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Clinical heterogeneity of hypophysitis secondary to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: insights from four cases
Isabella Lupi, Alessandro Brancatella, Mirco Cosottini, Nicola Viola, Giulia Lanzolla, Daniele Sgrò, Giulia Di Dalmazi, Francesco Latrofa, Patrizio Caturegli and Claudio Marcocci
Programmed cell death protein 1/programmed cell death protein ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4/B7 (CTLA-4/B7) pathways are key regulators in T-cell activation and tolerance. Nivolumab, pembrolizumab (PD-1 inhibitors), atezolizumab (PD-L1 inhibitor) and ipilimumab (CTLA-4 inhibitor) are monoclonal antibodies approved for treatment of several advanced cancers. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)-related hypophysitis is described more frequently in patients treated with anti-CTLA-4; however, recent studies reported an increasing prevalence of anti-PD-1/PD-L1-induced hypophysitis which also exhibits slightly different clinical features. We report our experience on hypophysitis induced by anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 treatment. We present four cases, diagnosed in the past 12 months, of hypophysitis occurring in two patients receiving anti-PD-1, in one patient receiving anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 combined therapy and in one patient receiving anti-PD-L1. In this case series, timing, clinical presentation and association with other immune-related adverse events appeared to be extremely variable; central hypoadrenalism and hyponatremia were constantly detected although sellar magnetic resonance imaging did not reveal specific signs of pituitary inflammation. These differences highlight the complexity of ICI-related hypophysitis and the existence of different mechanisms of action leading to heterogeneity of clinical presentation in patients receiving immunotherapy.
PD-1/PD-L1 blockade can induce hypophysitis with a different clinical presentation when compared to CTLA-4 blockade.
Diagnosis of PD-1/PD-L1 induced hypophysitis is mainly made on clinical grounds and sellar MRI does not show radiological abnormalities.
Hyponatremia due to acute secondary adrenal insufficiency is often the principal sign of PD-1/PD-L1-induced hypophysitis and can be masked by other symptoms due to oncologic disease.
PD-1/PD-L1-induced hypophysitis can present as an isolated manifestation of irAEs or be in association with other autoimmune diseases
Acromegaly remission, SIADH and pituitary function recovery after macroadenoma apoplexy
E Sanz-Sapera, S Sarria-Estrada, F Arikan and B Biagetti
Pituitary apoplexy is a rare but potentially life-threatening clinical syndrome characterised by ischaemic infarction or haemorrhage into a pituitary tumour that can lead to spontaneous remission of hormonal hypersecretion. We report the case of a 50-year-old man who attended the emergency department for sudden onset of headache. A computed tomography (CT) scan at admission revealed pituitary haemorrhage and the blood test confirmed the clinical suspicion of acromegaly and an associated hypopituitarism. The T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed the classic pituitary ring sign on the right side of the pituitary. Following admission, he developed acute-onset hyponatraemia that required hypertonic saline administration, improving progressively. Surprisingly, during the follow-up, IGF1 levels became normal and he progressively recovered pituitary function.
Patients with pituitary apoplexy may have spontaneous remission of hormonal hypersecretion. If it is not an emergency, we should delay a decision to undertake surgery following apoplexy and re-evaluate hormone secretion.
Hyponatraemia is an acute sign of hypocortisolism in pituitary apoplexy. However, SIADH although uncommon, could appear later as a consequence of direct hypothalamic insult and requires active and individualised treatment. For this reason, closely monitoring sodium at the beginning of the episode and throughout the first week is advisable to guard against SIADH.
Despite being less frequent, if pituitary apoplexy is limited to the tumour, the patient can recover pituitary function previously damaged by the undiagnosed macroadenoma.
Simultaneous onset of type 1 diabetes mellitus and silent thyroiditis under durvalumab treatment
Jose León Mengíbar, Ismael Capel, Teresa Bonfill, Isabel Mazarico, Laia Casamitjana Espuña, Assumpta Caixàs and Mercedes Rigla
Durvalumab, a human immunoglobulin G1 kappa monoclonal antibody that blocks the interaction of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) with the PD-1 and CD80 (B7.1) molecules, is increasingly used in advanced neoplasias. Durvalumab use is associated with increased immune-related adverse events. We report a case of a 55-year-old man who presented to our emergency room with hyperglycaemia after receiving durvalumab for urothelial high-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. On presentation, he had polyuria, polyphagia, nausea and vomiting, and laboratory test revealed diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Other than durvalumab, no precipitating factors were identified. Pre-durvalumab blood glucose was normal. The patient responded to treatment with intravenous fluids, insulin and electrolyte replacement. Simultaneously, he presented a thyroid hormone pattern that evolved in 10 weeks from subclinical hyperthyroidism (initially attributed to iodinated contrast used in a previous computerised tomography) to overt hyperthyroidism and then to severe primary hypothyroidism (TSH: 34.40 µU/mL, free thyroxine (FT4): <0.23 ng/dL and free tri-iodothyronine (FT3): 0.57 pg/mL). Replacement therapy with levothyroxine was initiated. Finally, he was tested positive for anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), anti-thyroglobulin (Tg) and antithyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies (Abs) and diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and silent thyroiditis caused by durvalumab. When durvalumab was stopped, he maintained the treatment of multiple daily insulin doses and levothyroxine. Clinicians need to be alerted about the development of endocrinopathies, such as DM, DKA and primary hypothyroidism in the patients receiving durvalumab.
Patients treated with anti-PD-L1 should be screened for the most common immune-related adverse events (irAEs).
Glucose levels and thyroid function should be monitored before and during the treatment.
Durvalumab is mainly associated with thyroid and endocrine pancreas dysfunction.
In the patients with significant autoimmune background, risk–benefit balance of antineoplastic immunotherapy should be accurately assessed.
A rare cause of postpartum acute hyponatremia
Ilan Rahmani Tzvi-Ran, Judith Olchowski, Merav Fraenkel, Asher Bashiri and Leonid Barski
A previously healthy 24-year-old female underwent an emergent caesarean section without a major bleeding described. During the first post-operative days (POD) she complained of fatigue, headache and a failure to lactate with no specific and conclusive findings on head CT. On the following days, fever rose with a suspicion of an obstetric surgery-related infection, again with no evidence to support the diagnosis. On POD5 a new-onset hyponatremia was documented. The urine analysis suggested SIADH, and following a treatment failure, further investigation was performed and demonstrated both central hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency. The patient was immediately treated with hydrocortisone followed by levothyroxine with a rapid resolution of symptoms and hyponatremia. Further laboratory investigation demonstrated anterior hypopituitarism. The main differential diagnosis was Sheehan's syndrome vs lymphocytic hypophysitis. Brain MRI was performed as soon as it was available and findings consistent with Sheehan's syndrome confirmed the diagnosis. Lifelong hormonal replacement therapy was initiated. Further complaints on polyuria and polydipsia have led to a water deprivation testing and the diagnosis of partial central insipidus and appropriate treatment with DDAVP.
Sheehan's syndrome can occur, though rarely, without an obvious major post-partum hemorrhage.
The syndrome may resemble lymphocytic hypophysitis clinically and imaging studies may be crucial in order to differentiate both conditions.
Hypopituitarism presentation may be variable and depends on the specific hormone deficit.
Euvolemic hyponatremia workup must include thyroid function test and 08:00 AM cortisol levels.
Rituximab treatment for isolated IgG4-related hypophysitis in a teenage female
Danielle R Bullock, Bradley S Miller, H Brent Clark and Patricia M Hobday
IgG4-related hypophysitis is an important diagnostic consideration in patients with a pituitary mass or pituitary dysfunction and can initially present with headaches, visual field deficits and/or endocrine dysfunction. Isolated IgG4-related pituitary disease is rare, with most cases of IgG4-related disease involving additional organ systems. We report the case of a teenage female patient with isolated IgG4-related hypophysitis, diagnosed after initially presenting with headaches. Our patient had no presenting endocrinologic abnormalities. She was treated with surgical resection, prednisolone and rituximab with no further progression of disease and sustained normal endocrine function. This case, the youngest described patient with isolated IgG4-related hypophysitis and uniquely lacking endocrinologic abnormalities, adds to the limited reports of isolated pituitary disease. The use of rituximab for isolated pituitary disease has never been described. While IgG4-related hypophysitis has been increasingly recognized, substantial evidence concerning the appropriate treatment and follow-up of these patients is largely lacking.
IgG4-related hypophysitis most often occurs in the setting of additional organ involvement but can be an isolated finding. This diagnosis should therefore be considered in a patient presenting with pituitary abnormalities.
Most patients with IgG4-related hypophysitis will have abnormal pituitary function, but normal functioning does not exclude this diagnosis.
Corticosteroids have been the mainstay of therapy for IgG4-related disease, with other immunosuppressive regimens being reserved for refractory cases. Further research is needed to understand the effectiveness of corticosteroid-sparing regimens and whether there is utility in using these agents as first-line therapies.
