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from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

import subprocess
from collections import OrderedDict

from plumbum import local, FG
from shovel import task

pytest = local['py.test']

@task
def quick():
    failed = OrderedDict.fromkeys(
        ['test', 'docs', 'spelling', 'doc8', 'flake8'], False)

    failed['tests'] = bool(subprocess.call(['py.test']))
    failed['docs'] = bool(subprocess.call(
        ['sphinx-build', '-W', '-b', 'html', 'docs', 'docs/_build/html']))
    failed['spelling'] = bool(subprocess.call([
        'sphinx-build', '-W', '-b', 'spelling', 'docs', 'docs/_build/html']))
    failed['doc8'] = bool(subprocess.call(['doc8', 'docs']))
    failed['flake8'] = bool(subprocess.call(['flake8']))

    print('\nSummary:')
    for k, v in failed.items():
        print('{:8s}: {}'.format(k, 'Fail' if v else 'Pass'))

@task
def coverage():
    pytest['--cov=astrodynamics', '--cov-report=html', '--cov-config=.coveragerc'] & FG

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Minister Ryan steps up ambitions for community energy sector
New requirement ensures community projects will be 100% community-owned to gain 15 year support in Government's renewable electricity support scheme (RESS)
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, has announced that all projects applying to the community category in future RESS auctions must be 100% community owned.
The Minister said:
"This move signals yet further democratisation of our energy system. I urge communities with an interest in renewable energy to embrace this opportunity. Communities will now be able to retain all the benefits that are associated with generating their own electricity. These benefits can provide a secure long-term financial boost to the community at large and allow reinvestment into securing the community's long-term future."
It is recognised that electricity generation is a complex task and especially so for communities. In that regard an enabling framework of supports is being developed by the Department and the SEAI with details to be announced next month. Communities who have already worked collaboratively with commercial developers to initiate a project may still choose to maintain that collaboration on a contract for services basis.
"This is a terrific chance for communities to be part of Ireland's change to a greener economy at a local level", Minister Ryan concluded.

