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A young pilot whale that had become trapped in Vidlin Voe, in Shetland, over the last two days was successfully herded out of the inlet on Wednesday morning.  However, the mammal was last seen near a beach at Lunna – giving rise to fear that the whale continued to be disorientated. Pete Bevington of Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary said it was still unclear whether the rescue attempt had been entirely successful.

Bevington praised local lads James Johnson, Sam Nicolson and Paul Hunter describing their help in encouraging the whale out of the marina as "invaluable". After attempts to help the animal on Tuesday evening were unsuccessful, marred by one boat owner repeatedly encircling the cetacean, wildlife volunteers had mustered support from a number of boat owners to give it another go.

With the help of two RIBs (rigid inflatable boats) belonging to Lerwick port controller Ryan Leith and Bigton man Ian White, as well as the Vidlin yoal crewed by the three local lads, the team eventually managed to herd the pilot whale out of the constraints of the marina and slowly into more open water.

Bevington said once the whale had passed the ferry terminal it was as though the animal started to get back its bearing and began to swim more freely. It started moving faster and faster, past the salmon farm, and to the head of the voe until it couldn't be seen anymore. Believing their mission had been successful the two RIBs returned to the Vidlin marina.

However, later the same day the pilot whale, which is believed to have become separated from its pod, was seen in the water just 50 metres off the beach near the Lunna kirk. Bevington said the advice they were receiving was that the whale was either just catching its breath before moving on, or continued to stay in the area as it had lost its group of animals.

Either way it was a matter of keeping a watching brief on the animal: "We feel very happy that we managed to get it out of the marina and past the salmon farm," he added. "I think we have done the best we could in the circumstances."

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14 February 2020

That was the week that was - in three tweet threads

The fact I only have time to say something in tweets probably says all that needs to be said about how busy this week has been!

On reshuffles Both more dramatic (Javid! Julian Smith!) and less dramatic (no fiddling or fundamental changes to the machinery of government) than expected. As ever, we tried to cut through the spin through charts and analysis - tweet thread here, live blog itself here.

On personal data Two small threads rather than one, really - this one on some of the personal data/politics and government stories over last weekend, and this one on the apparent decision not to consult civil society or the public on how government should process personal data. The joint civil society letter to DCMS last summer holds up well.

On data The Committee on Standards in Public Life's report on AI was a good excuse to return to our open spreadsheets of important government reports on data, information and open government, and a broader 'data' reading list. Please add anything we've missed.

We'll continue to follow what's left of the reshuffle. And I'm also taking part in what should be a fun panel dicussion on government and social media on 27 February, thanks to Vuelio - come!

Have a great weekend

Gavin

Today's links:

Graphic content

Everyday I'm reshufflin'

Government reshuffle February 2020: live blog (IfG)

Thread (me for IfG)

Cabinet diversity (Ketaki for IfG)

Perm secs (me for IfG)

Cummings: the man who ‘hates the media’ is most in the news* (The Times, via Tim)

Labour pains

Labour leadership: The party's ups and downs charted over a century (BBC News)

Another version (Nigel Marriott)

And another (IfG)

What the latest CLP nominations tell us about Labour’s leadership elections (LabourList)

Leader, deputy leader, Labour prime minister (thread - Tom Wilson)

Labour’s history of highs and lows — and what it reveals* (The Times)

Diagnosis of Defeat: Labour’s Turn to Smell the Coffee (Lord Ashcroft)

UK

Our politics in one chart... (via Matt Bevington)

UK Poverty 2019/20 (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (Jamie Whyte)

The companies that win the most UK government contracts have a bigger #genderpaygap than their competitors (Lobo)

US politics

Who’s Winning the 2020 Presidential Delegate Count?* (Bloomberg)

Which Candidates Got the Most Speaking Time in the Democratic Debate* (New York Times)

The Democratic delegate count so far (Brian McGill/WSJ)

New Hampshire Democratic primary exit poll results and analysis* (Washington Post)

Experiment Shows Conservatives More Willing to Share Wealth Than They Say* (The Upshot)

Everything else

AI governance map v.2.0 (Nesta)

How much should we really drink?* (FT)

The financiers who struck it rich on ‘Joker’* (FT)

How the coronavirus spread across China and the world – visual explainer (The Guardian)

A ray of hope in the coronavirus curve* (The Economist)

Analysts’ stock recommendations are coloured by their cultural biases* (The Economist)

Data newsletters by diverse authors (Marie Segger)

Meta data

Personal data

Revealed: how drugs giants can access your health records (The Observer)

Labour accuses Keir Starmer campaign team of data breach (BBC News)

Thread from me

Deja vu... (Phil Booth)

No public consultation on new government frameworks for data processing (via Sam)

Labour could be fined up to £15m for failing to protect members' data (Sky News - 'General Data Protection Regulations' though???)

