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BEERS, WILLIAM GEORGE, dentist, publisher, editor, athlete, and author; b. 5 May 1841 in Montreal, son of James Crawford Beers, cabinet-maker, and Isabella Hope; m. Mary E. Hope; d. 26 Dec. 1900 in Montreal.
After being educated in Montreal at Philips School and Lower Canada College, in November 1856 William George Beers was apprenticed for four years to Charles M. Dickinson, a dentist in the city. This training soon placed him in the front rank of dentists in the Canadas, and by the early 1860s he was publishing articles in American dental journals. One of the first proponents of dental schools and of legislation to establish the dental profession, he was a driving spirit behind the founding in 1868 of the Dental Association of the Province of Quebec, of which he was named secretary and later president. That year, with his own money, he founded the Canada Journal of Dental Science (Montreal); it ran into financial difficulties from 1871 and finally expired in 1879 after draining all of Beers's resources.
Beers had been playing lacrosse since the age of six. In the summer of 1860 he was goal-tender for the Montreal Lacrosse Club in a match presented before the visiting Prince of Wales. Lacrosse had been played occasionally by whites since the 1830s, but the acknowledged masters of the game were its originators, the Indians. In his youth Beers avidly studied matches between the Indians of Saint-Régis (Akwesasne) and Caughnawaga (Kahnawake) in the Montreal area, but he could not accept their wild, often violent, style of play. The game, he concluded, required rationalization. In 1860 he published a brochure that laid down basic rules and established field size, the distance between goals, and the number of players per side. Lacrosse subsequently began to enjoy wide popularity among whites. On 26 Sept. 1867, largely through Beers's efforts, the National Lacrosse Association was formed in Kingston, Ont., by the representatives of 29 clubs from Quebec and Ontario, and it adopted his rules. Two years later he published Lacrosse, the national game of Canada, in which he outlined the historical background of the game, repeated its rules, and reflected on the theory and strategy of play in the various positions.
Through his writings on lacrosse Beers exhibited several attitudes and beliefs typical of the English Canadian élite of his time. He supported the British notion of muscular Christianity, demonstrated a strong belief in the need for order, and affirmed that science and scientific methods were the keys to progress. For Beers the Indian played lacrosse "mainly by instinct . . . but the Indian never can play as scientifically as the best white players." "The present game," he asserted, "improved and reduced to rule by the whites, employs the greatest combination of physical and mental activity white man can sustain in recreation, and is as much superior to the original as civilization is to barbarism." Later, however, Beers would recognize the limits of rules and "civilization" in the Canadian make-up. "Canadian sports . . . have a character of their own," he wrote in 1883. "They smack more of the ungoverned and ungovernable than the games of the Old World, and seem to resent the impost of regulations."
Beers did more than codify lacrosse; he promoted it actively and successfully. The National Lacrosse Association gave the game the structure and leadership needed to make it a rival to such sports as cricket, horse-racing, soccer, rugby, and baseball, while Beers's book popularized it throughout the country. In 1876 and 1883 Beers was the main organizer of tours of the British Isles by Canadian lacrosse teams, tours that were designed to promote interest in the game overseas. His promotion of lacrosse revealed Beers's fervent nationalism. "If the Republic of Greece was indebted to the Olympic Games; if England had cause to bless the game of cricket, so may Canada be proud of Lacrosse," he asserted. "It has raised a young manhood throughout the Dominion to active healthy exercise; . . . and has perhaps done more than anything else to involve the sentiment of patriotism among young men in Canada." So successful was Beers as a promoter that his claim lacrosse had been declared the national game of Canada by act of parliament became a myth both long and widely held. Nevertheless, lacrosse did become the national game of Canada by the end of the century. Indeed Beers's pioneering effort in its development and promotion provided a model, at the time, for the organization and administration of other sports in Canada.
Yet Beers was aware of the problems lacrosse would face if "a common perversion of the game," the use of brute force and rough play by "unscientific and young players," grew. His efforts to eliminate violent play while retaining virile body contact, however, were doomed to failure at a time when ethnic and religious conflict found an outlet in matches between teams from antagonistic groups; in the early 20th century the game declined in popularity.
Lacrosse was not the only sport in which Beers was involved, nor was it the only means whereby he expressed his nationalism. In the 1850s he had been a member of the Montreal Snow Shoe Club, the Olympic Club, and a tobogganing club. In 1862–63 he contributed 20 articles on Canadian sports to Wilkes' Spirit of the Times (New York), and he subsequently wrote on various aspects of Canadian life for Saturday Reader (Montreal) and Once a Week (London), as well as for Harper's Magazine (New York), Lippincott's Magazine (Philadelphia), Century Illustrated Magazine (New York), Scribner's Magazine (New York), and other major American periodicals. Following the Trent affair in 1861 [see Sir Charles Hastings Doyle*] he organized a company in the battalion of Victoria Rifle Volunteers from the players of the Montreal and Beaver lacrosse clubs, outfitting them at his own expense; this battalion became the famed Victoria Rifles of Canada. He was a founder of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, incorporated in 1881, which soon affiliated snowshoe, lacrosse, bicycle, toboggan, and football clubs in the city and later added hockey, chess, and cricket clubs. Its expansion enabled the association to provide excellent sporting facilities and leadership in organizing sports on a national basis. It ultimately branched out into cultural activities including drama, music, and debating. In 1883, recalling personally a time in Canadian society when "scholar and sportsman were deemed as irrelative as vice and virtue," Beers applauded those who, like himself, had paved the way for a "rational estimate of recreation" in Canadian life. A splendid orator, Beers had become a well-known speaker in Canada and the United States, and he wrote poetry, songs, articles, and books to promote patriotism in the young dominion. Politically a Conservative, in religion a Presbyterian, he was above all a nationalist; "he believes," wrote Henry James Morgan*, "in annihilation rather than annexation, and in Imp. Canadianism." He was a founder of the Canadian National League in 1893.
Boasting the largest dental practice in Montreal by 1880, Beers had been a leader in the dental profession in Canada since the 1870s at least. In 1889 he became editor of the newly established Dominion Dental Journal (Toronto), and in 1892 he was named the first dean of the Dental College of the Province of Quebec. He had been a professor of dentistry at McGill University and was a public adviser on all matters relating to dentistry. He was twice president, and served for 11 years as secretary, of the Board of Examiners, which regulated the profession. In all he published more than 200 articles on preventive dentistry. He strove unceasingly to improve standards of practice, and in 1896 he resigned as dean of the Dental College when a number of the staff favoured a use of dental assistants that Beers feared would undermine the reputation of the profession. During the 1890s at least, he restricted his private practice to oral surgery, and by his success he initiated a trend to specialization among dentists in the larger urban centres. Typically, Beers exuded nationalism even in the context of his profession, the organization of which he liked to date from confederation. He used the occasion of addresses to dental societies to promote his nationalist views, as in 1888, when he declared to a gathering of American dentists discussing annexation, "Mr Chairman, Canada is not for sale," or two years later, when he told graduates of a Toronto dental school that "neither race, nor religion, nor color can separate us from the duty we owe to do some patriotic service for our land."
Beers died of heart disease in December 1900 at age 59, having bequeathed his dental library of some 400 volumes – undoubtedly the largest in Canada at the time – to the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Chiefly through his codification and promotion of lacrosse, his development of organized sport, and his contribution to the professionalization of dentistry, William George Beers made a remarkably lasting impact on Canadian social history. In addition, he gave frequent and eloquent expression to a nascent Canadian nationalism at a time when, following the American Civil War, the United States appeared to many to be an ever-increasing menace to a continuing separate existence for the young dominion.
J. Thomas West
William George Beers is the author of numerous articles and books, including Lacrosse, the national game of Canada (Montreal, 1869); Over the snow; or the Montreal carnival (Montreal, 1883); and Young Canada's reply to 'annexation' ([Montreal, 1888]). A portrait of Beers appears in D. W. Gullett, A history of dentistry in Canada (Toronto, 1971), and a photograph of him with the Montreal Lacrosse Club in 1867 is reproduced in S. F. Wise and Douglas Fisher, Canada's sporting heroes (Don Mills [Toronto], 1974), 29.
ANQ-M, CE1-95, 29 mai 1842. NA, MG 28, 51; MG 29, C17. Gazette (Montreal), 27 Dec. 1900. Canadian men and women of the time (Morgan; 1898). Dane Larken, "Lacrosse: 'little brother of war,' the Indians called it," Canadian Geographic (Ottawa), 104 (1984), no.5: 36–43.
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A fire inside an AT&T building in Escondido led to issues for the city's 911 center.
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ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) -- A fire that erupted inside an AT&T building in Escondido caused problems with the city's 911 dispatch and thousands of landlines early Thursday morning.
At around 5 a.m., firefighters were called to AT&T's building on West Second Avenue at Broadway in response to reports of black smoke coming from the second floor.
Crews were able to put out the blaze that was inside a room where batteries are stored, and firefighters and a hazardous materials crew worked to air out the building due to the fumes.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The Escondido Fire Department said the city's 911 calls had to be redirected to Carlsbad due to the fire. Fire officials said Escondido residents can still use the 911 text service for any emergencies.
Fire officials earlier estimated 81,000 impacted landline phones, however, an AT&T spokesperson said that number accounts for the lines that run to the building and are not all active.
The total of affected customers is a "fraction of that number," said Jim Kimberly, AT&T Corporate Communications Director.
"Wireline customers in the Escondido area may be unable to complete some calls because of equipment damage from a fire at one of our buildings. We are working to assess the damage and make repairs as quickly and safely as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience," Kimberly said.

