The Heart Warriors Club is a space for children of Shambhala households ages 3-7 to connect to their goodness, wisdom, kindness and strength by having their own space and time to explore these teachings playfully. Exposure to beginning meditation techniques, and stories and activities that emphasize kindness, cooperation, caring, respect, and responsibility to community will be introduced.
As a change from last year, at least one parent is now asked to stay with their child and join us for our hour-long program. In this way families can experience the program together and hopefully take home helpful tidbits to continue the learning. After the class all are invited to stay afterward to share tea and BYO snacks in the community area with other families. Please refrain from bringing products which contain nuts.
Please indicate in the comments names and ages of children attending when you register.
Jill Blagsvedt has been a practitioner in the Shambhala lineage for over 16 years. She served as Executive Director of the Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston for 3 years, and has also served the community in other roles. Jill is a Shambhala Art Teacher and a Shambhala Training Director. Jill is also trained as a fine artist, librarian/information specialist, and as a business leader. She has two small children who are full of magic and mischief.
Sarah Mae Gibbons has been a member of the Boston Shambhala sangha since 2010. She holds several positions as teacher of dance and yoga, massage therapist, performer and choreographer, executive assistant and manager of local dance education programs in the Boston area. She is also the co-founder and executive director of New Movement Collaborative. Sarah Mae has been teaching dance and creative movement to a variety of ages since 2006. She is excited to be co-leading the Heart Warriors Club with Jill.


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Why I campaign for children like my son Alfie Dingley to be able to get medical cannabis
Feature Patient Commentary
BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1921 (Published 01 May 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l1921
Linked Essay
Why medical cannabis is still out of patients' reach—an essay by David Nutt
Hannah Deacon, mother of patient Alfie Dingley
Kenilworth, Warwickshire
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The high profile case of Alfie Dingley's intractable epilepsy was key to last year's law change. His mother, Hannah Deacon, explains why she now campaigns for the many families still fighting for access
My son Alfie, born in 2011, was perfect until he was 4 months old, when he became constantly sick. At 8 months he had his first tonic clonic seizure. He continued to have seizures in hospital for nearly four months. Intravenous steroids eventually stopped this cluster of seizures.
He lost every skill he'd developed, and he was diagnosed as having autoimmune epilepsy. Alfie had clusters of seizures every eight months until he was 4 years old. Then the clusters occurred every three weeks, and by the time he was 5 they came every week. Each time he needed up to five doses of intravenous steroids.
Then, Alfie was diagnosed with a rare epilepsy syndrome caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for the protein protocadherin 19. We were told that he might get better with age, but as far as we could see his health was getting worse. Only nine known boys worldwide have PCDH19 epilepsy, so prognosis was impossible.
Treatments that worked
I researched treatments for epilepsy. Medical cannabis kept coming up. In 1841 the Irish physician William Brooke O'Shaughnessy documented using cannabis for epilepsy. I learnt about the human endocannabinoid system and how cannabis medicines may work.
Alfie's doctors told us that regular steroids would eventually kill him. Cannabis medicines seemed his only chance to live. We started to campaign for Alfie to have a prescription for cannabis medicines in the UK, where they were illegal. Once we'd raised enough money, in September 2017, we moved to the Netherlands.
There we legally gave Alfie oil prepared from Bedrolite (produced by the Dutch company Bedrocan), a standardised strain of cannabis plant. The full extract cannabidiol (CBD) oil from this strain also contains other cannabinoids. Over three months Alfie's seizures became less frequent. We added tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) oil (Bedrocan's Bedica) under our paediatric neurologist's guidance, and Alfie went without seizures for 40 days. When he did have clusters they were less intense and controlled much more easily. His cognitive development greatly improved.
Living abroad, where we knew no one, was tough. After five months we ran out of money. We had to come home.
In the UK we had to fight for a prescription containing both CBD and THC. We continued to campaign. We wanted to work with the Home Office but encountered many obstacles. Finally, Mike Barnes, honorary professor of neurological rehabilitation at Newcastle University, successfully applied for the first UK licence for medical cannabis products for Alfie. Alfie received the first NHS prescription, for the products he'd been prescribed in the Netherlands, on 7 November 2018, after UK law changed on 1 November.1
Cannabis medicines are not cure-alls. Alfie still has occasional clusters, but they stop within hours rather than after days on end in hospital.
Many other children in similar situations have not been able to get these medicines despite now being legal.2 Reasons given have included lack of evidence, money, and support from NHS managers. I work with the campaign group End Our Pain, currently supporting 16 such families. It is heart breaking that seemingly no NHS doctor is willing or able to prescribe medicines that could help these children who have been very sick, some for many years, after having tried many other drugs.
Guidance is just that
England's health secretary, Matt Hancock, told the House of Commons on 8 April that the British Paediatric Neurology Association's guidance against prescribing full extract medical cannabis was just that—guidance—and that 95 000 doctors in the UK could prescribe.3 So why are families still not getting prescriptions? Why was the law changed if access was not to be forthcoming?
I know of a child taking Bedrolite and Bedica in the UK, funded by the parents. Their doctor is overjoyed at the results yet says he cannot prescribe because of the BPNA's guidance. This is not an isolated incident and must be dealt with urgently.
I have spoken to many doctors about cannabis. One threatened to report me to social services. One told me that cannabis costs too much. On our return from the Netherlands a doctor said that we must change Alfie's medicine to pure CBD (Epidiolex). I refused: Alfie already had an effective medicine.
I know the NHS is underfunded. But consider the needs for long term care if a child deteriorates without effective treatment. And in families with a child with epilepsy, the social impact on the full time carer (usually the mother) is immense. Consider the mental health problems, the family breakdowns because of the strain of having a disabled child. The costs to society and to the NHS far exceed those of a product that may just give all these families a life worth living.
Struggle to breathe
I am often asked why I campaigned for my son and now other families like ours in the UK. My family is everything to me. I have watched my son struggle to breathe when he is having a seizure, seen my daughter cry when I leave her, and noticed my partner anxious and worried about the future.
We became campaigners because we had no choice. We are our child's only advocates, and we must do all we can to be heard. I have watched my child develop and enjoy life, and every child with intractable epilepsy should have the right to try cannabis medicines that could save them from a life of suffering.
Why medical cannabis is still out of patients' reach—an essay by David Nutt doi: 10.1136/bmj.l1903
Competing interests: I have read and understood BMJ's policy on declaration of interests and declare that I work as a paid patient advocate specialist one day a week for European Cannabis Holdings, a medical cannabis investment group, for which Mike Barnes is clinical director. I continue to campaign unpaid for End Our Pain.
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As with many games the Soulcalibur franchise started out as an Arcade Game named Soul Edge.
Before it was named Soulcalibur the arcade game was first ported to the PlayStation in 1996 with the name Soul Blade.
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Even though Cervantes was killed his corpse was temporarily reanimated by the Soul's Edge will. At that moment Siegfried Schauffen the Prussian knight entered the port fighting Cervantes reanimation. Siegfried slayed the reanimation of Cervantes and after being victorious turned his eye on the Soul Edge sword.
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With more than 850 Transplant Athletes from across the UK and overseas competing, the Westfield Health British Transplant Games NewcastleGateshead 2015 (30 July -02 August), were officially the best Games ever, attracting 2500 spectators.
Graham Wylie, Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the Westfield Health British Transplant Games NewcastleGateshead 2015, said: "The NewcastleGateshead Games were the biggest ever. The atmosphere across the four days was electric, and I'd like to congratulate everyone involved and especially those taking part, on a truly fabulous event.


