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The Galloway Hoard, currently held in the National Museum of Scotland, is a hoard of more than 100 gold, silver, glass, crystal, stone, and earthen objects from the Viking Age discovered in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland in September 2014. Found on Church of Scotland land, the hoard has been described by experts as "one of the most significant Viking hoards ever found in Scotland". With years of extensive study and research, scholars are still not certain who buried the hoard, why they did so and whether they were Vikings or Anglo-Saxons. During the Viking Age, Galloway found itself squeezed  between two Viking kingdoms and essentially cut off from other Anglo-Saxons in Britain - "Galloway is where these different cultures were meeting. It's not just Scandinavians, but people from Britain and Ireland as well."

The Galloway Hoard was discovered by a metal detector enthusiast who reported the find to the authorities. A county archaeologist carried out an excavation which unearthed a rich and unusually varied collection of objects from the Viking Age, though some of the objects considerably pre-date that period. It is thought that the hoard was buried some time in the mid-ninth or tenth century; it is not known why it was buried.

The hoard consists of objects including armbands, a Christian cross, brooches, ingots, glass beads, a gold-encased touchstone and dirt-balls containing flecks of gold and bone, all in a silver vessel. These include the largest and most varied collection of Viking-age gold objects yet found in Britain and Ireland. The silver vessel was previously believed to be Carolingian in origin, however recent research revealed Zoroastrian symbols across its surface indicating that it was likely made in the Sasanian Empire. The items among the treasure originated across a wide geographic area that includes Anglo-Saxon England, Ireland, and Scandinavia. The hoard has some similarities with other Viking finds, but its mixture of materials including the textiles which were wrapped around the vessel has been described by experts as unique.

Curators at the National Museum of Scotland describe the Galloway Hoard as "pointing to a new understanding of Scotland in the international context of the earliest Viking Age". According to Stuart Campbell of the National Museum of Scotland, "This is a hugely significant find, nothing like this has been found in Scotland before in terms of the range of material this hoard represents." He comments that "due to the quantity and variety of the objects, and the importance of the find overall, it will take some time for experts to assess the hoard as a whole so that we can appreciate its true significance. We look forward to learning more." Ongoing research has utilised new technologies, including 3D modelling, CT scans, and X-ray imaging, to reveal previously unseen details on the hoard's objects, especially relating to the vessel's surface decorations.

In December 2018 the museum announced a tour around some Scottish museums, originally planned to last between May 2020 and August 2022. The Galloway Hoard exhibition is on display at the National Museum of Scotland from 29 May to 12 September 2021, after which it will go on tour to Kirkcudbright Galleries from 9 October 2021 to 10 July 2022 and to Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery from 30 July to 23 October 2022.

Discovery

The hoard was discovered at an undisclosed location on glebelands owned by the Church of Scotland. It was found by Derek McLennan, a metal detectorist from Ayrshire. He was accompanied by two churchmen, Rev Dr. David Bartholomew and Pastor Mike Smith, who were also metal detector enthusiasts. The trio had permission to search the site, which McLennan had been investigating for more than a year, and he found a silver object, which turned out to be an arm ring, after an hour's searching. According to McLennan, "initially I didn't understand what I had found because I thought it was a silver spoon and then I turned it over and wiped my thumb across it and I saw the saltire-type of design and knew instantly it was Viking." He ran over to Bartholomew, shouting "Viking!" It was not his first discovery; in 2013, McLennan had discovered Scotland's largest hoard of medieval silver coins near Twynholm.

The find was reported to Scotland's Treasure Trove Unit and a county archaeologist, Andrew Nicholson, undertook an excavation with McLennan's assistance. They dug further and found a collection of artefacts at a depth of . When the artefacts had been removed, McLennan carried out a further search with his metal detector and found a second level of the hoard, buried beneath the first. Among the finds was an early Christian silver cross. Bartholomew said, "It was tremendously exciting, especially when we noticed the silver cross lying face-downwards. It was poking out from under the pile of silver ingots and decorated arm-rings, with a finely wound silver chain still attached to it. It was a heart-stopping moment when the local archaeologist turned it over to reveal rich decoration on the other side."

Items in the vessel
The vessel was one of the older items in the hoard and may have been more than 100 years old by the time it was deposited. It was made of a silver alloy and was found wrapped in the remains of a cloth, with its lid still in place. It contains more objects and was examined using X-rays in November 2014 before being opened and emptied. The contents were found to be a collection of silver Anglo-Saxon disc brooches, an Irish silver brooch, Byzantine silk from the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul), a gold ingot and gold and crystal objects wrapped in cloth. The vessel may have been an heirloom owned by the family that buried the hoard. The silver cross may have come from Dublin and is engraved with unusual decorations on each of the four arms, which McLennan has suggested may represent each of the four Gospels.

Runic inscriptions

Five of the silver armbands have runic inscriptions scratched on them. Although the hoard is considered to be a Viking hoard, the inscriptions are written in Anglo-Saxon runes, and they record Anglo-Saxon names. David Parsons of the University of Wales has identified one of the names as the common Anglo-Saxon personal name Ecgbeorht (Egbert in modern English), written as EGGBRECT . He conjectures that each of the five names scratched on the armbands may identify the owner of part of the hoard, and that these people may have been responsible for burying the hoard. As Galloway was part of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria, they may have been Anglo-Saxons who lived locally.

Context and further excavations

Following the discovery of the hoard, Historic Scotland, the Museum of Scotland and the archaeological contractors AOC Archaeology agreed that a wider archaeological investigation was needed to find out more about the hoard's context. The site was put under 24-hour security and a local farmer put his biggest bull in the field to deter intruders. A 30m by 30m trench was dug, centred on the findspot. Over a hundred more objects were discovered including a silver ingot, a complete silver bracelet, fragments of another silver bracelet and small pieces of silver, iron and copper alloy plus fragments of daub, suggesting the presence of a building. A geophysical survey carried out by Glasgow University revealed that the hoard had been buried under the corner of a rectangular timber building outlined by a double row of posts. It is not known whether there was any link between the hoard and the building, or whether the building was coincidentally constructed over the hoard at a later date.

The survey and earlier aerial photography showed that the building had been constructed within a large, rectilinear double-ditched enclosure which was partitioned by a separate enclosure. According to historical sources, an early Christian ecclesiastical foundation was located nearby and the hoard's site may have been associated with monastic activity. These findings prompted Historic Scotland to schedule the whole field as a site of national importance in September 2014.

Purpose of disposal

The reason for the hoard's burial is unknown, but Campbell has suggested that it was buried for safekeeping, likening it to "a safety deposit box that was never claimed". He comments that the discovery may change views of the historical relationship between Scotland and the Vikings: "We have the idea of Vikings as foreigners who carried out raids on Scotland, but this was a Viking area where they settled and traded, and the people who lived there were culturally and linguistically Norse."

It is also not clear why the hoard was buried in two discrete levels. It may simply have been buried in two instalments at different times, presumably by the same individual. Alternatively, the burier may have sought to ensure that the more valuable objects – the gold items and the Carolingian pot – were more deeply buried, and thus more secure. The contents of the two levels of the hoard are dissimilar; the upper level of the hoard consists of smaller and less valuable items which would have been the equivalent of "loose change" in the Viking bullion economy, while the lower level represents a much rarer and more exotic collection of valuables.

Modern ownership

The hoard falls under the Scottish common law of treasure trove and was held by the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer. The law entitles the finder to a reward related to the market value of the items discovered. The Church of Scotland filed a legal action against McLennan. The Kirk said it was entitled to an equitable share of the find. McLennan and the landowners, the Church of Scotland's General Trustees, agreed to share the eventual proceeds. Their total value was determined at £1.98 million in 2017 by an advisory panel to the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (QLTR). David Robertson, the Secretary to the General Trustees, has said that "any money arising from this will first and foremost be used for the good of the local parish." The hoard will be offered first to Scottish museums; Dumfries and Galloway Council wanted, in 2016, to acquire the hoard for a new art gallery in Kirkcudbright, and the National Museum of Scotland indicated that it would apply for it.

