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Q: Entity Framework Generic Repository vs Direct Queries on Context Generic Repository and Entity Framework:
I am planning to use a Generic Repository to handle queries on the context and noticed (using SQL server profiler) that the filter expression is not being translated and included in the SQL query made to the database. Just wondering whether this kind of overload is expected when using generic repository?
Repository Code:
public class BaseRepositories<TEntity> where TEntity : class
{

    private readonly DbContext _CurrentObjectContext;
    private readonly DbSet<TEntity> _EntityObjectSet;

    public BaseRepositories(DbContext currentObjectContext)
    {
        _CurrentObjectContext = currentObjectContext;
        _EntityObjectSet = _CurrentObjectContext.Set<TEntity>();
    }

    public DbSet<TEntity> EntityObjectSet
    {
        get
        {
            return _EntityObjectSet;
        }
    }

    public IQueryable<TEntity> Query(Func<TEntity, bool> expression, params Expression<Func<TEntity, object>>[] navigationProperties)
    {
        var ReturnSetQueryable = _EntityObjectSet.Where(expression);
        return ReturnSetQueryable.AsQueryable();
    }

}

Calls made to the repository and on context and the SQL query from the profiler
a)  Using Repository:
Code:
        var UserRepository = new BaseRepositories<user>(new DbContext());

        var UsersQuery = UserRepository.Query(v => v.name == "ajayr");

        var FirstUser = UsersQuery.FirstOrDefault();

Query form the Sql Profiler:
SELECT
    [Extent1].[guid] AS [guid],
    [Extent1].[id] AS [id],
    [Extent1].[name] AS [name],
    [Extent1].[password] AS [password],
    [Extent1].[first_name] AS [first_name],
    [Extent1].[middle_name] AS [middle_name],
    [Extent1].[last_name] AS [last_name],
    [Extent1].[email_address] AS [email_address],
    [Extent1].[url] AS [url],
    [Extent1].[account_enabled] AS [account_enabled],
    [Extent1].[user_id] AS [user_id],
    [Extent1].[last_update] AS [last_update],
    [Extent1].[deleted] AS [deleted],
    [Extent1].[employee_id] AS [employee_id],
    [Extent1].[rec_source] AS [rec_source],
    [Extent1].[last_login_date] AS [last_login_date],
    [Extent1].[last_email_update] AS [last_email_update],
    [Extent1].[invalid_email_adr] AS [invalid_email_adr]
    FROM [dbo].[users] AS [Extent1]
b)  Direct Query on the Context:
Code:
       DbContext db = new DbContext();

        DbSet<user> usersset = db.Set<user>();

       var UserQueryWithFilter =  usersset.Where(v => v.name == "ajayr");

       var FirstUser = tesst.FirstOrDefault();

Query form the Sql Profiler:
SELECT TOP (1)
    [Extent1].[guid] AS [guid],
    [Extent1].[id] AS [id],
    [Extent1].[name] AS [name],
    [Extent1].[password] AS [password],
    [Extent1].[first_name] AS [first_name],
    [Extent1].[middle_name] AS [middle_name],
    [Extent1].[last_name] AS [last_name],
    [Extent1].[email_address] AS [email_address],
    [Extent1].[url] AS [url],
    [Extent1].[account_enabled] AS [account_enabled],
    [Extent1].[user_id] AS [user_id],
    [Extent1].[last_update] AS [last_update],
    [Extent1].[deleted] AS [deleted],
    [Extent1].[employee_id] AS [employee_id],
    [Extent1].[rec_source] AS [rec_source],
    [Extent1].[last_login_date] AS [last_login_date],
    [Extent1].[last_email_update] AS [last_email_update],
    [Extent1].[invalid_email_adr] AS [invalid_email_adr]
    FROM [dbo].[users] AS [Extent1]
    WHERE 'ajayr' = [Extent1].[name]

A: You provide function, not an expression as a parameter. I think you need to slightly change a syntax
public IQueryable<TEntity> Query(Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>> expression, params Expression<Func<TEntity, object>>[] navigationProperties)
{
    var ReturnSetQueryable = _EntityObjectSet.Where(expression);
    return ReturnSetQueryable.AsQueryable();
}

