the religious circles, supported by the ḥasidic rabbi of *Buhusi. The school was reopened in 1897.
Anti-Jewish feelings in Tirgu Neamt were encouraged by the monks of the local monastery. In 1710 there was a *blood libel, which resulted in the death of five Jews and the pillaging of many Jewish houses. Additional blood libels were instigated in 1765, 1806, 1816, 1836, and 1859. In 1803 the monastery printed pamphlets propagating anti-Jewish agitation. In 1821 Romanian Greeks, in rebellion against Turkish rule, crossed Moldavia, set fire to the town, and assassinated half the Jewish population.
Between the two world wars, after naturalization rights were granted to the Jews, two Jewish representatives served on the local council. In 1931 a Jew acted as vice mayor. On the eve of World War ii the community supported eight prayerhouses, an old-age home, a mikveh, and premises for a school.
In World War ii the Jews were expelled to *Piatra-Neamt. After the war the community gradually came to an end through emigration. The Jewish population numbered 2,900 in 1947, 1,800 in 1950, and about 50 families in 1969. Shalom Dramer was the community's rabbi in 1954. There was one synagogue.
J. Kaufmann, in: Fraternitatea, 7 (1885), 47–48, 54–55, 62–64, 70–71, 78–80, 94–95, 111, 118–9, 158–9; M. Schwarzfeld, Ochire asupra istoriei evreilor în România (1887), 14, 42; V. Tufescu, Târguşoarele din Moldava şi importanţa lor economicaˇ (1942), 92, 118–9; pk Romanyah, 127–9.
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Sile Bermingham, Brian Lee Franklin, Joe Hindy, Dan Lauria, William Mahoney, Paul Marius, Steve Mendillo, Barry Primus, Lisa Richards
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At a time when film actors have been portraying such political figures as George W. Bush, Richard Nixon and Harvey Milk, Good Bobby uses the theater to examine the trials and tribulations of one of America's 'nearly men,' Robert F. Kennedy.
Written by Brian Lee Franklin, who also plays the title role, Good Bobby explores both the political career and inner demons of Robert Kennedy from his time on the Senate Labor Rackets Committee in 1958 through to the aftermath of his brother's assassination.
It provides an immensely private portrait of a man who is living in the shadow of his brothers, struggling to find his own voice, and consequently lashing out in frustration on a frequent basis. Franklin, who has been fascinated by Kennedy from an early age, utterly convinces as a person who, because of his underlying sensitivity, is forced to act tough in a way that doesn't always suit him.
Consequently, as he confronts Jimmy Hoffa (Dan Lauria) in the Senate Labor Rackets Committee, and (as attorney general) negotiates with the Soviet, Nicholas Katzenbach (Paul Marius), he lurches between being intimidated and asserting himself in an unskilful and heavy handed manner.
Franklin is supported by a superb cast, which includes Steve Mendillo as Joe Kennedy. Intoxicated by the power of the Kennedy name, he is happy both to show his disappointment with Bobby and to use him to advance the family's interests. Joe Hindy is also an effective CIA Agent, who has an air of authority about him that contrasts starkly with Bobby's more sensitive persona.
Unfortunately, however, the play still seems to make a rather limited number of points about Robert Kennedy, which his continuing encounters with other characters only serve to re-iterate rather than advance. Franklin's intention was to show what went behind the benevolent and sincere man who ran for president in 1968, and his original script did go right up until Robert's own assassination.
In contrast, focusing on the period between 1958 and 1964 may keep the drama under control, but we only see a man who seems ill suited to the offices he holds and appears to be punching above his weight. As such, Bobby gains our sympathy when we see how he lives in the shadow of his brothers, but loses it just as quickly when we witness the ham fisted ways in which he exercises power.
The situation isn't helped when at the end both John F. and Robert F. Kennedy are shown to be men who just want to make life better for others, because the statements to this effect simply sound like the type of propaganda we would expect from such a dynasty.Nevertheless, if Franklin's intentions in writing the play are not entirely fulfilled, his and all the acting performances on offer ensure there is something to keep our attention throughout.

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Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute offers two fields of study for individuals seeking high paying careers in the agriculture industry. The programs, agriculture and precision agriculture, prepare students to directly enter the agriculture workforce in competitive paying careers or to transfer to many of Ivy Tech's four-year partners.
The need for new agriculture training is great. Indiana is seeing an increase in the average age of its farm workers from 49 in 1950 to now approaching the age of 60. U.S. Department of Agriculture data indicates that farm output over roughly that same period of time increased 2.7 times. The aging workforce forecasts the need for an influx of workers to take over both traditional and emerging roles in the sector.
Ivy Tech's newest program in this industry is Precision Agriculture Engineering Technology.
Precision Ag is taught by Ivy Tech instructors with real-world experience. Students use state-of-the-art laboratories equipped with the newest on-board equipment, as well as tractors, combines, sprayers and more.
It is an approach to farm management that uses information technology to ensure that crops and soil receive exactly what they need for optimum health and productivity. The goal of Precision Ag is to ensure profitability, sustainability and protection of the environment. Classes focus on a variety of subjects necessary to be successful in this field, including production agriculture, mechanical systems, electronics and even business strategies and global farming issues.
Ivy Tech Terre Haute recently announced receiving a $1.2 million grant from the Economic Development Administration to retrofit a warehouse in the rear of the former Doughmaker's Building, now Ivy Tech property located at the southern Vigo County Industrial Park.
Ivy Tech graduated its first three students from the program in May: Bryce Elson (Farmersburg), Jessica Gries (Poseyville) and Casey Holder (Shelburn).
Holder, 22, said he decided to go to Ivy Tech because he had farmed his entire life, and he knew that the "precision" part of the industry is the "direction the farm world is taking for its future.
"I liked how hands-on it (the program) was," Holder continued. "Ivy Tech was able to get new precision equipment every semester I was there, and we were able to install and use it.
"We also spent a lot of time out in the field testing things out," Holder said. Noting that Precision Ag is a brand new program for Ivy Tech and new to higher education in general, he added, "We were very well prepared."


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Sensor Variable Font Workshop – Politécnico do Porto
In the framework of an Erasmus Mobility Agreement with the Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design (ESMAD) of the Politécnico do Porto, I carried out with my colleague Lourdes Marco a workshop with students of the School of Design.
The purpose was to introduce them the possibilities of building semantic graphic interfaces through variable fonts and data collected by sensors. Moreover, we conducted a validation of the model in order to test its usefulness.
