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This is an easy dinner, and the combination of veggies and fruits is really good!
Combine first 5 ingredients and sprinkle over romaine lettuce. Top with dressing. I also added some cheese on top and that was a good addition.


All, sorry for posting the the copy/move bug by mistake.
On update to the latest master FW5 17.12 and Plasma 5.12 basket 2.49a automatically moved my basket store from ~/.kde4 to ~/.local/share. It then presented a dialog to move the existing ~/.kde4 store to the trash (which is fine).
However, upon opening basket notepads, nothing could be found, all baskets and sub-baskets were empty. A quick check of ~/.config/basketrc showed it still pointed to the old basket store under ~/.kde4 instead of the new store under ~/.local/share. Setting the basket store location to the correct directory under ~/.local/share allowed everything to be found.
The auto-move of the basket store from ~/.kde4 to ~/.local/share should update the basketrc with the appropriate new basket store location so that the baskets are found.
This is fixed in git now, thanks for bugreport. DataFolder parameter in basketrc is intended for specifying custom location, if it is the default ~/.local/share/basket, that parameter can be just set to empty.
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Ireland's prime minister says he was told that Britain and the European Union had struck a deal to resolve a Brexit logjam over the Irish border, only for it to fall apart at the last minute.
Leo Varadkar says he was told by EU chiefs Monday that the U.K. "had agreed a text on the border that met our terms."
Ireland and the EU want Britain to give concrete promises that there will be no hard border in Ireland after Brexit.
But after Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party issued an uncompromising statement, British and EU leaders announced that they needed more time for negotiations.
Varadkar says he is "surprised and disappointed that the British government appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed today."
But he says he hopes a deal can be reached before a key EU summit later this month.
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says a deal on the terms of Britain's divorce from the EU has not yet been reached.
Juncker said Monday that the position between the sides had narrowed to a huge extent and that he was confident a breakthrough deal would be reached before a Dec. 14-15 summit of EU leaders.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said that negotiations would continue this week and insisted she was confident of a positive outcome.
EU Council President Donald Tusk says that Britain and the European Union are getting closer to a breakthrough deal on the Brexit negotiations after he reported progress on the question of the Irish border.
Tusk says he was "encouraged" after a phone conversation with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who briefed him on progress on the outstanding issue of the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
Tusk wrote in a twitter message Monday that they were "getting closer to sufficient progress at December" summit of EU leaders.
If the EU leaders find there has been "sufficient progress" on Britain's divorce terms, they can let the negotiations move on to the next phase of future trade relations.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is coming to Brussels for crucial talks on the state of Brexit negotiations, with the outcome poised to set the agenda for the divorce terms between Britain and the European Union.
May will be meeting with both EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Donald Tusk hoping to reach enough progress on the divorce bill it has to pay, Irish border conditions and the rights of citizens in each other's nations for the negotiations to reach the next stage and include future trade relations.
EU top Brexit officials will also be huddling among themselves looking how to get more concessions from Britain specifically on citizens' rights and the Irish border.
Britain is set to leave the EU on March 29, 2019.


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We have been to Apple Lakeside for specialist training, created a video for Head teachers and ICT Leaders for a special event, and soon we will be hosting visitors from around the world running training them as part of their visit to the school.


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Napoli Underground - How Shall I Tell You of Heaven?
You are here: Home Trekking and nature walks How Shall I Tell You of Heaven?
It's true, you know—you really can get to Heaven, but it takes a bit of work. You'll have to overcome some tough trials that are not for everyone. On Friday, May 29, we took a path familiar to us from last year, in the Valle delle Ferriere [trans. note: lit. Valley of the Iron Foundries], from Minuta, part of the town of Scala (in the province of Salerno). The trail first leads up the south ridge of the Lattari Mountains Park and then moves slowly down towards the cobalt blue sea at Amalfi. The difference from our previous excursion (October 2014) was that then the autumn day was grey with a persistent drizzle; this time nature came out in bloom all around us in the early summer sun. Our day was unforgettable.
We traced a route in and then back to our starting point (GPS data), a distance of about 18 km (11+ miles). There was constant change along the way—breathtaking panorama and flashes of rare beauty as we passed from thick mountain greenery to impressive cliffs where there were stretches equipped for rock climbing—rigorous exercise in complete safety. At this time of the year the area also had numerous water courses along the way, leaping and gurgling along the way to make our hike all the more delightful. The trail is well-marked by white-red trail signs of the CAI (Italian Alpine Club), but you might want to download the GPS coordinates (at this link) as there are a number of forks and places where the trail crosses others.
You won't be warmed up properly for the first part of the trail out of Minuta. It's a steep climb that will give you a taste of what you can expect over the course of the entire day. You carry on for a few kilometers along a path that between the ups and downs will eventually bring you out at 532 meters above sea level, the highest point of the outing. At that point you start down and cross for the first time the waters of the Canneto thanks to a rather uncertain-looking (!) bridge of tree-trunks laid across the stream. You now have a long descent towards the sea, which will appear as you move along the right side of the narrow Ferriere valley at the high and final part of the nature reserve.
A bit beyond the point where you have crossed the stream you can see the first in a long series of ancient walls (originally defensive structures plus some ruins of early industry) as well as an old stone bridge that spanned and connected the two slopes of the narrow ravine. Heading into the valley, just before the nature reserve, you'll pass over to the left side of the ravine by way of another shaky wooden bridge and stay on that side all the way to Amalfi. Entrance to the riserve is regulated; you'll have to book ahead. We were lucky, however, in that we just happened to run across some park wardens who were kind enough to open it up and let us in to admire the waterfall, the fantastic displays of water and the beautiful examples of the giant fern (Woodwardia radicans), true living relics of the Cenozoic era.
As you then move away from the protected reserve you start to see more and more evidence of man-made structures. You come across ruins of old iron works, and farther into the valley there are the old paper mills and "walls of windows" where the paper was hung out to dry. The last stretch (via Paradiso) runs by a dense and extensive lemon orchard that provides the raw material (lemons) for the famous "limoncello" liqueur as well as for one of the tastiest sweet cakes of the whole coast: "Delizia al limone". And then, just past that, you pass beneath a characteristic bridge and are in Amalfi.
This small town, helped along by the fine weather, is literally crawling with tourists swarming along the main thoroughfare and popping into shops, cafès and restaurants. We, too, were unable to resist, so after passing by the stairway of the famous cathedral, we threaded our way into a famous local pastry shop for our well-earned "Delizia al limone". We walked down to the beach for a whiff of good sea-breeze knowing full-well that so far we had really just been kidding around!—the tough part was yet to come. We went towards the stairway, where an interminable number of steps (more than 2000!) would lead us up past the ruins of the medieval cathedral of S. Eustachio at Pontone and back to Scala where we had parked our old off-road rattle-trap.
I leave you with one last pleasant vision: as we were about to start up the loooong(!) stairway to Pontone we ran into a nice American tourist couple who had just come down those same stairs from Scala. They were seriously concerned for our well-being. Did we know what we were getting into? Did we have enough water? Were we crazy? They finally let us go when they saw how determined we were. They bade the three crazies farewell and watched with mixed amazement and suspicion as we happily climbed up to meet our fate.
For us, that was indeed "Heaven on Earth"!


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Malians are preparing to vote in a runoff election that will go ahead on Sunday despite widespread allegations of fraud in the first round.
The current president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, won 41% of the vote in the first round on 29 July, with Soumaila Cissé a distant second with 18%. The pool of candidates has now been reduced from 24 to two, and it is the first time an incumbent president of Mali has ever had to face a runoff.


