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Jan. 7 Board of Supervisors Meeting Features 5 Presentations
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
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Jan. 7 Board of Supervisors Meeting Features 5 Presentations
Note to editor:A downloadable photo and synopsis of each presentation will be posted on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/presentations.htm on Monday, Jan. 7. These photos will remain on the Web site until the next board meeting with presentations on Monday, Jan. 28.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, Jan. 7, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., will recognize residents and staff. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
Braddock Road Maintenance Partnership
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Braddock District Council of Community Associations, the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Delegate David Bulova and Delegate Dave Marsden for their efforts to improve the appearance and maintenance of Braddock Road. Their commitment to beautify the area has resulted in plans for landscaping, efforts to keep the corridor trash-free and assistance to the Virginia Department of Transportation's road maintenance program from the Adult Detention Center's Community Labor Force.
James Martin
The Board of Supervisors will recognize James Martin for 25 years of safe service to Fairfax County. Martin, a heavy equipment operator at the I-66 Transfer Station, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, has logged more than 1.65 million miles with an unblemished driving record. He is the first agency employee to reach the 25-year safe operator status.
Doggie Dip
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Burke Centre Conservancy for the success of its first annual Doggie Dip. In conjunction with the celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Burke Centre Conservancy hosted this event not only to educate the community on important pet-related issues, but raise money for the purchase of canine bulletproof vests for the West Springfield K-9 Unit, which serves Burke Center. Within three hours $500 dollars was raised.
Impacting the Lives of Youth
The Board of Supervisors will designate January as Mentoring Month in Fairfax County. Mentors offer valuable encouragement, motivation and hope for youth by providing a role model through matching a caring adult with a child to provide guidance and build confidence, stability and direction so that young people may make positive choices. Residents of the county are urged to volunteer as a mentor and promote awareness, involvement and support for the mentoring of all youth.
Westfield High Bulldogs Capture Title
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Westfield High School football team for winning the 2007 Virginia State Championship and completing the season undefeated.
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As I have mentioned before I haven't been a 100% wrestling addict all the time, I've left during the bad times and returned during the good.
I wanted to share my defining wrestling history and the moments that sent me away and moments that brought me back.
Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels
I remember first
Hi All,
I have been away from this site for a while for 2 reasons;
1.Personal reasons, let's just say me and my 'tag team partner' parted ways after many years.
2.There was a point on here where everyone just became venomous (I was told to sick black cock just because of my blogs title!) and weren't really helpful when it came to improving blogs, they
Hi all, Dazzaschofield here again with another Blog of all Blogs!
It's been a while since I last blogged as I wanted to take a step back and see if I could enjoy wrestling more without the constant need to critique it! Needless to say it didn't work as the urge to speak is far too great!
While looking back through the history of the E' it struck me that there
Hi All It's dazzaschofield back with the re-branded 'Blog of all Blogs' bringing you the musings, ideas and general thoughts of a wrestling fan.
Today I'm going to look at what could be happening within the Tag Team division and the formation of stables in general.
After Elimination Chamber and this weeks Raw I got wondering if the WWE are trying to bring back the formation
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I have Knox to thank for this blog as I was reading his great blog http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/commun...k-Switch-Roles about CM Punk and John Cena switching roles. I hope you don't mind me piggybacking on your blog Know but you stated that the blog is coming from the direction of a pro cena/anti punk fan and


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Banks and borrowers face many issues related to mortgages, but one pervasive problem is little understood by investors.
Prior to the collapse in housing, the mortgage industry had developed many new kinds of residential mortgages that were not a part of the government-sponsored or guaranteed programs but were also not subprime.
These programs offered payment and term schedules that were not part of the standard government programs. Many borrowers opted to use these loan programs, even if they had the credit to qualify for a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA or VA loan, because these loans were in many cases less expensive, with lower interest rates and payments and less paperwork than the government programs.
This group also included many borrowers who had what were at the time considered jumbo loans.
When the subprime housing market collapsed, these loans disappeared, because the secondary market for mortgage bonds backed by non-government-supported mortgages disappeared.
Before the housing crash and the effective nationalization of the U.S. mortgage market, the loan limits for FHA, VA and Fannie and Freddie loans were much lower than they are today.
In 2000 the Fannie/Freddie loan limit for single-family dwellings for most of the country was $252,700, and it increased each year by about $23,000, reaching $417,000 in 2006. It stayed at the $417,000 level until 2008, when it was increased dramatically to $729,750.
The FHA/VA loan limits were a bit different but were also much lower than they were during the post-2008 crisis, when they were raised dramatically.
Since 2008, the government has introduced 12 different loan modification programs, and the Fed has dragged mortgage rates down.
The problem for borrowers who used non-government-supported loans is that if they are in a negative equity situation, they are ineligible to modify their loans or to refinance into a government-sponsored mortgage.
A borrower who purchased a home in 2005 for $400,000, put 10% down and borrowed $360,000 on a first trust mortgage would have been ineligible for a government-sponsored or guaranteed loan. The market rates at the time for such a loan were in the 6.5% range.
The value of that home today is probably closer to $300,000, meaning the borrower is in a negative equity situation and ineligible to refinance or modify.
This is not a marginal situation; it represents an enormous portion of the existing pool of mortgagors who have been left with no recourse to access the Fed-managed lower rates or government-sponsored modification programs.
The largest impact of the loan modification programs and lower rates engineered by the Fed has accrued to borrowers who purchased after housing prices began to fall and the non-government loan programs were no longer available for new purchases.
For the most part, though, these are not the mortgagors who were negatively affected by the collapse in housing. Nor are they the ones most in need of assistance.
The people getting the assistance are the ones who purchased a home in 2008 for $800,000 and used a Fannie/Freddie loan with the new higher loan limits and have now serially refinanced probably two or three times.
The bottom line is that the assistance being provided by the federal government and Federal Reserve is largely being allocated to those who are least in need of it.
And yet there is still no discussion of this issue by Congress and no pending legislation to address it.


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These business card holders are the best because they do not rip, tear or get wrinkled with age. I had purchased "another" brand and I thought I got a better product as they were much thicker. Well, 1 year later they have gotten so wrinkled that I had to replace all of them as you could not read the cards.
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Out of the 107,000 or so voters who cast ballots in last fall's presidential election in Monterey County, only 40 used touch-screen voting machines. Most of the one-third of voters who cast a ballot at precincts instead of mailing one in chose to fill out a paper ballot.
While each of the county's 126 precincts and county elections headquarters in Salinas had a voting machine available, as required by federal law, and each was assigned a back-up in case of mechanical failure, the machines sat virtually ignored during one of the busiest elections in history.
So while county officials are technically correct when they rejected a 2012 county civil grand jury's contention in an interim report issued just before the fall election that "most" of the millions of dollars in voting machines sit idle at elections headquarters and only a few disabled voters actually use them, the larger point appears to be valid.
In a formal response to the grand jury considered by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, county officials argued that nearly two-thirds of the county's 400 voting machines are either employed in the precincts or as back-ups during a given election, while the remaining third are rotated in for subsequent elections. The grand jury report, titled "Election Integrity Upheld by Monterey County Elections Department," dismissed the notion that voter fraud was rampant and that county elections procedures appeared "more than adequate" to safeguard against voter fraud. But the report made a series of findings and recommendations on ways to improve the local voting process.
County Registrar of Voters Linda Tulett said the grand jury likely misunderstood the voting machine information it was provided during its investigation, leading to what she said was an inaccurate conclusion, but she acknowledged the machines are rarely used. At the same time, Tulett said county elections doesn't push the use of voting machines, and actually doesn't verbally inform voters they are available at the precincts. Voters are informed that the machines are available for use via a written notice posted on a table at each precinct.
Tulett said the focus on using paper ballots began shortly after California Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced a "top-to-bottom review" of the voting machine system and decertified the machines in 2007 shortly after Monterey County spent about $4 million in federal funding on more than 400 machines under the federal Help America Vote Act.
While Bowen eventually OK'd the machines, Tulett said the county had already essentially committed to the use of paper ballots.
