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Zewande BK Bhengu, #CSPSlam Ch.2 One on One slam winner's winning poem.
Allahu Alba
We build our lives on the bones of infants.
Children taken by genocide
Orchestrated by serpents.
These mass graves will eventually become pavements.
But plastic and leather fabrics don't age well.
So when the rain comes
and peels away at these shallow graves
All you see are shoes coming up to the surface.
Children of Palestine
Daughters and sons of slaughter
Children of suicide
who grow up eating blood and mortar
children of genocide
Who now eat bullets and torture
children of land-mines
Explosions are coded in your laughter
children of atom bombs
who have to go looking for their parents the morning after
Children of firearms
whose story ends in Gaza
There was life here
Where children now lay
without arms and without legs
where earth is a burden
and the sun never falls
where the wind is a tyrant
and the sky never dawns
where fear never sleeps
and breath is a torment
where children never speak
of their mothers
who are raped and totured
Peace has no profit
so war is the answer
The media is an accomplice
'Cause money is an anchor
Silver spoon children are apprentice
on how to make banter
of a country that's in tatters
and God never answers
These apprentices are taught how to weave
music from the sounds of screeching beings
their fathers are conductors of symphonies
They compose music from the sound of bombs, guns and screams
In the silence, they let go
A smooth crescendo
From the music a child loses his torso
His home is turned to a No-Go-Zone
and in the army, this tune is well known
from the front-line to the back-row
They stand in an orchestra
Playing guns in kill minor
and bombs in explosion sharp
Their wind instruments are tanks
That blow homes in thunder
the back riffles drumming attacks
Families torn and ripped asunder
This Orchestra is funded by corporates and banks
so is it any wonder
The media dances here.
It gets paid to pretend to care.
Children do not C4 themselves.
The carry explosion packs
laid on by foreign hands.
Can you imagine
Your own children?
You can see it in their eyes,
A part of them wants to forgive and forget
and move on.
The other parts are still splattered on the wall.
They were bearly foot soldiers
who died not knowing they were at war.
Their mothers exist
only to cradle tears to sleep.
Who are these Goddesses
who dare to give birth
in the barren parts of the earth in search
of the luminous serpent
the florescent purge
of a soul, born to a virgin.
between these crumpled infant bones.
A heart she can call home
long enough to watch him stand on his own.
Pregnant women are tortured to miscarriages.
They miss courage in missed carriages.
the media comes and massages
the minds of those who listen
now listen
The soul of a miscarried child never leaves the womb.
Gardens of life are turned to heavy tombs.
Collecting dust that never shakes and never moves
But the music keeps playing.
It's a musical.
And the coiling dance of Palestine is in display.
This play
plays music that begins and ends in dismay.
This may –
be the last song heard by this herd
These conductors are also DJs
They scratch this song back
and keep it on replay
Now the streets are morgues.
Where crows come to feed
where peace is at war and death comes to breathe
Limbs hinged in place by the wind
bodies rocked to sleep by this symphony
wrapped in explosive hymns
Natives rigged and trapped in violence
and border-line perpetually thins
Souls ascend to the sound of sirens
They bomb your schools
and the dreams you keep
They beat you in your dreams
and poison you in your sleep
They break your spirit
and white phosphorous covers the scene
Where has the UN been
Paid off by the US who has been
Obsessed with Osama Bin
Laden citizens with fictitious drama
Thin prayer lines flood the Gaza
Skin made slave to pain, it's master.
And they keep this record on replay spin.
Allahu Akba
Allahu Akba
Allahu Akba


