Kosonen I (1999). HUTSIM – Urban Traffic Simulation and Control Model: Principles and Applications. Doctoral thesis. Helsinki University of Technology. Laboratory of Transportation Engineering. 248 p.
Kosonen I (1996). HUTSIM- A Simulation Tool for Traffic Signal Control Planning. Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Transportation engineering. Licentiate Thesis. 150p.
Sane K, Kosonen I (1996). HUTSIM 4.2 – reference manual. Helsinki University of Technology, Transportation Engineering, Publication 90, Otaniemi. 150 p.
Sane K, Kosonen I (1994). HUTSIM – reference manual. Helsinki University of Technology, Transportation Engineering, Publication 84, Otaniemi. 132 p.
Sane K, Kosonen I (1994). HUTSIM – käsikirja. Teknillinen korkeakoulu, liikennelaboratorio, julkaisu 82, Otaniemi. 71 s.
Sane K, Kosonen I (1993). HUTSIM – opaskirja. Teknillinen korkeakoulu, liikennelaboratorio, julkaisu 78, Otaniemi. 44 s.
Kosonen I (1988). Ajoneuvotyypit erottelevan liikenneanalysaattorin kehittäminen. Diplomityö. TKK, Liikennelaboratorio. 230 s.
Jin J., Ma X., Kosonen I. (2017). An intelligent control system for traffic lights with simulation-based evaluation. Control Engineering Practice 58 (2017) 24–33.
Bozorg Chenani S., Vaaja M., Kurkela M., Kosonen I., Luttinen T. (2016). Target detection of drivers under different road lighting intensities. Lighting research and technology (submitted).
Bozorg Chenani S., Maksimainen M., Tetri E., Kosonen I., Luttinen T. (2016). The effects of dimmable road lighting: A comparison of measured and perceived visibility. the journal of Transportation research part F: Traffic psychology and behaviour.
Kosonen I., Ma X. (2016). Traffic Signal Control with Autonomic Features in Book Autonomic Road Transport Support Systems. Springer. p. 253-267. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25808-9.
Kwak J., Jo H. H., Luttinen T., Kosonen I. (2015). Effects of Switching Behavior for the Attraction on Pedestrian Dynamics. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0133668. doi:10.1371 /journal.pone.0133668.
Kwak, J., Jo, H. H., Luttinen, T., & Kosonen, I. (2014). Modeling pedestrian switching behavior for attractions. Transportation Research Procedia, 2, 612-617.
Kwak J. Jo H. H., Luttinen T. Kosonen I. (2013). Collective dynamics of pedestrians interacting with attractions. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics). Vol. 88, nro 6, 062810.
Chen Y., Constantin-Octavian A., Kukko A., Chen R., Hyyppä J., Kaartinen H., Pöntinen P., Hyyppä H., Haggren H., Kosonen I. (2009). Bi-trigger synchronization method to enhance the performance of mobile mapping system. Photogrammetric Journal of Finland.
Bargiela A, Kosonen I, Pursula M, Peytchev E. Granular Analysis of Traffic Data for Turning Movements. International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2006. pp. 13-27.
Zhou M, Korhonen A, Malmi L, Kosonen I, Luttinen T. (2006). Integration of Geographic Information System for Transportation with Real-time Traffic Simulation System: Application Framework. Transportation Research Record, 2006. Nro 1972, pp. 78-84.
Jacques M A P, Santos D B L M, Pursula M, Kosonen I. (2005). Importance of fuzzy sets definitions for fuzzy signal controllers. In: Attoh-Okine N O, Ayyub B M (Eds.). Applied Research in Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis. The Kluwer International Series in Intelligent Technologies, Vol 20. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 19 p.
Innamaa S, Kosonen I. (2004). Online Traffic Models – A Learning Experience. Traffic Engineering & Control, Vol 45, Number 9, October 2004. pp. 338-343.
Kosonen I (2003). Multi-Agent Fuzzy Signal Control Based on Real-Time Simulation. Transportation Research, Part C. Vol. 11C, No. 5, October 2003. s. 389-403.
Kosonen I, Bargiela A, (1999).A Distributed Traffic Monitoring and Information System.Journal of Geographic Information and Decision Analysis.Volume 3, No 1, 1999.
Etches, A., Claramunt, C., Bargiela, A. et Kosonen, I. (1999). An integrated GIS model for traffic systems, Innovations in GIS 6, Integrating Information Infrastructures with GI Technology, Gittings, B. (ed.), Taylor & Francis, pp. 217-228.
Kosonen I. (2012). Älykäs sähköinen liikenne. Tie- ja Liikenne 8/2012. Suomen tieyhdistyksen ammattilehti.
Kosonen I (2003).Digitaalinen liikenne – Simuloinnista liikenteen palveluihin.Tietoyhteys.Lokakuu 2003.
Kokkinen M, Oinas J, Kosonen I. (1996). HUTSIM-simulointityökalu liikennesuunnittelijan apuvälineenä. Kuntatekniikka, No 6/1996. s. 28-31.
Pursula M, Kosonen I (1987). PC pysäköinnin ohjauksessa. Tie ja liikenne-lehti 12/87.
Jin J., Ma X., Koskinen K., Kosonen I. (2016). Evaluation of fuzzy intelligent traffic signal control system using traffic simulation. TRB 95th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, January 2016. (Accepted as poster).
Mladenovic, M., Stevanovic, A., Kosonen, I., Glavic, D. (2015) Adaptive Traffic Control Systems: Guidelines for Development of Functional Requirements, mobil.TUM 2015 – International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport, Munich, Germany.
Kwak, J., Jo, H. H., Luttinen, T., & Kosonen, I. (2015). Impact of Impulse Stops on Pedestrian Flow. Traffic and Granular Flow '15 conference (TGF '15). arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.01429.
Jin J., Ma X., Kosonen I, (2015). Stochastic Optimization of Group-based Signal Control and Coordination Using Traffic Simulation. TRB 94th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, January 11-15, 2015. 14 p.
Kosonen I., Ma X., Koskinen K. (2014). Traffic Signal Control based on Autonomic Computing. 10th ITS European Congress, Helsinki, Finland. 16-19 June 2014. Brussels, Belgium 2014, ERTICO (ITS Europe).
Kwak J., Jo H. H., Luttinen T. Kosonen I. (2014). Modeling Pedestrian Switching Behavior for Attractions. The Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2014 (PED 2014), Delft, The Netherlands, 22-24 October 2014. Elsevier, pp. 612-617.
Kwak J., Jo H. H., Luttinen T., Kosonen I. (2014). The Impact of Attractive Interactions on Pedestrian Flow. Väylät ja Liikenne 2014, Tampere, 27.-28.8.2014. Helsinki 2014, Suomen Tieyhdistys, s. 396-399.
Nefedov E. Maksimainen M. Yang C., Flikkema P. Sierla S., Kosonen, I. Luttinen T. Energy efficient traffic-based street lighting automation. 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2014) Istanbul, Turkey, June 1-4, 2014 . pp. 1-6.
Malinen P. Haahtela T., Alku A. Kosonen I. (2013). Perspectives on Demonstration Pathways in the Socio-technical Transition of Electric Mobility in Finland. The 27th International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS27), Barcelona, Spain, November 17-20, 2013. Fira Barcelona and AVELE, 10 p.
Kuutti J., Blomqvist K., Sepponen R., Kwak J. Kosonen I. (2013) Performance of commercial over-head camera sensors in recognizing patterns of two and three persons: a case study. 2013 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT), Amman, Jordan, December 3-5, 2013., IEEE Jordan Section, pp. 1-6.
Malinen P. Pirhonen V. Kosonen I. Alku A. (2013). Three-level Perspective for Analyzing Changes in Socio-technical Regimes – Case Electric Mobility. Eight International Conference and Exhibition on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), Monaco, 27-30 March 2013. IEEE.
Kosonen I. Alku. A (2013). Intelligent Electric Mobility. Eighth International Conference and Exhibition on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER'13), Monaco, March 27-30, 2013. 7 pp.
Kosonen I. Alku A.(2012). "Älykäs sähköinen liikenne – ajoneuvot, lataus ja verkko", Väylät ja liikenne – julkaisu, Väylät ja liikenne tapahtuma 28.-30.8.2012.
Kosonen I. (2010). "Informaatio ja energia tulevaisuuden liikenteen hallinnassa", Väylät ja liikenne – julkaisu, Väylät ja liikenne tapahtuma 13.-14.10.2010.
Capek K, Kosonen I, Luttinen, T (2008). Online intersection traffic models with on-the-fly generation of vehicles and signal control. The 7th European Congress and Exhibition on ITS, 4-6 June 2008.
Setälä N, Kosonen I, Luttinen T (2008). Developing Traffic and Weather Responsive Signal Control for Isolated Intersections. Transportation Research Board, 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13-17, 2008. Washington, D.C. 2008, Transportation Research Board, 15 pp..
Koskinen K, Luttinen T, Kosonen I. (2007). Developing a Microscopic Simulator for Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) Systems. Compendium of Papers CD-ROM. Transportation Research Board, 86th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. January 21-25, 2007. 15 pp.
Koskinen K, Kosonen I, Luttinen T, Schirokoff A, Luoma J. Development of a Nanoscopic Traffic Simulation Tool. In: Calvi A, DÆAmico F (Eds.). Abstracts booklet, International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation, RSS2007. Rome, Italy, 7-9 November, 2007. Aracne editrice, Rome 2007. pp 53-54.
Kosonen I (2007). Microscopic freeway simulation with automatic calibration. International Symposium on Intelligence Techniques in Computer Games and Simulations. CD-ROM. Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan. March 1-2, 2007.
Zhou M, Malmi L, Kosonen I, Korhonen A (2007). Visualization on Real-time Traffic Simulation Data Stream. 14th World Congress On Intelligent Transport Systems, 9-13 Oct 2007, Beijing, China. 13 p.
Capek K, Kosonen I, Luttinen T. (2006). Sink & Source – an Approach for Real-Time Corrections of an Online Microscopic Traffic Simulation. ITS World Congress 2006, London.
Jokinen R, Kosonen I, Luttinen R T. (2005). An Integrated On-Line Simulation of Signalized Intersections. Compendium of Papers CD-ROM. Transportation Research Board, 84th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 9-13, 2005. 21 pp.
Bargiela A, Kosonen I, Pursula M, Peytchev E. (2004). Granular analysis of traffic data for turning movements estimation. Proceedings of the APIEMS 2004, 5th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, Gold Cost, Brisbane, December 2004.
Kosonen I. (2004). Planning of Digital Data Infrastructure for Urban Traffic System. Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoinformatics & Geographical Systems Modeling & Fifth Beijing. International Workshop in GIS, Beijing, China, April 2-4, 2004. pp. 561-571.
Jokinen R, Luttinen T, Kosonen, I. (2004). Valo-ohjauksisten liittymien simulointi ajantasaisella liikennetiedolla. Väylät ja Liikenne 2004, Esitelmät, Jyväskylä, 13.-14.10.2004. Suomen Tieyhdistys. s. 634-639.
Jacques M A P, Santos D B L M, Pursula M, Kosonen I. (2003). Studying the Importance of Fuzzy Sets Definitions for Fuzzy Signal Controllers. Proceedings of The Fourth International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, University of Maryland, USA, September 21-24, 2003. 6 pp.
Kosonen I (2003). DIGITRAFFIC – Digital Data infrastructure for Traffic System. ScanGIS'2003. 9th Scandinavian Research Conference on Georaphical Information Science. June 4.-6 2003 Espoo, Finland.
Jacques M A P, Pursula M, Niittymäki J, Kosonen I. (2002). The Impact of Different Approximate Reasoning Methods on Fuzzy Signal Controllers. Proceedings of the 13th Mini-EURO Conference (Handling Uncertainty in the Analysis of Traffic and Transportation Systems) and the 9th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation (Intermodality, Sustainability and Intelligent Transportation Systems). June 10-13, 2002, Bari, Italy. Polytechnic of Bari, Faculty of Engineering. Bari, Italy 2002. 184-192.
Jacques M A P, Pursula M, Niittymäki J, Kosonen I. (2002). Analysis of Different Defuzzification Methods Applied to Fuzzy Signal Controllers. XII Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Tránsito y Transporte (the 12th Panamerican Traffic and Transport Engineering Conference PANAMXII), Quito, Ecuador, 18 al 21 de noviembre del 2002. Avances en Ingeniería de Tránsito y Transporte 2002 – Memorias del XII Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Tránsito y Transporte (CD Rom). 13 pp.
Kosonen I, Bång K-L (2001). Multi-agent fuzzy signal control based on real-time simulation. 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems. 30.9.-4.10.2001. Sydney, Australia. (Paper accepted for publication in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies).
Kosonen I, Bargiela A (2000). Simulation based traffic information system. 7th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems. November 6-9, 2000. Turin, Italy.
Bargiela A, Kosonen I (2000). Real-time micro-simulation of urban traffic. INFORMS '2000. April, 2000. Salt Lake City, USA.
Kosonen I, Ree S (2000). The potential of microscopic simulation in traffic safety and conflict studies. Traffic Safety on Three continents. September 20-22, 2000. Pretoria, South-Africa.
Archer J, Kosonen I (2000). The potential of Micro-simulation modeling in relation to traffic safety assessment. 12th European Simulation Symposium. September 28-30, 2000. Hamburg, Germany.
Nevala, R., Könönen, V., Niittymäki, J. & Kosonen, I. (2000). Fuzzy Platoon Recognition for Coordinated Intersections. 5th On-Line World Conference on Soft Computing Methods in Industrial Applications (WSC5), On the Internet, September 4-18, 2000. Espoo 2000, IEEE Finland Section, 5 pp.
Lehmuskoski V, Kallioinen J, Kosonen I (2000). TRANSIMS, liikenteen kysynnän ja liikennejärjestelmän toiminnan mallintamisen työkalu. Väylät ja Liikenne 2000, Esitelmät, Hämeenlinna, 4.-5.10.2000. Suomen Tieyhdistys. s. 202-207.
Lehmuskoski V, Silfverberg B, Kosonen I (1999). The operational range of microscopic simulation on high class roads in Finland, the development of driving dynamics in HUTSIM and applications. Proceedings of the 11th Mini-EURO Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Systems and Science. August 2-6, 1999. Helsinki University of Technology. Espoo, Finland.
Kosonen I, Bargiela A, Claramunt C (1998). A Distributed Traffic Monitoring and Information System. 10th European Simulation Symposium, ESS-98. 26.-28.10.1998, Nottingham, UK,.7 p.
Etches A, Claramunt C, Bargiela A, Kosonen I (1998). An Integrated Temporal GIS-model for Traffic System. Geographic Information Systems Research in UK (GISRUK). April 1998 Edinburgh, UK.
Davidsson F, Kosonen I (1998). Capacity improvements at signalised intersections using advanced UTC. Proceedings of the third international symposium on highway capacity. Copenhagen. June 1998. 14 p.
Argile A, Peytchev E, Bargiela A, Kosonen I (1996). DIME: A shared memory environment for distributed simulation, monitoring and control of urban areas. Nottingham-Trent University, Department of Computing, Laboratory of Real-time Telemetry Systems. Paper submitted for European Simulation Multiconference ESM'96, Genua, 1996. 5 p.
Kosonen I, Pursula M (1995). Object-oriented and rule-based modelling – experiences from traffic signal simulation. Proceedings of the sixth international conference on computing in civil and building engineering, Berlin, Germany. 5 p.
Kosonen I, Davidsson F (1994). Evaluation and testing of SPOT and SOS-II control strategies using HUTSIM simulator, Seventh international conference on road traffic control and monitoring. IEE conference publication number 391, London, UK. p. 60-63.
Niittymäki J, Kosonen I (1994). A Simulation tool for intersection planning. Civil Engineering and Environment – Conference, Road and Railways, Vilnius, Lithuania. 9 p.
Pursula M, Kosonen I (1992). Simulering som hjälpmedel för utvärdering av signalreglering. Nordisk konferens: Bättre trafiksignaler. Arken Göteborg, maj 1992. Teknillinen korkeakoulu, liikennelaboratorio, tiedote 28, Otaniemi. 20 p.
Kosonen I, Pursula M (1990). A simulation tool for traffic signal control planning. Third international conference on road traffic control. IEE conference publication number 320, London, UK. p. 72-76.
Pursula M, Kosonen I (1989). Microprocessor and PC-based vehicle classification equipments using induction loops. IEE second international conference on road traffic monitoring. London 7.-9.2.1989. Conference publication number 299.
Alku A, Kosonen I (2012). Mobility management report, including mobility as a service. SIMBe-project pages (Smart Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles).
Kosonen I. et al. (2012) AALTO ITS-initiative, final report. Submitted to the Dean of School of Engineering.
Alku A, Kosonen I (2011). Environmental assessment for the whole EV life cycle. SIMBe-project pages (Smart Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles).
Alku A, Kosonen I (2011). Development of a blueprint for the charging network needed for electric vehicles .SIMBe-project pages (Smart Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles).
Alku A, Kosonen I (2011). Traffic and transport integration report. SIMBe-project pages (Smart Infrastructures for Electric Vehicles).
Sane K, Jokinen R, Lehmuskoski M, Kosonen I, Capek K, Packalen P (2007). ONNIMANNI 2 – Ajantasaisen kaupunkiliikenteen mallinnus ja toimintakyvyn mittaus. AINO-julkaisuja 55/2007.
Kosonen I, Capek K, Luttinen T (2006). Ajantasainen liikennetilanteen simulointi – Tuusulan koejärjestelmä. Tiehallinnon selvityksiä. Lopputarkastusvaiheessa oleva verkkojulkaisu.
Jokinen R, Kosonen I (2005). Ajantasainen kaupunkiliikenneverkon mallinnus ja toimintakyvyn mittaus – Selvitys. AINO-julkaisuja 18/2005.
Pahlman S, Kosonen, I (2005). Ajantasaisen liikennetilanemallin tuottaminen floating car datan avulla- Esiselvitys. AINO-julkaisuja 12/2005.
Innamaa S, Kosonen I. (2004). Kokemuksia ajantasaisista liikennemalleista. Espoo 2004. VTT, Rakennus- ja yhdyskuntatekniikka. Tutkimusraportti RTE475/04. 24 s.
Kosonen I, Kulmala R, Hautala R (2004). DigiTraffic – Liikenteen mallinnus- ja palvelujärjestelmä, esiselvitys. FITS-julkaisuja 30/2004. 110 s.
Nevala R, Kosonen I (2004). Sumean alueohjauksen kehittäminen – Ohjausperiaatteet ja simulointitutkimukset. FITS-julkaisuja 31/2004. 44s.
Davidsson F, Kosonen I (2002) TPMA – Final Report. Royal Insitute of Technology. Center for Traffic Engineering and Traffic Simulation. Stockholm.
Kosonen I, Kurri J, Lehmuskoski V, Horttanainen P, Pursula M (2001). TRANSIMS – väestötiedoista liikenteen simulointiin. Liikennne- ja viestintäministeriön selvitys. B11/2001.
Ree S, Kosonen I, Eubank S, Barrett C (2000). Estimating accidents using TRANSIMS. Los Alamos Unclassified Report.
Kosonen I (1999). TPMA/Model-I Platform Report. Royal Institute of Technology. Center for Traffic Technology and Traffic Simulation. 32 p.
Pursula M, Niittymäki J, Kosonen I, Sane K J. (1998). Liikenteen sumea valo-ohjaus – FUSICO-tutkimusprojektin välitilinpäätös. Liikenne, Vol 16, 1998, No 1, s. 15-20.
Edholm J, Kosonen I, Davidsson F (1998). TPMA model-1 calibration draft report. Royal Insitute of Technology. Center for Traffic Engineering and Traffic Simulation. Stockholm. 35 p.
Kosonen I (1996). HUTSIG – Traffic signal control development tool. Case 1: Fuzzy signal control. Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Transportation engineering. Working paper. 12 p.
Davidsson F, et al. (1995). PROMPT – Priority and Informatics in Public Transport. Final report. Drive II project V2049. Commission of the European Communities. 26 s.
Kosonen I, Niittymäki J (1995). Simulation tool for traffic analysis. High technology in Finland 1995. The Finnish Academies of Technology. Espoo. p. 202-203.
Davidsson F, Kosonen I (1994). PROMPT – Priority and Informatics in Public Transport. Deliverable No.12, work package No.330. Drive II project V2049. Commission of the European Communities. 26 s.
Niittymäki J, Kosonen I (1994). System developed to simulate traffic control. FinnContact, Vol 2., No. 4, Helsinki. 1 p.
Kosonen I (1987). Pysäköinnin ohjausjärjestelmä. Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Liikenne-laboratorio. Erikoistyö.


