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From Last Book to Lost Book
We are rapidly becoming a lost book society. This is the name I have given to how we consider books to be important not to our daily lives, but most to just our schooling, our ride to work by train or bus, any ongoing training we are trying to do to advance in the workplace. We also use books to escape from the present, to go back to the past and reminisce about things that could have been, 'should have been' we tell ourselves.
My interest in books is due to the undiscovered truths that some books hold in between their printed lines, those notes that appear in their front and end pages, or sometimes in their margins, or as a piece of paper folded and inserted, left there as if meant to be some sort of book mark for the last reading this book ever experienced, that is until some later owner of this book first got a hold of it. One book I found for example was purchased because it had some notes about the author in it. From these notes and the name of its first owner inscribed within I knew this book was sold by by way of a circuit tour its author, a metaphysical minister, popular from 1845 to 1855, regularly took up and down the Hudson River Valley. Another book I own has a note by its first owner, a famous newspaper political historian and writer in the Pacific Northwest, with an inscription dedicated to the new owner of this book, telling us something about the interests of the now famous writer that normally we wouldn't consider to be a part of his persona–his interests in religion and science and the natural theology or metaphysics of things. The owner of Thomas Brown's late 17th century book on the various legends, myths, tales and folklore of Europe, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, drew in pencil the various creatures discussed by Brown, to remind himself of the appearances of a Minotaur. One of my pocket sized books published by the Fowler press in New York City, the publisher of which produced thousands of writings on metaphysics between 1845 and 1860, was originally owned by an 1850 Oregon Trail family, members of which brought this book with them to Oregon in 1850 and so started a movement lasting the life of that State. Quite often, there is more to a book than just its printed contents.
We see these same histories for books in the Google book world as well. Many of the books contained in Google books are not only rare to scarce as a book in itself, their previous owners, the library or institution they come from, their history of readers, all reveal something to us that previous wasn't known. One book of medicine I reviewed on metaphysics was owned by a monk. The books on magnetism and animal electricity were owned by New York's 1810 physician and medical school instructor, the famous medical botanist David Hosack. A number of the first United States presidents possessed books on medicine, submitted to them as a sign of respect during the first years that the first American published medical books were being printed and circulated by local book dealers. John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the two most noted presidents with this kind of power of having, but not necessarily believing in every written word contained in these books.
The Google Books movement and the development of electronic books has impacted the two major avenues that people in the book world like to take. Most people will appreciate the electronic book for its convenience and portability due to the reading devices we have available to us. Scholars and others who like myself tend to always turn to the classics and the books of the past like the fact that the 'book world' has become a global world, it is no longer that local library world we depended so heavily upon and the repeated visits to the local regional library on some college or university campus, or owned and sponsored by some local historical or genealogical society or museum.
My use of Google Books has increased the rates at which I read, discover and write about the history of medicine perhaps 50-fold, if not 100-fold. As a historian I know that I am seeing for the first time references unavailable to many of the past researchers whose books I have read. Genealogists who depended so heavily upon government and institutional (church, etc.) documents now have more to study, should they decide to take the time, such as small locally published writings about the local families, travel books and journals about trips through the towns and cities their previous relatives lived in, the words of the local ministers once sold locally in pamphlet form between services, the advertising pamphlets and locally published political statements contained in small town papers printed by editors with ulterior motives in mind.
Currently there are two ways in which electronic books media has benefited us intellectually. Its primary influence is upon scholarly work. For those of us who have the time, we can look up anything we want to see what was published about it and when. For the first time, we can look up the origins of things in writing. Whereas ten or twenty years ago, if I wanted to look up the first time a dandelion was called a dandelion, I had to search for numerous herbals, taking notes on each assuming I could see them, look at a variety of plant name dictionaries and the like, peruse the various Encyclopedias, but especially the Encyclopedia Britannicas of the early 1900s since these were written by scholars and the best in their fields, and even after doing all of that, still have to decide if I have to go to another library or special collections to see what I have missed. Perhaps 10 or 20 years later I would learn that I should have gone to this specific dictionary on plant names, in which all the variations of the names were listed for the time the book was published. Then I would finally know who the first French writer to pen 'dent-de-lion' as the name for a common weed planted his first bit of wisdom about how best to name it.
A problem with the electronic book market is it physically removes us from these ancient to classic writings. Their form, shape, color, original images (which Google is pretty poor at keeping intact in the scanned book libraries), linen paper texture, true leather, pigskin or vellum cover are no longer evident if we depend upon electronic books. I once owned at least 7 different forms and copies of Nicolas Culpeper's book on medical plants, because so many people reprinted it over the years using many different formats and publishing trade skills. This most unusual hand-crafted version of it was a small 16mo version measuring 3 inches by 4 inches or less in size and about 1 inch think, with 16 color illustrations per page, in a smaller form that most other versions of Culpeper's text bore, dated to about 1860 or 1870 and probably distributed out of London. This was produced by a big fan of Culpeper obviously; it had all the exact same text, only the illustrations seemed different. I had my choice as to how to read and interpret Culpeper's writings.
In a way, we can still do this with Google books and the more history-focused version of this kind of site–Archives.org. We have the various renderings to choose from in many cases, like the University scanned copy with a faux cover produced using an image from the body of the book, or an actual photographed copy of the original cover, brown marble board and all typical of a library, with a library card pocket just inside the front cover showing the last time this book was read, be it a century or more ago, or even whether or not it was ever read at all. (I've seen both.)
The fortunate thing is that Google books and Archives.org have made it possible to read the original writings once more, much more than any past scholars have had such a chance. I know I can peruse the old writings and know I am more likely to have seen the history of something that my predecessors in medical history spent plenty of time searching for, and then once they wrote the essay on this piece of history, still never had the chance to see these earlier writings in other languages that I have had the luxury to discover during the course of my investigations.
Complicating the past scholars' writings even further is the tradition we have of patting our predecessors on the back. A requirement for a good dissertation and thesis is to cite everyone before you who went the same route as you intellectually, brought together that knowledge and wisdom you are now using to produce your own, and then citing them in some seemingly endless manner turning you work from a 50 page writing project to a 150 or even 250 page final product. Not that their wisdom is not important, or useless, or unnecessary, its just that once the original version of this review of the past is written, it seems a tremendous waste of time and energy to regurgitate much the same logic, especially when that logic is now in its 4th or 5th generation of transition, reiteration, and change, with little to no new wisdom to impart to the reader. Now, grant it this is an important step to learning that a final writer has to have developed when constructing his/her graduate school masterpiece, but at times the redundancy of restating knowledge, followed by someone else's work that has modified the meaning and importance of that knowledge, followed by still another version now a generation closer to your work, has the effect of changing the original statement made, the original value of that statement, even reassigning some new value that is not absolutely correct.
One of the more interesting examples of this re-stating the facts as a historian rewriting the history as it was told by others I uncovered in my review of most of the actual writings of Cadwallader Colden and New York's flora. We often read that Colden is the one to define binomial nomenclature for Linne, encouraging him to take advantage of this way of naming plants by providing him with examples. Was Colden's work the inspiration that led Linne to make such a change? When we review at Linne's and Colden's work, we see little to no binomial nomenclature in use. So where is that discovery that led to this great 'change' and where is the proof for that 'change'? It ends up Linne does make mention of this importance of Colden's work, so the acknowledgements needed are there.
Historians cite this like it is completely true and the modification in botanical nomenclature was sudden and exact. But such was not the case. It ends up that the much later, more recent historians and rewriters of this part of history have never spent the time reviewing the past primary resources. They just rely upon the knowledge of their predecessors, leaving behind the chance they had to introduce this new wisdom to their readers. Sometimes historians are not the best storykeepers apparently.
Electronic book writing and reading has the possibility of sterilizing our knowledge base of its older, more accurate minute truths. If we rely upon contemporary books mostly by use of the electronic media route, and as a result believe we don't have to review the older writers because that means we would have too much to peruse and not enough time, we miss an important opportunity and the point I am trying to here–due the the internet, international web, Google books and archives.org, along with many of other such eBook sites now opening on the web, we can now, for the first time, retrace and determine whether or not those ancient truths told to us in past writings are really truths. We can look at Linne's first book and see if he really did say that (assuming we can translate his Swedish and Latin of course). We can also review Cicero's writings about government and politics to better understand what Colden was talking about when discussing Iroquois politics. We can review the earliest herbalist's rendering of their philosophies–like is the case for Nicolas Culpeper's book, the forward of which is composed by Nicolas himself, in his afterlife, a message received by Elizabeth his wife via "seancing". (Culpeper died before it was published, without permissions when an associate published it first, without Elizabeth's permission.)
Not that everyone should go out there and buy old books, which can be quite expensive at times. But it helps to stay alert when the opportunity arises. I once had an opportunity to purchase Fowler's pocket book on phrenology, signed by the author himself, not his associates. I did take on the opportunity to purchase a copy of Dodd's book, in which the student inscribed additional notes taken about Dodd's galvanic process as it was carried out on his own blood vessel (akin to 3-levels Chinese pulse reading one might say). Likewise, my copy of some governmental documents on the polygamy issue concerning Mormonism, as the government also tried to question some of the claims of its founder, Joseph Smith, had papers and ephemera inserted documenting the Egyptian art work that Smith had apparently copied to produce his drawings related to that document. We can see similar books on Google books and elsewhere, since these books come from some of the largest and oldest libraries, with many books signed by their authors and originally owned by individuals like Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams. The Lavatier phrenology book I reviewed was originally owned by a military school (see my Physiognomotracers pages).
Some of these books I will review due to interesting ownership history, sections, special topics, etc. They are listed in order by year of publication (not order of review):
Thomas Brown Knight, MD. Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents and commonly presumed Truths, Together with Religio Medici. The Sixth and last Edition. . . . London. 1672. [has some hand-drawn illustrations and notes inside]
Michael Etmullerus. Etmullerus Abridg'd: Or, A Compleat System of the Theory and Practice of Physick. Being a Description of All Diseases Incident to Men, Women, and Children. With an Account of their Causes, Symptoms, and most Approved Methods of Cure, both Physical and Chirurgical. To which is prefix'd a short view of the Animal and Vital Functions; and the several Virtues and Classes of Medicines. Translated from the last Edition of the Works by Michael Etmullerus, late Professor of Physic in the University of Lipsic. A book very proper for families. The Third Edition, Corrected and Much Improved. Printed for Andrew Bell at the Cross Keys and Bible in Cornhill, near Stocks-Market; and Richard Wellington, at the Dolphin and Crown, at the West End of St. Paukl's Churchyard. London. 1712.
W. Derham, D.D. Physico-theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. Being the Substances of Six-teen Sermons, preached in St. Mary-le-Bow Church, London. At the Honorable Mr. Boyle's Lectures, in the years 1711, and 1712. With large Notes, and many Observations. In Two Volumes. The Eleventh Edition. Printed for W. Innys, on Paster-now Row, London. 1749.
The European Magazine and London Review containing the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners, & Amusements of the Age. Vol. 19, from Jan to June 1791. London. [a Freebee!, with Adventures of Daniel Boone . . . an autobiographical serial, a letter to Benjamin Franklin, etc.]
The Economy of Human Life Translated from an Indian Manuscript Written by an Ancient Bramin. To which is prefixed An Account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered: In a letter from An English Gentleman residing in China, to the Earl of ********. Paraclete Potter: Poughkeepsie. 1816.
Rev. Isaac Taylor. Scenes in America.for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-home Travellers. Silus Andrus, Hartford [Ct.] 1829.
F.-V. Raspail. Aux Riches, dans l'Interet des Pauvres; a ceux qui sont heureux, dans l'Interet de ceux qui Souffrent. 1845. Much of the body of this book is a section entitled Manuel Annuaire de la Sante, ou Medicine et Pharmacie Domestiques. ca. 1830. (A book on the rich and poor, in terms of health.)
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758 – 1775. with Numerous Illustative Notes to which is added A Supplement, containing Official Papers on the Skirmishes at Lexington and Concord. Poughkeepsie: Published by Abraham Tomlinson, at the Museum. 1855. [Has the French and Indian War Journal of Lemuel Lyon of Woodstock dated April 5, 1758 on first entry, and the War for Independence jounral for Samuel Haws, beginning date April 19, 1775.]
Huxley. More Criticisms on Darwin and Administrative Nihilism. [Pamphlet sized essay] ca. 1860-1870 date?
Rasmus B. Anderson. American Not Discovered by Columbus. An Historical Sketch of the Discovery of America by the Norsemen in the Tenth Century. . . with an Appendix of the Historical, Linguistic, Literary and Scientific Value of the Scandinavian languages. Also a Bibliography of the Pre-Columbian Discoveries of America by Paul Barron Watson. 3ed, enlarged. S.C. Griggs, Co., Chicago. 1883.
Sebastian Kneipp. Vivez Ainsi ou Avis et Conseils Pratiques pour Vivre en Bonne Sante et Guerir les Maladies. 13ed. Paris, 1892.
Sebastian Kneipp. Meine Waller-Kur, durch mehr als 35 Jahre erprobt und geschrieben zur heilung der krankheiten Erhaltung der Gesundheidt. Kempten, 1894. . . .