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Hosted by the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California for the past 35 years, the Tet Festival celebrates Vietnamese culture across three full days of fun. The festival coincides with the Vietnamese Lunar New Year and is packed with things to do, see, and try, from performances and contests to authentic Vietnamese food. Here's what to expect each day of the festival:
Friday: The festival will begin in elegant fashion on the first night as the main stage hosts the Miss Vietnam of Southern California pageant. In the festival's cultural village, there will be a bamboo-raising ceremony, an OC Shaolin Temple performance, a pho eating contest (round one), and a karaoke sing-a-long.
Saturday: On the main stage, an opening ceremony will kick things off with a mesmerizing firecracker display followed by a hip-hop dance competition. The cultural village, meanwhile, will host community performances, a floral arrangement contest, and pho eating contests (rounds two and three).
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Do not watch the video if you have a weak stomach
What got me was the sound. I actually watched the video first without any sound and didn't think much of it (I mean the impact the video alone had on me... the whole situation is tragic). When I went to show my wife last night I had the sound on and hearing the crunching, machine failure, and screams makes a completely different impression. It went from "oh, that's awful" to "I never want to watch that again" quick.
with a more edited version. They stop this one before anything happens and you just hear one clank. No screams or anything. Still scary as hell, though. Seems fortunate more weren't killed. That seat thing doesn't look real light.
Yeah, I watched a longer video last night. You can probably google it if you are so inclined, but either video is enough for me to not want to get on a ride at the fair again.
but yeah I have no desire to see that.
My Wife watched it yesterday morning and hasnt eaten since - she saw the longer cut version on Facebook and then later that evening she saw pictures of the bodies so ive been dealing with that all morning
If you listen real carefully to a version with sound (I've seen it 10 times), right before the "crash" you can hear a woman say, "No, this will be FUN!" Yikes, definitely not a future-seer.
from reports, the ride was inspected 4 times before it was ever run with passengers, and it STILL failed.
I've never been one to go on rides at state fairs, and this kind of strengthens my resolve not to.
What they keep saying. If true some inspectors need to be fired.
We don't know what the inspection procedures were. Sometimes the maintenance/inspection manual is faulty. Sometimes there are undectable issues (for example, there may have been metal fatigue or some other part failure that was not detectable even during a careful and thorough inspection, or a general design failure in the ride).
The point being that we should not assume that by-the-book inspection would have prevented this. We can be sure that this one will be investigated thoroughly, given the visibility this is getting - and that issue will undoubtedly be a focal point.
That, along with missing fasteners, was my first impression when I saw the video. It seemed to fail at a point in the structure where stresses would be high.
Metal fatigue can be very difficult to detect in the best of cases. Dye penetrants, X-rays, vibration testing, and other means are typically needed. They're time-consuming and often expensive.
Metal fatigue, corrosion, fastener failure, or hydraulic failure. Something happened to cause the seating area to travel lower than expected, hitting the fixed frame.
Some of this could have been detected, some not. As you note, non-destructive testing of carnival rides is an expensive proposition and not foolproof. Metal fatigue (and hydraulic failure) can be particularly hard to detect.
Or it simply could have been opperator error.
From what I've seen, those rides are set up so that you hit a switch to turn it on, and it either goes off after a set period of time, or the operator hits an off switch. Hard to cause such a horrific accident by hitting an on-off switch.
There's a theoretical risk of overtemping the machinery by letting it run too long, causing a failure. And there may be a maintenance function that got overlooked (e.g., not checking lubricant levels or bearing wear if that's part of routine maintenance). None of that would, in my mind, be operator error though.
If I had to guess, the inspection probably entails some functional checks (e-stops work, harnesses latch, etc.) and some general visual inspections. If some interlock failed or a metal piece gave way or something like that, no daily inspection will ever catch it
From the video I saw, it looked like a whole carriage of that ride came off with a loud clank. That's probably a mechanical failure of some kind. I doubt an inspection would catch that
just a couple of miles from my house tomorrow and I know this ride has been shut down already. Not sure I feel safe getting on any of the rides now. Might just stick to eating the foods at the fair, because I'm sure they are all healthy and safe.,.
problem is that these are man made machines with a certain shelf life, depending on use and maintenence, but even under ideal conditions, these things are eventually going to fail, it is just a matter of how and when. So, really, every time you have ever rode a carnival ride, or even a rolller coaster, you were rolling the dice to some extent.
There have been times, however, when I have been in line for rides with my son at carnivals where I can visually see that the ride should probably not have still been in the rotation but I went ahead and rode it anyway, against my better judgment. It's kind of the "it won't to us" kind of thought but after watching that video I may not be riding any more high speed/height stuff at movable carnivals.
There's a small amusement park near our cabin in northern Michigan. Last weekend we took our two-year-old son and nephew there to ride some rides. Nothing serious but I still was paranoid thinking to myself can we really trust these things. I never had that thought when we took him to cedar point the week before. You just don't know who's working on the machines and how much they're paying them at a small operation like that. That being said everything went great and the kids had a blast.
I remember going on carnival rides as a kid - perhaps just a naive kid or perhaps things were just safer back then? This story is why I have never let my kids go on carnival or state fair rides. Very sad.
You have to believe they are safer now with more stringent inspections, but these things are taken down, moved, and put back together on a weekly basis. Sooner or later someone will forget to tighten a bolt or misalign something. How much can they possibly inspect? How can the inspectors account for weight and repeated use? It's probably a matter of luck that more incidents haven't occurred in the past.
An inspection never guarantees proper operation or safety. Like you said, they can only look at so many things. I wonder if there's some sort of manufacturer's specs on replacement of some parts after so many uses. I'd imagine your run-of-the-mill onsite inspection really can't account for wear and fatigue on some of the structural parts. Nuts and bolts and gears are one thing but being able to determine if a main steel beam or arm or something is weakened is probably impossible to discern by an eye test.
was inspected and determined to be safe the day of the accident.
I don't do carnival rides. Can't trust the attendants who generally look like long-time meth users.
My rule of thumb is if you're not strapped in like a cosmonaut in a Soyuz vehicle, the ride's not safe.
*traumatized as a youth at Great America in Gurnee, and then at King's Dominion
With the best and safest rides (Cedar Point) there's a moment of doubt - say, near the apex of the roller coaster ride just before the plunge - where you wonder if "this was a good idea." I guess that's what makes it exciting.
A community where I worked years ago hosted a county fair that suffered a fatality from a ride. I know it's an extremely small sample and they're probably safer than driving a car, but no thanks.
Even Cedar Point isn't safe... The Twisted Coaster is not safe by design. When the floor drops down before the ride starts, my feet can still touch the ground. I'm 6'5", so tall, but not freakishly tall. But if I didn't hold my legs up during the ride, I could've had my feet chopped off. I guess that adds to the thrill...
I'm 6'4 and my feet are no where close to the floor when it drops down
We have season passes to Kings Island, and my daughter has been waiting to be 52" so she can ride their verson of the ride that broke down called Delerium. We has gone twice over the last two weeks and each time the ride has been shut down. Not sure if we are gping to ride it now.
As a kid in the late 60's early 70's when the carnival showed up they would hire us to help set up stuff. Our traing and skills were not that great to say the least but we thought it was awesome making some cash. I never rode them much after that.
The scariest thing here to me is how frequent little "carnival" pop up in strip mall parking lots. I've always assumed the bigger place like amusement parks and large state fairs were fairly safe until now. The danger is part of the fun but, you never really think your life is truly in danger. I wonder if they'll start testing these rides more like how they test airplanes
Just goes to show that the better regulated permanent amusement parks also have incidents like this. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six.flags.accident/
A friend of mine lives directly adjacent to the fairgrounds and heard the accident from her living room. Had no idea what that sound was until the news hit. Terrifying.
August 2nd, 2017 at 12:31 PM ^
At the Ohio History Center, the architectural salvage place, or Crew Stadium?
(Of course I don't know how loud it was, but it just doesn't seem like there's anything residential anywhere near the place where the rides go at the State Fair.)
Very sad, but this is why I do not ride temporary, transportable carnival rides.
Does anyone know the company that designed / built the ride? I'm wondering what other ventures they have. Not at all minimizing the human tragedy, but clearly there is an engineering failure in design, probability of modeling failure / potential human error, something...
Found it. KMG a Romanian / Dutch company... A big oil company, apparently....
Carnie equipment gets many hours of use each year and the owners do just enough to pass inspections. Good preventative maintenance is expensive and many of their crews are not exactly here legally.
Failures are usually in the realm of material fatigue, blown seals or broken linkages. Very hard to predict or see unless you change things out after so many hours of use which I don't believe most of these carnivals do.
Amusements of America. I checked to see if they had just done the Cherry fest in TC. They did not but the same ride was there. I just took my little dudes on some rides up there and the thoughts always cross my minds about catastrophic failure. I didn't sleep well after seeing the video of that. I agree with another post about minimal maintenance and possibility of metal fatigue. There are pretty heavy forces and a lot of use for a machine that is torn down and reassembled. Even the best amusement parks have had fatalities after cables have snapped.
I know a bit about the machinery used on these rides and you could not pay me enough money to ride them
I live 15 minutes from the fair here. My workers daughter was supposed to get on the same ride but was feeling dizzy and decided not to get on. When she was walking out she saw it happened. It was some final destination shit for sure but super fortunate. The kid that was killed was just sworn to the Marines and was 18 years old. Tragic event here and it was on the first day. The fair is a big deal here.
Its a real tragedy what happened in Ohio. My kids and I were riding on the same ride from the same manufacturer called "Beach Blaster" at San Diego's Belmont Park on Wednesday when the accident happened. When I checked my news feed later it was a hug your kids and count your blessings kind of moment.
The kid who died was 18. He was going to start senior year of high school and enrolled in the marines last week. He was part of his high school's ROTC program. He worked with the police and I believe they called him a Junior Police Officer on the news.
But we do have a large-scale problem in this country, namely, counterfeit or improperly-treated fasteners and metal components. Chinese industry has flooded our markets with bolts, for example, which are backroom manufactured without heat/quench cycles and uninspected yet receive fake certifications and then are released into the markets. Weak fasteners like these have been found in aircraft and buildings inter alia. Americans have been killed when the cheap parts fail, and it's been estimated there are millions if not billions of apparently fine but inherently weak metal pieces installed just about everywhere.
Sad that people would gamble with the lives of others to save a few bucks