Data and privacy will be Brexit battlegrounds (RTE)

The risks of not sharing data are greater than the costs* (THE)

Don’t sell my data! We finally have a law for that* (Washington Post)

India's Data Protection Bill Threatens Global Cybersecurity* (Wired)

Mis/Disinformation

The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President* (The Atlantic)

When You Set Out To Block Misinformation, You Can Wind Up Blocking A Hero Like Li Wenliang (Techdirt)

Putinising ourselves (Standpoint)

He Combs the Web for Russian Bots. That Makes Him a Target.* (New York Times)

AI

Artificial Intelligence and Public Standards: report (CSPL)

Artificial intelligence must meet ethical standards* (The Times)

Lord Evans: AI can be game-changing for public services – but reassurance needed on how it will be used (Civil Service World)

The future of minds and machines: how artificial intelligence can enhance collective intelligence (Nesta)

Fretting about FRT

Live Facial Recognition: how good is it really? We need clarity about the statistics. (David Spiegelhalter and Kevin Mcconway)

The ACLU Slammed A Facial Recognition Company That Scrapes Photos From Instagram And Facebook (BuzzFeed)

Met police deploy live facial recognition technology (The Guardian)

Clearview's facial recognition app is identifying child victims of abuse* (New York Times)

Openness

FOIA and loathing: why government departments are less free with their information* (me for Prospect)

ICO information notices (Martin Rosenbaum/CFOI)

The right pair of eyes (Tim Davies)

New Open Knowledge Foundation website (Open Knowledge Foundation)

Tech

Online Harms White Paper - Initial consultation response (DCMS/Home Office)

Summary (Will Perrin)

FTC to Examine Past Acquisitions by Large Technology Companies (Federal Trade Commission)

Candidates for a top 10 of systemic blockers to Internet-era ways of working in your org, please! (Tom Loosemore)

11 predictions for how tech will change citizen engagement* (Apolitical)

Data

ADR UK-sponsored event explores how to ‘get things done’ with data in government (ADR UK)

Data Bites #8: Getting things done with data in government (Institute for Government)

Data institutions and implicit assumptions (Peter Wells)

This data didn't use to be news, because it didn't exist (Tom Forth)

Numbers won’t tell us the full story on regions until we start counting correctly* (The Times)

UK's 2021 census could be the last, statistics chief reveals (BBC News)

The promise of synthetic data* (FT)

Home Office statistics on Police Workforce and Police Powers and Procedures (Office for Statistics Regulation)

Everything else

Ownership Futures: Towards Democratic Public Ownership in the 21st Century (Common Wealth)

‘The intelligence coup of the century’ (Washington Post)

Mapping ‘career causeways’ for workers in the age of automation (Nesta)

Future cities... (Lou Downe)

Agile governance: How regulators can keep pace with technology* (Apolitical)

Pole position: finance chief Mike Driver on why government’s number crunchers must be central to decision making (Civil Service World)

Opportunities

JOB: Research Assistant/Research Fellow in Data Science for Governance and Public Policy (Data for Policy)

JOB: Technology Lead: Data for Science and Health (Wellcome Trust)

JOB: Geospatial Commission: Head of Geospatial Data Contracts (Cabinet Office)

JOB: Programme Manager (Parliamentary Digital Service)

CONSULTANT: Processing of biometric data in national and regional counter-terrorism measures (Privacy International)

EVENT: how political campaigning has been reshaped by social media (Vuelio)

And finally...

Six things we learned about love* (Tortoise)

Oh, but I'm proud of you (ONS, via Graham)

How football grounds explain the election result* (Prospect)

And... (Matthew Bailey and Philip Cowley)

The Stepping-Feet Illusion (Steve Stewart-Williams)

15 times things got weird on Google Maps, in honor of its 15th anniversary (Mashable)

This Professor’s ‘Amazing’ Trick Makes Quadratic Equations Easier* (New York Times)

What is the worst type of dirty data? (Angharad Stone)

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Guinness Pro14: Dragons 10-59 Leinster

Guinness Pro14: Dragons 10-59 Leinster

Guinness Pro14: Dragons 10-59 Leinster

Harrison Keddie takes on the Leinster defence

Guinness Pro14: Dragons v Leinster Dragons (3) 10 Tries: R Williams Cons: Tovey Pens: Tovey Leinster (19) 59 Tries: D Kearney 2, Penny, Fardy, Doris, Keenan, B Byrne, J O’Brien 2 Cons: R Byrne 5, Frawley 2

Champions Leinster again proved their vast strength in depth as their second string eased to a one-sided 59-10 Pro14 win over a Dragons squad including 14 Wales internationals.