Addison's disease in antiphospholipid syndrome: a rare complication
Diana Oliveira, Mara Ventura, Miguel Melo, Sandra Paiva and Francisco Carrilho
Addison's disease (AD) is the most common endocrine manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), but it remains a very rare complication of the syndrome. It is caused by adrenal venous thrombosis and consequent hemorrhagic infarction or by spontaneous (without thrombosis) adrenal hemorrhage, usually occurring after surgery or anticoagulant therapy. We present a clinical case of a 36-year-old female patient with a previous diagnosis of APS. She presented with multiple thrombotic events, including spontaneous abortions. During evaluation by the third episode of abortion, a CT imaging revealed an adrenal hematoma, but the patient was discharged without further investigation. A few weeks later, she presented in the emergency department with manifestations suggestive of adrenal insufficiency. Based on that assumption, she started therapy with glucocorticoids, with significant clinical improvement. After stabilization, additional investigation confirmed AD and excluded other etiologies; she also started mineralocorticoid replacement. This case illustrates a rare complication of APS that, if misdiagnosed, may be life threatening. A high index of suspicion is necessary for its diagnosis, and prompt treatment is crucial to reduce the morbidity and mortality potentially associated.
AD is a rare but life-threatening complication of APS.
It is important to look for AD in patients with APS and a suggestive clinical scenario.
APS must be excluded in patients with primary adrenal insufficiency and adrenal imaging revealing thrombosis/hemorrhage.
Glucocorticoid therapy should be promptly initiated when AD is suspected.
Mineralocorticoid replacement must be started when there is confirmed aldosterone deficiency.
Hypertension is a common feature of APS; in patients with APS and AD, replacement therapy with glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids may jeopardize hypertension management.
Hyponatremia after anticoagulant treatment: a rare cause of adrenal failure
Benedetta Zampetti, Roberto Attanasio and Renato Cozzi
A 69-year-old male was admitted for severe hyponatremia disclosed after an accidental fall. He was anticoagulated from 2 months after the implantation of a biologic aortic valve prosthesis. The work-up disclosed adrenal failure and MRI showed bilateral adrenal hemorrhage. Clinical picture and lab parameters normalized quickly after the appropriate replacement treatment. Anticoagulation excess should be added to the list of drugs potentially causing hyponatremia.
Hyponatremia requires a complete and timely workup in order to start an appropriate treatment for the improvement of clinical conditions.
History is crucial: a detailed list of drugs potentially causing hyponatremia should be collected. Anticoagulants should be added to the list, mostly in the event of excessive anticoagulation.
Intra-adrenal hemorrhage is a rare cause of hyponatremia and adrenal failure.
The ACTH test is still the gold standard for the diagnosis of hypoadrenalism.
Mitotane in the treatment of childhood adrenocortical carcinoma: a potent endocrine disruptor
Philip D Oddie, Benjamin B Albert, Paul L Hofman, Craig Jefferies, Stephen Laughton and Philippa J Carter
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) during childhood is a rare malignant tumor that frequently results in glucocorticoid and/or androgen excess. When there are signs of microscopic or macroscopic residual disease, adjuvant therapy is recommended with mitotane, an adrenolytic and cytotoxic drug. In addition to the anticipated side effect of adrenal insufficiency, mitotane is known to cause gynecomastia and hypothyroidism in adults. It has never been reported to cause precocious puberty. A 4-year-old girl presented with a 6-week history of virilization and elevated androgen levels and 1-year advancement in bone age. Imaging revealed a right adrenal mass, which was subsequently surgically excised. Histology revealed ACC with multiple unfavorable features, including high mitotic index, capsular invasion and atypical mitoses. Adjuvant chemotherapy was started with mitotane, cisplatin, etoposide and doxorubicin. She experienced severe gastrointestinal side effects and symptomatic adrenal insufficiency, which occurred despite physiological-dose corticosteroid replacement. She also developed hypothyroidism that responded to treatment with levothyroxine and peripheral precocious puberty (PPP) with progressive breast development and rapidly advancing bone age. Five months after discontinuing mitotane, her adrenal insufficiency persisted and she developed secondary central precocious puberty (CPP). This case demonstrates the diverse endocrine complications associated with mitotane therapy, which contrast with the presentation of ACC itself. It also provides the first evidence that the known estrogenic effect of mitotane can manifest as PPP.
Adrenocortical carcinoma is an important differential diagnosis for virilization in young children
Mitotane is a chemotherapeutic agent that is used to treat adrenocortical carcinoma and causes adrenal necrosis
Mitotane is an endocrine disruptor. In addition to the intended effect of adrenal insufficiency, it can cause hypothyroidism, with gynecomastia also reported in adults.
Patients taking mitotane require very high doses of hydrocortisone replacement therapy because mitotane interferes with steroid metabolism. This effect persists after mitotane therapy is completed
In our case, mitotane caused peripheral precocious puberty, possibly through its estrogenic effect.
Spontaneous pregnancy after full recovery from hypopituitarism caused by lymphocytic hypophysitis
Shunsuke Funazaki, Hodaka Yamada, Kazuo Hara and San-e Ishikawa
Lymphocytic hypophysitis (LyH) has been known to be associated with pregnancy. We herein report the case of a 33-year-old woman who underwent vaginal delivery without massive bleeding at 40 weeks of gestation. Because of the presence of headache and terrible fatigue after childbirth, she visited our hospital. Severe hyponatremia (Na, 118 mEq/L) and visual field abnormality was noted upon examination. MRI revealed pituitary enlargement with a swollen pituitary stalk, albeit at low signal intensity. Basal pituitary hormone levels were all reduced and remained low after exogenous administration of hypothalamic-releasing hormones. She was diagnosed with LyH and was started on prednisolone 60 mg/day. A month later, her pituitary function had gradually improved together with a decrease in pituitary enlargement and recovery of her visual field. The dose of prednisolone was gradually reduced and finally withdrawn 27 months later. After prednisolone withdrawal, her pituitary function remained normal despite the absence of any hormonal replacement. A year later, she became pregnant without medication and delivered a second baby without LyH recurrence. Thereafter, her pituitary function has been normal for more than 5 years. Two valuable observations can be highlighted from the case. First, the patient completely recovered from LyH through prompt prednisolone therapy during its initial phase and had almost normal pituitary function. Second, after recovery from LyH, she was able to undergo spontaneous pregnancy and deliver a baby. We believe that reporting incidences of spontaneous pregnancy after complete normalization of pituitary function in patients with LyH is of great significance.
Females are more affected by LyH than males given its strong association with pregnancy.
LyH possesses characteristic findings on pituitary MRI.
Glucocorticoid therapy for LyH has been recommended as an effective treatment.
A history of previous pregnancies does not increase the risk of developing AH in subsequent pregnancies.
Early induction of high-dose prednisolone was therapeutically effective in treating LyH.
An unusual cause of adrenal insufficiency and bilateral adrenal masses
Su Ann Tee, Earn Hui Gan, Mohamad Zaher Kanaan, David Ashley Price, Tim Hoare and Simon H S Pearce
Primary adrenal insufficiency secondary to syphilis is extremely rare, with only five cases being reported in the literature. We report a case of adrenal insufficiency as a manifestation of Treponema pallidum infection (tertiary syphilis). A 69-year-old, previously fit and well Caucasian male was found to have adrenal insufficiency after being admitted with weight loss, anorexia and postural dizziness resulting in a fall. Biochemical testing showed hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia, and an inadequate response to Synacthen testing, with a peak cortisol level of 302 nmol/L after administration of 250 µg Synacthen. Abdominal imaging revealed bilateral adrenal hyperplasia with inguinal and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. He was started on hydrocortisone replacement; however, it was not until he re-attended ophthalmology with a red eye and visual loss 1 month later, that further work-up revealed the diagnosis of tertiary syphilis. Following a course of penicillin, repeat imaging 5 months later showed resolution of the abnormal radiological appearances. However, adrenal function has not recovered and 3 years following initial presentation, the patient remains on both glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid replacement. In conclusion, this case highlights the importance of considering syphilis as a potential differential diagnosis in patients presenting with adrenal insufficiency and bilateral adrenal masses, given the recent re-emergence of this condition. The relative ease of treating infectious causes of adrenal lesions makes accurate and timely diagnosis crucial.
Infectious causes, including syphilis, should be excluded before considering adrenalectomy or biopsy for any patient presenting with an adrenal mass.
It is important to perform a full infection screen including tests for human immunodeficiency virus, other blood-borne viruses and concurrent sexually transmitted diseases in patients presenting with bilateral adrenal hyperplasia with primary adrenal insufficiency.
Awareness of syphilis as a potential differential diagnosis is important, as it not only has a wide range of clinical presentations, but its prevalence has been increasing in recent times.


