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New video from Arctic Monkeys – "Evil Twin"
"Suck It And See", the new single from Arctic Monkeys' album of the same name will be released digitally on November 1st with a 7" vinyl to follow on December 6th. The single will be backed with the brand new song "Evil Twin." See the video above. We like the brunette!
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Tags: Arctic Monkeys, best bands, Evil Twin, great bands, music videos, new music video
Posted by David Medsker (12/28/2009 @ 11:27 am)
I used to have a thing about my musical tastes. I so desperately wanted them to be cool, or at the very least be something that only a handful of people were privy to. (I was tempted to say 'hip' instead of 'privy,' but you can't spell 'hipster' without 'hip,' and God knows I'm not hip enough to be a hipster.) My friend Kathi, she has obscenely cool taste in music. I'm surprised she's friends with me, since I surely bring her cool factor down by a good 20 points.
Then a couple of years ago, I realized – who the hell cares? A great song is a great song, and it doesn't really matter how popular – or unpopular – it is. I can't tell you how freeing that was, and I have a very well-known blogger to thank for it. When she admitted to me in private how much she enjoyed a band at Lollapalooza, only to dismiss them a few days later in her column, I realized that it was completely pointless to pander to hipster elitism. You're being dishonest with yourself, and the hipsters are only going to turn on you in the end, anyway.
So I turned a blind eye to what was a pop song versus what was a "pop" song, as it were, and realizing that there was no distinction between the two made everything soooooo much easier. So here we are in 2009, and as part of our recap of the best music the decade had to offer, I have to try to apply this whole revisionist history viewpoint to the entire decade, which is no mean feat, to say the least. It therefore makes sense that assembling one big-ass list of songs will look like the work of someone with multiple personalities, so instead they are cut up into bite-sized lists for easier consumption, with YouTube links for the uninitiated.
Top 10 Modern Rock Songs of the 2000s
10. "Do You Want To," Franz Ferdinand
"Take Me Out" was the bigger hit, but this song swings like Austin Powers in the jungle. Nice riff on "My Sharona" in the break, too.
9. "Galvanize," Chemical Brothers
Push the button; shake that booty.
8. "The Bleeding Heart Show," The New Pornographers
What the world needs now, is more hey la, hey la's.
7. "Sometime Around Midnight," Airborne Toxic Event
Suck it, Pitchfork. These guys are good. You're just too far up your own asses to admit it.
6. "American Idiot," Green Day
The only sad thing about this song is that Joey Ramone didn't live long enough to hear it.
5. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," Arctic Monkeys
I love the way these guys riff on Duran Duran lyrics, and then act as if they made it all up themselves. As the old adage says, talent borrows, but genius steals. And for the record, we don't care for sand, either.
4. "Chelsea Dagger," The Fratellis
Best drunken barroom chorus since "Tubthumping."
3. "Laura," Scissor Sisters
For all the progress that was made this decade in terms of hip hop and black culture becoming more accepted on pop radio, it appears that the gays still have a long road ahead of them. Pity.
2. "Never Miss a Beat," Kaiser Chiefs
They opened their set at Lollapalooza with this. The only other band to grab me by the throat like that with their opening song is, well, My #1…
1. "Knights of Cydonia," Muse
September 11, 2006, Columbus, Ohio. Muse opens their set with this song, blows the roof off the place.
Top 10 Pop Songs of the 2000s
10. "Can't Get You Out of My Head," Kylie Minogue
Proof that even the most alt of alt rockers love Kylie: The Flaming Lips covered this song.
9. "Drops of Jupiter," Train
They did a great job recreating the Elton John sound. Too bad they didn't have Bernie Taupin write the lyrics. Fried chicken? Ugh.
8. "Music," Madonna
I watched this song take one of those sports bars that has basketball courts and bowling alleys, and turn every one of its patrons into dancing fools.
7. "Is It Any Wonder?," Keane
Dogged by some for its similarity to U2, but when was the last time U2 wrote something this bouncy?
6. "Shut Up and Let Me Go," The Ting Tings
I'll shut up, Katie, but there's no way I'm letting you go.
5. "Chasing Pavements," Adele
It took two Grammy wins for this song to finally crack the Top 40. (*shakes head in disbelief*)
4. "Hey Ya," Outkast
Andre 3000 finally picks up a guitar to write a song, and this, THIS, is the first thing that comes out. Mother, fucker.
3. "Crazy," Gnarls Barkley
When my mom comes home from a trip to see my brother on the east coast and tells me about a song she heard by a band whose name is similar to some celebrity or other, I know that said celebrity knockoff band has struck a chord.
2. "99 Problems," Jay-Z
"You crazy for this one, Rick!" Actually, Jay-Z, you have it the other way around. You crazy if you make this song with anyone other than Rick Rubin.
1. "Umbrella," Rihanna
It was at least a year before I made the effort to find out what the hubub was about this damn "Umbrella" song. And then I heard it. Holy shit, this song pisses genius.
Big in the UK
7. "LDN," Lily Allen
No guy wants to hear his ex tell the world what a lousy lover he is, but is there a man alive that doesn't want a shot at Lily Allen?
6. "Nearer Than Heaven," Delays
My favorite new musical expression of the decade: skyscraper, used to describe a song with soaring melodies. And this puppy's the Empire State Building.
5. "Boyfriend," Alphabeat
That this album didn't even see the light of day in the States shows just how myopic our views of pop music have become.
4. "Digital Love," Daft Punk
Keytar!
3. "Plug It In," Basement Jaxx featuring J.C. Chasez
Come on, bang that head in the chorus. You know you want to.
2. "Never Be Lonely," The Feeling
B-b-b-baby, this song is c-c-c-crazy catchy.
1. "Kids," Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue
Another song I thought had a shot at cracking the US charts. Funky verses, slammin' choruses, what's not to love? Robbie Williams, apparently. He never gained the traction here that other UK singers did. Strange.
Best Pop Songs You Never Heard
Of course, you probably have heard most of these songs, but I didn't have another category to place them in, so they're going here instead.
"Nice," Duran Duran
Easily the band's best song since "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone." Anyone who likes Rio but has since given up on the band, go listen to this at once.
"I Believe She's Lying," Jon Brion
Los Angeles' resident mad genius of pop finally gets his 1997 album Meaningless released in early 2001. Power pop fans proceed to lose their minds. And can you blame them? Listen to that drum track. It's like the piano solo to "In My Life," gone drum 'n bass.
"Mine and Yours," David Mead
If the video I linked to is any indicator, this was a big hit with the Japanese karaoke crowd. Go figure.
"She's Got My Number," Semisonic
Where an otherwise straightforward pop band goes off the deep end into delicious, melancholy strangeness. One of my bigger interview thrills was getting to tell Dan Wilson how much I loved this song.
"My Name Is Love," Rob Dickinson
Catherine Wheel singer turns down the distortion, ramps up the harmonies. Again, the word 'skyscraper' comes to mind.
"Can We Still Be Friends?," Mandy Moore
Dan Wilson reference #2: he sings backing vocals on this shockingly good Todd Rundgren cover. People have scoffed at the notion of Ryan Adams marrying someone like Mandy. Not me.
"io (This Time Around)," Helen Stellar
Let it not be said that nothing good came from "Elizabethtown," as it introduced me to this beautifully spacey song.
"Buildings and Mountains," Republic Tigers
Truly a band out of time, which is exactly why I love them. I wonder if the reason A-ha is breaking up is because they heard this song and thought, "Damn, they do us better than we do."
"The End of the World," Gin Blossoms
Most bands that take 11 years between albums come back as a pale imitation of their former selves, but the Gin Blossoms' 2006 album Major Lodge Victory was a damn fine little record. This one appeals to my not-so-inner Beatlemaniac.
"Fragile," Kerli
This Estonian princess is an odd little bird, but that's what I like about her. This ballad closes her debut album with quite the quiet storm.
"Road to Recovery," Midnight Juggernauts
Another band whose lack of success has me scratching my head. It's the best dance album Peter Murphy never made, or the best rock album Daft Punk never made, one of the two. Or both.
My sincere apologies to the following bands, who also deserve mention:
Divine Comedy, Noisettes, Pet Shop Boys, Doves, Rialto, Beck, White Stripes, Rufus Wainwright, Kenna, Mylo, Pete Yorn, Apples in Stereo, Hard-Fi, The Thorns, Rock Kills Kid, The Hours, Derek Webb, Glen Hansard, Aimee Mann, Kirsty MacColl, Gorillaz, Air, Charlotte Sometimes, Mika, Def Leppard, Coldplay, Chicane, Elastica, XTC, and about 50 others.
Posted in: Lists, Playlists, Songs
Tags: Adele, Airborne Toxic Event, Alphabeat, Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Britney Spears, David Mead, Delays, Duran Duran, Eat Sleep Drink Music, End of Decade Music, Fratellis, Gin Blossoms, Gnarls Barkley, Green Day, Helen Stellar, Jay-Z, Jon Brion, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Kerli, Kylie Minogue, Lily Allen, Mandy Moore, Midnight Juggernauts, Muse, OutKast, Republic Tigers, Rihanna, Rob Dickinson, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, Semisonic, The Feeling, Ting Tings, Top Songs of the 2000s
Arctic Monkeys: Humbug
Posted by James B. Eldred (09/14/2009 @ 12:00 pm)