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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Weird Kinda, Weird Wanna, Weird Just to Be Me
Things are going on around here, people. And I can talk about some things, but I can't talk about others. In fact, I wish I could tell you about going through some really dark times in my life like Finslippy's heart wrenching (yet humorous!) reveal, but I can't. Does that make me weird(er) that I would rather talk about something like that than the things-that-cannot-be-named? Yes, my real name is Hermione and I am dealing with Voldemort, and if I mention it in my blog, I will die.
It's not like I don't think about updating more often. God knows that nearly every night when I go to bed, I spend HOURS thinking of the witty entries I will write the next day, but then I actually have to work (my ass off) and the best I can do is skim Dooce and check out the pix of Go Fug Yourself and then it's night time and I'm writing entries in my head in the hours before I go to sleep. So why not get my fat ass out of bed and write, you ask? Good question.
BUT despite the gloom and doom, there are things going on around our tiny house. We bought Grown Up Furniture. Real furniture! Two chairs for our living room!! From a fancy furniture store!! Oh, my gosh, it's exciting.
And we're seriously thinking of doing some minor remodeling around the house. Although I only use the term minor because we're not doing to Big Remodeling We Can Never Afford. Just the little remodel to improve the Butt Ugly Bathroom (BUB). We painted the BUB so it's not really BUB any more. But it's easier to call it that. Our current plan is to take out the tub in BUB, add in a tiled shower and switch the direction of the toilet so that people can actually sit on the toilet without having their knees run into the shower curtain.
We can then rescue some closet space from the BUB and add it to the unusable "master" walk in closet, which in reality is the width of the desk I'm typing on right now and is without a doubt, useless. BUT we're going to contact one of them there fancy closet places and make them make this thing WORK!
The fact is that yes, our house is small. But it's not! The solution is NOT more space. The solution is making better use of the space we have. We need a few more pieces of furniture, a few more built-ins and a better reorganization of the space we already have, and I think we'd be just fine for a long time in that house.
I'd really like for people to look at our house and think Clever and Cute even if they don't ever look at it and think Big.
FINALLY, the blog entry that has kept me up more than it ever should have involves my husband. And my Son. And the Birthday Book Dave bought Conor. Emergency. (In searching for this, I suppose I can be grateful he didn't buy Fire! Fire!) No, Emergency is bad enough with its opening scene of how someone is robbing a house and the police have to capture the burglar to rescuing the hikers on the mountain top with a helicopter to the coast guard rescuing a sinking ship.
IT'S A CHILDREN'S BOOK FOR PETE'S SAKE!!! Conor loves it! It drives me NUTTY. And it's British. For some reason, it seems unfathomable that the Brits would have no problem scaring the beejsus out of their children just so children could see drawings of firetrucks and ambulances! Maybe that helps explain the British culture of being nonplussed. They scare the crap out of their children with their early reading.
OK. Whatever. I'm probably the only Mom who freaks out about such things. Conor certainly likes it.
I think I've caught up for now. We're going away this weekend. I cannot wait!!!
4 comments:
- OneTiredEma said...
I have to know...do you let down every time you read it? :-)
- Anita said...
No, I do not let down reading it. But thinking about it and writing this comment DOES make me tingly.
And I'm at WORK!
- Piratewench said...
That's no surprise regarding the English who have given us such ditties as "Ring around the Rosey" and "Rock a By Baby." Those are both pretty morbid
- EmilyJane said...
how timely...I was just reading yesterday about someone in france (www.petiteanglaise.com) who got fired b/c of her website posts, and she is now suing the company. Should be a very interesting case to say the least.
and yeah, poor lil' "Rock-a-bye baby." Scary lyrics, but my daughter loves it. Perhaps she just loves the very Safe and Pleasant way that I sing it...(oh, go on! LOL)


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If you were lucky enough to see "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" at the Maryland Film Festival last weekend, don't miss the antidote.
"Swindle," Julien Temple's 1980 history of punk pioneers the Sex Pistols as told through the eyes of former manager (and self-described Svengali) Malcolm McLaren, has since been disowned by the band as self-serving revisionist history.
So 20 years later Temple has made "The Filth and the Fury," an absorbing glimpse not only at the phenomenon of punk rock but also at British social history and the rock star mystique.


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30 hand picked films. A new one every day
A man goes on-the-run with his eight year old daughter when he accidentally acquires some stolen money from an armed raid carried out by others on a post office.
it begins in medias res but doesn´t manage to be a slice of life, a depiction of an event went wrong. much like impressionistic drama (a term from literature), it has no "real" (or usual) beginning or end. it floats, pale, from drama to thriller, unable to express itself. however, the magnificent landscapes, clear sharp black nights and the music n the cab, apples and the teddy bear on the floor (from some reason,
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text: Stopped by Legal in Chestnut Hill for oysters last night. It was early- about 5:30. Had 12 oysters for $12. They had 4 different ones- Wellfleet, Kumumoto, PEI and some from NJ- forget the name. Very fresh, briney, perfect with a martini. The bartender said that the "6 for 6 before 6" will continue indefinitely- so just wanted to tell folks that this offer is still good and you can't beat the price. Emilief


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I started out my day with a hot cup of coffee in my Florida cup. The hockey trip Homer and I took to Florida and the day we spent at the beach with Nick and Cody was a perfect time in the history of The White House. Hard to believe it was so long ago! I've been thinking of my awesome Florida Blogger Friends bracing themselves for the oil disaster sure to strike them. My heart is heavy as I know how much they love their Paradise on Earth. It's all so complicated. We all use petroleum based products and most of us are not willing to give them up, and at the same time we want the harvesting of this commodity to be perfect. And our world isn't perfect. Humans error. I'm am just so sad that this error is so costly to us all. I am hoping for a miracle for those dear friends.
I ran Elijah to his girlfriend's house this morning and it was raining again. Everything is so green coming up Chena Ridge.
Dad spent a good part of his day working on my van. The power steering hose needed replaced...I've been using about a quart a day! He changed the belts and the oil. It's all tuned up and ready to go...to go to Palmer which is about 320 miles away. I am loaning my 15-passenger van to the Monroe basketball team. They are headed down to play in a 40 team varsity and jv tournament that is put on by their head coach. They'll leave Monday at 8:00 AM and not be back until Friday night. It should be a fun time. It's killing me to not go and watch my son play, but it is good for him to take these kinds of trip without his Mommy. Lots of growth (I hope). The kids were awesome today. Nick, Emily and Prakash cleaned out the van...I'm talking buckets of stuff. Yes, we hoard in the van, too. Then Elijah vacuumed. Then we all scrubbed the inside. It was horrible, but now she's ready to fly! :)
My precious little Olivia is sick. She is running a 103* temperature without any other symptoms. She slept most of the day right there.
Nick and Prakash were awesome. I spent three hours pressure washing the pool, took an hour break and then spent another four hours. They actually offered to do it for me, but being the odd duck that I am I wanted to do the physical labor. It makes me feel good about myself. Now that my fingers are swollen, my knees are swollen and I am in an insane amount of pain I realize I should have just let them do it all! This will be my last year. It is kind of dangerous...so slippery and I am not so fit, overweight and don't have great balance. I'm lucky I didn't fall and hurt myself. Next year the boys will do it all. I really am so thankful for all their help today. Tomorrow we'll get the last of the leaves, etc. out of the bottom and it will be ready to fill.
Although I am quite bummed about the rain because I would like it to be 90* all day every day for the rest of my life, I must say the rain has made the grass go nuts. Looks so much better. Now I just need to plant the rest of my plants (once the pool is done).
It is 12:45 AM. I still have to visit some of my favorite blogs before bed. Morning will come early getting Elijah and my van off. See you tomorrow my friends.