Tries from Dave Kearney, Scott Penny and Scott Vardy put Leinster 19-3 up at half-time.

Kearney again, Caelan Doris, Hugo Keenan, Bryan Byrne and Jimmy O’Brien (2) added further scores in a rout.

Rhodri Williams got a Dragons try of little consolation value.

Dragons fielded 14 Wales internationals in an all Welsh-qualified squad, including four of last week’s Wales squad, but they saw their defence crumble in embarrassing fashion even though Leinster left most of their Ireland stars at home.

Home coach Bernard Jackman, serving a stadium ban, was watching from his nearby home and the Dragons defence were left watching as Leinster racked up a 19-3 lead in 22 minutes, helped by an early yellow card for lock Lewis Evans.

An astute cross-kick saw international wing Dave Kearney score unopposed after six minutes, rookie flanker Penny drove over from close range after 12, and former Australia lock Fardy went clear to score at the corner flag from a booming Jamison Gibson-Park pass.

Ross Byrne converted two while a Jason Tovey penalty provided the only home score of a dire first half for the Dragons.

Leinster then sealed their bonus point with Kearney’s second, a carbon copy of his first, before the Dragons finally hit back with Rhodri Williams finishing well from a Harri Keddie break on 46 minutes.

The early arrival of Dragons’ Wales players off the bench did nothing to prevent the one-way traffic re-starting, with Doris, Keenan, Bryan Byrne and Jimmy O’Brien (twice) crossing in the final half-hour, Ross Byrne taking his conversions tally to five and Ciaran Frawley adding the last two kicks.

The battered Dragons now face European Challenge Cup trips to Northampton and Clermont, while Leinster face Bath twice in the Champions Cup.

Dragons assistant coach Ceri Jones told BBC Sport Wales:

“We’re all very disappointed with that performance. We gave them some easy ins to the game, it wasn’t the ideal start and you give a team like Leinster a sniff – they came here to put four tries on us and succeeded.

“We need to go back to the drawing board because it wasn’t good enough. We gave them too much time, made too many basic errors and you can’t do that against a quality team.”

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen:

“It was a good day’s work for the guys, I thought we controlled the game well from the start in terms of the scrum and how we managed to drive the line-out. Then Conor O’Brien gave us really good go-forward in the middle of the field and Ross Byrne controlled the game well with a couple of good kicks for Dave Kearney’s tries.

“This group has worked incredibly hard in this block. To get four wins sets us up well in the league and there’ll be some interesting selection discussions with a different focus next week against Bath.”

Dragons: Jordan Williams; Jared Rosser, Tyler Morgan, Jarryd Sage, Hallam Amos; Jason Tovey, Rhodri Williams; Ryan Bevington, Richard Hibbard (capt), Lloyd Fairbrother, Rynard Landman, Lewis Evans, Harrison Keddie, Aaron Wainwright, Ollie Griffiths.

Replacements: Elliot Dee, Aaron Jarvis, Leon Brown, Cory Hill, Ross Moriarty, Tavis Knoyle, Arwel Robson, Adam Warren.

Leinster: Hugo Keenan; Adam Byrne, Jimmy O’Brien, Conor O’Brien, Dave Kearney; Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park; Ed Byrne, James Tracy, Michael Bent, Ross Molony, Scott Fardy (capt), Josh Murphy, Scott Penny, Caelan Doris.

Replacements: Bryan Byrne, Peter Dooley, Andrew Porter, Mick Kearney, Max Deegan, Paddy Patterson, Ciaran Frawley, Tom Daly.

Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)

Assistant referees: Sam Grove-White (Scotland), Dewi Phillips (Wales)

TMO: Tim Hayes (WRU)

For the latest Welsh rugby news follow @BBCScrumV on Twitter.

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Songs breathe in the OC

Seven talented songwriters joined up in Westminster, California for the June 2018 Songsalive! Orange County Monthly Songwriting Workshop. Our guest speaker was Jimi Yamagishi of both Songsalive! and SongNet, who came on rather short notice -- and we greatly appreciated him for it. Host Rod O'Riley started things off with a bluegrass-style folk song about a little-known but interesting bit of Orange County history. Bob Winter was up next with a celebratory country song. Kip Corley took things in a different direction with a deep and absolutely beautiful philosophical song. Joyce Melton was up next with another deeply felt country song, sung beautifully by Bob Winter. Newcomer JoNell Bevington knocked us all over with her absolutely beautiful voice -- and an absolutely beautiful song about the joys of growing old together. Gil Mosard entertained with a John Prine-style sassy folk tune, then finally Bob Slawson finished things up with a stirring song about love and the risks one is willing to take..

