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Ahh, the wandering carolers have been here singing for their Cider: Wassai! wassail! all over the town / Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown / Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree / With the wassailing bowl, we'll drink to thee.
Indeed 'tis true that nothing beats for a winter drinking treat well mulled apples with spices enhanced with really potent cider. And let's not forget the still warm gingerbread cookies.
After a few centuries, anything needs a good cleaning. I watched with considerable bemusement a generation ago when the staff here moved this endeavour from a printed affair existing in bound leather journals like the one I write in, to one that existed only as a website. Now it goes from being a website to being a journal of sorts which brings it back to what it was like a long, long time ago.
I volunteered to write up these entries as I've kept journals of what goes on this estate that houses both Green Man Review and Sleeping Hedgehog for my own amusement for more years than anyone save my Ravens remember. And I find the staff and their reviews quite fascinating, as they really believe in what they are doing.
What you will see here are is a mix of new reviews and anything I find interesting in the archives. I will do a major update every two weeks with smaller postings 'ween those. Of course, I will comment on the goings on here as well — handfastings, who's fucking whom, what ale just got tapped, what my Ravens did that got them in trouble, and what's cooking in the Kitchen.
Amusingly our Librarian here at the estate, Iain Mackenzie, has been using my journals from time to time to tell some of the stories of this 'tea cup' culture as he calls it over at Sleeping Hedgehog.
Winter Solstice is upon us and I am fascinating by how writers have treated that most sacred of holidays (well at least as far as I am concerned) in fiction. I've also some choices in music that I've heard played that definitely tickle my fancy for wanting to hear this time of year.
For your seasonal music listening pleasure, I am first going to send you to our Nordic music one-off. The hundred or so recordings in this write-up are but a mere taste of all the Nordic recordings we've reviewed, but it's enough to keep you in interesting music for quite some time!
The Nordic countries indeed have a rich tradition of music related to Christmas, not only traditional carols, such as those performed by Grex Vocalis in their CD Magnum Mysterium, which has truly international scope, but also in more informal approaches, such as the Julevariasjoner, variations on traditional carols by Norwegian pianist Wolfgang Plagge.
I've heard it hundreds of times down the decades both live and in recorded forms, but I still love Russian composer Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker for the sheer joy of the festive nature of this relatively new work from my perspective. If you get a chance, go see it performed live!
And we've got a couple of contributions to the season from the Italian baroque composers — Arcangelo Corelli's Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8, the "Christmas Concerto," which, not inappropriately, is coupled with Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons in a CD from the baroque ensemble Red Priest.
Piping music of a more traditional nature has graced my life for many, many a year. One of the best pipers I've ever heard is Northumbrian musician Kathryn Tickell. We've got reviews of her outstanding work this way and over here as well here.
My favorite recording of all time is Dawn Dance by Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser. If you haven't encountered this artist before, suffice it to say that you've missed hearing one of the best fiddlers that has ever existed.
For a quick read of a Winter Holiday nature, nothing beats James Goldman's The Lion in The Winter, a play centered around a Christmas Court of Henry the II and his extremely dysfunctional family.
A similar quick read is T. S. Eliot's Murder in The Cathedral verse play, riffing on the matter of Thomas Beckett, a cursed soul if ever there was one. As a storyteller, I find it fascinating that Eliot drew heavily on the writing of Edward Grim, a clerk who was an apparent eyewitness to the event.
And the GMR chapbook of Jennifer Stevenson's short story, 'Solstice' is something I re-read every year. You can read it here or better yet listen to Jennifer herself reading it!
All of us are now headed over to the Robert Graves Reading Room in the Library because Jane Yolen's up there reading from The Wild Hunt novel she wrote to a group of staffers, while Adam Stemple, her son, plays ever-so-tasty Scottish tunes. Oh, you heard about the rather striking tartan they are wearing? That's the Douglas plaid which is their clan.
Now fill up your mug of mulled cider and we'll get on our merry way . . .
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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Only one week left of work« on: August 06, 2007, 09:09:04 AM »
Is anyone else having any trouble accomplishing anything? I'm experiencing a serious case of senioritis.
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It looks like my schedule was posted on Oasis today for this fall. Log in and go to Detailed Schedule and you can see your profs. and your class times.
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You should read this article about the Wisconsin Bar.
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Is anyone else having people spam them on LSN?
I've had to delete about 20 Viagra posts in the past 24 hours. Is there any way to avoid this, besides not allowing comments?
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I hate waiting on both waitlists and with decisions. This stinks.
Where should I go next fall? / Holy Poop! Another versus Post: BU v. Fordham« on: March 26, 2007, 02:22:53 PM »
I went to Fordham this weekend for the ASW. I really like the school, the feel, and the focus on practical education. I was all set. Then, I find out today that I got a scholarship from BU that saves me almost $60,000 in loans. Now, BU is back in the equation. I haven't been able to check out BU yet--I just got admitted two weeks ago. I'm going to check it out this next Monday. I don't really care where I live during school or when I graduate, but I know I would like to be in a major city in the Northeast. I don't care if I get a job in BIGLAW, but I would definitely like to work in a firm when I graduate. The scholarship is automatically renewable (I need to stay in good standing, but other than that I'm set). I would love to hear what everyone thinks--especially people who may be in the same position as far as deciding between BU and Fordham.