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ESL to host US$50,000 Halo: The Master Chief Collection Launch Invitational
by Jaime Skelton
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ESL, the world's largest independent esports brand, is set to host a US$50,000 Halo: The Master Chief Collection competition in their newly built ESL studios in Burbank, California. The Master Chief Collection Launch Invitational will see 32 of the best Halo players battle it out from November 8-9, ahead of the game's release on November 11th.
Timo Karamustafa, Product Manager Pro Gaming ESL, said, "We are thrilled to host the Halo: The Master Chief Collection Launch Invitational at the ESL Burbank studios in collaboration with 343 Industries and Twitch TV. We are kicking off the launch for the most anticipated shooter in 2014 and continuing to support Halo esports with the best players and a kick-ass show! $50,000 on the line is the only way for us to do it right."
Eight competing teams will undergo a double-elimination bracket in a best-of-three series, in the hopes to get to the final and take home US$20,000 in first place winnings. The winners will also be the first to play the all-new Halo 5: Guardians Mulitplayer Beta, yet to be released to the public. Tonight, over on HaloWaypoint.com, team captains for the competition will be announced. The competition in Burbank will be commentated by Andy 'Bravo' Dudynsky and Alex 'Goldenboy' Mendez, and will be streamed live over Twitch.
Andy 'Bravo' Dudynsky, Community Manager at 343 Industries: "We are excited to continue in partnering with ESL and Twitch TV for the launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The Launch Invitational tournament will feature 32 of the biggest names in eSports, $50k in prizing, and a full weekend of Halo eSports. I can't wait to commentate the matches, and I'm excited see who will take home first place."
More Halo action is scheduled for November 10 in the Avalon Theatre (Los Angeles), with some first-look footage of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta and the world premiere of the live-action Halo: Nightfall series. Find out more on www.eslgaming.com and Xbox Wire.
eigoMANGA Releases Halloween-Themed 'Vanguard Princess' Game DLC
Helping Hand: Final Fantasy XIV: Sigmascape.
This one's going to be brief, and this time I mean it. Maintenance is still happening for Final Fantasy XIV, but these fights are crazy.
Rusty Hearts now accepting closed beta applications
The Ruler of the Land RUSH Seeking Beta Testers in the Philippines
Jacob Studios are looking for people to go through the world of Mirum in a Beta Test.
EverQuest Next Landmark Developer Diary - Materials and Tools
Chronicles of Elyria Combat Video
RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds Trailer