Here there are some images of the workshop:
Here a video of some results. Firstly they used a potentiometer to focus or unfocus the font and secondly a vibration sensor to modify the value of the axes of the font.
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One is a totalitarian regime threatening nuclear war, and the other was named the most innovative economy in the world by the 2017 Bloomberg Economic Intelligence Index. But this February North and South Korea will march beneath a unified flag in the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, a symbolic show of peace as North Korea's persistent nuclear testing threatens to further divide it from the international community.
Following talks in the Demilitarized Zone on Wednesday, the South Korean unification ministry announced the two Koreas have agreed to march under the Korean unification flag, compete in a joint women's ice hockey team, hold training sessions for skiers of both nations at North Korea's Masikryong Ski Resort, and more. They have also agreed that North Korea will dispatch hundreds of National Olympic and Paralympic Committee delegates, athletes, supporters, performers and journalists to the games. This will be the third time the Korean Unification Flag has appeared at a major sporting event in recent history, following the 1991 World Table Tennis Championship and the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
The agreements have not yet been approved by the International Olympic Committee, and it remains to be seen whether the more complicated propositions, such as the joint ice hockey team, will be feasible to execute this close to the competition. "We are sure that the two Korean delegations will present their ideas and proposals at the meeting on Saturday in Lausanne. This will then enable the IOC to carefully evaluate the consequences and the potential impact on the Olympic Games and the Olympic competitions," the IOC said in a statement.
While both sides have been praised for increasing communication between the two nations, international leaders are preparing for the worst. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned at a Vancouver summit on Tuesday, where 20 nations gathered to discuss sanctions on North Korea, that the threat of nuclear warfare is growing despite the regime's participation in the Olympics. "We all need to be very sober and clear-eyed about the current situation… We have to recognize that the threat is growing and if North Korea does not chose the pathway of engagement, discussion, negotiation, then they themselves will trigger an option," he said.
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono also urged the international community to act cautiously, remarking, "I believe that North Korea wants to buy some time to continue their nuclear and missile programs. It's not the time to ease pressure towards North Korea."
China, North Korea's largest trading partner, did not participate in the talks, and Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang accused the United States and Canada of applying a "Cold War mentality" to the task at hand. "Only through dialogue, equally addressing the reasonable concerns of all parties, can a way to an effective and peaceful resolution be found," Lu said.
An IOC delegation led by IOC President Thomas Bach will meet with delegations from North and South Korea as well as the PyeongChang 2018 Organizing Committee on Saturday to come to an official decision regarding the details of North Korea's participation in the Olympics. Saturday's talks may help clarify whether the Vancouver summit's agreement for increased sanctions will filter into the IOC's decision as to the extent of North Korea's Olympic presence.
Francesca Friday is a New York City-based National Politics, Health and Lifestyle contributor for Observer.


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The Tribe, Manny, and Larry's Laboratory
As the trade rumors around Manny Machado swirl the Yankees are facing a tough 4-game set with the Cleveland Indians that begins tonight at Progressive Field. Check out our Draft Kings tips for the opening game, featuring aces Luis Severino and Corey Kluber. Photo credit: Erik Drost.


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Wounded Knee
The village of Wounded Knee, which borders the creek, was seized and occupied (Feb.–May, 1973) by American Indian Movement and Oglala Sioux activists protesting the treatment of Native Americans and the governance of the tribe. An armed standoff resulted between the occupiers and federal authorities, and several persons died from gunshots during the 71-day occupation. After the Native Americans surrendered, the leaders of the occupation were tried, but the case was dismissed on grounds of misconduct by the prosecution.
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The story of using bracelets returns towards original kinds of human being society. Throughout the course of recorded track record, bracelets has played out an integral purpose in culture. From old Egypt to the italian capital to age-old India, people have been acquiring and making jewellery for centuries.
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Today, jewelry is normally seen manifestation of success or status. A bangle through the Greek bangle is really an ornately specific piece of jewelry coupled to the arm or donned only on the arm. Rings are an additional widespread symbol of love and matrimony. And although the styles of charms and rings have altered dramatically on the 100's of years, principle aspects have not.
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Cybersecurity Conundrum: Who's Responsible for Securing IoT Networks?
It's arduous to beat with the ability to inform your sound system to pick and play a specific tune, or order one thing on-line utilizing simply your voice, or have your fridge let you know while you're operating wanting meals, or have your workplace printer diagnose itself and demand service robotically from the seller.
Options like this are driving the demand for sensible workplaces, sensible properties, sensible home equipment, sensible buildings, and sensible cities — all linked by means of the Web of Issues (IoT).
The IoT is the community of bodily objects outfitted with sensors, software program and different applied sciences for exchanging knowledge with different units and methods over the Web. These embrace embedded methods, wi-fi sensor networks, management methods, residence and constructing automation methods, and sensible residence units, in addition to smartphones and sensible audio system.
There have been 7.6 billion energetic IoT units worldwide on the finish of 2019 and there will likely be 24.1 billion in 2030, in response to digital transformation analysis agency Transforma Insights.
Linked Teddy Bears – Wait, What?
Certainly spurred by the work-from-home requirements of 2020, individuals have linked a large number of non-business units to their company networks. Some are predictable and others could be stunning. For instance, teddy bears and different toys, sports activities gear similar to train machines, gaming units and linked automobiles, in response to international cybersecurity agency Palo Alto Networks' 2020 IoT Safety Report.
The rising quantity and number of units hooked as much as IoT networks is making it progressively tough to implement cybersecurity, as a result of each system is a possible weak level.
For instance, it's attainable to hack giant numbers of linked automobiles to close down cities by inflicting gridlock.
Good buildings and even cities may be hacked to compromise automated methods that management HVAC methods, fireplace alarms and different vital infrastructure.
Digital intruders have reportedly accessed properties by means of sensible thermostats to terrorize households by turning up the warmth remotely; after which talking to the residents by means of the cameras linked to the Web.
The results of hacking will possible be most extreme within the healthcare trade, the place gear failure or hijacking will endanger lives.
"Linked medical units — from WiFi enabled infusion pumps to sensible MRI machines — improve the assault floor of units sharing data and create safety issues together with privateness dangers and potential violation of privateness rules," wrote Anastasios Arampatzis, an creator for safety vendor Tripwire.
Holding CEOs' Toes to the Fireplace
So, who will likely be accountable for cybersecurity in an IoT community? The distributors of particular person home equipment or gear? Whoever owns or runs the community? The corporate or group utilizing the IoT community?