Can you imagine discovering information about yourself that is so profound it could change your life? What if you found out exactly why you are Here and what it is you are specifically supposed to do? When you discover the Truth about your Soul, you begin to start living fully in accordance with its precepts. The more you are aligned to who you are, the more in sync you will be to Universal Intelligence (God). Do you really know what that means? Just imagine what life would be like if you found The (Insert your name here) Owner's Manual! Well guess what folks, it is more than possible. It is real.
Consciousness: The Grand Purpose Unfolds!
We sit back and we observe the movements of spiritual awakenings that have been accelerating for the last few years. For many, the initial process is disconcerting, full of physiological changes and personal upheavals in people's lives. But then there is that point of breakthrough and the symptoms smooth out and the calmness creeps in. The soul naturally works its way to peace. In a previous article we discussed what one can expect after awakening and the soul gets back on track. But there is a much grander purpose this awakening and the ongoing walk, or for some, a race toward enlightenment. Everything is being accelerated for a reason. This is why so many people are waking up!
Spirituality: I'm Awake! Now What?
The highest viewed videos on Vivadivine YouTube are those that discuss the signs of a spiritual awakening. Since they have been on broadcast for over a year, views have more than doubled at an astonishing rate (based of the short time the channel has been available). This indicates that people are become more aware that something is going on and they are experiencing some of those odd physiological and emotional changes. If you are still in the awakening stage, hold on to your hats because 2016 is going a busy year, even busier than 2015.
While signs of ascension are a good thing, most people would probably find it difficult to gauge what to expect AFTER the signs subside. Everyone's experience will be different. Subsequently, it's important to look past the initial stages of awakening so we can fully enjoy the process of growing into our spirit.
Consciousness: Listening and Walking in Spirit.
I have to warn you about walking in Spirit. I have to let you know that when you surrender to the force that created every single thing, your life will fall into place in ways that no human hands could have ever accomplished. I also can tell you when you finally start to hear things clearly, your mind will be blown!
For those who remember what it is that we are here to do, to experience and to learn, there comes a point where you know beyond any doubt that you are being guided the entire way. When you understand your true spiritual nature and begin to ease with it, every answer is given. You will get out of your own way, stop blocking your soul blessings and allow for the whole journey to beautifully unfold.
Consciousness: The Power Behind The Thought Leader.
When was the last time you looked up at the night sky? How long has it been since you stared at the stars in silent wonder? Do you ponder the inner workings of the solar system or have moments of awe considering the majesty of the cosmos?
Consciousness: 2016: Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life!
Humankind needs to understand the uniqueness and purpose of Earth, and the directness that it has in its evolution.
Welcome to 2016. Welcome to the rest of your life.
If you are reading this with a sense of anticipation, let me tell you that you should be very happy that you have successfully made one of the biggest shifts of your life.
One of the goals for Vivadivine is to finally shift into full disclosure about what has been a few years of collective learning amongst a group of people whose awareness has been consistently growing. We have been ensconced in what has been a learning experience that has now culminated into a point where it can be shared more openly.


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The Transportation Department is launching a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade roughly 15,000 highway bridges as part of the infrastructure law approved in November. The effort is being announced Friday as President Joe Biden tries to showcase how his policies are delivering for the public.
Under the five-year program, the federal government will release nearly $5.5 billion this fiscal year to states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and tribes, according to senior administration officials who insisted on anonymity to preview the plans.
Biden plans to speak Friday about progress made in implementing the $1 trillion infrastructure package in the two months since he signed it into law. It's an opportunity for a president whose economic and voting rights agenda has been stymied in the Senate to show that his administration is working to make lives better.
The White House issued a fact sheet in advance of Biden's remarks that details how the administration is preparing to distribute infrastructure funds. There are plans to build out 500,000 charging stations for electric vehicles. The Transportation Department has announced the distribution of roughly $56 billion to improve highways, airports and shipping ports.


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Glurge: About-to-be-divorced wife asks her husband to carry her over the threshold every day for a month.
Glurge: About-to-be-divorced wife asks her husband to carry her to the door every day for a month.
Origins: Many marriages that begin full of interconnection between bride and groom do over the course of years devolve into the humdrum of routine. Couples can and do grow apart as work schedules, family commitments, and financial concerns conspire to transform what were loving and involved relationships between two intimates into what at times seems little more than business arrangements between almost-strangers. The magic that had brought the two together slowly dissipates if care is not taken to maintain the underlying intimacy and friendship that is the bond of a successful marriage. It is to that loss this story about a remorseful husband speaks.
This tale of an errant husband who learns too late the value of his marriage has been circulating on the Internet since at least May 2004.
When I passed the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet for my wife which was her favorite. The salesgirl asked me to write the greeting words on the card. I smiled and wrote, I'll carry you out every morning until we are old.
That one line altered the tale from one of a marital crisis successfully weathered into a harsh lesson learned about "too little, too late." Readers were left to imagine the husband's boundless remorse as he faced all the days that lay ahead, now fully aware of what he'd unthinkingly pushed away, again come to value, and then lost for all time.
My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push thru with the divorce — at least, in the eyes of our son — I'm a loving husband….
That expansion rendered the wife even more of an uncomplaining saint than she'd previously been, a device that worked to throw the straying (and now remorseful) husband into an even worse light.
Is any of this a true story? With the authorship of the piece unknown, we cannot authoritatively label the tale false, but we suspect wives in the final throes of cancer who are confronted with adulterous husbands intent upon divorce likely don't get their spouses to agree to cart them around the house for a month, with the intent of dying on them before that time is up.


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Didier Ibrahim Ndong (* 17. června 1994) je gabonský fotbalový záložník a reprezentant. V současnosti působí v klubu Sunderland AFC.

Klubová kariéra
Nejprve hrál v Gabonu za klub Cercle Mberi Sportif Libreville. V létě 2012 odešel do tuniského týmu CS Sfaxien.
V lednu 2015 podepsal 4,5roční smlouvu s francouzským klubem FC Lorient hrajícím nejvyšší soutěž Ligue 1.

Koncem srpna 2016 přestoupil z Lorientu do anglického klubu Sunderland AFC za rekordní částku 13,6 milionu liber (předchozí rekordní transfer Sunderlandu byl nákup Asamoaha Gyana v roce 2010 za 13 milionů liber).

Reprezentační kariéra
Ndong nastupoval za gabonskou reprezentaci do 20 let.

V A-mužstvu gabonské reprezentace debutoval v roce 2012.
Zúčastnil se Afrického poháru národů 2015 v Rovníkové Guineji.

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 Profil hráče na National Football Teams.com

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Children's Sermon, Matthew 4:12-23, Going Fishing!
Have you ever gone fishing? (Allow children to respond.) What do you take with you when you go fishing? (Wait for children to respond.) You might take a fishing pole, worms or other bait. If you were going camping, too, you'd take a bedroll.
Kelly and Kyle love fishing. When they go with their parents, they usually fish from the shore of the lake. Sometimes their grandfather takes them fishing in his boat.
One Saturday, while they were fishing on the lake, their grandfather told them that the people of Jesus' day sometimes used a spear or a rod with a hook on it to catch fish––and sometimes they used large nets. They could catch only one fish at a time with a spear or rod, but when they cast out their nets, they could bring in many fish.
But if their net was too full of fish, it might break. Then all the fish would escape, and the fishermen would have to mend the net before going fishing again.
At the time of our story from the Holy Bible, Jesus lived in Capernaum, a town on the northwest corner of the Lake of Galilee. At that time Jesus preached about repentance. Repentance means to apologize for doing wrong things and to try to make them right.
One day Jesus saw two brothers, Simon Peter and Andrew. They were fishermen with big nets. They would go out on a boat, cast their net and after several hours they would haul their catch back to shore. Jesus said to Peter and Andrew, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men." (Matthew 4:18) He also called James and John, who were mending their nets beside the sea. All four men left fishing and began to follow Jesus. They wanted to hear more of Jesus teaching.
Thank you, Jesus, for calling Peter, Andrew, James and John to follow you. Thank you for calling us to follow you, too. We want to learn more about how you helped people, and about the things you taught your followers in the Holy Bible. Amen.


