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2. Prep your muffin pan by either lining with liners or lightly greasing.
3. In a bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, spices, salt and Hemp Hearts.
4. Add eggs, pumpkin, oil and honey to the center of the bowl.
5. Mix just until the dry ingredients are absorbed (don't over-mix).
7. Mix 1 tbsp brown sugar and 1 tbsp Hemp Hearts and sprinkle over each muffin.
8. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until puffed and golden brown and skewer inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
Can you sub vegetable oil for coconut oil? I'd love to try these, but have not used coconut oil before and am a bit nervous to try.
I haven't in this specific recipe, but I used to bake more with vegetable oil than coconut oil and you should be able to just do a 1:1 substitution. If you try it let me know how it worked!
they sound delish! Great job!
Thanks! We ate the last few today and they still tasted delicious!


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Q: How to mock/fake a new enum value with JMockit How can I add a fake enum value using JMockit?
I could't find anything in the documentation. Is it even possible?
Related: this question but it is for mockito only, not for JMockIt.
EDIT: I removed the examples I gave in the first place because the examples seem to be distracting. Please have a look at the most upvoted answer on the linked  question to see what I'm expecting. I want to know if it's possible to do the same with JMockit.

A: I think you are trying to solve the wrong problem. Instead, fix the foo(MyEnum) method as follows:
    public int foo(MyEnum value) {
        switch (value) {
            case A: return 1;
            case B: return 2;
        }
        return 0; // just to satisfy the compiler
    }

Having a throw at the end to capture an imaginary enum element that doesn't exist is not useful, as it will never be reached. If you are concerned about a new element getting added to the enum and the foo method not being updated accordingly, there are better solutions. One of them is to rely on a code inspection from your Java IDE (IntelliJ at least has one for this case: "switch statement on enumerated type misses case") or a rule from a static analysis tool.
The best solution, though, is to put constant values associated to enum elements where they belong (the enum itself), therefore eliminating the need for a switch:
public enum BetterEnum {
    A(1), B(2);

    public final int value;
    BetterEnum(int value) { this.value = value; }
}

A: Having had a second thought about the problem I have a solution, and surprisingly a really trivial one.
You are asking about mocking an enum or extending it in test. But the actual problem actually seems to be the necessity to guarantee that any enum extension must be accompanied by amendments in the function that uses it. So you essentially need a test that would fail if the enum is extended, no matter if a mock is used or at all possible. In fact it is better to go without if possible.
I had exactly the same problem a number of times, but the actual solution came to my mind just now after seeing your question:
The original enum:
public enum MyEnum { A, B }

The function that has been defined when the enum provided only A and B:
public int mapper(MyEnum e) {
  switch (e) {
    case A: return 1;
    case B: return 2;
    default:
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("value not supported");
  }
}

The test that will point out that mapper will need to be dealt with when the enum is extended:
@Test
public void test_mapper_onAllDefinedArgValues_success() {
  for (MyEnum e: MyEnum.values()) {
    mapper(e);
  }
}

The test result:
Process finished with exit code 0

Now let's extend the enum with a new value C and rerun the test:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: value not supported

at io.ventu.rpc.amqp.AmqpResponderTest.mapper(AmqpResponderTest.java:104)
...
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:147)

Process finished with exit code 255

A: Just creating a fake enum value will probably not be enough, you eventually also need to manipulate an integer array that is created by the compiler.

Actually to create a fake enum value, you don't even need any mocking framework. You can just use Objenesis to create a new instance of the enum class (yes, this works) and then use plain old Java reflection to set the private fields name and ordinal and you already have your new enum instance.
Using Spock framework for testing, this would look something like:
given:
    def getPrivateFinalFieldForSetting = { clazz, fieldName ->
        def result = clazz.getDeclaredField(fieldName)
        result.accessible = true
        def modifiers = Field.getDeclaredFields0(false).find { it.name == 'modifiers' }
        modifiers.accessible = true
        modifiers.setInt(result, result.modifiers & ~FINAL)
        result
    }

and:
    def originalEnumValues = MyEnum.values()
    MyEnum NON_EXISTENT = ObjenesisHelper.newInstance(MyEnumy)
    getPrivateFinalFieldForSetting.curry(Enum).with {
        it('name').set(NON_EXISTENT, "NON_EXISTENT")
        it('ordinal').setInt(NON_EXISTENT, originalEnumValues.size())
    }

If you also want the MyEnum.values() method to return the new enum, you now can either use JMockit to mock the values() call like
new MockUp<MyEnum>() {
    @Mock
    MyEnum[] values() {
        [*originalEnumValues, NON_EXISTENT] as MyEnum[]
    }
}

or you can again use plain old reflection to manipulate the $VALUES field like:
given:
    getPrivateFinalFieldForSetting.curry(MyEnum).with {
        it('$VALUES').set(null, [*originalEnumValues, NON_EXISTENT] as MyEnum[])
    }

expect:
    true // your test here

cleanup:
    getPrivateFinalFieldForSetting.curry(MyEnum).with {
        it('$VALUES').set(null, originalEnumValues)
    }

As long as you don't deal with a switch expression, but with some ifs or similar, either just the first part or the first and second part might be enough for you.
If you however are dealing with a switch expression, e. g. wanting 100% coverage for the default case that throws an exception in case the enum gets extended, things get a bit more complicated and at the same time a bit more easy.
A bit more complicated because you need to do some serious reflection to manipulate a synthetic field that the compiler generates in a synthetic anonymous innner class that the compiler generates, so it is not really obvious what you are doing and you are bound to the actual implementation of the compiler, so this could break anytime in any Java version or even if you use different compilers for the same Java version. It is actually already different between Java 6 and Java 8.
A bit more easy, because you can forget the first two parts of this answer, because you don't need to create a new enum instance at all, you just need to manipulate an int[], that you need to manipulate anyway to make the test you want.
I recently found a very good article regarding this at https://www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue161.html.
Most of the information there is still valid, except that now the inner class containing the switch map is no longer a named inner class, but an anonymous class, so you cannot use getDeclaredClasses anymore but need to use a different approach shown below.
Basically summarized, switch on bytecode level does not work with enums, but only with integers. So what the compiler does is, it creates an anonymous inner class (previously a named inner class as per the article writing, this is Java 6 vs. Java 8) that holds one static final int[] field called $SwitchMap$net$kautler$MyEnum that is filled with integers 1, 2, 3, ... at the indices of MyEnum#ordinal() values.
This means when the code comes to the actual switch, it does
switch(<anonymous class here>.$SwitchMap$net$kautler$MyEnum[myEnumVariable.ordinal()]) {
    case 1: break;
    case 2: break;
    default: throw new AssertionError("Missing switch case for: " + myEnumVariable);
}