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Јуриј Павлович Лобачев (, 4. март 1909 — 23. јул 2002), познат као Ђорђе Лобачев био је југословенски уметник. Један од пионира и један од најзначајнијих аутора у историји српског и југословенског стрипа. Међу његове најпознатије стрипове спадају Женидба цара Душана, Пропаст града Пирлитора, Баш Челик, Чардак ни на небу ни на земљи, Барон Минхаузен, Чаробњак из Оза, Пепељуга и други. Аутор је стрипа Ураган долази у поноћ — првог стрипа објављеног у СССР 1966. Школа стрипа "Ђорђе Лобачев" из Београда носи његово име.

Биографија

Детињство и младост
Ђорђе Лобачев је рођен 4. марта 1909. у Скадру, где му је отац био на служби као руски конзул.

Детињство је за време Балканских ратова провео у Црној Гори, где је крштен на Цетињу. Живео је и у Косовској Митровици, а потом на Криту и у Солуну. Као емигрантско сироче имао је тешко детињство и младост.

У периоду 1922—1929. учио је у Првој руско-српској гимназији, да би после студирао историју уметности на београдском Филозофском факултету.

Предратна стрипска каријера

Када је због светске економске кризе Лобачев изгубио посао у грађевинској фирми 1934, окреће се наменском рекламном и другом цртању да би прехранио породицу. Илустровао је књиге, цртао карикатуре и рекламе.

Под утицајем светске популарности америчког авантуристичког стрипа, Лобачев почиње да ради и стрипове, прво у Панорами и Стрипу, а затим и другим листовима: Мика Миш, Микијево царство, Политика и Политикин Забавник. Редакцији "Политике" се наметнуо као сарадник показавши Душану Дуди Тимотијевићу напола довршен стрип "Хајдук Станко". 1936. постао је стални сарадник листа, и ту се, уз основна задужења – ретуширање фотографија, исписивање слова за лиценциране стрипове, рекламних наслова и сл., посветио ауторским стрип-адаптацијама словенске епике, као и књижевних дела, те "пустоловно-ониричном" жанру стрипа, како га је сам именовао. "Српске народне бајке, легенде и народне песме сматрао је ризницом стваралачких подстицаја, но и врхунским изразом фолклорног духа, чак и у светским оквирима".

Као један од утемељивача тзв. "Београдског круга", објавио је многобројне стрипове, међу којима је и "Хајдук Станко," "Барон Минхаузен", "Плава пустоловка", "Принцеза Ру", "Баш Челик"... Стрипови су му објављивани и у Француској пре Другог светског рата, попут серијала "-{Princesse Thanit}-" ("Принцеза Ру") у часопису -{Aventures}- (1939).

Послератни период

Учествовао је у ослобођењу Београда 1944. године и све до 1949. радио уметничке послове. Један је од оснивача часописа Дуга, за који је израдио први логотип.

У време Информбироа, као совјетски грађанин протеран је у Румунију. После неколико година, прешао је у Лењинград (Санкт Петербург), где је остао до краја живота.

Београдска "Просвета" издала му је аутобиографску књигу Када се Волга уливала у Саву, а новопазовски "Бонарт" постао је ексклузивни издавач његових стрипова и сликовница.

Један од значајних стрипова које је нацртао је и "Трагом народне маште" у коме се на маштовит начин описује женидба цара Душана.

Умро је у Санкт Петербургу 23. јула 2002. године.

Стрипографија

"Панорама"
 "Крваво наследство" 1935. (сценарио Вадим Кургански)

"Стрип"
 "Зрак смрти" 1935. (сценарио Вадим Кургански)

"Црвени врабац"
 "Деца капетана Гранта" 1936. (према роману Жила Верна) недовршено

"Политика"
 "Хајдук Станко" 1936. (према роману Јанка Веселиновића обрадио Милош Стевановић)
 "Женидба цара Душана" 1938.
 "Пропаст града Пирлитора" 1939. (сценарио Павле Церовић)
 "Барон Минхаузен" 1940.
 "Чаробњак из Оза" 1941. (према причи Франка Баума) недовршено

"Мика Миш"
 "Царев гласник" 1936. (према роману Жила Верна)
 "Дубровски" 1937. (према делу Александра Пушкина)
 "Плава пустоловка"- епизода: "Инспектор Ролди" 1937.
 "Плава пустоловка" – епизода: "Гангстери морских дубина" 1937/38.
 "Плава пустоловка"- епизода: "Горостасова освета" 1938.
 "Плава пустоловка" – епизода: "Авантура у Туркестану" 1938.
 "Плава пустоловка"- епизода: "Заробљеница Инда" 1938.
 "Принцеза Ру" 1938.
 "Бели дух" 1938.
 "Принцеза Ру"- епизода: "Мефисто се забавља" 1938/39.
 "Плава пустоловка" 1939.
 "Бели дух" 1940.

"Мали забавник Мика Миш"
 "Препад у авиону" 1937.

"Тарцан"
 "Бели дух" 1938.

"Политикин забавник"
 "Баш Челик" 1939. (према народној приповетки)
 "Чардак ни на небу ни на земљи" 1939.
 "Пепељуга" 1940. (обрадио у стиху Живорад Вукадиновић)

"Микијево царство"
 "Шеиков син" 1939.
 "Господар смрти" 1939.
 "Господар смрти" 1939/40.
 "Господар смрти"- епизода: "Тајанствена пустоловка" 1940.
 "Господар смрти"- епизода: "Авион смрти" 1940.

"Коло"
 "Биберче" 1942. (прва скраћена верзија)

"Дуга"
 "Пионир Ика и лени друг Жика" 1945.

"Биберче"
 "Биберче" 1951. (друга дужа верзија)

"Политикин забавник"
 "Тајанствена пећина" (серијал о Драгану и Мири), 21 табла, ПЗ 700-719, 29. мај — 9. октобар 1965.
 "Хајдук Вељко", 20 табли, ПЗ 720-739, 16. октобар 1965. — 26. фебруар 1966.
 "Сатурн долази у помоћ" (серијал о Драгану и Мири), 20 табли, ПЗ 740-759, 5. март — 16. јул 1966.
 "Доживљаји у брдима" (серијал о Драгану и Мири), 20 табли, ПЗ 783-802, 31. децембар 1966. — 13. мај 1967.
 "Чувај се сењске руке", према роману Аугуста Шеное, 30 табли, ПЗ 803-832, 20. мај — 9. децембар 1967.

"Пегаз"
 "Чаробњак из Оза" 1974. (комплетна обрада приче Франка Баума)

"Чудесни свет Ђорђа Лобачева" 1976.
 "Женидба Душанова" (нова верзија)
 "Баш Челик" (нова верзија)
 "Чардак ни на небу ни на земљи" (нова верзија)
 "Пропаст града Пирлитора" (нова верзија)
 "Биберче" (нова верзија)

Признања
 Велика повеља Гашиног сабора породици Лобачев (2018), додељују Центар за уметност стрипа Београд при Удружењу стрипских уметника Србије и Дечји културни центар Београд

Референце

Извори
 Здравко Зупан и Славко Драгинчић, Историја југословенског стрипа I, Форум Маркетпринт, Нови Сад, 1986. Е-издање: Пројекат Растко
 Здравко Зупан, Век стрипа у Србији, Културни центар — Галерија савремене уметности, Панчево, 2007.
 Слободан Ивков: 60 година домаћег стрипа у Србији (1935—1995), Галерија "Ликовни сусрет", Суботица, 1995. Е-издање: Пројекат Растко

Спољашње везе

 -{IN MEMORIAM}- Ђорђе Лобачев (1909—2002), "Глас јавности", Београд, 1. август 2002.
 Трећа књига сабраних дела легендарног Ђорђа Лобачева ("Вечерње новости", 4. мај 2021)

Рођени 1909.
Умрли 2002.
Српски цртачи стрипа
Српски сценаристи стрипа
Руски цртачи стрипа
Златно доба српског стрипа
Дечје новине
Српски публицисти стрипа
Политикин Забавник
Београдски круг (школа стрипа)

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Соборы и памятники — серия монет Госбанка СССР, посвящённая памятникам архитектуры, истории и культуры, находившимся на территории Советского Союза. Выпускались только в виде монет из медно-никелевого сплава номиналом 5 рублей.