Beginning: "(first page) 1+1=3?" "(page turn) 1 unicorn + 1 goat = 3 horns!"
Synopsis: How much is 1+1? Think the answer is 2? Not always, as this playful approach to addition proves! David LaRochelle takes children on a joyful mathematical journey that will engage their minds and teach them to think about numbers in a creative, outside-the-box way. Brenda Sexton's wild and wacky illustrations add layers of witty fun to LaRochelle's clever game.
Resources: Check out the teaching guide at David LaRochelle's website (in both black and white AND color), and a few other activities he recommends. Most counting activities (especially those with sets of things) would also be great.
Why I LOVE it: It's extremely clever, for one. The illustrations are super-colorful, and make each page turn a mystery/investigation for kids (even my 10-year-old daughter enjoyed trying to figure out how the equation could work out - I did too, but I don't count, right? LOL). And it's funny, makes kids think, and encourages imagination. How can you beat that?
Oh wow! What a cute idea. I bet this book is a hoot with the younger crowd. They love when they get to contradict the adult reader! Thanks.
Exactly, Joanne! One of those stories you wish you'd thought of. Thanks for stopping by!
Clever, I bet I would get some of these sums wrong.
Hehe - I know I did :D Thanks for stopping by, Joanna!
Clever, Joanne. It would especially suit a child who disliked math. He or she would have fun with this one!
You're absolutely right, Jarm. Thanks for stopping!
What a great idea for a book. Helps kids think outside of the box -- not that they don't already! Very clever and fun book.
Get those kids thinking outside the box before they even know where the box is! LOL. Thanks, Patricia!
You're very welcome, Penny! I definitely found it clever. Thanks for stopping by!
I am no mathematician and I would have come up with 5 easy...hehe! Interesting concept. Love to see how its done! Thanks Joanne.
Thank you for such a nice review of our book, Joanne! You sure brightened my day!
What a fun, crazy book! I love it! Thanks!
Totally agree - thanks for stopping by!


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If your gas stove does not use electronic ignition, an unlit pilot light is the most common reason for gas stoves not working as they should. Before you do anything, ensure that you can't smell gas in your kitchen or the other parts of your home. If you smell something out of place, shut the gas off and open your doors and windows to ventilate your home. You can ignite the pilot light when the gas odor dissipates.
Due to the increasingly complex nature of modern appliances, kitchen electronics is requiring more expertise to repair. This includes stoves, both gas and electric. Gas stoves that don't have a clicking sound when the gas is turned on usually have ignition problems. Don't leave the gas turned on if it doesn't ignite! Get your gas stove checked by a Menomonee Falls gas stove repair expert, and have it repaired with factory authorized parts. Think safety first.
Trying to relight the pilot light won't always solve the problem, and you will need to look a little deeper in these cases. If your stove lights but is not as strong as it should be, you could have clogged gas pipes. Anything that stops or reduces the flow of gas can prevent your stove from working or reduce the strength of your flame. This issue will make your food take much longer to cook. If the gas flow goes too low, the flame might go out, while gas is still flowing, watch out!
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Google Co-founder, Sergey Brin, Has Been Mining Ethereum with His Son
Evgeny Genov Ethereum July 10, 2018 1 Minute
Sergey Brin, the president of Alphabet Inc. and Google co-founder, showed up at the BlockchainSummit in Morocco last Sunday. Brin joined the panel discussion on emerging technologies. The famous computer scientist and internet entrepreneur revealed that he has been mining Ethereum. The decision to join the cryptocurrency bandwagon came to Google co-founder after he acquired a gaming PC for his son.
"A year or two ago, my son insisted that we needed to get a gaming PC," said Brin. "I told him, 'Okay, if we get a gaming PC, we have to mine cryptocurrency. So we set up an ethereum miner on there, and we've made a few pennies, a few dollars since."
In the event Brin, who currently works as a president of Google's parental company, Alphabet, admitted that the technology company has been late to the rapid developments in the blockchain space. He said "[Google] failed to be on the bleeding edge". TT previously reported that, according to Bloomberg's inside sources, the Google has been developing its own distributed ledger. Brin also expressed his fascination with the technology of zero-knowledge proofs. He called the concept 'mind-blogging. (Zero-knowledge proofs is a cryptographic method which enables to prove possession of knowledge without actually conveying any extra information. The protocol is used by cryptocurrencies like ZCash. — TT trivia)
Besides the Google co-founder the panel also included Brian Forde, Elizabeth Stark (Lightning Labs), Chase Koch (Koch Disruptive Technologies), Neha Narula (MIT), Katie Hain and Koichi Narasaki (SOMPO). The Blockchain summit took place at Kasbah Tamadot, a hotel in Morocco owned by Richard Branson. The event had previously taken place in Branson's private island but needed to be relocated in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. This year's iteration was brought to Morocco with the idea to encourage the talks about the business of building blockchain in Africa.
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/*
 * TPDatabase.cpp - TP's DL/DB access functions.
 *
 */

#include <Security/cssmtype.h>
#include <Security/cssmapi.h>
#include <security_cdsa_utilities/Schema.h>		/* private API */
#include <security_keychain/TrustKeychains.h>	/* private SecTrustKeychainsGetMutex() */
#include <Security/SecCertificatePriv.h>		/* private SecInferLabelFromX509Name() */
#include <Security/oidscert.h>
#include "TPDatabase.h"
#include "tpdebugging.h"
#include "certGroupUtils.h"
#include "TPCertInfo.h"
#include "TPCrlInfo.h"
#include "tpCrlVerify.h"
#include "tpTime.h"

/*
 * Given a DL/DB, look up cert by subject name. Subsequent
 * certs can be found using the returned result handle.
 */
static CSSM_DB_UNIQUE_RECORD_PTR tpCertLookup(
	CSSM_DL_DB_HANDLE	dlDb,
	const CSSM_DATA		*subjectName,	// DER-encoded
	CSSM_HANDLE_PTR		resultHand,		// RETURNED
	CSSM_DATA_PTR		cert)			// RETURNED
{
	CSSM_QUERY						query;
	CSSM_SELECTION_PREDICATE		predicate;
	CSSM_DB_UNIQUE_RECORD_PTR		record = NULL;

	cert->Data = NULL;
	cert->Length = 0;

	/* SWAG until cert schema nailed down */
	predicate.DbOperator = CSSM_DB_EQUAL;
	predicate.Attribute.Info.AttributeNameFormat =
		CSSM_DB_ATTRIBUTE_NAME_AS_STRING;
	predicate.Attribute.Info.Label.AttributeName = (char*) "Subject";
	predicate.Attribute.Info.AttributeFormat = CSSM_DB_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_BLOB;
	predicate.Attribute.Value = const_cast<CSSM_DATA_PTR>(subjectName);
	predicate.Attribute.NumberOfValues = 1;

	query.RecordType = CSSM_DL_DB_RECORD_X509_CERTIFICATE;
	query.Conjunctive = CSSM_DB_NONE;
	query.NumSelectionPredicates = 1;
	query.SelectionPredicate = &predicate;
	query.QueryLimits.TimeLimit = 0;	// FIXME - meaningful?
	query.QueryLimits.SizeLimit = 1;	// FIXME - meaningful?
	query.QueryFlags = 0;				// FIXME - used?