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March 7, 2018, 10:16 AM ET
Defense Attorney Jose Baez Reveals What He Thought About Aaron Hernandez's CTE Diagnosis
Aaron Hernandez had "the most severe case" of CTE researchers had ever seen in someone his age.
By Aly Vander Hayden
Aaron Hernandez Uncovered: Jose Baez on Aaron Hernandez's Life
Jose Baez says Aaron Hernandez showed significant signs of CTE.
Aaron Hernandez Uncovered
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On April 19, 2017, Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots tight end and convicted murderer, was found dead in his prison cell after hanging himself with a bedsheet. Hernandez had been sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Odin Llyod, a conviction that was ultimately overturned because Hernandez's legal team had filed an appeal before his suicide.
Though Hernandez was only 27 years old when he killed himself, a posthumous examination of his brain revealed he had severe brain injuries usually seen in football players at least 20 years older. Researchers classified his injuries as CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that can cause mood swings, uncontrollable aggression, lapses in judgment and even some degree of dementia.
When the findings of the autopsy were announced, Jose Baez, Hernandez's defense attorney, said it was "the most severe case they had ever seen in someone of Aaron's age."
During an Oxygen.com interview ahead of the network's two-part special "Aaron Hernandez Uncovered," Baez explained there were various indications Hernandez was suffering from CTE prior to his death.
"I think there were multiple signs of CTE in Aaron's background and in Aaron's life, but they showed up in flashes," he told producers. "I think what Aaron did a tremendous job in was hiding it and suppressing it as much he could. Rather than seeking out help, I think Aaron tried to bottle it up inside as he was fighting what he couldn't really understand what was happening to him."
According to The New York Times, CTE has been found in more than 100 NFL players, some of whom committed suicide. Researchers, however, did not directly associate Hernandez's violence with his disease.
While defending the former sports superstar in a double homicide case for which Hernandez was acquitted, Baez also chose to not bring up Hernandez's CTE in relation to his murder charges.
"There came a point where I specifically had to make a decision whether to explore the issue of CTE as it relates to Aaron," said Baez. "I chose against it because one, I thought the evidence was strong in his favor that he did not do this — he was innocent — and two, any mention of CTE might give off the indication that we were trying to use that to mitigate his actions."
Even though Baez believed his client was battling CTE, he thought the case's evidence would outweigh a lack of mental capacity defense.
"The fact of the matter is, in the course of my representing him, I had never seen so much evidence of innocence that clearly pointed that he did not commit this crime. So I didn't find it necessary and unfortunately for him and his life, I wish I had done differently," he concluded.
As The New York Times reported, the only way to diagnose CTE is through an autopsy. Though researchers are working to enhance brain scans to detect the diagnosis in living patients, the current tests are inconclusive.
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Wisconsin's independent voice- advocating to strengthen Wisconsin's biohealth industry.
Public Policy Plays a Critical Role in Biohealth Industry Success
"BioForward Wisconsin's mission to grow Wisconsin biohealth companies and unite the industry to develop integrated health solutions that define the future of healthcare is a leading force in our advocacy efforts. As an organization, we believe that improving and saving lives IS NOT a partisan issue. We work within the whole political spectrum to serve our companies and advocate for the best outcomes for patients. We champion those parties and policies that support patients and the medical technologies that save lives."
-Lisa Johnson, CEO
BioForward works actively to:
Shape state and federal policy through education and engaging with policymakers
Collaborate with legislators, industry, and research institutions on critical biohealth issues and initiatives
Monitor and inform members of legislation that will impact our industry
Educate members on how they can be engaged in public policy
Provide essential data to decision-makers on the economic benefit of Wisconsin's biohealth industry
Pharma/Biotech Companies- BioForward actively engages in advocacy on your behalf
LEARN about how BioForward can help represent you!
State Legislative Activities
Wisconsin's 2020 legislative recap started with the legislature effectively adjourning mid-March 2020, when the pandemic abruptly ended the 2020 legislative session. The Assembly had finished its regular business, but the Senate, which was scheduled to finish its actions the last week of March, never returned to act on regular session business. As such, our advocacy efforts during most of 2020 were focused on our companies' ability to continue to operate during Safer-at-Home and proactive preparation related to vaccines and prescription drug pricing. As expected, these issues immediately were addressed at the start of the 2021 session.
2021 STATE LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS & UPDATES
Current Legislative Actions BioForward is Tracking
Support Co-pay Accumulator Legislation (2021 SB 215 / AB 184)
Senator Andre Jacque (R-DePere) and Representative Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc) have introduced 2021 Senate Bill 215 and Assembly Bill 184, known as "co-pay accumulator legislation." This legislation would require health insurance policies that offer prescription drug benefits, self-insured health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers, to apply amounts paid for prescription drugs by or on behalf of a person covered under the policy/plan to any calculation of an out-of-pocket maximum or any cost-sharing requirement of the policy or plan.
These bills have been introduced and are waiting for legislative review and action.
BioForward Supports NORD Ambassadors in the Creation of Rare Disease Advisory Council (RDAC)
NORD and the Wisconsin Rare Disease Advisory Council Coalition are working on creating a Rare Disease Advisory Council (RDAC) in Wisconsin. BioForward supports the creation of RDAC in Wisconsin.
2021-23 Wisconsin biennial budget signed by Governor Evers (view our whitepaper) (view the press release)
The 2021-23 Wisconsin biennial budget bill was $685 million in net general and categorical school aids, which will provide two-thirds of school funding for the next two years. In addition, the Governor committed to designating an additional $100 million for education from the most recent federal pandemic relief funding designated for Wisconsin. This investment is very significant compared to other recent budgets.
However, we do not believe that funding for education is a one-time commitment.
Watch for BioForward's ongoing efforts to advocate for additional educational funding for K-12 and our higher education systems.
Issues that BioForward is advocating for/tracking:
Talent Attraction and Retention Initiatives Funded. Requires the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to expend at least $3 million during the 2021-23 biennium for talent attraction and retention initiatives.
Refundable Research Credit Increased. Increases the refundable portion of the research credit from 10% to 15% for taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2021. BioForward advocated an increase of 20% to this credit in our budget communications. For more information on who may qualify for the credits and on what form are they claimed, please see page 31 of Dept of Revenue Business Tax Incentives publication: https://www.revenue.wi.gov/DOR%20Publications/pb123-2020.pdf
All Drug Transparency and Drug Pricing Provisions REMOVED.
Funding for UW Engineering School – Not Included. BioForward will continue to advocate for these types of vital UW System funding projects that have an impact on our industry's long term talent needs
Wisconsin PBM Legislation (Senate Bill 3, now Wisconsin Act 9)
A reintroduction of the PBM bill from the last session moved along quickly. This bill, authored by a large group of bipartisan legislators, generally requires pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed with the commissioner of insurance or to have an employee benefit plan administrator license under current law.  The bill also established certain requirements on pharmacy benefit managers and certain health plans regarding their interactions with pharmacies and pharmacists.
Governor Evers signed the bill on March 26, 2021.
Legislation to Allow Pharmacy Students to Administer Vaccines Proceeds (2021 AB 4 / 2021 SB 60)
Assembly Health Committee Chairman, Rep. Joe Sanfelippo and Sen. Dale Kooyenga, introduced AB 4 / SB 60, legislation that would allow pharmacy students and pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines. The companion bills both had hearings and were recommended for passage. A number of organizations — including Walgreens, the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin — backed it, saying it would dramatically expand the number of vaccinators in the state. BioForward registered in support of this legislation.
Governor Evers signed the bill on February 19, 2021.
Support for Liability Protection from COVID-19 Lawsuits for Wisconsin Businesses and Universities
In the fall of 2020, Wisconsin legislators introduced legislation that would provide safe harbor protection for businesses, homeowners, and government entities such as schools or universities from COVID-19 litigation.
Supported and signed by Governor Evers.
2021 WI Act 3, Wis. Stat. § 895.476.
PPP Loan Deductibility
Support state law change to allow businesses that received PPP loans to deduct expenses paid with the loan proceeds (i.e., change to state law to match federal law). 2021 Wisconsin Act 1.  Act Memo.
BioForward Promotes Investments Into Biohealth Economic Infrastructure as a Part of the 2021-23 Biennial Budget Bill
BioForward urged the State Legislature and Governor Evers to support Wisconsin's biohealth economic infrastructure in the 2021-23 biennial budget bill through additional support for UW-Madison, expansion of UW-System funding and borrowing authority, and expansion of R&D tax credits and workforce development issues.  Further, BioForward has requested that the initiatives related to pharmaceutical pricing and transparency be removed from the biennial budget debate.
Legislature and Administration Updates
Andrea Palm Joins Biden Administration – Karen Timberlake is New DHS Secretary-Designee
On January 18, 2021, it was announced that Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm has been nominated to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Biden Administration. She will depart DHS to undertake this opportunity on January 20, 2021.
Gov. Evers also announced that Karen Timberlake, DHS secretary under former Gov. Jim Doyle during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic virus response, will serve as DHS interim secretary. Timberlake will officially start at the DHS on January 25, 2021.  Timberlake has most recently been working for Michael Best Strategies, a contract lobby firm, in Madison.
Legislative Leadership in 2021-22
All of the legislative caucuses have met and elected the following leadership for
next session.
Assembly Republican Leadership 2021-22
Speaker – Robin Vos
Speaker Pro Tempore – Tyler August
Majority Leader – Jim Steineke
Assistant Majority Leader – Kevin Petersen
Caucus Chair – Tyler Vorpagel
Assistant Caucus Chair – Cindi Duchow
Caucus Secretary – Jessie Rodriguez
Caucus Sergeant at Arms – Sam Kerkman
Assembly Democratic Leadership 2021-22
Minority Leader – Gordon Hintz
Assistant Minority Leader – Dianne Hesselbein
Caucus Chair – Mark Spreitzer
Assistant Caucus Chair – Lisa Subeck
Caucus Secretary – Beth Meyers
Caucus Sergeant at Arms – Kaylan Haywood
Senate Republican Leadership 2021-22
Senate Majority Leader – Devin LeMahieu
Senate President – Chris Kapenga
Senate President Pro Tempore – Patrick Testin
Senate Assistant Majority Leader – Dan Feyen
Senate Caucus Chair – Van Wanggaard
Senate Caucus Vice-Chair – Kathy Bernier
Senate Democratic Leadership 2021-22
Minority Leader – Janet Bewley
Assistant Minority Leader – Janis Ringhand
Caucus Chair – Jeff Smith
Assistant Caucus Chair – Melissa Sargent
2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Activities & Updates
We are fortunate to be living in a time when most major diseases can be prevented by effective and safe vaccines. According to CDC and every medical professional organization, the United States has the safest vaccine supply in history. The stage is set for success, but it is our responsibility to take advantage of the scientific advances that have already been made by getting vaccinated now for those diseases that can be controlled. It is important to get as many people vaccinated for COVID-19 as possible so that we can get past this pandemic.  We do this for ourselves and each other.
Vaccination of biohealth companies' employees: the following is a sequence of events related to the COVID-19 vaccine distribution-
December 8, 2020: BioForward proactively requested that Wisconsin's biohealth industry be eligible for Phase 1b vaccinations since many of our companies should be designated as frontline workers in the fight against this pandemic due to our critical products and services related to the treatment, prevention and testing of COVID-19.
January 14, 2021: BioForward responded to the State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee's (SDMAC) recommendations for Phase 1b COVID Vaccination, which the recommendations excluded manufacturing that encompasses the biohealth industry. BioForward sent the SDMAC a comment letter and also made our companies aware they too could comment if they felt strongly about having our industry in Phase 1b.
