Scattered thunderstorms during the evening. Cloudy skies after midnight. Low around 60F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
A pack of Jackets and Lynx traverse the cross country course at Iowa Western Saturday morning during the L.C. Invite. From left, T.J. sophomore Suzie Miller, T.J. junior Jasmine Ramos, A.L. junior Moriah Heilesen, A.L. senior Kenzie Brown, A.L. junior Hayleigh Vandervelde and A.L. senior Jeannette Juarez.
Lewis Central was paced by sophomore Haley Bach at the LC Invite Saturday morning at Iowa Western. Back finished in 21:33.06 which was good enough for 12th place.
St. Albert senior Gracie Springman was the top finisher for the Saintes at the LC Invite Saturday morning at Iowa Western, coming in 31st.
The Harlan Cyclone girls scored a meet best 30 points Saturday at Iowa Western Community College. Junior Abby Alberti scored a top-10 finish in 6th for Harlan.
Glenwood senior Janette Schraft knows what it is like to lead the pack, as she did once again at the LC Invite Saturday morning. Schraft finished the race in 19:12.43 which was 12 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.
Abraham Lincoln senior Kenzie Brown out just in front of Thomas Jefferson sophomore Hannah Belt. Brown would finish 24th and Belt would come in just ahead of her in 23rd.
Thomas Jefferson's Aidan Booton, shown at last weekend's Lewis Central invitational, was the top city boys finisher on Tuesday.
Thomas Jefferson's Wimach Gilo runs in the varsity boys race during the Lewis Central invite at Iowa Western on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018.
Runners take off at the beginning of the varsity boys race during the Lewis Central invite at Iowa Western on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018.
Treynor's Jerry Jorgenson leads the pack early in the varsity boys race during the Lewis Central invite at Iowa Western on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018.
Abraham Lincoln's Steven Hornberg (6) and Plattsmouth's Stockton Graham (235) make a dash for the finish line in the varsity boys race during the Lewis Central invite at Iowa Western on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018.
Two meets into the year, and the Thomas Jefferson boys cross country team continues to impress. Following up a win at their first meet in Glenwood, the Jackets (59 points) edged Plattsmouth (62) Saturday morning at the Lewis Central Invitational at Iowa Western Community College.
T.J. was paced by sophomore Aidan Booton's second-place finish. The Jackets had two other top-10 finishers in junior Wimach Gilo (sixthh) and sophomore Juan Martinez (ninth). Senior Archie Powders also medaled in 20th.
Glenwood finished third (80), followed by Lewis Central (87) and Harlan (139).
Treynor senior Jerry Jorgenson won the boys race in a time of 16:52.00. The top Abraham Lincoln finisher was junior Steven Hornberg (fourth). Lewis Central was paced by junior Cael Woltmann (seventh) and St. Albert was led by junior Bennett Heisterkamp (19th).
On the girls side, Harlan and Glenwood were in the top two again, this time switching positions. Back in August, Glenwood edged the Cyclones by one point at the Glenwood meet. Saturday, it was Harlan besting Glenwood 30-43.
The Rams had the overall champion in Janette Schraft, but Harlan racked up six of the top 10 to take the title. The Cyclones were paced by senior Greichaly Kaster in fourth, junior Lucy Borkowski in fifthand junior Abby Alberti in sixth. Also in the top 10 were two freshmen — Kaia Bieker in eighth and Raegen Wicks in ninth — and sophomore Brecken VanBaale in 10th.
Harlan's girls were eager to run after a couple of rainy weeks, coach Doug Renkly said.
"We spent two weeks trying to get a meet. They were tired of practice, tired of listening to me," he said.
During those two weeks, the Cyclones emphasized pack running. Saturday, they took it to an extreme, with the six top-10 Cyclones separated by only 23 seconds.
Behind Schraft, Glenwood sophomore Abby McIntyre placed 3rd. Seniors Aubrey McIntyre and Lacey Jackson were 13th and 14th, and sophomores Erin Schultz and Lauren Becker were 15th and 16th.
The top city finishers included Lewis Central sophomore Haley Bach (12th), Abraham Lincoln junior Moriah Heilsen (17th), Thomas Jefferson sophomore Suzie Miller (20th) and St. Albert senior Gracie Springman (31st).
In the team race, Abraham Lincoln came in 3rd (119), followed closely by Thomas Jefferson (125) and AHSTW came in 5th (149).
L.C. coach Taylor May also was grateful for a break in the recent rainy weather.
Woltmann, Lancial and Nathan Sell (13th) all finished in the top 15.
Team scoring: 1, Harlan 30; 2, Glenwood 43; 3, Abraham Lincoln 119; 4, Thomas Jefferson 125; 5, AHSTW 149; 6, Lewis Central 150; 7, Tri-Center 173; 8, Plattsmouth 176; 9, St. Albert 233.
Top 10 finishers: 1, Janette Schraft, G, 19:12.43; 2, Peyton Pogge, T-C, 19:24.62; 3, Abby McIntyre, G, 20:40.50; 4, Griechaly Kaster, H, 21:01.40; 5, Lucy Borkowski, H, 21:05.12; 6, Abby Alberti, H, 21:06.59; 7, Tori Castle, T, 21:13.68; 8, Kaia Bieker, H, 21:18.37; 9, Raegen Wicks, H, 21:19.38; 10, Brecken VanBaale, H, 21:24.46.
Abraham Lincoln finishers: 17, Moriah Heilesen, 21:57.50; 19, Hayleigh Vandervelde, 22:06.52; 24, Kenzie Brown, 22:38.31; 30, Jeanette Juarez, 23:20.88; 34, Claire Plummer, 24:03.58; 59, Sydney Holeton, 27:32.34.
Thomas Jefferson finishers: 20, Suzie Miller, 22:09.37; 21, Amelie Quartier, 22:10.28; 23, Hannah Belt, 22:29.68; 25, Jasmine Ramos, 22:43.81; 41, Shaeley Bose, 24:52.42; 46, Regan Gant, 25:44.72.
Lewis Central finishers: 12, Haley Bach, 21:33.06; 29, Natalie Smith, 23:12.75; 32, Ella Humlicek, 23:48.34; 40, Emma Christenson, 24:44.11; 43, Hannah Estrada, 25:05.87; 47, Emma Livingston, 25:49.37.
Team scoring: 1, Thomas Jefferson 59; 2, Plattsmouth 62; 3, Glenwood 80; 4, Lewis Central 87; 5, Harlan 139; 6, Tri-Center 152; 7, Treynor 158; 8, St. Albert 177; 9, Missouri Valley 229.
Top 10 finishers: 1, Jerry Jorgenson, T, 16:52.00; 2, Aidan Booton, TJ, 17:11.84; 3, Stockton Graham, P, 17:33.21; 4, Steven Hornberg, AL, 17:33.78; 5, Brett McGee, T-C, 1&36.59; 6, Wimach Gilo, TJ, 17:38.06; 7, Cael Woltmann, LC, 17:39.40; 8, Trey Gross, H, 17:44.58; 9, Juan Martinez, TJ, 17:48.87; 10, Connor Lancial, LC, 17:51.33.
Other A.L. finishers: 21, Ethan Leinen, 18:35.52; 43, Caleb Fitch, 19:50.81; 72, Martin Arellano, 23:15.27.


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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines raise funds for Haiti
27 January 2010 Press Release Cruise News
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has started a collection on board each of its four ships for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Fred. Olsen introduces O-Spa London range on board
All four Fred. Olsen ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – offer a superb range of health beauty treatments for guests on board.
Fred. Olsen passengers raise £42,282 for Manila Flood Appeal
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and its passengers have raised a total of £42,282 for victims of the flooding that affected the Philippine capital city, Manila, last autumn.
Norovirus outbreak on Fred Olsen cruise
8 September 2009 Cruise News
A viral infection which causes vomiting has broken out on a Fred Olsen Cruise ship that is travelling around the British Isles. 72 passengers on board 'Balmoral' have been infected with the virus, thought to have been introduced by a passenger who proved to be unwell shortly after departing from Dover.

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The Republic of North Macedonia is a unitary state composed of municipalities (opstina).
Local level: 80 municipalities (opstina) and the City of Skopje
The local council (sovet na opstinata) is elected by direct universal suffrage for a period of four years. The number of municipal councillors is determined by law and depends on the demographic size of the municipality.
The mayor (gradonacalnik) is the municipality's executive body and is elected by direct universal suffrage for a four-year mandate. He/she executes decisions made by the municipal council and submits draft municipal acts to the local council. The mayor represents the municipality, acts on its behalf and is responsible for the organisation, performance and quality of services of its administration. He/she cannot be a local councillor at the same time as mayor.
The country's capital, the City of Skopje, is a special unit of local self–government made up of ten independent municipalities. The capital's independent municipalities have individual competences, some of which are shared with Skopje, and which set them apart from the country's remaining 74 municipalities. Examples of these shared competences include property tax, road maintenance, urban planning and building permits.
Urban and spatial planning
Disaster protection and assistance
CEMR in North Macedonia
Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS)
Executive Director: Kelmend Zajazi
Varshavska 36 A, 1000 Skopje
E-mail: info@nalas.eu
Web: www.nalas.eu
Association of the Units of Local Self-Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
Executive Director: Dusica PERISIC
Заедница на единиците на локалната самоуправа на Република Северна Македонија
Copenhagen 5, P.O.Box 32, 1000 Skopje
Tel.: +389 2 30 99 033
Fax: +389 2 30 61 994
E-mail: contact@zels.org.mk
Web: www.zels.org.mk


Welcome to the school profile for Morningside Elem.! Looking for local school information?
Morningside Elem. is located at 1716 Wilson St Se, Roanoke, VA 24013-2826. The contact phone number is (540) 853-2991. It has a student/teacher ratio of 10.90.