What the hell is this? With their first two releases, the Arctic Monkeys proved themselves to be one of the most energetic, exciting and fast-paced bands to come out of the UK's otherwise derivative post-punk scene. Now they've recruited stoner metal pioneer Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal) as producer for Humbug, a radical depature, both in style and quality from their first two albums, and everything's just gone to hell. This is the Arctic Monkeys trying their hand in modern metal, and while they never fall flat on their faces, it's far from a success. The frantic beats and thrashing guitars of "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" and "Brianstorm" are long gone, instead replaced with plodding and droning beats and simplistic riffs on forgettable, hookless tracks like "Dance Little Liar" and "Fire and the Thud." "Crying Lightning," the lead single off the album, is as close as the group gets to their old sound, and is one of the album's memorable tracks. It takes guts to try something new and try and branch out to another genre, so the band gets points for that. If Humbug is an experiment it's an ambitious one, but still a massive failure and tremendous disappointment from a band that should have known better. (Domino 2009)
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Posted in: Alternative, CD QuickTakes, CD Reviews, Rock
Tags: Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys, Arctic Monkeys CD review, Humbug, Humbug CD review
Online battle of the bands to determine spot at ACL festival
Posted by Mike Farley (08/20/2009 @ 1:59 pm)
Sound and the Jury (S&J), a virtual battle of the bands, is returning for a third year, offering one lucky band the opportunity to perform on the Dell Stage at this year's Austin City Limits Festival (ACL) in early October. Bands of all genres will have a chance to upload their music, have their fans vote and try and earn a spot on the stage alongside the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Sonic Youth, Phoenix, Mos Def and Passion Pit. Last year's winner, The Steps, released and album this year and went on tour in support of it. ACL takes place October 2-4 in Austin, Texas.
Think your band has what it takes? Here are the official rules, and good luck!
Round One is live now and bands can upload their music at The Dell Lounge to enter the competition. To stay in the game, bands must generate as many votes as possible to land them in the Top 100 by August 28 and then move on to the next round. From there, a combination of industry judges and fan-voting will narrow down the competition to just five finalists who will perform for a live audience in Austin at Antone's on September 30. At the end of the multi-round, two-month campaign, one lucky and worthy band will earn a prize spot on the Dell Stage at the ACL Festival.
Each of the five finalists will receive $1,500 and a trip to Austin. The winning band will be listed as part of the official lineup and receive an opening slot on the Dell Stage at the ACL Festival. As an official ACL artist, the winner will get artist passes for the entire weekend with access to catering, the artist lounge, and everywhere else bands get to go! The winning band will also receive promotion on delllounge.com, a 15″ Dell Studio laptop, weekend hotel accommodations in Austin, and tickets for some friends the day of show.
Posted in: Alternative, Concerts, Rock
Tags: ACL Festival, Andrew Bird, Arctic Monkeys, Austin City Limits, Austin City Limits Festival, battle of the bands, Dell Lounge, Dell Stage, Mos Def, Passion Pit, Phoenix, Sonic Youth, The Steps
Lollapalooza 2009 Saturday recap: Here comes the sun. Stupid sun.
It's official: the weather gods are fucking with us.
After yesterday's cool temperatures and nonstop autumn rain, it only makes sense that today would be not just sunny but insufferably hot and humid, with a plague of horseflies thrown in for good measure. And by all accounts, it's going to worse tomorrow. Hotter, and with next to no cloud cover. And of course, that's the day the Kaiser Chiefs are playing. Anyone who saw them in 2005 will remember that Ricky Wilson lost his voice and threw up from heat exhaustion at that show. And this time, he'll be in direct sunlight (and nursing a broken rib). Rut-roh.
Band of Skulls, BMI stage
Medsker: I'd say that this English blues rock trio (think White Stripes with less fuzz and more groove) drew the short straw today and had to open the show, but Lolla has a tendency to put the buzz bands up first to lure people in early. Smart play, because the Skulls drew a pretty big crowd for the BMI stage, and sounded damn good for a band that was clearly not used to playing at 11:15 in the morning. Selfishly, I was glad to see them play their radio hit "I Know What I Like" early in the set, because the flies were eating me alive. Besides, a Beatle offspring was warming up on the south side.
thenewno2, Citi stage
Medsker: Say this for Dhani Harrison, the son of George and leader of thenewno2: he has no interest in sounding like a Beatle. Instead, his merry mates attack their guitars and keyboards like Radiohead after a case of Red Bull. They're clearly loving the music that they make, and it made me fell guilty that I didn't share their enthusiasm. I did talk to Dhani in the media area, though, and he couldn't have been nicer. I mentioned Liam Lynch (creator of "Sifl & Oly" and all around genius nut case), and he told me that Liam hasn't left his house in over a year. Methinks an intervention is in the cards.
The media area was actually swarmed with rock stars today, and unlike my usual timid self, I actually worked up the nerve to chat with a few of them. James from Glasvegas was very nice, and their drummer has the coolest purse ever: it has the cover of Blondie's Parallel Lines on it.
Miike Snow, Vitaminwater stage
Eldred: Further lending credence to my theory that the Swedes are taking over the world via catchy pop music, Miike Snow lit up the sun-cooked audience with their unique brand of upbeat dance-friendly rock. Donning freaky white masks for their first two numbers, the members of the group also wore matching black outfits, and the combo made them look like a gang straight out of the classic film "The Warriors." Accompanying the wacky outfits were some amazing jam-heavy renditions of "Animal," "Burial" and "In Search Of." Awesome stuff that made me forget about my baking body for a bit.
Atmosphere, Chicago 2016 stage
Eldred: Look, I wanted to like them, I really did. But it was pushing 100 degrees at this point, there was no shade to be found and most of the people around me were Tool fans already camping out prime real estate for their performance some six hours later. And the Tool fans, well, lets just say they live up to their favorite band's name. I took off for the shade of the media area and gawked at Coheed And Cambria's Claudio Sanchez and his permtastic hair.
Perry Farrell, Perry's DJ stage
Medsker: Leave it to the show's founding father to break his own rule about punctuality. Dude was 15 minutes late getting to the stage, not that the people there minded. This was my first trip to Perry's stage in all the years that I've been coming to Lolla, and I wished I had done it sooner. It was nice to hear recorded music for a change, especially when the DJ on before Perry was playing Rage Against the Machine, meaning just because people were DJing doesn't mean that area was strictly a Euro house wankfest. I didn't know either of the songs I heard Perry sing, but I just loved watching him grooving to beat music. His wife was there backing him up, and if you've never seen a picture of Perry Farrell's wife, you owe it to yourself to look her up. Now.
Arctic Monkeys, Budweiser stage
Medsker: I actually felt bad for the Arctic Monkeys and Glasvegas. The pale European bands had to play at the peak of the day, and they were both directly in the sun. That had to have sucked, not that the Monkeys showed any signs of exhaustion. They went out and did their typically Monkey-like angular rock thing, and they had what looked like a football stadium's worth of people watching them do it. Unfortunately, I could not stay to see if they played "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" (I'm assuming they did) because it was my birthday, my wife and daughter are in town, and we have dinner plans with old friends. But fear not: Mr. Eldred stayed for the whole day, and from what he told me via text, things got much, much better from here.
Santigold, Playstation stage
Eldred: Hell yeah, they did. Santigold may have came out 10 minutes late, but no one cared once she tore into high-energy renditions of "Creator," "L.E.S. Artistes" and "Unstoppable." Backed with her own brand of hardcore Solid Gold dancers, Santigold rocked, plain and simple. Her rendition of the Cure's "Killing An Arab" made the older fans go nuts, leaving the younger crowd slightly confused, if still entertained. I say screw the kids, all artists should perform covers of obscure '80s songs to teach the little bastards some art.
Diplo, Perry's stage
Eldred: Guitar players may get all the chicks, but DJs get all the chicks who are on Ecstasy. Perry's stage was crawling with barely-dressed young women screaming like crazy the second Diplo took control of the turntables. Decked out in a three-piece suit and looking suave as hell, he showed how a DJ can dominate a "rock" concert even when focusing on obscure dance and house tracks for most of the first half of his set, which is all I stuck around for because I wanted a prime spot for Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Budweiser stage
Eldred: I was hoping that Tool would draw the majority of the fans, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' performance would be of the intimate variety. Unfortunately it looked like I wasn't the only person sick of all the Tool fans, because the place was packed tight. I was nearly killed twice (once by overcrowding, and once by a low-flying crane camera) but it didn't matter. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs absolutely destroyed the place. My underwear could have been lit on fire and I wouldn't have noticed as they delivered both the fast-paced singles from their new dance album It's Blitz! as well as post-punk rockers from Gold Lion and Fever to Tell. Karen O. is a goddess, decked out in a crazy Indian headdress and floating around like Stevie Nicks in her prime, rocking like Siouxsie Sioux and dancing like Terri Nunn. I want to marry her.
Posted in: Concerts, Lollapalooza
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Atmospher, Diplo, Lollapalooza 2009 Friday recap, Lollapalooza Blog 2009, Miike Snow, Perry Farell, Santigold, thenewno2, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Lollapalooza 2009, Friday recap: would you like a little water torture with your rock?
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NGC 7197 (również PGC 67921 lub UGC 11887) – galaktyka spiralna (Sa), znajdująca się w gwiazdozbiorze Jaszczurki. Odkrył ją William Herschel 17 października 1786 roku.

