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Key areas: vaccines against infectious diseases and cancer, healthy ageing and the immune system of older individuals, diagnostic devices and personalized medicine, two way interactions between the immune system and mental health.
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Q: How to make sure that Keras model weights are initialised randomly every-time the model is fit I am training a Keras model for my data. I have to split the data into 3 parts and I am calling the same keras model for each split and trying to fit and predict consecutively.
I have a suspicion that every-time I call the model the model weights remain the same after reaching convergence from last training. And the next model called starts minimising the error from its previous state. I want that each time the model is trained, it starts to fit the data from a different random weights initialisation. Because all of my 3 splits are subset of the same dataset and I don't want any data leakage into the model due to seeing the split data beforehand while training.
Can I know if it is reinitialising the weights every-time the model is fit. And if not how can I do so?
here is how my code looks like

model = Sequential()
model.add(Dense(512, input_dim=77, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
model.add(Dropout(0.2))
model.add(Dense(256, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
model.add(Dropout(0.2))
model.add(Dense(512, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
model.add(Dropout(0.2))
model.add(Dense(256, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
model.add(Dropout(0.2))
model.add(Dense(512, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
model.add(Dropout(0.2))
model.add(Dense(256, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
model.add(Dropout(0.2))
model.add(Dense(1))

# Compile model
model.compile(loss='mean_absolute_error', optimizer='adam')

model()
# evaluate model
history = model.fit(scaler.transform(X_train_high), y_train_high,
                    batch_size=128,
                    epochs=5)
results = model.evaluate(scaler.transform(X_train_high), y_train_high, batch_size=128)
print('High test loss, test acc:', results)

# evaluate model
history = model.fit(scaler.transform(X_train_medium), y_train_medium,
                    batch_size=128,
                    epochs=5)
results = model.evaluate(scaler.transform(X_train_medium), y_train_medium, batch_size=128)
print(' Medium test loss, test acc:', results)

# evaluate model
history = model.fit(scaler.transform(X_train_low), y_train_low,
                    batch_size=128,
                    epochs=5)
results = model.evaluate(scaler.transform(X_train_low), y_train_low, batch_size=128, epochs=5)
print('Low test loss, test acc:', results)

A: The model will keep its weight until you redefine one.
def define_model():
    model = Sequential()
    model.add(Dense(512, input_dim=77, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dropout(0.2))
    model.add(Dense(256, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dropout(0.2))
    model.add(Dense(512, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dropout(0.2))
    model.add(Dense(256, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dropout(0.2))
    model.add(Dense(512, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dropout(0.2))
    model.add(Dense(256, kernel_initializer='RandomNormal', activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dropout(0.2))
    model.add(Dense(1))

model=define_model()
# Compile model
model.compile(loss='mean_absolute_error', optimizer='adam')

# evaluate model
history = model.fit(scaler.transform(X_train_high), y_train_high,
                    batch_size=128,
                    epochs=5)
results = model.evaluate(scaler.transform(X_train_high), y_train_high, batch_size=128)
print('High test loss, test acc:', results)

model=define_model()

model.compile(loss='mean_absolute_error', optimizer='adam')
# evaluate model
history = model.fit(scaler.transform(X_train_medium), y_train_medium,
                    batch_size=128,
                    epochs=5)
results = model.evaluate(scaler.transform(X_train_medium), y_train_medium, batch_size=128)
print(' Medium test loss, test acc:', results)

You can check by model.get_weights.

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I noticed the recent rawhide attempt failed on i686, do you have a recent scratch build log of it failing on armv7hl?
No worries... I'll take a look at this tomorrow.
Thanks again for tracking down the bug and for providing a patch. The package builds successfully now.
Martin, any objections if I merge f19 branch with f20 Kyle prepared and submit updates in bodhi? We need the updates on ppc and s390 to be on-par with primary arches.
Dan, there are no objections from my side. Please feel free to merge the branches as desired.
zorba-2.9.1-4.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
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zorba-2.9.1-4.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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ICAO is establishing a task force which aims to examine ways to reinforce the collection of accurate information about conflict zones, and improve their risk assessment during route planning.
The senior-level task force – which government and industry representatives will be invited to join – is being set up in the wake of the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, possibly after a missile strike, over Ukraine.
ICAO secretary general Raymond Benjamin, speaking during a briefing in Montreal, said the destruction of MH17 was "unacceptable" and had raised "troubling concerns" about operating over regions caught up in armed conflict.
He acknowledges that the matter is "highly complex" and "politically sensitive", but says that ICAO has an "important role to play" in ensuring that "the right information reaches the right people at the right time".
While the pursuit of accurate information, on which to base operational decisions on flight safety, is a near-term objective, ICAO has also highlighted a need for better international control over the design and deployment of anti-aircraft weapons.
IATA director general Tony Tyler, also present at the briefing, said the loss of the Boeing 777 on 17 July had "exposed a gap in the system".
Tyler says that crucial decision-making information must be authoritative, accessible and unequivocal. Even information which might be considered sensitive can be "sanitised", he says, in a manner which will ensure airlines can act effectively.
Neither ICAO nor IATA could give immediate suggestions on ways to achieve the desired gathering and dissemination of information, deferring this responsibility to the task force.
Tyler adds that MH17 has demonstrated that "powerful anti-aircraft weaponry is in the hands of non-state entities", and that there is little in terms of international conventions to address the associated risks. But he concedes that this is a longer-term issue.
MH17 had been operating in a section of open and approved airspace situated above a zone of closed airspace.
Keeping airspace open for the passage of commercial traffic maintains a revenue stream of air navigation fees but Tyler rejects the notion that this creates a conflict of interests for governments.
"I'm sure that no country, no civilised person, would put a few dollars ahead of the value of human lives," he says.
ICAO expects the task force would be able to submit an initial report within six to eight weeks. Its findings will be presented to the ICAO Council. The organisation will also host a high-level safety conference in February 2015.
Tyler insists that there is no systemic failing and stresses a "need to keep a sense of perspective".
"Regulations often have unintended consequences," says Tyler. "The current system has been proven to work. We don't need to throw away 100 years of good experience.
"We've identified a gap. Let's close that gap but not completely rewrite the rules on how things are done."
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Shweta Menon Wiki, Biography, Age, Husband, Family, Education, Height, Weight, Movies List, Career, Profession, Net Worth
Shweta Menon wiki and biography: Known for her roles as an actor and on talk shows, Shweta Menon has achieved great success in India. Her role as Cheeru in Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha made her a household name in Kerala. To gain greater notoriety, she entered the Bigg Boss Malayalam house.
Shweta Menon Wiki: Biography, Age, Husband, Family, Education, Height, Weight, Movies List, Career, Profession, Net Worth
Real Name Shweta Menon
Profession Actress, TV Presenter
Husband Name Bobby Bhonsle (Divorced), Sreevalsan Menon
Date of Birth 23 April 1974
Birth Place Chandigarh, India
School Name Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, East Hill, Kozhikode, Kerala
Father Name T. V. Narayanankutti
Mother Name Sarada Menon
Career Actress, TV Presenter
Shweta Menon Biography
Shweta Menon Education
She went to Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, East Hill, Kozhikode, Kerala, for her primary education. We don't know anything else about her training or credentials at this time.
Shweta Menon Early Life
The family frequently relocated due to her father's service in the Indian Air Force. Some of the areas they called home included Kerala, Pathankot, Pune, and Allahabad. On April 23, 1974, she entered this world in Chandigarh, an Indian city. She was raised in the Valanchery neighbourhood of Malappuram, Kerala, India. She's always had a thing for the spotlight. Since she has appeared in so many films, she was chosen to participate in the inaugural season of the controversial reality show Bigg Boss Malayalam, which is hosted by Mohanlal.
She was raised by middle-class Hindu parents of Malayali descent. A T., who went by the name T. Her father, V. Narayanankutti, served as an Air Force flying lieutenant, while her mother, Sarada Menon, is a housewife. She is connected to the famous Malayalam actor Anoop Menon. Actor and author Bobby Bhonsle wed Shweta in 2004. Their marriage didn't work out, and they divorced in 2007. On June 18, 2011, she wed author Sreevalsan Menon. They welcomed a daughter, Sabaina Menon, in 2012.
Shweta Menon Career
She attended numerous educational institutions because of her father's frequent transfers. Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 in East Hill, Kozhikode, Kerala was one among them. She made her film debut as Catherine. The 1991 Malayalam film Anaswaram featured the scene. She competed in a variety of pageants during that time period, ultimately emerging as Miss Bangalore.
Shweta was the second runner-up in the 1994 Miss India competition, behind both Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai. She made history in the fall of that year when she was selected as the first female Gladrags Super Model. The requests to walk alongside famous models increased after that. She's also the brains behind numerous shows that have featured them. She has appeared on several reality series including Dancing Queen (2008), Deal or No Deal (2010) (alongside her father), and Star Challenge .
Star Wars (2007), Honeymoon Travels (2009), and Veruthe Alla Bharya Seasons 1, 2, and 3 are just a few of the popular Malayalam TV shows that Shweta has hosted. Among the Malayalam reality competitions, she has judged include Season 2 of Laughing Villa (2017), Super Jodi (2017), Komedy Circus (2017), Tharodayam New Face Hunt (2017), Season 2 of Comedy Stars (2015), and Season 1 of Katturumbu (2017).
In 2007, she won an Asian Television Award for her role as Best Anchor on the TV series Star Wars; in 2009, she won the Kerala State Film Award for her performance as Best Actress in the Malayalam film Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha; in 2011, she won the same award for her role in the Malayalam film Salt N' Pepper; and in 2013, she won the Asiavision Award for Outstanding Performance in the Malayalam film Kalimann.
She appeared in the 2018 premiere of the controversial Malayalam reality TV show Bigg Boss. With a daily compensation of one lakh rupees, Shweta is the highest-paid actress in the Bigg Boss Malayalam house.
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Home International Colombia marks FARC rebels' official disarmament
Colombia marks FARC rebels' official disarmament
DPA, 28th JUNE, 2017
After more than 50 years of armed conflict with the Colombian government, the leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have officially handed over all their weapons in line with last year's peace deal.
The handover was marked by an official ceremony on Tuesday in Colombia, attended by President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono in a camp near the municipality of Mesetas in the department of Meta.
"Goodbye weapons, goodbye war, welcome peace," Londono said at the ceremony in the country's centre which had been a FARC stronghold for years and where the group comitted many violent crimes.