I am writing to express my strong disapproval of the proposed changes to Virginia's specialty advertising regulations. The proposed changes would only serve to confuse the public about the differences between a dentist who has at best taken some CE and a dentist who has spent 2-5 years studying in a rigorous CODA accredited advanced specialty program. Can you imagine thinking that you scheduled an appointment with a cardiologist only to find out that the treating doctor is a family physician that took some CE and now is advertising that they specialize in Cardiology? I know that you, members of the BOD, would demand the services of a cardiologist that attended an accredited specialty residency.
The current Virginia regulations clearly state who can advertise as a dental specialist and insure that a dental specialist has indeed had 2 plus years of continuous advanced education at a CODA accredited program. The primary purpose of the BOD is protect the health and safety of the public and the acceptance of the proposed changes would be a direct abandoment of your duty to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The BOD should not be involved in determining what level of education and training qualifies one to practice as a specialist. The National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards was recently created by the ADA House of Delegate in October 2017 to do so and it would be prudent for the BOD to postpone decisions on this matter until the Commission has had adequate time to study this issue and report their recommendations.
Lastly, I fully support the comments and suggestions that the American Association of Orthodontist recently submitted to the Virginia Board of Dentistry. I trust you will make these comments available for the public and hope that the BOD will postpone any decisions until the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards has a chance to report their recommendations.


how many TRAITORS have you seen?
This thread makes no sense; what are you talking about?
I don't really understand what this has to do with tomb raider, but here's a list of people around the world who are convicted of treason (Wikipedia).
I think OP wanted to know about people who have 'left' the Tomb Raider series.
I think he/she wanted to know how many trailers/teasers we've seen. Or did you all know that already and you're just joking?
I think all of us are generally confused!
and i'm from holland:) you?
are you talking about traitors in the Tomb Raider Series, or traitors in general?
I've never laughed at one of those stupid cat pictures before. Not one.
But that one had me in fits of hysterics!


Greetings! Scott, Steve, and Brett were in Indonesia in February—taking a break from the cold weather that has covered most of the US for quite some time! Wherever you are, hopefully you are seeing hints of spring and new life!
As with anything worthwhile, there are joys and challenges with every trip, but most important are the sweet souls we are privileged to be associated with, and the connection that we have with them in our efforts to fulfill Jesus' command to care for the poor and those in need. Our goal is not to only meet basic needs, but to empower and encourage children and adults who will become lights in their community. We want not just to donate physical resources, but we strive to know the people as well as possible in our time there.
We have added an important staff member to help oversee general operations whom we feel is especially equipped to increase our ability to communicate with the team and stay continually apprised of daily campus activities and needs. Selin cares deeply for the children. She has a genuine appreciation for the work in Nias, as she graduated from high school while living in the girls dormitory. She also has a deep appreciation for the grace that comes from God, and a strong desire to share that with the children at Jochebed's Hope. She is working with the younger children to teach basic English, and coordinating the services of others on the team who work with children and students at two different locations in town. She will be an indispensable help to us as we are in communication with her almost daily. We are excited to have her as an integral part of the team! Please join us in praying for Selin as she takes on new responsibilities that are so helpful to us.
While we continue to report on physical improvements, we remember that our primary concern is the souls of those whom God loves—our neighbors, everyone we have contact with—we want more than anything to reflect His love while we go about caring physically for those who have very little. We want to introduce to them the Greatest Gift that is Jesus. "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers of this dark work and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Eph. 6:12 We have such a gift of opportunity to come work beside our neighbors in Indonesia, many of whom are also our brothers and sisters. There is no better way to combat the darkness than to share the love that comes from the Father! What an amazing way to make a difference; so therefore "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people." Eph. 6:18 We are thankful for prayers that our presence in Nias will be fruitful.
How many today feel as Habakuk feels? There is violence, injustice, strife, conflict…Habakuk cries that conflict abounds. Isn't that how it feels in 2017 when one turns on a television or computer to see the local, national, or international news? Truth is, the world has been in a state of conflict since the Fall, and although we are academically aware of this fact, we are sometimes insulated and distracted from the reality of it's true effect. When the reality stirs emotions, people lash out online and in the streets, but it appears with Habakuk's lament, this human behavior is nothing new.
Remember that God is in control. Not only is He in control, but "watch-and be utterly amazed" vs.5 We have read throughout the Bible, accounts of distressing circumstances that God used for His glory, and the good of HIs people. We generally accept that, when the Israelites, or various individuals we study, react in ways that seem shallow or faithless, they behaved in such a way because they did not know the whole story or "the big picture". We have the benefit of the entirety of the scripture to give us the full story. We get to see that Jesus is resurrected, and God's plan of salvation is complete! But, how does this impact our daily lives in 2017? It is a very real challenge to remain hopeful in light of current events, but that is the challenge that Satan hopes we will allow to distract us from God's purpose. Knowing this, we must be increasingly mindful of our response - individually and collectively- so that we are a reflection of Jesus to a broken, hurting world.
One of the ways that we choose to respond to those who are hurting is through Jochebed's Hope. In our experiences so far, we have been touched by the humanity, the similarities, and the warmth that has greeted us when we visit people who live on the opposite side of the world from where we live. The process of ministering overseas is not without it's challenges, but it is the focus on meeting the needs of the poor and oppressed that propels everyone involved. God knows this about humans. When we stop focusing on our own problems, and get involved in meeting the needs of others, we are blessed in ways that we could not imagine. Let us allow God's love to infuse our hearts so we will not be discouraged and distracted by the world. Let us "watch and be utterly amazed". Let us join hands and serve together, to be a part of God's amazing story among the nations.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using DotNetOpenAuth.OpenId.Extensions.SimpleRegistration;
using NearForums.Web.Controllers.Helpers;
using NearForums.Services;
using DotNetOpenAuth.OpenId;
using DotNetOpenAuth.OpenId.RelyingParty;
using DotNetOpenAuth.Messaging;
using System.Web.Security;
using Facebook;
using NearForums.Validation;
using NearForums.Web.Controllers.Helpers.OAuth;
using DotNetOpenAuth.OAuth.ChannelElements;

namespace NearForums.Web.Controllers
{
	public class AuthenticationController : BaseController
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// User service
		/// </summary>
		private readonly IUsersService _service;
		/// <summary>
		/// App Logger
		/// </summary>
		public readonly ILoggerService _logger;

		public AuthenticationController(IUsersService service, ILoggerService logger)
		{
			_service = service;
			_logger = logger;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// If the user is not logged in, it ask the user to login using any of the provider.
		/// If the user is logged in and not authorized, it shows a message to the user.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="returnUrl"></param>
		/// <param name="role"></param>
		/// <returns>ProviderSelect view result or </returns>
		[HttpGet]
		public ActionResult Login(string returnUrl, UserRole? role)
		{
			if (User != null)
			{
				if (role == null || User.Role >= role)
				{
					return Redirect(returnUrl);
				}
				ViewBag.UserRole = role;
				ViewBag.UserRoleName = _service.GetRoleName(role.Value);
				return View("NotAuthorized");
			}
			if (Config.AuthenticationProviders.CustomDb.IsDefined)
			{
				SpecifyParametersForCustom();
			}

			if (Config.AuthenticationProviders.SSOOpenId.IsDefined)// Auto redirect to OpenId Login if only option available.
			{
				if (!Config.AuthenticationProviders.CustomDb.IsDefined && !Config.AuthenticationProviders.Facebook.IsDefined
					&& !Config.AuthenticationProviders.Twitter.IsDefined && !Config.AuthenticationProviders.FormsAuth.IsDefined)
				{
					return RedirectToAction("OpenIdStartLogin", new { returnUrl });
				}
			}

			return View("ProviderSelect");
		}

		public ActionResult Logout(string returnUrl)
		{
			Session.ClearUser();
			FormsAuthentication.SignOut();

			return Redirect(returnUrl);
		}

		#region Twitter
		/// <summary>
		/// Starts the OAuth flow by requesting a token and redirecting to twitter
		/// </summary>
		public ActionResult TwitterStartLogin(string returnUrl)
		{
			if (!this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.Twitter.IsDefined)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}
			if (this.User != null)
			{
				return Redirect(returnUrl);
			}
			//Set the return url in session
			Session.NextUrl = returnUrl;
			//Will redirect to twitter
			var tokenManager = SecurityHelper.GetTokenManager(Cache, AuthenticationProvider.Twitter, Config.AuthenticationProviders.Twitter);
			try
			{
				TwitterConsumer.StartOAuthFlow(tokenManager, new Uri(new Uri(Domain), Url.Action("TwitterFinishLogin", "Authentication")));
			}
			catch (ProtocolException ex)
			{
				_logger.LogError(ex);
			}