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A Kosynier in Hollywood Part 4
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A Kosynier in Hollywood
By Dan Groya
When America entered World War II in 1942, Herman Groya's four brothers served in the military in some capacity, though none were really soldiers. Take Uncle George, for example. There is a story from the late 1950's in which he disassembled a Ford Thunderbird and then put it back together in the recreation room of his basement. Kind of like a cool sofa for watching TV.
Anyway, during the war he had the wackiest job of all. Because he was good with electronics and fluent in German, the Army assigned him to the Signal Corps and deployed him to the Atlantic coast of Florida. As the legend goes, George Groya spent the entire Second World War in a radio shack on the beach, connected by wire to an array of underwater microphones that tracked the audio trail of German U-boats as they reconnoitered U.S. Navy and Army Air Corps bases. He captured the conversations of submariners on magnetic wire recorders, and then translated them into English for Naval Intelligence and the OSS. He once said he was the laziest spy who ever lived—sitting around all day with headphones and dining on fresh crab and beer after work. Every family should have an Uncle George.
My father's tale had a different twist. By 1940 he had become a journeyman packaging designer. Worked his way up from the mailroom to full-fledged engineer. When the US Army contracted Container Corporation to develop packaging for their emergency meals for soldiers, known as K-Rations, he was given a deferral from military service.
That's the official story. But my mother once revealed another side of it, one night decades later and after a few cocktails. She said an FBI agent once came to the house to interview her. His questions indicated that Uncle Sam wanted to be sure my parents were patriotic Americans, and that my father could be trusted with government secrets. She wondered why anyone would go to so much trouble over food packaging. Her suspicions evolved over time, and she began to think her husband was in fact working for the Manhattan Project, the Army's secret plan to build an atomic bomb.
It was based in Chicago, though its laboratory and test grounds were located in Los Alamos, in the New Mexico desert. She said that Dad had made a few absent-minded comments, which seemed to indicate he may have been developing other types of packages altogether—fail-safe enclosures for radioactive materials, or even the warhead of a bomb. We never asked, and he never told.
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Why Should Companies Be Concerned About Doxxing Attacks?
Doxxing incidents like the Ashley Madison data breach and the Sony Pictures hack reveal that, in this hyperconnected world, everyone from individuals to organizations is vulnerable. You need to take precautions so your business doesn't fall prey.
In these hyperconnected times, companies are facing a common dilemma: keeping corporate data safe while building a digital brand. Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting businesses today, not to steal account information or credit card numbers to commit fraud, but to get their hands on as much data as possible and publish it for the entire world to see.
In this article, we'll take a look at what doxxing is, how it's done, why companies should be concerned about it, and how to avoid it.
The practice of gathering and stealing information about a company and indiscriminately disclosing it all on the internet is known as organizational doxxing. It can be carried out by corporations seeking to disrupt the business of a rival, or by cybermobs looking to extort money with the threat of releasing corporate data.
Doxxers' methods are similar to those of whaling or phishing scams, where employees are tricked into responding to a forged email infected with a virus or malware. However, information may also be gathered from public sources on the internet – aka open-source intelligence gathering.
Why should companies be worried?
The answer is simple: Anything connected to the internet is always vulnerable to hacking. Companies store their corporate secrets and data on networks, which are easy to hack given the multiplicity of platforms and locations they're accessed from. Not to mention that large organizational networks are harder to secure and easier for cybercriminals to compromise. So, if anyone skilled and motivated wants to steal a company's data, it's likely that they will succeed.
Furthermore, there could be severe reputational and financial repercussions of a doxxing incident, such as the loss of potential and existing customers, class-action lawsuits and fines, or even a complete shutdown of business operations for an indefinite time period.
Consider the following real-life examples to better understand doxxing and the effect it can have on a company.
In the Ashley Madison incident, a group of anonymous hackers called The Impact Team stole and leaked around 25GB worth of company data. Though the incident ended marriages around the world and led to the suicide of three Ashley Madison users, the primary target – according to the hackers – was the company, because of its deceptive practices.
In the Sony Pictures hack, a hacker group called Guardians of Peace stole and published gigabytes' worth of emails from the film studio. However, this was merely a part of a larger doxxing initiative, a hack with the alleged goal of getting back at the studio for making "The Interview," a movie that parodied the supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un.
With that out of the way, it's time to discuss the steps companies can take to prevent doxxing, which is one of the fastest-growing cybercrimes.
1. Beware of phishing attempts.
A doxxer can check the WHOIS of your company's domain and collect personal information, such as phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, the domain's owner and, if it's public, the server's name. They can find out who works at your company by typing the domain name on Google and then target them with a phishing attack. Therefore, it's imperative that you train your employees about how to avoid becoming a victim to phishing scams.
Your company's online and corporate accounts can also be targeted, so protecting them from doxxers is extremely important. We'd recommend using two-factor authentication wherever possible, and make sure to immediately close any accounts that belong to ex-employees.
Use complex passwords across multiple platforms, and consider hosting corporate data on a virtual private server (VPS) if you haven't already. It's like having your own dedicated server and will isolate you from any doxxing attacks.
3. Protect your IP address.
An employee's IP address can easily be sniffed out by IP loggers, which are usually disguised in an email or message. Once that message is opened, the IP address is not only tracked but also sent back to the doxxer.
Here, protecting your company network with a VPN would do the trick. These services change your IP address to that of any country and secure your traffic with strong encryption to prevent anyone figuring out your IP address.
In today's always-connected and transparent digital world, doxxing incidents like the Ashley Madison hack and the Sony Pictures data dump will only continue to grow. While legal battles demand convincing presentations of evidence, cybermobs decide the fate of their victims without any regard for the consequences.
Keep in mind that one doxxing attack is all it takes to ruin a brand's reputation, so it's crucial that you take the necessary measures to avoid doxxing and the negative impact it can have on your company.
Mehmood Hanif is an experienced digital marketing consultant who's been featured on Forbes, HuffingtonPost, Harvard Business Review, CMI, and more. His expertise lies in content marketing as well as influencer marketing. He also loves to indulge in topics that discuss internet security, leadership, and growth strategies.
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How I fought off a motorcycle gang
Dirty, beige subway tiles on narrow, echoing walls; the odor of sweaty men and leather; big bodies squeezing around us in a tight circle; aroused laughter.
Antje Mattheus July 2, 2013
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A biker gang on the road, photographed in 2008. (Flickr/Peachy Weasel)
I grew up in a small West German village, Hamm an der Sieg. Without television or computers, my friends and I played outside and acted out adventure and survival stories. This daily practice taught me not to be afraid of physical encounters, and I developed a capacity for quick thinking and action. I didn't know how useful that would turn out to be.
At 16, my mother and I moved to the large city of Hamburg. In the West Germany of the 1970s, motorcycle gangs — often inspired or even controlled by U.S. gangs — started to appear and at times terrorize people. There were newspaper articles calling for Zivielcourage, the courage to help when people were subjected to attacks.
I didn't think of the motorcycle gangs as having anything to do with me. In Hamburg I went to school, explored the new city and was marginally engaged in demonstrations against the war in Vietnam, Fremdarbeiterfreundschaftsprojekte (guest-worker friendship projects) and the anti-nuclear proliferation movement.
In the summer of 1973 a friend from my old high school named Ulla came to visit me. I was eager to show her my new world. We walked or used public transportation on excursions. As a young woman I received plenty of negative male attention and tried to avoid it. Whenever possible I made detours around construction projects, avoiding the gantlet of humiliating and infuriating catcalls and suggestive hand movements.
But when Ulla and I walked through an underground subway passage to catch a train we were so focused on each other that I forgot to pay attention. Suddenly we were surrounded by a group of five or six large men.
I remember the dirty, beige subway tiles on narrow, echoing walls; the odor of sweaty men and leather; big bodies squeezing around us in a tight circle; aroused laughter; hands groping my legs, crotch and breasts; pulling at my clothes; bad breath; urgent, dangerous excitement.
