By deriving Eq. 8, one obtains dP¯∕dx¯=(χMinlet*P¯)∕[(Minlet*)2−P¯2].
The paper deals with the static stability of annular gas seals under choked flow conditions. For a centered straight annular seal, choking can occur only in the exit section because the gas is constantly accelerated by friction forces. From the mathematical standpoint, the flow choking corresponds to a singularity that was never dealt with numerically. The present work introduces an original numerical treatment of this singularity that is validated by comparisons to the analytical solution for planar channel flow. An interesting observation stemming from these results is that the usual hypothesis of considering the flow as being isothermal is not correct anymore for a gas accelerated by a pressure gradient; the characteristics of the flow are the same but the quantitative results are different. The analysis of eccentric annular seals then shows that choked flow conditions produce a change in the static stiffness. For a subsonic exit section, the Lomakin effect is represented by a centering radial force opposed to the rotor displacement. For a choked exit section, the radial force stemming from an eccentricity perturbation has the same direction as the rotor displacement. The annular seal becomes then statically unstable. From the physical standpoint, this behavior is explained by the modification of the Lomakin effect, which changes sign. The pressure and Mach number variations along the seal depict the influence of high compressible flow regimes on the Lomakin effect. This characteristic has never been depicted before.
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Leaderless
I once asked, "What if Obama can't lead?" The answer after Paris is painful.
By Ron Fournier and National Journal
President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
In his memoir, Leon Panetta argued that for all of Barack Obama's strengths, he is missing an essential ingredient of leadership. He lacks "fire," wrote Obama's former CIA director and Pentagon chief. "The president relies on the logic of a law professor rather than the passion of a leader."
Obama has proved Panetta right again and again during his presidency, but never more dangerously so than with his shoulder-shrug approach to ISIS. Obama called it a "J.V. team" before it started beheading Americans. He said it was "contained" before it attacked Paris. Now he's calling it "a bunch of killers with good social media."
That's how you describe a street gang—a bunch of killers with good social media. The Islamic State is no street gang.
Objective observers from across the political spectrum took exception to Obama's tone. This from Frank Bruni, a liberal-minded New York Times columnist:
He was at his worst just after the Paris attacks, when he communicated as much irritation with the second-guessing of his stewardship as he did outrage over Paris and determination to destroy the Islamic State, or ISIS.
He owed us something different, something more. He'd just said, the day before Paris, that ISIS was contained and that it was weakening, so there was an onus on him to make abundantly clear that he grasped the magnitude of the threat and was intensely focused on it.
From Obama we needed fire. Instead we got embers, along with the un-presidential portrayal of Republicans as sniveling wimps whose fears about refugees were akin to their complaints about tough debate questions.
There it is again—"from Obama we needed fire."
The man who so aptly diagnosed Obama's tonal weakness, Leon Panetta, appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday to demand more leadership against ISIS. This time, he stuck to substance—and was no less devastating.
"I think the U.S. has to lead in this effort because what we've learned a long time ago is that if the United States does not lead, nobody else will," Panetta said. He blamed Obama for under-serving his promise to disrupt and defeat ISIS. "I think that the resources applied to that mission, frankly, have not been sufficient to confront that."
Panetta is not alone among Democrats worried about Obama's approach. Leading Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein told Face the Nation that the United States is not doing enough to fight the Islamic State.
"We need to be aggressive," she said. "Now."
Personally, I'm no hawk. I'm not convinced the United States needs more ground troops in the Middle East, certainly not without a radical rethinking of how the war against ISIS would require shared sacrifice. I am sympathetic to the fact that Obama faces no easy options after inheriting President Bush's ill-conceived war in Iraq. And I've got absolutely no patience for the GOP presidential field's hyperbolic, dishonest, and bigoted rhetoric.
But there is only one commander-in-chief, and ours is stubbornly clinging to a strategy against ISIS that lacks clarity, creativity, and urgency. There is only one president, and ours doesn't seem to know how to rally us to a common cause.
Look at this Twitter feed from Ron Klain, a leading Democratic consultant who served as Obama's Ebola czar. He recalls the irrational, politically charged calls to close U.S. borders to people from nations stricken by the disease—a panic not unlike the one over Syrian refugees today. "Ebola experience offers three lessons for managing fears," Klain writes.
1. Acknowledge and address the public's fear. Don't dismiss it as illegitimate. "That only exacerbates fears and fuels doubts about leaders' candor."
2. Explain the dangers of "giving into fears." Inaction is riskier than action.
3. "Show that government has a plan to manage the risk—not ignoring the risk, but taking active, serious steps to reduce it."
Klain didn't say this but I will: On ISIS, Obama breaks every rule. He minimizes the threat and dismisses our fears, which raises doubts about his candor and capability. An overwhelming majority of Americans disapprove of his handling of ISIS, a new poll shows, and 81 percent think ISIS will strike the United States.
In July 2013, six months into his second term, I wrote a column that questioned whether Obama would fulfill his enormous potential, whether he even cared anymore about his promises to change Washington, whether he could write the modern rules of the presidency and build a new bully pulpit. I asked, "What if Obama can't lead?"
I now have my answer.

