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Avgrund is a jquery plugin for modal boxes and popups. It uses new concept showing depth between popup and page. It works in all modern browsers and gracefully degrade in those that do not support CSS transitions and transformations
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Avgrund is a jQuery plugin for your modal boxes and popups. It uses new concept showing depth between popup and page.
It works in all modern browsers and gracefully degrade in those that do not support CSS transitions and transformations.
Tested with jQuery versions 1.4+
File size of minified version is
You can simply include javascript file and init Avgrund with one line:
and linking
avgrund.css file to the project:
If you use bower then you can simply install it as:
bower install jquery.avgrund
Using plugin with Browserify
At first install plugin via NPM:
npm install jquery.avgrundnpm install jquery-browserify
In your server-side node.js (e.g. express app):
appuserequire'browserify' require : 'jquery-browserify' 'jquery.avgrund';
And in your browser-side you can init plugin now:
var $ = require'jquery-browserify';require'jquery.avgrund'$;
You're also able to use some of the options that let you customize it as you wish:
$'element'avgrund width: 380 // max is 640px height: 280 // max is 350px showClose: false // switch to 'true' for enabling close button showCloseText: '' // type your text for close button closeByEscape: true // enables closing popup by 'Esc'.. closeByDocument: true // ..and by clicking document itself holderClass: '' // lets you name custom class for popin holder.. overlayClass: '' // ..and overlay block enableStackAnimation: false // enables different type of popin's animation onBlurContainer: '' // enables blur filter for specified block openOnEvent: true // set to 'false' to init on load setEvent: 'click' // use your event like 'mouseover', 'touchmove', etc. // set custom call before popin is inited.. // ..and after it was closed template: 'Your string content goes here..' // or function (elem) { ... }, or selector $('.content') ;
More detailed information on every option you can find here.
Here is the list of available avgrund options:
width - string | number, default: '380px'
Set popup width (currently stict to max
height - string | number, default: '280px'
Set popup height (currently strict to max
showClose - boolean, default: false
Show/hide close button.
showCloseText - string
If you decided to show close button then you probably want to add close text to it.
closeByEscape - boolean, default: true
Allow users to close popup by clicking
Esc button.
closeByDocument - boolean, default: true
Allow users to close popup by clicking everywhere on
document (except popup of course).
holderClass - string
Adds custom css classes to avgrund popup, example:
$elementavgrund holderClass: 'my-custom-class';
results in adding this class to avgrund container:
overlayClass - string
Adds custom css classes to avgrund overlay container.
enableStackAnimation - boolean, default: false
Possibility to add a bit different popup hiding animation type.
onBlurContainer - string
Class name for container element that will be blurred when popup appears, example:
$elementavgrund onBlurContainer: '#my-container';
Please note that currently css
blur is not supported in all modern browsers.
openOnEvent - boolean, default: true
If you want to show avgrund on page load set this option value to
false, example:
$documentavgrund openOnEvent: false;
setEvent - string, default: 'click'
With this option you can manage events that will open popup on certain element:
$elementavgrund setEvent: 'mouseover' // will open popin on element's mouseover ;
onLoad - function
If you need to make some preparations or whatever before avgrund popup will be shown, example:
$elementavgrund console.log'This function will be called before dialog is initialized'; ;
onUnload - function
This function will be executed after popup was closed, example:
$elementavgrund console.log'This message will be shown after dialog is closed'; ;
template - string | function | jQuery object
Specify your content for popin here, it can be
string value:
$elementavgrund template: '
This is popin content!
';
function that returns content itself:
$elementavgrund // return 'your content..' ;
Also it accepts jQuery objects, so you can create element with content inside your app:
My content for popin!
and use it in
template of popin:
$'element'avgrund template: $'.content';
Check the example here: http://labs.voronianski.com/jquery.avgrund.js/
Inspired by Hakim's demo: https://github.com/hakimel/avgrund/
Update (Sep 28, 2013)
Added AMD and CommonJS styles support.
Update (Sep 22, 2013)
Added support jQuery selectors in template option.
Update (June 15, 2013)
Better fix for overlay and long content pages, minor add-ons.
Update (May 26, 2013)
Few fixes, and plugin is available as bower package now. So you can simply install it as:
Update (Feb 25, 2013)
A bunch of small but very useful fixes and updates, including multiple avgrund popins on a page, removing popins from DOM after deactivation (also fixed an issue to make sure avgrund close effect works) and position:fixed/transform/overflow issue for scrolled pages in -webkit.
Update (Nov 18, 2012)
Get 2 new useful options for popin that were missed before. Now you can set your custom functions before Avgrund dialog is open and after it was closed.
Update (Sep 30, 2012)
Some new updates include initializing popin without event. Also now you can set up your own event for an element. Added ability to use a custom function inside avgrund's template option. Thanks to juice49 for pull request.
Update (Aug 31, 2012)
New options added - disable closing popup by 'Esc' and 'Document click'. Blur css filter for browsers that support it (seems only webkit ones for now).
We still have some issues to fix and make avgrund better, if you have any suggestions raise them in issues please.