	CSSM_DL_DataGetFirst(dlDb,
		&query,
		resultHand,
		NULL,				// don't fetch attributes
		cert,
		&record);

	return record;
}

/*
 * Search a list of DBs for a cert which verifies specified subject item.
 * Just a boolean return - we found it, or not. If we did, we return
 * TPCertInfo associated with the raw cert.
 * A true partialIssuerKey on return indicates that caller must deal
 * with partial public key processing later.
 * If verifyCurrent is true, we will not return a cert which is not
 * temporally valid; else we may well do so.
 */
TPCertInfo *tpDbFindIssuerCert(
	Allocator				&alloc,
	CSSM_CL_HANDLE			clHand,
	CSSM_CSP_HANDLE			cspHand,
	const TPClItemInfo		*subjectItem,
	const CSSM_DL_DB_LIST	*dbList,
	const char 				*verifyTime,		// may be NULL
	bool					&partialIssuerKey,	// RETURNED
    TPCertInfo              *oldRoot)
{
	StLock<Mutex> _(SecTrustKeychainsGetMutex());

	uint32						dbDex;
	CSSM_HANDLE					resultHand;
	CSSM_DATA					cert;
	CSSM_DL_DB_HANDLE			dlDb;
	CSSM_DB_UNIQUE_RECORD_PTR	record;
	TPCertInfo 					*issuerCert = NULL;
	bool 						foundIt;
	TPCertInfo					*expiredIssuer = NULL;
	TPCertInfo					*nonRootIssuer = NULL;

	partialIssuerKey = false;
	if(dbList == NULL) {
		return NULL;
	}
	for(dbDex=0; dbDex<dbList->NumHandles; dbDex++) {
		dlDb = dbList->DLDBHandle[dbDex];
		cert.Data = NULL;
		cert.Length = 0;
		resultHand = 0;
		record = tpCertLookup(dlDb,
			subjectItem->issuerName(),
			&resultHand,
			&cert);
		/* remember we have to:
		 * -- abort this query regardless, and
		 * -- free the CSSM_DATA cert regardless, and
		 * -- free the unique record if we don't use it
		 *    (by placing it in issuerCert)...
		 */
		if(record != NULL) {
			/* Found one */
			assert(cert.Data != NULL);
			tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuerCert: found cert record (1) %p", record);
			issuerCert = NULL;
			CSSM_RETURN crtn = CSSM_OK;
			try {
				issuerCert = new TPCertInfo(clHand, cspHand, &cert, TIC_CopyData, verifyTime);
			}
			catch(...) {
				crtn = CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_CERTIFICATE;
			}

			/* we're done with raw cert data */
			tpFreePluginMemory(dlDb.DLHandle, cert.Data);
			cert.Data = NULL;
			cert.Length = 0;

			/* Does it verify the subject cert? */
			if(crtn == CSSM_OK) {
				crtn = subjectItem->verifyWithIssuer(issuerCert);
			}

			/*
			 * Handle temporal invalidity - if so and this is the first one
			 * we've seen, hold on to it while we search for better one.
			 */
			if((crtn == CSSM_OK) && (expiredIssuer == NULL)) {
				if(issuerCert->isExpired() || issuerCert->isNotValidYet()) {
					/*
					 * Exact value not important here, this just uniquely identifies
					 * this situation in the switch below.
					 */
					tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuerCert: holding expired cert (1)");
					crtn = CSSM_CERT_STATUS_EXPIRED;
					expiredIssuer = issuerCert;
					expiredIssuer->dlDbHandle(dlDb);
					expiredIssuer->uniqueRecord(record);
				}
			}
			/*
			 * Prefer a root over an intermediate issuer if we can get one
			 * (in case a cross-signed intermediate and root are both available)
			 */
			if((crtn == CSSM_OK) && (nonRootIssuer == NULL)) {
				if(!issuerCert->isSelfSigned()) {
					/*
					 * Exact value not important here, this just uniquely identifies
					 * this situation in the switch below.
					 */
					tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuerCert: holding non-root cert (1)");
					crtn = CSSM_CERT_STATUS_IS_ROOT;
					nonRootIssuer = issuerCert;
					nonRootIssuer->dlDbHandle(dlDb);
					nonRootIssuer->uniqueRecord(record);
				}
			}
			switch(crtn) {
				case CSSMERR_CSP_APPLE_PUBLIC_KEY_INCOMPLETE:
					partialIssuerKey = true;
					break;
                case CSSM_OK:
                    if((oldRoot == NULL) ||
                       !tp_CompareCerts(issuerCert->itemData(), oldRoot->itemData())) {
                        /* We found a new root cert which does not match the old one */
                        break;
                    }
                    /* else fall through to search for a different one */
				default:
					if(issuerCert != NULL) {
						/* either holding onto this cert, or done with it. */
						if(crtn != CSSM_CERT_STATUS_EXPIRED &&
						   crtn != CSSM_CERT_STATUS_IS_ROOT) {
							delete issuerCert;
							CSSM_DL_FreeUniqueRecord(dlDb, record);
						}
						issuerCert = NULL;
					}

					/*
					 * Continue searching this DB. Break on finding the holy
					 * grail or no more records found.
					 */
					for(;;) {
						cert.Data = NULL;
						cert.Length = 0;
						record = NULL;
						CSSM_RETURN crtn = CSSM_DL_DataGetNext(dlDb,
							resultHand,
							NULL,		// no attrs
							&cert,
							&record);
						if(crtn) {
							/* no more, done with this DB */
							assert(cert.Data == NULL);
							break;
						}
						assert(cert.Data != NULL);
						tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuerCert: found cert record (2) %p", record);

						/* found one - does it verify subject? */
						try {
							issuerCert = new TPCertInfo(clHand, cspHand, &cert, TIC_CopyData,
									verifyTime);
						}
						catch(...) {
							crtn = CSSMERR_TP_INVALID_CERTIFICATE;
						}
						/* we're done with raw cert data */
						tpFreePluginMemory(dlDb.DLHandle, cert.Data);
						cert.Data = NULL;
						cert.Length = 0;

						if(crtn == CSSM_OK) {
							crtn = subjectItem->verifyWithIssuer(issuerCert);
						}

						/* temporal validity check, again */
						if((crtn == CSSM_OK) && (expiredIssuer == NULL)) {
							if(issuerCert->isExpired() || issuerCert->isNotValidYet()) {
								tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuerCert: holding expired cert (2)");
								crtn = CSSM_CERT_STATUS_EXPIRED;
								expiredIssuer = issuerCert;
								expiredIssuer->dlDbHandle(dlDb);
								expiredIssuer->uniqueRecord(record);
							}
						}
						/* self-signed check, again */
						if((crtn == CSSM_OK) && (nonRootIssuer == NULL)) {
							if(!issuerCert->isSelfSigned()) {
								tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuerCert: holding non-root cert (2)");
								crtn = CSSM_CERT_STATUS_IS_ROOT;
								nonRootIssuer = issuerCert;
								nonRootIssuer->dlDbHandle(dlDb);
								nonRootIssuer->uniqueRecord(record);
							}
						}

						foundIt = false;
						switch(crtn) {
							case CSSM_OK:
                                /* duplicate check, again */
                                if((oldRoot == NULL) ||
                                   !tp_CompareCerts(issuerCert->itemData(), oldRoot->itemData())) {
                                    foundIt = true;
                                }
                                break;
							case CSSMERR_CSP_APPLE_PUBLIC_KEY_INCOMPLETE:
								partialIssuerKey = true;
								foundIt = true;
								break;
							default:
								break;
						}
						if(foundIt) {
							/* yes! */
							break;
						}
						if(issuerCert != NULL) {
							/* either holding onto this cert, or done with it. */
							if(crtn != CSSM_CERT_STATUS_EXPIRED &&
							   crtn != CSSM_CERT_STATUS_IS_ROOT) {
								delete issuerCert;
								CSSM_DL_FreeUniqueRecord(dlDb, record);
							}
							issuerCert = NULL;
						}
					} /* searching subsequent records */
			}	/* switch verify */

			if(record != NULL) {
				/* NULL record --> end of search --> DB auto-aborted */
				crtn = CSSM_DL_DataAbortQuery(dlDb, resultHand);
				assert(crtn == CSSM_OK);
			}
			if(issuerCert != NULL) {
				/* successful return */
				tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuer: returning record %p", record);
				issuerCert->dlDbHandle(dlDb);
				issuerCert->uniqueRecord(record);
				if(expiredIssuer != NULL) {
					/* We found a replacement */
					tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuer: discarding expired cert");
					expiredIssuer->freeUniqueRecord();
					delete expiredIssuer;
				}
				/* Avoid deleting the non-root cert if same as expired cert */
				if(nonRootIssuer != NULL && nonRootIssuer != expiredIssuer) {
					/* We found a replacement */
					tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuer: discarding non-root cert");
					nonRootIssuer->freeUniqueRecord();
					delete nonRootIssuer;
				}
				return issuerCert;
			}
		}	/* tpCertLookup, i.e., CSSM_DL_DataGetFirst, succeeded */
		else {
			assert(cert.Data == NULL);
			assert(resultHand == 0);
		}
	}	/* main loop searching dbList */

	if(nonRootIssuer != NULL) {
		/* didn't find root issuer, so use this one */
		tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuer: taking non-root issuer cert, record %p",
			nonRootIssuer->uniqueRecord());
		if(expiredIssuer != NULL && expiredIssuer != nonRootIssuer) {
			expiredIssuer->freeUniqueRecord();
			delete expiredIssuer;
		}
		return nonRootIssuer;
	}

	if(expiredIssuer != NULL) {
		/* OK, we'll take this one */
		tpDbDebug("tpDbFindIssuer: taking expired cert after all, record %p",
			expiredIssuer->uniqueRecord());
		return expiredIssuer;
	}
	/* issuer not found */
	return NULL;
}