A 44 year old female presented to our service for management of radicular arm pain secondary to spinal stenosis. The patient had participated in a narcotic reduction therapy concurrent with interventional blocks and non-narcotic adjuncts. At the conclusion of therapy, the patient agreed to spinal cord stimulator trial with St. Jude Medical.
1) In AP view (picture 1), a curved tip stylet was used to steer towards midline.
2) Continuing in AP view (picture 2), while the lead remained in the patient, the stylet was changed to a straight tip.
3) The lead was gently moved cephalad against slight resistance to the C2 level.
4) Lateral fluoroscopy was use to ensure the lead remained posterior (picture 3).
The SCS trial proved to be successful with significant improvement in the patient's symptoms with no complications. A permanent St. Jude SCS implant was later successfully placed with percutaneous leads using similar techniques.
Discussion: Cervical SCS trials require lead placement to the top of the C2 level. There are few descriptions in the literature to assist with troubleshooting for this placement. We had used a technique of having the patient adjust head position to facilitate the cephalad advancement of the lead. We have recently adopted the technique of changing the epidural stylets while maintaining the lead within the patient. This allows for more precise steering of the lead in the epidural space within the narrow cervical canal. It is important to confirm the leads are maintaining a posterior position while advanced, by frequently referencing the lateral fluoroscopic image.


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Q: How to use MediaUploader class to send attachment around 15 MB Can anyone please help me understand how I can use MediaUploader class while sending an email with attachment of around 15 MB?
Currently I am able to send email with attachments upto 950 KB but not more than that.
URL being used is - url:https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/user@xyz.com/messages/send
My code looks something like this,
.......
DataReader* reader = NewManagedInMemoryDataReader(&MsgData);
DataReader* encoder = codec->NewManagedEncodingReader(reader, NULL, &status);
encoder->ReadToString(/*RawMessage.length()*/kint64max, &EncodedPayload);

Message* message = Message::New();
message->set_raw(EncodedPayload);

OAuth2Credential* credential_ = GetUserCredential(email);

std::unique_ptr<UsersResource_MessagesResource_SendMethod> method(service_->get_users().get_messages().NewSendMethod                                                                                (credential_, email.c_str(), message, "", NULL));

method->ExecuteAndParseResponse(message)

......
Below is log extract on error,
I0904 12:06:42.522728 17834 client_service.cc:100] Prepared url:https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/user%40xyz.com/messages/send
I0904 12:06:42.524838 17834 http_request.cc:1083] Adding builtin headers
I0904 12:06:42.524919 17834 http_request.cc:285] set_state_code=2 on 0xf7212d88
I0904 12:06:42.524960 17834 http_request.cc:609] DoExecute using transport:Curl
I0904 12:06:42.525488 17834 curl_http_transport.cc:335] Setting timeout to ms=1234567
I0904 12:06:44.138020 17834 curl_http_transport.cc:385] Got http_code=413 for POST url=https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/user%40xyz.com/messages/send
I0904 12:06:44.150180 17834 http_transport.cc:223] No configured error handler for http_code=413
I0904 12:06:44.150480 17834 http_request.cc:768] Finished 0xf7212d88
I0904 12:06:44.150554 17834 http_request.cc:285] set_state_code=3 on 0xf7212d88
I0904 12:06:44.150590 17834 http_request.cc:320] Signal 0xf7212d88

How do we use resumable upload?
As in do we have to use this method " GmailService::UsersResource::DraftsResource::NewSendMethod(client::AuthorizationCredential* credential, const StringPiece& user_id, const Draft* metadata, const StringPiece& _media_content_type_, client::DataReader* _media_content_reader_)" ?
Thanks,
Harshal


