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Production Co: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Director: Frank Oz
Producer: Sidney Kimmel
Cast: Matthew MacFadyen, Rupert Graves, Keeley Hawes, Alan Tudyk, Peter Dinklage
The British comedy of errors is almost a genre itself, where a cast of characters try to maintain a stiff upper lip as chaos ensues around them.
The last director I'd expect to see behind the megaphone of such a film - especially one so sharp and funny - is Frank Oz, who I was surprised to learn is actually British.
An average family and associated friends and associates gather for the funeral of the family patriarch.
The hysterical characters and situations build on themselves and all manifest at the worst possible time, like the profane old Uncle, the ill-placed bottle of valium that turns out to be acid and the gay midget lover of the departed who turns up at the worst possible time, time and time again. In fact he plays the best pay-off just when you think everything's finally under control.
The laughs come thick and fast - highly recommended.
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Take a Bahamanian jeep adventure tour of Freeport during this popular shore excursion. Visit the Garden of the Groves, the beach and more.
Hop into your adventure Jeep and drive off, on the left side of the road, following British tradition.
A narrated tour of the city's highlights, with stops at points of interest, all the while learning about the island's history.
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Prime Minister Henry Puna spent time with David Sloan, the Te Mato Vai GHD water engineer along with Te Mato Vai contractors McConnell Dowell as they conducted a site inspection of the Matavera intake with landowners and media last week.
"We've nearly completed the construction works at Turangi, Avana, Matavera and Tupapa," said Sloan.
Puna was shown through the Matavera construction site, including the enormous almost 2 million litre water holding tank, new intake builds as well as water treatment facilities.
It was also pleasing to hear said Puna, that among the 91 McConnell Dowell staff on the project, excluding subcontractors, 73 are Cook Islanders with 12 of those staff coming home to Rarotonga to work on the project. This has always been our desire as government, to create opportunities for our people to come home to or for those resident here, to a project as significant as this one.
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Q: Images in an array not in the right order I'm just trying to create a pdf from a list of images in a forder. This is the code:
file_path = input('file path of the images: ')
list = os.listdir(file_path)

pdfimages = [
    Image.open(file_path + f)
    for f in list
]
print('=== Images used to create the PDF ===\n' +'>>> '+str(list))

pdf_path = file_path + pdf_name + '.pdf'

pdfimages[0].save(
    pdf_path, "PDF" , resolution=100.0, save_all=True, append_images=pdfimages[1:]
)
print('=== PDF created and saved! ===')
print('=== Check ===\n' +'>>> '+str(file_path))

The pdf is created, but the order of the photos (checked here: print('=== Images used to create the PDF ===\n' +'>>> '+str(list)) ) is not correct, even though it is correct in the folder. Thi is what the code written before shows:
=== Images used to create the PDF ===
>>> ['bho1.jpg', 'bho10.jpg', 'bho11.jpg', 'bho12.jpg', 'bho13.jpg', 'bho14.jpg', 'bho15.jpg', 'bho16.jpg', 'bho17.jpg', 'bho18.jpg', 'bho19.jpg', 'bho2.jpg', 'bho20.jpg', 'bho21.jpg', 'bho22.jpg', 'bho23.jpg', 'bho24.jpg', 'bho25.jpg', 'bho26.jpg', 'bho27.jpg', 'bho28.jpg', 'bho29.jpg', 'bho3.jpg', 'bho30.jpg', 'bho31.jpg', 'bho32.jpg', 'bho33.jpg', 'bho34.jpg', 'bho35.jpg', 'bho36.jpg', 'bho37.jpg', 'bho38.jpg', 'bho39.jpg', 'bho4.jpg', 'bho40.jpg', 'bho41.jpg', 'bho42.jpg', 'bho43.jpg', 'bho44.jpg', 'bho45.jpg', 'bho46.jpg', 'bho47.jpg', 'bho48.jpg', 'bho49.jpg', 'bho5.jpg', 'bho50.jpg', 'bho51.jpg', 'bho52.jpg', 'bho53.jpg', 'bho54.jpg', 'bho55.jpg', 'bho56.jpg', 'bho57.jpg', 'bho58.jpg', 'bho59.jpg', 'bho6.jpg', 'bho60.jpg', 'bho7.jpg', 'bho8.jpg', 'bho9.jpg']

As you can see the pattern isn't bho1.jpg, bho2.jpg, bho3.jpg etc..., instead it gets firstly the images with the one (bho1.jpg, bho10.jpg, bho11.jpg, bho12.jpg etc...) than with the two and it goes one like this.
Someone knows why?

A: This is mostly because you are dealing with strings, so they are sorted alphabetically.
I would say to parse the number from each string. You can to this with a simple int(filename[3:-4]), and sort the filenames using these integer values. In full, you could to this:
file_names = os.listdir(file_path)
file_names = sorted(file_names, key=lambda s: int(s[3:-4]))

You could also use regex to parse the integers, but in your case, you can also do it with indexing ([3:-4]).
I also took the liberty to rename your list variable to file_name, list is a reserved variable in python and shouldn't be changed.

