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There's a lot of discussion going on right now about what will be forever changed by the pandemic. Over at Amazon, though, the company is promising that things are going back to normal.
For one, the company said on Tuesday that delivery times — which have understandably stretched from days to weeks amid the huge logistical challenges posed by COVID-19 — were about to get shorter. Here's Spencer Soper in Bloomberg:
The company on Sunday lifted restrictions on the amount of inventory its suppliers can send to Amazon warehouses and is shortening delivery times — which had stretched for weeks for some products since the outbreak began — back to days. The shares rose 2.1% to $2,406 at 10:42 a.m. on Wednesday. […]
"We removed quantity limits on products our suppliers can send to our fulfillment centers," Amazon spokeswoman Kristen Kish said in an email. "We continue to adhere to extensive health and safety measures to protect our associates as they pick, pack and ship products to customers, and are improving delivery speeds across our store."
Among other things, improving delivery times is an important matter of reputation for Amazon. "Shoppers left 800,000 negative reviews on Amazon's shopping site in April, double the number in the same month a year ago, with much of the increase attributable to longer delivery times," Soper writes. That has created an opening for its rivals, including Shopify, Target, and Costco, which have all grown faster in the past two months than Amazon has, according to a separate report in Bloomberg last week.
Unfortunately for workers, getting back to normal has a significant downside — one that goes beyond having lots more boxes to pack and deliver on one- and two-day deadlines. After increasing warehouse workers' pay in recognition of the increased risks they faced by simply coming in to do their jobs — and routinely calling them "heroes" in public communications — Amazon said Wednesday that their $2 per hour hazard pay would go away in June. Jason del Rey broke the news at Recode:
Asked why the pay bump won't continue into June, an Amazon spokesperson did not answer the question directly.
"This appreciation and pay incentive enabled us to deliver essential items to communities during these unprecedented times," the spokesperson said in a statement. "We are grateful to associates supporting customers during a time of increased demand, and are returning to our regular pay and overtime wages at the end of the month."
If the hazards that come with working in confined spaces are expected to disappear in June, it's news to me. More than 130 workers are believed to have been infected in outbreaks at Amazon facilities to date — the company won't disclose the actual number — and at least one has died. And local governments are planning for much longer periods of lockdown. Just yesterday, Los Angeles county said stay-at-home orders would likely continue through August, albeit with some restrictions lifted.
But if Amazon is eager to get back to normal, states attorney general are more skeptical. Here's Chris Dolmetsch at Bloomberg:
Amazon.com is being asked by several U.S. states to provide information about health and safety measures following the death of a number of workers from coronavirus-related illnesses.
Led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, 13 states on Tuesday sent a letter to the company expressing concern about recent media reports of "inadequate safety measures and sick leave policies, insufficient data about infections and deaths among their workers, and retaliation against workers who call attention to unsafe workplace conditions."
The prospect of a fight with states over labor issues comes in addition to similar questions the company has faced in France, where courts required it to close warehouses last month amid complaints the company had not done enough to protect workers. Questions like these don't seem to be going away — even if they don't seem to have slowed down Amazon very much so far.
Is there anything Amazon would like to change amid the pandemic? Well yes, actually: it would like to be exempt from lawsuits over price gouging. Here's Chaim Gartenberg at The Verge:
Amazon has requested that Congress pass a law that would make price gouging illegal during times of national crisis, in light of inflated prices on crucial goods like hand sanitizer and N95 masks that have hounded the online retailer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an open letter posted by Brian Huseman, Amazon's VP of public policy, the company highlights its own ongoing efforts to try to crack down on price gouging. To date, Amazon says that it's removed half a million price-gouged listings from its online stores and has banned 4,000 seller accounts on its US store alone for violating its Fair Pricing Policy. And as CEO Jeff Bezos noted in a letter to investors, Amazon has set up a special line of communication for state attorneys general to directly pass along price gouging complaints. […]
Unsurprisingly, Amazon's proposed legislation would ensure that only the party that sets the price — like, say, a bad third-party Amazon retailer — be held liable for the inflated price, not the storefront (i.e. Amazon) that hosts that seller and facilitates the sale.
An emerging theme of this newsletter during the pandemic is that at the same time tech companies are legitimately working to hold society together, they're simultaneously finding new opportunities to entrench their power — and unwind the criticisms that they have grown too large and must be broken up.
Amazon is the least worried about optics of any big tech company, and in all its big, clumsy moves over the past week, you can see exactly how it believes all of this is going to play out: with Amazon on top and its workers resigned to taking what they can get. And if it succeeds, the new normal will look a lot like the old one.
The Ratio
Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.
Trending down: TikTok is full of dangerous coronavirus conspiracy theories despite the company's pledge to curb misinformation on the platform. Some of the videos have racked up hundreds of thousands of views. (EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone)
Virus tracker
Total cases in the US: More than 1,379,300
Total deaths in the US: At least 82,400
Reported cases in California: 71,171
Total test results (positive and negative) in California: 1,033,370
Reported cases in New York: 343,705
Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 1,225,113
Reported cases in New Jersey: 140,743
Total test results (positive and negative) in New Jersey: 433,060
Reported cases in Illinois: 83,168
Total test results (positive and negative) in Illinois: 471,691
Data from The New York Times. Test data from The COVID Tracking Project.
⭐Social media is already filling up with misinformation about a COVID-19 vaccine, months or years before one even exists. This is the beginning of a long conflict to come. Kevin Roose at The New York Times tells us why this is so dangerous:
I've been following the anti-vaccine community on and off for years, watching its members operate in private Facebook groups and Instagram accounts, and have found that they are much more organized and strategic than many of their critics believe. They are savvy media manipulators, effective communicators and experienced at exploiting the weaknesses of social media platforms. (Just one example: Shortly after Facebook and YouTube began taking down copies of "Plandemic" for violating their rules, I saw people in anti-vaccine groups editing it in subtle ways to evade the platforms' automated enforcement software and reposting it.)
In short, the anti-vaxxers have been practicing for this. And I'm worried that they will be unusually effective in sowing doubts about a Covid-19 vaccine for several reasons.
The Trump campaign is embracing Snapchat in an effort to reach younger voters. While the app's clout in political conversation is small, millennial and Gen-Z voters make up 35 percent of the US electorate, and Snapchat reaches 75 percent of them every day. (Sarah Frier / Bloomberg)
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are blaming hackers linked with the Chinese government for attempting to steal US research into a coronavirus vaccine. The news is an escalation of the ongoing fight between the two counties over the coronavirus crisis. (Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop)
Washington already has a team of nearly 1,400 trained contact-tracers who are beginning to contact each new person who tests positive for the novel coronavirus. It's part of the state's three-pronged approach to locking down the virus: broad-based testing, isolation and contact tracing. And it's good to see more states investing in this essential job. (David Gutman / The Seattle Times)
India's contact-tracing app, called Aarogya Setu, has reached 100 million users just 41 days after its release. The numbers indicate the app is quickly gaining traction despite being dogged by privacy concerns. (Manish Singh / TechCrunch)
But a hacker broke down India's contact tracing app to make it less invasive. "I didn't like the fact that installing this app is slowly becoming mandatory in India," he said. (Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed)
COVID-19 targets the elderly. Why don't our prevention efforts? (David Wallace-Wells / New York)
Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter to the Treasury Department calling for a ban on any mergers by companies that received pandemic relief. For weeks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) have been pushing for a general moratorium on mergers until the crisis ends. (Makena Kelly / The Verge)
Democratic lawmakers proposed a new law to make it illegal for telecom providers to end internet or phone service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Separately, House Democrats also unveiled a $3 trillion relief package that includes at least $4 billion for an "emergency broadband connectivity fund." (Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica)
A new nonprofit called VoteAmerica is trying to boost voter turnout by helping people vote by mail in the November election. The organization was founded by Debra Cleaver, who previously started the nonpartisan voter mobilization site Vote.org. (Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch)
President Trump is turning Elon Musk into a crony capitalist. Staying in the president's good graces is crucial to Musk's success, this piece argues. (Russell Brandom / The Verge)
France voted to force social media platforms to take down child exploitation and terrorism-related content within the hour or face a fine of up to 4 percent of their global revenue. For other "manifestly illicit" content, companies like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat will have 24 hours to remove it. (Reuters)
The coronavirus pandemic proves we need a "superfund" to clean up misinformation on the internet, argues this expert. Can we treat the web as a toxic waste site? (Lisa Macpherson / Public Knowledge)
⭐ Google significantly rolled back its diversity and inclusion programs in an apparent effort to avoid being perceived as anti-conservative, according to current and former employees. The news comes days after Google settled with James Damore, the former Google engineer who sued over allegedly discriminating against conservative white men. Here's April Glaser at NBC:
One well-liked diversity training program at Google called Sojourn, a comprehensive racial justice program created for employees to learn about implicit bias and how to navigate conversations about race and inequality, was cut entirely, according to seven former and current employees. Sojourn offered its last training to Google workers in 2018, four current employees said, and by 2019 it was cut completely.
Seven current and former employees from across a range of teams and roles at the company said separately that they all believed the reason behind cutting Sojourn and taking employees off diversity projects to move them elsewhere at Google was to shield the company from backlash from conservatives.
Apple is going to start having more employees return to its major global offices. The move stands in sharp contrast to other big tech companies that are expending work home home policies. (Mark Gurman / Bloomberg)
We finally have numbers to back up the wild view counts we've seen in live-streaming since the COVID-19 pandemic began — and they're huge. The sector grew a full 45 percent between March and April. Year over year, the industry is up by 99 percent. (Bijan Stephen / The Verge)
Uber rolled out a series of new health policies to adapt its ride-hailing and delivery businesses to a world changed by COVID-19. Only three passengers will be allowed in a vehicle at one time, and drivers will be required to take selfies to prove they are wearing masks. (Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge)
Facebook is rolling out its customizable avatars in the US after first launching them internationally last year. Like Bitmoji or Apple's Memoji, avatars offer a way to express yourself through a virtual lookalike (though no one actually looks like their avatar). (Chris Welch / The Verge)
A Facebook group where people pretend to be ants in an ant colony has grown from 100,000 members to more than 1.7 million. Ok then! (Jareen Imam / NBC)
Twitter acquired the mobile ad company CrossInstall for an undisclosed amount. The news comes as the ad market continues to decline due to economic hardships associated with the coronavirus pandemic. (Allison Schiff / AdExchanger)
Twitter is making it easier to see quote tweets on iOS. The new feature organizes all of the retweets with comments into a handy list. (Jay Peters / The Verge)
Loon, the Alphabet-owned company that's using stratospheric balloons to get high-speed internet in hard to reach areas, signed a new deal with Vodacom to expand its offering in Africa to Mozambique. (Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch)
People who've lost family members to the QAnon conspiracy theory are turning to Reddit to commiserate with other survivors. The convoluted theory alleges President Trump is leading a secret fight to take down the deep state and its hordes of pedophiles. (Mike Rothschild / Daily Dot)
YouTube creator James Charles is teaching wannabe influencers how to film believable apology videos — a staple of YouTube culture. (Julia Alexander / The Verge)
Clubhouse, a new invite-only audio-based social app that venture capitalists and celebrities have flocked to in recent weeks, is fielding multiple investment offers. The company behind the app, Alpha Exploration, already raised at least $1 million in seed funding in February. (Kate Clark, Alex Heath and Zoë Bernard / The Information)
This is why Zoom is so exhausting. (Christina Cauterucci / Slate)
Stuff to occupy you online during the quarantine.
The only thing I can think about doing today is going to this restaurant.
But I also highly recommend Jerry Saltz's beautiful and humane essay about food, art, and love — over the course of this singular life, and during quarantine.
Those good tweets
Nextdoor conversations about covid are like listening to a hundred 6th graders talk about sex
— Scott Simpson (@scottsimpson) May 12, 2020
Every single bad decision you make right now is self care ✨
— julia shiplett (@juliashiplett) May 12, 2020
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According to chef Todd Perrin, what most people eat on Thanksgiving or Christmas, a lot of Newfoundlanders will have every Sunday.
It's a version of a classic Christmas plum or "figgy" pudding with roots in the United Kingdom, Scotland and Ireland. People from Cornwall called raisins "figs," but it could be blueberries or partridgeberries or whatever you want. It came out of necessity as opposed to being a culinary thing. It's just a vessel to use up the dried fruit or whatever you've got kicking around, like so much Newfoundland food. It was always part of the Sunday and holiday dinners at my grandmother's house.
Combine flour and raisins in a large bowl and mix well. Add sugar, baking powder, allspice and cloves, and mix well. Add milk, melted butter and vanilla, and mix until a soft dough forms.
Transfer to a muslin bag, or wrap in cheesecloth, and tie. Bring a large saucepan full of water to the boil, salt lightly, and reduce to a simmer.
Add wrapped dough, and poach for 1½ hours. Serve with hard sauce.


