So, we have completed the portion on actinides, now we will be discussing the trans actinides and their chemical properties. The trans actinides are shown in this periodic table, they are actually part of fourth transition series and starts from the element number 104, that is ethrophodium and it goes up to element number 118. Now, some of the first few trans actinides, they are experimentally studied and as the later part of the trans actinides are also theoretically studied. Now, they have been determined by physical methods, that is by counting in the physics experiments, but for the chemistry experiments, it is not possible because of the very very short applies of some of the later part of the trans actinides. Nevertheless, the early part of the trans actinides like ethrophodium, element 104, dubnium, element 105, cyborgium, element 106, acium, element 108, these are chemically they have been studied in aqueous medium. Also, gas phase chemistry of these elements have been studied extensively. There is also gas phase chemistry report of element number 112 recently. As mentioned in this slide, these lanthanide and actinides, they are called as the inner transition series and these trans actinides, they are the part of the transition series. So, the chemistry of these trans actinides, they follow the transition elements are shown in the next slide, whether they are really D block elements. Now, you see from the electronic configuration, titanium, the Z of 22, zirconium, Z of 40, hafnium, the Z of 72, zirconium, Z of 104. They have a similar electronic configuration like they have the D2 and H2 type of configuration all of them. Only in case of the hafnium and the zirconium, they have 4F 14 and the 5F 14 that is the filled F levels are also there. Same also we can do about the plus 5 oxidation state transition elements like vanadium which is 23 Z, niobium 41 Z, tantalum 73 Z and dubnium 105 as the Z. Their electronic configurations you can see that they are similar that is D3 and H2 type of configuration is there. And finally, the plus 6 oxidation state that is chromium, the Z24 molybdenum, Z42 tungsten which Z as 74 and seborgium with Z as 106. They also have similar electronic configurations that is D5 and S1. As we will be seen later in this lecture, the second and the third transition series elements are considered as the homologs of the transactinides. For example, zirconium and hafnium are homologs of rutherfordium, niobium and tantalum are for dubnium and molybdenum and tungsten are for seborgium. Now the properties of this yearly transactinides and see that these transactinides their half-lives are mentioned here. Some of the early transactinides which have been synthesized in the last century are given here like 261 rutherfordium which has a t-half of 28 seconds. And all these transactinides are actually produced by nuclear reactions in accelerator facilities. This 261 rutherfordium is formed either by a 248 curium target with a oxygen 18 beam or 244 plutonium target with a neon-22 beam. In both cases, 5 neutrons are emitted. But for this reaction, the cross-section is significantly different. For the first reaction that is the reaction from 248 curium or 10 nanoburn as the cross-section and for the plutonium 244 as the target, the cross-section is around 4 nanoburn and also the rate of production also varies even though the product is same. But from 248 curium, the rate of production is much higher because of the higher cross-section that is 3 to 4 atoms are produced per minute. And from the second reaction that is from 244 plutonium, only one atom per minute is produced. Now coming to 262 dubnium that is element 105, it has a half-life of 34 seconds and the target required for this is 249 bercelium where an oxygen 18 beam is used which again 5 neutrons are emitted and with a 6 nanoburn cross-section you have the product around 2 atoms per minute and with a 248 curium target with a 19 fluorine as the beam you have 5 neutrons are emitted and with 1 nanoburn which is a 6 times lower cross-section and that is why the production also is less you have only 0.5 atoms per minute. For the 263 dubnium, it has a half-life of 27 seconds and it is produced from 249 bercelium target using an oxygen 18 beam with a 10 nanoburn as the cross-section which is 3 atoms per minute. Now coming to the cyborgium isotopes, there are mainly two isotopes of cyborgium one is 265 cyborgium the 7.4 second half-life for this is 248 curium target with a near 22 as the ion beam reaction is done with a 0.24 nanoburn as the cross-section and 5 atoms are produced per hour. For the 266 cyborgium which has a relatively longer half-life that is 21 seconds again the target is 248 curium and the projectile is 22 neon and 4 neutrons are emitted in this case but the cross-section is nearly 1 order magnitude lower with a production rate of 0.5 atoms per hour. Now the challenges in case of the transactinite without the production and transport this is a challenge because as I have already mentioned the cross-sections are very very low in the nanoburn with less than nanoburn for cyborgium nucleates and also what type of nuclear reaction one has to carry out and finally efficient detection as well as identification. The detection it is done by the characteristic alpha decay and the time correlated alpha of the mother to the alpha of the daughter in the decay chain. I have shown that in this diagram here where you have 263 cyborgium which is decoing to 259 rathophodium so 263 cyborgium has a half-life of only 0.9 seconds and this is decaying to 259 rathophodium with a half-life of 3 seconds which is subsequently decaying to 255 nobelium the 3.1 million as the half-life. So the alpha particles you see are from 263 cyborgium has nearly 50% alpha and 50% spontaneous fission. For 259 rathophodium you have 97% of alpha and 3% spontaneous fission and for the nobelium 255 we have 62% alpha and 38% electron capture. So ultimately when you do the counting the cyborgium as only a rathophodium must have already decayed and so necessarily you have to count your 255 nobelium and if you are able to count 255 nobelium or if you are able to detect it then you can always assume that 263 cyborgium has formed. Now the experimental challenges because the production and detection rate is very very less this is a very big challenge actually carrying out these experiments so this is called as a single atom chemistry or atom atom time chemistry when you carry out the chemical reactions then you are basically dealing with only one atom at a time and as I already mentioned they are very very short half-lives ranging from few seconds to microseconds and also there is uncertainty about what time the lipid is exactly formed but that is not known as it is a statistical process with all this it is very difficult actually carrying out these experiments and many times thousands of experiments have to be carried out continuously over a period of several days and data obtained are to be finalized after getting the results. Now the requirements in the experimental setup we need a fast transport and separation system we also need an online detection system of high efficiency as well as high resolution these challenges can be met with highly sophisticated automated instrumentation now when we are talking about the transactinides many times there is this feeling that these are called previously as super-ary elements so these super-ary elements or the transactinides as they are known they are the heavy actinides which are undergoing spontaneous fusion and their half-lives becomes very very short this we know already that these heavy actinides like Lorentzium it has very short half-life I have given this table here where this 254 Lorentzium which has a 13 second half-life and like that it goes on 255 Lorentzium 21.5 seconds half-life 256 Lorentzium with a 27 second half-life 259 Lorentzium with 6.2 seconds half-life 260 Lorentzium with 2.7 minutes half-life 261 Lorentzium with 44 minutes half-life 262 Lorentzium 3.6 hours half-life 264 Lorentzium 4.9 hours half-life 266 Lorentzium with 10 hours half-life So with the exception of 259 Lorentzio, you can see that mostly the neutral number increasing the half-life becoming higher. On this basis, the transactinides should have much, much lower half-lives because they are that heavier radionuclides. Also from the nuclear physics point of view, there was prediction that there will be a island of stability predicted on the basis of the cell model at z of around 114, that is proton number of 114 and the neutron number of 184. So this was predicted much earlier and subsequent theoretical calculations have suggested that this island of stability may be at a neutron number of around 162 and with a z value of may be around 126 or may be 120, this may give the most stable nucleates. If this is the case, then based on the neutron number, we can say that element number 104, which may be giving a very stable radionuclide. So that means the super heavy elements with the island of stability may start somewhere around even element number 104. So that is the rutherfordium can be considered as one of the super heavy elements. So it starts from rutherfordium and most of the transactinides, they can be called as the super heavy elements. Now from the nuclear physics point of view, the super heavy elements, they exist mostly because of the cell effects, that is because of the magic numbers to get the extra stability and those with a lifetime of greater than 10 to the power minus 14 second can be considered as a chemical element. That means if some radionuclides which are having lower than this as the lifetime, we need not consider them as the elements. So the stability of a nucleate mainly based on the spontaneous fission, which is taking place with the heavier actinides or the transactinides and this is given by a parameter called the facility parameter, which is defined as z square by a, where z is the charge of the radionuclide and the reflection of this proton to neutron ratio, this is also depending on the z square by a or the facility parameter. Now based on the liquid drop model, we can calculate this lifetime of this or the decay lifetime, that is the spontaneous fission of this radionuclide, the red line here what I have drawn now, this gives this calculated line from the liquid drop model and those which are falling below 10 to the power minus 14 seconds, we call them as non-existent. So that way somewhere between nobilium and rathaforium, we find this region with the x value of 0.88, so x is nothing but the facility parameter at z square by a, so with this value, we can say that those elements will be non-existent. However, this is not the case and we know that this actinides lie up to Lorentzium are there and also the transactinide