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Security On-Demand Announces Major Advancements in Cyber Threat Detection with Artificial Intelligence & Behavior Analysis
Fifth Generation Threat Analytics Platform heralds major advances in threat analysis with version 5.1 platform upgrade
SAN DIEGO, CA – May 28, 2019 – Security On-Demand Inc. (SOD) announced today the availability of Version 5.1 of its ThreatWatch® Platform, which powers SOD's Advanced Threat & Log Analysis Service. New enhancements to the service provide customers with powerful new detection capabilities using Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, along with new timeline-based behavioral analytics of network, user and asset activity. Other enhancements include native integrations with Azure, AWS, and Office 365, Internet of Things (IOT) use cases and major functionality upgrades to its client portal.
ThreatWatch® 5.1 is a major platform release that provides customers a window into their data that is not easily accessible. The User and Asset analytics views in the SOD client portal allow customers to interactively drill into user and asset activity via a timeline analysis that provides details of logs, alerts, and associated events of interest. "We're very excited to bring new detection capabilities into the marketplace to help detect unknown threats by integrating our behavioral analysis with new AI and current machine learning capabilities", said Peter Bybee, CEO of Security On-Demand.
Security On-Demand invests heavily into research and development in order to keep advancing their Fifth Generation threat detection platform to find and respond to unknown threats, while reducing the time it takes to discover unknown threats. "Our AI and machine-learning based detection capabilities are a game changer, continuously analyzing all our customer's data, without data reduction, while eliminating the vast majority of false positive alerts that plague most organizations," continued Bybee.
As part of the Version 5.1 solution, SOD now offers native, API-based integration with Office 365, Azure, and AWS public cloud environments, which provides needed visibility for hybrid cloud environments. Also included with the platform upgrade are new behavioral use cases for user, network and asset behavior, including the capability to monitor the behavior of IoT devices. IoT threat detection uses SOD's behavioral analysis to identify deviations in device activity, which may indicate that the device has been the subject of a compromise or malicious attack.
SOD's ThreatWatch 5.1 upgrade is available through its ecosystem of partners and managed solution providers. SOD is 100% dedicated to the channel partner model and continues to expand their Managed Detection & Response (MDR) offerings through select value-add partners such as MSPs, carriers, cloud providers, and risk management consulting organizations.
For more information about the platform release and the new enhancements, please go to the ThreatWatch 5.1 page.
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Laura was a gift from my daughter, literally. She thought the session would help me get through the barrage of interviews I had recently been on, but not getting the job. After years of therapy, books and was dealing with my new life fairly well. What I learned during that first hour was that my mind was not "clean." My own thoughts were preventing me from having the career I had worked so hard to acquire.
Thus the work with Laura started. What I learned in those 6 weeks is that I allow past behaviors to interfere with present actions. Therapy had helped me to understand guide you to a new level of self awareness.
I find myself quoting her words as though they were my own thoughts anding the job I had always wanted. Am I done? Not just yet! The onion is still being peeled as I continue to work with Laura. I'm just glad she's cooking with me!!!
I admit that I was apprehensive to work with a coach at first, but once we got started that apprehension went right away. I am reminded with every session as to how intuitive, genuine, and is like a light-bulb moment. I am always glad we have had our session – even when they are emotionally or mentally challenging. Laura has really helped me through one of the toughest times in my life – I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to work with someone of her caliber.


The population of the State of Utah changed from 2,775,426 on 2010 to 2,995,919 in 2015 -- a change of 220,493 (7.94%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.
From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (178,503) exceeded net migration (42,415); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total state population change. Examine the state by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the state population growth or decline.
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A middleweight title encounter first reported by Chris Taylor of BJPenn.com is going to be headlining the UFC 225 card as Robert Whittaker defends the UFC Middleweight Title against Yoel Romero.
Whittaker (19-4-0) is going to be making the first defense of his championship, which was originally an interim title that was won during the first meeting with Romero at UFC 213. Whittaker enters the bout on the strength of an eight fight winning streak and the champion hasn't suffered a defeat in over four years. Whittaker has only suffered a pair of defeats in UFC competition, with those coming to Court McGee and Stephen Thompson.
Romero (13-2-0) could've become the UFC Interim Middleweight Champion when he defeated Luke Rockhold by knockout at UFC 221, but the fighter missed weight for the encounter. Romero has seen his last nine fights go to the third round or beyond, with six of those bouts ending by KO/TKO. Romero has fought just once since the initial meeting with Whittaker, which was the aforementioned win over former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold.
UFC 225 takes place on Saturday, June 9 from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois with Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.


