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September 20, 2021
Is this why Quora banned me? On Anaphylaxis

How should public authorities treat anaphylaxis in school students?
https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/09/20/14/54/uk-schoolboy-dies-after-classmate-puts-cheese-down-his-shirt?app=applenews
The case of a school child dying from anaphylaxis after cheese was shoved down their shirt raises the issue of risk management. In Australia, parents are supposed to declare allergies to schools, and the school has a management plan. This is partly a result of the death of Hamidur Rahman in 2002. Aspects of the plan to limit risk are often unrealistic, and the result has been children die.

Anaphylaxis is serious and tragedies result from it. That is inevitable. It would be wrong to isolate children. But risk management cannot be placed in the hands of learning institutions at the expense of parental decision making. Children behave in ways with unexpected consequences, and for similar reasons, we don’t send kids to school with knives or guns, even though most could be responsible with their handling.

Since the death of Hamidur in NSW, children have died despite the new measures brought it. Because the new measures don’t work perfectly. Schools and churches don’t have peanut butter available, but what about eggs? Or wheat? Or dairy? Schools have management plans, but what of temporary employees? I’m a teacher at a few learning institutions where there are plans and kids have allergies. I’m aware of issues, having known Hamidur. I’m in the habit of offering chocolate or sweets to kids. One child says “I can’t have egg whites.” “What can I get that doesn’t have egg whites?” “Lindt!” (They aim high).

Thing is, the arrangements are not about helping children with allergies manage their risk, it is about politicians and public service covering up their culpability over the death of Hamidur. The coroner had investigated, and come to the erroneous decision that the parents had contributed to the tragic accident by not informing the school of the issue. Only the parents had. The school was aware because the right people had been told (Welfare head teacher and responsible Deputy Principal), but the coroner chose not to ask them after the death happened at a camp, and a year adviser took the lead in welfare. Subsequently, the Principal retired.

The Education Department became aware of the truth of Hamidur’s death and took steps to prevent the coroner finding out. In recent years the school involved has been sold off and moved from city to country. In order to address the issue, without admitting culpability over the child’s death, recommendations were made which cover the learning institution’s failure and make tragic accidents something that parents cannot address.

Parents need control of the fate of their child until their child reaches majority. A better way of addressing the growing issue is to involve the parent with an advisory panel of specialists and professionals for such children showing options, which may include mainstreaming, or home schooling, or special arrangements. This is preferable to draconian legislation and banning wholesome produce from mainstream schools.

https://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2021/09/20th-sept-review-of-historical-and.html

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November 27, 2022
Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bell chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle...

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September 01, 2021
Intro to Locals for the Conservative Voice

David Daniel Ball calls himself the Conservative Voice.

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. ...

00:01:50
Memo to France

What exactly have the Palestinians done to demonstrate they’re ready for a state?

Some observations:

📷 There are still 50 hostages in Gaza

📷 They refuse every ceasefire proposal

📷 The Palestinian Authority hasn’t held elections since 2006

📷 Corruption is rampant

📷 Children are taught to glorify terrorism

📷 There’s no accountability, no rule of law, and no democratic institutions

So tell us, Emmanuel Macron: what part of this looks like a state-in-waiting?

https://x.com/ddball67/status/1949284310336598058

An appalling meme on climate change

An appalling meme. Does it really highlight the dangers of climate change? What is protecting Poland from carbon dioxide?

https://x.com/ddball67/status/1949277289541484738

Hasten to your light worship song

Embrace the urgency of Psalm 119:60 today—turn to Jesus without delay, stripping away any pretense or hesitation. Be wholehearted in your loyalty to God, seek His mercy boldly, and commit to obedience even amidst life's snares. Let this song be your anthem: sing it, live it, and watch how swift surrender transforms your walk with Him. Start now—reflect on His commands and step forward in faith! Like subscribe and comment. I read all comments.

Hasten to Your Light Verse 1 In the quiet of my soul, I hear Your call so clear No more waiting in the shadows, drawing ever near You see right through my heart, no masks or empty show With open arms You wait, in mercy's gentle flow

Chorus I hasten to Your commands, no delay in my step Turning to Jesus now, in Your love I'm kept Wholehearted in my loyalty, seeking mercy's grace Obedience is my song, even in the darkest place Among the snares that surround me, I run into Your light It's always good to turn to You, day or ...