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Friday 17 January 2014
A close friend of mine was involved in an encounter with Lord Rennard. Now I feel I ought to speak out
The House of Lords is now pulling rank to protect this man
I have tried not to comment on the stories around incidents involving Chris Rennard as they were not something that involved me. Not that it meant I did not care, it just they are not my stories to tell and there is nothing worse than recounting important incidents like these second hand.
But the House of Lords is now pulling rank to protect their friend and therefore I feel I have an obligation to do the same - because I have friends in this party too. I have no voting powers to bargain with, no status in the party - but has that not been the problem with this issue all along? Status and power.
A close friend of mine informed me that she was involved in an encounter with Rennard. The facts of what happened is up to them to share, but what I can do is give you some idea about the impact of that event. What I witnessed..
At first my friend did not want to tell me. She was afraid it would affect my admiration for Chris, and as my life day-in day-out was related to the party she felt it would have a negative impact on me. But it slowly came out because her behaviour changed, her sense of unhappiness and unease was obvious.
When she did talk about the encounter she was clear what it was and was not (I am proud that all women involved have not stooped to exaggeration throughout this whole process.
In some ways it's the fact that the situation she says she escaped from was not too severe makes it harder to deal with. No one wants to get someone they respect and like into hot water about something that was unpleasant and offensive to them but not illegal.
However the whole thing left her feeling wretched. She churned over constantly that now it felt like the support she had been given as a candidate was based on motives other than her abilities.
I cannot tell you how useless I felt watching a friend go through the constant emotional debate of how to remain loyal to the party and friends, whilst doing the right thing and saying something.
But there is a flip side of course and I feel Chris Rennard has been let down just as much as the women. When rumours about Chris overstepping the mark after an exciting campaign training day and a few glasses of wine - what did the party do to raise the issue with Chris? Did they point how his actions could be perceived? Explain why it was wrong and to see if he needed some help?
We are not all so perfect that we can see how our actions are interpreted by others. I am the first to put my hand up and say I could have behaved better under the influence of alcohol. I have made inappropriate advances. But I did listen to the word NO and I was not the Chief Executive of the Party.
We denied him the opportunity to modify his behaviour before it went too far. Where were we as friends and colleagues then? It is ironic that he is now getting advice on how an apology could be perceived ….
The party could have dealt with this early on but they put it in the 'too hard to deal with box' - because loyalty and grey areas are hard to navigate. But they also knew the media were circling this story from at least 2005 - they had space to think and take some actions all of which would have saved everyone the trouble we are in now.
I continue to be disappointed by how we are dealing with this. I am unsure how those of us who do not hold office organise to counter the ransom demand of our Peers - an imbalance of power seems to a running theme here. But I will ask you all this. How do we move on if someone will not even contemplate apologising for behaviour that, whilst not illegal, was certainly inappropriate? As Liberals and as politicians is that so unacceptable, undesirable and unreasonable?
Defensiveness, resentment and denial are a running theme in politics. Perhaps if we start practicing more forgiveness and compassion - starting with this particular issue - we may have a greater chance of changing politics for good.
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"This gold medal," Shields said, "will make my life a lot better."
Truth is, she can thank herself for that.
"It took a lot for her to get to where she is, because she so easily could have gone in a different direction," said Mickey Rouse, who along with husband Jason Crutchfield, Shields' coach, has taken Shields in.
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Purchasing Mabel for #800, Helen begins to stock her freezer with food for her new hawk, unplugs the telephone and begins a journey of self discovery, embarking on the unusual business of taming one of the world's most wild of animals.
A written record of her spiritual journey, the taming of her goshawk provides a stunning contrast to her own untaming and is told with eloquence, intellectual intensity and vigour. A must-read for all fans of non-fiction.
Yes Sister, No Sister (Paperback)
Rich in period detail, Yes Sister, No Sister is Jennifer Craig's warming and revealing memoir, recalling life as a trainee nurse in 1950s Yorkshire. Affectionate and humorous, this is a life-affirming story of a long-lost era, ideal for fans of Call the Midwife.
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This hardback edition demonstrates the remarkable dedication and loyalty of the nurses who trained at the Leeds General Infirmary as well as the heart-warming camaraderie that existed between the young trainees despite the harsh conditions and strict discipline they were forced to reckon with.
Up Beat and Down Dale (Hardback)
Mike Pannett
From Mike Pannett, a former Metropolitan Police officer and the author of Not on my Patch, Lad, Up Beat and Down Dale takes a look at the life and crimes that occur in the Yorkshire countryside. Pannett polices one of the largest rural beats in England and in this fascinating book, he investigates a series of burglaries in remote farmhouses and calls out a full-scale search in dreadful weather for a missing man. There's also a night-time operation in an empty museum and the harrowing challenge of taking three children into care against their mother's wishes. This is an insightful biographical read from the 'James Herriot' of policing!