If now myEnumVariable would have the value NON_EXISTENT created in the first step above, you would either get an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if you set ordinal to some value greater than the array the compiler generated, or you would get one of the other switch-case values if not, in both cases this would not help to test the wanted default case.
You could now get this int[] field and fix it up to contain a mapping for the orinal of your NON_EXISTENT enum instance. But as I said earlier, for exactly this use-case, testing the default case, you don't need the first two steps at all. Instead you can simple give any of the existing enum instances to the code under test and simply manipulate the mapping int[], so that the default case is triggered.
So all that is necessary for this test case is actually this, again written in Spock (Groovy) code, but you can easily adapt it to Java too:
given:
    def getPrivateFinalFieldForSetting = { clazz, fieldName ->
        def result = clazz.getDeclaredField(fieldName)
        result.accessible = true
        def modifiers = Field.getDeclaredFields0(false).find { it.name == 'modifiers' }
        modifiers.accessible = true
        modifiers.setInt(result, result.modifiers & ~FINAL)
        result
    }

and:
    def switchMapField
    def originalSwitchMap
    def namePrefix = ClassThatContainsTheSwitchExpression.name
    def classLoader = ClassThatContainsTheSwitchExpression.classLoader
    for (int i = 1; ; i++) {
        def clazz = classLoader.loadClass("$namePrefix\$$i")
        try {
            switchMapField = getPrivateFinalFieldForSetting(clazz, '$SwitchMap$net$kautler$MyEnum')
            if (switchMapField) {
                originalSwitchMap = switchMapField.get(null)
                def switchMap = new int[originalSwitchMap.size()]
                Arrays.fill(switchMap, Integer.MAX_VALUE)
                switchMapField.set(null, switchMap)
                break
            }
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException ignore) {
            // try next class
        }
    }

when:
    testee.triggerSwitchExpression()

then:
    AssertionError ae = thrown()
    ae.message == "Unhandled switch case for enum value 'MY_ENUM_VALUE'"

cleanup:
    switchMapField.set(null, originalSwitchMap)

In this case you don't need any mocking framework at all. Actually it would not help you anyway, as no mocking framework I'm aware of allows you to mock an array access. You could use JMockit or any mocking framework to mock the return value of ordinal(), but that would again simply result in a different switch-branch or an AIOOBE.
What this code I just shown does is:

*

*it loops through the anonymous classes inside the class that contains the switch expression

*in those it searches for the field with the switch map

*if the field is not found, the next class is tried

*if a ClassNotFoundException is thrown by Class.forName, the test fails, which is intended, because that means that you compiled the code with a compiler that follows a different strategy or naming pattern, so you need to add some more intelligence to cover different compiler strategies for switching on enum values. Because if the class with the field is found, the break leaves the for-loop and the test can continue. This whole strategy of course depends on anonymous classes being numbered starting from 1 and without gaps, but I hope this is a pretty safe assumption. If you are dealing with a compiler where this is not the case, the searching algorithm needs to be adapted accordingly.

*if the switch map field is found, a new int array of the same size is created

*the new array is filled with Integer.MAX_VALUE which usually should trigger the default case as long as you don't have an enum with 2,147,483,647 values

*the new array is assigned to the switch map field

*the for loop is left using break

*now the actual test can be done, triggering the switch expression to be evaluated

*finally (in a finally block if you are not using Spock, in a cleanup block if you are using Spock) to make sure this does not affect other tests on the same class, the original switch map is put back into the switch map field