International analysis and advisory agency Gartner predicts that, by 2024, 75 p.c of CEOs will likely be held personally accountable for assaults on what Gartner calls cyber-physical methods (CPSs).
Gartner defines CPSs as "methods which might be engineered to orchestrate sensing, computation, management, networking and analytics to work together with the bodily world, together with people."
These methods "underpin all linked IT, operational know-how (OT) and Web of Issues (IoT) efforts the place safety concerns span each the cyber and bodily worlds, similar to asset-intensive, vital infrastructure and scientific healthcare environments."
OT consists of {hardware} and software program that detects or causes a change in industrial gear, property, processes and occasions by means of direct monitoring and/or management.
In different phrases, 75 p.c of CEOs might be held accountable for IoT safety failures by 2024.
Why CEOs? As a result of regulators and governments will drastically improve the principles and rules governing CPSs in response to a rise in critical incidents ensuing from failure to safe CPSs, Gartner analysis VP Katell Thielemann wrote. "Quickly, CEOs gained't be capable to plead ignorance or retreat behind insurance coverage insurance policies."
Holding CEOs accountable "is a particular risk and is in step with the way in which that CEOs are held accountable for the accuracy and legitimacy of their monetary attestations underneath the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," Perry Carpenter, Chief Evangelist and Technique Officer at safety consciousness coaching agency KnowBe4, informed TechNewsWorld.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was created to crack down on company fraud.
The Nationwide Affiliation of Company Administrators (NACD) "realizes that cybersecurity and, by extension, cyber-safety must be a difficulty that even rises to the extent of the Board of Administrators," Carpenter mentioned. "It has issued steering for a way to take action."
Firms should buy cyber insurance coverage, however cyber-insurance insurance policies "are infamous for not paying out if the corporate doesn't meet a excessive bar of safety excellence," Carpenter remarked.
Additional, "regulatory our bodies gained't be in a rush to supply simple outs for CEOs and corporations who could also be demonstrably negligent."
Is a Threat-Based mostly Strategy Possible?
There's a transfer amongst enterprises in the direction of adopting a risk-based strategy to cybersecurity, international administration advisor agency McKinsey & Co. discovered, however that gained't present CEOs blanket safety.
Threat-based approaches to data safety let organizations undertake methods tailor-made to their distinctive working setting, menace panorama and enterprise aims, in response to CDW, which gives know-how options to enterprise, authorities, training and healthcare clients within the U.S., the UK, and Canada.
They let adopters "perceive the impression of danger mitigation efforts, offering a complete view of danger and filling gaps which may be left by different approaches to safety. The usage of a risk-based strategy suits neatly throughout the enterprise danger administration (ERM) methods being adopted by many organizations."
"Threat is all the time a part of the equation," Carpenter mentioned. "The issue comes when organizations or CEOs have an unacceptably excessive tolerance for danger or just select to stay their heads within the sand."
It's broadly acknowledged that there isn't any such factor as a completely safe system, so wouldn't holding CEOs accountable for the failure of a CPS be overkill?
"The purpose gained't be to have one hundred pc safety," Carpenter mentioned, "however moderately to make sure that there's correct due care in how methods are architected. CEOs can't simply throw up their fingers and use [the fact that 100 percent security doesn't exist] as an excuse, they should construct with security and resilience in thoughts."
Pointing Fingers Not So Easy
Regardless of attainable parallels to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the query of blame is not going to be simple to resolve.
"Finally, the CEO is accountable for the operation of their group, however the actuality is extra nuanced than simply merely 'the buck stops right here'," Saryu Nayyar, CEO of world cybersecurity firm Gurucul, informed TechNewsWorld.
"Cyberattacks are complicated and sometimes contain many transferring items," Nayyar mentioned. "Inserting legal responsibility on the CEO as a result of they're the CEO will not be acceptable."
That mentioned, CEOs must be held personally accountable once they fail to set a excessive customary for his or her safety groups or be sure that customary is reached, Nayyar famous.
It's not clear who can be or must be held accountable, Salvatore Stolfo, founder and chief know-how officer at Attract Safety, a security-as-a-service utility that protects in opposition to phishing scams, informed TechNewsWorld.
"Is it the CEOs of firms that manufacture insecure IoT units, or the CEOs of firms that purchase and deploy them?" he requested. "There isn't any present laws making it clear who would theoretically maintain the legal responsibility."
An alternative choice to holding CEOs personally accountable can be to undertake the advice of the Our on-line world Solarium Fee (CSC) to carry IoT system producers responsible for promoting faulty merchandise or not offering for fundamental security measures together with the flexibility to replace system software program when safety vulnerabilities turn into often known as really useful by, Stolfo advised.
That is one among 80 suggestions made by the CSC, which was established in 2019 to develop a consensus in defending the U.S. in our on-line world.
Find out how to Make IoT Networks Extra Safe
Palo Alto Networks recommends these steps for securing IoT networks:
- Make use of system discovery to get an in depth, up-to-date stock of the quantity and varieties of units linked to your IoT community, their danger profiles, and their trusted behaviors;
- Phase your community to include IoT units in their very own tightly managed safety zones, preserving them separate from IT property;
- Undertake safe password practices, changing the default password of newly linked IoT units with safe ones adhering to enterprise password insurance policies;
- Proceed to patch and replace firmware when out there; and
- Actively monitor IoT units always.
Securing IoT networks requires a mix of buying merchandise which might be safe by design, and taking a holistic strategy to safety, Andrea Carcano, Co-founder of operational know-how (OT) and IoT safety agency Nozomi Networks, informed TechNewsWorld.
"IT professionals can now not simply fear in regards to the safety and connectivity of their IT networks," Carcano mentioned. "They have to take into consideration the safety of their cyber and bodily methods."
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Holding Hands Is Natural Pain Relief
The touch of a loved one can synchronize brain waves and make you feel better
When you were a little kid, what was the first thing you did when you fell down and scraped your knees? You ran to your mom or dad for a hug. Now, science suggests that loving touch really may have the power to heal, not only emotionally but physically, too.
Research presented at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago last week confirmed what parents worldwide have always known: Touching and empathizing with a loved one helps relieve feelings of pain. But something mom might not have known is that touch also synchronizes people's brain waves in a way that may dull the pain.
"When we share the pain of others, basically we're activating our brain in the same neural system that we activate when we feel firsthand experiences of pain," says Simone Shamay-Tsoory, a psychology professor at the University of Haifa in Israel, who led the research.