Given the continued controversy over the machines and the fact they trigger a more thorough, time-consuming review of their results, Tulett said she asked herself, "Why go back?"
Tulett pointed out Santa Cruz County, which purchased more than two dozen of Monterey County's machines and uses them at a much higher rate, regularly faces broader reviews of its voting results.
In its findings and recommendations, the grand jury suggested that the high rate (13.7 percent) of damaged paper ballots and the difficulty the county's optical scanners have had in deciphering a "high percentage" of ballots in recent elections should prompt the county to consider "redeployment" of the voting machines. While the grand jury's recommendation suggested increased use of the voting machines would be helpful, the county's response merely stated that the supervisors "partially disagreed" with the recommendation, and that until the county obtained "newer voting technologies, the current ballot format and limitations on existing voting equipment must be adhered to."
The county's response also rejected the grand jury's recommendation to work with Bowen on resolving issues with the voting machines, arguing that the "antiquated technology" employed in the machines is not slated for any upgrade. However, the county agreed to work with the elections department and Bowen to use any remaining federal grant funds to acquire "new and proven voting technology."
In other responses to the grand jury's recommendations, the county agreed the county elections headquarters are too small for the department's needs and a larger site should be found, and pointed out that the grand jury's call for a "robust voter education campaign" designed to improve efficiency and access was already under way via the hiring of a new public outreach and education program manager charged with leading the department's outreach plan.
Last year, Tulett said the department conducted a record 70-plus outreach and educational events last year.
The board will re-consider the county's response, including any changes, to the civil grand jury's report during its meeting next week.
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Trowbridge's businesses and their hard working employees are being honoured in the finals of the Service Excellence Awards which are taking place at the Civic Centre on Thursday.
The awards, now in their fifth year and organised by Trowbridge Chamber of Commerce, see the town's companies and staff nominated by the public for the quality of service they provide. The event's four categories include; retailer of the year, service provider of the year, retail employee of the year and service employee of the year.
Winning businesses will receive a £1,000 advertising package with the Wiltshire Times and winning employees will be given £500 cash prizes.
Emma Roberts, Trowbridge Chamber of Commerce vice president and head of the Service Excellence Awards Committee, praised the quality of this year's entries, with the public nominating over 60 businesses.
She said: "There is a tremendous amount of passion that was exuded by those who truly believe in what they do. Their commitment to customer service excellence is inspirational.
"I have walked away with broadened insight and excitement for the future of Trowbridge business. Really there is no better way to celebrate or understand the commitment to quality and teamwork. A huge congratulations to all those who were nominated."
Around 200 people are expected to attend Thursday's ceremony. A drinks reception will begin at 6.30pm with the event, which includes a hot buffet, officially starting at 7.30pm.
Colin Kay, Trowbridge Chamber of Commerce and one of the competition's judges, said: "The level of competition is very high this year and I think it is fantastic to see a real quality of service in Trowbridge."
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* Pet Planet
* Pilgrims
* Timpson
Service Provider of the Year sponsored by Office Evolution:
* Active Trowbridge
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* The Polebarn Hotel
Retail Employee of the Year:
* Jasper Wilkins – Pink Planet Game Exchange
* Kirsty Whiffen – Tesco Extra
* Samantha Burgess – Boots at Adcroft Surgery
Service Employee of the Year:
* Alison Hough – Carewatch North West Wiltshire
* Julie Butcher – Hilperton Village Hall
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Amidst the paralyzing grief following the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting, a team of golden retrievers is on site to comfort, be present and listen.
|K-9 Comfort Dog, Addie, sits with children in Newtown, Conn. The team was used during grief counseling sessions and to ease the tension and anxiety many felt after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary Dec. 14, 2012, that left 20 children and six of the school's teachers, administrators and counselors dead.
Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort dogs and their handlers stand in the middle of the Newtown High School gymnasium for a school assembly the morning students returned to school after the shootings. The team arrived the day after the tragedy and remain now months after at the request of the community and school district.
Newtown High School counselor Deidre Croce wraps her arms around comfort dog-in-training, Isaiah, who was brought as a treat to those who visited the dogs. Croce jumped at the chance to have the dogs present during the community's grieving process.
|Comfort dogs Luther, Addie, Ruthie and Isaiah before a comfort session at Sandy Hook Elementary.
|Addie sits outside Sandy Hook Elementary. Although the dogs only stop by the high school and other schools periodicially now, they maintian their daily post at Sandy Hook.
|To learn more about the K-9 Comfort or to "meet" the dogs, go to lutheranchurchcharities.org.


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PRIMARY school children from across Wiltshire are learning the importance of fire safety, thanks to Wiltshire Fire And Rescue Service.
Throughout the next two weeks the service is working with colleagues from Wiltshire Police, Wiltshire Council and Aster Communities to run the Junior Good Citizen programme, for 10 and 11 year olds, from 225 schools.
Junior Good Citizen, which is being run in Potterne Wick, near Devizes, is designed to help children avoid putting themselves at risk of accident or injury, by raising their awareness of situations where something could happen.
It also encourages them to respond appropriately to emergency situations.
As part of the programme, advisers from Wiltshire Fire And Rescue Service are running an exercise where children enter a room set up like a bedsit, identify the hazards and find solutions to the problems.
Dangers to spot include a soft toy left on an electric heater, candles left burning on a TV, overloaded sockets, an iron left on and face down, a petrol can placed on a hob, dangerous chemicals on view, a knife in a toaster, a tea towel drying over a lamp and a smoke alarm on the table.
Young persons' development manager Yasmine Ellis said: "We encourage them to actively participate in the visit and to think for themselves, which helps them to develop a healthy and safer lifestyle."


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Salas to return next week with Mexico eliminated
JUPITER, Fla. -- Fernando Salas' participation in the World Baseball Classic ended up being brief, and the right-handed reliever is expected back at the Spring Training complex early this week.
After finishing 1-2 record in the first round of pool play, Team Mexico will not advance deeper into the 16-team tournament. Salas pitched a scoreless inning on Thursday and allowed a run in a one-inning appearance on Friday. He did not pitch in Mexico's loss on Saturday, nor did he appear to be involved in the on-field brawl that erupted late in the game between Mexico and Canada.
"I was happy to see that Salas wasn't on the ground," manager Mike Matheny said in reference to the melee. "I looked for him, making sure he wasn't hurt or hurting. He was doing the right thing, just grabbing people."
Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltran will remain absent until at least March 13, as Team Puerto Rico advanced to the second round with a 6-3 win over Venezuela on Saturday. Beltran served as the designated hitter in the game and finished 2-for-4 with a run scored. Molina went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
Mitchell Boggs can join Beltran and Molina in Miami, where second-round games will be played, if Team USA defeats Team Canada on Sunday. Boggs pitched a scoreless inning on Friday; he did not appear in Team USA's win over Italy on Saturday.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CLEARLAKE -- A Clearlake man was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly stabbing another man in the stomach.
According to the Clearlake Police Department (CPD), officers were dispatched to 3717 Koloko St. at 4:24 a.m. Wednesday for a report of an assault.
Officers contacted Clearlake residents Ronald Babb, 63, and Richard Kee, 45, who both live in the home and are roommates.
According to CPD, the men were verbally arguing and it became physical. Babb allegedly hit Kee with a hatchet twice in the head, causing moderate injuries.
Kee reportedly left the home and returned later, and the fight continued when Babb allegedly stabbed Kee with a knife in the stomach.
Kee was flown out of the county for medical treatment. He was found to be in stable condition and was later released.
Babb was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and was booked into the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility. He is being held on $25,000 bail.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call CPD Officer Thompson at 994-8251.


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Sorry for the strongly worded title, but I don't think I've ever seen a not great coach get treated like the worst coach ever like this, and I cannot understand why. He forwent a weakness so we could focus on a strength. Its worked for other teams in the past, the difference with us that we weren't super talented. He never had us as anywhere near a cellar dweller, despite that we did not have great talent. Sure he was stubborn, but he at least got results, albeit pretty mediocre ones.