Opioids, also known as opiates, are a class of drug frequently used for the treatment of pain. These drugs are narcotic and possess strong psychoactive properties, making them liable for causing addiction.
Excessive consumption of opiates has a potential to induce physical and psychological dependence in the users. This means that use of these medications is necessary to avoid withdrawal symptoms.
The treatment of opiate addiction is possible, and there are a lot of ways to pursue it. One of these methods includes the use of medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and clonidine for opiate addiction treatment.
Opiates refer to a category of drugs derived from a poppy plant. These drugs are particularly famous for their high analgesic effects. The typical examples of opiates include codeine, morphine, and heroin.
Opioids mainly refer to both synthetic and semi-synthetic derivations. This category encompasses a broad range of prescription medications which may include Fentanyl, Oxycontin, Methadone, and Percocet.
Opiates are of particular medical significance because of their potent pain-relieving properties.
A research review published in the Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology has regarded opiates as the most effective drugs to treat both acute and chronic pain.
The use of opiates is, in fact, regarded as the standard of care in most of the world. However, their prolonged use causes higher incidences of addiction and withdrawal.
According to the recent survey, over 26.4 to 36 million people tend to suffer from opiate abuse on a global level.
In the year 2012, it was estimated that 2.1 million people in the United States alone suffer from substance abuse disorders related to the use of prescription opioids. At the same time, 467,000 people were addicted to heroin.
The alarming statistics compels to know about how opiates affect your body and what happens when you stop taking it.
A study published in a Journal named Anesthesiology attempts to explain effects of opiates on the central nervous system.
The research has identified four different types of receptors for the attachment of opiates. These receptors include kappa (κ), Mu (μ), delta (δ) and opioid receptor-like-1 (ORL1) receptors.
All of these receptors work through G-protein couple mechanism causing an activation of the inhibitory G-proteins and signaling kinase cascades to produce varying effects in the body.
Opiates usually cause the release of artificial endorphins in the central nervous system. These endorphins are also responsible for the good feelings that accompany the opiates.
Over the passage of time, the continued use of opiates tricks the brain into inhibiting the natural production of these endorphins. At this point, the person becomes addicted to these opiates for producing endorphins and feeling good.
Some opiates are so strong that they can stimulate the Production of endorphins over a 100 times more than the natural rate. Imagine what would be the impact of this on the brain and other nerve cells.
As the brain becomes completely dependent upon the opiates, a vicious cycle initiates urging you to consume a higher amount of opiates to regulate mood and control pain.
As soon as you stop taking opiates after developing an addiction, the body starts feeling sick.
The feelings of depression prevail, and a series of harsh symptoms start appearing; a condition which you refer to as opiate withdrawal.
Opiate withdrawal refers to the collection of mental and physical symptoms that appear due to a missed dose of opiates.
The process manifests itself differently in every individual with a set of painful effects that may intensify with time.
The stage one of opiate withdrawal comprises of the most painful symptoms.
These symptoms start appearing within 8 to 16 hours of the last opiate dose.
In case of heroin users, these effects appear much earlier and quicker as compared to other drugs.
Stage one tends to last for a 1 to 2 days but may lengthen in some cases. The chances of relapse are the highest in this case.
The stage two of opiate withdrawal is relatively more bearable as compared to the previous one.
However, problems will still exist such as pain, difficulty in eating solid foods, dehydration, and diarrhea.
The stage three is a relatively painless stage with a few mild physical symptoms.
This stage comprises of problems like insomnia, anxiety, and nausea.
Although the symptoms are less intense, this stage is important as you may still feel mental problems for a long period.
The treatment of opiate withdrawal using medicines is possible. However, before consuming any medicines, it is essential to go through a mental health screening.
The most common medications for opiate withdrawal are methadone, clonidine, and buprenorphine.
Methadone is a type of opioid agonist which is an active form of treatment for opiate addiction.
It can treat all kinds of opiate addiction and relieve the symptoms of withdrawal.
The use of methadone can make detox better and smoother. Additionally, it is also perfect for use as a long-term maintenance medication in case of opiate dependence.
You can wean off this drug once the withdrawal symptoms subside or can continue using it for an indefinite amount of time without fearing any side effects.
Methadone is the drug of choice for those who require a high and intensive treatment for opiate withdrawal.
People suffering from severe forms of pain and other symptoms of withdrawal are treated better with methadone than any other drug.
Despite the beneficial effects of methadone, its liability to abuse is high. Therefore, it is essential to use it according to the prescription.
According to a study published in the Western Journal of Medicine, methadone in an amount of 10 to 20 mg is sufficient to begin a detoxification treatment. The dose increases to 10 mg until the withdrawal symptoms start to subside.
The study also highlights the maintenance dose for methadone as high as 40 mg to control the withdrawal symptoms.
Buprenorphine works as a partial opioid agonist which makes it suitable for treatment of opiate addiction.
Being a partial agonist means that buprenorphine possesses similar properties as those of other opioids but is not able to produce the same level of effects.
In other words, the potency of buprenorphine is lesser as compared to other opioids.
In addition to this, buprenorphine also produces a ceiling effect. This means that the intake of this medicine at higher doses causes its effects to stop gradually.
The ceiling impact of buprenorphine makes it a relatively safer drug to use as compared to other opiates.
Buprenorphine mimics the mechanism of action presented by methadone to minimize the withdrawal symptoms occurring due to opiate dependence.
It is suitable for use in a detox program but can also make a good choice of drug for a longer maintenance program.
It is a common practice to pair buprenorphine with naloxone to reduce the liability of abuse in the patients.
Because of this purpose, this medicine is readily available, and you can safely use buprenorphine for opiate addiction treatment at home.
A study in the Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews regards buprenorphine as an even more effective agent for treatment of opiate addiction as compared to lofexidine and clonidine.
It is an efficient way of getting rid of opiate addiction regarding severity and duration of withdrawal symptoms as well as the completion of therapy.
As per the National Library of Medicine, clonidine belongs to the category of drugs known as the central acting alpha-agonist hypotensive agent.
Clonidine has a potential to treat all types of opiate addictions and withdrawals.
However, it is most suitable for those who are not heavily addicted and do not suffer from severe opiate dependencies.
On average, clonidine can help you get rid of opiate addiction and withdrawal within one to two weeks.
Clonidine is not an opiate in nature. Therefore, it does not act on the same receptors of the brain as that of opiates.
For this reason, it might not be able to treat the cravings for these drugs, a common symptom of opiate withdrawal.
A study published in a journal named Bulletin on Narcotics justifies the role of clonidine in the treatment of opiate addiction.
The study signifies that clonidine can help the patients detoxify in even less than two weeks.
The rate of success is extremely high as far as the achievement of zero dosage is concerned.
Clonidine has successfully reduced the signs of opiate withdrawal in patients who have been abusing on up to 75 mg of opiates on a daily basis.
Which medicine is the best for you?
No treatment program can be perfect for every person. Similarly, a single medication might not be equally effective in different individuals. The choice of drug for opiate addiction treatment varies from person to person.
If you suffer from a mild opiate abuse and have a low dependence, clonidine might be the best and the most suitable drug for you to achieve a faster detox.
On the contrary, if you are a heavy abuser with high dependence on opiates, methadone or buprenorphine will serve you the best.
In cases of extremely high dependencies, methadone might work better as compared to buprenorphine because buprenorphine is milder and might not be able to produce the same level of effects as that of methadone.
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PM: I'm joined today by the Minister for Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, and today the Government is reintroducing a landmark Bill that will facilitate the separation of the retail and wholesale arms of Telstra for the benefit of consumers.
Those reforms to the telecommunications sector will deliver the environment needed to ensure competition flourishes in the sector. Now this reform is vital because it will drive lower prices, better quality and more innovative services. In other words, this is a textbook micro-economic reform, creating transparent regulatory framework that delivers quality, choice and competitiveness, so consumers benefit and they don't face prohibitive barriers to entry.
So we are urging the Opposition today to not delay this Bill. Every day of delay for these reforms is a day of higher prices and less choice for regional Australia in particular. So we are saying to the Opposition, do not delay and cause extra days of higher prices and less choice, particularly for those Australians who live in our regions.
The Bill was originally introduced in September 2009, so the Opposition knows its contents and they've got no reason for unnecessary delay. Since the Bill was introduced last time, Telstra has entered into a Heads of Agreement with NBN Co. to partner in the delivery of this vital new infrastructure.
Now for too long Australian consumers have had experience of a telecommunications sector with far too much market concentration in one company. With this legislation we can effectively restructure the industry to build the National Broadband Network, to deliver broadband services to all Australians at a uniform wholesale price, meaning people who live in our regions won't be discriminated against.
And as we build this essential infrastructure across the country, the NBN will lift productivity, attract investment and create all important jobs.
during the election campaign, enabling Australians to have their health conditions monitored from home. It will transform the way manufacturing does business, able to manage its supply chains more efficiently. It will enable farmers to monitor crops and respond quickly to weather changes. It will enable students in classrooms to have great access to the knowledge around the world. We are delivering these reforms, working closely with Telstra and they are very important to Australians everywhere.
So that's why today we'll introduce the legislation that allows a smoother transition and handover of the copper network to NBN Co. I'll ask the Minister to make some comments and then we'll take questions.
Well as the Prime Minister has said, the reintroduction of the Competition and Consumer Safeguards Bill is a key step towards delivering a vibrant and competitive telecommunications sector.
"People talk about letting infrastructure competition work - maybe you should learn a lesson from history.
"We have empirical evidence of what happened in the late nineties where Optus rolled out a pay TV network down streets in suburban Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
"Telstra went down the same streets, carpet-bombed the business case and effectively Optus and Telstra wrote off over $1 billion through that period.
"We've certainly seen empirical evidence that that will not work and that's one of the main reasons we support the NBN."
Since 1997, and some of you have heard me say this before, there have been more than 150 telecommunications access disputes. This compares with only three in other regulated sectors such as airports and energy.
The Gillard Government is committed to addressing the mistakes of the past and establishing an effective and efficient telecommunications regulatory framework.
Reforms outlined in the Bill include restructuring the market to promote greater competition and strengthening consumer safeguard measures such as the Customer Service Guarantee and the Universal Service Obligation.
Importantly, the Bill also sets out a framework for Telstra to seek approval from its shareholders on the proposal to migrate fixed-line services to the NBN.
shareholders. The Heads of Agreement is a critical step in delivering the much needed structural reform of the sector.
The Government has always said that any final agreement reached by Telstra and NBN Co is subject to independent scrutiny. The ACCC will review the arrangements proposed in Telstra's structural separation undertaking to make sure that competition issues are properly addressed.
The Bill includes provisions that will authorise, for the purposes of trade practices law, certain conduct engaged in by Telstra and NBN Co that is required to promote the structural reform of the telecommunications industry.
If the ACCC approves the undertaking, Telstra and NBN Co should be given certainty that their actions to comply with and are acceptable, for the purposes of the Trade Practices Act.