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Bridging research integrity and global health epidemiology (BRIDGE) statement: guidelines for good epidemiological practice
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2435-624XSandra Alba1,
Kristien Verdonck2,
Annick Lenglet3,4,
Susan F Rumisha5,6,
Martijn Wienia7,
Imre Teunissen1,
Masja Straetemans1,
Walter Mendoza8,
Daniel Jeannetot1,
Daniel Weibel9,
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza10,
Sanjay Juvekar11
1 Health, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Tropical Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
3 Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
4 Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
5 National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
6 Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
7 NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development, The Hague, The Netherlands
8 United Nations Population Fund, Lima, Peru
9 EDCTP, The Hague, The Netherlands
10 School of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
11 Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India
Correspondence to Dr Sandra Alba; s.alba{at}kit.nl
Background Research integrity and research fairness have gained considerable momentum in the past decade and have direct implications for global health epidemiology. Research integrity and research fairness principles should be equally nurtured to produce high-quality impactful research—but bridging the two can lead to practical and ethical dilemmas. In order to provide practical guidance to researchers and epidemiologist, we set out to develop good epidemiological practice guidelines specifically for global health epidemiology, targeted at stakeholders involved in the commissioning, conduct, appraisal and publication of global health research.
Methods We developed preliminary guidelines based on targeted online searches on existing best practices for epidemiological studies and sought to align these with key elements of global health research and research fairness. We validated these guidelines through a Delphi consultation study, to reach a consensus among a wide representation of stakeholders.
Results A total of 45 experts provided input on the first round of e-Delphi consultation and 40 in the second. Respondents covered a range of organisations (including for example academia, ministries, NGOs, research funders, technical agencies) involved in epidemiological studies from countries around the world (Europe: 19; Africa: 10; North America: 7; Asia: 5; South-America: 3 Australia: 1). A selection of eight experts were invited for a face-to-face meeting. The final guidelines consist of a set of 6 standards and 42 accompanying criteria including study preparation, protocol development, data collection, data management, data analysis, dissemination and communication.
Conclusion While guidelines will not by themselves guard global health from questionable and unfair research practices, they are certainly part of a concerted effort to ensure not only mutual accountability between individual researchers, their institutions and their funders but most importantly their joint accountability towards the communities they study and society at large.
This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
What is already known?
Research integrity and research fairness have gained considerable momentum in the past decade and have direct implications for global health epidemiology.
Balancing research integrity with the realities of conducting fair global health epidemiological research can be challenging.
Unfortunately, existing good epidemiological practice guidelines developed by national epidemiological associations are not tailored to the idiosyncrasies of global health and lack international legitimacy.
Also, existing guidelines for research fairness are not specific to epidemiology.
Through a Delphi consultation study involving a wide range of experts with experience and expertise in global health research and epidemiology, we developed guidelines for good epidemiological practice in global health that address the core principles of research integrity and fair global health research.
The final guidelines consist of 6 standards and 42 accompanying criteria including study preparation, study protocol and ethical review, data collection, data management, analysis, reporting and dissemination.
What do the new findings imply?
Guidelines will not by themselves guard global health from questionable and unfair research practices.
However, guidelines are certainly part of a concerted effort to ensure the accountability of funders, institutions and researchers towards the communities they study and society at large.
We invite all stakeholders involved in the commissioning, conduct, appraisal and publication of global health research to consider the use of these guidelines in their research.
Bora kujenga daraja kuliko ukuta
Better build bridges than walls (Kiswhahili proverb)
Global health epidemiology studies the causes and consequences of morbidity and mortality across geographical boundaries, with emphasis on equitable disease control and health promotion in low-income and middle-income countries. Research integrity and research fairness have gained considerable momentum in the past decade and have direct implications for global health epidemiology. In this article, we argue that research integrity and research fairness principles should be equally nurtured by global health epidemiologists who aim to produce high-quality impactful research—but bridging the two can lead to practical and ethical dilemmas. In the light of these reflections, we propose guidelines for epidemiological studies targeted at stakeholders involved in the commissioning, conduct, appraisal and publication of global health research.
Research integrity has emerged as a response to the 'reproducibility crisis' (the inability to reproduce research findings), which has shaken the foundations of most scientific disciplines.1 Within epidemiological research findings obtained from ill-designed, badly implemented, inappropriately analysed or selectively reported studies will also lead to irreproducible results.2–4 Data fabrication, falsification and plagiarism represent the most extreme case of scientific misconduct and consequently inability to reproduce research findings. Yet, practices in the grey zone between this type of deliberate misconduct and ideal scientific behaviour—denoted as 'questionable research practices'5 or 'research waste'6—may be more prevalent and ultimately, more damaging.7 The reproducibility crisis can be partly attributed to the limits of hypothesis testing paradigms,3 8 9 but lack of scientific rigour is also a major contributor.7 10 11 A number of scientific regulatory bodies have issued documents over the past decade to foster research integrity and thereby tackle questionable research practices and research waste, either in the form of codes of conduct for researchers (such as in the European Union (EU)12 and in India13) or guidelines and policies (eg, Tanzania14 and Uganda15).
Definitions of research integrity centre around four principles: reliability, honest, respect and accountability.12 Efforts to foster research integrity in the EU have resulted in a push for open science in all scientific areas.16 In epidemiology, more specifically a number of guidelines for good epidemiological practice have also been developed, such as in Switzerland,17 Germany,18 the Netherlands19 and France.20 Yet, as we argue in following paragraphs, global health epidemiologists also need to reckon with the idiosyncrasies of conducting global health research,21 which derive from its multidisciplinary nature and emphasis on transnational issues and equity at population level.22
Multidisciplinary methods are essential in global health research as most issues' studies are embedded in complex systems centred around human behaviour. The study of complex systems in turn is closely related to reproducibility: even when methods have been implemented properly, contextual factors have a key role and can thereby affect reproducibility of findings. The biomedical focus on finding 'what works' means that experimental designs are considered the gold standard to evaluate public health interventions,23 and reproducibility is often considered purely in terms of statistical uncertainty. But as critics of counterfactual methodologies in development have argued, these methods produce very context-specific evidence ('did it work there and then'), which risks overlooking specific sociopolitical and cultural contexts.23 24 Social sciences (eg, anthropology, sociology, political economy) are uniquely placed to understand the social conditions related to the success (or failure) of interventions and provide essential information about reproducibility to complement statistical uncertainty. This criticism can be extended to the use of experimental designs in global health and means that in order to produce useful evidence to decision-makers25 global health epidemiologists need to engage with other related disciplines—and most notably social sciences—in multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research.26
Global health's emphasis on transnational issues and equity, on the contrary, implies that research integrity needs to be expanded to include research fairness principles. One of the principles of research integrity is respect—defined as 'respect for colleagues, research participants, society, ecosystems, cultural heritage and the environment'.12 Strictly speaking, the transnational nature of global health refers to the study of determinants and solutions that cross national boundaries, such as climate change or urbanisation.22 But in practice—for a host of historical reasons27—transnational research often implies transnational research collaborations and more specifically partnerships between institutions in higher and lower income countries. The power imbalances potentially arising in such partnerships are at the centre of research fairness concerns28–32 and are broadly aligned with calls to decolonise global health.33–36 More specifically, research fairness aims at redressing some of the power imbalances in global health, which prevent local stakeholders from shaping the research agenda and competing on a level playing field in scientific arenas. In doing so, research fairness seeks to maximise the positive impact of global health research both on local researchers and on local communities. As such, research fairness lies at the core of the principle of respect in global health partnerships.