/*
 * Given a DL/DB, look up CRL by issuer name and validity time.
 * Subsequent CRLs can be found using the returned result handle.
 */
#define SEARCH_BY_DATE		1

static CSSM_DB_UNIQUE_RECORD_PTR tpCrlLookup(
	CSSM_DL_DB_HANDLE	dlDb,
	const CSSM_DATA		*issuerName,	// DER-encoded
	CSSM_TIMESTRING 	verifyTime,		// may be NULL, implies "now"
	CSSM_HANDLE_PTR		resultHand,		// RETURNED
	CSSM_DATA_PTR		crl)			// RETURNED
{
	CSSM_QUERY						query;
	CSSM_SELECTION_PREDICATE		pred[3];
	CSSM_DB_UNIQUE_RECORD_PTR		record = NULL;
	char							timeStr[CSSM_TIME_STRLEN + 1];

	crl->Data = NULL;
	crl->Length = 0;

	/* Three predicates...first, the issuer name */
	pred[0].DbOperator = CSSM_DB_EQUAL;
	pred[0].Attribute.Info.AttributeNameFormat =
		CSSM_DB_ATTRIBUTE_NAME_AS_STRING;
	pred[0].Attribute.Info.Label.AttributeName = (char*) "Issuer";
	pred[0].Attribute.Info.AttributeFormat = CSSM_DB_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_BLOB;
	pred[0].Attribute.Value = const_cast<CSSM_DATA_PTR>(issuerName);
	pred[0].Attribute.NumberOfValues = 1;

	/* now before/after. Cook up an appropriate time string. */
	if(verifyTime != NULL) {
		/* Caller spec'd tolerate any format */
		int rtn = tpTimeToCssmTimestring(verifyTime, (unsigned)strlen(verifyTime), timeStr);
		if(rtn) {
			tpErrorLog("tpCrlLookup: Invalid VerifyTime string\n");
			return NULL;
		}
	}
	else {
		/* right now */
		StLock<Mutex> _(tpTimeLock());
		timeAtNowPlus(0, TIME_CSSM, timeStr);
	}
	CSSM_DATA timeData;
	timeData.Data = (uint8 *)timeStr;
	timeData.Length = CSSM_TIME_STRLEN;

	#if SEARCH_BY_DATE
	pred[1].DbOperator = CSSM_DB_LESS_THAN;
	pred[1].Attribute.Info.AttributeNameFormat = CSSM_DB_ATTRIBUTE_NAME_AS_STRING;
	pred[1].Attribute.Info.Label.AttributeName = (char*) "NextUpdate";
	pred[1].Attribute.Info.AttributeFormat = CSSM_DB_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_BLOB;
	pred[1].Attribute.Value = &timeData;
	pred[1].Attribute.NumberOfValues = 1;

	pred[2].DbOperator = CSSM_DB_GREATER_THAN;
	pred[2].Attribute.Info.AttributeNameFormat = CSSM_DB_ATTRIBUTE_NAME_AS_STRING;
	pred[2].Attribute.Info.Label.AttributeName = (char*) "ThisUpdate";
	pred[2].Attribute.Info.AttributeFormat = CSSM_DB_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_BLOB;
	pred[2].Attribute.Value = &timeData;
	pred[2].Attribute.NumberOfValues = 1;
	#endif

	query.RecordType = CSSM_DL_DB_RECORD_X509_CRL;
	query.Conjunctive = CSSM_DB_AND;
	#if SEARCH_BY_DATE
	query.NumSelectionPredicates = 3;
	#else
	query.NumSelectionPredicates = 1;
	#endif
	query.SelectionPredicate = pred;
	query.QueryLimits.TimeLimit = 0;	// FIXME - meaningful?
	query.QueryLimits.SizeLimit = 1;	// FIXME - meaningful?
	query.QueryFlags = 0;				// FIXME - used?

	CSSM_DL_DataGetFirst(dlDb,
		&query,
		resultHand,
		NULL,				// don't fetch attributes
		crl,
		&record);
	return record;
}

/*
 * Search a list of DBs for a CRL from the specified issuer and (optional)
 * TPVerifyContext.verifyTime.
 * Just a boolean return - we found it, or not. If we did, we return a
 * TPCrlInfo which has been verified with the specified TPVerifyContext.
 */
TPCrlInfo *tpDbFindIssuerCrl(
	TPVerifyContext		&vfyCtx,
	const CSSM_DATA		&issuer,
	TPCertInfo			&forCert)
{
	StLock<Mutex> _(SecTrustKeychainsGetMutex());

	uint32						dbDex;
	CSSM_HANDLE					resultHand;
	CSSM_DATA					crl;
	CSSM_DL_DB_HANDLE			dlDb;
	CSSM_DB_UNIQUE_RECORD_PTR	record;
	TPCrlInfo 					*issuerCrl = NULL;
	CSSM_DL_DB_LIST_PTR 		dbList = vfyCtx.dbList;
	CSSM_RETURN					crtn;

	if(dbList == NULL) {
		return NULL;
	}
	for(dbDex=0; dbDex<dbList->NumHandles; dbDex++) {
		dlDb = dbList->DLDBHandle[dbDex];
		crl.Data = NULL;
		crl.Length = 0;
		record = tpCrlLookup(dlDb,
			&issuer,
			vfyCtx.verifyTime,
			&resultHand,
			&crl);
		/* remember we have to:
		 * -- abort this query regardless, and
		 * -- free the CSSM_DATA crl regardless, and
		 * -- free the unique record if we don't use it
		 *    (by placing it in issuerCert)...
		 */
		if(record != NULL) {
			/* Found one */
			assert(crl.Data != NULL);
			issuerCrl = new TPCrlInfo(vfyCtx.clHand,
				vfyCtx.cspHand,
				&crl,
				TIC_CopyData,
				vfyCtx.verifyTime);
			/* we're done with raw CRL data */
			/* FIXME this assumes that vfyCtx.alloc is the same as the
			 * allocator associated with DlDB...OK? */
			tpFreeCssmData(vfyCtx.alloc, &crl, CSSM_FALSE);
			crl.Data = NULL;
			crl.Length = 0;

			/* and we're done with the record */
			CSSM_DL_FreeUniqueRecord(dlDb, record);

			/* Does it verify with specified context? */
			crtn = issuerCrl->verifyWithContextNow(vfyCtx, &forCert);
			if(crtn) {

				delete issuerCrl;
				issuerCrl = NULL;

				/*
				 * Verify fail. Continue searching this DB. Break on
				 * finding the holy grail or no more records found.
				 */
				for(;;) {
					crl.Data = NULL;
					crl.Length = 0;
					crtn = CSSM_DL_DataGetNext(dlDb,
						resultHand,
						NULL,		// no attrs
						&crl,
						&record);
					if(crtn) {
						/* no more, done with this DB */
						assert(crl.Data == NULL);
						break;
					}
					assert(crl.Data != NULL);

					/* found one - is it any good? */
					issuerCrl = new TPCrlInfo(vfyCtx.clHand,
						vfyCtx.cspHand,
						&crl,
						TIC_CopyData,
						vfyCtx.verifyTime);
					/* we're done with raw CRL data */
					/* FIXME this assumes that vfyCtx.alloc is the same as the
					* allocator associated with DlDB...OK? */
					tpFreeCssmData(vfyCtx.alloc, &crl, CSSM_FALSE);
					crl.Data = NULL;
					crl.Length = 0;

					CSSM_DL_FreeUniqueRecord(dlDb, record);

					crtn = issuerCrl->verifyWithContextNow(vfyCtx, &forCert);
					if(crtn == CSSM_OK) {
						/* yes! */
						break;
					}
					delete issuerCrl;
					issuerCrl = NULL;
				} /* searching subsequent records */
			}	/* verify fail */
			/* else success! */

			if(issuerCrl != NULL) {
				/* successful return */
				CSSM_DL_DataAbortQuery(dlDb, resultHand);
				tpDebug("tpDbFindIssuerCrl: found CRL record %p", record);
				return issuerCrl;
			}
		}	/* tpCrlLookup, i.e., CSSM_DL_DataGetFirst, succeeded */
		else {
			assert(crl.Data == NULL);
		}
		/* in any case, abort the query for this db */
		CSSM_DL_DataAbortQuery(dlDb, resultHand);