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What Is Polynesia?
By Nathaniel Whelan on November 23 2020 in Geography
A local man canoeing for food delivery in an island resort in French Polynesia, a part of Polynesia. Image credit: Shen max/Shutterstock.com
Polynesia is a group of over 1,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean that form a triangle with Hawaii in the north, Easter Island in the west, and New Zealand in the south.
The inhabitants of each island developed their own specific customs and traditions, so there is no one Polynesian culture but rather several similar cultures with a shared history.
The various Polynesian cultures, practices, and traditions changed drastically as a result of European colonialism.
Where Is Polynesia?
Sea Life and Diet
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The Current State Of Polynesia
A map showing the various parts of Oceania including Polynesia in green. Image credit: Rainer Lesniewski/Shutterstock.com
Polynesia is a grouping of over one thousand islands in the Pacific Ocean. In fact, the name Polynesia means "many islands" in Greek.
These islands form a triangle with Hawaii in the north, Easter Island in the west, and New Zealand in the south. Within this region are many other well-known islands, including French Polynesia, Samoa, and the Cook Islands. To the west of Polynesia are the Micronesia and Melanesia islands, also in the Pacific.
Polynesia includes six independent nations (New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands), two political bodies part of larger nations (Hawaii with the United States and Easter Island with Chile), two self-governing bodies with ties to former colonial powers (Niue and the Cook Islands with New Zealand), and five territories administered by other nations. Here is a complete list of the countries/territories/dependencies that are part of Polynesia:
Polynesia does not experience annual seasonal changes. Instead, the temperature hovers around 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 Celsius) for most of the year. Each island typically contains a mangrove forest along the coast, followed by palm trees, and then rainforest further inland. The region is also home to numerous volcanic islands and some of the highest mountains in the world.
Moai Statues, Easter Island, Rapa Nui National Park, Chile. Image credit: Olga Danylenko/Shutterstock
The history of Polynesia generally spans four eras: exploration and settlement (1800 BCE to 700 CE), pre-European growth (700 to 1595), European exploration (1595 to 1945), and modern times (1945 to the present).
Between 3000 to 1000 BCE, speakers of the Austronesian languages ventured from Taiwan to Micronesia and Melanesia. There, the prehistoric Lapita culture began to develop. Its people continued to spread eastward and by 700 CE, they had settled within the Polynesian triangle. Each local population established their own society and political structures. War tended to break out among tribes separated by natural defences like mountain ranges, whereas conflict was rare when different people could openly co-exist on flatland islands that allowed for easy communication.
In 1595, Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira became the first European to reach Polynesia, but it would be Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy who made the first attempt to explore the region, in the mid-18th century.
By the early 1900s, almost all of Polynesia had been conquered by western powers. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, many of the islands were used as Allied military bases. Once the war ended, political change started to occur due to the dissemination of anti-colonial sentiments. In 1962, Samoa became the first Pacific nation to gain its sovereignty. Today, most Polynesian Islands have some degree of independence.
Traditional Tahitian raw fish salad. Image credit: Maridav/Shutterstock
Over the years, most Polynesians adapted to their ocean environment to become excellent mariners. They frequently left coastal waters for the high seas, exploring for hundreds of miles in every direction. Some voyages from Easter Island went as far as 300 miles (500 km) away.
They favored this lifestyle because it provided the most protein to sustain their diet. Fishing was conducted both individually and in groups. Oftentimes, religious rituals were performed to help with these efforts. Tuna and various types of crustaceans were common catches. Seaweed was also collected for its salty taste.
Other common food sources included fruits and vegetables such as bananas, coconuts, and yams. The Tahitians in particular relied on breadfruit, whereas the early Hawaiians ate taro root. Also, the pandanus fruit was widely used as a type of chewing gum.
The first Polynesian cultures did not possess a market system. Rather, all exchanges occurred by bartering. Fishermen would take a portion of their daily catch and move to the inland villages where they would trade for items gathered out on the land.
Statue of King Kamehameha, Hawaii, United States. Image credit: Charles Lewis/Shutterstock
Traditional Polynesian communities focused on shared spaces, whether for social or ceremonial purposes. Regardless, a clear social hierarchy existed. For example, Marquesan houses were built on platforms, the height of which depended on the status of the owner. Chiefs, warriors, and religious figures might have lived seven to eight feet off the ground, while people of lower status might have been no more than a few inches high. Also, every person within a community possessed personal property, but upper-class individuals tended to have better items such as sleeping mattresses and carved furniture. Lastly, marriage was often prohibited among people from different social tiers; the children of these couples were killed at birth in some Polynesian societies.
Polynesian Women. Image credit: Deborah Kolb/Shutterstock
The status of women in Polynesia depended on the individual island. In Marquesas, for example, women were considered nearly equal to men, while in other Polynesian societies, they held lower positions.
Labor was traditionally divided by gender, with the men responsible for fishing, construction, and protection while the women collected food, wove baskets, and made clothes. On many islands, men and women also ate separately.
Unlike most global societies, polygamy was very common, but it was the woman who could have more than one husband. It was less common for a man to marry more than one person.
Traditional Tahitian headdress. Image credit: Raquel Pedrosa/Shutterstock
Before the arrival of westerners, both men and women wore sections of bark cloth around their waists. Ornaments and feathered headdresses were also worn by both genders at ceremonial events. Such ornaments were often made from mollusk shells that could also be made into a variety of tools.
In many Polynesian cultures, tattoos carried immense cultural and symbolic significance as they were inspired by the rich mythology of the local people. Heroic figures were usually incorporated in some way. Puberty was often marked by the adolescent's first tattoo.
Traditional Tiki guards, Hawaii, United States. Image credit: George Burba/Shutterstock
During the pre-colonial era, there was a variety of religions that existed throughout the Polynesian Islands. Most of these religious ideas and practices involved what is known as Mana, a life force or sacred power that all things—animate and inanimate—possess. Women were especially known to have great Mana as proven by their ability to reproduce. In some cultures, chiefs also possessed great Mana as they were thought to be related to the gods.
The concept of Tapu—commonly known as taboo—was also very important. Many Polynesian societies had strict rules to protect against certain sacrilegious actions or anything that was considered forbidden.
Haapiti Catholic Church, Moorea, French Polynesia. Image credit: angela Meier/Shutterstock
The various Polynesian cultures and traditions changed drastically as a result of colonialism. The first westerners made contact in the 1500s. At that time, there were roughly 500,000 inhabitants scattered throughout the region.
European influence grew more prominently during the 1700s when the first missionaries arrived. As Christianity spread, so too did western power. The land was eventually seized by Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, among other countries. These powers competed for ownership of the islands, leaving the local populations to suffer the consequences.
Traditions and resources were lost and discrimination flourished. In fact, the inhabitants of Easter Island were almost entirely decimated by slavery and newly introduced European diseases. Little remains of their original culture. In 1962, French Polynesia was even turned into a nuclear test site after France lost Algeria, their previous testing grounds.
The introduction of English and Spanish threatened the survival of the various Indigenous languages. Religion was also severely impacted, with missionaries converting most Polynesians to Christianity. Many of the traditional beliefs that continued to exist were largely incorporated into Christian ideology. This type of incorporation was not uncommon during the colonial era. For example, European hymns were combined with Tahitian drone-style singing to create new vocal music known as Himene. Over time, Polynesians even adapted to more western fashions, wearing traditional garb only during special ceremonies.
Bora Bora, French Polynesia, a popular tourist destination. Image credit: Marcelo Alex/Shutterstock
Today, there are approximately two to three million ethnic Polynesians worldwide. Of these, the islands with the largest ethnic Polynesian populations are New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti, or in the American territories of Hawaii and American Samoa.
With the exception of New Zealand, most of the independent Polynesian Islands receive the majority of their income from foreign aid. Tourism also provides a stable income.
There is no overarching Polynesian culture; it differs from island to island. However, these differences are subtle and are most noticeable to insiders. With that said, in the eyes of Westerners, the region is currently divided by its two distinct cultures: West Polynesia and East Polynesia. The former is largely defined by its large populations, while the latter is relatively contained to the smaller islands.
Despite the erasure of their collective cultures, there are current efforts to revitalize the various practices of pre-colonial Polynesia. For example, education programs in elementary schools and universities are attempting to teach a new generation the original Hawaiian or Maori languages. Ritual tattooing has made a significant comeback. Whether these efforts will succeed remains to be seen, but as of right now, Polynesia exists as a fusion of the old ways and western influence.
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He was born Oct. 17, 1930 in Omaha, Neb. to Pat and Marjorie (Zerbst) Marchant. He was a veteran of the Korean War and a long time Wyoming rancher.
Jack is survived by son, Jay and wife, Laura; granddaughter, Melody Marchant of Hot Springs, S.D.; daughter, Lou Anne Marchant and granddaughter, Julia Rogerson of Keller, TX; aunt, Nancy Zerbst of Newcastle, Wyo. and many cousins.
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Elementy dzieła muzycznego – elementy porządkujące materiał dźwiękowy będący tworzywem dzieła muzycznego; w wyniku ich współdziałania dzieło uzyskuje określony kształt:
 melodyka – wyznacza następstwo dźwięków o różnej wysokości i różnym czasie trwania,
 rytmika – porządkuje materiał dźwiękowy w czasie,
 dynamika – reguluje natężenie dźwięku,
 agogika  – określa szybkość utworu, czyli tempo oraz jego zmiany,
 artykulacja – określa sposób wydobywania dźwięku,
 harmonika – porządkuje współbrzmienia dźwięków w utworze,
 kolorystyka – określa barwę dźwięku.