My point: He was a very, very average coach. People treat him here like the anti-Christ, sent to Earth to eradicate all the post-Brawl Pacers fans. He had an up-tempo style that got us an average amount of wins. He was an old-schooler, which obviously young guys don't like. He did what was expected until the end, when we got a coach that could better utilize a more talented roster. I just want us to settle like gents why we really hate this guy, because I feel complaining as much as people here do about JOB makes us sound like spoiled brats when compared to teams with a good amount more talent, such as the Warriors or Wizards.


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The Pearl Theater Co Presents THE BALD SOPRANO, Begins 9/13
THE Pearl Theatre Company (J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director) presents a new production of Eugène Ionesco's THE BALD SOPRANO. The absurdist tour de force, directed by Hal Brooks, begins performances on September 13 at New York City Center Stage II. Tickets are currently on sale through CityTix® and at NYCityCenter.org.
Hailed as "bizarre and brilliant," Ionesco's THE BALD SOPRANO begins The Pearl's 28th season. Praised as a modern classic and one of the first major works of the Theatre of the Absurd, the play is renowned for its comic caricatures and absurd hilarity. When Ionesco attempted a self-taught English language program in the 1940s, he was startled by how banal, uncommunicative, and absurd the phrases he was learning were. And what he called a "tragedy of language" became the basis for his first play. Set in a bourgeois English household, the comedy displays the bizarre and comic disintegration of language and communication. The title is thought to have originated from a verbal slip-up by an actor during the original rehearsal period. The Bald Soprano has been in continuous performance in Paris since 1957 making it one of the longest continuously running theatre productions in the world.
"Eugene Ionesco did not label his theatre absurd," said Pearl Artistic Director J. R. Sullivan. "Others did that for him. His achievement was to tell the world a truth about itself in brilliant theatrical form: psychological reality was shifting and evidence of that was everywhere to be found in human hopes and fears. His theatre, a mirror held up to the times, depicted a world that was absurd."
Eugène Ionesco, born in Slatina, Romania in 1909, spent most of his childhood in France. He was a noted essayist and critic for many years before his first foray into dramatic literature, The Bald Soprano, written in 1948. The play heralded a new direction in theatre, paving the way for writers from Samuel Beckett to Edward Albee. The Bald Soprano was only the first of many dramatic works by Ionesco, most notably The Lesson in 1951, Rhinoceros in 1959, and Exit the King in 1962. Eugène Ionesco died at age 84 in 1994.
Director Hal Brooks has worked extensively off Broadway and in the regions. Recent New York credits include the Obie award-winning No Child... and Urge For Going at The Public Theater, Colin Quinn's Long Story Short (creative consultant), directed by Jerry Seinfeld, and the off-Broadway production of Will Eno's Pulitzer Prize finalist Thom Pain (director). Regional credits include work at McCarter Theatre, Berkeley Rep, American Conservatory Theater, Humana Festival, and Dallas Theater Center. He is the Associate Artistic Director of the Ojai Playwrights Conference and was the Artistic Director of the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company along with being a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, a 2003 Drama League Fellow, and a recipient of the 2007-2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Program. This will be Mr. Brooks' debut directing for The Pearl.
The Cast
THE BALD SOPRANO cast features five members of The Pearl's Resident Acting Company. Jolly Abraham (Mrs. Martin) has been with the company since 2008 and was last seen at The Pearl in the 2010 production of Hard Times. She's been seen on Broadway in Coram Boy and Bombay Dreams. Rachel Botchan (Mrs. Smith) a member of the company since 2000, was last seen at The Pearl in The Sneeze and recently at Two River Theater in Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Robin Leslie Brown (Mary) is a founding member of the ensemble, last seen at The Pearl in the company's 2011 production of Rosmersholm. Bradford Cover (Mr. Smith), a Pearl company member since 1996, has performed regionally and on Broadway in the 2001 revival of A Thousand Clowns. He was featured last season at The Pearl as Johannes Rosmer in Rosmersholm. Dan Daily (The Fire Chief), a company member since 1998, was last seen with The Pearl as Ulrik Brendel in Rosmersholm and John Cleary in The Subject was Roses. Daily has also appeared off Broadway with The New Group, and Classic Stage Company. The Pearl's resident company members are joined by guest actor Brad Heberlee, who has appeared off Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company, Vineyard Theatre, and Soho Rep. Regionally, he's worked with Denver Center Theatre Company, Yale Rep, the Humana Festival, and Huntington Theatre.
Production Team
The production team includes: Harry Feiner, scenic design; Barbara A. Bell, costume design; Stephen Petrilli, lighting design; M.L. Dogg, sound design. The stage manager is Erin Albrecht and the dramaturg is Kate Farrington.
About The Pearl Theatre Company
The Pearl Theatre Company is dedicated to playing a vital role in the cultural life of New York City and its surrounding region by creating productions that examine, explore, and illuminate the human condition. The Pearl is an artistic home for a diverse company of theatre professionals, especially a core company of resident actors. The Pearl provides engagement opportunities that both educate and enrich the experiences of artists, students, and audiences. Last season, The Pearl received a 2011 Lortel Award nomination for best revival (for The Misanthrope), and a special 2011 Drama Desk award for "notable productions of classic plays and nurturing a stalwart resident company of actors."
The 2010-2011 Resident Acting Company consists of veterans of the New York and regional stages including: Jolly Abraham, Rachel Botchan, Robin Leslie Brown, Bradford Cover, Dominic Cuskern, Dan Daily, Robert Hock, Sean McNall, Chris Mixon, Carol Schultz, Edward Seamon, and Lee Stark.
Following the run of The Bald Soprano, Pearl will produce Shakespeare's RICHARD II in November, THE PHILANDERER by Bernard Shaw in January, and conclude with A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN by Eugene O'Neill in March.
2011-2012 Ticketing and Performance Information
The Pearl Theatre Company provides a variety of ticketing options for the performance space at New York City Center, including season subscription packages.
For subscription tickets and information, contact The Pearl's Subscriber Services at 212-598-9802 or visit www.pearltheatre.org.
Single tickets can be purchased through New York City Center by calling CityTix® at 212-581-1212, going online to www.NYCityCenter.org. Tickets will be available for purchase at the City Center Box Office (131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues) beginning September 6.
Production Schedule:
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30PM; Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2:30PM.
Previews begin September 13, 2011 at 7:30PM. Opening night is Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 7:30PM.
Regular Ticket Prices:
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This module provides classes, functions and I/O support for working with phylogenetic trees.
For more complete documentation, see the Phylogenetics chapter of the Biopython Tutorial and the Bio.Phylo API pages generated from the source code. The Phylo cookbook page has more examples of how to use this module, and the PhyloXML page describes how to attach graphical cues and additional information to a tree.
This module is included in Biopython 1.54 and later. If you're interested in testing newer additions to this code before the next official release, see SourceCode for instructions on getting a copy of the development branch.
To draw trees (optional), you'll also need these packages:
- Matplotlib
- NetworkX – for the functions draw_graphviz and to_networkx
- PyGraphviz or pydot – for the functions draw_graphviz and to_networkx
The I/O and tree-manipulation functionality will work without them; they're imported on demand when the functions draw(), draw_graphviz() and to_networkx() are called.
The Phylo module has also been successfully tested on Jython 2.5.1, minus the Graphviz- and NetworkX-based functions. However, parsing phyloXML files is noticeably slower because Jython uses a different version of the underlying XML parsing library.
Wrappers for supported file formats are available from the top level of the module:from Bio import Phylo
Like SeqIO and AlignIO, this module provides four I/O functions: parse(), read(), write() and convert(). Each function accepts either a file name or an open file handle, so data can be also loaded from compressed files, StringIO objects, and so on. If the file name is passed as a string, the file is automatically closed when the function finishes; otherwise, you're responsible for closing the handle yourself.
The second argument to each function is the target format. Currently, the following formats are supported:
- newick
- nexus
- nexml
- phyloxml
- cdao
See the PhyloXML page for more examples of using tree objects.
