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I keep forgetting that I have a Dropbox subscription – until after I find the automatic payment.
After a few ‘detours’ I managed to sign into the account and came across this short video; peacefully and quietly sitting around the campfire in the remote Krichauff Ranges, Northern Territory, during the inaugural, now abandonned, Ilpurla Trail hike.
I don’t remember whether R....... recited all the verses.
The following are the performance and the lyrics by its songwriter, Eric Bogle:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JitVQav9-WM
(Thank you, Rebecca!)
Lyrics
For nearly sixty years, I've been a Cockie (*1)
Of droughts and fires and floods I've lived through plenty
This country's dust and mud have seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
I married a fine girl when I was twenty
But she died in giving birth when she was thirty
No flying doctor then, just a gentle old black 'gin (*2)
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
She left me with two sons and a daughter
On a bone-dry farm whose soil cried out for water
So my care was rough and ready, but they grew up fine and steady
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
My daughter married young, and went her own way
My sons lie buried by the Burma Railway
So on this land I've made me home, I've carried on alone
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
City folks these days despise the Cockie
Say with subsidies and dole, we've had it easy
But there's no drought or starving stock on a sewered suburban block
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
For nearly sixty years, I've been a Cockie
Of droughts and fires and floods, I've lived through plenty
This country's dust and mud, have seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
And now I'm easy
Terms used in the song
(*1) Cockie = Australian slang for small-time farmer, also used for ‘Cockatoo’.
(*2)… gentle old black ‘gin
Originally an affectionate term believed to be derived from the Dharug and Dharawal language, 'diyin' (woman), and used by men towards a woman, wife.
In the context of the song, most likely an indigenous midwife.
The term gin has been turned into a highly derogatory term by white men, towards indigenous women.
It is a very offensive and racist slur.
Beauty and the Beast at the Stroud Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Show run: December 2021 to January 2022. Image from the technical rehearsal.
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"Due to cuts in the College of Alameda Library budget, most magazine and newspaper subscriptions have been cancelled!"
At one time nine windmills stood along the west face of Mill Road over the steep slopes of the Lincoln Edge, these days only Ellis Windmill which was built in 1798 remains. The Mill remained fully operational until it fell into receivership in 1973 and in 1974 a fire destroyed all of the remaining woodwork. In 1977 the Lincoln Civic Trust acquired the mill and began its reconstruction. A cap mechanism was acquired from ‘Subscription Mill’ in Sturton-by-Stow and the stones and drives from ‘Eno’s Mill’ at Toynton-all-Saints and the sails and fantail were made by Thompson and Co from Alford. The reconstruction was completed in 1980 and it remains a working mill producing flour and is open to the public on Saturday afternoons.
Beauty and the Beast at the Stroud Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Show run: December 2021 to January 2022. Image from the technical rehearsal.
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Cinderella at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Second dress rehearsal image, 21 December 2022.
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Ecovolis (Albanian for "Ecobike"), the system launched March 23 with four stations with 10 bikes each. They've already sold 2,000 subscriptions and have rented bikes out to many more customers on a per-trip basis.
The public enthusiasm has exceeded the best expectations of the group behind the scheme: the Social Alternatives Incentive Programme (PASS). It's also stirred interest among potential corporate donors, who had earlier raised their eyebrows at the idea. “Before starting the project, it was very difficult for us to persuade companies to sponsor the project,” said PASS's director Ened Mato “Now the companies are interested and trying to negotiate with us to sponsor the project.”
The response has been so promising, PASS already plans to open an additional two stations in Tirana and even hopes to expand Ecovolis to neighbouring communities.
Although the system is admittedly small for a city of 600,000 people, Ecovolis has been a feat of ingenuity and perseverance given the circumstances. In terms of infrastructure, Tirana has only a few recreational paths on the margins of city green areas, and also a few experimental shared bus/bike lanes. There is simply no culture of transport cycling in the city, and the modal share -- if it were to be measured -- is assumed to be well under 1 percent.
In a sense, introducing bike sharing to Tirana is tantamount to introducing cycling to Tirana. Full stop. Organisers had to be realistic about the start-up budget, while at the same time, make a big splash and stimulate interest in a novel transport concept. And because PASS's core mission is creating opportunities for needy citizens, they wanted the programme to have a strong social element.
So PASS rolled out Ecovolis as one element of a broader programme called Tirana Community Bicycle. Part of its activities are giving away bicycles to children of needy families and part is offering necessary staff positions to marginalised citizens. The programme also includes Sunday cycling lessons and various cycling activities for youth.
In regard to the bike-sharing scheme, it had to be low-tech. A swipe-card activated system of the type operating in London, Paris, Barcelona (and soon in Budapest) would have been far too expensive for Tirana. And aside from the cost, swipe cards just aren't used much in Albania.
But this was fine. PASS fashioned Ecovolis as a social business: Each docking station is staffed by two attendants at all times. The necessary staffing not only creates jobs (two shifts per day = four jobs per station), it also puts a human face on the service. The attendants can explain and promote bike sharing while raising awareness of utility cycling in a brand-new market.
Key to getting the project off the ground was the support of Tirana City Hall and a cash donation of USD 24,000 from the George Soros-funded Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA). Even more significant was a donation of 450 used bikes from the US-based Pedal for Progress organisation.
One difficulty has been the higher than expected maintenance needs. Although this is a typical challenge for bike-sharing systems, it may be hitting Ecovolis especially hard due to the inexperience of users and the somewhat delicate quality of the standard-issue bicycles. During the initial weeks of the project, 30 of the scheme’s 40 bicycles required repairs on any given day. PASS hopes to address this by purchasing sturdier, new bikes as the system is expanded. It was also hoped that as the scheme’s customers get used to the system, they'll learn to use the bikes without causing damages.
Despite teething problems, Ecovolis is moving ahead. Plans include creating a database of users and members to get a better handle on Ecovolis's market (half of subscribers are women) and to start giving service discounts to Ecovolis customers. Meanwhile, according to Mato, PASS is in talks with the mayors of Durres, Pogradec and Vlora for possible franchises.
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Cinderella at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. First dress rehearsal image, 21 December 2022.
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Beauty and the Beast at the Stroud Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Show run: December 2021 to January 2022. Image from the technical rehearsal.
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Original Material Type: Newspaper clipping
Article Title: S.F. Chinatown Library Asks for Subscriptions
Author: Judith A. Lyons
Publication Info: AsianWeek, July 29, 1988
Subject Keywords: San Francisco, Chinatown, San Francisco Public Library, Chinatown Branch Library, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, magazine subscriptions,
Collection: Chinatown Branch Archives
Repository: San Francisco Public Library - Chinatown/Him Mark Lai Branch
Beauty and the Beast at the Stroud Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Show run: December 2021 to January 2022. Image from the technical rehearsal.
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I have a magazine subscription problem, in that I have too many magazine subscriptions. I don't pay for all of them, but I have quite a few. All of Lauren's subscriptions are actually gifts from me too.
This is Fortean Times, which I love. I enjoy reading irreverent coverage of weirdness in the world.
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The events of the second day of the 140th Annual General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, being held at Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, May/June 2014.
General Assembly 2014 is the 140th national meeting of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. Commissioners from across the nation arrived to perform the work of the church government.
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