General Off-Topic Board / What do all of these abbreviations mean???« on: March 23, 2007, 01:23:12 AM »
I have no idea what all of the abbreviations on LSD mean. Can someone clue me in??? Sorry my deductive reasoning skills aren't up to par!
TITC . . . (can't remember the rest)
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Financial Aid / Expected Loans for Law School??« on: March 05, 2007, 07:31:17 PM »
I'm worried about how much money I'm going to have to take out in loans (as I'm sure a lot of people are). I didn't get offered any scholarships at the schools I'm deciding between, and I'm pretty sure this means I'm going to be taking out a bunch of loans to pay for school (150,000 - 180,000). Is this normal? I mean, how do people pay for law school. I thought that most people take out loans to fund their education, but some people posting have led me to believe otherwise. What is everyone else doing? Is taking out that much in loans normal? Or if not normal, not completely ridiculous?
I really need some guidance on this and would appreciate any comments anyone has!
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I would love people's opinions on how to decide between a tier 2 with a pretty significant scholarship and a top 50, not top 25 school with none. I'm really torn between American and Loyola Chicago. Is it worth the extra money to go to a tier 1 school? Or am I better off going to Loyola, paying less and maybe being ranked higher. I went to visit Loyola this weekend and I really liked it. What do people think?
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That's what Nisa Agrawal thought after taking an accounting course in high school. "All we did were bookkeeping entries, and after that I was sure that my personality wasn't suited to accounting," she says.
But when she went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a professor opened her eyes to the possibilities. "He helped me connect accounting to current events –I even helped him prepare class quizzes based on news items– and I realized there was a lot more to accounting," Nisa says.
Nisa graduated in May 2008 and passed the CPA exam later that summer. She got a job at PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world's largest accounting firms. "I'm hardly ever in the office," she says. As an auditor continuing with PwC, Nisa primarily works from client locations, which gives her an opportunity to work closely with her teammates and client contacts in person. This face-to-face interaction allows Nisa to develop stronger relationships with the people at work.
"If you want a career that's stable, but at the same time is constantly changing, becoming a CPA is the way to go," Nisa says. "In high school I had no idea all the different directions I could take with an accounting degree."
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The Servant's Heart Award honors team members, volunteers and medical staff members who model the philosophy of patient-centered care. Mountain States introduced the Servant's Heart Award in 2004 for team members and in 2006 for medical staff members. They are recognized by their peers for exemplifying the meaning of being a caregiver.
Helen coordinates the volunteer program at Francis Marion Manor. She role-models our Ten Guiding Principles of Patient-Centered Care all day, every day as she volunteers. Her husband and mother are both residents of the Manor, so she's there seven days a week. And she looks after all the patients as though they, too, are her relatives.
Helen does everything she can to provide loving care to the residents, and to provide them with choices. She knows and befriends all of the residents, meets their families and listens to the families' thoughts about how to comfort their particular resident. She serves on the Smyth County Auxiliary Board and not only asks for donations to benefit the residents or give them something to open or look forward to, but she comes back to the board with examples of what each person enjoyed receiving. As Helen conveys the residents' appreciation of these items, you can see in her face and hear in her voice all the care and concern she feels for "her" residents.
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Rocksmith 2014 improves on last year's offering in almost every way.
By Jess Colwill on November 29, 2013 at 4:42 pm
To think it's been more than a year since I reviewed the original Rocksmith. It's not required reading, but if you're interested in Rocksmith 2014, it's probably not a bad idea to go back and read my review of the original since, in essence, it's the same game and many aspects of the review will be a comparison between the two, with highlights of the changes. But let's dive right in.
Rocksmith 2014 has done everything right. That's the bottom, top and middle line. It's taken everything I didn't like about the original and added, modified or otherwise changed it until the game became an almost perfect iteration of the original Rocksmith. Almost perfect.
Alas, like with so many good things, when you fix one problem, others stem from the result. Take the song selection, for example. There is a far more varied and interesting song selection this time around, and 2014 allows you to import the songs from the original game, effectively doubling your setlist. Add the DLC on there and you have an official metric butt-tonne of songs.
Sounds great in theory (and in practice). But in theory, communism works. And so does this great list of songs. But with lots of songs comes lots of different tunings for your guitar to be in. Which means when you're really getting into the swing of things you might find yourself having to stop and retune your guitar into Drop D, for example, only to have to tune it back after a single song. And then back to a different tuning after that.
I had debated whether to even mention this as a problem in this review, as there really isn't anything that could be done — it's part of the reality of a long and varied setlist. Ubisoft have helped out as much as they can, listing the tuning required for each song when you select it — so if you're savvy to this, you can make your playlist entirely out of songs in a single tuning for your convenience. But it can be annoying.
As well as a better selection of songs, there is an entirely new mode of play as well. In the original Rocksmith there was the bass emulator, which meant you could learn some bass-ics (see what I did there?) on your regular six-string. This feature still exists, but as well as that, you can also choose between lead and rhythm guitar as well. This adds a whole new dimension to the experience, allowing you to learn either the upfront lead with the shreddy solos, or for you to take more of a support role with chords and the riffs that make up the backbone of the song.
In my review of the original Rocksmith I mentioned the Riff Repeater feature, a feature that was absolutely essential to nailing down any song. I also mentioned that it was tucked away under a multitude of menus. The Riff Repeater is still there, thankfully, but no longer tucked away. In fact, the path to learning a song is far easier than before.
