Dr. Stephen P. Kerr, former principal trumpet player at Liberty University, has been a band director for 31 years and is in his 26th year at Liberty University. He received his B.S. degree in music education from Liberty University in 1982, and holds an M.E. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Kerr holds the PhD in Music Education with a minor in research from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He serves as Chair of the Department of University Bands, supervising all band ensembles, Director of the "Spirit of the Mountain" Marching Band, Director of the Wind Symphony, and teaches Instrumental Conducting, Marching Band Techniques, and applied trumpet. He has studied with principal trumpet for the Roanoke Symphony, Alan Bachelder, and Dr. Edward Bach, trumpet instructor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Kerr studied conducting with Dr. James Glazebrook at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Dr. John Locke at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He performs periodically in the Lynchburg area, and periodically serves as a band clinician and adjudicator in the mid-Atlantic region. Dr. Kerr is an active member of the College Band Directors National Association, The National Band Association, The Conductors Guild, The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the National Association for Music Education, and the Big South Conference Band Directors Association. The Liberty University Wind Symphony has demonstrated acclaimed performance levels, including performing at the 2008 and 2012 College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Conferences, by peer-reviewed invitation. The Wind Symphony enjoys an extended tour during the spring semester every year, performing at schools, churches and community events, including fun venues such as Miami's Bayside and Disney World. The Liberty University Marching Band performs regularly in the new Williams Stadium, travels to exciting venues, and serves as a host for their own Marching Band Competition each fall semester.
Alyssa Hurley is originally from Whippany, New Jersey. She has served as the Assistant Director for the Liberty University Marching Band since January of 2018. Alyssa graduated from Liberty University in May of 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design and a minor in Photography. She is a veteran mellophone player, having marched with The Spirit of the Mountain from 2013-2016. Prior to her involvement with Liberty University Bands, Alyssa played the flute for 8 years and marched with The Pride of Hanover Township, her high school marching band, as a member of the flute section for 3 years before joining the mellophone section during her senior year of high school. Alyssa continued to play the mellophone for all four years of her college career and was section leader during her senior year. After having graduated from Liberty, Alyssa returned to The Spirit of the Mountain for the 2017 season as the Woodwind Technician. Outside of Marching Band, she participated in the University Band playing the horn in the ensemble's debut semester (spring 2014), the flute in the fall of 2015, and returning again to the horn in the spring of 2016 and spring of 2017.
Outside of the music world, Alyssa is a professional wedding photographer and she owns her own wedding photography business, Blyss with Lyss, which she still operates while holding her position as Assistant Director. She and her brother, a Liberty student on the drumline, enjoy working together as the media team at weddings all over the east coast. Her sister is also a member of the marching band in the piccolo section. Along with her family, Alyssa enjoys spending time in the Adirondack Mountains in New York.
Tyler Loftin, hailing from Beaufort, NC, is entering his eighth year back at LU, now as Assistant Director of Athletic Bands and Drumline. Tyler has also directed the LU Indoor Drumline since its founding in 2012. In April 2014, the LU Indoor Drumline placed 3rd in Percussion Independent A Class, and in 2013 placed 8th at WGI World Championships in Dayton, OH. In addition to his position at LU, Tyler has also been the Percussion Coordinator for the Jefferson Forest Band Program. His responsibilities included teaching 6-12 grade percussion classes and arranging battery music for the Cavaliers Marching Band. Tyler also composes original music and visual design each winter for the JF Indoor Percussion Ensemble.
In 2004, Tyler moved to Lynchburg to attend LU as a student of music education. He studied percussion with Dr. Kevin Super, and held leadership roles as Principal Percussionist, Drum Captain and Officer during his time at LU. Tyler graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor's degree in Music Education and Virginia K-12 Teacher Licensure. Tyler moved to Columbia, SC, in 2009 to pursue a Master's degree in Percussion Performance from the University of South Carolina. He studied privately with Dr. Scott Herring, Professor of Percussion at USC. While at USC Tyler performed with many of the state's finest musical ensembles including the USC Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble, and Palmetto Pans Steel Band.
Tyler's recent performing experiences include his performance of Eric Ewazen's Marimba Concerto with the LU Wind Symphony in April 2012, and also with the USC Symphony Orchestra in March 2011. Tyler also participated in the Collegiate Keyboard Competition at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention 2009 in Indianapolis, IN, and in addition, premiered a piece for solo marimba by composer Richard Power at the 2010 Society of Composer' Inc. National Conference, which was hosted by USC.
Bryanna Boyd is the Color Guard Instructor for the Spirit of the Mountain Marching Band. Bryanna has been involved in competitive Color Guard and Winter Guard since 2004. She was a member of Wallace Middle School Winter Guard in Bristol, Virginia from 2004-2005, John S. Battle High School Color Guard in Bristol, Virginia from 2005-2009 (served as a squad leader in 2007 and as captain in 2008 and 2009) and the "Spirit of the Mountain" Color Guard from 2010-2011. She has been the Color Guard Instructor of Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Virginia from 2010-2013 and Patrick Henry High School Color Guard in Glade Spring, Virginia from 2011-2013. As an oboist, she was a member of Wallace Middle School Symphonic Band from 2003-2006, John S. Battle High School Wind Ensemble from 2006-2010 and the Liberty University Wind Symphony 2011-2012. She also served as the Secretary/ Treasurer of the "Spirit of the Mountain" Marching Band and Wind Symphony from 2011-2012. Bryanna graduated from Liberty University in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in English with a teacher licensure, and she graduated with her Master's degree in English Education in 2016. She is currently teaching English at a local high school.