I feel instant fear and then drop into clarity. I feel responsible for Ulla. I try to look past the big bodies. Will anybody help? Moments ago the tunnel was full of people, but no one will come because we were pushed into a corner, and our adversaries are huge and members of a motorcycle gang.
I remember my father's voice: "When someone in authority scares you, imagine them naked." Wrong image, right message: These men are people with power as well as weakness. I imagine myself back at the street corner in my village of Hamm, analyzing the situation. I can't fight the whole group, but confronting the leader could help.
I take a breath, open my eyes wide and sink into deep calmness detached from the frenzy of bodies and hands. I make myself feel tall and big — I am tall — and, just like when impersonating Prince Ivanhoe as a child, my body and mind grow more powerful. I ask in a loud, steady voice: "Who is the leader?"
I notice the small signals. The men's bodies and eyes turn incrementally to a man who stands a few inches outside the tight circle, as if watching, allowing, guarding. He is a tall, blond-brown, bushy-bearded, wide-stanced man whose eyes smile with the joy of sex and power.
That is his weakness, I think. He loves power. And he wants people to know he has it. I want to make him prove his power to me. My thoughts are a millisecond quick, grounded in childhood play and the stories told by family members who survived two world wars.
I push against the muscled bodies, move inches closer to him. I need to be seen, be liked and not be an unknown sexual object. I look into his eyes, and my gaze remains locked despite the commotion. I see in him the internal conflict that power brings — joy and loneliness. I feel empathy for him, a joint longing for unreachable love and understanding. I speak loud without fear: "Please. Tell your men to get off us."
My voice is dignified — no wavering, no provocation, a clear acknowledgement of his power to harm or help.
I am still. My eyes hold his and I am not afraid of who he is, what he has done. I accept. I feel we know each other. Surprise flits over his face. He blinks. His lips curl and I know he has chosen to help.
"Let them go."
His voice is deep and authoritative. I feel the men's reluctance to do as he says. I won the first round. The leader spoke and committed to me. Now I can't let him change his mind.
Despite being pushed I stay locked to his eyes. With a slight nod and smile I communicate that he made the right decision, that I know how difficult it was to make. And again he says to the men, this time with aggravation:"Let them go."
The circle opens. "Thank you," I speak to his lips, and Ulla and I walk away.
I know not to run, although my heart is racing. We walk past a corner to a larger hall. We lean against a wall and tremble. I remember nothing else about the day.
As an activist and trainer I have discussed self-defense experiences with others and looked for common themes, for what professionals call "best practices." One is a refusal to accept victimization as inevitable. Despite great odds, Ulla and I stayed calm, either because of natural ability or, in my case, because I trained myself through play. We didn't follow the script of the attacker, which allowed us to develop our own strategy for protection, take the initiative and derail the attack.
I also know of times when someone's strategy failed, and I know how important it is to not in any way to blame those of us who are hurt or killed. Nothing we did — walk in the dark, wear short skirts, become inattentive to our surroundings — and nothing about who we are — physically different or a member of a hated group — makes us deserving of being attacked. The attacker is responsible and wrong.
The subway event lasted only a few seconds and was primarily non-verbal, but a lot happened in that short time. I decided that calling for help, fighting or pleading would not work. I had to stay calm and not do what they expected from a victim. The group was too large and attack-focused to deal with as a whole, which meant my best chance was to deal with a person who had influence.
I then identified the leader and assessed how he might help. Most leaders, especially in gangs, need to prove their power to themselves and their followers. His face told me about the arrogance and joy of power, but I also saw loneliness and an inkling of humanity. By asking for his help I made the gang's actions his choice, and I offered him the opportunity to prove both his goodness (even if it was hard to see while being attacked) and his "manhood."
Using the calmness and acceptance I had learned by paying close attention to horrendous war stories, I was able to express empathy, openness and wisdom. By showing him my face and body, I also used my gender. To do that I walked a fine line — to be liked and win support but not to be identified as a helpless female. My physical and mental stance had to exude power, and my words had to be strong and calm and not play into their stereotype of weakness.
I communicated through never-wavering eye contact (which does not work in every culture), and a relaxed, open-body posture facing in his direction. With my lack of fear and hate, I created what we call in group psychology a "safe container" where he could connect with his own goodness and use his power against the group's wish to victimize.
There's nothing new about this strategy. Seeing the humanity in one's enemies and winning them over has been done countless times, and it can be done countless more.
Antje Mattheus
Antje Mattheus came to the United States from her native Germany to work with the United Farm Workers Union and has participated in a variety of nonviolent campaigns since, including Philadelphia's Crisis Intervention Network's successful gang violence intervention program in the 1980s.
Tags: Civilian Peacekeeping, Conflict Resolution, Nonviolence in the Face of Violent Attack, Nonviolent communication, Training
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Wolfgang hertle says:
Dear Antje,
you may remember, we met in may 1974 during a four weeks "training" seminar with Theodor Ebert and others. Shortly after that you went to Philadelphia with Aktion Sühnezeichen. In the following years the movement of nonviolent action groups in Germany learnt a lot by George Lakey and other members of the Movement for A New Society or the Seabrook occupations.
When ever you come to Germany I invite you to Hamburg or to the Wendland, to talk to you how developped the movement in Germany since the 70es. And it would be great, if you gave us an impression about the nonviolent movement in the US. Yours Wolfgang Hertle
Justin Ohm says:
Great article Antje, hope your doing well.
David Hartsough says:
Thanks for another amazing story about the power of courgeous active nonviolence in overcoming violence.
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Even though PhoneGap has been around for nearly four years, it is the source of a great deal of confusion by many who have not work with the framework. In order to clear up some of the confusion, I have written this short document.
No disrepect, meant to Windows Phone or Blackberry, but mobile has become a two horse race between Apple and Android. Since the Google Play Store doesn't have any overly restrictive requirements, let's talk about Apple's App Store.
While PhoneGap apps are not able to use the system provided icons, its icons must have a similar look to Apple's, for example you can't use a screwdriver to represent settings, since in standard iOS it is represented by a "gear".
The guidelines also clearly state that you can't download code in any form and that your app can't simply be a web site bundled as an app. So if your plan is simply to create an app which is a link to a web site, you may have trouble passing review.
What does PhoneGap source code look like?
And finally there is the "merges" folder, this is where all of the files which are platform specific go. For example, suppose you would like for your app to look iOS-ish on iOS devices and Android-ish on Android devices. You would create different CSS files for each platform with the same name, say "style.css". In "merges/ios" you would place the iOS version of styles.css and in "merges/android", you would place the Android version of styles.css. When PhoneGap builds your app. It will copy the platform specific version of styles.css to the platform directory. In this way, your app can achieve the device appropriate look and feel without resorting to inline device detection.
What does the build command build?
It is assumed by PhoneGap, that you have already installed the development environment for each platform you wish to support. This means that for iOS development, you must be running on a Mac and have Xcode and iOS SDK installed. Similarly for Windows Phone, you must be on a PC, have Visual Studio and the WP8 SDK installed. Android development can be done on just about any system, but you still need to have the Android SDK installed.
When the command line build command is executed all it does is create the appropriate source code files for each platform. From there you complete the build the process using the platforms development tools. Android is currently the lone exception. It also has the run command. Which when used after the build command will actually compile the code and deploy it to either the Android emulator or an attached device.
PhoneGap allows you to create cross platform mobile apps using web technologies. It is not a tool for converting websites into apps. While it is easier for web developers to build mobile apps with PhoneGap than to develop them using native tools it is not turnkey or simple. PhoneGap apps require the same level of detail that all well developed apps deserve.
Nice blog! I would like to discuss a partnership opportunity between our sites. Is there an email address I can contact you in private?
Phonegap is really cool…Which application let's you develop a cross-platform applications within minutes? There are many applications available, but phonegap is my favorite and I still suggest the developers to use it because of it's innumerable benefits.
You can visit http://www.mobilepundits.com/blog/develop-your-first-mobile-app-in-5-minutes-using-phonegap-build/ for a quick tutorial.