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Interview: Wake of Humanity – Too many humans breeding us into oblivion
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Q: I have seen a post on Instagram, that you are recording new stuff. Is there anything you can tell us about your next release, or still to early?
Chris: Yes, we wrapped up the first stage of recording two new songs this past weekend at Red Room Studio in Seattle, WA. We recorded with the same engineer we worked with on "At Capacity" as we were really happy with the way that EP turned out. This record is sort of a transition between the last one and a full-length. Originally, we were going to focus on writing the full-length but we had a few older songs that we felt really wouldn't fit on what we've written thus far for the full-length. After a few member changes and solidifying our lineup the sound is a little different and we wanted the full-length to reflect that fluidly. We felt these two songs make a good EP and we were eager to get back in the studio. As far as the next release, it's called "Grotesque Lie" and it's going to be a little darker and heavier than the last record. The lyrical content is more on the personal side but still very political. The songs deal with how the atrocities of rape culture, patriarchy and sexual manipulation have infiltrated our underground sub-cultures as well as the role religious ideologies (primarily christianity) play in the decisions people make in their lives. We are hoping to have the vinyl pressed and the record ready to go by the time we head to Europe in July. The EP will be released on Catalyst Records and we are extremely excited about that.
Max: Grotesque Lie (the B-side of this 7″) is the first song I had a hand in writing after I joined the band on drums back in May 2016. For me that song is very emotional and carries a lot of weight due to myself and a lot of people close to me also being victims of sexual assault. The song is about a specific individual situation, but my hope is that it will give anyone affected by forms of sexual violence the courage to speak out about their experiences.
Q: Oh, I really like it darker and heavier. That sounds great. Your decision of this transition record also shows that you keep the big picture in focus and work towards. To be honest, I also prefer 7inches instead of a full-length LP, although you can express more emotions on a LP than a 7inch. Yea these days it is getting more and more important to stay strong against those topics mentioned above. Especially with such a clown as a president. Do you think the attitude of a random HC kid has changed with the alt-right movement and if so, in a good way? I am just asking, because especially here in Germany, sometimes those right winged bastards try to infiltrate the vegan-anarchist movement. The other interesting point is: You are coming to Europe? That's really nice information. You already have a few confirmed dates or venues, or still in the early stages of development? Have you heard that Vegan Reich will do a show on Summer in UK? Good timing, I guess. haha.
A: Chris: Yes, darker and heavier and overall a little different. One of the newly recorded songs actually has a d-beat part in it. All of us love that type of music but never really considered incorporating it into our sound. One day, we were writing the song "Within" and I believe I mentioned in a joking manner "why don't we throw a d-beat part in there as opposed to a thrash part." We tried it and it worked. Or at least we think it worked. It's been well received at live shows. Yes, we definitely have the big picture approach to the full-length. We already have the vibe of the record figured out – like, how we want it to begin, the number of songs, the title track in the middle of the record, and how we want it to end. We even have a working title! But right now we are focusing on touring the west coast US one more time for "At Capacity" and then pushing "Grotesque Lie" and working with Catalyst before concentrating more on the full-length.
That's such a good question (attitude of a random HC kid changing w alt-right movement). I think it might be a little too early to tell but one thing I've noticed over the past few months and the past year is that more and more random HC kids and new bands are getting involved in actually trying to make this world a better place. I see the message and a sense of urgency of the late 1980s and 90s hardcore returning to contemporary hardcore. Over the last few months it's been amazing to see people rally against that clown (I love that you referred to him as a clown…I saw a slogan the other day that said "Elect a clown. Expect a circus." So accurate. We must be vigilant in our quest to ban all circuses haha). People are coming together in so many ways, so many protests, campaigns, and actions in the Seattle area directed against the alt-right movement. The Womxns March, NODAPL protests and marches, Black Lives Matter marches and rallies. I believe the overall engagement in these important issues and activities has increased (by both HC kids and "norms") and I hope it will continue as long as the alt-right agenda is present. Last month we played a benefit show for the White Helmets (https:www.whitehelmets.orgen), a group providing immediate humanitarian relief following bombings in Syria. For Seattle, that show was decently attended and we raised $700 for the cause. There were, however, a lot of people missing who would have normally been at the show. The cool thing about that is the reason those people were missing is because they were attending the massive protest at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport where over 10,000 people gathered in opposition to the clown's executive order on immigration. Many of the folks on the front lines, especially the anarchist vegan antifa kids, would have been at the show but they opted to engage in the protest, which I think is amazing. I think and hope that in the long run the average HC kid is going to direct their anger and energy towards this type of support and protest action.
As far as right-wingers infiltrating the scene here, I have not seen much of that lately but I haven't been to a bigger HC show this year (except Code Orange and there were no alt-right idiots there as far as I could tell). I also haven't been to a punk or metal show this year that might attract the neo-nazi types. We will see and I imagine that it's only a matter of time before those idiots start showing up at HC shows. I do know there has been a lot of activity concerning alt-right assholes trying to infiltrate the antifa movement and actions here. The alt-right presence is definitely making its self known and beyond that we have seen an increase in hate crimes committed all over this city and many other cities in the US.
Another thing I've noticed over the past year or so is a lot of bands and labels are getting engaged with supporting organizations and causes. A great example is the support show for 100 for Haiti, the organization Greg Bennick from Trial helped create. Wake of Humanity actually did the first collaborative benefit t-shirt with them last year and since then a lot of other bands, even several long broken up, have contributed shirt designs. Some of those bands include Earth Crisis, Outspoken, Mean Season and the Swarm. One band and label combination in particular that I'm most impressed with is Good Fight Records and Hollow Earth. They offered a per-order benefit shirt bundle when "Dead Planet" came out. I think that speaks a lot in terms of integrity for both the band and the label. They were concerned with giving back to the community and not just per-order sales.
Yes! We are coming to Europe this summer. I have no idea how we're going to afford it but we are going to make it happen. We don't have plane tickets yet but we do have the tour mapped out and are waiting on a few other logistics to determine whether we are going to book the tour ourselves (very scary and expensive) or see if someone such as Avocado Booking would be interested in helping out a relatively new and unknown band. I think we are looking at booking 14 shows throughout the course of the tour. We have a few solid contacts in half the cities we'd like to play. We're thinking of doing a big loop, starting in Prague and ending in Dresden. I do, however, think we'll go over well in Europe. I can't wait to get back there! Wow, Vegan Reich in the UK! That's the first I've heard of them playing there but it would be amazing if they were touring Europe around the same time. I'd love to play with that band. We played with Racetraitor last week so why not Vegan Reich this summer?
Max: I think the political climate in the US has engaged and mobilized a lot of people ("hc kid" and non-hc kid) who were not necessarily politically active until an openly racist, misogynist and fascist individual was elected as president. I also think it has given certain people justification for their views that are still condemned by most, but they now believe they are safe from consequence and protected by the state. I think a lot of HC kids will make sure those views don't take hold in our community, but we will see as time goes on how much of an impact the community will make.
I have never even traveled to Europe, so touring is daunting, but we will make it happen with LaPointe's elder wisdom and experience. I think we will have more info on that soon. I'm just excited to spread our message. I think that is way more important than the music itself.
Mike: I feel it's forcing people to be more political, which is positive. But at the same time, it's depressing that it takes shit to get this bad to make people want to do anything. That being said, hardcore is more relevant than ever. There are a lot of current bands speaking out and are helping bring a force of change in the dominant paradigm.
Q: A good d-beat is always a good choice to pep up a song. Haha. I listened a lot to bands like Dropdead, Wolfbrigade, Skitsystem, about 10 years ago. For me the whole D-Beat and Crust scene has a huge influence in the Animal Liberation movement besides hardcore and metalcore. I guess for me the Italian underground crust scene pushed me more into veganism, than anything else. They always offered good meals, conversations, flyers and good bands. Thats what I really miss at the shows today. It is mainly only for buying the newest merch and pose with it on on Instagram and Facebook. Don't get me wrong, bands live for selling merch and doing shows, but the main intention of people going to show has been changed in my eyes. Nevertheless, bands can have a big impact on their environment and the chance to change people's attitude. Especially today, as you said before, when people stand up and protest for the right thing. I think all those racist scumbags are trying to infiltrate HC shows of bands which do not explicitly are against racism and fascism. For example, I have never seen a Nazi on a First Blood show. But if I am right, I have already seen them on a Hatebreed show. So better stay always strictly antifascist to make sure, no douchebags will use your shows for their dumb views.
Yea traveling is expensive, so I hope you will find a way to afford it. The Vegan Reich show is not yet confirmed, I mean, the date, when it should happen. I also don't know if they want to play with other bands or only a one band show. But it is cool to see, you are open to play with them. You want to tell us what your opinion on the hardline movement is. By the way, I mean the original movement, without homophobia etc.
A: Chris: Yeah, a lot of the politics around d-beat and crust had a big impact on this band. I believe for our current lineup, Dropdead has been a big influence. They had more of an impact on me, our drummer and guitar player than, say, Earth Crisis. When I think of the Animal Liberation movement intersecting with music, the first image I recall seeing would be that of the Dropdead "Unjustified Murder" era. I think that's also the first time I consciously thought of the term "liberation" in this context. Also, I love their imagery and overall crust aesthetic. Black and white and reminds me of a lot of the early political hardcore stuff I was into like Crucifix, Conflict UK, Crass and such. Ha, I've been jamming so much Wolfbrigade lately!