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Q: Array indexing in Numpy python How can I define _SOME CODE_ in the next code fragment in order to get the results shown below?
vector = numpy.array([a,b,c,d])
for i in xrange(4):
    print vector[_SOME CODE_ using i]

It sould give me those results:
[a,b,c]
[a,c,d]
[a,b,d]
[b,c,d]

The order is not important.

A: Answer for the edited question:
>>> vector = numpy.array([0, 1, 2, 3])
>>> for i in xrange(4):
...     print numpy.r_[vector[:i], vector[i+1:]]
...
[1 2 3]
[0 2 3]
[0 1 3]
[0 1 2]

Answer for the original question: Here's some random code producing the desired output:
>>> import numpy
>>> vector = numpy.array([0,1,2])
>>> for i in xrange(4):
...     print vector + (vector >= i)
...
[1 2 3]
[0 2 3]
[0 1 3]
[0 1 2]

I've got no idea if this is what you want -- the requirement specification left some room for interpretation.

A: I think you're trying to find all combinations of size 3 of the vector. You can do this with itertools.combinations like this:
>>> import numpy
>>> import itertools
>>> vector = numpy.array([0, 1, 2, 3])
>>> list(itertools.combinations(vector, 3))
[(0, 1, 2), (0, 1, 3), (0, 2, 3), (1, 2, 3)]

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Midlake – Live At Glastonbury 2010 – Past Daily Soundbooth
Midlake - A band with several incarnations.
Midlake – A band with several incarnations.
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Midlake – live at Glastonbury Festival 2010 – June 26, 2010 BBC6 Music –
Some Stateside Indie by way of Midlake in concert at Glastonbury 2010 – recorded and broadcast by BBC 6 Music on June 26, 2010.
Midlake was formed in 1999 by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas College of Music. The original lineup consisted of Tim Smith (vocals, guitars, keyboards), McKenzie Smith (drums), Paul Alexander (bass), Eric Nichelson (guitar), and Evan Jacobs (keyboards). Their initial work – under the name "The Cornbread All-Stars" – consisted of funk/jazz explorations heavily influenced by Herbie Hancock.
Later, the band began to lean more toward an indie rock sound. Tim Smith quit playing saxophone and began writing songs that were heavily influenced by bands such as Jethro Tull, Radiohead, Björk, and Grandaddy, artists who experiment, while still remaining accessible.
Though the group spent much of 2011 and 2012 recording at the farm in Buffalo, Texas where The Courage of Others was tracked, the recording process stalled. "We knew something was missing," guitarist Eric Pulido said. Midlake played a handful of live dates and debuted new material in 2012, including an appearance at Bella Union's 15th Anniversary End Of The Road Festival on August 31, 2012. Just a few months later, lead vocalist and songwriter Tim Smith announced he was leaving Midlake to form a new project called Harp. Rather than divide the recorded material among the two bands, Midlake abandoned the two years' worth of recordings with Smith and began again from scratch, writing and recording a new full-length album in just six months.
In August 2013, Midlake announced the release date for their fourth full-length album, Antiphon, due November 5, 2013 on ATO Records in North America and November 4, 2013 on Bella Union in Europe. In a message on the band's website, Midlake acknowledged Tim Smith's departure, saying "we've pushed ourselves and challenged ourselves and feel that Antiphon represents an ultimate genesis both musically and spiritually."
Guitarist Eric Pulido steps into the role of lead vocalist on Antiphon, with backing vocals from Alexander and new members Jesse Chandler (keyboards, piano, flute) and Joey McClellan (guitars). "Antiphon is the most honest representation of the band as a whole, as opposed to one person's vision that we were trying to facilitate," Pulido remarked in the album's press release, which characterizes the new music as "free-flowing in feel, concise in structure … it's very much Midlake, but uncannily rebooted, and relaxed."[11] Antiphon is more rooted in progressive rock than their earlier records.
In addition to the lineup change, Antiphon marks Midlake's first release on Dave Matthews' ATO Records label, also home to My Morning Jacket, Caitlin Rose, and Stars.
Tim Smith is featured on the 2017 Lost Horizons album "Ojala", having written lyrics for and performing vocals for the song "She Led Me Away". He also appears on Chemical Brothers' 2007 album We Are the Night, contributing vocals to the track "The Pills Won't Help You Now".
For a reminder, or an introduction – here is Midlake as they were when they performed at Glastonbury 2010.
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I had a great time learning from so many Docassemble users at Docacon 2018 this past week. I think they will be put up on the Docacon website soon, but I wanted to share my slides just in case. I'm planning to blog in more detail some of the topics I covered in the presentation over the next few weeks as well.
The eviction defense tool I've been working on for GBLS over the last year, together with Rina Padua.
My thoughts a year after recommending Docassemble.
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Q: Alinhar títulos em html Tenho esta imagem onde pretendo alinhar todos os títulos rodeados a vermelho ao mesmo nível:

Código:
echo '

Infância	Sénior
';
echo '

Creche I Utentes
	 ';
echo $tabela1;
echo '

Creche II Utentes
	 ';
echo $tabela2;

echo "	";

echo '

Infância Utentes
	 ';
echo $tabela3;
echo '

Jardim de Infância/Creche Colaboradores
	 ';
echo $tabela4;
echo '

Total de Refeições
	 ';
echo $tabela9;

echo "	";

echo '

Centro de Dia Utentes
	 ';
echo $tabela5;
echo '

Centro de Dia Colaboradores
	 ';
echo $tabela6;
echo '

Total de Refeições
	 ';
echo $tabela10;

echo "	";

echo '

Lar Utentes
	 ';
echo $tabela7;
echo '

Lar Colaboradores
	 ';
echo $tabela8;

echo "	";

echo '

Total de Refeições
	 ';
echo $tabela11;

echo '

';

CSS:

A: Para alinhar o conteúdo ao topo de uma coluna em tabelas, use valign="top":

    conteúdo

Esse desalinhamento acontece quando a altura da td é maior que o seu conteúdo e o valor padrão de valign é middle.
Exemplo:

         alinhado ao topo

         não alinhado

         alinhado ao topo

Pela estrutura da sua tabela, você deve colocar valign="top" nos seguintes locais:
Na 1ª linha:
echo '

...Sénior
';
                                                      ↑

Nessas duas intersecções do meio:
...
echo $tabela9;

echo "	"; ←

echo '

Centro de Dia Utentes
	 ';
echo $tabela5;
echo '

Centro de Dia Colaboradores
	 ';
echo $tabela6;
echo '

Total de Refeições
	 ';
echo $tabela10;

echo "	"; ←

...

A: Também é possível alinhar direto pelo CSS

.topo {
  vertical-align: top;
}
.base {
  vertical-align: bottom;
}

        alinhado ao topo

        alinhado a base

A:
Coloque uma classe nas células que devem ser alinhadas no topo class="verticalAlignTop"

Código com as classes
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';
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Creche I Utentes
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echo '

Creche II Utentes
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Infância Utentes
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Jardim de Infância/Creche Colaboradores
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Total de Refeições
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Centro de Dia Utentes
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Centro de Dia Colaboradores
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Total de Refeições
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Lar Utentes
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Lar Colaboradores
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Total de Refeições
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';

e no css adicione

.verticalAlignTop {
    vertical-align: top;
}

Exemplo para simples teste - clique em Executar

     width:150px;
    _width:150px;
    border:2px solid #CCC;
    border-spacing: 15 px;
    text-align: center;
    margin: 20;
    font-size: 12px;
    }
    th {
    color: #8B0000;
    font-family: Arial;
    font-size: 10px;
    }
     td {
    color: #000000;
    font-family: Arial;
    font-size: 11px;
    text-align: center;
}

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Constitution of the Republic of Cuba in PDF
In the course of next week, Correos de Cuba will put on sale in all its units and newsstands, the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba that was approved in the Second Ordinary Session of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power, at the price of one peso in national currency.
Correos de Cuba will put on sale in the course of next week in all its units and press stands, to the extent that it is available in the provinces, the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba that was approved in the Second Ordinary Period of Sessions of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power.
The document will have a 16-page tabloid format and will be marketed through the national postal network at the price of one peso (CUP).
As reported, the new constitution will be submitted to popular referendum for ratification on February 24, 2019.
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{% include toc.html %}

## Introduction

This section provides an overview of the Distributed Model as enabled by Git and facilitated by GitHub.  A glossary of
the GitHub icons is also included. Each concept is also explained in more detail in its own section.

## Prerequisites

* None

## Distributed Model

![](images/forkAndPullModel.png){: .image}

To develop in an open source project hosted on GitHub, a developer forks the canonical project repository to their own
GitHub account, then clones the fork to their local system for development and testing. According to common Git
convention, the fork is called "origin" (because it is the origin of your local development repo), and the canonical
project repository is called "upstream" (because it is upstream from "origin").

After completing a set of changes, a developer pushes their changes to origin (so their origin repo now includes their
changes), then sends a Pull Request to the project maintainers to pull their changes upstream. A project maintainer
reviews the changes in the Pull Request, pulls accepted changes into their own local clone of the canonical project
repository, and finally pushes the result back to the canonical repository (yes, I said the changes are finally pushed
to the canonical repository but the process from the developer's perspective ended with the pull).

Sometimes a group of developers will collaborate on a new feature, pulling changes from each others origin repos, before
sending a Pull Request for their collective result. This prevents premature work from being committed to the canonical
repository. Pulling from other developers is simplified by defining a "remote" in your local repository for each of the
origin repositories of the other developers working with you.

Courtesy [Using Gitflow with the GitHub Fork & Pull Model](http://www.dalescott.net/2012/09/14/using-gitflow-with-githubs-fork-pull-model/)

## GitHub Workflow Icons

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Washington, DC – NIAC issued the following statement regarding the issuance of General License G by the Treasury Department in conjunction with the State Department:
NIAC strongly supports the Obama Administration's decision this Norooz to exempt educational exchanges from sanctions. NIAC is pleased that 'General License G' addresses key obstacles to building bridges between Iran and the U.S. Educational exchanges are immensely important in tearing down the barriers and rebuilding a long overdue friendship between Iranians and Americans.
In particular, NIAC is pleased to see that this license specifically exempts Massive Open Online Courses such as Coursera. In January, NIAC raised concerns that the online course provider Coursera had begun denying services to Iranians, citing sanctions. NIAC and others called on the U.S. government to take action to address this problem, and today that action has been taken.
NIAC has consistently advocated for the establishment of educational exchanges with Iran, including in helping advance the Stand With the Iranian People Act in 2009, and most recently making key recommendations in this regard in its report "Extending Hands and Unclenching Fists". Today's action will make those exchanges less cumbersome to facilitate and is a step in the right direction towards a stronger relationship and brighter future between the people of Iran and the U.S.
NIAC applauds those individuals in the Treasury Department, State Department, and White House working to minimize the damage of sanctions against ordinary Iranians and hopes that some day soon the situation between the two countries can be resolved so that the sanctions impacting ordinary Iranians can be lifted once and for all.
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On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Surgical Errors on Tuesday, September 5, 2017.
Louisiana families know that bringing a child into the world is an amazing and somewhat terrifying experience. The memories of the day that a child is born should not be marred by pain caused by surgical errors. Such was the case for one mother who was forced to undergo more surgery to correct a preventable issue.
In October of 2014, a woman underwent a cesarean section to deliver her baby. It wasn't until eleven weeks later that doctors discovered that an eighteen-inch-square sponge had been left inside of her after the procedure was finished. However, because it took so long to find the sponge, the patient not only required surgery to remove the sponge but also to remove the scar tissue surrounding it. The surgery also required the removal of one of her fallopian tubes and a part of her colon.
The hospital does have a policy that requires the surgical staff to count all of the sponges both before and after surgery. Employees present during the surgery claimed that they thought that the protocol had been followed, but because the board used during procedures to keep track of the number of sponges is not a part of the patient's official record, they were unable to prove that everything was accounted for upon closing. Therefore, the hospital in question was fined more than $86,000.
Undergoing surgery is stressful enough without considering what problems might arise due to surgical errors. Louisiana patients do not need to suffer because procedures were not followed and mistakes were made. Medical malpractice attorneys can help patients to hold those responsible accountable and possibly to receive compensation for the errors.


