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My name is David Daniel Ball I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence.
I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections.
I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. I had reported the issue responsibly and had not known I'd blown the whistle. The embarrassed left wing government had responded by imposition of a nationwide ban on the use of peanut butter in canteens, despite failing to address the issue of peanut allergy appropriately.
I've been de-platformed on Facebook and twitter despite not being an activist. Twitter did not like me asking for Obama to face justice in 2011. FB gave no specific reason for removing me following Jan 6th 2021 in Washington DC where a policeman killed an unarmed woman, so a crowd would know he was in control.
A successful withdrawal was what was engineered at Gallipolli, where, over three days troops pulled out of defended positions and left on ships .. nobody died. That was war. Nobody was left behind. Because of the failure, WW1 was prolonged another two and a half years, Russia collapsed etc etc. The price of failure was big. But the retreat was a success. In contrast, Biden's retreat was utter failure in Afghanistan.
Editorial on Covid policy failure
It is apparent COVID policy is political, not health related. However health advice has been political and not health related. Public health has been corrupted. Media has failed. Judiciary is corrupt. Defence is incompetent. The thin blue line has been cut. And, elder abuse is apparent from the Presidential office through to the ordinary NYC retirement home. On the plus side, there is an emerging possibility of an empty gesture securing the white house for womyn on behalf of one raised in Canada. Dan Andrews' lockdown has cancelled AA meetings. Go the beers. Playgrounds have been shut down state wide and even a curfew has been re-imposed. There is no science showing any such measure addresses COVID, but we know it allows the government to assert authority.
https://rumble.com/vlxs1g-editorial-on-covid-policy-failure.html
Editorial Biden's Afghan failure culminated from Obama's Afghan lies
Afghanistan is in flames as Biden begins bombing runs on terrorists as he seeks to negotiate with them. US soldiers have been killed after a strategic error left an exposed airport the only means of Americans and their allies to flee. Biden says those that remained behind wanted to, after fleeing Afghans clinging to a wing and fuselage of an aircraft plummet to their deaths. After Biden had said the Afghan government would stand following US withdrawal. US left behind billions of dollars of weapons Chicago gangs look on with shock and awe. The Taliban will not use a fleet of Blackhawk helicopters. China will.
So who is responsible for the failure? According to Biden, the buck stops with him, and he views it as a Dunkirk like success, when he is not looking at his watch waiting for mourning to end of soldiers that died in his service. Biden also feels any mistake was made by Donald Trump as NK begins nuclear weapons work. The US military have included critical junior officers in their lists of personal pronouns for enemies. What is a personal pronoun for a failed President?
Editorial on God In answer to Dinesh Dsousa's article
The God the atheists refute is not real, but is a ridiculous, impossible figure. God is real. God as He is revealed in the Bible is a fact. However, as ridiculous as the atheists arguments are, they are instructive. God made a bridge He could not cross (man's rejection of Him). God bridged that gap with Jesus. Thing is, atheists don't believe that that gap is real.
In my Sermon on a Miracle I describe how God gave a childless woman who could not bear children, prayed for children, family. He did that. And he did not use supernatural measures.
God is real. God does the impossible. God is not subject to our demands. God answers prayer. Sometimes bad people prosper for a time. All those statements are true.
God is worthy of praise. Atheists don't see it, but they have countless examples of it, from their own lives to the works of those they admire. In the Revelations of the Holy Spirit I underscore and outline some of what God does that even atheists call for.
We need god, but even in a world without God, there is a need for Him.
In the Law it is written:
“With other tongues
and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
but even then they will not listen to me,
says the Lord.”
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”
Good Order in Worship
What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.
Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command. But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
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Swamp Watch
Biden’s Many Lies on Afghanistan
Taliban Spokesperson Warns U.S. Not to Interfere With Their Culture and Treatment of Women
Biden’s Deputy Secretary Of State Is Invested In A Firm Flagged As A “Tool” Of The Chinese Communist Party
The Qanon Shaman Is Likely Getting Three Years in Jail
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Dems Sneak Female Draft Into Defense Bill
National Security
Biden’s Alleged Mission to Evacuate U.S. Citizens From Afghanistan Has Only Been 90% Completed
Coast Guard Sued By Families of 34 Who Died in Conception Dive Boat Disaster
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Report: 30 U.S. School Children Still Left Behind In Afghanistan
Former National Security Adviser Calls for Accountability of Senior Military Leadership Regarding Afghanistan
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Europe’s Presence in the South China Sea
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Afghan Women Take to the Streets to Protest, Demand Equal Rights From Taliban
India Will Begin Allowing Women to Join Top Defense Institutions
Opinion
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Derrick Parks: Everyone Should Be Allowed to Achieve Wealth
Michael Barone: Joe Biden Is No Jimmy Carter
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NHL Plans To Harshly Punish Unvaccinated Players This Season
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Mets Keep on Rolling With Sweep Of Marlins
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===1. Covid. Americans & Ruskies both understand you can't put all your trust in government, as they lead the world in skepticism toward the vaccine. https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/politicizing-medicine/comments
2. Legal. Seattle Mayor sued for firing workers when workers tried to comply with sunshine FOIA open records laws. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21055221-irwin-ferreiro-lawsuit
3. Economic. After a job report that had 500,000 fewer jobs than expected, wage reports show workers losing the battle against inflation. Note the wage growth slowed as soon as Biden took office. https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2021/real-hourly-earnings-down-1-2-percent-for-year-ending-july-2021.htm
4. Political. Another politician discovers lockdowns and mandates are not as popular as the media and political class convinced them it was. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/early-canada-election-call-backfires-trudeau-who-now-trails-polls-2021-09-03/
5. Cultural. Disney's movies continue to be financial flops, while the media tries to gaslight the country in thinking the opposite.
*Bonus: A true Tennessean. https://www.newser.com/story/310348/civilian-helicopter-pilot-saved-17-in-tennessee-floods.html
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Hysterical news reporting on COVID, masks and medication is not funny.
People are dying. Children have their futures taken from them. Partisan news and scientific authorities lie about results.
Here, News.com.au attempt to shame a politician for 'promoting vaccination resistance'
Why not just report public debate and let adults decide?
Live Science promote this article as proof that masks are effective. Only, the study does not show that. The study shows that masks are effective in densely populated areas of COVID sick, like surgical hospital wards. Not in general community. The skeptics have been saying that it is inappropriate to mandate masks. Not that surgeons should not use masks.
Why not just report public debate and let adults decide?
Live Science promote this article as proof that masks are effective. Only, the study does not show that. The study shows that masks are effective in densely populated areas of COVID sick, like surgical hospital wards. Not in general community. The skeptics have been saying that it is inappropriate to mandate masks. Not that surgeons should not use masks.
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For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
A mother is very upset her daughter was shamed for wearing a skirt that was too short. The parent is right, it is an over reach by the school to get the child to wear a specially marked t shirt and slacks. However, the school community has left the school with little choice. There is no school uniform, only a dress code. Clearly the designated clothing is a compromise. If the mum were really concerned, she would provide the school with appropriate alternatives. Better yet, she would provide her daughter with those alternatives. But such demarcation disputes are rife in society. The ACTU are campaigning to cut wages in favour of superannuation for workers. Thing is, ACTU has control and gets fees and kickbacks from superannuation agencies, while they exploit workers regardless of their pay. The unreality of the situation is mirrored in AGW belief despite all evidence. There is substantially more carbon dioxide now than nineteen years ago, consistently building up, but no heating over that nineteen years. AGW hysteric scientists seem to have reworked data in the labs because of computer models, not because of observation.
There is such thing as hope. Not from a dull watch which probably won't do anything well, but hope on the technology front of a possible cure for Downs Syndrome.