Первая такая монета была выпущена в 1988, а последняя — 13 ноября 1991 года. За 4 года было выпущено 12 видов монет, из которых 6 посвящено памятникам и зданиям, 6 — соборам и святым местам.

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Venne proclamato re dalla madre, Laodice I, mentre i suoi sostenitori ad Antiochia assassinavano Berenice e il suo figlioletto. Tolomeo III, che era il fratello di Berenice e re d'Egitto, come rappresaglia, invase l'impero seleucide (terza guerra siriaca) e marciò vittoriosamente fino al Tigri e oltre. Ottenne la sottomissione delle province orientali dell'impero Seleucide, mentre la flotta egiziana conquistava le coste dell'Asia Minore. Seleuco riuscì a restare all'interno dell'Asia Minore. Quando Tolomeo tornò in Egitto, Seleuco riprese la Siria del nord e le vicine province dell'Iran.

Comunque, Antioco Ierace, fratello minore di Seleuco, divenne un suo rivale in Asia Minore, all'interno di una fazione, cui anche Laodice (madre o moglie) prese parte.

Durante la guerra dei fratelli, ad Ancyra, nel 235 a.C., Seleuco subì una sconfitta schiacciante e perdette tutta l'Asia Minore fino ai monti del Tauro in favore del fratello e di altri regni della penisola. Seleuco allora intraprese una anabasis per riprendere la Partia, ma l'operazione non ebbe successo. Secondo diverse fonti, venne addirittura preso prigioniero dal re di Partia. Altre fonti fanno menzione di una pace con Arsace I, che riconobbe la sua sovranità.

Nell'Asia Minore, Pergamo si stava facendo potente sotto il regno di Attalo I. Antioco Ierace, dopo un nuovo tentativo di prendere i domini del fratello quando stava perdendo i suoi, morì come fuggitivo in Tracia nel 227 a.C.

Circa un anno dopo, Seleuco morì cadendo da cavallo. Il suo successore fu suo figlio maggiore, Seleuco III Sotere Cerauno.