Incrementally parse each tree in the given file or handle, returning an iterator of Tree objects (i.e. some subclass of the Bio.Phylo.BaseTree Tree class, depending on the file format).>>> trees = Phylo.parse('phyloxml_examples.xml', 'phyloxml') >>> for tree in trees: ... print(tree.name) example from Prof. Joe Felsenstein's book "Inferring Phylogenies" example from Prof. Joe Felsenstein's book "Inferring Phylogenies" same example, with support of type "bootstrap" same example, with species and sequence same example, with gene duplication information and sequence relationships similar example, with more detailed sequence data network, node B is connected to TWO nodes: AB and C ...
If there's only one tree, then the next() method on the resulting generator will return it.>>> tree = Phylo.parse('phyloxml_examples.xml', 'phyloxml').next() >>> tree.name 'example from Prof. Joe Felsenstein\'s book "Inferring Phylogenies"'
Note that this doesn't immediately reveal whether there are any remaining trees – if you want to verify that, use read() instead.
Parse and return exactly one tree from the given file or handle. If the file contains zero or multiple trees, a ValueError is raised. This is useful if you know a file contains just one tree, to load that tree object directly rather than through parse() and next(), and as a safety check to ensure the input file does in fact contain exactly one phylogenetic tree at the top level.tree = Phylo.read('example.dnd', 'newick') print tree
If you have your tree data already loaded as a Python string, you can parse it with the help of StringIO (in Python's standard library):from cStringIO import StringIO treedata = "(A, (B, C), (D, E))" handle = StringIO(treedata) tree = Phylo.read(handle, "newick")
In one line:tree = Phylo.read(StringIO("(A, (B, C), (D, E))"), "newick")
The other I/O functions also can be used with StringIO.
(General tip: if you write to the StringIO object and want to re-read the contents, you'll need to call the seek(0) method to move the handle back to the start of the StringIO data – the same as an open file handle. See examples of this in the unit tests for Phylo in the Biopython source code.
Write a sequence of Tree objects to the given file or handle. Passing a single Tree object instead of a list or iterable will also work (see, Phylo is friendly).tree1 = Phylo.read('example1.xml', 'phyloxml') tree2 = Phylo.read('example2.xml', 'phyloxml') Phylo.write([tree1, tree2], 'example-both.xml', 'phyloxml')
Given two files (or handles) and two formats, both supported by Bio.Phylo, convert the first file from the first format to the second format, writing the output to the second file.Phylo.convert('example.nhx', 'newick', 'example2.nex', 'nexus')
Within the Phylo module are parsers and writers for specific file formats, conforming to the basic top-level API and sometimes adding additional features.
PhyloXMLIO: Support for the phyloXML format. See the PhyloXML page for details.
NeXMLIO: Support for the NeXML format.
NewickIO: A port of the parser in Bio.Nexus.Trees to support the Newick (a.k.a. New Hampshire) format through the Phylo API.
NexusIO: Wrappers around Bio.Nexus to support the Nexus tree format.
CDAOIO: Support for the Comparative Data Analysis Ontology (CDAO). Requires RDFlib.
The Nexus format actually contains several sub-formats for different kinds of data; to represent trees, Nexus provides a block containing some metadata and one or more Newick trees (another kind of Nexus block can represent alignments; this is handled in AlignIO. So to parse a complete Nexus file with all block types handled, use Bio.Nexus directly, and to extract just the trees, use Bio.Phylo.
Tree and Subtree classes
The basic objects are defined in Bio.Phylo.BaseTree.
Format-specific extensions
To support additional information stored in specific file formats, sub-modules within Tree offer additional classes that inherit from BaseTree classes.
Each sub-class of BaseTree.Tree or Node has a class method to promote an object from the basic type to the format-specific one. These sub-class objects can generally be treated as instances of the basic type without any explicit conversion.
PhyloXML: Support for the phyloXML format. See the PhyloXML page for details.
Newick: The Newick module provides minor enhancements to the BaseTree classes, plus several shims for compatibility with the existing Bio.Nexus module. The API for this module is under development and should not be relied on, other than the functionality already provided by BaseTree.
Some additional tools are located in the Utils module under Bio.Phylo. These functions are also loaded to the top level of the Phylo module on import for easy access.
Where a third-party package is required, that package is imported when the function itself is called, so these dependencies are not necessary to install or use the rest of the Tree module.
Displaying trees
str(tree) produces a plain-text representation of the entire tree. Strings are automatically truncated to ensure reasonable display.
Use this with the print statement to get a quick overview of your tree:>>> tree = Phylo.parse('phyloxml_examples.xml', 'phyloxml').next() >>> print(tree) Phylogeny(description='phyloXML allows to use either a "branch_length" attribute or element to indicate branch lengths.', name='example from Prof. Joe Felsenstein s book "Inferring Phylogenies"') Clade() Clade(branch_length=0.06) Clade(branch_length=0.102, name='A') Clade(branch_length=0.23, name='B') Clade(branch_length=0.4, name='C') ...
draw() displays a rooted phylogram using Matplotlib or Pylab. New in Biopython 1.58.
Try this:tree = Phylo.read('apaf.xml', 'phyloxml') tree.ladderize() # Flip branches so deeper clades are displayed at top Phylo.draw(tree)
draw_graphviz mimics the networkx function of the same name, with some tweaks to improve the display of the graph. If a file name is given, the graph is drawn directly to that file, and options such as image format (default PDF) may be used.
Prerequisites: In addition to NetworkX, you'll need a local installation of Graphviz, Matplotlib and either PyGraphviz or pydot.
Drawing a basic dendrogram is simple:import pylab tree = Phylo.read('apaf.xml', 'phyloxml') Phylo.draw_graphviz(tree) pylab.show()
Here's the same tree without the circles at each labelled node:Phylo.draw_graphviz(tree, node_size=0)
See the Phylo cookbook page for more drawing features and options.
draw_ascii prints an ascii-art rooted phylogram to standard output, or another file handle if specified. Only terminal node labels are shown; these are the result of str(clade) (usually clade names). The width of the text field used for drawing is 80 characters by default, adjustable with the column_width keyword argument, and the height in character rows is twice the number of terminals in the tree.
A simple tree with defined branch lengths looks like this:>>> tree = Phylo.parse('phyloxml_examples.xml', 'phyloxml').next() >>> Phylo.draw_ascii(tree) _____________ A _______| _| |_______________________________ B | |_______________________________________________________ C
The same topology without branch lengths is drawn with equal-length branches:___________________________ A ___________________________| _| |___________________________ B | |___________________________ C
A larger tree (apaf.xml, 31 leaf nodes) drawn with the default column width demonstrates how relatively short branches are handled:>>> apaf = Phylo.read('apaf.xml', 'phyloxml') >>> Phylo.draw_ascii(apaf) _ 22_MOUSE | _| Apaf-1_HUMAN | | ,| | 12_CANFA || _||___ 11_CHICK | | | |___________ 16_XENLA _______| | | , 14_FUGRU | | __| | |____| |__ 15_TETNG _____| | | | |____ 17_BRARE | | | | ______ 1_BRAFL | | __| ______| || |_________ 18_NEMVE | | | | | |____________ 23_STRPU | | _| | _________ 26_STRPU | | |_________| | | |________ 25_STRPU | | | | ___ CED4_CAEEL | |___________________________________| ____| |_ 31_CAEBR | | | | ___ 28_DROPS | | _____________________| | | ______| |____ Dark_DROME | | | | | |__| |_______________________ 29_AEDAE | | | |__________________________ 30_TRICA | | _ 34_BRAFL | _________________________| _| _____| |_ 35_BRAFL | | | | __| |_______________ 8_BRAFL | | | | | | ___________________ 20_NEMVE | ______________| |_______| | | | |__________________________ 21_NEMVE | | | | ___| |______________________________ 9_BRAFL | | | | | | _____________ 3_BRAFL | | | _____| | | |_________| |_________________ 2_BRAFL |____| | | |_______________ 19_NEMVE | | _____ 37_BRAFL | ________________________| |___________| |____ 36_BRAFL | |______________________ 33_BRAFL
Exporting to other object representations
Although any phylogenetic tree can reasonably be represented by a directed acyclic graph, the Phylo module does not attempt to provide a generally usable graph library – only the minimum functionality to represent phylogenetic trees. Instead, it provides functions for exporting Tree objects to the standard graph representations, adjacency list (dict) and adjacency matrix, using third-party libraries.
to_networkx returns the given tree as a NetworkX LabeledDiGraph or LabeledGraph object (depending on whether the tree is rooted). You'll probably need to import NetworkX directly for subsequent operations on the graph object. From this point you can also try using one of NetworkX's drawing functions to display the tree, and for simple, fully labeled trees it may even work – but you'll have better results with Phylo's own draw_graphviz function, discussed above.import networkx, pylab tree = Phylo.read('example.xml', 'phyloxml') net = Phylo.to_networkx(tree) networkx.draw(net) pylab.show()
Recipes for exporting to other libraries, including ape (via Rpy2) and PyCogent, are available on the Phylo cookbook page.