Use standard formats: ISO 4217 currency format e.g. "USD"; Ticker symbol for cryptocurrencies e.g. "BTC"; well known names for Local Exchange Tradings Systems (LETS) and other currency types e.g. "Ithaca HOUR".
Text The general opening hours for a business. Opening hours can be specified as a weekly time range, starting with days, then times per day. Multiple days can be listed with commas ',' separating each day. Day or time ranges are specified using a hyphen '-'.
Days are specified using the following two-letter combinations: Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa, Su.
Times are specified using 24:00 time. For example, 3pm is specified as 15:00.
Here is an example: <time itemprop="openingHours" datetime="Tu,Th 16:00-20:00">Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-8pm</time>.
If a business is open 7 days a week, then it can be specified as <time itemprop="openingHours" datetime="Mo-Su">Monday through Sunday, all day</time>.
Text Cash, Credit Card, Cryptocurrency, Local Exchange Tradings System, etc.
Text The price range of the business, for example $$$.
URL For a NewsMediaOrganization or other news-related Organization, a statement about public engagement activities (for news media, the newsroom's), including involving the public - digitally or otherwise -- in coverage decisions, reporting and activities after publication.
Text Physical address of the item.
AggregateRating The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
Person Alumni of an organization.
Text The geographic area where a service or offered item is provided. Supersedes serviceArea.
Text An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards.
Organization The brand(s) associated with a product or service, or the brand(s) maintained by an organization or business person.
ContactPoint A contact point for a person or organization. Supersedes contactPoints.
URL For an Organization (e.g. NewsMediaOrganization), a statement describing (in news media, the newsroom's) disclosure and correction policy for errors.
Organization A relationship between an organization and a department of that organization, also described as an organization (allowing different urls, logos, opening hours). For example: a store with a pharmacy, or a bakery with a cafe.
Date The date that this organization was dissolved.
URL Statement on diversity policy by an Organization e.g. a NewsMediaOrganization. For a NewsMediaOrganization, a statement describing the newsroom's diversity policy on both staffing and sources, typically providing staffing data.
URL For an Organization (often but not necessarily a NewsMediaOrganization), a report on staffing diversity issues. In a news context this might be for example ASNE or RTDNA (US) reports, or self-reported.
Text The Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number for identifying an organization or business person.
Person Someone working for this organization. Supersedes employees.
URL Statement about ethics policy, e.g. of a NewsMediaOrganization regarding journalistic and publishing practices, or of a Restaurant, a page describing food source policies. In the case of a NewsMediaOrganization, an ethicsPolicy is typically a statement describing the personal, organizational, and corporate standards of behavior expected by the organization.
Event Upcoming or past event associated with this place, organization, or action. Supersedes events.
Person A person who founded this organization. Supersedes founders.
Date The date that this organization was founded.
Place The place where the Organization was founded.
Person A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution.
Text The Global Location Number (GLN, sometimes also referred to as International Location Number or ILN) of the respective organization, person, or place. The GLN is a 13-digit number used to identify parties and physical locations.
OfferCatalog Indicates an OfferCatalog listing for this Organization, Person, or Service.
Place Points-of-Sales operated by the organization or person.
Text The International Standard of Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4 code for a particular organization, business person, or place.
URL Of a Person, and less typically of an Organization, to indicate a topic that is known about - suggesting possible expertise but not implying it. We do not distinguish skill levels here, or yet relate this to educational content, events, objectives or JobPosting descriptions.
Text Of a Person, and less typically of an Organization, to indicate a known language. We do not distinguish skill levels or reading/writing/speaking/signing here. Use language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard.
Text The official name of the organization, e.g. the registered company name.
Text An organization identifier that uniquely identifies a legal entity as defined in ISO 17442.
Text The location of for example where the event is happening, an organization is located, or where an action takes place.
Offer A pointer to products or services offered by the organization or person.
Person A member of an Organization or a ProgramMembership. Organizations can be members of organizations; ProgramMembership is typically for individuals. Supersedes members, musicGroupMember.
ProgramMembership An Organization (or ProgramMembership) to which this Person or Organization belongs.
Text The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for a particular organization or business person.
QuantitativeValue The number of employees in an organization e.g. business.
URL For an Organization (often but not necessarily a NewsMediaOrganization), a description of organizational ownership structure; funding and grants. In a news/media setting, this is with particular reference to editorial independence. Note that the funder is also available and can be used to make basic funder information machine-readable.
Product Products owned by the organization or person.
Organization The larger organization that this organization is a subOrganization of, if any. Supersedes branchOf.
URL The publishingPrinciples property indicates (typically via URL) a document describing the editorial principles of an Organization (or individual e.g. a Person writing a blog) that relate to their activities as a publisher, e.g. ethics or diversity policies. When applied to a CreativeWork (e.g. NewsArticle) the principles are those of the party primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork.
While such policies are most typically expressed in natural language, sometimes related information (e.g. indicating a funder) can be expressed using schema.org terminology.
Review A review of the item. Supersedes reviews.
Demand A pointer to products or services sought by the organization or person (demand).
Text A slogan or motto associated with the item.
Person A person or organization that supports a thing through a pledge, promise, or financial contribution. e.g. a sponsor of a Medical Study or a corporate sponsor of an event.
Organization A relationship between two organizations where the first includes the second, e.g., as a subsidiary. See also: the more specific 'department' property.
Text The Tax / Fiscal ID of the organization or person, e.g. the TIN in the US or the CIF/NIF in Spain.
URL For an Organization (typically a NewsMediaOrganization), a statement about policy on use of unnamed sources and the decision process required.
Text The Value-added Tax ID of the organization or person.
PropertyValue A property-value pair representing an additional characteristics of the entitity, e.g. a product feature or another characteristic for which there is no matching property in schema.org.
Note: Publishers should be aware that applications designed to use specific schema.org properties (e.g. http://schema.org/width, http://schema.org/color, http://schema.org/gtin13, ...) will typically expect such data to be provided using those properties, rather than using the generic property/value mechanism.
LocationFeatureSpecification An amenity feature (e.g. a characteristic or service) of the Accommodation. This generic property does not make a statement about whether the feature is included in an offer for the main accommodation or available at extra costs.
Text A short textual code (also called "store code") that uniquely identifies a place of business. The code is typically assigned by the parentOrganization and used in structured URLs.
For example, in the URL http://www.starbucks.co.uk/store-locator/etc/detail/3047 the code "3047" is a branchCode for a particular branch.
Place The basic containment relation between a place and one that contains it. Supersedes containedIn.
Place The basic containment relation between a place and another that it contains.
GeoShape The geo coordinates of the place.
Place Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a containing geometry to a contained geometry. "a contains b iff no points of b lie in the exterior of a, and at least one point of the interior of b lies in the interior of a". As defined in DE-9IM.
Place Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a geometry to another that covers it. As defined in DE-9IM.
Place Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a covering geometry to a covered geometry. "Every point of b is a point of (the interior or boundary of) a". As defined in DE-9IM.
Place Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a geometry to another that crosses it: "a crosses b: they have some but not all interior points in common, and the dimension of the intersection is less than that of at least one of them". As defined in DE-9IM.
Place Represents spatial relations in which two geometries (or the places they represent) have at least one point in common. As defined in DE-9IM.
Place Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a geometry to another that geospatially overlaps it, i.e. they have some but not all points in common. As defined in DE-9IM.
Place Represents a relationship between two geometries (or the places they represent), relating a geometry to one that contains it, i.e. it is inside (i.e. within) its interior. As defined in DE-9IM.
URL A URL to a map of the place. Supersedes map, maps.
Boolean A flag to signal that the item, event, or place is accessible for free. Supersedes free.
OpeningHoursSpecification The opening hours of a certain place.
Photograph A photograph of this place. Supersedes photos.
Boolean Indicates whether it is allowed to smoke in the place, e.g. in the restaurant, hotel or hotel room.
OpeningHoursSpecification The special opening hours of a certain place.
Use this to explicitly override general opening hours brought in scope by openingHoursSpecification or openingHours.
URL An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
Text An alias for the item.
Text A description of the item.
URL The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
URL An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
URL Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Text The name of the item.
URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
Event A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing..
URL URL of the item.
RentAction A sub property of participant. The real estate agent involved in the action.