			//Normally the twitter consumer will redirect but it does not end execution.
			return View("TwitterFail");
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Finish the twitter flow.
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public ActionResult TwitterFinishLogin()
		{
			if (!this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.Twitter.IsDefined)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}
			IConsumerTokenManager tokenManager = SecurityHelper.GetTokenManager(Cache, AuthenticationProvider.Twitter, Config.AuthenticationProviders.Twitter);
			long twitterUserId;
			string accessToken;
			if (!TwitterConsumer.TryFinishOAuthFlow(tokenManager, _logger, out twitterUserId, out accessToken))
			{
				return View("TwitterFail");
			}
			var user = _service.GetByProviderId(AuthenticationProvider.Twitter, twitterUserId.ToString());

			if (user == null)
			{
				var twitterUser = TwitterConsumer.GetUserFromCredentials(tokenManager, accessToken);
				user = SecurityHelper.CreateUser(twitterUser);

				user = _service.Add(user, AuthenticationProvider.Twitter, twitterUserId.ToString());
			}

			Session.SetUser(user, AuthenticationProvider.Twitter);
			if (Session.User == null)
			{
				//user is banned or suspended
				return RedirectToAction("Detail", "Users", new { id = user.Id });
			}
			return Redirect(Session.NextUrl);
		}
		#endregion

		#region Facebook OAuth 2.0
		/// <summary>
		/// Starts the authentication flow and redirects to Facebook
		/// </summary>
		public ActionResult FacebookStartLogin(string returnUrl)
		{
			if (!this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.Facebook.IsDefined)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}
			var oAuthClient = new FacebookOAuthClient();
			oAuthClient.AppId = this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.Facebook.ApiKey;
			oAuthClient.RedirectUri = new Uri(new Uri(Domain), Url.Action("FacebookFinishLogin", "Authentication"));
			var loginUri = oAuthClient.GetLoginUrl(new Dictionary<string, object>(){{"state", Session.SessionToken}});

			Session.NextUrl = returnUrl;

			return new RedirectResult(loginUri.AbsoluteUri);
		}

		public ActionResult FacebookFinishLogin(string code, string state)
		{
			if (!this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.Facebook.IsDefined)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}
			FacebookOAuthResult oauthResult = null;
			if (!(state == Session.SessionToken && FacebookOAuthResult.TryParse(Request.Url, out oauthResult)))
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}
			if (!oauthResult.IsSuccess)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}
			var oAuthClient = new FacebookOAuthClient();
			oAuthClient.AppId = this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.Facebook.ApiKey;
			oAuthClient.AppSecret = this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.Facebook.SecretKey;
			oAuthClient.RedirectUri = new Uri(Request.Url, Url.Action("FacebookFinishLogin", "Authentication"));

			//Could throw an OAuth exception if validation fails.
			dynamic tokenResult = oAuthClient.ExchangeCodeForAccessToken(code);
			string accessToken = tokenResult.access_token;

			DateTime expiresOn = DateTime.MaxValue;
			if (tokenResult.ContainsKey("expires"))
			{
				expiresOn = DateTimeConvertor.FromUnixTime(tokenResult.expires);
			}

			FacebookClient fbClient = new FacebookClient(accessToken);
			dynamic facebookUser = fbClient.Get("me?fields=id,name,first_name,last_name,about,link,birthday,timezone");

			User user = _service.GetByProviderId(AuthenticationProvider.Facebook, facebookUser.id);
			if (user == null)
			{
				//Its a new user for the application
				user = SecurityHelper.CreateUser(facebookUser);
				user = _service.Add(user, AuthenticationProvider.Facebook, facebookUser.id);
			}

			//Log the user in
			Session.SetUser(user, AuthenticationProvider.Facebook);
			if (Session.User == null)
			{
				//user is banned or suspended
				return RedirectToAction("Detail", "Users", new {id=user.Id});
			}
			return Redirect(Session.NextUrl);
		}
		#endregion

		#region OpenId
		/// <summary>
		/// Starts the OpenId flow
		/// </summary>
		public ActionResult OpenIdStartLogin(string openidIdentifier, string returnUrl)
		{
			if (!this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.SSOOpenId.IsDefined)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}

			if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.SSOOpenId.Identifier))
			{
				openidIdentifier = this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.SSOOpenId.Identifier;
			}

			Identifier id;
			if (Identifier.TryParse(openidIdentifier, out id))
			{
				//Build openid return urls
				var returnAbsoluteUrl = new Uri(Request.Url, Url.Action("OpenIdFinishLogin", new { returnUrl }));

				var realmUrl = new Uri(Request.Url, "/");

				var openid = new OpenIdRelyingParty(null);

				var authenticationRequest = openid.CreateRequest(id, realmUrl, returnAbsoluteUrl);

				if (this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.SSOOpenId.EnableClaimsRequest)
				{
					var claimsRequest = new ClaimsRequest {Nickname = DemandLevel.Require, Email = DemandLevel.Request, BirthDate = DemandLevel.Request};

					authenticationRequest.AddExtension(claimsRequest);
				}

				return authenticationRequest.RedirectingResponse.AsActionResult();
			}
			throw new FormatException("openid identifier not valid");
		}

		public ActionResult OpenIdFinishLogin(string returnUrl)
		{
			if (!this.Config.AuthenticationProviders.SSOOpenId.IsDefined)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}

			var openid = new OpenIdRelyingParty(null);
			var response = openid.GetResponse();
			if (response == null)
			{
				throw new AuthenticationProviderException("Open Id provider didn't send an assertive response. response null.");
			}
			// OpenID Provider sending assertion response
			switch (response.Status)
			{
				case AuthenticationStatus.Authenticated:
					var userId = SecurityHelper.OpenIdFinishLogin(response, Session, _service, Config.AuthenticationProviders.SSOOpenId.EnableClaimsRequest);

					if (Session.User == null)
					{
						//User is banned or suspended
						return RedirectToAction("Detail", "Users", new { id = userId });
					}

					return Redirect(returnUrl);
				case AuthenticationStatus.Canceled:
					//Canceled at provider
					//Return to previous url without logged
					return Redirect(returnUrl);
				default:
					throw new AuthenticationProviderException("Authentication Failed. Status = " + response.Status.ToString());
			}
		}
		#endregion

		#region Custom provider
		[HttpGet]
		public ActionResult CustomLogin(string returnUrl)
		{
			if (!Config.AuthenticationProviders.CustomDb.IsDefined)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}
			SpecifyParametersForCustom();

			return View("LoginFormFull");
		}

		[HttpPost]
		public ActionResult CustomLogin(string userName, string password, string returnUrl)
		{
			if (!Config.AuthenticationProviders.CustomDb.IsDefined)
			{
				return ResultHelper.ForbiddenResult(this);
			}

			try
			{
				var user = _service.AuthenticateWithCustomProvider(userName, password);
				if (user != null)
				{
					var userState = Session.SetUser(user, AuthenticationProvider.CustomDb);
					if (userState == null)
					{
						return RedirectToAction("Detail", "Users", new { id=user.Id});
					}
					userState.ProviderInfo.AllowChangeEmail = Config.AuthenticationProviders.CustomDb.AllowChangeEmail;
					userState.ProviderInfo.EditAccountUrl = Config.AuthenticationProviders.CustomDb.AccountEditUrl;

					return Redirect(returnUrl);
				}
			}
			catch (ValidationException ex)
			{
				AddErrors(ModelState, ex);
			}
			SpecifyParametersForCustom();

			return View("LoginFormFull");
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Sets the parameters used by the custom authentication provider
		/// </summary>
		public void SpecifyParametersForCustom()
		{
			var provider = Config.AuthenticationProviders.CustomDb;
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After summer of horror, Gaza families face winter in cramped shacks
Rami Almeghari The Electronic Intifada 17 October 2014
After being displaced by Israel during its summer war, families in Gaza are still living in temporary accommodation.
Shadi Alqarra
Ned'a al-Najjar — also known as Um Ayman — cannot access the clothes she has bought for the baby she is expecting. They are buried under the rubble of her house, which Israel bombed during the summer.
As her pregnancy becomes more advanced, she spends much of her time trying to keep her temporary home — a cramped metal shack — as clean as possible.
Um Ayman and her husband have three children, including twin girls. The latter are blind. Their shack has two small rooms.
Water from its tiny kitchen keeps falling on the floor. And Um Ayman is worried that the entire temporary home will be flooded if it rains heavily during the winter.
"I hope this will be the last war on us," she said. "We want a normal life."
Many of her relatives and neighbors in the Khuzaa area of Gaza are encountering similar problems.
Hamdan Suleiman al-Najjar's house was bombed by Israel in the final hours of its 51-day attack on Gaza this summer.
There are nine people in his family. Yet the shack sheltering them only has room for six. "I am trying to put some metal sheets around my caravan in order to expand it," he said.
"Completely destroyed"
The shacks have been provided by the Khuzaa municipality, with assistance from foreign charities.
Hatem al-Khour, a shelter coordinator with the municipality, said: "We've counted 460 completely destroyed homes in Khuzaa. We are hoping to provide accommodation for all the people affected. But we are restrained by limited donations."
Each of the temporary homes costs $6,000, according to al-Khour. He added that the municipality has leased a piece of land with a surface area of two square kilometers for temporary shelters. Electricity and water connections have been established.
Human shields
Khuzaa, located near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, witnessed some of the most horrific incidents during Israel's offensive. Evidence indicates that some of Khuzaa's inhabitants were deliberately used as human shields by Israel.
On 25 July, for example, Israeli troops stormed the home of the Qdeih family in Khuzaa, where numerous people were seeking refuge. After shooting 65-year-old Muhammad Qdeih dead, others from his extended family, including children, were forced to stand at open windows as Israeli soldiers fired from behind them.
Some members of the al-Najjar family were killed as a result of Israeli shelling in Khuzaa that same day. They included Motassem al-Najjar, a five-year-old boy.
Shehda Abu Rouk, the mayor of Khuzaa, likened the impact of Israel's attack to an earthquake.
Although the attack is over, the results of the destruction cannot be missed. "We need, at least, fifteen machines — including bulldozers and trucks — to be able to remove all the rubble from the houses that were destroyed," Abu Rouk said.
On Sunday, international donors attending a conference in Cairo promised $5.4 billion in reconstruction aid to Gaza.
That figure may sound impressive.
Yet the anti-poverty group Oxfam has warned that much of this money could languish in bank accounts for decades if Israel does not lift its siege on Gaza.
Under current restrictions, building the 89,000 new homes, 226 schools and health, water and sanitation facilities required by Gaza could take 50 years, Oxfam has estimated.
There is an even more fundamental issue to be addressed.
Israel has conducted three major offensives against Gaza since December 2008. On each occasion, international donors have promised reconstruction aid. Yet Israel has not been brought to court over the damage it has caused to previous aid projects or for its crimes against humanity.
The families living in Khuzaa certainly need new homes. Even more importantly, they need Israel to be held accountable.
Unless that step is taken, they will be vulnerable to further attacks.
Rami Almeghari is a journalist and university lecturer based in the Gaza Strip.
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package de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.intermediate;