This will avoid the need for multiple regulatory processes under the Trade Practices Act, while still ensuring the necessary level of scrutiny on the details of the arrangements.
Other important measures in the Bill that provide greater certainty for Telstra include allowing Telstra to bid for spectrum, given it is proceeding with structural separation; and allowing the implementation of functional separation to be deferred, while the structural separation process continues.
And these are key parts of the Heads of Agreement with Telstra that are necessary for their shareholders to be given the certainty to be able to vote in the next extraordinary general meeting of Telstra.
The ACCC will not be able to approve Telstra's structural separation undertaking, unless it contains measures to improve equivalence arrangements to wholesale customers during the transition to the NBN.
Telstra's compliance with an undertaking will also become a condition of its carrier licence.
The fundamental reforms in the Bill address the long-standing inadequacies of the existing telecommunications regulatory regime.
These stretch back over 20 years and two governments.
This is an important step in the reform of telecommunications which will result in a wholesale only open access network, with protection for industry and consumers in the transition.
During the election campaign Tony Smith confirmed the Coalition would not support structural separation. But he did say the Coalition would support the important consumer reforms in this Bill to Parts 11-B and Part 11-C.
But just last week Malcolm Turnbull appeared to shift the position on structural separation.
"...we must recognise that if vertical integration is indeed the problem, then a structural or functional separation is the answer."
So it is time for the Opposition to come clean on their position on structural separation of Telstra. And the reform, this incredible micro-economic reform that has held back this sector for 20 years.
The Opposition claims it wants transparency and scrutiny ... but at every step it has blocked and delayed the reforms that would benefit all Australians.
First, they blocked a debate in the Senate on the NBN until the ACCC's report to the expert panel was released - and the report was released.
Then, they blocked debate in the Senate until the Implementation Study was released - it was released in full in May.
Thirdly, they opposed the legislation because they claimed it was bad for Telstra shareholders - but the Telstra board is now recommending the deal to their shareholders.
Finally, they claim they need a cost benefit analysis to support the NBN.
But Malcolm Turnbull has twice been challenged - including by myself on Lateline recently - that if a cost benefit analysis gave a clear go ahead for the National Broadband Network would he support it.
He has continued to refuse to say that he would support the NBN even if a cost benefit analysis was positive.
And yesterday, we saw another stunt by Malcolm Turnbull that is designed solely to delay the National Broadband Network.
Mr Turnbull wants to the Productivity Commission to carry out a cost benefit analysis of the NBN.
So let's recognise the Opposition's stunts for what they are - they are willfully delaying millions of Australians from getting a fairer deal on broadband and telecommunications services.
Just today ... just today we have another piece of research which shows Australia has slipped even further behind other Western countries when it comes to broadband.
Every day these delays of reforms, is another day that Australians are more for second-class broadband service.
The Gillard Government is delivering on this through the NBN and Australians don't deserve any more delays.
JOURNALIST: (inaudible) this legislation to lower prices, could you explain how much lower prices would be?
PM: Well obviously this legislation is about structural separation, so you've got, if you like, the backbone of the system, the thing that makes it work, separated from the competition that there can be on the system as service providers compete with each other to get customers' businesses. Now competition, by definition, is good for consumers, good for them getting packages they need at prices that they view as competitive and getting the best deal. We know that from economics 101, I'll have the Minister comment too.
CONROY: Let me give you some concrete examples of what's happening in Tasmania.
Let me give you some concrete examples of what's actually happening in Tasmania.
In Tasmania, these are introductory offers, we make that very clear, introductory offers.
You are seeing prices being offered of $30 for 25 meg download speeds. That is an exceptionally competitive package.
If you look at what another company is offering, they're offering $90 you get all your broadband and all your phone calls including your mobile for $90.
The equivalent Telstra package in Tasmania is $130.
So you are already seeing an impact and if you think it's an accident that at the moment Telstra and all of the other ISPs of Australia are suddenly offering higher download limits it's not an accident it's happening because of threat of entry of competition from the National Broadband Network.
You are already seeing prices and packages which include the download limits starting to be affected by what is happening in Tasmania and what is going to happen as the NBN is switched on in more and more homes across Australia.
So the National Broadband Network as Mike Quigley said last night will be providing its business case to the Government in the next few weeks and there'll be I'm sure a lot of information that's going to be available which will give a much stronger steer on what the mainland prices - as opposed to those introductory prices in Tasmania - are going to be and a lot of those questions will be able to be answered in a couple of weeks time.
PM: One at a time, Paul?
JOURNALIST: Senator Conroy if the Opposition succeeds in getting the Independents on side for this further inquiry, will that demolish the NBN?
CONROY: Not at all I mean the benefit, all around the world there are benchmark studies that have been done about the positive impacts.
My own Department released during the election campaign, or I released them on behalf of the Department, a couple of sectoral analyses in telehealth and in working from home and both of those showed positive impacts.
The IBM Access Economics study done just last year on a fibre-to-the-node, not even fibre-to-the-home so even as good an improvement as possible showed substantial productivity boosts.
So a cost benefit analysis will show that the boost to the productivity will be on par with the sort of examples that we see overseas.
So the Productivity Commission will be a complete waste of taxpayer's money to be engaged in this.
The financial case was set out in a $25 million study that we fully released, every word, all the claims that we tampered with it - we released every word of it and it showed that it is financially viable.
The Business Case will show when we release most of that information in a few weeks that it is financially viable so unless somebody wants to suggest that the benefits to the economy as a whole are negative from introducing this - a positive business case and a positive impact of broadband says this will be a positive outcome for Australia. Unless someone wants to argue that's a negative to over-balance the actual business case.
JOURNALIST: I was just wondering, Prime Minister, you said competition is economics 101, Senator you're saying that infrastructure competition has failed. Can you explain to me as a dummy on economics how can you have retail competition is going to help consumers, yet to have a complete monopoly at the wholesale infrastructure and how will we get the prices to be driven down?
CONROY: No, I could probably quote someone called Paul Fletcher - he wrote a book and he knows a little bit about the telecommunications sector in fact he knows so much in fact Malcolm Fraser had to take him with him to a couple of meetings with my officials - you've got a shadow shadow minister in Paul Fletcher.
Paul Fletcher made it clear, sorry Malcolm Turnbull, I've already made the jump, what he argues is the best outcome for competition is for one company to run the wholesale network and to have the proper regulatory framework just like we have a proper infrastructure regulatory framework in all these other sectors - gas, water, electricity.
The ACCC is bound to manage a wholesale monopoly but they would tell you and Graeme Samuel has said this publicly there's a quantum difference between trying to manage a vertically integrated monopoly and a wholesale only monopoly and they've managed it in all these other sectors without all of these disputes.
and its conduct that's why there's such as enormous breakthrough, such an important micro-economic reform that is structural separation.
that you're seeing in Tasmania.
JOURNALIST: Have you, or your office spoken with the Greens and Independents about blocking this Opposition move?
CONROY: I was in estimates until 11 o'clock last night so it was only announced during the course of the Senate Estimates so I haven't had a chance to talk to all of the minors and independents yet.
JOURNALIST: Are you going to have to rely on the Greens next July to get this through if the Opposition does delay it further?
CONROY: Well this is a bill that has been tied basically 38 / 38 in the Senate.
What one of the minor parties indicated is that they wanted to see a deal struck before they would consider this and I think now that Telstra are supporting this Bill - a deal has been struck - I think there is a fresh chance for this to pass the Senate before the 30th of June.
PM: Can I just, before we take the next question, can I just add there, and obviously the Greens and Independents will each announce their own position, but I think it's important to note that the Greens have been pro the National Broadband Network. It has been pivotal to Mr Oakeshott and Mr Windsor, who understand its benefits for regional Australia. Its benefits for regional Australia are well understood by Mr Katter and he has made some public comments about that today.
And of course Mr Wilkie comes from Tasmania and because Tasmania has seen the first of the rollout and it has consequently become the subject of a lot of community discussion in Tasmania, people would see, I think, that Tasmanians are very in favour of the further delivery of the National Broadband Network in their own state.
Now the pivotal issue here is what is Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull's position. Because the question you raise about the Senate numbers only becomes relevant if Mr Abbott and Mr Turnbull back delay and in doing that they will be backing higher prices and less choice for Australians.
JOURNALIST: Did James Packer advise either one of you prior to his move yesterday to acquire a bigger stake in the 10 network? And have either of you indicated a disposition to Mr Packer about your attitude to anti-syphoning rules?
CONROY: I certainly, it was news to me, I read it online. So no he didn't call, didn't advise me.
And Mr Packer has been as I think was reported in the newspaper an active lobbyist over the anti-siphoning list.
PM: I was not advised and obviously saw the reports this morning.
CONROY: he's been part of an ongoing discussion I've been having with all of the parties so in terms of where we finally, we haven't reached a final decision so there's nothing to indicate.
JOURNALIST: Is it fair to impute that Mr Packer would have a good idea about where the Government is lining on anti-syphoning?
CONROY: Well he's been involved in the discussion in that he has is a player on the pay-TV side of the debate so he is conscious of the discussions but the Government hasn't made a final decision yet.
JOURNALIST: The big three miners are accusing the Government of breaking the heads of agreement of the mining tax negotiations insofar as you're not going to fully compensate any future royalties.
Are you confident that you indeed have not broken that agreement, if not the spirit of the agreement, and secondly for fear of not getting an opportunity, how is it that you propose to accommodate Andrew Wilkie on the Intelligence and Security Committee, given that legislation insists that the Government has a majority on that committee?
PM: Ok, well on the first question, can I say I think there are a number of assumptions in that question that I don't share and in answering it I don't want to be seen to endorse. The position from here is, obviously, there are a range of matters that are being discussed through the policy transition group that Don Argus is leading, with the participation of the relevant Minister, Minister Martin Ferguson, and obviously in that policy transition group there is a broad range of discussions and we welcome that, that's exactly what we wanted to happen. That's what the policy transition group is for.
We have said all along we'll credit existing royalties and scheduled increases and the policy transition group is going to advise Government on the best way to provide certainty to the industry, given that policy setting. Now in implementing the Minerals Resource Rent Tax we obviously won't be giving a green light to State and Territory governments to increase their royalties in a way which means the Federal Government effectively foots the bill.
As is well known, the proceeds of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax will be going to support a key range of changes to drive economic growth, reducing company tax, increasing our national savings, providing other tax benefits for small businesses. So that's where the matter stands. We will keep working through with the policy transition group.
Sorry, the second question, sorry about that. The Government will be making announcements about committee positions, I believe during the course of next week.
today, is that something you support?
PM: I'll listen to Mr Bandt's speech but the mechanism we have used for providing this information to the public and the Parliament is a Prime Ministerial Statement to the Parliament. That is noted by the Parliament. People obviously then get the opportunity to put whatever view they want to during the course of the debate on it. That's the mechanism that I would use for annual Prime Ministerial Statement, so I committed myself to that.
