Morton manager Jim Duffy says Hibs' opening-day defeat to Dumbarton wasn't as big a shock as some made it out to be.
Alan Stubbs' men kicked off their Ladbrokes Championship campaign with a tepid display against their part-time opponents last weekend, goals from Gregor Buchanan and Willie Gibson – a Dominique Malonga strike sandwiched in between – handing the Easter Road outfit an early setback in their bid to win promotion back to the top flight at the second time of asking.
There was much surprise at Hibs' failure to get off on the right foot at a venue where they enjoyed success last season, prompting some to question whether or not Stubbs' players have the ability to keep pace with main rivals Rangers at the top end of the division this season.
But Duffy, who brings his Morton side to the Capital this Saturday – buoyed by a well-earned opening-day point at home to Falkirk – believes it's Stephen Aitken's Dumbarton who deserve the plaudits for their display and not what a below-par Hibs team failed to do.
"I think it would be direspectful to Stephen Aitken and his players if you were to focus on the negatives with Hibs," Duffy told the Evening News.
Despite Hibs' failure to collect the points, Duffy, who took the Easter Road hotseat in 1996 before Alex McLeish succeeded him two years later following the club's relegation to the First Division, insists this year's Championship will be a two-horse race between his former employers and Mark Warburton's Rangers, the Ibrox outfit having defeated St Mirren 3-1 last Friday night.
"Hibs are definitely one of the favourites for promotion," he maintained. "It's as simple as that. There's no question it will be Hibs and Rangers up there challenging and everyone else trying to get as close to them as they possibly can.
"On the back of finishing second last year, Hibs will be looking to go one better. They are a huge miss to the Premiership and that's where most people think they should be but they are where they are and they've got to deal with that.
Stubbs was openly critical of his side's performance against the Sons, accusing some of his starting XI of "hiding behind" the ongoing transfer saga involving last year's Championship player of the year, Scott Allan.
The Hibs midfielder has constantly been linked with a move away from Easter Road with Rangers having had three bids rejected despite the player himself having submitted a written transfer request confirming his desire to leave.
And, although mindful of any potential backlash from the men in green and white, Duffy says his team will approach this weekend's clash the same as any game and go for all three points.
"Going to places like Easter Road brings to attention the level you are competing with," Duffy explained. "Competing with a club like Hibs, who have a fabulous stadium, great training facilities and a great history, really brings that home.
"But it's a task you should be looking to challenge yourself with and I think the players will do that on Saturday.
"We know it's going to be extremely tough but we will be going there for the three points.
"We'll go there and be as positive as we're allowed to be but, if Hibs play at the very top of their game, then that should be enough for them to win the match. But football is not quite as simple as that – one or two players may be off form – so if there is anything like that then we'll hope to capitalise on it.
"I can only concentrate on my team. How Alan gets a response and what he demands is entirely his prerogative and his job to do. I'm sure – like every week – Alan sets high standards as that's the type of guy he is and a club like Hibs expects that. It is their first league game at home so they will be wanting to put on a performance to get that optimism back among the supporters.
Morton showed they could be a useful addition to this year's Championship with a hard-working display in their opener against last season's Scottish Cup finalists Falkirk.
Paul Watson had given the Bairns a 19th-minute lead only for Peter MacDonald to head in an equaliser on the hour mark to give the Greenock side a well-earned point.
But Duffy accepts last season's League One champions must strive to improve if they are to remain competitive in the weeks and months ahead.
"We had to show a wee bit resilience and determination to get back into the game last week and we managed to do that after going a goal behind," he said. "From my perspective, before any game you're always wanting to win when you're at home but, as the game unfolds, you realise a point is not that bad a result.
"They missed a couple late on but so did we before that. But overall, I looked at the ninety minutes and I think both managers kind of agreed that in general a point was probably a fair result.
"We've got to find our feet in this division and only once we've done that we'll maybe get an idea of where you might be able to pitch yourself come the end of the season.


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Town begins second year of renewal plans for EAB-infested woodlands
Residents are invited to learn more at community open house on February 4, 2016
This winter, as weather and ground conditions permit, the town's contractor will begin year two of the Woodlands Hazard Abatement program to remove ash trees damaged by the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) from the town's woodlands and improve the overall health of the forest. The majority of properties in this year's program are in Bronte, Glen Abbey and the Morrison Valley area. A map of the properties in the program is available on the town's website.
Residents are invited to the community open house at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre on February 4, 2016, from 6 to 8 p.m. to learn more.
"Council is committed to protecting and growing Oakville's tree canopy," Mayor Rob Burton said. "The town continues to maintain the long-term health of our urban forest by using best forestry management practices — one of the many ways we are creating a more livable and sustainable future for Oakville residents."
Removing dead and dying trees near woodland trails and bordering properties keeps people safe and allows new trees and shrubs to grow, renewing the forest more rapidly. Removal of trees from all ash-populated woodlands is part of a ten-plus year program. Portions of the woodlands will be temporarily closed over periods throughout the year while trees are removed.
"We understand the death and loss of trees caused by EAB is of great concern to residents." said John McNeil, manager, Forestry Services. "We encourage residents to come to the open house, talk with the experts, and learn about how EAB is affecting the woodlands and the plans for their future restoration."
While the town will establish intensive planting sites in select areas, natural regeneration will account for most of the regrowth in the woodlands. Following tree removals, the logs, branches and wood debris left on the forest floor will eventually break down, nourishing the soil, and aid in the natural regrowth of shrubs and trees. Tree plantings and preparation for regrowth begins this spring and fall in woodlands where ash trees were removed last year.
McNeil cites Iroquois Shoreline Woods as a great example of how a forest can regrow. In 2002 nearly 4,000 of the woodland's oak trees, comprising the majority of the tree canopy, died. The town developed a long-term forest management plan to restore the forest through plantings and natural regeneration. He says that anyone walking through the area today would find it hard to imagine that only a decade ago, the forest lost 80 per cent of its trees.
In keeping with best forest management practices, the town will also remove some invasive species and trees other than ash that are identified as structurally unsound or are over-crowding the forest. By following this sustainable forest management approach, the Town of Oakville is the first lower-tier municipality in Canada to have all of its woodlands achieve Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification through the forest certification program of the Eastern Ontario Model Forest. The FSC® is an international, membership-based, non-profit organization that supports environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.
The town continues to treat municipal ash trees on streets and in parks with the bio insecticide TreeAzin to protect against EAB. To get the latest information about the town's EAB management program, visit the Emerald Ash Borer page.