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Dereyk Grant, No. 9 Wilbur Cross rally past Hamden
https://www.nhregister.com/metro/article/Good-Samaritans-rescue-dog-from-frozen-Hamden-lake-14930501.php
Good Samaritans rescue dog from Hamden lake
By Tara O'Neill
Updated 6:39 pm EST, Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Three men rescued the dog, Charlie, from Whitney Lake in Hamden, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 24, 2019.
Photo: Contributed Photo / Hamden Animal Control
HAMDEN — Three good Samaritans rescued a dog that fell through the ice on Lake Whitney Monday, officials said Tuesday.
The dog, Charlie, got away from her human at the dog park and ran across a golf course before she made her way across the nearby frozen lake until she fell through the ice.
Hamden Animal Control officials said it happened beneath the Davis Street bridge on Lake Whitney.
Officials said the men were doing tree work nearby and heard the dog barking in the distance and "spring into action when they found Charlie partially submerged in the lake."
The three men used quick thinking and used some rope for one of them to crawl across the ice to get to her. The man even fell in the water himself during the rescue.
Still, they managed to get Charlie out of the water. She was dried off and covered with a blanket. Officials said Charlie's owner arrived soon after and rushed her to a local veterinary hospital.
Charlie's temperature at the vet was recorded at 94 degree — lower than a dog's average temperature, which is usually around 101 degrees. Officials said she also suffered a minor injury to her paw, probably from trying to cling to the ice as she struggled to stay above water.
Officials said Charlie was resting comfortably Tuesday.
"Stories like these remind us that there is always hope," Hamden Animal Control officials said.
One of the rescuers, Adam Gigola, said the trio work for Lewis Tree Service and were contracted by United Illuminating for a job when they heard the dog.
"We heard the cries from the dog and all just reacted and would do it again in a heartbeat," Gigola said.


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Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, talking to Anderson Cooper on CNN on Tuesday night.
If Anderson Cooper or Kellyanne Conway still even had gloves at this point in the bumpy election season, now they're definitely off.
The CNN anchor and Donald Trump's campaign manager tore into each other in a heated interview Tuesday night, two days after Cooper moderated the second presidential debate and four days after a bombshell audio recording from 2005 showed Trump, now the Republican presidential nominee, bragging about groping women and kissing them without consent.
Since the tape surfaced and many polls concluded that Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, won the debate, Trump's campaign has been insisting louder than ever before that the mainstream media is against its candidate. Conway repeated that sentiment to Cooper on Tuesday.
"We'd be happy to have more fair treatment in the media, but I'm not going to find unicorns on my doorstep tomorrow," she said.
Cooper made headlines when he confronted Trump about the tape during the debate. In his interview with Conway, he again brought up that what Trump was saying on the tape amounted to sexual assault.
"Let's just be clear: The reason this has been making headlines is because Donald Trump was discussing and bragging about sexual assault 11 years ago on a bus," Cooper said. "It's not Hillary Clinton who put those words in his mouth."
"Anderson," Conway chided, "first of all, in case anybody's wondering because they'll somehow read my mind after this broadcast ... I find those comments to be disgusting and reprehensible, and I'm really glad that he apologized."
Donald Trump with Cooper at the CNN Town Hall at Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on March 29.
CONWAY: "My goodness, why is this woman at 46%? She's like the magic 46. She's 46% in the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, she's 46% in a lot of these swing states —"
COOPER: "She's ahead of your candidate."
CONWAY: "Anderson! She's running as the first female president who has a sitting president and first lady much more popular than she will ever be —"
COOPER: "Your candidate is below 46%."
CONWAY: [Pause] "Is that a question?"
CONWAY: "One needs not be a pollster to know that."
Conway continued on about Bill Clinton's alleged affairs and expressed shock that he settled a sexual-harassment lawsuit when he was governor of Arkansas.
Cooper cut in: "Your candidate has settled numerous lawsuits without admitting any guilt on a whole number of things. Are you saying, are you implying that settling a lawsuit is implying guilt? Because if so, it means that your candidate is guilty of an awful lot of things, no?"
After he asked the question two more times, Conway didn't answer and pivoted back to Bill Clinton and what she said his past said about Hillary Clinton's character.
CONWAY: "Anderson, I guess the question I have is why can't CNN cover Obamacare, and ISIS, and radical Islamic terrorism?"
COOPER: "We do, all the time."
CONWAY: "You don't even want to cover it now; all you want to do is talk over me!"