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Once upon a time, there was a company named Whoindaland, which had developed a great online reputation and was doing very well. Everything was good in the land. But then one day, someone famous decided they didn't like Whoindaland's services and sued them. A newspaper picked up the story and ran with it, and the company was suddenly in an online reputation management (ORM) crisis.
The company, in an attempt to make sure their good name didn't get ruined, responded to the newspaper story with one of their own. "We were cleared of this issue with this famous person, and you should just ignore that it ever happened," their publicity said.
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Sadly, it's a true story, with names changed (or left out complete) to protect the innocent. Even more sadly, Whoindaland isn't the first–and won't be the last–company dealing with an ORM problem just like this. However, this kind of reaction is not going to produce the results you're looking for.
Even though it's three years later for this company, they're still sending out press releases that talk about being exonerated and how the lawsuit was dropped. True, it's in an attempt to out press the competition, but it's the wrong way to go about it.
So, what could Whoindaland have done? What should you do, if you find yourself in a similar position? What steps can you take to protect your online reputation during a crisis?
1. Send out a press response immediately. And then stop.
Once the crisis has happened, there's not much you can do to fight off the negative press. Your first instinct might be to post as much on the problem as possible, in an attempt to get your side of the story out. However, the more you post about it, the bigger the problem becomes–you're basically creating your own negative press.
Individuals come across your post that says, "We didn't do whot those people said we did." They immediately wonder, "Well, what did those people say you did?" They search out the issue, which brings more interest, and usually end up with the original article without your spin on it.
Rather than inundate the web with "your side," KISS the problem goodbye. That is, Keep It Simple, Stupid. Take your time, create a top-notch "our side" press piece, and publish it. Put it on the press section on your site and then, despite what you feel like doing, let it go. You've had your say. Anything else will only bring more attention.
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Most ORM issues gain their fair share of negative commenters, especially on social media. This is where #1 is exempt. Take the time to respond to those naysayers, but make sure your comments are always calm, and always point back to the statement created in #1.
We can't stress enough that you and your marketing team keep a level head, not matter what kind of responses you get. However, once you've responded to the negative poster, stop. Don't let them draw you into a never-ending argument.
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You aren't busy scrambling up long-winded replies, so what are you doing? You can't just twiddle your thumbs, right? Right.
Instead, take that nervous energy and turn it into productivity. Take the time to build up your business and social accounts. A few social accounts won't make a difference, but major players definitely will.
If you don't have a Facebook, get one. Fill that profile out to the top nines. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Google Business, About Me, Wikipedia–try KnowEm on for size.
Resist the urge to mention the crisis or link to it. You don't want Google thinking it's important by pointing a ton of links to it.
Search your company name in the search engines. If there are places that show up with company information and allow you to join to edit said information, jump on it.
Think of it, not as burying a story, but as filling up the top ten with YOU.
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Industry news, company news, helpful product /service information… there are plenty of potential angles to build up any blog. Not only is this great for building up your reputation and keeping a negative story down, it's also great for your SEO. Plus, it gives positive information for searchers to find instead of the negative results you want to keep buried.
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Will the above steps absolutely bury your story and have you come out smelling like roses? Of course not; some mishaps are so bad they never really die. However, for most companies, it's possible to recover. The number one way to get through an online reputation management crisis is to have a management plan in place before anything happens.
Make sure your team, from the top, down, knows what to do and what to say. Make sure your brand values and message are firmly in place. Make sure that plan is followed to the T.
ORM crises happen, but you don't have to watch the ship burn. Having a crisis management plan in place and following the five steps above can go a long way in putting out your ORM problem.


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A: The method gives an IP address on all platforms.  However, it may not give you the IP address that you expect.
The javadoc says this:

Returns the address of the local host. This is achieved by retrieving the name of the host from the system, then resolving that name into an InetAddress.
If there is a security manager, its checkConnect method is called with the local host name and -1 as its arguments to see if the operation is allowed. If the operation is not allowed, an InetAddress representing the loopback address is returned.