Upcoming GSoC 2013 features
Many new features for building and processing phylogenetic trees were developed by Yanbo Ye for Google Summer of Code 2013. They are available on the development branch (see SourceCode) but are not yet included in an official Biopython release version. Note that the behavior and API of these features may change before the upcoming official release.
Tree Construction
In addition to wrappers of tree construction programs (PHYLIP programs through EMBOSS wrappers in Bio.Emboss.Applications), now Biopython also provides several tree construction algorithm implementations in pure python in the Bio.Phylo.TreeConstruction module.
All algorithms are designed as worker subclasses of a base class TreeConstructor. All constructors have the same method build_tree that accept a MultipleSeqAlignment object to construct the tree. Currently there are two types of tree constructors: DistanceTreeConstructor and ParsimonyTreeConstructor.
The DistanceTreeConstructor has two algorithms: UPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean) and NJ (Neighbor Joining).
Both algorithms construct trees based on a distance matrix. So before using these algorithms, let me introduce the DistanceCalculator to generate the distance matrix from a MultipleSeqAlignment object. The following code shows a common way to do this:>>> from Bio.Phylo.TreeConstruction import DistanceCalculator >>> from Bio import AlignIO >>> aln = AlignIO.read('Tests/TreeConstruction/msa.phy', 'phylip') >>> print aln SingleLetterAlphabet() alignment with 5 rows and 13 columns AACGTGGCCACAT Alpha AAGGTCGCCACAC Beta GAGATTTCCGCCT Delta GAGATCTCCGCCC Epsilon CAGTTCGCCACAA Gamma >>> calculator = DistanceCalculator('identity') >>> dm = calculator.get_distance(aln) >>> dm DistanceMatrix(names=['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma', 'Delta', 'Epsilon'], matrix=0], [0.23076923076923073, 0], [0.3846153846153846, 0.23076923076923073, 0], [0.5384615384615384, 0.5384615384615384, 0.5384615384615384, 0], [0.6153846153846154, 0.3846153846153846, 0.46153846153846156, 0.15384615384615385, 0) >>> print(dm) Alpha 0 Beta 0.230769230769 0 Gamma 0.384615384615 0.230769230769 0 Delta 0.538461538462 0.538461538462 0.538461538462 0 Epsilon 0.615384615385 0.384615384615 0.461538461538 0.153846153846 0 Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon
As you see, we create a DistanceCalculator object with a string 'identity', which is the name of the model (scoring matrix) to calculate the distance. The 'identity' model is the default one and can be used both for DNA and protein sequences. To check available models for DNA, protein or all, use the attribute of the calculator dna_models, protein_models, models respectively.
After the calculator is created with the model, simply use the get_distance() method to get the distance matrix of a given alignment object. Then you will get a DistanceMatrix object, a subclass of Matrix(we will talk about this later).
Now, let's get back to the DistanceTreeConstructor. We can pass the DistanceCalculator object and a string parameter('nj' or 'upgma') to initialize it, and then call its build_tree() as mentioned before.>>> from TreeConstruction import DistanceTreeConstructor >>> constructor = DistanceTreeConstructor(calculator, 'nj') >>> tree = constructor.build_tree(aln) >>> print(tree) Tree(rooted=False) Clade(branch_length=0, name='Inner3') Clade(branch_length=0.182692307692, name='Alpha') Clade(branch_length=0.0480769230769, name='Beta') Clade(branch_length=0.0480769230769, name='Inner2') Clade(branch_length=0.278846153846, name='Inner1') Clade(branch_length=0.0512820512821, name='Epsilon') Clade(branch_length=0.102564102564, name='Delta') Clade(branch_length=0.144230769231, name='Gamma')
While sometimes you might want to use your own DistanceMatrix directly instead of the raw alignment, we provide another direct way to use both algorithms.>>> from TreeConstruction import DistanceTreeConstructor >>> constructor = DistanceTreeConstructor() >>> tree = constructor.nj(dm) >>> print(tree) Tree(rooted=False) Clade(branch_length=0, name='Inner3') Clade(branch_length=0.182692307692, name='Alpha') Clade(branch_length=0.0480769230769, name='Beta') Clade(branch_length=0.0480769230769, name='Inner2') Clade(branch_length=0.278846153846, name='Inner1') Clade(branch_length=0.0512820512821, name='Epsilon') Clade(branch_length=0.102564102564, name='Delta') Clade(branch_length=0.144230769231, name='Gamma') >>> tree = constructor.upgma(dm) >>> print(tree) Tree(rooted=True) Clade(branch_length=0, name='Inner4') Clade(branch_length=0.1875, name='Inner1') Clade(branch_length=0.0769230769231, name='Epsilon') Clade(branch_length=0.0769230769231, name='Delta') Clade(branch_length=0.110576923077, name='Inner3') Clade(branch_length=0.0384615384615, name='Inner2') Clade(branch_length=0.115384615385, name='Gamma') Clade(branch_length=0.115384615385, name='Beta') Clade(branch_length=0.153846153846, name='Alpha')
Unlike DistanceTreeConstructor, the concrete algorithm of ParsimonyTreeConstructor is delegated to two different worker classes: the ParsimonyScorer to calculate the parsimony score of a target tree by the given alignment, and the TreeSearcher to search the best tree that minimize the parsimony score. A typical usage example can be as follows:>>> from Bio import AlignIO >>> from TreeConstruction import >>> aln = AlignIO.read(open('Tests/TreeConstruction/msa.phy'), 'phylip') >>> starting_tree = Phylo.read('Tests/TreeConstruction/nj.tre', 'newick') >>> scorer = ParsimonyScorer() >>> searcher = NNITreeSearcher(scorer) >>> constructor = ParsimonyTreeConstructor(searcher, starting_tree) >>> pars_tree = constructor.build_tree(aln) >>> print pars_tree Tree(weight=1.0, rooted=True) Clade(branch_length=0.0) Clade(branch_length=0.197335, name='Inner1') Clade(branch_length=0.13691, name='Delta') Clade(branch_length=0.08531, name='Epsilon') Clade(branch_length=0.041935, name='Inner2') Clade(branch_length=0.01421, name='Inner3') Clade(branch_length=0.17523, name='Gamma') Clade(branch_length=0.07477, name='Beta') Clade(branch_length=0.29231, name='Alpha')
The ParsimonyScorer is a combination of the Fitch algorithm and Sankoff algorithm. It will work as Fitch algorithm by default if no parameter is provide, and work as Sankoff algorithm if a parsimony scoring matrix (a Matrix object) is given.
Then the scorer is passed to a TreeSearcher to tell it how to evaluate different trees during searching. Currently, only one searcher NNITreeSearcher, the Nearest Neighbor Interchange (NNI) algorithm, is implemented.
By passing the searcher and a starting tree to the ParsimonyTreeConstructor, we finally get the instance of it. If no starting tree is provided, a simple upgma tree will be created instead, with the 'identity' model. To use this parsimony constructor, just simply call the build_tree method with an alignment.