Shianne is one of the few APBT's running flyball. Shianne was rescued by Debra Young and Sonny Ganges at 3 wks of age and is now 3 yrs old. She came from a shaddy background that would have left her with a dim future. She was bottled feed and nursed into a healthy little girl with lots of energy and an obsession for tennis balls. When Shianne and Debby found flyball they were hooked. Shianne began training in 2007 with Revolution Flyball, region 15. She learned the sport quickly and loves it!! Shianne's favorite things are playing chuck it, swimming (she is also a dock diving dog), and carrying around her blanket that she likes to nurse on. Shianne has her FMX, is handled by Debra Young, and runs between 4.1 - 4.3. Shianne, along with the other pitbulls who run, are ambassador's of their breed. Photo by Swift-Bennett Photography.
The Flying Sausage - Peaches is the highest pointed Smooth Dachshund in NAFA. She is the first of her breed to earn the Onyx award. This devoted little doxie had a rough start in life. As a puppy she was the victim of a house fire and bears scars from the experience. She was adopted by John and Tanya Petrucha who nursed her back to health. Peaches initially attended an obedience class but failed to stay when the instructor took out a tennis ball. Thus, the birth of a flyball star. Peaches is a full time height dog for All Ruffed Up and an important part of their multi-breed teams. Photo by John Petrucha.
Jaeger is a 3 year old American Pit Bull Terrier who runs on the Tampa Bay Barkaneer flyball team. He is owned by Carla Thomas of St. Petersburg, Florida. Jaeger is a very competitive dog with extremely high drive who loves his ball. You don't want to be in the way when this freight train is coming down the lanes because Jaeger has a job to do and he does it well. Even though he is a big boy, he always maintains a perfect 4 footed box turn with a best time of 4.998. He has also been known to pose on the box for photographers. Jaeger has his Flyball Master title, also enjoys agility, weight pull, and dock diving. Rose Photos For Pets.
Bentley is a 12 year old Bearded Collie seen competing in this photo at Some Ruff Competition's All About Pets Show Flyball Tournaments Easter weekend 2009. Bentley owns Marcie Vallance of Guelph, Ontario and is a perfect ambassador for the Bearded Collie showing the famous 'Beardie Bounce' every chance he gets. He started his racing career a little later than some at almost 5 years of age, but has never looked back. He is the start dog for Some Ruff Competition's 'Old Age & Treachery' veterans team and can be seen helping out the Regular team from time to time. Bentley is a NAFA Flyball Master Excellent, a CKC Breed Champion, Herding Certified and titled in Obedience. Photo taken by TTL Action Photography.
Swiper is a 3 year old Jack Russell who is Cole`s best friend. They are members of F.A.M.E. in Moncton, N.B., Canada. Swiper runs mostly as the height dog for the club's fast team and runs consistently under 4.8 seconds with best times around 4.5 seconds. When not on the flyball lane, Cole (seen here in the photo) and Swiper can be seen playing ball together or just cuddling. Photo by Jules Comeau, Kaleano Photo.
Miss Jiff's Hot Off the Press (Xtra) is a 3 year old Miniature Australian Shepherd owned, trained and loved by Ruth VanWert, Team Captain of the Wooferines Flyball Team. A young dog, Xtra has only participated in 10 events but has already accumulated over 3700 NAFA points. She is quickly gaining a reputation in Region 1 for stealing hearts and proving that even "pretty dogs" can play a very serious flyball game. Twice, she has been honored in Region 1 with special awards. She was recognized last July by the Paws-i-tive Attitudes Flyball Club with their "Pawsitive Attitude" award for her winning personality and happy working attitude. Later, Xtra was awarded the "Coolest H eight Dog Award" at Ballistics' River Run Tournament held in Vassar MI, 2008. Xtra was bred by Monica Johnny from Ontario, Canada. Photo by Amy DuMars.
Deuce (Inkwood's Took a Second Look) is a 5 year old female Staffordshire Bull Terrier from Inkwood Staffords in Largo, Florida. A solid height dog for Storm Riders, Deuce will run anywhere, anytime, with any group of dogs -- all without a hitch. In her Flyball debut, she earned 3 titles running with dogs she had never met and with only backyard training. Deuce is a petite Staffy filled with determination, tons of heart and her signature Staffy chortle that is heard on the lanes. She is also a Canine Good Citizen. Deuce is owned, handled and adored by Valerie Torres. Photo by Tony Rosca.
Streak is a 9yr old Jack/Parson Russell Terrier; he is one of the height dogs on Inner Drive K9 sports in region 8. Streak loves the game of flyball and always tries his hardest; he can run in any position but loves second the best. Like most terriers he likes everyone to know how much he loves this game buy screaming it as loud and as long as he can, he sounds like a siren from a police car. Streak is active in flyball, agility and the Superdog Performance Team. With Superdogs he has traveled across Canada and into the US, he has even stared in a Superdog movie. It does not matter if he is performing in Superdogs or in flyball he has always been a crowd favorite because of his intense pleasure in everything he does, people love to see this little white dog run. You can see his joy of the game on his face and even in the way he holds up his feet so nothing can slow him down. This picture was taken by David Winters of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
This Garth Brooks is a much better athlete than a country singer. He loves the whole concept of the swimmers turn and makes it his personal challenge to get it right every time. Like most American Eskimos, he is very strong minded and is affectionately known as "Mr. T". He has traveled extensively with the International Superdogs and has performed in Orlando, Florida, The National Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, at the Calgary Stampede, in Alberta, The Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, The Royal Manitoba Fair in Brandon, Manitoba, The Red River Ex in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and at Scotia Bank Place in Ottawa, ON. He has appeared on TSN in the Horse and Dog Relay at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. His flyball career has had to a backseat to his travels performing with the Superdogs, but he never misses a beat when back in the lanes and this year he plans on being a big asset to his team. Garth Brooks was patiently trained by a junior handler who was just starting out in this sport of flyball and needed a dog of her own to work and train. Garth Brooks is owned and loved by Andrea Goss and Jim Irvine and plays flyball with Extreme Chaos flyball team. Photo by Len Silvester.
Cujo is a 4 year old pug running with Flyball Fanatics in Region 8 since Sept 06. His mom is Nathalie Torres. Cujo is the first pug to get his FMX title and is currently ranked number 1 pug in Nafa. Cujo averages 6.7-7secs. His fastest time ever was 6.2, this is not great speed but for a pug it sure is! He is also the full time height dog for his team "PugPower"! Cujo loves the sport and the treats that come along with it! Some of the judges get a kick out of his cries on the racing lane. He sounds like a car engine starting up. Cujo and his mom would like to Thank all of the Flyball Fanatics members for their great support! And for more racing years ahead. Photo by David Winters.
Sweep is a 9 � year old blue merle border collie who plays flyball with KAOS Dogsports Inc. in Regina, Saskatchewan (Region 8). She is just shy of achieving her 60,000 NAFA points. Sweep is very intense and takes flyball very seriously!! We have had many comments on her effortless box turn. Sweeps loves to be start dog but will race in any postion and she does it all with a smile. As well as flyball, Sweep is active in numerous demos with KAOS Dogsports Inc. She has performed anually at Regina's Buffalo Days Exhibition, CFL half time shows, seniors' and children's entertainment, and loves to attend as many flyball tournaments that she can in and outside of our region. Sweep is owned, loved and handled by Margo and Carly Rosinski. This picture, taken by David Winters from Winnipeg, Manitoba, shows just how much flyball means to Sweep.
Yoda is a 10-year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi from Omaha, NE. Owned and handled by Deb Lipschultz on the Omaha SpeedRacers team in region 21. He started his fun filled career by running amuck in the racing lanes, after no time he turned into a reliable staple on our team, running a consistent time of 6.2 through the power years of his career. As the height dog Yoda helped our big dogs achieve many great accomplishments. Yoda recently earned his FDGCh-60 at the age of 10. With a heavy heart Deb had to retire Yoda after a long successful career. Yoda will go down as the #1 Pembroke Welsh Corgi in NAFA with 60,294 points. Yoda has made many lasting memories on our team and will be truly missed.
Diesel is a 7 1/2 yr old American Bulldog running with the Rocket City Racers in Region 14. His owner is Chrissy Barribeau. He is the first American Bulldog to obtain is ONYX and is currently the #1 AB in NAFA. Diesel averages 4.4 to 4.7 sec runs. Ask anyone in region 14 and a few others and they all know the big white dog yodeling in the lineup-Diesel runs anchor and is constantly telling the others to hurry it up! Diesel has excelled in flyball and also Obedience and Agility. He is a great dog to his 2 1/2 yr old human sister as well. Many an opinion about bull breeds has changed for the better upon meeting Diesel. He is a great Flyball Dog and a great American Bulldog!