Melodyka
Melodyka to element dzieła muzycznego wyznaczający następstwo dźwięków o różnej wysokości i różnym czasie trwania.
Rodzaje melodyki:
 Wokalna:
 kantylenowa
 deklamacyjna
 melizmatyczna
 Instrumentalna
 kantylenowa
 figuracyjna
 ornamentalna
Biorąc pod uwagę rodzaj interwałów wyróżnia się melodykę wznoszącą, opadającą, łukową, falującą, opartą na repetycji.

Rytmika
Rytmika to element dzieła muzycznego porządkujący materiał dźwiękowy w czasie, ustalając czas trwania dźwięków i wzajemne relacje między nimi.
Z rytmiką wiąże się metrum – wyznacza ono miary czasu, porządkuje przebiegu rytmiczne za pomocą regularnie powtarzających się akcentów. Wynikiem tego jest podział utworu na takty.
Rodzaje rytmiki:
 Rytmika swobodna (nie jest związana z określonym metrum, używana w średniowieczu, kiedy była zależna od tekstu utworu)
 Rytmika ustalona: (związana z określonym metrum, od XII/XIII w., kiedy powstała muz. wielogłosowa i zapis rytmiczny stał się koniecznością)
Rytmikę ustaloną możemy podzielić na:
 Rytmikę zmienną
 Rytmikę okresową
Okresowa dzieli się zaś na:
 motoryczna (jednolite, drobne wartości, wrażenie ruchu)
 miarowa (odznacza się jednostajnością i podkreśleniem/zaznaczeniem miar taktu)
 taneczna (zawiera charakterystyczne wartości dla danego tańca)
 marszowa (zawiera rytm punktowany)

Harmonika
Harmonika to element dzieła muzycznego, który porządkuje współbrzmienia dźwięków w pionie (wertykalnie). Ze względu na rozwój historyczny muzyki wyróżnia się harmonikę:
 modalną – od ok. IX do XVI w. Opiera się na 8 skalach kościelnych. Odgrywała wówczas mniejszą rolę, była wypadkową współbrzmiących melodii;
 funkcyjną – od ok. XII do początków XX w. Opiera się na dwóch skalach: durowej i molowej. Na wszystkich stopniach tych skal budowane są akordy. Akordy główne to tonika, subdominanta i dominanta. Pozostałe zwane są akordami pobocznymi. Między akordami istnieją ściśle określone stosunki, spełniające również funkcje kumulowania napięć;
 pofunkcyjną – XX w. Wszystkie współbrzmienia i akordy wykorzystywane są na równych prawach i traktowane jak plamy dźwiękowane. Wzajemne ich stosunki ulegają zupełnemu rozluźnieniu. Dominują dysonanse i klastery. Taka harmonika może być np. sonorystyczna(używanie niekonwencjonalnych metod wydobycia dźwięku, np. uderzanie w instrument), atonalna (brak tonacji)

Dynamika
Dynamika to element regulujący natężenie (głośność) dźwięku. Oznaczenia dynamiczne to skróty od włoskich słów, np. p (piano – cicho), f (forte – głośno). Stopniowe zmiany głośności określamy słowami crescendo, gdy głośniej i decrescendo (lub diminuendo) gdy ciszej.
Działanie dynamiki w utworze wpływa na oddanie nastroju i podkreślenie kontrastów.
Dynamikę można podzielić na:
 jednorodną
 płaszczyznową
 falującą

Agogika
Agogika (tempo) –  termin "agogika" został wprowadzony do teorii muzyki przez H. Riemanna (Musikalische Dynamik und Agogik, 1884). Pierwotnie dotyczył zmian szybkości wykonywania utwory (tempa), obecnie rozumiany jest szerzej i dotyczy także określenia samego tempa.

Tempo utworu można wyrażać na 3 sposoby:
 Za pomocą metronomu,
 Za pomocą słownych określeń włoskich:
 largo – bardzo wolno
 adagio – powoli
 andante – wolno
 moderato – umiarkowanie
 allegretto – szybciej niż moderato
 allegro – żywo, prędko
 presto – bardzo szybko
 prestissimo – jak najszybciej
 przez określenie, jak długo ma trwać cały utwór. (np. 10' circa - około 10 minut)
Pierwszy i trzeci sposób wyznaczają tempo bezwzględnie, drugi sposób określa charakter (indywidualne odczucie tempa), obecnie odnosi się także do wartości metronomicznej (poszczególnym nazwom słownym odpowiadają zakresy temp metronomicznych).