Consensus Tree
Strict, Majority Rule and Adam Consensus
Same as tree construction algorithms, three consensus tree algorithms(Strict, Majority Rule and Adam Consensus) in pure python are also implemented in the Bio.Phylo.Consensus module. You can directly call strict_consensus, majority_consensus and adam_consensus to use these algorithms with a list of trees as the input.>>> from Bio import Phylo >>> from Bio.Phylo.Consensus import >>> trees = list(Phylo.parse('Tests/TreeConstruction/trees.tre', 'newick')) >>> strict_tree = strict_consensus(trees) >>> majority_tree = majority_consensus(trees, 0.5) >>> adam_tree = adam_consensus(trees)
Instead of using 50% as the cutoff, the majority_consensus method allows you to set your own one by providing an extra cutoff parameter(01, 0 by default). That means it can also work as strict consensus algorithm when the cutoff equals 1. One more thing different to strict and adam consensus tree, the result majority rule consensus tree has branch support value that are automatically assigned during calculation.
Bootstrap Methods
To get the consensus tree, we must construct a list of bootstrap replicate trees. So in the Bio.Phylo.Consensus module, we also provide several useful bootstrap methods to achieve this.>>> from Bio import Phylo >>> from Bio.Phylo.Consensus import >>> msa = AlignIO.read('Tests/TreeConstruction/msa.phy', 'phylip') >>> msas = bootstrap(msa, 100)
As you see, the bootstrap method accepts a MultipleSeqAlignment object and generates its bootstrap replicate 100 times. The you can use them to build replicate trees. While, we also provide a convenient method to do this.>>> calculator = DistanceCalculator('blosum62') >>> constructor = DistanceTreeConstructor(calculator) >>> trees = bootstrap_trees(msa, 100, constructor)
This time we pass an extra DistanceTreeConstructor object to a bootstrap_trees method and finally got the replicate trees. Note that both bootstrap and bootstrap_trees are generator functions. You need to use list() function to turn the result into a list of alignment or trees.
Another useful function is bootstrap_consensus. By passing the consensus method as another extra parameter, we can directly get the consensus tree.>>> consensus_tree = bootstrap_consensus(msa, 100, constructor, majority_consensus)
Branch Support
To get the branch support of a specific tree, we can use the get_support method.>>> from Bio import Phylo >>> from Bio.Phylo.Consensus import >>> trees = list(Phylo.parse('Tests/TreeConstruction/trees.tre', 'newick')) >>> target_tree = trees[0] >>> support_tree = get_support(target_tree, trees)
In the above code, we use the first tree as the target tree that we want to calculate its branch support. The get_support method accepts the target tree and a list of trees, and returns a tree, with all internal clades assigned with branch support values.
Other Useful Classes
There are some other classes in both TreeConstruction and Consensus module that are used in those algorithms. They may not be used commonly, but might be useful to you in some cases.
The _Matrix class in the TreeConstruction module is the super class of _DistanceMatrix. They are both actually constructed by a list of names and a nested list of numbers in lower triangular matrix format. The only difference between them is that the diagonal elements in _DistanceMatrix will all be 0 no matter what values are assigned.
To create a _Matrix object:>>> from Bio.Phylo.TreeConstruction import _Matrix >>> names = ['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma', 'Delta'] >>> matrix = 0], [1, 0], [2, 3, 0], [4, 5, 6, 0 >>> m = _Matrix(names, matrix) >>> m _Matrix(names=['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma', 'Delta'], matrix=0], [1, 0], [2, 3, 0], [4, 5, 6, 0) >>> print m Alpha 0 Beta 1 0 Gamma 2 3 0 Delta 4 5 6 0 Alpha Beta Gamma Delta
You can use two indices to get or assign an element in the matrix, and the indices are exchangeable.>>> m[1,2] 3 >>> m[2,1] 3 >>> m['Beta','Gamma'] 3 >>> m['Beta','Gamma'] = 4 >>> m['Beta','Gamma'] 4
Further more, you can use one index to get or assign a list of elements related to that index:>>> m[0] [0, 1, 2, 4] >>> m['Alpha'] [0, 1, 2, 4] >>> m['Alpha'] = [0, 7, 8, 9] >>> m[0] [0, 7, 8, 9] >>> m[0,1] 7
Also you can delete or insert a column&row of elements by index:>>> m _Matrix(names=['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma', 'Delta'], matrix=0], [7, 0], [8, 4, 0], [9, 5, 6, 0) >>> del m['Alpha'] >>> m _Matrix(names=['Beta', 'Gamma', 'Delta'], matrix=0], [4, 0], [5, 6, 0) >>> m.insert('Alpha', [0, 7, 8, 9] , 0) >>> m _Matrix(names=['Alpha', 'Beta', 'Gamma', 'Delta'], matrix=0], [7, 0], [8, 4, 0], [9, 5, 6, 0)
_BitString is an assistant class used frequently in the algorithms in the Consensus module. It's a sub-class of str object that only accepts two characters ('0' and '1'), with additional functions for binary-like manipulation (& | ^ ). Common usage is as follows:>>> from Bio.Phylo.Consensus import _BitString >>> bitstr1 = _BitString('11111') >>> bitstr2 = _BitString('11100') >>> bitstr3 = _BitString('01101') >>> bitstr1 _BitString('11111') >>> bitstr2 & bitstr3 _BitString('01100') >>> bitstr2 | bitstr3 _BitString('11101') >>> bitstr2 ^ bitstr3 _BitString('10001') >>> bitstr2.index_one() [0, 1, 2] >>> bitstr3.index_one() [1, 2, 4] >>> bitstr3.index_zero() [0, 3] >>> bitstr1.contains(bitstr2) True >>> bitstr2.contains(bitstr3) False >>> bitstr2.independent(bitstr3) False >>> bitstr2.independent(bitstr4) True >>> bitstr1.iscompatible(bitstr2) True >>> bitstr2.iscompatible(bitstr3) False >>> bitstr2.iscompatible(bitstr4) True
In consensus and branch support algorithms, it is used to count and store the clades in multiple trees. During counting, the clades will be considered the same if their terminals (in terms of name attribute) are the same.
For example, let's say two trees are provided as below to search their strict consensus tree:tree1: (((A, B), C),(D, E)) tree2: ((A, (B, C)),(D, E))
For both trees, a _BitString object '11111' will represent their root clade. Each '1' stands for the terminal clade in the list [A, B, C, D, E] (the order might not be the same, it's determined by the get_terminal method of the first tree provided). For the clade ((A, B), C) in tree1 and (A, (B, C)) in tree2, they both can be represented by '11100'. Similarly, '11000' represents clade (A, B) in tree1, '01100' represents clade (B, C) in tree2, and '00011' represents clade (D, E) in both trees.
So, with the _count_clades function in this module, finally we can get the clade counts and their _BitString representation as follows (the root and terminals are omitted):clade _BitString count ABC '11100' 2 DE '00011' 2 AB '11000' 1 BC '01100' 1
To get the _BitString representation of a clade, we can use the following code snippet:# suppose we are provided with a tree list, the first thing # to do is to get all the terminal names in the first tree term_names = [term.name for term in trees[0].get_terminals()] # for a specific clade in any of the tree, also get its terminal names clade_term_names = [term.name for term in clade.get_terminals()] # then create a boolean list boolvals = [name in clade_term_names for name in term_names] # create the string version and pass it to _BitString bitstr = _BitString(''.join(map(str, map(int, boolvals))))
To convert back:# get all the terminal clades of the first tree terms = [term for term in trees[0].get_terminals()] # get the index of terminal clades in bitstr index_list = bitstr.index_one() # get all terminal clades by index clade_terms = [terms[i] for i in index_list] # create a new calde and append all the terminal clades new_clade = BaseTree.Clade() new_clade.clades.extend(clade_terms)
This is how the _BitString is used in the consensus and branch support algorithms. And I think it can be used in many other conditions.