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Risk Assets: Gold, gas & the yen
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The Cycle Projection Oscillator (CPO) is a technical tool that employs proprietary statistical techniques and complex algorithms to filter multiple cycles from historical data, combines them to obtain cyclical information from price data and then gives a graphical representation of their productive behavior. Other proprietary frequency domain techniques then are employed to obtain the cycles embedded in the price.
Gold began a correction from its summer rally this past September after touching overbought territory in the CPO. That correction is expected to last through October before turning higher in November, according to CPO data. The CPO expects gold to continue to rally through the rest of the year once it makes a bottom sometime around Halloween, before again turning lower in early 2018.
Natural gas has bumped along in a relatively narrow range for most of 2017 despite the recent threats to supply caused by our extremely active hurricane season this fall. But that appears to be ending soon. The CPO is forecasting a major upturn in natural gas prices that should last through January 2017. The CPO expects this rally to take out the late 2016 highs and challenge the $4 level. The CPO expects natural gas to once again turn lower in February 2018.
The Japanese yen continued to strengthen against the dollar in the late summer early fall until moving into oversold territory based on CPO data in September. The recent uptick (bearish yen) is expected to end soon according to the CPO. The CPO is forecasting a major long-term move in the yen that could take it below 110 and challenge levels not seen since 2016.
John Rawlins is a former member of the CBOT with more than 30 years of experience in trading and research. He co-developed the Cycle Projection Oscillator, which has been featured in Futures and numerous research reports, with an aerospace engineer to identify the dominant cycles in a data stream and project them into the future. Reach John at johnrawlins@msn.com. @cpopro1. You can reach John at johnrawlins@msn.com.