Odchylenia od tempa polegają na jego zmianach w trakcie utworu (stopniowych i nagłych), oznaczanych za pomocą słownych określeń włoskich:

 ritenuto, ritardando, rallentando, callando - oznaczają stopniowe zwalnianie tempa
 accelerando, stretto - oznaczają stopniowe przyśpieszanie tempa
 piu mosso - oznacza nagłe przyśpieszenie tempa
 meno mosso, sostenuto - oznaczają nagłe zwolnienie tempa
 a tempo - powrót do poprzedniego tempa utworu po jego zmianie
 rubato, tempo di rubato - określenie chwilowych wahań tempa związanych z treścią utworu
 określenie nowego tempa dla fragmentu utworu (np. Adagio, Lento, Presto, Doppio movimento - tempo 2 razy szybsze)

Artykulacja
Artykulacja – element dzieła muzycznego określający sposób wydobycia dźwięku. Grając na różnych instrumentach można wyróżnić trzy podstawowe rodzaje artykulacji:
 legato – łącząc dźwięki ze sobą (wł: legare – łączyć)
 staccato – odrywając dźwięki od siebie
 portato – sposób pośredni między legato a staccato

Inne sposoby wydobycia dźwięku charakterystyczne dla danych instrumentów.
 arco – gra smyczkiem
 pizzicato – szarpanie struny palcem
 col legno – uderzanie strun drzewcem smyczka
 flażolet – lekkie dotknięcie struny w odpowiednim miejscu, dające w efekcie wyższe brzmienie dźwięku
 con sordino – gra przy użyciu tłumika
 tremolo – szybkie powtarzanie jednego lub kilku dźwięków (wł: tremolo – trząść się)
 glissando – płynne przejście z jednego dźwięku na drugi, charakterystyczne dla instrumentów smyczkowych i dętych.
 arpeggio – niejednoczesne wykonanie akordu, charakterystyczne dla harfy.

Kolorystyka
Kolorystyka (barwa dźwięku) to element dzieła muzycznego związany z barwą dźwięku. Melodia wykonana na fortepianie będzie miała inne brzmienie niż ta sama melodia zagrana przez orkiestrę. Kolorystyka jest nierozerwalnie związana ze środkami wykonawczymi. O zmianie barwy może decydować np. zmiana rejestru na danym instrumencie, różne rodzaje artykulacji, różne zestawienia instrumentów itd.

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After AP exams this year students rushed to the internet. In specific, students turned to Twitter to find memes of questions on their tests. This trend has become increasingly popular in recent years mostly after PSAT's and AP tests. By looking up #AP followed by the name of the course, or a shortened name for the course for example #APLit for AP Literature thousands of memes show up.
The most popular memes were for the harder free response questions because students all over Twitter can relate to not knowing the answer. For example, people thought that the second essay on the Psych exam was more difficult. When looking up #APPsych, the top results are the memes about Sachio, who was the main topic of the second essay. "I had no idea how to do the Sachio essay so at least I got to see some jokes on Twitter after to make up for it," junior Griffin Kirsch said.
A Twitter account called @OfficialSachio and has tweeted almost 400 times about one single essay.
Another example is on the AB Calculus exam where there were two questions, one about a potato and one about a banana. Both got lots of fame on Twitter.
Even though there are memes made for the vast majority of writing prompts, and even lots of multiple choice questions, all students who wanted their exams scored signed an agreement that they would not talk about or release any part of the test. Some students even block College Board on Twitter because they want to be able to post memes without having anything happen to their score.
Writing prompts were released within a few days of the test for each class, but the memes for them were out within a few minutes of students leaving the test. "While waiting for my friend to take me home I was looking at memes for the NSL exam because people in different testing centers finished way before us," sophomore Jared Rabin said.
Posting memes is a direct violation of what the students signed, but College Board has never done anything about it. "I never post memes after my AP tests because I do not want anything happening to my scores, but I do enjoy looking through them," junior Trent Folk said.
The only negative part to the memes being posted is that it breaks a violation, but no disciplinary action has ever been taken. When students take a makeup exam they take an entirely different test, and there has never been a reused multiple choice question.
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ASB Classic 2018 byl od roku 1981 potřetí společně hraný tenisový turnaj mužského okruhu ATP World Tour a ženského okruhu WTA Tour, konaný na dvorcích s tvrdým povrchem Plexicushion v areálu ASB Tennis Centre. Probíhal mezi 1. až 13. lednem 2018 v největším novozélandském městě Aucklandu jako čtyřicátý druhý ročník mužské části turnaje a třicátý třetí ročník ženské poloviny.

Mužská polovina se řadila do kategorie ATP World Tour 250 a její dotace činila 561 345 amerických dolarů. Ženská část s rozpočtem 250 000 dolarů byla  součástí kategorie WTA International Tournaments. Nejvýše nasazeným tenistou ve dvouhře se stal osmý hráč světa Jack Sock ze Spojených států.  Mezi ženami roli jedničky plnila třetí žena žebříčku Caroline Wozniacká z Dánska, která skončila jako poražená finalistka a po turnaji se posunula na druhou příčku klasifikace. Jako poslední přímá účastnice do dvouhry nastoupila japonská 102. hráčka žebříčku Kurumi Narová a mezi muži tuto pozici obsadil argentinský 64. tenista klasifikace Guido Pella.

Sedmou singlovou trofej z okruhu ATP Tour a druhou z ASB Classic si odvezl Španěl Roberto Bautista Agut, jenž tak v Aucklandu prodloužil neporazitelnost na deset utkání. Pátý singlový titul na okruhu WTA Tour získala Němka Julia Görgesová, která vyhrála třetí turnaj za sebou a posunula se na nové kariérní maximum, 12. příčku světové klasifikace. Druhé turnajové vítězství v mužské čtyřhře v řadě získala rakousko-chorvatská dvojice Oliver Marach a Mate Pavić, která v předchozím týdnu ovládla Qatar ExxonMobil Open. Premiérovou společnou trofej z ženské čtyřhry vybojoval pár složený z bývalé italské světové jedničky ve čtyřhře Sary Erraniové a Nizozemky Bibiany Schoofsové.

Rozdělení bodů a finančních odměn

Rozdělení bodů

Dvouhra mužů

Nasazení

Jiné formy účasti
Následující hráči obdrželi divokou kartu do hlavní soutěže:
  Stefanos Tsitsipas
  Wu I-ping
  Michael Venus

Z kvalifikace postoupí alespoň čtyři hráči:
  Radu Albot
  Rogério Dutra da Silva
  Casper Ruud
  Tim Smyczek

Mužská čtyřhra

Nasazení

Jiné formy účasti
Následující páry obdržely divokou kartu do hlavní soutěže:
  Leander Paes /  Purav Radža
  Jack Sock /  Jackson Withrow

Ženská dvouhra

Nasazení

Jiné formy účasti
Následující hráčky obdržely divokou kartu do hlavní soutěže:
  Sara Erraniová
  Sofia Keninová
  Jade Lewisová

Následující hráčky si zajistily postup do hlavní soutěže v kvalifikaci:
  Ysaline Bonaventureová
  Jana Fettová
  Viktória Kužmová
  Sachia Vickeryová

Ženská čtyřhra

Nasazení

Jiné formy účasti
Následující páry obdržely divokou kartu do hlavní soutěže:
  Paige Mary Houriganová /  Erin Routliffeová
  Hsieh Shu-ying /  Jade Lewisová

Přehled finále

Mužská dvouhra

  Roberto Bautista Agut vs.  Juan Martín del Potro, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Ženská dvouhra

  Julia Görgesová vs.  Caroline Wozniacká, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Mužská čtyřhra

  Oliver Marach /  Mate Pavić vs.  Max Mirnyj /  Philipp Oswald, 6–4, 5–7, [10–7]