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Life's profusion and the struggle to save it
13 December 2019,
Ashish Kothari
Amazon, Shell to Llanchamacocha flight @ Ashish Kothari
The first thing that struck me as we took a flight from the town of Shell into the forest camp of Naku, was the expanse of rolling green hills below us. For half an hour, we flew over thick forest, with tall canopy-breaking trees standing out above the carpet of green. For the first time ever, I truly appreciated what an incredibly vast forest is the Amazon.
I was in Ecuador in July this year, invited by groups that are attempting to help the indigenous people of the Amazon here and in Peru to protect their territories from oil exploitation and mining. As we touched down in the village of Llanchamacocha and took a canoe to a small tented camp that the local Sapara indigenous community have set up, I got a fuller taste of the diversity of life here. There was a profusion of plants, from tiny lichen and fungi to tree-size ferns to giant trees easily towering 70-80 metres above us. Over the next 4 days I marveled at the explosion of insect and bird life every time the sun came out (the rest of the time being cloudy and often rainy… showing its true character as a rainforest!). Everywhere I looked there seemed to be a different species of butterfly or grasshopper or beetle, each outdoing the other in colours and patterns. Overhead, comical looking toucans and myriad other birds screeched and sang; I could not even see the source of several calls in the thick forest. Occasionally a tiny hummingbird, one of them no bigger than a big bee, would hover in front of some flower, then momentarily disappear.
Equally real was the legendary knowledge of the local people (so much so that it has been recognized by UNESCO as part of humanity's 'intangible heritage'). Manari Ushuguay, a local shaman, took us on a walk through the forest and told us the uses of several species. Every few steps he would stop and point: (holding a vine snaking up a tree) 'this is the source of curare', or (scratching a tree bark and taking out some whitish paste) 'this resin acts just like botox, any of you want to look younger?', or (plucking a tiny bell-shaped mushroom), 'if you are hard of hearing, this can help if you place it in your ear'. He also constantly stressed that everything was alive, everything had a spirit, and that respecting this was at the core of how they treated the forest. It was such a refreshingly contrasting approach to what the mainstream economist or politician would tell us, how a forest is all about timber and pharmaceuticals and carbon, valued in monetary terms.
But because of this extractivist, developmentalist mindset, the world's largest and most diverse forest is threatened by oil exploitation, mining, industrial-scale livestock and agricultural expansion. And, as most recently witnessed with horror by people worldwide, uncontrolled fires. Even on lands that are supposed to be reserved for wildlife or for indigenous peoples, governments are giving concessions for oil or mining. This is what the Sapara and other indigenous, small peasant, Afro-descendant and other Amazon peoples are fighting against. Already they have been faced with decimation, tens of millions having been murdered or killed by diseases introduced by the Spanish colonialists against which they had no immunity. From an estimated 20,000 at one point, the Sapara are down to a population of about 600, mostly caused by diseases brought in by outsiders who also enslaved them for the rubber trade and other commerce. Fortunately the population is now stable, but any new factor such as incursions by oil extraction and mining could tip it over towards extinction.
Not only are they resisting, they are also experimenting with alternative livelihoods, which enable them to continue living with the forest and enhancing or sustaining their well-being. The Sapara have started a community-led tourism initiative at Naku (which means 'forest' in Sapara language, itself almost extinct). But instead of a typical tourism venture, it is centred around healing, with the Sapara's own sophisticated knowledge of nature being used to help visitors get cleansed of the toxins they come with. I (and other colleagues) were lucky enough to be given this treatment; best of all was that Naku has no Internet or phone connection, and the pace necessarily slows down to a much more human, gentle level. Most fascinating and humbling were the narratives about how the Sapara live through interpreting their dreams, listening to the voices of their ancestors, and in communication with the spirits of all the elements of nature around them.
This short trip provided the perfect backdrop for a meeting of the Global Commission of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative, in Quito. This initiative is a partnership of several indigenous networks in Ecuador and Peru, and groups like Pachamama Alliance and Amazon Watch, aiming to make a solid proposal for the conservation of 30 million hectares of the Amazon and the livelihoods of its residents. Given the enormous state and corporate pressure to open up the region for oil and other mining, this quest is going to be about as hard as scaling, without props, one of the Amazon's towering trees. But local peoples have hardwood-strength resolve, and with sensitive global support, they could well scale these heights.
Founder-member of Indian environmental group Kalpavriksh, Ashish taught at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, coordinated India's National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan process, served on Greenpeace International and India Boards, helped initiate the global ICCA Consortium.
Hoatzin trio, Naku @ Ashish Kothari
Llanchamacocha from air @ Ashish Kothari
Downpour at Ecotourism camp, Naku @ Ashish Kothari
Manari Ushugua showing medicinally useful plants, Naku @ Ashish Kothari
Sapara people & members of Sacred Headwaters Initiative Global Commission, Llanchamacocha
Sapara men in forest, Naku, Ecuador @ Ashish Kothari
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EMHS Debate Team Moves to Top 8 in the World
East Mountain High School students, Emma Hotz '18, Jessie Linder '17, and Gina Sanchez '18, have advanced to the top eight teams in the International Public Policy Forum!
Founded in 2001 by the law firm of Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, the International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) is the only contest that gives high school students around the globe the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy. Now jointly administered by the Brewer Foundation and New York University, this program is available to all public and private high schools for free.
The competition began in October, and the students had to submit a 2,800 word essay on the topic: GMOs are essential to global food security. After hundreds of essays were submitted from around the globe, EMHS qualified to the top 64 of all schools.
In the subsequent rounds, schools volley papers back and forth via e-mail. A panel of three judges review the essays in the order they were presented (affirmative constructive, negative constructive, affirmative rebuttal, negative rebuttal) and select the advancing teams. In the Round of 64, EMHS defeated Shenzhen Academy of International Education from Shenzhen, China. In the Round of 32, EMHS defeated Gimnazija Bezigrad High School from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Both wins were unanimous decisions for EMHS. In the Round of 16, EMHS defeated Davidson Academy of Reno, Nevada.
The EMHS team has earned an all-expense paid trip to New York City to debate the remaining eight teams in person.
Gina Sanchez notes, "Competing in this competition has been an incredible thrill. My research and writing skills have also made great improvements through this contest." Coach Trey Smith adds, "These students have been writing and researching at a level usually reserved for Master's level theses. I am incredibly proud of these three students, and it's exciting to be one of only 8 teams left in this global competition."
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Here in the Philippines, we now have the Mental Health Law.
Timely for me to have interviewed Geoffrey Lilburne, the author of "Joy Interrupted: A Memoir of Depression and Prayer" (Coventry Press, 2018), a slim volume packed full of insights derived from firsthand experience.
Lilburne is a theologian and poet, with qualifications in counseling and professional supervision, a retired lecturer in theology (with graduate studies at the Yale School of Divinity in the United States). He is a Uniting Church minister in active ministry with a rural congregation in Western Australia.
Lilburne was in the country recently with his wife, Sophie Lizares, my friend of more than 30 years and at one time a colleague in social action and journalism. Sophie is now an ordained minister in the Uniting Church in Australia and is chaplain at UnitingCare West.
Lilburne begins with a startling revelation of how it began: "I awoke one morning wishing I had died during the night… I was 13 years of age." What was a boy in the cusp of adolescence to make of what was going on inside him, a boy whose family background was relatively normal, who had no traumas to hark back to?
The book details Lilburne's lifetime battle with depression (and manic episodes), how it was in different stages of his life, his seeking "professional assistance from general practitioners, psychiatrists, counselors, pastoral carers, ministers and spiritual directors." But alongside these is Lilburne's journey as an academic and, later, in various church ministries.
What was it like and what did he do to cope with it, deal with it, be healed of it, live with it? Lilburne's early struggles meant pharmacological interventions or prescribed antidepressants, with names that were hard to spell and even harder to pronounce.
It was while he was in the United States that he met famous Catholic priest, theologian and author Henri Nouwen, who suggested a week at the Trappist monastery as a suitable therapy. Lilburne writes: "I have already alluded to the possibility that prayer might be significant in relation to depression, and have so far advanced the view that, for the person suffering from depression, prayer seems like a desperate 'last resort.'" Much like what happens to atheists in the trenches.
But he also admits that the "episodic dips into depression also seemed to deprive me of any sense of relationship with God. They were not only dark times of sadness, they were for me also godless periods." Lilburne writes (and he did say this in our interview) that the carer needs to pray for the depressed who are incapable of praying for themselves.
I am not a depressive, but reading Lilburne, I say I am awed. I paraphrase Saint Augustine on his behalf: (Not) too late have I (found) Thee, beauty so ancient yet ever new.


LAKEVILLE, IN – Hoosier is proud to release a new FVS (Formula Vee Spec) compound specially formulated to meet the elevated durability and consistency requirements of all Formula Vee competitors nationwide. These tires were developed in an effort to curb racing expenses, create driver parity, and promote the cost effectiveness of the class to help foster future growth. Teams will also be required to utilize Hoosier's WET compound in rain conditions.
The new FVS compound shares similar design criteria to Hoosier's popular R7 compound, which is well known for its consistency over several heat cycles in grueling track conditions. The construction has also been enhanced to provide more stability and grip – helping to offset the reduced traction in the compound. The specifications on the FVS tires are listed below.


Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions (ALE) has been nominated for the prestigious new Expedition & Wilderness Medicine (EWM) Excellence in Remote Medicine Award for our quality logistical and expedition support in Antarctica. Nominees include the most inspiring personalities and companies associated with the Remote Medicine industry and we are honored to be included. The award will be presented on April 17, 2012 at the inaugural International World Extreme Medicine Conference.