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- Patch on the front
- Printed sleeve stripes
- Neck seam with green and black thread
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Exclusive to EMP: Dress up in true Slytherin style with this printed and embroidered dress from Harry Potter. The long dress features contrasting accents in the form of the Slytherin logo on the left side of the chest and elegant green stripes on the sleeves and around the neckline. Wide cuffs and a fleecy lining make it extra comfy.
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Nice Quality Dress
Love this dress so much! It has a thick, quality fabric, so hangs nicely on. Warm and cosy for winter wear and washes well although I wouldn't risk putting it in the dryer. Love the Slytherin house embroidered logo on the front ... again, good quality and detailed. I've worn this dress a few times now and received lots of compliments. I think EMP has such a fantastic Harry Potter range, better than anywhere else I've seen. I'm a size 18 usually in the high street and the XL fit well.


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Length: 9.7km
Duration: 3hrs
Grade: 4
Style: Circuit
Start: Visitors Centre
End: Visitors Centre
Closest Town:
Location: Rottnest Island
Distance from state capital: 18km
State: WA
Latitude: -31.99580375
Longitude: 115.5414267
Gabbi Karniny Bidi is a 9.7km, grade 4 Circuit hike located in Rottnest Island Western Australia. The hike should take approximately 3hrs to complete.
Gabbi Karniny Bidi is on Rottnest Island, an A- Class reserve, situated just 18 kilometres off of the coast of Western Australia. The highlights of this section of trail are the beautiful inland lake systems, an abundance of seasonal migratory Bird life, fantastic access to areas that have been restricted in the past, unique fringing lake side vegetation and of course the likelihood of an encounter with our resident Island marsupial, the Quokka!
Gabbi Karniny Bidi is part of the greater Rottnest Island Wadjemup Bidi'. The trail is a major new recreation and conservation initiative that will be implemented in sections over a six year timeframe, which started in July 2013. It involves the construction of a ~45 kilometre network of trails that will provide an exploratory narrative of the Islands environment, connecting you with the beautiful natural features, abundance of wildlife and rich cultural history that the island has to offer. There will be five primary walks linking facets of the islands diversity. The alignment of the trail was designed to allow walkers to hop on and off of the Islands bus services between sections. The second section of the Wadjemup Bidi, Gabbi Karniny Bidi, starts from The Settlement and heads west out Digby Drive. Elevated panoramic views can be experienced within 500m of the settlement from Vlamingh look out; which is accessed next to the European cemetery. The walk then continues past Lake Herschel and meanders through the lake systems. You will come across a "walk on water"" Boardwalk which allows you to pass along the southern edge of Lake Vincent. Following Pink Lake Road the walk heads for Little Parakeet Bay and continues along the coastline all the way up to Bathurst Lighthouse. By this time you will be ready to stroll along Thomson Bay for a well-deserved refreshment back in the Settlement. Gabbi Karniny Bidi can be experienced at different times of the day within different seasons of the year
Start Point: Rottnest Island Visitors Centre, Rottnest Island, 18km from Western Australia Mainland.
End Point: Rottnest Island Visitors Centre, Rottnest Island, 18km from Western Australia Mainland.
Region: Rottnest Island, Perth
For more information, a location map and GPS file please visit Trails WA.


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Palm still working with Adobe on Flash
July 1, 2010 1 Comment
It has been quite a while since we have heard anything regarding Flash 10.1 on Palm's WebOS devices. It was originally thought that Flash would make it to the WebOS browser before Android. However, the 10.1 beta is out on Android right now and Adobe is continuing to make iterations to the software. Now we just need that promised WebOS Flash even if it is a beta. Adobe wants WebOS users to know that they are still working with Palm to get a stable version out to users. When you visit a Flash enabled site this is the message you get:
Palm continues to work with Adobe to bring Flash Player 10.1 to WebOS as quickly as possible. At present, the integration work between the Player and WebOS is undergoing extensive testing to ensure we deliver a high quality implementation.
So it is coming people. Everyone is expecting WebOS 1.4.5 to hit any day now and shortly after that we are expecting a Fall release of WebOS 1.5/2.0 which is going to bring a huge change-log and that could potentially be when we see Flash. Lets keep our fingers crossed. Everyone together now, hold hands and pray.
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Honestly....I think I want to do this =/Originally Posted by NexonAugust 21 to September 3 in the Special Promotions > New Arrivals category.
Fill with Fairy Tears to gain one rare item! Simply double-click on the Fairy Vial to open the item window and drop in Fairy Tears, which can be acquired from monsters or from the General Store in town. Over 300 items are available, including chairs and mounts!
Price: 1,900 NX
Price (11): 19,000 NX
Duration: 90 days
The Fairy Vial is a special event item that will give you a random in-game goodie when you use it. When you enter the Cash Shop, you can find it in the Special Promotions > New Arrivals section. Each Fairy Vial can only be used once. Although the Fairy Vial will only give one reward per use, please sure you have at least the following amount of slots open in your inventory for the vial to work correctly: 2 Equip, 1 Use, 1 Set-up, 2 Etc.
Possible rewards indlude:
- Lv.150 Root Abyss set equips
- Lv.140 Empress set equips, including shoulder pads
- Lv.125 Fearless weapons
- Lv.130 Rising Sun set equips
- Tradeable mounts: permanent and 1-year
- Chairs, most of which are tradeable
- Nebulites
- High-rank androids: Princessoid, Fantastical Androids, and Summeroids
- Tradeable special hair coupons
- Golden Hammers
- 12-slot herb and mineral bags
- Special Pendant of the Spirit Box
Scrolls such as:
Chaos Scroll of Goodness 50%
Support scrolls
- (Innocence (50%)
- Lucky Day
- Protection
- Safety
Potential items
- (Unique Potential Scroll (80%, 60%)
- Epic Potential Scroll (100%, 80%)
Special scroll
- Gold Awakening Stamp
- Enhancement Scroll (3 star, 5 star)
Special Bonus Potential items: (Special scroll, gold and silver slot carver),
Here�s how it works:
Collect Fairy Tears from monster drops, or purchase them from most NPC general stores.
Purchase a Fairy Vial and double-click it in your Cash inventory to move it to your item inventory.
Exit the Cash Shop.
Double-click the Fairy Vial in your inventory to open its window.
Put the Fairy Tears in the vial window.
Click Okay to receive a random item! You can also select Cancel if you don't want to use the vial yet.
Here are some of the chairs and mounts that are possible rewards:
Yay for more Root Abyss items coming in though!