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Carriera

Giocatore
Nella stagione 1929-1930 ha segnato 18 reti in Prima Divisione con la maglia del Treviso, in seguito alle quali è stato ceduto all'Ambrosiana, squadra di Serie A, dove rimane una sola stagione. Nella stagione 1933-1934 gioca ancora con la squadra biancoazzurra, sempre in Prima Divisione, segnando anche una rete in un'amichevole non ufficiale contro la Nazionale italiana. Nella stagione 1936-1937 ha vestito in diverse occasioni la fascia da capitano, sempre nel Treviso, con cui è rimasto fino al 1938, per poi tornarvi nella stagione 1940-1941.

Allenatore
Nella stagione 1946-1947 ha allenato il Treviso, in Serie B. L'anno seguente è subentrato in panchina a Enrico Colombari alla 24ª giornata di campionato, non riuscendo però ad evitare la retrocessione della squadra veneta in Serie C. In seguito ha anche allenato l'Opitergina e la Pro Mogliano (sostituendo, a partire da gennaio 1959, il dimissionario Gianni Gallina).

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Statistiche Soccerdb.net

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Q: regex. Любой символ включая перенос строки Есть у меня некоторый запрос. Предположим /s <text>. Надо, чтобы моя регулярка могла учитывать любой символ. Я бы использовал ^/s (.*), но эта штука не видит перенос строки и ломается на:
/s
1 2 3
A B C

Может быть, дело в том, что использую я это через re.match() из python3.
Код:
re_result = re.match('^/s (.*)', text)

Вопрос: как мне сделать то, что мне нужно?

A: При использовании re.match поиск совпадения осуществляется только в начале строки, поэтому ^ является лишним.
Символы перевода строки . по умолчанию не находит, эту функциональность надо "включить" с помощью опции re.S / re.DOTALL.
Кроме того, после s в оригинальной строке нет пробела, есть перевод строки, поэтому лучше использовать шаблон \s, находящий любой пробельный символ.
См. пример кода:
import re
text = '''/s
1 2 3
A B C'''
re_result = re.match('/s\s(.*)', text, re.S)
if re_result:
    print("Совпадение найдено! Полное совпадение:")
    print(re_result.group())
    print("Значение первой группы:")
    print(re_result.group(1))

Вывод:
Совпадение найдено! Полное совпадение:
/s
1 2 3
A B C
Значение первой группы:
1 2 3
A B C

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Britain's beef industry has experienced a sea change in recent years. When yield was all, our native breeds didn't stand a chance beside meaty monsters from the Continent, breeds such as Simmentals and Limousins that could be fattened and brought to the table in roughly 20 months. But in the past 10 years, the tide has changed. Consumers have woken up to the value of traditionally produced beef from our hardy natives, and breeds such as the Red Ruby Devon, the Red Poll and the British White have all marched back into the farming mainstream.
There's no denying that the Belties' markings have a large part to play in their popularity; with their black, dun or red coats and white belts, they are striking and instantly recognisable. It's thought they first emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries as a result of a cross with a Dutch belted cow called a Lakenvelder and a Galloway, an ancient breed from south-west Scotland. There were four foundation herds, all originating from what is now Dumfries & Galloway, and, in 1921, they combined with 13 more Scottish herds and nine English ones to form the Dun and Belted Cattle Breeders' Association. The society formed a successful export market and there are now herds all over the world.
With or without Mr Shearer's help, the message about Belted Galloways is spreading because of the quality of their meat, as well as their low-input credentials. Yorkshire farmer Tim Wilson is an evangelist for Britain's native breeds. He owns The Ginger Pig, a string of butcher's shops across London. 'I'm a British-breed person. I believe they have a better flavour,' he says, with a Yorkshire-man's confidence, and he isn't alone, because in foodie Meccas such as Borough Market, customers, including singer Lily Allen, go wild for his home-reared Belted Galloways. He chose the breed for its hardiness and flavour. 'We did a taste test between a Belted Galloway and a Beef Shorthorn and the Beltie came off better each time.
The marbling and texture were wonderful and it was a lovely soft, brown colour.' Among the restaurants he supplies is Hawksmoor, London's top steak restaurant: 'It has a tasting table where you can try different breeds; my Beltie beef is often there. There's no escaping the fact that beef is better for growing longer.' London's leading restaurants are not the only places responding to the call for Beltie beef. In Cumbria, Jon and Caroline Watson are selling 60% of their Belted Galloway beef straight off the farm to restaurants in their area, and, to top it all, the cattle do a lot of their own marketing. 'The farm is a popular spot for walkers and the cattle generate a lot of interest.' This feeds into the Watsons' business-they have an on-farm butchery and a website sending Belted Galloway beef throughout Britain (www.yewtree-farm.com).
It's a win-win situation for farmer and consumer because Belties are low-maintenance.
Although Belties have spread far and wide, the majority of Britain's Belted Galloways can still be found in Dumfries & Galloway, and the Mochrum herd, based near Port William, is one of the oldest and most influential. Established in 1890 by the 5th Marquess of Bute, the herd was developed by his son Lord David Stuart, and carried on after his death by his daughter, Flora, who was also an authority on the breed. The herd currently consists of 100 breeding cows and the good work is continuing in the hands of Flora's cousin, David Bertie. 'We're very keen to help people to get started,' he says. And how delighted the Stuarts would be to know how popular Belties have become-watch out for a herd coming to a field near you.