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Late Fragments (Hardback)
Kate Gross
What are the things we live for? What matters most in life when your time is short? This brave, frank and heartbreaking book shows what it means to die before your time, and how to fill your life with wonder, hope and joy even in the face of tragedy. Ambitious and talented, Kate Gross worked at Number 10 Downing Street for two British Prime Ministers whilst only in her twenties. At thirty, she was CEO of a charity working with fragile democracies in Africa. She had married 'the best looking man I've ever kissed' - and given birth to twin boys in 2008. The future was bright. But aged 34, Kate was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. After a two-year battle with the disease, Kate died peacefully at home on Christmas morning, just ten minutes before her sons awoke to open their stockings. She began to write as a gift to herself, a reminder that she could create even as her body began to self-destruct. Written for those she loves,her book is not a conventional cancer memoir; nor is it filled with medical jargon or misery. Instead, it is Kate's powerful attempt to make sense of the woman who emerged in the strange, lucid final chunk of her life. Her book aspires to give hope and purpose to the lives of her readers even as her own life drew to its close. Kate should have been granted decades to say all that she says in these pages. Denied the chance to bore her children and grandchildren with stories when she became fat and old, she offers us all instead her thoughts on how to live; on the wonder to be found in the everyday; the importance of friendship and love; what it means to die before your time and how to fill your life with hope and joy even in the face of tragedy.
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There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You (Hardback)
Lynda Bellingham
The late actress Lynda Bellingham provides a poignant, moving and uplifting memoir about her battle with cancer in There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You.
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Diagnosed in 2013, this book shows how Lynda and her family came to terms with a future they hadn't planned. Brutally honest, the book was written in what was to be Lynda's last few months and is full of the warmth and humour she was so loved for; it shows how she brought light to the darkest of times.
As well as covering her illness, Lynda also looks back on her extraordinary life in the book. From appearances on Loose Women and Strictly Come Dancing to her role as Helen Herriott in All Creatures Great and Small, as well as her iconic role as the long-suffering OXO Mum, the book also takes a look at her tumultuous private life and search for her birth father - which revealed a family with a history in entertainment...
Heartbreaking but also heart-warming, this highly emotional book is full of tales of love, loss and laughter and is a fitting, inspiring testament to the courage of a remarkable woman.
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Sure to appeal to fans of Call the Midwife and Our Girl, this is a wonderfully nostalgic trio of real-life reads that shines a light on what life was like for the women left at home during the wartime era and beyond.
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The touching GI Brides takes a look at four girls who left their homeland to follow their new husbands across the Atlantic shortly after the end of the War. Not only did these girls - Gwendolyn, Rae, Margaret and Sylvia - have to cope with a new culture, they also had to get to know their husbands outside of the army... But after the Blitz, they were sure they could cope with anything and this book reveals how much fun they had!
The Sweethearts is about those women who worked at the Rowntree's factory in York from the 1930s right the way through to the 1980s and how they kept the treats coming, no matter what was thrown at them... The Sugar Girls follows the women who worked at Tate & Lyle's factory in the East End during the Second World War - they're the ones who kept Britain sweet during the time of rations.
What I Know for Sure (Hardback)
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey - one of America's most powerful celebrities and a globally respected media star, as well as an Oscar-winning actress - offers plenty of words of wisdom on everyday topics that effect us all in What I Know For Sure.
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Taking articles from the famous column in O, the Oprah Magazine, the book finds Oprah tackling subjects ranging from making the most of life to finding love and dealing with difficult situations. Full of insight and revelation, the book opens with Oprah recalling her time on stage with Tina Turner in a chapter titled Joy - and you're sure to be smiling as you read her wise words of advice.
Other themes throughout the book include Resilience, Connection, Gratitude, Awe, Clarity and Power - and all are tackled with Oprah's powerful honesty. The articles are candid, moving and sure to motivate. Pure inspiration from one of the world's favourite figures.
Harry's Last Stand (Hardback)
Harry Leslie Smith
A breath of fresh air to the world of current affairs, Harry Leslie Smith introduces a new perspective on modern life through the eyes of a man who has seen it all in Harry's Last Stand.
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Claiming not to be a historian - but being living history himself - Harry brings a unique perspective on the issues that affect our everyday lives including NHS cutbacks, benefits policy, political corruption, food, poverty, education and much, much more...
Following on from where his sensational Guardian article 'This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time' left off, the book delves into Harry's experience of seeing a great civilisation rising from the rubble, the fears of how easily this greatness can be eroded and what he thinks we can do as a nation to change that!
A Spy Among Friends (Hardback)
Ben Macintyre
Along with his 'friends' Nicholas Elliott and James Jesus Angleton, Kim Philby was one of the rising stars in the intelligence world during the early years of the Cold War. The three spies drank in the same bars, wore the same suits and spoke with the same accents, but Philby had one secret he never revealed to MI6 agent Elliott and CIA agent Angleton - he was covertly working for Moscow. An agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, Ben Macintyre's A Spy Among Friends looks at how Philby managed to hide his true identity for so long. It's a gripping tale of duplicity, loyalty, trust and treachery, made all the more startling as it is true. Macintyre draws on detailed research and newly released MI5 files, along with family papers, to deliver the definitive biography of what may well be the great secret of the Cold War. The book also comes with an afterword from John Le Carre.