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It was an okay book. I wasn't expecting what happened in the book. Parts of it were in the blurb, but one of the biggest shocks in the book wasn't even hinted at and for something that big and shocking, you should include some kind of warning. I thought it was an interesting and unusual shocker, but since I wasn't at all prepared, it jarred me out of the story a bit and I never really reconnected after that. I think this could have been a better book, as I do enjoy Valentina's books, but while I'm glad I read it, I most likely won't re-read it. I will however read the sequel if there is one, just to see if the story improves and to find out what happens next, as, to me, there is an open-ended finish that could lead to future books.
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We recently moved to a conservation area which, although only a stone throw from the city centre, has an unusually semi-rural character. Its luscious green environment attracts wild life of all kinds. Despite not being much of a naturalist, I cannot help noticing and admiring the beautiful local flora and fauna. In particular, with the help of my wife and our daughter, both keen bird watchers, I have learnt to recognise the many species of birds that frequent our little garden – robins, blue tits, black birds, mag pies, wood pigeons, wood peckers, etc.
Of all our avian visitors, my favourite is a most sociable robin with a charmingly chubby face. It seems perfectly happy to be around us and would come every morning right to the threshold of our dwelling to help itself to the sunflower seeds we left there for it. It does not mind being photographed and sometimes even looks straight into our camera with a disarmingly quizzical expression.
A couple of weeks back, a younger robin also started coming to have breakfast in our garden. Our new visitor is shyer and appears rather deferential towards its senior, for its visits would be quick and clandestine and would take place only after the older bird had finished feasting. The reason for this furtive behaviour became clear to me one day when I saw our normally adorable feathery friend ferociously chase the youngster away after discovering that the latter had dared to encroach on its patch.
Then, last week, a blue tit which had hitherto been living in the hedge at the back of the garden found out about our sunflower seeds for the robins and decided to join in. A fierce battle between robins and blue tit ensued, with both parties ending up exhausted and each eventually being driven to a different corner of the garden. While our birds were fighting one another, a grey squirrel suddenly appeared. Patiently and systematically, it scoured the entire patio to pick up all the sunflower seeds it could find there, leaving the birds with absolutely nothing.
Stories similar to this one about how the busily fighting robins and blue tit lost sight of their food and allowed it to be stolen by the squirrel happen too often in academia (and indeed in the rest of society as well). Many years ago, an academic I knew well was about to move to a higher post at another university. He had just won a large research grant and wanted to take it with him to his new institution. However, his head of unit at the time objected and, following a bitter fight, my friend had to leave without his grant.
Being absorbed in that and other internecine fights, the head of unit could not concentrate on running his department. Consequently, his unit declined and was eventually merged with another department. The head of unit lost his position and was forced to retire early from academic life. Unfortunately, the culture of in-fighting continued in the new department with the result that it forgot about the threat posed by its competitors at other institutions in the country. Like our squirrel, they quietly channelled their efforts into grabbing what research money was available.
It would be quite naive to think that the competitors of the department in question peacefully divided the research money among themselves. Most of the time, they also fought one another for as large a share as they could get. And while the academics were fighting, big squirrels - climate change, increasing world population, dwindling natural resources - were waiting around the corner for the opportunity to surprise everyone.
We all know that war in academe continues to this day and the squirrels are gathering strength. Let us sincerely hope that we will learn this object lesson of the senseless battle between the robins and the blue tit well before those squirrels move in.


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U12 and U10 Training 1/2 and 1/3
Hello U12 and U10 Families,
Happy New Year's Eve! I hope everyone has a wonderful time celebrating tonight and that the new year brings much joy and happiness to you all!
One joyful thing the New Year is bringing us is colder temperatures, which certainly is very exciting!!! Even more exciting is that the mountain has chosen to dedicate a massive amount of snowmaking power to Wardance for the entire weekend to take advantage of the absolutely ideal snow making weather. They will be blowing snow non-stop all weekend on Wardance to cover the trail from side to side and lay down a base that will carry us into the Spring. A huge thank you to Okemo for doing this for us! They could be making snow on another trail, but have chosen to help us in racing! Wardance should open full width and fully functional by Tuesday of this coming week. U12 and U10s will begin training on Wardance the following weekend as appropriate for each group's development and skill level.
There is no training tomorrow 1/1 – Happy New Year! For this weekend, 1/2 and 1/3, we will be training according to regular schedule, meeting at the usual meeting spot, both days. 8:30-10:30 am/12 – 2 pm, top of the AB Quad. We will move on to GS skis both days for freeskiing and drills that will help the athletes transition into longer radius turns. If your child only has one pair of skis, then that is the pair for them! Just please make sure they are tuned if they have been skiing on them all week.
Looking ahead….The U12 Skills Assessment on January 10th at Quechee has been postponed. I will send more info, such as any possible reschedule dates, as soon as I have them. If by some chance the event can be held with the change in weather, I will let you know as soon as possible on that too. However, as of now Quechee isn't scheduled to even open at all until Jan 8.
Once again, Happy New Year!!


text: I know he is a little old, but it is so hard to give up. This was taken at the library Easter Event. The kids hunted for eggs in the library, then could get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. I guess I was pushing it when I asked Christopher if he wanted to make the bunny ears craft, he emphatically passed on that.


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Requirements: Android v2.1+Overview: This widget calendar is analog of standard calendar widget, with updated look to match style of "SiMi Clock" widget (all credits are going to its author)
Support a lot of configuration options:
* Different skins,
* Possibility to choose which calendars to show
* Font and background customization
* Show or hide current day of month
* Possibility to choose which application to open
and more...
How to add:
On phone home screen press "menu", then "add", click on "widgets" and choose "Car Widget" from the list
(If you can't press add button for some reason, workaround is to press and hold any space on the home screen and a menu pops up)
For people who wants to see weather forecast on the screen:
Just set it up in settings of desktop version of Google calendar.
For steps just search for "Weather forecasts in your calendar" in Google.
Also you can include more interesting calendars like holidays, birthday dates or sport news.
Search for "Add interesting calendars from Google Calendar" and follow the instructions
Tested with android version 2.3.3 and 2.2
If you have any problem, please add it into issue tracker or send me an email with description of the problem and steps to reproduce it
(Copy from description of Beautiful Widgets)
There is a bug in the Samsung Update which prevent to save the settings file. You need to factory reset your phone. There is also a manipulation available for root users on XDA Developers. If you do not have problems, no need to reset your phone!
Recent changes:
- Fix FC
- Backup / Restore (Use storage permission)
- Scrollable widgets for alternative launchers (Limit: any font options can not be applied)
- New font options dialog
- Any text can be bold, underlined
- Use color of calendar for text
- List of predefined colors can be found by pressing button with HEX code
- Show week number after date
- Hide end time of event
- Option to show events only of One day
- Option when click on empty space open calendar application
- Added Donate button (Use market permission)
Content rating: Everyone
Latest version: 2.0.1 (for Android version 2.1 and higher)