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Caitlín Doherty
Two Atlantic Lefts
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The legacies of the Sanders and Corbyn waves include new cohorts of democratic-socialist elected representatives. As a provisional synecdoche for the electoral turn, Caitlín Doherty examines the records to date of the Democrat 'Squad' on Capitol Hill and their Labour equivalents at Westminster.
Britain's Decade of Crisis
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Boris Johnson's 'Get Brexit Done' victory set in the context of the multiple crises that have roiled the UK since its financial bubble burst in 2008—economic, social, regional, national, European—to which the new Tory ascendancy poses as solution.
Benjamin Kunkel
Red Flag over the White House?
nlr 119 September–October 2019
Benjamin Kunkel on Bhaskar Sunkara, The Socialist Manifesto. A case for the democratic-socialist transformation of the United States, drawing lessons from the failures of the twentieth century.
Daniel Finn
nlr 118 July–August 2019
After decades of hawkish neoliberalism, the British Labour Party has become the stage for an unprecedented experiment. To what extent has Corbyn's leadership been able to transform Blair's party into a vehicle for egalitarian renewal? Can his project survive the maelstrom of the UK's Brexit crisis?
DSA Members
America's New Left
nlr 116/117 March–June 2019
Five members of Democratic Socialists of America give their views on the organization's dramatic growth and the strategic dilemmas it must address—above all, relations to Sanders and the Democratic Party.
Robin Blackburn
The Corbyn Project
nlr 111 May–June 2018
Given the imbalances of the UK economy—overblown financial sector, gaping current account, delirious levels of debt—what structural changes might a Corbyn government effect? Robin Blackburn discusses prospects and proposals for an egalitarian shift.
John Newsinger
Much to be Modest About
nlr 108 November–December 2017
John Newsinger on John Bew, Citizen Clem. Hawkish celebration of Labourism's post-war hero.
Luso-Anomalies
How and why has Portugal differed from Spain since the downfall of their respective dictatorships in the mid 70s? The course of political and economic development since the Revolution of 1974 was contained, and its current discrepant outcome: a conventional social-democratic government obliged to break with Euro-austerity under the pressure of a pact with the radical left.
The Portuguese Experiment
The coordinator of Portugal's Left Bloc traces her trajectory from theatre to the political stage. The prominence of women in the party's leadership, the social achievements wrested so far from the grip of the Portuguese establishment, and the prospects for extending those gains or seeing them reversed by Brussels and Berlin.
Perry Anderson
Passing the Baton
Leaving the White House with record ratings, why couldn't Obama's efforts secure it for his former Secretary of State? The legacy that helped Trump into office—and prospects for America's newest left.
Dylan Riley
American Brumaire?
The electoral watersheds of 2016 signalled a rejection of the global-neoliberal formula of rule, but no viable establishment alternative exists. In its absence, Riley argues, Trump may offer a neo-Bonapartist substitute for a coherent hegemonic project.
JoAnn Wypijewski
Politics of Insecurity
Exploration of the fractured subjectivity, racialized legacies and multiple, entwined insecurities of the American working class—the millions taken for granted by Clinton, relentlessly wooed by her opponent.
Suhas Palshikar
Who Is Delhi's Common Man?
nlr 98 March–April 2016
The Aam Aadmi Party emerged from mass anti-corruption protests to sweep the board in regional elections for India's capital city. Can its rule in Delhi open up space for popular mobilization on the national stage, challenging the rise of communalism, or will the party be sucked into humdrum parliamentary routines?
After years of economic crisis and social protest, the cartel parties of the extreme centre now face a challenge to their dominance from outside-left forces in a number of Western countries. Contours of the emergent left oppositions, their platforms and figureheads, from Tsipras to Corbyn, Sanders to Mélenchon, Grillo to Iglesias.
Bhaskar Sunkara
Project Jacobin
nlr 90 November–December 2014
Opening a series on new radical media, the founder of the most imaginative, and successful, US socialist journal of the new century explains how it was created, what its editorial and political strategy has been, and why it has met such a warm response.
Paul Buhle
California's Fields Ablaze
nlr 75 May–June 2012
Paul Buhle on Frank Bardacke, Trampling Out the Vintage. Chronicle of the United Farm Workers and their mercurial leader, Cesar Chavez.
Gregory Elliott
Parti Pris
Gregory Elliott on Lucio Magri, The Tailor of Ulm. The trajectory of Italian communism, analysed by an unillusioned participant-observer.
Adolfo Gilly
'What exists cannot be true'
nlr 64 July–August 2010
The Argentinian historian of the Mexican Revolution recalls his life as a roving agitator. Worlds of rebel workers, from the barrios of Buenos Aires to the Bolivian altiplano and Guatemalan jungle, Lecumberri Prison to the streets of Paris and Rome.
Tony Wood
Good Riddance to New Labour
As the British general election approaches, a balance-sheet of New Labour's thirteen years in office. The record of Blair and Brown—imperial wars abroad, subservience to the City at home—as so many reasons to cheer their downfall.
Richard Gott
The Third Crusade
Richard Gott on Anthony Seldon, Blair. As 'Iraq' joins 'Munich' and 'Suez' in the lexicon of British foreign-policy disasters, does the Labour Prime Minister have his own neo-imperial programme?
Workers of the World
Kim Moody on Beverly Silver, Forces of Labour. Investigation of the historically shifting frontiers of working-class resistance, from 1870s Northern heartlands to the newly industrializing periphery of South Africa, Brazil and South Korea.
A Weightless Hegemony
nlr 25 January–February 2004
Causes and consequences of Britain's distinctive contribution to the repertoire of latter-day neoliberalism. The domestic and foreign record of the Blair regime, and its hybrid role in a shifting Atlantic order.
Ross McKibbin
Treading Water?
nlr 4 July–August 2000
McKibbin argues that New Labour's constitutional tensions are inherited from the Thatcherite project of centralizing power in order to promote a neoliberal political economy; and Labour's previous commitments to devolution. Tocqueville's view of constitutional inheritance and evolution is cited in opposition to Mair's model of a coherent Blairite strategy.
Anthony Barnett
Corporate Populism and Partyless Democracy
nlr 3 May–June 2000
Are there more tensions in New Labour's constitutional reforms than Peter Mair's model of a 'partyless democracy' allows? Anthony Barnett argues that the style of Blair's government is actually closer to that of a large media corporation—bound to come to grief on the variegated realities of modern Ukania.
David Marquand
Revisiting the Blair Paradox
Responding to Peter Mair's article in NLR 2, David Marquand suggests that Blair's ambition to consolidate power as a ruler above partisan strife is less new than it seems. Baldwin's regime in the thirties offers some surprising similarities.
Peter Mair
Partyless Democracy
New Labour's rule in the UK is often held to offer a paradox: devolution of power to regions and cities, concentration of power in the central executive and support structures. Peter Mair suggests there is no contradiction—Blair's project is a 'consensual' system above politics, gutted of traditional parties.
Pounding Out a DRUM Beat
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Mike Marqusee
New Labour and its Discontents
"The week before the European Union summit in Amsterdam, Tony Blair delivered a Thatcher-style lecture at the Malmö gathering of European socialist parties. 'As I said to the Labour Party a few years ago, we must modernize or die,' he declared; there was no choice for the European . . ." read more
Reflections on Blair's Velvet Revolution
nlr I/223 May–June 1997
"The comprehensive defeat of the Conservatives in the General Election must be a source of satisfaction, indeed jubilation, to the Left everywhere since the administrations of Thatcher and Major were global pioneers of the free market blight and particular foes of social progress in Europe. In the politics . . ." read more
David Coates
Labour Governments: Old Constraints and New Parameters
nlr I/219 September–October 1996
"It is good to be able to explore again the pattern of constraints likely to beset a Labour Government. For a long time now, such concerns have been definitely off our collective agendas because of the string of heavy electoral defeats for Labour. The bulk of the" read more
Noel Thompson
Supply Side Socialism: The Political Economy of New Labour
"Over-arching concepts, like the stakeholder economy, have their value both in determining the ground upon which political debate takes place and broadening the basis of support for the party which successfully employs them. There is considerable electoral virtue in a concept open to disparate interpretations and satisfying a . . ." read more
A Reply to Staughton Lynd
nlr I/184 November–December 1990
"When Staughton Lynd told me that he was writing a review of both my book, An Injury to All, and David Montgomery's, The Fall of the House of Labor, I quipped that he had put me in some fast company. After all, David Montgomery is not only an . . ." read more
Staughton Lynd
Trade Unionism in the USA
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Hilary Wainwright
The Limits of Labourism: 1987 and Beyond
"Labour's campaign for the next election started on 12 June 1987, the day after the Party's third successive defeat at the polls. Neil Kinnock said as much, and although many politicians make declarations of this sort Kinnock was for once not indulging in rhetoric. He made a similar . . ." read more
Arthur Scargill
Proportional Representation: A Socialist Concept
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Tony Benn & Eric Heffer
A Strategy for Labour: Four Documents
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Anthony Arblaster
Labour's Future and the Coalition Debate
"Slightly adapting Dr. Johnson, we can say that the prospect of political execution concentrates the collective mind wonderfully—on the elementary need to survive. This has been the preoccupation of the Labour Party, especially its leadership, in the wake of its catastrophically poor performance in the 1983 general election. . . ." read more
Ralph Miliband
The New Revisionism in Britain
"Since the late seventies, and particularly since the arrival in office of the Thatcher government in May 1979, a vast amount of writing has been produced on the left to account for the troubles which have beset the Labour Party and the labour movement as a whole. The . . ." read more
Hugh Beynon
The Miners' Strike in Easington
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Eric Heffer
Socialists and the Labour Party
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Problems of the Coming Period
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The Choices Before Labour
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Bedfordshire has a number of quiet roads and an abundance of attractive countryside which offers plenty of opportunity for cycling. It is a quiet county with lots of pretty villages. Such as Old Warden and Barton le Clay, as well as specially designed trails, Bedfordshire really is a fine place to explore by bike.
The county's three major railways give easy access to most of its 60-odd towns, and there are plenty of museums, parks, gardens and woods, plus Woburn Abbey and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, all of which are accessible via cycle routes. Though you're close to London, you'll feel a world away when immersed in the greenery and surrounding countryside.
Many of the towns in the county have worked to become traffic free in recent years, leading to an increase in people getting around by bike. Visitors will find that there are organisations that offer bike hire in various places around the county, giving you ample opportunity to act like a local.
If you're looking to travel around the county's road network by bike, the Jubilee Cycle Ride takes you from Greensand Ridge through to Shefford, Meppershall, Gravenhurst, Shillington and Barton. This route takes in many of the roads and main routes around the county.
Circular road based cycle rides include the Old Warden to Cople route which is a 25km route along part of the Greensand Ridge, through Cardington and past the Swiss Garden.
The Ampthill to Bedford Loop is another popular cycle route that gives you chance to explore the attractive Georgian market town of Ampthill and through Bedford before returning to the starting point.
For quieter rides, the Shannon Trail is based along quiet lanes and roads towards the east of the county and the Thatcher's Way is all quiet roads and cycle paths, giving you plenty of time to think and relax.
For the seasoned cyclist, there are several cycling routes around the county, these will eventually form a triangle round the county, and there are countless circular leisure rides from a few miles up to a full day out. Many start in Bedford and loop into the surrounding villages, such as the 23-mile Greenwood Trail. The Greensand Cycle Ride is a recent addition, it is 59km and follows mostly quiet country lanes with several more challenging, off road sections that you can choose to follow. The route runs between Leighton Buzzard and Sandy and can be picked up anywhere along the route.
Both towns are serviced by the rail network, with regular trains running across the county and onwards.
For those looking for a family cycling route, The Forest Centre and Millennium Country Park at Marston Moretaine has an 8km surfaces path and bikes are available for hire. Sustrans also has several cycling routes suitable for families throughout the region, including National Route 6, which runs from Harpenden through Luton and Dunstable towards Leighton Buzzard and National Route 51, which runs off road from Sandy through Bedford. You can find out more about these routes and others from Sustrans.
Another popular cycle route is the Woburn Wander, a circular 30km cycle ride in the countryside around Woburn.
If all that cycling gives you an appetite, your cafe stop might include a 'clanger' – the local speciality, a dumpling containing meat or jam, or both, you can find the Bedfordshire Clanger at various points around the county including Bedford, Biggleswade and Sandy.
Cycling groups and clubs in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire CTC (Bedford)
http://www.cyclinguk.org/local-groups/bedfordshire
http://ctc-bedfordshire.co.uk/
(Luton) Icknield Road Club
Leighton Buzzcycles (Leighton Buzzard)
http://www.cyclinguk.org/local-groups/leighton-buzzcycles
http://buzzcycles.btck.co.uk/
Chicksands Bike Park (Shefford)
http://www.cyclinguk.org/local-groups/chicksands-bike-park
WeeCycle Bedford Park Rotary Club (Bedford)
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Q: Installing ffmpeg through Homebrew with options fails Trying to install ffmpeg on osx 10.8.5 using homebrew. If I perform a default install without optional stuff it installs just fine. But if I want to add an optional component it fails with the following message:
> s-se-sto-ed01:~ admin$ brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac
==> Installing ffmpeg dependency: fdk-aac
==> Downloading //downloads.sourceforge.net/project/opencore-amr/fdk-aac/fdk-aac-0.1.2.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/fdk-aac-0.1.2.tar.gz
==> autoreconf -fvi
/usr/local/share/aclocal/ogg.m4:8:   run info Automake 'Extending aclocal'
/usr/local/share/aclocal/ogg.m4:8:   or see http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /usr/bin/m4
aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
READ THIS: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/troubleshooting