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Stairway to Heaven, Hawaii
The Haʻikū Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven or Haʻikū Ladder, is a steep hiking trail on the island of Oʻahu.
The trail began as a wooden ladder spiked to the cliff on the south side of the Haʻikū Valley. It was installed in 1942 to enable antenna cables to be strung from one side of the cliffs above Haʻikū Valley to the other. A building to provide a continuous communication link between Wahiawā and Haʻikū Valley Naval Radio Station was constructed at the peak of Puʻukeahiakahoe, elevation about 2,800 feet (850 m). The antennae transmitted very low frequency radio signals from a 200,000-watt Alexanderson alternator in the center of Haʻikū valley. The signals could reach US Navy submarines as far away as Tokyo Bay while the submarines were submerged. Testers for RCA picked up signals on Long Island, and the signal also reached India, 6,600 miles (10,600 km) away.
When the Naval base was decommissioned in the 1950s, the United States Coast Guard used the site for an Omega Navigation System station. In the mid 1950s, the wooden stairs were replaced by sections of metal steps and ramps — by one count, 3,922 steps. The station and trail were closed to the public in 1987. Some hikers ignore the No Trespassing signs and continue to climb, contributing to the local community's misgivings about reopening the structure.
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Our Plan for Keeping Australians Safe and Secure
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Well thank you Sabra and thank you for the welcome here today and can I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, elders past present and emerging.
Can I thank the members of the press gallery for being here today. As one of them remarked to me today, "Welcome back to the bubble." Thank you very much for the welcome.
To all of my colleagues who are here with me today, thank you. There are too many to mention but I'm so pleased that you are able to be joining me here for today's important address talking about a safer Australia.
A few weeks ago, I had the great privilege as Prime Minister of awarding Kate and Tick Everett the honour of being Local Hero Australians of the Year.
Now, Kate is with us here today, she's up the back. Give her a round of applause. Every Australian parent can only try and begin to imagine the pain of Kate and Tick when they lost their daughter Dolly to online bullying just over a year ago.
Through Dolly's dream, they are transforming what I can only describe as indescribable grief into a force for change to protect the children of our country.
For parents, security used to mean warnings of 'stranger danger' and keeping an eye on the kids as they played in the front yard or on the nature strip.
The online world has opened up a dangerous place for our children. It is the terror of parents everywhere, including Jen and me.
Just over a week before that, I met Saeed. He is the father of Aiia Maasarwe.
Aiia was a kind hearted, beautiful and generous human being who was brutally raped and murdered in Melbourne only a few weeks ago. It's not the first time we have seen terrible acts like that.
Now, Saeed and I are from different nations, different faiths, different cultures, but we share one thing in common. And that is understanding the special place a daughter has in her father's heart. And I can tell you, nothing prepares you for a meeting like that.
But despite his pain, Saeed reminded Australians to "see light in the dark" because that's what Aiia believed.
But the other truth is that women in Australia are still the targets of violence, abuse and disrespect. And this must stop.
Last year I also visited the scene where a radical extremist Islamic terrorist murdered Sisto Malaspina on Bourke Street in Melbourne. Sisto was rushing to the aid of the man who became his murderer.
An act of violence not just against a fellow Australian, but against our very way of life and who we are.
And just this past week, as Linda Reynolds and I were together, we stood with those who had been fighting fires in Tasmania down there in the Huon Valley, and we stood with the families returning to their flooded homes in Townsville.
Across the range, farmers were being hit with something they had never seen in their lifetimes and the lifetimes of generations prior to that. The loss of their livelihoods as hundreds of thousands of cattle were washed away or died stranded in flooded mud.
It's heartbreaking. Soul destroying. And it's still happening right now, those animals are dying as we speak. And Linda and I and other ministers were on the phone to the mayors this morning once again.
That same week I joined hundreds in Melbourne to remember the Black Saturday bushfires, and we'll do that again in Parliament tomorrow, where families still grieve and communities are still healing ten years on.
And just before Christmas, I had the great privilege of visiting our troops in Iraq.
Australians putting themselves in harm's way to stabilise a land far away from here. But there they serve, as Christopher Pyne knows, who saw them in January, bravely and gladly in our nation's interests.
I've told you those stories because the point I want to make is that keeping Australians safe and secure is not just about discussing the great geopolitical tensions of our time.
It's much more personal than that. It's much more meaningful than that. It affects your every day, it extends to our communities, our families, women, children and individual Australians.
That's how I see my national security and safety responsibilities to the Australian people.
For the past five and a half years, our Government has taken these responsibilities extremely seriously, dealing with the world as it is. Uncertain, often dangerous, uncompromising and, at its worst, simply evil.
Every day we have been taking action to build a stronger and even more resilient Australia to deal with whatever comes at us.
That's why today I am releasing our forward plan to keep Australians safe and secure in the future. Our plan to keep Australians safe and secure.
The plan builds on our achievements and addresses the newer and emerging threats we face. Plans must always be updated to achieve that.
Regional tensions between the world's great powers, heightened global instability; stiff headwinds facing, as Josh Freedenberg knows as Treasurer, the global economy, and Mathias Cormann; foreign interference; radical Islamist terrorism; people smuggling; natural disasters; organised crime; money laundering; biosecurity hazards, cybersecurity; the evil ICE trade; violence against women on our streets; online predators and scammers who seek to rip off older Australians; cyber-bullying and elder abuse.
Our plan to Keep Australians safe and secure, to address these threats, is straightforward.
Keep our economy strong to provide the surest foundation for our security.
Defend Australia with a record investment of over $200 billion in our nation's defence capability over the next decade.
Continue to protect our borders with proven policies that work and not changing them.
Keeping Australians safe from terrorism, by disrupting and denying terrorists the ability to undertake attacks in Australia.
Combat violence against women and counter the culture of disrespect towards women that can lead to that violence.
Protect our children online and in the real world, going after sexual predators and countering bullying behaviour.
Secure our region and our sovereignty by prioritising cooperation with our Indo-Pacific neighbours and family, as Marise Payne does on a daily basis.
To protect Australians from organised criminals by ensuring we give police and security services the resources, technology and the powers that they need.
To fight the menace of drugs – especially ICE, with coordinated law enforcement and anti-gangs initiatives.
And to protect our communities in times of natural disaster by continuing to invest more in our preparedness and capability, so we can respond quickly and help Australians get back on their feet as we are doing even as we speak right now with the disasters that face us.
So let's talk about that plan in a bit more detail. Economic strength and our country's security are interdependent. You can't have one without the other.
That's why, a fortnight ago, I released our Plan for a Stronger Economy, up in Trevor Evan's electorate in Brisbane.
It's also a straightforward plan. A plan for lower taxes and strong budgets. Backing small and family businesses and building the infrastructure that we need to support our growth and maintain our quality of life. In particular that congestion-busting infrastructure that Alan Tudge has been putting together all around the country.
It's a plan that has already generated more than one million jobs in less than five years, ahead of what we promised.
It's a plan that will deliver the essential services that Australians rely on into the future, and it's a plan that'll deliver a million and a quarter more jobs as our pledge over the next five years.
But it's also a plan that will ensure that we can underwrite our Government's commitment to keeping Australians safe and secure.
This is our objective. This is our plan.
Australia's national security is also intertwined with that of the Indo-Pacific region.