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When you understand that emotions are your compass for measuring how far in or out of alignment you have become in relation to Source, joy becomes your goal.
First, I Reach for Joy, and All Else Follows
Once you consciously identify the current state of emotion, it becomes easier for you to understand whether you were choosing thoughts that move you closer to your desired destination or farther from your desired destination. If you will make the improved feeling or emotion your real destination, then anything and everything that you want will quickly follow. - Ask and it is Given cards, by Ester and Jerry Hicks, The Teachings of Abraham.
Breathe . . .
Breathing is a key component in becoming aware of and accessing emotions. Freeing the breath unlocks emotional blockages and creativity. Since emotions act as an internal compass, emotions are vitally important for total well-being, and creativity. You can't stop one emotion singularly, say. . . anger, without also blocking out the rest of your emotional spectrum, joy, even love.
Have you ever noticed yourself holding a breath in order to stifle an emotion you don't want to feel?
Holding your breath may contain most of the emotional vibrations experienced in the moment, but at great cost. Emotions are a tool meant to help guide us into alignment with Source energy, and our higher potential. Stopping ourselves from experiencing emotions leaves us rudderless, without the ability to steer our course, for intentional creation of the next moment. More importantly, when we stop our breath, we stop our life, not just our emotions. Emotions are affected by the breath. Changing the breathing pattern, depth, and frequency can alter the emotional overtone, and state of consciousness.
Use the breath to access emotions, and let joy motivate your path forward.
Breathe, just breathe.
Everything will be alright.
Trust your breath and trust your emotions.


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Let It Be Sunday, 181!
1 day ago
A glimpse into the life of a mom of three girls and one special boy. They're spunky, they're fresh, they're mine! I'm a crafter, I'm a baker and I'm a thinker.
BaconSalt is a great product. We love it in our house.
It's great on french fries and also on eggs.
AWESOME!!! I'm dying here...I love their slogan,"Because everything should taste like bacon"!!!!! That's some kind of poetry=)
Let me know if you come across a "Hot Dog Salt". Abby would like that, I'm sure. Because, to a 3-year-old, everything should taste like hot dog.
You mean I can add more bacon- awesome! I need a ding dong flavored salt to, oh and ice cream ;o).


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"You contingency be doing it wrong": Sex lessons from a Hasids
June 7, 2015 - table lamp
"Is there any news yet?" Avremel asked when we ran into him one day outward a investigate hall. When we told Avremel that there was no news, he bound me a demeanour with his dark, reprehension eyes. "There should be news by now," he said. "Why is there no news?"
I didn't know since there was no news, nonetheless Avremel came adult with a reason shortly enough.
"You contingency be doing it wrong," he said.
He asked for details, and we gave him a outline of a routine, feigning a directions I'd been given: We achieved a mitzvah any Tuesday and Friday night after midnight, accurately as I'd been taught, always with "holiness and purity" during a forefront of a minds. We pronounced a required prayers. We lonesome a windows with a quilt. We told stories of moral men. We kissed twice. And afterwards we did it quickly. As if forced by a demon—the vividness of those difference valid unusually effective in gripping a act dedicated and abandoned of pleasure.
Avremel looked confused, and afterwards angry. "If that's a approach we do it, afterwards a cut of noodle kugel is some-more pleasurable!"
I remember feeling confused. Wasn't that a point, not to knowledge pleasure? "No," Avremel said. That was a indicate though also not utterly a point, since if there was no pleasure, it wasn't a genuine thing. we was still confused, as he stood there creation wild, speechless gestures and shook his conduct in exasperation. When he spoke again, it was with tangible irritation.
"For a woman's physique to respond," he said, bringing his 5 fingers together conflicting his nose, "in sequence for her to emanate a child, there contingency be liebshaft." Liebshaft is a Yiddish word for love, and it was a bizarre word to hear, practical to a woman, from a male who was differently spooky with running me on a trail to piety and purity. we did not know how Avremel knew this medical fact, though we had no reason to doubt him. Yet a suspicion finished me angry.
"Love her?" we asked. The idea seemed ludicrous. "How?"
"If a adore isn't there," Avremel said, "then we have to emanate it." He shook his conduct and sealed his eyes, as if meditative by a formidable problem, and afterwards non-stop them again. "You usually have to find a way."
Later that evening, as we ate a cooking of fry duck and breaded egg noodles and spoke sensitively about a things we'd finished that day, we looked during Gitty and wondered if we could adore her. When she stood adult to transparent a dishes, we beheld a bend of her hips as they convinced kindly when she walked. As she stood during a penetrate and cleared a dishes, we leaned on a opposite nearby, and beheld a tone in her cheeks, a peaceful approach she looked during me when she spoke, a density of her voice when she asked what to ready for lunch a subsequent day.
The subsequent evening, after my final investigate session, we finished my approach to a Mazel Tov Gift Shop, a small groundwork store that sole all from Rachel's Tomb needlecraft kits to sterling-silver menorahs to solid rings. One night a week, after ten, a emporium was open for one hour, for group only. The proprietor, Reb Moshe Hersh, a splay male in a yellowed and grease-stained tallis katan, laid several trays of rings and earrings on a counter. we looked during a selection, and afterwards looked during Moshe Hersh, who stood with his hands resting on a counter, watchful for my decision.
"What do we think?" we asked. we had never bought a lady a present before, and a preference in front of me was a baffling array of bullion and china and glittery gems, like a margin of pebbles festive in a sunlight.
Moshe Hersh shrugged. "You're a customer," he said.
I complicated a equipment in front of me. As Moshe Hersh stood respirating heavily, we legalised a pieces one by one and solemnly began to notice their differences: china and gold, neat and intricate, corpulent and subtle. we staid on a china ring with a scalloped settlement and small diamonds inlaid opposite a top. we favourite a understated magnificence and hoped that Gitty's tastes weren't dissimilar.
I left a ring in a box on Gitty's sham when we left for yeshiva a subsequent morning. Under a box we placed a folded piece of plain white paper on that we wrote what seemed like suitable sentiments, regulating a same Hebrew book we used for jotting records on a Talmud or for transcribing a rebbe's talks. I wish that a adore will grow and final forever. As if a adore was already there, and indispensable usually to be tended and nurtured. As with faith, Avremel had announced it something one competence will into existence.
When we returned home that evening, Gitty was during a kitchen counter, her behind to me, putting a cooking onto plates. She pronounced nothing, and so we suspicion maybe she hadn't detected my gift. we checked a bedroom, though a package was not on her pillow. "Did we find . . . a thing?" we asked when we returned to a kitchen.
She nodded though turning, and then, roughly as an afterthought, said, "Thank you." She finished no some-more discuss of a gift, and conjunction did I, and we wondered if she favourite it, if we was creation any swell toward formulating love.
Several days later, she incited to me bashfully as she laid a cooking plates on a table. "I'm dual weeks late," she said, her face aglow with a brighter than common smile. It was roughly as if she were suppressing a giggle, broke by her possess giddiness. we wasn't certain what she meant, until she said, "I'm not certain about it yet. But we consider there's a exam we can take." The exam could be purchased during a pharmacy. She was going to ask her sister, and if she was right, we would know tomorrow. Later that night, as we prepared for bed, we noticed, on her left hand, a discriminating china ring we had bought, with a scalloped patterns and small diamonds stimulating opposite a soothing light of a bedside lamp.
Finally, there was news. There were so many questions and so many things to speak about—it was as if we were unexpected new people in an wholly new relationship. The privacy that had hovered for 6 months in a small unit during a finish of Roosevelt Avenue was now gone, roughly as if it had never existed. We talked of baby names and arriving doctor's visits. We also disclosed to any other how small we knew about what it meant to be parents.
One night, as we lay in a apart beds opposite a room, we incited to her. "Can we ask we a question?"
She propped herself adult on one elbow.
"How does a baby come out?" we asked. we immediately thought, what a ridiculous question, and attempted to explain. "I mean, where does it come out from?"
This was before Gitty had left for her initial doctor's appointment, before we'd had a possibility to review any of a books and pamphlets she would move home and indicate excitedly to charts and diagrams and drawings of ovaries and Fallopian tubes, before I'd had a possibility to go to a internal bookstore and wheeze to a assistant that we indispensable one of a books from underneath his counter, where they lay dark from a meddling eyes of teenage boys who finished a bookstore their dusk hangout.
"I don't know," Gitty said. "I wondered about it myself." She looked during me from opposite a room, a splinter of light from a corner of a window shades casting a skinny white heat opposite her face, and in her countenance we saw a hold of anxiety. "You don't consider it requires surgery, do you?" she asked. we did not know what to say, since that was accurately what we had thought.
When we asked, hesitantly, before her initial doctor's appointment either we would see a alloy together, Gitty detonate out laughing. It was a ridiculous thought, she said. Men did not accompany their wives to a doctor. "But I'll let we know what we learn," she said.
Gitty finished an appointment during a Refuah Health Center, an commanding building with a beige Art-Deco masquerade during a opening to a village. A five-doctor use from Manhattan sent one alloy any Wednesday afternoon to attend to all a profound women of New Square. It was an arrangement worked out by a wizards of Hasidic politicking, by that patients on medicaid were supposing with world-class medical services. The exams typically lasted usually a few mins each, many of them for typical and basic pregnancies, so a alloy was means to see many women in a brief time slot, for limit efficiency.
"See a conduct here?" Gitty forked breathlessly one day, display me a photos of a initial ultrasound scan. "See a hands? The feet?" we saw zero though blurs of blacks and grays, and felt a graphic pang of enviousness for a connection between mom and child, an connection we satisfied that we could never entirely share.
Excerpted from "All Who Go Do Not Return: A Memoir" by Shulem Deen. Published by Graywolf Press. Copyright 2015 by Shulem Dean. Reprinted with accede of a publisher. All rights reserved.