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Q: Serialization of an instance in a method I am working on a lab for school and am stuck... my instructions tell me to do the following:

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*In class LabSerialization: Add a method called serialize.

*It has no return value and two parameters: demo of type ListVsSetDemo and filename of type String Use a try with resource statement when you serialize the ListVsSetDemo instance

*Save the result in the file name specified In case of an exception print the message provided by the exception object

What I am having an issue with is the second part how do you serialize the instance of ListVsSetDemo?
here is my code
package labSerialization;

import java.awt.Color;

public class LabSerialization{
public static void main(String[] args) {
    ListVsSetDemo demo = new ListVsSetDemo(
            new ColoredSquare(4, Color.RED),
            new ColoredSquare(6, Color.BLUE),
            new ColoredSquare(4, Color.RED),
            new ColoredSquare(8, Color.YELLOW));

    //testDemo(demo);
    serialize(demo, Demo.ser);

};

private static void testDemo(ListVsSetDemo demo) {
    System.out.println("List:");
    System.out.println(demo.getListElements());
    System.out.println("Set:");
    System.out.println(demo.getSetElements());
}
private static void serialize(ListVsSetDemo demo, String fileName){

}
}

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Favorite book: it's like picking a favorite child (I assume, as I don't have any children), but some of them are The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, and The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
Favorite author: Probably J.K. Rowling because Harry Potter was such a huge influence on my childhood.
Favorite genre/subject matter: don't want to answer this question because I don't have an answer for this question. Actually, lies, I really like historical fiction (or even non-fiction) about WWII.
Favorite classes: I've had a few favorites. Transatlantic Lit was awesome, but YA Lit with Chris Crowe probably takes the cake as the most interesting and engaging. I also really enjoyed Martial Arts, but that was for non-academic reasons.
Tell us more about your experience using your Business minor in conjunction with your English major? What do you like, dislike, etc?
I'm still just getting started in my business, but I've already noticed how helpful it is to be able to communicate effectively and eloquently through writing. I've spent a lot of time proofreading group projects and the difference between English majors and non-English majors is readily apparent. The critical thinking skills I've developed through upper level English classes have also been extremely helpful in understanding concepts and asking good questions.
The dream as of now is to use my minor and work experience to move into management and perhaps eventually take over the family business (an environmental laboratory in South Salt Lake) and do some writing and/or editing/proofreading on the side.
What has been your experience balancing your extracurriculars with your coursework? What have been your roles on the BYU Ultimate Frisbee team?
I've only been really involved in one extracurricular during my time here at BYU, but that is because the one I've chosen has required a huge time commitment. I joined the BYU CHI ultimate frisbee team as a freshman and have been involved in the leadership of that team for the past 5 years. The ultimate frisbee community is really incredible and has become such a great support system for me while also providing a great outlet for stress and helping keep me in shape! Our program name, CHI, carries a few meanings. It is the Greek letter that symbolizes Christ and also serves as an acronym for Competition, Humility, and Integrity, which are the core values that we work to exemplify as we play. Over the past 5 years, I've watched the team grow into a nationally ranked Top 25 team.
Critical thinking, effective research, and articulate communication are invaluable skills I've learned and improved through my major that are widely applicable and will serve me well regardless of which career path I end up taking.
Have you had any cool travel experiences? What language did you use to fulfill your language requirement?
I chose to learn German for my language requirement and went on a study abroad to Vienna, Austria for the Fall semester of 2016 to improve my German and get out of my comfort zone. While in Vienna, we took classes through BYU, but also worked in part-time internships. I worked as a "language assistant" in a secondary school (the Austrian equivalent of grades 8-12) and loved every minute of it.
What was your experience in Vienna like?


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''' tracker_unittest.py '''

# pylint: disable=missing-docstring, attribute-defined-outside-init
import unittest2 as unittest
from mock import call, patch, Mock

import heron.proto.execution_state_pb2 as protoEState
from heron.statemgrs.src.python import statemanagerfactory
from heron.tracker.src.python.topology import Topology
from heron.tracker.src.python.tracker import Tracker

class TrackerTest(unittest.TestCase):
  def setUp(self):
    mock_config = Mock()
    mock_config.validate.return_value = True
    self.tracker = Tracker(mock_config)

  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
  @patch.object(Tracker, 'getTopologiesForStateLocation')
  @patch.object(Tracker, 'removeTopology')
  @patch.object(Tracker, 'addNewTopology')
  @patch.object(statemanagerfactory, 'get_all_state_managers')
  def test_first_synch_topologies(
      self, mock_get_all_state_managers,
      mock_add_new_topology, mock_remove_topology,
      mock_get_topologies_for_state_location):
    mock_state_manager_1 = Mock()
    mock_state_manager_1.name = 'mock_name1'

    mock_state_manager_2 = Mock()
    mock_state_manager_2.name = 'mock_name2'

    watches = {}
    mock_get_all_state_managers.return_value = [mock_state_manager_1, mock_state_manager_2]

    mock_get_topologies_for_state_location.return_value = []
    def side_effect1(on_topologies_watch):
      watches["1"] = on_topologies_watch
      on_topologies_watch(['top_name1', 'top_name2'])
    mock_state_manager_1.get_topologies = side_effect1

    def side_effect2(on_topologies_watch):
      watches["2"] = on_topologies_watch
      on_topologies_watch(['top_name3', 'top_name4'])
    mock_state_manager_2.get_topologies = side_effect2

    self.tracker.synch_topologies()
    mock_get_topologies_for_state_location.assert_has_calls(
        [call("mock_name2"),
         call("mock_name1")],
        any_order=True)
    mock_add_new_topology.assert_has_calls([call(mock_state_manager_1, 'top_name1'),
                                            call(mock_state_manager_1, 'top_name2'),
                                            call(mock_state_manager_2, 'top_name3'),
                                            call(mock_state_manager_2, 'top_name4')],
                                           any_order=True)