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Learning & Values Parshah (Weekly Torah) Bereishit - Genesis Vayishlach Parshah Study Parshah Focus
Diary of Rachel
By Zalmy Labkowsky
The following is a compilation of biblical texts, talmudic insights and midrashic anecdotes rendered in the first person. This is not the actual diary of Rachel, wife of Jacob. To the best of my knowledge, no such document exists. Let a sizable quantity of salt accompany the reader, and lightly dust any part of this writing for which no source is given. Enjoy!
Dear Diary,
My sister, Leah, just started writing one of these, and she convinced me to start as well.
I have no idea how to begin, but here goes. My name is Rachel,1 with the "ch" pronounced like the "ch" in challah (kind of a throat clearing sound). Some people mistakenly call me Rachel though (pronouncing the "ch" like in chimichangas). I think it's a geographical thing. I kind of like both pronunciations.
I'm 13 years old,2 and I live in Padan Aram with my father, Lavan, and sister, Leah.3 Before I was born, things weren't looking too swell for my parents. They couldn't have children for quite some time. At long last, after many years of waiting, they were blessed with twin girls.4 They named the older one Leah, and they named the cuter one Rachel. (I'm kidding; we're identical.5)
My mother (whose name was Adina6) passed away some time after we were born.7 It's been an upstream swim since then. Much like salmon (that migrate upstream), my sister and I live in constant fear of being snatched by a grizzly bear In our case, that would be my father. His ever present idol worshipping8 and generally dishonest behavior are hard to avoid.
My sister's way of coping is to stay out of the house for as long as possible, hanging out with her friends.9 I'm more of an introvert,10 so I don't have that escape. I enjoy staying inside and hanging out with myself. (It's not so depressing. Really, I'm happy.) The problem is that the peaceful solace I seek at home is usually interrupted by the loud wailing rituals that accompany my father's idol worshipping (although I'm pretty sure he adds the screeching parts just to mess with me).
I've had many long, heart-to-heart talks with my dad about the error of his ways. During these talks I'm always convinced we're making headway, that we're actually getting somewhere. He gives me these innocent looking teddy bear eyes (get it? he was the grizzly in the metaphor before—a bit of a stretch, I know), that get me thinking, "Okay, he's a changed man." But then the next day he's back at it.
My father has a long-standing battle with honesty. I just wish honesty would win every now and again.
But, very much like a salmon swimming upstream, I'm not going to give up so easily. My plan is to just keep swimming until I've reached my goal. I'm not giving up on you old man (in case you're reading this, Dad).
I have some exciting/sad/slightly disturbing news for you. I found out who I'm going to marry! No it wasn't from that woman in that dimly lit shop up the road who has had fewer baths than she has teeth (six).
Basically, there's been a rumor going around that my sister and I are going to marry our cousins from Canaan, who are also twins.11 Their names are Esau and Jacob. The adults liked the idea so it was arranged.12 It seems to have worked out perfectly, right? Well, not so much. See, the older one, Esau, the one assigned to my sister, is a lowlife. By the time he was 15, he had already checked murder off his bucket list. He's had a full career since then, so you can only imagine what he's been up to. The only way I can see someone wanting to marry him, is if that person has barbarism and sadism on the pro side of their wish list, and kindness and civility on the con side.
A testament to how horrible the prospect is, is the other wailing that can be heard coming from our house, from the direction of my sister's room.13
Now picture the polar opposite of this guy. Instead of the awfulness and cruelty, imagine kindness, sensitivity and fear of G‑d. Think of the very epitome of goodness. You are currently picturing my guy. Our two cousins are as different as two humans could possibly be, and they're twin brothers.14
I'm currently torn between emotions. My indescribable joy at the thought of having such a perfect spouse is only marred by the sadness I feel for my sister.
I just wish there was something I could do to help her.
My father owns a boatload of sheep (like enough to put you to sleep for 40 years, never counting the same ones twice). It's customary that boys tend to them, but because we have no brothers, that leaves me and Leah. Because Leah is older, and consequently the one traditionally married off first, my father doesn't let her do it15 (also, because of the near constant crying, her eyes are very sensitive, and lengthy exposure to sunlight can be harmful16). So that just leaves little old me.
Thankfully, I seem to have a real knack for shepherding.17 There was a plague that struck the herd, and the only sheep to survive were the ones I was tending to.18 Dad tells me I'm the best he's ever seen, and if it weren't for my obvious talent he wouldn't let his gorgeous girl do such a degrading job.19 To be honest, if I weren't a shepherdess I would probably never see the outdoors.20
In other news, I'm still very excited to marry Jacob, and people even say that I've gotten better looking because of my anticipation.21 But when I look in the mirror all I see is a whole lot of sheep's wool stuck to my robes.
What a day! I have a ton to tell you.
Every morning when it comes time to give the sheep water, all the shepherds gather by the well to lift off the heavy rock that's on top of it. The rock is there for security, and it can be lifted only by a group effort, all the shepherds lifting together.22
Today, as I approached the well, with all my sheep in tow (it's not a big deal, they're just obsessed with me), I noticed a stranger standing there with all the shepherds. As he saw me approaching, he instantly grabbed hold of the stone, and single-handedly popped23 it off the top of the well.24 It was surreal. It was like watching a magic show, except without all the awful puns.
Turns out the stranger was our cousin Jacob, and he had come to town to find a wife. He was thrilled to see me, but he was disappointed that he had nothing to give me.25
Upon hearing about our impressively strong guest, my father came running out to greet him and give him a hug.26 I think he was expecting him to come bearing gifts, like Eliezer did when he came to find a wife for Isaac. My father was very disappointed at the blatant absence of any gold-laden camels. But, not being one easily deterred in his quest for treasure, he then proceeded to conduct a thorough TSA-like pat down to try and find any precious stones Jacob might be carrying on his person. He even checked in Jacob's mouth for heaven's sake!27 But I guess part of the job of good parents is to embarrass their children in front of their fiancés.
Oh yeah, he asked to marry me. So basically ... we're ... ENGAGED!! I almost got through that bit of news completely calmly. I'm beside myself with joy. We are so compatible, we're like two corns on a cob. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him.
My father told Jacob he would have to earn the right to marry me.28 The man never passes up an opportunity to make a quick buck. So Jacob offered to work for seven years as shepherd in chief to my father's flock as a down payment for my hand in marriage.29
The reason he doesn't want to marry Leah, even though she's older, is because his brother Esau is planning to.30 A little while back, Esau and Jacob got into a little scuffle, and Esau, not one for proportionality, now wants to kill Jacob.31 I think Jacob's reluctance to marry his assassin's fiancée is justified, but maybe that's just me.
I left you last with Jacob's proposal and my obvious acceptance. A short time has passed, but a lot has changed. It seems my father has other plans for us.
Since Jacob has come, our little town has been blessed with an abundance of rain. My father, being the devious fellow he is, hatched a plan with the townspeople to keep Jacob here for as long as possible. He told them he'll trick Jacob into marrying Leah first, so that he'll have to stay another seven years to marry me.32
Jacob suspected my father would pull something like this, so he explicitly asked my father to marry "Rachel, your daughter, the younger one." He was ensuring my dad doesn't substitute me with a random girl named Rachel, or change Leah's name to Rachel, and replace me in the wedding ceremony.33 He even gave me a secret code to be able to distinguish me from a different girl.34 (I can't write it here because I'm pretty sure everybody is reading this … I'm looking at you, Dad.)
My father doesn't seem fazed. He gives all the gifts Jacob sends for me to Leah.35 He plans to marry Jacob off to her instead of me, hoping that Jacob won't notice. Jacob is already on high alert, so you'd have to be a pretty convincing liar to pull this off. If there's someone out there who can pull it off better than my dad, I do not want to meet him.
The day of the wedding is finally here. The past seven years have been a tangled web of lies and deception. I've had to carefully toe the line between truth and falsehood. Teetering between pretending to Jacob that everything is cool and on track, and not actually lying outright. My trick is just keeping quiet. I've become like a giraffe, except less talkative (giraffes have no vocal cords). I've been biting my tongue so often these days, that were it not the fastest healing organ (it is, look it up), it would look like an intricate treasure map by now.36
I've decided I'm going along with all this. I even told my sister the secret code that Jacob gave me.37 I just couldn't bear the thought of her being humiliated in front of everyone. The thought of her standing up there as Jacob refuses to marry her is too much for me.38 Also, if she doesn't marry Jacob, she's going to have to marry Esau, and my happiness is not worth that much.39
I'm currently decked out in full bridal dress, jewelry and makeup, ready to stand by and watch as the love of my life is tricked into marrying my sister.40 Lucky me!
My father's plan worked without a hitch. My father had me enter the bridal palanquin all dressed in white, then he secretly snuck Leah in, extinguished the lanterns, and arranged for me to slip out.41 Because Jacob recognizes my voice, I also had to sneak around them and respond to any question Jacob asked.42 It's not fun being forced to watch—and actively participate—as the man you love gets married to another woman.
Upon finding out that he had been duped, Jacob immediately confronted my father. My father told him that in our town we don't marry off a younger sibling before the older one. Jacob then asked to marry me in exchange for yet another seven years of labor. My father agreed, and the wedding is set for right after the customary seven celebratory days for Leah.43
I haven't been up to writing these past couple of years. I've been too sad. My sister, Leah, has been blessed with many children, thank G‑d. But it seems that I was not worthy. She has obviously been deemed righteous in G‑d's eyes, and I was found wanting.
I started to become increasingly jealous of my sister's righteousness.44 I thought perhaps my sin of tricking my saintly husband has come back to haunt me. I begged my husband to pray for me, to show G‑d that he completely forgives me.45 But he informed me that he has been praying, and it's ultimately up to G‑d.46
I realized I must have a specific sin that was preventing me from this amazing blessing. After some introspection, I came to the conclusion that it must be the jealousy I was feeling toward my sister. So I decided to go to the opposite extreme of jealousy and add another co-wife to the family.47 Her name is Bilhah, the woman my father appointed as my personal maid. She is so called because she is equally pained at my infertility (her name comes from the Hebrew word "behala," which means to be alarmed and pained).48