When you select a song you'd like to learn in depth, the first screen you see has a series of checkboxes called "Rocksmith Recommends". "Rocksmith Recommends" is a series of objectives that you can master in order to learn any song better. They might be as simple as, "Challenge yourself to beat your previous score" or as helpful as, "Learn this riff back to front and upside-down, dammit!"
The result is a more in-depth experience, as well as a more streamlined one, all at the same time. Learning a song has become about nailing the different elements, the chords required, the riffs you have trouble with; rather than just playing a song over and over. But these new elements are easily found and explored and Rocksmith learns from the way you play in order to recommend the next step that is best for you.
"Rocksmith Recommends" is also a larger set of missions designed to guide you through the experience with vague commands like, "Play a song in Drop D tuning," or "Play a song from the 80s". It's totally ignorable if it's not your thing, but if you're looking for new things to try, it can usually point you in the right direction.
The only technical problem I've had with the game so far is a weird bug where the game slows down entirely. Not just the songs, but the whole game. The, uh, narrator even announces all the titles in sloooooo-mooooo, for example, and all the sound effects become distorted and slow.
This would normally be only a minor bump in the road requiring a restart of the game — annoying enough, but easily resolved. Unfortunately, like so many games lately, Rocksmith 2014 uses the dual Steam/uPlay system. With uPlay being as temperamental as it is, sometimes quitting the game means you won't be able to re-launch it for whatever reason, meaning you'll have to restart your whole system just for this one bug. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, and you have to do a full reset, it's enough to ragequit entirely.
On Ubisoft's advice I changed from my sound card to my on-board sound, and that has seemed to fix the problem. Unfortunately, testing the fix is difficult because I'm waiting for something to not happen, so I'll update the review if I find it hasn't been effective after all.
Finally, my one piece of criticism in terms of the gameplay is with regard to the difficulty. I found, and I had other friends say the same, that the original game was pretty hard — because, I suppose, it is teaching you a real-life skill. It seems Ubisoft have heard this and modified the difficulty somewhat to make it more accessible.
The way the game ramps up the difficulty, though, is annoying. It needs to be… smarter, I suppose. Let me explain my problem: You choose a song to learn. It starts off pretty simple — maybe a little too simple, but it's just getting started. Your notes are few and far between, which helps you get a handle on what the song is doing. You hit all the notes that come your way, so the game levels up your difficulty… just in time for the chorus.
Suddenly, you're in a completely different part of the song, with different chords, but because you did SO good in that easy part, they're coming at you a mile a minute, packed with tricky chords you can't begin to wrap your fingers around. The difficulty needs to be more modular, perhaps. It needs to say, "Okay, you did great in this bit, so next time you play it, it will be harder. But this next bit is different and harder, so just try it on the lowest difficulty first."
It sounds like a small thing, but the playability of the notes really is the essence of the game, and there were times when I had been plinking along just fine, only to be suddenly staring at the screen with my jaw on the floor as a rainbow of notes came whooshing at me. If I can't play the notes, I can't play the game. If I can't play the game, I'll never learn the guitar!
That said, however, Rocksmith 2014 is great. The series continues to impress and there are only a few hiccups left to be ironed out. Maybe Rocksmith 2015 will be absolutely perfect. But until then, Rocksmith 2014 is a solid continuation of the series. Even if you couldn't get into the first one, I would give 2014 a shot, as it's far more accessible to new players and advanced players alike.
- Great list of songs, including songs from 2013
- Improved Riff Repeater feature makes gradual learning easier
- Rocksmith Recommends feature is great for getting into it
- New lead and rhythm guitar capabilities
- Difficulty-adjusting could stand to be more intelligent
- Possible bug with sound cards
Rocksmith 2014 is currently on sale on Steam for $37.46 until December 3 (normal price $49.95). The RealTone Cable necessary to play — and a guitar! — are not included.
You can also purchase the game from Uplay in a variety of editions, up to and including one with a guitar included. If all you need is a cable, you can buy that from Uplay here.
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Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is a major constraint on cassava cultivation in Africa. The disease is endemic and is caused by seven distinct cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs), some of them including several variants.
From cassava leaf samples presenting CMD symptoms collected in Burkina Faso, four DNA-A begomovirus components were cloned and sequenced, showing 99.9% nucleotide identity among them. These isolates are most closely related to African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) but share less than 89% nucleotide identity (taxonomic threshold) with any previously described begomovirus. A DNA-B genomic component, sharing 93% nucleotide identity with DNA-B of ACMV, was also characterized. Since all genomic components have a typical genome organization of Old World bipartite begomoviruses, this new species was provisionally named African cassava mosaic Burkina Faso virus (ACMBFV). Recombination analysis of the new virus demonstrated an interspecies recombinant origin, with major parents related to West African isolates of ACMV, and minor parents related to Tomato leaf curl Cameroon virus and Cotton leaf curl Gezira virus.
This is the first report of an ACMV-like recombinant begomovirus arisen by interspecific recombination between bipartite and monopartite African begomoviruses.