import java.util.List;

import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

import de.cau.cs.kieler.core.alg.IKielerProgressMonitor;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.kiml.options.PortSide;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.ILayoutProcessor;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.graph.LEdge;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.graph.LGraph;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.graph.LLabel;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.graph.LNode;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.graph.LNode.NodeType;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.graph.LPort;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.graph.Layer;
import de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.properties.InternalProperties;

/**
 * This class merges the series of big node dummy nodes introduced by either the
 * {@link BigNodesPreProcessor} or the {@link BigNodesSplitter} back into the original node.
 * I.e., the original width is assigned to the first node of the series, all other dummies
 * are dropped. Furthermore, the EAST ports that were moved to the last dummy node, are moved
 * back to the original node. Here, the x coordinate of the moved ports have to be adapted properly.
 *
 *

 *
Precondition:

 *
a graph with routed edges.

 *
Postcondition:

 *
all big node dummy nodes are removed from the graph.

 *
Slots:

 *
After phase 5.

 *
Same-slot dependencies:

 *
Before {@link LongEdgeJoiner}

 *

 *
 * @see BigNodesPreProcessor
 * @see BigNodesIntermediateProcessor
 *
 * @author uru
 */
public class BigNodesPostProcessor implements ILayoutProcessor {

    private LGraph layeredGraph;

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public void process(final LGraph theLayeredGraph, final IKielerProgressMonitor monitor) {
        monitor.begin("Big nodes post-processing", 1);

        this.layeredGraph = theLayeredGraph;

        for (Layer layer : layeredGraph) {

            // collect all starting big nodes
            Iterable<LNode> bigNodes = Iterables.filter(layer.getNodes(), new Predicate<LNode>() {
                public boolean apply(final LNode node) {
                    return isInitialBigNode(node);
                }
            });

            for (LNode node : bigNodes) {
                // set the original size
                Float originalSize = node.getProperty(InternalProperties.BIG_NODE_ORIGINAL_SIZE);

                // remove the dummy nodes
                LNode lastDummy = removeBigNodeChain(node);

                // move the east ports
                List<LPort> toMove = Lists.newArrayList();
                for (LPort p : lastDummy.getPorts(PortSide.EAST)) {
                    toMove.add(p);

                    // adjust position of ports
                    // ports might not be placed exactly at a node's boundary,
                    // hence we apply the relative position of the port
                    // at the dummy node to the original node
                    double offset = p.getPosition().x - lastDummy.getSize().x;
                    p.getPosition().x = originalSize + offset;
                }

                node.getSize().x = originalSize.doubleValue();

                for (LPort p : toMove) {
                    p.setNode(node);
                }

                // layers that contain only dummy nodes are considered to be of width 0. Hence it is
                // possible that a merged big node might exceed the calculated width of the layered
                // graph (during edge routing). In such a case we expand the bounding box here.
                if (layeredGraph.getSize().x < node.getPosition().x + node.getSize().x) {
                    layeredGraph.getSize().x = node.getPosition().x + node.getSize().x;
                }

                // reassign labels
                List<LLabel> labels = node.getProperty(InternalProperties.BIGNODES_ORIG_LABELS);
                node.getLabels().addAll(labels);

                Function<Void, Void> f = node.getProperty(InternalProperties.BIGNODES_POST_PROCESS);
                if (f != null) {
                    f.apply(null);
                }
            }

        }

        monitor.done();
    }

    /**
     * Remove the big node dummy nodes from the graph and return the last node from the chain.
     *
     * @param start
     * @return
     */
    private LNode removeBigNodeChain(final LNode start) {

        List<LEdge> outs = Lists.newLinkedList(start.getOutgoingEdges());
        for (LEdge edge : outs) {
            LNode target = edge.getTarget().getNode();

            // only walk through intermediate big nodes
            if ((target.getNodeType() == NodeType.BIG_NODE) && !isInitialBigNode(target)) {
                // remove the current dummy and its incoming edge
                target.getLayer().getNodes().remove(target);

                // remove the ports
                edge.getSource().setNode(null);
                edge.getTarget().setNode(null);

                // call recursively
                return removeBigNodeChain(target);
            } else {
                // this was the last node
                return start;
            }
        }

        // no final outgoing edge
        return start;
    }

    /**
     * @return true, if the {@link InternalProperties#BIG_NODE_INITIAL} property is set and an
     *         {@link InternalProperties#ORIGIN} is set.
     */
    private boolean isInitialBigNode(final LNode node) {
        return (node.getProperty(InternalProperties.BIG_NODE_INITIAL))
                && (node.getProperty(InternalProperties.ORIGIN) != null);
    }
}


A story at the Fox News 7 Web site caught my eye this morning. Almost 1,000 applicants lined up for 35 available firefighter positions that will be available in the City of Miami.
Three of those who were waiting in line were interviewed, the first was a former Marine who was unemployed and the other two had waited days in line for a chance to apply for one of the positions.
Looking for work is not fun, It is – quite honestly – a full time job. For these three guys looking for work in south Florida with unemployment hovering around 7 percent, a Miami firefighter position would be good work.
My question is this. Why is there a line 1,000 people long for 35 firefighter positions? Could it be that the pay and benefits are really good? Too good?
If the supply of available candidates is so high, it's time for the City of Miami to take a look at their union contracts to see if the pay and benefits are too high. I know, it's a harsh statement. Of course, being a firefighter is a position that is important to the community, and in a city the size of Miami even more so.
But if you were running a business that needed to stay in the black to keep things going, what would you do if you had three positions open and 100 people lined up at the door overnight – in the rain – looking to apply?
If you're one that says you would not lower pay or cut benefits, I can assure you competition will open their doors across the street and provide a lower pay and benefit package to employees. This will allow them to lower costs to consumers and offer the same level of quality and service.
Economic Roundup ... and the news ain't good.
I read what was said above 3 times and my head hurt. I cannot get my mind around the last 2 paragraphs. It's a hypothetical situation with many gratuitous conclusions. One thing I would do is to interview some/all of those people and find out if anybody is qualified for the 3 positions.
OK. How about the foreign auto manufactures? They saw something pretty similar to this from the big three automakers. Companies who had a bunch of people who wanted to work there since the benefits were so good (among other reasons too).
They came to the United States, undercut the pay and benefits since there were workers available to work at that lower rate. They offered good prices, good quality and good service. They seem to have happy employees.
I did not see Honda, Toyota or Nissan at that table asking for a bail out.
I'm not saying this is the only factor to consider, but if you do not consider it, you're failing your employees and stockholders.
I understand that we are comparing a public service to private companies, but the economics still hold.
We need to take a close look at not just the pay for civil servants like teachers, police officers and firefighters, but also the benefits. How do they compare to the private sector?
You may have a point on the automakers. On the other hand there could be other factors that you did not mention, such as: Honda, Toyota and Nissan are in places such as AL, MS, TN, KY, TX, WVA which may have a cost of living and other costs lower than MI. (never mind the legacy costs). As to the economics holding for private companies and public service, I beg to differ. I know Conservatives always wish that government should work like a private company, but that is just wishful thinking. I believe there would be a major uproar if thousands of firefighters, policemen, DOT snowplowers and other public sector employees simply went the way of Starbuck baristas.
Of course they set up down there, Davis. What sane person would want to set up an auto manufacturing concern in, say, Michigan, where they would be over-taxed, over-regulated and rapidly unionized by the sort of lemmings who would rather the company fail than give back a nickel?