I have tried to reinstall autoconf using:
brew rm autoconf && brew install autoconf

I have searched high and low but so far I have not been able to find anything that will help me sort things out. I am quite new to homebrew.

A: Turns out I did not have m4 installed. To get m4 you either need to install Xcode CLI tools. Open Xcode » Preferences » Downloads and install CLI tools — and hey presto!
I am not sure, but I think you can also install it using Homebrew, with brew install m4.

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La rue des Jeûneurs est située dans le  de Paris, dans le quartier du Mail.

Situation et accès
On accède à la rue par les stations de métro :
 Grands Boulevards (lignes )
 Bonne-Nouvelle (lignes )
 Bourse (ligne )
 Sentier (ligne )

Origine du nom
Son nom vient de l'altération de « rue des Jeux-Neufs », car au , des jeux de boules venaient d'être établis sur cet ancien chemin de ronde, entre l'enceinte de Louis XIII (les Grands Boulevards sont à l'emplacement des fossés) et celle de Charles V (l'ancien nom de la rue d'Aboukir était la « rue des Fossés-Montmartre »).

Historique
L'ancienne rue des Jeux-Neufs allait de la rue du Sentier à la rue Montmartre, tandis que la section entre les rues Poissonnière et du Sentier portait le nom de « petite rue Saint-Roch », avant de fusionner en 1846.

Bâtiments remarquables et lieux de mémoire
  : le peintre fresquiste Pierre-Henri Ducos de La Haille (1889-1972) reçut, en 1922, la commande de réaliser sa fresque La Mer, dans l'ancienne école des garçons, aujourd'hui lycée Jean-Baptiste-Lulli.

Notes et références

Bibliographie
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If you want to parent more than one child, you may be concerned with not knowing how far apart in age they should be. This can bring up many questions such as how long should I give my body to heal or should the first baby be a certain age before I try to get pregnant again.
It is recommended that you wait at least till the first baby is around 14 months old. Your body needs a rest after the first go around so that it can heal and recover. If you are breastfeeding, this will also give your breasts a chance to recover as well. They are going to be tender and sore so you don't want to over do it. It can also help to keep the production of milk under control.
When it comes to the waiting period, this is a good idea for a number of reasons. You want to be healthy and strong for the next pregnancy and delivery and if your not, than you can risk low birth weight and even a pre-mature birth. Your weight is also a concern. It is not important to be back in those skinny clothes but it is important to be at a reasonable weight. But, if you are healthy, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
If you are considering another birth, one great reason to have them close together is that the older you get, the more risk you take. You have a chance of a high risk pregnancy the older you become. There is a greater risk of high blood pressure miscarriage. The risk to the baby's health also becomes greater.
There are some benefits to having them farther apart though. It may be easier to get rid of the baby fat for one. The other is that you will have a built in baby sitter. This doesn't always work out the way that you want it to but, it can be really helpful to have an older sibling around that can help you with the baby.