  @patch.object(Tracker, 'getTopologiesForStateLocation')
  @patch.object(Tracker, 'removeTopology')
  @patch.object(Tracker, 'addNewTopology')
  @patch.object(statemanagerfactory, 'get_all_state_managers')
  def test_synch_topologies_leading_with_add_and_remove_topologies(
      self, mock_get_all_state_managers,
      mock_add_new_topology, mock_remove_topology,
      mock_get_topologies_for_state_location):
    mock_state_manager_1 = Mock()
    mock_state_manager_1.name = 'mock_name1'

    mock_state_manager_2 = Mock()
    mock_state_manager_2.name = 'mock_name2'

    watches = {}
    mock_get_all_state_managers.return_value = [mock_state_manager_1, mock_state_manager_2]
    mock_get_topologies_for_state_location.return_value = []

    def side_effect1(on_topologies_watch):
      watches["1"] = on_topologies_watch
      on_topologies_watch(['top_name1', 'top_name2'])
    mock_state_manager_1.get_topologies = side_effect1

    def side_effect2(on_topologies_watch):
      watches["2"] = on_topologies_watch
      on_topologies_watch(['top_name3', 'top_name4'])
    mock_state_manager_2.get_topologies = side_effect2

    self.tracker.synch_topologies()
    mock_get_topologies_for_state_location.assert_has_calls(
        [call("mock_name2"),
         call("mock_name1")],
        any_order=True)
    mock_add_new_topology.assert_has_calls([call(mock_state_manager_1, 'top_name1'),
                                            call(mock_state_manager_1, 'top_name2'),
                                            call(mock_state_manager_2, 'top_name3'),
                                            call(mock_state_manager_2, 'top_name4')],
                                           any_order=True)
    self.assertEqual(4, mock_add_new_topology.call_count)
    self.assertEqual(0, mock_remove_topology.call_count)
    mock_get_topologies_for_state_location.reset_mock()
    mock_add_new_topology.reset_mock()
    mock_remove_topology.reset_mock()

    def get_topologies_for_state_location_side_effect(name):
      if name == 'mock_name1':
        return [Topology('top_name1', 'mock_name1'),
                Topology('top_name2', 'mock_name1')]
      if name == 'mock_name2':
        return [Topology('top_name3', 'mock_name2'),
                Topology('top_name4', 'mock_name2')]
      return []

    # pylint: disable=line-too-long
    mock_get_topologies_for_state_location.side_effect = get_topologies_for_state_location_side_effect

    watches["1"](['top_name1', 'top_name3'])
    watches["2"](['top_name5', 'top_name6'])
    mock_add_new_topology.assert_has_calls([call(mock_state_manager_1, 'top_name3'),
                                            call(mock_state_manager_2, 'top_name5'),
                                            call(mock_state_manager_2, 'top_name6')],
                                           any_order=True)
    mock_remove_topology.assert_has_calls([call('top_name2', 'mock_name1'),
                                           call('top_name3', 'mock_name2'),
                                           call('top_name4', 'mock_name2')],
                                          any_order=False)
    self.assertEqual(3, mock_add_new_topology.call_count)
    self.assertEqual(3, mock_remove_topology.call_count)

  def fill_tracker_topologies(self):

    def create_mock_execution_state(role):
      estate = protoEState.ExecutionState()
      estate.role = role
      return estate

    self.topology1 = Topology('top_name1', 'mock_name1')
    self.topology1.cluster = 'cluster1'
    self.topology1.environ = 'env1'
    self.topology1.execution_state = create_mock_execution_state('mark')

    self.topology2 = Topology('top_name2', 'mock_name1')
    self.topology2.cluster = 'cluster1'
    self.topology2.environ = 'env1'
    self.topology2.execution_state = create_mock_execution_state('bob')

    self.topology3 = Topology('top_name3', 'mock_name1')
    self.topology3.cluster = 'cluster1'
    self.topology3.environ = 'env2'
    self.topology3.execution_state = create_mock_execution_state('tom')

    self.topology4 = Topology('top_name4', 'mock_name2')
    self.topology4.cluster = 'cluster2'
    self.topology4.environ = 'env1'

    self.topology5 = Topology('top_name5', 'mock_name2')
    self.topology5.cluster = 'cluster2'
    self.topology5.environ = 'env2'
    self.tracker.topologies = [
        self.topology1,
        self.topology2,
        self.topology3,
        self.topology4,
        self.topology5]

  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
  def test_get_topology_by_cluster_environ_and_name(self):
    self.fill_tracker_topologies()
    self.assertEqual(self.topology1, self.tracker.getTopologyByClusterRoleEnvironAndName('cluster1', 'mark', 'env1', 'top_name1'))
    self.assertEqual(self.topology1, self.tracker.getTopologyByClusterRoleEnvironAndName('cluster1', None, 'env1', 'top_name1'))
    self.assertEqual(self.topology2, self.tracker.getTopologyByClusterRoleEnvironAndName('cluster1', 'bob', 'env1', 'top_name2'))
    self.assertEqual(self.topology2, self.tracker.getTopologyByClusterRoleEnvironAndName('cluster1', None, 'env1', 'top_name2'))
    self.assertEqual(self.topology3, self.tracker.getTopologyByClusterRoleEnvironAndName('cluster1', 'tom', 'env2', 'top_name3'))
    self.assertEqual(self.topology3, self.tracker.getTopologyByClusterRoleEnvironAndName('cluster1', None, 'env2', 'top_name3'))
    self.assertEqual(self.topology4, self.tracker.getTopologyByClusterRoleEnvironAndName('cluster2', None, 'env1', 'top_name4'))
    self.assertEqual(self.topology5, self.tracker.getTopologyByClusterRoleEnvironAndName('cluster2', None, 'env2', 'top_name5'))

  def test_get_topolies_for_state_location(self):
    self.fill_tracker_topologies()
    self.assertItemsEqual(
        [self.topology1, self.topology2, self.topology3],
        self.tracker.getTopologiesForStateLocation('mock_name1'))
    self.assertItemsEqual(
        [self.topology4, self.topology5],
        self.tracker.getTopologiesForStateLocation('mock_name2'))

  def test_add_new_topology(self):
    self.assertItemsEqual([], self.tracker.topologies)
    mock_state_manager_1 = Mock()
    mock_state_manager_1.name = 'mock_name1'