	}	/* main loop searching dbList */

	/* issuer not found */
	return NULL;
}

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text:
Oh man that last quote is a good one!
"Three years before Prozac received approval by the US Food and Drug Administration in late 1987, the German BGA, that country's FDA equivalent, had such serious reservations about Prozac's safety that it refused to approve the antidepressant based on Lilly's studies showing that previously nonsuicidal patients who took the drug had a fivefold higher rate of suicides and suicide attempts than those on older antidepressants, and a threefold higher rate than those taking placebos.
Using figures on Prozac both from Lilly and independent research, however, Dr. David Healy, an expert on the brain's serotonin system and director of the North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Wales, estimated that "probably 50,000 people have committed suicide on Prozac since its launch, over and above the number who would have done so if left untreated."
The Boston Globe, 2000. -Ray Peat quoting study in his Article: Serotonin, depression, and aggression: The problem of brain energy
"One of the many actions of the "SSRI" (such as fluoxetine, Prozac), which aren't related to their effect on serotonin, is to increase the concentration of allopregnanolone in the brain, imitating the action of increased progesterone. Following this discovery, Lilly got Prozac approved as a treatment for premenstrual syndrome. Since the production of allopregnanolone and progesterone depends on the availability of pregnenolone and cholesterol, a low cholesterol level would be one of the factors making this an inappropriate way to treat PMS." -Ray Peat
"Serotonin research is relatively new, but it rivals estrogen research for the level of incompetence and apparent fraudulent intent that can be found in professional publications. This is partly because of the involvement of the drug industry, but the U.S. government also played a role in setting a pattern of confused and perverse interpretation of serotonin physiology, by its policy of denigrating and incriminating LSD, a powerful serotonin (approximate) antagonist, by any means possible, for example claiming that it causes genetic damage and provokes homicidal or suicidal violence. The issue of genetic damage was already disproved in the 1960s, but this was never publicly acknowledged by the National Institutes of Mental Health or other government agency. The government's irresponsible actions helped to create the drug culture, in which health warnings about drugs were widely disregarded, because the government had been caught in blatant fraud. In more recent years, government warnings about tryptophan supplements have been widely dismissed, because the government has so often lied. Even when the public health agencies try to do something right, they fail, because they have done so much wrong." -Ray Peat
"In a young person, good food, sunlight, and a high altitude can often overcome severe and progressive inflammatory conditions. In an older person, whose tissues contain larger amounts of polyunsaturated fats and their breakdown products, it takes more environmental support to get out of the inflammatory pattern." -Ray Peat
"When I moved from Mexico, first to Montana and then to Oregon in 1966, I became very conscious of how light affects the hormones and the health. (For example, in Montana I experienced an interesting springtime shedding of body hair.) Many people who came to cloudy Eugene to study, and who often lived in cheap basement apartments, would develop chronic health problems within a few months. Women who had been healthy when they arrived would often develop premenstrual syndrome or arthritis or colitis during their first winter in Eugene.
The absence of bright light would create a progesterone deficiency, and would leave estrogen and prolactin unopposed. Beginning in 1966, I started calling the syndrome "winter sickness," but over the next few years, because of the prominence of the premenstrual syndrome and fertility problems in these seasonally exacerbated disorders, I began calling it the pathology of estrogen dominance. In the endocrinology classes I taught at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, I emphasized the importance of light, and suggested that medicine could be reorganized around these estrogen-related processes. If the sparrows of Times Square mated in the winter because of the bright lights, it seemed clear that bright artificial light would be helpful in regulating human hormones." -Ray Peat
"All of the stress-related hormones increase during the night. One of the ways these hormones of darkness act is to increase the sensitivity to light, in a process that is an important adaptation for organisms in dim light. In the night, our ability to see (and respond to) dim light is increased. But dark-adapted eyes are very sensitive to injury by bright light. Light that ordinarily wouldn't harm the eyes, will do serious damage when the eyes are dark adapted." -Ray Peat
"In the retina, melatonin increases the sensitivity of the cells to dim light. It, along with prolactin, another nocturnal hormone, helps to produce dark adaptation of the eyes." -Ray Peat
"Light and stress, especially with excess iron, damage the retina when the cells contain too much PUFA, since these fats react with light and free radicals. The nocturnal/stress hormones, especially prolactin and melatonin, make the retina more sensitive to light, and more easily damaged. (It's too much darkness that sets up the problem, since the eyes will adapt to excess light, but darkness increases their sensitivity.)" -Ray Peat
"Other Possible Signs/Symptoms of Mercury Toxicity Include:
Disturbances of the Central Nervous System:
Anxiety/nervousness, often with difficulty breathing
Exaggerated response to stimulation
Fearfulness
Lack of self-control
Fits of anger with violent, irrational behavior
Loss of self-confidence
Shyness or timidity, easily embarrassed
Loss of memory
Lethargy/drowsiness
Mental depression, despondency
Numbness and tingling of hands, feet, fingers, toes, or lips
Muscle weakness, progressing to paralysis
Tremors/trembling of hands, feet, lips, eyelids, or tongue
Incoordination
Multiple sclerosis"
Mercury Toxicity Symptoms | Groton Wellness
Symptoms Recognized by the ADA Mercury stores in the body in the following order: In the kidney In the liver In neurological tissue In the GI tract In the rest of the body tissues Symptoms related to mercury poisoning are vast; however, even the American Dental Association (ADA) admits to the...
www.grotonwellness.com
"Most people are slightly demented now and then, when they are very sleepy or tired, or sick, or drunk, or having a hormone imbalance or extreme anxiety state. Sometimes physicians have described people as demented, implying that the condition would never improve, when the person was depressed or hypothyroid. If the person has a history of epilepsy, or is very old, the physician is more likely to diagnose dementia than if the same loss of mental function occurs in a younger person without a history of a nervous disorder. Even people with less education are at increased risk of being diagnosed as "demented." -Ray Peat
"Darkness and hypothyroidism both reduce the activity of cytochrome oxidase, making cells more susceptible to stress. A promoter of excitotoxicity, ouabain, or a lack of salt, can function as the equivalent of darkness, in resetting the biological rhythms (Zatz, 1989, 1991)." -Ray Peat
"If we learn to see problems in terms of a general disorder of energy metabolism, we can begin to solve them." —Ray Peat
View: https://youtu.be/1cqs9GMNOIw
Coffe posted this sun chart, on another thread, for how much vitamin D we need and how much skin needs to be exposed to get it.
I should have labeled this clip. It is about night causing stress which can be the cause of foamy urination the morning. He also says that foamy urine, is an excess secretion of hormone steroids from stress, muscle stress, darkness stress or from fasting stress.
Minutes in the Sun for 1000 IU | VitaminDWiki
Science-based Vitamin D
vitamindwiki.com
"The fatigue produced by "over-training" is probably produced by a tryptophan and serotonin overload, resulting from catabolism of muscle proteins and stress-induced increases in serotonin. Muscle catabolism also releases a large amount of cysteine, and cysteine, methionine, and tryptophan suppress thyroid function (Carvalho, et al., 2000). Stress also liberates free fatty acids from storage, and these fatty acids increase the uptake of tryptophan into the brain, increasing the formation of serotonin. Since serotonin increases ACTH and cortisol secretion, the catabolic state tends to be self-perpetuating. This process is probably a factor influencing the rate of aging, and contributing to the physiological peculiarities of aging and depression." -Ray Peat
is darkness relating to all over the body - if so am I jeopardizing my health by sitting under blankets?
pedigree said:
Definetly not :)
"The energy of the mind is the essence of life." Aristotle


We will discuss what kind of photographs you are wanting and how we will accomplish that. We will ask questions about your Fur Babies to determine the best way to photograph their FURTASTIC personality!
We know time is precious when it comes to our "Fur Kids". You are more than welcome to have more in each session. For each additional pet there is a $45 charge.
All photographs are edited with today's leading photo editing software. Each photo will go thru a detailed and lengthy process before being released.
Online viewing will be available for all your photos for 2 months. Also available is the option to "Secure" your Animal House Gallery with a password.
During Consultation, we'll discuss locations. We are more than happy to travel outside of the Charlotte city limits. Traveling outside Charlotte city limits is subject to a travel charge.


No stranger to war films (Braveheat, The Patriot, We Were Soldiers, Hacksaw Ridge), Mel Gibson has picked up the directing baton once again to lead his next big budget film, Destroyer. Interestingly enough, Destroyer marks the second time he will return to Okinawa, the closing battle of WWII's campaign in the Pacific in which the US Marines, Army and Navy paid a terrible price to wrest control of the island from the Japanese. His 2016 film, Hacksaw Ridge, about pacifist medic Desmond Doss' heroic efforts to save wounded soldiers during the allied assault on the island received wide critical acclaim and was a commercial success. This time around, he'll be manning the anti-aircraft guns aboard the USS Laffey (DD-724). Laffey, as USNI News points out, is famous for surviving a relentless attack by two dozen kamikaze aircraft while serving on radar picket duty early in the campaign to capture Okinawa. Laffey sustained substantial damage when it was struck by six planes and four bombs, yet was able to stay afloat and continue to fight.