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Pictured: Catherine Tate on crutches after twisting her ankle in nasty fall
Updated: 08:24 EDT, 17 July 2008
Catherine Tate cut a brave face as she left the Duke Of York theatre after appearing in David Eldridge's Under The Sky play.
The actress who, missed the first night of the much-anticipated show after she took a tumble and suffered an ankle injury seemed eager to get back to work.
She twisted her ankle after the nasty fall during the cast's final dress rehearsal for the play.
The unfortunate incident occurred just hours before the first night opening on Tuesday, where Tate was set to make her performance.
Hobbling along: Catherine Tate's new West End play was cancelled after she took a nasty fall and injured her ankle
Leading lady: Catherine Tate starring in Some Girls
Tate was forced to withdraw from the play which was ultimately cancelled for the night.
The dark comedy is being held at the Duke of York theatre in London.
Co-starring Francesca Annis, it was supposed to run throughout the summer and producers had feared that their star attraction would not be able to make a single appearance.
However, Tate was given the all-clear by doctors and returned to take her place on the stage.
And never one to let something like an ankle injury stop the show, Tate returned the following night to give her all-even if she was hobbling on crutches.
The tenacious actress left the theatre with the metal support with a bandaged hand and ankle.
The Doctor Who star last appeared in a play with David Schwimmer in the 2005 production of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s).


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Purchase Assessment
Supplier Credibility and Raw Materials Traceability
We look beyond the sustainability of our own company and further examine the sustainability efforts of our suppliers. Our procurement team takes care of ensuring suppliers are able to consistently provide us with high-quality raw materials, compliant with government regulations and accredited by international organizations.
At the moment, we are able to trace the origins of our major raw materials such as fish, meat, milk powder, and coconut back to the fishing ground or farm each main raw material was sourced from.
This 2020, we are formalizing and institutionalizing a Supplier Code of Conduct and Ethics for all raw material suppliers and service providers that will include the systematic assessment of their social performance during the procurement process, among others. All legally binding agreements will require compliance with the set social standards. We will internally audit our business partners accordingly annually thereafter to monitor their compliance with our supply chain standards and to address social supply chain issues, if any. We will also engage with non-conforming suppliers to reach compliance as needed.
To keep abreast with changes in supply chain issues, we will engage with various stakeholders and amend our Supplier Code of Conduct and Ethics when necessary. Such stakeholders include our own employees who are able to elevate supply chain concerns through formal channels.
Also this 2020, the role of our Board's Corporate Governance Committee will be expanded to include ESG matters, establishing board-level responsibility for supply chain management.
In 2020, we expressed our intent to adopt the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability standards. It has issued the first-ever global standards for end-to-end seafood traceability, providing guidance on which information to monitor beginning from point of origin all the way to point of sale, and which digital formats to adopt for information sharing. The establishment of these standards is a momentous step for the industry as it strives for high standards with regard to ethical sourcing and combats illegal fishing and unethical labor practices.
We also support the use of sustainable fishing methods. For our Century Tuna Handline product, we employ a sustainable fishing method that eliminates by-catch and juveniles, contributing to the conservation of marine life. This product is supported by WWF Philippines which encourages the development of small-scale tuna fishing sustainability programs. Apart from tuna, CNPF also offers Century Bangus (milkfish), a farm-cultured marine product which is a healthy seafood alternative that reduces the load on wild-caught fish stocks.
Our commitment is further reflected in our participation in the Global Tuna Alliance, a market-led initiative to deliver sustainable tuna, which formed the Tuna Traceability Declaration 2020 in support of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water.
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To further enhance the competitiveness of our sardines business, we upgraded our guidelines, specifications, and standards to conform with international requirements. As a result, the Company has been able to comply with the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
All our meat inputs are purchased from accredited international sources who produce according to standards approved for export to the U.S. and European Union. Meat imported from the U.S. follows the Federal Meat Inspection Act and passes through mandatory federal inspection by the Food Safety Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, while meat from Europe are governed by the European Food Safety Authority. These have been in place since the beginning of our meat operations.
We have obtained the Food Safety System Certification (FSSC), as well as the USFDA certification to export to the U.S. We are also compliant with the standards of the Philippine Bureau of Food and Drug's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Our raw material sourcing process is aligned with the latest developments and practices in the dairy industry, with heightened focus on quality and safety to include sustainability.
We adhere to the following international standards: European Organic Standard (EOS), National Organic Program (NOP), Japan Agricultural Standard (JAS), and Korean Standard (KONKUK).
Our processes are aligned with the Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) global standards for responsible and ethical sourcing, health, safety, and welfare of workers, as well as environment management. We likewise fulfill the requirements of the U.S. FDA Voluntary Qualified Importer Program in our raw material sourcing, and receive third-party certification from the Ecocert Group.
As we also produce organic products, we conform with stricter standards to ensure we are organic-certified, following international standards regarding farming practices and raw material storage. We provide incentives to our farmers and traders for their efforts in complying with the more stringent organic standards.
Read more on our Tuna Purchase Assessment


Update! I have no IV! My tests went up high enough that I'm still not perfect, but certainly better. I'm to finish up the supply of my new meds and then go in again for a final recheck, but I think I'm in the clear. Whoo!
A recent doctor's visit informed me that my lung function tests (the barometer of a CF patient's health) were down 20%.
I'd also lost weight. Taken together, these symptoms indicate a bigger problem: a genuine lung infection, my first in eight years. Now, I should mention that last year, when I came back from London, my lung functions were also down quite a bit. My doctor suspected that I picked something up either on the plane or in Britain, but put me on Ciprofloxin and I got better. Six months later, I was back down, though not as much, and I was put back on Ciprofloxin. Last April, I was totally back to normal levels. My weight was up, my tests were great.
Five months later...I get a 20% drop and 3 kilos of lost weight? Ouch.
So my doctor put me on Ciprofloxin again and a new inhaled medication, which isn't so much medication as vaporized seawater (7% saline solution). He gave me a week to get better. A week later, my weight was up a kilo and my lung function tests were up 5%. That's not incredible, but it is progress. He gave me another week, so I'm going in again on Friday evening to see if I'm back to normal, or at least very close to it. If I'm not...well, it's time for a tune-up.
How do you give a CF patient a tune-up? You stick an IV in his or her arm and pump two kinds of medications in there twice a day (Tobramyacine & Ceptazadine) for between two and three weeks. It's more a hassle than anything else, but I wouldn't be surprised if I had to get one. I mean, eight years is a long time between IV's. What's this have to do with blogging? Well, I usually blog in the evenings, after work and chore and errands. Unfortunately, I'm on three different nebulizer-based medications this month: Pulmozyme, Saline, and Tobi. Altogether, it takes a full hour to do these meds, and I do Saline and Tobi twice a day. After my nightly doses, I have to clean and boil the nebulizers for the next day. So my evenings are basically shot for the month of October.
And when I'm not inhaling saltwater, I'm at the office or catching up on shows or games. Or, sometimes, drawing. I do get quite a bit of sketching done during my evening doses. None of it post-worthy, but you get the idea.
So there it is. Wish me luck for Friday, guys. Much as I wouldn't be surprised if it's IV time, it's not exactly fun to get one.
Man... sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself. We'll still be here when you can get back into your posting rhythm.
Oh, that's awful! Hope you feel better soon!
I second the other Davids on this one. Feel better first. The internet isn't going anywhere.
Best wishes, dude. You know the atheist routine -- "I'll be engaging in useless prayer-like activities on your purported behalf."
I absolutely agree with everyone above, Zach. Hope you feel better and good luck at the doctor.