Oh Hardline, another interesting question and this one is difficult for several reasons. First, I never really paid much attention to hardline when it was a thing in the early to mid-90s. I wasn't too connected to that scene and really didn't formulate a strong opinion. I wasn't straightedge and I was not yet vegan. If anything, I thought hardline was kind of silly. This was a time where I was really developing my political beliefs etc. I was vegetarian, a budding environmentalist studying environmental science and biology and really starting to think beyond the shock value and angst of punk. I've never been a fan of conservative politics and that's what I identified hardline with back then and now. The sexual politics and the whole anti-abortion stance of hardline does not align whatsoever with my beliefs or the beliefs of this band. I was into stuff like Spitboy, Los Crudos, Soul Side, Rites of Spring, Fugazi and many other Dischord Records bands in the 90s. Therefore, I was not a fan of the overall hardline movement and don't think about it much now even though I said I'd be stoked to play with Vegan Reich. It would be interesting, however, to read an updated interview with Sean Muttaqi and to see if his beliefs are still the same, different, stronger, etc. I don't even know if that dude or any of the other dudes from that band are still straightedge (except Andy Hurley, if he's still their drummer). There probably exists an interview or several and I'm probably just not paying attention. For me, hardline was never that appealing. It's funny to see a resurgence in it though. I mean, you look at our record and it kind of has that vibe but that wasn't our intent.
There are certain concepts and philosophies the hardline movement identifies with that are aligned with my personal beliefs. Animal liberation, I'm onboard with that of course. Abstaining from drugs and alcohol, very down with that. Deep Ecology is a concept and philosophy that is of the utmost importance to me. By training, I'm a restoration ecologist and in doing so I lean way more towards the biocentric side of thought as opposed to viewing the environment as a resource for humans to use up. Funny side note, while on the bus to work this morning I was thinking of trees. Old growth trees, evergreens, giants of the forest, extremely important parts of a forest ecosystem, both living and dead. Trees are so taken for granted by most humans and often seen only as a resource to exploit. I penned the phrase "value beyond commodity" in my notebook as I was thinking and conjuring up new lyrical content. I'm always thinking in those terms, about how humans so blindly fuck up the balance of nature and take and take and take with no regard whatsoever for the intricacies and importance of intact ecosystems. If you extract one piece of that puzzle so humans can live comfortably you could, in effect, damage the entire system beyond recognition. Naturally, the concept of deep ecology and denouncing anthropocentric greed is reflected in our current release, especially in the title track "At Capacity" and the whole premise of "WA016F" is rooted in the concept of deep ecology.
So my final thought on hardline – good try, not for me and damaging for others, especially women.
Mike: With or without homophobia, "pro-life" ideals are bullshit. A belief that a man has any say or opinion on what a woman does with her body is garbage. Religion and anything that mimics it is toxic.
Q: Humans have forgotten the real value of our environment. We live in a world where people freak out the software of an iPhone is unresponding, or when they can't get the newest smartphone. They do not realize, that those issues are not even first world problems, those are first-first-first world problems. It is just a thing. Even if they won't believe you, they could live without it, but we can not live without a functioning ecosystem. And thats where we are destroying our own habitat, every single day. You already mentioned the track "At Capacity," there is one line on which I agree most: "Too many humans breeding us into oblivion" There are too many humans for our mother earth. I am still hoping, one day we will eradicate ourself. Hopefully after we released every non-human animal from laboratories, slaughterhouses, cages etc.
I will do my best to see if Sean is interested in answering a few questions. But what I can say is, he is still vegan and straightedge. When I wrote that sentence, I realized I had a debate on how to write straightedge. People say it needs to be written straightedge and not straight edge. Because if you write straight edge it could mean you are straight and not homosexual and that means you would exclude every homosexual men and women. I think thats silly, but to avoid stress with people, I always just say veganedge. Haha. Do you think it really makes a difference if you write straightedge or straight edge?
A: Chris:
I'm glad you mentioned and agree with that line from "At Capacity." To me, it seems like such a basic concept; there are simply too many people on this planet exploiting it beyond recognition. But most people really don't understand or are unwilling to acknowledge that humans are the problem and only humans can remedy the situation by not being so selfish in so many of their day to day decisions. The need especially in first world countries to consume and spend beyond reasonable means blows my mind. I'm guilty of it, I got that privilege but I do everything in my power to offset the negative impact I may make on the environment. Yes, I agree with you 100% that one day we will eradicate ourselves. Mother Earth will be here long after our stupid asses are gone. I could go on for hours about this but I'll stop now.
As for the debate on straight edge vs, straightedge, I hear you in that writing it as "straight edge" is not inclusive and as a movement we should be way beyond that. I've always just written it as "straightedge" but then again, a straightedge is a tool. Maybe, we're all just tools? I like "veganedge" as well and honestly, the vegan part to me and probably the rest of WOH is of the utmost importance in our identity as a band and as individuals. That said, I won't hesitate to X up at any given moment. I'm interested in what the others have to say about this…
Q: I guess, if Mother Earth knew what we as humans are doing against others, we were the first species on the list of an extinction chosen by Gaia. Unfortunately, we made it so far, that many innocent victims have no longer the chance to live in peace and harmony. Haha, today I saw on TV news regarding new planets were found by the Nasa. I can't understand why they are so happy, because they found similar planets like ours. We are not even able to take care of this one and destroy it step by step. I mean how stupid is that?
If people are vegan and straightedge and then drop or rather break straight edge by drinking alcohol or something else, I really don't care. But when they break vegan it is like a punch in the face for all non-human animals. I will never understand how people could do that.
A: Chris: I'm the same exact way about breaking edge vs. selling out veganism. For me straightedge is a personal choice. With that said, I recognize drinking and doing drugs affects others in a negative manner in that it's a destructive lifestyle that most of the time ends supports corporations and it potentially kills innocent people. For me selling out veganism makes no sense. If you have the sense enough to make a choice to go vegan, how can you justifiably sell that out? This concept is precisely what the song Null & Void is about. It makes me so angry.
Q: Yea, omnivores are shit, as they believe it is okay or rather acceptable to eat dead flesh of an animal. But vegan people who sold out, are even worse. I mean, how can they still look in the mirror with no regret?
Better switch to another subject. You are sponsored by Outcast Agenda Clothing. What does that mean to you, that a clothing label supports you as a band? Can you tell us more about your collaboration?
A: Chris: For me, it goes beyond getting free gear (although I always wanted one of those VSXE sweatshirts). Jack has been a friend of ours for some time and even before I became friends with him I respected his clothing company and what it stands for. His beliefs and our beliefs are very closely aligned so it's a natural fit for us to work together. I think that's the most important thing to me. The fact that we're supporting each other in common causes is really cool. The dude is legit too. He's not just some internet kid cashing in on vegan edge merch. He's out there on the front lines, working for Sea Shepherd on various campaigns. We respect that a great deal. And it's motivated us as well in terms of going beyond being long time Sea Shepherd supporters and getting involved in their campaigns. Our bass player, Mike, just recently did a volunteer outreach stint with Sea Shepherd and attended the Seattle Boat Show informing people about illegal whaling and other activities. Beyond that, Jack is genuinely invested in the bands he supports and that means a lot.
Q: I hope it was already clear for everyone out there, that you do not have that collaboration for the free gear, but for the message Jack spreads.
He definitely is a legit guy, I am also writing with him on a daily base right now. When this interviews is finished, the interview with Jack is already online and you can read it here. It is cool to read, that also your band is involved into Sea Shepherd. That underlines again, that you as a band not only talk about Animal Liberation, you also do something against that cruelty.
I think we could end our interview here at that point. Is there something you want to say?
A: Sounds like a great place to end but the last few things I wanted to add are 1. Thank you so much for the interest in our band and for spending the time to talk to us. It's greatly appreciated. 2. I wanted to reiterate that we are super excited for our new release to hopefully coincide with our tour of Europe in July and we can't wait to get out there and meet people as we spread our message through our music! and finally 3. Go vegan. Stay vegan.
Links you should check out:
Wake of Humanity – Facebook
Wake of Humanity – bandcamp
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Both vegan and vegetarian eating have been noticeably on the rise in Wrocław over the past few years. The days when the Rynek based Vega was the only place to go are well and truly gone; now there are a handful of venues offering creative, colourful vegan and vegetarian dishes. Machina Organika, an arty, vegan themed restaurant and bar near the Rynek tram stops, is arguably the first place in Wrocław to really shout out its vegan potentials.
Machina Organika labels itself on its Facebook page as a "vegetarian and vegan" restaurant, although it does focus significantly more on the latter form of cuisine. This is clear when you ask for a latte, which is done with soya milk. That might not be to everyone's liking of course, but hey you can get a normal latte anywhere, can't you?
Inside the decor is inventive, alternative and cool – you'll find all sorts of obscure and intriguing artwork on the walls, while upstairs the tables are hugged by lightweight curtains resembling mosquito nets. It's all a little different, yet bright, open and friendly.
Unlike some vegetarian venues in the city, Machina Organika have a license for alcohol. This allows you to choose from a decent list of bottled beers and wines, all from ethical producers. So if you're not into veganism as much as your best mate or partner, at least you can ease through the evening with a glass or two.
Like so many newly opened cafes and restaurants, Machina Organika are ditching bland, boring laminated menus for a smaller list of freshly made dishes chalked on the blackboard. Every day you'll find a new meal on offer, meaning you'll never get bored even if you become a regular visitor. Prices range from about 7-25zl depending on whether you are grabbing a soup, sandwich or a main meal.
On our visit we went for a vegan curry with oatmeal and salad. A Birmingham balti this certainly was not; however the dish was flavoursome enough, wonderfully presented and professionally cooked. Spice lovers would have found the curry a bit bland, but where it lacked in punch it made up for in the fresh taste of all the produce on the plate. Some restaurants can cook their vegetables to death – this was evidently not the case here.
The salad with triangular ryvita style crackerbreads was equally pretty, but arguably more style than substance. The challenge of producing a hunger satisfying vegan salad is clearly a tall order, and for those of us of carnivorous nature, the salad may have felt a little lightweight. That said, yet again, the produce was fantastic and everything was nicely put together – it was as good as any vegan salad can be.
Machina Organika are clearly doing there upmost to cater for alternative diets and come up with tasty, inventive vegan dishes that everyone can enjoy. The staff a are friendly and speak English, so if you're not sure about the menu, its also easy to ask.
Independently run and managed, Machina Organika is a decent spot to just chill out and have a beer. The basement (photographed below) is as pretty as anywhere we've seen in Wrocław, and is clearly a cool place to enjoy a few drinks.
In Machina Organika, Wrocław has another alternative, foreigner friendly venue in which to hang out. Curious? Why not pay a visit and judge for yourself?