Glutamine synthetase enzyme computer model. This ligase enzyme forms chemical bonds between molecules. The different colors show the different sub-units that comprise the protein.
Glutamine is an important amino acid that may help to maintain muscle, boost the immune system, support gastrointestinal health, and sustain healthy growth hormone levels.1-5 Of the 20 amino acids needed for protein synthesis, glutamine is the most abundant, making up 50% of all amino acids in the blood and 60% of those in the body.1 It is found in high concentrations in skeletal muscle, lung, liver, brain, and stomach tissue. The best dietary sources of glutamine include poultry, beef, fish, cabbage, beets, and dairy products.
Amino acids are generally divided into two categories: essential and non-essential. Essential amino acids cannot be synthesized in the body and must be obtained from dietary sources. By contrast, non-essential amino acids are formed in the body. Glutamine, however, is referred to as a "conditionally" essential amino acid because in certain circumstances, the body is unable to produce enough glutamine to meet its needs.6 Studies have shown that prolonged exercise, surgery, burns, and infectious disease can deplete glutamine levels by as much as 50%.2 Under these conditions, supplementation with glutamine becomes crucial.
Maintaining skeletal muscle is essential to good health and weight management. An increase in muscle mass increases the basal metabolic rate, or amount of calories the body burns while at rest. Glutamine may help to maintain healthy muscle tissue in people who are susceptible to a loss of muscle mass. One study found that patients who had major surgery and were given glutamine did not lose muscle mass during the recuperative period, even though they were inactive.7 The researchers concluded that glutamine supplementation counteracts the decline in muscle protein synthesis that occurs after surgery, while improving nitrogen retention. This research may prove especially useful to those on calorie-restricted diets, who often have difficulty maintaining muscle mass.
Produced by the pituitary gland, growth hormone supports health in a variety of ways. According to researchers, growth hormone levels begin falling around the age of 30 and continue to diminish over time, contributing to weight gain, reduced energy, and muscle loss.
Unfortunately, growth hormone injections require a prescription and are seldom covered by health insurance. The cost of supplementing with this revitalizing hormone can exceed $1,000 a month. However, in a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a relatively small amount of glutamine significantly increased growth hormone levels.4 The study subjects were given either a placebo or 2 grams of glutamine to drink. At 30 and 60 minutes after supplementation, their blood samples were analyzed for plasma growth hormone levels. Those who consumed glutamine had markedly increased growth hormone levels, while the placebo group exhibited no change in growth hormone levels.
By supporting the structural integrity of the gastrointestinal lining, glutamine may offer relief for a number of gastrointestinal conditions, as well as support for certain skin and allergic conditions.
Because glutamine can be synthesized in the human body, its use as a nutritional supplement has long been overlooked. However, factors as varied as viral infections, surgery, burns, infectious disease, and even prolonged exercise can significantly deplete levels of this multifunctional amino acid.2 In these instances in which the body is under marked stress, supplementation with glutamine becomes essential. An impressive body of research supports glutamine's efficacy in helping to maintain muscle mass, revitalize the immune system, promote gastrointestinal health, and support healthy antioxidant levels.
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2. Miller AL. Therapeutic considerations of L-glutamine: a review of the literature. Altern Med Rev. 1999 Aug;4(4):239-48.
3. Rudman D, Kutner MH, Rogers CM, et al. Impaired growth hormone secretion in the adult population: relation to age and adiposity. J Clin Invest. 1981 May;67(5):1361-9.
4. Welbourne TC. Increased plasma bicarbonate and growth hormone after an oral glutamine load. Am J Clin Nutr. 1995 May;61(5):1058-61.
5. Calder PC, Yaqoob P. Glutamine and the immune system. Amino Acids. 1999;17(3):227-41.
6. Lacey JM, Wilmore DW. Is glutamine a conditionally essential amino acid? Nutr Rev. 1990 Aug;48(8):297-309.
7. Hammarqvist F, Wernerman J, Ali R, von der DA, Vinnars E. Addition of glutamine to total parenteral nutrition after elective abdominal surgery spares free glutamine in muscle, counteracts the fall in muscle protein synthesis, and improves nitrogen balance. Ann Surg. 1989 Apr;209(4):455-61.
8. Arwert LI, Deijen JB, Drent ML. Effects of an oral mixture containing glycine, glutamine and niacin on memory, GH and IGF-I secretion in middle-aged and elderly subjects. Nutr Neurosci. 2003 Oct;6(5):269-75.
9. Ziegler TR, Young LS, Benfell K, et al. Clinical and metabolic efficacy of glutamine-supplemented parenteral nutrition after bone marrow transplantation. A randomized, double-blind, controlled study. Ann Intern Med. 1992 May 15;116(10):821-8.
10. Castell LM, Poortmans JR, Newsholme EA. Does glutamine have a role in reducing infections in athletes? Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol. 1996;73(5):488-90.
11. Shang F, Lu M, Dudek E, Reddan J, Taylor A. Vitamin C and vitamin E restore the resistance of GSH-depleted lens cells to H2O2. Free Radic Biol Med. 2003 Mar 1;34(5):521-30.
12. Hultberg B, Hultberg M. High glutathione turnover in human cell lines revealed by acivicin inhibition of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase and the effects of thiol-reactive metals during acivicin inhibition. Clin Chim Acta. 2004 Nov;349(1-2):45-52.
13. O'Dwyer ST, Smith RJ, Hwang TL, Wilmore DW. Maintenance of small bowel mucosa with glutamine-enriched parenteral nutrition. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1989 Nov;13(6):579-85.
14. Li J, Langkamp-Henken B, Suzuki K, Stahlgren LH. Glutamine prevents parenteral nutrition-induced increases in intestinal permeability. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1994 Jul;18(4):303-7.
15. Unno N, Fink MP. Intestinal epithelial hyperpermeability. Mechanisms and relevance to disease. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1998 Jun;27(2):289-307.
16. Kanny G, Moneret-Vautrin DA, Schohn H, et al. Abnormalities in histamine pharmacodynamics in chronic urticaria. Clin Exp Allergy. 1993 Dec;23(12):1015-20.
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19. Khan J, Iiboshi Y, Cui L, et al. Alanyl-glutamine-supplemented parenteral nutrition increases luminal mucus gel and decreases permeability in the rat small intestine. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1999 Jan;23(1):24-31.
20. Alaedini A, Green PH. Narrative review: celiac disease: understanding a complex autoimmune disorder. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Feb 15;142(4):289-98.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
No coming to the Well or placards in LS: Speaker
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday spoke against disruptions in the House and asked members not to come into the Well or raise placards even as he promised to provide protection to members without looking at the numbers.
Addressing his maiden press conference here, Birla, who was elected as Speaker on Wednesday, also said that he will strive to improve the working of parliamentary committees and make the parliament library among the best digitised libraries.
He defended his move to allow the introduction of triple talaq bill in parliament on Friday instead of the house taking up debate on the motion of thanks to the President's Address, saying that "rules were above tradition".
Answering a question why the triple talaq bill was introduced instead of a debate on the President's address, he said the decision about the business in the House had been taken in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC).
Birla said he will encourage all members to speak in the House and raise issues.
"We will try that the house proceedings go without interruption and we create a new history. This is my responsibility that whether it is the ruling side or the opposition, I will provide them protection and it will be my responsibility to protect the dignity of the House... It will not be on the basis of numbers. Counting is not on the basis of numbers (of a party). Even if one member is saying the right thing, it should be heard properly in the House. I have tried for this," Birla said here.
He said slogans and banners can be raised outside the House and not inside. "Why there should be zindabad, murdabad in the well of the house, why should there be placards," he said.
Birla added that members can protest if they are not given permission to speak as per rules.
The Speaker said he will take suggestions of all parties, carry them along and take them into confidence.
He said each MP represents lakhs of people and Lok Sabha was the platform to raise their issues.
"I will try that every MP gets an opportunity. I will talk to them personally also so that they raise their issues. The government should also try to respond to the issues raised by members and try to solve them," he said.
The Speaker said Indian elections have been held with transparency and people had voted enthusiastically in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
He said the House has 78 women members, 46 of whom are first timers and the youngest woman MP was 25.
He said previous Speakers and members had contributed to the dignity of the House. "I will strive to increase the dignity further," he said.
Birla said there was a good debate in the parliamentary committees which helps the government and effort should be made to make the process more effective.
He said India's democracy is praised all over the world and time has come that India's parliament also earns praise all over.
Birla said he will look at parliamentary processes in other countries and see how it can help in the more effective running of the Lok Sabha.
He said parliament library should be "such a digital library" that every student, every scholar can use it.
The Speaker said there were 265 newly-elected members and the library can have a facility where they can understand the rules and procedures, ways to raise issues before they come to the Lok Sabha for their first session.
He said members also want that the house should run without disruptions. (ANI)
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Zero percent Bills scrutinised by Parliamentary committees: Derek O'Brien
New Delhi [India], July 16 : Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Tuesday slammed the Narendra Modi-led NDA government for rushing their Bills through the Lok Sabha. He said that only zero per cent bills had been scrutinised by the Parliamentary committees so far.