There are a variety of scenarios where IP that an application is given is not the IP address that you want or need:

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1 teaspoon fine sea salt In a 3-quart bowl, weigh the flour; whisk together. Weighing flour yields consistent results. Bleached all-purpose has less gluten than regular all-purpose.
1 cup butter flavored shortening, chilled Always do this step by hand, never with a food processor. Add shortening to the dry ingredients in 6-8 chunks. Cut in with a pastry blender (or two butter knives) just until the fat is the size of peas with powdery areas still present. During the process, periodically using a fork to scrape off any large pieces of shortening clinging to pastry blender. Using a food processor turns shortening and flour into a paste rather than preserving distinct fat pockets, which is essential to a flaky crust.
12-14 tablespoons ice water Drizzle over flour mixture a tablespoon at a time, using a fork to uncover dry areas. It will remain a loose mass in the bowl, even though small little balls of dough form. Divide in half and press into 2 balls Chilled ingredients are used to preserve fat pockets, which cause bursts of steam in the oven, creating flaky pastry layers.
3 tablespoons bleached all-purpose flour Working with one ball of dough at a time, dust workspace and rolling pin. With rolling pin held firmly on both ends, pound into a 1/2-inch thick disc. Pounding, versus rolling, flattens dough with minimal sticking to the rolling pin.
Deeply fold in edges on 4 sides.
Note: During final shaping, tuck any stray or trimmed dough under the main piece and continue rolling over top. Never work or knead pastry dough. Folding gives dough a nice edge, and adds layers to the finished crust. Working or kneading destroys layers. The warmth of your hands melts away the desired fat pockets.
Flip smooth side up; brush floury crumbs underneath. Lightly pound into a 1/2-inch thick disc again. Evenly roll (do not stretch) into a 14-inch round. When rolling, roll from the center to the far edge, rotate dough a quarter turn; repeat. If dough happens to stick, use a spatula to release it easily from the workspace. Repeat with second ball of dough. Shape as indicated in individual recipes. Working from the center prevents creases. Stretched dough will shrink in the oven.
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Let's Go, Melaka, Malaysia
By Russ Downing on	 August 18, 2019 0 Comments
Picture this! Hundreds of boats at anchor. Two-masted Dhows from Arabia and India with their distinctive triangular sails, smaller local trading vessel from neighbouring Sumatra, and a vast Ming Dynasty fleet of varying sized junks. Boat riggings jangle and slap in the prevailing breeze. Bells toll. Smaller barges ferry cargo and people to and from the shore. People chatter away in different languages. Onshore, carts piled high with goods clatter off to the bustling market stalls and warehouses. The Sultanate's Harbour Masters keep a keen watch to ensure taxes are suitably collected.
This is a trading port of great prosperity. Strategically positioned at the top of the narrow Straits separating Sumatra and the Malayan peninsula and midway along the trade routes between China in the east and India, Arabia and Africa. Silk and porcelain from China, camphor from Borneo, nutmeg, cloves and mace from the Moluccas (The Spice Islands), sandalwood from Timor, gold and pepper from Sumatra, tin from western Malaya, and calico and other textiles from India. This was Malacca of the fifteenth century.
Melaka's colonial story started in the early 1500s when the Portuguese took control of this trading port from the Sultanate rulers. The Dutch deposed the Portuguese in 1641 and held sway until ceding to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. Excluding a period of Japanese occupation during WW2, Britain controlled Malaysia until granting independence on 31st August 1957.
The colonial remnants and the rich history of the Portuguese and Dutch forts and settlements are sufficient reason for visitors to add Melaka to their Malaysia travel itinerary. In fact, the historical city centre achieved a UNESCO World Heritage Site listing in July 2008, recognising it's cultural importance.
Perched on the southern banks of the Melaka River the historic old town is easily walked with key sights within three square kilometres. The Dutch Square is an ideal starting point, with its clocktower, central fountain, and Christ Church. Painted terracotta red, Christ Church started life in 1753 as a Dutch Reformed church and then under the British became an Anglican church. Church services continue to happen every Sunday. Overlooking the square, the imposing Stadthuys, formerly the official residence of Dutch governors, is believed to be the oldest-surviving Dutch building in the East and now operates as a museum.
Atop the hill behind Stadthuys lie the ruins of an even older church, St. Paul's. Built in 1521 and enlarged in stages in the 16th century, it's the oldest church building in Malaysia. When the Dutch took control, they continued using it as a place of worship until Christ Church in the town below was completed. It has lain in ruins for more than 150 years. In and around the church are Portuguese, Dutch and British headstones with the oldest dating back to 1568. In front of St Paul's is a statue of Francis Xavier, a Jesuit missionary who is said to have brought Catholicism to India and the Far East.
It's also possible to experience the old city from the Melaka River through popular river cruises, and riverside walkways. The magnificent Maritime Museum including the replica of the Portuguese ship 'Flor de la Mar' makes it easier to imagine the old port in its heyday.
Across the Melaka River from the Dutch Square is where other communities set up residence and commerce. Centred around the three streets that lead away from the river is an area now known as Melaka's Chinatown.
Wander the streets of Chinatown and marvel at the historic houses dating back to the 17th century. Many are now cafes, restaurants, retail shops, galleries, antique emporiums, museums, and guest houses. Over the weekend evenings, the central street becomes the now-famous Jonker Walking Street and night market, attracting crowds who come to savour Melaka's renowned street food while shopping for trinkets and souvenirs.
Chinese have a long history in Melaka dating back to the Sultanate in the 1400s. At the beginning of the 16th century, other Chinese merchants and entrepreneurs were lured to Melaka's shores. These fortune seekers went on to marry local Malay women with descendants of these marriages known as Peranakan or 'Straits-born Chinese'. Members of this community address themselves as Baba (men) and Nyonya (women). The Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum in Chinatown is a great place to learn more about the Peranakan and see first-hand, the very prosperous lives they created.
Peranakans developed their own unique cuisine called Nyonya, and this is seen in Singapore, Melaka and Penang where the 'Straits-born Chinese' prospered. It's a mix of Chinese ingredients with Malaysian and Indonesian spices. Signature ingredients include coconut milk, laksa leaves, lemongrass and tamarind. Melaka offers many opportunities to experience Nyonya food, thanks to a great selection of authentic restaurants. You can even delve further into Nyonya cuisine with a cooking class.
Modern-day Melaka is much more than its UNESCO world heritage listed old city, with two sizable modern shopping centres and international brand hotels like Ramada, Hilton, Novotel and Holiday Inn plus many other Malaysian and Asian brand accommodation houses. Recreational facilities include modern amusement parks and three international standard golf courses including the Orna Golf & Country Club, one of Malaysia's most challenging.
Melaka is seen as an ideal weekend or short-break destination thanks to easy access from Kuala Lumpur (150 km); the southern Malaysian city of Johor (a 220 km trip); and neighbouring Singapore (250 km away). This also means that weekends are not the best time to visit if wanting to avoid crowds. AirAsia has also just commenced direct daily flights between Melaka and Penang, making it even easier to experience two of Malaysia's most popular cities in one trip.
Like many Asian cities (Hong Kong, Singapore, Johor and Penang), land reclamation has happened along Melaka city's coastline. These years of land reclamation and expansion mean the current shoreline is approximately one kilometre further into the Straits from the original colonial-era shore, which was just some 200 meters from the Dutch Square.
One of the significant new developments is 'Melaka Island' involving the reclamation of two small islands just 500 meters of the current shoreline to create the 200 acres 'Melaka Gateway' tourism and housing development. One 'must visit' attraction already open on the island is the architecturally inspiring and very photogenic Melaka Straits Mosque.
For me, as a first-time visitor, having enthusiastically dived into Melaka's captivating history, I left feeling a slight disconnect between that past, though well celebrated and presented, and the Melaka of today. This could possibly be due to a loss of connection with the sea through Melaka's changing shoreline. That said, I'm glad I took the time to visit, explore and experience, and recommend you do as well!
And for clarity, Malaysia's government decreed on May 3rd 2017 that Malacca would from that day on be called Melaka, hence the use of both names in this article.
By Michael Cullen


