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SA calls for Royal Commission into Murray-Darling Basin allegations
Utility Journalist October 3, 2017 July 10, 2019 News, Water 0
Four months after Four Corners revealed allegations of water theft and corruption at the Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales, the South Australian Government is advocating for a Royal Commission.
South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, wrote to the Prime Minister to request the establishment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the allegations and make recommendations to ensure the integrity of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Minister for Water and the River Murray, Ian Hunter, said there are currently five separate investigations which have led to various jurisdictions and agencies passing the blame for the non-compliance at the basin.
"A Royal Commission is the only credible way we can investigate the depth and the breadth of these allegations and review the way we are managing one of our nation's most precious resources," Mr Hunter said.
"A Royal Commission would have the power to compel key witnesses and key individuals who are alleged to have rorted the basin system and stolen our water.
"South Australia has experienced extreme drought, threats to our food production and drinking water, and ultimately our livelihoods. We depend on the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan we must ensure it is delivered on time and in full."
Utility creates power safety resource
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Essential Energy has developed a large online information resource to help educate the public about safety around electricity. The...
Recycled biosolids contributing to environmental initiatives
Charlotte Pordage April 2, 2019 July 10, 2019 Asset management, News, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0
Almost 8000 tonnes of sewage sludge has been recycled from the Warragul Wastewater Treatment Plant, thanks to a project...
Environmentally conscious sewage upgrades
Lauren Butler November 7, 2018 April 26, 2021 News, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0
The Alexandra Headland foreshore has undergone important environmental works over the past month, with an upgrade of the coastal...
Controlling the iron content in water treatment
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There are strict standards placed on the quality of water used for drinking and food production, and water with...
Key milestone reached in Circular Head Irrigation Scheme
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In order to encourage the continuing growth of Tasmania's agricultural industries, the state government has committed $30 million to building a...
New AEMC review of reliability frameworks
Utility Journalist July 12, 2017 July 10, 2019 Electricity, News, Sustainability, Utility location 0
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has published Terms of Reference for a review of the regulatory and market...
Burn-offs a risk to electricity networks
Chris Bland August 1, 2018 August 1, 2018 Asset management, Electricity, News, Powerlines 0
Ergon Energy is urging property owners planning burn-offs to be mindful of electrical infrastructure to prevent damage. Regional Field...
Tender: wastewater network upgrade
Utility Journalist March 23, 2014 April 26, 2021 Civil Construction, News, Open tenders and opportunities, Water, Water and Wastewater Treatment 0
Logan City Council, QLD is currently seeking expressions of interest for the construction of a wastewater conveyance network upgrade...
Screening solution helps irrigate sporting fields and parklands100MW QLD solar project to begin construction


Chip Butty Records - Four EP | In The Face!
As the name suggests, four tracks, each one from a different producer, ranging from the dark 2-step stylings of opener Void to the all out bassline of Dr Cryptic's Don't Wait. That tune and Chicago 6am, a bass heavy roller from Deadbeat are the standout tracks of the EP, and at £1 a track it's a steal.