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Hemingway's Boat (Hardback)
Paul Hendrickson
Paul Hendrickson provides an invaluable, unforgettable and original portrait of Ernest Hemingway and his beloved boat, Pilar, in Hemingway's Boat. Telling the story of the great American writer by focusing on the boat he wrote on, fished from and loved on, this gives a new insight into the life of a man who became a literary sensation. The biography covers from the pinnacle of Hemingway's fame in 1934 to his suicide in 1961, and this enchanting read showcases the close connection between events in his life and the words that ended up on the pages in his work.
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My Secret Sister (Hardback)
Helen Edwards and Jenny Lee-Sm
Helen Edwards suffered a traumatic childhood, suffering years of abuse at the hands of her neglectful mother and violent father. Adopted at six weeks old, Jenny Lee Smith was smothered in love and support as a child, becoming a golfing champion, but she always knew something was missing...
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In her fifties, Jenny decided to search her birth family and found her sister Helen. The siblings together searched for the truth about Jenny's birth - in turn uncovering a legacy of secrets that changed everything Helen knew about her family.
My Secret Sister is an inspirational and moving true story about braving your past and not letting difficult times and bitterness define you as a person.
Lost At Sea (Hardback)
Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson, the award-winning writer, documentary maker and author of The Men Who Stare At Goats, is fascinated by madness, extraordinary behaviour and the human mind. In Lost At Sea, he presents a collection of his adventures, from meeting the man preparing to welcome aliens to Earth to another who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and the Deal or No Deal contestants who developed a foolproof system to beat the Banker. Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing and always entertaining, Lost At Sea is a compelling read that features some bizarre and unusual stories and intriguing people.
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Oink! My Life With Minipigs (Hardback)
Matt Whyman
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If you're one of the many people yearning to live the good life in rural bliss surrounded by animals, Matt Whyman's Oink! My Life With Minipigs will show you the reality behind the fantasy! An author and house husband, Matt enjoys the quiet life, whereas his high-flying, business-savvy wife Emma loves the chaos that kids, pets and livestock bring. So when Emma adds minipigs Butch and Roxi to a household already full to bursting with children, dogs and chickens, the scene is set for domestic drama. In Emma's mind, the new arrivals will just snuggle up with the rest of the family on the sofa, but Matt feels sure that the battle for hearts, minds and snouts is far from won. A book full of warmth, laughs and heart, Oink! tells the story of one man and his menagerie and is a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks living with pigs is the way to a simple life!
Cold (Hardback)
Ranulph, Sir, Fiennes
Hailed as 'the world's greatest living explorer' by the Guinness Book of Records, Sir Ranulph Fiennes draws on his expert knowledge and own life experiences to examine the extremes and dangers of cold in our environment.
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Tracing his adventuring apprenticeship 40 years ago on the Greenland Ice Cap to his masterminding over the past five years of the crossing of the Antarctic in winter; where temperatures plummeted to -92oC, Fiennes follows the cold through history, including the deaths of the mighty armies of Hitler and Napoleon, and through the past 150 years where the natural challenge of cold has hindered adventurers and explorers around the globe.
Scientifically rigorous, historically questioning and intensely personal, Fiennes also focuses on modern-day situations regarding the mass melting of ice caps from the Arctic to the Antarctic. A unique examination of cold in all its glory and peril which provides an intriguing and eye-opening read.
Stolen (Hardback)
Louise Monaghan
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Stolen: Escape from Syria describes how, as one of the worst civil wars in Syria's history raged throughout the country, Louise Monaghan walked across a heavily guarded border to save her six-year-old child from the father who had so callously kidnapped her. She encountered captivity, beatings and cruelty beyond belief along the way, but miraculously both Louise and her little girl escaped. Their journey back, led by illegal people-smugglers, took them through bomb attacks and sniper fire and is actually a miracle in itself. This emotional read is a breathtaking true story about survival.
Fisherman's Friends (Hardback)
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The warm, entertaining and quite remarkable autobiography of a group of ten enigmatic Cornish seadogs, Fisherman's Friends is written in collaboration with leading ghostwriter Robert Uhlig. Recalling the two decades during which the old salts gathered on the village quayside in Port Isaac, Cornwall every Friday summer night to entertain the locals with rousing sea shanties and traditional folk songs, this is a wonderfully affectionate and timely tale. Telling of the fame that was then suddenly bestowed upon these burly middle-aged men, this wonderful hardback brings alive the joy of traditional music.
Penny Sweets and Cobbled Streets: My East End Childhood (Hardback)
Nanny Pat
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Written by Nanny Pat, the star of ITV2's The Only Way is Essex, Penny Sweets and Cobbled Streets: My East End Childhood vividly captures a lost way of life as she looks back over her colourful youth. Nanny Pat has always been at the heart of her family and her children and grandchildren still regularly pitch up at her house for a cup of tea, her famous sausage plait and some wise advice. Now, with her trademark warmth and humour, she evokes the East End of her childhood. With great character and wonderful anecdotes, this delightful memoir vividly captures a lost way of life and will appeal to any fans of TOWIE and the book even includes a recipe for Jellied Eels!