January 27, 2021. BioForward reached out to member companies after Wisconsin's Department of Health Services finalized Phase 1b COVID vaccinations. The following category would apply to many Wisconsin biohealth companies:
Health care critical supply chain functions, including the production, manufacturing, and distribution of vaccine
Companies located in Dane County were able to register through this site: https://publichealthmdc.com/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine
Vaccine Facts and Vaccines 101:
Get the fact on COVID-19 Vaccines: https://www.covidvaccinefacts.org/
COVID Treatment Progress: https://phrma.org/Coronavirus/Activity-Tracker
Vaccines 101
Educating our members and state
2020 STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION & COVID ACTIVITIES RECAP
Biohealth Companies Allowed to Operate Under Wisconsin's Safer at Home Order
The BioForward state advocacy program proactively engaged Governor Evers to support the needs of Wisconsin biohealth companies throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency. In mid-March, BioForward requested that Wisconsin biohealth companies be allowed to continue to work under any forthcoming stay-at-home order.  On March 25, Wisconsin's original "Safer-at-Home" order was released and it preserved Wisconsin biohealth, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare IT, and related supply chain entities as "Healthcare and Public Health Operations," allowing them to remain open during the term of the order.
BioForward Engaged in Proactive Vaccine Education of Wisconsin State Legislators
Throughout the summer and fall of 2020, BioForward and our members, Pfizer and Flugen, hosted video conference meetings with numerous state legislators in leadership roles to provide them with background on vaccine development and specific updates on the development of the COVID-19 vaccines. These meetings were very well-received and have strengthened the understanding of vaccine science within the Capitol.
Written Vaccine Educational Communication. This fall, BioForward worked with UW Health, Children's, Marshfield Children's Hospital, WI Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Wisconsin Hospital Association to send written vaccine educational communications to every legislative office in September and October 2020. These memos are intended to build on trusted resource relationships within the Capitol in anticipation of vaccine distribution and access discussions that will inevitably take place in 2021, as the COVID-19 vaccine became available.
Governor Evers Task Force on Prescription Drug Pricing Concluded Work
The Governor's Task Force on Reducing Prescription Drug Prices began its work in November 2019 and concluded its work at the end of August 2020. For most of 2020, the Task Force met virtually to develop a set of legislative recommendations aimed at reducing prescription drug prices in Wisconsin.  These policy recommendations were sent to the 2021 legislature and some may be included in the Governor's 2021-23 biennial budget bill.
We monitored each task force meeting, have reviewed the final report and will advocate either in support or in opposition to these recommendations depending on how they are drafted. In 2021, the BioForward GA Committee will be reviewing any legislation based on these recommendations very carefully.  The Task Force recommendations include:
Capping the copay amount an insurer can charge for insulin;
Increasing transparency in the pharmaceutical supply chain to help identify excessive profits and eliminate waste that harms consumers;
Strengthening consumer protections and anti-trust enforcement of pharmaceutical companies;
Advocating for federal action to end anti-competitive practices that drive prescription drug unaffordability;
Creating a prescription drug purchasing entity to leverage the purchasing power of public sector employers to drive down the price of prescription drugs;
Establishing a statewide repository for unused or discontinued prescription drugs to help provide needed medications for uninsured or under-insured Wisconsinites; and
Ensuring that critical safety net providers and community health centers can continue benefitting from discounted drug programs to support patient wellness and community care activities. https://oci.wi.gov/Documents/AboutOCI/RxTaskForceFinalReport.pdf
Ensuring Safe and Efficient Transportation, Distribution, and Administration of COVID-19 Vaccine in Wisconsin
Wisconsin developed a state vaccine priority distribution plan for the COVID-19 vaccines. BioForward worked with our Wisconsin providers to identify any legislative barriers to the safe and efficient distribution of vaccines within the State. This included reviewing whether statutory changes were needed to allow pharmacists and/or pharmacy students to administer the vaccine; ensuring that the vaccine is included on the State Immunization Registry; ensuring that there are penalties in place for any deliberate interference or disruption of vaccine delivery. We will work with the legislature, as needed, to seek any changes that are required to support the delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin.
Support for Liability Protection for Wisconsin Businesses and Universities
In the fall of 2020, Wisconsin legislators introduced legislation that would provide safe harbor protection for businesses, homeowners, and government entities such as schools or universities from COVID-19 litigation. LRB 6434/2, the legislation authored by Senator Kapenga and Representative Born, would create a safe harbor against lawsuits for those who are acting in good faith and working to protect against COVID-19 exposure at their locations – so long as they follow public health orders and take reasonable precautions to protect the public. This liability exemption does not protect bad actors who knowingly violate public health orders or act in a manner that is reckless, willful, or wanton. BioForward supports this legislation and expects it to be introduced early in the 2021 legislative session. 2021 WI Act 3, Wis. Stat. § 895.476.
2020 November Election Summary
State Assembly
All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election on November 3rd. Going into election night, Assembly Republicans held a 63-34 majority (2 vacant seats) and sought a veto-proof super-majority. The Assembly Republicans retained the majority easily in Wisconsin, but the Assembly Democrats picked up two seats in the 13th and the 23rd, both Milwaukee suburbs. Democratic challenger Sara Rodriguez (D-Brookfield) defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Rob Hutton (R-Brookfield) in the 13th and Democratic challenger Deb Andraca (D-Whitefish Bay) beat incumbent Jim Ott (R- Mequon) in the 23rd. The Assembly Republicans will return in 2021 with a majority of 61-38.
The even-numbered half of the State Senate seats were up for reelection on November 3. The Senate Republicans held an 18-13 majority (2 vacant seats) heading into the election. The Senate Republicans maintained their majority but came one seat short of securing a super-majority of 22 seats. The Republicans picked up two seats. Eric Wimberger captured the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Dave Hansen's in the 30th (Green Bay) and current State Representative Rob Stafsholt (R-New Richmond) has won the 10th Senate District, currently held by Senator Patty Schachtner (D-Somerset). The Senate Republicans will start the 2021 session with a 20-12 majority. (There will be a special election for the Senate seat vacated by Scott Fitzgerald in SD-13).
Federal Legislative Activities
A key value we bring our members is to advocate not only on a state level but on federal issues that affect Wisconsin's biohealth industry and research institutions. We have strategic collaborations with partners such as the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of American (PhRMA), and the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) who serve to advance legislative policies having the greatest impact on Wisconsin's biohealth ecosystem.
2021 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Oppose: World Health Organization's proposal and the Biden Administration support of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
Wisconsin biohealth businesses employ more than 119,000 people statewide and are extremely dependent on research and development with intellectual property rights in place to appropriately protect the successes of this industry. Unfortunately, President Biden is proposing giving away similar rights globally pertaining to COVID-19 vaccines.
Please see BioForward's Op-Ed in opposition to TRIPS
Oppose: H.R 3.
This legislation introduces international reference pricing and foreign price controls as a strategy to reduce prescription drug costs. Proposals like H.R. 3, and similar bills that introduce price controls, particularly foreign reference pricing, into government and private healthcare programs will consequentially threaten patient access and choice, cede America's global leadership in biomedical innovation, and will have a disproportionately disastrous impact on small, emerging biotech companies.
By imposing artificial price controls tried to what other countries pay for their medicines, H.R. 3 would significantly erode the U.S.-based biopharmaceutical economy. In countries where reference pricing and price controls are already used, patients face limited access and significant wait times for those medicines that are approved.
Please read more information at: https://www.bio.org/savecures
Innovation Investments
Support: Endless Frontier Act– A bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology in the redesignated National Science and Technology Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, and innovation, and for other purposes. Congressman Gallagher (GB) co-sponsor of house bill
https://archive.bio.org/sites/default/files/docs/toolkit/BIO_100_Days_of_Innovation.pdf?_ga=2.250526670.953036990.1613613996-1402783213.1607108879
On May 13, 2021, the Senate Commerce Committee approved the Endless Frontier Act. More information on highlights of the bill can be found here:
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/2347CF3E-6795-494E-9640-F415FF7986C7
Investing in the expansion of COVID testing, therapeutics, and vaccines
Support: President's Biden plan to expand  COVID-19 testing capabilities as outlined in his national strategy: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdf
Protecting and Expanding Patient Access to Treatments
Education on precision medicine allows doctors to find a person's unique disease risks and treatments that will work best for each individual. Includes expanding biomarker and genetic testing, gene editing, and gene and cell therapies
Oppose: CY22 Part D Payment Modernization Model RFA. Concerned that these policies can have significant impacts on patient access to new and novel treatments.
Protecting Intellectual Property Rights
Support: Defending the University & Small Business Patent Proclamations Act, better known as Bayh-Dole Act: https://bayhdole40.org/about/#members
2020 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE RECAP
Educating on industry's vaccine response to the pandemic
Lowering Regulatory Burdens for Small Biotech Companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted regulatory changes to provide small public companies with a temporary exemption from Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) compliance.
Oppose: Importing foreign price controls in Medicare would be detrimental to patients and America's scientists and researchers who are trying to develop new cures and treatments. Foreign price controls would stifle investment and research into tomorrow's cures and would lead to a 90% reduction in medicines developed by small U.S. biotech companies.
Of the 74 cancer drugs launched between 2011 and 2018, 95% are available in the United States. Compare this with 74% in the United Kingdom, 49% in Japan, and 8% in Greece. o Nearly 90% of all new medicines launched since 2011 are available in the U.S., compared to just 50% in France, 48% in Switzerland, and 46% in Canada.
Support: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule on Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) Support a more streamlined approach to Medicare coverage of innovative medical devices and diagnostics that improve health outcomes for patients with debilitating or life-threatening illnesses.
Support: Ensuring that America's seniors have timely access to multi-cancer early detection. Early detection and diagnosis of cancer saves lives, costs less to treat, and improves quality of life. Yet routine cancer screenings exist for only five cancers: colorectal, breast, prostate, cervical, and high-risk lung cancer. Barriers to Medicare coverage should be removed to cover multi-cancer early detection tests soon after approval by the FDA.
Madison and Dane County Quick Links: https://publichealthmdc.com/  Learning who is eligible for vaccinations, registering companies for vaccinations, etc.
Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Information on vaccines, testing, contact testing, COVID data, etc. https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/vaccine-about.htm
BIO's https://www.covidvaccinefacts.org/
Public Policy Team
Jordan Lamb
Legislative Counsel
DeWitt LLP
Sandra Benen
Director State Government Affairs, GSK
Lisa Biegel
VP, Labcorp
Hollis Cloninger
Director Quality and Compliance, Eurofins
James DeMay
Director, Government Relations, Pfizer
Helen Fitzpatrick
Senior Director, Regional Lead, State Govt. Affairs, Bristol Myers Squibb
Peter Fotos
Deputy Vice President, State Advocacy, PhRMA
Dee (Dodge) George
Assistant Director, State Govt. Affairs, Novartis
Jay Hill
CHAIR, CTO, MICT and GM, HW Platforms, GE Healthcare
Joe Hrdlicka
Senior Manager, State Govt. Affairs, Genentech
Senior Manager, State Govt. Affairs, Amgen
CEO, BioForward
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Марк Льво́вич Шик () — врач, нейрофизиолог, доктор биологических наук. Научные труды (более 100) посвящены проблемам изучения движения крови по сосудам сердца и лёгких, регуляции движения человека и животных, локомоторных структур мозга.