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Leah's ARC Review of "Spells for Forgetting" by Adrienne Young
By: Leah
Originally posted on Leah's Books.
Spells for Forgetting
Author: Adrienne Young
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Thank you to NetGalley and Delacorte Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
CONTENT WARNING: mention of death of a parent, blood, mention of murder, mention of abuse, violence, mention of alcoholism, mention of domestic violence
From New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young comes a deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic, an unsolved murder, and a second chance at true love.
Emery Blackwood's life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore she never would: living a quiet existence on the misty, remote shores of Saoirse Island and running the family's business, Blackwood's Tea Shoppe Herbal Tonics & Tea Leaf Readings.
But when the island, rooted in folklore and magic, begins to show signs of strange happenings, Emery knows that something is coming. The morning she wakes to find that every single tree on Saoirse has turned color in a single night, August returns for the first time in fourteen years and unearths the past that the town has tried desperately to forget.
August knows he is not welcome on Saiorse, not after the night everything changed. As a fire raged on at the Salt family orchard, Lily Morgan was found dead in the dark woods, shaking the bedrock of their tight-knit community and branding August a murderer. When he returns to bury his mother's ashes, he must confront the people who turned their backs on him and face the one wound from his past that has never healed—Emery.
The town has more than one reason to want August gone, and the emergence of deep betrayals and hidden promises spanning generations threaten to reveal the truth behind Lily's mysterious death once and for all.
Overall Impression
I haven't read much of Young's work, but the few books that I have read have been immensely enjoyable. And this one was no exception. It kind of gives me The Wicked Deep for grown up vibes, in the sense of the strongly atmospheric island setting, And like a lot of the books I've been reading lately, I wasn't quite sure how to categorize it—it's mostly focused on a mystery, but there's elements of fantasy, magical realism, paranormal, thriller, and even hints of romance.
The story is told through the POV of various characters on the island. We get to see through the eyes of so many characters, which was intriguing, since it allows us to put things together slowly, and the narrative takes place mainly in the present, although there are flashbacks that help explain the events of the past. It shows us the dynamics between not just Emery and August, but many of the characters in the story, as well as piecing together what happened the night of a huge fire and the mysterious death of Emery's best friend, which led to her boyfriend suddenly leaving the island.
It's easy to get lulled into the different pace of the island, where things feel far removed form the mainland. There's an undercurrent of magic running through Saiorse Island, and the woman all seem attuned to it. And while people in the community all seem to stick together and be supportive, they also seem to be gossipy and petty, turning against those that they view as "outsiders" or "not one of their own." Plus, there's a sinister feeling that's so strong it can be felt throughout the story, so that the island feels as though it's a sentient character.
It's easy to empathize with both Emery and August. We get to see who they were as both teenagers and adults. And as adults, they've both been facing the consequences of decisions they made fourteen years ago. It hasn't been easy for either of them, and my heart broke for both of them. It's so clear that these two are meant to be together, even if it takes them both so long to realize that the way they're living (read: apart from each other) isn't sustainable.
On a side note, one of the side characters was born blind, and is portrayed beautifully. She lives independently, and is able to do everything that all of the other characters do, without any assistance, including cooking, gardening, living alone, and practicing magic. I loved her character, and especially loved that she's written as a strong woman who doesn't rely on anyone, and everyone just accepts her as she is and doesn't baby her.
This book sucked me in right away, and the pull only grew stronger the further I read. I realized how incredible it was when I was reading as I waited to be called into the office for an appointment, and was actually disappointed when my name was called mid-chapter. The plot twists were a bit slow to appear, but towards the end they started coming faster, and all of my questions were answered about everything. And I loved how the story ended.
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In this lesson, we will learn how to simplify polynomial expressions by adding and subtracting like terms.
Simplify 7 + ( 2 𝑥 + 1 5 ) .
Simplify 3 𝑥 − 5 𝑥 + 5 𝑥 + 8 .
Simplify the expression 6 𝑥 + 2 𝑦 − 3 𝑥 − 4 𝑦 .
Simplify the expression − 3 𝑥 − 5 𝑥 − 9 𝑥 − 1 1 𝑥 .
Simplify the expression 3 4 𝑥 + 2 3 𝑦 − 1 5 𝑥 − 3 4 𝑦 .
Simplify − 4 𝑥 + 8 𝑦 − 2 𝑧 + 𝑥 − 2 𝑦 − 4 𝑧 4 2 4 2 .
The perimeter of a triangle is  − 4 𝑥 𝑦 + 9 𝑥 𝑦 − 3 𝑥 𝑦  4 5 2 5 2 c m and the lengths of two of its sides are  − 5 𝑥 𝑦 − 6 𝑥 𝑦  4 5 2 c m and  2 𝑥 𝑦 + 4 𝑥 𝑦  2 5 2 c m . Express the length of the third side in terms of 𝑥 and 𝑦 .
Simplify  4 𝑛 + 2 𝑛 𝑚 − 4 𝑚  +  6 𝑛 + 8 𝑛 𝑚 − 3 𝑚  −  1 0 𝑛 𝑚 − 5 𝑛 − 2 𝑚  +  1 2 𝑛 𝑚 + 5 𝑛 − 5 𝑚  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 .
Add 7 𝑥 𝑦 7 , − 2 𝑦 𝑥 7 , − 9 𝑦 𝑥 7 , and 8 𝑥 𝑦 7 .
Simplify ( 6 𝑥 − 2 𝑧 + 8 𝑦 ) − ( 4 𝑧 − 8 𝑥 + 5 𝑦 ) .
Simplify  3 𝑥 + 2 𝑥 𝑦 − 3 𝑦  −  5 𝑥 𝑦 − 2 𝑥 − 3 𝑦  2 2 2 2 .
Simplify 1 0 + 𝑥 + 1 1 .


