diff --git a/Examples/IPythonNotebooks/doc/IPythonNotebooks.dox b/Examples/IPythonNotebooks/doc/IPythonNotebooks.dox
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+/** \page IPythonNotebooks Folder for examplary IPython notebooks.
+
+This folder contains little (or not so little) IPython notebooks, mainly for tutorial purposes.
+
+\par
+E.g. the notebook SimpleSegmentationManipulation.ipynb in the subfolder segmentation shows how we can load and manipulate a segmentation in an IPython notebook and redisplay it in MITK.
+
+\par Other usefull notebooks
+
+<a href="http://insightsoftwareconsortium.github.io/SimpleITK-Notebooks">SimpleITK</a>:
+a huge collection on how to do image processing with SimpleITK.
+
+<a href="https://pyscience.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/volume-rendering-with-python-and-vtk/#more-171
+http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/urls/bitbucket.org/somada141/pyscience/raw/master/20141029_VolumeRendering/Material/VolumeRendering.ipynb">VTK</a>: 
+A nice blog post/notebook on how to use vtk in python.
+
+
+
+*/
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/LICENSE b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/LICENSE
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+=======================================================================
+Copyright (c) 2003-2012 German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+without modification, are permitted provided that the
+following conditions are met:
+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above
+   copyright notice, this list of conditions and the
+   following disclaimer.
+
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+   copyright notice, this list of conditions and the
+   following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other
+   materials provided with the distribution.
+
+ * Neither the name of the German Cancer Research Center,
+   nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse
+   or promote products derived from this software without
+   specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
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+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
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+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
+OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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+=======================================================================
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diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/Makefile b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/Makefile
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+init:
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+test:
+	python -m unittest discover
+
+install_develop:
+	python setup.py develop
+
+install:
+	python setup.py install
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/README.rst b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/README.rst
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+Sample Module Repository
+========================
+
+This simple project is an example repo for Python projects.
+
+It is adapted from [this github example](https://github.com/kennethreitz/samplemod/tree/master).
+[Learn more](<http://www.kennethreitz.org/essays/repository-structure-and-python>).
+
+And tries to follow the instructions on [this guide](<http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/writing/structure/>).
+
+The actual code can be found in sample/thinker.py. It implements a toy class
+which "thinks" random thoughts.
+The tests for this class are located in sample/tests. Python will automatically
+discover tests if you name them test_*.py
+Look at test_advanced.py for a simple unittest example.
+
+## install dependencies
+either use:
+```
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+or
+```
+make init
+```
+
+## install this package
+You have two choices:
+1. install a development version. This means that if you make
+changes to the packages code you make will affect the code you write which is
+based on this package.
+2. "normal" install. This will install the current version.
+
+After you installed your package, it can be imported in your via import sample
+where ever you are.
+
+### install development version:
+either use:
+```
+python setup.py develop
+```
+or
+```
+make install_develop
+```
+
+### "normal" install
+either use:
+```
+python setup.py install
+```
+or
+```
+make install
+```
+
+## run tests
+either run:
+```
+python -m unittest discover
+```
+or
+```
+make test
+```
+
+## execute tutorial
+In your console, navigate to the tutorials subfolder and start ipython notebook.
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/doc/pythonpackageexample.dox b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/doc/pythonpackageexample.dox
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+/** \page Python package example.
+
+See README.rst for more info.
+This is text was copied from README.rst (maybe not updated):
+
+Sample Module Repository
+========================
+
+This simple project is an example repo for Python projects.
+
+It is adapted from [this github example](https://github.com/kennethreitz/samplemod/tree/master).
+[Learn more](<http://www.kennethreitz.org/essays/repository-structure-and-python>).
+
+And tries to follow the instructions on [this guide](<http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/writing/structure/>).
+
+The actual code can be found in sample/thinker.py. It implements a toy class
+which "thinks" random thoughts.
+The tests for this class are located in sample/tests. Python will automatically
+discover tests if you name them test_*.py
+Look at test_advanced.py for a simple unittest example.
+
+## install dependencies
+either use:
+```
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+or
+```
+make init
+```
+
+## install this package
+You have two choices:
+1. install a development version. This means that if you make
+changes to the packages code you make will affect the code you write which is
+based on this package.
+2. "normal" install. This will install the current version.
+
+After you installed your package, it can be imported in your via import sample
+where ever you are.
