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With Jessica Vanderlelie still hiding on "leave" as well as a number of other upper management, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on how Deakin executives have been conducting themselves?

I, personally, found the vague email reminding us not to name and shame people (clearly a result of a brave lecturer calling out Jessica Vanderlelie for being a danger to Australian Universities) to be in very poor taste. There is no need for a University wide email because of one statement from one person, it was actually a little uncomfortable. In a professional setting, situations like that should be addressed one-to-one and not put in blast.

There is such a thick air of tension and with every notice of someone being on leave or quitting it just gets worse. While their apology was nice, this tension clearly isn't getting any better. I think we all know that getting rid of Jessica Vanderlelie would make things a lot better... but I'm worried there's a deeper issue with our executive leadership team.

Thoughts?

Hi all! I'm an aerialist based in Melbourne Australia and I'm currently saving up for my own portable rig. My problem is that there are so many options with a wild price range (I've found rigs that look the same but one is 500 and the other is 5k). I've realised that I have no clue what I'm looking for... I'm hoping for a rig that:

- can be put up and down by one person (a person who often does 2 man tasks alone lol)

- can be used for silks and lyra (would love if the company also sold Silks, as I'm buying this at the same time as my rig, but not necessary)

- has a pulley system in case I need to be lowered... unless people don't think this is necessary?

- is a trusted and safe brand, I'm not here to put my life at risk!

- can be delivered to Melbourne Australia (or is made and can be picked up in Melbourne)

I'm not sure how tall I want it, but I do want to be able to do some drops on it one day. I'm only 5 foot tall though, so probably won't need anything super tall.

If anyone has ANY advice, whether it's specific rig recommendations or just general information, I'm so keen to hear it all!!!! Especially height recommendations and safety tips.

Please note, I'm a safety nut. I'll be buying a crash mat and I will be regularly checking my equipment for faults. I don't want the cheap options!!! I want the safest, most trusted and reliable rig. I've already had two massive head injuries, so I'm not trying to get another haha.

SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED the book was running out of time by margaret peterson haddix, thanks dough_eating_squid

As the title says, I've been trying to find this book for about 25 years! It was read to me by my teacher in the early 2000s, when I would have been about 7ish, she covered the book title so we couldn't prejudge the book (it was some lesson about judgement lol), but this now means I only remember the plot! It goes it like:

A young girl is living in a world with no electricity or modern technology, and no means of contacting anyone outside of their town.

This girl discovers a secret passage way and on the other side she finds the modern world! Turns out she was living in an experiment (I think? Or it might have been a weird live museum thing? I can't remember) and everyone in her town was being monitored 24/7. I'm pretty sure it was some kind of experiment because I remember that all the adults knew but were lying to the kids to keep them from being impacted by the modern world.

I never got to finish the book so I have no idea how it ends!!! I last remember the girl was trying to rescue her friends but got caught? My memory is very foggy now, so some details may be incorrect... does this ring a bell for anyone? I believe it was a YA novel, it was probably aimed towards teens as my teacher always read us books that were for older kids.

ETA I got the temporary increase in limit approved! And Rays are working on getting it released. 10/10 service from the Horizon doctor (reception is always a hurdle lol) and Rays team ☺️

Has anyone ever had any luck with getting a repeat filled a little early? I've hit my cap for the month (60g) so cant reorder until the 1st, have any of you gotten permission to reorder a few days early? Or is their 60g per month cut off super strict?

We won. Jessica Vanderlelie can now go and try to ruin another uni!

Thanks so much to everyone who raised their voice against this, we saved our institution 🥰