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Theoktistos
Couverture de Theoktistos
Byzantine Empire, Michael II, Theophilos (emperor), Michael III, Iconoclasm, Eunuch, Leo V the Armenian
Flu Press (12-01-2013 )
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Theoktistos (died November 20, 855) was an influential senior Byzantine official during the reigns of Michael II and his son Theophilos, and regent for the underage Michael III. He is noted for his administrative and political competence, for ending the Iconoclasm, and for promoting a major renaissance in education within the Empire. Theoktistos was a eunuch, and was instrumental in the plot to assassinate the emperor Leo V the Armenian in 820, which brought Michael II and the Amorian dynasty to the throne.
Flu Press
http://www.alphascript-publishing.com
Edité par:
Gerd Numitor
Byzantine, Michael, Iconoclasm, Eunuch, Theophilos, Theoktistos


Today I'm beginning something new.
I want to learn UX. I want to research, design, develop, and create accessible products and interactions that help people solve problems. I want to build a portfolio to demonstrate my skills. And, I want to show my work as I learn.
This isn't a new interest or something I'm picking up on a whim. I've been dabbling in UX - a workshop here, a wireframe there - for over two years without much to show for myself.
I know that practicing UX as a discipline will make me a better contributor where I work, and help me build a stronger foundation for future projects.
I will commit an hour each day for 90 days to learn and to practice.
I will write a syllabus, gather resources, and create assignments for myself.
I will solicit peers and mentors to critique my work.
I will write daily blog posts to document my learning experience.
Right now I'm pretty terrified because I'm not 100% sure if I can do this. I have a tendency to get excited and then distracted, to work on things in fits and starts. I've never been a particularly self-disciplined human.
I'm also feeling guilty. I have plenty of unfinished tasks and neglected projects that also need time and attention, all worthy excuses to avoid such an undertaking. But, there's always going to be more work to do than hours in the day. Maybe this will motivate me to knock out some of those pesky to-do items I've been avoiding.
Consider this an invitation to learn with me or hold me accountable.
Here we go. 90 days. 90 hours. 90 little blog posts.
Here's lookin' at you, December 23nd.


In a bid to focus on the core, profitable part of its business, Natus Medical Incorporated (BABY - Free Report)	recently decided to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Medix Medical Devices, which the company had acquired in 2010. Per this announcement, the company has signed a definitive agreement to divest Medix in an employee-led buyout.
Financial terms of the deal have been kept under wraps.
Going by the deal details, incubators, warmers and other Medix products will be divested. Under this new ownership, Medix will continue to distribute Medix products and the previously distributed line of Natus Medical products plus other third-party products in Argentina and Venezuela.
According to Natus Medical, this deal is strategically aligned with its business as apart from enabling it to refocus on the core products, this decision will permit it to plan investment in the high-growth markets.
We believe, this move is integral to the company's recent implementation of a new organizational structure, designed to improve its operational performance.
Medix recorded approximately $7.6 million of revenues in 2018 and was expected to contribute approximately $6 million to its top line in 2019.
Natus Medical projects this divestiture to be accretive to its operating margin going forward. The company expects to incur $3-$4 million of transaction and disposal expenses as part of the divestment.
The company will provide an updated full-year revenue guidance after adjusting the impact of the divestiture during first-quarter 2019 earnings release.
Natus Medical is progressing well with its new organisational streamlining process wherein it is working on consolidating its three business units, namely Neuro, Newborn Care and Otometrics into "One Natus".
Per the company, this initiative creates a single, unified entity with the globally led functional teams in Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, R&D, Quality plus General and Administrative departments. The company claims this structure to increase transparency, efficiency and cross-functional collaboration across common technologies, processes and customer channels.
The new organization is expected to optimize Natus Medical's proven go-to-market strategies and leverage its common engineering, operations and supply chain infrastructure.
In the past year, Natus Medical has underperformed its industry. The stock has declined 22.4% against the industry's 12.2% rise.
Currently Natus Medical carries a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).
Some better-ranked stocks in the broader medical space are Stryker Corporation (SYK - Free Report)	, Penumbra, Inc. (PEN - Free Report)	and Amedisys, Inc (AMED - Free Report)	, each currently carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Amedisys's long-term earnings growth rate is forecast at 19.7%.


Apparently the door of the prison was really unlocked all the time; but it was only you who thought of trying the handle.
In context he was saying that Charles Williams had recovered a clear understanding of Milton that had been obfuscated for over a century.
That line made me think of a quote from Alexander Grothendieck (that I haven't been able to find this morning) to the effect that progress in mathematics has often waited for someone to be bold enough to ask a simple question or introduce a simple concept.
I find it amazing that it took me so long to hear about grothendieck. Wonder why, since he clearly rewrote mathematics to a great extent. Mathematicians complain that people think their field is static, but how is it that they don't deploy the story of this remarkable man to hook and teach us, like how physicists (mostly Feynman) used the antics of Feynman.


A man looks at a koi fish pond at Singapore's Changi Airport. The airport, with its gardens, public art, business centres, and retail and dining, was voted in 2018 the world's best for the sixth consecutive year by Skytrax. Sixty-six million passengers moved through the airport in 2018, up from 62 million the previous year. Changi is building a ten-storey retail and attraction centre topped by Canopy Park, complete with a hedge maze and bouncing nets. Skytrax was expected to unveil its 2019 airport rankings in late March, making it unclear at the time of this writing whether Changi retained the top ranking.