After a fundraising campaign in 2017, the National Museum of Scotland raised the funds to give the hoard a permanent home in Scotland. It was acquired by the museum for £1.98 million.

See also
 List of hoards in Great Britain
 Talnotrie Hoard

References

External links

 Images, videos and 3D objects of the hoard at National Museums Scotland
 Images of the hoard objects as discovered (National Geographic)

Dumfries and Galloway
2014 in Scotland
History of Dumfries and Galloway
Hoards of jewellery
Scandinavian Scotland
2014 archaeological discoveries
Archaeological sites in Dumfries and Galloway
Treasure troves in Scotland
Viking treasure troves
10th century in Scotland
Metal detecting finds in Scotland
Anglo-Saxon art
Collections of the National Museums of Scotland


I've been bossing quite a lot recently, and I think some could use some tweaking.
After the recent 3 man group update, it has become too easy to kill these bosses. Some bosses weren't even hard to kill in the first place, but now with 3 people killing them they're dead within notime.
What can be done to level this out?
Adjustive stats, growing along with the amount of people within the bossing chamber till a maximum of 3 players. This way it is easier to kill the boss with a big team, but the only way to make that happen is when not everyone gets a drop.
Making all attacks-multi target. At the moment the bosses focus on one player, making it easy for the other attackers to save food. This could be done like Kal'Ger, hitting everyone within a 90 degree angle.
The boss itself is great the way it is. Doing decent damage through prayer, while not being too overpowered. The only think that is overpowered with this boss in my opinion, are the meteor attacks. They happen really often, are pretty hard to dodge and deal up to 50 (25-25) damage. This should not be a problem, if they wouldn't neglect all defensive prayers, but they do. Making it impossible to tank them.
Make the metheor attacks less frequent.
Make the meteor attacks (partly) blockable by prayer.
Like I said, overall is the boss great, but I think it's slightly too hard with the current economy. Comparing it with other bosses, and what the items are worth (Demon Saber 65-80m, Demon Halberd 140-160m), I think It does too much damage on some grounds.
Yk'Lagor is a really easy boss, attacks with only two attackstyles, of which one can be protected by prayer, and the other one can easily be dodged. What makes it up for this boss are it's minions. Dealing decent damage, and healing the boss pretty significanlty. Although the boss is decent, I think that it could be buffed a little bit more.
The base damage of the boss could be buffed slightly, making it harder to dodge all its incoming damage.
Make it impossible to outrun melee damage. At the moment, if you see Yk'Lagor lifting his arm, you could run out of range, canceling all incoming melee damage from him. If that's no longer possible it would make it harder to stand in the right spot to deal damage without receiving any.
Make the minions's defence slightly stronger, or spawn 1 or 2 of each more each life. When making the defence stronger this should only be for the not protected damage. (The Necrolords have a protection from magic an ranged. If that defensive bonus gets even stronger it would make it almost impossible to kill them with those attack styles).
The items it drops are worth way more (Demon Orb 200-250m, Demon Wand 250-300m) than e.g. Kal'Ger, but it's equally difficult, maybe even easier.
In my opinion the boss is perfectly balanced. Good offensive damage, strong minions with good valuable drops. There is one comment though, which isn't about the boss itself, but about an update done some time ago. The run energy rework kind of messed the whole thing up.
Before this update you could easily outrun Har'Lakk in the final stage. Killing this boss requires lots of running to get away from the melee hits, the magic hits, the minions, and the jumps. At the end of the kill (~ last 800 HP) Har'Lakk starts to jump more frequently, from which you have to run away from, or else you get dealt a lot of damage. But once you get to that stage, especially after a few kills, you will have ran out of energy, and will get killed. The only way to counter this is to bring 3-4 super energy pots for 1 trip, giving up 1 or 2 kills per trip. I only have one idea how to fix this, but I don't know how it'll fit in the new running system.
At the moment (as far as I know) the restore of the running energy will stop once you start moving. If it would regenerate while running, it could be changed just right, that you can keep on running to finish the kill, and then rest when the kill is over.
Although all these ideas are just suggestions, I don't think they should all be added. This would make some bosses way too overpowered.
You are probably a maxed player with near maxed gear. The drops from gwd bosses such as Bandos and Kree'Arra are no more aimed at players of your level. However, those bosses are way more challenging for players whose gear is Barrows armor at best. If you want to group, do Nex and the demon bosses. Not every single piece of content needs to be aimed for the top 0,1% of the players.
This brings the problem of flooding the game with drops.
Don't get me wrong, I think this was a great update, and I never would want to revoke it. It indeed brought more life into PvMing, which is great! It just needs some small adjustments in my opinion.
Yes I am, but I don't think that's relevant here. Like you said, the GWD bosses are originally made for players with lesser gear and lower levels. But they already were pretty hard for players like those when you could only solo them. I'm sure it wasn't meant for them being THIS easy when the GWD was added.
The GWD bosses have actually been buffed few times since their release. They are in fact harder compared to what they used to be. Does it come to you as a surprise that if you play a game for multiple years, the things you have done for all those years become way easier as time goes by?
there could be some landing-markers for meteors at kal'ger, so you don't have to look straigth down to your player to dodge them. Imo meteors are way more annoying than spawning minions at other demon bosses.


After a week away from the comfy confines of the Peterson Event Center, the Pittsburgh Men's Basketball returned to action at home against the North Carolina State Wolfpack with both teams looking to end losing skids in ACC play. The Panthers entered the game on the back of a six-game losing streak following an excruciating overtime loss at the hands of Wake Forrest, 78 to 76 on Tuesday night in Winston-Salem. Likewise, the Wolfpack were coming of a trying stretch of games against some of the top teams in the ACC, losing to North Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Virginia in their last three times out.
The Saturday afternoon tip allowed a boisterous Oakland Zoo to turn up in great numbers for the annual Blackout game at the Pete. Armed with black shirts to match the Pitt team on the court the crowd looked to will the Panthers out of their recent woes.
Early on the fans had little to cheer as the Panthers gave away five turnovers in four minutes to fall behind 12 to 9 at the first media timeout with 16:12 remaining in the half. However, the Panthers refused to go away as their physicality enabled the Panthers to get into the lane with regularity. The freshman sensation, Trey McGowens lead way for the team contributing ten points, including three for three shooting from the line, much to the delight of those in attendance.
While, the Panthers were able to keep it close thanks to play of McGowens, turnovers continued to ail the Panthers as they gave the ball away a shocking eleven times in the first half, which allowed the Wolfpack to maintain a three-point lead, 41 to 38, at the interval.
The second half got off to a sluggish start for the Panthers, as North Carolina State wasted no time growing the lead from three to 12 points in the first five minutes of the half.
Nevertheless, the Panthers continued to fight back going on a 18 to 2 run to get themselves into the lead, 61 to 59, with 10:30 left in the games, which sent the 8,950 in attendance into a frenzy. Down the stretch the game was dominated by the offensive power of both teams, with Jared Wilson-Frame leading the way for the Panthers. Wilson-Frame contribution of 16 points on 6 of 7 shooting ended up not being enough as the Wolfpack pulled out the win in a close one, 79 to 76, as the Panthers were unable to get multiple game tying shots to go in the final seconds.
The loss moves the Pitt Panthers to 12 and 12 (2 and 9 in the ACC) with seven games remaining on their regular season schedule. The Panthers return to the court on Tuesday at Boston College, as Panthers will look to earn their first ACC road-win of the year.