Keywords:Cassava mosaic disease; African cassava mosaic virus; Begomovirus; Evolution; Recombination
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), the primary food crop in sub-Saharan Africa, is severely affected by cassava mosaic disease (CMD) with losses estimated to up to 19 millions tons (1.9-2.7 billions dollars) annually [1]. CMD is caused by distinct cassava mosaic geminiviruses (CMGs) (family Geminiviridae: Genus Begomovirus) which are transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) [1]. Whereas begomoviruses are either bipartite with two genomic components (DNA-A and DNA-B) or monopartite with only a DNA-A-like component, all described CMGs are bipartite. Their two circular single stranded DNA molecules (~2.8 kb each) encode a total of eight viral proteins responsible, among other functions, for replication, transcription enhancement, encapsidation and viral movement (see [2] for a review).
CMD is endemic in Africa and seven distinct species are found associated with the disease: African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV), East African cassava mosaic virus (EACMV), East African cassava mosaic Cameroon virus (EACMCV), East African cassava mosaic Kenya virus (EACMKV), East African cassava mosaic Malawi virus (EACMMV), East African cassava mosaic Zanzibar virus (EACMZV) and South African cassava mosaic virus (SACMV) [3]. Several strains of the EACMV species are also described throughout Africa [2], many of which resulting from inter- or intra-species recombination [2]. Indeed, it was established that begomoviruses are subject to frequent recombination which provide the viruses with a large sequence space and may promote the adaptation to environmental changes and new ecological niches [4-7]. In contrast to other CMGs, including the EACMV-like viruses (EACMV, EACMCV, EACMKV, EACMMV, EACMZV), SACMV, Sri Lanka cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) and Indian cassava mosaic virus (ICMV), the genomes of ACMV isolates present little genetic variation and do not display evidence of recombination, suggesting that ACMV has evolved as a distinct lineage (reviewed by [2]).
In West Africa, cassava is frequently cultivated in association with several other crops such as vegetables (tomato, pepper, okra), tubers (cassava, sweet potato, yam), and cereals. In August/September 2008, leaves from cassava plants presenting CMD symptoms were collected from such a field around Ouagadougou (12°23'31.42"N; 1°30'19.40"W; Burkina Faso). Total DNA was extracted using DNeasy® Plant Minikit (Qiagen) and tested for the presence of begomoviruses using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with degenerate primers representative of either DNA-A [8] or DNA-B [9].
Ten samples showing mosaic symptoms were found to be positive for the presence of begomovirus DNA using PCR. The primary results showed the presence of ACMV and EACMV-UG in seven and one samples respectively [10]. From two of those samples (BF127 and BF128), full-length viral genomes were successfully amplified by rolling-circle amplification (RCA) [11]. The amplified DNAs were digested with endonucleases BamHI, PstI, ApaI or NcoI and the DNA fragments of the expected size (~2.8 kb) were cloned into pGEM® vectors (Promega Biotech). Cloned genome components were sequenced by Macrogen Inc. (South Korea) by primer walking and genomic components were assembled using the DNAMAN software (version 5.2.9; Lynnon, Quebec, Canada). Four full-length DNA-A nucleotide sequences, one from sample BF127 (BF:Oua:BF127:08) and three from sample BF128 (BF:Oua:BF128A:08; BF:Oua:BF128B:08; BF:Oua:BF128C:08), as well as one full-length DNA-B nucleotide sequence from sample BF127 (BF:BF127:08), were obtained (Table 1). The sequences were deposited in the EMBL database under the accession numbers HE616777 to HE616781.
Table 1. Name, acronym and accession numbers of begomovirus isolates reported in this study
The cloned genomes showed an organization typical of bipartite begomoviruses from the Old World, i.e. DNA-A components (2768 to 2770 nt each) with two ORFs on the viral strand (AV2/MP and AV1/CP), and four on the complementary-sense strand (AC1/Rep, AC2/TrAP, AC3/REn and AC4) and a DNA-B component (2737 nt) with one ORF on the viral-sense (BV1/MP), and one on the complementary-sense (BC1/NSP). Sequences were aligned with representative isolates of begomoviruses using the Muscle [12] and ClustalW [13] alignment tools implemented in the MEGA 5 software [14]. Pairwise sequence comparisons performed with MEGA 5 (with pairwise deletion of gaps) showed that the four genomic DNA-A components are genetically related with 99.9% identity between one another. The four DNA-A sequences displayed highest nucleotide identity (87%) with ACMV-[Côte d'Ivoire:1999] (Accession n° AF259894) and ACMV-[Nigeria:1990] (X17095). The DNA-B sequence displayed 93% nucleotide identity with ACMV-[Nigeria:Ogo:2002] (AJ427911). Based on the species demarcation criterion of the genus Begomovirus (< 89% nucleotide identity for DNA-A) [15], the begomovirus molecularly characterised in this work could be considered as a novel species, provisionally named African cassava mosaic Burkina Faso virus (ACMBFV).
The putative Rep protein binding site of the four ACMBFV isolates included a single core binding site (GGGGT) with a potential inverted repeat (GGACC), and the corresponding iteron-related domain (IRD) was identified to be MAPPRKFRIN. These features are different of those from previously described ACMV isolates (Iteron: GGAGA and IRD: MRTPRFRIQ or MRTPRFRVQ), but are similar to those found in isolates of Tomato leaf curl Cameroon virus (ToLCCMV) and Cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (CLCuGV), two monopartite begomoviruses [16,17]. Interestingly, the presence of the same iteron (GGGGT) in the intergenic region of the ACMBFV DNA-B is consistent with its trans-replication by the Rep protein encoded by the ACMBFV DNA-A component.