A broad understanding of research integrity that encompasses research fairness is therefore key to high-quality and impactful global health research—yet there is evidence of shortcomings on both fronts currently. While research integrity in global health has not been amply studied, questionable research practices appear to be equally widespread in this field as in any other.21 Many different factors can lead to misconduct in research, and global health is not immune to any of these.37 38 Also, two recent studies have shown that research fairness—or lack thereof—plays a central role in global health collaborations between researchers in both high-income and low-income countries39 and can lead to high levels of moral distress.40 Reported challenges included failure to recognise the scientific merit of local staff, the absence of local benefits for the populations studied,39 inequitable allocation of public health resources, conflicts of interest, lack of autonomy among community members or beneficiaries of programmes and inadequate access to essential services.40
In our experience, balancing research integrity with the realities of conducting fair global health epidemiological research can be challenging. Unfortunately, existing good epidemiological practice guidelines developed by national epidemiological associations17–20 are not tailored to the idiosyncrasies of global health and lack international legitimacy. Also, existing guidelines for research fairness are not specific to epidemiology.28 30 41 42 In table 1, we describe potential tensions that can arise in each of the study phase when trying to align the principles of research integrity and research fairness within the frame of global health practice, by referring to the four main tenets of global health research described above: multidisciplinary, transnational, equity focused and at population-level.
Potential tensions reconciling research integrity and research fairness principles in global health epidemiological practice
Against this backdrop, we embarked on a study to develop guidelines for good epidemiological practice in global health targeted at stakeholders involved in the commissioning, conduct, appraisal and publication of global health research. The aim of this study was to develop guidelines in which the principles of research integrity are applied while at the same time acknowledging the needs and realities of conducting fair global health research.
Preliminary guidelines
Between October 2017 and March 2018, we conducted a literature review and developed a preliminary set of guidelines for internal use at KIT Royal Tropical Institute, following the AGREE II methodology.43 The development consisted of four steps (figure 1) .
Overview of guideline development steps. GEP, good epidemiological practice.
First, we performed online searches in Google and PubMed to gather information on existing best practices for epidemiological studies by combining the word 'epidemiology' or 'epidemiological' with the following keywords: 'guidelines', 'guidance', 'procedures', 'standards', 'practice', without any time period restrictions. Results from this search were critically appraised for relevance. In addition, we selected relevant reporting guidelines from the EQUATOR network website.44 The records identified through this search could be classified into the following categories: (1) ethics guidelines for research45–48; (2) guidelines for good epidemiological practice laid out by international49 and national epidemiological associations17–20 and (3) academic reporting guidelines.50–54
Second, we identified key elements of research fairness32 42 55 and global health22 that have an impact on epidemiological practice. These have been described in more detail elsewhere21 and consist of (1) stakeholder involvement; (2) fair and equal partnerships; (3) multiple ethical reviews; (4) emergency research; (5) equity, gender and intersectionality; (6) multidisciplinary research; (7) secondary analyses of existing data; (8) fair data sharing.
Third, we synthesised existing good epidemiological practice guidelines from our literature search and adapted them in order to ensure an alignment with key elements of global health and research fairness. The output of this exercise was a set of standards and criteria. We opted for the following widely used (though not unanimously agreed on56) convention: standards are qualitative descriptions of the overall quality expectation for the given step in the process; each standard has a number of corresponding criteria, which constitute a measurable checklist to assess whether the standard has been met.
Lastly, these guidelines were internally validated at KIT by means of three consultative sessions. The first session focused on study preparation, protocol development and ethical review; the second on quality assurance, data collection and data management; and the third on data analysis, reporting dissemination and data storage. A multidisciplinary group of KIT global health researchers and advisors participated in these sessions, including four epidemiologists, five public health doctors and two social scientists. Two external expert reviewers (an epidemiologist from Nigeria and one from Bangladesh) also provided feedback on these guidelines.
Validated guidelines: Delphi study
We sought external validation of the KIT guidelines by means of a Delphi study, as recommended in the literature on guideline development.57 58 The Delphi method is a structured iterative process to incorporate the views of a group of experts on a draft product in order to develop a final version that represents agreement by all participants. For the development of guidelines, the Delphi method consists of repeated surveys with participants to assess the level of agreement with each element (standards and criteria) of the guidelines and to collect suggestions for change. The respondents' comments are used to formulate a refined version of the guidelines, which is then submitted for a next round of feedback until a satisfactory level of agreement is reached.58–60
The Delphi study was designed in three stages (figure 1): two online 'e-Delphi' consultations61 with a larger group of experts and one face-to-face meeting with a selected group of respondents. We conducted a stakeholder analysis62 to select a diverse group of experts representing the major organisations involved in the commissioning, conduct, appraisal and publication of global health research. As part of this analysis, we considered each stakeholder's interest and position towards good epidemiological practice and their influence on the implementation of studies within and beyond their organisation. We identified and contacted individuals working or affiliated with these organisations through KIT's professional network. To reflect the multidisciplinary and transnational nature of global health research, we aimed to identify experts from a wide range of disciplines and countries.
The tools for online consultation consisted of online SurveyMonkey questionnaires. Before sending tools to study participants, we pilot-tested the tools by requesting KIT epidemiologists who were not involved in this study to complete the survey.
The first round of online consultations was conducted in October and November 2018. This round consisted of open-ended questions to encourage qualitative input from experts. Participants were presented with the guidelines through an online questionnaire and were asked to indicate whether each standard and criterion should be kept, deleted or revised. There was also room for additional comments per standard/criterion as well as comments pertaining to the guidelines in general.
The second round of consultations was conducted in November and December 2018. For transparency and clarity, participants received a document describing the old and revised guidelines including comments on the changes and reformulations that were made. This round was more quantitative in nature. Per standard and criterion, participants were asked to rate whether they agreed with the revised formulations using a 5-point Likert scale (strongly agree to strongly disagree), with opportunities for general comments. The data from this round was analysed by calculating the percentage agreement for each standard and criterion from the Likert scales. Following guidance from Hasson et al,59 we did not set an a priori cut-off value for consensus, as there is no universally agreed value.
Finally, a face-to-face meeting was organised in Amsterdam in June 2019 with a selection of experts who had participated in the online consultations. The aim of this meeting was to take stock of the online consultation responses, to resolve issues that remained thorny despite two rounds of consultation and to agree on the final guidelines. Consensus was reached through iterative rounds of group discussions leading to proposals which were tested in plenary discussions. Where needed, proposal amendments were discussed and further tested for agreement until a satisfactory level of acceptance from all participants was reached.
Ethical review
Prior to conducting the Delphi consultation, the KIT Royal Tropical Institute's Research Ethics Committee was approached to review the study's tools and protocols. The study was exempted from full ethical review on the following grounds: (1) data collection is by means of voluntary survey, which does not contain any personal questions and only covers information related to respondents' duties; (2) since it is an online survey, participants can decline or withdraw participation at any moment without this having any consequences. While we asked participants for their names and affiliations, this was not compulsory.
Participants and public involvement
Participants received a draft version of this article prior to its submission and the final article will be shared on publication. We considered this an appropriate means of dissemination since all participants are closely involved in academic research. In addition, the website bridge-statement.org will include additional dissemination material, such as translations of this article (in French, Spanish) and training material for epidemiology and global health postgraduate courses.
We invited 163 people by email to contribute to the first round of the Delphi validation exercise. Forty-five (28%) participants agreed to participate and completed the first round. Participants in the first round represented various disciplines and organisations (figure 2) and came from a wide range of countries (figure 3). Forty experts participated in the second round. Despite the drop in participants, we were able to keep the same balance of geographical and disciplinary representation in both rounds. Finally, for the face-to-face meeting in Amsterdam, we selected eight experts who had participated in the online consultations. These were chosen based on their professional and geographical background, as well as their input in the previous rounds. We therefore invited four delegates from the Netherlands and Belgium, and four international delegates from India, Tanzania, Uganda and Peru.
Number of e-Delphi round 1 respondents by type of organisation (N=45) [1]. [1]One individual can belong to more than one type of organisation.
Number of e-Delphi Round 1 respondents by region (N=45) [1]. [1]Refers to individuals' working location, which is at times different from their country of origin.
Revision of guidelines