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Did you turn on your radio this morning and feel like you were in the Twilight Zone, as some syndicated knucklehead was blabbing away... as if he had always been on that station.. as if he had always been in that time slot... as if nothing was wrong? Was your daily source of news and information, along with witty banter, replaced with "light hits from the 80's and 90's"?
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 6.5 midfielders: a crowded house | Who Got The Assist?
The 6.5 midfielder category is extremely crowded this year, causing a veritable headache for many FPL managers. Certainly, there could be more twists to come in terms of transfers, but at this point we already have a plethora of options to weigh up.
Players being downgraded from higher price brackets. This is most apparent in the case of Pedro, who ended last season at 7.7 – a drop of 1.2m!
New players to the league. Surprisingly, Ryan Sessegnon of Fulham and Wolves' Diogo Jota entered the game in the 6.5 category. Last season, 6.0 was the limit for the promoted midfielders, with Tom Ince, Anthony Knockaert and Matt Ritchie getting the price tag. FPL surprised us by charging more for these unproven assets.
As a result of these factors, there are many 6.5s to consider. They occupy an important place in your squad in terms of likely being the 3rd or 4th midfielder in your squad to accompany two or three premium midfielders: think including the aforementioned Richarlison alongside Mo Salah (13.0m) and Leroy Sane (9.5).
We've combined our prospecting the prospects data with a stats-driven analysis of the 6.5s to examine some key candidates in the category.
We looked at some of these individuals in terms of points per game (PPG) last season, then we looked at each in detail.
N.b. we haven't assessed every 6.5 mid for this – it's a selected group based on both ownership at the time of writing and also what we think might be players of interest at the start of the season to FPL managers.
Here's their PPG rendered into a lovely infog by designer Matt.
The Portuguese attacker can be fielded in the no. 10 role, the false 9 and cutting in from the left flank. Jota was Wolves' top scorer last season and, as we noted in our Prospecting the Prospects article on the player, he took more than enough shots proportionate to his 17 goals. He took 2.7 shots per game and boasted a 55% shot accuracy, He shares a profile with the likes of Richarlison and Sadio Mane in terms of the kind of player he is. Many are tipping the maturing talent to deliver in the Premier League (and subsequently FPL) this campaign.
The young Englishman's stats were notable for the predatory instinct he possesses. He takes shots when he thinks he can score, rather than relying on potshots. In comparison to other wingers (e.g. Brighton's new signing Alireza Jahanbakhsh (7.0), 2.3 shots out of box v 1.9 shots in box per game), an astonishing 91% of his shots were in the box. This is a winger who cuts inside and has a go, and does it with a honed level of accuracy as well – he recorded an average 62% shot accuracy. That's 1% more than Mo Salah.
La Masia graduate Pedro is seemingly locked in an eternal tussle with Willian (7.5) for the flank opposite Eden Hazard (10.5). Last season, Pedro managed an attempt every 27 minutes, and created a chance nearly every hour on the field (59 mins). If he's able to establish himself in new manager Maurizio Sarri's thoughts, the 1.2m reduction from last season's finishing price of 7.7m could be proven an overly harsh decision by FPL Towers. With Huddersfield first up and only Arsenal of last season's top six in their first six Gameweeks, if Pedro is nailed the Spaniard could well win our vote.
The same could be true about his compatriot, arch-assister Cesc Fabregas, who didn't quite make it into the infographic. The Catalan lockpicker was again in the top 4 for chances created last season but much depends how the new Chelsea manager sets up.
Theo is strongly divisive as a pick in some people's eyes, yet it should be noted he's registered an average of 5.4 ppg over the last 3 seasons. New team-mate Richarlison averaged ~6.0 ppg early under Marco Silva, so the hope is the Englishman can be the breakout star in this price category. Walcott, lest we forget, in 2016/17 was doing so well that the FPL Show advised us to sell Sanchez for Hazard because of the cover he was giving. Could prove good value for 6.5 with the Toffees having a kind early schedule.
Maddison had the set-piece monopoly at Norwich and, in light of Riyad Mahrez (9.0) departing to champions Manchester City, could assume this role at Leicester. The English prospect created 2.86 chances per game last season, underlining how the Foxes must hope that he hits the ground running as their tricky Algerian's replacement. Maddison also took 2.64 shots per game last season with varying accuracy, winding up with a 43% shot accuracy. He's perhaps one to watch and wait to see how he beds in, but a run of fixtures between Gameweeks 5-15 wherein Leicester only play one top six team (Arsenal) may well see him come into our thinking.
Much like his compatriot Pedro, "Johnny Death" sees a price downgrade – but it's only by 0.5. Despite a low ownership currently, we've included Mata as Jose Mourinho said in preseason that he, Anthony Martial (7.5) and Alexis Sanchez (10.5) would start the season in his front three. Subsequent apparent fallout with Martial has meant Mata is the cheapest way in to the United attack potentially for Gameweeks 1 and 2 (Leicester and Brighton). Last season, the Spaniard created a chance every 38 minutes, and boasted more penalty box touches than Kevin de Bruyne – reflecting a more advanced role for the former Chelsea man. An early punt on him, moving swiftly off to another option here if it doesn't work, seems a sound strategy.
The Serb's 10 goals last season made a mockery of his 5.0 initial price tag. This saw him finish 15th for midfielders last season, which is the highest finish of any 4.5 in history based on data I could find. That's monumental. 70% of his goals came from penalties; without these extra 35 points, he wouldn't have finished anywhere near as high. It comes down to if you believe "Milly" can do it again this season – I think the 2.0m price hike to 6.5 for a player you're hoping takes pens isn't value for money. But if you do get in on him and continue to get lucky, then fair play.
Everton's new boss Marco Silva spent £50m to bring in Richarlison from Watford, having initially signed the winger for the Hornets from Brazilian outfit Fluminese. Between Gameweeks 3-8 last season, he took a shot every 30 minutes, a level of threat we hope to witness again now he's reunited with "father figure" Silva. However, he still has a lot to learn and, much like Sadio Mane, is a noted "bonus-phobe". Just 4 bonus accrued last season is testament to that, as is the unsurprising (for those who owned) stat I mentioned on our most recent pod that he had the most shots off target of any midfielder last season. One who is certainly nailed and could play well – he earnt ~6.0 ppg under Marco Silva early last season – but may also frustrate given his allergy to attaining bonus.
Erik Lamela may assume a berth in Spurs' attack in the absence (after Gameweek 2) of Son Heung Min. The Argentinian scored 123 points (5 goals 9 assists) in his best season of 2015/16.
Mohamed Elyounoussi arrives at Southampton with a decent record in the Swiss League with Basel. The Norwegian scored 11 goals and laid on 15 assists in the Super League last season and has drawn comparisons to the play style of Sadio Mane.
It's certainly a tough bracket. You have some (kind of) proven assets like Pedro and Walcott versus punts such as Sess and Jota.
In this case, I'd be tempted to "play it safe" early on with this category. This doesn't necessarily mean buying Milivojevic because 12% own him, however. It does mean, though, keeping an eye on midfielders who are "trending" and may be where we all settle early doors.
At this level, you want a steady points stream from an asset you've invested a middling tier in to return you points. Starting "with the pack" might not be too terrible an option here, with the beauty of the abundant options in the category meaning you can readily switch from one to the other is a spark of form is shown (as long as you're quick).
Personally, I'll be watching Pedro closely in pre season, with his 6.5 valuation potentially being great value for money if he comes into favour under Sarri: the Community Shield should show us more here. If not, the likes of Jota and Richarlison certainly draw the eye.
The trick is getting a relatively highly owned option and hoping they perform from the outset safe in the knowledge that, because the category is a crowded house, there's always another option if your choice fails to deliver.
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Ivan Rowland Porter (8 September 1918 – 31 October 1990) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Porter's football career was interrupted by his service in the Australian Army during World War II.