Excitement and happiness are soaring high at each and every corner of the world as the much awaited festive season is just a couple of days away. Although known today mostly as a time for eating chocolate eggs, Easter is a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus as described in the Bible. Being busy with the work schedule, many of them are still unaware and wondering when the Easter public holidays will be this year. It is always a bit tricky and confusing to work out or remember Easter Holidays and that's the reason Easter is called as a moveable feast – a religious festival whose dates vary each and every year.
There is an age-old tradition about the Easter festival which has emerged after the year of the crucifixion that has been worked out in 33 AD. The last week in the life of Jesus is known as the period of Passion that includes a series of connected events falling in the right place on the calendar. It mainly includes the Last Supper which is also known as Maundy Thursday and the crucifixion popularly known as Good Friday. The last two days are followed by the resurrection when Jesus rose from the dead which is celebrated as Easter Sunday. Thus once the dates are known, then the Easter Holidays can be given their place on the calendar.
According to different traditions, beliefs, and rituals, the Easter holiday falls on different dates in various countries. People from all across the world are excited to celebrate the happening and famous Easter festival along with their close ones where we in this article have exclusively covered Easter Holidays 2019 in USA, UK, Australia, Canada and Spain.
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Hoffentlich, hat der Osterhase viele Ostereier versteckt!
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I've been writing a tech predictions column for over 30 years now. I study research from my firm, Creative Strategies, and look for data that provides hints of what might be the hot topics, trends or issues in the coming year. Here's what I see on the horizon for tech in 2018.
This is not a new prediction, but "state" actors have now entered the scene, reportedly with backing from countries like North Korea, Russia and China. They fund armies of hackers, who try to steal everything from nuclear secrets to bank codes, hacking into power grids and private accounts.
So it is not a stretch to predict that this will get even worse in 2018 now these hacking armies have learned how to game U.S. systems, especially as we head into midterm elections next fall.
What makes this worse for us in America specifically is that we just don't have enough security experts to counter many of these major threats. Without the talent to develop more powerful cyber-security tools (and hold on to the ones we do have), our networks are highly vulnerable. I fear this will lead to new hacking disasters in 2018 that we are ill-prepared to fend off.
I saw some very interesting folding and dual-screen phone prototypes in late 2017, and I expect to see market-ready products next year.
ZTE released the dual-screen Axon M last month, but it's exclusive to AT&T, limiting its reach, and PCMag found it to be a bit buggy in testing. With a few tweaks, though, we could see at least one foldable smartphone and one foldable tablet late in 2018 from major players, setting in motion a new trend in mobile design going into 2019.
In 2017, Apple finally embraced augmented reality with ARKit, while Google revealed ARCore, leading many to believe we'd see the first killer AR apps by the holidays. But as of now, I have not seen an AR app I can't live without.
I do think the smartphone is a great place to start in terms of getting people interested in the technology; we're already staring at the devices all day anyway. But I am becoming more and more convinced that for AR to really impact our lives, it will have to be delivered through some type of smart glasses, which I don't see happening before 2020.
AR, meanwhile, is often mentioned in the same breath as virtual reality. But I see VR taking off largely in vertical markets, where all types of industries are experimenting with it to see how it affects their workflow and potential profitability. For more on that, check out PCMag's October feature, How Augmented Reality Is Transforming Work.
PCMag's Sascha Sagan and I were in Hawaii recently for Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit, where it talked up its always-connected PC initiative. The premise is that these Snapdragon 835-based devices, like the HP Envy x2 and Asus NovaGo, have built-in LTE radios that provide constant internet connections and 20 hours of battery life.
I'm not quite sure the always-on aspect will be these machines' biggest selling point, though. In our iPad research, we found that 50 percent of iPads sold include the LTE radio chip, but that only 25 percent of those machines ever have their LTE activated. I think the bigger story from Qualcomm's event is that incredible battery life. Imagine heading off for the day and not having to think about carrying a power cord for your laptop since you know you will get at least 20 hours of real use.
I know this might be considered a bold prediction, but my contacts in Washington say legislators from both sides of the aisle are increasingly concerned about the negative impact social media has had on the election process and the political climate in general.
Although Washington had hoped Facebook, Twitter and Google would police themselves, insiders I speak with are growing skeptical that these companies can handle it alone. Full regulation is probably not likely, but I would not be surprised if we do see some legislation. After all, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai already went after Twitter during the net neutrality debate.


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Ehsan Hadadi (Teheran, 20 januari 1985) is een Iraans discuswerper. Hij werd viermaal Aziatische kampioen en eenmaal wereldjeugdkampioen in deze discipline. Ook nam hij driemaal deel aan de Olympische Spelen en won hierbij in totaal één zilveren medaille.

Loopbaan
In 2004 won Hadadi met de discus het Aziatisch jeugdkampioenschap en de WK voor junioren in Grosseto. Hij was hiermee de eerste Iraniër die in een internationale atletiekwedstrijd een medaille won. In 2005 won hij op de Aziatische kampioenschappen in Incheon het onderdeel discuswerpen met een worp van 65,25 m. In december 2006 won hij nogmaals goud op de Aziatische Spelen in Doha.

Op 24 mei 2008 baarde Ehsan Hadadi opzien door tijdens de FBK Games in Hengelo bij het discuswerpen regerend wereldkampioen Gerd Kanter, meervoudig olympisch en wereldkampioen Virgilijus Alekna en de Nederlandse favoriet Rutger Smith, bronzenmedaillewinnaar op de WK in Osaka, te verslaan. Zijn winnende worp van 68,52 was tevens een nieuw Aziatisch record. Op de Olympische Spelen van 2008 in Peking was zijn 61,34 niet voldoende om zich te kwalificeren voor de finale.

Tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 2012 veroverde Hadadi de zilveren medaille. Op de Olympische Spelen van 2016 in Rio de Janeiro was hij zijn goede vorm kwijt en sneuvelde hij in de kwalificatieronde met een beste poging van 60,15.

Titels
Aziatisch kampioen discuswerpen - 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
Wereldjeugdkampioen discuswerpen - 2005
Aziatisch jeugdkampioen discuswerpen - 2004

Persoonlijke records

Palmares

discuswerpen
Kampioenschappen
 2003: 8e Aziatische kamp. - 54,40 m
 2004:  Aziatische jeugdkamp. - 62,24 m
 2004:  WJK - 62,14 m
 2005:  Islamitische Solidariteits Spelen - 58,66 m
 2005:  Aziatische kamp. - 65,25 m
 2005:  West-Aziatische Spelen - 63,63 m
 2006:  Wereldbeker - 62,60 m
 2006:  Aziatische Spelen - 63,79 m
 2007:  Aziatische kamp. - 65.38 m
 2007: 7e WK - 64,53 m
 2008: 7e in kwal. OS - 61,34 m
 2008: 6e Wereldatletiekfinale - 62,76 m
 2009:  Aziatische kamp. - 64,83 m
 2010:  Continental Cup - 64,55 m
 2010:  Aziatische Spelen - 67,99 m
 2011: IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup 2010 - 64,55 m
 2011:  WK - 66,08 m
 2012:  OS - 68,18 m
 2013:  Islamitische Solidariteits Spelen - 66,03 m
 2014:  Aziatische Spelen - 65,11 m
 2015: 10e in kwal. WK - 60,39 m
 2016: 14e in kwal. OS - 60,15 m

Golden League-podiumplekken
2008:  ISTAF – 69,12 m

Diamond League-podiumplekken
2011:  London Grand Prix – 64,76 m
2012:  Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix – 66,32 m
2012:  Golden Gala – 66,73 m
2013:  Prefontaine Classic – 65,63 m
2013:  Bislett Games – 64,63 m
2013:  Meeting Areva – 65,53 m
2013:  DN Galan – 63,64 m
2013:  Weltklasse Zürich – 66,07 m
2014:  Adidas Grand Prix – 65,23