After we finished up with dinner and the reviews, Jimi Yamagishi took the floor once again. Our subject this time was balancing your 'working life' with your musical life when you have a day job -- something, let's face it, most of us have to deal with. Not only balancing time but balancing energies. Jimi started off by talking about the value of multitasking -- but, he noted, "switching gears" takes time, and that needs to be factored into your daily plan. In fact it's a good idea to have a "Plan B" for most things, as Life tends to throw the unexpected at you. Jimi also mention the idea of figuring out what your time is worth -- not in some deep philosophical way, but as in actually putting a dollar amount on the hours you spend on something. If your hourly time is worth more than what you might spend to have someone else do something for you, then why DIY? In fact, it might be worth your while to get friends and family to help you with "DIY" if they can.

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NAME OF NEXT EVENT: Songsalive! Orange County Songwriter Showcase

DATE OF NEXT EVENT: July 10th, 2018

TIME: 7:30 pm

LOCATION: Sam Ash Music Store, 14200 Beach Blvd, Westminster, CA 92683

COST: FREE!

IF SHOWCASE, LIST ARTISTS: Sherif Guirguis, Liz Yacoubian

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Sam Bevington " Home Truths"

This artwork has been created by Sam Bevington. This piece is one of a series and they're all hand screen printed on collaged pages from vintage junk novels. I am hoping to use a similar style (pop art) and a collaged background out of newspaper.

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Sam Bevington.

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Illustrations by Sam Bevington

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Sam Bevington

My name is Sam Bevington and I am a 28 year old illustrator based in London. I graduated from UWE Bristol with a First Class Honours in 2009 and have been working on a broad range of projects for a wide range of clients since then.

My work is heavily influenced by the urban environment and the graphic design and illustration of the 1930's-1950's. I specialise in illustration, poster design and custom typography. I have an unhealthy obsession with hand painted signs, DIY and bad screenprinting.

Please visit my webpage at: http://www.behance.net/illustrationweb http://www.flickr.com/photos/114563795@N05/sets/ http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/SamBevington/view

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Another graphic artist named Sam Bevington , his interpretation of food slightly intrigued me but I am fascinated by his use of texture in this poster format. Reminiscent of the early years of graphic advertising circa 1940's , the use of this worn texture a technique that is becoming much more commercially popular due to artists such as Shepard Fairey. A visually engaging blend of type and process , exploring packaging could be a development.

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Sam Bevington

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Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Sam Parry (Ospreys), Cory Hill (Dragons), Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets), Ellis Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)

A brand new Professional14 season beckons and there was a variety of change among the many 4 Welsh areas through the summer season.

The format stays the identical with two conferences and no groups added to the match for the 2018-19 marketing campaign.

Nevertheless, there have been high-profile departures and arrivals within the enjoying and training ranks of the areas.

Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Dragons are all aiming to topple champions Leinster, who accomplished the European and Professional14 double final season.

Wales-bound Pivac ‘centered on Scarlets’

Wayne Pivac is a former Fiji coach

The headline information surrounding the Scarlets’ summer season was the announcement Wayne Pivac will change Warren Gatland as the brand new Wales head coach after the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

This will likely be Pivac’s fifth and last season in cost at Parc y Scarlets however the New Zealander says his focus stays with the area.

“It’s work as regular and nothing has modified from the opposite 4,” he mentioned.

“That is my job till the tip of the season and I’ll work arduous.

“I’ve not modified as an individual and the teaching group will not change and our model will stay the identical.

“There may be a bit extra strain from exterior however it’s enterprise as ordinary. There’s lead in time to the opposite job so I haven’t got to be worrying about that now.”

Pivac’s goal will likely be to attempt to overhaul Irish powers Leinster, who defeated the Scarlets within the Champions Cup semi-final and Professional14 last within the house of six weeks on the finish of final season.

Professional14 participant of the 12 months Tadgh Beirne has moved to Munster, whereas Scotland captain John Barclay has left for Edinburgh.

Wales duo Scott Williams and Aled Davies have made the brief transfer to the Ospreys with Kieron Fonotia making the alternative journey.

The Scarlets have signed South African duo Uzair Cassiem and Clayton Blommetjies, whereas Scotland certified New Zealand-born ahead Blade Thomson and Edinburgh scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne have each are available in.