A Spoonful of Sugar (Hardback)
Brenda Ashford
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A Spoonful of Sugar is a heart-warming memoir from 91-year-old Brenda Ashford as she looks back over the 62 years of her life she spent working as a Norland Nanny. As a young trainee at the outbreak of World War II, Brenda worked with poverty-stricken evacuees from London's East End as well as in the nurseries of smart Kensington homes. She also frequently put her life at risk and made a number of sacrifices for the children she loved so much. Throughout the course of her career, she looked after over 100 children and this book shows how much she cared for every single one of them. Warm, funny and moving, this is a true story that brings to life the colourful world of wartime England.
Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It (Paperback)
Geoff Dyer
Witty and original, Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It is a screamingly funny travelogue of one man's findings in the far-flung places of the world. So much more than a travel book, Geoff Dyer's comments on the minutiae of the human comedy, from Amsterdam to Cambodia and Rome to Indonesia (to name but a few), hilariously and insightfully brings locations, experiences and sensations vividly to life. Readers will find themselves right alongside Dyer in his moments of calm as well as at the odd floundering in a sea of grievances, but will certainly remain smiling the whole time. A modern classic and essential reading that will not disappoint!
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Tales from the Tail End (Paperback)
Emma Milne
Misty was ecstatic to see her owner but to the nurse's surprise her owner just stood there and said, What have you done with my dog's head? 'I'm sorry, replied the nurse, what do you mean? She's just been in for spaying. That isn't my dog's head. The rest of it is my dog but you've put a different head on it. On a crisp October morning in 1996, Emma Milne started her first job as a newly qualified vet, a career captured on camera for eleven series of television's "Vets in Practice". Now she tells the full story. We discover the numerous things that can get stuck in an animal's stomach, how to stop a cow exploding, and - the biggest truth of all - that animals are easy to deal with in comparison to their owners. They say that truth is stranger than fiction, and these "Tales from the Tail End" turn out to be stranger - and funnier - than you could ever have imagined!
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Madeleine (Paperback)
Kate McCann
"The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts...My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth...Writing this memoir has entailed recording some very personal, intimate and emotional aspects of our lives. Sharing these with strangers does not come easily to me, but if I hadn't done so I would not have felt the book gave as full a picture as it is possible for me to give. As with every action we have taken over the last five years, it ultimately boils down to whether what we are doing could help us to find Madeleine. When the answer to that question is yes, or even possibly, our family can cope with anything...Nothing is more important to us than finding our little girl". (Kate McCann).
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import csv import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from sklearn import manifold # Distance file available from RMDS project: # https://github.com/cheind/rmds/blob/master/examples/european_city_distances.csv reader = csv.reader(open("european_city_distances.csv", "r"), delimiter=';') data = list(reader) dists = [] cities = [] for d in data: cities.append(d[0]) dists.append(map(float , d[1:-1])) adist = np.array(dists) amax = np.amax(adist) adist /= amax mds = manifold.MDS(n_components=2, dissimilarity="precomputed", random_state=6) results = mds.fit(adist) coords = results.embedding_ plt.subplots_adjust(bottom = 0.1) plt.scatter( coords[:, 0], coords[:, 1], marker = 'o' ) for label, x, y in zip(cities, coords[:, 0], coords[:, 1]): plt.annotate( label, xy = (x, y), xytext = (-20, 20), textcoords = 'offset points', ha = 'right', va = 'bottom', bbox = dict(boxstyle = 'round,pad=0.5', fc = 'yellow', alpha = 0.5), arrowprops = dict(arrowstyle = '->', connectionstyle = 'arc3,rad=0')) plt.show()Notes: If you don't specify a random_state, then a slightly different embedding may be generated each time (with arbitary rotation) in the 2D plane. If it's slow, you can use multiple CPUs via n_jobs=N.
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Convert distance matrix to 2D projection with Python
6 comments:
- Björn Grüning said...
Hi Noel,
thanks for sharing. We did something similar in ChemicalToolBox to display an NxN matrix with mds.
The input matrix on the other hand can be created for example with chemfp.
- 13 January 2014 at 18:52
- Noel O'Boyle said...
Nice. One more reason for me to hurry up and try out ChemicalToolBox.
I remember with R that I used to use cmdscale, classical MDS, which is slightly different. I wonder if scikit-learn intends to implement this...
- 14 January 2014 at 09:41
Hi Noel,
nice post, very inspiring!
I'm currently looking for a dataset like yours, displaying distance between cities in Europe. May I ask where you found yours? Thxs in advance!
- 15 February 2015 at 23:19
- Noel O'Boyle said...
I give the link to the source in the blogpost.
- 16 February 2015 at 11:05
- Jean-Baptiste Pressac said...
Thank you for sharing this code. Do you know the differences between an euclidean and a precomputed dissimilarity ? How to choose between both of them ?
- 16 February 2015 at 15:06
- Noel O'Boyle said...
The input to 'fit' depends on the choice. If precomputed, you pass a distance matrix; if euclidean, you pass a set of feature vectors and it uses the Euclidean distance between them as the distances. (To my mind, this is just confusing.)