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New methods of paying teachers, funding schools and other issues already drawing praise and fire from education lobbyists and teacher organizations before reaching legislators
Walter C. Jones
ATLANTA | A day after the Education Reform Commission voted on recommendations for revising how public schools are funded and teachers are paid, supporters and opponents began lining up Friday.
Gov. Nathan Deal appointed the commission of administrators, legislators and local officials to update the 35-year-old formula in state law that determines how much money each of the 180 local districts receive from state taxpayers. While they were are it, he also asked them for suggestions on improving education, such as streamlining student advancement.
The commission's final meeting Thursday featured the votes. A report will be compiled next month and submitted to the governor. Then Deal will pass along what he likes to the legislators in January for their approval.
Advocacy groups that have monitored the deliberations over the 10 months the commission has been active lost no time commenting on the things they like and don't like, setting the stage for their legislative lobbying campaigns.
"As a whole, these recommendations build on the latest, most reliable educational research to put the focus of the educational system on the needs of the individual student, not on programs or schools," said Ryan Mahoney, regional advocacy director for ExcelinEd. "These reforms will give parents more options, educators more flexibility and students more opportunity to achieve their God-given potential."
The Foundation for Excellence in Education, or ExcelinEd, is based in Tallahassee and funded by groups from across the political spectrum, including Jeb Bush and Bill Gates.
Also supportive is StudentsFirst Georgia, a generally conservative, California-based advocacy group. State Director Michael O'Sullivan applauded the shift to funding centered on student needs and flexibility.
Additionally, he likes the new safeguards.
"These recommendations also put other important issues on the agenda for lawmakers, including increased charter-school accountability, increased transparency in the current student-scholarship tax credits, teacher recruitment incentives and competency-based learning," he said.
Teacher groups support some of the recommendations but especially object to allowing individual districts to determine how teachers will be paid.
Existing teachers will be guaranteed the option to remain on the state's current salary schedule if they don't like their district's new formula. Currently, teachers get automatic raises based on time in the job and added college degrees. The new formulas would likely pay more for hard-to-fill posts or for exceptional student achievement.
"Proposed changes such as those on teacher compensation and eliminating the state salary schedule will make the morale even worse," warned Sid Chapman, president of the Georgia Association of Educators.
The Professional Association of State Educators is also opposed, arguing it could create confusion if teachers had to negotiate for different pay whenever they change jobs the way private-sector workers do. And the group is opposed to teacher assessment methods.
"We think it's too heavily reliant on the [Teacher Keys Effectiveness System] score that comes from those student tests," said PAGE spokesman Craig Harper. "The evaluation model just isn't tested yet."
Both teacher groups do like that the commission called for overall increases in school funding and greater resources for early grades.
Between now and the end of the legislative session sometime in March or April, most of the commission's recommendations will be debated and discussed repeatedly.
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Israel, Europe, and Transnational Liberalism
But what, to return to the Likud minister's question, makes Europe different? One thing above all. The EU's ruling ideology is supra-nationalism. Its founders detested the national principle, which they regarded as one step away from fascism and war. They were wrong: The misalignment of national units with state frontiers is arguably the chief cause of conflict in the world, from Chechnya to Kashmir, from Sri Lanka to South Sudan. But they sincerely believed that national loyalties were irrational, transient and dangerous, as do their successors today.
Israel represents the most vivid vindication of the national principle that humanity has witnessed.
via www.washingtonexaminer.com
This nails it. It explains anti-Zionism not just in post-WWII Europe, but in the left-liberal and center-liberal world generally. Liberals have become invested in the fallacy that "nationalism breeds fascism".
Jan 30, 2015 2:01:56 AM
Morning Report 2015-01-23
Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah dies, succeeded by King Salman. The former king's half-brother Deputy Prime Minister Salman bin Abdul Aziz takes the throne after the passing of the 93-year-old monarch. Debka cites an ambitious Iran, the encroaching Islamic State, and revolutionary Yemen (see below) as security concerns facing the new king. Reuters: '"Times are dangerous," said Joseph Kechichian, a scholar of Gulf Arab ruling families. "Mohammed bin Nayef's appointment shows Salman feels it's important to speak quickly with a single determined voice in the face of all these threats."'
Yemen: President Hadi resigns after Houthi takeover. The Iranian-backed, Shi'a Houthis now appear to be running the show in Yemen. To give you an idea of where they're coming from, their slogan is 'God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam.' For Yemen-related updates, follow long-time Yemen watcher Jane Novak on Twitter.
Michael Totten: The Iranian regime and Charlie Hebdo.
The fact that the Iranian regime behaves this way at home does not by itself make a deal with Iran impossible. The United States has a transactional alliance with Saudi Arabia despite its government being no less grotesque. But the geopolitical interests of Washington and Riyadh overlap while the geopolitical interests of Washington and Tehran are entirely at odds with each other. ...
Read it all at the link.
Jan 23, 2015 7:26:51 AM | Iran, Yemen
Israel: Knife attack on Tel Aviv bus; terrorist held. Hamza Matrouk told investigators he learned everything from the internet; he was shot and apprehended following a stabbing attack on the #40 Dan bus that wounded 12 people.
West Africa: Chad joins Cameroon and Niger against Boko Haram. Chad's parliament voted unanimously to send an undisclosed number of troops south to Cameroon to fight Boko Haram. LWJ notes that both the US and Russia have expressed interest in assisting in the fight against BH.
Jan 21, 2015 6:30:26 AM | Africa, Israel
France: The elusive Hayat Boumieddine. She was killed in the raid on the Hyper Cacher supermarket, then she escaped alive, and now she was never there.
A crossbow in her hands and covered head-to-toe in a black Islamic headwear and robe that leaves only her eyes visible -- that is the image now circulating of France's most-wanted woman: Hayat Boumeddiene.
The 26-year-old is the partner of Amedy Coulibaly, one of the three gunmen shot dead by police after three days of high drama in France. ...
Although police now say that she was likely to have been in Turkey at the time of the killings, she remains of great interest to investigators piecing together this week's jihadist attacks in France by Coulibaly and brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi who killed 12 people on Wednesday in an attack on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
France: Massive demonstrations in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo. In Paris and throughout France, massive numbers of people demonstrated in defense of free speech and against terrorism. Over 3 million throughout France and 1.5 million in Paris alone according to AFP. Leaders from around the world showed solidarity by attending.
Nigeria: Ten-year-old girl suicide bomber kills 19 in Borno. 'A female suicide bomber suspected to be a child of about 10 years was said to have carried out the Maiduguri market attack while dozens were killed in Adamawa and Yobe state when insurgents and military troops clashed yesterday.'
BBC: French Police Storm Hostage Sites
9 January 2015 Last updated at 11:39 ET Share this pageEmailPrintShare this pageShareFacebookTwitterCharlie Hebdo hunt: Police storm two hostage sitesFrench police have stormed two hostage sites in Paris and north of the city. Gunshots and explosions have been heard at a printworks warehouse in Dammartin-en-Goele, where two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shootings were holding at least one hostage.Police say the suspects, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, have been killed.Explosions and gunfire could also be heard at a second hostage site in eastern Paris, at Porte de Vincennes.A gunman there was holding several hostages at a kosher supermarket. Reports suggest he is linked to the Charlie Hebdo suspects.After the operation started, several hostages could be seen leaving the supermarket. The hostage at the printworks warehouse has also been freed, while a police officer at the scene was injured, AFP news agency said.
via www.bbc.com
Looks like good news.
Jan 9, 2015 8:49:21 AM
France: Policewoman's killer takes hostages in kosher supermarket as Charlie Hebdo killers take refuge and hostage in printing plant. The jihadi brothers Charif and Said Kouachi fled north from Paris after the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, and they're surrounded in Dammartin-en-Goele. Meanwhile, the man who shot a policewoman Thursday is probably the guy who's holding women and children hostage in a kosher market in eastern Paris, where two people are already reported killed. It's not officially confirmed whether the two strings of terrorist attacks are connected, although that would be a reasonable guess.
Nigeria: Boko Haram attack devastates Baga. Reports on the number killed range from 100 to 2000. Witnesses said the attackers were indiscriminately shooting civilians, burning buildings, and looting.
Jan 9, 2015 5:58:05 AM | Africa, Europe, Terrorism
France: Shooting attack at Charlie Hebdo kills 12; terrorists still at large. Victims included cartoonists Stephane Charbonnier, Georges Wolinski, Bernard 'Tignous' Verlhac and Jean Cabut. Daily Mail has more. Video (English) at Agence France-Presse.. Details still emerging.
Jan 7, 2015 8:33:32 AM | Europe, Free Speech, Terrorism
Afghanistan: 34 Taliban administrators captured or killed in 2014. The Taliban lost 34 "shadow administrators" - governors and lower-level officials - last year, throughout half of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. 'Approximately 57 percent of the Taliban shadow administrators reportedly killed in 2014 died in clashes with Afghan security forces [see second graph below]. It should be noted, however, that drone strikes in Kunar and Farah provinces resulted in the deaths of at least four Taliban shadow district administrators in 2014. And incidents involving "airstrikes" killed an additional two Taliban shadow district administrators in Kapisa and Badakhshan provinces; it is unclear if those airstrikes were conducted by conventional air assets or drones. In a separate case, one Taliban shadow administrator was killed during an incident of infighting. And in another unique case, Afghan residents gunned down a Taliban district administrator in Farah province in early June 2014. Only 11 percent of the Taliban administrators removed from the battlefield in 2014 were captured alive by security forces. ...' Go to the link for details and statistics.
Israel: Majority of Israeli Arabs proud to be Israelis - survey. '65% of Arabs described themselves as proud to be Israeli, and 59% said they felt a part of the state.' This via the Times of Israel; the American Interest adds, 'This does not mean that Israel is without flaws—as the survey showed, both Israelis in general and Arab Israelis in particular had lots they want to change about their state. But a majority clearly do not think it is evil or illegitimate; on the contrary, pride is a pretty strong word.'
Kenya: Activists challenge Security Act. 'Human rights groups are warning that Kenya's controversial Security Amendment Act still poses a threat to refugees' rights despite a high court decision on Friday that suspends parts of the bill for 30 days pending a full court hearing. The suspension included a section of the wide-ranging bill, popularly known as the 'anti-terror' law, that amended Kenya's Refugees Act. The amendment stipulates that, "the number of refugees and asylum seekers permitted to stay in Kenya shall not exceed 150,000." ...'
Jan 6, 2015 10:59:34 AM | Afghanistan, Africa, Israel
Canada: Christian convert and refugee fears deportation. Edmonton resident "John Calvin" was expected to go into the family business, which was terrorism. The son of a Hamas family had other ideas, though, and converted to Christianity. He declared refugee status while in Canada, but on New Year's Eve 2014 he received a letter of deportation. Calvin argues that returning to the Middle East will mean certain death for him as an ex-Muslim and supporter of Israel. And it doesn't help matters that he's gay.
Afghanistan / USA: President Ashraf Ghani suggests reconsidering troop withdrawal. '"Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be dogmas," Ashraf Ghani told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview that aired Sunday evening. ...'
USA: Jury selection begins for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tsarnaev trial. 'Some 1,200 potential jurors are due to report to federal court in Boston beginning on Monday as selection begins for the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others. ... '
Nigeria: BH overruns MNJTF base at Baga (follow-up). Long War Journal:
At around 5 a.m. yesterday, the al Qaeda-linked jihadists attacked the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) base, which is located just outside the town of Baga in northeastern Borno state, and battled with soldiers for hours. The Boko Haram fighters attacked the MNJTF base "from all directions," and forced the soldiers to abandon the base, the BBC reported. The number of those killed during the assault, including Nigerian and allied troops as well as Boko Haram fighters, has not been disclosed.
Premium Times via AllAfrica:
In the last two years, Baga has suffered five major attacks with high casualty - the latest was that of November 2014 when Boko Haram terrorists ambushed fishermen returning from a night fishing expedition and slit the throats of 43 of them.
Details of the damage done in the Saturday attack is still sketchy even as residents of neighbouring village of Monguno who reportedly heard the gunshots and explosions echoing in their neighborhood fled to Maiduguri for safety.
Jan 5, 2015 5:40:40 AM | Africa, Canada, Terrorism
Nigeria: Boko Haram seizes MNJTF base at Baga. According to reports, witnesses said BH overwhelmed Nigerian, Nigerene, and Chadian troops after a lengthy battle. Residents of nearby communities in the area bordering Lake Chad have fled to Chad to escape raids by BH. Baga is in the troubled Borno State, in the north-eastern corner of Nigeria.
Nigeria: Boko Haram kidnapped 40 youths on New Year's Eve. Around 40 young men and boys were abducted from the village of Malari, also in Borno State. The news emerged only after refugees from the attack reached the state capital, Maidiguri, in person.
USA / Pakistan: CIA drones strike Hafiz Gul Bahadar compound. Hafiz Gul Bahdahar's group is part of a Taliban faction loyal to the Pakistani government. This is the first US attack in Pakistan this calendar year.
USA / Israel: Details of 'Adei 'Ad clash emerging. A New Year's Day confrontation between American diplomatic security and Jewish residents of Samaria resulted in drawn weapons and almost became a shootout, according to reports. Arutz Sheva reports:
Roughly two hours before the start of Shabbat, a group from the Consulate, escorted by armed (apparently American) guards and several residents of the Arab village of Turmus Ayya, descended en-masse and unannounced on an area within 50 meters of Adei Ad's southwestern edge. Neither the IDF nor local residents were informed of the visit beforehand. [The delegation had been invited by the Palestinian Arabs of Turmus Ayya to investigate an alleged attack by Jewish settlers.] ... Adei Ad residents, alarmed at the unannounced arrival of a large group from a Palestinian village within meters of their community, rushed out to confront them. A brief verbal altercation ensued which quickly escalated, with youths from Adei Ad hurling rocks at the delegation, causing some damage to a Consulate vehicle. At this point the accounts vary; witnesses from Adei Ad say Consulate staff drew their weapons - an M-16 and a handgun - following which residents called for backup from Adei Ad's own security team. The Consulate, for its part, has denied any weapons were drawn at all. Either way, the American delegation beat a hasty retreat. Notably, at no point during the confrontation was the IDF alerted by the Consulate team; only after leaving the scene did the Americans call the army, who quickly responded and launched an investigation, which is still ongoing.
USA: East Africa bombing suspect Al-Libi dies before trial. Abu Anas al-Liby (Nazih al-Ragye) died in New York following cancer surgery, just days before his scheduled trial for his alleged role in the 1998 US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 224 civilians. He was captured last October.
Jan 4, 2015 9:05:33 AM | Africa