"One of my favorite midweek pasta bakes - my whole family loves it and there is not much prep. Once the pasta bake is in the oven, you can make a salad or set the table and then it's time to eat."
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of cooking water.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onion until soft and translucent while penne is cooking, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook an additional 30 seconds. Stir in tomato sauce and tomato paste and cook until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Add cream and Parmesan cheese and season with salt, pepper, and sugar.
Stir some pasta cooking water into the sauce and add cooked penne. Remove from heat and stir in cherry tomatoes, 1/2 the mozzarella cheese, and basil. Pour penne mixture into the prepared baking dish and cover with remaining mozzarella cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.
This pasta dish is a wonderful blend of savory and creamy.
YUM!!!! We keep making it and it's always a hit!
WELL, THAT WAS A DISH. NOT A VERY PRETTY ONE, NOT PORCELAIN, BUT A DISH.


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Ever considered doing your own Voice Over IP (VOIP) system in your home? There are a number of ways to do this but I thought I would share my experience. It may not be entirely comprehensive for everyone but perhaps it will provide a few ideas of what works, or what to avoid, and relative complexity of the effort.
First some background, prior to this effort I had Vonage. Vonage is a very easy out of the box VOIP provider. Incidentally, I messed up my Vonage install because I over think the install. For Vonage, the process is very easy. Follow the instructions online, setup your account, Vonage then sends a small box to your home that is provisioned to your number. Plug the box in, plug your phone lines into the Vonage box, and your done. It's that simple. My mistake was I setup my online account and then I purchased a Vonage adaptor at the store. You either need to purchase online or purchase at the store and follow the online setup instructions.
My main grumbling with the Vonage VOIP solution and it's nothing major but I wanted an open solution using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) protocol. The Vonage solution proprietary and does not support SIP devices (so far as I know). Continuing on, SIP is a common protocol used in offices through the world to deliver telecommunication services. I wanted to use standard SIP devices like Soft Phones (e.g., XLite, free, or Bria purchase). Soft Phones allow you to answer or initiate phone calls from a computer or other devices like your cell phone. This is useful if you travel on occasion and want your business and personal calls to follow you as you move. There are also a large number of hardware devices that support the SIP protocol. For example, Cisco provides a wide variety of office phones used in organizations throughout the world. Being a security guy, I like to experiment with everything and see how it works. I purchase a Cisco SPA303 IP Phone for my desk. These are a high quality low cost desktop phones. You can find these for around $50-$70 dollar US almost anywhere. I purchased mine on Amazon. Originally, I wanted to setup my own home PBX server like Asterisk but I felt it would probably be too much IT administrative overhead. If your PBX system crashes your entire phone system goes down. I didn't want to be traveling on business, have the system crash, and my family be without operating phone system. Running SIP devices and choosing a PBX hosting provider allows you all the flexibility and power of the advanced features without all the IT administrator or costs for hardware, backup, patching equipment software, etc.
Another component I required for my project is an analog line adaptor. This takes the analog phones and converts them to IP to work with your VOIP provider. The Cisco SPA 2102 is highly configurable and the menus are very similar to configuring the SPA 303 phone. You may have noticed in Figure 1 I included a little devil next to the SPA 2102 and for good reason. I will explain, the customer ratings on the Cisco SPA 2012 adaptor are very favorable. The device provides connection for two analog lines and it's rugged and reliable. Cisco also provides a number of features that make provisioning these devices very desirable for VOIP providers. So for example, it's possible to configure these devices in your home network by navigating to a link in your web browser or pre-provision them at the VOIP provider offices. Provider configuration is downloaded into the device easily. Cisco also provides an administrative account VOIP providers can use and a user level account for customers to use. This is a great feature for VOIP providers however it's terrible if you happen to purchase a pre-provisioned device.
The first adaptor I purchased (not shown) was admin locked to some VOIP provider called TalkBBS. After a few days of hair pulling I figured out my unit was bricked (no admin password, no factory reset possible). I liked the reviews for the SPA 2102 so I figured instead of ordering a used unit this time, and someone else's provisioned garbage, I will order a new unit. I jumped on to Amazon and found another adaptor. I review my order, everything looked good, when my adaptor arrived I received the a SPA 2102 provisioned for the Clear (a VOIP provider) shown in Figure 4. The vendor never mentioned the device was provisioned for the Clear. At this point I was frustrated. I know when I opened the box this device would be pre-provisioned for Clear service and locked. And sure enough, that was the case, the documentation instructions were OEM from the Clear to type in your 10-digit phone number to get started. I called the Clear company support line to see if I could get the administrative credentials to reset the device to factory settings. No luck. I read the MAC address to the support person and she said the device is not in her system and not a Clear device (lol, look at Figure 4). Anyway, she was very kind but I knew there was nothing more she could do. I was on my own. My stroke of luck was finding some Cisco IVR codes. The IVR codes allow you to dial certain numbers from the handset of Cisco devices and perform basic administrative activities. In my case, I was using nmap to recon my home network and find the DHCP IP address of the adaptor that kept changing. With the IVR codes it's easy to find the IP address and nmap is unnecessary. There is a code you can dial on your phone (*110) and a voice will tell you the IP address of the adaptor. There is also a code I entered to turn on the web server so I could configure the device. One the web interface is active, the device is no different to configure than a SPA desk phone. Enter your SIP credentials and your ready to go. For security purposes, don't forget turn off the web servers when your done. This is where I can appreciate the power the PBX. Provisioning a few phones is not a big effort but provisioning many would be very challenging so I can image the PBX is important to manage phone and line resources. Anyway, maybe I will spin up a PBX someday. I noticed there is a version of Asterisk that runs on the Raspberry PI microcontroller.
Cisco has some great hardware and all these devices are infinitely configurable. The biggest challenge for me was getting an unlocked analog adaptor. Incidentally, analog phones on SIP service seem to work reasonable well but there are some side effects. For example, my Cisco desktop phone integrates very well. When a voice mail arrives I get the big red indicator light at the top of the phone. My voice mail for my provider uses *21 to activate voice mail service (then you enter a pin number). It's very easy to assign the voice mail key on the phone to be compatible with your VOIP provider. Missed call indicators, every thing works as expected. I'm a little disappointed in the SPA 303 since the display is not lighted. Perhaps that's a configuration option I overlooked. Maybe I will upgrade, a lighted display is handy at dusk before I turn on the lights (I work from home). On the analog lines you must type *21 then the pin to listen to the mailbox. From my wife's perspective accessing the voice mail will be a little more complicated. Cutting over the numbers was pretty transparent. Currently I'm having slight trouble with my office number. When some colleagues dial the number it does not ring my desk but instead forwards to my backup cellphone. I was thinking this is an issue with transferring my phone number but since it forwards to my cellphone my provider is definitely receiving and processing the call. However, if I call my office phone from my daughters cell phone it rings through to my desk as expected. Perhaps there is some intermittent network connectivity or refresh issue since the SPA 303 is NAT'ed device behind my firewall. Anyway, love playing around with this stuff and I feel like I understand VOIP much better, how to configure Cisco VOIP gear, SIP protocol, audio codecs, etc. The audio quality seems very good so far.