Shamay-Tsoory's team demonstrated this phenomenon in a series of experiments. First, they tested how the physical touch of either a stranger or a romantic partner affected people's perception of pain. Holding hands with their partner helped people feel better when they received a heat stimulus to their arm that felt like a mild burn. The more empathy they received from their partner, the less intense they rated the pain. However, touch from a stranger was no better than being alone.
To find out how a loved one's touch has this benefit, the researchers repeated the experiment using a new type of EEG technology that allowed them to measure brain signals from both partners simultaneously. They discovered that holding hands while one partner was in pain caused the two people's brain waves to synchronize, with cells firing in the same pattern in the same location. This time, more synchrony between the two brains was related to more pain relief, as well as more empathy.
"We all know that hand-holding is important for social support, but here we show the brain mechanism for this effect," Shamay-Tsoory says. "We show for the first time that brain waves are synchronized during hand-holding, and this support is effective at pain reduction."


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The self-published artist's book Studies for Possible Futures is a collection of twenty-two original collages. Utilizing found images, the artist engages in subtle manipulation of the printed-matter to provide meditations on place, hope, and utopia. The resulting images serve as visual-proposals, such as the visions of lunar communes, the creation of new lands, green spaces, or cosmic monuments, all of which attempt to document the artist's accumulation of research activity and discovery through primarily non-lingusitic means. Approached with curiosity and the inquisitive spirit of a field scientist, the works in this book are small acts of envisioning; they are maps of sorts, made from fragments of the past which are now compiled, combined, re-configured and fragmented into portraits of possible futures. A circle cut in the middle of Studies for possible futures, vision #1: Lunar Commune, removes almost all of the information from the found image, calling upon our imaginations to see the endless possibilities of the blank centre.
These collages were created as supplemental elements to a larger research project, and its resulting field studies, actions and sculptures, which investigated issues surrounding contested ownership of lands, creation of new lands, and questions of who owns the moon. The work in its current book format was realized a year after a solo exhibition of the same title at 107 Shaw Gallery as a way to share these images and ideas with a larger audience, while at the same time exploring their potential in a different context. Although each collage is numbered within a larger series, only a select few of these studies appear in the book, ordered with an emphasis on narrative content rather than sequential order.
Self published22 x 22 cm, 48 pp. unpaginated pp, full colour digital offset, perfect-bound, 2011
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A US man found himself locked inside an Aldi supermarket after the cashier left without checking for any remaining customers.
TikToker user 'Khaos Blackmetal' revealed the interesting sequence of events that occurred while he was shopping in an Aldi in Oklahoma in April 2020, sharing footage from inside the store. (Watch above.)
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Less than a minute into our conversation and Teneil Throssell, better known as HAAi, is already eyeing up a bunch of vinyl. "On the other side of the computer, you can just see boxes of what looks like records and I'm like, 'what can I take from it?'" she grins. It's this inquisitive approach that has made 'Baby, We're Ascending', her debut album, into one of the year's most rewarding releases, as hard techno, ambient, breaks and soul crash in one glorious rush. If you were lucky enough to catch one of HAAi's marathon sets during her Phonox days, it resembles something similarly chaotic, akin to the sharp changes of "really old MTV", flitting from one turbo-charged skit to a psychedelic cartoon in one glorious swoop.
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"I felt like we'd lost the thing that everyone was really craving," she continues, "this togetherness that we used to have, like in a club or at a festival, so to be able to have that in the form of a musical stem was really special. It felt kind of hopeful in a way because we were all just creating something together."
If a collaborative approach felt alien, experimenting with her voice on tracks such as the hypnotic 'Bodies Of Water', made her feel even more vulnerable. After initially sending 'Tardigrade' to Mute for feedback, she received no immediate response and started questioning stepping outside of her comfort zone. "I was just like, 'Oh my God. Why did you sing on a track? You should have just made techno!' Sat in my flat like: you idiot…"
Thankfully, the positive response finally came and Teneil felt encouraged to underpin the chaos of 'Baby, We're Ascending' with her vocals, which allowed her to "pump the brakes a little bit in parts of the album."
It's this approach, knowing when to launch dancers into eye-rolling euphoria or deep introspection, that informs both Teneil's songwriting and DJing. "I feel fortunate to understand what can make people move on the dancefloor, or what can make people feel something. And that's something I care about so much when I'm playing," HAAi emphasises.
Like her DJ sets, much of the album feels like a voyage of discovery. 'Channels' kicks off the record with the familiar crunch of a cassette being placed in a tape deck, the resounding thud of the play button being pressed and the comforting hum as it begins to whirr, as if Teneil is melding the wonder of the past with her own futuristic sound. Near the album's midpoint, 'AM' flickers between channels, moving from glacial pace to breakneck speed in less than a minute, before ushering in 'FM'. "The idea was that you're flicking through the radio, trying to find the right station or the track that you want to hear. And you listen to something like, 'yeah, next one, next one.' Finally, you fall on the one that you're like, 'Oh, this is the one', which was 'FM' for me."
And what about the origins of that perfect album name? Inspired by meme page Do You Ever Just Fucking Ascend, Teneil concluded "it might be easier to sell a record that didn't have the word 'fucking' in it." The eventual title, 'Baby, We're Ascending', fits perfectly, not only symbolising a transcendental experience on the dancefloor, but the stratospheric trajectory Teneil finds herself on in music right now.
With fresh releases to follow on own label Radical New Theory, tantalising sequels promised to fleeting track 'AM' and the box of records capturing her imagination just out of shot, HAAi, the great inquisitor, shows no sign of losing her curiosity.
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HISTORIC POLL - LABOR SET TO RULE: BUSH POLLIES WILL JOINTLY TACKLE ISSUES. Report by ERWIN CHLANDA.