Self portrait by Rembrandt, detail (1661).
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age (roughly coinciding with the seventeenth century), in which Dutch world power, political influence, science, commerce, and culture—particularly painting—reached their pinnacle.
"No artist ever combined more delicate skill with more energy and power," states Chambers' Biographical Dictionary. "His treatment of mankind is full of human sympathy" (J.O. Thorne: 1962).
Portrait of Jan Six, 1654. Oil on canvas.
Rembrandt van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606 (traditionally) but more probably in 1607 in Leiden, the Netherlands. Conflicting sources state that his family had either 7, 9, or 10 children. The family was well off. His father was a miller, and his mother was the daughter of a baker. As a boy he attended Latin school and was enrolled at the University of Leiden, although he had a greater inclination towards painting. He was soon apprenticed to a Leiden history painter, Jacob van Swanenburgh. After a brief but important apprenticeship with the famous painter Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam, Rembrandt opened a studio in Leiden, which he shared with friend and colleague Jan Lievens. In 1627, Rembrandt began to accept students, among them Gerrit Dou.
In 1629 Rembrandt was discovered by the statesman and poet Constantijn Huygens, who procured for Rembrandt important commissions from the court of the Hague. As a result of this connection, Prince Frederik Hendrik continued to purchase paintings from Rembrandt until 1646.
By 1631, Rembrandt had established such a good reputation that he received several assignments for portraits from Amsterdam. As a result, he moved to that city and into the house of an art dealer, Hendrick van Uylenburgh. This move eventually led, in 1634, to the marriage of Rembrandt and Hendrick's cousin, Saskia van Uylenburg. Saskia came from a good family. Her father had been a lawyer and burgemeester [mayor] of Leeuwarden. They were married in the local church, but without the presence of any of his relatives.
In 1639, Rembrandt and Saskia moved to a prominent house in the Jewish quarter, which later became the Rembrandt House Museum. It was there that Rembrandt frequently sought his Jewish neighbors to model for his Old Testament scenes.  Although by then they were affluent, the couple suffered several personal setbacks: their son Rumbartus died two months after his birth in 1635, and their daughter Cornelia died at just 3 weeks of age in 1638. Another daughter, also named Cornelia, also died in infancy. Only their fourth child, Titus, born in 1641, survived into adulthood. Saskia died in 1642 at the age of 30, soon after Titus's birth, probably from tuberculosis.
Susanna and the Elders, 1647. Oil on canvas.
In the late 1640s, Rembrandt began a common-law relationship with his maid, Hendrickje Stoffels, who was 20 years his junior. In 1654 they had a daughter, whom they also named Cornelia, bringing Hendrickje an official reproach from the Reformed church for "living in sin." Rembrandt was not summoned to appear for the church council because he was not a member of the Reformed Church.
Rembrandt enjoyed financial success as an artist. He used a good deal of his wealth to buy many diverse and extravagant costumes and objects that inspired him and were often used in his paintings. He also purchased art pieces, prints (often used in his paintings), and rarities. The mismanagement of his money, as well as his liberal spending habits, most likely contributed to his eventual bankruptcy in 1656. As a result of the court judgment, he had to sell most of his paintings, his house, and his printing press, and move to a more modest accommodation on the Rozengracht. Here, Hendrickje and Titus started an art shop to make ends meet. In 1661 he was contracted to complete a series of major paintings for the newly built city hall, but only after the artist who had been previously commissioned died before completing the work.
Rembrandt outlived both Hendrickje and Titus. Rembrandt died soon after his son, on October 4, 1669 in Amsterdam, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Westerkerk.
One of Rembrandt's many self-portraits.
In a letter to a patron, Rembrandt offered the only surviving explanation of what he sought to achieve through his art: "the greatest and most natural movement." Whether this refers to objectives, material or otherwise, is open to interpretation; in any case, Rembrandt seamlessly melded the earthly and spiritual as has no other painter in Western art.
Rembrandt produced over 600 paintings, nearly 400 etchings, and 2,000 drawings. He was a master of the self-portrait, producing almost a hundred of them throughout his long career, which includes more than 60 paintings and over 30 etchings and drawings. Together they give us a remarkably clear picture of the man, his appearance, and—more importantly—his deeper being, as revealed by his richly weathered face. While very little written documentation exists about him, his expressive self-portraits tell us quite a lot about the man and his inner life.
One of Rembrandt's most prominent techniques is his use of chiaroscuro, the theatrical employment of light and shadow.
He was heavily influenced by Caravaggio but finally mastered his own approach, using interplay between light and dark not merely as elements of composition and space, but to reveal the subtleties of character and depth of meaning.
Rembrandt's highly dramatic and lively presentation of subjects, devoid of the rigid formality that his contemporaries often displayed, and his deeply felt compassion for mankind irrespective of wealth and age proved to be a highly charged combination that brought him prominence and notoriety. He also showed a great deal of experimentation and variety of technique, which added to his mystique.
His immediate family—his wife Saskia, his son Titus, and his common-law wife Hendrickje—were often used as models for his paintings, many of which had mythical, biblical, or historical themes.
Rembrandt and his wife Saskia in 1635.
It was during Rembrandt's Leiden period (1625-1631) that Pieter Lastman's influence was most prominent. Paintings were rather small, but rich in details (for example, in costumes and jewelry). Themes were mostly religious and allegorical.
During his early years in Amsterdam (1632-1636), Rembrandt began to paint dramatic biblical and mythological scenes in high contrast and of large format. He also began accepting portrait commissions.
In the late 1630s, Rembrandt produced many paintings and etchings of landscapes. Often these highlighted natural drama, featuring uprooted trees and ominous skies. Rembrandt's landscapes were more often etched than painted. The dark forces of nature made way for quiet Dutch rural scenes.
From 1640 his work became less exuberant and more sober in tone, reflecting personal tragedy. Biblical scenes were now derived more often from the New Testament than the Old Testament, as had been the case before. Paintings became smaller again. One exception is the huge Night Watch, his largest work, as worldly and spirited as any previous painting. The painting was commissioned for the new hall of the Kloveniersdoelen, the musketeer branch of the civic militia. Rembrandt departed from the convention for such group commissions, which dictated the stately and formal line-up of personalities. Instead he painted an action scene, showing the militia readying themselves to embark on a mission. His new approach caused controversy. The painting was later reduced in size and moved to Amsterdam town hall in 1715. The painting now hangs in the largest hall of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where it occupies the entire rear wall.
In the 1650s, Rembrandt's style changed again. Paintings increased in size. Colors became richer, brush strokes more pronounced. With these changes, Rembrandt distanced himself from earlier work and current fashion, which increasingly inclined toward fine, detailed works. Over the years, biblical themes were still depicted often, but emphasis shifted from dramatic group scenes to intimate portrait-like figures. In his last years, Rembrandt painted his most deeply reflective self-portraits.
The Hundred Guilder Print, c.1647-1649, etching.
Rembrandt's etchings were enormously popular during his lifetime and today he is considered one of the finest masters of the medium. There are 79 of his original copper plates still in existence. Seventy-five of them were held in storage by a private collector for 18 years until they were finally revealed and put on public display in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1958. Rembrandt's print of "Christ Healing the Sick" was called the "Hundred Guilder Print" because of the handsome price it fetched by early collectors.
Rembrandt is renowned as much for his mastery of drawing as for painting. He used drawing not so much as studies for larger works, nor as finished presentations, but as notes, a way to capture his observations and reflections of everyday life, and his religious themes. About 1400 drawings survive, most of them unsigned. Perhaps an equal number have been lost.
During the century after Rembrandt's death, many of his paintings were covered over with layers of dark-toned varnish by dealers and collectors. This was done for several reasons. One was to preserve the surface of the painting. But another, more controversial reason, was to give Rembrandt's vivid and somewhat abrupt painting style a more unified look. Rembrandt was using bold strokes, impasto, and scumbles, which might have seemed disjointed from very close up. He had planned that the picture be viewed from a certain distance, which would provide the unifying by the viewer himself. Because of the dark 18th century varnishing, Rembrandt gained the undeserved reputation for painting in dark and sombre tones.
Night Watch or The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, 1642. Oil on canvas; on display at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
For example, the original title of the "Night Watch" was The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq. It was given the name "Night Watch" because it was so dimmed and defaced by dirt and varnish that it looked like a night scene. After it was cleaned, it was discovered to represent broad day—a party of musketeers stepping from a gloomy courtyard into the blinding sunlight.
Another instance of discovery took place when the painting Bellona was restored in 1947 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. After the many layers of varnish was painstakingly removed, the vibrant colors were revealed, along with Rembrandt's signature and date, 1633, providing its authenticity.
In 1968 the Rembrandt Research Project (RRP) was started under the sponsorship of the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Scientific Research (NWO). Art historians teamed up with experts from other fields to reassess the authenticity of works attributed to Rembrandt, using all methods available, including state-of-the-art technical diagnostics. The project also compiled a complete critical catalog of his paintings. As a result of their findings, many paintings that were previously attributed to Rembrandt have been taken from the list. Many of those are now thought to be the work of his students.
The Polish Rider—controversially attributed to Rembrandt.
One example of activity is The Polish Rider, one of the treasures of New York's Frick Collection. Its authenticity had been questioned years before by several scholars, led by Julius Held. Many, including Dr. Josua Bruyn of the Foundation Rembrandt Research Project, attributed the painting to one of Rembrandt's closest and most talented pupils, Willem Drost, about whom little is known. The Frick Museum itself never changed its own attribution, the label still reading "Rembrandt" and not "attributed to" or "school of." More recent opinion has shifted in favor of the Frick, with Simon Schama in his 1999 book Rembrandt's Eyes, and a Rembrandt Project scholar, Ernst van de Wetering (Melbourne Symposium, 1997) both arguing for attribution to the master. Many scholars feel that the execution is uneven, and favor different attributions for different parts of the work.
Another painting, "Pilate Washing His Hands," is also of questionable attribution. Critical opinions of this picture have varied considerably since about 1905, when Wilhelm von Bode described it as "a somewhat abnormal work" by Rembrandt. However, most scholars since the 1940s have dated the painting to the 1660s and assigned it to an anonymous pupil.