The preliminary guidelines consisted of 51 criteria across nine standards covering the following nine implementation steps for the conduct of an epidemiological study : (1) study preparation; (2) study protocol and ethical review; (3) quality assurance; (4) statistical analysis plan; (5) data collection; (6) data management; (7) analysis; (8) reporting and dissemination; (9) data storage.
Overall, the e-Delphi consultation led to a substantial simplification and shortening of the guidelines. After the first round of online consultations, 14 criteria out of the original 51 were deleted (27%), 5 were added, and all others were reworded. The statistical analysis and quality assurance standards were removed as they were considered too detailed and prescriptive. In their comments, participants warned against the risk of having too many standards and criteria as well as overlap with other existing guidelines. Furthermore, the data storage standard was dismantled and criteria were placed in the data management and dissemination standards. We revised the criteria that were considered important but not always attainable or applicable, with wording such as 'strive for' and 'consider what is in the remit' to ensure they were reflected but not considered mandatory.
A total of 6 standards and 45 criteria were taken into the second round of online consultations. Overall, there was a high level of agreement in the second round, with all but two criteria achieving at least 85% of the 40 respondents grading as 'strongly agree' or 'agree' that the standards/criteria should be part of the final guidelines in their revised formulation. The criterion with the highest disagreement was the data analysis criteria 'Analysts should not work with data that have direct personal identifiers' (undecided: 24%; disagree: 8%; strongly disagree: 3%). The main dissatisfaction was that direct identifiers might be date of birth or a postcode and may be needed for analyses. Instead, respondents favoured a focus on a limited number of people handing personal data, alongside training for data handlers on confidentiality and data security. The criterion with the second highest disagreement was the protocol development criterion: 'The protocol should include a clear and complete data statistical analysis plan which excludes data-driven adaptations' (undecided: 11%; disagree: 8%). This criterion was considered unclear, rigid, unrealistic and potentially leading to inadequate analysis strategies. Instead, respondents favoured a stronger focus on transparency in the reporting stage.
During the face-to-face meeting in Amsterdam, we further streamlined and simplified the standards and criteria taking into account the qualitative feedback from all survey respondents. The outcome of the overall study consists of a final set of 6 standards and 42 accompanying criteria covering the following steps in the study process: (1) study preparation; (2) study protocol and ethical review; (3) data collection; (4) data management; (5) analysis; (6) dissemination and communication (table 2). A glossary of terms can be found in an accompanying explanation and elaboration paper (REF).63
Final BRIDGE checklist
Based on literature and expert opinion, we have compiled a set of standards for good epidemiological practice in global health, bridging research integrity and research fairness. While there is an inherent tension between efforts to conduct research according to strict technical guidelines of good epidemiological practice and the realities of conducting global health research, we believe these guidelines offer a practical support to epidemiologists to navigate through the complex global health landscape.
Our aim was not to duplicate existing work, but rather to bring together existing principles in one overarching guideline with a focus on practical implications for researchers. While this article has focused on the justification and methodology followed for the development of the guidelines, further explanation and elaboration on all standards and criteria can be found in the accompanying publication (REF).63 Wherever possible in our explanation and elaboration document, we have made reference to existing tools and guidelines.
There are a number of limitations to our study with a potential impact on the resulting guidelines. First, these guidelines are based on a literature review that was conducted in 2017. While we made all attempts to supplement this review with relevant literature that we encountered thereafter, it is possible that we omitted important recent developments in the field of global health epidemiology and research fairness. Second, our recommendations are very much influenced by the opinions and experience of participants of the Delphi consensus study, and more specifically the experts which participated in the face-to-face meeting. While we made all attempts to ensure a diverse group of expertise and geographical background reflecting the target group for these guidelines, it is possible that some perspectives may not have been given duly prioritised. Third, through the e-Delphi validation process, the original guidelines lost a number of features which made them very specific to epidemiology (eg, an entire standard on steps involved in the development of statistical analysis plan was dropped). As a result, it could be argued that the current guidelines reflect good research practice more broadly, rather than good epidemiological practice specifically. The accompanying explanation and elaboration notes (REF) do provide further epidemiological details for a number of item of the guidelines.
Nevertheless, we hope that the greatest benefit of these guidelines will be to contribute to current efforts in global health seeking to place communities, societies and researchers from low-income and middle-income countries at the heart of research endeavours in their own countries. With regard to researchers more specifically, we hope these guidelines can improve the quality of epidemiological research by offering explicit recommendations for epidemiologists who are uncertain about how to proceed and challenge the beliefs of researchers accustomed to outmoded practices.64 These guidelines may also be considered to support quality improvement activities, by providing the bases for the design of quality assessment (eg, audits) and quality assurance (eg, risk analysis) tools.64
We are aware that guideline implementation is a much more challenging process than guidelines development. One of the major hurdles is that guidelines can be seen as inconvenient and time-consuming by practitioners.64 In global health research, challenges around implementation are compounded by the great heterogeneity in study contexts and large number of involved parties,37 38 resulting in a blurring of responsibilities and conflicting incentives and priorities.65 Furthermore, epidemiological practice itself varies widely in scope. The sophistication of strategies to ensure their successful completion should be commensurate to their level of complexity. Factors influencing complexity include the type of setting, the number of study participants, the number of study sites, the types and quantity of data collected per participant, the duration of the study, the mix of disciplines, and so on. In this regard, we believe the adaptation of these guideline to suit local contexts and specific institutional practices and process will be key for implementation. Guideline adaptation frameworks provide a systematic way of approaching adaptation, and their use may increase transparency, methodological rigour and the quality of the adapted guideline.66
Guidelines will not by themselves guard global health from questionable and unfair research practices. But they are certainly part of a concerted effort to ensure the accountability of funders, institutions and researchers towards the communities they study and society at large. The intent of these guidelines is neither to cripple researchers' freedom nor to impose inflexible rules on the conduct of studies—but rather to streamline efforts and stimulate humility and reflection in order to generate high-quality and impactful research. We invite all stakeholders involved in the commissioning, conduct, appraisal and publication of global health research to consider the use of these guidelines in their research. We welcome any feedback at gep@kit.nl. All comments received will be considered as part of our planned quinquennial revision.
This work was made possible thanks to generosity of many people who selflessly gave their time and shared their insights and knowledge throughout all steps of this study. Heartfelt thanks to Christian Schindler, Stella van Beers and Paul Klatser, Fernando Maldonado, Mirjam Bakker, Lisanne Gerstel and Lindy van Vliet for providing the space for initial reflections on these themes including in the post-graduate training programs of both Swiss TPH and KIT Royal Tropical Institute. We are also very grateful to Gerard Swaen for encouraging us to embark on an external validation study and to Prisca Zwanikken for coaching us on the necessary steps. Special thanks to Christina Mergenthaler who played a key role in drafting the first internal KIT guidelines and many thanks to KIT colleagues who provided critical and thoughtful feedback in the internal consultations sessions: Ente Rood, Lucie Blok, Maaike Flinkenflögel, Barend Gerretsen, Egbert Sondorp, Pam Baatsen, Irene de Vries, Tasneem Kakal, Ingrid Zuleta, Ankie van den Broek, Margo van Gurp, Frouwke Veenstra, Eelco Jacobs. We are indebted to Hassan Abiodun and Sayera Banu for their critical expert external review of the internal KIT guidelines. Thanks to Ewen Le Borgne for great suggestions on how to conduct the face-to-face consensus meeting in Amsterdam. Last but not least, our deep appreciation goes to all the e-Delphi participants for their time and thoughtful input: Seye Abimbola, Brenda Kateera, Frode Forland, Solomon Narh-Bana, Carmen Varela Santos, Lex Bouter, Jennita Reefhuis, Suzanne Verver, Antonio Barnabe Ortiz, Sandro Colombo, Cudjoe Bennet, Maya Subelj, Tracy Glass, Susan van den Hof, Borna Mueller, Michiel de Boer, Miguel Antonio Trelles Centurion.
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Handling editor Seye Abimbola
Contributors SA conceived the study, led its execution and compiled the first draft of this manuscript. IT coordinated the implementation of the online Delphi consultation study and wrote the methodology description. MS participated in the consultation sessions for the development of the initial guidelines and DJ and MS led the face-to-face expert review meeting. KV, SFR, AL, SJ, DW, HM-K and WM participated in the expert face-to-face meeting and took final decisions with regard to the formulation of the standards and criteria. All authors read and approved the final version of this manuscript.
Funding This study was made possible thanks to funding from the KIT Knowledge Investment Fund
Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.
Patient consent for publication Not required.
Data availability statement Data are available in a public, open access repository. 10.5281/zenodo.3903146.