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Who is Dick Strawbridge? Escape to the Château presenter and Scrapheap Challenge host
But who is Dick Strawbridge, what shows has he hosted and where does he live? Here is the lowdown on Dick…
Who is Dick Strawbridge?
Dick is a British TV presenter and Lieutenant-Colonel, who is famous for hosting the Scrapheap Challenge.
Born the third of seven kids, Dick started life in Burma before being educated in Northern Ireland.
After attending Welbeck College, he later went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and later retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2001 after his stint in the Royal Corps of Signals.
In 1993 he was awarded an MBE for distinguished service in Northern Ireland and also had an honours degree in Electrical Engineering.
What shows has he presented?
Dick brought his engineering experience to a number of TV shows after his army career.
He worked on Scrapheap Challenge, replacing Robert Llewellyn.
And then starred on BBC Two's It's Not Easy Being Green which saw his family attempting to live as green a life as possible in St Austell, Cornwall.
He is currently appearing in The Biggest Little Railway In The World on Channel 4 alongside host Claire Barrett.
Who is Dick Strawbridge married to?
Dick met the love of his life Angel Adoree in 2010, and they have now started a family together.
Angel is the founder of the Vintage Patisserie, which won investment Dragon Den stars Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis and had a shop in Hackney, East London.
The couple has a son called Arthur Donald who was born in 2013, and a daughter called Dorothy Francis who was born the year after.
Does Dick Strawbridge live in a castle?
Dick and Angel decided to take the plunge to move to a neglected castle in France with no electric, sewage or heating.
The 45-room, five-storey home, Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson, has since been transformed into a stunning home and now into a flourishing business.
The couple even tied the knot there in November 2015.
The transformative story was documented on Channel 4's Escape to the Chateau.
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Geoffrey Harold Arnott (4 February 19023 April 1986) was an Australian company director and chairman of Arnott's Biscuits.