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NeRRe is developing orvepitant, a neurokinin(NK)-1 receptor antagonist, as a first in class, once daily breakthrough treatment for cough hypersensitivity disorders. Having demonstrated proof of efficacy in patients with refractory or unexplained cough, NeRRe will now continue development in chronic cough caused by the rare and terminal lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). A dominant feature of this severe progressive respiratory disease in a high proportion of patients is an uncontrolled and persistent cough which is disabling for these terminally ill patients. The cough is often refractory to medical therapy and there are no approved treatments for it. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has been designated an orphan disease in both Europe and the USA.
NeRRe Therapeutics is led by CEO Mary Kerr and an experienced management team who recently sold a sister NK antagonist company KaNDy Therapeutics to Bayer for $425m up front and a total potential deal value in excess of $1b (Bayer to acquire UK-based biotech KaNDy Therapeutics Ltd). This team is committed to unlocking the significant potential of orvepitant in IPF cough. NeRRe is backed by international life sciences investors: Advent Life Sciences, Fountain Healthcare Partners, Forbion Capital Partners and OrbiMed, all of whom took part in a £23m Series B fundraising in 2017. The company was founded in 2012 as a spin out from GSK, which transferred its NK antagonist portfolio, and all associated intellectual property to NeRRe. The company has since generated exciting new preclinical and clinical data to support the progression of its lead clinical asset orvepitant and created further value with novel intellectual property.
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London PostSecret Event
Last night some friends and I went to the London PostSecret event. Are you a fan of PostSecret? Do you read the blog every Sunday as the secrets are posted? I do.
I truly had no idea what to expect from this event. I don't know what Frank Warren, the man who started PostSecret, would talk about. I didn't know if people would stand up and share their secrets, and I had brought with me three friends who knew nothing about PostSecret at all. So I was a little nervous to say the least.
Frank spoke for a while, shared some secrets, and had us all laughing and "aaaawing" in unison. He's a really good public speaker and told the story of PostSecret very well. When it came time for people to stand up and tell their own secrets, which of course was not mandatory, I got really nervous as the queue to the microphone got longer and longer. One secret that someone jokingly stood up to tell was that they get really nervous and uncomfortable when vulnerable people talk or preform in front of an audience - I can totally identify with this.
As people stood up and admitted to their most deep and heartfelt secrets I felt like I was riding the wave of emotions I imagined they were feeling with them: nervousness, followed by fear, terror and finally relief or overwhelming sadness as they managed to get out what they wanted to say. Sometimes after someone finished admitting to something, I imagined the room felt lighter as they seemed to feel lighter - as if a burden had been lifted. Other times, it didn't feel like anything had been lifted, it felt like something heavy had been dropped and just sat there un-moving.
People laughed and cried. I was mostly scared for each person as they stood up to speak, whether I could or couldn't identify with what they were saying, I wanted to make it easier for them somehow.
When I got home, Adam and I sat up late talking about our own secrets. We already know them all so there weren't any great revelations. But as I re-told him my heaviest secret that I would have said at the event if I were the sort of person who would want to do that, there was a brief silence followed by lots of laughter. I mean, not it's not funny, but I just couldn't help myself...
I don't know where this tendency came from, but I'm glad I'm the sort of person who can sometimes laugh at my life's worst moments. I know it's not everyone's natural reaction, but I'm glad it's mine. Maybe this is completely deluded of me to say, but I somehow feel like laughing at it makes me a strong person.
Here's a list of the PostSecret events happening around the UK over the next few weeks - go and check it out if you can. You may wake up the next morning with a bit of an emotional hangover, but it's an experience, and not one to be missed.
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Mark Joins Presidential Race, Promises Restructuring
Immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has declared his intention to contest for the Presidential election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019.
Senator Mark picked his Presidential nomination form on Tuesday at the Wadata Plaza, PDP National Secretariat, Abuja.
Senator Mark was President of the Senate for eight uninterrupted years between 2007 and 2015, a period that earned him the sobriquet "Mr. Stability".
He promised to stanch the intractable security, economic and socio-political challenges threatening the corporality of the country.
Senator Mark also promised to embark on restructuring of the country if given the opportunity, saying "irrespective of our political persuasions, it is incontrovertible that restructuring of the nation is an idea whose time has come.
"I believe it will further strengthen our bond of brotherhood and unity more than ever before, because everyone would have a sense of belonging and live in harmony in any part of Nigeria without any fear of molestation and intimidation."
If given the opportunity Mark disclosed "our blueprint Tagged 730 will address critical areas of our national life. Specifically, we will deal with poverty, unemployment and neglect which have forced some of our young people to undertake the very risky route of going through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea in their quest for greener pastures in Europe."
The 730 economic model, he explained as a strategy that will turn the economy around within two years, adding that youth will be the drivers of the process.
"We will concentrate on developing our infrastructure, delivering on affordable housing, roads, rails and power. We will focus on Education and create a pool of highly trained citizens with excellent IT skills who will be employable as well as create jobs.
"We will support Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) as a matter of priority by providing interest free cooperative loans to produce optimally with appropriate technology which will be the main driver of the economy with attendant huge employment opportunities."
It will be recalled that in the wake of the gale of defections by PDP faithful to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after the latter's defeat in 2015, Senator Mark promised that he will be the Last Man Standing for the PDP.
Senator Mark had told the nation "I have no reason to jump Ship. I will not leave the PDP. I will be the Last Man Standing for the PDP. The Party gave me the platform to be who I am today.
"I will stay in the PDP to contribute my quota to the rebuilding and restructuring of the party. This is democracy; winners emerge and losers go back to the drawing board to rejuvenate.
"Those drifting to APC now are fair weather friends of the PDP. They are seeking new green areas. When the PDP bounces back, they will seek another return to the PDP.
Handing the Nomination Form to Senator Mark, National Organising Secretary of the PDP, Col. Austin Akobundu (Rtd) praised him for his steadfastness and believe in the party over the years.
Akobundu noted that the party has been reformed, rebranded and earned the trust of all Nigerians.
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Q: Updating and deleting multiple images using Formset in Django I am new to Django so please forgive any silly mistakes in my code. I have made a post with multiple images using FBV. it works perfectly fine and does its job of adding multiple images to a post. Now I am working on editing the Post however I am having issues with editing the post I get the below error.
AttributeError at /gangsters/edit/Scarface-the-story-of-Al-Capone/
'tuple' object has no attribute '_committed'
Request Method: POST
Request URL:    http://127.0.0.1:8000/gangsters/edit/Scarface-the-story-of-Al-Capone
Django Version: 1.11
Exception Type: AttributeError
Exception Value:
'tuple' object has no attribute '_committed'