elements were discovered subsequently, suggesting that this cannot be predicted based on the facility parameter and the liquid drop model. So, the experimentally determined values suggest that the cell effects are very, very important and the transactinides are same as the super, or it can be considered as same as the super heavy elements based on this. Now coming to the synthesis of the transactinides, heavy elements beyond fermion that is z equal to 100, they are done by the fusion reactions and before up to fermion, these are done by neutron capture reactions and then nuclear reactors or by the in-pile reactions. Now, there are two types of fusion reactions, one is the cold fusion where the excitation energy is relatively less that is your 10 to 15 MeV. So, in that case, we use medium to heavy projectiles that is iron 58, nickel 62, these type of projectiles are used and also the targets are like lead 208 and bismuth 209. In this case, we have relatively neutron deficient products have formed and the products have relatively short half-life. The other way of producing by fusion reaction is the hot fusion where the excitation energy is as high as 40 to 50 MeV and the target actinides are 248 curium, plutonium 244 etc. and light projectiles such as oxygen 18, neon 22, 26 magnesium etc. in this case 4 to 5 neutrons are evaporated as compared to only one neutron by the cold fusion reactions and the relatively long lead neutron isopropes have formed. The cross sections are from nanopons to picobons for this hot fusion reactions, but you have few atoms per minute for rathophodium and dogmium, but only 5 atoms per hour for 265 cb. The schematic of this cold fusion and hot fusion is given here and this is the compound nucleus formed by given reaction that is 58 iron and 208 lead, you have the fusion, you get the compound nucleus 266 potassium and it gives out one neutron and forms 265 potassium. In this case, we have 5 to 10 to power 16 projectiles on the target to produce only one atom. In case of the hot fusion, we have the curium 248 as the target and the projectile is 26 magnesium as given here, you have the fusion and you have the compound nucleus as 274 potassium and it is giving out around 4 to 5 neutrons to give either 269 or 270 potassium. In this case, we have 1 into 10 to the power 17 projectiles on the target and we are getting one atom. The experimental setup is given here where you have actually this is the reaction chamber is there where you have the beryllium packed this target is there as shown here and the oxygen 18 beam is coming this way and this is that is whole system is enclosed and the cooling is done by nitrogen gas passing through this at 0.2 milligram per centimeter square and this reaction is taking place and the recoils whatever is coming out of this nuclear reaction, they are actually transported by the helium gas rate in the presence of aerosols and this gas gel outlet which is going to the collection site where the experiments are carried out with the special experimental setups like Olga or Arka. Now for the target because the very large beam current is there so this target is going to be burnt very easily that is why the cooling of the target has to be done and also we need to have this target rotated so here one such schematic is given here where you have three banana shaped targets and this field actually is where it is mounted this gets rotated and then it gets cooled also so that at one time one target is only seeing the beam after that this target is moved and then the second target is seeing the beam and finally the third target is seeing the beam that is how it is rotated and alternatively we get this target exposed to the beam. Now the product from the radio nucleates are collected in the solution form for the solution phase experiments and in the gas form for the gas phase study. Now one important part here is the atomic time chemistry the single atom chemistry now this becomes very vague if you have only one atom because when you are carrying out the chemical reaction and we know this chemical equilibrium which is given here that is A and E reacting to give X and Z so the reactants are A and E so A atoms of A and E atoms of E they are reacting to give X atoms of X and Z atoms of Z as the product and the Gibbs free energy for this is given by this equation which is simplified to give del G 0 equal to minus RT ln K the problem is when you have a bulk quantity then it is fine but when you have only single atom it can either exist as A or as X so it can either be in the left side or it can be in the right side so the equilibrium constant in that sense has no meaning however this studies how it has to be carried out so it has been proposed that such studies can be carried out by partitioning experiments where the element which is formed it will be only in one phase that means if you have a solid liquid partition or even partition between a gas phase also depending of the type of the experiment the metal which is formed which will be either in one of these phases which are in equilibrium so which is shown here this figure shows that the reaction coordinates versus the del G values and if you see this delta G value if it is for this reaction Mx plus y which is the reactant which is the the transition state is y Mx and final product is My plus X now whether it will be depending on the Mx or My depends on this activation energy whether the forward reaction is taking place or the backward reaction is taking place I mentioned here in this equilibrium reaction now if the delta G is less than 15 kilocal then the reaction time will be less than 1 second so accordingly this if you carry out the reaction it's a very very short time that is less than 1 second then we have to find out the conditions in which the delta G value should be less than 15 kilocal please. Another important aspect is the relativistic effect which is very important for the trans actinates or the heavier elements the relative effect effect is important and it has three different types of relativistic effects are there one is called the direct relativistic effect now this direct relativistic effect is thought to apply only to the innermost k and the L cells however in case of trans actinates it applies to the outermost s and p cells as well and that is how this outermost of orbitals are also gets contracted the indirect relativistic effect this leads to the expansion of the outer d and f orbitals so far the cyborgium the level sequence of 7 and 7s and 6d are inverted I have shown here a picture actually where these energy levels are given and you can see for cyborgium there is really reversal of this 7s falling below that of the 6d levels so this is how this relativistic effects becomes important which decides the chemistry of this trans actinate now there is a third relativistic effect that is called the spin orbit splitting or the SO splitting and this is called the third relativistic effect and this SO splitting decreases with increasing number of sub cells that is it is much stronger for the inner cells than that of the outer cells so each of these are of the same order each of these means this all these three relativistic effects are of same order and grows as z square that means increasing the charge it increases this relativistic effects and this is becomes very very important for the trans actinates while seeing the chemistry of these trans actinates sometimes you find that it is not matching well with the homologs because of these relativistic effects


our hand just in front of the camera or you can just use the reactions button and hit the raise hand function will go right to you. And I don't see anyone on my screen that usually popped to the top. So I'm gonna say no one's here for this project. So I had a couple of questions and I just wanted to make sure that who maintains this bridge after it's finished? Is this Park Park and Rec land Leslie? And so if something happened, it would be the TPW, it's... Yeah, I mean, it would be similar to anything that would go along the pathway. It would be viewed very much like the connection that is made between herd field and the bridge. It's not the housing people.  So they didn't come across, they didn't come beyond the fencing area and they didn't come across the bridge but much like with the herd project if there's something along the pathway or the bridge, it would be DPW. Okay, so are you gonna mill and overlay this? The machine that gets out there, is that a truck or is there a smaller version of that? And that doesn't really need to be answered. I'm wondering with the culvert underneath, do we need to worry about that agitation making, I don't know, material loose and dropping into the stream or not, I'm not sure. So that's my question. I'll just say that the detail that we use for the herd connection over that bridge is the same. So we have in addition to the compost filter stock, we also have that silt fence detail that wraps around so we make sure that comes down and wraps. It's on the last page there. No, I guess what's happening on the top, I was just wondering inside when you shake the whole thing. Did you notice any of that on the last one? Was there any about that? Okay, yeah, it's culvert. So they're pretty much solidly filled with soil above that. You know, I understand that. Okay, that was my, trying to move it along. So that was my question. So I'm gonna, can you take down the screen sharing, please? So I'm trying to- I think it's like a motion to approve the amendment, right? Yep. Approved if you're requesting more conditions under the bylaw and the Weapons Protection Act. Great, can I get a second? Second. Sure. Any, so, okay, let's take a vote. David. Can you just do one discussion item? I just wanna make the record. We have standard special conditions that have to do with erosion controls and sedimentation and things like that, which will be in place on this. They're nothing new to you, Leslie or Danielle, you've seen them before at the previous projects, right? If we need to- It's part of, we're amending, right. We're amending, so it's probably already in there. So it's probably already in there. We should just take a look and make sure because we have modified our special conditions. You can add a condition right now if you want, but if you don't, it's what was in the old order. It's in the order already. Okay. Yeah, so I- I rescind that. I just- I thought there was a close and an issue, but if this is just an issue, then if anyone has any conditions, you know, speak now and we'll just, and we'll add it in. Okay, I'm okay with that, with Nathaniel's reminder. Okay, seeing none. Thank you. I'm gonna run down Brian McBride. Yes. David White. Yes. David Kaplan. Yes. Mike Gillis game. Yes. Susan Chapnick. Yes. Nathaniel