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Around Belarus in 7 days: through May snow to the Braslav Lakes
MEANS LIVING!
Вокруг Беларуси за 7 дней: через майский снег к Браславским озерам
27.11.2019 VETLIVA VETLIVA
Вокруг Беларуси за 7 дней: через майский снег к Браславским озерам путешествие по белоруссии, достопримечательности полоцка, что посмотреть в полоцке, достопримечательности полоцка с описанием
Третий день путешествия по Белоруссии команды VETLIVA — на очереди достопримечательности Полоцка. Что посмотреть в городе за 1 день?
Out trip around the blue-eyes country began on May 8. We were lucky to celebrate the great Victory Day on May 9 on the second day of our trip to Belarus in the memorial place of the Great Patriotic War — on Buinichsky field. By tradition, a small spoiler of what lies ahead of us (and you):
the most ancient city of Belarus,
snow blizzard in may,
panorama of Latvia,
waterfalls.
Day Three: Polotsk → Idolto village → Druya village → Prudniki village
Saint Sophia Cathedral
Healing spring
Borisov stone
Epiphany Church
Museum of Printing
Spaso-Evfrosinievsky monastery
Idolto Village
The Church of the Our Scapular Lady
Village Druya
Waterfalls on the Vyata River
What to see in Polotsk?
So, the third day of our expedition came, and we met it in Polotsk. This is the real patriarch of the cities of Belarus: for the first time he is mentioned in written sources back in 862!
As we have already mentioned, our team spent the night in a Polotsk hostel (this, by the way, is one of the cheapest accommodation options in any city in Belarus). It is unfortunate that we did not have neighbors: I really wanted to ask someone about the sights of Polotsk! We ate, warmed up, loaded our things into the car and hit the road.
St. Sophia Cathedral is an exact copy of the Byzantine temple of the same name.
If you have heard about Polotsk, then you probably associate it with St. Sophia Cathedral, which we absolutely rightly included in the top churches of Belarus. It was 9 o'clock in the morning, and we went on an acquaintance with the key attraction of Polotsk in Belarus. The temple is located on the picturesque bank of Western Dvina, and there is a small spring up ahead. The water in it is so soft and tasty, as if sugar had been dissolved in it!
Some interesting facts about St. Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk:
the temple was first erected in the XI century and was the third in a row on Slavic lands;
at the same time St. Sophia Cathedral became the first stone church in Belarus;
in 1710 the temple was blown up due to the powder warehouse, which was located within its walls.
We could not get inside the temple: it opens only at 10 a.m. It is a pity that it was not possible to see the majestic organ, thanks to which the large-scale festival of organ music "Zvany Safii" is annually held in Polotsk (by the way, organists from Japan even come to it!). But there is the majestic Borisov stone nearby.
In Belarus, only two Kirche remained. The Polotsk temple was erected in 1888.
Then we continued our trip around Belarus on foot. We parked the car and went to Pokrovskaya street, where many of Polotsk's attractions are concentrated.
To the question "What to see in Polotsk in 1 day?" we unequivocally answer: Lutheran church. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that there are only two such buildings in Belarus. The main Kirche in Grodno is an active Lutheran church, and the Kirche in Polotsk is used as a museum.
The Epiphany Church first opened its doors in the distant 1777.
A little further down the street there is the Epiphany Church. It was built at the Epiphany Monastery, which appeared in Polotsk long before the construction of the church, back in 1653. There is also the Polotsk Museum of Book-printing.
An interesting fact from VETLIVA: most of the churches voluntarily-forcibly converted to Uniate after the conclusion of the Union of Berestey, while the Epiphany Monastery remained faithful to Orthodoxy.
The Spaso-Evfrosinievsky monastery was founded by Euphrosyne Polotskaya.
In 5 km from the monastery there is another iconic attraction of Polotsk — Spaso-Evfrosinievsky monastery. It was not only founded by the famous Euphrosyne Polotskaya, but also preserves its holy relics. This is not just a separate monastery, but a whole complex of temples, a must-see for every tourist.
VETLIVA recalls: since this is a functioning monastery, girls should not forget about the proper appearance. Be sure to bring scarves and bedspreads with you, otherwise you won't get inside!
Despite the weather, we managed to take a lot of cool photos. The monastery is well preserved. Nuns are living here constantly and services are being held, so not all places you can get to. But even where they let you go, there is an extraordinary sense of peace and tranquility.
An interesting fact from VETLIVA: once in this monastery the famous relic was stored — a precious cross made by the master Lazar Bohshey for Euphrosyne of Polotsk. After World War II, the relic disappeared without a trace... By the way, during the many wars that flew through the lands of Belarus, many princely treasures and treasures disappeared (you can still try your luck in Mir and Nesvizh, looking for 12 gold apostles and other Radziwill treasures).
Idolto Village and the Yellow-Walled Temple
It was time for us to continue our journey through the cities of Belarus. Leaving Polotsk, almost immediately we were faced with difficulty.
It's an unusually pastoral landscape, isn't it? That's just the Burenki blocked our path. After some time, we were finally able to continue the journey.
The weather continued to be weird.
No, this is not the breath of a volcano sleeping underground, but the evaporation of snow.
We wanted to exclaim: "Does May even know that it is spring?". However, compared with what awaited us ahead, these were still flowers.
On the way to the waterfalls, we discovered a temple of amazing beauty — The Church of the Our Scapular Lady. We were not lucky today: it was also closed. However, a few minutes later a priest came out and offered to conduct an excursion. We were surprised and immediately agreed with joy.
The Church of the Our Scapular Lady — the only church in the Art Nouveau style.
The temple looks very unusual thanks to the combination of yellow brick and rubble stone. It was erected in the period from 1937 to 1939. In such difficult times, a temple was erected on the territory of the village — as a hope for parishioners for the best, as a symbol of faith. The church continues to serve its parishioners today. Masses are held here, people gather, as they did a few decades ago.
It was the priests who told us where to go next. In the village of Druya, he advised me to see another Catholic church and said that we would be treated to coffee and an interesting story there. This is what happened as a result.
Druya village: a snow-white church, a panorama of Latvia and a cemetery
Having traveled 11 km that separate Idolto from Druya, we went to see the Trinity Church.
Trinity Church was part of the Bernardine Monastery, which appeared in 1643.
An interesting fact from VETLIVA: Trinity Church in the village of Druya was repeatedly destroyed during fires, the latter occurred in 1944 due to...aerial bombs.
As the priests from Idolto advised us, we turned to the nuns from the building opposite. They called a 70-year-old ringer, who told us the story about the shell that charred the walls of the temple, and about the war, and about the post-war period. According to him, it all started "from the seventh heaven", because it is the belfry of the church that is the highest point of the village of Druya. A breathtaking panorama of Latvia opens from here.
Thanking the old ringer for the story, we set off on. At the exit of the village of Druya there is another attraction that we recommend to see when traveling around Belarus by car. This is an old Jewish cemetery that does not look ominous, but rather strikes with accuracy and plenty of greenery.
The Jewish cemetery is the only one in the country with color paintings on the monuments.
Vyata river waterfalls and snowstorm
On the way to the last point of our travel route in Belarus, we were covered by a real snowstorm! It all looked fantastic.
The road was completely absent: we had to do a few laps before we found the right direction. After 40 minutes, we finally reached a small village called Prudniki.
Neat multi-colored houses without fences are right next to the road... Horses graze in the meadows... A true pastoral landscape.
Waterfalls are located about one kilometer from the border with Latvia. So if you are planning an independent trip — do not forget to bring your documents with you (you never know). Of course, you will not see Niagara here, but Vyatka waterfalls still look very bizarre and unusual, and they ask for a lens.
And tomorrow you will see such landscapes... in our opinion, it is difficult to come up with a more attractive spoiler!
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The John Logie Baird Suite at the Manchester Marriott Victoria and Albert Hotel is a flexible and adaptable space for business meetings. The room can accommodate up to 70 delegates in a conference layout, or up to 140 in a classroom seating style. Delegates can enjoy delicious refreshments in the beautiful waterside restaurant and valet parking is provided.
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This bright and airy space is a brilliantly designed conference suite. The venue has seating for 120 guests, with writing supports, making it ideal for lectures, presentations, seminars and talks. There is a stage, a lectern, a built-in PA system, and a full suite of microphones. A dedicated catering area and space for registration are also offered as part of the room hire, making this the ultimate easy event venue.
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Inzamam ul Haq on Wednesday announced his decision to step down from the post of the chief selector for Pakistan cricket team. "I realised that I did all I could and will resign after my tenure is up on July 30," Haq told a news conference. Inzamam said he would be willing to work in another post for the Pakistan Cricket Board as long as it did not pertain to the selection process. "Cricket is my passion but I do not want to be part of the selection process." Inzamam said he was satisfied with the Pakistan team's performance at the World Cup, telling reporters that luck did not go their way. Pakistan finished fifth in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 points table missing out on a semi-final berth. The team was tied with New Zealand with 11 points but did not qualify for the final four due to a lower net ...
Six or five runs for Ben Stokes? Overthrow controversy in last over of World Cup final
One of the biggest turning points of the World Cup final humdinger between England and New Zealand was the overthrow on the fourth ball of the final over bowled by Trent Boult. Needing nine runs from three balls to win their first-ever men's World Cup crown, England were handed an unlikely lifeline when a Martin Guptill throw bounced off Ben Stokes and raced to the third man boundary. The English all-rounder, who had played the ball to deep midwicket and had dived to complete a second run, had not made any deliberate contact with the ball and despite his repeated apology to the New Zealand players, the overthrow runs were bound to be counted. The only question was whether five or six runs should be added to the England total and after considerable deliberations with his colleague, umpire Kumar Dharmasena signaled a six – four runs for overthrow and two ...
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Last time that I wrote about the places that can be visited in our great city I featured the city ZOO, the famous Reid Park Zoo. I felt a little bit bad about it because many other great places that can be visited ended up being left out. In an effort to correct this mistake, today I'll be talking about the Arizona State Museum, which is located, you've guessed it, in Tuscon.
The Roadrunners host the San Diego Gulls this Friday and Saturday night at Tucson Arena!