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In order to be more assertive in your blog promotion exercise, it is necessary to be a little adventurous. Needless to say, part of the adventure is trying out new solutions that you were not previously privy to or perhaps even did not believe in. There is still a popular misconception about buying Instagram followers or getting them with a snap of the fingers all for free and without doing much work to earn them. Yes, admittedly, it is not yet the genuine article. It is not the finished article, not by a long shot.
But to be positive and to steer clear away from potential hang-ups, it is just the beginning. Call it a necessary evil if you must, but it remains a necessary exercise for you to buy your followers first time around. It is also possible for you to get them for free, but with that, there always seems to be a catch. You are expected to give back something in return, something you may not necessarily believe in or agree to.
In the case of a free gift here and there, a free Instagram gift perhaps (and note to the reader; this is not something that the original platform gives you for commercial gain although it will ask you from time to time), you will be obligated to take part in a survey. Now, this survey may have absolutely nothing to do with Instagram followers, bought, sold or for free. It is simply a side-step towards another behind the scenes retail promotion.
Note to the reader that, yes, you can get free Instagram followers without survey participation. But this freebie scenario is well and truly a gift. It is not a common occurrence when you are being offered something for free without expecting to do something in return. But if you find an offer for free Insta followers or likes with no stipulation to complete a survey – take advantage of it! Now, as a regular user of Instagram, you should endeavour to participate in this leading platform's surveys from time to time when it happens.
You do have every right to switch off from this request, but nevertheless, it's a good idea for you to participate. There is no behind the scenes devious retail exercise going on to draw you in to help others generate their sales without you even having to buy anything. What there is is a genuine request for honest, critical and objective feedback. Here is your opportunity to tell Instagram as it is for you.
The feedback questions are not all that difficult, surely. You are usually given multiple choice options to work from. Answer the survey questions as objectionable and honestly as possible and you end up helping yourself. That, in any case, is the Instagram survey mission. To help make things better for you. And if the service provider from which you buy your regular batch of Instagram likes and followers is running something similar, you should reciprocate positively.
But of course, it remains your right to switch off and promote your blogs without any attached hang-ups to go through.


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ABS may stop counting Internet access in 2021 census
By Simon Sharwood on Nov 14, 2018 12:11PM
Everyone's got a smartphone, so ABS thinks it's pointless to ask now.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has floated the idea of no longer bothering to collect data on household internet connections in the 2021 census.
The Bureau (ABS) revealed the possible removal of internet access questions in a proposed set of intended changes to the 2021 census.
The justification for the excision is that "the question is now less relevant; with most households reporting that they can access the internet due to the growth in mobile devices."
Today's announcement does not mean that questions about internet access won't make the census: instead it's the beginning of a consultation process to ensure the 2021 census meets Australians' needs.
iTnews imagines the proposal to stop asking about internet access won't go down well, as by considering mobile device ownership only it assumes functional coverage. Australia's many remote communities and mobile blackspots are often home to many mobile devices, but users there struggle to do much online with limited coverage.
Census data on internet connections would also be a useful source of information about the NBN.
The ABS has previously said it doesn't have sufficient resources to continue conducting dedicated studies on household use of IT.
The Bureau has also suggested excluding questions on the number of motor vehicles in a household, due to that data being available elsewhere. It's also proposed eight possible additions to the 2021 census, namely:
journey to education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural identity
current or previous service in the Australian Defence Force
non-binary sex and/or gender identity
sexual orientation, and
more contemporary measures of household and family relationships, including shared care of children.
That's quite a lot of new health data, suggesting the governments feel they lack information in those areas. The suggestion of collecting more data on ex-servicemen is also notable, as the Department of Veterans' Affairs often attracts controversy over the efficacy of its service delivery efforts.
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ABS re-examines how long it keeps Census names, addresses
Census 2021 digital services handed to PwC, AWS
ABS scores $38m to avoid another Census bungle
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Q: Powershell Specific Json Value I have a json that I wanted to generate using Powershell
{

"CreatedBy": "div",

"Label": "jss key",

"Scopes": ["content-#everything#", "audience-delivery"]

}

I am using the below to generate the json but it is not successful
$EdgeClientID = 'fsfsdfSDFsda'

$scope = '[ "content-#everything#", "audience-delivery" ]'

$body = @{

    'CreatedBy'     = $EdgeClientID

    'Label' = 'jss key'

    'Scopes'    = $scope

} | ConvertTo-Json

the result I am getting is
{

    "CreatedBy":  "fsfsdfSDFsda",

    "Label":  "jss key",

    "Scopes":  "[\"content-#everything#\", \"audience-delivery\"]"

}

The value of scope is not coming right. Can someone please help?

A: The reason why you're not getting the desired output from it is because the following is an array only in the context of JSON and not in the context of PowerShell and ConvertTo-Json interprets it a simple string:
$scope = '[ "content-#everything#", "audience-delivery" ]'

The following should fix the problem:
$EdgeClientID = 'fsfsdfSDFsda'
$scope = "content-#everything#", "audience-delivery"
$body = @{
    'CreatedBy' = $EdgeClientID
    'Label'     = 'jss key'
    'Scopes'    = $scope
} | ConvertTo-Json

You could also create a blue print class for your JSON:
class JSONBluePrint {
    [string]$CreatedBy
    [string]$Label
    [object[]]$Scopes

    JSONBluePrint () { }
    JSONBluePrint([string]$CreatedBy, [string]$Label, [object[]]$Scopes)
    {
        $this.CreatedBy = $CreatedBy
        $this.Label = $Label
        $this.Scopes = $Scopes
    }

    [string] ToJson () {
        return $this | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100
    }
}

[JSONBluePrint]::new(
    'div',
    'jss key',
    @('content-#everything#', 'audience-delivery')
).ToJson()

$json = [JSONBluePrint]::new()
$json.CreatedBy = 'div'
$json.Label = 'jss key'
$json.Scopes = 'content-#everything#', 'audience-delivery'
$json.ToJson()


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import org.auraframework.system.Annotations.AuraEnabled;
import org.auraframework.system.Annotations.Key;

@ServiceComponent
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    @AuraEnabled
    public String appendStrings(@Key("a") String a, @Key("b") String b) {
        return a + b;
    }