Stevens. Yes. And Chuck Turoni says yes. All right, you're all set, amended order of conditions. You can call Ryan tomorrow or reach out to him through email and he'll let you know when he can get that information out to you. Excellent. Thank you very much. Good night. All right. So then Susan, get ready. So the next one is our requested determination for 35 Beverly Road and Susan's kind of run this agenda, but I figured I would just look at her and see if she's ready and she looks ready now. So take it away, Susan. Okay. So this is a request for determination of applicability at 35 Beverly Road. This public hearing is considering an application for a seasonal floating dock at 35 Beverly Road along the bank and land under water of Mystic Lake. And Ryan Clapp and I did a site visit for this property. I believe it was the January 14th. We were supposed to have the hearing for the meeting of the 18th. However, our public notice didn't get out in time. So that's why this has been continued. So Ryan's put up the plan for the seasonal dock and those of you who remember the seasonal dock just right down the street that we permit it that we did an RDA for previously that one was already there. This one is non-existing. This is a new dock that the residents, the applicants want to put in. And you'll see the dock is kind of an L shape. It will have pilings that go in and the applicant has explained that those will be hand put in. There will be no machinery that's pounding those into the water. And then there's a small ramp to get to it. This is a very, very steep property. There's a steep slope down to the water and that's something to consider. I think it would be helpful if you put up our pictures, Ryan, and our discussion. That might be helpful. So Ryan did a small summary of this project and he and I walked the site just so you can see. So this is looking down towards, you could get an idea of the steepness. That's Mystic Lake. That's the other edge of the property. Whoops. Okay, so this is down right near the water. That's kind of what it looks like now. There's some stone on the edge and then there's also some concrete stones on the bank existing. And there's a small kind of fence that was just put up there to prevent the geese from coming up, but it's kind of not quite anchored in there. This site, oh, you could put that up, Ryan. I just wanna say that the, so this is a proposal for a seasonal dock and as we've discussed before, seasonal means it goes in at a certain time of year and it comes out at a certain time of year. If you scroll down a little bit, as I said, the site is steep. The applicants also talking about doing some additional work on the site, which we explained to them would be another RDA or NOI depending upon how much additional work they wanna do. And this RDA is just for the seasonal dock. Currently, the property owner has also installed a gravel pad directly adjacent to the lake shore, which I'd like to show you, Ryan has a picture of it, which has their jet ski sitting on it out of the water. And this might be something that the commission wants to consider requiring the applicant to move. It's right on the edge of the water. And as we've discussed with seasonal docks coming out of the water, they should come out and above the 25 foot no disturbed zone. And I would recommend that we consider asking the applicant to move this as well at the same place that the seasonal dock would be going. I don't know if you have any more pictures. That's the edge of the problem. Other side. That's somebody else's dock next door. If that's what I'm about to say, you can see the pile. Okay, you can see the pilings on that one, and that's what these pilings. Susan, I'm a little confused. You're presenting this project for the applicant or are you just doing a... I was just explaining what we saw on the site visit. Sorry. Oh, sure. Can you just get to the applicant? Sure, sure, sure, no problem. So, and the applicant is here, I see them, I think. Oh, I'm sorry, yes. Hi, and if you could please introduce yourselves and I'm sorry if I stole your thunder, I was trying to be thorough about the site visit. No, we appreciate it. Yeah, I'm Thomas Schnaudhofer and my wife, Maylene Chew, is here. Yeah, so I just want to preface that something as well. We actually have been living in this location since 2010. When we actually bought the property, there used to be already an existing dock on this property. Not when we bought it, but there was one, we actually have photos of it, but there was one a dock there, I think in the 70s or 80s, and that was removed, not the owners had removed it, but not because of the commission or so. So there was an existing dock on this property previously. So just to preface that, but yes. So we are looking at a seasonal floating dock to be placed and yeah, I mean, there are a lot of homes already on this lake that also have docks and the dock company that we have looked into actually placed a lot of these docks that are on this lake as well as the upper mystic lake with the Winchester Bullet Club. So they're very familiar with this area as well. Okay, I think between that and what Susan did, we have a good understanding of the project. I only had one question, when the dock comes out, was there a distance from the water where you're gonna store it? Was it outside the 25 foot area? Do we know that measurement? Yeah, I mean, as you can see, there's plenty of space to put it. So we can absolutely put it 25 feet away from it. That's not a problem. Okay. Okay, and Susan, does that concur with your site visit? Like 25 feet away would be adequate for storing the dock? Yes, and I did wanna ask the applicant since one or two questions. One is, are you willing to move the jet ski pad? If the commission, I'd like to hear from other commissioners, that's a concern of theirs. And then what were the dates you were considering having the dock go in and come out every year? Well, we don't have anything set in stone because the weather always changes as well. And since we're not necessarily doing it ourselves, this company that we're using, WM Docks, they've been doing this for over 20 years and they can do the install and the removal. And that will also depend on their schedule. So depending on what the requirements are, obviously we can let them know so they can incorporate that into their schedule as well. But we are bound by the schedule as well. Sure, sure. I see that Nathaniel has his hand up, Nathaniel. Thanks, a couple of questions. I'm sorry, just to understand, so this is a floating dock with piles. Piles that are aligned where the dock is floating, is that correct? They're kind of twisted into the ground, the piles. Okay, so those are twisted into the ground, but so the dock's not reticent, those aren't supporting the dock, they're just placing the dock. Floating away, right. Floating away, okay, got it, thanks, all right. That makes sense. What type of decking are you proposing to use? It's aluminum frame. Aluminum frame. It's aluminum decking too. It's also aluminum decking. Aluminum decking, okay, because there's floats underneath it, right, okay. So there's no opportunity for light to penetrate. Is this solid? There is, it's... The aluminum decking has some kind of like opening, so there's some light that goes through. Okay, awesome, thanks, okay. Those are my only questions about the dock. For that it seems, we just also commented that we did give permission to one of your neighbors to have, we set conditions on the dock that need to be pulled out, reminding November, by November 15th of each year, and then kept out until April 15th of the following year. So just wanted to make sure you can live with those. April 15th, this has been November 15th, correct? Yeah, exactly, yeah. Then you could put them, obviously, after, you know, but just not. Yeah, yes. It can be in the water, it needs to be out of the water from November 15th to April 15th, that makes sense. Okay, great, thanks. So that's all I had on the dock comment. I think, I agree with Susan, I think after we discussed the dock, we could address the jet ski ramp issue, but I don't think those two should be, those two are necessarily related to the, necessarily combined, but I could be convinced otherwise. So that's a good question, Nathaniel. I didn't know, so they didn't ask an RDA for where the jet ski should go, obviously it was just a seasonal dock, and then we noticed that the jet ski is here. Should that be included in this RDA or not? Well, it's not, I guess they could seek to continue it. I guess in my mind, I guess one thing to ask is if they get approval for this dock, did they anticipate that jet ski would be removed? Yeah, so just to clarify, it's not a fixed structure. These are just rails that lay on the ground. And so we looked into that option. So these rails are basically allowed the jet ski to be pulled in by hand. And so there are no rails that are 25 feet long because you couldn't pull it that far by hand. So the only suggestion that was brought by the company, which honestly doesn't make any sense to put it, build in a crane to do that. We're obviously not going to do that. And they didn't have any options. I've seen other people have sort of attachments to their dock that they could pull the jet skis onto. I've been flying to my cape who had that, but that was on the ocean. Yeah, I asked the company and they said they don't have anything that long. And it would also kind of be a concern in terms of the strength on it. So they basically said they wouldn't recommend it. Okay, all right. So it sounds like, I guess we need to deal with that. The railings separately would be my thought.  