As these results suggested that the ACMBFV isolates could have a recombinant origin, a recombination analysis was performed on a set of 234 sequences, with 222 sequences representing the whole Old World begomovirus diversity, ten Curtovirus and two Topocuvirus sequences. The data set was retrieved from public sequence databases using taxonomy browser (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov webcite) on September 2011 and aligned as described above with our sequences. Detection of potential recombinant sequences, identification of likely parental sequences, and localization of possible recombination breakpoints was carried out using RDP [18], GENECONV [19], BOOTSCAN [20], MAXIMUM CHI SQUARE [21], CHIMAERA [20], SISTER SCAN [22] and 3Seq [23] recombination detection methods as implemented in RDP3 [24]. The analysis was performed so that only triplets of sequences involving at least two CMG sequences were considered. Default settings for the different detection methods and a Bonferroni corrected P-value cut-off of 0.05 where used. Only events detected with 3 methods or more were accepted.
Three distinct recombination events (a, b and c; Figure 1) were detected within the genomic DNA-A of ACMBFV, whereas no recombination was detected within the DNA-B. Recombination event (a) involves a major parent related to the Ivory Coast isolate of the bipartite ACMV (ACMV-[Côte d'Ivoire:1999]), and a minor parent related to the Cameroon isolate of the monopartite ToLCCMV (ToLCCMV-[Cameroon:Buea:Okra:2008]). Event (b) detected in the intergenic region occurred between ACMV-[Nigeria] as a major parent and CLCuGV-[Cameroon:2008], another monopartite begomovirus described in Cameroon on okra as a minor parent. The event (c) was detected into the event (a) between the same major parent and an unknown minor parent (undescribed or already extinct virus).
Figure 1. Recombinant regions (a, b and c) detected within the isolates of African cassava mosaic Burkina Faso virus using RDP3. The genome at the top of the figure corresponds to the schematic representation of sequence below. Region coordinates are nucleotide positions of detected recombination breakpoints. Wherever, possible parental sequences are identified. "Major" and "Minor" parents are sequences that were used, along with the indicated recombinant sequence to identify recombination. Whereas for each identified event the minor parent is apparently the contributor of the sequence within the indicated region, the major parent is the apparent contributor of the rest of the sequence. Note that the identified "parental sequences" are not the actual parents but are simply those sequences most similar to the actual parents in the analysed dataset. Recombinant regions and parental viruses were identified using the RDP (R), GENECONV (G), BOOTSCAN (B), MAXIMUM CHI SQUARE (M), CHIMAERA (C), SISTER SCAN (S) and 3Seq (T) methods.
Maximum likelihood (ML) phylogenetic trees (with 100 bootstrap replicates) were constructed from full DNA components as well as alignments of both parts of the recombination event (a) using PHYML v3.0. [25] and the model of sequence evolution selection procedure implemented in RDP3 [24]. Trees were visualized using FigTree v1.3.1 software (available at http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software/figtree/ webcite). Consistently, phylogenetic analyses performed with the non-recombinant portion of the genome (nt 27-1727 relative to ACMBFV-[BF:Oua:BF127:08]; covering AV2, AV1, AC2 and AC3) placed ACMBFV in the cluster of ACMV (Figure 2A). With the recombinant portion (nt 1728-26 relative to ACMBFV-[BF:Oua:BF127:08]; covering 90% of 3' portion of Rep, entire AC4 and IR) the same analysis placed ACMBFV in a cluster with ToLCCMV-[CM:Bue:Ok:08] (Figure 2B). Taken together, these results confirm the recombinant nature of the ACMBFV, with the majority of the genome (61.5%) derived from a major ACMV parent, while the rest of the genome (38.5%) is related to ToLCCMV-[CM:Bue:Ok:08] and CLCuGV-[CM:08] minor parents. As expected, phylogenetic reconstruction performed with the DNA-A sequences, using GTR + I + G4 as the best fit model of evolution, placed ACMBFV outside the cluster of ACMV isolates, due to its recombinant nature (Figure 3). A similar analysis performed with the DNA-B sequence of ACMBFV under GTR + G4 evolutionary model placed it within the cluster of ACMV isolates (Figure 4). In order to assess its biological features, the infectivity of our recombinant DNA-A and the need of a cognate DNA-B of ACMV type should be investigated in the future.
Figure 2. Maximum likelihood trees based on the alignment of the sequences of four African cassava mosaic Burkina Faso virus isolates (in bold; see Table 1 for isolates names and acronyms), plus additional DNA-A and DNA-A-like sequences originated from Africa and the Mediterranean region. In (A) the non-recombinant portion (ORFs: AV2, AV1, AC2 and AC3; see Figure 1) of the genome and in (B) the recombinant portion (covering 90% of 3' portion of Rep, entire AC4 ORF and IR; see Figure 1). Begomovirus acronyms used are described in the Additional file 1: Table S1 according to Fauquet et al. [15] isolate descriptors.
Additional file 1. Table S1. Description of begomovirus acronyms used in the phylogenetic trees.
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Figure 3. Maximum likelihood tree based on the complete DNA-A sequences of four African cassava mosaic Burkina Faso virus isolates (in bold; see Table 1 for isolates name and acronyms), plus additional DNA-A and DNA-A-like sequences originated from Africa and the Mediterranean region. Begomovirus acronyms used are described in the Additional file 1: Table S1.