Australia and our partners face diverse security threats that challenge our interests, from North Korea's long-range missiles and nuclear programs, to state fragility, and radical Islamist terrorism in our own region.
We want to see an open, rules-based Indo-Pacific where the rights of all states are respected.
So my Government, our Government is strengthening our partnerships in the region and beyond, to protect our security and our sovereignty, consistent with the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper.
Our step-up in the Pacific reflects a simple reality - the Pacific is our home and our Pacific neighbours are our family. They are fuh mouh, they are vuvale, as we've spoken about in the region.
We are working with our neighbours and others to support the Pacific's long-term stability and economic prospects, by re-focusing our aid budget on our neighbourhood, and supporting infrastructure development and bolstering maritime security capability, just to name a few.
When we took office in 2013 coming into government, Defence spending was at an all-time low. In 2012-13, as a share of our economy, it was just 1.56 per cent - the lowest level since 1938. Shameful.
Under our Government, we are delivering the biggest rebuild of our armed forces and their capability in a generation, and boosting Defence spending to 2 per cent of GDP by 2020-21 ahead of our promise.
The rebuild is based on the strategy laid out in our 2016 Defence White Paper - investing over $200 billion in our defence capability over the next decade.
A doubling of the submarine fleet, a new fleet of nine frigates, as well as a new fleet of 12 offshore patrol vessels and 21 Pacific Patrol Boats.
All 54 vessels will be built here in Australia - built by Australian workers with Australian steel.
It is one of the biggest naval transformations occurring anywhere in the world today - a stark contrast, I must say, with Labor's failure to commission a single naval vessel when they were in office for six years. Asleep at the wheel.
And earlier today, Chris Pyne and I, together with other ministers who were there, signed our Strategic Partnership Agreement with the French Defence Minister which delivers on our commitment to build 12 new submarines. And Steven Marshall, the Premier of South Australia, had a particularly big smile on his face, as he should. But so should all Premiers, because this work extends right around the country.
The Air Force will gain unprecedented combat capacity through the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
And the Army is getting new body armour, weapons, night fighting equipment and new Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicles, which I know 3rd Brigade up there in Lavarack, Townsville are very, very excited about, particularly Brigadier Winter.
Operation Sovereign Borders has been one, I would argue, of Australia's greatest national security policy successes.
I have had the privilege to lead it, as has Peter Dutton. I know what compromise and poorly thought through changes can do to our borders. Labor proposes to do both, again. They have learned nothing from their failures on border protection.
Our successful border protection framework has three core elements, and you've heard me say it before, but it bears repeating.
First, the denial of permanent residence and therefore citizenship to people who illegally enter Australia.
This was achieved by the restoration of temporary protection visas when we came to government. Labor has promised to abolish them.
When Labor did this in August 2008, thinking it would make no difference, it fired the starter's gun for the boats to return, and the deaths, and the tragedy and the chaos.
Secondly, regional processing of people who seek to illegally enter Australia.
This is conducted at the Nauru regional processing facilities.
Labor have already voted in the Senate, as you know, to undermine these arrangements by removing authority for transfers to Australia from the Government. They will abolish regional processing as we know it.
And thirdly, disrupting people smuggling activities through the supply chain, as General Molan and I know as we did all those years ago, right up that chain using a web of intelligence and regional cooperation and the physical turn-back of boats.
Operation Sovereign Borders has worked, it's delivered a human dividend that is both compassionate and fair.
We've stopped the deaths at sea – there were over 1,200 that we know of;
We've closed 19 detention centres;
We've removed all children from detention - remember over 8,000 were put into detention under the previous government - and the last four children on Nauru have their bags packed for the US. All the children are off Nauru;
We've expanded our humanitarian program;
And here's some figures you might not have heard. Right from the outset, and I did this, as did Peter and David Coleman now following, we have expanded our Women at Risk program, which has seen 7,046 women and children find safe refuge in Australia since 2013.
That's what strong border protection delivers when it comes to human beings.
Our plan is simple. We won't change it, not one jot. Labor will.
Our Government will also continue to do everything that must be done to combat radical extremist Islamist terrorism.
So far our record includes 12 tranches of national security legislation passed.
But I've got to say, on almost every occasion, Labor has been dragged to support this vital legislation and then only, having sought to water it down, try and claim bipartisanship.
$2.2 billion in extra funding for our law enforcement, intelligence and security agencies. Restoring what was stripped away.
Funding for 100 more intelligence experts, over 100 more tactical response and covert surveillance operators and almost 100 forensic experts at the AFP.
$294 million to upgrade airport security around the country, including in regional airports, and $45 million in programs to counter radicalisation.
The creation of a new Office of National Intelligence and the Home Affairs Department, the expansion of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, and a significant boost in resources, all of this will ensure that our security agencies are stronger and better coordinated and integrated.
In the wake of the Burke Street terrorist attack, I decided more needed to be done when it came to countering radicalisation. I met with Muslim leaders in Sydney and I have since approved another $14 million, working with David Coleman as the Minister for Multicultural Affairs, for additional programmes to work with local community organisations and Muslim leaders who are prepared to take a stand. These are brave people, to prevent radicalisation destroying their own communities.
But the achievement we can take most comfort from is that since 2014, our security agencies have disrupted 14 major terrorist plots.
90 people have been charged with counter-terrorism offences, and hundreds of Australian families have loved ones with them - instead of facing grief, pain and loss because of the excellent work of our security agencies.
And under laws passed by our Government, we have stripped 12 terrorists of Australian citizenship.
That's what keeping Australia safe looks like.
We might not thwart every attempt by terrorists to damage our democracy, but we have put our intelligence and security services on the best possible footing to do so.
Our Government is also fully engaged in working together to combat violence against women. And I acknowledge Kelly O'Dwyer who is here today, and I acknowledge the work she has done, as well as Paul Fletcher in this area as the Minister for Social Services.
As I said before, it must stop.
Nearly ten years ago, state and federal governments came together with the community to put in place the first National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and Children.
The Fourth Action Plan will be finalised in the middle of this year.
But where immediate action is needed we have delivered, including committing a further $20 million just in the past year for 1800RESPECT.
Today I am announcing the first of the Commonwealth measures towards the Action Plan - a $60 million investment in emergency accommodation and $18 million of continued support for state and territory governments to keep women and children safe in their homes.
These two measures reflect two important principles, and I can reflect on this back from my time in Social Services Minister, as Paul knows very well.
We can't ask women and children to leave dangerous homes if they have no place to go. And where it is safe, women and children survivors should be helped to remain in their homes and in their communities. You've got to be safe in your own home.
We have listened to the frontline workers and survivors throughout the consultations we have had over the past year.
That is why one focus of our measures also we'll be announcing soon will be on prevention - on changing the attitudes to violence, and on helping those who think violence is an option, to stop.
This new commitment will build on the more than $350 million our Government has invested since 2015 to stop this violence against women and children.
Our Government has also been at the forefront of efforts to keep children safe online with over $100 million invested so far.