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Waging War
I'm better, really I am. It was a LONG week. It will continue to be long, I believe. Yet, I am better, for now. I mentioned I am a roller coaster, right?
Despite not completely healthy behavior, I did continue to fight, internally, at least. It sucked, I felt like I was drowning beneath the weight of my fear, struggle and pain. But, I didn't drown.
I struggled with who God is. I struggled with who I am. I struggled with who other people should be in relation to me and my struggle with God. I struggled a lot, but that is the point. I struggled. I continue to struggle. And, that is life. A struggle that is painful and hard and sometimes seemingly overwhelming, yet, we have to keep struggling.
Shayne and Robin, you were right. It gets too painful and I pull the plug. I run, I hide, I do whatever it takes to make it stop because in my distorted brain, I just know that the pain will destroy me. But it didn't. And I didn't give up. I didn't run, though I tried. Am still trying, but I am also trying, equally if not more so, to not run. So, the battle continues. The terrified me wars with the determined me. The exhausted me fights with the complacent me. The lazy me fights with the strong willed me. God wars with satan FOR me. For me?? That blows my mind.
I am reading a book called Captivating. Last night I read that God is passionately in love with me. God's enemy passionately hates me. That is not new to me, and yet, if I allow myself to believe it, it is more than profound. If I allow myself to rest in it, it is life altering.
Yesterday, in church, a man spoke about what we call ourselves. Stupid, worthless, flawed, dirty, unforgivable, unlovable, unchangeable, hopeless.....those are a few of mine. And then he said, Jesus calls you none of those. He only calls me His Beloved. Of course my brain automatically retorted with 'impossible.' He can't love me. He couldn't cherish someone so hideous. He couldn't forgive something so horrid. And simultaneously, my heart said this:
The Lord your God is with you.
He is mighty to SAVE.
He will take great delight in YOU.
He will Quiet you with His LOVE.
He will rejoice over YOU with singing.
I didn't even notice anything more than the war then. Today, however, I reflect on the two armies. God and His enemy in a full fledged war for ME. Again, I am astounded.
I called a friend from church last night, still in the throes of this battle. I don't think she told me anything different from what I have been told by her before. But, somehow I haven't even grasped yet, she validated me. She told me that she knows I am trying. She told me that I have every reason in the world to be angry. She told me that it is ok that I am a huge mess. I am digging up things that have been buried my whole life, of course I am a mess. Like I said, nothing new, and yet, overwhelmingly validating. I don't know what made that conversation different. Perhaps my heart was open to hearing from God instead of making people agree with me about how horrible I am.
She also made me say, out loud, the truth that I believe about myself. (see list above for details.) Then, she made me say, again out loud, that must be stressed, God's truth about me. And though it took me much longer to say the second list, and perhaps it wasn't as lengthy, but it made a difference to speak it. And I will tell you, though I know this isn't permanent, I didn't have to war on this issue today. I would think about it and the negative truths I would cling to didn't even come to mind. I know them, but they didn't bombard. They didn't invade. I am aware that they will be back, but I can not express to you the refreshing feeling it was to spend a day not at war inside my own head.
That is all I have for the moment. By the way, as anyone would assume, Beth Moore was awesome.


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Thought you'd be amused by this. The only thing that comes close to tackling a double chin, in our experience is regular Yoga classes. Slightly more effort, but pretty effective. (Though we're not sure about the glands bit!) Thanks to India Knight for this - her Posterous blog (see top right) is one of our absolute favourites: a round-up of lovely finds of all sorts, from the author of that very marvellous book The Shops.
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In 2016 Melbourne Youth Music will be hosting a Masterclass Series, comprising of four Masterclasses, each focusing on different instruments and rehearsal techniques, presented at different venues around Victoria.
The first Masterclass of 2016 focused on the Flute and was held at Phoenix P-12 Community College, featuring flautist, Prudence Davis. In this Masterclass, four flute students work shopped their chosen piece with Prudence and received advice and personalised feedback. Prudence guided students through key aspects of instrumental performance, in front of a live audience – both in person and online. Both live and online audiences had the opportunity to participate in a Q&A with Prudence on aspects of flute performance.
Date: Monday 29 February 2016, 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Venue: Ballarat South Community Hub, Phoenix P-12 Community College, Hertfod Street, Sebastopol, VIC, 3356
Prudence (Prue) Davis has held the position of Principal Flute with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 1980. Growing up in Melbourne, Prue studied flute at the Victorian College of the Arts with Peter Edge, and later in Switzerland with Aurèle Nicolet.
She has performed with the Australia Ensemble, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and is also a founding member of the Australian Chamber Soloists and the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (formerly Australia Pro Arte). She tours regularly for Musica Viva and in 1989 toured Australia with the visiting Reger Trio from West Germany.
Prue has appeared as a soloist in North and South America, Paris, Bonn, The Hague, Brussels, Berlin and Kuala Lumpur as well as on many occasions with the MSO. In January 1993 she undertook a solo tour of Japan where she performed with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa and gave chamber music concerts and masterclasses.