Don't miss the occasion to attend this International contest and, in the same time, to visit Florence, that's the most beautiful town in Italy!
An Italian Filmaker, Cecilia Zambello won the 2014 Festival edition by the film "Clorofilla tace".
A Mexican filmaker, Roberto Valdes, with his film "Algien", won the 2015 edition.
The 3rd Edition of the Festival (2016) has been won by an Italian filmaker, Enrico Le Pera, who submitted an American film, "Lulù and the right words".
Finally the 4th edition of our Festival has been won by a Chinese filmmaker from Macau. His awarded film was "Crash".
The "Associazione di Arte e Cultura Cinematografica Rive Gauche – Arte Cinema", Florence, Italy, is happy to announce the 5th edition of its International Cinema Contest. The Festival aims at promoting the collaboration and competition between young directors and promotion and circulation of audiovisual works.
January to May 2018: Public pre-selection of all the submitted film finalised to access the semi-final.
June to October: Satellite events.
Screnplays for short film shoul be not longer than 30 pages. Feature Screenplays must be longer than 30 pages.
Deadline for submission for short films: May 20th, 2018. Only works submitted within this dates will be considered. Deadline submission for screenplays: September 21st, 2018.
Applicants should send a fee of Euro 20.00 together with their work.
Applicants should send their work together with their contact details (adress, phone, cell, email) and along with the short film abstract and curriculum vitae and their photos.
Works will not be returned and will be preserved in the Rive Gauche's archive. Rive Gauche – Arte Cinema is responsible for, and in charge of, the preservation of the works and the protection of the participants' personal data. The Material may be used in future events (Filmakers and/or film producers will be advised) and may be published to promote nest contest on the Rive Gauche-ArteCinema blog and Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, Google+ pages, with the authors' consent.
The competitors whose works are admitted to the final event of the competition (June 15, 16 and 17) will be notified by May 20th to 30th, 2018 via email and the Blog (https://rivegauche-filmecritica.com), as well as on the Rive Gauche-ArteCinema network pages. Selected screenplayers will be notified same way from September 22 to October 02.
The film's producers must agree to include a mention of the V edition of the Rive Gauche Festival in all future promotion of their material and citing any prizes they may have won.
Applicants will be shortlisted by the juries for the final event. Travel and accommodation and other expenses will be met by shortlisted applicants.
The finalists works will be presented during the course the final events. The final schedule will be advised closer to the time. The prize giving will take place on the evening of June 17th for the short films and October 21st for the screenplayers.
All participants will receive a parchment attesting their contribution.


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World December 29, 2021 <December 29, 2021
Hong Kong: Police arrests journalists again
by Cary Payne
As of: 12/29/2021 10:19 AM.
Police arrested six journalists during a raid on the Stand News office building in Hong Kong. This is the second media company to be targeted by the judiciary in a matter of months.
Hong Kong authorities have arrested six current and former employees of a news site. Police said more than 200 officers were on duty to search the office of "Stand News", which is reportedly particularly popular with democracy activists. An AFP reporter sees editor-in-chief Patrick Lam being escorted out of an office building in handcuffs.
"Stand News" is the second Hong Kong media company to be targeted by the judiciary, after "Apple Daily". A video streamed live on the organization's Facebook page shows police officers standing in front of editor Ronson Chan's door early in the morning. He told Chan that he had a search warrant against him for "conspiracy to publish a seditious publication".
According to the Chief of Officers, "Stand News" is "Demon".
The legal basis for these allegations dates back to the time when Hong Kong was a British colony. Chan, who is also the president of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was not arrested. However, according to media reports, those arrested include lawyer and former MP Margaret Ng and Chung Pui-kuen, former editor-in-chief of Stand News. Pop singer Dennis Ho, who, like Ng, sat on the nonprofit's board of directors until his resignation in June, was also arrested, according to his Facebook page.
Stand News has been repeatedly criticized by Hong Kong authorities. For example, security chief Chris Tang recently accused the site of publishing a "biased, slanderous and demonic" report of the detention situation in Hong Kong. For months in 2019 in Hong Kong, there were massive protests against Beijing's growing influence. Since then, officials have been acting with increasing seriousness against critics in the Special Administrative Region.
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"Stand News" has since announced that it will be closed. The Facebook page said editor-in-chief Lam had resigned and that all staff had been fired. The website and its accounts in the online network will no longer be updated and will soon be completely removed.
"Apple Daily" had to cease operations
The so-called Security Act came into force in July 2020. This allows officials to crack down on any activity they feel threatens China's national security. It includes all activities that China regards as calls for secession, subversion, collusion with foreign powers and terrorism. More than 100 activists have been arrested or are awaiting trial. Many have already been convicted. Many opposition members have fled abroad for fear of prosecution.
In the middle of the year, the pro-democracy newspaper "Apple Daily" was forced to close after its assets were confiscated and its officers were arrested. Jimmy Lai, 74, owner and democracy activist, is also in jail.
Hong Kong: Journalist arrested during raid
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As I rang in the New Year last winter, I wasn't sure whether I could pull off life as a freelance journalist. By the end of January, though, I had turned down a steady, comfortable job in order to help launch a website (JD Careers Out There) and write a book. I also squeezed in a few freelance articles and filled in at Marketplace Morning Report for a month.
I feel extraordinarily blessed to have been given the opportunity to write about the Cristo Rey Network's model of education. I've long admired the high schools, where low-income students work to earn their education, gaining valuable experience and ganas — the passionate desire to learn and grow.
In a way, the new year begins with as much uncertainty as the old, as I wrap up the book and look forward to new projects and opportunities. But like Cristo Rey students, I also know that with hard work and ganas, I will find my path.
Thanks to all those who have provided advice and support along the way. I hope that you find meaning, happiness and success on your journey in 2014 as well. Please stay in touch, and don't be a stranger if you're in LA.


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94 AU: Termination shock between Solar winds/Interstellar winds/Interstellar medium.
105 AU: As of February 2008, Voyager 1 is the furthest of any human-made objects from the Sun.
500-3000 AU: Beginning of Hills cloud/"Inner Oort Cloud"
20,000 AU: Ending of Hills Cloud/"Inner Oort Cloud", beginning of "Outer Oort Cloud"
100,000 AU: possible farthest estimate of the "Outer Oort Cloud" limits (1.6 ly).
125,000 AU: maximum extent of influence of the Sun's gravitational field (Hill/Roche sphere). beyond this is true interstellar space. This distance is roughly 1.8-2.0 light-years.
Proxima Centauri (the nearest star to Earth, excluding our own Sun) is ~268 000 AU away from the Sun.


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Double standard much? Trump supporter who built a bomb, threatened Muslims gets just 90 days in jail
William Celli, of Richmond, Calif., was sentenced to 90 days of jail and anger management courses after police found a pipe bomb in his home. (Facebook)
A Donald Trump supporter from California who was caught with a home-made bomb and threatened to kill Muslims has been sentenced to only 90 days in jail and anger management sessions, The Independent reported.
William Celli, 55, was reported to police after posting a picture of a pipe bomb on social media. On the same day, Celli was also reported for yelling abuse at the Islamic Society of West Contra County, California, shouting, "I'm going to kill you all."
Despite the threats of violence, it took around two weeks for Celli to be arrested. The explosive device was found in a police search of his Richmond, California home.
The bomb was later detonated in a controlled explosion by a police bomb squad.
Celli admitted to violating the free exercise of civil rights, but charges related to making criminal threats and hate crimes were dropped.
In addition to jail time and anger management, Celli is on three years' probation and is banned from having an active Facebook page, which he has used to voice his support for US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. In one Facebook post, he lamented that the US was being "invaded" by "illegals," causing him to lose work.
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Q: PyInstaller error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'statsmodels.__init__._version' I am attempting to build an exe file that utilizes statsmodels via PyInstaller, from the terminal. The exe file is built by PyInstaller without error--however when run I get the following error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'statsmodels.__init__._version'

I have tried installing the statsmodels hook in the PyInstaller "hooks" directory, as described here, however that does not work. I have also attempted to explicitly import statsmodels.init._version in my Python code, but that has also not worked. Below is the top of my code where I import the packages:
import pandas as pd
from sklearn import preprocessing
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score
from sklearn.neighbors import NearestNeighbors, KNeighborsClassifier
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pylab as plt
from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression
import statsmodels.api as sm
from scipy import stats
from sklearn import datasets, neighbors
from mlxtend.plotting import plot_decision_regions
import seaborn as sns
from tqdm import tqdm
import matplotlib.ticker as mtick
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename
import sklearn.utils._cython_blas
import sklearn.neighbors.typedefs
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._filters
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._filters._conventional
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._filters._univariate
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._filters._univariate_diffuse
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._filters._inversions
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._smoothers
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._smoothers._conventional
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._smoothers._univariate
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._smoothers._univariate_diffuse
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._smoothers._classical
import statsmodels.tsa.statespace._smoothers._alternative
import statsmodels.__init__._version

Here is the traceback of the error:
File "LR.py", line 9, in <module>
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py", line 493, in exec_module
    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
  File "statsmodels/api.py", line 32, in <module>
  File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_importers.py", line 493, in exec_module
    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
  File "statsmodels/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'statsmodels.__init__._version'

What can I do to fix this so that the exe file includes the statsmodels package and can be run?