Mitch Fifield will know that we've done this with the creation of the world's first eSafety Commissioner who has tough powers to take down cyberbullying content, by funding new resources to support parents, and are making a new $10 million investment to allow charities like the Alannah and Madeline Foundation and the Carly Ryan Foundation to develop new tools to protect children online.
We have passed Carly's Law that makes it a crime for an adult to use carriage services in relation to sexual activity with a minor.
And we have provided almost $69 million to establish the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation, which is a national approach led by the AFP, championed by Peter Dutton, to combat a global epidemic of child abuse. We're serious about this stuff, we are very serious.
Our Government will continue to take action also to protect Australians from criminals.
Across my time as Immigration Minister and on Peter Dutton's watch and now on David's watch, we have cancelled the visas of the equivalent of the gaol population of South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory combined.
We have cancelled the visas of 4,150 dangerous criminals, sent them packing. In six years, Labor cancelled just 643 visas. Labor were soft.
We cancelled around 800 last year alone.
That included 13 murderers, 34 rapists and sex offenders, 53 for domestic violence, 56 for armed robbery, and 100 child sex offenders, punted by our Government.
Specifically, we have cancelled the visas of more than 300 child sex offenders and stopped hundreds more at the border.
We have introduced a national approach to strip criminals of their illegally obtained wealth no matter which jurisdiction they operate in, which strikes at the heart of organised crime. And I particularly acknowledge Michael Keenan for his work when he was Minister on those issues.
We're giving our law enforcement agencies the tools to read the encrypted messages that violent criminals and child sex offenders are currently using to evade detection, and we had to fight for it in the Parliament to make sure we got it. We are also seeking to legislate to ensure that police have appropriate powers to assess and disrupt potential security and criminal threats at airports.
Our Government is taking an uncompromising approach to fighting the menace of drugs.
Last financial year, the AFP and Australian Border Force seized more than 17 tonnes of drugs and precursors at the border.
The AFP assisted its international counterparts to seize more than 28 tonnes of drugs and precursors offshore. All of these efforts are protecting lives from being destroyed by drugs in our communities.
The scourge of ICE is one that I know affects communities right across Australia, not least the families and children of ICE addicts.
The Government has invested $450 million to help these communities fight the impacts of ICE, including funding for more than 220 Local Drug Action Teams.
Our joined-up strategy includes international cooperation to stop drugs at their source, with enhanced intelligence sharing, as well as better controls on precursor chemicals and stronger law enforcement.
In total, we are also providing more than $720 million over four years to help communities reduce the impact of drug and alcohol misuse. Forgive me for listing such a long list of actions, but there's a long list there in terms of what we've been doing.
But finally, let me talk about natural disasters. It's our job, together with States and Territories and local government, to support Australians when nature doesn't.
We are investing in our national emergency capability and resilience through the government's Preparing Australia Package – with support for emergency text alerts, aerial firefighting and bushfire shelters, which have come in very useful, as Linda and I have seen in recent weeks and months.
At the national level we have contracted over 130 aerial firefighting assets for this season, bringing the total to over 500 aerial assets available when state resources are counted.
Emergency Management Australia administer, on average, about $1 billion in disaster recovery payments each year, as well as operate our 24/7 Crisis Coordination Centre.
Our Government is also now funding up to 75 per cent of disaster assistance to individuals and communities, most of which is provided through State and Territory Governments. So up there in Townsville at the moment, those state agencies that are providing payments, 75 per cent of that is being funded by the Commonwealth Government, not just the individual payments that we do on top of that.
And once again we have seen the best of Australians in response to these recent fires and floods. It's no surprise, but it never loses how impressive it is.
And I particularly want to thank, on behalf of our country all of the volunteer emergency services personnel, to state and territory governments, to the ADF, who have just been doing an extraordinary job, an extraordinary job, all around the country, for all that they have done. It's just not what they do, it's when they show up, it lifts the spirits of those who need help.
As of 5pm yesterday, over 32 thousand claims for disaster relief payments have been processed in Townsville alone, in just one week. And we have already paid over $39 million in assistance, just in one week. That's cash straight into the pockets of those impacted by the floods.
Further, effective 11am today, we have extended the availability of disaster recovery payments to eight shires across Western Queensland - the funds will start flowing immediately and Centrelink are putting people on the ground ready to process it immediately.
This morning I again spoke, as I said, with the mayors of the flood impacted shires in Western Queensland where we are seeing a national disaster unfold in terms of damage to our beef and cattle industries.
As a result, and further to my announcement of Category D assistance, which is national disaster status - there is no technical national disaster declaration in any act. Category D is what it is, there is a national disaster unfolding in northern Queensland. And we announced that assistance on Friday, and today I am announcing that my Government will provide an immediate ex-gratia payment of $1 million to each of the affected shires. That is necessary for them to just get on and do the enormous amount of work they need to support their communities. They raised it with me this morning, it's announced by this afternoon.
This payment will be for them to use on the priorities that they deem most urgent - whether that be rate relief for impacted properties, reconstruction of infrastructure, or the disposal of cattle that have perished, which is being coordinated and also assisted by the ADF.
Our disaster assistance funding to North Queensland in response to this flood is already over $100 million, in addition to massive support from the ADF.
I want those farmers to know up there in North Queensland that we will stand with them all the way through this disaster, but we will be standing with you on the other side as you rebuild the great prosperity that we know is there for you in the future. We will be there to rebuild with you.
So in conclusion, national security is all about making the right decisions. Because, as a Government and as a Prime Minister, you make them every single day.
You make these decisions - this is how I make them - based on your values, what you believe, your instincts, your experience and, when required, courage.
Our Government has demonstrated we have the mettle to make the right calls on our nation's security:
Repairing our borders;
Investing in our defence forces;
Deporting violent criminals;
Taking on domestic violence to protect the women and children in this country;
Disrupting terrorist attacks.
We have led, we haven't followed.
We have taken decisions rather than put them off to another day.
And we have embraced tough calls rather than seeking to buy weak compromises for the purpose of politics.
This is our form, not just of our Government. But as Michael McCormack knows, the Deputy Prime Minister, the form of Liberal National Coalition Governments going back 70 years.
It is why we are trusted.
The plan I have announced today is built on our strong record and sets out plainly what a re-elected Morrison Liberal Nationals Government will continue to do to keep Australians safe and secure.
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Far-Flung Places: A WSBA Travel Series on Rural Legal Practice
by NWSidebar
You've never heard a joke about how few lawyers there are because it would be demonstrably false. In America, there are 1.3 million of them, enough to collectively rival our most populous cities. And according to the job platform Indeed, "lawyer" is among the most common jobs in America.
So you couldn't be criticized for thinking there are too many lawyers. However—and it's a big however—it depends on who you're talking to and where they live.
The city of Seattle, for example, is chockfull of lawyers. In Seattle, there are roughly three active-license lawyers for every 200 residents. In Garfield County, on the other hand, there are three. Not three per capita. Not three percent of the population. Literally three lawyers.