Ženská čtyřhra

  Sara Erraniová /  Bibiane Schoofsová vs.  Eri Hozumiová /  Miju Katová, 7–5, 6–1

Reference

ATP World Tour 2018
WTA Tour 2018
Tenis na Novém Zélandu v roce 2018


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Posts tagged 'Oireachtas Commission'
Junket Johnny
Taken from the http://thestory.ie/
… Get up them stairs, Johnny
[Thanks to IrishElection for the clip of Junket Johnny O'Donoghue speaking today before his resignation. I'm going to assume he didn't need a limo to get from the chair to the backbenches.]
His speech reeked of a sense of entitlement that appears to have polluted parliament to a massive degree. The anecdotal evidence that Fine Gaelers are amongst the deputies giving Labour TDs the cold shoulder following Eamon Gilmore's intervention last week speaks volumes. I suspect this abuse of the expenses system is not solely a Fianna Fáil problem, they just happen to have been in Government the last eleven years.
In his address Junket Johnny reminded us of the various ways he'd been hard-done-by by the the meeja and d'Opposition.
"When the public mood changed… I attempted to put my case to the appropriate body, established by the House for oversight of expenditure, the Oireachtas Commission. I was denied that opportunity by some members of this house who decided to act without giving me a hearing."
Firstly, the Oireachtas Commission is not responsible for oversight of his expenses, the Dáil clerk does that job. Oddly, the Ceann Chomhairle is the man in charge of the Dáil clerk, so he'd hardly be the best man judge to Junket Johnny.
Secondly, the Oireachtas Commission sits in private and it is made up of TDs and senators, who hardly have the moral authority to rule in this situation. Asking for a closed court, which publishes no transcripts, on a matter of such interest to the public, was ridiculous and demeaning.
And thirdly, John O'Donoghue had months to speak on this issue publicly and refused to. Clearly, he was in avoidance mode – his excuse that his position was above politics held no water. Even when he was doorstepped in Listowel by RTÉ he barely recognised how ridiculous his expenses were seen to be by the general public.
The man formerly known as 'Zero' (for his zero tolerance stance on crime against the common man while justice minister, oh the irony) then spoke about the distortion of the truth around his expenses.
I loved two parts in particular. "While I was Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism I was on 14 international flights on the Government jet over a five-year period" he said. He failed to mention that in the two years he was Ceann Chomhairle he charged the taxpayers for 186 internal flights. 44 of which were taken by his wife.
Similarly, while he claimed the cost of his hotel rooms in Cannes and Venice were wrongly reported, he didn't mention the €250 spent on water taxis in Venice or that he spent €492 on room service and dining in one night on another trip. His defense was selective because he was trying to defend the indefensible.
Over all, it's clear John O'Donoghue's head is still buried in the sand, like that of many of his Dáil colleagues. Nobody believes he was, or is, value for money. Nobody believes he "volunteered" his expenses – on the day before the Lisbon result, three hours after they were released to Ken Foxe of The Sunday Tribune, at the cost of €600. The revelations about John O'Donoghue will not end here. He remains in public office. His expenses remain unvouched.
"Everything was within the guidelines. I gained no enrichment from this", he said. 'Enrichment' is word that does not relate solely to monetary gain, I suspect he did not suffer, or become overworked, when attending some of the most extravagant race meetings the world over. And he may have acted within the guidelines, but that does not make his expense level justifiable, he was supposed to be 'value for money'.
Opacity breeds distrust, distrust breeds cynicism. Public cynicism burns through the social contract. If trust in the political process is not restored through more transparent governance, we're in serious trouble.
I couldnt agree with you more!
1, John O'Donoghue
Ceann Chomhairle
Dáil clerk
John O'Donoghue
Oireachtas Commission
SCAM,SCAM,SCAM!
The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, has said the issue of Oireachtas expenses had to be put into perspective.
Mr Lenihan was speaking after the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, Tom O'Higgins, said his proposals to reform the system governing expenses for TDs and Senators were ignored by the commission.
Mr O'Higgins explained why he resigned in a letter which was disclosed to the Irish Times following a Freedom of Information request.
These guys will have to be brought kicking and screaming from their lucrative expenses rip-off
They have shown yesterday their total contempt of the taxpayers of this country by showing their support for the disgraceful behaviour of the CEANN Comhairle John O'Donoghue
It comes as no surprise to me that Mr.O Donoghue walks away with a (see Link) lavish payoff
Again curtsey of his pals on the same scam!
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lavish payoffs
Tom O'Higgins