A: statsmodels version is accessed through the __version__ attribute.
import statsmodels

print(statsmodels.__version__)

which shows
v0.12.0rc0+20.g98dfc0073

on my system.
You should replace import statsmodels.__init__._version with from statsmodels.__init__ import __version__

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All Things Under Heaven is an RPG about exploration, adventure, and discovery in an eerie world haunted by folklore and inspired by the culture of dynastic China.
It is a Powered by the Apocalypse game for 1 GM and 2-5 players, that can be run as a one-shot, a short (4-8 session) season, or a longer (12+ session) campaign.
It is currently in PUBLIC PLAYTEST. It is made available not in exchange for money, but for a promise of feedback. You can find the feedback form here.
All Things Under Heaven is made available in exchange for a commitment to provide playtesting feedback. This might be feedback from just reading the game, or from actual play (either as a participant or as a GM).
Engage with the game, to whatever extent you want & can. If that's just reading it, awesome! If you play or run a oneshot, that's great. If you pull off a campaign, I'm gonna be delighted.
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In addition to completing a degree in Psychology, students may also complete the requirements for the Certificate in Psychology and Counseling at the same time. The certificate is a preprofessional qualification which will allow graduates easier access into professional training programs in the fields of counseling and psychotherapy. Our students often comment on the ready availability of our faculty. Average classes at Richmond are both much smaller and much more ethnically diverse than at most other universities. With a typical Junior or Senior level class size of between ten to twenty students, we emphasize individual attention, small group work, student participation, personal research paper writing and seminar-style discussion.
Well-qualified faculty bring their research interests into the classroom and enrich the curriculum. Our international faculty are successful practitioners from many fields who bring to their teaching both cutting edge ideas and the most current successful practices. Our Psychology faculty are eager to share further details about their program with you. Please feel free to begin a dialogue with them.
Beyond Richmond - What can I do after graduation with a BA Degree in Psychology from Richmond?
Richmond Psychology degree graduates pursue opportunities throughout the world. They are recruited by the world's top employers and pursue postgraduate programs at universities worldwide (Source: Alumni Relations at Richmond, the American International University in London).


Do not be afraid of change. What change, often, seems like is the old leaving. When the old leaves we do not understand, in that moment, that it might be leaving room for the new. Plants cannot live with the old, dead leaves as well as they can live when the old is trimmed away. Do not be fearful. Watch as the old falls away and wait patiently for the new to appear. Look at the seasons. If we held onto the old, dead leaves the new, refreshed leaves would not be as encouraged to grow. The old leaves take our energy and time and they leave less energy and time for the new. Let the new growth grow and RENEW.
We want to pretend that our pain is not real, but it is real and fantasy does not heal our wounds. Staying present in the pain helps us to heal. So remember to remember your pain and not let it go unnoticed. The more that you can focus on the pain, the memory the more able you are to heal. There will be more on healing in future posts. Let it be known that this is a major subject for people now as many of one's wounds are staring us in the face like a hungry dog waiting for his/her owner to feed him/her.
We are here to say that you are responsible for how you internalize your world. It is not ok to allow people to mistreat you, at all, nor is it your fault. It is ok to speak up when you feel like you have not been treated respectfully. If you want respect, you need to give respect so approach the subject respectfully. Often when people do not respect you it is because they do not have respect for themselves. So if they cannot hear your request for respect it is often because they, themselves, cannot yet respect themselves. Once it is expressed you cannot do anything but constantly, respectfully request respect. However, you cannot expect a person to change how they treat you until they work on loving themselves more.
When you look at the sum of your life look at the opportunities to grow. What are you supposed to be learning? Do you run into the same people, with the same characteristics, with the same learning opportunities? Look at them as lessons. Once you see the lesson and, most importantly, learn the lesson then you are able to move on. And maybe those same personalities will not be drawn to you and you to them. It is not a matter of them being the "problem." They help you grow so they may be the opportunity to grow and you might be the only thing, person to heal. It is time to heal. It is a great time to churn out what works and what doesn't work and, in the process, to grow.
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Q: Typo3 : Get URL Segment ( SLUG) field in sys_category table I have a TYPO3 project ( v9.5) and I didn't have the URL segment field to create a slug for my categories ( table sys_category) while on other projects I have this field.

This field isn't created by default ?
Is it possible to get this field?

A: This field "sys_category.slug" is shipped with the news extension:
https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/news