A brief description of my models Lets say I am trying to make this web-app that allows users to write about Gangsters (more like the post model)from around the world and from different time periods. There are 2 models. Gangsters and GangMembers. GangMember has a foreign_key to Gangster
my models are as below
class Gangster(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='posts')
    gangster_name = models.CharField(max_length=250, unique=True)
    slug = models.SlugField(allow_unicode=True, unique=True)
    history = models.TextField()
    gangster_image = models.ImageField()
    # there are more attributes like "Post-like but ignoring them as they are not relevant here"

def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
    self.slug = slugify(self.title) #for SEO on google searches
    super().save(*args, **kwargs)

class Gangmember(models.Model):
    gangster = models.ForeignKey(Gangster, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="ganglord")
    gangmember_image= models.ImageField(upload_to='images/', blank=True, null=True, default='')
    gangmember_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='')
    brief_description = models.CharField(max_length=1000, default='')

below is my gangster_edit views.py
@login_required
def gangster_edit(request, slug):
    gangster = get_object_or_404(Gangster, slug=slug)
    ImageFormSet = modelformset_factory(Gangmember, fields=('gangmember_image', 'gangmember_name', 'gangmember_description'), extra=7, max_num=7)
    if gangster.user != request.user:
        raise Http404()
    if request.method == "POST":
        form = GangsterEditForm(request.POST or None, request.FILES or None, instance=gangster)
        formset = ImageFormSet(request.POST or None, request.FILES or None)

        if form.is_valid() and formset.is_valid():
            form.save()
            print(formset.cleaned_data)
            data = GangMember.objects.filter(gangster=gangster)
            for index, f in enumerate(formset):
                if f.cleaned_data:
                    if f.cleaned_data['id'] is None:
                        photo = GangMember(gangster=gangster, image=f.cleaned_data.get('image'), image_title=f.cleaned_data.get('image_title'),
                                     image_description=f.cleaned_data.get('image_description'))
                        photo.save()
                    elif (f.cleaned_data['image'], f.cleaned_data['image_title'], f.cleaned_data['image_description']) is False:
                        photo = Gangmember.objects.get(id=request.POST.get('form-' + str(index) + '-id'))
                        photo.delete()
                    else:
                        photo = Gangmember(gangster=gangster, image=f.cleaned_data.get('gangmember_image'), image_title=f.cleaned_data.get('gangmember_name'),
                                     image_description=f.cleaned_data.get('gangmember_description'))
                        d = GangMember.objects.get(id=data[index].id)
                        d.gangmember_image=photo.gangmember_image,
                        d.gangmember_name=photo.gangmember_name,
                        d.gangmember_description=photo.gangmember_description
                        d.save()
            return HttpResponseRedirect(gangster.get_absolute_url())
    else:
        form = GangsterEditForm(instance=gangster)
        formset = ImageFormSet(queryset=Gangmember.objects.filter(gangster=gangster))
    context = {'form': form, 'gangster': gangster, 'formset': formset}
    return render(request, 'gangsters/gangster_edit.html', context)

I am sorry if the question is too long. Again my gangster_edit view is not working and giving an AttributeError error. The error detail is pasted above. If you have read till here, thank you so much for trying to help me solve this
TraceBack Error
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
May 02, 2018 - 22:22:03
Django version 1.11, using settings 'Khal.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.

[02/May/2018 22:22:46] "GET /gangsters/samir/al-capone-from-chicago/ HTTP/1.1" 200 31213
[02/May/2018 22:22:49] "GET /gangsters/edit/al-capone-from-chicago/ HTTP/1.1" 200 18773
[{'gangmember_image': <ImageFieldFile: images/3.jpg>, 'gangmember_name': 'A', 'brief_description': 'This is A You will love A', 'id': <Gangmember: Al Capone from Chicago Image>}, {'gangmember_image': <InMemoryUploadedFile: B.jpg (image/jpeg)>, 'gangmember_name': 'B', 'brief_description': 'This is B
You will love B', 'id': None}, {'gangmember_image': <InMemoryUploadedFile: C.jpg (image/jpeg)>, 'gangmember_name': 'C', 'brief_description': 'Thi
s is C You will love C', 'id': None}, {'gangmember_image': <InMemoryUploadedFile: D.jpg (image/jpeg)>, 'gangmember_name': 'D', 'image_description
': 'This is D You will love D', 'id': None}, {'gangmember_image': <InMemoryUploadedFile: E.jpg (image/jpeg)>, 'gangmember_name': 'E.', 'brief_description': 'This is E You will love E', 'id': None}, {}, {}]
Internal Server Error: /gangsters/edit/al-capone-from-chicago/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Miniconda3\envs\MyDjangoEnv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 41, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Miniconda3\envs\MyDjangoEnv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 187, in _get_response
    response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Miniconda3\envs\MyDjangoEnv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 185, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Documents\gangsters\views.py", line 144, in gangster_edit
    d.save()
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Miniconda3\envs\MyDjangoEnv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 806, in save
    force_update=force_update, update_fields=update_fields)
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Miniconda3\envs\MyDjangoEnv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 836, in save_base
    updated = self._save_table(raw, cls, force_insert, force_update, using, update_fields)
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Miniconda3\envs\MyDjangoEnv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 900, in _save_table
    for f in non_pks]
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Miniconda3\envs\MyDjangoEnv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 900, in <listcomp>
    for f in non_pks]
  File "C:\Users\Samir\Miniconda3\envs\MyDjangoEnv\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\files.py", line 295, in pre_save
    if file and not file._committed:
AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute '_committed'
[02/May/2018 22:23:28] "POST /gangsters/edit/Scarface-the-story-of-Al-Capone

/ HTTP/1.1" 500 112934

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Classical Guitar Magazine exclaims: "The maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity …is simply outstanding." in describing the Brasil Guitar Duo, winner of the 2006 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. With a full touring schedule on two continents, critically acclaimed recordings and innovative programming featuring a seamless blend of traditional and Brazilian works, the Duo has quickly emerged as one of the preeminent guitar duos of its generation.
The Duo appears frequently in conjunction with CAG's highly regarded New Music/New Places initiative, performing in diverse non-traditional spaces. Just some of the venues who have hosted the duo are: BAMcafé and Barbés Bar and Performance Space in Brooklyn; Long Island's Cinema Arts Centre; Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs; and Philadelphia's World Café Live. The Brasil Guitar Duo is perfectly suited for these non-traditional venues, having established a broad repertoire of classical guitar duos (Bach, Sor, Scarlatti, etc.) combined with the traditional music of its native land (samba, maxixe, choro and baião).
João Luiz and Douglas Lora met in São Paulo as teenage guitar students and have been performing together for more than ten years, perfecting a sublime synchronicity and effortless performance style. The ensemble's primary studies were with Henrique Pinto along with Fabio Zanon, Paulo Martelli, Sergio Abreu and Alice Artz. Douglas Lora recently completed a Master's degree at the University of Miami as a student of Dr. Rene Gonzalez. João Luiz is a member of the guitar quartet Quaternaglia.