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Q: Uniform convergence of restriction I've been given the following assignment:
For $n \in\mathbb{N}\setminus\{0\}$, let $\phi_n:[1,\infty)\to \mathbb{R}$, given by $\phi_n(x):=2\dfrac{(2x)^{\frac{1}{n}}-1}{\frac{1}{n}-0}, \; x\in [1,\infty)$
One can show that there exists a $\phi:[1,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$, such that $\phi_n$ converges to $\phi$ pointwise.

Show that $\phi_n|_{[1,4]}$ converges to $\phi|_{[1,4]}$ uniformly. Hint: Use the mean value theorem.

My work so far:

We can see that $\phi_n(x) = 2\cdot ((2x)^0)' = 2\cdot \ln(2x)$, so we have that $\phi:[1,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$, is given by $x \mapsto 2\cdot\ln(2x)$ and now I want to show uniform convergence to $\phi|_{[1,4]}$, however, I haven't been able to come up with anything useful so far.
Thank you very much in advance.

A: Writing $f(t) = (2x)^{t}$, $\phi_n(x) = 2\frac{f(\frac{1}{n})-f(0)}{\frac{1}{n}}$,
then by MVT
$\phi_n(x) = 2(2x)^{t} \ln(2x)$ for some $t \in (0, \frac{1}{n})$.
Now we want to bound $\phi(x)-\phi_n(x)$ uniformly in $x$, where $\phi(x) = 2 \ln(2x)$.
We can say that $$|\phi_n(x) - \phi(x)| = \phi_n(x) - \phi(x)$$ $$ = 2 \ln(2x)(2^{t}-1) \leq 2 \ln(8)(2^{\frac{1}{n}}-1).$$ This is a uniform bound converging to zero in $n$.


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Q: Autocomplete with jQuery and asp.net repeater fills ID I have a asp:Textbox with autocomplete, the data comes from a webservice and returns Json data. When a item is selected it puts a value (the id) into a 'hidden' field and the price into another textbox . This all works fine. But when I put more or less the same code into a asp:repeater it doesn't do the autocomplete.
This is a graps from my asp code:

<link href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

<asp:TextBox runat="server" id="txtItem2" style="width:500px"/>

<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtHiddenItemID2"  />

<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtPrice2" />

<asp:Repeater ID="rptArtLijnen" runat="server"
    onitemcommand="rptArtLijnen_ItemCommand">
    <HeaderTemplate>

....

    </HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>

                            <asp:TextBox runat="server"  ID="txtItem" Text='<%#Eval("Item") %>' class="txtItemclass" />
                            <asp:TextBox ID="txtHiddenItemID" runat="server" class="txtHiddenItemclass"/>

                    <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtPrice" value='<%#Eval("Price") %>'/>

    </ItemTemplate>
    <FooterTemplate>

    </FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

This is my jQuery code:
$(document).ready(function () {
        //this handles the textbox out of the repeater
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "AutoCompleteItems.asmx/GetItemJ",
            dataType: "json",
            data: "{ 'data': '" + document.getElementById("txtItem2").value + "' }",
            contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            success: function (data) {
                $('#txtItem2').autocomplete({
                    minLength: 0,
                    source: data.d,
                    focus: function (event, ui) {
                        $('#txtItem2').val(ui.item.value);
                        return false;
                    },
                    select: function (event, ui) {
                        $('#txtItem2').val(ui.item.ItemCode + " " + ui.item.Description);
                        $('#txtHiddenItemID2').val(ui.item.ID);
                        $('#txtPrice2').val(ui.item.Price);
                        return false;
                    }
                });
            },
            error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                alert(textStatus + errorThrown);
            }
        });

        //this handles the textbox in the repeater
        $(".ItemAutoComplete").each(function (i, element) {
            var txtItem = $(this).find('input[id*=txtItem]:first')
            var txtHiddenItemID = $(this).find('input[id*=txtHiddenItemID]:first')
            var txtPrice = $(this).find('input[id*=txtPrice]:first')

            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "AutoCompleteItems.asmx/GetItemJ",
                //async: false,
                //cache: false,
                dataType: "json",
                data: "{ 'data': '" + txtItem.val() + "' }",
                contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                success: function (data) {
                    txtItem.autocomplete({
                        minLength: 0,
                        source: data.d,
                        focus: function (event, ui) {
                            txtItem.val(ui.item.value);
                            return false;
                        },
                        select: function (event, ui) {
                            txtItem.val(ui.item.ItemCode + " " + ui.item.Description);
                            txtHiddenItemID.val(ui.item.ID);
                            txtPrice.val(ui.item.Price);
                            return false;
                        }
                    });
                },
                error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                    alert(textStatus + errorThrown);
                }
            });

        });
    });

This is my webmethod (which works with the textbox) with the class:
[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
public List<ItemJ>  GetItemJ(string data) {
   List<ItemJ> ItemJs = new List<ItemJ>();
    //if (Request.QueryString["q"] != null)
    //{
        try
        {
            DataContext d = new DataContext();
            List<string> typeList = "P R".Split(" ".ToCharArray()).ToList();
            //List<string> conditionList = "A D F".Split(" ".ToCharArray()).ToList();
            ItemJs = (from i in d.Items
                      join a in d.ItemAssortments on i.Assortment equals a.Assortment
                      where a.SecurityLevel <= 999
                      where i.SecurityLevel <= 999
                             && a.SecurityLevel <= 999
                             && i.IsSalesItem == true
                             && !typeList.Contains(i.Type.ToString())
                             && (new string[] { "A", "D", "F" }).Contains(i.Condition.ToString())
                             && (SqlMethods.Like(i.Description, "%" + data + "%") || SqlMethods.Like(i.ItemCode,  data + "%"))
                      orderby i.ItemCode
                      select new ItemJ
                      {
                          //value = i.ItemCode,// + " " + i.ItemCode + " ",
                          ItemCode = i.ItemCode,
                          Description = i.Description, //+ " " + i.ItemCode + " ",
                          ID = i.ID.ToString(),
                          Price = i.PurchasePrice.ToString()
                      }).Take(10).ToList();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw new Exception(ex.Message);
            //return null;
        }
    //}
    return ItemJs;
}

public class ItemJ //: Item
{
    //string _name;
    string _value;

    public string value
    {
        get { return _Description + " (" + _ItemCode + ")"; }
        //set { _value = value; }
    }
    string _Description;

    public string Description
    {
        get { return _Description; }
        set { _Description = value; }
    }

    string _ID;

    public string ID
    {
        get { return _ID; }
        set { _ID = value; }
    }

    string _ItemCode;
    public string ItemCode
    {
        get { return _ItemCode; }
        set { _ItemCode = value; }
    }
    string _Price;

    public string Price
    {
        get { return _Price; }
        set { _Price = value; }
    }

}

I've spent hours on this, can somebody give me a clue?