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If the predictable election of 2016 fails to deliver the controllable neoconservative president, if a pseudo-McCarthyite campaign against an economically recovering and energy-independent Russia fails again, if putting yourown guys in the National Security Council also fails, and if an impeachment seems likewise doomed to peter out, what do you have left?
If you are a war-whoring, petrodollar-preserving, rapture-ready, neoconservative globalist... well, you're in luck!
President Pence is ready to step in.
The beauty of Plan E, the fifth backup, is very precious. The very failures of previous attempts to amend the 2016 election and stop Trump's early promises to put America first, bring our troops home, secure borders, and spend the American taxpayer bounty on American production and infrastructure have paved the way for a wholesale public acceptance of the neoconservative agenda. This time, with relief and happiness.
It's almost as if we the sheeple have been given a collective dose of something feel-good, non-thinking, and cozy, and indeed we have.
The powers that be, the deep state, or the national security state, or a black-money hyper-empowered CIA, you pick, are in fine form in 2020. If these folks issued an annual statement, you would definitely want to invest. It looks really good on paper.
The CIA, now nearly 80 years old, has become a global power, with global influence. It should surprise no one that the CIA is also a major influence over US territory, the US Government, and the very opinions and perspectives of the average US citizen. Media and entertainment, technology and communications, access to cash, total information awareness of our money, movements, thoughts and speech, with the complete opacity of its own budget and actions -- all of this is part of the CIA's mission today. If you thought it was just other country's riots, assassinations and regime changes, you are behind the times.
I've been told that the CIA picks up some of its cash on pallets directly from the Denver Mint. If the state, as Augustine believed, is a band of thieves writ large, the CIA is the godfather.
Mike Pence was a predictable vice-presidential choice. A nondescript statist, evangelical "good" man, he served his role as a non-threatening, mildly competent second. He would also be a fourth or fifth tier hedge against the uncontrollable populist and hearty sinner Donald Trump, a man who had never won an election in his life before 2016. The CIA has decades of experience in choosing presidents, and vice presidents, manipulating both campaigns and popular opinion, creating crises on demand, and surveilling citizens and parties and candidates in other countries. The unexpected spontaneous and massive patriotic crowds convening for Trump throughout the 2016 campaign alone must have told the CIA what was written on the wall. Even with then CIA Director Brennan's assistance, and that of the FBI, Hillary couldn't catch the imagination of voters, or bring them out to see her preach, even when she spoke in our native accents.
But in a real war, you don't quit until you are forced to. In these four failures to bring down Trump, the deep state/CIA alliance has indeed achieved much, and won much. Trump has been constrained in his efforts to fulfill his most popular domestic initiatives, while the continued direct and indirect attacks on him in the mainstream, left-leaning "independent" and government media have worn down his popular support. Independents and libertarians who may have leaned Trumpward have all but peeled away and are looking at other parties and candidates. NeverTrumpers already favored Pence, and that was a major reason for his inclusion on the 2016 ticket. Troop deployments, Pentagon funding and interventionist wars have all been reignited. The Federal Reserve, once a Trump target, is enthusiastically burning up the printing presses, with very little mainstream discussion and with Trump applauding, not auditing. The upcoming nuclear destruction of Iran and the unleashing of a long wave of war and terror is just around the corner.
Who will best serve the deep state/CIA/petrodollar empire in November 2020 and beyond? Trump, if he lives long enough will be re-elected by actual voters, and as a lame duck he may prove difficult. The Democratic field is split between reliable lackeys and unreliable ones, and while wars may be ensured, there's nothing the CIA hates more than unpredictability. What to do with the gift of four failed domestic operations against Trump?
The answer is, devise a health event (mental or physical or both) that results in a sitting President Pence just in time for a reasonably short campaign, in a time of war, against an uninspiring array of old white man from a divided opposition party.
By now you are saying, Karen, I knew you were nuts, but this is just too much, even for you!
Normally, I would agree with you. But how else can we explain the fact that career operational CIA Gina "Chemical" Haspel and her sidekick, former 30-year CIA man,evidence destroyer, fellow torturer, and current CIA contractor Jose Rodriguez are already spending more time briefing and conspiring with Mike Pence than Donald Trump?
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Tania is finance officer of Climate Analytics' global Finance Team. Bases in Berlin, she supports the team in the creation, updating and control of budgets for project proposals as well as monitoring updates of national as well as international regulations and requirements in the area of finance.
Before joining Climate Analytics, Tania worked as an accountant for the Finance Department at a Korean gaming company.
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    using System;
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    ///   ローカライズされた文字列などを検索するための、厳密に型指定されたリソース クラスです。
    /// </summary>
    // このクラスは StronglyTypedResourceBuilder クラスが ResGen
    // または Visual Studio のようなツールを使用して自動生成されました。
    // メンバーを追加または削除するには、.ResX ファイルを編集して、/str オプションと共に
    // ResGen を実行し直すか、または VS プロジェクトをビルドし直します。
    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "4.0.0.0")]
    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
    [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
    internal class Resources {