Our favorite chili recipe is so quick and easy…just like the name. It only uses five ingredients….yes five! And it doesn't take that long to make. You might notice many of my recipes are "quick and easy"… I am a fan of those kinds of recipes. With life being so busy…when it's not busy, I want to enjoy our family time. So, I really do try to have recipes that are quick and easy to make and taste delicious!
When I make chili, I like to use meatloaf mix which is a mix of ground beef and pork. Just seems to give it a little extra zing. But using ground beef will work also. You just need to brown the meat and drain off the excess fat. Then add in the salsa, sauce and water. Sprinkle in the chili seasoning which will give the chili the delicious flavor. Yumm! Stir everything together well. Let it simmer for about 15 minutes. And there you have it, a quick and easy dinner recipe for your family! Sometimes we add a little shredded mozzarella cheese once served in the bowl.
I recently made this chili in breadbowls. Sooo yummy! Check out the recipe! They really are easy to make and makes a perfect dinner for those chilly winter days.
Brown the meat and drain off excess fat.
Add in the salsa, sauce, water and chili seasoning.
Serve in bread bowl or regular bowl.
Garnish with shredded mozzarella cheese if desired.
chili is always perfect on a cold February day! yum!
It's a rainy day here and this looks very comforting!
This is such a great idea!! I never thought of mixing salsa and spaghetti sauce. What a great quick dinner- and it looks delicious!!
Update: We LOVE this chili!! I have made it more than once and I love how easy it is 🙂 Perfect for those busy nights! Thanks for the great recipe, Jeannie!


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FP201207 July 2012 Fairwood Press Books
Permeable Borders
by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Best of Talebones
edited by Patrick Swenson
Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Strange Journeys
by Ken Scholes
Diving Mimes, Weeping Czars and Other Unusual Suspects
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FP201207 July 2012 Fairwood Press Books Nina Kiriki Hoffman Ken Scholes Patrick Swenson
Permeable Borders by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Best of Talebones edited by Patrick Swenson
Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Strange Journeys by Ken Scholes
Diving Mimes, Weeping Czars and Other Unusual Suspects by Ken Scholes
"Over the past 30 years, Hoffman has received more than 30 nominations for a wide variety of awards...This collection of 16 fantastical stories, drawn from the latter half of her career to date and including one story not previously collected, highlights the talent that makes her a perennial nominee...Hoffman's skills shine at short lengths, and this collection of perfect, gemlike stories would complement any library." —Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)
Talebones was one of the most respected small press science fiction and fantasy magazines to come out of the past decade. The Best of Talebones includes forty-two of the best, most beloved stories from the magazine's 39 issues, and contains some of the biggest names and the newest talent in the genre.
Endeavor Award Finalist!
With these 17 tales, Ken Scholes invites you to his Imagination Forest. You'll find a toy bear of Little Brain tasked with a Very Long Walk and a mysterious metal man with the power to bring down a city and the heart to weep for it. Follow Meriwether Lewis west, seeking the source of a mysterious scrap of currency from the future. Laugh and cry as Andro Giantslayer recounts the highlights of his dungeon-crawling, dragon-slaying and diaper-changing career with Luendyl the Fierce and Fair. Learn exactly how Cain found himself a wife, see what superheroes get up to in their sunset years, and watch Hodgson and Houdini as they traverse the landscape of Hell in search of Michelangelo's Crystalline Ear. And along the way, keep your eyes open. You'll meet alien babies, messianic Santas, typing chimps and maybe, if you look carefully, you'll find some off-brand love and a little bit of hope in Drum Farrelly's supply room. Buckle up. Hang on. A ride in the Imagination Forest is bound to be a strange journey . . .
Return to Ken Scholes' Imagination Forest in this second collection of quirky, off-beat stories. These 17 tales range from his first published story in 2000 to his most recent in 2009, including two stories set in his Psalms of Isaak series. You'll encounter cynical Santas and explore the dating woes of superheroes. You'll join God and Satan in the bar for a glass of merlot and watch the hyjinx unfold as Reverend Sparkle Jones leads his rag-tag gang of misfits across a post-apocalyptic America in search of the holy grail to stem the tide of an alien invasion. You'll meet the Lady of the Lake in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and bump into Abe and his backup singers as they do their part to save the world. So settle in for the ride and keep your hands inside the vehicle at all times. Here in the Imagination Forest, you never know who — or what — you'll come across.
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Spinal surgeon in warning to holidaymakers over water slide dangers
UK NewsPublished: Jul 31, 2019
Evan Davies also warned travellers against shallow diving in areas they are not familiar with due to the risk of hitting submerged rocks.
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A top spinal surgeon has warned holidaymakers of the "life-changing" dangers posed by water parks and shallow diving during their summer breaks.
Evan Davies, a consultant spinal surgeon at University Hospital Southampton, said he operated recently on a patient who fractured his spine while diving on to hidden rocks in Croatia.
He also highlighted the case of 23-year-old David Briffaut, who snapped two vertebrae in his neck on a head-first water slide in Spain.
David Briffaut, pictured with girlfriend Penny Bristow, could face being left paralysed after an accident at the Aqualandia tourist attraction in Benidorm (handout/PA)
Mr Davies said people can feel "invincible" and act in a "moment of madness" while on holiday, but he urged travellers to continue to take normal precautions.
He said: "It is so important that in the excitement of being on holiday, people remember life can change in an instant, and that has been evident recently both in my own patient cases and in the news.
"When you are relaxed and enjoying the moment with family and friends, undoubtedly that feeling of fun and invincibility can take over.
"However as a spinal surgeon, I will often see the consequences of that moment of light-hearted fun – in the worst cases causing paralysis and, on some occasions, proving fatal."
Mr Davies said he was "extremely concerned" to learn of the injuries sustained by Mr Briffaut on the "Splash" water slide in Benidorm, and he urged others to take note.
He advised people to make their own assessment of the risks at water parks.
He added: "What can often look on the face of it to be a quick and innocent thrill on these attractions can have potential to cause significant injury – that is something any impact head-on at high speed can cause.
"My message would be to remember that health warnings won't be high on the agenda at many holiday attractions and destinations and, in many countries, regulations and monitoring can vary greatly.
"So carry out a quick assessment of your own when visiting attractions such as water parks and if you have a doubt about safety, avoid it."
Mr Davies also said that despite regular warnings, he treats people injured by shallow diving almost every year.
He said: "We must continue to raise awareness of just how dangerous it can be for people to dive into water abroad in places they have no knowledge of and end up crashing into rocks.
"I have just recently operated on my first patient of the summer who fell foul of this and there will no doubt be more, and sometimes no level of surgery can recover the damage caused in a moment of madness."
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Bandura (1997) postulates four sources of SE information; mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, verbal-social persuasion and physiological and emotional arousal which has to do with the level of emotional and physiological readiness of the... Albert Bandura, best known for his significant contribution in the field of social cognitive theory, is accredited with identifying, developing, and providing the empirical support for the construct of self-efficacy.
Albert Bandura, best known for his significant contribution in the field of social cognitive theory, is accredited with identifying, developing, and providing the empirical support for the construct of self-efficacy.... Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Self Control "Peoples beliefs about their personal self efficacy constitute a major aspect of their self knowledge" (Bandura, 1997, pg.79).
Bandura (1977) and others have found that, an individual's self-efficacy plays a major role in how goals, tasks, and challenges are approached. A few direct attempts to measure the relationship between personal factors and QWL have been reported.... Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Self Control "Peoples beliefs about their personal self efficacy constitute a major aspect of their self knowledge" (Bandura, 1997, pg.79).
Bandura (1977) and others have found that, an individual's self-efficacy plays a major role in how goals, tasks, and challenges are approached. A few direct attempts to measure the relationship between personal factors and QWL have been reported.


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In 2018, the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation awarded more than $2.3 million to Iowa non-profits to improve the oral and overall health of Iowans. Two of the projects highlighted in our blog post and video "10 Years of Bringing Smiles and Improving the Health of Iowans" included community water fluoridation projects and Rethink Your Drink.
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Q: Decrypting AES encrypted files in F#/.Net I've tried to encrypt and decrypt files using the .NET crypto libraries. However, it doesn't seem to work as the decrypted file is always garbled. Any ideas where the problem lies, i.e. in the encryption or decryption?
See source code below.
open System
open System.IO
open System.Security.Cryptography
open System.Text

// Encrypt
let encrypt (key : string) inFile outFile =
    let aes = new RijndaelManaged()
    let encryptor = aes.CreateEncryptor(ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key), ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key))
    let fsOut = new FileStream(outFile, FileMode.Create)
    let cs = new CryptoStream(fsOut, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write)
    cs.Write(buf, 0, buf.Length)
    fsOut.Close()

// Decrypt 2
let decrypt (key : string) inFile outFile =
    let aes = new RijndaelManaged()
    let decryptor = aes.CreateEncryptor(ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key), ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key))
    let fsIn = new FileStream(inFile, FileMode.Open)
    let cs = new CryptoStream(fsIn, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read)
    let (buf : byte[]) = Array.zeroCreate (int fsIn.Length)
    cs.Read(buf, 0, buf.Length)
    File.WriteAllBytes(outFile, buf)

encrypt "1234512345678976" @"D:\file.txt" @"D:\file.txt.enc"
decrypt "1234512345678976" @"D:\file.txt.enc" @"D:\file.dec.txt"