JOURNALIST: Senator, if I could, a basic element of the NBN, while there might be value for e-commerce and e-health, isn't it true that most households will not need want or use the boosted broadband services that you will provide, but they will nevertheless have to pay for them?
CONROY: Firstly the premise if wrong on two counts.
Firstly they're not being forced to pay for a connection it's being connected by the NBN for free and they don't actually have to take the service - this is the Tasmanian circumstance so they're not actually - you connect something to the side of the house but they don't have to take the service, they can keep using their copper line for the moment.
The Agreement with Telstra is that we shut down ultimately the copper network and then the only way you can make a fixed line phone call is on the NBN.
So you will be able to - notwithstanding the confusion that Malcolm Turnbull repeated again that he suddenly believes people are going to lose the ability to make a phone call.
As was clinically explained by Mr Quigley last night when the NBN replaces a piece of copper you will take the plug out of one socket and you will plug it into a different socket and you will keep making the same phone calls completely.
So this idea that suddenly you'll be losing your - which is the whole basis of some of what he claimed yesterday that you're losing your phone line is just wrong.
And I invite Mr Turnbull and everyone who's interested to have a read of the transcript where Mr Quigley explained that really complex process pulling socket from the wall and plugging it into a different box and you still get your phone service.
You don't have to take broadband you can ... there will be an offering for just a phone service.
And let's be clear not withstanding some confusion that has been the public situation all along.
I don't know how this confusion keeps arising this completely erroneous claims are made and then become almost urban myth like $6000 for wiring.
This is completely false. I don't know how many times I've read it on the front page of some newspapers - it's completely false.
Mr Quigely says it's completely false, I've said it's completely false and users in Tasmania - who are using the National Broadband Network - know it's completely false because they haven't had to re-wire their homes.
PM: Could I also, we'll just keep taking questions, could I also say, Malcolm, obviously the Minister's answer is precisely right, but I'd also say let's not get into a position here, where we are denying ourselves the benefits of the future. I've lived a bit of a time, I think you have lived at least as long as me, perhaps a tad longer... I succeeded Barry Jones in this place, who famously said that one day there would be more computers in Tasmania than cars. And right around the nation he was ridiculed - most ridiculous statement anybody had ever made, what a load of nonsense, more computers than cars, how could anybody be so stupid?
And look where we are today, with computer technology. With the phones we hold in our hands. Did you foresee, when mobile phones came out, that we would be using them, with the capabilities and for the purposes we do today? That very few people standing in this audience, would ever be more than six or seven inches from their Blackberry, or their iPhone? Did you foresee that?
We'll before we talk ourselves into saying what Australian's want is the old telephone network, let's actually think about the promise of this technology for the future. You characterised it as just e-health and e-commerce. That characterisation is nonsense. It's like saying, when we first got mobile phones, that the only thing we were ever going to have was the one that came in the suitcase that you carried around. It's ridiculous.
JOURNALIST: Ms Gillard, there's increasing international pressure for negotiation with the Taliban and some early negotiations. Does Australia support that and do you see any role at all for Australia in such negotiations?
PM: As I said in my speech yesterday, there are discussions about political reconciliation and reintegration. Obviously, the political reconciliation process is one that President Karzai has outlined a process of bringing people together and I think, essentially, whilst other nations can assist, political reconciliation for the Afghan people has to be under the auspices and the leadership of the Afghan people.
worked through, which is about the laying down of arms and the acceptance of the Afghan constitution. Ultimately, these are matters that need to be determined by the Afghan people.
JOURNALIST: (inaudible) national level, if they do agree to lay down arms, do you have a problem with the Taliban and the ideology they bring forming part of a provincial or national government?
PM: Well, look, I want to be really careful about terminology here, because I can easily see this ending up at cross purposes.
I don't accept the characterisation 'they'. I am not suggesting and did not in yesterday's speech suggest that we would see some grand bargain here. What I think is more likely is that some - some - people who may have had some association with the Taliban will, through these political reconciliation processes, work through, so the use of the terminology 'the Taliban' is not appropriate and not what I mean.
What President Karzai has talked about, what I am now talking about, is a process of dialogue which would involve some people who would've been associated with the Taliban in the past, and obviously some pivotal conditions and the foundation stones of those conditions is the laying down of arms and the acceptance of a democratic Afghanistan.
JOURNALIST: (inaudible) Tony Abbott's idea (inaudible) more time to question suspected insurgents once they're detained?
PM: Well, obviously I'm happy to work through on advice about these questions, but once again I think we just have to be a little bit clear here. The 96 hours, as I understand it, is in ISAF guidance as well as in our guidance. The 96 hours is the amount of time that detainees are retained by Australians before they then go into detention arrangements, which we do not run.
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, you've placed a 10-year involvement in Afghanistan. Post 2014, does that by necessity involve a military engagement, or can it be provided through other forms of assistance?
PM: Well, what I said in the speech yesterday is what I meant. We are looking - the international strategy here, the international strategy that we support, the new international strategy, is to build capacity to enable transition.
Transition is not date-based. Transition is conditions-based. It's about conditions on the ground. It will be a process, not a day. Different places in Afghanistan will transition at different times to the leadership of the Afghan security forces.
My view is, and I'll be making this - made it clear yesterday - I'll certainly be making clear as we move towards Lisbon and other discussions, that pivotal to transition is that the capability of the Afghan forces to provide that leadership is irreversible. We shouldn't transition out only to transition back in.
JOURNALIST: Back to the Taliban question - Alexander Downer was quite explicit in that piece he wrote the other day. Is that a form of language you're not prepared to able to embrace as Prime Minister, when he says the Taliban must become part of the political process there - sit in the parliament, it would never be in the majority but it would, if you like, a Sinn Fein with the IRA, bringing that conflict to an end. Is that, are you not prepared to go that far at this stage?
PM: Well, look, I'll let Mr Downer pick his own terminology, and I think he is, you know, trying to conceptualise what the future may look like.
What I would say is these are processes that need to be worked through. You know, President Karzai has obviously started a process. It's very, very early days. I do not see the prospect of a grand bargain. I do think we are talking about elements of the Taliban, not a grand bargain, and so I wouldn't use the same terminology as Alexander Downer, and I'm not sure it's helpful to draw analogies between one country and other. I presume he's trying to draw the analogy with Ireland in order to help explain things to people, but I often find when you pick an analogy with another country there will be things that are very, very different, and analogies can get unhelpful as a result.
PM: Well, just do Denis, and yes, Karen, and then we'll go.
JOURNALIST: On Afghanistan, can we take it from what you've said this morning that Australia, at Lisbon or in other meetings, would not support any proposal which included bringing Mullah Omar into the government structure in Afghanistan?
But I also think we've got to be a bit careful here about what is for us to decide and what is for the Afghan people to decide. We have had elections in Afghanistan. They haven't been without problems, but we have had elections. You know, there, a national government, fragile as it is, is being formed.
I spoke yesterday and I believe this - that entrenching democracy in that sense will be the work of a generation of Afghans; so - their government, they're going to have to work through to entrench democracy in that way.
Government, and there's a lot of international discussion about corruption and the fragility of that situation in terms of governance. There are analysts here, including Hugh White, who say if we only focus on strengthening the military and then we see that as our benchmark for leaving in terms of security, that we risk creating a situation where you have a strong military and a weak government which becomes a failed state, even worse than the instability you see in neighbouring Pakistan where you do have a strong military and often a weak government?
PM: Well, what I would say to that is it is not correct to somehow contrast that with what I said yesterday, and try and analyse it and say the two things are different. That's not what I said yesterday.
What I said yesterday is we are there, training the Afghan National Army. We are there training police. We are there involved in aid and reconstruction work. We are actually doing that in a combined taskforce.
What's the aim of our mission? To deny Al-Qaeda a return to a safe haven.
How will we acquit that mission? Well, the military mission will be acquitted by enabling transition to Afghan-led forces; transition conditions-based, a process area by area.
How long's that going to take? Well, the advice to me currently: 2-4 years. President Karzai has said he'd like that to have happened by the end of 2014, but it's conditions-based.
After that stabilisation of security occurs, I have said that we will be engaged to the end of this decade at least with training and support and civilian works, aid and development works, and then I have said I believe it will be the work of a generation of Afghans to build democracy.
So, it's not correct to say that somehow I am conceptualising a military mission which comes to an end and there is no further support to Afghanistan, and that is in fact the complete reverse of what I said yesterday.
PM: The aid work that we do is about direct services - schools, kids in schools, girls in schools; it's about health, kids getting immunised, infant mortality coming down, places that people can go to get health checks, access to doctors and nurses which they haven't had in the past; and it is about strengthening governance.
PM: That's not what I said either, and I'd refer people to the words of the speech. What we are obviously looking at here is a circumstance where we acquit our mission: Uruzgan province, training the fourth brigade, training police, we are engaged in aid and civil work as well. It is integrated.
We then enable transition, place by place, to the leadership of the Afghan security forces. As they take the lead, we in a security sense, can obviously give leadership to them and start moving back, and what I have said is I believe, on the best advice to me at the moment, that that transition to their leadership will take 2-4 years - President Karzai says by the end of 2014 - and then we would stay engaged to the end of the decade at least, in some way supporting security and aid works.
PM: Well, Australian troops who are trainers, so our military, in providing training, obviously does a range of work that is not direct combat work. For example, you can imagine trainers being there, supporting leadership development for the Afghan National Army. We've got fantastic training of our officers in our Defence Force. You'd imagine people doing that, but we're in a situation where we've got to work this through, conditions-based, but I wanted to sketch out for the Australian people yesterday as best I can what the future is going to hold, and I wanted to be as frank as I could with Australians about what their expectations should be about Australia's engagement in Afghanistan.
So, you know, I think it was as frank an assessment as I could make it for the Australian people to understand our mission.
PM: -No, complete reverse, Mark - the complete reverse. Security, the Afghan National Army being able to provide security, is obviously them able to provide security to have stability to not have the insurgency, to not have the return of the Taliban.
You know, to characterise my words any other way is really to twist them indeed. We are there training; we are there working through, place by place, district by district. There would be transition at a time that the Afghan National Army had the capability to deliver the security necessary - not before. That's my very point, and so that's what irreversible means, not what you're suggesting.
JOURNALIST: (inaudible) how do you know the Taliban won't overwhelm the Afghan army after you've decided that you're not going back in?
of our own. We've got the view of the capability of other parts of the world. Our soldiers are there, our trainers are there, training so that the Afghan National Army has the requisite capability.
Can our trainers, our soldiers, judge capability? Well, obviously they can. They judge their own capability every day. They train people every day to make them capable.