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Is Australia becoming a surveillance state?
With new powers granted to law enforcement agencies in Australia, we examine what this could mean for digital rights in the country
by: Zach Marzouk
At the end of August, the Australian Parliament passed the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2021 granting the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) extensive new powers.
Senator Lidia Thorpe, the Australian Greens spokesperson for Justice, said the bill enables both law enforcement agencies to be "judge, jury, and executioner", adding there's no explanation as to why these powers are necessary. She also highlighted that allies like Canada, New Zealand, the UK and US don't grant their own law enforcement these rights.
With this bill being brought into law with cross-party support, is Australia moving closer to being a surveillance state?
All eyes on Australia
The bill takes surveillance of Australian citizens to the next level, says Ljiljana Brankovic, a professor at the faculty of Engineering and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle. She says that Australian citizens can now have their communications listened to, data on their computers altered, added, copied, and deleted, and their social media accounts closed and their identities impersonated.
"Initially, it was alleged that this bill would only apply to terrorism, paedophile rings and drug trafficking; however, it's applicable to all serious crimes, that is, crimes for which the maximum penalty is at least 3 years," she explains.
Australia steps closer to cross-border data transfers with US
One of Brankovic's concerns is that data disruption and network activity warrants can be issued by a nominated Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) member instead of a judge or magistrate.She says that where it's impractical to prepare a sworn affidavit specifying the grounds of the warrant and how it would assist in preventing the offence, it's possible to obtain one without it, and submit it retroactively within 72 hours. Also, if applying for a warrant isn't practical, an emergency authorisation may be issued.
Another concern is that there are provisions for offences that "are likely to be committed", says Brankovic. "Preventing a deadly terrorist attack is one thing but seizing data on one's computer because they are deemed to be likely to evade tax in the future is a quite different thing; it's up to a nominated Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) member to decide which to approve," she says.
Brankovic underlines that warrants could also lead to a breach of privacy of a suspect's associates who use the same computer or communicate with the suspect online.
She says it appears the cost of privacy breaches will be borne by the victims rather than the AFP or ACIC, noting that this can be quite high.
Hybrid cloud for video surveillance
What it is and why you'll want one
The bill had bipartisan support with dissenting voices few and far between, says Brankovic highlighting that this is not out of character for the country. She points out that Austrlalia does not have a national Bill of Rights and that it has introduced 92 counter-terrorism laws since 2001.
Through these new powers, once police want to check someone's information, there is no way to protect their privacy other than not posting this information on the internet, says James Kang, a lecturer in computing and security at Edith Cowan University.
He says that although cyber crime can be disrupted, forcing criminals to find other ways to carry out their activities, the biggest concern in terms of security is if police data systems are compromised, giving hackers access to data harvested through the legislation. To avoid this, the police should implement hardened security measures to protect the information, he says.
UK 'mass surveillance' regime is illegal, EU court declares
Kang adds that it's debatable if there is a need for the bill, as it gives police powers to improve public safety, but privacy can be compromised. He explains that to counteract terrorism or crimes, police will need the ability to access data quickly as the crime is now becoming more difficult to detect and prevent.
"In my personal opinion, yes it's required. However it should be thoroughly audited and managed not to misuse the power by police," he says.
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself
Every increase in state surveillance has a democratic cost, and we must not underestimate the extent of that cost, according to Kieran Pender, a senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC). Pender says surveillance powers intrude on people's privacy and have a chilling effect on the exercise of political rights.
Pender believes the powers in the law should have been narrowed to what is strictly necessary and subject to robust safeguards, which is why the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security unanimously recommended significant changes to the bill.
"It's alarming that, instead of accepting the committee's recommendations and allowing time for scrutiny of subsequent amendments, the Morrison government rushed these laws through parliament in less than 24 hours," says Pender.
He adds that the government has consistently failed to ensure robust safeguards to minimise the adverse impact of new surveillance powers, and the bill continues this "deeply troubling trend". Although he welcomes the safeguards for journalists and whistleblowers, which were only added after the bill was reviewed, Pender says it highlights the lack of wider entrenched safeguards for press freedom and free speech in Australia.
"By enacting wide-ranging surveillance and secrecy laws in the absence of federal human rights laws, successive governments have put the cart before the horse. Australians urgently need protections for fundamental human rights like a Charter of Human Rights," he explains.
Building the apparatus of control
The bill brings Australia a step closer to becoming a surveillance state, says Raman Jit Singh Chima, senior international counsel and Asia Pacific policy director at Access Now. Chima believes it amplifies the government's powers without adequate limitations, undermines encryption, and endangers human rights.
"It imperils citizens' digital privacy and security by conferring unprecedented hacking powers on law enforcement agencies," he says. "Any device, online network or account, including social media profiles, used by people in Australia, is now vulnerable to hacking by authorities without any meaningful limitations and safeguards."
US and Australia arrest 'hundreds' in encrypted messaging sting
Chima doesn't think the hacking bill should have been passed as it enables surveillance overreach, puts people's digital privacy and security at risk, and further strengthens the government's already problematic surveillance powers, which he says need to be restricted and not enhanced.
It's concerning, he adds, because it's part of a larger apparatus of laws authorising expansive surveillance that are on the rise in the country, including the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 (TOLA). Chima underlines that TOLA has previously been criticised for its adverse impact on privacy, security, and freedom of expression.
"The hacking bill, alongside TOLA, would make it unreasonably difficult to implement end-to-end encryption in Australia, which is important, not only for protecting privacy, free expression, and other human rights, but also for bulwarking the economy, preserving democracy, and ensuring national security," he says.
Chima says the review of the bill showed lawmakers are increasingly aware of the significant, unchecked powers that Australian police and executive actors are demanding. This concern, however, has only so far manifested in efforts to make minor fixes or cuts to proposals, instead of taking on the wider review and reform of the country's surveillance ecosystem that's drastically required.
The only way to ensure long-term safety, says Chima, is for the public to push back against the implementation of the bill and demand TOLA be repealed, or at the very least demand amendments to implement meaningful limitations and safeguards. These include independent judicial oversight and adherence with the principles of necessity and proportionality.
"Australians have to stand up to ensure their lawmakers prioritise a comprehensive review and amendment of Australian surveillance law, including stricter controls and improved human rights protections," says Chima.
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 24D) "I'm good. I don't need your help."
A Blip on the Radar (Part 24 D)
Part 24 D: "I'm good. I don't need your help. Can't you see that, numb nuts??"
As we readied ourselves for another Tuna Boat take-off, I watched my… (student?)(candidate?)(ward?) carefully. My hands were very close to the controls. I knew, in my heart, that I didn't trust him. I wanted to, but bitter experience had placed me on guard. More and more, I found the thought of his flying alone off another Tuna Boat utterly frightening. I knew I had an uphill battle on my hands. My Boss was totally determined to have this fine fellow summarily checked out, and dispatched asap to the next available open slot on a Tuna Boat. That could come any day. Our pilot turnover was high. People burned out, or got into arguments with crew and captains.
The average stay out in the Tuna Fields was measured in months, not years. Frequently, it just didn't work out.
He wound the throttle up to full RPM. The machine quivered in excitement, as if it sensed imminent Freedom from the steel deck. She wanted to fly…
But did I? With him?
Now it was time to ease up the collective. Just 'ease'. The machine was becoming light. She was almost flying…
Steady… steady…
All he needed now was to maintain a position over the same spot on the helideck, and continue to ease up on the collective lever.
But it wasn't to be…
The machine started to slither backwards, and instantly, as I had seen him do so many times before, he snatched in more collective. It would have been a LOT more collective, and it would have resulted in a lot more yaw, but for the fact that steadying hands came on the controls.
My hands…
I sighed inwardly. The Law of Primacy was in evidence again. What you learn first, especially bad habits, allowed by an indifferent instructor, can be the very devil to correct. I've seen it many, many times, in a host of different manifestations. A helicopter pilot MUST, at the critical moment, when he is really light on the skids, about to lift off, be shown by a good instructor how to correct for an unexpected drift sideways or backwards.
DO NOT… snatch at the controls. DO NOT… continue the take off and 'fight it'.
Dude, just ease down a fraction on the collective lever. Re-attach the bird to the deck. Re-position the controls slightly, and try again.
It sounds simple, because it is. But a pilot who has NOT been shown this from the very beginning, will often develop a mindset which says: "FIGHT IT". The result is a tense take off. And the very fact that he is anticipating a "fight" makes him tense up, which in itself is more likely to cause… a sideways or backward drift. The relaxed student, on the other hand, who has been shown this little trick from the outset, applies it instinctively. He ends up being a far better pilot, much more relaxed, and inclined to not be nearly so tense…
My hands… but what would have happened if I had not been there? What would this chap get himself into if he was allowed to sail on his own boat?
We continued the take-off. It was wooden affair. If only he would relax on the controls….
A good hour later, we had flown a series of ragged approaches and landings. They were not very good. Poorly coordinated. Lumpy. Frequently out of balance. And the conditions we were flying in were borderline ideal. He should have been doing well. The ship was moored, and the wind was just a minor breeze. But I sensed great satisfaction on his part. And he was impatient with me. He had a tendency to want to 'high hover' in, using a lot of power. Instead of keeping the approach going smoothly, in a shallow descent. With a more moderate power setting. He was becoming strangely arrogant, the more he felt that HE was beginning to master it, and I, bloody fellow, was merely holding him back… When I did get him to fly a steeper approach, with a more pronounced descent angle, he was likely to build up a horrendous sink rate. Then, upon realizing his error, he would be inclined to haul back on the cyclic, and thus pitch the nose up, and the tail down. Now he was setting himself up for a tail rotor strike…
But of course, that was all my fault. If only I would "let him fly the helicopter". Translated, what that really meant was:
"I'm good. I don't need your help. Can't you see that, numb nuts??"
More and more, I knew I was going to have to resolutely confront my Boss about this Tuna Field candidate.
And it was to this end that I was making copious written notes…
Lunch time was coming up, and I suggested we break off the practice landings, and just fly around for ten minutes, before breaking for tsuh-wann.
He nodded, and commenced a lazy orbit. This took him past some nearby Tuna boats. Below I could see some of his mates come up to the helideck, and start waving.
A big smile spread over his face.
Soon he was setting us up for a "fly by". Silently, without a word, I watched. He was totally pre-occupied with his audience. He was waving like a Royal. Slower and slower we went. Now we were down to two hundred feet. The speed was bleeding steadily off. Fifty knots. Forty knots. Thirty… But he hadn't looked inside for a while now. He was half hanging out the bubble. We were flying doors off, and his arm waved gaily at his best muckers below.
Still slower. I knew there was an onshore breeze of eight to ten knots. We were heading towards the shore. He was setting us up for a down wind, low, slow fly by. Alarm bells were going off in my mind.
But not in his…
I watched silently, and thought back to another student of mine. Arthur. My friend of the "over backwards autorotation". Who I had let go as far as I had dared. Until I honestly thought I had better get involved, or he would kill us both… Another story. I'll tell it, some day.
Twenty knots…
And still he hung out the open door, waving. A truly magnificent smile on his face. I wondered if that was how he had greeted the native villagers up in the mountains. The great Chief in the Sky, coming in his chariot, waving gloriously at the unwashed masses huddled below…
Fifteen knots…
We were experiencing the first bumps as we started losing translational lift. Surely he would look inside now…
The alarm bells in my mind were now jumbo sized claxons, with red lights flashing everywhere.
More bumps… a little jolt. A shake. A quiver. The poor little helicopter was trying to talk to its Master.
Hey Boss, I'm beginning to struggle here…
No reaction. He was totally transfixed by the figures on the helideck below. He had not looked inside since the air speed dipped below fifty knots.
Twelve knots…
The helicopter was shaking now. Surely, surely, he would realize something was amiss. I was itching to grab the controls, but aware that I should give him every opportunity to learn from this.
Ten knots…
Now it was getting to be dangerous. We had a breeze from our six o'clock, and he was holding two hundred feet. The aircraft was trading speed off to maintain height. But he didn't know…
Eight knots… seven… five….
The airspeed was bleeding off to zero. I was silently coiled like a spring. The machine was now clearly sending signals that something was horribly wrong. She was shaking her head, trembling, struggling…
And STILL he waved the Royal Wave out the door.
Unbelievable. No clue. Absolutely no clue…
We were now seconds away from losing all airspeed. What was going to happen now was a "partial unknown".
For sure, the machine was so far above HOGE capabilities, that there was "no way, Jose" that we could maintain a hover. But the result would be interesting. No machine quietly and gently sinks downwards when it can't hover anymore. It would be nice if that were to be the case. If we knew that a helicopter merely maintains its heading, and gently sinks, when it loses HOGE capability. If that were the case, then many hundreds of deceased helicopter pilots (and their passengers) would be alive today. A pilot could then afford to ignore HOGE considerations, knowing that all he had to do was recover from the gentle, steady descent. It would be nice…
The truth is that loss of airspeed above HOGE can transform a hitherto gentle beast of burden into a raging, demented, wildly gyrating Chamber of Death. There is no Rule Book anymore. Nobody can tell you exactly what is going to happen. But we can give you an approximation… I stared at the airspeed indicator, now trembling towards zero, and thought back…
Memories of the past. Faces from the past. Accident reports from the past…
There was my Commercial License student who told me how he had crashed in the Swiss Alps, at an altitude of twelve thousand feet. In a Robinson R-22. With his Swiss instructor. There was still a haunting fear in his eyes, as he relived his story. He told me how they had been glorying in the mind blowing beauty of the mountains, and taking pictures. The little Robinson had been purring along quite happily, docile and obedient. Never a worry. Somehow, they had allowed themselves to become distracted. Somehow they had not realized they were flying downwind. Trying to get that perfect angle for the shot, they had unintentionally entered the Forbidden Zone. Trying to hover way (way!) above HOGE capability. With a tailwind. Ooh-la-la….
It had happened in an instant. Normality had exploded. Mind numbing terror had spun the machine around like a top. They had swopped ends multiple times, in a crazy, headlong, death defying, dizzying descent. He told me how he had been frozen in terror, unable to move a muscle, or spark a neuron. His brain was stalled. His mind mushed. He had seen the glacier coming up at them at a crazy angle, through the side window. The instructor had been fighting on the controls. Screaming in sudden terror. They had impacted heavily into the snow, which had miraculously cushioned the crash. With the helicopter lying on its side, the machine had beaten itself noisily to death…
He showed me the photos of the crash site. They were lucky. Very, very lucky to be alive. He knew it. He told me quietly that his instructor had stopped flying from that day on. Never again…
And there was the unspeakable Law Enforcement tragedy. A newly minted Commercial Helicopter Pilot, young, inexperienced, caught up in the flurry and excitement of his very first Law Enforcement "mission". Two fatals. Slowing down. Slowing down. At night. Trying to hover… ?
Pre-occupied with aiming a spotlight at a house. In a little Enstrom… Ooh-la-la…
And there was my bold buddy… in his little Hughes 300…. Taking photos over a lake….
Meeting Death when he least expected it. Along with his passenger. Same cause. Same, innocent, young pilot mistake.
Ooh-la-la…
Not good. Preventable. But easily done. Easily….
I stared at the airspeed indicator, now trembling towards zero…
The machine was already fish tailing gently, ready to swop ends and dive-spin-pirouette crazily for the hungry waves below.
And still he waved at his buddies below… and smiled…
and smiled…