Is there a better picture of those railings? I saw a stone. A stone under it. I think there is a better picture. And while we're trying to find it, Mike, did you have a question related to this or is it in a different? It's related to this. It's about the no disturb zone that you mentioned 25 feet. I'm wondering if, and I'm not familiar with this, but if the regulations also include impact to that zone by the actual moving of the dock because that's gonna take some muscle or some machine or something. And is that gonna be consistent with the no disturb zone because of compaction or whatever it may be from the moving process? Good question. We did discuss that briefly at the other hearing and we aired on the side of the importance of a seasonal dock coming out of the water at a certain time. And we said that they have to have minimal disturbance to the bank and the 25 foot, but Chuck or Nathaniel, do you remember differently? I don't remember differently. No. I had a different question. Oh, okay. The more I'm thinking about this, I think we should deal with the dock and then deal with, I think we need more information about this jet ski. Okay, and do that completely. Because I'm seeing more things in this photo that are not making me comfortable about it. Right. So I think if they want to, either the commission can decide to take enforcement action about it because it's not permitted. It's work on the bank within the buffer zone that's not permitted. So taking enforcement action, we can work continue very levels of enforcement or work with the applicant to see about filing a separate application to get this thing permitted. But I don't think that we should necessarily hold tie or connect this pending request with this issue. That makes sense. So I don't know if that makes sense to you. What Nathaniel's saying is, in the process of permitting the dock, we see that you have a jet ski here, which is in an area that's protected in the town and in the state. So it's really not allowed there. So we could deal with it two ways. One is you do a step. Well, it's not, they don't have permission. No permission to put it there. Sorry, yes. No permission to put it there. So at this point, we can deal with it one of two ways. I think Nathaniel is saying, one is through a separate letter of enforcement and one is through a separate RDA, which you're doing now for the dock, but it would be separate for this jet ski and structural storage. So at this point, I think we'll just focus on the dock. Like because that's what this RDA is about. Right. That makes sense, yeah. Yeah, I was just gonna suggest if we can put on our agenda discussing this as a potential enforcement action at our next meeting, then we can, I think given the late hour. Yeah, we don't wanna discuss it now. Okay. And we need more information. Sure. And then we can certainly invite the owner to attend that meeting and participate in that discussion. Sounds good. Sounds good. Leave it at that. Sounds good. So are there any other comments from commissioners? Oh, my hand went down. Sorry. That's okay, Chuck. Sure. So I was gonna ask something about this jet ski also. I'm just gonna do it real quickly. You know, there might be another way to store this and you might wanna look into it. But it looks like to me that maybe you could tie it to the dock during the summer and this area wouldn't be needed so much. Don't really need an answer to that question. But Michael, I wanna let you know when I called DEP and asked them about the docks, they do want them out of the water and that they thought that any damage to the bank, there would be minimal damage to the bank. And since these, this applicant's hiring a company, they wouldn't expect any damage to the bank for that. And I guess my final question would be, why can't the company move the jet ski? If it's, I don't know how they're moving it. Maybe they won't lift it for people moving it. You know, I don't know if that was an option. I'm just gonna leave it like that because we're not gonna talk about it at this meeting. But those are the only things I had. Thanks, Chuck. I'll make a motion to issue a positive negative thing. Yes, we have jurisdiction, but no for the permitting as needed. But we have conditions. With the condition, sorry, yes, with the condition that is. So I would recommend two conditions. Are you gonna do the conditions? No, go for it. I think there are the two that I'm gonna do, but. And I have three additional ones. Oh, you have three. Okay, one is that the, the dock, it's a seasonal dock that has to be removed between November 15th to April 15th, that we would acquire erosion and sedimentation controls for the bank during installation of the dock to make sure that we don't get any construction debris or anything in the lake at that time. Those are the only two I had. Did you have another one, Chuck?  That's, that's not. No, I'm saying constructing it. It's not there. You don't think they need any erosion controls when they're constructing the dock and bringing the materials down? I don't. The dock, as long as one piece will come and it's basically putting there as the same as every season, you would take it out, take it in, there's not like any, there's no constructions. So it's no construction? Okay. I take them back, there's like Legos, they connect them, they slide, it's two pieces, they slide. Okay. And they just put like the ponds and the hinges on it. So there's no. Okay, understood. Thank you. It comes already made, I think the ramp just sits on the one. So yeah. Susan, you got all my conditions, except for one, if the bank is damaged, I would like you to install erosion control and reseed it, fix it and reseed it. So that would be an observation you make and just to make sure that the dirt doesn't, during rainstorms get into the mystic. So erosion control and then seed it. And those are observations that I think that you could cover. And then we said, so there are three, that when the dock comes out, it should be outside of the 25 foot zone and your bender should be able to do that for you. Yeah. Seize me. Okay, Nathaniel. So you still have a motion. That's my motion. I got you for like a second. Well, I'll second. Who did that? Dave Kaplan, I think about it. Okay. Any further discussion? Okay. Then I will take a roll call vote. So I have David White. Yes. Thank you. I have Brian McBride. Yes. Thank you. Chuck Taroni. Yes. Thank you. Dave Kaplan. Yes. Nathaniel Stevens. Yes. And I say yes. So. I'm calling the client. Oh, I forgot Mike. It's Mike Gildes game. Sorry, Mike, I brought it on my screen. And you know, it's like who's where I'm in the little boxes. Thanks, Mike. So that means that you can put the stock in with those conditions. Ryan Klopp will get you the appropriate documentation for that. And we would ask you to come to our next meeting. Likely, Ryan Klopp will be in contact with you to discuss further what to do about the jet ski. Okay. Thank you very much. I'm sorry, it's so late. Appreciate it. Back to you, Chuck. Okay, Susan. So we're back to the administrative information. So I think the most important thing that we talk about is the water bodies working group. So I'm going to throw this right to David. Do you want to take a motion to continue ADA Coolidge? You've been voted. Oh, is it? We're on to ADA Coolidge? I thought, okay, sure. Let's take a motion. Let's take a motion. Good. So moved. Yeah. So I can do it. I can't do it. I can't do it. David Kaplan. Yes. Mike Gildes game. Yeah. Susan Chapnick. Yes. Daniel Stevens. Yes. David White. Okay. Yes. And I've lost track. So Chuck Tronney says, yes. And if I missed anyone, just sing out now. Brian. Brian. Sorry, Brian. Okay. I thought you said Brian. I was like, I don't need to vote. Brian, Ryan. No, I didn't see it. Are we continuing this to 215? We're further out. 215. Okay. 215. At least for the time being. Okay. Okay. So getting back to the discussions, David White, we're going to do the anti-report and then the contract on the water bodies working group. David White and David Kaplan. Okay. We're still trying to work out the contract and budget issues along meeting last night about that. I said around the current draft water bodies report. And there's several water bodies that need some attention in some ways. I mentioned at the reservoir, basically we do a partial job for years and years. So we really need to think of doing a full job to really control the water chestnuts. The spy pond is always a problem with us in some ways. We're trying to be more proactive in deciding how to do that in a minimal way, but still manage things. And because it comes a budget issue, how much money we can spend as well. And we had a talk last night with our person from the finance committee who said basically, we should figure out how much we're gonna take to do the job right and bring it forward to the finance committee for our next year's budget. And how much that is, we're not quite sure yet, but it's definitely more than we have in the past. Other comments, anybody? Anyone else have anything? I think comments about the annual report. Sure, I sent my comments in. They weren't very substantive, but I know that didn't Mike Guild's game, didn't you have some comments that? I did have just a couple of questions. One is, I think we talked about this in the past. Does it make sense for the town to purchase or purchase with renaming down a harvester that we would have on hand when we need it? And I don't know what the cost impact of that would be, but that way we could do the good job more. That's a good idea. David Morgan explored that last year and think a much traction with DPW, which definitely explore that going forward as a cheap option. Helpful to share with Lexington or somebody, but I just don't know if that's a more official way to go about it because I agree that you do it once well and you get a much better bang for your buck. The only other question I had was about Hills Pond that I know there's a constructed wetlands there. And I don't know if there are other sources of pollution or rain water coming into the pond and I don't know how effective that constructed wetland is. And I don't know if any water quality testing has ever been done there. I mean, it offers a great idea around there, but I don't know about the other parts. Here's a stormwater drain that enters into the pond. Right. Through that wetland that was constructed. Right, but my understanding too is that water and wetland is doing phosphorus testing because that's part of the permit. I haven't seen, I don't know if the two Davids have seen that data, but I haven't from last year. So that would be interesting to see. I actually, yeah, I actually asked Ellen who's kind of leading the friends group there if we could have that report from last year because I don't know if it was widely distributed. I didn't see it. So at least we know what's, you know, what they're monitoring and what they said at the end of this. We can send it around, I think. Yeah, that would be helpful. And I think if I guess there are some of our questions, Mike. Yeah, we just want to get back on track here. We're reviewing the annual report. I know we could talk about every site, but that's not what we're doing here. We're just making sure that it has the stuff in it for the annual report because it needs to go to the finance committee. I also mentioned in a comment the showing the harvester and the cost for a harvester and probably breaking it down and how long it would take to pay back. So that's come up a couple of times, David. You guys might think about that. Any other comments about the annual report? I thought it was very well done. So generally, I mean, I appreciate your comments, Chuck and Mike, but I think generally it was pretty comprehensive. We talked about that last night as long terms of what it would cost to do the job right at the reservoir. Talking, we estimated $55,000 