With its tasteful, sleek design, in either red or black, the Paramount P-601 Popcorn Machine can be placed on a table top or sturdy surface. As an option, the popcorn machine can be combined with the matching Cart Section for an attractive unit that adds charm and appeal to anywhere popcorn is enjoyed. The Cart Section furnishes a storage location for popcorn serving bags and tubs, serving accessories, and popcorn ingredients. The Paramount P-601 Popcorn Machine includes many features. Multicolored LED illumination is a unique feature that adds colorful ambiance and character to the popcorn machine and surroundings. The built-in heated warming deck feature ensures popcorn stays warm, ready to be served. Additional Paramount machine features include a new fast and easy-clean six (6) ounce high-performance stainless steel detachable hot-oil kettle, easy-to-remove kettle support brackets for easy machine cleanup, four (4) control switches for ultimate machine operation, and more.


A vegetable is any eatable part of a plant that does not have seeds. Let's learn vegetables vocabulary in English.
Root vegetables are plant roots eaten by humans as food.
Onion Family includes hundreds of species, including the cultivated onion, garlic, scallion, shallot, leek, and chives.
Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, vegetable greens, leafy greens, or salad greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Although they come from a very wide variety of plants, most share a great deal with other leaf vegetables in nutrition and cooking methods.
This is a list of vegetables which are grown or harvested primarily for the consumption of their leafy parts, either raw or cooked.
Squashes are a kind of vegetable. They originally came from the New World. Gourds are in the same family as squashes. Pumpkins and courgette are types of squashes.
Bean is a common name for large seeds of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae which are used for human food.
Pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas.
There are a multitude of beans. This list of beans has been edited to ones that most people have a reasonable chance of acquiring provided they have access to a specialty food store.


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Silas House: The Knowing
As a writer, Silas House doesn't like to use the word "love" too much. But, when it comes to his dogs, House knows that they embody love in every sense of the word—the giving and receiving of affection, practicing kindness and patience, and enjoying every single moment.
Silas House: The Knowing quantity
SKU: 700-145884 Category: Audio Downloads
Silas House is the nationally bestselling author of five novels, three plays, and one work of creative nonfiction. He has been published in the New York Times, Narrative, Newsday, Oxford American, and many other publications. The NEH Chair of Appalachian Studies at Berea College, he also serves on the fiction faculty of the MFA in creative writing at Spalding University.
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Q: Nameserver not accepted with the message: The Host does not exist I'm trying to change the nameserver of my domain, but I'm facing the problem where every party is saying the problem is not on their end.
The name servers:

*

*ns.my-beast.com

*ns2.my-beast.com

Error message I'm getting:

The Host does not exist

Is there a way I can validate the DNS configuration and identify the problem easily?
For context: I can affect the records for my-beast.com. So if something is set wrongly or something is missing, I'm happy to hear.


We have compiled all necessary information here below to help you prepare and deliver a succesfull presentation in Prague.
The time available for each Symposium is 75 minutes sharp. One of the main responsibilities of the presenters is to properly prepare for their presentation, which includes ensuring that the presentation does not exceed the allocated time of 18 minutes.
Following the three oral presentations, a Discussant will provide a brief overview of the main issues. However, the Discussant should keep in mind that they are not giving a new presentation. After the overview, the Discussant will then moderate a 15-minute general discussion of the topic between presenters and attendants.
A volunteer will time the presentation and give a 2‑minute warning (yellow flag) to presenters at the 15th minute when they are approaching the end of their presentation time slot. This will allow the presenters to complete their presentation for the remaining 2 minutes of their timeslot. A red flag will be raised at the 17th minute when the presenter only has 1 minute before the next presentation.
The time available for each Debate Symposium is 75 minutes sharp. One of the main responsibilities of the presenters is to properly prepare for their presentation, which includes ensuring that their presentations do not exceed the allocated time.
Within this timeframe, there will be a 20-minutes presentation by 2 presenters (presenter 1: 'pro' talk for 10 minutes; presenter 2: 'con' talk for 10 minutes), followed by a 35-minutes debate.
Please prepare your presentation for 10 minutes. You will have 2 minutes discussion time (each presentation has a 12 minute time-slot). Please respect this when planning your presentation to help us keep the time schedule.
A volunteer will time the presentation and give a 2‑minute warning (yellow flag) at the 8th minute and a red flag when you are approaching the end of your presentation time.
Please prepare your presentation for 5 minutes. You will have 2 minutes discussion time (each presentation has a 7 minute time-slot). Please respect this when planning your presentation to help us keep the time schedule.
A volunteer will time the presentation and give a 2‑minute warning (yellow flag) at the 3rd minute and a red flag when you are approaching the end of your presentation time.
Posters should not measure more than 90cm wide x 120cm high (portrait style), and should be constructed from lightweight material (heavy posters will not affix to the boards). Presenters will be provided with materials to attach their posters.
Mounted between 07:00 and 08:00 hours and removed between 16:35 and 18:00 hours.
Poster Session 1 presenters should stand by their poster to discuss the content with delegates from 10:50 to 12:05 hours on Wednesday 5th June.
Poster Session 2 presenters should stand by their poster to discuss the content with delegates from 10:50 to 12:05 hours on Thursday 6th June.
Poster Session 3 presenters should stand by their poster to discuss the content with delegates from 10:50 to 12:05 hours on Friday 7th June.
Any posters left on the boards at the end of each session will be removed by the organizers and can be picked up at the Registration Desk. Posters not collected by the end of the Meeting will be recycled.
Presenters should visit the Speakers' Ready Room, at least two hours prior to the start of their session, to upload their presentation to the network and to organize their materials.
For sessions that commence at 0830 hours, presenters are requested to upload their presentation the day before wherever possible. Technicians will be on hand in this area should presenters have any questions or require assistance.
PowerPoint presentations will be projected on screens format with the aspect ratio of 16:9.
The preferred format is Windows Media Video (WMV). While some conversion may be necessary, we can also accept movies created as MP4 (ideally MPEG4 or H.264).
Please remember to compress your videos no matter which format you prefer. By doing so, your movie will transfer and load faster during your presentation with minimal loss in video quality. If you plan to play a DVD as part of your presentation, please notify a technician in the Speakers' Ready Room so arrangements can be made for assistance in your meeting room.
The only supported fonts are those included with MS Office 2013. If you need a specialized font, it should be embedded into your PowerPoint presentation.
We currently support all versions of PowerPoint through from MS Office 2013 and higher. If your PowerPoint presentation is from a version prior to Office 2013, the system will be able to open and read the file.
Currently, we do not support Keynote files. Please convert your keynote presentation to either PowerPoint format, PDF or Quicktime video format.
If you use a version of PowerPoint prior to 2008, please be sure embedded pictures are not in TIFF format. These images will not show up in PowerPoint. With PowerPoint 2008 for Mac or newer, any inserted image will be compatible. To ensure there are no picture problems, please check your presentation in the Speakers' Ready Room.
PowerPoint 2010 or higher supports playback of MOVs. The best compatibility for MOV playback is to use MPEG4 or H.264 as your codec. If you are using an earlier version of PowerPoint (older than 2010) please export MOV files to Windows Media WMV with Quicktime 7 Pro. If you cannot convert the files or have a considerable number of MOV files, please bring all video files separate to your presentation. When onsite, please check in with the Speakers' Ready Room no less than 24hr before your presentation.
Please ensure that you go to the presentation room 15 minutes before the start of your session to meet the Chair and fellow presenters.
Conference staff will be available in the session rooms for assistance.
We use the flag system to maintain the presentation schedule and to encourage dialogue and questions between the presenter and conference delegates during the final portion of the presentations. All oral and short oral presenters must use the computers provided at the conference venue. No personal laptop or notebook computers are allowed for oral or short oral presentations.
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And I'm annoyed I haven't tried this one sooner.
Spring has finally sprung—and so have the millions of tiny flyaways on the top of my head. Thanks, humidity. The only thing I despise more than seeing each individual baby hair sticking straight up is the fact that I literally can't find anything to keep them down. Until now, that is.
Last night, Brie Larson (a.k.a Captain Marvel) attended the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War with a sleek, stick-straight lob—and somehow no flyaways. But how can this be? Does she actually have a superpower that keeps her hair looking 100 percent smooth all the time?
Nope. She just has a crazy smart (and possibly superhuman) celebrity hairstylist, Sarah Potempa. Last night, Potempa shared a photo of Larson on the red carpet, explaining exactly how she styled the actress's hair. In the caption, she wrote, "One of my favorite tips...spraying my on set styling brush with hairspray and brushing through. Then I spritz the flyaways and roll the can over to lock them down!"
Yes, a hairspray can, used like a rolling pin for flyaways. Honestly, I'm mad I didn't think of this first. It's so simple, yet, SO GENIUS. Unlike using a brush or your fingers to smooth flyaways after spritzing them, a metal can has a totally smooth, friction-free surface that won't disrupt your hairstyle.
If you don't already own a can of hairspray, I recommend Kate Middleton's favorite, , because it'll only cost you $12, and it'll leave your hair ridiculously smooth and shiny. Need a few more staple products in your hair arsenal? Check out our editor's favorite hair products and tools, below.