For example, we can even use it to check whether the structures of two trees are the same.# store and return all _BitStrings def _bitstrs(tree): bitstrs = set() term_names = [term.name for term in tree.get_terminals()] term_names.sort() for clade in tree.get_nonterminals(): clade_term_names = [term.name for term in clade.get_terminals()] boolvals = [name in clade_term_names for name in term_names] bitstr = _BitString(''.join(map(str, map(int, boolvals)))) bitstrs.add(bitstr) return bitstrs def compare(tree1, tree2): term_names1 = [term.name for term in tree1.get_terminals()] term_names2 = [term.name for term in tree2.get_terminals()] # false if terminals are not the same if set(term_names1) != set(term_names2): return False # true if _BitStrings are the same if _bitstrs(tree1) == _bitstrs(tree2): return True else: return False
To use it:>>> tree1 = Phylo.read('Tests/TreeConstruction/upgma.tre', 'newick') >>> tree2 = Phylo.read('Tests/TreeConstruction/nj.tre', 'newick') >>> tree3 = Phylo.read('Tests/TreeConstruction/pars1.tre', 'newick') >>> compare(tree1, tree2) False >>> compare(tree1, tree3) True >>> compare(tree2, tree3) False
External Applications
- Bio.Phylo.PhymlCommandline provides a wrapper for PhyML following the usual Bio.Applications API.
- Bio.Phylo.PAML provides wrappers, parsers and utilities for working with the PAML suite of programs.
Example pipeline
See the Biopython Tutorial sections on sequence alignment and BLAST for explanations of the first few steps shown here.
Search for homologs of a protein sequence using BLAST.from Bio.Blast import NBCIStandalone, NCBIXML query_fname = 'AAG35789.fasta' result_handle, error_handle = NCBIStandalone.blastall('/usr/bin/blastall', 'blastp', '/db/fasta/swissprot', query_fname) blast_record = NCBIXML.read(result_handle) # This takes some time to run
Extract the best hits from the BLAST result.from Bio import SeqIO from Bio.Seq import Seq from Bio.SeqRecord import SeqRecord def get_seqrecs(alignments, threshold): for aln in alignments: for hsp in aln.hsps: if hsp.expect < threshold: yield SeqRecord(Seq(hsp.sbjct), id=aln.accession) break best_seqs = get_seqrecs(blast_record.alignments, 1e-90) SeqIO.write(best_seqs, 'egfr-family.fasta', 'fasta')
To help with annotating to your tree later, pick a lookup key here (e.g. accession number) and build a dictionary mapping that key to any additional data you can glean from the BLAST output, such as taxonomy and GI numbers. In this example, we're only keeping the original sequence and accession number.
Re-align the sequences using Muscle. The program creates an alignment file in Clustal format, "egfr-family.aln".from Bio.Align.Applications import MuscleCommandline cmdline = MuscleCommandline(input="egfr-family.fasta", out="efgr-family.aln", clw=True) cmdline()
Infer a gene tree using PhyML. First, convert the alignment from step 3 to "relaxed Phylip" format (new in Biopython 1.58):from Bio import AlignIO AlignIO.convert("egfr-family.aln", "clustal", "egfr-family.phy", "phylip-relaxed")
Feed the alignment to PhyML using the command line wrapper:from Bio.Phylo.Applications import PhymlCommandline cmdline = PhymlCommandline(input='egfr-family.phy', datatype='aa', model='WAG', alpha='e', bootstrap=100) out_log, err_log = cmdline()
Load the gene tree with Phylo, and take a quick look at the topology. (PhyML writes the tree to a file named after the input file plus "_phyml_tree.txt".)from Bio import Phylo egfr_tree = Phylo.read("egfr-family.phy_phyml_tree.txt", "newick") Phylo.draw_ascii(egfr_tree)
Add accession numbers and sequences to the tree – now we're using PhyloXML's extra features.from Bio.Phylo import PhyloXML # Promote the basic tree to PhyloXML egfr_phy = egfr_tree.as_phyloxml() # Make a lookup table for sequences lookup = dict((rec.id, str(rec.seq)) for rec in best_seqs) for clade in egfr_phy.get_terminals(): key = clade.name accession = PhyloXML.Accession(key, 'NCBI') mol_seq = PhyloXML.MolSeq(lookup[key], is_aligned=True) sequence = PhyloXML.Sequence(type='aa', accession=accession, mol_seq=mol_seq) clade.sequences.append(sequence) # Save the annotated phyloXML file Phylo.write(egfr_phy, 'egfr-family-annotated.xml', 'phyloxml')
Source: http://biopython.org/wiki/Phylo
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The 45-year-old from Brevard County hired Cory Strolla, an attorney from West Palm Beach.
Dunn's previous attorneys had claimed self-defense in the case because Dunn told investigators he felt threatened and that's why he fired into an SUV where Davis was sitting.
The shooting stemmed from an argument over loud music at a Southside gas station, police said.
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Disease is an interaction between the pig, a disease agent and the environment. That "disease triad" is the key to determining what's happening in any given operation, says C. Scanlon Daniels, owner of Circle H Veterinary Service, LLC, in Dalhart, Texas.
Daniels spoke at a seminar during the American Association of Swine Veterinarians annual meeting last weekend. His practice is primarily focused on swine, dairy and beef, and laboratory services are a significant component of the business.
Daniels explains the process as follows: Pigs are susceptible to disease agents and if exposed, can become infectious. If pigs are continually exposed, they can become resistant.
"The key is figuring out when the non-infectious cause is primary and infectious agents are opportunistic, or secondary," says Scanlon. "There are several non-infectious causes of disease that should be considered when infectious disease interventions do not have the desired effect."
Biosecurity measures can minimize contact with suspect pigs from infectious disease. But how do you know if non-infectious disease is your problem? Scanlon gave these examples of potential non-infectious causes of disease:
- Water with high total dissolved solids – "High total dissolved solids create an osmotic draw that doesn't allow normal water absorption to occur," says Scanlon. "Since many pigs experience a period of mild post-weaning diarrhea as they transition from sow milk to solid feed, diarrhea caused by poor water quality can go undiagnosed. Change your water supply, if possible, and if you can't, transition the building to house older pigs."
- Insufficient water availability – In recently weaned pigs, the main clinical sign is failure to thrive. It can be caused by changes in water pressure, overstocking or poor water height adjustment, explains Scanlon.
- Feed palatability – Producers should provide an alternative diet from a mill or farm that is not observing decreases in feed intake, suggests Scanlon.
- Feed availability – "Feeders with small feed reservoirs have long been known to cause poor feed conversion," says Scanlon. "In addition, the periodic lack of feed availability with these types of feeders can result in high numbers of deaths due to intestinal torsion.
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BOSTON -- It's been a rough week for Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera.
Last Tuesday, Herrera gave up three home runs in one inning and absorbed a 6-3 loss in Atlanta. The right-hander bounced back for a scoreless inning the next afternoon against the Braves, but he encountered big trouble again on Saturday.
In the eighth inning, Herrera came in to counter right-handed hitter Mike Napoli but gave up a four-pitch walk and then a three-run homer to Daniel Nava that resulted in a 4-3 Red Sox victory.
After the Atlanta incident, there was speculation that Herrera might be tipping his pitches.
"He's not tipping his pitches. It's poor location," manager Ned Yost said. "Look, it's as bad walking Napoli on four pitches as it is giving up a three-run homer. It's location on his pitches. His stuff is fine. The key matchup of the inning was Kelvin against Napoli, but that came out of play with a four-pitch walk."
Yost said he hasn't lost faith in the young right-hander, who didn't give up a run in six appearances before Atlanta.
"I don't bail on guys after a bad outing or two bad outings," Yost said. "He'll get on a good roll and be fine."
Herrera dismissed the idea that he was tipping his pitches.
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Serena Williams maintained her quest for a fifth U.S. Open title with a confident semifinal victory over Li Na at Flushing Meadows on Friday.
The world No. 1, who overcame Victoria Azarenka in last year's final and will face the Belarusian again in a rematch on Sunday, is still yet to drop a set in this year's tournament after crushing the fifth seed, 6-0, 6-3 in a mere 89 minutes.
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Williams never looked like succumbing to a shock in what was a near-perfect performance, the 31-year-old hitting 19 winners and winning 76 percent of points on her first serve.
Li headed into the encounter on the back of an unconvincing three-set win over Ekaterina Makarova, and she proved no match for the 16-time grand slam champion in the first set.