Early life
Arnott was born in Waratah, New South Wales, and attended Newington College from 1918 to 1920.

Business career
Geoffrey Arnott worked at Arnott's starting in 1921, where he began in the factory as part of the engineering shop. He moved to the administrative side 10 years later, and assisted with the provision of food supplies during World War II to Australian and Allied forces. He became the managing director in 1954 and a chairman in 1961, which he remained until retiring in 1975.

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1902 births
1986 deaths
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Seconded! Thank you for posting this!
That is a great cover. So 2 new book out coming soon.
Don't know why I feel this way but that cover about as Battletech as one can Battletech.
if it were a Kurita mech shooting a Davion mech I'd agree completely. However, unless my eyes deceive I do believe those are RoTS markings on the Wolverine backstabbing the T-Bolt. Which of course makes for an interesting statement as cover art.
Should I interpret the subtitle to mean that the "Doomsday" edition is just around the corner?
Or potentially even a DMM unit.
Well . . . while the loadout on the TBolt matches the -5S, the missile rack is in the wrong place but that is a long running joke.
The other side is if that is a Wolverine and if the blast is a PPC . . . then its in the wrong arm.
admittedly lacking the motto and with the banner more and the aura less prominent.
The circle shape on the logo is very offset high for it to be the ROTS logo.
RIP. Again. And again. And again.
Could that be my beloved 7th C.L. getting the snot beat out of them (again)?
Why yes, I do believe it could.
I will loves and hugs my beloved losers fowever and fowever.
Alas poor Photobucket. I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
Just my two cents, but if we're talking the insignia on the left shoulder, it resembles the Second Sword of Light to me as the grey curves around the right side of the circle.
At Comstar we listen. It's that simple.
BMM-style compilation rulebook for Alpha Strike?
Well CL vs SoL would be as BattleTechy as BattleTech ever gets.
We've just made a major update and refresh to the Coming Soon page! For your convenience, the full update is reposted below.
The following BattleTech books and game aids are on the upcoming schedule. If it is an e-book only release, it is noted in brackets. As covers become available, they're added to this page.
You'll notice that several previously announced products are not on this list. Any product not listed below is not currently in the production pipeline and its release is not on the immediate horizon. This is the current production list.
These two new box sets are your first steps into the world's greatest armored combat game and include everything you need to get started. Existing players will enjoy all-new content including map sheets, fiction, and of course, `Mechs!
A ready-to-play starter set, perfect for someone who's just finished their first BattleTech demo and is ready for more action.
48 page fiction novella by William H. Keith, Jr., a prequel to the Gray Death Legion saga featuring Carlyle's Commandos and Durant Carlyle; only available in the Beginner Box.
The classic BattleTech boxed set, reimagined from the ground up and full of exciting new material and miniatures!
48 page fiction novella by William H. Keith, Jr., a prequel to the Gray Death Legion saga featuring Carlyle's Commandos and Durant Carlyle; only available in the A Game of Armored Combat box.
Kicking off the climactic ilClan storyline, Shattered Fortress sets the stage for the titanic clashes to come. As the nations and Clans of the Inner Sphere struggle for survival, the Republic of the Sphere and awakened Exarch Devlin Stone face enemies at their doorstep. Will the Dark Age give way to a new dawn — or an endless nightmare? The epic story begins here!
A new wave of releases for the Touring the Stars, Spotlight On, and Turning Points series is on the horizon, with the previously announced Opposing Forces and Milestones lines still in development.
In addition, the Brush Wars series will find new life as the over-arching connection between all of the PDF-only lines. Each Brush Wars product will offer an expanded historical narrative on a little-seen conflict across all eras of BattleTech, from the Star League to ilClan and beyond. New entries of the established PDF lines will further flesh out each conflict, and each full "season" of products will eventually be available as a print-on-demand sourcebook. Stay tuned for more details about this exciting development!
A new series of exclusive Print-on-Demand (POD) sourcebooks will kick off with Capital Punishment, a collection of all Jihad Turning Points involving the Great Houses' capital worlds.
This new edition of the Alpha Strike rules fully revises and updates the original Alpha Strike rulebook, including improvements and optional rules from the Alpha Strike Companion.
Release Date: 3rd Quarter 2018 for Total Warfare; additional reprinted volumes to follow.
Reprints of every BattleTech core rulebook are on the way, beginning with Total Warfare this summer and including TechManual, Tactical Operations, Strategic Operations, and A Time of War.
Six all-new maps, designed to be easier to use and clearer to understand than ever before.
Blaine Lee Pardoe returns to the BattleTech universe with Forever Faithful, an epic story spanning the Twilight of the Clans through the Dark Age and beyond!
Jason Schmetzer's novel Embers of War will receive a wide release.
Jennifer Brozek, award-winning author of The Nellus Academy Incident, returns with Rogue Academy, a character-driven, action-filled young adult trilogy exploring the tumultuous aftermath of the Age of Destruction.
New print-on-demand entries in the BattleTech Legends series will be available, with an eye on making the entire archive library of BattleTech fiction once again available.
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What are the pilot cards?
That beginner box set looks amazing. Excellent value at $20.
More or less what they sound like--optional cards which allow players to add some character (literally) and SPAs to the Mechs contained in each box. They're intended to be usable both with the level of rules in each box, and with the full Total Warfare rules.
Each card offers a named character, a short bio, different Gunnery and Piloting Skills, and an SPA or two for each MechWarrior.
Thanks for the update Adrian, the covers look awesome thunderbolt-y.
Looking forward to getting my hands on the products when they are released.
Do the pilots have set skill values in addition to SPAs or are those still determined conventionally?
Just updated my original post, the GS/PS for each are printed on the card.
And I want it to be *my* 7th getting beat all to hell. I love being the underdog.
Also Cubby: the black beemer does suit you when you're doing your official speaking voice.
Sounds interesting, hope you got more pilots coming in later in some form. I'm terrible at coming up with pilot callsigns/names. Pre-made pilots sound nice addition.
All in all, the coming releases look good. Just hoping you'll manage to stay on schedule, especially when it comes to Shattered Fortress.
Oh, and i hope the TROs weren't completely canned, even if they ain't coming anytime soon. They had rather interesting themes.
*claps in delight* I wonder if my wife will allow me to spend some $$$?


WHILE TRADITIONAL WIRE braces can be one of the most efficient at straightening teeth, fixing crowding, and correcting an underbite or overbite, invisible aligners have become an attractive alternative in recent years. Being able to get all the benefits of braces with such a low-profile appliance that can be removed for brushing, flossing, and eating can make the orthodontic process far more palatable.
But what's next after you've progressed through every aligner tray and your teeth are perfectly straight? What will it take to maintain the smile you've always wanted?
In some cases, the final invisible aligners can be used initially as a full-time retainer and eventually as a nighttime one after the patient's teeth are correctly aligned. In others, a separate retainer will be recommended, and those tend to be sturdier. No matter what type of retainer you end up with, be sure to follow the care instructions in order to keep it clean and effective as long as possible.
Good oral hygiene also means cleaning your orthodontic retainers regularly.