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Oh what a time we are in! I go in and out of the intensity of my feelings. I'll listen to the radio and be seething, then hopeless, and after I'll do some work with my clients and feel full of promise about the world.
It's important to remember that both are true. The world can be hopeless and full of promise at the same time. (I think because exposing one system for its corruption leaves space for another paradigm to be born.) Still, it's so intense to hold both as true, mourning one while I get excited about the other.
Within the intensity, I'm feeling the need for grounding. For me this means extra consistency in my daily routines. I'm being careful about when I go to bed (Jonah usually decides when I wake up), and making sure I eat three meals a day.
Cooking is also incredibly grounding for me. Right now, as we creep closer to fall, I'm making one-pot meals like soups and stews. I use fewer dishes and it also feels more nourishing. And I need all the nourishment I can get these days!
I try not to give too much advice, but I do hope you all thinking how you can take extra good care of yourself right now. Tensions are very high, traumas are being relived and the one thing we do have control over is how we care for ourselves (which affects are capacity to care for others).
Then we can show up, the best we can, to enact change and stay steady as we see how this cycle plays itself out.


MEDEL statement on the suspension of the Polish Judiciary Council by the ENCJ – Stowarzyszenie Prokuratorów "Lex super omnia"
The General Assembly of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) decided in its meeting of September 17th, 2018, to suspend the membership of the Polish Judiciary Council (KRS – Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa).
The ENCJ concluded that currently the KRS is not "independent of the executive and legislature" and therefore is not capable of ensuring "the final responsibility for the support of the judiciary in the independent delivery of justice".
In its Cracov Declaration of December 18th, 2017, MEDEL stressed that the new composition of the KRS not only violates European standards compiled by Venice Commission and ENCJ, but also the Polish Constitution. Current KRS, composed of judges elected by politicians, does not comply with the statutory regulations of the ENCJ. This conclusion stems not only from the analysis of relevant law, but also from the observations of the activity of current members of KRS. The election process of candidates to the higher level courts, especially the Supreme Court, fully confirmed our gravest concerns. The hearings of candidates have proven that the professional achievements have no significance today, the only election criteria is the loyalty to the ruling party. Politically dependent KRS recommended to Supreme Court fully loyal persons despite disciplinary penalties (a few prosecutors and a solicitor), or a prosecutor responsible for torturing an interrogated person (interrogated a woman during childbirth) – while rejecting independent professors and judges with significant professional expertise. During one of the hearings, all candidates were asked, whether they consider prof. Małgorzata Gersdorf as the President of the Supreme Court. The positive recommendations were given only to those who gave a negative answer.
Uchwały Zgromadzenia Przedstawicieli Sędziów Okręgu Sądu Okręgowego w Warszawie z 20 września 2018 r.


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No matter what diet dogma you might read about, nothing will ever refute the reality of caloric balance.
Just because you're buying your food at a farmer's market or health-food store, doesn't mean you're avoiding GMOs.
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In immunohistochemistry (IHC), estrogen receptor (ER) is used to determine prognosis and as a predictive marker for anti-estrogen in breast cancer. The American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) recommends that the ER status of patients is determined on all invasive breast cancers and breast cancer recurrences. It is, additionally, recommended that the ER status of the tumor is considered positive if there are at least 1 % positive tumor nuclei in a tissue sample.
This protocol can be used to determine ER positivity and negativity in a tumor, and provides the number of positive nuclei as well as the total number of nuclei. In addition, the ratio of positive nuclei and the area ratio of positive nuclei are given. Calibration of the protocol allows it to be used on images with different staining intensities. All tumor regions are identified within a region of interest (ROI), which can be outlined manually.
The first image processing step involves a segmentation of all nuclei in the ROI. This is done by using a HDAB-DAB color deconvolution band to detect positively stained nuclei and a multiplication of the red and blue color band to detect negative nuclei. A method for nuclei separation which is based on shape, size and nuclei probability is used, employing a fully automated watershed-based nuclei segmentation technique. Then the positive nuclei are subdivided into three categories based on staining intensities. As a post-processing step, nuclei areas that are too small are removed. The image obtained after post-processing [See FIGURE 3] is used to determine the output variables.
Note on counting: Analyzing full virtual slides usually takes place in a tile-by-tile fashion. If not handled appropriately, nuclei that are intersecting with neighboring tile boundaries would be counted twice (or more). By using unbiased counting frames, this can be avoided [See FIGURE 2]. This principle is implemented in this APP.
The output variable obtained from this protocol is the H-Score.
Thus the H-Score is a value between 0 and 300 (0 if there are only negative cells, and 300 if all cells are positive with an intense stain), giving an indication of the ratio of positive cells while factoring in staining intensity.
The APP utilizes the EngineTM and Viewer software modules, where EngineTM offers an execution platform to expand processing capability and speed of image analysis. The Viewer allows a fast review together with several types of image adjustment properties e.g. outlining of regions, annotations and direct measures of distance, curve length, radius, etc.
1. American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists Guideline Recommendations for Immunohistochemical Testing of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in Breast Cancer, M. E. H. Hammond et al., J. Clin Oncol 28:2784-95, 2010.
One field of view of the original image at 20X (scaled down to fit this space). ROIs have been outlined manually (green hatched line).
Using un-biased counting frames in the detection of nuclei ensures that each object is counted only once.
Detection of all nuclei within the ROIs. Positive nuclei are marked with a red (strong), orange (medium) and yellow (weak) label and negative nuclei are marked with a blue label.