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No land, no fish: Mekong community in northeast Thailand struggles against a double-threat
Posted 2 October 2019 15:32 GMT
Rit Chansuk, 50, is one of several farmers who are rejecting accusations that they are encroaching land in Pha Taem National Park in Ubon Ratchathani. Photo and caption by The Isaan Record
This edited article by Panumas Sanguanwong is from The Isaan Record, an independent news site in Thailand, and is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement.
Ubon Ratchathani locals in northeast Thailand are wondering why they are being prosecuted for farming on land passed on to them by their parents.
"If I lost my land, I would want to die. I wouldn't want to live," said 50-year-old Rit Chansuk, his voice quivering with emotion as he looks over the two-rai plot of land (0.32 hectare) he is about to lose.
Rit is one of several villagers accused of encroaching land in Pha Taem National Park in Ubon Ratchathani. He was born in the mountainous area known for its ancient rock art and cliffs above the Mekong before it was declared a national park in 1991.
We have farmed on this land since our parents' generation, even before Pha Taem was turned into a national park.
In 2014, the military junta under the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) ordered that forest areas be reclaimed from encroachers in a push to increase the country's forest cover by 40 percent or more than 27.2 million rai (4.35 million hectares). From that point until September last year, people in more than 28,000 cases have been prosecuted for forest encroachment, covering a total area of almost 820,000 rai (131,200 hectares).
Across the northeast, several forest communities are resisting eviction from land that they claim has been theirs for generations.
From creeks to farmland
Rit was born in Ta Mui village in Huai Phai sub-district in Ubon Ratchathani's Khong Chiam district. He claims to have inherited the land in question, along with his two elder brothers, from his parents.
This area used to be creeks, full of rocks. Since there wasn't much land, we simply farmed rice. Later on we started moving the rocks, creating a ridge with the rocks to collect soil, and since then we've turned into the farmland that we see now.
In 2015, Pha Taem National Park officials, following the government's forest reclamation policy, conducted a land ownership survey. They found that Rit's land encroached on the park and asked him to sign a document which would hand the land over to the authorities, but he refused.
I am not encroaching on park land. There were clear boundaries between the land that we farmed and the national park. But now they've extended those boundaries toward the roads. How can they expect us to swallow that [to return the land]? Where will I farm? My land is here.
Meeting a deadline
By late 2018, Rit found himself accused of encroaching on Pha Taem National Park land and was reported to the police three times. The police are still deciding whether or not to arrest him and press charges.
He is in a different situation than other villagers who willingly signed documents because they feared prosecution. He is still farming on the land despite the uncertainty about when the officials will make him give it up.
If the government has any sympathy at all for the poor who earn an honest living, they should solve the problem so that villagers are able to farm on their own land. They should set up clear boundaries so villagers are able to coexist with forests.
A village with a history
The history of Ta Mui village can be traced back to 1858 before it expanded into a larger community and was officially recognized, in 1927, as a village by law as part of the Huay Yang sub-district. Later, it fell under Huay Phai sub-district in Ubon Ratchathani's Khong Chiam district. The village currently consists of over 120 households.
Dong Phu Lon forest was declared a reserved forest in 1973 before being declared Pha Taem National Park in 1991.
Sot Chansuk, a 66-year-old Ta Mui villager, remembers the time around 40 years ago when war raged in neighboring Laos. Fearing that the fighting would reach across the Mekong, his family moved from Ta Mui village near the river to the safety of the mountains.
He added that after Pha Taem was declared a national park, the park chief at the time conducted a land ownership survey and assured villagers that their farmland would be separated from the park land. But this agreement was never put into writing.
Pha Taem National Park officials conducted another survey in 2016 using satellite imaging and asked villagers with forest land to leave the area.
With little knowledge of the law, Sot and several other villagers signed a document without fulling understanding the ramifications.
Sot's land is still fenced off to prevent cows and buffalos from destroying his crops which include mango, tamarind, and cashew nut trees that his parents had planted, and they are still the family's main source of income.
While the land yields produce, it does not generate much income for the family. After the seasonal harvest, Sot switched to catching fish from the Mekong River, but he says the river is not the same as before.
Chula Chansuk, or "Ko", looks for fish in the Mekong River in Ubon Ratchathani's Khong Chiam district. But more often than not, his nets remain empty. Photo and caption by The Isaan Record
Less fish in the Mekong
Sot's brother, Chula, also works as a fisherman in Ta Mui village. Every morning, he starts the engine of a small boat and heads off to check whether his fishing nets have yielded any fish. But most of the time, he nets only sticks and garbage.
Chula said that some ten years ago, the water level in the Mekong river was different. The construction of Chinese dams upriver wreaked havoc with the water levels and disrupted the natural feeding and breeding cycles of the fish.
In the past, he was able to earn several thousand to around 10,000 baht [327 US Dollars] from catching fish during the high water season. But now hardly anyone in the village bothers to go fishing.
In the past you would catch fish to sell, but these days we can barely feed ourselves with the catch.
A 2017 UNESCO study found that the disruption of sediment flows in the Lower Mekong Basin, especially during the construction of 11 dams on the Mekong River, profoundly affected downstream areas, particularly in terms of food security from farming and fishing.
Without fish in the river, Chula switched to farming. Like his brother Rit, officials told him that his land belongs to Pha Taem National Park, but Chula insists that he owned the land before the national park was even declared.
Demolish half a house
Less than one kilometer away from Ta Mui village is Tha Long village, also in Khong Chiam district, where officials say six residents have been charged with land encroachment.
Among them is the family of Kongpat Wonglakorn and her husband Lai Sirimat. During a land survey, park officials told them that everything was in order but later said they had to demolish half of their house.
Kongpat Wonglakorn, 54, was told by park officials to demolish half of her house because it encroached on national park land. Photo and caption by The Isaan Record
Kongpat said:
They told us to demolish it ourselves. If we didn't, they said they would demolish it and we might be arrested. They said we might have to pay fines and be sent to prison.
Officials brought satellite images for the villagers to see and told Kongpat that half of her house overlapped Pha Taem National Park.
"They said according to the map, it curves right here," she says, running her finger over the map.
I don't understand but I'm very stressed. How can they demolish it? I don't have anywhere to live. We aren't rich investors. We're poor people.
According to a police report from Khong Chiam police station in Ubon Ratchathani, Lai is accused of land encroachment under the 1941 Forestry Act, the 1961 National Park Act and the 1964 National Reserved Forest Act because part of the land in Pha Taem National Park overlaps Dong Phu Lon Forest Reserve to the north.
Meanwhile, Nakarin Sutatto from Ubon Ratchathani's Pha Taem National Park says that since the forest reclamation policy in 2015 was implemented, a total of 41 plots of land were found to be encroaching on national park land. Officials provided satellite images as evidence that villagers had encroached on the land after 2015, resulting in some locals having to return their land.
We don't want to prosecute the villagers, but we have to arrest encroachers who refuse to return the land. We are waiting for the prosecutor to decide whether or not to prosecute them.
In November 2017, some villagers filed complaints to Ubon Ratchathani's Damrongdham Centre to seek justice. Ubon Ratchathani's governor at the time set up a fact-finding committee to survey the boundaries between three affected villages, including Tha Mui and Tha Long.
Villagers should not be affected
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment spokesperson Sophon Thongdee said in an interview that the government had focused on reclaiming land from business people, people who exploited the land purely for commercial gain, rather than ordinary villagers. After the reclamation, the land would be restored and trees planted.
We need to find ways to help those who have lived on the land before the areas were declared as forests. We are currently waiting for policy guidelines to solve the problem in a sustainable manner, but villagers aren't the main focus of this policy.
He added that the minister had received orders from the prime minister to adapt the policy to become more "people-friendly." He asked the media to refrain from calling the policy "forest reclamation" because it had a psychological effect and sounded not so "people-friendly."
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Dr. Anant Bhan is trained as a medical doctor with a masters' degree in bioethics from the University of Toronto. He is a researcher in the fields of Global Health, Health Policy and Bioethics. He is an Adjunct Visiting Professor at the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya University, Mangaluru, India. In the past, he has worked for NGOs and a government public health training institution in India, as well as a consultant to a project on Ethical, Social and Cultural issues in health biotechnology based at the University of Toronto, and as Senior Manager with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in their India Regional Office.
Anant has published extensively in various national and international medical journals in the field of global/public health and bioethics, as well as contributed to popular mass media. He is on the Editorial Board of 'Public Health Ethics' (www.phe.oxfordjournals.org), a quarterly journal of Oxford University Press and also serves on the International Advisory Board of the Asian Bioethics Review (http://www.asianbioethicsreview.com). He is also a member of the Ethics Working Group of the US NIH‐funded HIV Prevention Trials Network
(http://www.hptn.org/hptnresearchethics.htm). He has been as a reviewer for multiple journals, conference scientific committees and international grant competitions, and serves as a member of the Central Ethics Committee on Health Research, Indian Council of Medical Research.
Anant was a member of the Working Group set up to revise the 2002 CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research involving Humans, and a sub-committee involved in devising the 2017 ICMR National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research Involving Human Participants. He serves on the Steering Committee of the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research, and is currently the President of the International Association of Bioethics.