Since then, she has begotten two children, thank G‑d. I named the first Dan, because G‑d has judged me ("dan") and acquitted me; He has heard my voice.49
I named the second Naftali, because I have stormed ("naftulei") the gates of heaven and finally been answered. I am accepted like my sister.50
About a year ago, I noticed Leah's eldest, Reuben, with some duda'im, which are an effective fertility treatment.51 Because Leah feels I have stolen our husband's affection from her, because I am his favorite, I offered Leah my allotted time with Jacob in exchange for the duda'im. She agreed.52
I've heard of medication having a delayed effect, but after a year of waiting I think I can safely say the duda'im haven't worked...53
I have some AMAZING news for you. I had a son!!!54 My prayers have finally been answered! Cue the marching bands!
I named him Joseph because I'm not letting G‑d get away with just giving me one child (Joseph, or "Yosef," means "to add").55
Everyone thinks I'm nuts for writing in my diary so soon after childbirth, but I just couldn't wait. Also my labor really wasn't so bad!56 OK, I'll talk to you later. I have to go, my kid is crying (listen to me, talking like a seasoned mom already).
Sincerely, and with a bursting heart,
The inevitable day has finally come. Jacob wants to move. He heard my brothers (born after Jacob came to town57) saying that he profited at the expense of of my father, and he's had enough.58 He called me and Leah in and went into a long explanation about how faithfully he's worked and how dishonest my father has been.59 I think he was expecting some resistance. But Leah and I have watched him work loyally for my father for 20 straight years, never even getting a regular night's sleep in a bed!60 We watched my father cheat and deceive him out of his deserved pay time and time again. My father had treated us, his two daughters, like complete strangers.61 So Jacob was preaching to the choir, and the choir was already packing to go.
The only thing gnawing at me as we prepare to escape (besides for the shooting pain in my lower belly, I think I'm pregnant again!62) is the thought that I'm leaving my poor father in his erroneous idol worshipping ways.63 Try as I might, I haven't been successful in convincing him to abandon them. But maybe if I just steal them from him, he'll drop them for good.64
Also, my father is a talented sorcerer, and if I leave his idols here he could use them to discover our whereabouts. I will therefore place them under the saddle of my camel, and by disgracing them this way, remove any power they possess. 65
We leave at dawn. Wish us luck.
We made it.
My father found out about our escape three days after we left, and immediately began the chase. Despite our head start, he caught up to us pretty quickly. He was furious about the idol theft. Jacob, in his attempt to quell already heated emotions, was quick to tell my father that he knew nothing of the theft (he didn't), and that whoever stole them should be cursed (ouch).66
My father had a pretty heavy hunch that it was me. He kept poking around in my stuff.67 He finally approached me and asked me to get off my camel. My heart was beating fast, I told him I couldn't because I had a feminine issue.68 That usually terrifies men, so I figured that should do the trick. It didn't. He demanded that I dismount.
At this point my heart was beating so strongly, I was scared he could see it through my robes. I slowly dismounted, and lying there in all their glory were… not the idols?! I was completely floored. It took every facial contorting muscle I possessed to mask my shock and instead shoot my father a what-were-you-expecting?-look. G‑d saved me! The idols were miraculously transformed into feminine products to support my story and save me from certain awfulness.69 Phew! Dodged an arrow there!
Sincerely, and grateful to be alive,
After having survived my father, we had another hurdle to overcome. Jacob's brother, Esau, was still on his tail, and we had to confront him.
Jacob organized a series of gift-bearing messengers to meet Esau first, to try to placate the bloodthirsty beast. Jacob was doing a lot of praying and strategic positioning to prepare for the highly charged, long dreaded face off with his older, hairier twin brother.70
In the meantime, we had a pretty jarring experience (pardon the pun, you'll get it in a second). Just as Jacob finished transporting the entire family over a river, he went back to fetch some small jars we left behind.71 As he was bending down to lift the jars, an angel appeared (I don't believe the angel appeared as a result of his rubbing the jar). We watched in horror as the angel began wrestling with Jacob. Being on the other side of the river, we were completely powerless to help him (not that I would've been much help, my angel fighting skills are a bit rusty since the last time I never fought an angel). The scuffle lasted the entire night. I don't mean to brag but it ended with my husband pinning the angel down until he eventually let him go.72
In the morning, Jacob limped across the river toward us. He sat his eager audience down and told us what had happened. Apparently the angel he fought was Esau's guardian angel.73 Because Jacob was victorious, he received a special name change. The angel added the name Israel because he fought ("sarisa") with angels and men, and he was victorious.74
Without a moment's break, we looked up, and there was Esau marching toward us. He had an entourage of 400 men marching alongside him.75 He was not messing around. This was no friendly family reunion.
Jacob positioned all the children in back of their mothers and went ahead of us to protect us. He slowly walked toward Esau bowing with each step. After what seemed like an eternity, he reached his brother.76
Finally, we noticed a crack in the armor, so to speak. Esau's rugged face seemed to soften, and he ran up and hugged his brother. He fell on Jacob's neck and kissed him. They were both sobbing. It was a touching blend of hugging and crying, and we on the sidelines were just happy to be alive.77
Afterwards, we were introduced to Esau (he's much hairier in person than I even imagined). Each of the mothers passed by him with their kids, and bowed. My son and I went last because we are Jacob's favorites.78 But right before we passed, my little boy jumped in front of me so that the lascivious Esau wouldn't cast his lustful gaze my way.79 Joseph is very mature for a six-year-old.
This is the last diary entry we have for Rachel, she passed away a short time later, at the tender age of 37,80 while giving birth to her second son. She was informed as she was dying that it was a healthy baby boy.81
Rachel was buried at a crossroads near Bethlehem. She was buried there and not in the traditional, more respectable burial plot in Hevron (where Adam, Eve, Abraham, Sarah, and later Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah were buried) because the Jewish people were destined to be exiled and led past that place, and it would be Rachel's tear-filled prayer that ultimately saved them.82
Rachel, in her death, as in her life, was the very picture of selflessness, sacrificing her own personal happiness for the sake of others.
DISCLAIMER: A large portion of this article is based on a literal reading of the texts. Please note: Our ancestors were vastly more spiritual and in tune with G‑d than we can ever fully grasp. The Zohar tells us that they are called chariots.83 Just as every twist and turn of a chariot is a direct result of the one guiding it, so every aspect of our ancestors' beings was reflective of, and in tune with, their G‑dly mission. Any attempt to humanize them and bring them down to our level is usually a result of our inability to comprehend what is out of our league.
Please read these articles for more on how to find the proper balance between the literal text and its deeper meanings.
She was called Rachel because it's a mashup of the words "ra'uyah she'tachel aleha Shechinah," which translates to: "Worthy that the Shechinah [Divine Presence] rest on her."
They got married at 22 (Seder Olam chapter 2), so they were 15 when Jacob came to town (this was two years before then).
Genesis 28:2.
Sefer Hayashar, p. 83.
Seder Olam chapter 2; Midrash Tanchuma (Buber) 12.
Sefer Hayashar above.
Bereishit Rabbi 9; Rashi 29:12.
Genesis 31:19; Rashi 24:31.
Rashi, Genesis 34:1.
See Ohr Hachaim 29:9.
Rashi, Genesis 29:17.
Midrash Tanchuma (Buber), Vayeitzei 12.
Genesis 25:27. See Rashi ad loc.
Lekach Tov.
Ramban, Genesis 29:9.
Ohr Hachaim, ibid.
Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer 36.
Ohr Hachaim, ibid. He also writes there that Lavan saw through sorcery that Rachel would be very successful with the sheep.
Midrash Tanchuma (Buber) 12.
Genesis 29:2-3.
Rashi to Genesis 29:10.
Genesis 29:10.
Bereishit Rabbi 70.
Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer, chapter 36.
Genesis 29:18-19.
Midrash Tanchuma (Buber), Vayetze 12.
Bereishit Rabba 70.
Midrash Tanchuma 6.
Ibid. Benjamin, Rachel's son, also had this gift, and that's why his stone on the High Priest's breastplate was yashpe, a contraction of the words "yesh lo peh vishotek," "he has a mouth and he's quiet."
Megilla 13:2; Bava Batra 123:1.
Peticha to Eicha Rabati 24.
Midrash Tanchuma Hakadum 19.
Genesis 29:25-27; See Yerushalmi, Moed Kattan 1:37; Avot D'Rabbi Natan (2), chapter 1.
Alshich, Genesis 30:11.
Klei Yakar, Genesis 30:2; For a more Kabbalistic explanation as to why she had Jacob marry Bilhah, see Rabbeinu Bachye 29:35 and Recanti Vayeitzei.
Midrash Sechel Tov. Another explanation offered there is that she was called that because she was astoundingly beautiful (also derived from "behala").
Ibid., 30:8. According to Rashi, the name Naftali comes from the root "psaltol," which means stubborn.
Seforno, Genesis 30:14.
Ibid., 30:24.
See Rashi on Genesis 30:27, which explains that Laban was blessed with sons because of Jacob's presence.
Ibid., 31:4-13.
Lekach Tov 31:35. I don't believe this Midrash fits with the timeline traditionally used that has Jacob and his family travelling for an additional two years before Rachel's passing during childbirth.
Bereishit Rabba 74:4.
Zohar Vayeitzei, p. 378; Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer 36; Tanchuma 12.
Genesis 31:35. For explanations on how this works with her being pregnant, see Lekach Tov above. The G"RA (Kol Eliyahu, Vayetze 32) writes that Rachel was referring to the halacha that idols transfer impurity like a nidda, a woman in a state of ritual impurity.
Genesis 32:8-21; Rashi 32:9.
Ibid., 33:1.
Ibid., 33:1-3.
Rashi, Genesis 33:7. See Yalkut Shimoni (Tehillim 55, Remez 772) that states that Rachel was actually destined to marry Esau, but through Jacob and Leah's prayers on her behalf she was saved. See also Aggadat Bereishit (chapter 52), which explains that Lavan planned to give her to Esau when she couldn't have children. See Rashi 30:22
Seder Olam, chapter 2.
Zohar 1, 210:1. It's taught that even during their sleep they were still on that level.
Rabbi Zalmy Labkowsky grew up in LA and currently lives in Brooklyn where he studies Talmud.
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Anonymous Hawaii May 29, 2018
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Mary Lucas November 24, 2017
Rachel Weeps for Acceptance I enjoyed this diary about Rachel . I just wonder if Rachel knew better than to touch the idol; yet to lie and hide it from her dad settled just consequences. and fate . Rachel was beautiful yet Leah's weak eyes warm and tender hearted earned her a far more respectful burial whereas; Rachel with her beauty and wit she will always remain weeping for acceptance in the eyes of Jacob to please . Reply
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Broken: The Power of Conversion in Louie Zamperini's Life
October 24, 2014 | Ivan Mesa
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Louie Zamperini's amazing life is the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. It has remained on the New York Times bestseller list for almost four years (a remarkable feat!), and on Christmas Day the much-anticipated movie adaptation is slated for release. Although it is one of my favorite books, I have to agree with Collin Hansen: "The title is all wrong." After the war, Louie returned home a broken man.