    self.tracker.addNewTopology(mock_state_manager_1, 'top_name1')
    self.assertItemsEqual(
        ['top_name1'],
        map(lambda t: t.name, self.tracker.topologies))

    self.tracker.addNewTopology(mock_state_manager_1, 'top_name2')
    self.assertItemsEqual(
        ['top_name1', 'top_name2'],
        map(lambda t: t.name, self.tracker.topologies))

    self.assertEqual(2, mock_state_manager_1.get_pplan.call_count)
    self.assertEqual(2, mock_state_manager_1.get_execution_state.call_count)
    self.assertEqual(2, mock_state_manager_1.get_tmaster.call_count)

  def test_remove_topology(self):
    self.fill_tracker_topologies()
    self.tracker.removeTopology('top_name1', 'mock_name1')
    self.assertItemsEqual([self.topology2, self.topology3, self.topology4, self.topology5],
                          self.tracker.topologies)
    self.tracker.removeTopology('top_name2', 'mock_name1')
    self.assertItemsEqual([self.topology3, self.topology4, self.topology5],
                          self.tracker.topologies)
    # Removing one that is not there should not have any affect
    self.tracker.removeTopology('top_name8', 'mock_name1')
    self.assertItemsEqual([self.topology3, self.topology4, self.topology5],
                          self.tracker.topologies)
    self.tracker.removeTopology('top_name4', 'mock_name2')
    self.assertItemsEqual([self.topology3, self.topology5],
                          self.tracker.topologies)

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Validity of patent considered at preliminary injunction stage
Home eAlerts Validity of patent considered at preliminary injunction stage
26.02.2019 United Kingdom
In a recent judgment, the High Court considered the validity of a patent at the preliminary injunction stage, on the basis of a summary judgment application brought by Dr Reddy's Laboratories (UK) Limited ("DRL"), a generic pharmaceutical company. DRL brought the application against Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited ("Novartis") on the basis that the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office (the "EPO") had already held the patent to be invalid on ground of added matter.
2. Everolimus
The patent relates to the compound "40-O-(2-hydroxyethyl)-rapamycin", more commonly known as everolimus and sold by Novartis as Afinitor. Novartis held a second medical use patent for the use of everolimus in combination with exemestane for use in breast cancer; "40-O-(2-hydroxyethyl)-rapamycin in combination with exemestane for use in the treatment of hormone receptor positive tumor, wherein in the hormone receptor positive tumor is a breast tumor" (the "Patent").
Although the Supplementary Protection Certificate on everolimus per se expired on the 17 January 2019, protection was still provided by the Patent. This Patent prevented DRL, who had obtained a marketing authorisation for everolimus in July 2018, from launching its generic version of the drug after 17 January 2019.DRL could have launched a skinny label product directed at smaller indications (by "carving out" the treatment of breast cancer from its marketing authorisation), but opted not to (continue)
Read full text at
http://www.cms-lawnow.com/ealerts/2019/02/validity-of-patent-considered-at-preliminary-injuction-stage?_ga=2.111957959.271779087.1551274055-193546293.1551274055
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Magistrates' Courts Are Closing In Communities Across The UK. Is Austerity Harming Our Access To Justice?
CMS Proud to be part of the first London International disputes week
Ray of light for justice system as High Court vindicates Law Society legal aid challenge
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With a psychic soul reading, I will read information that is already written within your soul and energy field (Aura).
While it is not necessary to use any "tools", often clairvoyants and psychics will use cards to give them a direction, or a beginning, middle and ending to a reading which allows more clarity to the reading. When I do a Psychic soul reading I often use either Tarot cards, or Oracle cards and I like to start my readings with a little numerology and finish with a small rune stone reading.
receive the information should this be the case.
Psychic soul readings are often helpful for those just looking for some clarity and guidance with matters taking place in the present and what may be in store for the future.
Most people coming for these readings leave with a better understanding of what is happening in this time of their life, and I am often told that they feel empowered and positive after receiving a reading.


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One of our local papers has been running a big Harry Potter promo over the last few weeks, obviously in line with the new movie. I was watching the kids as they were sorting through all the various merchandising guff (mainly collector's cards but also other stuff like wands) and thinking about the relationship between books and merchandising.
The main thing I'm always wondering is – is the merchandising necessary? Can the book (or movie) stand by itself or does it need to have all of this other stuff associated with it, most of which truly is junk that will be tossed away pretty quickly. It's not a new thought – I actually wrote a story about it a couple of years ago (which I might just post up here). But it makes me wonder about whether any creative entity (book or otherwise) can be a viable financial product on its own or it needs the assistance of all these other revenue streams.
But then again, maybe I'm better off just stopping my wondering and going with the program. Maybe I need to start looking at merchandising opportunities for my books.
I have to admit it's not that easy. Doodling, my first self-published title is about a man who falls off the world and goes wandering through an asteroid field meeting a bunch of oddballs on the way. The merchandising ideas don't exactly spring to mind. Maybe I could have Doodling mobiles that hang from people's ceilings, complete with each of the asteroids in the story and a little Neville (my main character) floating around them. On one of the asteroids there's a group who worship toasters, so maybe I could sell "Toaster People" toasters. Or why stop at toasters (the Toaster People didn't). I could end up with a whole range of Doodling kitchen appliances.
I'm thinking I may be better off waiting for my next release, Flidderbugs – it's a kind-of political satire about a bunch of insects. Now that sounds much easier doesn't it. There's heaps of things I can think of. Flidderbugs fly-swatters. Flidderbugs bug-catchers. Flidderbugs insect repellant. Even a Flidderbugs version of that Beetle game that my kids love – the one where you spin a spinner and build a beetle.
So what do you reckon? Is merchandising an essential part of the marketing equation these days? As a reader, what sort of merchandising would make you want to buy a book? As a writer, what merchandising opportunities would work for you?


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Both the couple behind me and the woman in front of me in the supermarket queue have forgotten their hessian bags, just like me. We buy new ones, wanting to be green. We are trying our best.
NOTICE: Please refrain from opening the windows in this office to their full extent as they represent a hazard to people walking along the front of the building.
Three leeks, filling the room with their oniony reek.
The last of the giant butternut, whizzed into soup.
A small saucepan-full of knobbly beets.
Seven heads of garlic in the dark.
I choose a pebble, smooth and speckled with blue, and hold it in my palm for a while before bending to put it back where it belongs.
I suddenly grin at the thought that I am a writer. A writer!
I sniff at the lavender tea-light to find the scent and notice the tip of the wick glowing tangerine, the lavender tinge at the base of the short fat flame.
Her clothes are designer - lopsided, layered, bright. Her ringletty blond hair extensions are huge, as if she's wearing a collie dog. Her face is small, pale and pinched. She draws attention, but not the kind she needs.