Биография
М. Л. Шик родился в Москве 1 июня 1934 году в семье учёных — специалиста по физиологии дыхания Льва Лазаревича Шика (1911—1996) и его жены Лии Ильиничны, научного сотрудника АМН СССР.

Окончил школу с золотой медалью, в 1957 году — лечебный факультет 1-го Московского медицинского института.

В 1958—1960 годах работал в Институте экспериментальной биологии и медицины в Новосибирске, где в то время проводились исследования гемодинамики при болезнях сердца и лёгких.

С 1961 года работал в биологической лаборатории В. С. Гурфинкеля в теоретическом отделе Института биофизики АН СССР (Москва), занимался изучением и моделированием двигательных функций человека. Участвовал в семинаре по математической биологии, организованном математиками И. М. Гельфандом и М. Л. Цетлиным.

В 1992 году был приглашён на должность профессора Тель-Авивского университета, живёт в Израиле.

Научная деятельность
В 1961 году защитил кандидатскую диссертацию («Лёгочное кровообращение при ограничении возврата крови из лёгочного контура у человека», руководители — В. С. Гурфинкель и Е. Н. Мешалкин), в 1969 — докторскую («Экспериментальные исследования контроля локомоции у животных», консультанты — И. М. Гельфанд и В. С. Гурфинкель).

Основные направления исследований:
 гемодинамика при болезнях сердца и лёгких;
 общие принципы управления движением, координации движений;
 влияние поражений мозга на координацию движений;
 моделирование двигательных функций человека.

Научное открытие
В 1963 году М. Л. Шик совместно с Ф. В. Севериным и Г. Н. Орловским открыл «центр управления движением» — мезэнцефалическую локомоторную область, расположенную в среднем мозге. Раздражение этого участка мозга вызывало ходьбу как у интактной, так и у таламической (бескорковой) кошки. Это был первый пример получения сложного координированного движения электрической стимуляцией мозга. При этом вызванная локомоция имела те же характеристики, что и естественная локомоция. Этот результат вошел в классические учебники по нейрофизиологии.

Основной результат, который был получен группой М. Л. Шика в середине 1970-х годов, состоит в расширении представления о локомоторных центрах и механизмах активации локомоции у животных. После открытия локомоторной области среднего мозга возник вопрос, каким образом возбуждение из этой области распространяется до генераторов шагания спинного мозга. Исследования показали, что шагательные движения возникают как следствие возбуждения проприоспинальных нейронов на значительном протяжении спинного мозга, которые активируют генераторы шагания.

Избранные труды
 Власов Ю. А., Гурфинкель В. С., Иванов Д. И., Малкин В. Б., Попова Е. О., Шик М. Л. Исследование гемодинамики при кислородном дыхании при избыточном давлении // Бюлл. эксперим. биол. мед. — 1961. — Т. 51, № 4. — С. 22—27.
 Гурфинкель В. С., Капуллер Л. Л., Шик М. Л. Сфинктеры легочных вен у человека и их значение // Бюлл. эксперим. биол. мед. — 1961. — Т. 51, № 6. — С. 14—17.
 Гельфанд И. М., Гурфинкель В. С., Коц Я. М., Кринский В. И., Цетлин М. Л., Шик М. Л. Исследование постуральной активности // Биофизика. — 1964. — Вып. 9. — С. 710—717.
 Гурфинкель В. С., Кандель Е. И., Коц Я. М., Шик М. Л. Треморография в прогнозе эффективности операции при паркинсонизме // Пробл. нейрохирургии. — 1963. — Т. 27, № 4. — С. 1—6.
 Гурфинкель В. С., Коц Я. М., Шик М. Л. Регуляция позы человека. — М.: Наука, 1965. — 256 с.
 Казенников О. В., Селионов В. А., Шик М. Л., Яковлева Г. В. Ромбовидная «локомоторная область» у черепах // Нейрофизиология. — 1980. — Вып. 12. — С. 382—390.
 Мешалкин Е. Н., Мешалкин И. Н., Шик М. Л. Исследование легочного кровообращения у пациентов с митральными заболеваниями сердца // Терапю архив. — 1961. — Т. 33, № 4. — С. 18—26.
 Орловский Г. Н., Северин Ф. В., Шик М. Л. Локомоция, вызываемая стимуляцией среднего мозга // Доклады АН СССР. — 1966. — Т. 169, № 5. — С. 1223—1226.
 Пятецкий-Шапиро И. И., Шик М. Л. К вопросу о контроле движений позвоночника // Биофизика. — 1964. — Вып. 9. — С. 488—492.
 Шик М. Л. О взаимосвязи давлений в артериальном и венозном сегментах легочного кровообращения при митральном заболевании // Эксперим. хирургия и анестезиология. — 1961. — Т. 3, № 4. — С. 34—37.
 Шик М. Л. Управление наземной локомоцией млекопитающих животных // Физиология движения. — Л.: Наука, 1976. — С. 234—275.
 Шик М. Л. Экспериментальное исследование управления локомоцией у животных : Автореф. дис. … д-ра биол. наук / АН СССР. Ин-т биол. физики. — М. : [б. и.], 1967. — 23 с.
 Шик М. Л., Орловский Г. Н., Северин Ф. В. Организация локомоторной синергии // Биофизика. — 1966. — Вып. 11. — С. 879—886.
 Шик М. Л., Северин Ф. В., Орловский Г. Н. Управление ходьбой и бегом посредством электрической стимуляции среднего мозга // Биофизика. — 1966. — Т. 11, № 5. — С. 659—666.
 Bar-Gad I., Kagan I., Shik M. L. Behavior of hindbrain neurons during the transition from rest to evoked locomotion in a newt // Prog. Brain Res. — 1999. — Vol. 123. — P. 285—294.
 Grillner S., Shik M. L. On the descending control of the lumbosacral spinal cord from the «mesencephalic locomotor region» // Acta Physiol Scand. — 1973. — Vol. 87, № 3. — P. 320—333.
 Kagan I., Shik M. L. How the mesencephalic locomotor region recruits hindbrain neurons // Prog. Brain Res. — 2004. — Vol. 143. — P. 221—230.
 Mori S., Shik M. L., Yagodnitsyn A. S. Role of pontine tegmentum for locomotor control in mesencephalic cat // J. Neurophysiol. — 1977, Vol. 40, № 2. — P. 284—295.