per year for four or five years to bring the water chestnuts down to the management levels. That's the number we should think about in terms of actually buying a harvester. And I know David Kaplan looked in some of these things last year. So we should... You had like 110,000, but the problem was no place to store it and we don't really have a crew to run it. So those were a couple of hurdles that need to be discussed if you want to bring that up again to the finance committee. Well, otherwise, I mean, what we can propose is hiring the current contractor for four weeks instead of two weeks, that's twice as much. So we got to 55,000. We're just doubling the current kind of change. So I guess your budget that you're gonna put to the finance committee will have all the final review of all that, whether we're going up and down or wherever things are going and that'll be presented to the conservation commission at that time and we'll get more into this. We had to add money and why and why it makes sense. And that was gone. A lot of that was discussed last night, but it's still conceptual. We need to get that on paper and back it up. But so it sounds like the water bodies report is accepted. Can I get a vote to accept it? The water bodies, is that what we do? Anyone says no, it's fine. I'll take a vote. Accept it, accept it. And a vote to accept the water bodies. And it'll be some minor editing along the way, but it's special. So moved with the edits as given to David, it's sent to David White and Dave Kaplan. Second. Okay, Mike Gildes game. I'm just going loudest. We go loudest sometimes. Okay, so Daniel Stevens. Yes. That was loud. Prime hide. Yes. Okay, David White. Yes. David Kaplan. Yes. Mike Gildes game. Yes. Did I see Susan? Susan, did I see you? Susan. Yes. And Chuck Tarani says yes. Okay, so we accepted the annual report. So there was a discussion also at the water bodies working group about the contract. I don't know if there's a brief update. It's still, it's still being discussed. I'm still trying to look at the details with a spy pond contract issue. We're thinking about maybe taking out the Fagmades out there, SWCA contract and having another person do that, another contractor do that. We also talked last night basically of having some sort of environmental monitor help us manage these contracts. And this is not basically, it's a sketch can. It's Folger Foles and David Morgan who assume other things going on as well. So it's sort of not really been tightly watched. I put it that way. And things sort of slip away. So that's one thing we're thinking about in terms of having someone hired to be responsible for sort of overseeing some of the work. And so one of the very next thing, the first thing that was decided that needed to be taken care of is I need to call Misty Ann Merrill and ask him but it seemed like there was an SWCA email today, David and maybe Naomi was going to call Misty Ann. So I kind of hung back and didn't make that phone call because you asked her if all these things from 2003 were completed. So no reply yet, but when that comes in, we'll know what to do. So that's the very next step. And what's the step after we find out that we're as good to go? So maybe that gets us a little further down the lane. I think a little further down the lane, but I think we're probably gonna go with SWCA for the coming fiscal year. We don't have a choice because we still have, we have a three-year contract with them and it's- So you think about somebody else for the next round. Okay. All right. Well, that's great. Thanks for that update. No. Moving on. You good? Okay. Park and recreation is, should we just need to know who's going to the next meeting on 2, 824? And I haven't been out of us three so I can do that. I guess if that's okay with Nathaniel because I know that he really likes this going there. You do. Sorry, I did, yeah. And I thank you again, Susan, for covering for me last time. I'm out of the, I'm not here on the 24th. So otherwise I'd go, but- I'll volunteer. That'll be my night. Thanks. Okay. And I'll just do a quick update of the parking rack if you'd like me to. There really was- Did you go to the last meeting? I did. Okay. Yeah, I did. And there wasn't anything that intersects with us except for Monotomy Rocks Park where there are, and Chuck, you've seen this as well, where there are, they're down to two options that they're considering for the playground and both the options have, one of them has 100% of the structures outside of the 50, the big structures from that wetland area that was recently defined back there in Monotomy. They're having another public meeting with these two options. I believe it's on the 18th. So we'll keep posted. So you probably will have more information, Chuck, when you go to the next meeting, but that's the only project that's getting advanced right now that affects us, our jurisdiction. Exactly. But you won't hear too much from me about that because they'll come from front of the Conservation Commission so really there's a project just out of Monotomy Rocks Park. And it'll be in front of the Conservation Commission soon. I think we already reviewed it too because there was a wetland scientist was from the Cape and it seemed like Nathaniel recognized that person's name down in that area. Ryan, did you raise your hand? I saw something, yeah. I don't know. It's related that the CPA meetings have been going on for the last three weeks and I put in the chat the current proposed projects for CPA if someone wants more details, I'm happy to give them. But I think the only one that's sort of wetlands related is that Monotomy Rocks Playground Upgrade. There are a number of others, but they're not touching wetlands as far as I can see. Thank you, Leslie. Yeah, thank you. They're probably gonna think about next week which ones get funded. So that will be the big meeting. They've got 3,500,000, maybe 2,500,000 requested, 1,500,000 in available funds. So that's a challenge. That's it. All right, thank you. Oh, Leslie, Leslie. Leslie. Hello. Very late, please. I know. I just wanted to correct some information that was put out. Our next public meeting is February 8th on the Monotomy and Parallel Park Projects. Thank you. I had the wrong date. That's OK. But I didn't want to even... No, it makes sense. Thank you. I miss it. Yeah. All right, thank you. OK, so we got through park and recreation, liaison discussion. We're gonna go to the artificial turf and that's Mike Gildes' game. And I'll be fairly brief. I will say that we're making progress. So everybody can tell you as well, I think. The three subgroups of health, safety, and environmental, I think are making progress in terms of narrowing down our field of vision for what the individual reports are going to be prior to submission to the town. And thanks to Susan for some help on that. And I think we're also narrowing it down in terms of speakers. I have identified one group agreed to speak. And there is another one or two who may come into play as well in terms of the environmental group that is composed of myself and Joe Barr and Claire. I think we're getting down to the main bullet points that we want to cover. Obviously, given our short time frame and the huge amount of information out there, it's a selection process. But I think we're making progress. So I'll leave it at that unless you have some questions. OK. I had some questions. The only thing I want to ask is, when you do that, when those people come in, you finally pick your discussion group, is that going to be a regular meeting around 5 o'clock? Or is that going to be something that you want to try to get more counts people to? So it's going to be at 7 or something like that. The way it's going to work is probably starting at the regular 5 o'clock. And the way it's foreseen as far as I know at this point is that there will be a short introduction to the speaker in terms of that individual's expertise and experience. And then there'll be open questions for the committee. These are not going to be open questions to the whole community at this point. There will be opportunities for the community to comment on draft reports. And I think they are foreseeing at least one public meeting prior to the final. And then something happening towards right before town meeting when we have to submit our final report. So that's still somewhat up in the air, but that's what I recall at this point. Not unless they have any edits on that. All right. OK. So it looks like most of our items are finished off. Artificial turf is done. And the only other thing is the commission's suggestion for EGLE scale projects. But we can put that off. That's not unless there's anything for trees. No, I asked. Sarah, would you like to come on and give us an update? The next meeting is February 14th. And during our last Comcom meeting, I gave a brief overview of what was covered. So no news. OK. David White, you had a hand up? So I'm in contact with the scout. I have some ideas for him. Now report back to what he has to say. Some ideas to me. I hope he's back to me. Do you want to have a quick discussion now? Sure. My ideas are always good. I'm focusing on the Great Middles right now, but. OK. So this whole idea was about. So scouts come to us all the time. And usually they're bringing in a project. So I was thinking that maybe we should put a top 10 together. So when they come in, we could just say, you know, have you ever thought of these spots? So if we don't have enough to put 10 together tonight, maybe we can just bring this to the next meeting and everyone can think about what's around town. I think about it. Next meeting is good. Yeah, I did think the bridge that he proposed at Great Meadows sounded like a great idea. And you know, the walking bridge. And I thought that maybe we want to adopt. And maybe there is one who knows and adopt a size and a construction kind of detail. So we're consistent throughout town when scouts come in and say I'm going to build something. So we know what we're getting. And if something they only do half, then we'll have the plan and the details do the second half. You have a sort of standard design for steps. Any, so it looks like I don't see any hands raised. So let's just put this on the next agenda and everyone think of their ideas. But if something comes up in between, David said, please reach out to him. So with that, I'm going to ask if there anything else from commission members that they wanted to talk about, maybe something they saw around town that needs to be addressed. If not, I'll take a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Yes, let's do it. Wave, everyone wave. That's all we need. Good night, all. Thanks, Chad. Yeah, didn't say David Catlin, but OK. We got it. We had a quorum. Have a good night. Good night.