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US finds Turkey's protection of Kabul airport 'vital' for diplomatic presence in Afghanistan
Turkey's intention to keep forces at the Kabul airport is "vital" for the United States to maintain a "strong diplomatic presence" in Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said on July 21.
Thursday July 22 2021 10:58 am
U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland has said that the presence of Turkish forces in Afghanistan to maintain the security of the Kabul airport is "vital."
"Most recently, Turkey has expressed interest in maintaining a robust force at Kabul's airport as the US and NATO military missions in Afghanistan come to an end," Sputnik quoted Nuland as telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 21.
"This contribution is vital to ensuring we and our allies and partners can maintain a strong diplomatic presence in Kabul after our troops withdraw. Following discussions between Presidents Biden and Erdoğan at the NATO summit last month, technical teams on both sides are working together to finalize this critical arrangement," she reportedly said.
Turkey has offered to deploy troops to the airport after NATO fully withdraws and has been in talks with the United States for several weeks.
Turkey hopes the airport mission will help soothe U.S. ties that are strained on several fronts including its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defenses.
Last week the Taliban warned Turkey against those plans to keep some troops in Afghanistan to run the airport, calling the strategy reprehensible and warning of consequences.
In response, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that the Taliban should be comfortable when holding talks with Ankara due to the militant group's beliefs.
Speaking to reporters on July 20, Erdoğan said that Turkey-Taliban talks would overcome any problems and should be more comfortable than past U.S.-Taliban talks.
The Taliban ruled Afghanistan with an iron fist from 1996 to 2001 and have fought for 20 years to expel foreign forces, topple the Western-backed government in Kabul and reimpose Islamic rule.
Meanwhile, the U.S. top general on July 21 expressed confidence in the Afghan security forces' ability to fend off a takeover by the Taliban amid reports that Kabul could fall in a matter of months.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, however also said that "a Taliban automatic takeover is not a foregone conclusion."
Top general says "Taliban takeover" possible as U.S. nears full military withdrawalhttps://t.co/yHC9G7HqYG
— TIME (@TIME) July 22, 2021
After Erdoğan's remarks, Taliban says it 'shares many common points' with TurkeyDiplomacy
Taliban should be comfortable holding talks with Turkey due to their beliefs: ErdoğanDiplomacy
Erdoğan is the only one not worried about the Kabul missionWorld
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Cassini Saturn Probe Preps for Last Hurrah
By Jesse Emspak 2017-08-16T20:19:29Z
This artist's illustration shows Cassini making one of its final five dives through Saturn's upper atmosphere in August and September 2017.
(Image: © NASA/JPL-Caltech )
After orbiting Saturn for more than 13 years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is getting ready to say goodbye.
On Monday (Aug. 14), Cassini made the first of five passes through Saturn's upper atmosphere, kicking off the last phase of the mission's "Grand Finale." After completing those five dives, Cassini will come back around again one last time, plunging into Saturn's atmosphere on Sept. 15.
This will be a suicide maneuver: Cassini will burn up in the ringed planet's thick air, turning into a meteor in the Saturn sky. [Cassini's 'Grand Finale' at Saturn: NASA's Plan in Pictures]
Cassini will keep sending back data on Sept. 15 until it gets to an altitude where atmospheric density is about twice what it encountered during its final five passes, NASA officials said. At that point, mission controllers will lose contact with the probe because its thrusters won't be able to keep Cassini's antenna pointed toward Earth; there will simply be too much air to push against.
During these last few orbits, Cassini will come so close to Saturn — 1,010 to 1,060 miles (1,630 to 1,710 kilometers) above its cloud tops — that atmospheric drag will be a factor, and the craft will need to use its thrusters to maintain its altitude. Scientists aren't sure how dense the atmosphere is in this region.
Mission controllers can adjust the amount of thrust as needed. If Saturn's atmosphere in this region is denser than the models predict, Cassini's thrusters will "pop up" the spacecraft on the first pass and increase the minimum altitude of subsequent passes. If the atmosphere proves thinner, then the probe can "pop down" and decrease the altitude, NASA officials said.
Cassini's last orbits should deliver a wealth of data, NASA officials said. The spacecraft will study Saturn's auroras and temperature, as well as the vortices at the planet's poles. Cassini's radar will be able to look into the atmosphere and see features as small as 16 miles (25 km) wide, about 100 times smaller than what it could see from its usual orbital positions.
The Grand Finale will include one final swing by Saturn's largest moon, Titan, on Sept. 11. Titan's gravity will slow Cassini's orbit around Saturn and bend its path to send the spacecraft toward its Sept. 15 encounter with the planet.
"As it makes these five dips into Saturn, followed by its final plunge, Cassini will become the first Saturn atmospheric probe," Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said in a statement. "It's long been a goal in planetary exploration to send a dedicated probe into the atmosphere of Saturn, and we're laying the groundwork for future exploration with this first foray."
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Gilbert Huey is a dear friend of Underground Books and a very accomplished collector of science-fiction and fantasy. You can read more about Gilbert's out of this world collection here.
View Gilbert's collection of rare Frankenstein editions in the case at Underground in October!
Gilbert is the author of The Free State of Carroll, available now at Underground Books!
See Gilbert Huey's incredible collection of rare materials related to 2001: A Space Odyssey in our glass case at Underground Books!
For the majority of readers, a year goal often includes increasing the number of books they read. Fifty-two is a common goal and a good one—a book for each week in the year. Goodreads will track this for you and will even count re-reads! The upside is that this goal will often motivate you to accomplish the number you set out to read, but it might also discourage you from reading that massive doorstopper of a book that's been on your bucket list for ages.
Welcome to the first in what we plan to be a series of features on book collectors and home libraries in Georgia and around the South.
Collector Gilbert Huey with the first book he ever bought with his own money.
In celebration of their new book, we invited authors, farmers, and longtime friends of Underground Books Paul Feather and Terra Currie to give us a peek at the bookshelf that went into Sacred Violence: A Family's Quest to Uproot Hitman Culture. Peruse the books that influenced their lives and their book here or at the bookshop, where you'll find Paul & Terra's recommendations in our homesteading section!