A: basically problem is ,your text box is placed inside repeater control,because of this jquery not able to identify unique id for control,so insted of jquery autocomplete
try AutoCompleteExtender it will give you desire output.

A: Could you please try taking out the IDs from the controls in ItemAutoComplete Div and search by class. I have had this problem when I try to access the control in repeater control through Id because all the IDs should be unique in a page. so instead of
var txtItem = $(this).find('input[id*=txtItem]:first')

try
var txtItem = $(this).find('.txtItemClass')

HTH


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by Shirley Williams
Ensnaring career criminals
Polygraph tests help snuff out crooks
1 person liked this article
Tags: polygraph test, justicia investigations, willem marshall
An employee undergoes polygraph testing
Rooting out 'career criminals' is taking on a whole new meaning with more and more businesses now resorting to polygraph testing to get to the bottom of workplace crime, as well as to identify would-be troublemakers before they are even hired.
Willem Marshall, a polygraphist with leading national private investigation agency, Justicia Investigations, warns that far too many employers are naïve enough to believe that theft, fraud and corruption will never surface in their companies. "People need to realise that there is more and more organised crime out there and that they are being targeted.
"Syndicates often infiltrate organisations by either arranging a syndicate member to be employed there or, more often, buying over a current employee who may have a clean track record up to that point. Intelligence is everything, and criminals share information. Our experience shows that a high percentage of company crime is perpetrated by employees or in collusion with employees."
According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), commercial crime in South Africa has increased by 42.7% since 2007. Statistics South Africa notes that ordinary employees are involved in 75% of fraud and corruption in local companies.
During his 14 years at SAPS, where he rose through the ranks to become commander of the Hillcrest detective branch as well as during many years of specialist training, Marshall says he came to realise that polygraphing was both the most misunderstood and the most useful tool that business owners could use when it comes to getting to the root of problems.
This is underscored by colleague and fellow polygraphist, Frans van Biljon, whose 12-year career with SAPS as a captain in the forensics field saw him trained by the SA Criminal Bureau. Both were also trained by the American International Institute of Polygraphs and completed their training programme for Psychophysiological Detection of Deception.
Van Biljon says that far more people pass polygraph tests than fail – and before even taking a test, up to 80% admit to a misdemeanor. This 'fear factor' – a reaction to the unknown – extends way beyond employees to employers themselves. Even today, many are scared to use polygraph testing, feeling this could impact negatively on staff morale.
However, a workplace polygraph test is nothing like the feared or scorned 'lie detector test' depicted in movies and on television crime channels. Instead, it is a sophisticated system that brings together a parcel of issues that include not only the graphs and charts produced by the computers to which candidates are connected, but also a host of verbal and non-verbal communications.
"Not admissible in court" is the most common retort received when Marshall and Van Biljon are called in. Once again, however, it is not that simple. Although a polygraph test alone is not accepted by criminal and industrial courts in South Africa, there have been many cases where court decisions have been swayed by the outcome of a polygraph test.
The other side of the equation is that "the innocent guy must have a platform to prove his innocence" and a polygraph does just this, says Van Biljon. "We often go to the CCMA (Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration) to defend people who have passed tests. At the end of the day, integrity is all important."
Separating the blameless from the suspicious makes investigations easier and less traumatic for all. "If you are dealing with a warehouse in which 50 people work, where do you start? It is nonsensical to conduct an in-depth investigation on all 50. This would not be practical or cost-effective, so the best place to begin is by eliminating the innocent," Reg Horne, managing director, points out.
He recalls a case where contractors on a construction site had been implicated in the theft of cellphones, jewellery and other electronic goods. "Our client requested that polygraphs be conducted on the contractors. All of them passed the test. It was later found that the missing property had been misplaced."
Horne says that more companies are being proactive rather than reactive and using polygraphs during job interviews to screen applicants. "The reason for this is because prevention is easier and far cheaper than solving a problem further down the line," he says.
While just 10% of our clients considered pre-employment polygraphs five years ago, up to 60% are now using this method of screening employees, especially in high-risk areas such as banking, security, insurance, logistics, construction, manufacturing, hospitality industry and retail, he adds.
Van Biljon says many casinos screen their croupiers, and polygraph tests are used by entertainment venues to ensure employees such as bar tenders or waiters do not spike drinks.
Although many employees in high-risk industries are dismissed as a result of disciplinary action, most companies do not prosecute. Since they are not blacklisted and do not have criminal records, any checks by new employers often come up blank. This is exacerbated by the fact that a very low percentage – between 6% and 13% – of criminal charges end in prosecution.
According to Van Biljon, when screening employees for security companies, a very low percentage of candidates actually pass polygraph tests. "A well-known security company that uses Justicia to conduct pre-employment polygraphs had checked an applicant for a criminal record using his ID number. He came back clean and all his references checked out. However, he failed our polygraph test. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the applicant had used a false ID number and had preplanned all his references. We also discovered that he was actually out on parole and was a well-known criminal.
"The position for which this person had applied was in the control room, which is the communication hub for any security company. Not discovering this information could have led to the leaking of crucial and confidential information such as alarm details, codes, addresses as well as details of when property owners were away. He could also have manipulated alarms and reaction times, allowing thefts to take place while covering up for the syndicate for which he was working."
Van Biljon says that polygraph tests do not just uncover major crimes. They often pick up drinking- and drug-related problems, which could be catastrophic when employing somebody in a "responsible position".
"The most important thing to remember is that the ability to steal once, if left unchecked, could lead to an employee committing more serious offences in the longer term."
Van Biljon and Marshall say that one industry where polygraphs have proved particularly effective both before signing employment contracts, and during investigations, has been in the trucking industry.
"Syndicates operate extensively in this sector, attempting to bribe and intimidate drivers and their assistants to get their cargo. Often hijackings reported are actually 'handovers'. Polygraph tests conducted on drivers and their assistants look at all the different versions of the so-called hijacking. In some cases, we find that the driver is involved in the syndicate. As a result, we have recovered millions of rand worth of stock," says Marshall.
He explains that Justicia dealt with one driver who had apparently been 'hijacked' seven times. When applying for his job, he had told his prospective employer that his contract had expired. A pre-employment check might have identified that he had actually been dismissed.
Horne says that some employers are now taking pre-employment screening a step further, by doing periodic polygraph testing on either a routine or random basis. Again, this applies to high-risk operations and acts as a deterrent. While some businesses polygraph all employees at defined periods, others select random groups. He says this not only inculcates a culture of honesty and accountability, but is also often welcomed by employees as a means of preserving their credibility.
He suggests that the need for employees to undertake polygraph tests both periodically and as part of in-house investigations should be written into employment contracts as a condition of employment.
"More people are seeing polygraphs as a normal part of the employment process, much like an annual medical. I don't recall one person who has not come back for the next test," he says.
According to Van Biljon, polygraph tests are completely voluntary and an employee has to give written consent.
Van Biljon explains that preparing an examinee for a test involves explaining his rights, showing him how the polygraph equipment works, discussing health issues, and discussing questions up front to dispel nervousness.
He says questions related to a particular investigation or those needed to screen applicants for jobs, are pre-prepared according to each client's needs. During the test itself, these questions are interspersed with general or unrelated questions.
When it comes to polygraphing as part of a wider investigation, Horne believes that the reason Justicia's approach is as effective as it is, is related to combining polygraph testing with forensic investigation. Once a candidate fails a test, investigators are immediately called in to gather supporting evidence that, together with the test results, completes the 'chain of evidence' needed to take action.


