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      <description>&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Ancient literary epics often followed a specific structure that centered around&#xA;an event or journey.&amp;rdquo; The episode structure of Phineas and Ferb, which has been&#xA;delighting audiences for decades, is more closely aligned with ancient literary&#xA;epics than modern hero&amp;rsquo;s journey novels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the term &amp;ldquo;hero&amp;rsquo;s journey&amp;rdquo; was popularized by Joseph Campbell in his work,&#xA;The Hero with a Thousand Faces, the model he proposed is based on archetypes and&#xA;mythological narratives found in cultures around the world. In contrast, Phineas&#xA;and Ferb&amp;rsquo;s episode structure is centered around self-contained events or&#xA;journeys that are more reminiscent of ancient epics like Homer&amp;rsquo;s Iliad or&#xA;Odyssey.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1 id=&#34;my-troubles-with-nf-core&#34;&gt;My Troubles with nf-core&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A blog post about my frustrations and experiences working with the popular&#xA;nf-core framework in bioinformatics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;introduction&#34;&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a biologist who has worked extensively with different software tools for&#xA;analyzing biological data, I have always been impressed by the power and&#xA;flexibility of the nf-core platform. However, after several years of using and&#xA;contributing to this excellent toolset, I have come to realize that there are&#xA;some fundamental issues with the way nf-core is currently structured and&#xA;maintained.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the world of cattle breeding, there&amp;rsquo;s a concept that can be both fascinating&#xA;and intimidating: Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs). I&amp;rsquo;ve come to appreciate&#xA;the importance of genetics and EPDs in cattle breeding. In this blog post, we&amp;rsquo;ll&#xA;delve into what EPDs are, why they matter, and how to keep them real.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;what-are-epds&#34;&gt;What Are EPDs?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EPDs are a way to measure the genetic differences between animals that can help&#xA;breeders predict which offspring will be more or less desirable for certain&#xA;traits. Think of it like trying to guess what your favorite cow&amp;rsquo;s children will&#xA;look like based on their parents&amp;rsquo; characteristics. In genetics, we call this&#xA;inheritance – and EPDs are a simple yet powerful tool to help us understand how&#xA;genetic traits are passed down.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still remember the first time I set foot in the hospital where I would spend&#xA;most of my working life. It was 2123, and medicine was already a highly advanced&#xA;field, thanks to the rapid progress made possible by nanotechnology and&#xA;artificial intelligence. The patient I was assigned to that day was an elderly&#xA;man who had been suffering from a rare genetic disorder for years. With the help&#xA;of a swarm of microscopic robots that could repair damaged cells at a molecular&#xA;level, we were able to extend his lifespan by several decades.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the grand tapestry of American religiosity, there exists a peculiar breed of&#xA;Christian denomination that stands out for its unique blend of fervent devotion&#xA;and&amp;hellip;let&amp;rsquo;s be honest, a hint of authoritarianism. I&amp;rsquo;m, of course, referring to&#xA;Baptist churches. Yes, those churches that make you wonder if they&amp;rsquo;re being run&#xA;by the Mafia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, before I proceed, let me just clarify that this isn&amp;rsquo;t an attempt to&#xA;disparage the good people who worship in these esteemed institutions. No, no,&#xA;nothing like that. It&amp;rsquo;s merely a case of observational reporting, where I&amp;rsquo;m&#xA;poking around the fringes of Baptist culture to get a better understanding of&#xA;what makes them tick.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your personal journey to quitting GitHub resources is a story of disillusionment&#xA;and rededication. As a Christian American chemical&#xA;engineer-turned-bioinformatician, I had always been fascinated by the&#xA;intersection of technology and faith.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Growing up in a conservative family with Libertarian leanings, I was taught to&#xA;value individual freedom and limited government intervention. But as I delved&#xA;deeper into my work in bioinformatics, I began to see the darker side of&#xA;GitHub&amp;rsquo;s business model. The platform&amp;rsquo;s emphasis on open-source and&#xA;community-driven development seemed at odds with my own values of intellectual&#xA;property and personal autonomy.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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