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Innocean Worldwide & Shazam team to unveil 'The Day Shazam Forgot' push for Alzheimer's Research UK
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Most people think that memory loss, one of the main symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, only affects those in later life. But the disease can actually affect people as young as 40. With over 40,000 people under 65 living with dementia in the UK.
To educate a younger audience about the effects of Alzheimer's, Innocean Worldwide UK partnered with Shazam and gave the app the debilitating symptoms of the disease, giving users a hard-hitting insight into the daily struggles people suffering from Alzheimer's have to face.
The campaign generated over 2 million impressions, and over 5,000 visitors to the Alzheimer's Research UK donation page.
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The Evolution of Street Racing
Written by: wruffato
Street racing has been an exciting yet dangerous pastime since before cars were invented. It originally began with horses. People would get together in remote locations to bet on which person would win. Then when cars were invented, the event evolved. However, the max speed of the first car was only 10 MPH, while a horses top speed is 55 MPH. The driver could control the cars a little better than the horses. Racing built up adrenaline as well as one could make a quick buck.
Beginning of Street Racing
While the first car was invented around 1886, racing automobiles on the street did not begin until the 1930s. The average speed of a regular vehicle in the '30s was around 50 MPH. But if you bought a top end car, they came in at about 90 MPH. Many people would stock their cars with v8s or 12 cylinders to get a higher speed per mile.
As street racing has always been illegal, one would have to find a location up in the hills, or on a back country road in El Paso. Also, planning for the race was a challenge. Sometimes a group of buddies would decide on the spot to start a race, while other times it was a planned out event using a local towing company to transport their moded cars.
It was the 1950's when street racing became popular. Guys would soup up their cars for maximum performance. California was the capital of the street racing boom. Car clubs began in this era. They would perform community services during the day and race at night. The police began cracking down on this dangerous pastime, and eventually, they had to move underground.
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The New Vado Speedway Park
Most of the time we are subjected to the news that a short track facility is being closed down, demolished or being turned to something else, entirely different for a facility that is intended to hold motorsport and racing events. Additionally, there are some cases of tracks that have been completely abandoned. However, there are rare occasions when a new facility is proposed and built. Vado Speedway Park is a new motorsport and racing facility that is currently being constructed in the town of Vado in New Mexico. The Motorsport Park is to be constructed on a 127 acres piece of land that is between Las Cruces and El Paso. The park is scheduled to open around March. It will consist of a motor cross course, go-karting tracks, BMX racing and a 3/8- mile clay oval. According to business tycoon and owner of the southern Mexico Speedway, Royal Jones, the facility will be operational by the time the 2018 season starts.
The officials that are responsible for running and the maintenance of the new Vado speedway park located in Vado have come up with a list of upcoming events for this reason. According to Rue stone, the general manager overseeing the operations at the new Vado speedway park, they have met with the team responsible for the construction and are in the process of opening the track. He added that they are receiving a lot of exposure from sponsors, sanctioning bodies and fans and are happy that the season is about to begin. There are a lot of scheduled upcoming events. For instance, American documents& dent works super trucks, Clayton Donnelly roofing claimers and Casa Nissan legends race 25 times in 2019. On the other hand, Rancho Milagros will have 24 nights. Additionally, rancho and the USMTS will highlight the annual short track shoot out, not to forget the openwheel madness. The following are the coming up events for the better part of March to April 12. March 28- it will be on a Thursday.
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Four years ago I came into my furever home with the Patterson's. I was at the Jefferson County Humane Society.
I remember being picked out. The Patterson's were there a few days just prior to peek at us cats. He saw me and pointed me out. He said he would come back in a few days, had to get the apartment ready and buy cat stuff.
I couldn't wait! Then January 24, 2015 came and I was adopted aka my Gotcha Day. That day my daddy hooman smelled like muscle rub, it helps with his migraines.
As you may or may not know, I also made that day Calico Cat Day.
Gotcha Days are THE best! Your Daddy is one lucky hooman!
Happy Gotcha Day cutie girl!
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Senior dance majors finish year with Capstone Concert
Jenna Spengler, a senior dance major, became interested in dancing after watching ballet for the first time when she was 4 years old. She turned to her mom and told her, "I am going to do that."
And she certainly did.
After 19 years of dancing, her college career is about to culminate in what fellow dance major Erin Harner described as "the equivalent of a senior thesis" –– a Capstone Dance Concert titled "Leave Your Mark."
"We've been working on it and rehearsing the entire semester," Spengler said. "But I've been thinking about what I want to do for this for about a year now."
The dance concert will be at the University Center for the Arts today at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets cost $10 forCSU students and youth younger than 17 and $14 for the general public.
"One of the hardest things is that no one knows we exist," Spengler said. "We'd really love to have more of the student body come to performances."
The concert covers a wide range of dance types.
"Some are more modern, there's some more contemporary, (and) one of Erin's is hip-hop," Spengler said.
"There is a theme and story for both my group piece and solo," Harner said. "My group piece is rather solemn. It delves into the lives of three individuals to explore the loss of love, confidence and life. To be quite candid, I found myself in a rather dark place emotionally at the beginning of the semester and chose to channel by negative energy into my piece — a dancer's version of therapy."
"My solo is about two individuals in particular who have given me the strength to persevere through the many challenging obstacles I have faced throughout my time here at CSU," she added. "I begin the piece in a frustrated, exhausted state, but slowly gain strength, metaphorically, through the signer who is featured on stage with me."
The biggest challenge for Harner was getting an idea she was content with to label as her senior concert.
"For the most part, I am very pleased with the concert," she said. "I believe it is very diverse and well-constructed, and am anxious to see the audience's reaction."
"I believe that there are many misconceptions and assumptions made about dance," she added. "In actuality, any movement is a valid form of expression. In part, that is what makes dance so wonderful, from the perspective of both the dancer and audience."
The main event is a dance concert the two orchestrated themselves, but they also wrote a 10-page paper and put together a portfolio.
"We had to do everything," Spengler said. "We had to choreograph it, organize it, contact the crew; we had to do publicity and, of course, dance. Everything that goes into making a show, we had to do it."
"The point of the show is to show our talents as a choreographer and as a dancer," Harner said.
Spengler agreed, adding, "Also, it's about finding our own voice. You have to find your own movement, and I think it takes the full four years to really do that."
Collegian writer Emily Kribs can be reached at verve@collegian.com.


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The vendetta against raw milk is completely unjustified. As our friends at the Weston A. Price Foundation point out in their campaign for "real milk," raw milk has a proven safety record and has shown to be superior to pasteurized milk in protecting against infection, diarrhea, rickets, tooth decay, and tuberculosis. Children drinking raw milk also have better growth rates than those drinking pasteurized milk.
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Why the hostility toward raw milk? The way we see it, the FDA prefers to concentrate food and drug production in the hands of a few large companies with which the agency has close ties. But favoring large producers over family and artisanal producers does not make our food any safer. On the contrary, it just makes it less safe, less nutritious, and also invites more corruption of the government by powerful companies growing rich from government-created monopolies.
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The industry of mobile application development has experienced exponential growth these past few years. Despite its growth, however, there are still various misconceptions regarding mobile app development, whether for IOS or Android. Unfortunately, these have led many businesses or individuals from taking the leap and building their own mobile app. If you are reading this, chances are you have an idea for a mobile app that you want to develop but there are certain things stopping you from doing so.
With that said, below are common mobile app development misconceptions that might be stopping you from taking the next step that you need to understand and hopefully overcome.
You don't necessarily need to be a coding genius or computer science graduate to build your mobile app. You don't even need to have your own team of in-house mobile app developers to turn your app dreams into reality. This is where outsourcing mobile app development comes in. Companies that specialise in Android and iOS mobile app development would help you with all your coding requirements. You just need to communicate your app vision as clearly as possible and they'll take over from there.
Just because your app vision might sort of exist already, this does not necessarily mean that what's out there is better than yours. If you believe that your app idea is sort of different, fully scalable, and could offer a solution that no other mobile app out there could, then go for it. Look for parallels and similarities between similar existing apps and your idea so you could pinpoint gaps that would help you enhance and strengthen your vision, as well as highlight what makes your app better than all the other similar apps in the market.
Although ads could be an excellent source of revenue, particularly if you manage to build a huge user base, you certainly don't need to run ads if you don't want to. There are numerous ways strategies for monetising your app: employing subscription or freemium models, creating partnerships with e-commerce businesses, selling data and analytics, and offering in-app purchases among many others. Additionally, if you already operate a business, having your own mobile app could help you gain online traffic, more customers, and increase your revenue.
Yes, getting someone to invest in your dream could be challenging, but not impossible. Ask help from family friends first and then research venture capitalist firms and investors that might be interested in your mobile app idea.
If these misconceptions are preventing you from realising your dreams of creating your very own mobile app, you could stop making excuses now. You might feel that your doubts and fears are valid obstacles but they're actually trying to push you to the next level — the owner of a successful mobile app.