    @AuraEnabled
    public Integer sumValues(@Key("a") Integer a, @Key("b") Integer b) {
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Conduct of an election
After the election
Exemptions in relation to elections
The Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (the RO Act) aims to ensure that registered organisations of employers and employees are properly regulated, function in a democratic manner and are representative and accountable to members. The requirement that every office in an organisation and branch of an organisation is elected is an important element of ensuring democratic control.
Generally, the maximum term of office allowed under the RO Act is four years (s. 145). However many organisations must hold elections more frequently as their rules provide for terms of less than four years.
In exceptional circumstances, the RO Act allows for organisations' rules to provide for terms of office of up to 5 years for, and only for, the purpose of synchronising elections in the relevant organisation (s. 145).
Rules must provide for elections
The rules of an organisation must provide for election of the holder of each office at the national or branch level.
The rules must also provide for nominations, ballots, scrutineers and the term of office.
The rules may also provide for filling of casual vacancies.
For information on what the rules must provide and how to make alterations please visit the Fair Work Commission's website . The ROC does not alter rules.
Conduct of election
The general requirements are as follows:
All elections for office holders of organisations and branches must be conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (the AEC) through arrangements made by the Registered Organisations Commissioner (the Commissioner) (s. 182(1) of the RO Act). The expense of conducting such elections is borne by the Commonwealth.
Elections must be conducted by direct voting system (DVS) or by collegiate election.
A DVS election means office holders are elected by and from members of the organisation. Collegiate elections are those whereby office holders are elected by and from a group of office holders that have already been elected (see s. 6 of the RO Act for full definitions of DVS and collegiate elections).
All elections must be conducted by secret ballot.
All elections by a direct voting system must be conducted by a secret postal ballot and the rules of each organisation must include provisions for elections by that method.
The RO Act allows organisations and branches to apply for exemptions from the requirement that the AEC conduct elections and/or from the requirement that elections be conducted by a secret postal ballot.
The RO Act allows organisations and branches to apply for exemptions from the requirement that the AEC conduct elections (s. 183) and/or from the requirement that DVS elections be conducted by a postal ballot (s. 144).
Further information regarding such exemptions is provided below.
Arranging for the conduct of an election
(NOTE these requirements do not apply if an organisation or branch has an exemption from the conduct of elections by the AEC.)
Prior to the arrangement of the election, the Commissioner must be satisfied that an election is required to be held under the rules of the organisation.
Lodging prescribed information
The organisation or branch must lodged the following prescribed information:
the name and numbers of each office or position for which an election is due
the reason for the election, being either:
scheduled – the term of office has expired or is due to expire in the normal course of events; or
casual vacancy; or
insufficient nominations - an office or position was not filled at a previous election; or
a new office or position has been created.
the electorate for the ballot
the dates and times for the opening and closing of nominations
the day provided for in the rules on which the roll of voters is to be closed
the voting system to be used (direct voting system or collegiate electoral system), and
any non-office positions for which an election is requested (s. 187).
The prescribed information must be signed by an authorised officer, the definition of which is found in ss.6 and 9 of the RO Act.
If the Commissioner is satisfied that an election is due to be held, arrangements will be made for the conduct of the election by the AEC. If an organisation or branch has any questions regarding the conduct of a particular election they should be directed to the AEC.
It is recommended that prescribed information for related collegiate elections be lodged in the same prescribed information as the first-stage direct voting election. This does not need to be lodged separately.
Timeframes for lodging prescribed information
To assist the Commissioner form that view, certain information must be lodged with the Registered Organisations Commission (the ROC) no later than two months before nominations are due to open.
Failure to lodge prescribed information within this timeframe is a civil penalty provision (s. 189 of the RO Act). This means that a financial penalty can be imposed upon an organisation if the prescribed information is lodged later than two months before nominations are due to open.
A later day for lodgement can be applied for and granted by the Commissioner.
If an organisation or branch seeks a later day for lodgement, it is strongly recommended that an application is made prior to the date the prescribed information is due to be lodged. The application should specify reasons for the proposed late lodgement.
Non-officer positions
If your rules provide for an election to a position that is not an office, then you may request to AEC to conduct the election (s. 187 of the RO Act).
A copy of the request must also be lodged with the Commissioner together with prescribed information in relation to the election.
Elections and rules of the organisation or branch
Elections must be conducted in accordance with the rules of the organisation or branch that are in force at the time the nominations open (s. 193 of the RO Act and regulation 132 of the RO Regulations). It is strongly recommended that you advise the ROC when lodging the prescribed information if any rule alterations are lodged, or are shortly to be lodged with the Fair Work Commission. The ROC will be able to explore options with you about making arrangements for the election.
When the election is complete, the AEC provides a declaration of results and a written post-election report.
The declaration and report are given to the ROC and the relevant organisation or branch. The report includes:
the number of written allegations (if any) of irregularities made to the AEC during the election
action taken by the AEC in relation to those allegations
any irregularities identified by the AEC and action taken by the AEC
if the register of members contained an unduly large proportion of inaccurate members' addresses, a statement to that effect, and
if a rule was difficult to interpret or apply, a statement about that matter as well as any rules which could address the matter.
If the post-election report identifies rules that were difficult to interpret or apply (an 'Adverse Report'), the organisation or branch must provide a written response to the AEC within 30 days which specifies what action, if any, the organisation or branch intends to take. An extract from the Adverse Report and the organisation's response must be made available to members within 30 days of it being provided to the AEC.
While the AEC provides a declaration of results and post-election report to the ROC, the registered organisation still has an obligation to lodge a notification of change to any offices within 35 days of the change taking place.
Various offences exist in relation to the conduct of an election. They include:
influencing candidatures and voting
influencing lodgment of objections
using an organisation's property or finances to assist one candidate against another candidate
requiring or inducing another person to show a ballot paper while the paper is being marked or after it has been marked
failing to comply with a direction or request of a returning officer, and
hindering or obstructing an electoral official in the performance of his or her functions.
Certain persons disqualified from holding office in organisations
Unless otherwise granted leave by the Federal Court, ss. 211 to 215 of the RO Act:
excludes people convicted of prescribed offences from eligibility for election for 5 years; and
stipulates that persons holding office who are convicted of offences cease to hold office at the end of the period of 28 days after a conviction of a prescribed offence.
A prescribed offence is defined by s. 212 of the RO Act.
While the provisions of the RO Act relating to persons disqualified from holding office in organisations are not extensively litigated, they are important to ensure that registered organisations are accountable to their members, efficiently managed and operate effectively.
The ROC encourages all federally registered organisations to consider these provisions when candidates are nominating or are being nominated for election to office within organisations. Organisations should also be aware of the implications for office holders who are convicted of prescribed offences while holding office.
Exemptions relating to elections
The RO Act allows an organisation or branch to apply for two types of exemptions in relation to elections. They are as follows:
an exemption from elections being conducted by the AEC (AEC exemption) (ss. 183, 184 and 186). This type of exemption allows an organisation or branch to conduct its own elections; and
an exemption from the requirement to conduct secret postal ballots (postal ballot exemption) (s. 144). This type of exemption allows the rules of the organisation to provide for elections other than by a secret postal ballot (for example, by a secret attendance ballot).
However it should be noted that, for a DVS election, the ballot must be secret, irrespective of whether or not a postal ballot is conducted.
The organisation should also ensure that the provisions of ss. 215 to 217 are upheld if an office holder has been convicted of a prescribed offence.
The AEC exemption may be granted by the Commissioner if they are satisfied that:
the rules comply with the election requirements of the RO Act;
the election will be conducted under the rules of the organisation; and
the election will be conducted in a manner that will afford members entitled to vote an adequate opportunity to vote without intimidation.
The Commissioner can also revoke the AEC exemption.
The postal ballot exemption is granted by the General Manager of the Fair Work Commission if satisfied that the relevant statutory requirements have been met. For more information on this exemption please contact the Fair Work Commission.
The RO Act seeks to encourage member participation within strong democratic organisations. To this end, the RO Act requires that an organisation's rules contain a process for electing officers directly from the members or indirectly through collegiate elections. These officers are responsible for managing and governing the organisation and branches. The RO Act also has external processes to ensure elections are efficient, transparent and conducted by the AEC.
If you have questions about your election process, including terms, nominations, balloting or schedules, you should first examine your rulebook. If your rulebook is unclear, you may want to seek advice from the ROC or the Fair Work Commission. However, ultimately, organisations are responsible for the content of their rules and the democratic structures in place. Below are some general question and answers that may help you meet your obligations under the RO Act.
Prescribed information template
Where can I download the template for prescribed information?
You can download the template for prescribed information from the Registered organisations fact sheets page on this website.
If I want advice on a draft of prescribed information, who should I contact?
Please email requests for advice, with a copy of your draft, to regorgs@roc.gov.au. If you would like to discuss your concerns over the phone please request this in your email and provide your contact details.
Nomination dates
How do I find out when nominations open?
Please read your rulebook carefully. The rules will normally provide time frames, dates or information on when the nominations open. Timeframes may be impacted by many factors, such as when the last election occurred, terms of office, duration of the ballot, timelines for the opening and closing of nominations and closing of the roll of voters. If you are uncertain, please contact us for advice at regorgs@roc.gov.au
For casual vacancies and insufficient nominations elections, rules might provide time frames for the opening and closing of nominations. If they do you must comply with those time frames. However rules are often silent regarding time frames for casual and insufficient nominations elections. In these instances, prescribed information should be lodged as soon as possible and the dates described as 'to be determined by the Returning Officer'.
What do I put if our rules do not state the date & times nominations open and close?
Please state 'To be determined by the Returning Officer' on the prescribed information. However, if the organisation has a preferred date for nominations to open and/or close, this can be specified in the prescribed information. If your organisation wishes to do this, it must be made clear that this is merely a preferred date and is not mandated by a rule of the organisation. Furthermore, the preferred date cannot be a date that is not allowed for in your rules. This is also relevant to casual vacancy and insufficient nominations elections.
Casual vacancies & insufficient nominations
Do we have to have an insufficient nominations election?
The RO Act requires that all offices are elected, so whenever a term of office expires it must go to an election. You cannot appoint someone to an office under a casual vacancy rule if it was not filled at an election
If the office is not filled at the election, unless the rules state otherwise, new prescribed information must be lodged as soon as possible and another election held to fill it (an insufficient nominations election).
Insufficient nominations elections must be held when mandated by the rules. Such elections must also be held for offices which are vital to the functioning of the branch or organisations, for example, a Secretary or for members of a non-functioning Committee of Management.
If your rules allow, you may decide not to fill an office that is vacant. However you must check your rules to ascertain whether this is possible. Note, however that key offices such as the Secretary, President, Treasurer etc. must be filled if the branch or organisation is to fulfill its function.
You should first examine your rules because it is those rules that will be relied upon. If you think your rules are unclear about whether you can leave an office empty or are required to have an election, please contact us at regorgs@roc.gov.au.
Do we have to have casual vacancy elections?
If a vacancy has occurred (casual vacancy), you will need to check your rulebook to find out if that office must be filled or if it can remain vacant. If your rules are silent, it is the view of the ROC that the office must be filled if it is vital to the functioning of the branch or organisation (for example, the National Secretary).
The RO Act requires that all offices are elected, so unless the rules state otherwise, whenever an office is vacated it cannot be filled other than by an election.
Sometimes rules will allow the organisation to appoint someone into the office once a set period of time has passed since the last scheduled election. The RO Act allows this to occur.
You should first examine your rules because it is those rules we rely on. If you think your rules are unclear about whether they allow an appointment or whether you are required to have an election, please contact us at regorgs@roc.gov.au.
What evidence do I need to provide for casual vacancy because of resignation or death?
When an officer resigns, you can provide a copy of the email or letter that informed the organisation of the resignation as evidence of the casual vacancy election.
If the officer has died, you can provide a declaration signed by an authorised officer.
What information needs to be in the resignation letter?
A resignation letter or email must show that the person has resigned and when the resignation took effect.
Some officers hold multiple offices, for instance Branch Committee Member and National Representative. In this case, the resignation letter or email must clearly identify which office or offices the person is resigning from.
What if the resignation letter contains private information?
Resignation letters can contain private or sensitive information. When providing them as evidence you can redact private or sensitive information from the resignation, however it must be clear that information has been redacted.
Despite any redaction the letter must still show that the resignation is from the person resigning, that the person has resigned, from what offices the person has resigned and when the resignation took effect. We do not publish resignation letters or emails online for public viewing.
Lodging two months before nominations open
How do I lodge the prescribed information two months before nominations open in a casual vacancy election or an insufficient nominations election?
Sometimes the rules will specify when nominations open and close for casual vacancy or insufficient nominations elections, however this is rare. If they do, you must comply with the time frames in the rulebook and the prescribed information will be in accordance with those timeframes.
Where the rulebook is silent, the two-month time frame is unknown. In this case prescribed information should be lodged as soon as possible once you know the office is or will be vacant.
How do I lodge prescribed information two months before the 2nd or 3rd stage (collegiate) election?
For a collegiate election, or a subsequent stage election, we strongly recommend that the prescribed information is lodged all at once at least two months before nominations open in the first stage of the election.
This means the prescribed information for the direct election and all collegiate elections are lodged at the same time. We can then arrange for every stage in one decision, and this allows the election to progress as quickly as possible.
In what circumstances are extensions of time for lodgment of prescribed information granted?
Extensions of time for lodgment of prescribed information should be applied for at least two months before nominations open in the election.
The application should explain the extenuating circumstances that will cause the prescribed information to be late. The Commissioner will determine on a case-by-case basis whether an extension should be granted or not.
Please note that based on a range of previous decisions concerning extensions of time, it is unlikely that explanations such as 'too busy' or 'unaware' will be accepted as extenuating circumstances. Extenuating circumstances are likely to involve something more significant that demonstrates why the delay could not reasonably be avoided.
Should I lodge the prescribed information if pending rule alterations are lodged with the Fair Work Commission?
Yes, the prescribed information should be lodged within the statutory timeframe.
The Fair Work Commission is responsible for the alteration of rules of registered organisations. Sometimes rule changes can affect elections, for example, timelines or the number of offices.
The prescribed information should be lodged in accordance with the rules that are current at that particular point in time. It is strongly recommended that you advise us of any rule alterations that have been lodged with the Fair Work Commission, and if and how the proposed changes are likely to affect the upcoming election.
The ROC will be able to explore options with you about making arrangements for the election.
Election Alerts
What is the new Election Alert program?
The Election Alert program is a proactive strategy of the ROC designed to remind organisations by letter about three months before a scheduled election that their prescribed information will be due soon.
It is designed to help organisations achieve voluntary compliance.
While the letter is designed to help organisations, the obligation to lodge prescribed information rests with the organisation. It should be noted that this is a civil penalty provision and non-compliance can result in fines.
It is important that you remember that it is a statutory obligation for organisations to be aware when elections are due and lodge the prescribed information on time. There are about 500 branches and central bodies in registered organisations, and because of the diverse range of office holders, election cycles and complexity of rules, election alerts are, at best, an aid and cannot be relied upon.
It should also be noted that the ROC election alert system is still under development and may contain errors. If you receive an alert and you do not believe that an election is due, please contact the ROC so that we can amend our alert system.
Alternatively, if an election is due and we have not sent an alert, this does not mean that the organisation or branch is not obligated to lodge prescribed information. The obligation to ensure the appropriate prescribed information is lodged remains, and will continue to remain with the organisation or branch.
The alert does not apply to casual or insufficient nominations elections.
Process & requirements after lodging prescribed information
How long does it take the ROC to process my election?
We try to assess the prescribed information as quickly as possible but timelines will be affected by the complexity of the election, workloads and other factors.
We endeavour to have election decisions issued within 40 working days.
I have a question about how the election will be run, or how long the election will take, who can I talk to?
Once the decision has been issued instructing the AEC to arrange the election, the ROC does not have any further role. For information about how long the election will take or what processes are involved please contact the AEC directly.
Once the election is done, do I need to do anything else?
You will need to publish a notice on your website informing members that your post-election report is available.
If you have new office holders, you need to send the ROC a formal notification of change within 35 days. This is a statutory requirement and must be complied with.
You can download a template declaration for notifications of change on the Registered organisations fact sheets page on this website.
Our post-election report has a paragraph that explains one of our rules was difficult to interpret or apply, what do I do now?
You have received an 'adverse report'. You must reply to the AEC within 30 days of receiving it.
Your reply must be in writing and explain what steps, if any, you intend to take to fix the problem that the Returning Officer has identified. This may include altering your rules.
Once you have replied to the AEC you need to provide your reply and the relevant section of the AEC's post-election report to your members.
If you have any questions about this process or the timelines involved, or if you would like advice on possible rule alterations, please contact us at regorgs@roc.gov.au
Do election requirements change and how do I find out about changes?
Election requirements can be changed by parliament at any time, however they have not been changed for many years.
The ROC has a subscription service which we use to send updates and important information about obligations under the legislation.
ROC policies and procedures may alter in response to feedback received. Please send any feedback to us via email at regorgs@roc.gov.au.
Webinar – Elections
Fact sheet – Elections in organisations and their branches (PDF 251.2KB)