In conclusion, we describe for the first time an ACMV-like recombinant begomovirus arisen by interspecific recombination between bipartite and monopartite African begomoviruses. Although current data suggest that ACMV has evolved as a distinct lineage, our results prove that the ACMV genotype is also prone to recombination. Our study confirms that West Africa is likely a centre of begomovirus diversity [17], where recombination seems to play a major role in the evolution of food and vegetable crops infecting begomoviruses.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
FT, VSET and OT collected samples. FT, MH, MAH, ADB and JV cloned and sequenced the viruses; FT, PL and JML analysed the data and prepared the manuscript. JML, OT, NB, GK, AST, VSET and BR secured funding for the project's execution, and provided ideas and comments during manuscript preparation. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
This study was supported by the following institutions: AIRES-Sud: a programme from the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs implemented by the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD-DSF), CRSBAN/UFR-SVT (University of Ouagadougou), CIRAD, Conseil Régional de La Réunion and European Union (FEDER) and France Embassy in Burkina Faso. We express our gratitude to Mr François GAUDEAU of the Service de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle (SCAC) of the France Embassy in Ouagadougou (BF). The authors wish to thank Nathalie Becker for her comments, critical reviewing, and for revising the English version of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Aside from that dustup and some disputes over greenhouse gases, the two agreed on most issues. But they have had very different agendas.
As governor, Pawlenty was preoccupied with budget issues. Bachmann, then a state senator, made her biggest splash on the state political scene in 2004 as the leading champion of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages.
Holberg, the House sponsor of the marriage bill, said of Bachmann, "I was more the workhorse, and she was more the show horse." Holberg worked behind the scenes to get the bill through committees and passed by the House.
As a member of the minority party in the Senate, Bachmann didn't have the clout to move the bill. So she took her case to the public, leading massive rallies and attracting extensive media coverage. Holberg said she was extraordinary in the "more public realm."
"Michele has an amazing ability to amass followers who are extremely loyal to her, who will come out and work for her," Holberg said.
Pawlenty supported the anti-gay marriage legislation, but as governor he had no authority to sign or veto it, so he wasn't a major player in that fight.
Bachmann has passed few bills in her six years in the Legislature and 4-1/2 years in the U.S. House. But her allies say that's a poor measure of her record.
"There are two kinds of legislators: policy legislators and political legislators," Krinkie said. "The congresswoman is taking a big view and focusing on a larger political agenda."
But while she garners media attention with her biting, partisan criticism of Democrats, she also has gained a reputation for playing loose with the facts.
Ron Carey, Bachmann's former chief of staff and a former state Republican Party chairman, said she is probably the most popular Republican in Minnesota but lacks the skills needed to win the election or serve effectively as president.
"You can love Michele and her rhetoric and positions, and I agree with her 99 percent of the time on policy issues," Carey said. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to support her. Just being right on policy issues doesn't qualify you to be president."
Based on his experience with her, he said, Bachmann lacks the knowledge and qualifications to do the job. "That doesn't mean she's a bad person. She's simply not prepared to handle that level of responsibility."
Carey supports Pawlenty, whom he considers extremely fit to be president.
"We (Minnesotans) have one candidate who is highly qualified to be commander-in-chief and one candidate who's qualified to be cheerleader-in-chief of the conservative movement," he said.
Bachmann will enter the race as a national political celebrity, while Pawlenty is just starting to show up on most voters' radar.
"I think Bachmann has made more inroads with the hard conservative base of talk radio than Pawlenty has," said Jason Lewis, a nationally syndicated talk-show host based in the Twin Cities. Pawlenty is still introducing himself to listeners, while the congresswoman gets great reviews on almost all the conservative shows.
But Lewis acknowledged those shows probably don't reach enough voters to make her a top-tier contender.
The race for the Republican nomination is about "who can out-conservative the other," Lewis said. While Bachmann is clearly identified as a staunch conservative, Pawlenty still has some convincing to do.
"It's the tale of the two Pawlentys," Lewis said. During the governor's first term, 2002-06, the talk-show host frequently skewered Pawlenty for calling for greenhouse-gas regulations and renewable-energy standards.
But during the next four years, Pawlenty took bold action to rein in state spending.
"I can't think of a previous governor that would have had the political courage to take an ax to the budget like he did," Lewis said. "In his second term, he was more Reagan than Reagan."
As a result, Pawlenty has some "certifiable budget bona fides" that he is a fiscal conservative, Lewis said.
Nonetheless, he predicted Bachmann's campaign in Iowa will attack the former governor as "not the real deal," citing his early support for the cigarette tax, renewable energy and a cap-and-trade system to limit greenhouse-gas emissions - stands that he subsequently backed away from.
Lewis expects Pawlenty's team to respond by trying to portray Bachmann as a "fringe candidate who can't win."
"The issue will be: Who do you trust?" he predicted.
Last week, Politico, the online political news service, reported that a fierce rivalry is already developing between the two camps.
Both sides, of course, denied it.
"The relationship between Congresswoman Bachmann and Governor Pawlenty is good," said Pawlenty spokesman Alex Conant. "Any suggestion to the contrary is really off base."
Bachmann spokesman Doug Sachtleben said in a statement that the congresswoman "has nothing but admiration and respect" for Pawlenty.