        private static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager resourceMan;

        private static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo resourceCulture;

        [global::System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode")]
        internal Resources() {
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        /// <summary>
        ///   このクラスで使用されているキャッシュされた ResourceManager インスタンスを返します。
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        internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
            get {
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        ///   現在のスレッドの CurrentUICulture プロパティをオーバーライドします。
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            get {
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            get {
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        }
    }
}


PJSC "EMSS" took part in the First Ukrainian Trade Mission to promote exports to India, which was held from September 8th to 16th, 2017 in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. The purpose of the business trip was to expand and strengthen trade and economic cooperation between representatives of Ukrainian business circles and entrepreneurs of the Republic of India. The trade mission was organized by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and the Office for Export Promotion.
The trip was extremely intensive. During the business mission, presentations and negotiations in the B2B format took place for business representatives of both parties and important negotiations at the governmental level. Also, were held business negotiations and meetings with Indian entrepreneurs on an individual schedule. PJSC "EMSS" in the framework of the Ukrainian trade mission was represented by the head of the sales department for shipbuilding and semi-finished products Alexei Ivanuta.
According to the participants of the trade mission, the results of the business trip to India exceeded expectations. It has become an important stage in the promotion of Ukrainian products to the markets of India, as well as identifying potential partners and forming export and import portfolios of companies.


Could UC Davis pepper-spray fury bring down the chancellor?
UC Davis faculty and students are calling for Chancellor Linda Katehi to resign, saying she should have prevented police in riot gear from pepper-spraying peaceful UC Davis protesters.
Occupy Davis protestors are pepper-sprayed by campus police while blocking their exit from the school's quad Friday in Davis, Calif.
Faculty and students infuriated by this weekend's pepper-spraying incident at the University of California, Davis, are determined to force out the school's chancellor.
Police in riot gear used pepper spray and batons Friday to break up a peaceful protest, and a video of the incident has since gone viral on the Internet.
Critics of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi say she should not have allowed police on campus, and they have scheduled a rally Monday. Ms. Katehi is fighting back, insisting Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America" that "the university needs me." Her office said she plans to attend the rally.
The controversy comes at a time when clashes between Occupy Wall Street protesters and law enforcement have been escalating. City mayors and federal and local law enforcement have struggled with how to deal with the Occupy movement. And among college administrators, "there is real fear that if these occupations became established ... they would not go away," says George Ciccariello-Maher, a political historian at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
UC Davis English professor Nathan Brown has written an open letter calling for the chancellor to resign, which became a petition that has more than 50,000 signatures.
Katehi has stated her main concern is for the health and safety of the students on campus. But "one of the main reasons I am calling for her resignation is that she, herself, is one of the biggest threats to the health and safety of the students on campus" by allowing in the police, says Brown.
The UC Davis faculty association, which represents about 100 of the university's 1,500 faculty, has joined the call for Katehi's resignation, claiming on its website that she displayed "gross failure of leadership" this weekend.
The situation escalated further Saturday when students surrounded a building where Katehi was holding a press conference. Katehi didn't leave until several hours afterward, apparently because of safety concerns. When she did leave, she had to walk by rows of students, who had gathered in a silent protest against her.
She responded with a statement released Sunday: "I am deeply saddened that this happened on our campus, and as chancellor, I take full responsibility.... I feel very sorry for the harm our students were subjected to and I vow to work tirelessly to make the campus a more welcoming and safe place."
She has called for a task force to investigate the incidents and to report to her office within 30 days. The campus police chief and the two officers involved in the pepper spraying have been put on administrative leave.
The president of the University of California system, Mark Yudof, has also weighed in, calling for a meeting of the chancellors from all 10 UC campuses, stating on Sunday that he was "appalled" by the use of force against nonviolent campus protesters. The goal, he says is to ensure that law enforcement reacts proportionally to future protests.


For some coffee fans, there is no such thing as a best instant coffee. However, sometimes instant coffee may be all that there's time for as you're running out the door. Who has time for the line at the local coffee shop or brewing a whole pot of coffee from fresh beans every morning? Sometimes keeping a jar or packets of the best instant coffee around the house may come in handy for days when you wake up late, can't get moving once you've gotten out of bed, or weeks when you've forgotten to go pick up your regular batch of coffee beans. The best instant coffee is rich in flavor and dissolves easily.
Slash Food testers were astounded by the rich flavor of this instant coffee. It has a dark espresso blend and those who need their caffeine to get going in the morning will most likely not be disappointed.
Commenters at Chow.com love the flavor of Nescafe Clasico and one poster says that it's "darker, stronger, and richer than the instant coffee that is made for the U.S." Commenters love it as café con leche or iced as well as hot.
Starbucks VIA comes in a few different roasts like Italian and Colombia, and even in flavors like mocha, caramel, cinnamon, and vanilla. It dissolves effortlessly in hot water and tastes almost as good as freshly brewed coffee. In addition, it's easy to travel with because it comes in a small single cup pouch rather than a large jar. It doesn't taste watered down when a whole packet is added to eight ounces of water, and it smells like regular coffee. The only downside is that it's about $1.00 per cup compared to roughly half that for other brands. Viewpoints.com gives it 4.08 of 5.00 stars.
Slash Food performed a taste test of over two dozen types of instant coffee and rated Nescafe Taster's Choice as one of the best, claiming it tastes like brewed coffee and offers "robust flavor and appealing aroma."
This instant coffee got 5.0 of 5.0 stars with seven reviews on Amazon.com. Several of the reviewers tried it in Tanzania and fell in love, then happily discovered that they could get it online. It's full-bodied and organic. Reviewers call it very smooth, the best they've ever tasted, and the end of a search for tasty instant coffee.
SlashFood.com also rated this one as worthy of a sip rather than a skip. Testers did acknowledge that it's slightly watery and not the best coffee ever, but state that it gets the job done in a pinch.
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By Pat Louise
Waterville Author Creates Acorn Man
Jody Hildreth loves to be outside, especially when it comes to powering up mountains and hills.
The Waterville resident, whose day job is as librarian of Sauquoit Valley Elementary School, missed those opportunities to travel during the pandemic.
Hildreth turned to videos on YouTube, which led him to discover some creative nature art.
"People make characters out of pinecones, branches, nuts, rocks, whatever they see that inspires them,'' Hildreth said. "I was particularly taken with artist David Bird of Rhode Island, who uses acorns to create elves in scenarios with birds.''
Much of his traveling and being outside helped Hildreth add to his life list of birds he's seen, but again, Covid restrictions kept him close to home. Bored one day, he began crafting a person using an acorn as the body.
So was born Acorn Man, whose adventures have been captured in books published last year, and will be told in four more coming out this year. "Once I found the acorns, the ideas just came to me,'' Hildreth said. "The best part is I'm having a ball doing this.''
Creating Acorn Man (and later on Acorn Girl) pulls together another one of Hildreth's passions, that of photography. He'll spend hours creating the scenario and then capture it in a photo he shares on his Facebook page and other spots. To find them, search for Acorn Whimsy.
What propels the creations to capture people's attention is the details in the work of each scenario. Hildreth plots it out…