Iraans atleet
Iraans olympisch deelnemer
Discuswerper

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It's not easy to distinguish between original predator kill sign and scavenging.
Earlier this spring, Eliane Lagnaz sent us photos of just such an instance near Waipu in Northland. She had noticed a pair of paradise ducks, sounding vigorously, and spotted the entrance to their nest. Three weeks later, when she returned to the area, there was no sign of the birds but she saw a native swamp harrier fly up from the nest area. Eliane investigated and describes what she found.
We were delighted to recently receive twenty hand-written and beautifully illustrated letters from enthusiastic young pest detectives at Sylvia Park School.
The Year 2 pupils described how they had discovered that there were resident hedgehogs at the school and that hedgehogs are pests.
As part of an inquiry project investigating animals, they had made an animal tracker to see what pests they had at the school. They used peanut butter as a lure and red food colouring to record footprints from any animals that visited the tunnel.
We're marking Biosecurity Month 2017 with the addition of eleven more pest animal species to our list of culprits on Pest Detective.
Many thanks to the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board for enabling us to complete this extra content with the support of a generous grant, which also covered some technical work behind the scenes to improve aspects of the website's functionality.
Mystery footprints in the sand at Maukatia Bay (pictured) and identified via Pest Detective has prompted the Muriwai Environmental Action Community Trust to add extra targeted traps to its trapping lines.
The Trust, established to enhance the Muriwai environment, has two pest eradication projects; one to achieve a 'pest-free' Muriwai and the second to protect the habitat of grey-faced petrels (titi) and little blue penguins (korora) found in the four bays immediately south of Muriwai Beach's famous mainland gannet colony, where Auckland Council and volunteers control predators.
Young pest detectives who visited Warkworth Library on Pest Quest day in January had fun tracking down clues and culprits.
The event was part of Auckland Libraries' summer 'Kia Maia Te Whai, Dare to Explore', reading programme. Children learnt about animal pests and how to keep native fauna safe via information, displays, a talk from Rebecca Kemp, biosecurity adviser at Auckland Council, and activities.
Thanks to the Department of Conservation (DOC) for working with us to develop interactive mapping of introduced mammal distributions in New Zealand.
The new tool, which enables viewers to zoom in on particular geographic areas for more detail, so far includes mouse, kiore, ship rat, Norway rat, possum, hedgehog, feral cat, weasel, stoat and ferret. For these species the interactive maps on the DOC website are linked from thumbnail maps in our distribution clue section. For other species not yet converted to the interactive format, we will continue to use static PDF maps.
The Department of Conservation has released a new teaching and learning resource, 'Investigating animal pests in your green space'.


TRENTON — Legislative district 20's newest representative was sworn-in on the Assembly floor today amid cheers and jeers of approval.
Friends and family nearby, Roselle Mayor Jamel Holley took the oath of office during the body's session. Holley replaces former Assemblyman Joe Cryan in the legislature's lower chamber, who left his seat beginning this year to replace the late Ralph Froelich as Union County sheriff.
MOUNTAINSIDE — In a much expected move, Union County Democrats on Wednesday tapped Roselle Mayor Jamel Holley to fill the Assembly seat left vacant when longtime Assemblyman Joseph Cryan stepped down to become Union County Sheriff.
"I have big shoes to fill," Holley said after Democratic Committee members selected him in a meeting the L'Affaire banquet hall in Mountainside.
"I was not supposed to be here. I didn't have the traditional household that others did," Holley said, telling of how he was born to an unwed young mother.
Holley told of his family receiving public assistance and using public programs that provided financial assistance and loans for his college education. He received a bachelor's degree from New Jersey City University in Jersey City and a master's degree from Kean University in Union. Holley said he will work to strengthen those opportunities for others.


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var pool = require('../connection');
var common = require('../common');

var updateRoomQuery = function (roomId) {
  return 'UPDATE users a JOIN ' +
    '(SELECT b.id, b.local_language, b.remote_language, b.room_id, b.locked_by, b.updated_at, b.type from users b JOIN users c ' +
    'where b.remote_language=c.local_language AND b.local_language=c.remote_language AND b.locked_by IS null ' +
    'AND b.room_id IS NULL AND b.updated_at > (NOW() - INTERVAL 30 SECOND) AND c.room_id IS NULL AND c.id = ? ' +
    'order by b.waiting_since limit 1) d ' +
    'SET a.locked_by = (CASE WHEN a.id=? then d.id ' +
    'WHEN a.id=d.id then ? ' +
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    'a.room_id = "' + roomId + '" ' +
    'where a.id IN (?, d.id) AND a.locked_by IS NULL AND a.room_id IS NULL;';
};

function partnerUpdateQuery() {
  return 'UPDATE users a LEFT JOIN ' +
    '(SELECT id, local_language, remote_language, room_id, locked_by, updated_at, type from users where locked_by = ?) b ' +
    'ON a.id = b.id ' +
    'SET a.room_id =IF(a.id=?, ?, null), ' +
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    'a.updated_at=NOW(), ' +
    'a.waiting_since=NOW(), ' +
    'a.type=IF(a.id=?, ?, \'A\') ' +
    'WHERE a.id IN(?, b.id)';
}

module.exports = function (app) {
  function updateWaiting(res, userId) {
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      connection.query('UPDATE users SET updated_at=NOW() WHERE id=?', [userId], function (err) {
        common.handleResponse(err, res, function () {
          res.type('application/json').status(200).json({ room_id: null });
        });
      });
    });
  }

  function updateRoomId(userId, res) {
    var roomId = common.uuid();
    common.executeOnConnection(pool, res, function (connection) {
      connection.query(updateRoomQuery(roomId), [userId, userId, userId, userId], function (err, response) {
        common.handleResponse(err, res, function () {
          if (response && response.affectedRows === 2) {
            res.type('application/json').status(200).json({ room_id: roomId });
          } else {
            updateWaiting(res, userId);
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      });
    });
  }

  function getRoomId(user_id, res) {
    common.executeOnConnection(pool, res, function (connection) {
      connection.query('select id, room_id, type from users where id=?', [user_id], function (err, rows) {
        common.handleResponse(err, res, function () {
          res.status(200).json({ room_id: rows[0].room_id, user_id: rows[0].id, type: rows[0].type });
        });
      });
    })
  }

  function updatePartnerRoomId(user_id, room_id, type, res) {
    common.executeOnConnection(pool, res, function (connection) {
      connection.query(partnerUpdateQuery(), [user_id, user_id, room_id, user_id, type, user_id], function (err, response) {
        common.handleResponse(err, res, function () {
          res.status(200).json({ room_id: room_id, user_id: user_id, type: type });
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      });
    });
  }

  app.get('/get_room/:id', function (req, res) {
    var userId = req.params.id;
    if (common.checkIfNumber(userId)) {
      common.executeOnConnection(pool, res, function (connection) {
        connection.query('SELECT room_id FROM users WHERE id=?', [userId], function (err, rows) {
          common.handleResponse(err, res, function () {
            if (rows && rows.length && rows[0].room_id) {
              res.type('application/json').status(200).json({ room_id: rows[0].room_id });
            } else {
              updateRoomId(userId, res);
            }
          });
        });
      });
    } else {
      res.sendStatus(400);
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  app.get('/leave_room/:id', function (req, res) {
    var roomId = req.params.id;
    var userId = req.query.user_id;
    if (roomId && common.checkIfNumber(userId)) {
      common.executeOnConnection(pool, res, function (connection) {
        var query = 'UPDATE users SET locked_by=NULL, updated_at=NOW(),' +
          'room_id=IF(id=?, NULL, room_id), type=IF(id=?, \'A\', type), ' +
          'waiting_since=IF(id=?, NOW(), waiting_since)' +
          'WHERE room_id=?';
        connection.query(query, [userId, userId, userId, roomId], function (err, resp) {
          common.handleResponse(err, res, function () {
            res.sendStatus(204);
          });
        });
      });
    } else {
      res.sendStatus(400);
    }
  });