Notes

External links

Ivan Porter's playing statistics from The VFA Project

1918 births
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club players
Prahran Football Club players
1990 deaths
People from Armadale, Victoria
Australian Army personnel of World War II
Military personnel from Melbourne

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In this video, I'm actually talking about Google Ads!
Google (somewhat) recently introduced a new campaign style called Performance Max. It's a cool setup that allows you to run Google Ads, YouTube Ads, Display Ads, Gmail Ads, and Discovery Ads all within the same campaign!
I've had the fortune to test this campaign with one of my clients, and this video goes over what I think!
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Q: Injecting DbContext in constructor of Web api 2 controller I am creating a small proof of concept asp.net web api 2 service with entity framework code first. The controller's constructor looks like
public AccountController: ApiController
{
    private readonly DbContext context;
    public AccountController(DbContext _context){
        context = _context;
    }
    public AccountController(){context = new ApplicationContext();}
}

I need to unit test my controllers. How can I mock the DbContext class. Is there a simple way of doing this? I want to avoid all that repository pattern with lot of interfaces. Because it will be a way overkill for this prototype.

A: Its usually something like this if you use Nunit and Moq.
    [TestFixture]
    public class AccountControllerTest
    {
      private Mock<DbContext> mockContext;

      private AccountController sut;

      [SetUp]
      public void TestSetup()
      {
        mockContext = new Mock<DbContext>();
        var account = new Account() { Id = 123, Name = "Test Account" };
        mockContext.SetUp(x => x.GetAccountOnContext()).Returns(account);
        sut = new Controller(mockContext.Object) { Request = new HttpRequestMessage() };
        sut.Request.Properties.Add(HttpPropertyKeys.HttpConfigurationKey, new HttpConfiguration());
      }

      [Test]
      public void ControllerMethod_GetLogin_Test()
      {
        // assuming GetLogin calls GetAccount on DbContext()

        var response = sut.GetLogin(someAccount);
        Assert.AreEqual(HttpStatusCode.OK, response.StatusCode);
        mockContext.Verify();
      }
   }

You basically want to mock out your external dependencies and test just what the SUT (System Under Test) is supposed to do. I would also strongly encourage to look at Fakes instead of mocks. In general fakes result in less brittle tests.
So in this case, you could have a FakeDbContext() that you can pass to the tests. The FakeDbContext() will behave more like the actual DbContext() but will do all those operations in-memory, so that your tests don't have a dependency with a real database.
Depending on the database you use, you can also look at starting an embedded version of the real database as a part of your tests. Just have to make sure to do the necessary stopping and clean up of the test database records after the test run is complete in the TearDown() method.

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Crystal mercurous chloride powder sublimed from mercury, alum (or chalcanthitum) and salt.
Mainly in Hubei, Hunan and Shanxi provinces of China.
Without bad smell, light taste, gradually become dark colour in light.
Large pieces, light weight, white with luster and slightly shattered.
Protected from light, ground into fine powder.
Pungent, cold; toxic; large intestine and small intestine meridians entered.
Counteract toxic pathogen and kill parasites and relieve itching, astringe dampness and heal wound for external application, expel retained water and relaxing the bowels for internal application.
This herb has strong actions of counteracting toxic pathogen and killing parasites to relieve itching, astringing dampness and healing wound, so it is especially good at treating pruritus diseases and wet inflammatory dermatosis with discharge for external application. For ulceration of sores and ulcers, it is often combined with blood-activating and tissue-regeneration-promoting herbs to obtain the actions of activating blood, removing putridity, healing wound and promoting tissue regeneration. For instance, it is combined with Dang Gui, Xue Jie and Zi Cao, etc. in Sheng Ji Yu Hong Gao from Wai Ke Zheng Zong. For impetigo, itching of eczema, it is often combined with other dampness-astringing herbs to reinforce the actions of astringing dampness and healing wound and relieving itching. For tinea due to dampness, scabies, it is often combined with parasites-killing and ringworm-curing herbs to obtain the action of killing parasites, curing ringworm and relieving itching.
This herb can relax the bowels and expel retained water to alleviate edema for internal application. For excess syndrome of edema and constipation, it's usually combined with drastic hydragogues to reinforce the action of expelling retained water to alleviate edema. For example, it is combined with Da Huang, Gan Sui and Jing Da Ji, etc. in Zhou Che Wan from Dan Xi Xin Fa.
Take proper dose for external application. Ground into powder for mixing and spreading or used powder directly. It can be made into plaster for external application. Take 0.1~0.2 g per time for internal application in pills or powder.
Being toxic (It can induce hydrargyrism), it should be used with cautions for internal application, and gargled after administration. It is contraindicated for weak people and pregnant women. For external application, it should never be overdosed or for persistent use.


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He was addressing a Swapo star rally at Ongwediva in the Oshana Region over the weekend.
"It is because of the Western powers and those colonialists that oppositions are formed in our countries in the African continent and elsewhere in the world," he said.
According to Nujoma, the United States and Britain imposed suctions against Zimbabwe because the Zimbabwean people demanded their land from white minorities who occupied a high percentage of good land in Zimbabwe.
"How could one impose sanctions against people who are demanding their own land and it was made that those who have too much land or many farms should give some to the government so that the landless black people could be resettled there?" Nujoma asked.
"The whites have been on our necks and colonised us for a long time, they crossed with our people through the Atlantic Ocean and made us slaves in their countries. 'Omushiningwa iha dhimbwa, ashike omushiningi oye owala ha dhimbwa'. (The victim will not forget, but the wrongdoer will forget easily.) The whites must be careful, if they play with us we will thoroughly deal with them," a fired Nujoma stated.
"How do we turn our children into guns and bullets, we can only do that if we teach them computers, Mathematics and science subjects at a very tender age. Let's do that right now while they are in kindergarten," he said. "Only if children understand computers, Mathematics and science subjects, then we in Namibia, SADC region and the entire African continent can talk about standing on our own feet.
He said imperialist countries are now poor because they finished all their natural resources. Because they have all knowledge and skills, they come to African and Asian countries to tap the natural resources and take them to their countries for their own benefit.
Nujoma compared the white minorities with a black mamba (snake), which even if you keep it in a room, it will bite you one day if you step on it.
"Whites are dangerous, just like a black mamba, if they oust Mugabe, they will oust another president in the African continent," he said.
The Swapo rally took place at Ongwediva Mayor's Park on Saturday.