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The Authoritative Canadian Copyright Review: Industry Committee Issues Balanced, Forward-Looking Report on the Future of Canadian Copyright Law
In December 2017, the government launched its copyright review with a Parliamentary motion to send the review to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. After months of study and hundreds of witnesses and briefs, the committee released the authoritative review with 36 recommendations that include expanding fair dealing, a rejection of a site blocking system, and a rejection of proposals to exclude education from fair dealing where a licence is otherwise available. The report represents a near-total repudiation of the one-sided Canadian Heritage report that was tasked with studying remuneration models to assist the actual copyright review. While virtually all stakeholders will find aspects they agree or disagree with, that is the hallmark of a more balanced approach to copyright reform.
This post highlights some of the most notable recommendations in the report that are likely to serve as the starting point for any future copyright reform efforts. There is a lot here but the key takeaways on the committee recommendations:
expansion of fair dealing by making the current list of fair dealing purposes illustrative rather than exhaustive (the "such as" approach)
rejection of new limits on educational fair dealing with further study in three years
retention of existing Internet safe harbour rules
rejection of the FairPlay site blocking proposal with insistence that any blocking include court oversight
expansion of the anti-circumvention rules by permitting circumvention of digital locks for purposes that are lawful (ie. permit circumvention to exercise fair dealing rights)
extend the term of copyright only if ratifying the USCMA and include a registration requirement for the additional 20 years
implement a new informational analysis exception
further study of statutory damages for all copyright collectives along with greater transparency
adoption of an open licence rather than the abolition of crown copyright
My submission to the Industry committee can be found here. The submission and my appearance is cited multiple times in the report and I'm grateful that the committee took the submissions from all witnesses seriously.
More Data, Less Study
Having spent a year studying copyright, it is clear that the Members of Parliament do not want to do this every five years. The report's first recommendation is to repeal the requirement to review the law every five years, noting that frequent reviews increases the politicization and polarization of copyright without enough time to fully assess the effects of prior amendments. This is a welcome recommendation as is the committee's recommendation for more data on copyright from Statistics Canada and the creation of research chairs focused on copyright remuneration and economics.
Based solely on the number and length of the footnotes, it is readily apparent that fair dealing, particularly educational fair dealing was a dominant issue at committee. The committee concluded that much of the change over the past five years is due to Canadian publishers struggling to adjust to market disruptions that are unrelated to the 2012 copyright reforms. Indeed, the committee notes that "the decline of collective licensing in education has arguably more to do with technological change than it does with fair dealing." The committee was concerned with developments in the area but ultimately rejected the recommendation of the publishers and copyright collectives:
The Committee cannot endorse the proposal to limit educational fair dealing to cases where access to a work is not "commercially available," as defined under the Act. While licensing should be encouraged, this proposal risks reducing flexibility in the educational market by favouring blanket over transactional licensing.
Instead, it calls for the government to facilitate efforts to achieve consensus on fair dealing and to review the issue again within three years.
Having dismissed the proposal to limit educational fair dealing, the committee then addresses the restrictive nature of an exhaustive list of fair dealing purposes. At long last, it recommends adopting the "such as" approach to make the current list illustrative rather than exhaustive:
Parliament should make the list of purposes enumerated under section 29 of the Act an illustrative list rather than an exhaustive one. Doing so would increase the flexibility of the Act by allowing a broader range of admissible purposes to emerge from existing ones under the guidance and the supervision of the courts—for example, from criticism to quotation, from parody to pastiche, and from research to informational analysis. Such an amendment could allow new practices to fall under fair dealing, such as "reaction videos" and video game streaming. The Committee emphasizes that the purpose of a dealing is only one of many factors taken into account when determining whether this dealing is indeed fair under section 29 of the Act.
The increased flexibility would make the Canadian fair dealing provision closer to the U.S. fair use model, but retain the certainty that comes with decades of jurisprudence on the issue.
The committee also called for the introduction of at least one new exception: informational analysis, the Canadian equivalent of a text-and-data mining exception to facilitate artificial intelligence and machine learning activities.
Internet Safe Harbours and Site Blocking
The committee report provides an extensive review of safe harbours for Internet platforms and ISPs.The committee rejected proposals to limit the safe harbour provisions in the Copyright Act. In fact, the committee even expresses concern with bringing notice-and-takedown to Canada:
The Committee finds it questionable, for example, that an OSP's content management policies would require taking down or de-monetizing content uploaded on a platform before giving its uploader the opportunity to respond to allegations of copyright infringement.
Instead, it simply calls for ongoing monitoring of developments around the world.
With respect to site blocking, the committee rejects the creation of an Internet piracy system such as the FairPlay proposal, concluding that the courts must be involved:
The Committee does not, however, support the development of an administrative regime to these ends. It is for the courts to adjudicate whether a given use constitutes copyright infringement and to issue orders in consequence. The courts already have the expertise necessary to protect the interests of all involved parties.
It therefore recommends changes to facilitate court orders, subject to "paramount importance be given to net neutrality in dealing with impacts on the form and function of Internet in the application of copyright law."
Fixing the 2012 Law: Digital Locks, User Generated Content and Notice-and-Notice System
The committee provides several recommendations designed to address shortcomings arising from the 2012 reforms. For example, it examined the issue of the restrictive approach to Canada's anti-circumvention rules, often referred to as digital locks. The committee recommended adding much needed flexibility by allowing circumvention for purposes otherwise permitted under the Copyright Act:
However, it agrees that the circumvention of TPMs should be allowed for non-infringing purposes, especially given the fact that the Nintendo case provided such a broad interpretation of TPMs. In other words, while anti-circumvention rules should support the use of TPMs to enable the remuneration of rights-holders and prevent copyright infringement, they should generally not prevent someone from committing an act otherwise authorized under the Act.
This change – which was widely recommended when the law was first established – would ensure that fair dealing rights are treated in an equivalent manner in both the analog and digital worlds.
The committee also recommends review of the user-generated content provision to ensure that creators of non-commercial USG are not held liable for unintended copyright infringement.
The committee recommends keeping the notice-and-notice system but wants to fix the problem of notices with settlement demands still being forwarded by ISPs due to the challenge of easily identifying the content of notices. To address the issue, it recommends new regulations that require a machine-readable format to better automate the system.
Term Extension
The committee noted that it heard arguments both in favour and against copyright term extension (in a telling comment, the Canadian Heritage report said it did not hear from anyone who opposed term extension). The committee recognized there may no alternative but to extend copyright given the USMCA, but it recommended limiting the harm by only doing so if the agreement is ratified. Moreover, it recommended establishing a registration requirement for the additional 20 years:
The Committee believes that requiring rights-holders to register their copyright to enjoy its benefits after a period equal to the life of the author plus 50 years would mitigate some of the disadvantages of term extension, promote copyright registration, and thus increase the overall transparency of the copyright system.
As part of its copyright term recommendations, the committee also recommends establishing a reversion right for creators after 25 years, an approach that matches the Canadian Heritage recommendation.
The committee rejected calls for eliminate the non-commercial statutory damages cap established in 2012. Instead, it calls for amendments that would keep both the upper and lower limits consistent with inflation.
The committee also stops short of calling for statutory damages being added in all copyright collective cases as was sought by Access Copyright. However, it was sympathetic to the arguments, therefore calling on the government to evaluate the forms of statutory damages available, recommending:
The Committee is thus inclined to allow any collective society to recover an award in statutory damages but finds the current section 38.1(4) of the Act to be inadequate to implement such a policy. Should Parliament extend this remedy to all collective societies as well as the rights-holders who have authorized them to act on their behalf, it should do so with a more sophisticated regime that reflects, notably, the following policy objectives: encouraging fair licensing practices, deterring copyright infringement, enabling courts to award proportional statutory damages that account for different types of tariffs, and ensuring that proceedings before the Board proceed efficiently and in a timely manner.
Copyright Collective Transparency
The report features two recommendations on copyright collective transparency:
Recommendation 35
That the Copyright Board of Canada review whether provisions of the Copyright Act empower the Board to increase the transparency of collective rights management to the benefit of rights-holders and users through the tariff-setting process, and report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology within two years.