The Members for the two bush electorates in The Centre - as big as Central Europe and the principal source of the region's opportunities as well as its problems - are set to cooperate on major issues despite belonging to opposed parties. Stuart's Peter Toyne, who hopes to get the portfolios of education and regional development in the Territory's first ever Labor government, says if John Elferink in MacDonnell "comes up with good ideas I give this personal undertaking that I'll be more than happy to help him facilitate them". It was no surprise that Dr Toyne retained his seat with a substantially increased majority in the swing to Labor. But Mr Elferink's re-election in MacDonnell, despite the loss to Araluen of the mainly conservative Ilparpa in the recent change to electoral boundaries, is little short of a miracle, the result of a personal campaign in which Mr Elferink was on the go almost constantly for several months Đ and lost 14 kilograms. 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Issues they are now likely to tackle jointly include the Great Outback Highway, which Mrs Erlich says was advanced in a meeting in Alice Springs last week of mayors and officials from Queensland and WA centres, "although there have not yet been political statements" from governments in those states. However, she says in the past both governments have put some funds towards the project "and if our government was willing to fund it, then I'm sure they would be willing to come to the party as well". She says the previous WA government had pledged $25m over 10 years.Mrs Erlich says the highway Đ to which the CLP made no commitment but Labor promised $40m over two terms Đ is a "strategic road for outback Australia" which will make Alice Springs the hub not only for north-south, but also east-west traffic. "It can have a lot of economic benefits not only for Alice Springs but also the other communities in the outback which currently have roads which are not all weather," says Mrs Erlich. Dr Toyne says a Labor government would first ensure that there is a "concerted effort" also from the Queensland and WA governments (both Labor) "so we don't have a fantastic road in the Territory and a goat track across the borders". The Plenty Highway north-east of Alice, and the Gunbarrel west of Ayers Rock, will be sealed. Says Dr Toyne: "The long haul trucking industry will be looking for alternative activities in three years' time, when the Darwin railway is completed, if that industry is to stay in Alice Springs at the present strength." Dr Toyne and Mr Elferink are likely to co-operate also on development of land and enterprises in the remote areas; and the problems in Aboriginal communities that are at the root of anti-social behaviour and racial tension in the town. Says Dr Toyne: "I've always worked with John Elferink on a personal level in a bipartisan way where it was appropriate. "John and I have a very strong interest in economic development in the bush. "We could argue all day who's right or wrong [about ideological points] but that's not important," says Dr Toyne. "The fact is we both want to see the land and spare capacity in communities applied to economic projects. "It would be crazy that when we're dealing with the same set of circumstances there isn't that offer made and honoured. "In our efforts to alleviate the problems associated with grog and itinerants and anti-social behaviour, it doesn't make any sense for me to try and monopolise that when he's got the other half of the bush communities. "We've got to work together as we did for several years in exploring the possibilities for solutions to the grog problems in Alice Springs. "I am prepared to go on doing that."Says Mr Elferink: "Ideological difference will occur but [for example] if roads is the issue then ideology should not get in the way. "We should be able to get along well enough to deal with issues such as roads. "Transport is a major issue. "For me economic development is fundamental and this is where probably where he and I are going to be the most at loggerheads. "I have remained critical of the structure of the Land Rights Act as well as some of its administration. "At the end of the day, if you don't create jobs in the bush you can build as many schools, clinics, roads and space stations as you like, you ain't going to change it for the people in the dirt. "I'd like to see a much more commercial approach to land management." Mr Elferink says "if Labor forms government then I would put a lot of pressure on them to live up to their promises. "There is speech after speech from them in Parliament saying how hard done by the bush is, and if they were in government they would fix all these issues. "Well, it's pay up time, guys."
Dr Toyne says other projects in The Centre promised by Labor include:-
Ą $6.5m for the Tanami Road to start "as soon as it can be processed through the Transport and Works processes", an amount that may be supplemented by the mining companies west of The Alice. (The CLP promised minor funding for that road.)
Ą A $5m Traeger Park redevelopment over two years, starting as soon as "a final planning process" is completed, based on conceptual drawings and a schedule already produced by the Central Australian Football League.
Ą $10m for arts, educational and cultural facilities Đ with a $20m top-up from Canberra if a Beazley government is elected later this year. (The CLP offered $250,000 a year for three years for planning.)
Dr Toyne says there will be two major projects, mainly the Desert People's Centre, opposite Yirara College on the South Stuart Highway, and a tourism focused performance venue on privately owned land at the Red Centre Resort on the North Stuart Highway. He says these developments will become a major bargaining chip in the native title negotiations with the Arrernte people Đ a key to the commercial development of new land in the town, and the current excessive cost of residential and industrial land.
Ą $28m over four years for higher education in the NT Đ open to bids for "binding contracts" from teaching institutions in The Centre, including Centralian College, Batchelor Institute, the Centre for Appropriate Technology, the Centre for Remote Health, and the Menzies School of Health Research.
Ą The Centre will get around a quarter of the additional 100 teachers and 100 nurses promised for the NT. (We need to find ways of keeping them in town, says Mrs Erlich, "trying to reduce the turnover".)
Ą The Office of Central Australia, with a senior staff member based in Alice Springs for each of the seven ministers , will " immediately" replace the current office Đ and staff Đ of the Office of the Chief Minister. That office will have a video conference link with Parliament House.
Comments Mrs Erlich: "It's more than just having communication Đ it's having influence, being able to actually get money for Central Australian projects, get government support for Central Australia."
Ą The Mandatory Sentencing Repeal Bill will go into the first sittings of a Labor government "under urgency" Đ possibly in October. (The CLP would retain the controversial laws.)
Ą A draft bill for Freedom of Information Đ consistently rejected by the CLP Đ will go before the public as quickly as possible.
Ą The Electoral Office will be moved out of the Chief Minister's Office "as quickly as possible, making it fully independent".
Ą Dr Toyne says while there won't be any "night of the long knives" for public servants ("we'd be as bad as the CLP") they will be reminded "that they are public servants and that they are not working for a political party". Positions will be filled on merit.
"We need to restore the separation of power between the political arm or the government and the bureaucratic arm, so public servants don't need to look over their shoulder to see whether they're pleasing their political masters or not," says Dr Toyne.
Ą A "fully agreed and resourced outcome" on liquor through a lock up style meeting involving all relevant ministers, and interested parties: "We're not going to have another gab fest. "We're going to deal with major objections there and then and get the show on the road."
Ą Labor would open up the town planning process, shrink the powers of the Minister to override the Development Authority, make it fully representative, give it a much greater autonomy from the Minister, and "link it much more closely to local government".
