Happy halloween

The Power of Silence

We believe profoundly in silence, the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. Those who can preserve their selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence, not a leaf as it were, a stir on the tree, not a ripple upon the shining pool, those in the mind of the person of nature, posses the ideal attitude and conduct of life.
If you ask "What are the fruits of silence?" we will answer, "they are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

From the Wisdom of the Native Americans, edited by Kent Nerburn.

Thanks to Oasis of my Soul for this gentle reflection.

Thanks to Aquila ka Hecate for tagging me.

1. Link to the person or persons who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Ja ja, ok neither random nor interesting, but here goes .....

1. I'm the eldest of 2 brothers, the younger is a lawyer.
2. AB neg blood group .... rare i believe.
3. I was a beachbum
4. I am an office bum (same as beachbum without the good stuff)
5. I have 3 children (feels like 300)
6. Bike is my only transport. Wife has the lunchbox.

Oh shit, i'm supposed to tag 6 others ....... *lol* ok well .... 6 random people can volunteer themselves .... .I DARE YOU :p

the natural order continues .....

Rock on art

It seems they don't like me showing their pictures. Go see anyway, but then again, don't.



Bill Dan Rock Balancing Gallery

Full mooooooooooon

On the turning away

On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we wont understand
Dont accept that whats happening
Is just a case of others suffering
Or youll find that youre joining in
The turning away

Its a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting its shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that were all alone
In the dream of the proud

On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange
And mesmerized as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night

No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
Its not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that therell be
No more turning away?

Thank you to Pink Floyd

From infohub

"The next morning, Ronan and Yoav picked us up by car and we drove to the Dead Sea area and Masada. The drive was spectacular as we drove through the stark desert landscape. We passed many Bedouin villages made of shacks or tents, and their herds of goats, donkeys and camels. As we descended the mountain to the Dead Sea we passed several sculpture monuments in the shape of motorcycles.

We asked Ronan to pull over so we could get a better look at them. We discovered that these sculptures are real motorcycles that had been salvaged from deadly motorcycle accidents on this windy road and had been put there as a reminder to all how dangerous the particular road can be."

Metro

An internal Johannesburg metro police investigation initially cleared four officers patrolling the N1 less than an hour before a Johannesburg man was killed there.

But when The Star highlighted the discrepancy in the amount of time the patrol car spent in the area compared to the first time it drove through, the metro police swiftly re-opened the investigation.

The initial probe followed a Benoni driver's allegations that a metro police squad car had been seen patrolling the N1 highway just minutes before 32-year-old Arren Mahabir's car hit rocks placed there by robbers hiding in the bushes around 2.40am on Thursday.

Mahabir was shot and killed as he and his fiancee, Valesh Naidoo, got out to change the burst tyre.

The motorist, who hit the rocks half an hour before Mahabir, had told the Saturday Star that the officers never stopped to remove the obstruction from the highway, despite the fact that rocks on the road are a well-known tactic.

On Tuesday director David Tembe, the Joburg metro police department's head of operations, said the officers denied seeing any rocks when they passed the area.

The driver said a metro police car passed him while he changed his tyre and the officers had in fact weaved their way through the debris without stopping to clear it.

It was this allegation that forced JMPD management to launch an investigation.

Every metro police vehicle is fitted with a tracking device, and the department ordered a printout to determine the exact times their vehicles were in the area.

According to the vehicle tracking report, the first vehicle passed the area between Malibongwe Drive and William Nicol Drive at 1.13am.

The vehicle, a Ford Focus, spent one minute and 56 seconds in the area. Twenty-four minutes later, at 1.37am, a second vehicle passed the area - a Ford Ranger - followed a minute later by the Ford Focus.

This time, however, the Focus took 10 minutes and 54 seconds to go through the area, while the Ford Ranger took 5 minutes and 21 seconds.

Asked why the officers in the Focus took nearly nine minutes more to patrol the same stretch of road compared to the first time, Tembe said: "Yes, this needs more probing. There are some questions that need to be answered."

Tembe said the officers had been adamant that there had not been any rocks placed on the road, but he admitted that investigating officers had not picked up the difference between the two times.

Part of the internal investigation notes that the metro police control room received its first report of the incident at 3.03am.

"The officers immediately responded, and by the time they got there, the SAPS were already on scene and were attending to it," Tembe said.

Both the SAPS and the metro police have stepped up patrols in the vicinity.

Provincial police spokesperson Captain Julia Claassen said on Wednesday that no arrests had been made.

Tembe said the JMPD had set up a special unit four months ago to patrol a stretch of the N14 near Krugersdorp where motorists were being targeted by robbers placing rocks in the road. This unit was now monitoring the N1.

"This was the first time that rocks were placed on the N1 highway. We are appealing to people not to stop their vehicles if they hit a rock, and if they do see rocks on the road, they should call us immediately," Tembe said.

Any motorist who sees rocks on the road is urged to call the JMPD at 011-375-5911.

This article was originally published on page 3 of The Star on October 08, 2008

fuck it all

TOP STORY
Traffic severely disrupted after shooting
Police have confirmed that a 32-year-old man has been killed in an early morning ambush on the N1 highway in northern Johannesburg.

The motorist and his wife were driving between the Malibongwe and William Nicol off ramps when they hit a rock.

The police's Julia Klaasens says the man stopped his car to change the tyre when he was ambushed.

Klaasens says the motive of the attack is not known and a case of murder is being investigated.

The crime scene has caused major traffic delays on the N1 north and on roads leading to the highway.

Motorists are advised to allow an extra half an hour travelling time.

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I ride this road all the time .... at night. Rode it yesterday, twice.

May this man rest in peace. May his murderers find their bloody end soon. As to the lady, peace and love .... she is now a shattered soul.