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Ballad of Jampijinpa: A Warlpiri Dreamtime Bambi in the Tanami Desert
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Journey to the Tanami Desert with the Ballad of Jampijinpa, a Warlpiri Jukurrpa retelling of Bambi. Follow Jampijinpa, a young red kangaroo, as he learns the sacred laws of his Country from Napangardi, faces dangers like the machine’s shadow, and rises as a leader under the Seven Sisters’ stars. This Dreamtime story celebrates Warlpiri culture, resilience, and connection to the land. Comment your favorite Indigenous story below! Subscribe for more Warlpiri tales and join my Locals for exclusive Jukurrpa insights.
The story of Bambi is, for many, their first encounter with profound loss. Writing this story in Warlpiri Dreamtime, Tanami Desert context. Loss is part of life, yet life goes on. But, a good life, serving the community is also important. How do Indigenous stories like Jampijinpa’s inspire you?
 
Notes on the Adaptation: Setting and Characters: The Tanami Desert replaces the forest, with native animals (red kangaroo, dingo, mallee fowl, perentie) as characters, reflecting the local ecology. Warlpiri skin names (Jampijinpa, Napangardi, etc.) root the characters in kinship systems, central to Warlpiri identity. Jukurrpa: The Dreamtime frames the story as a sacred narrative, where loss and growth are part of the land’s law. The “shadow” (a machine) nods to modern intrusions like mining, a real threat in the Tanami, but keeps the story timeless. Themes: Bambi’s coming-of-age becomes a journey of learning country and law, emphasizing Warlpiri values of responsibility and connection. The mother’s death and the fire echo Bambi’s trials but are grounded in desert realities. Cultural Respect: I avoided inventing sacred details or mimicking restricted Warlpiri stories, focusing on universal elements (land, kinship, survival) informed by public Warlpiri narratives, like those shared in art or ethnographies.
 
The Ballad of Jampijinpa In Tanami’s heart where the spinifex sways, ‘Neath the Jukurrpa’s first starlit blaze, The ancestors carved from the red desert’s hand, Young Jampijinpa, to guard sacred land.
Chorus: Oh, Jampijinpa, with bounds swift and free, Carry the law of your country’s decree. Through sand and through sorrow, your spirit will roam, In the Tanami’s dreaming, you’ll always find home.
Napangardi taught him the desert’s old ways, Where soakages shimmer through blistering days. The bilby’s soft tracks led to yams in the ground, And the wind whispered tales when no rain could be found. With Jangala, dingo, he leaped o’er the plain, While Nungarrayi tidied the earth’s ancient pain. The oaks sang of patience, the elders stood near, Their ochre-lit eyes guiding young kangaroo’s fear. But dawn brought a shadow, a roar cold as stone, A machine’s cruel hunger tore flesh from the bone. Napangardi fell, her spirit took flight, To the ancestors’ campfire in the starwoven night.
Chorus: Oh, Jampijinpa, with bounds swift and free, Carry the law of your country’s decree. Through sand and through sorrow, your spirit will roam, In the Tanami’s dreaming, you’ll always find home.
Alone, he wandered, his heart like a stone, The sand stung his eyes, and the silence did moan. But Japangardi rose, scales gleaming bright, “You’re never lost, son, in the Jukurrpa’s light.” The bilby taught digging, the oak whispered peace, Nungarrayi scratched paths where the stories increase. Jangala’s yips brought a laugh to the blaze, And Jampijinpa grew strong through the desert’s hard days. Then Nakamarra, with dawn in her gaze, Danced by his side through the sandhills’ soft maze. But fire returned, born of shadow’s old sin, Yet Jampijinpa led kin to the soakage within.
Chorus: Oh, Jampijinpa, with bounds swift and free, Carry the law of your country’s decree. Through sand and through sorrow, your spirit will roam, In the Tanami’s dreaming, you’ll always find home.
Atop the red dune, his shadow stretched far, A keeper of law ‘neath the desert’s bright star. The elders now sing from their camp in the sky, And Jampijinpa’s tracks never fade, never die.
Final Chorus: Oh, Jampijinpa, your story’s been spun, A thread in the Jukurrpa, forever begun. The Tanami dreams, and its stars softly call, For the kangaroo’s heart that will never grow small.
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