  app.get('/validate_room/:id', function (req, res) {
    var room_id = req.params.id;
    var user_id = req.query.user_id;
    if (room_id) {
      common.executeOnConnection(pool, res, function (connection) {
        if (user_id) {
          var query = 'SELECT id, room_id, type FROM users WHERE room_id=? or id=?';
          connection.query(query, [room_id, user_id], function (err, rows) {
            if (rows && rows.length && rows.length < 3) {
              if (rows.length === 2 && rows[0].room_id === rows[1].room_id) {
                res.status(200).json({ room_id: rows[0].room_id, user_id: parseInt(user_id), type: rows[0].type });
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              } else {
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              }
            } else {
              res.sendStatus(403);
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        } else {
          var query = 'INSERT INTO users(local_language, remote_language, room_id, updated_at, waiting_since, type) SELECT \'en-GB\', \'de-DE\', ? , NOW(), NOW(), type from users where room_id=? and (Select count(room_id) from users where room_id=?)=1';
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            common.handleResponse(err, res, function () {
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              } else {
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    var local_language = req.body.local_language || 'en-GB';
    var remote_language = req.body.remote_language || 'de-DE';
    var room_id = common.uuid();
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      if (user_id) {
        query = 'UPDATE users SET local_language=?, remote_language=?, updated_at=NOW(), type=\'M\', room_id=?, locked_by=null where id=' + connection.escape(user_id);
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            user_id: user_id || response.insertId,
            room_id: room_id,
            type: 'M',
            local_language: local_language,
            remote_language: remote_language
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          res.status(200).json(json);
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      });
    });

  });
};

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Q: What is the style guideline for if __name__ == '__main__'? I understand the purpose of it, however I was wondering what is the most pythonic way to use if __name__ == '__main__' ?
I'm divided between putting all my code in a main() function and calling it like:
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Or not bothering with that and just writing all top-level code there:
if __name__ == '__main__':
    # all top-level code...

A: If you write all the code under the __name__ guard, you can never re-use that code. If on the other hand you put the code in a main() function, you can always import that function elsewhere and call it.
You'd use this for console scripts registered in your setup.py when packaging your project with setuptools, for example. That way you can test your script without installing it first, and run it as a installed script (which will add dependencies to sys.path before calling your main() function).

A: I don't know if one is more idiomatic than the other, but one reason to put everything in a main function and call it is that local variable lookups are faster than global variable lookups (see this question for an explanation).

A: Disclaimer: I only know a little Python from CodeAcademy.
I would go for making the main function, and then calling it. It puts your code together into a "group". JavaScript does almost the same thing, but they call it modules. They make the function, and then call it right afterward.
JavaScript example
(function() {
    // Stuff here
})();

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The Great Matt Bruenig-Neera Tanden Kerfuffle Sort of Explained
I spent the afternoon catching up on the latest in the world of liberal scuffles. Here's the background: Lefty gadfly Matt Bruenig got into a Twitter fight with Joan Walsh yesterday morning over the topic of young people supporting Bernie Sanders. It culminated with this from Bruenig: "I have a daughter too. Your pathetic ageism against young people (remember taunting them as "barely shaven") is sickening to me." About then, CAP president Neera Tanden weighed in with a light comment defending Walsh, which prompted this follow-up from Bruenig:
It's fun when the geriatrics who worked to starve my mother of cash assistance get going. https://t.co/ugXi9qH7lx
— Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) May 19, 2016
@neeratanden @joanwalsh Scumbag Neera uses welfare when she needs it then takes away from others when they need it. Disgusting.
Tanden is—and has been for a long time—a Hillary staffer and ally, so it's not unreasonable to suspect that she might have supported welfare reform in the 90s. But Tanden denies ever having supported it, which is believable on its face since (a) her family used welfare when she was growing up, and (b) she was in law school at the time welfare reform was being debated.1
In any case, Bruenig's tweets were nasty, apparently unfounded, and a bit two-faced (charging Walsh with "ageism" followed by insulting Tanden as "geriatric"). So what happened next? I'll get to that, but perhaps some of you don't know who Neera Tanden is. You should. To the best of my memory, I've never interacted with her and don't really know anything about her, but a bit of googling turned up this:
Her birthday is a deeply held secret. However, she was born in 1970 and says she's 45 now, so it must be sometime after May 19.
Her brother attended USC and she attended UCLA. Woot! I approve already. We need less Ivy League and more West Coast in high places.
She uses the word "actually" a lot. Maybe she picked this up at UCLA.
She is the president of CAP, the Center for American Progress. CAP is a high-powered progressive think tank that most people think of as either a very influential mainstream liberal think tank or, if you want to be a little more insidery, as the Clinton family's personal think tank.2 Being president of CAP is, as Joe Biden might say, a Big Effin
Deal. Tanden is the kind of person who gets mentioned frequently as a possible chief-of-staff in a Hillary Clinton White House.
Here's the Washington Post shortly after she took over CAP: "At 5 feet 2 inches tall, with an infectious laugh and impatience for ineptitude, Tanden brims with a moxie that can shift to sarcasm. Critics and allies alike describe her as an effective molder and messenger of intricate policy, as well as an expert practitioner of in-house politics. Friends say she is remarkably well-rounded: a model wife and mother, ideal company for a glass of wine, a perfect partner for spontaneous office dancing." Yikes!
OK, so what happened next? Bruenig works for Demos, a lefty think tank (yeah, they're everywhere), which got wind of his tweets and immediately apologized: "Sincerest apologies for @MattBruenig's judgment and demeanor. It's unacceptable and we're on it. While @MattBruenig blogs with Demos, we do not condone personal attacks. We are dealing with this internally. Thank you for understanding. We value the important work you've done and continue to do. @neeratanden @joanwalsh" This afternoon Demos fired him:
Today, we are taking a harder look at how our staff, fellows and independent contractors engage on social media—and unfortunately, we are finding that we have not met our own standards of vigilance to ensure that nobody associated with Demos is crossing an important line. After our tweet apologizing for Matt's personal attacks including the term "scumbag," we received emails from multiple individuals who made it clear that we were not aware of the extent to which Matt has been at the center of controversies surrounding online harassment of people with whom he disagrees.
It was evidence of a pattern of behavior that is far out of line with our code of conduct. After multiple conversations, Matt Bruenig and Demos have agreed to disagree on the value of the attack mode on Twitter. We part ways on the effectiveness of these kinds of personalized, online fights and so we are parting ways as colleagues today. And just as we did with Matt three years ago when he first joined our blog, Demos will continue to find and amplify the voices of lesser-known progressive policy commentators to make for a more inclusive public sphere.
As their statement goes on to say, there's an overlay of Bernie vs. Hillary in all this, and this prompted a flurry of Twitter condemnations of Demos. Glenn Greenwald was fairly typical:
He fought w/head of most powerful Dem think tank- likely to be Hillary's WH Chief of Staff- so @Demos_Org fired him https://t.co/pBnGebeoPC
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 20, 2016
It's about enforcing discipline under the guise of "civility": fired for fighting with a key Clinton ally & aide https://t.co/KGJCbQ6Emi
Here's the email we sent hrs ago to @Demos_Org they never answered: firing people to curry favor is time-consuming! pic.twitter.com/R4mDi1kamv
So which was it? Was Bruenig fired for offending the great and good, or was he fired for being a jerk? It's hard to say, isn't it? Demos says it got a pile of emails that suggested a longtime pattern of "online harassment." But the rest of us haven't seen those emails, so who knows? They also say they had "multiple conversations" with Bruenig, and apparently he declined to just apologize and move on. It also sounds like he declined to rein in his behavior.
If you assume that Demos is telling this straight, it's hard to see how they could hold onto him. This is the kind of thing that I'd normally call a non-firing offense, but only if the offender agrees there's a problem and promises to rein it in. The risk of having an employee like this go completely ballistic at some point and write something either libelous or just plain repellent3 is too great. All of these tweets may have been on Bruenig's private account, but he's still very publicly associated with Demos—which is explicitly in the influence biz and has to be careful about making lots of random enemies just because one of its employees has a bit of a temper problem.
The whole thing is a damn shame. I hope Bruenig lands on his feet somewhere, but I'll bet that any future employer will ask for pretty much the same promise about tone and harassment that Demos did. It's a little hard to imagine any outfit in the think tank trade not caring about this. In the end, I suspect Matt Yglesias has the final word:
The only life advice that matters: never tweet.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 21, 2016
1It's times like this I wish I still had access to Nexis so I could check this out, but I don't.
UPDATE: Nexis problem solved. I searched "Neera Tanden" for the entire decade of the 90s. The first hit is from 1992 in the Los Angeles Times: "UCLA student Neera Tanden was awarded the first Sam Law Leadership Award by the Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA at a Nov. 17 reception held at Royce Hall on the campus. Tanden, a senior planning to attend law school, was selected for her leadership experience, community and university service."
The other 11 hits were all the same: she was listed as a contact in press releases for the Clinton/Gore campaign in 1996. I did a more cursory search from 2000 through the present, and found mostly mentions of health care reform. The closest thing I could find about welfare was from a 2014 interview where Tanden criticized Republican budget cuts: "Food stamps have been cut. Proposals to cut nutrition aid would drop children from school lunch programs. Section 8 housing and welfare aren't keeping up with the need. I'm concerned about how the attack on these programs is going to impact people in our country because I know that I wouldn't be here today if they hadn't been available to me."
If Tanden ever so much as mentioned welfare reform, she sure didn't do it publicly.
2Dammit, is there a synonym for think tank?
3More repellent, anyway. You know what I mean.