Says Mrs Erlich: "We have always said that local government is best placed to look at planning needs of the town. "Our delegates on the Development Consent Authority are not allowed to speak with council's voice, and I'd like to see some change there." Dr Toyne says "the money is there" for these programs: the spending is "based on the 2001/02 Budget papers in the format standard to all governments in Australia, "not the CLP wrinkle the numbers part of the Budget". Dr Toyne says: "Provided that Treasury confirms that the information in the Budget paper is accurate, and remains accurate, Access Economics is satisfied that the bottom line we say we're going to deliver in the first four years of our government is going to be achievable provided we stick to the line items as we put them forward. "The money is there. We will achieve the bottom lines we've announced." Dr Toyne says of the large debt run up by the previous governments: "If we don't start addressing that by first of all bringing the Budget into balance and then start making inroads on the debt levels, then we are going to be in trouble." Savings will be achieved by chopping "hundreds of items" including reducing the number of ministers from nine to seven, cutting millions spent on "glossy brochures" and ministerial entertainment and consultancies.
ART CENTRE: OPEN AND SHUT CASE! Report by ERWIN CHLANDA.
The new wing of the $1m arts and cultural centre in remote Balgo, built in part with ATSIC money, has been shut down just three weeks after its opening by Federal Arts Minister Richard Alston because ATSIC is cutting funding for staff. This is according to Tim Acker, the centre's manager for more than two and a half years. ATSIC regional manager Ross McDougall says a $90,000 annual payment for operational expenses in the past six years is being reduced to $46,000 this year and will be phased out altogether next year. ATSIC says it will continue to consider "one off" infrastructure grants on a needs basis, and allocated $200,000 for a staff house last fiscal year. But according to Mr Acker that house will probably be as empty as the new cultural centre because there is now no money to employ the staff member who would have lived in the dwelling. The tiny community Đ half way between Alice Springs and Broome Đ has made a name for itself on the national art scene with traditional paintings in brilliant colours and bold shapes. Mr Acker says last year the enterprise turned over $1.1m, some 70 per cent of which was paid direct to the artists. It is the only source of income, other than social security payments or CDEP wages, for four communities, about 1000 people. Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation is running the arts and the new cultural centre Đ both accommodated in the same building Đ as a single enterprise. Now a war of words is raging across the outback with emails zapping between Balgo, the ATSIC offices and Perth, Kununurra and Canberra Đ and the Alice Springs News, trying to get the facts and seeking comment. ATSIC says it put in, for infrastructure and seeding money, "in excess of $1 million" for one wing of the complex, namely the art centre, including more than $300,000 for bricks and mortar. But Mr McDougall says ATSIC didn't fund the new wing, the cultural centre, because "ATSIC's policy guidelines do not allow for funding of cultural centres Đ only art centres". The new wing was built with money from the Centenary of Federation Foundation, under the control of Senator Alston, as well as from the WA State Government. But no sooner had Senator Alston, hundreds of Aborigines from the wider region, and a string of VIPs from as far as Melbourne, Sydney, Alice and Broome rolled up their swags and departed after the opening ceremony on July 21, than the bombshell of the ATSIC funding cuts hit Balgo. A wrangle ensued about who told what to whom and when about the phasing down or phasing out of operational funding. Mr McDougall claims ATSIC signalled its intention to cut funds in 1999, but admits that no consent for this had been obtained from the community. Mr Acker says the arts and cultural organisation is resolved to become self sufficient, but not in the time frame forced on it by ATSIC. The $300,000 a year left over once artists have been paid is not adequate to run the operation in one of the nation's most remote regions. He says Balgo is one of the most expensive communities of Australia. "For example, a litre of diesel costs $1.70." The intended functions of the cultural centre Đ now closed Ń go well beyond the sale of art and would include glass works, crafts, recording of the local language, and documentation of the still intact Aboriginal culture in the region. Mr McDougall says Balgo is a "fantastic example of a community that has moved very close to self sufficiency" and the ATSIC money is now needed by art centres starting off. He says: "The Balgo Arts and now Cultural Centre have had a number of helpful suggestions and offers from ATSIC as to how they should staff their new cultural centre. "ATSIC has offered CDEP workers, paid for by ATSIC, to staff the centre. "These people would be an excellent source of staffing as they know the area intimately, would not require payment from Balgo Arts Centre, have the cultural intellectual capital necessary for a tourism centre and are looking for ways to acquire tourism industry experience. "ATSIC would like to see local Indigenous staff in the centre Đ currently staffed by all non Indigenous people Đ but, to date, this offer has been rejected," says Mr McDougall. However, there is no staff to supervise any CDEP workers for the cultural centre. There have been 12 Indigenous workers at the art centre over the last two years including casuals, permanent part time.Mr McDougall claims that "ATSIC has offered advice and suggestions" about the running of the centre, but "ultimately these are decisions for Balgo Arts Centre to make. "It is unfortunate that the group responsible for the centre's success Đ ATSIC Đ the same group which continues to offer infrastructure investments and business advice, should be criticised in this fashion." However the current impasse is resolved, the opening of the centre remains in memory as an occasion of pride and passion, reflecting the contemporary blend of cultures in Balgo (see Alice News, August 8 for the first part of this story). Senior Aboriginal law man Robert Wirrimanu and Catholic Bishop Christopher Saunders each played central roles in the ceremony.The two beliefs have lived side by side in Balgo since the Catholic mission was founded 60 years ago, but people didn't accept Christianity "until about 20 years ago," says Father Matt Digges. Originally from Sydney, he's spent the past 12 years in the Kimberleys. After the four decades of probation the locals "obviously made the decision, most of them, that Christianity is not incompatible with the basis of Aboriginal law". Now 80 per cent, more men than women, especially younger men " claim allegiance to the Church", says Father Digges Đ a much healthier average than across the nation. Some 25 per cent of the 400 locals attend church regularly. And he says they're playing a key role in the fight against the scourges tearing apart black communities across the outback: booze and petrol sniffing. Father Digges says sniffing returns in waves: "It's awful when it comes because it's so destructive of people's health. "The main people who reach out to the sniffers would be people who are actively involved in the church, church leaders." But more and more now the art is seen as a potent weapon against substance abuse and crime, touching the very core of the problem: poverty is ameliorated by the revenue from paintings; and the feeling of being at the bottom of the heap is overcome by the national and global recognition of black art. Canberra, ATSIC and the WA Government may well be saving a fortune down the track in law enforcement and health costs by spending money on the arts in the bush. Prominent Melbourne gallery owner Beverly Knight has known and worked with Balgo artists since the late Ôeighties. She says more than the money, pride in having their culture recognised is the painters' greatest reward: "They want you to learn and it's their way of teaching you. "You can look and see and learn about their country