Once again Williams' powerful ground strokes were the difference between the two players, the American completely dominant as she refused to allow her Chinese opponent to get on the board in the opener.
The world No. 6 did provide more resistance in the second, and looked to be on her way to leveling the match when she broke Williams' serve to take a 2-1 lead.
Those hopes were quickly put to bed as Williams took the next four games to put herself on the verge of victory.
Li, however, refused to go down without a fight, the 2011 French Open champion saving six match points to hold serve and keep her slim hopes intact.
That stout defenae did little more than delay the inevitable, though, as Williams duly closed things out at the seventh opportunity with a perfect serve that Li could only send into the net.
Williams admitted that nerves did get to her in the closing stages of the match, but is looking forward to facing Azarenka, who beat Flavia Pennetta, 6-4, 6-2.
"It was a good match, Li Na is such a great player, it was tough at the end," Williams said.
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In honor of the last big weekend of summer, I thought it appropriate to take a look back at some 80's summer style. Of course you'll have the cut-off jeans, the off the shoulder shirts- but peeps wore those pretty much all year round, right? But what was specific to summer at a certain point in the 80s? Oh right-- jams. Those long-ish, crazy colored, awful shorts dudes wore.


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I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. --Sylvia Plath
The stock market always finds new ways to surprise us, but the recent action has been particularly unusual. It is trending upward and hitting new highs, but there is little excitement, and even the press is commenting about how eerily calm and slow the action has been. Markets that act this well should see more energy, but this one seems to generate confusion and uncertainty.
I can't recall ever experiencing such slow action as indices close in on new multiyear highs, and I suspect the lack of euphoria and bullishness helps to keep it going. There is a big supply of non-believers and the longer the market holds up and refuses to break, the more frustrated they become and more likely to buy just to have some market exposure.
I've been insistent lately that we need to stay bullish and stick with this trend until there is good reason not to. The alternative is to keep predicting that we are going to roll over, but the folks who have taken that view have been wrong for many weeks and are paying a high price for it.
It is very easy to understand the temptation to call a market top when things are this slow. Most everyone would prefer a little more drama and a quick reversal would certainly provide that, but the more we look for a turn, the more we seem to keep plodding steadily higher.
Even if you keep a bullish posture, this market has not been easy. It lacks the strong pockets of momentum that you usually see when hitting the highs. There is a big supply of stocks that are making new 12-month highs, but without the wild momentum usually associated with markets at this stage.
It is particularly puzzling that traders have not created more hot action in this market. In the past when the market was at this stage, we would have great excitement over a number of key stocks flying higher as the chasers piled in. There are stocks that are moving up, but there appears to be great distrust and less worry about missing out.
I can on go at great length about how peculiar this market action has been, but our job is to find a way to deal with it and make some money. All we can do is stick with the trend and keep looking for stocks to ride. You aren't going to do well if you keep talking about tops and turns. We have to stick with this price action as long as we can. Right now, it continues to be positive.
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Two weeks ago, in the MCAL championship game, Tam High's Teddy Mauze was able to beat Marin Catholic with his head. This time around, in the North Coast Section boys soccer semifinals, Mauze beat the Wildcats with his right foot.
After battling to a scoreless tie for 80 minutes on Wednesday, Mauze rescued the Red-tailed Hawks by scoring the winner in stoppage time.
"We'd been knocking on the door all game," Mauze said. "It felt good to finally put one away. It's hard to keep your head up when you miss so many opportunities but it's soccer and that's what you have to do."
With only a minute or two of stoppage time remaining after Mauze's goal, MC (15-10-3) had very little time to find an equalizer. The victory sends No. 2 Tam (19-3-3) into the NCS Division I championship game for the second consecutive year (Tam lost to Montgomery last season).
The Red-tailed Hawks face top-seeded Maria Carrillo (22-0-2) at 7 p.m. on Saturday night at Santa Rosa High. The teams battled to a 1-1 tie earlier in the season at the Bay City Invitational.
"Last year we had another great team," Tam goalie Kenny Rosenberg said. "It would mean the world to us to get the section title. That's the one thing that's just been outside of coach (Dustin) Nygaard's reach."
Wednesday's game against No. 6 MC appeared destined for overtime but with less than 4 minutes remaining in stoppage time, Tam finally unlocked the Wildcats defense.
Tam had nearly scored moments earlier after Tesfaye Paine found Mauze for a header following a corner kick. MC goalie Tyler Shaver and Gianmarco Rossi were guarding the far post and were able to prevent the goal.
MC went on the attack but Tam caught the Wildcats on the counterattack. As he did in the quarterfinals against Rancho Cotate, Rosenberg kick-started the break by booming a kick 60 yards in the air from of his 18-yard box.
Mohammed Manneh drew the defense and was able to flick the ball toward Mauze, who found himself all alone with only Shaver standing between him and the goal.
"Teddy read it, made a perfectly timed run and had a clinical finish," Nygaard said.
"It was relief more than anything," Mauze said of his emotions after the goal. "I had too many opportunities that went astray but it felt good."
Both teams played at a high level throughout the game and both defenses thwarted every opportunity until the winner.
"I'm really proud of our defense," Nygaard said. "It's an important time of year to be coming up with a shutout. ... That's three games running."
Nygaard was particularly happy with Kevin Leake's performance, playing out of position while shadowing one of MC's top offensive threats, Luke Novick.
"(Leake) has been our starting left back," Nygaard said. "He's a great athlete and Luke Novick is a great athlete as well. We told (Leake) to shadow him as much as possible and he did a great job. I'm very, very proud of him."
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SANTA ROSA — The Pumas scored their first goal shortly before the half and tacked on another one late in the second half while the Trojans (15-7-3) were pushing players forward to try find an equalizer.
"We pushed numbers forward and they finally put the dagger in with one minute left in the second half," TL coach Mike Crivello said. "We were streaming numbers forward. It was pretty even but they got a late one to put us away."
Crivello credited defender Julian Gonzalez and striker Cylus Sandoval with strong games against the Pumas.
"I was really proud of the guys," Crivello said. "They went down but they gave their best effort. They played a great team under the lights in a tough place to play. ... We threw everything at them that we had. I couldn't ask for more out of them."
MA 2, Head-Royce 1 (OT)
Eloi Vasquez provided his second overtime winner this postseason, putting the top-seeded Wildcats (20-1-2) ahead in the 84th minute.
Marin Academy took an early lead in the 16th minute on a goal from Noah Paravicini, assisted by Jose Orozco. Head-Royce tied the game at 1-1 four minutes later after being awarded a penalty kick.
The game remained tied until Vasquez produced the winner, assisted b Dexter Eichhorst.
Marin Academy advances to its third consecutive North Coact Section Division II final and its sixth section championship game in seven years — winning four. The Wildcats play at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Redwood High against Roseland University Prep.
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Community Tuesday: Living Local at the Four Mile Historic Park
Are you tired of eating food that has ingredients only a scientist could understand? Do you yearn for the days when life was simple and you knew your neighbor by name? Well, you're in luck! Four Mile Historic Park and Western History are teaming up for a Living Local Event at the Four Mile Historic Park on April 14, 2013. The event will run from 10:00 am- 4:00pm.
It will be a full day as we share the agricultural and horticultural practices of Colorado Pioneers and how we can incorporate these lessons into our daily lives for a healthier tomorrow. Activities will include seed-starting, tours of the Four Mile House Museum and grounds, horse-drawn wagon rides, learning from organic and local vendors, demonstrations of 19th century conservation methods & much more!
The Creating Your Community team will also be there. We will be proving a scanning and preservation booth. If you have any fragile, rare or important photographs or documents we will be more than willing to scan them, and provide you with a digital copy of your item. We can scan items up to 8.5" X 11.7", a USB drive will be provided. We will also be more than willing to give you some tips about preserving your family treasures at home.


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Heifer's Malawi Adventure
16 Dec 2012 at 15:09
Heifer works to provide dairy farmers with a steady source of income through the Mwera Mkaka Dairy Cooperative. Paige visited Mr. James Jere, who is cutting grass for his family's cows.
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