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Former WWE Superstar Jake Atlas appeared during a recent Highspots Sign-It Live and claimed Triple H told him following his NXT debut match that he would be NXT's next big babyface star. He said,
"My first WWE TV match was Dexter Lumis. It was the first NXT tapings of the pandemic era. We had already been shut down and the only thing running was Raw and SmackDown. We taped like five episodes of NXT at Full Sail. It was the first time we went back and the matches were out of order and whatever. I remember them saying, 'You're debuting on TV.' It was cool…it was meant for him, it started a program for him. The social media accounts were like, 'we have two debuts,' and they really treated it like I was being introduced as well. He was awesome to work with. It's funny in retrospect, the one thing I remember from that match is coming back from the curtain, and the lead writer at the time and Triple H were like, 'We have our next big babyface,' talking to me. Unfortunately, nothing came out of that, but it was nice to hear it after the match."
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He is serving as the executive vice president for Talent Relations and head of creative for WWE. He is widely regarded as one of the ...


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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has been awarded $5.5 million for a project that will transform the first floor of the Field Administration building into a One Stop Student Success Center.
Gov. Charlie Baker announced this award on Tuesday at Westfield State University. The funding is part of a five-year $190 million Capital Investment Plan for public higher education that encouraged the submission of proposals that would benefit the Massachusetts economy and support student success and completion.
BCC was selected as one of six projects for higher education institutions across the commonwealth, including the renovation of the 1956 Parenzo Hall at Westfield State where ceremonial bill signing for the $3.9 billion capital facility repairs act took place.
The One Stop Student Success Center concept was conceived in 2015. It will transform the student experience by making the entire admissions and enrollment process easier, say officials. The project will renovate the first floor of the Field Administration building, which currently houses enrollment management, advising, career and transfer services, financial aid and student accounts, and admission and the college registrar.
"The vision for this project was to create a comfortable and inviting central location where students and community partners have all of their college service needs met efficiently in one place," BCC President Ellen Kennedy said. "Receiving the funding for this project is an exciting opportunity for both the college and the Berkshires. We will continue to expand our efforts to reimagine not only our buildings and grounds but also, most importantly, how we can best serve our students so they thrive in the local and statewide economy"
BCC is currently completing $34 million in campus projects for the renovation of Hawthorne and Melville halls, including a connector with upper and lower courtyards, paving of the parking lots and access roads, and installing a community turf field for football, soccer and lacrosse. Collectively, these projects have resulted in a campus transformation.
"When we originally designed the One Stop Student Success Center, we were focusing on student engagement, retention and graduation rates," Adam Klepetar, vice president of enrollment management, said. "The One Stop will do this by making the first floor of Field a student-facing space — a welcoming environment with all key onboarding offices located in one central place, while also creating opportunities for office efficiencies and providing collaborative workspaces for community-based partnerships."
BCC has been working with Dietz & Company Architects to develop and refine the facilities plan for this project.
The bond bill signed on Tuesday authorizes $950 million overall for public higher education investments. The administration's five-year plan has budgeted $190 million for capital repairs, renovations and improvements at state universities and community colleges and the University of Massachusetts system in fiscal 2019, including $37.3 million in FY19 for critical repairs at all 29 campuses in the state system and $50 million for significant infrastructure projects to address potential operational and life safety issues.
$235 million for energy efficiency and climate change resiliency projects at state facilities.


Summer ended five months ago, and you're probably sick of wearing ankle boots with cropped jeans by now, so we're here to alert you to a cool new look to try instead for the remainder of winter. We've been noticing that lately, more and more fashion insiders are wearing mid-calf or knee-high boots with jeans and pants tucked into them. It makes for quite an '80s look, which is in keeping with so many trends this season.
Keep scrolling to see how Jenner and other chic fashion insiders are wearing their boots now, and shop boots similar to Jenner's.