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Largely because of his poetic reference to the 'autumnal leaves that strow the brooks, in Vallombrosa' in Paradise Lost, John Milton is supposed to have visited the monastery and, according to a plaque erected during the Fascist era, actually stayed there. Though this is unlikely, the notion that he did so encouraged many later travelers to visit the place, including William Beckford, J.R. Cozens, William Wordsworth, Crabb Robinson, Frances Trollope, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Friederich Nietzsche. The Anglo-Italian monk, Enrico Hugford, became Abbot of Vallombrosa in 1743 and fellow Catholic, John Talman, seems to have visited even earlier. Derek Walcott also mentions Vallombrosa in chapter 33 section 2 of his Omeros. Derek Walcott has allusions to several historical moments and other literary works throughout the Omeros, and Shmoop suggests that this reference was inspired by John Milton. Partly thanks to the influence of the pioneering American ecologist and author of the 1864 Man and Nature, George Perkins Marsh, the Istituto Superiore Forestale Nazionale was founded in the secularized monastery in 1867.
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A Belarusian language guide has a special role to play, authored by Nigel Roberts
Belarus is often mentioned as being attractive to international tourism, with almost 40 percent of Russians viewing our country as the best holiday destination and Western magazines and specialised editions paying ever more attention to our tourist infrastructure. A Belarusian language guide (now in its third edition) has a special role to play, authored by Nigel Roberts.
Nigel, tell us about yourself and your guide to Belarus, which is proving a great success in English-language Europe…
I worked as a lawyer in England for 30 years and am now travelling and writing my impressions. I first visited Belarus in November 2001 and, after three short trips, I wondered why no guides existed in Europe. I decided to become the first to compile one, and the first edition was ready in 2008: 405 copies sold. In 2011, the second edition was released, with the same circulation, and also sold successfully. Not long ago, the third edition was published and is now the primary guide to Belarus in the English language. I hope my book will become a window through which foreigners may view your country. You really have sights worth visiting.
Nigel, there is another guide to Belarus published in the EU, compiled by Michel Renaud: a French journalist and founder of Association Il Faut Aller Voir (France's Association of Travellers). Belarus is explored alongside Russia and Ukraine. Your guide differs in being fully devoted to Belarus. Can you tell us the reason?
I wanted to present Belarus as a unique country. When I came here for the first time, I was reminded of the USSR, which I visited in the early 1990s. However, I soon realised that Belarus has its own zest: much can be seen here which exists nowhere else — including Russia. No doubt, such a country deserves its own guide. Belarus is changing and I'm getting to know it better over time. Its tourist infrastructure has also improved.
There are other indications that foreigners are demonstrating increasing interest in Belarus. Not long ago, British Business Insider compared Belarusian restaurants and cafes favourably with Italian. Do you agree?
Partially: many Belarusian cafes and restaurants worthily rival those in Europe. Of course, some lag behind, as happens everywhere — including in Paris, London and Berlin. However, I should stress that the standard in Belarus is high.
What should be done, in your opinion, to enhance Belarus' attractiveness to foreigners?
From my own experience, it's necessary to provide open and accessible information to the rest of the world: literature devoted to the country, facts on museums and historical sights, and all sorts of brochures. You do have some but more are needed. Much information can be found online but you should look at how IT has promoted tourist infrastructure for other countries, learning from their example.
The High-Tech Park in Belarus is home to companies developing technological solutions to spheres of public life: Minsk's public transport system is now completely automated, offering passengers detailed information on routes and transport schedules. Do you think we need a similar high-tech system for tourist infrastructure?
That's a great idea. Modern tourists always want access to the latest information. Walking along the street, they use their phone to locate what's available nearby and the opening hours. My book offers general information on these places; found on Google and my publisher's site. However, we often need more information and IT is a great help.
Mr. Renaud, whom I knew well, loved to say that he appreciated the 'spirit of the country' today more than cold stones of historical buildings. This can be felt not only in Minsk but in remote Belarusian districts. In recent times, our Government has focused on developing agro-tourism. Do you see good prospects in this field?
Definitely. I love Minsk but like Gomel Region even more. After a five-hour train ride to the region, I felt that I'd arrived in the heart of the country. In improving tourist infrastructure, you need to be careful not to lose your unique atmosphere. Vetka, near Gomel, is an ordinary provincial town but has a world-class museum, with a rich collection of icons, old books and rushniks. Many interesting things can be found beyond large cities and I hope my guide will help tourists in this respect. Meanwhile, monuments also play their role. The cover of my recent edition features Brest Fortress: perfectly symbolising the spirit of the Belarusian nation.
One of the High-Tech Park's tasks is to promote Belarus as a country with advanced technologies, moving along a path of knowledge development. Our achievements in this field have been recognised by many high-tech companies. Do you think others beyond business circles may believe this image?
Belarus does some things better than elsewhere globally — including the European Union. It's vital to spread the word with wise media coverage. This can greatly influence how you are treated. With this in mind, I'm happy to hear that high technologies are successfully developing in your country. I'm convinced that your achievements will be recognised.
You are among those who reveal the real image of our country. As your guide is now in its third edition, we can assume it's popular in the UK. Are prospects for closer co-operation opening up between our country and the EU?
I'm convinced that this is the case. One of the aspects really enhancing Belarus' reputation in the West is the role played by your country in aiming to reach a peaceful settlement for the Ukrainian situation. Having provided Minsk as a venue for talks between participants of the conflict and the region's leaders, your President topped world politics. Such recognition of the leadership's significance benefits the country. It's now vital to build upon this success, allowing foreign investors to participate in joint projects and jointly develop promising avenues for mutual benefit.
We may need to publish business guides…
This would be beneficial, especially if available online.
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package com.awplab.core.mongodb.log.command;

import com.awplab.core.common.TemporaryFile;
import com.awplab.core.mongodb.log.Log;
import com.awplab.core.mongodb.log.LogFile;
import com.awplab.core.mongodb.log.MDCAutoClosable;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
import org.apache.karaf.shell.api.action.Action;
import org.apache.karaf.shell.api.action.Argument;
import org.apache.karaf.shell.api.action.Command;
import org.apache.karaf.shell.api.action.Option;
import org.apache.karaf.shell.api.action.lifecycle.Service;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Created by andyphillips404 on 2/25/15.
 */
@Command(scope = "mongo-log", name="add-log-entry")
@Service
public class AddLogEntryCommand implements Action {

    Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AddLogEntryCommand.class);

    @Argument(index = 0, name = "level", description = "level", required = true)
    private String level;

    @Argument(index = 1, name = "entry", description = "log entry", required = true)
    private String logEntry;

    @Option(name = "-d", description = "name of database")
    private String database;

    @Option(name = "-c", description = "name of collection")
    private String collection;

    @Option(name = "-g", description = "name of GridFS collection")
    private String gridFSCollection;

    @Option(name = "--throwable", description = "throws a runtime exception with this message")
    private String throwableMessage;

    @Option(name = "--attach-file-url", description = "attaches a file downloaded form this url")
    private String attachFileUrl;

    @Override
    public Object execute() throws Exception {

        final MDCAutoClosable logClosable = new MDCAutoClosable();
        if (database != null) logClosable.with(Log.MDC_KEY_DATABASE, database);
        if (collection != null) logClosable.with(Log.MDC_KEY_COLLECTION, collection);
        if (gridFSCollection != null) logClosable.with(Log.MDC_KEY_GRIDFS_COLLECTION, gridFSCollection);

        try {
            if (attachFileUrl != null) {
                TemporaryFile temporaryFile = TemporaryFile.randomFile("-" + FilenameUtils.getName(attachFileUrl));
                FileUtils.copyURLToFile(new URL(attachFileUrl), temporaryFile);
                logClosable.with("downloaded-file", new LogFile(temporaryFile));
            }

            if (level.equalsIgnoreCase("warn")) logger.warn(logEntry, throwableMessage != null ? new RuntimeException(throwableMessage) : null);
            if (level.equalsIgnoreCase("info")) logger.info(logEntry, throwableMessage != null ? new RuntimeException(throwableMessage) : null);
            if (level.equalsIgnoreCase("error")) logger.error(logEntry, throwableMessage != null ? new RuntimeException(throwableMessage) : null);
            if (level.equalsIgnoreCase("debug")) logger.debug(logEntry, throwableMessage != null ? new RuntimeException(throwableMessage) : null);
        }
        finally {
            logClosable.close();
        }

        return null;
    }

}

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The premise of the competition is simple - players will need to try and finish Cizzorz's new Deathrun 3.0 course as fast as they can and submit their fastest completion time along with video proof.
The top five players in terms of fastest completion time will receive a share of the $10,000 prize pool, with the first place prize set at a whopping $5,000.
The competition was officially announced and kicked off on February 25 and will be open until March 10, which means players have less than two days to try and submit their best completion time.
A video of Cizzorz reacting to the current world record can be seen below.
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Q: How to return multiple types from a function? I'm using actix_web for my handlers and I've stumbled across a problem.
I'd like to return a web::Json with 1 out of 2 types depending on the parameters.
I have something like this which doesn't compile because impl can only be one type
#[derive(Deserialize)]
pub struct TerraformFieldParams {
    field: String,
}

#[derive(Serialize)]
struct TerraformFieldResponse {
    fieldName: String,
    fieldId: String,
    dataType: String,
    state: String,
}

#[derive(Serialize)]
struct TerraformFieldErrorResponse {
    error: String,
}

pub async fn handler(params: web::Path<TerraformFieldParams>) -> impl actix_web::Responder {
    match &params.field[..] {
        "0000000006549B31" => web::Json(TerraformFieldResponse {
            fieldName: String::from("host"),
            fieldId: String::from("000000123"),
            dataType: String::from("String"),
            state: String::from("Enabled"),
        }),

        _ => web::Json(TerraformFieldErrorResponse {
            err: String::from("error 123"),
        }),
    }
}

How can I do this?