Rembrandt's own studio practice is a major factor in the difficulty of attribution, since, like many masters before him, he encouraged his students to copy his paintings, sometimes finishing or retouching them to be sold as originals, and sometimes selling them as authorized copies. Additionally, his style proved easy enough for his most talented students to emulate. Further complicating matters is the uneven quality of some of Rembrandt's own work, and his frequent stylistic evolutions and experiments. It is highly likely that there will never be universal agreement as to what does and what does not constitute a genuine Rembrandt.
Young Woman in Bed, 1647. Oil on canvas.
"Rembrandt" is a modification of the spelling of the artist's first name, which he introduced in 1633. Roughly speaking, his earliest signatures (ca. 1625) consisted of an initial "R," or the monogram "RH" (for Rembrandt Harmenszoon), and starting in 1629, "RHL" (the "L" stood, presumably, for Leiden). In 1632 he added his patronymic to this monogram, "RHL-van Rijn," then began using his first name alone, "Rembrandt." In 1633 he added a "d," and maintained this form from then on.
His home, preserved as the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, houses many examples of his etchings.
Prominent collections in other countries can be found in Berlin, Kassel, St. Petersburg, New York City, Washington, DC, The Louvre and the National Gallery, London.
Abraham and Isaac, 1643. Oil on canvas.
The Abduction of Europa, 1632. Oil on panel. A shining example of the 'golden age' of baroque painting.
Self Portrait, 1658. Oil on canvas.
Adams, Laurie Schneider. Art Across Time Vol. II. New York: McGraw-Hill College, 1999.
Rembrandt's house in Amsterdam .
The Rembrandthuis (the Home of Rembrandt).
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Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, 1962
UPDATED, 2/27: As Jack Hilliard points out in a comment below, the page I first posted didn't include the whole block. I added the previous page, which also includes at least one business still operating in its 1962 location.
One of the favorite pastimes of UNC alums returning to campus is to lament how much has changed, especially on Franklin Street, the University's "Main Street," home to many restaurants and bars long frequented by UNC undergraduates.
The North Carolina City Directories collection on DigitalNC now includes four directories from Chapel Hill, from the years 1957, 1959, 1961, and 1962. The directories have a street directory section, enabling readers to browse residents or businesses by location. Here are the pages from the 1962 Chapel Hill directory showing the main block of Franklin Street:
So how much has changed since then? Quite a lot. At first glance I can see only one business that's still operating in its current location (not counting churches). Can anyone else find it? Are there any others that I missed?
Author Nicholas GrahamPosted on February 26, 2013 Categories Tar Heelia, UNC History2 Comments on Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, 1962
'Those who want to, please pray' — and a song is born
On this day in 1943: Returning from a World War II mission over Germany, a B-17 bomber piloted by Hugh Ashcraft of Charlotte is flak-riddled and minus one engine. "Those who want to," Ashcraft tells his crew, "please pray."
The "Southern Comfort" makes it back to England, receiving wide attention and inspiring both a hit record and an enduring expression: "Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer." Ashcraft in later life will become president of the Harris Teeter supermarket chain.
Lots more interesting details here.
Author Lew PowellPosted on February 26, 2013 Categories On This DayTags a wing and a prayer, harris teeter, hugh ashcraftLeave a comment on 'Those who want to, please pray' — and a song is born
Wrestlers gather to remember the biggest of them all
On this day in 1993: Hulk Hogan and other professional wrestlers convene in Ellerbe to scatter the ashes of "Andre the Giant" Roussimoff, perhaps the best-known wrestler in the world, at Roussimoff's 200-acre ranch.
Four weeks earlier Roussimoff, 46, died of a heart attack while in Paris for his father's funeral. The French-born Roussimoff, who stood 6 feet 10 and weighed 550 pounds, suffered from acromegaly, a growth-hormone disorder marked by progressive enlargement of the head, hands, feet and chest. In addition to wrestling, Roussimoff played the gentle giant Fezzick in the critically praised 1989 movie "The Princess Bride."
Author Lew PowellPosted on February 24, 2013 Categories On This DayTags acromegaly, andre roussimoff, andre the giant, ellerbe nc, hulk hogan, the princess brideLeave a comment on Wrestlers gather to remember the biggest of them all
The Tar Heel celebrates its 120th birthday
The UNC-Chapel Hill student newspaper printed its first issue on February 23, 1893. The Tar Heel's editors explained that the paper, issued every Thursday morning, would include "a summary of all occurrences in the University and village of Chapel Hill." The paper vowed to cover UNC sports, "all society news, personals and every subject of interest to both the students and citizens of the village." The Tar Heel was published by the University Athletic Association. Charles Baskerville, a Mississippi native and star student at UNC, served as both head of the Athletic Association and editor-in-chief of the paper. The Tar Heel was available by subscription, charging $1.50 per session.
Baskerville and his five sub-editors seemed to realize the weightiness of their endeavor, writing:
This new venture is necessarily entered upon by the present board with no little trepidation, nevertheless with a determination, to make a success which can only be done through the indulgence and assistance of our faculty and fellow-students. Therefore we invite honest criticism and any aid in the advancement of this new project will be thoroughly appreciated.
Indeed, many a fellow student has contributed to the success and longevity of this noted form of Tar Heel Ink. Happy birthday and many thanks to each and every one of them.
Author John BlythePosted on February 22, 2013 Categories From the Stacks, History, Just A Bite, On This Day, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk, UNC HistoryLeave a comment on The Tar Heel celebrates its 120th birthday
Just the basics…recipes from the collection.
A Good Basic Layer Cake from Favorite Recipes of the Lower Cape Fear.
Basic Biscuits and…
Basic Muffins from Good Eatin' from Duke Memorial United Methodist Church, Durham, North Carolina.
Basic Quiche from Just Like Grandma Used to Make.
Basic Chicken Stock from Well, Shut My Mouth! The Sweet Potatoes Restaurant Cookbook.
Basic Pie Crust from Sweet Carolina: Favorite Desserts and Candies from the Old North State.
Basic Sweet Dough from Welkom: Terra Ceia Cookbook III, a Collection of Recipes.
Basic Vanilla Ice Cream from High Hampton Hospitality.
Author Alison BarnettPosted on February 22, 2013 Categories RecipesLeave a comment on Just the basics…recipes from the collection.
Edward Gorey and Thomas Wolfe
Today's Google doodle commemorates the birthday of author and illustrator Edward Gorey. Gorey, whose odd but simple stories and gothic illustrations remain quite popular today, designed book covers early in his career. His iconic artworks grace the covers of a series of paperbacks published by Anchor Books. The wide-ranging series includes authors from Chaucer to Henry James to (perhaps more appropriately for Gorey) Franz Kafka, and features two late novels by Thomas Wolfe.
Fans of Gorey work will recognize his work on the covers of these editions of The Web and the Rock (Anchor, 1953) and You Can't Go Home Again (Anchor, 1957). Both are from the Thomas Wolfe Collection in the North Carolina Collection.
Author Nicholas GrahamPosted on February 22, 2013 Categories From the Stacks, Tar HeeliaLeave a comment on Edward Gorey and Thomas Wolfe
When Jim Crow cost him workers, Reynolds fought back
"In 1913, tobacco worker William Darnell, attempting to build a house on a corner lot at Eleventh Street and Highland Avenue, was arrested because he was black and all the other residents on the street were white. The legal case that ensued [challenging Winston-Salem's residential segregation law] speaks to the behind-the-scenes power of R.J.R. to override Jim Crow when it served the company's own interests….
"When the jury returned a verdict of guilty, [Darnell's R.J.R-allied lawyers] immediately appealed…. Although the law was clearly on the side of prosecutors, Supreme Court Chief Justice Walter Clark overruled the decision… in an effort to encourage African Americans to stay in Winston [rather than seeking jobs in the North]… citing the Irish exodus from Great Britain and Jewish emigration from Russia…."
— From "Katharine and R. J. Reynolds: Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South" by Michele Gillespie (2012)
Author Lew PowellPosted on February 22, 2013 Categories Just A BiteTags cyrus b watson, john c buxton, katharine and r j reynolds, michele gillespie, william darnell, Winston-SalemLeave a comment on When Jim Crow cost him workers, Reynolds fought back
Civil War soldiers emboldened by canteens of courage
"Many of the Civil War's legendary charges in the face of the enemy were made by soldiers who had been drugged into near insensibility by the liberal dispensing of hard liquor….
"The 16th North Carolina went into action at Seven Pines [Henrico County, Virginia] after the company commissary 'hobbled down with several canteens of "fire water" and gave each of the men a dram. He knew we needed it, and the good angels only smiled.' "
— From "Fateful Lightning: A New History of the the Civil War and Reconstruction" by Allen C. Guelzo (2012)
Author Lew PowellPosted on February 19, 2013 Categories Just A BiteTags allen c guelzo, battle of seven pines, civil war nc, fateful lightningLeave a comment on Civil War soldiers emboldened by canteens of courage
Artifact of the Month: A piece of 1957 UNC basketball history
Zealous, maniacal, obsessed, rabid. There's a reason why writers describing Tar Heel fans proceed directly to the extreme corners of the English language. The UNC men's basketball team has earned every bit of its fans' devotion, though, with a storied history of dramatic wins.
The team has enjoyed no prouder moment than its 1957 season, known fondly as McGuire's Miracle (a reference to Coach Frank McGuire). That year the Tar Heels completed a perfect season, culminating in its first NCAA national championship.
Our February Artifact of the Month celebrates that exhilarating season:
This section of maple floor was salvaged from Woollen Gymnasium, the home court of the Tar Heel team until 1965. Affixed to this section of the historic floor are two metal plates, one featuring a photo of the 1957 championship team with Coach McGuire, and one bearing the signatures of the starting players: Pete Brennan, Bob Cunningham, Tommy Kearns, Lennie Rosenbluth, and Joe Quigg.
Those stellar players, who practiced and played on the old Woollen Gymnasium floor, attended the 2004 grand opening of the newly renovated Woollen, where these floor sections were offered as a fundraiser.
Fortunately, the Tar Heels' winning mojo seems to live in the team itself, and not in that old Woollen floor: The UNC men's basketball team has gone on to rack up four more NCAA championships after that first miraculous season, trailing only two other Division I teams in number of titles won. And any fan will tell you they're not done counting.
Author Emily JackPosted on February 15, 2013 Categories Artifact of the Month, History, Tar Heelia, UNC History1 Comment on Artifact of the Month: A piece of 1957 UNC basketball history
Ross McElwee Fan Club meets here
"Ross McElwee's 'Sherman's March' forever altered my writing life. By being as self-reflexive as it is, a heat-seeking missile destroying whatever it touches, the film becomes a thoroughgoing exploration of the interconnections between desire, filmmaking, nuclear weaponry and war, rather than being about only General Sherman….
"… The best nonfiction jumps the tracks, using its 'subject' as a Trojan horse to get at richer material than the writer originally intended. McElwee's 'Bright Leaves' pretends to be about his conflicted relation to his family's tobacco farm, whereas it's really about the way in which we all will do anything — make a movie, smoke cigarettes, collect film stills, build a birdhouse, hold a lifelong torch for someone, find religion — to try to get beyond ourselves."
— From "How Literature Saved My Life" by David Shields (2013)
Shields, whose latest has drawn reviews both appreciative and not so, may be an even bigger fan of the Charlotte-born McElwee than I am. ("A heat-seeking missile destroying whatever it touches"? — can't top that.)
Author Lew PowellPosted on February 15, 2013 Categories LiteratureTags bright leaves, david shields, how literature saved my life, ross mcelwee, sherman's marchLeave a comment on Ross McElwee Fan Club meets here