Our December Staff of the Month is Mr. Jarod Carpenter! Mr. Carpenter is our Special Education Resource/Inclusion teacher. He has been at our campus for six years! His teacher career began at Crenshaw Elementary seven years ago. Mr. Carpenter attended Sam Houston State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Horticulture and Crop Science. He is an avid hiker, and spends much of his time off doing so at state parks around Texas. Mr. Carpenter says his favorite thing about working here at DeZavala is all the wonderful students and teachers that he has the privilege of working with every day.
Thank You and Congratulations Mr. Carpenter!


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Miami Students Cook Vegan Meals for NASA Astronauts
Hannah Sentenac
Hannah Sentenac | April 8, 2016 | 10:07am
Matt Damon's character in The Martian might have been onto something when he grew potatoes on Mars. And if Miami students have their way, future astronauts will grow their own vegetable gardens on their way to the red planet.
This weekend, local students will whip up vegetarian and vegan meals for NASA scientists through the Green Cuisine Challenge at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. The project is part of the famous Fairchild Challenge science competition, with the idea being that astronauts will be able to re-create the students' dishes using edible plants grown in space.
Last year, Fairchild started a partnership with NASA where local middle- and high-schoolers worked to cultivate plants that could be used in outer space as a sustainable food supply. The plant-based cooking competition is an extension of that effort.
"The students are very creative, from wraps to salads and desserts, made with fresh ingredients presented with original names," says Marion Litzinger, Fairchild Challenge program manager. "We received some fantastic recipes that students either developed on their own or changed from traditional ones."
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Students were chosen to participate based on individual competitions at their respective schools through Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
"This year's program is themed 'The Voyages of Plants,' from Polynesian canoe plants to a future voyage to Mars. For this challenge, students not only have to consider the culinary aspect but also the calories that ingredients chosen will provide and how much space is needed for them to be grown per square centimeter," Litzinger says. "They received a list of possible plants that are potential candidates for growth in space and were then provided with a calories/square centimeter calculator so that they could incorporate the calculations into their presentation."
Each serving is required to have at least 100 calories and use no more than 250 square centimeters of growing space. The idea is that astronauts could make the dishes themselves while on voyages, and visiting NASA scientists will be taste-testing the creations. "Considering the limitations of a space station with no possibility to cook or wash the vegetables, along with the no-gravity conditions, it's really a challenge," Litzinger adds. "In the future, on longer space journeys, crops will have to be grown fresh to provide the astronauts with the necessary vitamins."
The meals will be debuted this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Fairchild's Garden House. The challenge is taking place at the same time as the Spring Garden Festival & Plant Sale, which runs Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Hannah Sentenac covers veg food, drink, pop culture, travel, and animal advocacy issues. She is also editor-in-chief of LatestVeganNews.com.
Twitter: @hannahgetshappy


i did not like ellen on ai last night at all!
I felt like she tortured people with her endless blather before she told them they had made it. She needs to find a different way to be funny on there that doesn't seem so sadistic and self-congratulatory. Of course she looks sweet next to that harriden kara. Simon seemed like the only authentic human on the show, and Randy of course always seems empathetic and understated. not that anyone cares what I think, but—there ya go. I swore I would not get tricked into watching it AGAIN this year, but–here I am.


Vibrant. Beautiful. Distinctive. These are three words that come to mind when I look at photographs of jewelry from Glass Addictions. Jennifer Cameron, the owner of Glass Addictions is an Indiana Artisan who creates handmade jewelry that makes the perfect souvenir for friends or relatives from the Hoosier State.
If you're like me and love traveling, you probably love finding the local favorites too. You also probably discovering finding unique shops and interesting people. If you are lucky enough to meet an Indiana Artisan, I'm sure it will be an experience you'll remember.
Indiana Artisans are Hoosiers juried into the Indiana Artisan program who using Indiana raw products to create works of art and value-added foods. Jennifer has a passion for jewelry making and says, "It's too much fun to be considered a business." Her hobby has turned into a career that she takes very seriously because Jennifer knows that Indiana Artisans represent high-quality work as well as the state of Indiana.
Glass Addictions is a jewelry company that specializes in making lampwork beads in many bold colors. Jennifer also sells earrings and necklaces on Etsy.com. She sells about half of the jewelry she creates and donates half to Courage, an organization that gives children with serious illnesses colorful beads to represent milestones in their treatment. Her handmade beads are available on her website and at special events.
Jennifer Cameron is a juried member of Indiana Artisan – the official organization to review, recognize and promote the work of Indiana's highest-quality art and food artisans. Find out more about Tom by visiting her bio page on IndianaArtisan.org or by visiting GlassAddictions.com.


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The effect of control strategies to reduce social mixing on outcomes of the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan, China: a modelling study
Prem, Kiesha et al.
Background: In December, 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel coronavirus, emerged in Wuhan, China. Since then, the city of Wuhan has taken unprecedented measures in response to the outbreak, including extended school and workplace closures. We aimed to estimate the effects of physical distancing measures on the progression of the COVID-19 epidemic, hoping to provide some insights for the rest of the world. Methods: To examine how changes in population mixing have affected outbreak progression in Wuhan, we used synthetic location-specific contact patterns in Wuhan and adapted these in the presence of school closures, extended workplace closures, and a reduction in mixing in the general community. Using these matrices and the latest estimates of the epidemiological parameters of the Wuhan outbreak, we simulated the ongoing trajectory of an outbreak in Wuhan using an age-structured susceptible-exposed-infected-removed (SEIR) model for several physical distancing measures. We fitted the latest estimates of epidemic parameters from a transmission model to data on local and internationally exported cases from Wuhan in an age-structured epidemic framework and investigated the age distribution of cases. We also simulated lifting of the control measures by allowing people to return to work in a phased-in way and looked at the effects of returning to work at different stages of the underlying outbreak (at the beginning of March or April). Findings: Our projections show that physical distancing measures were most effective if the staggered return to work was at the beginning of April; this reduced the median number of infections by more than 92% (IQR 66–97) and 24% (13–90) in mid-2020 and end-2020, respectively. There are benefits to sustaining these measures until April in terms of delaying and reducing the height of the peak, median epidemic size at end-2020, and affording health-care systems more time to expand and respond. However, the modelled effects of physical distancing measures vary by the duration of infectiousness and the role school children have in the epidemic. Interpretation: Restrictions on activities in Wuhan, if maintained until April, would probably help to delay the epidemic peak. Our projections suggest that premature and sudden lifting of interventions could lead to an earlier secondary peak, which could be flattened by relaxing the interventions gradually. However, there are limitations to our analysis, including large uncertainties around estimates of R0 and the duration of infectiousness.