Meanwhile in Australia, the election is due on Saturday. All the polls point to a change of government. Rudd skipped the G20 junket. He is serious about losing this election. In fantasy land, he booted loyal followers from 'Muppett's Corner" in his own electorate. He claims the $40 billion cuts of the LNP won't be responsible or costed. However, the ALP has not costed all its own policies. Further, the LNP had given substantial detail to most for weeks. Still, the ALP attempted a scare campaign which failed when senior public servants corrected Rudd. Still, Rudd is addicted to lies. He falsely claims Murdoch owns 70% of newspapers. He falsely claims the LNP planned $70 billion of cuts. He falsely claims to have responsibly negotiated the GFC. His claims are fact checked, but Rudd parades them at will to any audience.
Rudd claims to be a Christian, and often has himself photographed at a church. Abbott doesn't brag being Christian, but he is, and he acts compassionately and his wisdom seems informed by the Bible. Meanwhile Rudd makes up detail about the Bible .. from claiming it endorses slavery to using it to claim Christians should love the world. He is close. Christians do love the world. Sadly.
1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
1793 – French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
1816 – Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1839 – The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
1840 – Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
1862 – American Civil War: The Potomac River is crossed at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
1877 – American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayonetedby a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1882 – Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
1887 – A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
1918 – The original publication of the Cheka decree, "On Red Terror".
1921 – Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
1927 – The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
1938 – Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
1941 – Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
1942 – World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
1945 – Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1957 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
1960 – Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1969 – My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Divisioninitiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
1970 – Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula OneWorld Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
1972 – Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 – The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenento Airolo.
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1990 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
1996 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
2012 – An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
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Here is a video I made A Daisy 4 Her
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I love her. I have not yet learned how to serve her, to be her friend, as I desire to be. But I'm learning, praying, searching. Maybe it isn't what God wants for me. But He has given me this image.
The song is a Jud Strunk number, written in 1973. It is my singing, acoustics and recording. Not professional, but sincere. The moving images are licensed through Videoblocks.com. The recording issues are related to my lack of talent and lack of carpet in the concrete shell that is my unit after the sewage leak.
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I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you.
All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1310123
=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. Julie Bishop is keen to preserve her legacy of incompetence. Morrison has data showing his work at treasury was effective while Julie Bishop was tossing away money to keep Turnbull in office. Now Bishop is sad that there are not more women in parliament. Maybe if she had focused on competence, and not gender, she would have done better? For Australia to grow on her GDP 3.4% Morrison will need to maintain reform of the economy, ditching the AGW hysteria waste. The truth is Australia's growth is directly related to Trump's tax cuts. For Australia to maintain that growth, she will need to cut company tax as aggressively.
Matthew Guy looks like the next Premier of Victoria and Dan Andrews is increasingly desperate. Andrews has released eighty thousand documents related to the time Matthew Guy was planning minister. The point of the exercise was to smear Guy over the issue of Ventnor, where Guy approved a $3.5 million payout to avoid higher claims. So, by releasing the documents, Andrews hopes someone finds an inconsistency somewhere before the election, or that they get bored of looking, but assume something happened. Instead, a female lawyer has had her personal details made public. The lawyer is looking at suing the irresponsible Premier, who echoes Carmen Lawrence over Penny Easton. It is not known if Andrews is in any way connected with the lawyer yet. For Dan, hatred and disagreement seem similar creatures. Maybe Dan needs a good man's shed?
Nike have messed up backing Colin Kaepernick. CK has sacrificed nothing, maintaining sponsorship while hurting brand NFL.
Bob Woodward's book on Trump has parallels with Watergate. With Watergate, Mark Felt leaked selectively to bring down Nixon. With Trump, Comey has leaked selectively. The FBI is corrupt from the top down. Too many swamp creatures in charge. One swamp creature is former President Obama. President Bush did not campaign against Obama to allow Obama a chance to set an agenda. Obama is not that courteous. The Democrats are acting hysterical now to gain support for the mid terms. I pray it does not work.
There are many national and international measures of Mathematic attainment at all educational institutions. Math is important and prestige is attributed to success at things like the Math Olympiad and various competitions worldwide, and nationally in all nations. I don’t know who is telling you otherwise.