Cedars School of Excellence is an independent Christian School catering for children from 5 - 18 years in a historic building in the heart of Greenock.
Cedars is recognised internationally as a leader in the use of educational technology. The school runs a comprehensive one-to-one iPad programme, which is a fully-integrated part of the school experience for all pupils.
As a small school, Cedars is able to make sure that every pupil is known and their needs taken into account. As a straight-through school, transitions between stages are made seamless to ensure that every child gets the best possible start in life.
We offer a curriculum based on the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence and SQA examinations at National, Higher and Advanced Higher level in a range of subjects.


Pires, H.R., Monfared, M., Shemyakina, E., and Fletcher, J.C. (2014) ULTRAPETALA trxG Genes Interact with KANADI Transcription Factor Genes to Regulate Arabidopsis Gynoecium Patterning. The Plant Cell 26 (11): 4345-4361.
Monfared, M. and Fletcher, J. (2014) The ULT trxG Factors Play a Role in Arabidopsis Fertilization. Plant Signaling and Behavior 9(12): e977723.
Monfared, M. and Fletcher, J.C. (2014) Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Shoot Apical and Floral Meristem Development. In Flower Development: Methods and Protocols: 157-189. Riechmann, J.L. and Wellmer, F. Eds. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
Monfared, M., Carles, C.C., Rossignol, P., Pires, H.R., and Fletcher, J.C. (2013) The ULT1 and ULT2 trxG Genes Play Overlapping Roles in Arabidopsis Development and Gene Regulation. Molecular Plant 6 (5): 1564-1579.
Monfared, M., Simon, M.K., Meister, R.J., Roig-Villanova, I., Kooiker, M., Colombo, L., Fletcher, J.C., and Gasser, C.S. (2011) Overlapping and antagonistic activities of BASIC PENTACYSTEINE genes affect a range of developmental processes in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 66(6): 1020-1031.
Fiume, E., Monfared, M. (co-first author), Jun, J.H., and Fletcher, J.C. CLE polypeptide signaling gene expression in Arabidopsis embryos. 2011. Plant Signaling and Behavior. 6(3):443-444.
O'Hagan, K.A., Cocchiglia, S., Zhdanov, A.V., Tambawala, M.M., Cummins, E.P., Monfared, M., Agbor, T.A., Garvey, J.F., Papkovsky, D.B., Taylor, C.T., and Allan, B.B. (2009) PGC-1α is coupled to HIF-1-dependent gene expression by increasing mitochondrial oxygen consumption in skeletal muscle cells. PNAS 106(7):2188-93.
Meister, R.J., Williams, L.A., Monfared, M.M., Gallagher, T.L., Kraft, E.A., Nelson, C.G., and Gasser, C.S. (2004) Definition and interactions of a positive regulatory element of the Arabidopsis INNER NO OUTER promoter. Plant Journal 37(3):426-438.


The Chateau des Muses is an elite boarding school for young and promising ladies determined to not only acquire an outstanding secular education but to become genuine Muses who would inspire bright minds to create their masterpieces or make discoveries that would forever change the course of human history. Every Muse is intended to be the embodiment of art itself, an unbounded source of creative energy and sensual exuberance.
The institution is managed by headmistress Patricia, an experienced and rigorous teacher, mentor, and Muse herself. Her right hand is professor Lucas, an outstanding artist who dedicated himself to teaching the students of the Chateau everything he knows about fine arts.
But is everything as innocent and noble as it sounds? Inspiration goes hand in hand with passion, and love is often accompanied by lust. By showing their students the vast magnificence of art and all the aspects of sensual inspiration, the Chateau is playing a dangerous game: who knows what hidden desires and fantasies have the girls been harboring all along?


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Garbage "Magnetized" (video)
Garbage returned with their latest LP Strange Little Birds earlier this year, and now album cut "Magnetized" has been given the music video treatment.
The clip comes after visual interpretations of "Empty" and "Even Though Our Love Is Doomed," and was filmed by director Scott Stuckey at Pancake Mountain headquarters in Los Angeles. The absurdist, sci-fi-tinged story delves into the wonders of science and the supernatural making for a creepy, colourful and totally magnetizing viewing experience.
"We wanted to create an ode to the magic of science and the mysteries of love," singer Shirley Manson said in a statement.
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Largest British 3PL appoints Personal Group to implement new mobile solution to drive employee engagement and improve internal communications across the business
Wincanton, the largest British third party logistics firm, has implemented Personal Group's employee experience platporm, Hapi, for its 17,500 staff to help drive employee engagement across the business.
Wincanton provides supply chain consultancy and solutions to some of the world's most admired brands. The company employs more than 17,500 people across over 200 sites and has a 3,600-strong fleet of vehicles. Central to its operations is the company's workforce which ensures its distribution networks are effectively managed and delivered on time.
Wincanton previously had a comprehensive yet fragmented benefit offering, working with various partners. They wanted to streamline their system to offer all of their rewards and benefits in one place. Wincanton chose to partner with employee services provider Personal Group to create a uniquely branded platform named iSmile. The platform provides employees with a single point of access to all of the company's existing benefits, internal communications, engagement programmes, health and wellbeing resources, employee surveys, and retail and leisure discounts.
The new platform is also accessible via a Wincanton-branded mobile app, available to employees directly from the app and play stores. An app was essential to Wincanton, meaning that Wincanton's employees, no matter where they are, can stay up to date with the latest business news and announcements as well as access top food, drink, travel and entertainment discounts to save money outside of work. The app's push notifications also enable Wincanton's comms team to instantly reach different segments of their workforce direct. They have the capability to send out an update to all staff or send out group notifications to specific teams, contracts or locations. This is vital for Wincanton's mobile workforce.
The platform launched in late 2018 and, to quickly bring all employees up to speed, Personal Group's Employee Engagement Executives are meeting employees face to face on an individual basis. This ensures that by the end of the roll-out, each and every employee will know where and how to make savings based on their lifestyle preferences, and how to take advantage of the full suite of Wincanton benefits and communications.
Wincanton is now able to track app and platform usage, seeing which benefits are being capitalised on, where they had previously not. This is helping the company to further tailor their reward offering.
Laura Mason-Byers, Internal Communications Manager at Wincanton commented: 'For us, iSmile is really about investing and engaging with colleagues. Colleagues working in silos, on the road, or unsociable hours can easily miss key company information, but with iSmile we are able to contact and engage the workforce in its entirety. Our colleagues are initially drawn to the app by the discounts, but the accessibility of the information stored on the platform, and the ease of use, has kept them returning.'
Steve Mason, Business Development Director at Personal Group added: "Hapi offers a single point of access to all benefits and employee services in one place. We are delighted to be partnering with Wincanton to help improve their employee experience and now embed this solution. Wincanton is working on some great engagement initiatives and Hapi is helping ensure they have the tools in place to communicate effectively with their staff, wherever they are based and help drive engagement with staff, wherever they are around the country."


Although honey cake is a classic Ashkenazic dessert that has become synonymous with this holiday for Jews who are part of this community, I wanted to try my hand at something I hadn't made before. So I turned to the numerous cookbooks that line my bookshelves and found this recipe for teiglach. The recipe jumped off the page at me as soon as I saw it, because in my books anything that is fried or baked and subsequently covered in honey sounds delicious.
Despite the fact that I hadn't made these before, they are traditional Rosh Hashanah fare in the Ashkenazi community with origins that date back to the times of the Romans who, according to Gil Marks, made strips of fried dough in honey called vermiculos. Italian Jews adopted the custom of making vermiculos but this dish disappeared from their repertoire in the middle ages. It was in the twelfth century that Franco-German Rabbis mentioned eating a dish of fried or baked strips of dough covered in honey called vermesel or verimlish, at the beginning of the Sabbath meal. Despite the fact that its name went through changes, being called gremsel and then chremsel in Eastern Europe, it is to this dish of vermesel that teiglach owes its beginnings. Although most popular on Rosh Hashanah when it is served in order to help usher in a sweet new year, teiglach is also eaten on joyous occasions such as weddings and Brit Milahs.


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Naturally Sweet Sisters: Band Concert - Does A Blood Sugar Meter Take A Bow?
Band Concert - Does A Blood Sugar Meter Take A Bow?
Oldest daughter performed for her first Christmas Middle School Band Concert.
She quite happily plays a very shiny (and loud) brass trumpet.
And while she has been practicing and perfecting her trumpeting skills for her first concert, not once did it occur to either of us to think of how to bring diabetes along.
Digression- weirdly, I am a bit proud of moments like this because that just means we are doing a fine job of Kids First, Diabetes Second.
Moments before she was about to take the stage, we both realized that her adorable Vera Bradley bag would not be able to go on with her.
That means neither would her entire diabetes test kit.
So in a split decision, she opted to pocket two pieces of candy (glucose) and check to ensure her blood sugar was in range. Which it was.
And with a bit of luck, she made it through the entire concert without a hitch and instead, with a very warm round of applause from the multitudes of parents in the audience.
But that brings up an interesting point... what do kids in band do? Especially in marching band or during parades or lengthy concert showings.
If you have an idea and are willing to share. Please comment below. One sweet trumpeteer will be more than happy to play you a tune!
This snuck up on us too for our first band concert. We did the same and I also told them to leave if needed or raise their hand with an L if desperate and I would come out of the audience. (However I suspect they would rather pass out than endure the humiliation of Mom coming out of the audience.) Marching in a parade they wear a spibelt that will hold a One Touch mini, container of strips, lancing device, roll of glucose tabs and a phone. Love me a Spibelt. Other times a bag is left just off-stage.
Crepes! Carb Friendly and Oh So Cool!
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Ahsan Raza (born 29 May 1974 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a former Pakistani first-class cricketer who is currently a cricket umpire.
Ahsan Raza played for a number of Pakistani teams including Faisalabad, Habib Bank Limited, Lahore and Sargodha.
Ahsan Raza is Pakistan's nominated third umpire on the International Cricket Council International Panel of Umpires and Referees. Ahsan Raza made his debut as a first-class umpire in 2006 and had umpired 35 matches to the end of February 2009. He got a contract from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) along with Zameer Haider and Shozab Raza in 2012.
On 3 March 2009, Ahsan Raza was injured in an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. He was shot twice and was in a serious condition in a Lahore hospital.
^ a b "Players and Officials – Ahsan Raza". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
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