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The WSBA is often criticized, and often with good reason, for being too Seattle-centric at the expense of the rest of the state that exists beyond those boundaries. The counterpoint to that criticism is that many lawyers in Washington call the Seattle area home. Nearly half, 45 percent, of the active legal professionals listed on the WSBA's legal directory are registered in King County. Seattle alone is home to approximately 11,500 WSBA members; in other words, about one-third, 32 percent, of legal professionals are confined to a single city in a state of about 7.7 million people.
If you need a lawyer and live in King County or nearby, that's great news. But if you're among the 70 percent of the state (about 5.5 million people) who do not live there, your legal troubles are probably more complicated by default.
L.R. "Rusty" McGuire is a lawyer in a small town about an hour outside Spokane. In March, McGuire wrote for NWSidebar, "Why Young Attorneys Fear Working in Rural Areas and Why They Shouldn't," to share the perspective of a longtime rural attorney witnessing the dwindling of the profession in rural areas.
"We struggle to hire and retain lawyers in rural areas for several reasons. Usually, it has to do with spouses and employment opportunities," McGuire wrote. "The rural areas are then left with no attorney assistance."
Similarly, in July, Arian Noma, who serves as the Moderate Means Program (MMP) staff attorney for Gonzaga Law School, wrote about the urgent need for legal providers in underserved rural parts of the state.
"As lawyers, we must do better in recruiting for all of Washington, so the MMP program can deliver services equitably to all residents, regardless of where they live," Noma wrote.
It's no secret that there are parts of Washington where there aren't enough lawyers to meet the legal needs of all the local residents. A burgeoning movement at the WSBA, however, seeks to change that.
In 2019, a group of WSBA volunteers and staff began what was then called the Rural Practice Project (RPP) to analyze the state of legal services available in rural Washington, as well as other jurisdictions in the country, better understand the problems, and identify potential paths forward that the WSBA could take to address access to justice gaps in Washington's rural communities. In 2021, upon the RPP group's recommendation and with a unanimous vote and approved budget from the WSBA Board of Governors, the Small Town and Rural Practice (STAR) Committee was formed to build upon the work of the RPP as a long-term, multi-faceted endeavor of the WSBA.
"We've been running at full speed ever since then," explained 2021-2022 STAR Committee Chair, and WSBA President-Elect, Hunter Abell.
One challenge is simply defining what it means to be a rural area. According to the STAR Committee's officially adopted definition:
"Based on the definitions produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (ERS) and an overview of Washington county population, we focused on counties with populations of less than 50,000 and more than 2,500. These areas are considered 'urban nonmetro areas not part of larger labor markets' by ERS. As part of the working definition, and for ease, we have termed these counties as 'rural.' Based upon WA county population data, we've pursued a hypothesis that counties with 30,000 or more as rural, but likely more adjacent to a labor market and perhaps have a varying set of circumstances that may differ from counties that are less than 30,000."
The Committee has also adopted a three-phase strategic plan to provide community education and outreach, pipeline and placement programs, and serve as a resource for job opportunities pursuant to the committee's charter. Committee members have made plans to host a rural job fair designed to encourage more law students to settle in rural areas after graduation. It's also exploring economic strategies like a rural fellowship program for new lawyers and potential loan forgiveness for law students who choose to practice in underserved rural communities.
"There is undoubtedly an economic component to practicing in rural areas … ," Abell said. "What we're trying to get across to folks is you can have a very satisfying career and a satisfying personal life by living out in these rural areas."
According to Abell, Washington is helping lead the way in a wider effort toward bringing more legal services to rural areas. A survey of bar associations found that about 30 bars in the U.S. hadn't done anything to reach out to rural areas, Abell said.
In line with these goals, NWSidebar has also been reaching out to rural areas to highlight the many varied aspects of practicing law throughout all of Washington. In coordination with members of the STAR Committee, we reached out to rural practitioners throughout the state and asked to drive out and meet with them, spend a day learning about their legal practices and their daily lives, and share their stories. We ultimately landed on three law practices, each distinct in their own way and each geographically unique from one other, representing a widespread view of rural Washington from briny western shores to the meandering eastern plains.
Over the next few weeks, you can read these stories and learn about the benefits of living and working in rural Washington, the downsides to rural practice, and the things needed to improve legal services in places where the available lawyers are few and often getting fewer.
Colin Rigley. Colin worked as a print news journalist and editor in California, as well as a content strategist in the Puget Sound area, before joining WSBA as the communications specialist in 2018. He can be reached at colinr@wsba.org.
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Madison man in jail for ninth OWI
The 53-year-old was stopped while weaving on I-39, police said.
Madison man in jail for ninth OWI The 53-year-old was stopped while weaving on I-39, police said. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: http://wdhne.ws/1S4FnN5
Daily Herald Media Published 11:57 a.m. CT June 10, 2015 | Updated 6:58 p.m. CT June 10, 2015
Walter Hemple in 2014(Photo: Contributed photo/Dane County Sheriff's Department)
WAUSAU – A 53-year-old Madison man accused of ninth-offense drunken driving was scheduled to be in Marathon County court Wednesday.
Walter Hemple was being held in Marathon County Jail Wednesday morning on charges of drunken driving and and possession of marijuana, according the sheriff's department. He was arrested early Wednesday after police stopped a car that was weaving in its lane on Interstate 39 in Kronenwetter, police said.
He was convicted of his eighth offense in 2009 and sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison, according to court records.
Of the roughly 25,000 people arrested on drunken driving charges in Wisconsin every year, ninth offenses are rare. In 2012, the last year for which statistics were immediately available, 210 drivers were charged with ninth offenses, according to the state Department of Transportation.
A ninth offense is a felony in Wisconsin, punishable by three to 10 years in jail and $25,000 in fines, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Hemple is due in court for his initial appearance 2 p.m. Wednesday. Check back after the hearing for an updated report.
Reporter Raina Beutel can be reached at rbeutel@wausau.gannett.com or 715-845-0658. Find her on Twitter as @rainabeutel.
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Bitpanda, an Austrian cryptocurrency broker, makes investing an easy task for everyone. The app allows its customers to buy, sell, swap, send and store Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, and more than 20 other digital assets via phone.
The round was led by Valar Ventures. Andrew McCormack, founding partner of Valar Ventures, comments: "…Bitpanda stands as the living proof that hypergrowth can be achieved in a sustainable way." Other investors were British hedge fund manager Alan Howard, REDO Ventures, LeadBlock Partners, and Jump Capital. As a result of this round, the valuation triples in comparison with the March valuation – $1.2 billion.
Bitpanda was founded in 2014, by Christian Trummer, Paul Klanschek and Eric Demuth. And now, it has 3 million users and operates in 8 countries in Europe. Four offices, in France, Spain, Turkey, and Italy, were opened in 2020. The team consists of more than 500 people. Nevertheless, it plans to expand as fast as possible. Eric Demuth is sure in success saying: "We are profitable for five years now, constantly, every year."
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Q: Entire function real and imaginary part product Let $f$ be an entire function such that $\Re(f(z))*\Im(f(z))\ge0$ for all $z$ then $f$ is constant.  Prove or give contradicting example.
I know about Louisville's theorem and Cauchy–Riemann equations but I don't see how to use them in this situation. I've tried to bound $|f(z)|$ but I could only show that $|f(z)|\le\Re(f(z))+\Im(f(z))$. I would like a hint.

A: Write $f(z) = u(z) + iv(z)$, so that $u=\Re(f)$ and $v = \Im(f)$. The trick to many of these problems is to find a suitable auxiliary function: as Daniel Fischer mentioned, a good candidate would be a function whose real or imaginary part is $uv$. How about $g(z) = f(z)^2 = u(z)^2-v(z)^2 + 2i\,u(z)v(z)$? By hypothesis, $\Im(g(z))\geq 0$ for all $z$ . . .

A: You don't need anything as strong as Picard's Theorem. The fact that the image of a non-constant entire function must be dense will suffice. This fact is a simple consequence of Liouville's Theorem.
how to show image of a non constant entire function is dense in $\mathbb{C}$?