Consider the International Baccalaureate, NAPLAN, The Australian Mathematics Competition, Math Competitions world wide, the NSW HSC, The Victorian VCE etc etc. All have Math as a key learning area or primary pursuit.
Famously, criticism of Ronald Reagan after bad measurement led to a multi billion dollar expenditure on Math and Science in the US. What had been observed was that standards had fallen throughout the seventies, and the finger was pointed at President Reagan. So Reagan got the best advice available and spent big on Physics laboratories in high schools and developing a rigorous math curriculum. However, the fascinating discovery was made (remember, rates don’t add) after the money was spent that although standards had fallen, every single sub category of ethnic and racial classification had registered improvement, including ‘other.’
The reason for the discovery is simple, rates don’t add. The categories were things like Asian ethnic, White American/European, Native American, Hispanic, African and Other. People don’t always fit such demarcations, but regardless, there is a pecking order with Asian and Whites achieving well and I’ll give hypothetical averages to illustrate. Asians increase from 79 to 82, Whites increase from 76 to 80, Native American from 60 to 65, Hispanic from 58 to 62, African from 55 to 62 and other from 65 to 75. The over all average may have fallen from 75 to 70. The reason for the fall was the change of demographics with fewer whites being represented, lowering the over all average.
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. It is said, "in a world where the only tool is a hammer, everything resembles a nail." The ALP views on gender are humorous until one sees how their administration deals with them. A million dollars a year is being spent on "Men's Sheds" or safe spaces for men. Williams is proud to announce $60k is being spent on such a place in Rowville. I won't go there, I like to talk to women and men and I tire of monocultures ALP promote. Men are suffering from a number of awful social policies inflicted on them from the ALP and related hangers on. From school achievement to incarceration, men and boys are increasingly disengaged with society. Would a shed address your needs, or the needs of a significant man in your life? Or would they rather have a full time job?
Matthew Guy looks like the next Premier of Victoria and Dan Andrews is increasingly desperate. Andrews has released eighty thousand documents related to the time Matthew Guy was planning minister. The point of the exercise was to smear Guy over the issue of Ventnor, where Guy approved a $3.5 million payout to avoid higher claims. So, by releasing the documents, Andrews hopes someone finds an inconsistency somewhere before the election, or that they get bored of looking, but assume something happened. Instead, a female lawyer has had her personal details made public. The lawyer is looking at suing the irresponsible Premier, who echoes Carmen Lawrence over Penny Easton. It is not known if Andrews is in any way connected with the lawyer yet. For Dan, hatred and disagreement seem similar creatures. Maybe Dan needs a good man's shed?
Nike have messed up backing Colin Kaepernick. CK has sacrificed nothing, maintaining sponsorship while hurting brand NFL.
Bob Woodward's book on Trump has parallels with Watergate. With Watergate, Mark Felt leaked selectively to bring down Nixon. With Trump, Comey has leaked selectively. The FBI is corrupt from the top down. Too many swamp creatures in charge. One swamp creature is former President Obama. President Bush did not campaign against Obama to allow Obama a chance to set an agenda. Obama is not that courteous. The Democrats are acting hysterical now to gain support for the mid terms. I pray it does not work.
From my article on Quora
Why isn't there public government concern with progress of Mathematics?There are many national and international measures of Mathematic attainment at all educational institutions. Math is important and prestige is attributed to success at things like the Math Olympiad and various competitions worldwide, and nationally in all nations. I don’t know who is telling you otherwise.
Consider the International Baccalaureate, NAPLAN, The Australian Mathematics Competition, Math Competitions world wide, the NSW HSC, The Victorian VCE etc etc. All have Math as a key learning area or primary pursuit.
Famously, criticism of Ronald Reagan after bad measurement led to a multi billion dollar expenditure on Math and Science in the US. What had been observed was that standards had fallen throughout the seventies, and the finger was pointed at President Reagan. So Reagan got the best advice available and spent big on Physics laboratories in high schools and developing a rigorous math curriculum. However, the fascinating discovery was made (remember, rates don’t add) after the money was spent that although standards had fallen, every single sub category of ethnic and racial classification had registered improvement, including ‘other.’