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The New Whitney Museum
Visitors relax and enjoy the views of the Hudson in the new Whitney Museum.
Change is rarely well-received. And we often have a false sense of nostalgia for institutions of the past. Take New York City, for example. Everyone seems to long for this idyllic New York of the 70s, filled with cheerful working artists and affordable mom-and-pop shops. In reality, those were junkies and shitholes. The city used to be a dirty and dangerous place back then. There were some neighborhoods where you just didn't go, and certain times of night when you'd be ill-advised to travel on the subway or side streets.
Those times have changed. New York City may be more expensive. And our neighborhoods may be dotted with chain stores. But you can still find some color. You can still find an edge. And you can now do so with minimal risk of being stabbed in the eye by some crackhead.
New York City's cultural scene has undergone a similar transformation. The Whitney Museum of American Art was established in the West Village in 1930. In 1966, it relocated to the Marcel Breuer-designed building on the Upper East Side, at Madison and 75th. It was considered a fairly fashionable location back then. And when it opened, the building itself was savaged by critics for its brute, fortress-like appearance. Breuer's building lacked "character."
These days, what lacks character is the Upper East Side. From Midtown East up to Yorkville, it's a wasteland of the soul. In fairness, things do get a little more colorful the further you get from Fifth Avenue, but there's not much to do other than sleep and shop in that area – and that's assuming you can afford to. Once a haven for the best the city had to offer, the Upper East Side's sky-high rents have sucked the neighborhood's soul dry.
One of the new Whitney's three outdoor sculpture gardens, overlooking the Meatpacking District.
Packing Meat
Change is everywhere, though. And as one neighborhood flounders, another flourishes. Take the Meatpacking District, for example. Twenty years ago it was still a dicey place, perhaps best known for its lively after-hours transsexual prostitution scene. Incidentally, that's not how the area got its name. The day-time activity was centered around a hub of businesses that processed and packed meat for the city's supermarkets and restaurants.
I had the pleasure of working in that neighborhood at the turn of the century, before any national retailer would have dared to set up shop there. It still had an edge back then. But a lot has happened over the past 15 years, and now the Meatpacking District is one of the most vibrant and commercial spots in the city. It's a destination for locals and tourists alike, drawn by the shops, restaurants, and clubs along with attractions like the High Line and Chelsea Market.
Which is surely why the Whitney relocated to its brand new building down on Gansevoort Street, in the southwest corner of the Meatpacking District. Designed by Renzo Piano, the nine-story architectural wonder doubles the museum's exhibition space, with 50,000 square feet indoors plus three outdoor galleries.
The move is brilliant on the Whitney's part. It represents a cultural shift in the city, from the old money of uptown to the new money of downtown. Amazingly, though, not everyone is happy. There are always those who resist change.
The new Whitney building, designed by acclaimed architect Renzo Piano, fits in well with its new surroundings.
Death to Dinosaurs
I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art a few weeks back (the grand dame of the city's art museums will be renting the Whitney's Breuer building, to better showcase their own modern art collection). During my meander through the Met's current modern art display, I overheard a gaggle of old ladies, fossils from New York's near past, blathering about the Whitney's new location and how it's so far from any public transportation. I was tempted to remind them that the Met, in which they were standing, is literally twice as far from the nearest subway as the new Whitney is. But I figured they'd be dead soon, so I saved my breath – a gamble the Whitney has quietly taken as well.
The other critics have come from the established art world. They're either nostalgic for the Breuer building, which they once loathed, or they object to the relocation of the museum to such a tourist-friendly neighborhood, forgetting that the Met is in Central Park and MoMA is in Midtown – historically two of the most touristy parts of the city. Hypocrisy on display!
Location aside, people have been equally unfair about the design of the new Whitney. I think it fits well with the aesthetic of the neighborhood. In fact, I'd go so far to say the thing is beautiful. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The galleries in the new Whitney have plenty of light and space for the art.
Jewel on the Hudson
I had a chance to see the new museum before it opened to the public. I recognized many of the works, as the opening exhibit (entitled "America is Hard to See") is really a showcase for their permanent collection (the impetus of the move was to give them more space to display their growing collection). However, in the new building, I saw these works in a different light – literally and figuratively.
With the new Renzo Piano building, the difference between the new Whitney and the old is like night and day. The new Whitney is open, airy, and bright. It lets the light in through skylights and floor-to-ceiling windows. Even the reclaimed wood floor makes it feel brighter, warmer.
Don't get me wrong…I have always loved the Marcel Breuer building. In fact, the reason I first went to visit the old Whitney was because of the similarities between the Breuer building and that of the Dana Arts Center (also opened in 1966, it was designed by Paul Rudolph, who – like Breuer – was heavily influenced by the Bauhaus movement) at Colgate University, the one and only museum of my youth.
Beyond the building, the new neighborhood makes every visit to the new Whitney a potential adventure. Near the old Whitney, there were few fun options besides eating at Unlimited, the in-house restaurant. Sure, I could wander over to the Meatball Shop, way over on Second Avenue, but that was about it. No nightlife. Not even any daylife!
But the Meatpacking District is loaded with options. There is, of course, the new Unlimited at the Whitney, as well as a Studio Café (located on the eighth floor, with outdoor seating). But you also have the new Gansevoort Market, Chelsea Market, High Line options, Bubby's, the Standard Biergarten – and that's just off the top of my head. The options are endless.
Yes, the new Whitney will attract a lot more tourists. And, because museums need money to operate, that's a good thing. Yes, it's a lot harder for me, living in Upper Yorkville, to get down to the new Whitney (I could walk, albeit a long walk, to the old Whitney). But that's fine, because it's in such a cool area that I won't mind the trip. After spending a few hours at the museum, taking in both the art and the views, I can then grab a bite to eat, meet some friends for drinks, take a walk on the High Line, or all of the above.
Change is good. Especially when it's done as well as the Whitney has done it.
Additional images of the new Whitney can be seen here.
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Delaney BBQ on the High Line at Chelsea Market
The Sir Oink sandwich from Smokeline, Delaney's Barbecue on the High Line.
I enjoyed their pulled pork and fried chicken tacos at Madison Square Eats last summer, so I decided to try Delaney Barbecue's operation on the High Line. Dubbed Smokeline, it's basically a stall nestled among a few others that recently opened for the summer season on the section of the elevated park near Chelsea Market.
While they have a few options, including a variety of toppings, I ordered the Sir Oink, bare freakin naked. Someone might think that pulled pork sandwiched in between two slices of heated, buttered white bread would somehow be lacking. That someone would be dead wrong. It was amazingly delicious. The pork was moist enough, and the buttered bread offered the perfect compliment to the savory scraps of swine. Sir Oink, I salute you!
The view from the High Line while enjoying a Sir Oink sandwich from Delaney's Barbecue.
But why stop there? I grabbed a cup of freshly dripped coffee from one of the adjacent stalls, Blue Bottle Coffee. After years as a tea drinker, I've been enjoying a bit of a coffee renaissance. And I first encountered the glory of the drip at Blue Bottle's Smorgasburg booth.
Of course, one mustn't overlook dessert. That's why I bellied-up for a scoop of valrhona chocolate gelato from L'Arte del Gelato, another of the of the stalls located on this culinary corner of the High Line.
Sir Oink has been retired from the menu. They wouldn't give me details, other than to say it was an unfortunate incident involving a number of young piglets and that Sir Oink is now getting the help he clearly needs.
That said, they do still serve a delicious pulled pork sandwich. Here's the one I got, bare freakin naked, the same way Sir Oink apparently liked his piglets.
Posted on April 30, 2014 by Author.	Posted in Drink, Food	| Tagged Blue Bottle Coffee, Chelsea Market, Delaney Barbecue, Delaney Barbeque, Delaney BBQ, High Line, L'Arte del Gelato, Sir Oink, Smokeline


For twenty-five years, the Outsider Art Fair New York has been the world's foremost show of outsider, selftaught and folk art. Founded in 1993, the Fair quickly became a critical and commercial success. In 2012, art dealer Andrew Edlin acquired the Outsider Art Fair with his newly formed company, Wide Open Arts. In a new location and under new ownership, the 2013 edition of the Outsider Art Fair New York signaled a rebirth for the now well-established event, and in the fall of the same year, Wide Open Arts launched the Fair's first Paris edition, attracting a wide-ranging and global audience.
Now held every January and October in New York and Paris respectively, the Outsider Art Fair continues to maintain its maverick spirit, showcasing compelling and unusual works by legendary and newly discovered artists. In addition to exhibiting galleries, we collaborate with art centers serving artists with a range of disabilities, and work with both individual curators and larger institutions to provide curated exhibitions and public panel discussions surrounding outsider art.


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