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Lenskart Invests $1 Million In US-based 3D Tech Startup "Ditto"
Online eyewear retailer Lenskart Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has picked up a minority stake in US-based 3D virtual try-on and frame recommendation tech startup Ditto for $1 million, reports PTI. Lenskart is already a client of Ditto and has integrated its 3D virtual frame try-on feature on its website and app. The company's founder and CEO Peyush Bansal told the publication that currently they witness over 10,000 trials of the 3D try-on feature.
Following this deal, Lenskart will further integrate other Ditto features on its platform, including allowing users to share images of themselves wearing different frames on social media.
Ditto claims that its frame recommendation technology employs facial analysis, including shape of the face, features, measurements, skin tone, hair and eye color among others, before making a recommendation. While the 3D try-on feature lets users see themselves with the eyewear on in 180-degree.
The company also offers in-store iPad apps that allow customer service representatives at a physical store to capture a video of the customers' face and then virtually display the selection of frames available. Given that Lenskart has been emphasising on expanding its offline footprint, this could be a feature that will soon make its way to Lenskart stores around the country.
Lenskart financials:
In FY17, Lenskart posted losses of Rs 100 crore, down 12% from losses of Rs 113 crore in the previous fiscal year, according to this Financial Express report. However, it's total revenues for FY17 stood at Rs 290 crore, nearly three times the Rs 100 crore revenues recorded in FY16. In FY15, the company's losses stood at Rs 63.5 crore and total revenues reported was Rs 61 crore.
At present, Lenskart operates 350 physical stores across 80 cities and is expected to add a further 150 stores by the end of the current fiscal (March 2018). It's worth noting that all Lenskart offline stores are operated under the franchise model. It also offers home services, including eye check-up, for which it has a team of 200 opticians. The company claims that thus far in this fiscal it has been witnessing about 2.8 lakh orders per month.
In May last year, Lenskart had raised Rs 400 crore in a series D round of funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an investment arm of the World Bank. The company had said that the funds will be used for strengthening its technology, supply chain, and lens manufacturing. As of now, Lenskart manufactures lenses and assembles frames at its unit in Okhla, Delhi, but is expected to move to a new manufacturing unit in Manesar, Haryana for which they will be investing Rs 60 crore.
In January 2015, the company had raised Rs 135 crore investment led by TPG Growth, with participation from Hong Kong based TR Capital and existing investor IDG Ventures for a significant minority stake.
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As mentioned in a previous article in this series, many of the bishops of Rome, the popes of the first millennium of Christianity, are saints in the Orthodox Church.
Indeed, many Western saints of the first millennium are Orthodox saints. However, we still think of them as being primarily one or the other, Eastern or Western. But there are saints which transcend the East-West divide and show most clearly that the church, at least of the first millennium, was simply the "One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church," as we recite in the Creed. St. Gregory is one of those saints.
However, in 579, Pope Pelagius the Second sent him to Constantinople, the city of the Roman Emperor, as his ambassador. He tried to get the emperor to send troops to defend Rome against various warring tribes. In this he was unsuccessful. He also engaged in theological debate while there.
In 585 he returned to his monastery in Rome. However, in 590 he was chosen as Pope. One of the most important acts of St. Gregory as Pope was sending St. Augustine of Canterbury to Britain to evangelize the people there. Although there was an earlier Celtic church in Britain, it was rather isolated and cut off from the main body of the Church in Europe.
St. Gregory was also active in the field of liturgy. He influenced the development of the Latin Mass and the typical form of plainchant became known as "Gregorian Chant", although it was only attributed to him several centuries after his death. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, celebrated during Great Lent, is attributed to him.
St. Gregory is famous for many of his writings. His commentary on the Book of Job and his rules for pastors have their relevance today. He also wrote his "Dialogues" (that is why he is called Dialogos in the Orthodox Church). This is a book about saints and miracles in sixth century Italy. A large part of this book is dedicated to St. Benedict and is one of the main sources of information about him. St. Gregory also left behind collections of sermons and letters.
As mentioned above, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is attributed to St. Gregory. This Liturgy is first mentioned in church canons from the 7th century, which means it existed earlier, close to the time of St. Gregory. However, in its present form the Presanctified Liturgy shows a later Byzantine influence rather than a 6th century Roman one. The Presanctifed is an evening service. It combines Vespers (the evening prayer of the church) with the reception of Holy Communion. However, there is no consecration at this Liturgy. Communion is given from the Holy Communion consecrated the previous Sunday. It can be celebrated on Wednesday and Friday, but it is sometimes just celebrated on one of those days. In the beginning of the Liturgy we have the reading or chanting of psalms which the choir is doing as the priest is preparing the Holy Gifts. After the Little Entrance, there are scripture readings from the Old Testament. At the Great Entrance (made in silence) the Holy Gifts are placed on the altar. After a litany and the Our Father the clergy and the people receive Communion.
As we have seen, it is difficult to trace a direct connection between the service and St. Gregory Dialogos, but it is attribution to him reflects St. Gregory's importance as a saint linking East and West, a saint who reflects the ancient unity of the Church.
Receiving divine grace from God on high, glorious Gregory, and strengthened with its power, you willed to walk in the path of the Gospel, most blessed one. Therefore you have received from Christ the reward of your labors. Entreat Him that He may save our souls.
Father Gregory, you showed yourself to be an imitator of Christ, the chief Shepherd, guiding the orders of monks to the fold of heaven. You taught the flock of Christ His commandments. Now you rejoice and dance with them in the mansions of heaven.
This entry was posted in Church Services, Commemorations on March 10, 2016 by gldstrm.
Before Christ ascended into heaven he told his disciples "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." (Mt 28:19-20) In other words, Christ is calling his disciples (and us) to be missionaries, so the church was a missionary church right from the start. In the Book of Acts we see St. Peter and St. Paul and others beginning to spread the Gospel. Missionary activity continued after the death of the twelve apostles, despite the persecution of the Roman emperor. After the emperor accepted Christianity the church sent missionaries beyond the bounds of the Empire, such as St. Augustine to the British and Ss. Cyril and Methodius to the Slavs. After the fall of Constantinople the Ottoman Turks, the Greek Orthodox Church was in no position to send out missionaries – it had to struggle to even survive. However, the Russian Orthodox Church took on the task of mission, sending missionaries throughout the vast Russian Empire and beyond to China, Japan and Korea. One of these missionaries was St. Nicholas, Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of Japan.