Louie survived 47 days adrift in a lifeboat after his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. He narrowly escaped marauding sharks and strafing from passing Japanese airplanes. And he survived on rainwater, fish, and seabirds until he was picked up by a Japanese patrol boat. After two brutal years as a prisoner of war in Japan, World War II ended, and Louie returned home a hero.
Soon thereafter, he married a beautiful blonde woman named Cynthia. On the outside all seemed well, but hatred for one of his captors metastasized. "A once singularly hopeful man now believed that his only hope lay in murder," Hillenbrand writes. Louie's life spiraled downward as he gave himself over to drunkenness and reckless behavior. Money he had invested in get-rich-quick schemes foundered. Despite appeals and warnings from friends, he made no reform. His wife initiated a divorce.
Conversion Under Billy Graham
In September 1949 a young Billy Graham came to Los Angeles for a three-week campaign to bring the city to Christ. Cynthia attended and received Christ as Savior. She returned home, informed Louie of her new life in Christ, and made clear she would no longer pursue a divorce. Although relieved, Louie wanted no part of this religious awakening. Nevertheless, eventually Louie also attended and, although indignant at first, on the second day he came forward to receive Christ. Here is his account:
I dropped to my knees and for the first time in my life truly humbled myself before the Lord. I asked him to forgive me for not having kept the promises I'd made during the war, and for my sinful life. I made no excuses. I did not rationalize, I did not blame. He had said, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved," so I took him at his word, begged for his pardon, and asked Jesus to come into my life.
His new life had begun.
Joy replaced anger in Louie's heart, and he freely forgave his former captors. Throughout his life he gave testimony of Christ, particularly with troubled youth near his home in Los Angeles. He was a faithful husband until Cynthia died in 2001 of cancer. Louie died earlier this year at 97.
Portrayal of Conversion in Zamperini's Life
The inclusion of the tent meeting and Billy Graham's sermon in Hillenbrand's Unbroken was an answer to prayer for Louie. "Unbroken is Laura's book," Louie later told the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, "so all I could do was pray that she would somehow have the gospel in it." We should all be thankful that Louie's conversion was included, even if not explained in robustly theological terms.
Not surprisingly, however, major news outlets have minimized Louie's conversion and offered man-centered interpretations. For example, the New York Times devoted only one sentence to this transformation in its obituary for him: "Mr. Zamperini straightened out his life . . . after hearing a sermon preached by Billy Graham." According to The Guardian Louie "was overcome and born-again as a Christian." But perhaps most disappointing was Hillenbrand's own eulogy:
What made his life transcendent, what made it resonate in millions of hearts, was not the hardship he encountered, but the way in which he greeted it, how he turned it to joy, and what that told the rest of us about the potential that sleeps within ourselves. (emphasis mine)
In a recent profile of the upcoming film (directed by Angelina Jolie) on Louie's life, the Los Angeles Times indicates that the movie will end with Zamperini's liberation and will not include his alcoholism, Billy Graham's preaching, or Louie's conversion. This is tragic. Louie was clear that one could not tell his story apart from his new birth in Christ. When CBS wanted to air a documentary of his life in the 1990s, he insisted on including his conversion:
My whole life is serving God. If you want this to be authentic, you have to have my conversion in there. . . . I want you to show a picture of Billy Graham to confirm it. When people hear the name Billy Graham they think of one thing: the gospel.
The first trailer of the film included some small hints of Christianity. We hear Louie addressing God, "If you get me through this, I swear I'll dedicate my whole life to you," which is a bargain he made at sea while in the raft. At this point, it is too early to tell what will or will not be included, but we can be hopeful that Louie's faith in Christ will be highlighted. Nothing else would honor the memory of Louie.
Broken by Grace
Louie's life story is not about the innate human power to forgive. In fact, when we consider his life we see the complete opposite: a total inability to overcome sin and the reaping of its disastrous fruit apart from God's grace. Louie's survivor instincts—those same instincts that kept him alive at sea and in prison—offered no help when he returned home. "(U)nlike the war, when I had faced obstacles and overcome them, this time I did not have the same self-confidence," he later recounted. "Then I'd taken survival-training courses, knew I was in great physical shape." He had realized the greatest enemy was not without but within. Although no longer a prisoner of war, he had remained a slave to sin (John 8:34).
Conversion for Louie was not a postscript or an unobtrusive footnote in an otherwise heroic life; no, conversion was the preface that put his entire life in context. The Lord's sovereign work in saving Louie—in breaking him with a reality of his sin and turning him toward Christ in faith—made sense of all that had gone before and all that followed.
In short, the story of Louie Zamperini is that of a man unbroken by war but broken by grace. And as David reminds us, a broken and contrite heart God does not despise (Ps. 51:17).
Sources: Louis Zamperini and David Rensin, Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II (New York: HarperCollins, 2004); Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (New York: Random House, 2010).
Ivan Mesa (MDiv, ThM, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an editor for The Gospel Coalition, where he acquires and edits books, oversees longform articles and reviews, and helps manage social media. You can follow him on Twitter.
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... a male Billie Holiday.
I'm just beginning to learn why I'm playing.
and I can use that talent in music.
And music is an essential communication.
It can be used for good.
and my voice lives right there.
I didn't set out to be one.
and I thought: "Why not?".
just because I've had no desire to stop.
and a half out of ten.
you hit nine and a half.
you never really know why it happens.
to anything else. They come easily to me.
it's not as if I am an abnormally loving person.
in these troubled and cynical times.
and I am not going to change now.
I'd have been a superstar!
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Dujardin and Her Horse with a Heart of Gold Do It Again, Olympic Individual Gold
(FEI press release by Louise Parkes - Eurodressage Report with Photos coming later) Great Britain's Charlotte Dujardin (31) and the fabulous 14-year-old gelding, Valegro, were in a class of their own when posting an Olympic Dressage record score of 93.857 in the Grand Prix Freestyle to claim their second successive individual title today. The double-gold medallist at London 2012 is the first British woman to retain an individual Olympic title, and she now matches the British record of three gold medals for a female athlete set by cyclist Laura Trott yesterday.
On an afternoon of high emotion in Deodoro Olympic Park it was two members of Friday's gold-medal-winning German team who took silver and bronze, the multi-medalled Isabell Werth (47) and Weihegold scoring 89.071 to finish ahead of world no. 1 Kristina Broring-Sprehe (29) and Desperados on a mark of 87.142.
Dujardin could hardly contain her emotions after securing the victory. "He couldn't have done anymore" she said of the much-loved horse who is known at home as Blueberry, "I was thinking this could be the last time" she added before bursting into tears. The British partnership hold all the world records in their sport, and today's result was just short of the Freestyle record of 94.30 per cent they set at Olympia Horse Show in London (GBR) in 2014.
The scores really began to soar as the final six combinations took their turn, and IOC President, Thomas Bach, arrived just in time to see Broring-Sprehe set the new standard before Dujardin and Valegro blew that away when rocketing into the lead by a margin of more than six points. America's Laura Graves produced the performance of her career with Verdades to finish just off the podium on 85.196, her third personal-best result posted at these Games.
Werth already entered the record books when her team gold on Friday gave her the edge over the previously most-medalled German Olympic equestrian, Dr Reiner Klimke. Today's silver brings her tally to a massive 10 Olympic medals during an extraordinary career but, last to go today, she was realistic in her expectations. "I knew Charlotte had 93 or 94 per cent, and Germany already won team gold, so with silver today I couldn't ask for more. I really enjoy competing against the best, that's what makes us all better, and Charlotte and Valegro really deserve this" she said.
Dujardin talked about her own expectations. "We set the world record at 94 so I knew it was possible, but to come and do it again here at the Olympics is quite special. Today was magic, in London there was no pressure to take gold but today I was nervous because I felt the expectation to deliver. But trotting around the arena before the start, Blueberry felt so good it just put a smile on my face and I just knew it was going to be ok. I felt he knew what I was thinking in there and he looked after me, he did his very best. I have a partnership, a connection with this horse that nothing is going to break, he has a heart of gold", she said.
Lit up
The pair have lit up the sport since coming together in 2011. "To think what he has achieved in the last four or five years, it seems almost impossible", the British rider said, admitting that retirement is "on the cards" for Valegro now. "We'll discuss it when we get home, and he definitely won't be doing another Olympic Games or a big championship. I owe it to him to finish at the top", she pointed out.
As for her own plans, marriage is at last on the horizon. Her partner, Dean Wyatt Golding, proposed to her during the London 2012 Games "and I said yes" she explained today, "bless him, he's been waiting a long time, we've been together nine years but it's definitely going to happen now!" Somehow it seems very likely that a horse with three Olympic gold medals around his neck could be a prominent member of the wedding party.
Patrik Kittel SWE: "I only heard a couple of days ago that I couldn't use my Stevie Wonder music. We asked a long time ago about using it for the Olympic Games and we only heard back at the very last minute so this music is an old one and Deja isn't used to it and I think she felt lost in it, and I did too! I'm happy overall, this is an amazing horse, she needs more experience competing over three days but she's going to be great!"
Carl Hester GBR: "I felt the mark matched my test, sometimes you go in there and think you should have gotten more, but not today. We got five more marks than Friday and he was so much more relaxed. He was so quiet I could just let him walk for the last five minutes before we came in."
Charlotte Dujardin GBR: "I've only ridden that floorplan once, at Hartpury and we've changed it a few times since. There were things I hadn't even tried before today and that's why he is so magical!"
Laura Graves USA: "I'm thrilled with this score, I didn't feel like I had quite as much horse as I had in the last couple of days, it's obviously very hot, we've been here now for a day over two weeks, so it's been a long time to keep our horses going like this. It was another personal best for me, by three percent or something like that, so that's three personal bests at the Olympic Games!"
by Louise Parkes - Photo © Astrid Appels
Eurodressage Coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games