Given the important role of collective societies in the copyright framework and in the collective administration of rights, that the Government of Canada consider the benefits and mechanisms for increasing the transparency of collective societies, particularly with regards to their operations and the disclosure of their repertoire.
It would appear that crown copyright was among the most contentious issues among committee members as it garnered dissenting opinions from both the Conservatives and NDP. Both opposition parties recommended the abolition of crown copyright. The report (the Liberals on this issue) stopped short of recommending the abolition of crown copyright, calling instead for the adoption of an open licence. The full recommendation is lengthy and complicated, seeking to increase access but retain some government powers over works.
One of the very first recommendations addresses indigenous copyright issues with several recommendations for further action. This issue has certainly captured the attention of the committee and is likely to receive increased focus on the months ahead.
The committee stops short of recommending a new artists' resale right (as the Heritage report did). Instead, it calls for a consultation on the issue with a report back to the committee within three years. The Conservatives dissented from the recommendation.
The committee includes a termination right for artists recommendation that is consistent with the imbalance between creators and publishers/record labels. The report notably cites Music Canada's Graham Henderson to counter concerns that termination would hurt the sector, stating:
The notion that providing a termination right to creators would somewhat hinder the economic exploitation of copyrighted content suggests that creators lack entrepreneurship, but like Graham Henderson, President and CEO of Music Canada, said, "every musician is a businessman, now more than ever."
The committee also called on the government to consider amending the law to clarify ownership of computer-generated works.
Despite calls from some to adopt EU-style linking rights, the committee did not recommend those reforms. Instead, it called for a study by Canadian Heritage on remuneration of journalists, the revenues of news publishers, the licences granted to online service providers and copyright infringement on their platforms, the availability and use of online services, and competition and innovation in online markets, building on their previous work on Canada's media landscape.
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We've all got our own hangups and insecurities when it comes to sex and intimacy—we're only human. But for anyone living with a sexually transmitted infection like genital herpes, the inner dialogue can be deafening.
The fact is, literally hundreds of millions of women around the world live with genital herpes According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1 in 6 women between the ages of 14 and 49 have the STI, which is to say you're far from alone.
But it's also important to realize that genital herpes, while a lifelong virus, is actually a highly manageable one—and it certainly shouldn't stop you from having a fulfilling sex life.
So with help from obstetrician gynecologist Dr. Jessica Shepherd, MD and Alexandra Harbushka, a new mom who's living with genital herpes, we're breaking down three of the biggest misconceptions about herpes and how it impacts our sexual wellness, from both a clinical and first-hand perspective.
Myth #1. "I have to settle now."
It's natural that the news of getting genital herpes can come as a shock, sending you into a tailspin. "When I was diagnosed," says Harbushka, "I immediately believed that all my hopes, goals, and dreams of marrying the person I wanted, having a happy marriage, and having children were all out the door," she says. "I thought, do I only have sex with people who have herpes now? Do I have to settle because of this?"
The fear of rejection from a current or future partner is very real, but along the way, it empowered Harbushka to evaluate what kind of intimate relationships she wanted in her life, and also build up her own self-respect and self-love.
She explains it like this: "After a diagnosis, we tend to put our partner on a pedestal because we're filled with guilt, shame, resentment, and embarrassment. Society has told us that if we have herpes, we're a bad person, we're dirty, or we're irresponsibly having sex. That's not true at all! So, I had to really know myself, establish my own boundaries, and get comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations," she says. "Frankly, it's the questions we should all already be asking each other to practice safe sex: Are we monogamous, or are we dating other people? Are you using a condom with other people? Are you asking them to get tested? Have you gotten tested?"
That confidence in the face of uncomfortable conversations about your sexual health "starts from within," she says. Then it becomes much easier to talk about it: "Telling a partner that I have herpes does not mean that I'm telling them I deserve less. It actually means I'm standing up for myself, I'm protecting myself, I love myself, and I'm only going to expect that from you."
And for the record, no—genital herpes doesn't affect your fertility (though some STIs do). "I've had so many patients who feel as if their ability to conceive or have a healthy baby after a diagnosis is shattered, but these are big misconceptions," says Dr. Shepherd. "You can absolutely manage any outbreak that might happen in pregnancy or close to a delivery and make sure that it's not transmitted to your baby."
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Myth #2. "Outbreaks will end my sex life."
"One of the reasons women feel so defeated when they're diagnosed is they think it's going to severely impact their sexual life and their relationships," says Dr. Shepherd.
"That's actually far from true." While you shouldn't have intercourse during an outbreak, as you risk transmitting the virus, you can find creative ways to be intimate during these times, and your relationship can still thrive.
The latest advances in herpes treatments can help you lessen the frequency of your outbreaks as well as their duration, which means safe sex and a lower chance of transmitting the virus. One example of recent developments include a new over-the-counter product, FemiClear for Genital Herpes Symptoms. "FemiClear provides a really great option for women looking to manage their outbreak symptoms using all natural and organic ingredients," says Dr. Shepherd, who encourages women to have honest conversations with their healthcare provider to figure out the best course of treatment. In vitro laboratory testing shows FemiClear kills 99.9% of the herpes simplex I and II viruses. It's also been shown in studies to reduce the itching, pain and burning symptoms associated with genital herpes outbreaks in over 90% of women who tried it. It's available at CVS in the personal intimacy aisle or online at CVS.com, Target.com, or Amazon.com, and designed to be used in tandem with your prescribed antiviral medication. You can use it at the first sign of an outbreak, which is a good thing, because in Harbushka's experience, "the sooner you can get your treatments going, the sooner you can potentially prevent an outbreak from happening or lessen it to just a few days as opposed to a week." For Harbushka, the start of an outbreak feels like a tingle—almost like a bug is walking on her skin.
At this point, Harbushka says, "Sex with my husband is normal and totally healthy. Yes, there are times when I can't have sex because I have an outbreak—it happens. But there are times when I can't have sex because I'm on my period and I don't feel like it, or I'm stressed out at work, or my husband is out of town, or I'm tired. It's just totally normal."
Myth #3. "I have to use condoms for the rest of my life."
First of all, it's important to understand that condoms can't completely protect you or your partner from HSV-2 simply because condoms don't cover everywhere the virus is present.
That said, this will ultimately come down to what you and your partner agree is safe for both of you together. "Sex is a big deal," says Harbushka. "It doesn't mean that you can't have casual sex, but you need to have conversations beforehand and a mutual understanding of what could happen."
"Understanding how each of you define what safe sex is and how to have it will allow you to move forward into having a healthy, normal, beautiful sex life," she continues. "So yes, you can get to a point in your relationship when you're not going to use a condom anymore—you just need to be on the same page with your partner."
Dr. Shepherd sees a number of patients who are in discordant relationships, meaning one person is a carrier of the virus, and the other isn't. For them, "communication and transparency is very important. And the person who is a carrier needs to know their body really well to know when they're about to have an outbreak so they can tell their partner."
That's exactly how Harbushka handles it with her husband. "I'll say, 'OK, something feels off,' and he'll say, 'no problem.' And instead of having sex, we'll get creative and do other things—or not. The important thing is that having herpes isn't a one-time conversation—this is a conversation that has to be so normal that it can come up over dinner. 'I feel an outbreak coming on' needs to be as natural as 'I hit my funny bone today, and it really hurt!' Talking about it with your partner needs to go from being uncomfortable to a normal, everyday exchange."
The bottom line? The more you know and understand about genital herpes, the less about it you have to fear and the sooner you can return to the fulfilling sex life you've been missing.
Krista Soriano is the Senior Branded Content Editor at mindbodygreen. She holds a B.A. in journalism with a minor in communications from Messiah College, graduating summa cum laude. She has written and edited lifestyle content for over 15 magazines and websites, including ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Women's Health, Men's Health, Runner's World, and DuJour. At mbg, Soriano helps our partners—which include non-profits and Fortune 500 companies—tell their stories, covering everything from the future of regenerative agriculture, ethical banking, and the endocannabinoid system. She lives in New York.
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Q: Python 'forgetting' a variable? So, i am trying to write variables into a separate .txt file, and python says my variable is not defined, even though it uses the same variable previously in the   program
There is where i assign and use the variable operator_choice:
    operator_choice = input ("Ok Mate, now chose your function: multiplication, division, addition or subtraction!")
    if operator_choice in times:
        while Question < 12:
            Mathmultiplication();
        break
    if operator_choice in division:
        while Question < 12:
            Mathdivision();
        break
    if operator_choice in subtraction:
        while Question < 12:
            Mathsub();
        break
    if operator_choice in addition:
        while Question < 12:
            Mathadd();
        break
    elif operator_choice not in total_difficulty:
        print ("\nNot an option, try again")