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Scott Pelley says his complaints of hostile workplace led to firing as CBS news anchor. … Former "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley says he lost that job because he wouldn't stop complaining to management about the hostile work environment for men and women.
Accordingly, Why did Scott Pelley retire?
Former CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley claimed on CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday that he lost his job as anchor of the network news program because he "wouldn't stop complaining to management" about the news division's "hostile work environment."
Moreover, Who got fired from CBS?
The employees who were dismissed are Mary Mapes, the producer of the National Guard segment; Josh Howard, the executive producer of 60 Minutes Wednesday; Mary Murphy, the senior broadcast producer of 60 Minutes Wednesday; and Betsy West, the senior vice president for CBS newsmagazines.
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CBS News on Wednesday fired Jeff Fager, the executive producer of "60 Minutes," issuing a statement saying he had violated company policy.
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Jeff Fager, the executive producer of "60 Minutes," has returned to work at the venerable CBS newsmagazine as a corporate investigation into the culture of the parent company and its news division continues.
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Jeff Fager, the veteran executive producer of "60 Minutes," was fired on Wednesday amid accusations of inappropriate conduct at the acclaimed newsmagazine. "Jeff Fager is leaving the company effective immediately," CBS News president David Rhodes said in a memo to staffers on Wednesday.
On September 1, 2020, Duthiers married his long-time girlfriend Marian Wang, a senior news producer with Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
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Josh Hazlewood unlikely for Boxing Day Test; Richardson likely to remain
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Melbourne : Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood is a doubtful starter for the third Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) starting on December 26, with the Cricket Australia (CA) selection panel wanting to give him some more time to recover from the side strain and return for the fourth Test at the SCG in New Year.Hazlewood had suffered a strain during the opening Test at The Gabba, which Australia won by nine wickets. He missed the Adelaide Oval Test and did not bowl on Friday, instead watching on as compatriot pace bowlers Jhye Richardson and Michael Neser have long stints at the nets bowling to top-order batters."He's going really well," said Cameron Green, Australia's 22-year-old all-rounder, on Friday. "He was doing his run-throughs today and he's looking really good. I haven't spoken to the guys for this game, but definitely lock him in for Sydney."Green, who took two wickets in the Adelaide Test which the hosts won by 275 runs, indicated Hazlewood was prepping for the fourth Test at the SCG.The likely home team pace bowling line-up could be Pat Cummins, who will return as captain of the side after missing the second Test due to Covid-enforced isolation, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc and Green.
Michael Neser, who made his Test debut in Adelaide and grabbed a wicket in each innings, is likely to make way for the returning Cummins.Richardson, who was playing his first Test in nearly three, broke England's resistance on Day 5 at Adelaide with his maiden five-wicket haul to guide the hosts to a 2-0 lead.While Victorian pace bowler Scott Boland has been included as a 16th man in the Australian squad, he's unlikely to be included in the Playing XI."I spoke to him today and he is good to go," Green said of his Western Australian teammate Richardson. "He was so pumped after how he went in that second innings, as you would be, and he's ready to go again."Green also allayed concerns over his own fitness."I was completely fine and ready to go," said Green. "We were just in a really good position. Nathan Lyon was bowling beautifully from one end and then we've got three world class pace bowlers to choose from. I wasn't really required."They just thought we could get through the game without bowling me (in the second innings) and keep me a bit more fresh for this game. The boys bowled beautifully and credit to them," added Green.
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As years pass, air ducts and dryer vents get dirty, it's very common. Proper maintenance can help prevent future health problems, so setting up a yearly clean of our HVAC system is recommended. The proper maintenance of these ducts and vents can get overlooked and you can tell you need to have them cleaned as soon as possible by giving them a quick examination. Proper maintenance of your property's air duct or dryer vent has the potential to reduce your monthly heating bills and help prevent potential fire hazards.
The last thing you want is for any contaminants to be spread further than they already are. You're trying to eliminate them, not spread them to other areas of your residential or commercial property. If the duct cleaning is not performed under strong negative air pressured (a vacuum) then that is exactly what will happen. The problem won't only not be fixed, but you will more than likely make the situation a whole lot worse.