+
+### install development version:
+either use:
+```
+python setup.py develop
+```
+or
+```
+make install_develop
+```
+
+### "normal" install
+either use:
+```
+python setup.py install
+```
+or
+```
+make install
+```
+
+## run tests
+either run:
+```
+python -m unittest discover
+```
+or
+```
+make test
+```
+
+
+*/
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/requirements.txt b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/requirements.txt
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+nose
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/__init__.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/__init__.py
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/helpers.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/helpers.py
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+"""
+===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================
+"""
+
+# this is a list of thoughts which is used by the thinker
+thoughts = ["itk", "genius", "core", "blue",
+            "vtk", "grand", "berry", "delicious"]
+
+# it is only in a separate file to show how to
+# import other modules in thinker.py
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/tests/__init__.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/tests/__init__.py
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diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/tests/test_advanced.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/tests/test_advanced.py
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+"""
+===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================
+"""
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import unittest
+
+from samplepackage.thinker import Thinker
+
+
+class AdvancedTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Advanced test cases."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # like in JUnit/CppUnit we can define setUp and tearDown methods
+        # create a thinker with 5 thoughts:
+        self.nr_thoughts = 5
+        self.thinker = Thinker(self.nr_thoughts)
+
+    def test_thoughts(self):
+        """
+        test if the correct number of thoughts is produced
+        :return:
+        """
+        self.assertEquals(self.nr_thoughts, len(self.thinker.think()),
+                          "correct number of thoughts is produced")
+
+    def test_constructor(self):
+        """
+        test if trying to construct a thinker without argument raises an error
+        :return:
+        """
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            Thinker()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/tests/test_basic.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/tests/test_basic.py
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index 0000000000..ae6f2303e2
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+"""
+===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================
+"""
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+import unittest
+
+
+class BasicTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Basic test cases. This is just a fake, go to test_advanced for a real
+    test"""
+
+    def test_absolute_truth_and_meaning(self):
+        assert True
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/thinker.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/samplepackage/thinker.py
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+'''
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+'''
+
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# packages/modules included in pythons go here
+import random
+import logging
+
+# installed packages go here
+
+# our own modules/packages go here
+from helpers import thoughts
+
+
+# a free floating function
+def get_thought():
+    """Get a random thought."""
+    return random.choice(thoughts)
+
+
+class Thinker:
+    """
+    A class which produces thoughts
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, number_of_thoughts):
+        """
+        This is a constructor. Define variables here.
+        If you do it in the classes namespace instead it will be equivalent to
+        a static variable in C++
+
+        :param number_of_thoughts: the number of thoughts we want to produce
+        :return:
+        """
+        # underscore is standard for members in python:
+        self.number_of_thoughts = number_of_thoughts
+
+    def think(self):
+        """
+        Member function which uses the number_of_thoughts to "think
+        :return: a list of thoughts, length depending on your number of thoughts
+        """
+        thought_list = []
+        try:
+            thought_list = [get_thought() for _ in range(self.number_of_thoughts)]
+        except IndexError:
+            logging.error("Just showing off the logging module here")
+        return thought_list
+
+    def think_out_loud(self):
+        """
+        Think and print these thoughts on the console.
+        :return:
+        """
+        current_thoughts = self.think()
+        print "currently I'm thinking of..."
+        for thought in current_thoughts:
+            print thought
+
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/setup.py b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/setup.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+with open('README.rst') as f:
+    readme = f.read()
+
+with open('LICENSE') as f:
+    license = f.read()
+
+setup(
+    name='samplepackage',
+    version='0.0.2',
+    description='Sample package adapted from Python-Guide.org for MITK',
+    long_description=readme,
+    # if you want, put your own name here
+    # (this would likely result in people sending you emails)
+    author='MBI@DKFZ',
+    author_email='mitk-users@lists.sourceforge.net',
+    url='http://mitk.org',
+    license=license,
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests', 'doc', 'tutorials')),
+    # the requirements to install this project.
+    # Since this one is so simple this is empty.
+    install_requires=[]
+    # a more sophisticated project might have something like:
+    #install_requires=['numpy>=1.11.0', 'scipy>=0.17', 'scikit-learn']
+)
+
diff --git a/Examples/PythonPackageExample/tutorials/ThinkerExample.ipynb b/Examples/PythonPackageExample/tutorials/ThinkerExample.ipynb
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+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "This is a very short example showing how a ipython notebook tutorial could look like"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 2,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# The next three line tell python where to look for the code\n",
+    "# in case the package was installed  (e.g. make install) they are not necessary.\n",
+    "import os\n",
+    "import sys\n",
+    "sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# import our great new class\n",
+    "from samplepackage.thinker import Thinker"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 3,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false
+   },
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "currently I'm thinking of...\n",
+      "vtk\n",
+      "delicious\n",
+      "blue\n",
+      "berry\n",
+      "blue\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "# create a thinker and let it think\n",
+    "initial_nr_thoughts = 5\n",
+    "thinker = Thinker(initial_nr_thoughts)\n",
+    "thinker.think_out_loud()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 5,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false
+   },
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "currently I'm thinking of...\n",
+      "core\n",
+      "vtk\n",
+      "core\n",
+      "genius\n",
+      "vtk\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "# our thinker will produce new thoughts every time we call it\n",
+    "thinker.think_out_loud()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 8,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": false
+   },
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "currently I'm thinking of...\n",
+      "core\n",
+      "genius\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "# we can also manipulate the number of thoughts it thinks\n",
+    "thinker.number_of_thoughts = 2\n",
+    "thinker.think_out_loud()"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "That's it, what a great tutorial!"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": true
+   },
+   "source": []
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": true
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 2",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python2"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 2
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython2",
+   "version": "2.7.6"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 0
+}