After Chase arrived, I quickly realized meal planning and food prep are imperative for me if I hope to eat something other than peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, cereal and frozen pizza for dinner.
The difference between our meals during weeks when we take the time to plan and prep and the weeks when we don't are night and day. I've shared a few of our weekly meal plans in some of my Monday morning weekend recap blog posts, but I've had more than a few of you request a more elaborate post about our meal planning routine. Today's post will take you through our weekly meal plan for this week and includes details as to what I prepped ahead over the weekend to make throwing dinner together a breeze at the end of a long day.
Please note: All recipes I followed for this week's meal plan are linked below.
Prep ahead: Chop celery, carrot, garlic and onion.
Day of: Cook soup on stove top. (I added some frozen shelled edamame to our soup on Monday night for a punch of protein and made a double batch so we'd have leftovers.) Serve with fresh raspberries and blueberries on the side.
Prep ahead: Prepare meatloaf and cover but wait to bake it. Prep sauce. Chop the ends off Brussels sprouts and slice in half.
Day of: Bake meatloaf. Toss Brussels sprouts in olive oil and garlic salt and roast while meatloaf is baking. Heat sauce and bring to a simmer. Spread a smear of butter on top of a couple of slices of whole wheat bread and sprinkle lightly with garlic salt before toasting.
Day of: Place chicken sausage, peppers and onions in the oven and bake at 350 for 45 minutes, or until onion becomes soft. Toss chopped sweet potatoes in olive oil and Montreal Steak Seasoning (or salt and pepper) and roast along with the chicken sausages. Scoop cooked chicken sausage, peppers and onions into whole wheat sub rolls and serve with sweet potatoes. Store leftover sweet potatoes in the fridge.
Day of: Cook quesadillas on stove top. Reheat leftover vegetable noodle soup from Monday night.
Day of: Make frittata and top with a sliced avocado. Reheat leftover roasted sweet potatoes from Wednesday night's dinner. Chop favorite fruit to make fruit salad.
And that's this week's meal plan! Woop!
When it comes to leftovers, I will often eat them for lunch the next day or they'll sometimes make an appearance for dinner later in the week (like the veggie noodle soup on Monday reappearing on Thursday). For me, the key to food prep is chopping up everything that needs slicing and dicing ahead of time. For some reason, chopping vegetables is always quite time consuming for me and if I have to take the time to chop Brussels sprouts on a weeknight, I'm much more likely to forgo a serving of veggies at dinnertime. Simply setting aside some time on Sunday to prep some of our meals for the week makes it much easier to eat healthy during the week.
And added benefit of meal prep? Our kitchen is (usually) cleaner! Since most of the food prep is done over the weekend, there are significantly less dishes to do while preparing dinner during the week. Heck yes!
As for how I go about finding recipes, I'll often just go by whatever I'm craving, past favorites, new cookbook or magazine finds and tasty-looking recipes I find on the internet or food blogs. I will often screenshot whatever recipes I find online so I have them on the phone, making them both easy to find again and consult during my weekend trip to the grocery store. Then, when it's time to make the recipe, it's easy for me to find it in a flash because it's saved as a screenshot on my phone. Screenshots for the win!
I'd love to turn it over to you guys and hear about any tips and tricks you may have up your sleeves when it comes to meal planning and food prep. Please feel free to share your tips in the comments section of this post!
Your recipes look great, I'll definitely be checking those out!!
I'm such a slacker when it comes to meal planning. We shop a lot at Costco, so we normally always have blackbean burgers and other semi-healthy frozen items on hand that I'll cook with a veggie on the side (I love sweet potatoes, spaghetti squash, sauteed onions and peppers, and brussel sprouts!). Lately I've been making chili once a week which is fabulous in this dreary, rainy weather!
Thanks for the tips!! One of these days I'm going to have to give chopping all my veggies on Sunday a try!
I have nothing to contribute to tips on meal planning because I'm terrible at it and still haven't gotten on the meal planning train (although I know I should) because I got so deterred last Sunday. I watched a couple youtube videos of people prepping lunches and dinners for the week ahead. Perfect for a busy student, right? And why not cook a big batch of something sunday to eat throughout the week? On Sunday I made a big lentil salad and put out 5 tupperware bowls and made my lunches ahead of time. Come tuesday, I was LOVING meal prep and all over it. Easiest lunch ever! Wednesday I had a particularly long day and dug into my salad only to taste the lentils had gone bad! :'( womp womp. 3/5 prepped salads went to waste which was a HUGE bummer. I guess make-ahead meals are different than PREPPING them !
I'm hoping to get over my traumatizing experience because meal prep / planning seems like the way to go!
oh man, that IS a bummer!!! hope you have better luck next time!
These are awesome meal prep ideas Julie, I'm definitely going to have to try them out!
I find that prepping meals in advance is absolutely key in having healthy dinners in our house. My 1-year-old is at the stage where she gets a little crazy in the kitchen with pulling everything out of the cabinets and causing mayhem, so I like to keep dinner prep during the week as short as possible. I really do need to work on my consistency with the prep work though, I don't always do it every week!
Even if I just know in advance what the plan is, and make sure to have all the food I need to make 5 dinners during the week, that seems to help me tremendously!
These are great! When I did the Whole30, I learned that prep is key! What's most important for me is roasting sweet potatoes and brussel sprouts at the very minimum every Sunday. I top these with eggs for breakfast. I also have them for quick dinners if needed.
Thanks again for this post! Very helpful!
YES! I want to do a meal prep post about breakfasts, too, and I am always roasting a big batch of sweet potatoes for breakfast these days. I LOVE them with peppers, onions, kale and runny eggs and avocado on top!
I really really stink at meal planning and need to get on the ball with it!! My goal is to have at least 3-4 meals planned/prepped for next week!
These all look so great! I love that such a small amount of prep makes so many great easy meals!
Yes, Julie please share your secret on how to make the chopped veggies on Sunday stay good and fresh until Friday! Also, if there is any special chopping tools that make this easier for you on Sunday that would be helpful!
I'm intrigued by Blue Apple. You can get them at Bed Bath & Beyond. They're supposed to be a huge help in keeping veggies fresh in the fridge. Not sure if they'll work for pre-chopped, but I'm going to test them out.
I was going to ask the same question – how do you make chopped veggies last? Not sure if it's the quality of veggies I get at my local supermarket in London or if I don't have decent Tupperware?
I was thinking the same thing- it kind of grosses me out to think about eating veggies that were chopped 5 days ago because the way I do them I know the quality would not be as good. For some reason, the onion really bothers me. I'm good at meal planning, but I chop veggies fresh for my meals. It would be nice to save the time if there is a trick to do it all at once at the start of the week.
If I feel like veggies are going bad, I'll just swap recipes and use the veggies that are on their last leg earlier in the week and the ones that are still okay later! I also saw one reader suggest freezing them and then letting them thaw in the fridge on the day you want to use them which I thought was really smart!
I started doing Wildtree meal bagging. I did it with a group of ladies but now I just pick up the grocery list and bags of spices and I'm good to go. I don't know if anyone else has tried this but they give you 10 meals using Wildtree oils and spices/products. You add in the meat and veggies, apply the cooking instruction label, and pop it in the freezer. I love them because if I'm coming home late my husband can pull one out and they are easy enough for him to follow. Plus if we find a recipe we love, then we make more!
I am a rep for Wildtree and their Freezer Meal Workshops have changed my life! We always know what we are having for dinner and I love always having a freezer filled with delicious and healthy meals!
This has been my family's biggest struggle since having a baby and both of us being back at work out of the house for work full time. One thing that has helped me is the paprika app. You do have to buy it and there are different versions for different devices but it's a one time cost and a lot cheaper than some other things we have tried. Once we got over the hump of paying for it, I LOVE it.
I've never heard of that app! Thanks for sharing!
I'm trying to get more into meal prepping bc it makes my life so much easier! I would love to make any of these dinners, they all look so easy and delicious!
I don't have kids, but my husband and I often don't get home until 8 or 9. We like to cook a giant 10-serving Mexican casserole or pot of dahl with beef and veggies. It's an alarming amount of food to cook at once, but only takes an hour or two and then we have dinner for the whole week.
Great recipes! I'd say planning and making meals 2 for 1 would be my tips. Something easy to make different another day.
I've been really working on meal planning because I know it will be a game-changer once we have a newborn, but I haven't quite got the hang of it yet lol. So I really appreciate reading about how others make it work!
Oh thank goodness. I now know what we are eating next week! (THANK YOU!) I am actually a champion meal PLANNER, however, I've never really thought to PREP ahead. I also love the fact that your kitchen stays cleaner. That right there is motivation enough for me!
I love this idea for onions! Thank you!
I just started meal prepping on Sundays for the week ahead, because I work 8-6 in an office now and commute by walking for about 1/2 hour each way – so there isn't a lot of time otherwise, and if I didn't meal prep I'd be eating salads or Amy's meals every night (better than the typical 20something NYC seamless habit, but still!) I LOVE to make a frittata ahead and have it with a baked sweet potato as a breakfast for dinner option, or do a spaghetti squash casserole, since those will make multiple meals that I don't mind a few days in a row. Or, I keep steamer bags and can quickly steam some frozen fish and veggies in the microwave for a real dinner in 10 minutes.
Thanks for sharing- I always love seeing the meals and set up for other peoples food prep- would love to see a post like this again!
I always have great plans to do meal prep, and sometimes they work out, sometimes I just don't get around to it.