Minnesota grass-roots GOP activists say that, except for a few "hyperpartisans," there's no evidence of a serious rift between the Bachmann and Pawlenty camps here.
"In fact, there's a lot of crossover," with the congresswoman's supporters also feeling positive toward Pawlenty and vice versa, said David FitzSimmons, Republican chairman in Bachmann's 6th Congressional District and a rising GOP grass-roots strategist.
The two sides have taken a few partisan shots. One Pawlenty backer said privately that "Michele is going to be a real pain in the ass in Iowa," while some Bachmann fans have joked that Pawlenty's campaign memoir, "Courage to Stand" should have been titled "Courage to Compromise."
But overall, the tone so far has been "very Minnesota nice," said former state Rep. Tom Emmer, the 2010 GOP gubernatorial nominee.
Most Republicans are excited that two credible Minnesota candidates will be running and the state will be relevant in presidential politics, FitzSimmons said. "All of a sudden, we matter."
Minnesota has not produced two simultaneous contenders for the presidency since Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarty battled for the 1968 Democratic nomination.
State Republican Party Chairman Tony Sutton said he never expected to see two Republicans from this supposedly liberal state become serious contenders.
"I think it would be sweet irony if the first president from Minnesota was a Republican after all those Democrats tried," Sutton said.


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Allen, Barren, Butler, and Edmonson counties are teaming up with Warren County to fight crime.
"The police department and sheriff's department only have so many eyes and ears when it comes to crime that's being committed, so when you get the community together... it gives them a sense of pride when they assist law enforcement for the better of their community," said Det. Brad Emery of the Scottsville Police Department.
"As you know, crime doesn't obey the county lines and geographic boundaries and all the surrounding counties will benefit by talking to one another and the tips that come in will help us solve crimes," said Chief Horace Johnson of the Glasgow Police Department.
"Having Crime Stoppers expand to Morgantown is a great opportunity for the citizens here in Morgantown. One way to get info out to the citizens here so they can get the facts back to us if they know anything," said Sgt. Andrew Gibcumb of the Morgantown Police Department.
"It's really going to be a positive for Edmonson County because we don't have a radio station or a tv station, so we have that publicity and that awareness out there will be great for our county," said N.E. Reed, the Edmonson County Judge Executive.
Remember Crime Stoppers does not use Caller ID or record telephone calls. The tipline operators are not from our area and won't recognize your voice. You can call and remain completely anonymous.
You can call 781-CLUE, toll free at 866-842-CLUE, or click here to go to their website.
You could receive up to $1000 cash.
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LXQt 0.7.0 – Next Generation Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment Has Been Released
The LXDE and Razor-qt teams are proud to announce LXQt 0.7.0, the first release of LXQt, the Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment. This beta release is considered a stable continuation of the Razor desktop. It has been almost a year since the Razor-qt project and the LXDE-Qt project decided to merge. Since then, the LXQt desktop has been under active development by 13 developers and dozens of contributors and translators.
Since the last release of Razor-qt (0.5.2), the desktop has had serious overall polishing and hundreds of bug fixes, as well as a host of new features including:
- The inclusion of PCManFM-Qt, the Qt port of LXDE's desktop and file manager
- An all-new modular architecture, allowing users and maintainers to easily swap out components of the desktop for third party apps.
- Several improvements to the system settings along with the inclusion of screens management, keyboard settings and file associations.
- Improvements to cursor and appearance settings
- Improved support for systemd-based setups
- Ongoing work on Qt 5 compatibility. Most of our components already build on Qt 5!
- Ongoing work on Wayland support. Some components, including PCManFM-Qt, can run on Wayland if QtWayland is available.
- A new obconf-qt tool, for Openbox users (released separately)
- A new compton-conf tool, for Compton users (released separately)
- Several performance improvements
- Experimental Raspberry Pi support
- Partial FreeBSD support
Existing LXDE users will be happy to hear that the GTK version of LXDE will not be discontinued for the time being. While several developers have shifted their focus on LXQt, classic LXDE will continue being maintained as long as there are developers still working on it.
LXQt is currently available for Arch Linux, Ubuntu and its derivatives, Raspberry Pi(Experimental( and FreeBSD(experimental).
Install LXQt On Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 16 And Older versions
Add the lubuntu-daily PPA.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/lubuntu-daily sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gilir/q-project sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install lxqt-metapackage
I had some issues at first time when installing LXQt. I re-run the command "sudo apt-get install lxqt-metapackage" again, and then LXQt DE is installed successfully.
Log out and log in back to LXQt desktop environment. Cheers!
Here is the some screenshots of my Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop with LXQt Desktop environment.
Ubuntu 14.04 LXQt Desktop:
File Manager PCManFM:
Firefox browser:
Ubuntu Software Center:
LXQt Terminal:
Source: LXQt Website


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2014 World Cup: Kwarasey, Adomah, Schlupp arrive to join Ghana training camp
Ghana trio of Adam Kwarasey, Albert Adomah and Jeffery Schlupp arrived in the country on Tuesday night to boost the Black Stars early preparations for the World Cup.
The only player expected to arrive is defender Daniel Opare who has ended his stay in Belgium and must sort out few things before his departure.
The trio were not among the 14 players who turned up for the first day of training on Tuesday under coach Kwesi Appiah.