The reason for the discovery is simple, rates don’t add. The categories were things like Asian ethnic, White American/European, Native American, Hispanic, African and Other. People don’t always fit such demarcations, but regardless, there is a pecking order with Asian and Whites achieving well and I’ll give hypothetical averages to illustrate. Asians increase from 79 to 82, Whites increase from 76 to 80, Native American from 60 to 65, Hispanic from 58 to 62, African from 55 to 62 and other from 65 to 75. The over all average may have fallen from 75 to 70. The reason for the fall was the change of demographics with fewer whites being represented, lowering the over all average.
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A daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. It is said, "in a world where the only tool is a hammer, everything resembles a nail." The ALP views on gender are humorous until one sees how their administration deals with them. A million dollars a year is being spent on "Men's Sheds" or safe spaces for men. Williams is proud to announce $60k is being spent on such a place in Rowville. I won't go there, I like to talk to women and men and I tire of monocultures ALP promote. Men are suffering from a number of awful social policies inflicted on them from the ALP and related hangers on. From school achievement to incarceration, men and boys are increasingly disengaged with society. Would a shed address your needs, or the needs of a significant man in your life? Or would they rather have a full time job?
As part of the November 24th Vic election campaign I have a petition I want to bring before the Opposition Leader Matthew Guy. I believe Matthew will be the next premier of Victoria and so I am petitioning him as I raise the issues of Employment, Crime and Education in Dandenong. I am also seeking money for my campaign. I don't have party resources, and so my campaign is on foot, and on the internet. Any money I receive that is not spent on the campaign will go to Grow 4 Life. I am asking questions like "What do you love about Dandenong?" and "If you could change something in Dandenong to make it better, what would it be?" I'm not limiting the questions to state issues. I'm happy to discuss anything, and get things done.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Left wing racists and bigots grandstand to their adoring press fans. Michael Moore, a documentary film maker, says he looks forward to white people becoming a minority by 2050. Tim Anderson, an academic from Australia, identifies with NK and denounces aggression from the US towards NK. Anderson is paid a salary of $130k a year to be unhinged? Those poor students he supervises, what must they think at the end of one of his courses? How does a reasonable person feel after seeing a Michael Moore film? Academia is not supposed to be without virtue. Documentaries are supposed to inform.
A tram exploded in the middle of Melbourne. Allegedly there are no injuries. Traffic has been diverted for hours. Apparently, power cables collapsed onto a transformer. Kind of routine for Dan Andrews ALP government is chaos.
A Melbourne Catholic school has opposed same sex marriage at plebiscite, and radical Yes activists (Not Steve Howe, Jon Anderson or Rick Wakeman) demand the school not approve bullying. The activists are trying to bully the school.
A tram exploded in the middle of Melbourne. Allegedly there are no injuries. Traffic has been diverted for hours. Apparently, power cables collapsed onto a transformer. Kind of routine for Dan Andrews ALP government is chaos.
A Melbourne Catholic school has opposed same sex marriage at plebiscite, and radical Yes activists (Not Steve Howe, Jon Anderson or Rick Wakeman) demand the school not approve bullying. The activists are trying to bully the school.