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Use Your Power
"Put Broadcast Media on Notice"
Have you noticed how difficult it is to get "real" information from the broadcast media regarding the upcoming presidential elections in the USA? Everything is slanted, and much of it is outright lies.
This is bad enough while trying to choose the Republican nominee, but it will be even more problematic when the election process is in full swing.
It's time (actually it's past time) to put broadcasters on notice:
"The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision has launched a new era of big-money politics. The wealthiest 1 percent now have unchecked power to pick and choose our nation's leaders. And they're doing it by spending tens of millions of dollars on televised political ads that leave voters awash in misinformation.
So where's the broadcast media in all of this? Instead of exposing this runaway spending and separating fact from fiction in an election year, they're lining their pockets with the winnings — to the tune of more than $3 billion dollars in 2012 ad buys."
Put the largest TV conglomerates on notice. Demand that broadcasters expose the money trail and cover election-year issues properly!
"Browsers and Privacy Issues "
Internet Explorer (IE) full of security holes – always has been. There's no need to even discuss it. Don't use it.
Firefox started off great. But, over time, it got heavy and slow. It seems every upgrade made it more difficult to use. Lately, it's gotten a little better. But if, like me, you're a serious internet user – and don't have time to fool around with it - it simply has too many toys.
Chrome is fast. It's also the most secure. They actually have "hacker competitions" and Chrome is the only browser that leaves those competitions untouched. Unfortunately (for those who care) it's made by Google.
Which brings us to the newest online uproar – Google's new privacy settings. Google is consolidating all their various privacy settings to one setting that will work across all their platforms.
In my opinion, it's much ado about nothing.
It all comes down to Google's tracking policies. So, I'd like to point out – there's nothing new about that! Google has been tracking us all for years! Nothing new there.
You may feel it makes you more vulnerable to having hackers – or, if you're really paranoid, the government – get your information. Well, as I said, Google has tracked us for years and their security has been excellent.
So you want to avoid being tracked? Really not a big deal. Just don't sign in to Google. When you're logged out, your activity won't be associated with your user account.
I never sign in unless I'm actually working with Webmaster Tools or need to use Gmail. Google isn't doing this because they give a pig's wazoo what you're doing online.
They do it to make more money! They do it to attract more targeted advertising. The better they can target, the more they can charge their advertisers!
If you're concerned about what Google knows about you, just go over to Google's Dashboard and sign in. The dashboard gives you an overview of all your activity through Google.
It also provides links to adjust your settings, privacy and security for every Google service. When the new privacy policy takes effect, this page will be even simpler to use.
If you're concerned about the increase of targeted advertising, go to Google's Ad Preferences Manager: Google Ad Settings
It allows you to opt out of targeted ads when you're signed in and when you're signed out!
Yep – much ado ...
"Virtual Life in a Virtual World"
I know I bounce all over the place with this newsletter. It's supposed to be about online business. But, over time, I've come to realize how politics and other things happening around the world affect small business owners on the Web.
Things that either don't affect large corporations, and even things that make them money, have the opposite effect on us. In many ways, we are more like salaried workers than business owners. Therefore, we need to stay abreast of what is happening in many areas.
Online, most of the news this past week seems to have been about Facebook. I worry about people using Facebook. The latest is that Facebook is tracking you online, even after you log out.
There was a time when I didn't concern myself too much about online privacy. But, I always knew it could come to a place where we wouldn't have any. And, sure enough, over the years, it has.
Facebook's new "Timeline" makes a new profile containing your whole life's story.
Seriously? How smart is that? The possible problems are mind-boggling.
For one thing, how true do you think those life stories will be? I predict most will end up like a personal résumé.
Yet, I suppose folks will jump in and do it without a thought toward what might come back and bite them in the butt. It's a virtual life in a virtual world - none of which is "real."
I'm also concerned about the time people spend on these activities. Is this what people call life, today? Isn't there something more productive people could do with their time than spend it on Twitter and Facebook?
I saw it when I was in Michigan with my family in August. Their whole lives seem to revolve around "social networks" and Smart Phones. And they go berserk if they misplace that damn thing for a single minute.
Whatever happened to real relationships, with people you actually know - and with whom you meet and interact with face-to-face?
I have many terrific friends I've met online and whom I love dearly. And, I've become close with them slowly - like in real life.
But, thousands of "friends" and "followers" I know virtually nothing about except their promo just don't seem real to me. The people seem meaningless. It's the numbers that count.
Some people worry that robots will take over our world. I think we'll BE the robots - in a virtual world. In fact, I see it already happening. Sad.
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This post is brought to you today because my baby sister sent me the link above. And when I was done, I was in tears. In fact, I am still tearing up. One thing I will constantly try to share on my blog is the importance of self love. This concept is something I have struggled with, as previously mentioned. It is something I am conquering, but it is something that can be easily forgotten. It takes work! Especially when every thing you've ever thought and felt has told you you do not deserve love. This video points out just how badly we can perceive ourselves in comparison to the extraordinary light others see in us. It hit me right in the feels because I know too well how hard one can be on themselves. What if we could stop being haters and see ourselves as other people see us? How much would our souls heal in response to seeing our own light within ourselves?
I can relate to these women, as I am sure most women can. I can tell you every insecurity I have about my face and my body. Double chin, greying hair since I was 21, freckles, my eyes get too squinty when I laugh, and I have a hard time not thinking I look like a sumo wrestler when I have my hair pulled into a tight topknot. I am not sharing this to fish for compliments, but more to demonstrate how ridiculous and critical we can be towards the most important person in our life, ourselves. I didn't start this post to brag about myself either, but I am proud of who I am and my beauty. I know that my eyes and smile are beautiful and they sparkle when I am truly happy. I know I am warm, inviting, and genuine, which can be seen in my countenance. I am beautiful, and I actually believe it. But man, I have spent so much time concentrating on the flaws, only seeing the negative.
My weight has been a struggle my entire life. I also suffered from severe emotional and physical abuse as a kid at the hands of my mother. I could go into more depth about this, but I will save it for another time. Because of this dangerous combination, my self esteem has basically been non-existent for me my entire life. I always thought that my weight was the root of all my issues, and if I could just be thinner, maybe life would be better. As I grow older I know this is not the case. This defeatist perception of self is simply hopeless. I know that if I can love myself just as I am, I can find happiness. It is so important to accept yourself. With each passing minute, week, and year, I discover I finally have an honest belief as to just how fabulous and special I am. I have so much to offer. Sometimes I beat myself up because it has taken me so long to realize it, but then that's not really an example of showing myself love and acceptance is it?. So I am going to be forgiving and gentle with myself because I deserve it.
Ladies, and even gentlemen, let's commit now to truly loving ourselves. Let's start trying to see ourselves from an outsider's perspective and really try to appreciate how beautiful and uniquely amazing we are. Stop worrying about what others are thinking, because people don't notice the things you are insecure or worried about. People see goodness and light. It is what draws them to you. It is so important that we take a minute and truly take in and believe we are gorgeous and deserving of love. Not just from others, but from inside yourself. I want to challenge each of you to practice being kind to yourself. Appreciate the uniqueness of each beauty mark, wrinkle, and grey hair. They are part of you. Each thing you think is negative probably adds more character and life to an already fascinating specimen of humanity. Let your light shine unabashedly. The love you give yourself, will only attract those who want to share in your warmth.
When I watched this video, I thought every woman in it was beautiful. They were different and unique and I loved it. I wasn't sure in the beginning what the outcome was. But when I started hearing what the strangers were saying about the women in comparison to their own thoughts about themselves, I couldn't stop the flood of tears. I knew immediately that I needed to share my thoughts on it. Comment if you are with me on this challenge!


July 20, 2018 – – President's Message by Elaine Trevino – -The Almond Alliance, along with multiple specialty crop organizations, continues to communicate directly with the Administration regarding the negative impacts of retaliatory tariffs being implemented by our trading partners. While we continue to support the Administration's moves to address and resolve unfair trade practices, we are also not letting them miss the fact that almonds and other specialty crops are caught directly in the retaliatory tariff cross-fire between the United States and nations around the globe – where almonds now face significantly higher tariffs in multiple markets. In China alone, the agricultural sector was hit with tariffs back in April and now faces applied tariff rates, as of July 6, that are 25% and go up to 70% on over 140 tariff lines. Dozens of tariff lines in other countries are also affected. In all these cases American fruits, vegetables and tree nuts are now priced significantly higher than our competitors in those markets.
We continue to carry the message that our preference is federal support for trade and market growth, but we also believe it is prudent for the California specialty crop industry to begin discussions with the Administration regarding the ways the USDA can mitigate the negative impacts of retaliatory tariffs. We will be continuing to advocate and educate the Administration on what is at risk for almonds from the short-term disruptions to trade with our commercial partners around the world to the longer-term risks to the considerable market development investments the almond industry has made over the past decades.