but when i try to write it to a .txt file here:
Results.write (", " + operator_choice)

it gives me this error:
NameError: name 'operator_choice' is not defined

Can someone please tell what is happening, why and how to fix it?
This is not in a function, it is, however in a while loop
full code is a s folows:
import random
#just some variables
times = {'*'}
divide = {'/'}
other = {'-','+'}
myName = input ("So user, whats your name?... ")
#Operator stuff
correct = 0
incorrect = 0
Question = 0
#Defining The Math
def math():
    global Question
    global correct
    global incorrect
    Question = Question + 1
    print ("________________________________________________________________________________")
    print ("Ok Then, This is question:", Question)
    print (str(number) + operator_choice + str(second_number) , "= ?")
    answer = eval(str(number) + operator_choice + str(second_number))
    guess = input ()
    if guess == str (answer):
        print('Correct!')
        correct = correct + 1
    elif guess != str(answer):
        print("Sorry, but that's wrong!The answer was:", answer, "Onto the next question then!")
        incorrect = incorrect +1
def division():
    global Question
    global correct
    global incorrect
    Question = Question + 1
    print ("________________________________________________________________________________")
    print ("Ok Then, This is question:", Question,)
    number = (random.randint (12,24) * level)
    second_number = (random.randint(2,12)* level)
    print (number,"/",second_number)
    answer = number//second_number
    guess = input ()
    if guess == str (answer):
        print('Correct!')
        correct = correct + 1
    elif guess != str(answer):
        print("Sorry, but that's wrong!The answer was:", answer, "Onto the next question then!")
        incorrect = incorrect +1
#Difficulty
four = {'Impossible','impossible','4'}
total_difficulty = {'1','2','3','4'}
while True:
    print ("Ok,; Choose a difficulty: 1 , 2, 3 or 4(Changing operators, Near impossible!)...")
    difficulty_choice = input ()
    if difficulty_choice not in total_difficulty:
        print ("Not an option, try again")
    else: break
level = int(difficulty_choice)
if difficulty_choice not in four:
    print ("________________________________________________________________________________")
    while True:
        operator_choice = input ("Ok Mate, now chose your function: \nmultiplication (input * )\ndivision (input / ) \naddition (input + ) \nsubtraction (input - )\n...")
        if operator_choice in times:
            while Question < 12:
                number = (random.randint (2,6) * level)
                second_number = (random.randint (2,6) * level)
                math();
            break
        if operator_choice in divide:
            while Question < 12:
                division();
            break
        if operator_choice in other:
            while Question < 12:
                number = (random.randint (1,25) * level)
                second_number = (random.randint (1,25) * level)
                math();
            break
        elif operator_choice not in total_difficulty:
            print ("\nNot an option, try again")
#Randomised operators
elif difficulty_choice in four:
    print ("you have chosen: Random. Be warned, These questions are HARD, and the operator WILL change!")
    Question = 0
    while Question < 12:
        Question = Question + 1
        print ("________________________________________________________________________________")
        print ("Ok Then, This is question:", Question)
        ops = ['*', '/', '+', '-']
        op = random.choice (ops)
        number = random.randint (2,25)
        number2 = random.randint (2,25)
        number3 = eval(str(number) + op + str(number2))
        number3 = int(number3)
        answer = eval(str(number3) + op + str(number))
        answer = int (answer)
        print (number3, op, number)
        guess = input()
        if guess == str (answer):
            print('Correct!')
            correct = correct + 1
       elif guess != str(answer):
            print("Sorry, but that's wrong!The answer was:", answer, "Onto the next question then!")
            incorrect = incorrect +1
#Outros
print ("________________________________________________________________________________")
print ("Game Over!", myName," got:", correct,"questions right, and",incorrect,"Wrong!")
if correct == 12:
print ("Congratz",myName,"! You got a perfect score! See ya around",myName,"!")
else: print ("good luck next time! Bye!")
#save results
correct = str(correct)
incorrect = str(incorrect)
Results = open (r"Results.txt", 'a')
Results.write ("\nHello There Teacher! " + myName + " got: " + correct + "correct, and: " + incorrect + " wrong on level: " + difficulty_choice + ", ")
Results.write (operator_choice)
Results.close()

A: Until you post your full code, you cannot expect to get a full answer. However, I can give you a possible (and likely) solution:
Your code that you have posted above is in a separate function, thus, the scope of operator_choice is only defined within that function. Make sure you return the variable in your function, or call Results.write in that function.
Example:
>>> def foo():
...    bar = 1
...
>>> bar
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'bar' is not defined
>>> foo()
>>> bar
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'bar' is not defined


Real Madrid Club de Fútbol or in English Royal Madrid Football Club is commonly known as Real Madrid or just Real outside of Spain. It is a professional football club founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club.
The team has traditionally worn their white home kit since the club´s inception. The Spanish king, King Alfonso XIII in 1920 added the word Real in the name as well as the royal crown in the emblem.
The first crest of the club from 1902 had a very simple design which included only three interlacing initials of the club, "MCF" for Madrid Club de Fútbol. The first change was made in 1908 when the letters received a more streamlined form and were placed inside a circle. As it was previously mentioned the next change came when King Alfonso XIII granted the club his royal patronage. The crown was added to the crest and the word Real in the name of the club.
However, after the dissolution of the monarchy in 1931, the royal symbols and name were eliminated. The new design of the crest without the crown inluded the dark mulberry band of the Region of Castile. Nevertheless, two years after the end of the Civil War, in 1941 the crest regained its "Real Corona," or "Royal Crown" while keeping the mulberry stripe of Castile at the same.
The club has been playing their home matches at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium since 1947. This amazing football venue has the capacity of stunning 85,454 seats in downtown Madrid. Just like their greatest rival Barcelona, Real Madrid throughout its history was owned and operated by its supporters and members called socios.
Today, Biancos or The Whites are lead by manager Zinedine Zidane who was playing for Real during the era of popular Los Galácticos alongside football stars such as Ronaldo, David Beckham, Raul, Roberto Carlos and Luis Figo.
Nevertheless, Real Madrid still has some of the best football players in the world such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Garth Bale, James Rodriguez, Karim Benzema and others. For that reason, Real attracts a great number of sports fans wherever they go. Today, Real Madrid has the fourth-highest average attendance of the clubs in Europe behind Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and Manchester United.
The chairman of the club is Florentino Pérez who came for his second term after he resigned in 2006 and left the destiny of Real Madrid in the hands of successful Ramón Calderón until 2009.
In 2015 it was estimated that the club´s value is €3.24 billion or $3.65 billion in 2015, and in the 2014–15 season Real Madrid was the world's highest-earning football club. Their annual revenues go up to €577 million.
Furthermore, the club is one of the most popular and widely supported teams in the world. Along with Barcelona, an Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid is one of three founding members of the Spanish Primera División which have never been relegated from the top division.
The club has many long-standing rivalries, but most notable ones are certainly El Clásico with Barcelona and the El Derbi madrileño with Atlético Madrid. Their greatest European rival is German Bayern Munich with 22 duels, besides their Spanish rival Barcelona. Both teams have five titles of Champions League, while Real has 11.
During the period of the 1950's, Real Madrid established itself as a major strength of both Spanish and European football. This was proven by the five consecutive wins in the European Cup and also their ability to reach the final seven times. This success was replicated in the league, where the club won five times in the space of seven years. Real´s team at the time consisted the greatest players such as Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Francisco Gento, Raymond Kopa, and José Santamaría. According to some sports experts, this team is considered to be the greatest team of all time.
In Spanish football, Real Madrid has a record when it comes to La Liga titles. They have 32 titles, as well as 19 trophies from Copa del Rey, nine from Supercopa de España, as well as a Copa Eva Duarte, and a Copa de la Liga. At the same time, in international football, the club has a record number of 11 wins in European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles. Furthermore, Real holds a joint record of three Intercontinental Cups. They also have two UEFA Cups, three UEFA Super Cups, as well as two FIFA Club World Cups.
The club was recognized by the major world football association as the FIFA Club of the 20th Century in December 2000. Real was also named the Best European Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS in May 2010. In addition, the club also received the FIFA Centennial Order of Merit in 2004. According to the latest IFFHS Club World Ranking, the club is ranked first with a new ranking points record. Besides, Real Madrid is also in the lead in the current UEFA club rankings.
Real Madrid owns TV channel called Real Madrid TV which follows the team as well as magazine Hala Madrid which is published four times a year.


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The Afghanistan A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Afghanistan.  It is the 'second-tier' of international Afghan cricket, below the full Afghanistan national cricket team.  Matches played by Afghanistan A are not considered to be One Day Internationals, instead receiving List A classification. Their first match was against the Tajikistan national cricket team in December 2013. In 2017, they played a five-match series against the Zimbabwe A cricket team in Zimbabwe.

In July 2017, they were added to the South Africa A Team Tri-Series, after Australia A withdrew. They toured Bangladesh in July 2019, playing two first-class and five 50-over matches against Bangladesh A.

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