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Marcelo, did an excellent job on my tile floor. He was fast, efficient, professional, polite, prompt and his pricing was well below other quotes.


It Could Be, It Might Be… It Is, A Home Run!
With the first pitch of the season looming in the near future, its time for us to start thinking about home runs. After all, that is what this website was created for in the first place.
Opening day is on a Thursday for the first time since the 1970's (no, I cannot remember that one) and we are blessed with five games versus the typical one game for opening day. Most of us are Brewers, Cardinals, and Cubs fans and two-thirds of us get to enjoy a game on Thursday (sorry Cubs fans).
The Braves at the Nationals and Tigers at the Yankees are the two early games on opening day and, most likely, a home run will be hit (Yankee stadium is a launching pad) in one of these games.
Don't agree with any of the choices? Tell me who you think will mash the first home run in the comments section below.
Well everyone was wrong (maybe the 'other' was right but they didn't say who they thought it would be)… Jason Heyward for the second time in his TWO year career, hit a Homer in his first At Bat of the season. His was the first of 2011 by hitting it in the second inning off of Livan Hernandez.


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LL-H moving to virtual classes for this week after COVID cases
LAKE LINDEN — The Lake Linden-Hubbell Public Schools will move to virtual learning for one week after several new COVID-19 positives in the district.
Since the district returned from holiday break last week, there had been three confirmed positive cases among staff, three among students, and two probable student cases, according to the district's COVID-19 case reporting.
On Friday, the district reported on its Facebook page a member of the kitchen staff had tested positive, making all but one of the kitchen staff unavailable for the next 10 days. While trying to find ways to work around the staff's unavailability, the district learned of two elementary students who had tested positive, Superintendent Brad Codere said in the post.
"Trust me when I say that this decision was not made lightly," he said in the post. "I understand that having students home for the day makes things difficult for many families. We all know that being in school is the best situation for our kids. We have just gotten to a point where the best thing to do is take a week and plan to get back face-to-face with healthy students again on Monday, January 18th."
Students were notified of the closure shortly before school let out Friday. They will be able to return to the school next week to pick up any needed items, the post said. Elementary students will have things bused to their house.
In the elementary, teachers will work with students through packets and Zoom meetings, which will be set up through email. Teachers in the middle and high school set up a schedule for students, which was included in the Facebook post. The schedule was set up in a way as to avoid students needed to spend the entire day on Zoom, Codere said in the post.
Students with individualized education programs (IEPs) and at-risk students who teachers feel need assistance can come in; transportation will be provided if necessary. Available to high school students before the holiday break, this will now be provided to all grade levels.
If students take career and technical education classes at the Copper Country Intermediate School District, they can still attend as long as they do not have to quarantine.


Extracts will include, among others, a trilogy – Whole-A Trinity of Being, a documentary recounting survival of one of South Africa's lesser-known wars, namely the 'taxi wars'; Inclinations – a writer struggles to write erotica and deal with her personal life; Where are my heels? – a tribute to the spirit of a young girl child and Str/oll – a wheelchair user navigates the streets of Manhattan.
Born and raised in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, Barry completed graduate studies in English and Drama at the University of Cape Town and University of the Western Cape. She has worked extensively as a disability rights activist, following a shooting in the taxi wars of 1996 that resulted in her using a wheelchair. She has held positions as the Media Manager in the Office on the Status of Disabled Persons in the Presidency and as the National Parliamentary Policy Co-ordinator for Disabled People South Africa. During this time she co-ordinated Nelson Mandela's guard of honour for his State of Nation address in 1997.
In the area of visual media, she completed short video courses with acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair and worked in television as the Program Compliance Advisor for South Africa's first independent television station, e.tv. She was also based as an intern for a brief period with the BBC's Disability Production Unit in London. Shelley has had positions as Chief Examiner of the South African Film and Publications Board and also served on the board of Mediaworks, a community media organization and she currently serves on the board of Children and Broadcasting Foundation for Africa. She is associated with Gun Free South Africa and addressed the United Nations in 2006, giving her testimony and calling for an end to gun violence, during the UN review on small arms.
Barry was awarded a full scholarship from the Ford Foundation to study towards her Master of Fine Arts in Film in the United States and graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia in 2006. Her films have screened at major festivals and events around the world and been acquired by television, including MTV, DUTV and WYBE in the U.S and SABC in South Africa.
Shelley Barry audio recording available for download.