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First Mother ili Corn Mother je prva žena u priči o stvaranju kod Abenaki i Penobscot Indijanaca. Pojedinosti života Prve majke uvelike se razlikuju od priče do priče. U različitim zajednicama se kaže da je Prvu Majku stvorio Veliki Duh, kulturni heroj Glooscap, ili oboje, ili je jednostavno oživjela spontano iz jutarnje rose. U nekim pričama Prva majka i njezin muž (ponekad identificiran kao Prvi otac ili Prvi Penobscot, drugi puta jednostavno kao muž Kukuruzne majke) nastali su u isto vrijeme. U drugim verzijama, Prvi Otac je već bio stvoren da pomogne Glooskapu, a Prva Majka mu se pridružila kasnije. Nakon što je rodila naciju Abenaki, Prva majka žrtvuje svoj život kako bi ih prehranila, pretvarajući svoje tijelo u prvi vrt.

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Indijanska mitologija (božanstva kukuruza)
Indijanska mitologija (prvi ljudi)
Indijanska mitologija (božice)
Abenaki mitologija
Penobscot mitologija


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Afghan leader nixes debate with main rival ahead of election
By Mehreen Saqib	 On Sep 16, 2019 120 0
Kabul, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who is seeking re-election later this month, on Monday refused at the last minute to take part in a TV debate with his main rival, current chief executive Abdullah Abdullah.
Ghani's surprise decision came after Abdullah had already taken the stage for the event, which would have been the first debate, broadcast live, before the September 28 polls.
Abdullah stood at a lectern. A second lectern remained empty beside him. The journalist who was to have moderated the debate was left simply to state the obvious: that Ghani did not show up.
The debate quickly turned into an interview with Abdullah, who is Ghani's chief executive under an awkward power-sharing arrangement brokered by the United States after the 2014 election.
"Ghani cannot debate here. This is his first escape — his second escape will happen after the election," Abdullah said.
A spokesman for Ghani, Shah Hussein Murtazawi, explained the president's absence by saying: "Abdullah didn't have a plan to talk about; that is why he didn't show up."
Abdullah is running for the presidency for a third time, after coming in second place in 2009 and again in 2014.
Afghanistan's President to Arrive in Pakistan for Diplomatic Visit
The 2014 election was tainted by irregularities that were serious enough for Ghani to eventually accept the unorthodox power-sharing deal, with the post of chief executive created especially for Abdullah.
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Wearing the nununu Buttoned Loungewear allows them to relax in ultimate style.
Two-piece loungewear set includes a comfortable cotton button-up shirt and coordinating pants with a signature star print throughout.
Easy pull-on design with an elastic waistband.
Brand logo tag at the left seam.


Many Venezuelans are still anguished that the Speaker of the National Assembly hasn't been sworn in as interim President of the Republic. Some relate this anxiety with the need for a hero, a single leader with name and face. Others speak of the importance of strictly complying with the constitutional text, in order to not expose any vulnerable spots, as if chavismo didn't break its own rules and its own people in order to hold on to power.
I see it in the context of how past defeats have marked us, of that gaping hole left by distrust. Here I offer my views, based on the opinions of some jurists, on what I think the National Assembly is doing.
Let's go over this again: since January 10, after his illegitimate and illegal self-proclamation, Nicolás is usurping the Executive Power and imposed a de facto government, which means our current political and judicial thread doesn't fit the options of vacancy of the legitimately elected President established in Article 233 of the Constitution. There's no way to strictly apply the Constitution to our situation.
There's no way to strictly apply the Constitution to our situation.
Appealing to Article 233 doesn't mend the broken constitutional order nor do away with the collapse of democratic institutionality. Neither does appointing and inducting the Speaker of the National Assembly as interim President. By claiming the office of the Presidency Juan Guaidó would achieve nothing more than ensuring his imprisonment or exile.
The proposition so far is that, if the National Assembly is the only democratically legitimate body, then it's the duty of the whole institution to take on the process of restoring the Constitution as established in articles 333 and 350, which is why they've declared their activation. On that basis, the current proposal is for a parliamentary government (exceptional and transitional) that may exercise both legislative and executive authority; thus, the Parliament represents the Republic and its Board (including its Speakership) represents the National Assembly.
Yesterday, the National Assembly took necessary measures to restore constitutional order: declaring the usurpation of the Presidency; calling on the Armed Forces to be loyal to the Constitution instead of a tyrant; approving the agreement for the Amnesty Law for civilians and military officers who contribute to restoring democracy and advancing on the recovery of the nation's assets (preventing the usurper from using them).
It's the duty of the whole institution to take on the process of restoring the Constitution.
Creating the conditions (political pressure, the fracture of the ruling clique, international support and citizen mobilization) we need for this de facto government to abide by agreements that include free elections is an extremely complicated task. This government is the outcome of an imposition —an act of force— and it keeps all the power of coercion under its control; the rest of the country collapses amidst an overwhelming and desperate crisis; consequently, this is an asymmetric confrontation and Guaidó's swearing-in won't balance the scales nor magically move key pieces in the Armed Forces in his favor.
To act solely on the basis of constitutional formalisms while living under a dictatorship would be foolish. And, I repeat: we're in uncharted waters for which the Constitution has no mechanisms, they're being created at the moment.