St. Nicholas (Ivan Dimitrievich Kasatkin) was born in 1836 in the family of a deacon. As a senior at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1860 he saw a notice that a chaplain was needed at the Russian Consulate in Hakodate Japan. He applied and was accepted. After becoming a monk and being ordained a priest he began his year-long journey to Japan. During this time he met St. Innocent, a great missionary. St. Nicholas received valuable advice about how to be a good missionary. He arrived in Hakodate, Japan's northernmost island in 1861.
Japan had just been opened to foreigners. Prior to this for 300 years, with few exceptions foreigners had been forbidden to enter Japan and Japanese had been forbidden to leave. Christianity was illegal and being a Christian was punishable by death. St. Nicholas began by studying Japanese and continued for seven years, becoming one of the few westerners to have mastered Japanese at that time.
While living at the consulate, a Japanese samurai (warrior), Sawabe Takuma, who was teaching Japanese swordsmanship to the consul general's son, burst into St. Nicholas' room threatening to kill him because this samurai hated Christianity. St. Nicholas, showing no fear, said that it was dishonorable to kill a man before one knew what he actually taught. The samurai agreed and St. Nicholas began to tell him about Christianity. This samurai became a regular visitor to St. Nicholas. Finally, Sawabe requested baptism. St. Nicholas baptized him with a few others, giving him the name Paul. This was all done in great secrecy because Christianity was still illegal in Japan.
In 1871 St. Nicholas moved to Tokyo. There he eventually opened several schools, including a seminary after Christianity became legal (Paul Sawabe became the first Japanese to become an Orthodox priest). St. Nicholas also built a great Cathedral, named after the Holy Resurrection. There, this cathedral, which still stands, is called by everyone as Nikorai-do, or Nicholas' Cathedral, because it was so associated with St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was a tireless traveler, visiting many areas in Japan, opening churches, which he filled with Japanese priests. He was a tireless translator, spending many hours each day translating the services and Bible into Japanese. In 1904 when war began between Russian and Japan, St. Nicholas was the only Russian who remained in Japan. As a good shepherd he did not want to leave his flock. St. Nicholas did a great deal to help Russian prisoners of war in Japan, and received awards from the Russian and Japanese emperors. St. Nicholas died in 1912 and left behind a church of 33,000 believers, 32 priests, 96 churches and 265 chapels, overcoming difficulties associated with the Russian Revolution and WWII, the Japanese church continues as an autonomous church within the Moscow Patriarchate. The Metropolitan and the great majority of clergy are Japanese.
St. Nicholas was obviously a great missionary in the tradition of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, St. Innocent of Alaska and St. Macarius of the Altai. It is clear that St. Nicholas intended to found a native Japanese church. He began preparing a native clergy and translating the service books into Japanese from the earliest days of his ministry. His success is shown in the way the Japanese Orthodox Church survived the Russian Revolution, when all support from Russian was cut off and the difficulties of the Second World War. We can learn from St. Nicholas that even in the most difficult of circumstances it is still possible to proclaim the Gospel.
This entry was posted in Church Services, Commemorations on February 14, 2016 by gldstrm.
The English word martyr comes from a Greek word which means witness. In the secular world the word martyr was used to mean witness but soon the word martyr came to mean someone who loses his or her life for the Christian faith. (Of course, there are martyrs in the non-Christian world also, but we are not concerned with that here.) The first Christian martyr is St. Stephen, one of the original deacons. The account of his martyrdom is found in Acts 6:8-7:60. St. Stephen was a zealous preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We find him put on trial for this and most of Acts 7 consists of his defense in which he showed that Jesus Christ was the Messiah prophesied by the Old Testament and awaited by the Jewish people. For this testimony St. Stephen was stoned to death. It is noteworthy that St. Stephen, as he was dying, asked God to forgive the people who were stoning him, much as Jesus had done on the cross.
Of course, there were many martyrs in the first Christian centuries as Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire. After the empire was Christianized, martyrs were often found among the missionaries who preached the Gospel in foreign lands, as well as their converts. The 20th century saw many martyrs being killed by totalitarian governments. Christian martyrdom continues today as thousands or tens of thousands die for Christ each year.
On January 31st this year the church remembers the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia who died under the communists. On February 7th we commemorate Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev, who was the first bishop killed by the communists.
Hieromartyr Vladimir (in the world Basil Nikephorovich Bogoyavlensky) was born into a clerical family in Tambov province in 1848. He completed his education at the Kiev Theological Academy and taught in the Tambov seminary before getting married and being ordained a priest. After his wife died, he became a monk and shortly thereafter he was consecrated a bishop. He served as a bishop in various dioceses until becoming Metropolitan of Moscow in 1892, and Metropolitan of Petrograd in 1915.
As mentioned above, St. Vladimir was the first bishop to be murdered by the Bolsheviks. He was followed by countless others under the communist yoke. But St. Vladimir shows us that it is possible, even in the most terrible circumstances, to draw near to God in prayer and to follow Christ's command to forgive those who hurt and kill us.
This entry was posted in Church Services, Commemorations on February 6, 2016 by gldstrm.
On February 2nd the Church celebrates the Meeting of the Lord, one of the twelve great feasts of the church. Among Western Christians, this feast is known as the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, the feast of the Purification of the Virgin, or Candlemas.
The occasion of this feast is described in St. Luke's Gospel (Luke 2:22-40). According to the Gospel, the forty-day old infant Jesus is taken to the temple in Jerusalem for two reasons. First, there was the custom of "the churching" of women when they are welcomed back into the temple (or church) as a sign of thanksgiving that they had recovered from the labor of giving birth and are now ready to participate again in the life of the temple or church. We still have this custom in the Orthodox Church. The second reason was to "redeem" the first born son, Jesus. Again, according to the Old Testament, the child had to be redeemed by making an offering at the temple. Joseph and Mary offered two turtledoves or two young pigeons. This was the offering poor people would make the wealthier would offer a lamb.
It should be noted that calling Jesus the first-born son of Joseph and Mary does not imply that Mary had any more children. Because of the religious significance of having a first son, he was always called first-born, whether or not any more followed. When Jesus was brought to the temple his family were met by the righteous Simeon. He was a very old, very holy man, whom God had promised that he would die only after he had seen the Messiah. Simeon took the infant Jesus in his arms and spoke what is now known as the Canticle of Simeon, or the Nunc Dimitis.