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The Slot HTML element is a part of Web Components. It allows the development of separate DOM trees for specific elements. A named slot is an element with a name attribute, and this slot is occupied by the chief copy editor. The following examples illustrate the Slot's functions. Described in detail, the Slot describes a goal. Using a slot to score a goal is important in hockey. Learn more about the Slot in this article.
A slot machine has three or more reels that spin when the player activates the game. Early slot machines used mechanical levers, but modern slot machines use random number generators (RNGs). They are operated through buttons, touchscreens, and other mechanisms. While the basic concept remains the same, advances in technology have led to new features and variations. Slot machines today can incorporate video graphics, bonus rounds, and other special features. These new features can improve the game's payout potential and attract new players.
The term Slot is derived from the American Heritage Dictionary, which is in its fifth edition. In the dictionary, the term means "a narrow opening, groove, or slit for receiving objects or placing items." A slot also refers to a position in an organization. In aviation, a slot is the unmarked area between the face-off circles in an ice-hockey rink. It is a relatively new technology, but its appeal is widespread.
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Let's talk about fruits, sugar, and their confusing connection
08/12/2019 / By Rex Carter
Most people know that fruit is nutritious, but is it a good choice for those who are trying to lose weight? It's not something that everyone agrees on: Some believe that most fruits are loaded with sugar – which, of course, is not good when you're trying to slim down. That said, the effect of sugar on your health depends on what kind and how much you consume.
The dose makes the poison
Paracelsus, one of the first modern medical professors, said: "The dose makes the poison." This also applies to sugar. At its most basic, your body breaks down the food you eat into glucose (also known as blood sugar) and other simple sugars. The body then uses these for energy.
Of course, that's not to say that all types of sugar benefit the body. For one, having excess amounts of sugar in your body is harmful and is often a precursor to chronic diseases. Fructose, in particular, is a type of sugar that's often misunderstood – since it's found in fruit and is often seen on ingredient labels as an added sugar.
Indeed, fruit does contain fructose, but it also contains vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals that provide nutrition. Most fruits are also loaded with fiber and water, which help with portion control.
However, when fructose is found in added sugars like high fructose corn syrup, it's a different story. For one, it stands out from other sugars since the body cannot utilize it directly. The liver converts fructose to glucose first, so it can be used by the body as a source of energy. When the body gets too much of it and too quickly – like in the case of sweet juices and soda – the liver gets overloaded and instead converts fructose to fat, causing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
This has led to some diet purists claiming that fruit, by virtue of its fructose content, is harmful as well. This claim is inaccurate, however, as it's not the sugar itself that's bad, but the amount. Adding sweeteners to your diet, however, can lead to excessive fructose consumption, which can lead to the following effects.
An imbalance in your blood lipid profile by raising VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein) levels, also known as "bad cholesterol." This leads to fat deposition in the organs, particularly the heart, and makes you a candidate for cardiovascular disease;
Increased insulin resistance which in turn increases risk of Type 2 diabetes;
Increased leptin resistance, the hormone that regulates satiety, which effects how body fat is stored and causes you to overeat;
Increased risk of colorectal cancer by accelerating the growth of tumors; and
Increased levels of uric acid in the blood, leading to hypertension and gout.
The positive effects of eating fruit
Aside from fructose, most fruits are also loaded with important nutrients which can help the body feel fuller for longer and prevent cell damage.
Many fruits possess a lot of vitamins and minerals that you may otherwise overlook in your diet, and it's easy to get these nutrients from fruit because "nature's fast food" can be eaten as snacks or while you're on the go. Most fruit, especially those eaten with the skin, are rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, which help prevent premature cell aging and damage. Fruit is also a great source of vitamin A, which helps protect your eyesight from age-related decline. You can also find electrolytes like potassium and magnesium — minerals that facilitate the functions of the nervous system — in most fruit. Folate, also called vitamin B9, is also present in citrus fruits. A large orange, for example, contains up to 55 micrograms or 14 percent of the recommended daily intake.
Most fruit is packed with fiber and water, so you take time to eat and digest it. As a consequence, foods rich in fiber make you feel fuller for longer. By contrast, processed foods and sweets contain similar or higher amounts of fructose but have less nutritional value and satiety. Moreover, insoluble fiber maintains regular bowel movement, while soluble fiber plays a role in weight management, cholesterol regulation, and blood sugar stability. (Related: Learn which carbs are actually good for you in moderate amounts.)
Adding a variety of fruit to your diet is always a great idea. While many may contain sugar, the benefits far outweigh whatever negatives the fructose content brings.
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Shoshana Wilson has been named Head of Programme and Scheduling, Fox Networks Group (FNG) UK. Currently Director, Global Acquisitions in the regional European Team, in this new role, Shosh will be responsible for all programming and scheduling for the full FNG UK channel brands, including FOX, National Geographic, NatGeo WILD and YourTV.
Following a career spanning over 40 years, Ford has made the decision to retire and will be stepping down from his position of FNG UK MD and SVP, Original Content Europe & Africa at the end of the year. He will continue to work with FNG E&A in a consultancy capacity in the first half of 2018, under his Original Content remit, as he continues to develop and deliver the original content strategy. This includes the launch of the first regional scripted commission Deep State, the Mark Strong fronted espionage thriller from Matthew Parkhill and Emmy award-winning Executive Producer Hilary Bevan Jones. Deep State will air in over 50 territories across the region in Spring 2018.
Recruitment is already underway for both Wilson and Ford's replacement, more details to be announced in the coming months.
"Shoshana has been an incredibly important part of our European programming team and I'm delighted that she will be stepping up into this new role, to focus solely on our UK business, as we create some of our most ambitious schedules for our British viewers," said Diego Londono, Chief Executive Officer, FNG Europe & Africa. "With a career spanning over 40 years, Jeff Ford is synonymous with the UK Television industry. Since joining our organisation in 2015, Jeff has been instrumental in the success of our UK business, alongside creating and launching our original scripted content strategy for the region. Following his decision to retire at the end of the year from his full-time role, we are thrilled that we'll continue to be working closely with Jeff well into 2018, as we launch our first regional commission Deep State in over 50 markets across the region."
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Dominance of a clonal green sulfur bacterial population in a stratified lake
Lea H. Gregersen, Kirsten Silvia Habicht, Sandro Peduzzi, Mauro Tonolla, Donald Eugene Canfield, Mette Miller, Raymond Pickett Cox, Niels-Ulrik Frigaard
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For many years, the chemocline of the meromictic Lake Cadagno, Switzerland, was dominated by purple sulfur bacteria. However, following a major community shift in recent years, green sulfur bacteria (GSB) have come to dominate. We investigated this community by performing microbial diversity surveys using FISH cell counting and population multilocus sequence typing [clone library sequence analysis of the small subunit (SSU) rRNA locus and two loci involved in photosynthesis in GSB: fmoA and csmCA]. All bacterial populations clearly stratified according to water column chemistry. The GSB population peaked in the chemocline (c. 8 × 106 GSB cells mL−1) and constituted about 50% of all cells in the anoxic zones of the water column. At least 99.5% of these GSB cells had SSU rRNA, fmoA, and csmCA sequences essentially identical to that of the previously isolated and genome-sequenced GSB Chlorobium clathratiforme strain BU-1 (DSM 5477). This ribotype was not detected in Lake Cadagno before the bloom of GSB. These observations suggest that the C. clathratiforme population that has stabilized in Lake Cadagno is clonal. We speculate that such a clonal bloom could be caused by environmental disturbance, mutational adaptation, or invasion.
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Gregersen, L. H., Habicht, K. S., Peduzzi, S., Tonolla, M., Canfield, D. E., Miller, M., Cox, R. P., & Frigaard, N-U. (2009). Dominance of a clonal green sulfur bacterial population in a stratified lake. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 70(1), 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00737.x
Gregersen, Lea H. ; Habicht, Kirsten Silvia ; Peduzzi, Sandro ; Tonolla, Mauro ; Canfield, Donald Eugene ; Miller, Mette ; Cox, Raymond Pickett ; Frigaard, Niels-Ulrik. / Dominance of a clonal green sulfur bacterial population in a stratified lake. In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2009 ; Vol. 70, No. 1. pp. 30-41.
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Q: How to I get the body text of a Response object returned by the fetch API in ClojureScript? I'm trying to use the Github Gist API to get a list of all of my Gists like so:
(ns epi.core)

(.then  (.fetch js/window "https://api.github.com/users/seisvelas/gists")
        (fn [data] (.log js/epi data)))

js/epi is just console.log except provided by the blogging platform I'm using (epiphany.pub).
When I call that API from curl it works fine; however, when done in cljs instead of giving me the body of the response, this gives me [object Response]. Does anyone know how I can get the body text of the response?

A: TL;DR
(-> (.fetch js/window "https://api.github.com/users/seisvelas/gists")
  (.then #(.json %))  ; Get JSON from the Response.body ReadableStream
  (.then #(.log js/epi %))

is what I'd write

From ClojureScript, a JavaScript call like data.body() can be invoked with
(.body data)

and a JavaScript property access like data.body with
(.-body data)

One of those should work in your case. However, the fetch API requires a bit more if you want to get JSON from the body, which I assume you do based on the endpoint.
If you're dealing with promise chains, you might also want to consider using -> (thread-first) so it reads top to bottom.
See this Gist for more about threading promise chains.