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Genomic research is now being broadened to include complex population-based studies, and the results of medical sequencing projects are being assembled into databases. While all this holds great promise to further the understanding of health and disease, it also brings potential threats both to the privacy of the people whose genomes are being studied and to public trust in the burgeoning genomic research enterprise.
Concerned about the risks, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) asked Dr. William Lowrance, a consultant on health research ethics and policy, to prepare a white paper (Privacy, Confidentiality, and Identifiability in Genomic Research) and co-chair with Dr. Francis Collins, the NHGRI director, a workshop involving an experienced group of scientists, NIH and other government officials and staff, ethicists, lawyers, lay advocates, and leaders of several large research projects, to discuss the issues.
Generally the analysis of the white paper was accepted - it should be considered part of this summary - and the following conclusions informally emerged.
Increasing amounts of highly detailed genomic data, often linked with health and other data, are being released in both research and non-research settings, and this trend will continue. Although the chances of identity disclosure and possible negative consequences for the data-subjects, researchers, or institutions are difficult to estimate (because they depend heavily on circumstances), probably they are small. But it is clear that access to more data by more diverse accessors for more varied purposes inevitably will increase the risks.
All policies and practices must support pursuit of maximal public benefit, but they must at the same time protect the privacy and confidentiality of the people whose genomes are being studied.
Scientific community data-resource projects and efficient access to data and biospecimens greatly facilitate important modes of genomic research and must be fostered.
At this stage in the maturation of genomic science, the research community must "bend over backward" to protect - and be viewed as protecting and respecting - the people from whom data are derived.
Responsibility for protecting identifiability, privacy, and confidentiality is shared by everyone in the chain of data collection, distribution and use.
Matching: If identified or straightforwardly identifiable reference genotype data are available, matching can be performed with very high reliability.
Linking: When genomic data are associated with such clues as diagnosis, locale, health care or payment information, treatment dates, and so on, there is a possibility that the data can be searched against administrative or other identified data-sets and lead to identification of individuals.
Profiling/Describing: As the phenotypic manifestations of various genes become known, it will increasingly become possible to construct probabilistic descriptions of persons from genomic data. Already a small number of physical attributes and proxies for ethnicity are inferable; soon many chronic-disease susceptibilities will be; and before long some behavioral tendencies will be.
Limiting the amount of genomic information released from each sample.
Technically this is easy to do and is often done. Precautions can be taken to make sure that individual genotypes or separate sequence-reads from a sample cannot be reassembled into a dataset that might be unique to the individual. But releasing too few SNPs or too-short snippets of sequence may limit research usefulness.
Statistically degrading data before releasing.
Techniques such as micro-aggregating ("binning"), scrambling, and masking can be employed, and they may be acceptable for some analyses, but generally these degrade usefulness.
This is a pivotally important safeguard. It does not totally obviate the possibility of identifying via matching or profiling, but the latter can be much reduced by carefully removing strongly identifying data from data-sets before key-coding and releasing them.
Based on the preceding points, it is clear that although a lot of sequence and related data can still be made freely accessible, such as by being posted on publicly accessible websites, increasingly projects will have to manage access via controlled release arrangements in which, among other things, accessors commit to protecting privacy and confidentiality.
Freely open data-release is acceptable only if either: (a) consent to it is ethically and legally legitimate, and granted; or (b) the data are for all practical purposes non-identifiable.
Generally the experience with controlled release has been positive. But the scale and potential international accessibility of many new projects will test the robustness and enforceability of access arrangements.
The following are areas of work that individuals, groups, or institutions should be encouraged to pursue further, for the general benefit.
Examine the extent to which consent can legitimate truly open release of person- unique genetic data, and review the pros and cons of nested and purpose-specific consent.
In crafting consent processes, continue to explore ways of improving openness and comprehensibility regarding purposes and risks.
Review the ethico-legal and operational consequences that increased identifiability of genomic data and biospecimens may have vis-à-vis construal of "human subject" under the Common Rule and other regulations.
Examine the optimal roles for IRB and/or other ethics review (such as by HIPAA Privacy Boards or special data-use boards) in various data-flow models, and the stages at which such review can be most constructive.
Review whether Principal Investigators and secondary-data and biospecimen distributors are adequately prepared to de-identify data before providing them to others for research, and if necessary prepare guidance and case examples.
Develop criteria for deciding whether access to particular data-sets should be by open or controlled release.
Continue to improve the terms and procedures of controlled access. As part of this, evaluate lessons learned from established projects and being learned by new initiatives. Consider developing data-release agreement templates.
Examine the issues relating to release of U.S.-origin genomic data to researchers outside the U.S., and to the importation of genomic data to the U.S. from elsewhere.
Design programs and materials to help sensitize researchers to all of these matters.
Take stock of the views of the general public, various advocates, and researchers on selected aspects of this puzzle.
(a) Prevent inappropriate probing of research databases by law enforcement agencies.
(b) Prevent unjustifiable use of the Freedom of Information Act to force disclosure of identifying information.
(c) Establish sanctions that could be applied if data recipients violate controlled-release undertakings.
Think about whether guidance would be helpful to researchers and their institutions regarding the considerations if law enforcement agencies, courts, or other parties request or demand access to genomic research data.
Continue to campaign for a robust U.S. Federal genetic anti-discrimination law, which in protecting data-subjects from abuse would protect and encourage research as well.


These folders contains a variety of images taken in Languedoc, most within a few miles of where we live in Lamalou-les-Bains.
Photos taken in or near to the town where we now live in the South of France.
Photos, and photo essays showing some of the towns and villages in this part of France.
Some photos illustrating the beauty and the drama of the Languedoc landscape.
The photos in this folder are experimental attempts to produce effective black and white images from digital photos. The toning effects were achieved using Thomas Niemann's Photoshop filters as described on Photoshop for Photographers.
Photos of birds visiting the bird feeder at Lamalou. Also some from a little further afield.
Some photographs taken inside the amazing caves at the Grotte de Clamouse. This cave has some very fine examples of Aragonite crystals (Rock flowers).
All photos © G H Mahoney 2008 , All rights reserved.


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Q: Is there a visualization framework like JUNG for iOS? Is there a visualization framework like JUNG for iOS?
I'd like to implement something similar to this.

A: Best graph plotting library for iOS is Core plot. It is very powerful, and easy to understand.
But for simple graphs you can use s7graphview library also.
If you want to do it yourself, you can do custom drawing using Core graphics.