which is their whole reason for being." Says Jimmy Tchooga, president of the culture centre and a painter himself since the Ôeighties: "We write the story down in English, about the country" the painting relates to, but "only little bit of the story, not too much. "The sacred bits we keep secret." Another guest at the opening was Judith Ryan, senior curator of the National Gallery of Victoria. "There is a genuine pride in seeing their work hanging in a gallery," she says. "They like to see it with other art, they like to see it with the Australian Heidelberg school, Australian landscapes. "They like to see how their work is exhibited, how well it's looked after." The two women shared a bush donga for the weekend with Hetti Perkins, curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of NSW, and daughter of the late Aboriginal activist. The three are well equipped to cast light on the phenomenal rise of Aboriginal art, and its underlying puzzle: the reason why Aborigines produce paintings is fundamentally different to the reasons why whites are looking at them. The artists' subjects are mostly dreamtime stories that uninitiated viewers not only don't know, but are not permitted to know. And the lifestyle of the painters couldn't be more different from that of their patrons. Ms Knight, who confesses "I've never bought a painting looking at the story first, never," says time and again she has seen the ownership of an Aboriginal art work changing white people's lives: "When people have an Aboriginal art work they look at things differently. "They look at the good things. They read a little bit, they learn a little bit. "The change is quite extraordinary. "Their children are forcing them to do that, anyway, because children in schools now almost have a thirst for the knowledge, whereas when I went to school the Aboriginal culture was totally hidden. "I debated the white Australia policy when I went to school. "I was totally ignorant. I had no idea." Ms Perkins says it's the passion in the paintings that links the artist in one world, to the viewer in the other: "It's not just laying down the story, it's successfully representing the power of that story through its aesthetic interpretation. "So in that way there are two things converging."She says what overwhelms the non Aboriginal viewer is the " power and significance, without necessarily knowing the details". It's an agenda quite foreign to the standard fare of Aboriginal politics as digested by the mainstream media, and consumed on the eastern seaboard, a point not lost on Senator Alston. In Balgo there were no banners, no activists chanting slogans. He says the people there are "just interested in living their lives, making sure that they have facilities that will enable them to express themselves in the way they want to. "The further you are away from the problem the more you deal with it in abstract terms, and quite often, slogans, because the hard yards are not very sexy. "You're trying to cure trachoma, and you're a Fred Hollows, you're not going to be out there enjoying yourself, you're actually working in very tough communities and conditions, and you're doing work very few people would be able to do themselves. "So there are a lot of unsung heroes, but it's very difficult for the media, unless they travel out to these communities, to understand that what people are really concerned about, is how to improve their own lives. "They're not interested in political slogans and debates. "In fact, there is quite a deal of suspicion [in] some of the traditional structures. "What they're interested in is how they can actually make their lives more meaningful. "They desperately do want to find work and opportunities of looking after their families. "The way in which some of the artists have been very successful has meant that money has come back into these communities and been dispersed." So, against that background, what do the words "treaty" and "sorry" mean? "Well, I think they're part of a debate that will go on but I think unless and until we take a lot more notice of the Noel Pearsons of this world we won't really begin to tackle the fundamental problems." Senator Alston says the Aboriginal activist and Queensland lawyer is on the right track: "There's a debate going on in the Aboriginal community itself which I think is being led by Noel Pearson. "It's all very well to say that you've got to be concerned about addressing the perceptions. "I think the realities of [bush] community life are ones that should inspire all Australians to do something practical. "I think we're very generous as a nation in helping people in third world countries but we tend to overlook the fact that we have third world conditions in many parts of remote Australia. "A lot of people are thinking very deeply about what it is that''s important in trying to change the lives of people for the better. "It's not so much a matter of just leaving it to others, it's to work it out for themselves, it's trying to work in partnership with them and not to impose your own ideas on them. "I think everyone recognises there needs to be a greater concentration on the root causes of poverty, malnutrition, and that I think is where governments can really play a major part. "The cultural life, particularly when it becomes almost the sole employment generated in the community, can make a very big difference."
VOLUNTEERS: ALL HANDS TO THE PUMP! Report by KIERAN FINNANE.
The threat of a club folding or a popular activity disappearing will usually get volunteers coming out of the woodwork to save the day, reminding us of just how much they contribute to "quality of life" in Alice Springs. Last week local junior soccer was looking at an uncertain future, as its committee was down to just two members, the president and registrar, prepared to serve another 12 months. A plea went out to parents, with a warning that the competition next year could not be conducted without a viable committee.On Sunday, a successful AGM filled all positions bar the secretary's, laying the foundations of the 2002 season. But president Barbara Glover, grandmother of a current player and in her seventh year in the job, says next year she may look at "retiring gracefully", so the search will be on again. It's a story typical of many a community association. Unless you're on the inside, it's easy to overlook the effort involved.In the last few months, Mrs Glover says she has had to put in at least two hours a day, six days a week to keep the Junior Soccer Association going, and that's just her contribution. The association conducts 16 games of a Sunday, with each game involving two coaches, two team mangers, and two referees Đ that's 96 volunteer positions, not counting those required to run the canteen, and the rest of the association's office- bearers. Quite often the same individual fills more than one role. The new vice-president of the association is also a coach; the assistant secretary will coach a team next season.The association's big deficit at the moment is referees. From a pool of some 50, they are down to a dozen, and it will be essential to a smooth season next year for more to come on board.Lead-up to a season is also a demanding time for volunteers: three Saturday mornings are set aside for a team of 10 or so to measure and mark up the seven playing fields.Then each July, at show time, the goal posts have to be removed and reset, and the grounds cleared of debris from fireworks. A big and on-going job. A different intensity of effort is required for special events. No one knows this better than Bill van Dijk, executive officer of Henley-on-Todd, and secretary of the Rotary Club of Alice Springs.He says if the event doesn't get a "90 per cent plus" turnout from all three Rotary Clubs in town Đ plus help from the Lions Clubs. which is returned when they do the Camel Cup Đ "then we're struggling". Both the Yeperenye Federation Festival and the Alice Springs Festival are drawing on volunteers. Some 250 people have responded to the Yeperenye Festival's call for help, and organisers are now talking to service clubs about further help, especially, given their experience in events and crowd management, as supervisors of the larger volunteer team. Some volunteers are already involved in the festival's administration and artistic preparations, but