A: There is a library wrapping js fetch API called lamdaisland.fetch. This library uses transit as default encoding format, so you need to specify accept format when working with github API.
This library contains kitchen-async.promise as its dependency, so you can require the kitchen-async.promise in your ClojureScript source code.
(ns fetch.demo.core
  (:require [kitchen-async.promise :as p]
            [lambdaisland.fetch :as fetch]))

(p/try
  (p/let [resp (fetch/get
                "https://api.github.com/users/seisvelas/gists"
                {:accept :json
                 :content-type :json})]
    (prn (:body resp)))
  (p/catch :default e
     ;; log your exception here
    (prn :error e)))

A: Seems like .fetch returns a Response object, and you need to get the attribute body from it for the body. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response
Something like (.body data)


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New Interactive Map Reveals the Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans
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Plastic waste has by now made its way into almost every area of the ocean. The WWF has compiled a new interactive world map that turns the spotlight on this marine plastic pollution - one of the largest environmental problems in the world.
Author Leonie Asendorpf:
Translation Leonie Asendorpf, 09.30.20
Anywhere between 8 and 12 million tons of plastic are dumped into our oceans every year. Plastic waste not only endangers the lives of many different types of marine animals, but in the long term also those of us humans, when it breaks down into microplastics that enter our drinking water, food, and even the air we breathe. The WWF has visualised the issue of plastic waste in an interactive map, whilst also providing an overview of the progress made on international action to tackle the challenge of plastic pollution.
On the "Global Plastic Navigator" website, users can open different levels of a world map. The first shows where the concentration of floating plastic at the sea surface (by weight) is particularly high. The data is based on measurements from a total of 24 different scientific expeditions. On two further levels, the map shows where the plastic waste that collects in the sea comes from. On one level, the map shows the amount of poorly disposed of plastic waste per square kilometre that can potentially end up in the environment. WWF uses population data and the GDP of the respective countries to work this out. The second level shows the amount of plastic that flows from rivers into the sea each year, also measured by weight. The focus here is on the 122 most polluted rivers worldwide. Wind and rain cause large amounts of plastic waste to accumulate in rivers, which is then ultimately released into the ocean.
In the sea, the plastic waste is then moved on by currents and collects around the centres of large gyres. The map shows where these currents run. In total, there are five large subtropical gyres: the North Atlantic Gyre, the South Atlantic Gyre, the Indian Ocean Gyre, and the North and South Pacific Gyres. The highest plastic concentration is found in the North Pacific Gyre. It is also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. These gyres, which are mostly formed by winds, are rotating systems of currents, and the direction that they rotate in is influenced by the rotation of the earth. Since weaker winds and currents usually prevail in the centre of the gyres, the drifting plastic slows down and accumulates there. That creates cast areas in the ocean where the water is completely covered with plastic waste.
The data for the WWF's interactive world map comes from scientific publications on plastic waste and the numbers are continuously being updated. The sources of the data used are referenced in the descriptions of the different layers and there are also links to the respective scientific publications.
Map reveals which countries support an international effort to tackle plastic pollution
"The map turns the latest scientific data into a visual tool. This helps give people a clear idea of the size of the huge flood of plastic waste – both from the global perspective of the world's oceans to smaller, local sources of plastic pollution that comes from individual rivers," explains Bernhard Bauske, the project coordinator for plastic waste at WWF Germany. "The result is frightening: there is plastic even in the furthest reaches of our oceans." The interactive map is designed to help decision makers develop effective strategies to stop plastic waste from entering the oceans.
The WWF is also campaigning for an international plastics agreement to end the plastic pollution in our oceans. In order to see which countries have already publicly spoken out in favor of such an agreement, or have at least shown willingness to consider a possible agreement, users can click on individual markers on the map. "Thanks to the map, we can see that support for an international agreement against the discharge of plastic waste into the oceans is already quite strong," said Bauske. Among the supporting countries are several member states of the European Union (EU) and the African Union. "With the interactive map, every citizen can now see whether their government is committed to this framework against marine plastic. This will also increase the pressure on states that are still hesitant about the agreement".
Various studies suggest that the plastic pollution of our planet could be reduced by around 80 percent by 2040 – but only if we adopt far-reaching system change, and up our efforts to reuse and recycle plastic waste. And while we are currently still a long way from a joint action plan, many countries have now banned selected plastic products, with a particular focus on banning disposable carrier bags and microplastics in cosmetic products. The European Union has also recently voted to bring in a ban on one-use plastics. At the same time, many scientific communities and non-governmental organisations are working on solutions. However, there is still no global strategy that includes practical and measurable interventions to reduce pollution from plastics. This needs to be addressed at the level of international corporations: Only a few dozen companies produce the majority of plastic products and only a handful of multinational corporations dominate the market for plastic pellets, the raw form of plastics, as the Plastic Atlas from the Heinrich Böll Foundation shows. Really far-reaching changes in the global plastics crisis can only be achieved if binding regulations are enforced that oblige manufacturers to reduce production or develop more recyclable, biodegradeable and plastic-free alternatives.
This is a translation of an original article that first appeared on RESET's German-language site.
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Around the world, a massive one trillion plastic bags are used every single year. And then there are all the plastic bottles, plastic packaging and other one-use plastic products that end up in landfill on earth and floating in our seas. The problem is overwhelmingly huge, but it's one that we can all do something about.
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Q: HTML link working improperly and showing up invisibly I am trying to add a simple HTML link to my code, however it is not showing up.  The links for the navigation bar show up just fine,however regular links are only showing up as invisible, meaning I can only see it by mousing over it and it does nothing.  I figure it could be a problem with the CSS styles I've created but I've gone over the code and cannot find anything wrong.
/*STYLE FORMATTING FOR THE NAVIGATION BAR*/
.nav ul
{
list-style-type:none;
padding:0;
margin:0;
overflow:hidden;
background-color:#6b234b;
width:1000px;
}
.nav li
{
display: inline-block;
}
.nav a:link,a:visited
{
display:block;
width:188.51px;
font-size:1.20em;
letter-spacing:3px;
font-family:"ostrich";
color:#FFFFFF;
background-color:#6b234b;
text-align:center;
padding:4px;
text-decoration:none;
}
.nav a:hover,a:active
{
background-color:#a03771;
}

/*STYLE FORMATTING FOR REGULAR LINKS*/
.links a:link
{
text-decoration:none;
font-size:0.5em;
text-align:right;
font-family:"hanzo";
color:#000000;
}
.links a:visited
{
text-decoration:none;
font-size:0.5em;
text-align:right;
font-family:"hanzo";
color:#000000;
}

.links a:active
{
text-decoration:underline;
font-size:0.5em;
text-align:right;
font-family:"hanzo";
color:#000000;}

.links a:hover
{
text-decoration:underline;
font-size:0.5em;
text-align:right;
font-family:"hanzo";
color:#000000;}

This is the HTML link I am trying to implement with accompanying HTML.

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A: Just check this part in Your CSS
.nav a:link,a:visited
{
display:block;
width:188.51px;
font-size:1.20em;
letter-spacing:3px;
font-family:"ostrich";
color:#FFFFFF;
background-color:#6b234b;
text-align:center;
padding:4px;
text-decoration:none;
}

You have given your link color #FFFFFF at visited.So when you are visiting the link it is changing the text of the link into white and as the background color is white,thats why the text are not visible. Just change the color there and you can get the good result.If any doubt comes let me know.

A: Just try this

Hope it will help you.You have one thing error.You have used .links a:hover which should be  a.links:hover.Hope this will help you.Just keep your css and markup clean after that you can do good.

A: Try this.. and if you want to change bg color on active, just change there..
.nav a:link,a:visited
{
display:block;
width:188.51px;
font-size:1.20em;
letter-spacing:3px;
font-family:"ostrich";
color:#666;enter code here
background-color:#6b234b;
text-align:center;
padding:4px;
text-decoration:none;
}
.nav a:hover,a:active
{
background-color:#6b234b;
}


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