This years crop of young Barn Owls. These two of a family of seven Owls seen here in their nest box. Soon they will start sprouting their adult feathers. When first hatched they are really helpless, ugly, naked little things.
Check back here soon for progress updates.
© Jamestown Nature Reserve 2019.


> someone be willing to point me in the direction of how to get sponsored?
> I have 5 years of experience using Linux and am willing to learn.
enter Debian (reportbug should help you take care of that).
want to talk to the Kernel maintainers before you file a bug.


. . . the evangelical Catholic movement began when Pope John XXIII prayed for a "New Pentecost" (novo Pentecustes) in his apostolic constitution Humanae Salutis that ushered in the start of Vatican II (§23). For Pope John XXIII to call for a new Pentecost is to call for a church in the modern age that is as convicted in their faith as deeply as the apostles were on the day of Pentecost and the years following. Moreover, there cannot be a new Pentecost without there also being a new evangelization – something Pope Paul VI understood when he expressed the desire the Synod Fathers had for a "new period of evangelization" (§2 Evangelii Nuntiandi). The new evangelization was also a theme present in the ministry and writing of Pope John Paul II.
I found it fascinating that the Pope who opened Vatican II called for a new Pentecost and the Pope who closed Vatican II expressed the desire for a new evangelization.
What Can You Do With Six Bucks?
Not Said By Jesus Sunday: Ascension Edition.