The five-week training programme for agricultural regions 1, 2 and 7 exposed farmers to updated agricultural practices which are likely to improve farming processes. Good agricultural practices, cultivation management and pesticide use, post-harvest technologies, record keeping and marketing, and business planning were among other fundamental topics covered. The permanent secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Barry Morphilisier, in encouraging farmers to network and strengthen relationships among themselves, says that the full benefits of this recent farmer training programme can only be realised if knowledge-sharing remains at the forefront of farmers' agendas. According to him, education and attitude add to critical characteristics for success in the agricultural industry. If education and attitude perhaps you can get to good agricultural practices, but if you want to distinguish yourself, I say you have to get to great agricultural practices. You have to put a capital G.G. or not. So you have to distinguish yourself and take that and learn. You have to evolve as a farmer, evolve as a businessman, evolve as a person if you want to succeed and have a premium product in this market. To distinguish yourself and to add value to what you produce. Ambassador of the Taiwan Embassy to St. Lucia, his Excellency Peter Cheyenne Chen, in extending his congratulatory message to graduates encouraged farmers to take advantage of all the opportunities provided by the Seven Cropes Project. In order to promote local production and consumption, the government of Taiwan has been working with the government of St. Lucia to promote the seven important crops on a sustainable basis since 2019. Every successful project comes down to people. That's why these training programs are one of the most critical parts of the Seven Cropes Project. To date, over 250 farmers have been certified through the enhancement of the efficiency of production distribution supply chains in the fruits and vegetables sector project. From the communications unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Anicia Anton reporting.


As part of effort to promote peaceful coexistence and interfaith religious tolerance in Kaduna state and the nation at large, Muslim faithfuls and traditional leaders have joined their Christian counterpart to celebrate an annual French Day celebration service in Kaduna. The aim is to strengthen religious harmony and dialogue and foster unity, mutual understanding in their communities, regardless of their religious differences. Plus, the correspondent, Abila Darofal, fathoms this report, as presented from our studios. Over the years, Kaduna state is known for its religious crisis, communal conflict and insecurity, and that is why the need for continuous engagement for peaceful dialogue and adherence to different religious beliefs in the country has always been advocated for in the state. Speaking at the event where the Muslim community, the senior part of Evangelical Church of Winning Oil, Equa Rev. Joshua Iyam appealed to Christians, Muslims and traditional leaders, to work towards achieving a common goal and that is kicking against the enemy of peaceful coexistence in the country. Also, the executive secretary of Sultan Bello Mosque and Chief Imam Kao Mosque, Sheikh Hamisu Yahoo, called on religious leaders not to allow politicians to bring politics to cost this unity among them. Also a traditional leader who shared his thoughts said that there should be no basis for any misunderstanding among the three religions. Speaking on the national coexistence ahead of the 2023 general elections, the senator representing Kaduna South Federal Constituency, Haruna Zigo Aziz, stated that the country requires a dynamic change where all will come together to see themselves as the brothers keep up. In attendance at the event at the district head of Barnawa, Kabeeru Zubairu, the Wackelin Sheho Barnaw, Israel Hainas Batamadaki Hauta, and Sarkin Ducey, Shohai Bu-Ballarabi Abdullahi, among other fatefuls.


Ladies and gentlemen, the manager of the Recruit Training Unit, Inspector Darren Karnes, will now take command of the parade. The parade will now receive the parade host, acting Chief Superintendent Debbie Platts, Education and Training Command. She will be met by the Commander, Recruit and Policing Skills, Superintendent Andy Morro. The arrival now of the Commissioner of Police, Mr Ian Stewart. He will be greeted by the parade host, escorted to the dais and received by the parade with a general salute. The parade will now receive our Principal Official Guest, the Honourable Mr Jack Dempsey MP, Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services. He will be met by the Commissioner, escorted to the dais and accorded a general salute by the parade. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the Australian National Anthem to be sung by Recruit Adam Ferguson. Police officers in uniform are requested to salute. Please be seated. Undoubtedly the highlight of our program is the imminent induction into the Queensland Police Service of the Recruits on Parade. I know that many of you have travelled long distances to be here for that very reason. Before a person begins to perform duty, there is a formal process to be applied in accordance with the Police Service Administration Regulation. This practice requires the individual member to pledge his or her loyalty to our sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II. He or she then signs the oath or affirmation of office in the presence of a commissioned officer of the service. This segment, referred to as an induction, is the transition from the learning environment to being a sworn officer in the Queensland Police Service. As part of the procedure, each member is presented with a wallet containing his or her identity card and official badge. Take the officers, please fall in. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the Administration of the Oath and Affirmation of Office. I invite my colleagues to reaffirm their allegiance to our sovereign by reciting the oath or affirmation of office in unison with the recruits on parade. Prefised by the word I, state your given names and surname in full. You are to repeat your oath or affirmation of office after me. Swear by Almighty God that I will well and truly serve my sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs and successes, according to law in the office of Constable, or in such capacity as I may be appointed, promoted or reduced, without favour, affection, malice or ill will, from this date until I am discharged. That I will cause Her Majesty's peace to be kept and preserved, that I will prevent to the best of my power, all offences against the same. And that, while I am a member of the Queensland Police Service, I will to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge all duties legally imposed upon me. Faithfully and according to law. So help me God. Thank you Commissioner. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you, please be seated. Table officers, please be seated. Today we are inducting 95 recruits into the service. They commenced training here at the Oxley Academy on the 5th of August 2013. The training they undertook included instructions in the areas of driver training, physical skills education, computer training and firearms and officer safety. The Parade Sergeant for today's parade is Sergeant Verity Partridge. Verity is a facilitator within the Recruit Training Unit and has been involved with police training since 2011. Verity commenced her career in policing in 1994 and has previously performed general duties in Oxley and Rockhampton. Verity was also a police prosecutor and spent 13 years at Logan District Prosecutions. The flag party for today's parade is composed of facilitators from the Recruit Training Unit. The members carry the Queensland State flag on the right with the police service flag on the left. The flag party commander this afternoon is Sergeant Lisa Duncan and the flag bearers are Sergeant Kath Brady and Sergeant Jeff Hawkins. The facilitators involved in the training of the graduating groups are police officers with operational experience and staff members who have an academic background with the skills required to teach in accordance with the education requirements for this training establishment. We would like to acknowledge our award recipients on their achievements during the Recruit Program. These recruits are Jay Merchant, Angus Polson, Jacob Likciowski, Janet Ward, Lucy Taylor, Brendan Walker, Brendan Gadd, Thomas Eileen. Congratulations to all our award recipients. On behalf of Acting Chief Superintendent Flats we acknowledge the efforts of all staff involved in the training of our newest graduates. Their professionalism and dedication to training is greatly appreciated and is evident here by the swearing in of each individual on parade today. The next parade will take place on the 20th of March 2014 here at the Tom Malloy Parade Ground. On that parade we expect to have 96 recruits inducted into the service. On the 1st of January 2014 the Queensland Police Service marked 150 years of policing since separating from New South Wales. The Commissioner of Police acknowledges the service of all past and present members who have contributed to this milestone and the celebration of our anniversary. A part of this formal recognition incorporated every serving police officer being presented with a citation. This device was issued for wear commencing the 1st of January. Thank you table officers please fall out. Ladies and gentlemen Commissioner Stewart will now present the Executive Award. This honour is given to the individual who has achieved excellence, competency and professionalism in the Recruit Program. Assessment is accredited on individual conduct, leadership qualities, skills performance, academic results and commitment to the ideal principles of service to the community. The Commissioner's Award for Intake 6 of 2013 is Constable Jay Merchant. Constable Merchant will be presented with the perpetual shield denoting his achievement by the Commissioner. Ladies and gentlemen Constable Merchant. The Queensland Police Service Statement of Ethics supports our vision and purpose, priorities and qualities of the organisation namely courage, fairness and pride to deliver quality policing services. It is a commitment that every member of the service undertakes in accordance with the standard of practice, the code of conduct and the functions of the service. The Statement of Ethics is a standard expected by the Commissioner of Police, colleagues and community and in acceptance by the individual to practice high standards of conduct and behaviour as a police officer both on and off duty. Right Constable Merchant to adopt the Statement of Ethics on behalf of the Constables on parade. On behalf of the new Constables I am pleased to adopt this Statement of Ethics. As a member of the Queensland Police Service I have a duty to protect life and property, preserve the peace, prevent offenses, detect and apprehend offenders and to help those in need of assistance. At all times I will carry out my duties without fear or favour, malice or ill will. I will act honestly and with the utmost integrity. I will make every effort to respect and uphold the rights of all people in the community regardless of race, social status or religion. I will strive for excellence and endeavour to improve my knowledge and professionalism. I will keep confidential all matters which I may learn in my official capacity except as necessary in the course of my duties. I will practice self-discipline in word and deed both on and off duty. I will resist the temptation to participate in any activity which is improper or which can be construed as being improper. I will not misuse my office for personal gain. I will accept responsibility for my own actions and for acts which I may order and I accept the desirability of these ethics as an integral part of my personal and professional life. Thank you Constable Merchant. Senior Police Chaplain Reverend Graham Ransden will now offer the blessing. Lord God, we know that it is through establishing processes for justice, peace and good order that a caring community works to keep safe those who are vulnerable and innocent. For this reason we ask Your blessing upon these newly graduated officers as they become sworn members of the Queensland Police Service. We thank You for their willingness to serve the community in this way and we are thankful for the hard work and personal application they have given while preparing themselves for the duties of being a police officer. We pray they may always exercise the powers of their office with responsibility and that they may be aware of the influence they are entrusted with as police officers. Lord, empower these new officers with courage when they are confronted by danger. Give them integrity when confronted with ethical choices. Endow them with compassion when assisting those suffering and victimised. Grant them impartiality when enforcing the law. And bless them with a willing and graciousness to accept assistance when required. Be present with these officers in the challenges of their new profession so that at the end of every shift they may, with confidence and pride, know they have served with honour. Thank you. Thank you Reverend Ransden. Ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner Stuart will now address the parade. Minister for Police and Community Safety, our Minister of the Honourable Jack Dent, CMP. Deputy Commissioner Ross Barnett of Specialist Operations, Mr Brett Poyning from Operation Resolute. Mr Steve Golcheski, Strategy, Policy and Performance and Mr Peter Barron from Regional Operations. To Acting Chiefship Intendant Debbie Platt, Executive Manager, Education and Training, to all commissioned officers on parade today. Mr Kelvin Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of the Public Safety Business Agency. All distinguished guests who have been acknowledged previously today. To all of our police officers and staff members of the Queensland Police Service, including retired officers. Ladies and gentlemen, but most importantly to our new 94 constables of police on parade in front of you. It's with great pride and pleasure that I extend a warm welcome to families and friends of our graduating officers. As they are appointed first year constables during the ceremony today. I thank you all and ask you to continue your support for these fine young officers during their careers. As they serve in locations across our great state. From experience, I know the job is demanding. Not only on the serving member, but for families and friends. But I also know that the very real benefits in terms of places seen and lifelong friendships established as they move through their careers. To our graduates today, you are entitled to feel very proud of your achievements. As today marks the end of your training and the beginning of so very much more. Every police officer retired and serving in this place today remembers their swearing in parade like it was yesterday. Please cherish the moment. Within this place, you have been inspired with the high ideas and encouraged to achieve your very best in this honourable career. Your sense of duty, loyalty and service to all Queenslanders has been enhanced and strengthened through this training time. Remember Queensland is a great state and there are great opportunities for you all. You are well prepared for the challenges that lie ahead in your career as a police officer in a rapidly changing environment. You are about to impress upon our community your commitment to your oath of service. Enjoy it and make the most of the experience. You will be stationed all over Queensland.  There are many expectations placed on the Officer Constable and my expectation is that all of our people work together every day to support each other, to stop crime, make the community safer and build strong relationships. Delivering on these objectives requires people of the highest caliber and commitment with a unique combination of qualities such as are held by those before you here today. As our newest constables, you should remember that you are now the public face of the Queensland Police Service and I expect all of our people to act with courage, fairness and pride. You should have the courage to always honour your oath of office and the statement of ethics that was adopted on your behalf by Constable Jay Merchant who was the recipient of my commissioners award. You should display fairness and be professional at all times, acting objectively and without bias, remembering that every member of the public is to be treated with dignity and respect. Every interaction is an opportunity to go relationships and achieve a positive outcome. You should take pride and place a high value on teamwork, people, our performance, our partnerships with the community. Policing, though, can be a dangerous job. You need to accept that there is always an element of risk in police work. You will need to remain vigilant to minimise that risk and avoid complacency, stay alert and always be aware. At various points in your career, you will all be physically, morally and intellectually challenged. Have no doubt that if you were not up to that challenge, you would not be here on this parade today. I am extremely confident that the future of policing is in good hands with the constables that are here in front of all of us today. Let me conclude by sincerely congratulating you all on your graduation. You follow in the footsteps of many great officers and you will add to our rich history. Be confident that you are well prepared for your future and enjoy the challenges and opportunities of having one of the best careers in the world. Well done to you all and good luck in your careers. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Stewart. I now introduce our principal official guest, the Honourable Jack Dempsey. Commissioner Ian Stewart, distinguished guest, many listed and I won't go through that long list. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, obviously the men and women of the pipes and drums, but most importantly, the 94 recruits that we have here before us, Queensland's finest. If it was easy to get in, everyone would, but you have strived over the last 25 weeks to do your best to have the privilege of being sworn in today as police officers within the Queensland Police Service. I'd personally like to thank your facilitators for their hard work, their dedication and the outstanding new recruits that we see before us.  They believe in you, they love you and they want to see you succeed in your lives and your careers ahead. And how they can achieve that is by you being outstanding citizens and being outstanding police officers. So in advance, I particularly like to thank all the families and friends of everybody here today, because I know as police officers you will see the best and you will see the worst what other Queenslanders can give. And I sincerely thank those families, friends and other support people here. I did write a speech for today. I thought I'd be sincere, a little bit brief and let you get back to your loved ones fairly quickly. But I must say here, watching you here on parade, being on the sacred acre, looking at the traditions, the signs and symbols we have with the Colflake Party, the band. This year the first lot of recruits, after 150 years of policing in Queensland, there is a great deal of tradition.  And it certainly is a hard task. You've signed the certificate, you've made an oath to protect and serve the people of Queensland, to protect property and save lives. An oath to serve without favour or affection, malice or ill will. So today you leave the same authority and same responsibilities as the most senior police officers we have here today. The right to take away another Queenslanders freedoms and their liberties. And we take that very seriously because each single officer represents the whole of the Queensland Police Service. That blue line, the Queensland Police Family. And it is very important that we maintain the integrity, the professionalism, the hard work and dedication. If I could say five words or phrases, it's rise up, unite, believe, commit and determination. And that's what you will have to do every day. You will have to rise up to the challenges ahead of you. You'll have to be united. You'll have to use that teamwork to get through. You'll have to believe in what you do. You'll have to show great determination and you'll have to be committed to the task. And that is not something that every other Queenslander has to do. That has to be shown by exceptional police officers that I know I have before us. So again, I'd like to say thank you on behalf of all Queenslanders for the hard work, the dedication and the task before you. Please try everything. And I sincerely say that before going to work at any given time, any shift to make sure that you hug and obviously embrace your loved ones, partners or friends and leave to work on a happy night. Because you certainly do not know what's ahead of you. It is a hard task. It's a journey that you certainly will enjoy. You've had a journey through the academy here and the camaraderie. But you certainly will enjoy a great deal more of that in the future. So with those words, I say thank you. I wish you all the best on your careers ahead. And on behalf of all the people of Queensland again, all the best. Try hard and at least any stone unturned. All the best. Thank you, Mr. Dempsey. The parade will now retire and reform in preparation to complete the final segment of this ceremony. In the final manoeuvre of this ceremony, the parade will advance in review order. This movement involves the constables marching forward in line, concluding with the general salute. This has performed with no offensive spirit and is given as a mark of respect to the principal official guest, commissioner of police and members of the executive leadership team. The parade commander, Inspector Darren Karnes, will now resume command of the parade. The parade commander will now call for the parade sergeant and handover command. Ladies and gentlemen, the flag party accompanied by the Queensland Police Pights and Drums will march on parade to Black Bear and Scotland the Brave. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please stand? Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. Constables started as a recruit intake in August 2013 and were trained in four individual groups. They will now form a united intake in preparation to serve the community of Queensland as police officers. Parade sergeant will now call for a member of the graduating intake to assume command of the new constables. This final gesture recognises the individual for his performance in the leadership role throughout the training program. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the new constables of the Queensland Police Service. Before the new constables are dismissed, may I thank you once again for being here with us this afternoon. At the conclusion of the parade, please feel free to move on to the parade ground to congratulate the men and women who will now join their colleagues serving the people of Queensland in law enforcement. The parade host, acting Chief Superintendent of Plats, would then like to invite you for light refreshments to be served in the Academy dining room. On behalf of the members of the Queensland Police Service Senior Executive, may I thank you for your attendance and wish you a very good evening and a safe journey home. Constable Paulson will now lead the new members in thanking you in their own special way. He will then dismiss the parade.