I have found a ton of great tips and ideas on Pinterest on how to prep for a week, a month, etc. We have a food sealer so we use that if we can. We always pre-make our shakes and put all the "dry" ingredients (spinach, fruit, etc) in a ziplock bag and freeze it and then all you have to do in the morning is add the liquid of your choice (almond milk, etc) in the blender and you have a shake in minutes! Saves you from having to chop up veggies, fruit, etc early in the morning!
I think its such a great idea to prep meals early – saves sooo much time!
Meal prep nerd right here! I'm usually just cooking for me, so I mostly make things I know will freeze well. Soup is great this time of year. I'll make a HUGE pot over the weekend and freeze 1-2 portions in ziplock baggies. If you lay them flat to freeze it really maximizes freezer space. It's great when I'm away for the weekend, but don't want to get stuck eating out on a Monday. Grab a bag of soup & it's thawed by lunch!
Baked Oatmeal recipes from Budget Bytes website are great. They freeze well & are delicious with some greek yogurt or milk.
I don't get bored with food easily, so I usually only make 1-2 meals each week, and rotate my freezer stock to add variety. I also try to make a big batch of buffalo chicken in the crockpot & keep a steamer bag of broccoli on hand for when I just cannot handle cooking.
I try and meal prep every week because like you said, the quality of the meals we get when prepped as compared to those on the fly are drastically different. I have lots of Tupperware and I try and divvy things up into portions so we can just take it out, throw it on a plate and heat it up when we get back from work.
I'm hoping to start some meal prepping after next week, since my midterms will be done and I won't be spending my entire weekends studying/writing papers. I've been making the same 3 super-easy things for dinner or just hitting up Subway because it's convenient, and I could use some healthy variety 🙂 Also, I'm hoping to get some freezer meals made to help with the finals rush in a few more weeks!
Finding quick dinners can be so hard… I fall into the trap of spending way too long making dinner. Thanks for these suggestions they look so delicious!
Thankyou for the ideas, this is so nice! Meal prepping makes such a difference.
Oh, I have found with doing salads ahead of time, putting them into mason jars really does extend the life of the lettuce, but I skip adding in the dressing and just keep it in a small container to add when I actually eat it, I find that works much better.
She is awesome at meal prepping!
I do a lot of meal planning on the weekends, but not prep (which I really need to do). But meal planning takes me hours to complete! Hours! I wonder what I am doing wrong? I have a list of all of our favorite dinners and I print out receipes that I want to try. Still I spend hours. Question: what do you guys do for lunches with no leftovers?
While we don't have a baby, our busy schedule would totally lead to frozen pizzas and burritos if I didn't meal plan. I write out a menu every week and use our schedule (mine changes daily) as a guide. There are two of us and I always cook for (at least) 4- we eat left overs every other night and I plan left over night on evening's where we get home later so we can just pop it in the microwave. I have a hard time grasping how some people manage to cook new meals every single night- both time wise, as well as financially. Also by cooking for 4 and eating the same thing 2 nights in a row, it helps with portion control- if one of us eats half of the meal then there won't be enough supper for the following night.
Wow, you are so creative with your meal planning! My meal prep simply means making a huge amount of one dish and eating it for four nights, hahaha!
I've finally figured out what works for our family with two kids and busy schedules in the evening. I use a monthly calendar and write our meals on it… when I'm on a roll, I will sit down at the beginning of the month and try to plan for each week. I can also go back to previous months for ideas when I'm stuck. I actually have the calendars dating back to 2014 and it helps a ton. I only plan for dinners Sunday-Thursday. Sunday tends to be a 'nicer' family dinner, Monday is always crock pot something (I prep that on Sunday); Tuesday and Wednesday are family dinners, but quicker and easy. Thursday is Fend For Yourself (leftovers or whatever anybody wants; free night). Friday is typically pizza. Saturday is however we're feeling. I also try to do as much as I can on Sunday; but figuring it out ahead of time, versus all-out prepping is over half the battle for our family! Love some of your recipes! Thanks for sharing.
thanks for this post! it's always great to read how others do it. i'm all about prepping food i buy- if it's celery, i will wash it and cut it up. berries, same thing. i hard boil eggs and chop up toppings for salads. that way, even if i dont' have a meal plan. i have some stuff put together for snacks.
We always cook our most complicated (aka most prep) meals on Saturday and Sunday and frequently we double the recipe. We LOVE leftovers so we rarely cook anything on Wednesday or Thursday as those are leftover days (clean out the fridge). We also like shopping on Friday night as we are wild and crazy like that so we have everything for cooking on Saturday evening!
My best tip: store your meal plans each week. Put it on the computer or we are 'old school' and store it in a smaller notebook that we keep on the kitchen counter. When I struggle to figure out what to put on our menu for the next week, I now have three years worth of menus to look back on and pick out something we haven't had in awhile. I always put where I found the recipe as I am notoriously bad about storing the recipe (when printed off the internet) in the same place. This makes it is easy for me to find and print the recipe again.
Love these food prep posts! Keep them coming.
I'll also do a big batch of multi-purpose chicken in the crockpot on Sunday's and use it throughout the week to make quick lunches or dinners. The best thing about chicken is you can make virtually anything out of it. Having the meat prepared usually has my dinners coming together in 30 minutes or less. It'd be even quicker if I took your advice and pre-chopped my veggies!
I just have to make sure I have everything I need in the fridge for the week on Sunday – If my fridge is not stocked we end up eating out!
I'm getting more and more into meal prep, and it makes me weeks so much simpler. I usually do twice a week- Sunday and Wednesday. I don't necessarily plan before I get to the grocery store. I usually check out what's on sale and go from there. For example, I get to the store and see that ground turkey is on sale, then I pick up the things I need for meatball wraps, tomato sauce, and probably a spaghetti squash. I like to build a few meals around a money- saving ingredient.
These meals seem totally do-able! I had all these goals of using my pre-baby maternity leave to stock my freezer with tons of prepped dinners that would just need to be cooked for after the baby. But I have been so fickle with food this whole pregnancy and am seriously lacking motivation to even go grocery shopping let alone prepping any foods that my whole freezer meal goal has totally crashed. These recipes seem pretty simple and fast to bang out over the weekend so there is still food for the week – totally worth it.
Wednesday's dinner sounds amazing!! I usually don't prep full meals, but I'll boil eggs and cook meat for the week!
I actually do all my cooking on the weekends and reheat throughout the week. Each Sunday is Soup Sunday, so I make a whole batch and freeze the rest.
Now that the sun is set by 5pm, there are times when I want to come home and just sit on the couch with hot food and Netflix. Cooking on the weekend is key for me. I need to learn to prep my veggies and snacks for the week.
These all look delicious, thanks for sharing – as always!
I'm impressed by your organization! This may be just the post to inspire me to FINALLY try to do this! I know our mealtimes suffer because I don't. Thank you so much for your ideas!
SWEET POTATO TIP – we eat a ton of sweet potatoes and I have always hated slicing them raw ( hubs usually does it). We figured out if you microwave them for about 2 minutes it makes slicing them sooooooooo much easier! We also use lots of steam in the bag vegetables as a side to save time! Cooking with a baby is no joke!
I wondered about microwaving the sweet potatoes before chopping them! I LOVE LOVE LOVE roasted sweet potatoes, but they are such a b**** to chop. Can't wait to try this!
Thank you for all of the tips! I meal plan and grocery shop once a week which helps, but I'd love to start prepping ahead of time too, and maybe even plan for an entire month at a time, since that's my least favorite part.
I'm obsessed with the [free] app called AnyList… it's a pretty simple concept, it's basically just an app that stores all of your lists in one organized place (to-do lists, grocery lists, etc.). My favorite feature is that you can choose to have your grocery list organized by section for you, so when you type something in, it automatically places it in sections with similar food, like "meat", "dairy", "produce", "baking", etc. and you can always change the section placement, if you know that your grocery store keeps the certain product somewhere different. This saves me so much time from running around the grocery store in circles! Having it on my phone also ensures that I never lose my list or leave it at home, like if I stop by the store when I wasn't planning on it. And since I usually have my phone with me, it's easy to jot down household items that I need (like toothpaste) when I'm not near my grocery list in the kitchen.
I also keep a "meal ideas" list on the app, and I use that to help me meal plan. If I see a good meal idea, like at a friend's house or restaurant, I put it in there so I don't forget it, and then refer to the list when I'm deciding what to make for the week.
I almost always have something going on after work, so I've become HUGE on lunch prep, since I bring my lunch to work every day. I set aside an hour or so on Sundays and go to town making all of my lunches for the week (which includes all the major veggie chopping I'll have to do during the week). It's been really helpful, and I'm sure if I had to make dinner every night (which fortunately I don't), I'd be super into dinner prep as well.
It is such a good idea to chop the veggies in advance – I never thought about doing it, but now definitely will! I usually come home from work in the early afternoon and by then am starved, so any tricks to save time on cooking my lunch is welcomed. In terms of meal-prep, I usually cook it in advance at the weekend and then freeze it immediately and take it out during the week and heat it up. I do realize this is not ideal, but sometimes the only way a healthy meal is happening.
How do you do Pyrex straight from fridge to oven? I thought it shattered?
I don't know! I've never had this issue! This wasn't specifically a Pyrex dish — just a glass baking dish. I do wait for the oven to preheat before putting it in the oven, so maybe that gives the glass enough time to come to room temperature?