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Show # 262 — Prof. Al Roberts, author of Four Crises of American Democracy — posted
A Tech/Law Talk Show designed to cover modern technology and Internet issues with host Dave Levine.
Show # 253 — Prof. Pam Samuelson on the Authors Alliance — posted
Posted on May 25, 2016 at 8:32 am.
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I'm pleased to post Show # 253, April 29, my interview with Prof. Pam Samuelson of UC Berkeley School of Law and School of Information, on the Authors Alliance. Pam needs little introduction to Hearsay Culture listeners given her position as one of the leading intellectual property law scholars of the last 30 years. In this interview, we focused on Pam's work for the Authors Alliance, founded by Pam in 2014 to promote "authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read." Given the continued pitched battles around the contours of United States copyright law, the timing of our discussion could not have been better. In a candid and broad interview, we discussed the recent Google Book Search fair use decision, the Authors Alliance's relationship with the Authors Guild, and the role for academics in policy debate, among other topics. I was thrilled to have Pam on the show, and look forward to her future return!
https://cis-static.law.stanford.edu/podcasts/20160422-Levine-253-Samuelson.mp3
Hearsay Culture now available in the Tunein app!
Posted on May 22, 2016 at 11:31 am.
I've been reticent to add Hearsay Culture to ad-based content providers (because they place advertisements in and around the show). Nonetheless, in the interest of reaching the widest possible audience under current budget circumstances (did I mention that the Hearsay Culture budget has always been zero dollars, and financed completely out-of-pocket?), Hearsay Culture is now available on Tunein. So, I hope that listeners find this useful (and no, I am not receiving any compensation from Tunein!)
Show # 252 — Prof. Ben Peters on the history of the failed Soviet Internet — posted
Get ready for one of my common (but not yet patented — too abstract?) barrages of new shows over the next few days. That's what weekends are for — catching up on Hearsay Culture postings! So,to quote XTC — appropriately in this insane election cycle and as one bulwark against the ignorance enveloping our political process — let's begin!
I'm pleased to post the first of the Spring 2016 shows, Show #252 from April 22, with Prof. Ben Peters of the University of Tulsa, author of How Not to Network a Nation: The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet.
Ben has written a fascinating, exquisitely written and thoroughly researched and contextualized history of the repeated failures over 30+ years to create a Soviet Internet. Not merely a history, Ben's analysis and writing shines when he places the ebbs and tides of its development in the broader socio-political environment in which a few brave pioneers were operating. That the Soviet Internet never developed reveals far more about the nature of a closed but competitive administrative state than it does about the genius underlying failed efforts. In our interview, we discussed both the intuitive and counter-intuitive modern insights borne from Ben's meticulous writing and research.
Thanks to Hearsay Culture repeat guest Frank Pasquale for affording the opportunity to meet Ben at Yale Law's extraordinary Unlocking the Black Box conference in April, and I hope that all of you enjoy the interview as much as I did!
https://cis-static.law.stanford.edu/podcasts/20160422-Levine-252-Peters.mp3
Show # 251 — Dave King, of The Bad Plus and Rational Funk — posted
Posted on April 10, 2016 at 6:36 pm.
I'm posting this show on a Sunday night, with The Jazztet's Another Git Together (Mercury SR-60737, 1962), playing on my turntable. This is an appropriate background — although, as my guest points out in this interview, music listening should be immersive, not merely serve as a backdrop — for posting Show # 251, March 11, my interview with Dave King, drummer for The Bad Plus and host of Rational Funk. While one could dismiss this interview as my effort to parlay Hearsay Culture into a fan exercise, as I'm a big Bad Plus (and an amateur drummer), Dave's development of the video podcast Rational Funk is the clear Hearsay Culture hook.
Dave is one of the most successful and acclaimed jazz drummers of the past 20 years, but his work creating Rational Funk and the impact of technology on the jazz world was our focus. In this wide-ranging and candid interview, we discussed the paths to success for jazz musicians today, the production, development and impact of Rational Funk, and even some of Dave's personal reflections on the film Whiplash's accuracy. It was a joy to chat with Dave, who took time out of a busy touring schedule to join us on the show, and I hope that you enjoy our discussion!
(a) Rational Funk Ep. 21, Lady Gaga/Laptops, excerpted in the introduction;
(b) My personal favorite Rational Funk episode, episode six, where Dave demonstrates how to use military drumming to full effect as a jazz drummer;
(c) The Dave King Trio, live at the Village Vanguard (my favorite jazz venue in the world), 2013. Thanks so much to NPR for recording and presenting live jazz!
http://cis-static.law.stanford.edu/podcasts/20160306-Levine-251-King.mp3
Show # 250(!) — Sam Brylawski on audio preservation — posted
Posted on April 8, 2016 at 9:31 am.
I'm honored to post Show # 250 (!), March 4, my interview with Sam Brylawski of the Library of Congress' National Sound Preservation Board, co-author of the ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation. Sam is one of the pioneers of audio sound preservation, and one of its foremost experts, having been the President of the Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) and editor of the Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings. Sam's work focusing on preserving our collective sound history is extraordinarily important, as this history is at persistent risk of disappearing through degradation of obsolete sound preservation formats, like wax cylinders and metal plates. In our discussion, we focused on the challenges facing our world's sound history, from funding to copyright law. I've known Sam for over 10 years, and this show was long overdue. I hope that you enjoy the show!
(a) ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation, 2015.
(b) The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States: A National Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age, Council on Library and Information Resources and The Library of Congress, 2010.
(c) Library of Congress Examines Copyright Issues in Digital Preservation of Commercial Sound Recordings, January 9, 2006.
Historical note: Speaking of history (that is also at long-term risk — how long will links last?), this is indeed show number 250 (!), corresponding with almost 10 years of programming. To honor these dual events, I'll be interviewing Lawrence Lessig on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, "live" in Greensboro, NC at Elon Law. Grateful to have reached this point; more soon!
http://cis-static.law.stanford.edu/podcasts/20160302-Levine-250-Brylawski.mp3
Show # 249 — Lorelei Kelly on resilient government — posted
Posted on April 7, 2016 at 2:08 pm.
I'm excited to post Show # 249, February 26, my interview with Lorelei Kelly of the New America Foundation on technology and legislative decision-making. Lorelei has done unique, critical and groundbreaking working focusing on the collapse of substantive expertise within Congress. More recently, Lorelei has been working on how governments can build resiliency into the legislative process in order to be able to operate effectively and proactively in our dynamic society. Thus, e-government, Congress' current state, the challenges of policy-making in today's DC, and her concept of "resilient government" was the focus of our discussion. Lorelei's work deserves significant attention, I'm an unabashed fan, and she's an engaging speaker, so I hope that you enjoy the show!
(a) The State of Our Union is Strong (in Oregon), Huffington Post, January 16, 2016.
(b) Civility Is a National Security Issue, Huffington Post, March 25, 2016.
(c) Congress' Wicked Problem, Open Society Institute, documenting the destruction of expertise capacity within Congress.
http://cis-static.law.stanford.edu/podcasts/20160226-Levine-249-Kelly.mp3
Spring 2016 schedule posted!
I'm very excited about this quarter's slate of terrific guests. Aside from the tenth anniversary interview with Larry Lessig, the range of guests spans areas including intellectual property, marketing, freedom of information, robotics, Internet governance and history, and Jewish history. In other words, its a typical Hearsay Culture lineup!
As always, the show is about the guests. I'm grateful for their willingness to come on the show and share their knowledge with all of you — who are the reason that I do the show. Look for the first show to air on April 15!
Lawrence Lessig to return to celebrate Hearsay Culture's tenth anniversary!
In May 2006, I launched Hearsay Culture from my office at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, where I was then a resident fellow. When I walked over to KZSU's studios across campus to record my first interview with "Dave," the anonymous online poker player, I was nervous and wondering whether this would be my first and last KZSU interview. I did not envision that I'd wind up doing 250 shows over 10 years (and counting), or the next sentence.
I'm thrilled to announce that Lawrence Lessig will be back on the show on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 to celebrate Hearsay Culture's tenth anniversary! Larry was guest number nine on August 16, 2006, and was instrumental in the show's early success.
Larry will be joining me at Elon for a "live" recorded interview on Tuesday, April 26 from 12:30-2pm in Room 207 at Elon Law at 201 N. Greene Street in Greensboro, North Carolina. The public is invited to attend. No tickets are required. Q&A will follow the interview from about 1:40-2pm, and a reception follows at 2pm. I hope that you can make it if you're anywhere near Greensboro!
If you're wondering: we'll be discussing Larry's current work on campaign finance reform and fixing democracy, his Presidential run, as well as his reflections on the last 10 years of Internet law and policy. The show for air will remain one hour, with the Q&A as exclusive on-line content. The show will air on KZSU later during the week of April 25.
Thanks much to my employer, Elon University School of Law, as well as Elon University's Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication (and my wonderful colleague Laura Roselle) for support to bring Larry to Elon. Please contact me if you have questions, and I hope to see you on April 26!
Note: the full schedule of awesome Spring 2016 guests will be posted tomorrow, April 5, with three more winter shows to follow this week.
Show # 248 — Prof. Ellen Goodman and Julia Powles on the "right to be forgotten" — posted
Posted on April 4, 2016 at 10:35 am.
I'm pleased to post Show # 248, January 29, my interview with The Guardian's Julia Powles and Prof. Ellen Goodman of Rutgers Law School, on the "Right to Be Forgotten." Julia and Ellen have been focusing on the right to be forgotten ("RtBF") for several years, and have done laudable work seeking transparency from its foremost actor, Google [disclosure: I was one of the signatories to the referenced letter]. The RtBF is a prime example of the clash of privacy, information, information platforms and power in technology today, and getting one's head around its complexity requires an interdisciplinary understanding of technology law and policy. In our wide-ranging discussion, we took at hard look at the RtBF, as well as what it teaches us about platforms like Google's broad power to impact human knowledge.
Show notes:*
Julia's law review article, The Case That Won't Be Forgotten;
The Guardian investigation that revealed most of the RtBF cases aren't about crime or public figures;
Report of a conference on RtBF held in Cambridge, covering a multitude of issues, both within and beyond the RTbF.
* This new feature is designed to allow listeners easier access to core references related to the interview. I plan to include them in all upcoming show posts. I hope that you find them useful!
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/podcasts/20160122-Levine-248-GoodmanPowles.mp3
Show # 247 — Nato Thompson, author of Seeing Power — posted
As promised (at least via Twitter), I'm finally posting new shows for the winter quarter of 2016. First up: Show # 247, January 15, 2016, my interview with Nato Thompson, author of Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the 21st Century. Nato is an atypical but completely appropriate Hearsay Culture guest: an art curator. In Nato's book (and broader work), he studies the use of art as a social and political force in a world infused with easy and transformative communication technologies. In our discussion, we explored the challenges and opportunities presented to and by our creative activists, and how consumers can interact with and react to this demonstration of power. Given the power of images and physical structure in our world, Nato's focus is both highly relevant and largely unique. I greatly enjoyed chatting with Nato, and hope that you find the discussion enlightening!
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/podcasts/20160111-Levine-247-Thompson.mp3
by Brandon Frye Design