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Assistant biology professor's research focuses on malaria
Author: Kathy Jonas
South Bend may not have mountains for downhill skiing, but that's a small thing in comparison to the opportunities Cristian Koepfli has found at Notre Dame to continue his research to understand the deadly disease of malaria.
A native of Switzerland, Koepfli is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Eck Institute for Global Health. He and his wife, Anita Lerch, a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Alex Perkins, the Eck Family Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, have a three-year-old son, Fabrice.
"I grew up in a small village, so with a three-year-old son, big cities lose a lot of appeal," said Koepfli. "We found a nice home here with a large garden, and it is affordable."
He first learned about a faculty position at Notre Dame while at a conference a couple of years ago. At that time, he knew nothing about the university and had to look up exactly where it was located. After doing more research, he quickly realized that there was a lot of interesting work being done and he decided to apply.
"When I met the people here, I realized Notre Dame was going to be a very good thing for me," said Koepfli.
He came to Notre Dame from the University of California, Irvine, where he was an assistant project scientist. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia and got his doctoral degree at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland in 2012.
Military or community service is required in Switzerland. After completing his master's degree in biology, he went through the list of approved institutions, researching community service opportunities. The Swiss TPH in Basel was the only place that required a background in biology and lab work. For his master's thesis, Koeplfi studied how proteins impacted fruit flies – nothing at all related to malaria parasites. Yet his application for the position at Swiss TPH was approved. After working there for several months and successfully completing a project, his supervisor asked if he was interested in working towards a PhD.
Ironically, while he preferred community service to joining the army, the first email he received in response to his first publication came from the Australian Army Research Centre asking for details of his methods. "In the meantime, I've had the chance to meet the people from the Centre and learn about the great work being done there."
The complexity and urgency of the disease of malaria, which is estimated to have resulted in 219 million cases worldwide and killed more than 400,000, provides a challenge appreciated by Koepfli, who has done field work in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Papa New Guinea, among other locations. His research focuses not only on those who are sick and have been treated but also on those who transmit the disease, who may not realize that they carry it.
Malaria is caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Often the density of the parasite in the blood is very low and thus difficult to detect using the diagnostic tools available in endemic countries, such as microscopy, which Koepfli said has changed little during the past 100 years.
To understand who is infected and might transmit the parasite, Koepfli collects blood samples from thousands of individuals and studies them in the lab using very sensitive methods. Koepfli likens what he does as a next step to the genetic fingerprinting seen on television shows such as CSI, except in his case he is genotyping parasites in the field.
"The number one killer in the world is the mosquito. It can bring a population down," he said, noting that a large majority of the victims are children. The World Health Organization reports that while significant progress was made in treating the disease at the turn of the century, at this point progress has stalled and even reversed in some countries. For example, since the beginning of the year, about half of the 10 million people living in Burundi have contracted the disease.
According to Koepfli, there is no silver bullet that will eradicate the disease. A one-dose vaccination does not exist. While treated netting and spraying has reduced malaria, it stubbornly remains a significant health threat in many countries, where poverty contributes to its proliferation.
"I consider the work I do very important. At this point no one really knows how to go forward and we have to explore different avenues."
Originally published by Kathy Jonas at science.nd.edu on September 03, 2019.


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Ubisoft Will Develop An Open-World Star Wars Game
Fans of the saga will get another game from Massive.
Ubisoft announced they're teaming up with the newly launched Lucasfilm Games to develop an open-world game set in the Star Wars universe. Ubisoft Massive, the studio behind The Division and the upcoming Avatar game, will be working on the new Star Wars adventure with Julian Gerighty as creative director.
Wired also confirmed that the game will use Ubisoft Massive's Snowdrop engine. Unfortunately, little is known about the story, release date, or the game's timeline.
In the meantime, EA will continue developing Star Wars games but the deal is not exclusive anymore and Lucasfilm Games can team up with other studios. Previously, Lucasfilm Games also revealed a collaboration with Bethesda's MachineGames to develop a new Indiana Jones game.
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Photographing for interior designers is thrilling because of the unique visions that they have. My job is to show this unique quality through lighting and composition. Location shooting for me has always been a lot of fun. I photographed one of Heidi's masterpieces a combination of 3 rooms in a Westport residence. Bel Mondo recently moved to a new location on post Rd West in Westport.


On March 12ve 2019 the Art Gallery in Dobrich opened an exhibition named "120 years of the Birth of Dechko Uzunov and Bencho Obreshkov". Penka Dimitrova – chief curator of the Gallery represented their creative life.
Bencho Obreshkov was a graduate of the "Paris School" and a lot of fairness and coloring of the French art could be descried in his paintings. "In fact B. Obreshkov was the "first swallow" of the "new painting" which was all over the world and soon was to become a general ideal of the whole generation" / K. Krastev/. He was a bright phenomenon in art and one of the best known Bulgarian contemporary artist abroad. B. Obreshkov implemented the modern understanding for colors in Bulgarian art.
Dechko Uzuno Specialized in Germany. He possessed an artistic aristocracy, free spirit, vitality and impressive productivity. He was a professor, academic, rector of the Art Academy, Director of the National Art Gallery, Chairman of the Union of the Bulgarian Artists. He was also awarded many State and International awards and medals. He became a chairman of the International Association of plastic Art to AIAP and after that its Honorary president. He was elected a Honorary member of the Mexican and Russian Academy as well as a regular member of the European Academy of science, art and culture. On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the painter UNESKO declared Dechko Uzunov a World Personality of the Year, which is a recognition of the contribution of the Bulgarian creator to the world civilization.
Academic Dechko Uzunov was a mentor of a whole generation of artists, influenced by the free and independent spirit and by powerful talent of his creation and personality. His name is emblematic for the highest achievements of the Bulgarian and European culture.
"If they say for Picasso that he appropriated the whole last century for us this applies to Dechko Uzunov…. He most contributed to the Europeanization of Bulgarian art preserving his respect and love to his country and traditions…." Prof. Aksiniya Dzhurova.
The works of both classics, emblematic artists, heralds of European aesthetic in Bulgarian plastic culture of 20th century are from the Gallery fund.
The exposition is at the disposal of the visitor till April 7th 2019.


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Plumber who found cash stashed in wall of Joel Osteen's church gifted $20,000 reward
by: WFLA 8 On Your Side Staff, Rachel Estrada
Posted: Dec 8, 2021 / 02:26 PM EST / Updated: Dec 8, 2021 / 02:26 PM EST
FILE – Flags fly in front of the Lakewood Church June 28, 2005 in Houston. Authorities are investigating whether cash and checks discovered during repair work being done at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch is connected to $600,000 that was stolen from a church safe more than seven years ago. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan File)
HOUSTON (KIAH) – A plumber who discovered stacks of cash and checks inside a wall at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church last month has been awarded $20,000 by Crime Stoppers of Houston.
Investigators believe the find may have something to do with a 2014 theft at the megachurch, police confirmed.
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The plumber made the claim Thursday morning during a call-in to a Houston radio show, saying he found the envelopes around a month back while working in a bathroom.
"I went to go remove the toilet and I moved some insulation away and about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall. I was like, 'Oh wow,'" the plumber said on the Houston radio program, as first reported by Click2Houston.
At the time, Crime Stoppers of Houston offered a cash reward of up to $5,000. Lakewood Church added a supplement reward of $20,000 yielding a potential reward of up to $25,000 for the person or persons with information leading to identification, charging and/or arrest in the case.
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By 2016, Lakewood decided to shift that supplemental reward into a charitable donation to Crime Stoppers of Houston.
An "undisclosed amount" of money was found, police said, though it was left with the church. Authorities now believe the find is connected to a 2014 theft at the church, during which $600,000 in donations was stolen.
On Friday, Dec. 3, as more details were revealed, Crime Stoppers CEO Rania Mankarious began talking to Deputy Director Nichole Christoph who also discussed the issues with their law enforcement partners.
Mankarious also began asking the Crime Stoppers Executive Committee if the organization could gift $20,000, the amount originally given to Crime Stoppers by Lakewood, to the Good Samaritan plumber who made the discovery and turned in the money.
On Tuesday, Mankarious received the approval to move forward with the gift.
Crime Stoppers of Houston is a public safety organization that thrives on the public safety of all communities. We believe that it takes all of us, working together, to keep Houston safe and thriving. In 2014, Lakewood Church gave us $20,000 to work on this case. In 2016, they chose to gift us those funds for operations. Today, we are gifting that same about of money to this Good Samaritan and wishing he and his family a wonderful holiday season.
CRIME STOPPERS CEO RANIA MANKARIOUS
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Charles Thibodeaux, co-founder of the Texas Overdose Naloxone Initiative, talks about the use of Naloxone in overdose situations during a training session for members of the San Antonio Police Department in September. Texas A&M University will be teaching how to administer Naloxone to all enrolled in health sciences.
Classes on administering the drug naloxone, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, should be as readily available as first aid and in CPR classes.
Texas A&M University is taking a historic first step by becoming the first university in the nation to train all students enrolled in health sciences on the delivery of naloxone at no added cost to the students. This training should occur on all campuses across the country and become part of the curriculum.
The aim of the A&M program is to breed a new type of clinician who is knowledgeable about opioid addiction and how to treat it, A&M pharmacy professor Joy Alonzo told the Austin American-Statesman. The initiative is expected to include more than 5,000 medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing and public health students each year.
The 90-minute course will instruct students on how to administer the lifesaving drug, which is available in a nasal spray or intramuscular injection at a cost of $20 to $60 a dose. The naloxone used in the training program is being provided through state funding allocated for the opioid crises. A&M administrators already credit the training with helping with five opioid overdose reversals this school year.
In 2017, nearly 72,000 people died of as a result of drug overdoses in the U.S. In Texas, there were 2,995 overdoses. The latest figures available indicate more than 1,300 people died from opioid overdoes in 2016.
Texas Health and Human Services is working aggressively to target opioid addiction in our communities by channeling grant funds to programs that promote opioid abuse prevention, monitor opioid prescriptions, and provide treatment and support — but it is not nearly enough.
The risk of opioid overdose remains high. A poll earlier this year found 1 in 3 Texans know someone who is addicted to painkillers.
In 2015 alone, the San Antonio Fire Department used naloxone 2,882 times.
We need more of this type of training.


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