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Ploy of Voter Preregistration
California state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson has introduced a bill to allow 15-year-olds to preregister to vote.
"I would like to engage young people in the political process at the earliest point in time. If young people get invested in the process earlier, they'll be likelier to vote," Jackson said Monday.
To my mind, the reason Jackson is pushing this bill is clear. She's a Democrat. She wants to boost Democratic voter registration. What better way to find Democrats than to recruit kids before they have earned a paycheck or paid a dime in income taxes?
Not to mention: They're not old enough to vote, not old enough to enlist in the military and years from being old enough to buy alcohol or cigarettes.
Jackson told me I'm wrong. Her Senate Bill 113 is not a means to increase Democratic ranks. Both parties will have an opportunity to earn the affiliation of new voters. SB 113 should increase the number of young adults who participate in elections.
It's true that younger voters are underrepresented. The Public Policy Institute of California reported last year that 86 percent of adults who are 65 or older are registered; among adults younger than 25, only 54 percent are registered voters.
"We aren't doing a very good job at registering 18-year-olds," said Mindy Romero, director of the California Civic Engagement Project.
OK, but it's not as if it's difficult to register to vote in California. You can do it at the Department of Motor Vehicles. You can fill out a form at the library. You can do it online. If young adults aren't registering, I figure they probably don't care enough to keep informed.
Besides, though younger people are less likely to vote, at least when they grow older and wiser they are likelier to participate.
I asked Romero why young adults don't register. She answered, "Registering has costs to it, even online registration." Those who don't register often have "fewer resources."
What does that mean? Romero answered that some adults aren't familiar with voting. They need outreach to become invested in elections. They need someone or something to "walk them through the system."
She added, "A fundamental element of our democracy is representation." When too many voters are not represented, democracy suffers.
Will Gov. Jerry Brown sign the bill if it makes it to his desk? Jackson thinks Brown will because he's a "visionary."
I share Romero's belief that it is not good for democracy if poor people are less likely to vote than members of the middle class. But I do not share Jackson's belief that California should preregister 15-year-olds, at the Department of Motor Vehicles or elsewhere, to entice them to the ballot box when they're old enough to vote.
(Besides, what if 18-year-olds think they're registered because of SB 113 but are not on the voter rolls because they moved? "That's part of the support that they would need," Romero answered.)
To recap: It's not enough that California makes it easy for citizens to register. The state needs to preregister 15-year-olds in case they don't register when they're old enough to vote. Then the state needs to remind 18-year-olds to make sure they're registered to vote and to vote, because they're old enough to vote — but not to remember.
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Baby Eagle Live Cam Is Like Watching America Be Born
Eat your heart out, Tea Party! Literally, I would like you to eat your heart out. You cannot survive without your heart. Get it? I hope you don't get it. Until it is too late. R.I.P. to both the Tea Party and the rest of this day. Thank you, baby eagle live cam! (And thank you for the tip, Angela.)


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Moving plants from the windowsill to under fluorescents.
Hello, I don't frequent this forum often but I would like some help from the experts here. My African violets have to move from my east windowsill to the top of the fridge. I always intended on setting up a 4 foot wide grow stand, but there is no room anywhere in the house for such a shelf. This is the only available unused space so I need to find a way to make this work.
The space is 36" wide, 24" deep, and 19" tall, but I only need to light a 24"x24" area for now. For lights, I want to use the 24" grow lights from Walmart for $11 each. I'm thinking of setting up two 17 watt T8 lights about 12 inches apart right above the growing space. Will two fixtures be enough, or would 3 be better? Also, how high above the standard plants should T8s be?
Here is a picture of the space to get a better idea. Hopefully the white walls will help maximize the fixture's light output.
I'd love to see your setup.
Forgive for the picture quality, but here is a mockup of how the plants could be arranged in a 24"x24" area. As you can see, there will also be some phalaenopsis that need to be moved too. I couldn't rotate the phals when they had flowers so now they are all lopsided. The violets here haven't been getting as much light as they need to flower, even though the ones in my bathroom flower regularly. They're right against a window though. Many of the plants in the picture aren't full size yet, but I do plan on finding homes for the duplicate plants. I only bought two standard sized plants, but they both came with 4 or 5 suckers each. All plants, including my 3 miniature violets are potted up semi-hydro style.
I'm sure that plants would be bigger if they were potted in bigger pots. I will move some once I get these lights set up. I think I will start with two lights for now for 6 hours a day, adding an hour a week until the plants tell me they have enough light. It hard to tell from that picture, but three violets on the bottom row and the two in the middle top row are all from the same plant. They all have different shades of green because they are all receiving slightly different light levels currently. The plant on the middle left is suppose to be semi/mini, but I think it needs more light because it has been growing up towards the light and hasn't bloomed in a long time. The phals are also in need of more light seeing as how their newest leaves are so dark and floppy. Hoping for blooms soon!