This hymn is part of evening prayer or the Vespers services of the church. This service is celebrated on Saturday night and the eves of great feasts. Even if one cannot come to Church for this service, this hymn is very appropriate to recite on one's own in the evening or night, to mark the ending of the day.
Simeon also prophesied "Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed" foreshadowing the later suffering of Jesus and his mother. Finally, in the temple was an elderly, holy prophetess called Anna, who recognized the child as the Messiah and spoke about his significance to the people she encountered.
In the iconography of this feast one usually sees Simeon meeting our Lord at the entrance to the temple with the Theotokos holding the infant. One of the interesting aspects of this feast is that it is a feast of both our Lord and of the Theotokos, because they both play important roles in it.
As mentioned earlier, this feast is often known as Candlemas. The "mas" part of this word refers to the Mass, or Divine Liturgy. (Many feast days in the Western Church end in the word "mas". For example, Christmas or Christ's Mass). The word Candle is here because on this feast, both in the West and in the East, candles are blessed on this day.
This feast is one of the most ancient in the church. We have many sermons of the Fathers dedicated to this feast, as early as the 4th century. Also in the 4th century, a Spanish nun named Egeria traveled to the Holy Land and observed the celebration of the feast.
So this is truly a joyful feast, which shows that giving birth is not a purely private matter of the mother and family, but of the church and community who pray for her during her pregnancy and labor and now give thanks that she is back in church.
By Your nativity, You did sanctify the Virgin's womb, / And did bless Simeon's hands, O Christ God. / Now You have come and saved us through love. / Grant peace to all Orthodox Christians, O only Lover of man!
This entry was posted in Church Services, Commemorations on January 31, 2016 by gldstrm.
In the Orthodox Church we have a one year lectionary (many other Christians have a three year lectionary). This means we hear the same Epistles, Gospels and Old Testament readings on the same days every year. It is probably true to say that most people (including priests) who hear these readings do not pay as much attention as we should. But sometimes a particular word or phrase may really stick out and this can lead to a life-changing experience.
This is the case with one of the saints we are considering today – St. Anthony the Great. St. Anthony lived approximately 251AD to 356 AD in Egypt. His parents, who were quite wealthy, died when St. Anthony as a young man. He had to care for his unmarried sister. One day in church he heard the following Gospel verse, "Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." (Matt 19:21-22). Hearing this, St. Anthony was so struck that he sold all his family's property and donated the proceeds to the poor and placed his sister with a group of Christian virgins. For the next 15 years he remained in the area of his former home as a disciple of a hermit. Later he moved into the desert and lived as a hermit himself for many years. During this time St. Anthony was frequently tormented ty the devil.
Although St. Anthony lived alone he heard about the persecution of Christians under Diocletian in 311AD, and he went to the city of Alexandria hoping to become a martyr. Although St. Anthony was openly practicing Christianity, the governor did not dare to make him a martyr. In 338 AD St. Anthony visited Alexandria again to speak about the false teaching of the priest Arius who denied that Jesus was God. When St. Anthony knew his life was drawing to a close he willed his sheepskin coat to St. Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria, who also wrote St. Anthony's life.
Through his own personal example and through the medium of the Life St. Anthony has had a great influence on Christian monks and also on all Christians who struggle to live a truly Christian life.
St. Athanasius was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a Christian family. He received a good secular education. St. Athanasius was ordained a deacon in 319 AD. He accompanied Patriarch Alexander of Alexandria to the first ecumenical council of Nicea.
This council was called because a priest named Arius and his followers were teaching that Jesus Christ was not God. They said that Jesus was the most perfect creature that god had created but not God Himself. This teaching caused such an uproar that the Roman Emperor called for the council to settle this issue. The council condemned Arius and wrote the first part of the Creed we sing at every Divine Liturgy. Five months after the council ended Patriarch Alexander died and St. Athanasius was chosen to succeed him. Although the Arian heresy had been condemned by the council it still had many followers. St. Athanasius spent many years writing defenses of the council of Nicea showing that Jesus Christ is truly God. His most famous book is "On the Incarnation".
St. Athanasius also wrote the life of St. Anthony the Great whom he knew. Also St. Athanasius was the first patriarch to write in the Coptic language, as well as in Greek. St. Athanasius was Patriarch for 45 years but he was exiled five times, for a total of 17 years. He became an exile because successive Roman Emperors influenced by some bishops, actually went on the side of Arius. However, he finally returned to Alexandria in 366 AD and spent the last years of his life rebuilding church life in Alexandria.
St. Athanasius is known as a Father of Orthodoxy who in the face of fierce opposition from church and state, defended the fundamental truth of Orthodox Christianity. That is, that Jesus Christ is "true God of true God" without which Christianity would collapse.
You imitated the ways of zealous Elijah, and followed the straight path of John the Baptist. You became a desert dweller and strengthened the world by your prayers. Father Anthony, intercede with Christ God that our souls may be saved.
You rejected the tumult of this life and lived your life to the end in solitude, imitating the Baptist in every way. With him we honor you, most venerable Anthony, foundation of the Fathers.
You shone forth with works of Orthodoxy and quenched all heresy, and became victorious trophy-bearers, hierarchs Athanasius and Cyril. You enriched all things with piety and greatly adorned the Church, and worthily found Christ God, who grants His great mercy to all.
This entry was posted in Church Services, Commemorations on January 16, 2016 by gldstrm.


It was a dairy lover's dream at The Village Cheese Shop in Mattituck Saturday, when the store's wine bar and café hosted a PawPaw pop-up dinner.
"Valentine's Day was the perfect opportunity to have everyone sit down and eat a bunch of cheese," said PawPaw creator and chef Taylor Knapp.
Who says there's nothing to do on the North Fork during the winter?
Taylor Knapp pours a cup of black locust tea for Jessica Melendez of Southold at a PawPaw pop-up dinner last June.
Last year, we included the PawPaw pop-up dinners among the coolest things to happen on the North Fork.


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This shooter nearly took a direct hit after the explosion sent a door straight for him.
Fortunately he found a bit of cove behind a tiny tree.
See the wild explosion in the video below.


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Tottenham have leapfrogged Chelsea in the race to sign Swansea City striker Fernando Llorente, according to the BBC.
As per the BBC, Chelsea have been closing in on signing Llorente for several weeks, with the Spaniard's relationship with Antonio Conte said to be a major bargaining chip. Llorente worked with Conte during their time at Juventus, and won the Serie A title under his stewardship.
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