Overhauling Leinster and replicating the Professional12 success of Might 2017 is Pivac’s goal for his swansong.

“We’d like to carry a trophy. We had that Professional12 success a few seasons in the past and people altering room reminiscences in gamers’ careers are the highlights.

“Hopefully we are able to have our greatest season but. We’ve had a superb look within the off season at what Leinster do properly and what now we have to do to shut that hole.

“They’re the benchmark; hopefully we are able to compete with them on the larger stage.”

All change within the capital

John Mulvihill has changed Danny Wilson as Blues head coach

Whereas the Scarlets are solely getting ready for change, it’s all new at Cardiff Blues who have been the one Welsh area to have a good time silverware within the 2017-18 season, profitable the European Problem Cup.

The ultimate victory over Gloucester in Bilbao proved the final in cost for Danny Wilson, who has left the Blues and joined the Scottish set-up.

Backs coach Matt Sherratt has joined the Ospreys, leaving the Blues with a new-look set-up spearheaded by John Mulvihill.

The Australian has by no means been a recognised head coach however hopes he can construct on final 12 months’s success.

“What we constructed from final 12 months was some good momentum,” mentioned Mulvihill.

“We need to get again into ending how we did final season with a variety of wins in the direction of the tip.

“What let the Blues down final season was the beginning so that could be a huge focus for is that we get away with some wins early.”

There isn’t any ex-Wales captain Sam Warburton following his summer season retirement with flanker Ellis Jenkins taking up the captaincy from namesake Gethin.

Dmitri Arhip and Rory Thornton have arrived from the Ospreys whereas United States back-rower Samu Manoa is the massive signing.

Lions losses for Ospreys

Justin Tipuric (left) has captained the Ospreys 27 instances earlier than taking up teh everlasting function from Alun Wyn Jones (proper)

The Blues additionally certified for this season’s Champions Cup, whereas the Ospreys must make do with the Problem Cup.

There’s a main change on the Liberty Stadium with Justin Tipuric taking up the captaincy from Wales skipper Alun Wyn Jones, who had led the area for eight seasons.

“It’s huge to attempt to fill the boots of somebody who is among the greatest captains on the earth,” mentioned Tipuric.

“To take over from him will not be going to be simple job.”

Wales and Lions half-backs Dan Biggar and Rhys Webb have moved onto Northampton and Toulon respectively however Scott Williams and George North have arrived to offer some firepower.

The half-back void will likely be crammed by new scrum-half Aled Davies and the hope of a revived Sam Davies.

New everlasting head coach Allen Clarke will likely be assisted by Sherratt whereas Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards has signed up as a marketing consultant.

“It’s a contemporary alternative for everyone,” mentioned Clarke.

“We’ve new gamers coming in, a brand new skipper and adjustments in our administration group and freshness of method to our rugby.

“We’re optimistic however real looking in regards to the challenges forward.”

Second season success for Jackman?

Bernard Jackman is a former Eire hooker

No person has a more difficult season than Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman in his second marketing campaign in cost at Rodney Parade.

The Irishman presided over a disastrous 2017-18 season with two victories, two attracts and 17 defeats.

“Final season was extremely troublesome but it surely needed to worsen earlier than it obtained higher,” Jackman mentioned.

“If we have been going to be ruthless in attempting to vary the Dragons from the worst to the perfect area we would have liked to make arduous selections and never be utterly centered on the short-term.

“Despite the fact that final 12 months we knew we have been constructing to one thing larger it’s horrible to be shedding each week and it impacts us all.”

Jackman has overhauled the squad and introduced in worldwide forwards like Richard Hibbard, Ryan Bevington and Aaron Jarvis, with Wales back-rower Ross Moriarty the star signing.

The coach hopes the skilled inflow will gel with younger Welsh worldwide gamers like captain Cory Hill, Hallam Amos, Tyler Morgan, Elliott Dee, Leon Brown and Aaron Wainwright, whereas 36-year-old Gavin Henson stays at Rodney Parade.

“It feels extra like my venture and group this season,” mentioned Jackman.

“We’ve made huge adjustments within the backroom employees and added a variety of sources we have been lacking to offer the gamers the very best setting.

“We’ve a superb inflow of expertise and expertise to complement the squad and assist the Dragons change their place within the pecking order.”

Professional14 Convention A

Glasgow Warriors, Munster, Toyota Cheetahs, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Connacht, Zebre.

Professional14 Convention B

Leinster, Scarlets, Edinburgh, Ulster, Benetton Rugby, Dragons, Southern Kings.

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Sam Bevington

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Sam Bevington Illustration 'Seven Days'

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