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Today we want to continue to develop our Marxian value theory that Marx presented in one of his greatest contributions of capital, of volume one. Recall that Marx treats the realm of exchange, the market, as a place in which there is only a redistribution of value from seller to buyer and buyer to seller. In other words, and most important for his surplus value theory, value is not created in exchange, it's merely redistributed from one party to another. So taking our example, we have a person who has four dollars, and four dollars in value terms, that is an abstract labor terms, that's what value means, is four dollars, is eight hours, why? Because it takes two hours to produce a dollar as money. So if we, as a person, hold four dollars, we're holding eight hours. So we take our, let me put that on the board, the white board person then has four dollars, that's worth eight hours of abstract labor. So the person goes out and buys, let's say in our example, an apple. So the person goes out and buys, you know, one apple. What is the person acquiring then? The person is acquiring obviously the commodity and apple, but that's worth eight hours. Why? Because that's what it took to produce an apple. Well, from before the apple contains within it body labor plus living labor, the total labor, which was eight hours. Four hours of living labor, four hours of body labor, eight hours to produce the apple, that's the cost of the apple. So the person who has money, has bought an apple, has given up eight hours, but has gained eight hours materialized in that apple. By the same logic, the producer and seller of the apple required eight hours to produce that apple, four hours of inputs, four hours of living labor, eight hours. So that person, that producer and seller is giving up eight hours, that's what it cost to produce the apple, and gaining what? Four dollars, which is precisely eight hours equal to what he, she gives up in selling the apple. So to make a long story short, the realm of exchange is the realm in which there is merely a redistribution of value from one agent to another, from one party to the other, from one party to another. No new value, no new surplus labor is created in exchange. So if that's the case, where does surplus value come from? You know, that's Marx's question. It can't come in exchange, and hence it must come outside exchange, outside the market. So Marx creates, literally, concocts, invents a new commodity to deal with this problem of the creation of value, which doesn't take place in exchange, must take place outside of exchange, which is the realm of consumption. He calls the commodity that's going to create new value, or have the potential of creating new value, labor power. So labor power is a commodity that is bought and sold in capitalism in contrast to feudalism and slavery and so forth. And like any commodity, this new commodity, labor power, has a use and an exchange value, just like any commodity. Remember, all commodities have a use and exchange value and are produced by labor. So labor power, this new commodity that he invents, has a use and exchange value, and I want to examine them carefully, since they're at the core of volume one, and indeed Marx, I don't remember if I told you or not, but Marx once writes a letter to Engels saying, Marx, he thinks this is his greatest contribution. The difference between the use and exchange value of this commodity, labor power, that he's invented. And the reason again is because this is the source of surplus value. So let me then examine this carefully. Suppose then we have a society, capitalism, in which we have individuals who can sell this commodity, labor power. And what again, again, this labor power commodity, this is the capacity of a human being to work, to use his or her brain tissue and muscle tissue to engage in this physical activity of laboring work. Labor power. And it took centuries for people to have the freedom to sell this capacity to work, and other people have the freedom to buy it. You didn't have this freedom and serve them. One did not have this freedom and slavery. It's capitalism in which this freedom exists. So we have then the seller of this commodity, or sellers of this commodity, labor power. And like all commodities it has, I'm going to split it now. This is Marx's invention, this splitting here. The use value and exchange value of this particular commodity. So the sellers sell labor power to buyers. So I'll put the buyers over here. Those are the capitalists. The buyers acquire the labor power. They give up its value in exchange. They give up, since we're getting closer and closer to it, a value of the labor power. That's the same as the exchange value of labor power, the wage. That's what the buyers give to the sellers, and therefore the sellers acquire a value of the labor power that they have sold. Where do the buyers get? Well, the buyers get the use value of the labor power, which is, in this case, the actual labor performed. Very important. So I'm going to write it out here. The buyers get the use value of labor power, which is the actual labor performed in production. The buyers give up the exchange value, the value of labor power. They give up a wage to the sellers of labor power, and they give it up in the market. The buyers get the use value, which is the actual labor performed in production. They give up exchange value in the labor market. Notice something. The market, once again, this is a few lectures ago, is a sphere, a social arena. It's a sphere in which people can understand and can see what the heck is going on. So the wage is determined in the labor, or over determined in the labor market. This one, the use value, again, is not in the social arena. This is private. This is a relationship between the buyer of labor power and the commodity labor power, and its particular use value to the buyer and that private domain. So people are not aware of this. They don't conceive of it. So what Marx is saying is that the workers have alienated their use value, opposed to the buyer, and that's a private relationship between the buyers of labor power and that which they acquire, the use value, and Marxian theory, in a sense, is a way to reveal what's going on inside this private domain, the factories and offices of the capitalist. And what goes on there, the next step, is the following. Suppose the buyers get, which is the actual labor performed in production, suppose the buyers get four hours of living labor. That's what they acquire. So in a sense, that's the length of the workday. And suppose they give up in the labor market over here, the value of labor power and the labor power, they give up two hours. You can see it's not a complicated arithmetic here. If the buyers are getting four in production, giving up two in the market, the difference then is two hours. I'm going to erase this, so bear with me, and do the same thing again to make sure that this is as clear as I can possibly make it because it's a crucial part of the value theory and the surplus value theory that Marx is developing. So I'm going to write it again. Here's labor power, use value, exchange value. So what the buyer gets, use value of labor power is four hours of living labor. Those people go to work for four hours. It could be more, it could be less, I'm assuming four. If the exchange value is two hours of labor, then we have the difference of a surplus labor which goes to the buyer because he, she is getting four and giving up two. The surplus, the extra labor, the surplus goes to the buyer as a source of new value. And we have an answer to that question. The new value arises, the extra labor arises by this difference between the use and exchange value of labor power. Let me put money, dollars on this. If the use value of labor power is four hours, and if that creates, say, two dollars of new value in dollars, and if the exchange value is two hours of labor, and this costs one dollar, creates costs, then we have a surplus value of a dollar which goes to the, again, to the buyer of the labor power. So what Marx is arguing here is that the buyer of labor power is getting more in value from what the workers create, two dollars, than what those workers cost in the market, a dollar. So I'm going to do the same thing again. It's so important. The same thing, but yet in a different way to make sure that we all understand what is going on in this simple example. So here's Marx's famous equation. The equation is C plus V plus S is equal to W, the worth of a commodity. The capitalist wants to produce, in my trivial example, apples sell them on the market, make money. The capitalist needs two inputs to do that. Needs means of production, raw materials, fertilizers, ladders, and so forth, and he needs labor power to produce and sell apples. Marx calls the means of production C, constant capital. This is the value of the inputs, the non-labor inputs, to produce the particular product, in this case apples. Now I'm going to do it in two ways. In terms of dollars and hours. So I think in the trivial example I gave you some time ago, I said to produce an apple you need a shirt, to make a silly example, but what I meant was to produce an apple you need these other physical non-labor inputs. Suppose the cost of them, I'm trying to use the same numbers we did before, was two dollars. So this is the total cost of all the means of production, and very important now, used up to produce this particular commodity, apples. So this would be the value used up to produce apples of all your fixed capital and all the other inputs, raw materials to produce apples, and that had a value of four hours. What does that mean again? So in the background, I don't have it on the board, there's a means of production industry, if you want industries, and they have an output price of two dollars, which is the input price of this particular apple industry, or it takes four hours to produce that stuff, and that's why I remember equivalent exchange, it sells precisely what it's worth, which is four hours, which is the cost of this particular industry. But you can't produce apples with just these inputs.