How: Gattone, a graphic and media designer by trade, was freelancing for eight years before launching Sparetire Design. She designed invitations for a few weddings at the request of family and friends, and it took off from there. Gattone now makes original and custom designs for many different clients, including businesses.


*Goal:* shed light on how to make better software, both web and client. - Synchronization of data and settings is often not done on the client, whereas it is typically inherent to the web. - The Web offers some guarantee of security (ignoring phishing, browser vulnerabilities, and compromise of application via cross-site-forgery, sql-injection, etc.). This is not shared by untrusted executables downloaded and run on a local machine. - The Web is inherently interoperable, via the hyperlink. While this is a very basic type of interoperability, it is quite powerful. - The Web has a consistent interface: address bar, hyperlinks, back/forward buttons. Search has become fundamental to the Web. - There are fewer installation issues on the Web (caching can cause issues). - Firewalls are not an issue with the Web because everything happens over HTTP. - The Web works pretty well on different operating system families (browser incompatibilities prevent this from being "very well"). - It is fairly easy to develop for the Web (although developing high-quality content and applications still requires considerable skill). - Bug fixes are much easier to implement if they don't need to be propagated. - Collaboration tends to be easier on the web. - The web tends to be cheaper, or free (with ads). - No scary installation, with security prompts and whatnot.


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Heterolocha is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Julius Lederer in 1853.

Species
 Heterolocha aristonaria (Walker, 1860)
 Heterolocha arizana Wileman, 1910
 Heterolocha biplagiata Bastelberger, 1909
 Heterolocha coccinea Inoue, 1976
 Heterolocha falconaria (Walker, 1866)
 Heterolocha hypoleuca Hampson, 1907
 Heterolocha laminaria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])
 Heterolocha lilacina (Bastelberger, 1909)
 Heterolocha lonicerae Prout, 1926
 Heterolocha marginata Wileman, 1910
 Heterolocha patalata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
 Heterolocha phoenicotaeniata (Kollar, 1844)
 Heterolocha polymorpha West, 1929
 Heterolocha polymorphoides Holloway, 1993
 Heterolocha pyreniata (Walker, 1866)
 Heterolocha sabulosa (Bastelberger, 1909)
 Heterolocha stulta (Butler, 1879)
 Heterolocha subroseata Warren, 1894
 Heterolocha taiwana Wileman, 1910

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In Android operating system, developer use layout to organize user interface controls, widgets on screen. In this lesson, we will look into the the Linear Layout, which is the most common layout used by most of the Android developers. The Linear layout organize controls either vertically or horizontally on screen. When the layout's orientation is set to vertical, all child controls within it are organized in a single column; But when the layout's orientation is set to horizontal, all child controls within it are organized and displayed in a single row.
Android allow developer to define UI elements either in XML or at runtime (which developer add it programmatically). In this lesson, we will create the Linear Layout in XML format, and please be noted that all XML layout resources must be stored in the /res/layout project directory.
The Android app's user interface – Linear layouts are one of the most common and fundamental layout types used. The Linear layout allows developers to organize UI elements in either a single row (horizontally) or single column (vertically).