=== from 2016 ===
A picture of school playground equipment from 1900 is telling. There are numerous polls, bars, swings, ladders, a bike. Lots of children very high up in the air. They are having fun. Sliding down a poll, when you master it, is liberating for a child. The equipment was still available in the early seventies, but the Alynski movement had spawned personal injury lawyers and now OHS forbids such structures. Because what if a child falls and dies? It is not inconsequential and accidents happen. Children lack cool judgement. But then so do adults. Driving cars is dangerous too. Often only a few metres separates smooth traffic from a head on collision. What if a jihadi were to exploit that? But a child develops through play, and those structures taught magnificent lessons. As a child, I was too intimidated to go near such a thing, I was used to betrayal from an older sibling and I knew never to give them a chance. But it saddens me that children cannot play on such things anymore. What has socialism done for anyone in the world since 1900? We will never know who might have died. But we know that no child gets to play on such things.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
NSW Police from Camden, South West of Sydney, issue a bulletin reporting they are searching for a man. They include details as to why they are searching. And it is apparent there is no legal reason as to why they might be looking for him. They reported no transgressions. The man they described has approached a 12 yo girl and asked for directions. The girl reported he left and hadn't followed her. A woman approached her and asked if things were ok and contacted the police. If the child was not supposed to talk to men, she should have worn her burqa. Meanwhile, rumour has it that Dan Andrews heard about the story and thought it might refer to VicPol. Noting that there were many women in VicPoll, Andrews is said to have gushed that "No VicPol was looking for any man anywhere." Their union is that strong.
Meanwhile, #Abbottphobia has many hating Mr Abbott for things he never said or did. But the liars that promote the false memes are often senior journalists. From Riley's "Shit Happens" through to towing boats back to Syria, hating Mr Abbott is cool. It is no way to debate. If the Abbott haters truly believed what they said, they would not need to lie to argue it.
Meanwhile, #Abbottphobia has many hating Mr Abbott for things he never said or did. But the liars that promote the false memes are often senior journalists. From Riley's "Shit Happens" through to towing boats back to Syria, hating Mr Abbott is cool. It is no way to debate. If the Abbott haters truly believed what they said, they would not need to lie to argue it.
From 2014
Radical extremist population limiting converts have apparently decapitated a woman in London. The alleged perpetrator had converted to Islam last year, according to neighbours, but there is insufficient evidence to link the incident with radical Islam. The woman was aged 82. She had outlived Joan Rivers. Rivers had a blessed life and it is ok to die old and blessed. One feels that 82 year old Palmira Silva would have lasted a lot longer had she not lost her head. Worldwide there is debate regarding poor people migrating to Western nations. Terrorism makes the cost of such migration much larger. Not solely in terms of money, but basic freedoms, which many in the West had taken for granted, have been lost since 9/11. And when discussion is had suggesting those freedoms be restored, something happens, like an explosion in an upend university area in Sydney, Rozelle, where three people, a young man, a young mother and her baby have all been killed in an unexplained explosion at a shop owned by a new migrant. And in some cases the well meaning but unenlightened Hollywood style analysis of the situation seems to promote the situation for some. Why are young people radicalised? The radicalised are not poor by third world standards. They like things such as swimming, pornography, smoking, eating fast food, sadomasochistic sex, guns and knives. Many are cross dressers and engage in bestiality. It is hard to see what the appeal is, except that they are fed excuses, which align with politics. Jimmy Carter declares the West needs to embrace the principles of Allah, suggesting fair, secular administration is not enough. One impressive result is surrounding states buying gas from Israel because terrorists have made other supplies unprofitable and irregular. There is a cost in intervening in Iraq, but the cost of not intervening is higher, as Obama showed last year in Syria.
A mother is very upset her daughter was shamed for wearing a skirt that was too short. The parent is right, it is an over reach by the school to get the child to wear a specially marked t shirt and slacks. However, the school community has left the school with little choice. There is no school uniform, only a dress code. Clearly the designated clothing is a compromise. If the mum were really concerned, she would provide the school with appropriate alternatives. Better yet, she would provide her daughter with those alternatives. But such demarcation disputes are rife in society. The ACTU are campaigning to cut wages in favour of superannuation for workers. Thing is, ACTU has control and gets fees and kickbacks from superannuation agencies, while they exploit workers regardless of their pay. The unreality of the situation is mirrored in AGW belief despite all evidence. There is substantially more carbon dioxide now than nineteen years ago, consistently building up, but no heating over that nineteen years. AGW hysteric scientists seem to have reworked data in the labs because of computer models, not because of observation.