Alright, I finally got one of the Walmart lights for $10.97. All my violets are Optimara plants so I figured that they didn't need as much light as the fancier types to perform well. I placed the fixture above a 2'x1' shelf above the kitchen sink instead of above the fridge. It is 9.5" above the top of the cups that I grow my plants in and I draped a piece of foil over the fixture to help direct more of the light downwards. I may remove the plastic cover/diffuser once I get the light more securely attached to something since it is just resting on deli containers right now.
I started off at 8 hours of light, but moved quickly to 12 hours. I will keep extending the photoperiod until the plants flatten out and/or start to bloom. If 16 hours of light isn't enough to get them going, I'll get another light. The plants are still reaching up for light at this point, but I can already tell that they are growing much faster than they ever did prior to moving them.
Here are some pics.
All the plants are the variety except the plant in the top left corner.
Your setup looks great, alot like some of mine! I have some plants that have bloomed great under one light, but after many months they have gotten so healthy they are reaching up for more so I am moving them to a 2 bulb light setup. I have others that don't like to be that close to a one light setup. Your plan is good - if you have to move them much higher toward the light or extend the light length too much, may be easiest to add a light and reduce the time its on. The plants I have that need more light were under the one light for about 13 hrs, and only about 3-4 inches between them and the light.
Thank you both for the input. I'm treating these plants as guinea pigs. They are all really just extra duplicates and have been neglected for some time, but I want to see them all bloom before I find them new homes.
All my other violets are still growing on the windowsills until a new grow space is set up for them. They are getting light from a northeast window currently, but I started supplementing them with ~4 hours of additional light at night with a table lamp about two weeks ago and now they are all sending up blooms. Many of these plants haven't bloomed since last fall.
The space above my fridge will probably be put to use soon. I want to install a stable shelf, instead of putting the plants directly on fridge.
Here is an update on the plants. They are growing so much faster now under the light. I have some pictures to track their transition. (Top right plant is not under the same light, but I like to include it in the pics because it is the original plant that I got all these suckers from. The leaf produced 3 babies that are now individually potted.)
The leaves are so much darker, harder and larger than before. The centers are tight especially for the plants placed under the center of the bulb, but I don't mind. The flowers are also larger and more vibrant than the plant on the top right which receives mostly window light. They are getting 14 hours of light a day. They are in desperate need of grooming now that all the new growth has covered all of the older, smaller leaves.
I definitely need more varieties!!! In total I have 9 Rhapsodie Gisela and 3 Rhapsodie Michelle violets as well as a few minis. I see them at every big box store I go to haha so I don't think any violet enthusiast wants one of these, and I don't want to give them to anyone I know because I know they will just end up in the trash.
My next purchase will probably be from The Violet Barn or Cedar Creek Violets since they offer assortments, though I've also considered leaves. All I know is that I need some variegated plants and maybe some petrocosmeas. I'm ready to see if I can get some fancier varieties to thrive.
Petrocosmeas require lower light and cooler temperature - so probably top of the fridge is too hot for them. Both vendors are great - but if you will be ordering from Violet Barn - order not only Rob's and Ma's varieties. They carry the choiciest varieties of other hybridizers.
If you order leaves - it will take time - but you will minimize your exposure to bugs, grow the starter plants which are adjusted to your environment - and do it economically.
Lyndon Lyon is a good place to order as well - but make sure that you get a selection of varieties from different hybridizers.- you never know what plant will be perfect for your conditions - they all are different.
Regarding multiple Giselas,,, you cannot keep them all - and think about pleasure you can give to other people - and potentially share your hobby.


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Dedicated to local sports, Le 70 gets its name from the year in which the Paris Saint-Germain football (soccer) team was founded (1970). Apart from the interesting sports decor, this brasserie also presents before you an appetizing platter of starters, sandwiches, main course dishes and desserts. Evenings are reserved for special events, PSG match evenings and parties.
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»Star Café
Star Café is a popular venue that plays host to many live music concerts. Head here anytime during the week and you are sure to hear some wonderful live music playing. Band as well as solo performers enthrall the crowds that keep pouring in at this quaint cafe-bar. The food on offer is tasty and the drinks reasonably priced. Overall, it is surely a place not to be missed out on.
»Le Crocodile Vert
Wide use of color green, lively atmosphere and good music is definitely the trade-mark of Le Crocodile Vert. It manages to re-create Cuban colors and flavors right here in Paris. Right from the decor to the drinks served have been tailored in detail to get the feel of Cuban Bodeguitas. The deep plush sofas just beckon you to sit-back and relax with your favorite drink. Taste the varieties like Sangria, Cuba Libre or if you aren't the adventurous and wild types, simply sip the regular Mojitos along with tasty snacks and finger-food. With Latin tunes in the back-drop, bright and fresh colors surrounding you, it surely refreshes your mind and spirits. Let's do the Salsa at the Le Crocodile Vert.
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The luxurious Le 29 is located in Paris' 16th Arrondissement. Plush, velvet seating, crimson hues and polished wood, punctuated with dance poles ooze an old-worldly, America-in-the-1960s charm. Owner Greg Hazac promotes the bespoken culture and everything on offer here is tailor-made to suit your preferences. Since its inception, it has been a local haunt and has maintained a secretive reputation in the city. So don't miss a chance to soak up the stealthy, underground feel while you're there too.