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Q: Haskell function for computing sublist of a list Can someone explain to me what does this haskell code mean?
sublists [] = [[]]
sublists (x:xs) = [x:sublist | sublist <- sublists xs] ++ sublists xs

I know this function computes sublist of a given list. But , I want to know how it works.

A: sublists :: [a] -> [[a]]
sublists [] = [[]]
sublists (x:xs) = [x:sublist | sublist <- sublists xs] ++ sublists xs

--  ghci> sublists [1,2,3]
--  [[1,2,3],[1,2],[1,3],[1],[2,3],[2],[3],[]]

--    (each sublist l1 in (sublists [2 , 3])
--
--      (1 : l1))
--        concat (sublists [2, 3])
--
--       sublists [2, 3] =
--         (each sublist l2 in (sublists [3])
--           (2 : l2))
--             concat (sublists [3])
--
--             sublists [3] =
--                 (3 : []) concat [[]]
--                 = [[3], []]
--
--    now substituting back into the recursion
--        [[2, 3], [2], [3], []]
--
--    [[1, 2, 3], [1, 2], [1, 3], [1], [2, 3], [2], [3], []]


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File #: 22-391 Version: 1 Name: Approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Go2Zero for SB 1383 Organic Site Assessment, Route Audit and Waste Characterization for Culver City's Commercial Sector in an amount not to exceed $ 279,493.50 ( $ 254,085 base amount and $ 25,408.50 (10%
File created: 10/7/2021 In control: City Council Meeting Agenda
Title: CC - (1) Approval of a Three-Year Professional Services Agreement with Go2Zero for SB 1383 Organic Site Assessment, Route Audit and Waste Characterization for Culver City's Commercial Sector in an Amount Not-to-Exceed: $279,493.50 for FY 21/22 ($254,085 Base Amount and 10 % Contingency of $25,408.50 ); $287,777.70 for FY 22/23 ($261,707.00 Base Amount and 10% Contingency of $26,170.70); and $296,513.80 for FY 23/24 ($269,558.80 Base Amount and 10% Contingency of $26,955.80); and (2) Authorize the Public Works Director to Approve Two Additional One-Year Terms in an Amount Not-to-Exceed: $305,409.50 for FY 24/25 ($277,645.00 Base Amount and 10% Contingency of $27,764.50); and $314,571.40 for FY 25/26 ($285,974.00 Base Amount and 10% Contingency of $28,597.40)
CC - (1) Approval of a Three-Year Professional Services Agreement with Go2Zero for SB 1383 Organic Site Assessment, Route Audit and Waste Characterization for Culver City's Commercial Sector in an Amount Not-to-Exceed: $279,493.50 for FY 21/22 ($254,085 Base Amount and 10 % Contingency of $25,408.50 ); $287,777.70 for FY 22/23 ($261,707.00 Base Amount and 10% Contingency of $26,170.70); and $296,513.80 for FY 23/24 ($269,558.80 Base Amount and 10% Contingency of $26,955.80); and (2) Authorize the Public Works Director to Approve Two Additional One-Year Terms in an Amount Not-to-Exceed: $305,409.50 for FY 24/25 ($277,645.00 Base Amount and 10% Contingency of $27,764.50); and $314,571.40 for FY 25/26 ($285,974.00 Base Amount and 10% Contingency of $28,597.40)
Meeting Date: October 25, 2021
Contact Person/Dept: James Pledger/Public Works EPO
Department Approval: Charles D. Herbertson, Director of Public Works, City Engineer (10/15/2021)
Staff recommends the City Council approve a three-year professional services agreement with Go2Zero, for SB 1383 Organic Site Assessment, Route Audit and Waste Characterization for Culver City's Commercial Sector in an amount not-to-exceed $279,493.50 for FY 21/22 ($254,085 base amount and 10% contingency of $25,408.50); $287,777.70 for FY 22/23 ($261,707.00 base amount and 10% contingency of $ 26,170.70); and $296,513.80 for FY 23/24 ($269,558.80 base amount and 10% contingency of $26,955.80); and (2) authorize the Public Works Director to approve two additional one-year terms in an amount not to exceed $305,409...