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Designed Synthesis of a 2D Porphyrin-Based sp2 Carbon-Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework for Heterogeneous Photocatalysis.
Chen R1, Shi JL1, Ma Y2, Lin G1, Lang X1, Wang C1.
Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
Corrosion and Protection Center, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
The construction of stable covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for various applications is highly desirable. Herein, we report the synthesis of a novel two-dimensional (2D) porphyrin-based sp2 carbon-conjugated COF (Por-sp2 c-COF), which adopts an eclipsed AA stacking structure with a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of 689 m2 g-1 . Owing to the C=C linkages, Por-sp2 c-COF shows a high chemical stability under various conditions, even under harsh conditions such as 9 m HCl and 9 m NaOH solutions. Interestingly, Por-sp2 c-COF can be used as a metal-free heterogeneous photocatalyst for the visible-light-induced aerobic oxidation of amines to imines. More importantly, in comparison to imine-linked Por-COF, the inherent structure of Por-sp2 c-COF equips it with several advantages as a photocatalyst, including reusability and high photocatalytic performance. This clearly demonstrates that sp2 carbon-linked 2D COFs can provide an interesting platform for heterogeneous photocatalysis.


CNC machines are very safe to use as they are designed to be as safe as possible. One of the main advantages of CNC machines is that they are much safer than manually operated machines. The animation below shows a Boxford A3 HSRi² CNC Router with many of its safety features labelled.
1. Most modern CNC machines are designed so that the cutting tool will not start unless the guard is in position. Also, the best CNC machines automatically lock the guard in position whilst the cutter is shaping material. The guard can only be opened if the cutter has stopped.
2. It is essential that pupils / students / machine operators receive 'quality' instruction before attempting to use any CNC equipment.
3. CNC routers, used for shaping materials such as woods and plastics, have built in extraction. Dust can be very dangerous if inhaled and can also cause eye irritation. The CNC Router shown above has an outlet for an extraction unit. As the router is fully enclosed, dust cannot escape into the atmosphere. If an extraction unit is attached the dust is removed automatically. Most manually operated machine routers have very limited extraction systems which leave some dust in the air.
4. The CNC router above has a single phase electrical supply. Most older machines such as manually operated milling machines and centre lathes have three phase supplies. A single phase electrical supply can be 'plugged' into any available socket. The electrical supply for the machine comes through a residual circuit breaker (RCB). If an electrical fault develops the RCB will cut off electrical power immediately.
5. Single phase CNC machines can be moved more easily because they are simply unplugged and relocated. Three phase machines are specially wired by an electrician into the electrical supply and cannot be unplugged.
6. Most CNC machines work behind a guard or even a closed, transparent safety door. This means that the operated cannot be hurt by 'flying' pieces of sharp/hot material.
7. Commonsense applies to the use of all machines including CNC machines. Basic safety training regarding working in a workshop and with other machines applies to CNC machines as well.
1. List the safety features of a typical CNC Machine.
2. Draw a simplified diagram of a CNC machine and point out it's safety features. Explain each feature.


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