the big need will be in the week leading up to September 8 Đ welcoming and helping visiting performers to settle in Đ and on the weekend itself Đ in a range of tasks from stage management to garbage collection. The Alice Springs Festival, which starts this Friday, is and has been almost entirely a volunteer effort. Grants from Arts NT and the Alice Town Council (two lots of $10,000) have allowed the employment of a coordinator for 12 weeks and will meet some of the festival expenses.But a big part of the coordinator's job has been to attract further sponsorship, which has come mostly in the form of in kind support, from local businesses and arts organisations, the latter mostly voluntary bodies.Sonja Maclean de Silva, in the coordinator's seat, says an energetic and able committee had made the concept of the festival a reality, but when she started work some nine weeks ago there was still no structure, no program. That the big picture Đ a program catering for a wide range of tastes and promoting an impressive array of talents Đ and the little picture Đ right down to table decorations for Friday's masked ball Đ have come together so quickly is down in good part to the committee members and a host of other volunteers."If we'd had to pay for all the resources we've used, we'd have been way out of our league," says Ms Maclean."There's not a person involved, including myself, who hasn't given their own time."With an event like this, you have to love it, or you're in trouble." It's a different kind of love perhaps that gets people putting up their hands for a whole range of vital behind-the-scenes services. Volunteers make up the Red Cross' disaster response teams. They train once a month, in three teams of 10, to be able to respond to an event like a jet crash with multiple casualties or fatalities. In an excellent example of collaboration with a giant corporation, Tele-Cross sees Telstra employees volunteering to come to work early and ring around incapacitated people in the community to make sure they are all right. If someone doesn't respond, they alert the Red Cross who then send out a team to visit the person. Meals-on-wheels is also a lifeline to people who are home- bound and incapacitated for whatever reason. Four volunteers in two cars deliver the meals to some 70 people each weekday.Another well-known voluntary service of the Red Cross is the " mobile shop" doing a twice daily round of hospital wards. A lesser known service is their palliative care team, who visit the terminally ill to provide companionship and help. Red Cross also offers training and supervision to people referred to them by Centrelink: doing voluntary work can fulfil "mutual obligation" requirements and often helps people back into the workforce. Some activities are more difficult to find people for than others: Rotary struggles to get enough people selling tickets in their Melbourne Cup sweep, the proceeds of which fund their John Hawkins Memorial scholarship. Red Cross also find it hard to get enough volunteers selling Territorian Lottery tickets in the shopping centres. Mr van Dijk says all service clubs have experienced a downturn in membership. He suggests that the biggest problem is time: " People are willing, but they're often busy at work, working longer hours than they used to, and they're already giving a lot of voluntary time." Rotary's weekly meetings are also a big commitment in a busy schedule. Red Cross' various programs require some 100 volunteers a week; many are retired people, but not exclusively. The oldest volunteer at the moment is 84 years old. High school students are being exposed to voluntary work as part of the curriculum; Red Cross is just one of the organisations to tap their youthful energy, and regional manager Craig Hodge says there are plans to relaunch Junior Red Cross in the town's secondary schools.Mr Hodge says volunteers are the most important people in Red Cross: "Without them we wouldn't exist and the community would be much worse off."They can never be praised enough." The St Vincent de Paul Society is one of the first ports of call for the poor and homeless in town. The society has a confidential assistance program run out of its "centre of charity" on Railway Terrace, every weekday from 9am till noon, and on Saturday mornings. Members working in pairs also visit people in their own home, in particular to offer budget counselling.Material assistance Đ mostly food and clothing Đ comes from donations and the profits of the St Vinny's shop. Two paid employees and some 50 to 60 volunteers carry out the society's regular work. More come forward at Christmas to deliver food hampers.They are not necessarily Catholics: "We are open to anyone who wants to help," says secretary David Rielly. "We have volunteers from the Uniting Church and Anglicans."We recently had a backpacker from Germany helping us for a few weeks."Once again, a lot of the volunteers are retired people, but on Saturday morning people who work full-time also do their bit in the assistance office. Mr Rielly says some volunteers have put in 20 years of service.
RACIAL WARS WITH GUN IN PANTS. Preview by KIERAN FINNANE.
Talking, writing, making art about race relations in Alice Springs and Central Australia is generally approached with as much trepidation as a high wire act.Train Dancing, a theatre piece opening next Tuesday at Araluen as part of the Alice Springs Festival, throws fear and delicacy out the window, and goes straight for the race relations' jugular.The script grew out of a poem by Alice writer Michael Watts printed in these pages some years ago after three Aboriginal people were run over in separate incidents on the train tracks south of the Gap. The poem was remarkable for its imaginative empathy for both " actors" in such a tragedy. It was suggested that it would be the driver's "worst nightmare, to run over someone". The victim had been on a bender and was trying to get home: "If you walk on the road,/ The cops will get you,/ If you head through the scrub,/Who knows what's waiting?/ So it's the railway track, /" and "That beckoning chasm of sleep". In the process of developing the script, the stance of the original poem has all but disappeared.The train and the driver have become the bearers, metaphorically, of devastating colonising forces in the Centre. The language used to describe these forces is graphically sexual; they are seen as endlessly repeated acts of rape. Murder is just the next step: running over an Aboriginal man on the track becomes a pre-meditated act. Watts is pulling no punches: Train Dancing is a stomach- churning challenge to white Australians to accept moral responsibility for the ravages of colonisation. Whether it will succeed in this is another matter.The writing, often richly lyrical, in passages Shakespearean, is also excessive, but then excess is part of the logic of the piece. Many people will probably find Train Dancing hard to take, even outrageous, but it does force you to ask yourself, is it because I don't really want to approach the full ugliness of the truth?My main reservation concerns the representation of the victims, a young Aboriginal couple, who are seen as tragic but ennobled in their despair Đ a romanticisation not permitted elsewhere. The script is tightly directed by Craig Mathewson, with a "less is more", physical theatre approach.Live music on stage (Anne Harris on piano, Amber Barrington on violin, Django Nou on drums) adds greatly to the atmosphere of the piece.There are standout performances from Jacinta Castle and Steve Hodder as the young Aboriginal couple. For two relatively inexperienced actors, they pull off their challenging roles with remarkable grace, ease, and depth of feeling. Castle also reveals herself as an excellent singer. Roger Menadue and Barbara Saunders have a more difficult task. Their roles are more confusing (a deliberate strategy by Watts, which is tough on the audience too but serves to emphasise the metaphorical nature of his narratives) and, on the whole, utterly repelling. They pull them off admirably. Train Dancing is a risk taking experiment and as such deserves commendation and serious consideration. Mathewson stresses that his company wants feedback: they hope to further refine and develop this piece which just five weeks ago did not exist in any form.