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Palo Duro Canyon
By Kaila Lancaster
Texas-themed fun for the family
Texas is home to a natural treasure that has inspired tourists, artists and adventurers for years. Riddled with natural beauty and storied with history, Palo Duro Canyon is carved into the flat golden plains of the Texas Panhandle, just about 20 miles south of the bustling cattle town of Amarillo.
Its claim to fame is being the second largest canyon in the United States, spanning 120 miles across the vast expanse of the West Texas plains. You could probably guess the largest canyon, but we won't go there. The star of this show is Texas' very own "grand canyon"— its desolate grandeur is as unique as it is breathtaking, and the surrounding towns offer good ol' fashioned family fun.
Palo Duro Canyon captures the imagination of all who behold it. The scenery — red dirt, rocky formations, and mesquite and juniper trees — transports onlookers to a time laden with cowboys and settlers, campfires and cattle drives. It might look untouched and wonderfully wild, but tourists and adventurers are welcome to enjoy Palo Duro Canyon and all it has to offer.
The Palo Duro Canyon State Park opened July 4, 1934, offering a variety of ways for visitors to explore the canyon. The park is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. The admission fee is $5 per person, and children ages 12 and under are free.
Upon entering the canyon, stop by the visitor center, located on the canyon rim, to learn more about the state park. A souvenir store is housed in the same building, offering an array of books, pottery, jewelry and more.
The Trading Post on the canyon floor is the perfect stop to satisfy your adventurer's appetite before exploring. The Post offers Texas-sized burgers and ice cream. If you plan on camping or lodging in one of the canyon's rustic cabins, you can find groceries, ice, firewood and fuel at the post. There's also more souvenirs like Palo Duro Canyon T-shirts, magnets and mugs.
You can explore the canyon by foot, mountain bike, horse or even car. The park has more than 30 miles of trails — hiking, biking and equestrian. As the famous explorer in Disney's "Up" says, "Adventure is out there!" You'll find plenty of adventure in Palo Duro Canyon. Don't forget to pack your camera!
Feeling extra adventurous? The state park also offers overnight facilities for backpacking, camping and rustic cabin dwelling, with some sites equipped with water and electricity. The park has three cabins on the canyon's rim, and four limited service cabins on the canyon floor. Call ahead to reserve a cabin and to guarantee the full Palo Duro Canyon experience.
If you're taking the trip to Palo Duro Canyon and the Amarillo area, I suggest you travel during the summer — June through August. Yes, it's hotter than blue blazes outside, but it's also when performances of the famous "Texas" outdoor musical are running. This is a Palo Duro Canyon must-do, no doubt. The show is celebrating its 52nd season and is one of four official state plays.
The shows are performed at the historic Pioneer Amphitheatre, a picturesque theater carved out of one of Palo Duro Canyon's natural basins. The show's fictional characters illustrate the struggles and triumphs of settlers of the Texas Panhandle in the 1800s.
"Texas" is a musical chock-full of spirited song and dance numbers. The finale even features fireworks, weather permitting. If you're Texan, you'll walk away feeling a whole lot of Texas-size pride. If you're not a native Texan, we give you permission to feel a whole lot of Texas-size pride too.
Did I mention there's opportunity to arrive early and enjoy a delicious chuck wagon dinner provided by Feldman's Wrong Way Diner, a local favorite? Three meats, trimmings, dessert and drinks are included.
Be sure to go online and book the show and the dinner prior to your arrival; prices are reasonable and sweet extras could be purchased — we're talking souvenir programs, backstage tours and special events. Visit texas-show.com for more details and to purchase tickets.
While you're exploring Palo Duro Canyon, be sure to peruse the town of Canyon, a worthy little sibling to its bigger brother, Amarillo. Canyon, Texas, is home to West Texas A&M University. It's a small university with a pretty campus and a huge small town backing. A stroll through the campus makes for some scenic photo opportunities — a pretty fountain, statues of buffalo, shaded walkways.
Canyon alone has an idyllic small town feel. Explore the quaint town square and Main Street with its local shops and eateries — I once sampled a key lime pie milkshake from Rockin' Zebra Soda Shoppe, and I still get cravings for the thick, creamy concoction. The courthouse is gorgeous and the proud center of this small town: sturdy and square, adorned with classic red brick and topped with a stately tower.
Let's just say that Canyon is worth the trip for a couple of hours of "piddlin'," as my grandma would say.
Just 18.6 miles north of Canyon lays Amarillo. (Go ahead, sing a few notes of George Strait's "Amarillo by Morning.")
Amarillo is such a "Texan-y" destination with plenty for families to do together. Do you have a little one obsessed with horses? Are you a horse lover? Make a stop at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum. The museum's website says it best: "[It's] a great place to bring Panhandle visitors where they can experience a piece of the West; it's a place for horse lovers of all ages to learn more about the breed; and it's a quiet sanctuary in which to appreciate some outstanding artwork."
My personal favorite stop in Amarillo? Cadillac Ranch.
Cadillac Ranch is located right off the south side of I-40 (formerly Route 66) and was established in 1974 by a self-proclaimed group of "art hippies" from San Francisco. The Cadillacs are buried nose-down in the dirt at an obtuse angle, lined up in a neat row. Visitors are encouraged to bring a can of spray paint and deface the once-pristine vehicles with unique designs or the classic "[Name] loves [Name]" inscription.
Yes, you are encouraged to vandalize. I guess it's not vandalism because it is a "thing." A very fun thing. There's even a sign that says, "Graffiti painting of anything on this side of fence is legal action."
Don't be afraid to bring along a can of spray paint and a camera and work your magic. My family is known to spend a good half-hour skipping from car to car, clumsily spraying cliché designs and our names and the year on hubcaps and hoods. It's so much fun. Don't forget to snap a pic of your creations — in just a few moments' time, they will most likely be gone forever.
You'll just have to go back, of course.
After all of that exploring and legal vandalizing, you're bound to be hungry. I have just the place for you.
The Big Texan Steak Ranch is famous for its 72-ounce steak challenge. Yes. Seventy. Two. Ounces. The Big Texan's website claims, "Many have tried. Many have failed." I've seen quite a few failures of this challenge; my college volleyball team frequented this restaurant when we played the WTAMU Lady Buffs. Even though there are plenty of failed attempts, an attempt itself is a sight to behold.
The rest of the menu has classic Texan favorites — chicken fried steak, chicken fried chicken and savory sides — as well as a few Tex-Mex items. I am a quesadilla fan, myself. Open for breakfast through dinner, this is a can't-miss stop in Amarillo. You can even lodge at the Big Texan, a themed motel with a Texas-shaped pool that's just a stone's throw away from the restaurant.
Can I get a "Yee-haw"?
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Stone Loach are long, slim shape, having 3-pairs of barbules around their under slung mouth, their backs and flanks have black mottling over a dark olive brown colouration, fading to a narrow grey/white belly. They are small fish with an average length of just 8-10cm. Their superb camouflage does not assist easy location in the shallows and polaroids and great patience will be needed to spot them.
Stone Loach usually inhabit flowing stretches of streams and medium-sized rivers with gravel or stone bottoms, but are sometimes found in sandy canals and the shallows of well oxygenated lakes with stony shallows. They will inhabit fast flowing waters and pools, but prefer to spawn in the shallow, fast flowing riffles.
They are found throughout most of Europe, except in the extreme north and south, in stony streams and rivers, and into Eurasia. They are sensitive to low oxygen levels and pollution, especially the presence of heavy metals.
They feed on small invertebrates and insect larvae.
A 2-3 year old female Stone Loach is believed to spawn approximately 10,000 sticky yellow eggs per female, shed amongst the sand, stones and aquatic vegetation on the bed or the stream or river. Spawning can take place several times a year when water temperatures reach between 8 - 18°C, between late April - early August. Dependant upon habitat, the young fish can reach approximately 6cm in the first year and 10cm by the end of the second year.
The Stone Loach is quite a short-lived species, averaging 3-4 years, with a 5-year old fish being uncommon.
Their preferred habitat in the fast shallows combined with their very small size, is likely to make bite detection quite difficult, even with tiny hooks and very light tackle, but worth a go if the fish are located. They are normally caught by accident and sometimes caught when the river is above normal levels by fishing right in the edge of the flow where they can seek shelter in the bank side vegetation.
They live in the River Wey stretches, so have a go there if you want to try and catch one.


WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., March 14, 2013 – Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified Merck that the agency will take an additional three months to review the New Drug Application (NDA) resubmission for sugammadex sodium injection. Merck anticipates the FDA's review will be completed in the second half of 2013.
This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Merck's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. There can be no guarantees with respect to pipeline products that the products will receive the necessary regulatory approvals or that they will be commercially successful. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.


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Just a quick post to bring things up to date. Here's a quick look at upcoming projects.
This past week I received a kit for another wooden and metal model. This one is a WWI biplane, the Curtiss JN-4D 'Jenny'. I'm hoping that it'll be a challenging build, similar to the Sloop build, except with much more metal and photo-etch. I'm actually hoping to set up a time-lapse recording method for this build, using an old computer, and a webcam. But since I think this might take me a little bit to get set up and tested, I'm going to hold off on starting this build for a little while.
And there we have it. That's my modeling progress brought up to date. Party on.


We all need something relatively good in the world right now, and last night that is exactly what ABC and David Blaine delivered. Yesterday marked the premiere of the magician's new special David Blaine: Beyond Magic, and it was everything we could have hoped for and more.
Typically, and somewhat ironically, you know exactly what to expect when it comes to a Blaine magic special. There will be insane tricks, select celebrity appearances that end in curse-laden freak outs, and oh-so-many card tricks as the stone-faced Blaine stares on, master of all our expectations. It's fairly predictable, but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable, and last night's special was no exception. According to Pitchfork, last night's special included several celebrities, which is a bit of a departure from the street magic-loving magician. However, the only two celebs we care about today are Drake and Dave Chappelle.
In case you don't have time to watch a former Degrassi star turned music god and SNL's most recent savior freak out over the magician who embodied the 2000s, let me break it down for you. Blaine first asks Chappelle to draw a creature that can fit in Drake's hand. After a Meek Mill joke and the laughter that only comes when a magician is asking you to do crazy things, Chapelle picks a frog. Naturally, David Blaine then proceeds to spit three live frogs into a wine glass filled with water and hand them out like they're business cards. The whole thing was a 2016 miracle.
Welcome back to the limelight, Blaine. We could all use a dose of your stone-faced, super serious magic tricks — er, I mean illusions.