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I know you just got your heart broken. If you knew then what you know now, you never would have become attached so quickly and believed everything that he said.
I fell for him so quickly because he was everything I thought I wanted in a guy. He promised that he wasn't going anywhere, and I trusted him because he was a friend of the family. So I believed him.
You had good times together but you realized in the end the pain was not worth it: the arguments everyday over the same thing and his accusations that you weren't faithful. I think he started acting this way because of his own trust issues.
You might be telling yourself you should have known that it wasn't going to last because of his behavior: He stopped visiting your house every night like he used to, he started coming up with excuses for staying away, like that he fell asleep or his friend needed a place to stay. In your gut, you kind of knew he was cheating on you. But your head did not want to believe it.
After the breakup, he'll try to weasel his way back into your life. Please know that you deserve better.
If I could tell my old self one thing it would be to be a little more cautious in love. Just because someone is a friend of the family doesn't mean they've earned your trust. Also, you will find love again after heartbreak with an amazing person who truly loves you.
Elizabeth lives in Cincinnati Ohio. She is the youngest of five kids, enjoys spending time with nieces and nephews, and just doing girly things like shopping, pampering, learning how to cook, and baking new dishes. She believes that love does exist even after a bad experience, and blogs to share her personal experiences to help others know that love does exist.
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LONDON: Holding company Creston posted strong financial results in an annual report this week, citing its recent acquisition of PR firm Cooney/Waters as a key factor in its growth.
The British holding company reported an 11% revenue increase for the year ended March 31, bringing total revenue to $108.3 million, up from the previous year's $97.9 million. Digital and online revenues rose by 19%, and now constitute 41% of the overall total.
Creston sold advertising business DLKW Group for $44.7 million and acquired New York-based healthcare PR firm Cooney/Waters for $9.4 million late last year. The decision involved disposing of its traditional above-the-line advertising service in favor of faster growth opportunities in the healthcare communications field.
The purchase of Cooney/Waters enabled Creston to build a shared client base with its UK healthcare PR company, Red Door Communications. Regarding Cooney/Waters, Creston has "been pleased with the performance of the business to date," according to the report.
The acquisition has also helped Creston's communications division shift its focus to the faster growth areas of digital, local, and mobile marketing, as well as PR and social media.
A quarter of the holding company's current revenues stem from international projects. This portion is expected to increase as Creston capitalizes on new client opportunities and gains "a full year's contribution from Cooney/Waters."


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Why it matters when Team Trump listens to herd-immunity advocates
Not everyone gets an audience with cabinet secretaries. So when the head of the Department of Health and Human Services sits down with herd-immunity advocates, during a pandemic, it's worth asking why.
The Trump administration's health chief met Monday with a trio of scientists who back the controversial theory that the United States can quickly and safely achieve widespread immunity to the coronavirus by allowing it to spread unfettered among healthy people. The meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, which also included Trump adviser Scott Atlas, is the latest example of administration officials — including the president himself — seeking out scientists whose contrarian views justify the government's handling of a pandemic that has killed 210,000 people and infected nearly 7.5 million so far in the U.S.
As the Politico report noted, the discussion was behind closed doors, but after the meeting, Azar published a tweet that read, "We heard strong reinforcement of the Trump Administration's strategy of aggressively protecting the vulnerable while opening schools and the workplace."
The cabinet secretary added that the trio was comprised of "three distinguished infectious disease experts," each of whom, generally speaking, has voiced support for herd immunity.
Politico's article added, "Mainstream medical and public health experts say that seeking widespread, or herd, immunity in the manner the scientists prescribe could result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands or even millions more U.S. residents."
And yet, the idea appears to have gained favor from Donald Trump, probably because it would mean curtailing efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
It was just three weeks ago when the president participated in an ABC News town-hall event and said the coronavirus is "going away," even without a vaccine. When George Stephanopoulos was incredulous, the president added, "You'll develop — you'll develop herd — like a herd mentality. It's going to be — it's going to be herd-developed, and that's going to happen. That will all happen."
While there was some laughter surrounding his use of the phrase "herd mentality," instead of "herd immunity," what mattered was the fact that Trump was describing a strategy in which the virus "goes away" by having much of the country get infected.
When Stephanopoulos said such a tactic would lead to "many deaths," the president ignored the observation and just kept talking.
Herd immunity has also been popular with Dr. Scott Atlas, a radiologist whom Trump saw on Fox News, and who was brought onto the White House team, despite the fact that he has "no expertise in public health or infectious disease mitigation," hasn't practiced medicine in nearly a decade, and has demonstrated a habit of echoing unscientific claims.
Yesterday, Atlas joined the HHS chief for the closed-door discussion.
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Did you know that alkaline water can be used for more than just drinking? Score! Check out more benefits below, then ask me how you can get alkaline water in your home.
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It has a sweet flavor to it, which will make you want to drink even more of it! Alkaline water helps fight bone loss, metabolic and hormonal problems, amongst a host of other benefits.
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This delicious water is produced through the most advanced, innovative water technology on the market: a water ionization filtration system. Not only do these filters connect directly to your tap water, but they produce ionized alkaline and acidic waters through a process called electrolysis.
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Pre-boil vegetables in alkaline water while cooking. Since the water draws out the flavor of ingredients in soups and stews, excess seasonings and salt can be avoided. A full, rich flavor is achieved with less.
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Even plants will enjoy bathing in alkaline water, which improves seedling development and improves germination.
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Every day new studies are coming out to back up claims that alkaline water is more beneficial for your overall health than just tap water alone. One study suggests that drinking alkaline water with a pH of 8.8 can help deactivate the main enzyme in the body, pepsin, that causes acid reflux. Another study suggests drinking alkaline water may be extremely beneficial for people who suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.
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Uses: Action sequences, fight scenes, boss battles, car chases, heroics, and other stereotypical "manly" endeavours.
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When Did New York Immigration Start at Ellis Island?
Just sharing this blog by FamilySearch about when immigrants starting coming into Ellis Island in New York. If you haven't ever used this site, take a look at this blog. I have found several passengers and pictures of the ships my ancestors came on. It is so cool.
Finding where and when your ancestors immigrated can help in finding where you need to research before they arrived in the US. Check out this FamilySearch blog article that will help in your quest.


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Next time you find yourself hankering for a simple, satisfying meal without any fuss, consider heading on down to Dog Haus Biergarten. This Pasadena eatery serves exactly what its name suggests: hot dogs and hamburgers with all the fixings, as well as tall, frosty mugs of beer.
The restaurant itself feels hip and modern, thanks to subway tiles on the walls and sculptural bench seating along the windows. Regulars say everything on the menu is tasty, but give special praise to some of the kitchen sides, including crispy golden tater tots and sweet potato fries. Pair yours with a classic chili dog (topped with house-made chili, cheese, and onion) or go for the bacon-wrapped Cowboy Dog topped with barbecue sauce. Prefer plant-based meals? No problem; this place offers vegetarian or vegan versions of most menu items. Insider tip: place your order online and your food will be waiting for you when you arrive.
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Data loss can occur as a result of many different kinds of circumstances that range from accidental deletion of files to security breaches by criminals with malicious intent and natural disasters. This is why it is important to plan a strategy for the recovery of data within an organization in the event of data loss. Planning ahead prevents unscheduled downtimes, as well as having to take cost prohibitive measures to try and recover the data to get the organization up and running again.
Here are some things to consider when assembling an effective data recovery plan.
Consider what the data recovery needs are for the organization and what it would take to continue the business after data loss has occurred. Assessing the needs of the organization is a critical component to designing a data recovery plan that is appropriate.
Create an assessment of the possible risks of losing data and how critical the data is at certain levels of your organization. Based on this information, develop a multi- level strategy that ensures all levels of your data infrastructure will be recovered in the event of data loss.
Although there are different backup sites at different levels of cost, assess the data that is critical and then develop a plan that will recover the data within a reasonable amount of time. For example, tape backup recovery can take significantly longer than online data backup. The best way to determine an appropriate plan is to decide how much downtime the organization can afford before the impact of data loss hinders business operations.
In addition to data backup and recovery you also have to consider a plan for recovering the network infrastructure in the event of a disaster. The network is just as vital to business operations as the data infrastructure.
For network recovery you may want to consider hosting your network with a service provider. By hosting your network with a service provider, you will have a solution for recovery that is designed and managed by the service provider which will make the network accessible even if the network fails onsite.
Understanding the risks that can cause data loss will help you to better understand how to assemble a data recovery plan that addresses the risks associated with data loss. The risks should be weighed against the individual needs of the organization to design a plan of action that is well suited to the operations of the company.