Fusing of flame-sprayed coatings involves heating the coating to its melting point, strengthening the bond between the coating and the substrate. A flame is usually applied to heat the coating. Fusing takes place at temperatures between 950°C and 1250°C, producing a wet shine on the surface.
After flame spraying, fusing of flame-sprayed coatings is carried out to eliminate porosity in the deposition and to obtain dense, homogenous and strong coatings with good resistance properties.
We offer a range of LINDOFLAMM® special burners to help you achieve the precise features and characteristics you require on your surface coating. Not only do our burners ensure harder, denser coatings, they accelerate process times and enhance precision. In addition, they can be fully automated.
For fusing processes the preferred fuel gas is usually a high-performing one like acetylene. The high temperature acetylene flame will melt only the coating material, thus bonding the coating particles to each other while removing oxides from the deposition material.
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Scalloped photo frame with decorative Christmas matting and sweet caption to mark the birth of a new baby. May be used for any baby born during that year or especially one born near Christmas. White with red and green. 6' x 6'; for wall or tabletop display.


Aluminium ramp profiles are to be used to combine two different floor coverings with different heights. They are suitable to be installed with Click and Loose-Lay LVT in very heavy traffic areas. They also offer slip-resistance thanks to a ribbed surface. The ramps are long enough to offer more walking and suitcase rolling comfort.


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La capella dels Catalanes és una ermita situada a Los Catalanes, un mas despoblat del terme municipal d'Aranyel, a la comarca de l'Alt Millars, al País Valencià.

Arquitectura

Estructura
El temple està format per una nau de planta rectangular dividida en dos trams a la qual s'accedeix a través d'un arc de mig punt que degué emmarcar una porta ara desapareguda. A esquerra i dreta de l'atri, el conjunt és completat per dos arcs més de similars característiques. Al sud de l'Altar major, un buit comunica amb la sagristia.

El sostre, que s'ha enfonsat quasi per complet, era de volta de canó.

Ornamentació
Dels elements decoratius de l'interior de la Capella, se n'han conservat pocs d'exemples. Així doncs, hi resten algunes motllures a la part superior dels pilars, i vestigis de pintura blava per tot arreu. També, el dispensador de l'aigua beneïda, de ceràmica blanca.

A la part superior del llindar que separa les dues parts de la nau, hi ha una peça triangular on es llegeix la inscripció Año 1862 i, per sota, Lo hizo José Catalán Manzano.

Altar major
L'Altar major és la resta més significativa de tot el temple. Es tracta d'un senzill conjunt d'inspiració neoclàssica format per dos pilars i un travesser que emmarquen la taula on se celebra l'eucaristia i un marc on, segurament, hi hagué algun llenç ara desaparegut. Tot açò és rematat per un medalló acompanyat per motius florals. Just al seu davant, s'hi conserven algunes rajoles del paviment original.