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Love in the Time of Slavery: How Underground Railroad Celebrates Black Courtship Amid the Gloom and Pain
By Mekeisha Madden Toby / May 26 2021, 4:11 PM PDT
Courtesy of Amazon Prime
William Jackson Harper Shares His Underground Railroad/The Good Place Moment, Encourages Viewer Self-Care
The Underground Railroad Team Talks Aaron Pierre's Distracting Beauty as Caesar — and That Episode 2 Shocker
Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Underground Railroad.
As Cora and Caesar run through a field together toward freedom in the first episode of The Underground Railroad, the action pulls at the audiences' emotions on various levels.
For starters, they are working as a team and freeing themselves from an inhumane system of bondage that should have never taken place. But dig a little deeper, and you can't help but revel in the budding romance the two experience while self-liberating and searching for a better way of life. When Cora and Caesar (Krypton's Aaron Pierre) find temporary refuge in South Carolina in Episode 2, Caesar kisses her and plans a life where they get married and start a family.
Cora wants to believe this type of future with Caesar is possible, but she has to coquettishly give him a hard time first. "One kiss, and you're talking about babies, huh?" she teases, proving that she sees how beautiful Caesar is, but desires to be playful at the same time. To tap into that chemistry, Thuso Mbedu, who stars as Cora, says she and Pierre hung out as friends in between shooting.
"Cora is so complex and so layered, but she does know how to flirt," Mbedu tells TVLine. "And if Cora could've opened up, you would have seen so much more of her personality, but she was so guarded and wounded. That's why those glimpses that we do see with Caesar are so important, because you get to see how the external world affected her internal world and made all the difference."
Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, who adapted Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning book for his Amazon Prime limited series, says exploring Cora's loves and losses is an important way to make her relatable.
"Spiritually, we're connected as a continuum," Jenkins says. "And our ancestors, even living under the condition of American slavery, no doubt had longings and yearnings."
Unfortunately for Cora and Caesar, their aspirations for a life together get cancelled by a racist white mob that savagely murders Caesar because he was connected to Cora's accidental killing of a white boy while trying to escape. After that, Caesar and Cora have to say goodbye via her visions and dreams, which is more than she gets to do in the Underground Railroad book.
"What Barry does so beautifully with this series is he allows Caesar to transcend into a different sphere," Pierre says. "Although he may not be there in body, he is there in spirit for Cora for the duration of her journey. In that, he triumphs above the way his life came to an end, which was hateful and violent."
Later, Cora meets Royal, played by The Good Place's William Jackson Harper. He's a free-born Black man who helps Cora escape the grasp of Ridgeway (played by Joel Edgerton) initially, and they eventually fall in love once she releases the memory of Caesar. Sadly, Cora and Royal's happiness is fleeting also because a racist white man kills him. But when things are good, Royal and Cora flirt, and he tells her she's pretty when she smiles, and she later tells him he's also pretty when he smiles.
"In order to lean into the lightness and the hope, we hung out quite a bit and had a lot of fun. She's just amazing," Harper says of Mbedu. "She's very generous as a scene partner, and when you have that kind of admiration and general affinity for a person like that, it's really easy to find yourself locking in with them so that chemistry comes naturally to the scenes."
"I attribute that to Thuso being a superior being in so many ways. Period," he adds. "Barry would throw little things at us to say in a scene that were outside the script, or we'd improv little things here and there, and he's hyper collaborative in that way. Stuff in that moment will just hit him, and we would go with it and try it. That sort of thing is necessary in a process like this because it breaks up the emotional tension of the story and makes you feel like you have a lot of freedom."
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Rohit GangulySeptember 20, 2021
Shakib-Al-Hasan picked his all-time ODI eleven and in the slew of legends picked up by him, he left out the likes of two of India's best batsmen, namely Rohit Sharma and Sourav Ganguly.
Though there weren't many surprises, but a few players were plucked out of their natural positions and used in patches where the batting order would be more star-studded instead of being balanced.
The dream ODI team of Shakib
He picked Sachin Tendulkar and Saeed Anwar to open the batting, as the duo were downright menacing in their own capacity. Anwar had the highest individual score in ODI for quite some time, while Sachin is the highest international run-getter.
The Bangladesh all-rounder wanted Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli to follow suit. However, the positions he picked for both of them were a bit unusual given the fact that Gayle opens the batting while Kohli comes out at number three.
One of the greatest all-rounders of all time, Jacques Kallis found himself slotted at the number five position which is way out of his usual batting capacity while MS Dhoni, the skipper of the side, was destined to be at number six.
Shakib-al-Hasan placed himself in the number seven spot to connect the batters and the bowlers, as he is the number one all-rounder in the world in the current ratings.
The bowlers picked up by Shakib featured four of the world's best icons of the discipline, with the names being Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Wasim Akram and Glenn McGrath. This quartet of bowlers shares 1700 ODI wickets amongst them.
Shakib's team: Sachin Tendulkar, Saeed Anwar, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, MS Dhoni (captain & wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath
Shakib-Al-Hasan will be back to the IPL after BCB gave him the NOC
Shakib will be a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders team that will resume their IPL campaign with a tie against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The all-rounder has so far been a part of three matches and hasn't really impressed much barring his decent display in the season opener.
His Bangladeshi teammate, Mustafizur Rahman, will also be a part of the contest for the Rajasthan Royals. After the England series was postponed, BCB decided to impart the NOC to the two cricketers to be a part of the IPL.
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The road to the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2018 ceremony at Paisley Town Hall moved another step closer as the Longlist for the prestigious award was revealed.
Paisley Town Hall will host the glittering award ceremony for a third year in a row on September 6 and music fans turned out in force to discover the 20 outstanding albums to make the Longlist at a special gig at Glasgow's King Tuts Wah Wah Hut.
The Scottish Album of the Year Award is one of Scottish music's biggest nights of the year and the previous winners to claim the title in Paisley were Anna Meredith in 2016 and Sacred Paws in 2017.
The 'Live at the Longlist' event allowed music fans, artists and industry to come together and celebrate the incredible strength and diversity of Scotland's musical landscape.
Attendees were treated to an exclusive collaboration between Stina Tweeddale of Honeyblood and Carla J. Easton of TeenCanteen, who teamed up to perform tracks from each of their previously SAY Award nominated albums.
Emma Pollock then gave a powerful performance featuring songs from her album 'In Search of Harperfield', which was Shortlisted for The SAY Award in 2016, and classics from her vast and well-respected repertoire.
Following the Longlist announcement by broadcaster and journalist Nicola Meighan, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite provided an expansive DJ set to close the event.
The Longlist will be whittled down to a Shortlist of 10 albums – one chosen by music fans via a 72-hour online vote (20th- 22nd August), and the other nine chosen by a panel of independent judges.
The SAY Award Shortlist will be announced on Thursday 23 August, before the award ceremony itself takes place on Thursday 6 September in the stunning surroundings of Paisley Town Hall.
The final 10 albums will compete for the title of Scottish Album of the Year 2018 and a prize of £20,000.
Listen to and learn more about each album on The SAY Award Longlist by visiting sayaward.com where there will be two featured albums every day from Monday 6th August.
The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award 2018 is open for entries as the prestigious event gets set to return to Paisley for a third year.
Paisley has a good reputation with the bands – they want to play to a crowd that appreciates them and they get that here.


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Complex Sword-and-Sorcery: The Afterward by E.K. Johnston
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Every so often, a book comes along that I fall in love with entirely. A book that hooks its fingers into my heart and soul and nests there. Last year the novel that did that to the most precise, complete point was Aliette de Bodard's In the Vanishers' Palace. Although they're very different books, this year it looks like E.K. Johnston's The Afterward is a strong contender.
Johnston is perhaps best known at this point in her career for her Star Wars work (Star Wars: Ahsoka, with Star Wars: Queen's Shadow forthcoming), but her original fiction has included both the critically-acclaimed contemporary novel Exit, Pursued by a Bear, and the striking science fictional That Inevitable Victorian Thing (which, certain elements of its worldbuilding aside, presents a deeply compelling story of self-discovery and the intersection of romance with responsibility). With The Afterward, she ventures into the territory of sword-and-sorcery, and casts a nod towards the epic fantasy of the late 1980s. The Afterward is set in the aftermath of a successful quest to vanquish an ancient evil, when the fellowship has disbanded and returned to the lives that the quest interrupted, and the responsibilities that come with those lives.
Johnston divides her narrative into alternating sections of Before and After, using a first-person voice for her two narrators in the Before sections, and a close third person perspective for each of those narrators in the After ones. Occasionally there is an interlude from the perspective of an omniscient narrator, to set the scene or to provide the reader with context not necessarily available to the main characters. This division of voices might seem jarring, but in Johnston's hands it works seamlessly, compellingly—and gives us the hint that their participation in the quest changed both of the main characters in ways that aren't necessarily initially obvious.
Those main characters are Kalanthe Ironheart, an apprentice knight, and Olsa Rhetsdaughter, a thief. As the youngest members of the questing party, they fell into each other's company a lot—and eventually became lovers. (In this novel, Johnston's written the most intimate and affecting sex scene I've ever read without using a single word or phrase that couldn't be read out over a school intercom system without a murmur.) But once the quest ends, Olsa has no place with the other quest companions: She returns to thievery, because she has her pride and she refuses to take charity. Unfortunately, she keeps being arrested, since she keeps being set up by her former bosses. Even her status as a hero of the realm can't keep her neck from the noose forever, especially since at some point Kalanthe won't be able to keep interceding for her.
Kalanthe, meanwhile, will have to marry money as soon as she's old enough to be officially knighted. In order to finance her knightly training, she took on a great deal of personal debt—warhorses being expensive things—and she has no choice about paying it back. To make matters worse, marriages for people in her situation are usually contracted for the getting of heirs, and not only is she in love with Olsa, but unlike Olsa, she has no desire for men at all.
Will matters come out happily for them both in the end? What did happen on the godsgem quest? And what's the matter with the godsgem now? These are the questions that The Afterward poses, and sets out to answer—with Johnston's usual deft touch for prose and narrative tension, and with her gift for writing believable, complicated characters who face complex problems.
The Afterward is tense but measured, with brilliantly compelling characters who represent a diverse array of women: Johnston effortlessly makes clear that this is a world where trans women are properly acknowledged as women, asexuality is respected, and a wide spectrum of queer desire exists. It's also clear that her main characters are definitely not white. The Afterward reminds me in tone of Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor or Becky Chambers' The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet. At root, it's a novel about kindness, power, and responsibility. Reading it feels a lot like getting a hug. (And did I mention the love scene?)
This is a tremendously accomplished novel. I admire it for its craft as well as loving it for what it made me feel. I recommend it wholeheartedly. Go and read it. Now.
The Afterward is available from Dutton Books for Young Readers.
Liz Bourke is a cranky queer person who reads books. She holds a Ph.D in Classics from Trinity College, Dublin. Her first book, Sleeping With Monsters, a collection of reviews and criticism, was published in 2017 by Aqueduct Press. It was a finalist for the 2018 Locus Awards and was nominated for a 2018 Hugo Award in Best Related Work. Find her at her blog, where she's been known to talk about even more books thanks to her Patreon supporters. Or find her at her Twitter. She supports the work of the Irish Refugee Council, the Transgender Equality Network Ireland, and the Abortion Rights Campaign.
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