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Bullets Shatter Windows Next To A Prominent Global Warming Skeptic's Office
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Michael Bastasch Energy Editor
Shots were fired at the fourth floor of a science and technology center at the University of Alabama-Huntsville sometime over the weekend, hitting windows adjacent to climatologist John Christy's office.
No one was hurt, and university police have characterized the event as a "random shooting," UAH spokesman Ray Garner told WHNT News. Police found "seven spent Belgian 5.7 millimeter bullet casings along Sparkman Drive" near the National Space Science and Technology Center, WHNT reported.
"My office was not hit, but the one next door and then further north had bullet impacts on the windows," Christy told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
"Appears to be a drive-by from the trajectories from the street parallel to the building," Christy added.
Three bullets hit windows, while four hit the side of the National Space Science and Technology Center. An incident report was filed after building staff discovered shards of glass Monday morning.
Christy is a well-respected climatologist who's spent decades using satellites to measure global temperatures. He is considered a skeptic of man-made global warming, and environmentalists and left-leaning scientists have attacked him for challenging the credibility of climate models.
Christy's research has shown climate models massively over-predicted global warming, and he's also done extensive research into flaws with surface-based temperature readings from weather stations.
While police say the shooting looks to be random, Christy's colleague, Dr. Roy Spencer, said it's "more than coincidence" that shots were fired around Earth Day.
"Given that this was Earth Day weekend, with a March for Science passing right past our building on Saturday afternoon, I think this is more than coincidence," wrote Spencer.
"When some people cannot argue facts, they resort to violence to get their way," Spencer wrote in his blog. "It doesn't matter that we don't 'deny global warming;' the fact we disagree with its seriousness and the level of human involvement in warming is enough to send some radicals into a tizzy."
"Our street is fairly quiet, so I doubt the shots were fired during Saturday's march here. It was probably late night Saturday or Sunday for the shooter to have a chance of being unnoticed," Spencer noted.
Garner did not respond to TheDCNF's request for comment.
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There's something about sweet potatoes. Don't you love them? I do! Sweet potatoes are the healthy alternative to regular potatoes because they actually pack a punch of essential vitamins and minerals. They are anti-inflammatory and help balance blood sugar. The words 'yams' and 'sweet potatoes' are often interchangeable. They are actually two different vegetables, but are both great options.
Staying clear of all whites is always best (white breads, flours, sugars, etc.), but there is an exception... Japanese sweet potatoes. They are white-light yellow inside and have a purple skin. These are actually the most nutrient dense of all sweet potatoes. So enjoy your sweet potatoes/yams, especially the Japanese ones!
Another day, another guilt-free chocolate creation. I was about to make some chocolate for an afternoon boost, and couldn't decide between a simple chocolate bar or raw brownies. Then I thought, I want both in one bite. So this happened. And it was heaven. Cacao has many health benefits. It is truly a superfood, but of course, when it's in its pure unrefined state and not when consumed in excess or with loads of refined sugar and dairy.
So there you have it. Raw chocolate is simply good for you in right amounts. I'm going to be celebrating the weekend with this creation. I hope you do too.
Place all ingredients in a food processor and process until well combined and mixture holds together when pressed with fingers.
Line a small dish with parchment paper and press mixture down to form layer. Make sure to use a dish where you will cover all the surface, I used a 5 x 7 dish.
Place in the refrigerator while you prepare the top layer.
Mix melted coconut oil and cacao paste (melt ahead) or cacao powder.
Place in a bowl and whisk in remaining ingredients.
Pour over bottom layer and place back in the refrigerator until set, about 20-30 minutes.
Cut into slices to serve. Store in the refrigerator.
Summer in San Francisco is not really summer, but I still like to enjoy the amazing flavors and make summer treats like this smoothie and plum & coconut popsicles. This mojito power protein smoothie is perfect for an afternoon boost or a well-balanced breakfast. It's packed with healthy fats, two of the best plant-based protein sources (spirulina, hemp seeds), and fresh greens that offer a wide spectrum of vitamins and minerals.
Spirulina - Blue-green algea that grows in fresh water lakes all over the world and is truly a superfood. It is made up of about 60-70% plant protein, which makes it the world's highest source of protein. Spirulina supports blood sugar regulation, immunity, kidney function, skin issues, cholesterol levels, depression, and provides lasting energy.
Hemp seeds - A complete protein, containing all essential amino acids. They have a perfect balance of protein, essential fats, enzymes, and vitamins. Hemp seeds are excellent for controlling blood sugar, reducing inflammation, improving circulation, muscle recovery, immune support, and providing sustained energy.
Blend all ingredients together until smooth. Pour into fancy glasses and enjoy.
There is lots of plum and coconut going on in my house these days. It's stone fruit season here in California and plums are just too good to pass up at the farmers market every week. This is a very simple recipe and perfect for an afternoon craving on a hot day. You can substitute any stone fruit for plums. Peaches would also taste amazing.
Besides the great taste and vitamin benefits of plums, an added health benefit to this recipe is the maca powder. Maca is an adaptogenic root full of super powers. Adaptogenic means that it works to balance any system that is unstable/unbalanced in the body (nervous system, endocrine system, cardiovascular system, musculature). It also provides energy, enhances stamina and libido, increases endurance and strength, boosts mood, and balances hormones (aids with PMS). It has a nutty and delicious flavor. Make sure to purchase a raw and organic maca powder to get the full benefits and added chemicals.
Make plum layer: blend all ingredients until smooth. Pour into popsicle molds and place in freezer for 10-15 minutes for it to begin setting before you pour the next layer.
Make coconut-maca layer: Blend all ingredients until smooth. Once plum layer has nearly set, pour coconut mixture over it to fill molds. Place in freezer for another 15 minutes.
Insert popsicle sticks and return to freezer until fully frozen. To take out popsicles, run molds under cold water for about 10 seconds. Enjoy!
For another delicious plum recipe, check out my previous treat: coconut-lavender pie with plum sauce.
Tell me, what's your favorite stone fruit?
I don't have much else to say about this recipe other than encourage you to run to your farmers market to buy some fresh organic figs.


The MPs have also demanded 'infrastructure' status for the housing sector as a way to facilitate easy credit from public sector banks and housing finance corporations to the low-income and economically weaker section.
The proposed amendment to the Land Acquisition Act is crucial for creating two crore affordable houses in urban areas by 2022 under the government's new 'Housing for All' mission, Union Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu said. He was addressing a Parliamentary Consultative Committee of his ministry on Wednesday.
The mission, expected to be launched soon, will need an investment of Rs 3 lakh crore for addressing the urban housing shortage in the country.
According to officials, Naidu stressed on the need for the amendment so as to ensure hassle-free acquisition of land for providing affordable housing in rural and urban areas.
The proposed amendment to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 includes affordable housing among the five categories of land use that are exempted from mandatory consent clause. Naidu's statement comes in the immediate aftermath of the meeting of Joint Committee of Parliament on the land acquisition bill, held earlier this week. At the JPC meet, members from Opposition parties sought a clarification from the government especially on the scope of the exemption pertaining to affordable housing and national security.
Naidu informed the MPs present at Wednesday's meet that the housing mission has four components in urban areas namely Slum Re-development, Affordable Housing in Partnership with Private or Public Sector, Affordable Housing through Credit-Linked Subsidy and Subsidy for Beneficiary-led individual house construction/enhancement. "The MPs have suggested that in addition to Central funding for the mission, the states contribute an equal amount of grants. Moreover, the various stages of the mission have to be time-bound," said a member who was present at the meet.
The MPs have also demanded 'infrastructure' status for the housing sector as a way to facilitate easy credit from public sector banks and housing finance corporations to the low-income and economically weaker section. Naidu said that the new housing mission will facilitate mobilisation of resources for the states and urban local bodies by liberalizing norms for flow of foreign direct investment in housing and construction sector, faster clearances, allowing ULBs to issue municipal bonds and leveraging land for slum redevelopment.


DELO-DUOPOX are two part epoxy resin adhesives for bonding, casting and sealing of joints. Providing excellent adhesion to many materials, these two part epoxies are ideal in stressed or extreme conditions, including automotive and engineering applications.
Two part epoxies are cold-cured, high-strength materials, which can be used where curing with heat is not an option. They cure when the two components are mixed together in the correct ratio. Product dependant, most versions are available in DELO-AUTOMIX cartridges, which present the two epoxy components (resin and hardener) in the correct ratio via a dispensing / mixing cannula.
A wide range of curing properties are available, with rapid cure versions that are firm to touch in less than 10 minutes, to versions that are firm to touch in 8 hours. They offer high chemical resistance and are available in a wide range of viscosities.