Referències

Ermites de l'Alt Millars


Malware Reversers have developed patterns and custom tools over a period of time to help them speed up analysis of a malware. But manual analysis hasn't scaled with the huge deluge of malwares everyday. The increasing complexity, new attack vectors, improved armoring has raised the cost of analysis, thereby leaving gaps in detection. In the face of this, Malware Reversal continues to remains one such area that has not seen the introduction of automation to speed up analysis.
While many Binary Instrumentation Toolkits do exist, they haven't been developed with a focus on debugging malwares. Our research focuses on building tools that extends and adapts Binary Instrumentation to target malware analysis. We further discuss on how it can be further utilized to convert the patterns, intelligence and techniques collected by malware researchers to effectively automate debugging of a malware. We explain how Binary Instrumentation can be utilized to overcome hurdles like anti-debugging, packing, locating the payload, anti-vm and sandbox detection employed by malwares.
In this section we explain what Binary Instrumentation is and cover existing instrumentation toolkits available to researchers.
In this section we talk about the various obstacles faced by a researcher, experienced and new alike. We also talk about the cause for the pain and what's needed off the current toolkit state to overcome them.
We talk about the features we contributed to binary instrumentation that facilitates to extract minute details out of the malware body that can speed up reverse engineering. This includes identifying unpacked code, anti-debugs, fake loops, payload identification.
We show Binary Instrumentation in action, utilizing it to to reverse a malware sample.
5. Extending Binary Instrumentation as a Detection Solutions.
From being utilized to debug malwares, in this section we delve into how it can converted into a sandbox based detection tool.
In this section we talk about how the system can be abused and future research to address them and plans for further extension of these toolkits.
1. Introduction to Binary Instrumentation and the various toolkits currently available.
2. How Binary Instrumentation can be adapted to target malware debugging and can be further extended into building Sandbox Based Detection Solutions.
Anoop Saldanha, was one of the core developers of Suricata(OISF), the next generation Intrusion Prevention and Detection System(IDS/IPS), developed under the funding of US Department of Homeland Security(DHS) and US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Command(SPAWAR). Currently a security engineer with Juniper Threat Labs and Engineering, he comes with varied industry experience previously with RSA Security, Cyphort Cybersecurity, Open Information Security Foundation(OISF) and as a consultant for various security startups and the academia. His areas of interest include IDS/IPS, Sandboxes, Endpoints Systems, Malware Analysis and developing Scalable Detection Engines.
Abhijit Mohanta, author of the book Preventing Ransomware: Understand, Prevent, and Remediate Ransomware Attacks, is a malware researcher at Juniper Threat Labs. He is part of the panel of Malware Researchers with Data Security Council of India(DSCI) that tracks recent and upcoming security trends. He has previously worked as a malware researcher developing modules for Antivirus and Sandboxes at Symantec, Mcafee, Cyphort CyberSecurity. He specializes in reverse engineering, malware analysis, windows internals, vulnerabilities and exploits.


Defining A Lawyer - Warren S. Dank, Esq., P.C.
"We need this two people at least once in our lifetime – a doctor and a lawyer" that's a dialogue from a popular Hollywood flick. But the truth is we need their assistance much more often than that.
Let's bail out the doctor here and just talk about a lawyer, or popularly called as an attorney. When the term lawyer is used, the first picture which pops up in our mind is that of a person with grey hair and dressed in formals, trying to get you out of jail; isn't it? Yes, they do that too, but that's not all they do. Let's have a look on the dictionary definition of a lawyer.
Lawyer (noun): a person who practices a set of rules framed by the legislature.
So, apart from criminal matters, there are other matters too which require an expert who knows all the rules, and that expert happens to be a lawyer or an attorney. Many situations which involve a legal dispute or a deal, you may not want to take a chance by acting without proper advice. For instance, you want to make a real estate transaction. Buying or selling a property involves a lot of legal complications, which a common man is generally not aware of. If you ignore laws, you may end up in legal detention. To avoid that, you should consult a real estate lawyer or a landlord tenant lawyer in NYC before cracking the deal; or prior to start any construction on your property, you should hire a construction attorney to help you cope with municipal obligations and rules.
It's not that you need a lawyer every time, fighting a speeding ticket or small court appearances are some examples.
Warren S. Dank, Esq., P.C All Rights Reserved.


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Q: How do I create a new column with values that depend on the values in other columns? Here is a very simple toy data set to illustrate a problem that I am currently encountering with another data set.
Suppose we have tested 4 participants in a math test, where each of them answered 4 questions. 2 of these questions were easy, and 2 of them were difficult. But the questions were presented in random order, so some people started with an easy question and some people started with a difficult question. And we have a binary response variable in this experiment, where we classified the answers as either "correct" or "incorrect."
Here is the fake data:
my_matrix <- matrix(c(rep(1:4, each=4), rep(1:4, 4), rep(c("difficult", "easy"), times = 4), rep(c("easy", "difficult"), times = 4), rep(c("correct", "incorrect"), times = 8)), nrow=16, ncol=4, byrow = FALSE)

my_matrix

my_data_frame <- as.data.frame(my_matrix)

colnames(my_data_frame) <- c("Participant", "ItemNumber", "QuestionDifficulty", "Answer")

my_data_frame$Participant <- as.numeric(my_data_frame$Participant)

my_data_frame

Now, I want to create a new column such that its value is "DifficultFirst" for people who started with a difficult question and "EasyFirst" for people who started with an easy question. I tried the following code for this.
for (i in 1:16) {
  ifelse(my_data_frame$Participant == i & my_data_frame$ItemNumber == 1 & my_data_frame$QuestionDifficulty =="difficult",
         my_data_frame$FirstQuestion[((i*4)-3):(i*4)] <- "DifficultFirst",
         my_data_frame$FirstQuestion[((i*4)-3):(i*4)] <- "EasyFirst")}

But it didn't work. Specifically, I got an error message about the replacement and the data not matching in terms of their row numbers, and I don't know why this is the case.
It is late in the day and my brain may be too tired, so apologies if this is a silly question. But any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

A: You don't need a loop, you can use various grouping operations. This arranges the data by Participant and ItemNumber, group it by Participant and gets the first value of QuestionDifficulty.
library(dplyr)

my_data_frame %>%
  arrange(Participant, ItemNumber) %>%
  group_by(Participant) %>%
  mutate(FirstQuestion = paste0(first(QuestionDifficulty), "first"))

#   Participant ItemNumber QuestionDifficulty Answer    FirstQuestion
#         <dbl> <fct>      <fct>              <fct>     <chr>
# 1           1 1          difficult          correct   difficultfirst
# 2           1 2          easy               incorrect difficultfirst
# 3           1 3          difficult          correct   difficultfirst
# 4           1 4          easy               incorrect difficultfirst
# 5           2 1          difficult          correct   difficultfirst
# 6           2 2          easy               incorrect difficultfirst
# 7           2 3          difficult          correct   difficultfirst
# 8           2 4          easy               incorrect difficultfirst
# 9           3 1          easy               correct   easyfirst
#10           3 2          difficult          incorrect easyfirst
#11           3 3          easy               correct   easyfirst
#12           3 4          difficult          incorrect easyfirst
#13           4 1          easy               correct   easyfirst
#14           4 2          difficult          incorrect easyfirst
#15           4 3          easy               correct   easyfirst
#16           4 4          difficult          incorrect easyfirst

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Roy Wang; brand manager by day, light artist by night. Roy started creating light art in 2010, and has since become one of the fields most exciting creators. The Chinese artist draws on many of the cultural influences of his country to create captivating illustrations using light as his medium. His artworks are then captured using long exposure photography. Despite being based predominantly in China, Roy travels the world to collaborate with other light artists and pops up in cities around the globe to create his amazing artworks in incredible places!
Roy's works have been published and reported in various well-known publications including National Media CCTV, China daily, Chinese People's Daily and National Geographic China. He most recently had a solo exhibition in May 2017 in Guangzhou, but if you want to check out Roy's work, he will be taking part in a large scale light-painting project on July 16th at Yulong Shahu Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, and two LPWA International light painting exhibitions in China during August and October.
I began to engage in light painting photography because of my fascination with Chinese culture and characteristics from my childhood paintings and drawings. Unlike other light painters I use simple light strokes to build up complete images, which require many hours of practice. I find my inspiration when I walk around the ancient Chinese streets at night which are juxtaposition against modern Chinese skyscrapers. The most difficult part of light painting is to try and remember exactly what you have already painted, and from which spot to continue painting as the light disappears so quickly!
At RED we love when artists break boundaries, and light painting does just that. At the point where technology meets art, Roy creates vibrant imagery from beams of light with color as the central feature. His movements are a mesmerizing and beautiful dance that forms an incredible image, a dance which stays in your consciousness well after it is finished. Like beams from your favorite festival, the bold strokes of light may only be fleeting, but are captured for a lifetime by the wonder of photography. Roy is based in China but he is a global nomad at heart, much like RED. His artwork draws on traditional Chinese cultural influences and we love how these influences combine with the places he visits around the world creating truly universal pieces.


16 February 2018 This wonderful live action puppet show is called: 'The Sandwich Show' (52 x 15') and aims at children in the age from 2 to 7 years old.
15 December 2017 NPO Sales will be present at the Asia TV Forum and Market from 29th of November till 1st of December in Singapore.
06 December 2017 We are happy to announce that 'Anne & Jean-Paul – Our World' has won the Prix Regarde Social – Prix Unaforis at the documentary film festival TRACES DE VIES in Clermont-Ferrand (France).


Got a fantastic announcement to make today. Natalie and Josef's wedding has made it to the final in this year's competition for London Wedding Of The Year – held by Your London Wedding Magazine.
Thank you so much to anyone who put in a vote for them! And fingers crossed that they will win the final by the end of this year.


(Reuters) Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday that a poisonous gas contamination in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun was the result of gas leaking from a rebel chemical weapons depot after it was hit by Syrian government airstrikes.
The United States has blamed the administration of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the attack, in which scores of people are reported to have been killed.
"Yesterday, from 11:30 am to 12:30 p.m. local time, Syrian aviation made a strike on a large terrorist ammunition depot and a concentration of military hardware in the eastern outskirts of Khan Sheikhoun town," Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konoshenkov said in a statement posted on YouTube.
He said the chemical munitions had been used by rebels in Aleppo last year. "The poisoning symptoms of the victims in Khan Sheikhoun shown on videos in social networks are the same as they were in autumn of the previous year in Aleppo," Konoshenkov said.
The Syrian military denied responsibility and said it would never use chemical weapons, echoing denials it has made over the course of the more than six-year Syrian civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands, created the world's worst refugee crisis and drawn in nations such as Russia, Iran and the United States.