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- Regulatory Oversight of Investment Advisors Although the regulatory environment is in a state of flux, it is imperative that RIAs adhere to their compliance obligations. To ensure compliance, RIAs and IARs must fully understand what those obligations are.
- Dealings With Qualified Clients and Accredited Investors Depending upon an RIAs business model and investment strategies, it may be important to identify "qualified clients" and "accredited investors." The Dodd-Frank Act authorized the SEC to change which clients are defined by those terms.
"The single most significant trend in securities enforcement today is the increased allocation of resources to misconduct by investment advisors," says Robert Kaplan, the former co-chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Asset Management Unit, which is housed within the agency's Division of Enforcement.
Kaplan left his post at the SEC and on June 1 joined the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton. He is now a litigation partner resident within the White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Practice at the firm's Washington office.
At Debevoise, Kaplan will represent clients in a broad range of securities-related enforcement and compliance issues, particularly those involving requirements affecting SEC-registered investment advisors affiliated with hedge funds, private equity funds, investment companies, mutual funds and separately managed funds—all areas the Asset Management Unit at the SEC focuses on as well.
As one of the co-chiefs of the Asset Management Unit, Kaplan, along with Bruce Karpati, co-led a team of 75 lawyers and industry experts focused on investigations related to potential violations of securities laws by advisors to hedge funds, private equity funds, mutual funds and separately managed accounts.
Karpati has now been named director of the Asset Management Unit, Kaplan says, and the SEC will also appoint two deputy chiefs to help him.
Formed in 2009 after the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme and market plummet of 2008, the Asset Management Unit, Kaplan says, has, by many measures, been "unprecedented in its success."
In 2011, thanks to the unit, 20% of the agency's enforcement cases involved investment advisors or investment companies, for a total of 146 cases, Kaplan says, "which is twice as many as there were even three years ago." It is a noticeable uptick from the historical rate of cases brought against advisory firms, which Kaplan says has run at around 10% to 11%.
Also notable, he says, is the "dynamic nature of private fund enforcement." In 2011, Kaplan says, more than "50 cases were brought against private funds, whereas, when we started focusing on private funds in 2005, [the number of cases levied] was in the single digits."
Kaplan says he attributes the unit's "success" to three variables: hiring more staff members with industry expertise, the Unit's focus on proactively identifying misconduct earlier, and "breaking down silos" by collaborating with other SEC divisions.
Not only has their been more training of the Asset Mangement Unit's staff, more industry experts from outside the agency "who are non-lawyers" have been brought in "to help the division and unit be smarter about how the SEC prosecuted securities law violations," Kaplan says. "In that regard, I don't think there's ever been a period when you had a group of lawyers at the SEC, in the Division of Enforcement, who better understood the products and the vehicles in the investment advisor space."
To better identify misconduct in the advisor space earlier, Kaplan says the unit developed quantitative risk analytics and also launched a tool called the "aberrational performance inquiry," which has been "successful in identifying hedge fund fraud before a tip came in, before the fund imploded, or before there was a lawsuit filed," he says.
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Handmade Audiophile-Grade Cable with Large-Gauge Silver Ribbon Conductors Helps Music Breathe with Effortless Clarity and Resolution
INTERNATIONAL CES 2012, LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2012â Aaudio Imports, a leading supplier of world-class high-end audio products, introduces the A.S.P. KRAKEN Reference Power Cord by Stage III Concepts, a world-class innovator in audio cable design, at CES 2012.
Stage IIIâs KRAKEN Power Cords are handmade masterpieces of connectivity, representing the culmination of 16 years of research, materials evaluation, testing, and listener feedback. The audiophile-grade cable uses silver ribbon conductors with air dielectrics to provide audio systems with remarkable, undeniable improvements in sonic performance.
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Maintaining container arrangements year around
I live in a mild climate -- SF Bay Area, and believe I am in SS zone 16/17.
I like to keep containers with plant arrangements around my property and my main interest is aesthetic. As an example, I have a mature Sago palm, a japanese maple, a New Zealand Flax grass as the main thrillers in my container and have been able to grow them successfully.
My problem is with spillers. I have been trying several varieties like Calibrachoa, Bacopa, Freesia, Begonia, Fuchsia, Verbena etc. Some of these like Freesia, Fuschia etc are obviously not evergreen but will due care, will come back the season after. (I also have couple of containers with succulents, they always look good -- but I would like to also have some other foliage or flowering arrangements.)
My problem is with the borderline plants for my zone. Most others like Bacopa, Verbena etc are supposedly perennials but they either act like annuals or come back very very weak.
So my question to you great container gurus is, if you have any pretty container arrangements, how do you keep them looking good year around? Also, what sort of plants do you recommend that would keep their beauty all around?
Pictures will be appreciated!
I have a couple of containers that I keep looking good by replacing the plants whenever they are past their prime. I keep several change outs in three gallon nursery pots that slip into the containers. Right now they are Asters which will soon be changed out for flax for the winter, to be replaced in the spring with blooming tulips. These two containers are kept as accents on each side of an entrance. Al