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I'm sure everyone understands, life is hectic!
I've managed to get out digging a few times, but haven't had a chance to sit down and post about them.
Same yard where I found the class ring.
This is the total from 3 separate hunts.
I also found 46 wheat pennies in this yard!
One of my best sites ever.
I was lucky enough to be interviewed by our local newspaper about the class ring. It ran on the front page of The Express-Times on Monday, May 4.
This all came out of a 4x10 sidewalk tear-out from one of my old sites.
Spent about two hours at this new site... can't wait to get back.
Found 5 Indians, including a 1862 fatty!
Fun day at another new site.
Freshly dug 1929 Buffalo Nickel. Love digging these.
Never dug a button quite like this. Nice flower design in the center.
I'm not kidding. I've been exhausted.
I fell asleep in this pile of dirt.
Back to regular posting ASAP!
Just shared on the Metal Detecting Heroes facebook page. I'll probably share a couple of your ring stories... posts are queued, so it'll be on there in a few days. Great work!
Thanks Scott! Always a joy to return a lost item. I'll return the favor and share your page then.


God's Creators is a small group that meets whenever cards need to be made to send for holidays, birthdays, illness, congratulations, etc.
We mail to college students, shut-ins and anyone who needs to be reminded that we are thinking of them.
Thank you to Suzanne Sirovy for providing our fall card design (pictured)!
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NATO Secretary General in Texas: Europe and North America stand strong together
05 Apr. 2018 - 06 Apr. 2018
Last updated: 06 Apr. 2018 09:21
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg began a visit to the United States on Thursday (5 April 2018) with a speech at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he stressed the importance of North America and Europe standing strong together to face common challenges.
Calling NATO the most successful alliance in history, the Secretary General attributed that success to constant adaptation in the face of new challenges. Mr. Stoltenberg welcomed NATO's major advances over the past few years – including the deployment of multinational deterrent forces to the eastern part of the Alliance, strengthened cyber, hybrid and missile defences, and increased contributions to the fight against terrorism. NATO is now stepping up its role in this fight, including by bolstering the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, planning for a training mission in Iraq, and providing surveillance aircraft support to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. He stressed that after many years of decline, we have seen three consecutive years of rising defence expenditure among European Allies and Canada, in response to a more challenging security environment.
While on the university campus, the Secretary General also met with former US President George W. Bush at the Presidential Center.
The Secretary General's schedule also includes a visit to the Lockheed Martin F-35 plant to express appreciation for developing cutting edge capabilities for the United States and other Allies.
On Friday (6 April), the Secretary General will visit the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, meeting participants in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. He will also visit US Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
Later on 6 April, Mr. Stoltenberg will travel to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, where he will visit North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and US Northern Command (NORTHCOM), together with Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.
NATO Secretary General at Southern Methodist University, 05 APR 2018 06 Apr. 2018
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 05 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 05 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO at the editorial board with the Dallas Morning News
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 05 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with former President George W. Bush
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 05 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with former President George W. Bush and Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 05 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the President of the Southern Methodist University, Dr R Gerald Turner, Ray Hunt, Board of Directors of the Southern Methodist University and Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 05 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the President of the Southern Methodist University, Dr R Gerald Turner and Ray Hunt, Board of Directors of the Southern Methodist University
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 05 Apr. 2018 Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 05 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participating in a Town Hall event at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with General John E. Hyten, Commander USSTRATCOM
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits the United States Strategic Command
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 Arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Col Andrea ''Gunna'' Themely, Commander of the 80th Flying Wing, BrigGen Ronald Jolly, Commander of the 82d Training Wing and Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO.
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visits Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Col Andrea ''Gunna'' Themely, Commander of the 80th Flying Wing and BrigGen Ronald Jolly, Commander of the 82d Training Wing in front of the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a flight simulator at the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO in a flight simulator at the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 Remarks by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan, and the Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Air Force Lori J. Robinson pause for a photo in front of the commands' Sept. 11, 2001 memorial.
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan, and the Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Air Force Lori J. Robinson prepare for a bi-command briefing at the NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters.
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 06 Apr. 2018 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan
NATO Secretary General visits the United States of America 07 Apr. 2018 Bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan
ENGLISH - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivering remarks and taking questions from students in a Town Hall event at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
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ENGLISH - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg answering questions by students in a Town Hall event at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) in Nebraska 06 Apr. 2018
Remarks by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Town Hall Event at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas 05 Apr. 2018
NATO Secretary General visits NORAD and NORTHCOM in Colorado 07 Apr. 2018
NATO Secretary General visits US STRATCOM in Nebraska, Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas 06 Apr. 2018
NATO Secretary General to visit the United States of America 04 Apr. 2018
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The iPhone 5S is the first consumer device that actually brings useful, reliable biometrics to the masses via its 'fingerprint identity sensor.' In July of 2012, Apple bought Authentec, and now the fruits of that acquisition are clear. Security biometrics have been used in smatterings of tech products for years, but never consistently or reliably. The fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5S is going to change all of that. It already is.
But it's not perfect, and how it's implemented needs some fine tuning. The purpose of this article is to explain, from my perspective, how it could be tuned to be more useful and less annoying.
As iOS 7 handles it right now, the fingerprint sensor functionality has two issues. One, it requires a fingerprint authentication every time you unlock your phone; in other words, it requires a passcode immediately upon the phone being put to sleep. Yesterday, I counted how many times I unlocked my phone: 45. Of those 45 times, fingerprint authentication worked perfectly save two times. Those two times, it took me several attempts for the sensor to work. That's still a great hit-rate, but it's annoying to have to re-authenticate if I turn my phone off, forget to send a reply to a text, and have to re-authenticate one second later, and that re-authentication doesn't work for some reason.
Let's think about that: if you're unlocking your phone 45 times a day, that means the fingerprint sensor needs to work (and work well) a ton. Over a week, that means 315 scanning instances, and over a year you're talking 16,425 times the scanner must be invoked to unlock your phone. That's a lot, and one has to wonder what the boundary limits are for how often the sensor is designed to work.
The iPhone 5S fingerprint sensor also offers another cool feature: it lets you use your fingerprint for App Store and iTunes purchases instead of mashing in your Apple ID password on the keypad. This is very nice, except that it's tied to the aforementioned annoying must-authenticate-every-time functionality.
Offer time intervals before a passcode (fingerprint authentication) is required. I believe on non-iPhone 5S models, you have your tried-and-true interval options: 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, never, etc. If I could set this to something other than Immediate on my iPhone 5S, the fingerprint scanning would be much less invasive and wouldn't be called upon with such insane frequency.
Divorce the authentication function from the App Store and iTunes purchase function. In other words, allow me to disable password authentication for the device, but let me use fingerprint authentication for app and music purchases. As it stands today, if you disable fingerprint authentication for the device, you cannot continue to use it in lieu of your Apple ID password whenever you download something from the App Store or iTunes.
These two tweaks would improve the fingerprint sensor experience immeasurably.
Tags: apple, biometrics, fingerprint scanner, fingerprint sensor, ios 7, iphone 5s, security Posted October 25, 2013 by Jeff V.
My fingerprint authorization works only 2 out of every 100 times which means virtually never. It is more than annoying. It indicated the print was acceptable when I "installed" it but never recognizes it. I have put in prints for 2 different fingers.


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The top of the Long Beach end table is supported by a light metal frame that gives the design elegance and character.
The table's frame is anthracite-coated metal.
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