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In the Heart of the Beast will reduce operations in 2019
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT), an arts and culture institution impacting generations of South Minneapolis residents and people around the world, plans to significantly reduce its operations in 2019. This decision comes after multiple anticipated income sources for HOBT's programming year did not materialize. At its current staff and programming levels, HOBT could expect to run out of cash and close permanently as soon as June 2019. Reducing staff and programming will prolong the period of time in which HOBT can develop new strategies to rebuild a more resilient organization.
Most notably, 2019 will be the final year that HOBT will solely produce its annual MayDay celebration, now in its 45th year and scheduled for May 5. While much of the future is uncertain, HOBT will present Puppet Lab performances as planned March 15-16 and March 21-22, will continue to offer residencies in schools, places of worship and other communities, will present Puppet Cabaret an evening of short, experimental puppet acts on February 14th, and will continue to share the Avalon Theater as a rental venue for events and performances.
Executive Director Corrie Zoll, notes,
This has been a difficult process. After a lot of hard work, we determined that we simply cannot continue on our current path. Our neighbors and allies have been the most important part of HOBT's work over the past 45 years, and we will include you in conversations about what happens next. Whatever the future brings, we want the important work we have built together to continue to be of value to our neighbors.
HOBT's decision to reduce its operations comes at a challenging time for midsized arts organizations in the Twin Cities. HOBT sees increasing challenges producing mission-driven work in the context of increasing expenses and less stable income, with staff who already give a tremendous amount of themselves at modest pay. HOBT's challenges are not unique. Peer organizations that have been temporarily or permanently impacted by similar challenges over the past two years include The Soap Factory, VSA Arts, Red Eye Collaborative, Intermedia Arts, NEMAA/Art-A-Whirl, Art Shanty Projects, Patrick's Cabaret, and Bedlam Theatre.
2019 will be the 45th and final year that HOBT will solely produce its annual MayDay celebration. In recent years, HOBT's MayDay brings in approximately $150,000 in income, mainly from individual donors. Annual costs for producing MayDay, however, generally land between $180,000 and $200,000. In 2018, MayDay operated at a loss of over $50,000 which was covered by reserve funds. HOBT can no longer afford to take on these risks alone.
HOBT's 2019 MayDay will also be the last MayDay led by Sandy Spieler, who shepherded HOBT's MayDay artistic process from its beginning. Sandy came to this decision a year ago in an effort to make space for new artists to lead. In a letter to the HOBT community from Sandy regarding her transition (full text is available at hobt.org/imagine), Sandy writes:
As our beautiful community here in South Minneapolis grows on this sacred Dakota ground with increasing and vital diversity, it is my deepest desire to support the evolution of artistic and administrative leadership of Mayday to grow from the rich soil of our diversity.
In the coming months, HOBT will invite conversations with neighbors, artists, partners, and others to imagine how a restructured HOBT might continue to be a relevant and resilient asset to South Minneapolis. Whatever that future of HOBT & MayDay looks like, MayDay 2019 will be a celebration of all that has been and all that is to come.
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About In the Heart of the Beast HOBT is best known for its MayDay Celebration, held every year since 1975 on the first Sunday of May in South Minneapolis. In 2018, attendance for HOBT's MayDay was estimated at 60,000. HOBT's MayDay includes a month long community engagement process of public workshops to create art for a parade on Bloomington Avenue, a day-long festival in Powderhorn Park, and a Tree of Life Ceremony, which culminates with a flotilla of canoes carrying the Sun across the Lake to wake the Tree of Life and welcome Spring.
Beyond MayDay, HOBT has a long history of providing high quality afterschool and summer arts programming, artist residencies in schools and faith communities, artist development programs, 20 years of Saturday Matinees for kids, the creation of new full length mainstage work, and programming to engage community around water quality and other environmental and social justice issues. In recent years, theater critics regularly include HOBT productions among lists of best Twin Cities productions including MAKE BELIEVE NEIGHBORHOOD (2018), THE STORY OF CROW BOY (2017), QUEEN (2016) and CARTOOON! (2015).
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