MH370 is playing a sad game of Marco Polo. She did not reply to "fish out of water." Federal senator from the DLP has left the DLP. The DLP are historically ALP aligned on workers rights, but with a strong social conservative base. Senator Madigan has hired on an extremist left wing chief of staff while ducking social conservative issues. The sad truth is that one cannot vote for an independent conservative and expect them to vote that way. Only a vote for LNP will elect a member of parliament that represents conservatives.
From 2013
Obama has a two pronged plan to dither over Syria. He is going to Moscow to ask permission for a pointless bombing. Also, he is asking Congress for permission to do something. He isn't planning on hitting a production facility. He won't hit an Iranian reactor. He might hit a civilian or many civilians. He points to murdered Syrian children, but doesn't take a cue from family planning in the US. Obama won't take responsibility for declaring there was a red line. Humorously "That is not my red line, others drew that red line."
There is such thing as hope. Not from a dull watch which probably won't do anything well, but hope on the technology front of a possible cure for Downs Syndrome.
Meanwhile in Australia, the election is due on Saturday. All the polls point to a change of government. Rudd skipped the G20 junket. He is serious about losing this election. In fantasy land, he booted loyal followers from 'Muppett's Corner" in his own electorate. He claims the $40 billion cuts of the LNP won't be responsible or costed. However, the ALP has not costed all its own policies. Further, the LNP had given substantial detail to most for weeks. Still, the ALP attempted a scare campaign which failed when senior public servants corrected Rudd. Still, Rudd is addicted to lies. He falsely claims Murdoch owns 70% of newspapers. He falsely claims the LNP planned $70 billion of cuts. He falsely claims to have responsibly negotiated the GFC. His claims are fact checked, but Rudd parades them at will to any audience.
Rudd claims to be a Christian, and often has himself photographed at a church. Abbott doesn't brag being Christian, but he is, and he acts compassionately and his wisdom seems informed by the Bible. Meanwhile Rudd makes up detail about the Bible .. from claiming it endorses slavery to using it to claim Christians should love the world. He is close. Christians do love the world. Sadly.
Historical perspective on this day
917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIVSuperintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
1697 – War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIVSuperintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
1697 – War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1725 – Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
1774 – First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
1793 – French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
1816 – Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1839 – The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
1840 – Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Un giorno di regno at La Scala of Milan.
1862 – American Civil War: The Potomac River is crossed at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
1877 – American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayonetedby a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1882 – Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
1887 – A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
1905 – Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
1918 – The original publication of the Cheka decree, "On Red Terror".
1921 – Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
1927 – The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
1938 – Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
1941 – Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
1942 – World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
1944 – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
1945 – Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
1957 – Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
1960 – Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
1969 – My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Divisioninitiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
1970 – Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula OneWorld Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
1972 – Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
1975 – Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1977 – Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
1980 – The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenento Airolo.
1984 – STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
1990 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
1996 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
2012 – An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
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Today's reading: Psalm 143-145, 1 Corinthians 14:21-40 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 143-145
A psalm of David.
1 LORD, hear my prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness
like those long dead.
4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.
5 I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.
6 I spread out my hands to you;
I thirst for you like a parched land.
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness
like those long dead.
4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.
5 I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.
6 I spread out my hands to you;
I thirst for you like a parched land.
Today's New Testament reading: 1 Corinthians 14:21-40
21 In the Law it is written:
"With other tongues
and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord."
and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord."
22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. 23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 24But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, 25 as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, "God is really among you!"