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A big difference between those times and the current time is the rapidity of news delivery, including social media… and the fact that there's so much distortion of the news. And Israel's poor 'hasbarah.' Unfortunately our brains are wired to accept as reality, the first thing we read, even though it is corrected days/weeks/months later; the public just don't 'unhear' or 'unsee' the falsified photos that come rapidly at us- and somehow Hamas has managed to use this toward its advantage toward world propaganda. In the 1930s people had next to no 'up-to-date' reporting as compared with what we have today, accurate or not.


Heiner Goebbels is hard to pin down. He travels constantly; started his own rock band, but now writes something closer to opera; works in up to five languages simultaneously, and borrows with equal concentration from Prince, African folksong, and J.S. Bach. La Reprise, his latest "musiktheater" production, was premiered in Paris this spring. Black on White, written for the musicians of the Ensemble Modern over a period of intense rehearsal during two years, premiered this summer at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Paris Transatlantic had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Goebbels in Paris at the ATEM theater on April 27th, 1997 about these and other recent works.
Born in 1952, Mr. Goebbels studied sociology and music in Frankfurt am Main. Musical director of the Frankfurt Theater from 1978 to 1980, he has worked since as a composer, director, musician, and producer of radio pieces. In 1982 he launched the experimental rock group Cassiber. Though not as overtly political as he used to be, he still deals with themes of fear, jealousy, race, and colonialism. He layers this art with intense ambiguities created by constant shifts between foreground and background and the use of multiple languages, principally German, French and English. Many comparisons can be drawn to the world of film-making, and indeed the works of Wenders, Hartley, and Jarmusch deal with many of these same issues. Particularly, Wenders' Wings of Desire strongly resembles one of Goebbels' multi-layered productions. But the composer himself is only slightly aware of the work of these other artists.
La Reprise is the latest of three works in the "musiktheater" genre. The German term is as precise as possible, given that his works are far too theatrical to be opera, and far too operatic to be theater, not to mention that all three characters in La Reprise act, sing, and play instruments. The multi-faceted actor-musicians that Goebbels needs to produce these works are few and far between, and his style of working also ensures that there will be few rivals to his position as leader of a new avant-garde. Typically his works develop over very long periods of time, using improvisation and hours of rehearsal to create the foundation material (always based on specific texts and music) which he then transforms using splicing and editing techniques to create a libretto. Much later, he brings the libretto back to the musicians, and they resume rehearsals in earnest for the production.
La Reprise (The Rehearsal or Repetition) is a concatenation of ideas of love, jealousy, double-entendre conversations, and both the joy and ennui of repetition. Goebbels seamlessly integrates texts of Kierkegaard and Alain Robbe-Grillet with quotes from the film "L'Année dernière à marienbad" and the Prince song, "Joy in Repetition." The astonishing set, by Goebbels and Erich Wonder, is simply a curved wall, on a circular platform hidden in the floor. On the platform is a grand piano. In the wall, which circumscribes one third of a circle, (leaving the rest open) is one small window. The wall, which is very red, rotates occasionally, while sometimes the piano rotates in the other direction, or remains in one place, with the wall revolving in sinister slowness around it. Naturally the wall conceals as much as it frames, and the three performers can be glimpsed occasionally through the window, or arrive suddenly on stage, concealed by the moving wall. Sitting the public, one feels like a movie director, whose every nod to the camera-man vertiginously and instantly inverts the whole frame of reference. This is the genius of Goebbels, who is one of the most intensely creative directors in Europe today.
I was just talking to someone from the newspaper Le Monde who wanted to know about the evolution of--and the difference between--a live show and a recording. I consider these to be two totally different media. We were speaking about Ou bien le débarquement désastreux... [The Disastrous Voyage, a music and theatrical piece about travel, fear, and colonialism] he loved the show but he didn't like the recording. I think it was that his memory of the show was too strong. There's a certain intensity which you can get on stage that doesn't make sense on a CD, which is quieter, more discreet--so I can hear it more often--in theater it's only once, so it has to have a certain impact.
We've been tempted to discuss the points in common between La Reprise and the Débarquement. I take it you consider them to be two completely different pieces?
Yes. They represent two different ways to approach artistic work. A lot of artists and also stage directors (and not necessarily bad ones) will basically always do the same thing throughout their lives. They're not embarrassed to say that. In a way, they're always directing the same play. They work a lot, they do four or five pieces a year. I see my approach differently--I'm really quite lazy; I might do one piece a year, or every two years, and I try to discover a new area, to learn something about a subject I don't understand. In 1994, I did a huge orchestral piece called Surrogate Cities, for ninety-piece band and others, and after this I was totally tired of composing, so I composed words. That's basically my challenge for this piece, La Reprise, because it's a composition of words, and as you heard, there's not much of my own music at all.
To what extent do you still consider yourself a composer? Have you ever considered yourself as a composer in the traditional sense of the term?
Sometimes when I'm composing, in the sense in which we usually use the term, I consider myself more as a director; which means, for example in Débarquement, I worked with the African musicians, with the structure of their songs, their material, and composed my music to this as a kind of confrontation to it... I suppose you can compare it with the work of a director who looks for the actors and tries to put them together, integrate them into a greater, balanced structure. Sometimes as a director I think I work very much like a composer in terms of rhythm, working with scenes and how they relate to each other. So I think my two professions, being a director, being a composer, are quite difficult to separate.
I'm a big Prince fan, I always have been.
How has your audience changed over the years, bearing in mind that you worked in rock and improvised music before "becoming a composer"?
I have to say that for me it's not such a change, because even in '76, '78, during the period of the Goebbels/Harth duo, and later Cassiber, I always worked as a composer for huge theaters like this--I worked at the Schillertheater in Frankfurt, and also in Vienna. So I had this kind of theater audience, but at the same time this more sub-cultural, jazz-pop scene, with a different public. Now I consider this process more as bringing these two aspects of my own work together, keeping the impact of a live concert, the experience of an improvising musician, and trying to lead it forward towards a dramatic theater event, with an audience. So I think the audience can be mixed. Especially in Paris; I remember for Ou bien le débarquement... it came from literature, from contemporary music, from popular music, from art... I think this is also one of the reasons why I stopped Cassiber, because I saw that the audience was becoming a kind of scene, predictable, you could tell from their clothes in the street where they were going that night. I tried rather--and this was what I considered a challenge for me--to seduce a new audience.
You see, the problem is that I don't belong to any scene. I don't belong to the contemporary composer scene, nor do I belong to the theater director scene.
But surely these last two years a lot of things have started to come together; people are listening more openly to all sorts of new music, the barriers are coming down. Do you feel more optimistic about the situation of new music in 1997 than, say, five years ago?
It's difficult to say. I wouldn't make such a statement... I'm not sure there has been such an enormous change in the landscape. I see it rather as a kind of... desperation, the fact that certain institutions are opening up to different projects.
I see a lot of decisions made too quickly, I see a lot of very desperate reactions. Some institutions are losing their audience, losing their terrain, their self-understanding and are now desperately looking to open their borders. But this is not something you can do overnight. Since I consider my work to have a sense of long-term continuity--what I'm doing now is a continuation of what I was doing in the Seventies--I'm a little bit skeptical about these random mixtures, combinations, fusions in the wider sense of the word... If it doesn't work, it becomes counter-productive.
Talking of fusion, how did you come across the Prince song "Joy in Repetition" that you use in La Reprise?
...you know you're on the right track.
That's right! What I do is not necessarily an academic analysis, it's just dealing with a subject, looking at a subject, sometimes for over a year, trying to find the points where accidents can happen... Then I work very quickly.
Where does the process start? Does somebody call you up and suggest an idea to you, or do you suggest the idea you happen to be working on at the time?
It depends. Ou bien le débarquement was just a wild card. I had two basic ideas: to work with André Wilms, and to work in French. And everything else came after. The text was actually the last thing to come. In La Reprise it was different, in that it started with the text. With my new piece Black on White [see insert box for review] it was different again; it was more choreographic, it started more with a feeling of how to use twenty musicians in a large space. That led me to figure out certain scenes, which led to a particular story... The point where it starts is always different.
Do you see any parallels between your work and that of film directors like, say, Wim Wenders, or Hal Hartley?
I must admit I've never been all that into Wenders, except maybe the early works... but the cinema is quite important for me, and has been since the early Eighties. With my film [Schwarz auf Weiß: see review] with the Ensemble Modern, it's conventional film language, documentary film language. There are many things that you can't do, not in your first movie: you have to be very careful, adapting the film language to the music. I have to say I'm disappointed with the standard of film music today, very disappointed, considering that music is such an intrinsically important element... There are exceptions, I think, like Breaking the Waves, or the new Jim Jarmusch.
Do you compose at the piano, or at a writing desk?
Never at a writing desk, and not so much at the piano either, but very much in my studio, with samplers, and MIDI pianos. If it's a question of writing for specific performers, then I usually know what they can do before I start working. Then we have a two-week session working with the material, and then I compose.
But to what extent does the piece depend on those specific performers? If somebody came back to you in five years' time and said they wanted to do Ou bien le débarquement désastreux and Yves Robert (trombonist) wasn't available, would it be the same piece?
On the contrary, I want other people to do the pieces, because I think the material has its own consistency. I could imagine a real stage director using this particular composition of texts in his own way... I would really appreciate that. There are some plans in Germany to do that.
Many of your works have used texts by Heiner Müller, with whom you collaborated on several occasions. Tell us about working with him.
The most remarkable thing is that our encounters were very short. But intense. He wasn't really outspoken as such, but... easygoing. Common sense: I'd give him a call and tell him about the project, and then at the end, he'd make a little remark, like: "Why don't you read this too?" Or I'd invite him to concerts. It was never a huge, complicated process, our collaboration. There was always a very quick understanding. For example, when we did the premiere of Man in the Elevator, we made a whole libretto, in two languages. We wrote the structure of the texts, and a few hours before the dress rehearsal, he read it, liked it, and so we did it. That's how we worked! You would be wrong to think we were sitting together for weeks and months in advance.
In La Reprise you use texts from Alain Robbe-Grillet's Project for a Revolution in New York.
Yes. With Robbe-Grillet--who came last night to see the show--of course I informed him I wanted to do this piece, and he agreed because he already knew my work before, and he loved Ou bien le débarquement... He trusted me. It was La Jalousie that drew me first: I composed this chamber music piece based on it, and when we performed it in Paris a couple of years ago, he came to the concert and liked it a lot. Basically what I did with the composition of the texts for La Reprise was to look in Robbe-Grillet's work for dialogue scenes which could bring the Kierkegaard essay to life; so I went through all the books I know saying "Where's the dialogue?" There were two dialogues in Project, there was one dialogue in Djinn, and a nice dialogue in [Last Year in] Marienbad. There are a lot of things that interest me in Robbe-Grillet's work--maybe one day I'll do something more with it--but here I just quoted a few scenes.
When you were with the group Cassiber, you did a whole album (A Face We All Know) with texts by Thomas Pynchon. Is Pynchon still important to you?
He just published a new book. ["Mason & Dixon"-Ed.] I haven't read it yet. Until a few years ago, nobody knew who Pynchon was--I mean, yes, he was well-known as a writer but nobody knew who he was--there were a lot of rumors about who the writer Thomas Pynchon might be, because he was anonymous... I was worried about being able to get permission to use his work, but I sent a fax or something to his publisher in New York and the answer came back the next day, saying "yes." I like his writing very much.
What about future projects? What can we look forward to?
I'm doing nothing new this year because I'm traveling too much. I'm doing three things next year: the first is a project with the Ensemble Modern about Eisler, the second is a new theater piece in Lausanne--but I don't know anything about what I'm going to do yet--and the third will be a huge orchestral composition for the fall. There is a plan to release Surrogate Cities too. We have already recorded it, but we still have to mix it down.
Can we invite you to play "Desert Island Discs"?
It's a famous British radio program where a celebrity has to imagine themselves banished to a desert island and has to choose their ten all-time favorite records. What would you take?
I'd need some information about the island--is it an island which is very comfortable and boring, where I'd need some excitement, or is it an island which is hostile, where it's difficult to survive, and where I'd need something to calm down?
You want to know right now? Is the plane going soon? (Faced with the silent brute intransigence of his interviewers he realizes he has no choice but to answer.) OK, I'd choose "O Corpo Sutil" by Arto Lindsay--very smooth, soft. (Long pause) I'd choose... some Bach. Something by Prince, maybe "Graffiti Bridge." I'd take "Witchi-Tai-To" by Jan Garbarek. I'd take the first This Heat album. Yes, I'd definitely have to take some Chet Baker. How many is that? Five? Six? That's probably enough. (Pause) I wouldn't choose any of my records.