The Syphilis Antibody Test (Whole Blood/Serum/Plasma) is a rapid detection of antibody to Syphilis Antibody in whole blood, serum or plasma. For in vitro diagnostic use only. It is intended for over-the-counter and for prescription use.
Syphilis is a kind of global distribution of sexually transmitted diseases, it almost affects all the organ system of human body, causing seriously damage to the patient's physical and mental health. When human infections Syphilis, it may produce a variety of antibodies, mainly composed of two specificanti leptospira antibodies of IgM and IgG.
Another kind of nonspecific antibody callde reagin, is the antibody produced by the human body when stimulated by the lipid materials released by the histocyte damage by the spirochete, or spirochete itself. These can be test by serological experiment.
The Syphilis Antibody Test (Whole Blood/Serum/Plasma) is a lateral flow chromatographic immunoassay based on the principle of the double antigen–sandwich technique. The membrane is pre-coated with Syphilis recombinant antigen on the test line region of the test. While detecting a positive sample, anti-Syphilis Antibody in the specimen (whole blood, serum or plasma) reacts with the particle coated with anti-SYP antigen. The mixture migrates upward on the membrane chromatographically by capillary action to react with anti-SYP antigen on the membrane and generate a coloured line. The presence of this colored line in the test region indicates a positive result, while its absence indicates a negative result. To serve as a procedural control, a colored line will always appear in the control line region indicating that the proper volume of specimen has been added and membrane wicking has occurred.


I grow in a family of photographers arrived to the third generation.
I deepened my knowledge taking my diploma at The Visual Arts and Photography Institute of Padova.
At the present I am interested in wedding and events photojournalism and bride fashion.
To my subject I steal emotions but only to give them back on images that will remain forever.


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Ryan McGinness received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and has been active as an artist since 1996. His work has been the focus of international solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, Tokyo, Helsinki, Milan, Paris, Munich, amongst others. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Albright Knox Gallery in Buffalo, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, and many others.
Here is an excerpt from the artist speaking on his Black Holes series: "Early precursors to the Black Holes are these dandruff pieces which reference outer space, stars, and hyperspace. I became very interested in how some of the ideas in theoretical physics could be used as metaphors for exploring the mind. Representing the accessibility of an inner space in the mind through aesthetics has been a strategy employed by many religions. I wanted to evoke the same kind of feeling by taking those symbols representing fanciness already used in my paintings and concentrating them into one picture plane toward a singularity."


The AP-554 replaces the stock foot on the above lenses. It is an alternative to the AP-553 plate.
In addition, it is longer, allowing you to balance your lens properly when using light-weight camera bodies.
It will allow you to balance your lens with all pro and pro-sumer Nikon camera bodies, even when using teleconverters (see chart below for details).
It is the only replacement foot on the market for these lenses that allows this comprehensiveness in balancing.
Wimberley used finite element analysis to design the foot with the proper balance of weight savings and stiffness.
Other manufacturers have removed material to make the product lighter; however, Wimberley found that doing so reduces its rigidity below their quality standards.
Lowers the overall height of the 500mm lens by 1" and the 200-400mm lenses by 0.1".


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Young women treated for Hodgkin lymphoma at risk of breast cancer
Young women who are treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with chest radiation therapy have a high cumulative absolute risk of developing breast cancer later in life.
This risk increases with age at end of follow-up, time since diagnosis, and radiation dose.
Due to advances in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma, there are now many long-term survivors who are at risk for the development of secondary cancers that frequently reflect the late side effects of treatment.
Second primary cancers are the leading cause of death among long-term survivors, and breast cancer is the most common secondary cancer in female Hodgkin lymphoma survivors.
To estimate the future cumulative absolute risk of breast cancer for young women treated for Hodgkin lymphoma, Lois B. Travis, of the National Cancer Institute, and colleagues analyzed data from a case – control study within an international population-based cohort of 3,817 female 1-year survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma who had been diagnosed at age 30 or younger between 1965 and 1994.
The cumulative absolute risk of developing breast cancer increased with age at end of follow-up, time since diagnosis, and radiation dose.
For example, a woman who was treated for Hodgkin lymphoma at age 20 with a chest radiation dose of at least 40 Gy without alkylating agents would have a 0.4% risk of developing breast cancer by age 30, a 4.9% risk by age 40, and a 19.1% risk by age 50.
By comparison, for white women in the general population, the absolute risks of breast cancer from age 20 to ages 30, 40, and 50 are, respectively, 0.04%, 0.5%, and 2.0%.
" However, it should always be noted that the gains in long-term survival provided by successful radiotherapy and chemotherapy outweigh the associated risks of breast cancer and other late sequelae. Moreover, current modifications in treatment will likely result in lower risks of breast cancer in the future," the authors write.
In an editorial, Dan L. Longo, of the National Institute on Aging, questions the continued routine use of radiation therapy for the treatment of Hodgkin disease when alternative approaches, such as combination chemotherapy alone, have similar success in curing the disease without the magnitude of late fatal complications. " We need to stop exposing women to the risk of subsequent breast cancer ( and other malignancies and heart disease ) by needlessly using radiation therapy as a component of their Hodgkin disease treatment," he writes.
Source: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2005
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