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
Primeval darkness heard the Almighty fiat, "light be," and straightway light was, and the word of the Lord Jesus is equal in majesty to that ancient word of power. Redemption like Creation has its word of might. Jesus speaks and it is done. Leprosy yielded to no human remedies, but it fled at once at the Lord's "I will." The disease exhibited no hopeful signs or tokens of recovery, nature contributed nothing to its own healing, but the unaided word effected the entire work on the spot and forever. The sinner is in a plight more miserable than the leper; let him imitate his example and go to Jesus, "beseeching him and kneeling down to him." Let him exercise what little faith he has, even though it should go no further than "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean;" and there need be no doubt as to the result of the application. Jesus heals all who come, and casts out none. In reading the narrative in which our morning's text occurs, it is worthy of devout notice that Jesus touched the leper. This unclean person had broken through the regulations of the ceremonial law and pressed into the house, but Jesus so far from chiding him broke through the law himself in order to meet him. He made an interchange with the leper, for while he cleansed him, he contracted by that touch a Levitical defilement. Even so Jesus Christ was made sin for us, although in himself he knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. O that poor sinners would go to Jesus, believing in the power of his blessed substitutionary work, and they would soon learn the power of his gracious touch. That hand which multiplied the loaves, which saved sinking Peter, which upholds afflicted saints, which crowns believers, that same hand will touch every seeking sinner, and in a moment make him clean. The love of Jesus is the source of salvation. He loves, he looks, he touches us, we live.
Evening
Weights, and scales, and measures were to be all according to the standard of justice. Surely no Christian man will need to be reminded of this in his business, for if righteousness were banished from all the world beside, it should find a shelter in believing hearts. There are, however, other balances which weigh moral and spiritual things, and these often need examining. We will call in the officer tonight.
The balances in which we weigh our own and other men's characters, are they quite accurate? Do we not turn our own ounces of goodness into pounds, and other persons' bushels of excellence into pecks? See to weights and measures here, Christian. The scales in which we measure our trials and troubles, are they according to standard? Paul, who had more to suffer than we have, called his afflictions light, and yet we often consider ours to be heavy--surely something must be amiss with the weights! We must see to this matter, lest we get reported to the court above for unjust dealing. Those weights with which we measure our doctrinal belief, are they quite fair? The doctrines of grace should have the same weight with us as the precepts of the word, no more and no less; but it is to be feared that with many one scale or the other is unfairly weighted. It is a grand matter to give just measure in truth. Christian, be careful here. Those measures in which we estimate our obligations and responsibilities look rather small. When a rich man gives no more to the cause of God than the poor contribute, is that a just ephah and a just hin? When ministers are half starved, is that honest dealing? When the poor are despised, while ungodly rich men are held in admiration, is that a just balance? Reader, we might lengthen the list, but we prefer to leave it as your evening's work to find out and destroy all unrighteous balances, weights, and measures.
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I am a decent man and don't care for the abuse given me. I created a video raising awareness of anti police feeling among western communities. I chose the senseless killing of Nicola Cotton, a Louisiana policewoman who joined post Katrina, to highlight the issue. I did this in order to get an income after having been illegally blacklisted from work in NSW for being a whistleblower. I have not done anything wrong. Local council appointees refused to endorse my work, so I did it for free. Youtube's Adsence refused to allow me to profit from their marketing it. Meanwhile, I am hostage to abysmal political leadership and hopeless journalists. My shopfront has opened on Facebook.
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I am publishing a book called Bread of Life: January.
Bread of Life is a daily bible quote with a layman's understanding of the meaning. I give one quote for each day, and also a series of personal stories illustrating key concepts eg Who is God? What is a miracle? Why is there tragedy?
January is the first of the anticipated year-long work of thirteen books. One for each month and the whole year. It costs to publish. It (Kindle version) should retail at about $2US online, but the paperback version would cost more, according to production cost.If you have a heart for giving, I fundraise at gofund.me/27tkwuc (Gofundme finished the fund raiser, 2017)
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Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August, September, October, or at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows a free kindle version.
The Amazon Author Page for David Ball
UK .. http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B01683ZOWG
French .. http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B01683ZOWG
Japan .. http://www.amazon.co.jp/-/e/B01683ZOWG
German .. http://www.amazon.de/-/e/B01683ZOWG
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I'm now on MAGAbook to sidestep FB censorship
https://www.magabook.com/register?invite=11673951025fadd3f055eca4.00045664
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I'm looking for former students to endorse me
https://www.superprof.com.au/write-recommendation-13371374-1cc2cf0f56166c9b04ad4097fc7d0b67.html
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