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Illustrative Notes on The Pilgrim's Progress by Thomas Scott
The illustrative notes of Rev. Thomas Scott were compiled from the footnotes of an edition of "The Pilgrim's Progress" published by John B. Perry in 1855. The notes of that two-part edition have been divided into chapters for easier reference. Each note is introduced with its anchor phrase from the text of the story. This edition also includes Thomas Scott's Preface and Life of John Bunyan. "The Pilgrim's Progress" was one of Scott's favorite books and his extensive notes are sure to help anyone understand the symbolism and nuances of the allegory.
[Thomas Scott's aim is] ". . . fixing the precise meaning of those parts, which might most perplex the inquirer, and which seem to have most escaped notice, or divided the sentiments, of expositors; [and] to state and establish, compendiously but clearly, those doctrinal, practical, and experimental views of Christianity, which Mr. Bunyan meant to convey."
Paperback, 200 pages. ISBN 9781935626398
Thomas Scott (1747–1821) was born in Lincolnshire, England. He worked on his father's farm but he also studied Greek and Latin. In 1772, he sought to be ordained and he became the curate of Stoke Goldington and Weston Underwood. In the late 1770's he embraced the gospel and took over the Olney pulpit in 1781. In 1785, he became the Lecturer of Lock Hospital in London, where he was a favorite preacher of William Wilberforce, Henry Thornton, and Hannah More. In 1803, he moved to Aston Sandford, Buckinghamshire. He is known for founding the Lock Asylum, the Church Missionary Society and his Commentary for the "Family Bible."


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1.2 Its shortened name will be KKAF (hereinafter referred to as the organisation).
? Exist in its own right, separately from its members.
? Continue to exist even when its membership changes and there are different office bearers.
? Be able to own property and other possessions.
? Be able to sue and be sued in its own name.
3.1 The organisation will keep a record of everything it owns.
3.2 The organisation may not give any of its money or property to its members or office bearers. The only time it can do this is when it pays for work that a member or office bearer has done for the organisation. The payment must be a reasonable amount for the work that has been done.
3.3 A member of the organisation can only get money back from the organisation for expenses that she or he has paid for or on behalf of the organisation.
3.4 Members or office bearers of the organisation do not have rights over things that belong to the organisation.
4.1 If a person wants to become a member of the organisation, she or he will have to ask the organisation's management committee. The management committee has the right to say no.
4.2 Members of the organisation must attend its annual general meetings. At the annual general meeting members exercise their right to determine the policy of the organisation.
5.1 A management committee will manage the organisation. The management committee will be made up of not less than 4 members. They are the office bearers of the organisation.
5.2 Office bearers will serve for one year, but they can stand for re-election for another term in office after that. Depending on what kind of services they give to the organisation, they can stand for re-election into office again and again. This is so long as their services are needed and they are ready to give their services.
5.4 The management committee will meet as necessitated to address matters arising . More than half of members need to be at the meeting to make decisions that are allowed to be carried forward. This constitutes a quorum.
5.6 The organisation has the right to form sub-committees. The decisions that sub-committees take must be given to the management committee. The management committee must decide whether to agree to them or not at its next meeting. This meeting should take place soon after the sub-committee's meeting. By agreeing to decisions the management committee ratifies them.
5.7 All members of the organisation have to abide by decisions that are taken by the management committee.
6.4 The organisation will decide on the powers and functions of office bearers.
7.7 If the management committee thinks it is necessary, then it can decide to set up one or more sub-committees. It may decide to do this to get some work done quickly. Or it may want a sub-committee to do an inquiry, for example. There must be at least three people on a sub- committee. The sub-committee must report back to the management committee on its activities. It should do this regularly.
9.1 An accounting officer shall be appointed at the annual general meeting. His or her duty is to audit and check on the finances of the organisation.
9.2 The treasurer's job is to control the day to day finances of the organisation. The treasurer shall arrange for all funds to be put into a bank account in the name of the organisation. The treasurer must also keep proper records of all the finances.
9.3 Whenever funds are taken out of the bank account, at least two members of the organisation must sign the withdrawal or cheque.
9.4 The financial year of the organisation ends on 31 March each year.
9.5 The organisation's accounting records and reports must be ready and handed to the Director of Non profit Organisations within six months after the financial year end.
9.6 If the organisation has funds that can be invested, the funds may only be invested with registered financial institutions. These institutions are listed in Section 1 of the Financial Institutions (Investment of Funds) Act, 1984. Or the organisation can get securities that are listed on a licensed stock exchange as set out in the Stock Exchange Control Act, 1985. The organisation can go to different banks to seek advice on the best way to look after its funds.
11.1 The organisation may close down if at least two-thirds of the members present and voting at a meeting convened for the purpose of considering such matter, are in favour of closing down.
11.2 When the organisation closes down it has to pay off all its debts. After doing this, if there is property or money left over it should not be paid or given to members of the organisation. It should be given in some way to another non profit organisation that has similar objectives. The organisation's general meeting can decide what organisation this should be.


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