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Monday, September 04, 2006
Parade of the tongues
By a miraculous coincidence, Phillip was spending his London sojourn with other Aussies in the same street as our friends Andrew and Garry, so was able to join us for a fine lunch at their new apartment.
After we'd stuffed ourselves with as much weight-reducing fodder as we could manage, we all took a stroll around Primrose Hill - Bondi's first visit since Xmas day last year. Among the many dogs enjoying the sun amongst the throngs of kite-watchers, was a pretty young Great Dane by the name of Garbo. The remainder of the afternoon's antics recounted here.
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The amount of trauma in this world is overwhelming. Our reactions to it vary depending on the hour. Sometimes we're raw in the moment, flooded with affect; other times we're completely numb. That is the nature of trauma.
Two weeks ago on my drive to San Diego to see clients UCLA was on lockdown because of an active shooter on campus. I listened to news of the murder/suicide on NPR while thinking of people I know who work on campus there. A week ago I was thinking about a high news profile rape case. This week on my last drive to San Diego to see clients, I thought about Orlando.
I changed my backdrop on FB this evening to one of myself walking into the ocean with my board not out of sensitivity in regards to this week's tragedy but because in the light of the unspeakable, the only peace I feel comes when I think of the ocean's foam and salt that attempts to purify the chaos of human plight.
Judith Herman's classic, Trauma & Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, although written in 1992, is still a great introduction to how the soul can be ravaged by trauma. For all of us impacted by trauma and who care about the recovery of the human condition, it is an important read. She writes, "The ordinary response to atrocities is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter aloud: this is the meaning of the word unspeakable. Atrocities, however, refuse to be buried. Equally as powerful as the desire to deny atrocities is the conviction that denial does not work. Folk wisdom is filled with ghosts who refuse to rest in their graves until stories are told…. The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma" (p.1).
"Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force… Traumatic events overwhelm the ordinary systems of care that give people a sense of control, connection, and meaning" (p.33).
Because of this rupture we must all find a modicum of control, connection and meaning. Because of the unspeakable, we must learn to be silent and to listen when others need to speak. We must also learn to tell our stories and to have the courage to eventually disrupt the narrative and create new stories.
As Gloria Steinhem once said, "The personal is political." Likewise, the political is personal.
When the UCLA story broke, I wrote a blog post that I then deleted. I was too struck by how many shootings have intersected with my teaching work during the last few years: I've been involved with communities impacted by the Gabby Gifford shooting, Sandy Hook, the Boston marathon bombing, the Aurora incident, and the list goes on and on.
So I think of the sea. And beauty. And people's longing to connect and heal. And the power of the human spirit to endure in the wake of the unbearable. In the wake of what not should be.


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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Dreaming of Gratitude by Kat Magendie
And I drift and wait, and I do not know what I am waiting for—
—until the sun breaks through the clouds, and the fingerling rays touch here, and there, and I rush to stand in one of the rays, but the sun falls back into the clouds before I can get to my spot, and I hear laughter. I cock my head and listen and I hear the creek, and I hear the cardinal's cry, and I hear the rustling of the squirrels, and I hear the branches saw together, sawing a song of nature, oh the symphony of nature fills me with gratitude. Inside my log house are many things I love. Outside my log house are many things I love. Inside my log house are many things I own. Outside my log house I own nothing. Right now I am thinking of you, and right now, as you read this, you have knowledge of me. Isn't that incredible? Just by writing my words I have an awareness of You, and You, just by reading my words, have an awareness of me. See the power of imagination and language? The power of the word? Thank you for reading my words; I am grateful for You, and for dreams that open up the world of imagination and awe.
6 comments:
- Barbara Quinn said...
Thanks for sharing your lovely dream!It's good to be part of your rich world through your words.
- May 1, 2008 at 8:14 AM
- Angie Ledbetter said...
Beautiful! I hope you saw your old self and your mister's...way off into the future...enjoying everything inside and outside your warm nest. ;)
- May 1, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Very powerful. It is amazing what the mind can do. You can really smell the wood smoke and coffee brewing.
- May 1, 2008 at 5:37 PM
- Kathryn Magendie said...
Thank you, Oren *smiling*
- May 2, 2008 at 7:52 AM
- Mary Ann said...
I am grateful that you are apparently channeling Walt Whitman, for like him, you make us all one-past, present, future. You are thinking of us as we are thinking of you, and your words and your dream. We are in your dream gliding with you, laughing down at Very Old Mr. and Very Old Mrs. just b/c they find such joy in a hot coffee breakfast. Just b/c they show love by eating morning eggs together, no need for words. Just b/c you lead me over your log home, and I see you! and Good Man!
and both beautiful Dogs!
How do you know that while you are looking backward at me, I'm not looking forward to you, asked Whitman. And Kat.
Dream writing. Thanks for the ride.
I am so grateful for your writing, for you
- May 2, 2008 at 9:06 PM
- Kathryn Magendie said...
MA - even your comments are poetry.
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Comparing Factors of Bachelor's Degree Attainment for First and Continuing Generation Students
Hoffman, Holly Gilbertson
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Colleges and universities have recently been under great pressure to increase institutional graduation rates, due to a surge in consumer demand for accountability and the use of graduation rates to deter nine effectiveness and funding. Many colleges may choose to achieve higher graduation rates by simply increasing selectivity. However, this strategy has the potential to exclude at-risk student populations, namely first generation students, who lack a family track record of college completion and have been shown to be less likely to graduate than continuing generation students. To allow for continued access for first generation students, institutions have the ability to design initiatives based on an extensive framework of salient factors identified in the literature; however, there is a critical need to identify which factors have the greatest influence on first generation degree attainment. As such, this quantitative study examined how factors influencing student success vary for first and continuing generation students through an analysis of a nationally representative dataset from the 2004/2009 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study. Several logistic regression models were employed to identify differences in degree completion predictors for three groups of students: first generation students whose parents did not attend college, first generation students whose parents attended some college, and continuing generation students. Theoretical models of student persistence and attainment informed variable selection. Results revealed differences in the significant predictors of bachelor's degree completion for the three groups of students. For example, taking a rigorous high school curriculum predicted degree completion for both groups of first generation students, but not for continuing generation students. Consulting a college guide was a significant predictor only for students whose parents did not attend college. Having a sibling attend college first increased the likelihood of graduating for students whose parents did not attend college and continuing generation students. Taken together, these findings suggest predictors of degree completion vary for first and continuing generation students and indicate a student's level of knowledge about the college going experience plays a role in degree completion for first generation students. The findings support colleges and universities developing distinct student success initiatives for these groups of students. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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