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from learntools.core import *

# Add Dropout
class Q1(CodingProblem):
    _hint = """Your answer should look something like:
```python
model = keras.Sequential([
    # Dense
    # Dropout
    # Dense
    # Droput
    # Dense
])
```
"""
    _solution = CS("""
model = keras.Sequential([
    layers.Dense(128, activation='relu', input_shape=input_shape),
    layers.Dropout(0.3),
    layers.Dense(64, activation='relu'),
    layers.Dropout(0.3),
    layers.Dense(1)
])
""")
    _var = "model"
    def check(self, model):
        dense_layer = model.layers[0]
        layer_classes = [layer.__class__.__name__ for layer in model.layers]
        true_classes = ['Dense', 'Dropout', 'Dense', 'Dropout', 'Dense']
        # Check layer class
        assert (layer_classes == true_classes), \
            ("Your model doesn't have the correct kinds of layers. You should have five layers with classes: {}.".format(true_classes))
        # Check activation functions
        dense_activations = [layer.activation.__name__
                             for layer in model.layers
                             if layer.__class__.__name__ is 'Dense']
        true_activations = ['relu', 'relu', 'linear']
        assert (dense_activations == true_activations), \
            ("Your model doesn't have the correct activations. The hidden `Dense` layers should be have `'relu'` activation, while the output layer should be linear (no activation).")
        # Check number of units
        dense_units = [layer.units
                       for layer in model.layers
                       if layer.__class__.__name__ is 'Dense']
        true_units = [128, 64, 1]
        assert (dense_units == true_units), \
            ("Your model doesn't have the correct number of units. The units of the `Dense` layers should be {}.".format(true_units))
        # Check dropout rates
        dropout_rates = [layer.rate
                         for layer in model.layers
                         if layer.__class__.__name__ is 'Dropout']
        true_rates = [0.3, 0.3]
        assert (dropout_rates == true_rates), \
            ("Your model doesn't have the correct dropout rates. The rates of the `Dropout` layers should be {}.".format(true_rates))

# Evaluate Dropout
class Q2(ThoughtExperiment):
    _solution = """
From the learning curves, you can see that the validation loss remains near a constant minimum even though the training loss continues to decrease. So we can see that adding dropout did prevent overfitting this time. Moreover, by making it harder for the network to fit spurious patterns, dropout may have encouraged the network to seek out more of the true patterns, possibly improving the validation loss some as well).
"""

# Add BatchNormalization
class Q3(CodingProblem):
    _hint = """Your answer should look something like:
```python
model = keras.Sequential([
    # Batch Normalization
    # Dense
    # Batch Normalization
    # Dense
    # Batch Normalization
    # Dense
    # Batch Normalization
    # Dense
])
```
"""
    _solution = CS("""
model = keras.Sequential([
    layers.BatchNormalization(input_shape=input_shape),
    layers.Dense(512, activation='relu'),
    layers.BatchNormalization(),
    layers.Dense(512, activation='relu'),
    layers.BatchNormalization(),
    layers.Dense(512, activation='relu'),
    layers.BatchNormalization(),
    layers.Dense(1),
])
""")
    _var = "model"
    def check(self, model):
        dense_layer = model.layers[0]
        layer_classes = [layer.__class__.__name__ for layer in model.layers]
        true_classes = ['BatchNormalization', 'Dense',
                        'BatchNormalization', 'Dense',
                        'BatchNormalization', 'Dense',
                        'BatchNormalization', 'Dense',]
        # Check layer class
        assert (layer_classes == true_classes), \
            ("Your model doesn't have the correct kinds of layers. You should have eight layers with classes: {}.".format(true_classes))
        # Check activation functions
        dense_activations = [layer.activation.__name__
                             for layer in model.layers
                             if layer.__class__.__name__ is 'Dense']
        true_activations = ['relu', 'relu', 'relu', 'linear']
        assert (dense_activations == true_activations), \
            ("Your model doesn't have the correct activations. The hidden `Dense` layers should be have `'relu'` activation, while the output layer should be linear (no activation).")
        # Check number of units
        dense_units = [layer.units
                       for layer in model.layers
                       if layer.__class__.__name__ is 'Dense']
        true_units = [512, 512, 512, 1]
        assert (dense_units == true_units), \
            ("Your model doesn't have the correct number of units. The units of the `Dense` layers should be {}.".format(true_units))

# Evaluate BatchNormalization
class Q4(ThoughtExperiment):
    _solution = """
You can see that adding batch normalization was a big improvement on the first attempt! By adaptively scaling the data as it passes through the network, batch normalization can let you train models on difficult datasets.
"""

qvars = bind_exercises(globals(), [
        Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4,
    ],
    var_format='q_{n}',
)
__all__ = list(qvars)

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