They will join the team the rest of the players in training on Wednesday as they continue to prepare for the global tournament.
Some players who were not available on the first day of training are also expected to turn up to swell the number of players attending the non residential training camp.
Michael Essien and Kevin Prince Boateng will not be part of the sessions at home rather they will join the squad in the Netherlands for the second phase of preparations.


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The beginning of a new era for the VG Projects. After the absence of a VG Project at AWA 12, the former coordinators missed having a project on the big screen. While mexicanjunior and Fluxmeister decided not to reprise their roles as the heads of the project, Castor Troy took over in hopes of beginning a new start for the VG Projects. The main styles of the past VG Projects will be continued in VG4, with a few new things along the way. Coordinators Producer, Director, Main Coordinator: Castor Troy (Ryan Molina) Project Information Started: November 2006 Premiered: September 2007 at Anime Weekend Atlanta 13 Theme: PS2/GC/Xbox and below
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StarTropics 2: Zoda's Revenge Boss Rush By VZERO
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Travel through time and relive the overlooked sequel to a classic game. http://www.kdubproductions.com http://www.thegeekfighters.com You can also subscribe to youtube and follow me on twitter http://www.youtube.com/kevinwska @kevinwska Title card made by http://anime-vee.deviantart.com Sorry for there being more graininess then usual I had issues getting this uploaded here so I had to down convert a little bit more then normal. As always watch my site to get the video earlier and in this case see it stream cleaner.
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Be sure to snatch up this island roaming adventure that just hit the Virtual Console today!
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Adam Eaton will miss 6-8 weeks with a UCL sprain in his left elbow.
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny confirmed Thursday that Yadier Molina (thumb) will be on the NLDS roster.
Jaime Garcia will start Game 2 of the NLDS against the Cubs on Saturday at Busch Stadium.
Alex Rios will start in right field and bat ninth in Game 1 of the ALDS Thursday against the Astros.
Tigers GM Al Avila said Thursday that he's spoken with J.D. Martinez about a long-term deal.
Martin Perez will start ALDS Game 3 against the Blue Jays.
Steven Matz (back) threw 80 pitches in a simulated game on Thursday morning in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Delino DeShields Jr. is leading off and starting in center field in ALDS Game 1 against the Blue Jays.
Troy Tulowitzki is batting fifth for the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the ALDS Thursday against the Rangers.
Kyle Schwarber launched a two-run home run and finished 2-for-3 with three RBI in Wednesday's 4-0 Wild Card win over the Pirates.
Jake Arrieta turned in a gem in Wednesday's 4-0 Wild Card win over the Pirates, tossing a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts.
Gerrit Cole struggled in Wednesday's 4-0 Wild Card loss to the Cubs, surrendering four runs on six hits over five innings.


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Disaster strikes for James Stewart in his home-state Supercross race, but Andrew Short and Mike Alessi power on to pull fifth and seventh-place finishes, respectively.
Andrew Short made the switch to KTM for the 2011 season and we had a chance to snap some shots of his 350 SX-F between races, so check out the custom goodies that help make him so fast.
The 2011 AMA Supercross Series is upon us, and Red Bull KTM's Andrew Short has happily settled into his new home under the orange tent, prepped for the kickoff of the series on January 8th.
After finishing third overall in the 2010 AMA Motocross Nationals and being part of the winning Red Bull Motocross of Nations team, Andrew Short has announced his new deal with Red Bull KTM for 2011.
Honda Red Bull Racing's Davi Millsaps and Trey Canard take two spots on the Supercross podium once again, this time in Dallas.
Davi Millsaps hits the podium at the AMA Supercross Series race in San Francisco while his Honda Red Bull Racing teammates rack up top-five finishes.


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Dealer shifts into top gear as he moves to prime site
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A SUCCESSFUL Penzance motor dealer is expanding his business by taking over one of the prime trading sites in west Cornwall.
Chris Nicholls, who launched Chris Nicholls Motors 15 years ago, has bought the former Ward Vauxhall premises by the Sithney turn-off at the top of the hill down into Helston on the A394.
He will be selling cars there within a few weeks.
Mr Nicholls, who will continue to be based at his Long Rock premises at the former Jet garage, says the opportunity to buy the site came "at an absolutely perfect time" to cope with the increasing demand for his cars.
"There aren't a lot of sites with planning permission for motor trading in the area and as we are outgrowing our Long Rock space, this has come up up at a great time," he said.
"I think the people of Helston will welcome us as there was a lot of opposition to the idea of there being a dive-thru pasty shop there and it's only 15 minutes from Long Rock.
"It's a large site – two and a half acres – and at its peak, Wards was selling around 700 cars a year there so I hope we can match that."
After a few weeks' refurbishment – the site "needs a bit of love", says Mr Nicholls – a start-up workforce of four or five people is expected to start trading toward the end of February.
One of the salesmen will be Troon cricketing legend Trevor Angove.
Mr Nicholls, a family man with three children who enjoys badminton and cricket, puts his success as a motor trader over the past few years down to his emphasis on the customer.
"Our focus is first and foremost on the customer – he or she is always right," he said. "Do the right thing by the customer and he will recommend you to someone else.
"And although we trade in used cars, we try to make the purchasing experience exactly the same as it would be if you are buying a new car.
"We also have a happy staff here – I don't think anyone has left us to join another dealer."