The Southall based Victory Youth Group (VYG) and members of Heston's Big Local Youth Action Team joined forces recently to effect a big clean up in the streets around Cranford Community College. In all, 27 youngsters aged from nine to 27 took part, with parents accompanying the little ones. The result was deemed a big success.
Next, the volunteers were taught the basic rules for their shared community street clean up and how to behave as a group, to ensure that the work would be enjoyable and everyone would be safe and well protected.
Wearing high vis jackets and yellow t-shirts, the youths then hit the streets, armed with water and hats, because the day was hot and sunny, and carrying the necessary equipment for the job, which Hounslow council provided. While the work was going on, some local residents expressed their appreciation of the effort being made, and a few drivers even stopped to ask about the activity.
Over a 'thank you' lunch back in Cranford Community College the youngsters received Community Champion Certificates from the organisers – Nancy Sidibe of the Southall UCKG HelpCentre, where the VYG is based and Taz Virdee from Big Local Youth Action.
Taz Virdee said: "I was amazed to see we had 27 volunteers supporting us… It was wonderful." "…the younger generation was leading the way to a better community, added Nancy Sidibe.
The Big Local Youth Action Team actively participates in the work of the Heston West Community Partnership, engage with public decision making and inspire other young people while developing team work and communication skills. Youth Action Team members are aged 11 – 19yrs, and receive guidance and training while participating in projects that benefit the local community.


Why should you become a New Media Lawyer?
Remember those Law and Order court scenes? I am sure many of you were inspired to be a lawyer just from watching those cleverly orchestrated closing statements.
Law is a very broad school of learning and if you choose to specialise in it, this is often a very difficult decision to make, as there are so many specialisations to choose from. Let us run through some of the types of law just to prove how broad legal studies can be. You could pursue Environmental law if ecological issues are close to your heart.With the rising divorce rate and need to secure child custody battles it is evident there is a need for Family Law experts.For the litigators that like to argue their case in an effort to remedy an injustice or to enforce a legal right then Litigation Law is the answer. What about the most familiar type of law, the reason Law and Order was so popular in the first place, the practice of Criminal Law.
With Social Media ingrained in every part of our lives there is a new side to law. Yes, you guessed it! Aspiring lawyers are now investing their time into the field of New Media Law. There are not many experts playing in this space at this stage, as it is a new and relatively untouched area of law. There are however many debates happening online when it comes to aspects of New Media law such as: privacy issues, content licences and defamation of character on social platforms.
Job Mail decided to ask a local New Media Lawyer on why he would encourage law students to train in New Media Law. This local expert is Paul Jacobson. Paul is a Web and Digital Media Lawyer from Jacobson Attorneys. He focuses on the intersect between the social Web and he has a firm grasp of social media platforms. He is particularly interested in open content licenses, privacy and protection of personal information, reputation management and freedom of expression on the Web.
(1) Paul, what made you go into New Media Law?
The single biggest incentive for me was my passion for social media. I was one of the founders of a blog called chilibean which was, in its day, a relatively well known blog about social media in South Africa (at least, it was well known in the local blogger community). My partner in chilibean, VictoireOlwagen, and I eventually decided to retire the blog and that left me with a burning desire to combine my passion for social media with my legal practice. The result was a "new media" law focus area. The idea was that "new media" is whatever the emerging technology or trends are.
(2) Why would you advice young lawyers to invest in New Media Law?
Whatever you focus on or decide to specialise in, make sure you are passionate about it. The legal profession is tough and demanding, particularly in the early years, and the one thing that can get you through the tough times is your passion for the work you are doing.
(3) Do you think modern law shows like The Good Wife accurately depict new age legal issues? Let me give you an example: In one of the episodes, a fan of the one political party independently starts his own You Tube campaign on behalf of his favoured political leader. This campaign gets more You Tube views than the official rally campaigns. The politicians' legal adviser visits the fan and kindly asks him to stop making the videos. The overzealous fan does as he is asked. He was touched that the politician had viewed his videos in the first place.
I'm not sure TV shows always accurately reflect real-life experiences but they do tend to touch on current trends, including emerging legal trends. I certainly wouldn't use a TV show to decide what to do with my life. Your real-life experiences will almost certainly vary and will generally not be nearly as glamorous.
(4) Social media and politics are often intertwined. A good example is the recent London Riots and notorious Egypt social media revolution. Do you see politicians possibly hiring New Media legal experts in the foreseeable future to advise themin executing social campaigns and resolving social media revolutions in their climates?
I certainly hope so. It alarms me that politicians are trying to regulate issues they have very little understanding of. What people don't realise is that the social Web exists within a very different paradigm. Solutions are often counter-intuitive and you really have to understand the social Web and this social media mindset to be able to function effectively in the space. Politicians frequently don't have that understanding and do more harm than good.
Nothing aside from reiterating that aspiring lawyers should do the work that inspires them and that they are passionate about.
Job Mail would like to extend its thanks to Paul Jacobson for sharing his insights into the field of New Media Law. Paul Jacobson is not only a local innovator but a legal genius and I am sure you all agree that his expertise and guidance will assist you in taking New Media Law to the next level.
Job Mail wishes you all the best with your job applications and if you have recently completed your law degree and are looking for a job remember to check out our Legal Industry category using your PC and once you have registered to Job Mail you can also apply for jobs using our mobile site.
Keep a look out for more local expert interviews on the Job Mail Blogand let the knowledge of SA specialists empower you.
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Norway's Yara and Chicago-based CF Industries are in talks about a merger of equals that would create a $27.5 billion global fertilizer producer to rival world No.1 Potash Corp in an oversupplied and fragmented market.The deal would give Yara, the world's biggest nitrate fertiliser maker, major production units in the United States, where costs are lower due to cheap gas. CF Industries would gain a global footprint through Yara's presence in 150 countries with production assets and a well established distribution network.The two firms' combined market capitalisation of $27.5 billion would put it almost on par with Canada's Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, the world' largest fertilizer firm worth $28.9 billion.The firms said in separate filings that the talks were at an early stage, and there were no assurances that these would result in any transaction.
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS) is an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company. Shares of POT traded higher by 0.1% or $0.035/share to $34.92. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $29.95 and as high as $38.58. On average, 3721310 shares of POT exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1679170.


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"Brea is a force. Her movement is incredible and her ability to take direction is impeccable, a dream to work with. Haven't seen a young dancer with this much drive and determination in my career"
– Liz Tookey
Born and raised in the Greater Vancouver area, Brea fell in love with the arts as soon as she put her first pair of ballet slippers on at the age of 3! Since then, she has expanded her repertoire of dance to include ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, tap, and musical theatre, working with many sought after choreographers in the industry both one-on-one and in group settings. Brea is known to be a self-driven, passionate, and professional young artist who has been described by her mentors as a choreographer's dream muse.
Brea's performance ability and stage presence enthrals audience members and commands accolades both nationally and internationally. Brea has won many top awards in both conventions and competitions throughout the US and Canada, as well as in Poland as part of Team Canada Dance. Her focus, drive, and positive attitude have resulted in the honour of being accepted into prestigious programs such as the Juilliard School's summer dance intensive and a personal invitation from Stacey Tookey to attend Camp Protégé. Brea is grateful for all the opportunities she has received to further her education and growth as an artist.
In addition to her dance background, she has built on-camera experience being a part of campaigns for Lululemon and modelling for their youth branch Ivivva. Most recently, Brea made her TV debut in Netflix's series "The Babysitter's Club" Season 2. Brea's love for the arts grows each and every day and she looks forward to seeing where her journey takes her next!