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I just learned syntax, some basics concepts about modules and objects.
Now I'm trying to put everything together in small computer game.
I created two files. On the end of the "actions.py" file I tried to check changes in value of "victim's" healthPoints. During the print tests (file called "actions.py") I get error after second print statement :
Python actions.py
1) valume of chicken's health: 44 Traceback
(most recent call last):   File "actions.py", line 17, in <module> fight(dog, chicken)   File "actions.py", line 5,
in fight damage = attacker.hit() TypeError: 'int' object is not callable

tools.py:
from random import randint
""" Objects in the game """

# Characters
class Character(object):
    """General Class for characters in the game"""
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        self.strengh = 0
        self.healthPoints = 0
        damageAtrr = 0

    def hit(self):
        self.hit = self.strengh/2 + randint(1,10) + self.healthPoints / 100
        return self.hit

    def setDamage(self, damage):
        Character.damageAtrr = damage

    def getDamage(self):
        """
        function which take value from
        setDamage and calculate new value for
        healthPoints
        """
        self.healthPoints = self.healthPoints - Character.damageAtrr
        return self.healthPoints

class hero(Character):
    """
    Main character in the game
    """

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        self.strengh = 8
        self.healthPoints = 50

class villan(Character):
    """
    Villans in the game
    """

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        self.strengh = 5
        self.healthPoints = 50

second file with function that causes problems, "actions.py":
import tools

# action that causes damage to the victim
def fight(attacker, victim):
    damage = attacker.hit()
    victim.setDamage(damage)
    victim.healthPoints = victim.getDamage()

chicken = tools.hero("Terry")
dog = tools.villan("Max")

#attacker is dog, victim is chicken

fight(dog, chicken)
print "1) valume of chicken's health: %d" % chicken.healthPoints

fight(dog, chicken)
print "2)chicken's health:: %d" % chicken.healthPoints

fight(dog, chicken)
print "3)chicken's health:: %d" % chicken.healthPoints

fight(dog, chicken)
print "4)chicken's health:: %d" % chicken.healthPoints

fight(dog, chicken)
print "5)chicken's health:: %d" % chicken.healthPoints

fight(dog, chicken)
print "6)chicken's health:: %d" % chicken.healthPoints

I don't know what exactly causes the problem: I expected that everytime when I call function 'fight', health of the chicken will decrease.
Thanks in advance for your help and sorry for my poor english

A: In tools.py, you define the Character class.  In that class, you define a method hit().  That method you later call in actions.py in the fight() function.  In hit(), you say self.hit = ...  When you do that, you are overwriting self.hit().  In Python, methods are still attributes.  When you define an attribute with the same name as a method, you overwrite the method.  In this case, you don't even use self.hit other than as a method.  In hit(), just take out the self. before the two occurrences of self.hit

A: The hit field is just a attribute but not a method of Obj. So, you should access it by using: damage = attacker.hit

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Down For Tomorrow – Thanks To You (New Music)
by Andrew Cauchi
They've already exposed what could have been, and now Sydney rockers Down For Tomorrow are about to show us even more with the release of their brand new single "Thanks To You".
The title track of their upcoming sophomore EP, due on June 7, "Thanks To You" is a vastly different song to what we've heard from the quartet before. It feels grittier, angrier and more frustrated, with the production to match, and overall a strong offering from a band quickly picking up steam.
The song begins solemnly, with frontman Cody Stebbings recounting word for word a text message that he received signalling the end of a close friendship. Gentle strums of a guitar hum over the sombre vocals, painting a portrait of self-deprecation and discouragement towards the loss of a companion. If you're not staring out your bedroom window reminiscing on heartbreak while listening to this one, you're doing something wrong.
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A song about "one-way friendships and the effect it can have in someone who invests a lot of time into someone who couldn't return it", the song feels consistent with the experiences that Stebbings outlaid on previous single "What Could Have Been". However, the approach to these feelings and consequentially the way they manifest into a song shows that Down For Tomorrow aren't just a one trick pony. Not only can they write dynamic and diverse songs, but they can do it damn well too.
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"This is not a new concern, as an allergic reaction to any vaccine is always a risk."
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A new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that, while severe allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine can happen, they are rare. The report, which was published on Jan. 6, found that the risk of developing a severe allergic reaction after the vaccine is 0.001%, based on data available so far.
The news comes on the heels of warnings that people with a history of severe allergic reactions to vaccines or injectable medications should talk to their doctor before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Both the Allergy & Asthma Network and the CDC say you should let your medical provider know if you have experienced anaphylaxis, a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction that can cause difficulty breathing, to a past injected medication or vaccine.
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How common are severe allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine?
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If you had an allergic reaction right after your first dose, you should not get the second dose, per the CDC. Instead, your doctor may refer you to an allergy specialist.
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❗If you have received the COVID-19 vaccine and think you might be having a severe allergic reaction after leaving the vaccination site, seek immediate medical attention.
If you're getting vaccinated in a place that isn't your doctor's office, make sure the person giving your vaccine is aware of your personal allergy history. Once the vaccine becomes more widely available, "if an allergist is worried, they can skin test you and do a challenge with full or half of the vaccine under medical supervision in their office," Dr. Parikh says.
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The Ritz – Raleigh presents Blackberry Smoke on February 21, 2014
Posted: February 3, 2014 by The Life in All, Concert, Music
Tags: Blackberry Smoke, Raleigh, The Ritz
When: Friday, February 21, 2014
Where: The Ritz, Raleigh
Tickets: Here
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