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Preserving a Great Lady: At 95, the Cedar Lee Theater remains as essential as ever
For the last nine years, I've had the privilege of being the general manager of the Cedar Lee Theater. In these surreal times, I've discovered a deeper sense of what the theater means to me, and how it's come to be part of my identity.
By Elizabeth Waski ● Arts & Culture ● December 22, 2020 May 27, 2022
Cedar Lee general manager Elizabeth Waski. Contributed photo.
On December 25th 1925, the Cedar Lee Theater opened its doors for the first time. In the 95 years since, the theater has played hostess to countless celebrities, artists, filmmakers and directors.
She gave birth to the Cleveland International Film Festival and has become the premiere venue in Cleveland for award-winning art house films, special screenings like The National Theatre and the Met Opera, and cult classics. Every year hundreds of thousands of guests walk through her front door, charmed by her vintage features and unique film selection. For the last nine years, I've had the privilege of being the general manager and caretaker of this Great Lady.
If times were normal, the Cedar Lee would now be hosting a month-long holiday party. On the busiest days, staff stands by at the usher stand and concession while the box office warmly greets guests. The line of visitors would stretch out the door and down the street. Conversations mix and mingle to create the perfect background music in the lobby and the smell of popcorn would drift through the theater like a familiar perfume.
When the last customer is seated and the auditorium doors close, silence descends over the lobby as hundreds of guests are magically whisked away to another place. It's here where the "magic of the movies" happens. Strangers sitting side by side are transported to another time or place, experiencing different cultures and languages, new ideas and distant worlds. For a few short hours, they experience someone else's life.
At the end of those busy days, I love to stand in the empty theater, the floor strewn with popcorn and discarded ticket stubs. Sounds of the day start to fade away, and the Cedar Lee begins her much-deserved rest for the night. As she settles down, the shared experiences and emotions still linger in the air, and in the silence they rise up and are woven into the fabric that has been forming for decades. I wrap myself up in it, grateful to be a part of another successful day as I gather strength to do it all again tomorrow.
Over the years, customers have told me what the Cedar Lee Theater has meant to them. They share stories of their childhood, far away in years but so close in their memories. They talk of first kisses stolen in the balcony and Saturdays spent with friends seeing film after film for pocket change. I can see them climbing the stairs of the older auditoriums and I hear their laughter. First dates, marriage proposals, and weddings have happened within her walls, and my small part in helping to plan the details stays with me. Through the Kids' Film Series, young children will be able to say, "I saw my very first movie at the Cedar Lee Theater."
In those quiet times, I am also surrounded by my personal memories. Memories of sold-out "The Polar Express" shows and of the "Downton Abbey" Tea Party. Memories of quirky customer interactions and shenanigans of the younger staff. Memories of our dearly departed co-workers and of the love and support we were given in those terrible times. When my job gets difficult and the work and stress pile up, I remember those things. Woven too into that fabric, that tangible aura of experiences and emotions, are memories. They are warm and comforting. For nearly a decade it's been those feeling that make my job worth doing.
If things were the way they used to be and all was normal, we would be celebrating the Cedar Lee's 95th anniversary this month. Speeches would be made, special movies would be shown, and once again, you could see a film for mere pocket change.
But of course all things are not the way they used to be. There are no sold-out holiday crowds or hundreds of moviegoers lined up around the corner. There are no strangers sitting side by side and no hurried hugs in the lobby. There isn't even a staff to stand at the ready. There is no anniversary celebration, no media coverage, no tribute to her historic greatness. The pandemic has disrupted all of it.
Still, the Cedar Lee stands proud. Like every Great Lady, she's strong and resilient. Through the Great Depression, World War II and 9/11, she has survived major disruptions, remaining as necessary to our patrons as ever. In these most recent dark and confusing times, when "normal" is anything but and the familiar seems so far away, she waits.
And until the day we can welcome back the crowds, we gratefully welcome the familiar faces that have come back to visit. They come to not feel so alone in the world, or to escape it entirely, if only for a few hours. They come to regain a small sense of normal and to inject a bit of routine back into their lives.
I can't tell you how many times someone has said "thank you" to us. For the efforts we put in to keep them safe, or just for remaining open. They thank us for hanging in there. Now, instead of guests telling me about their movie experiences of the past, they tell me what she means to them now. "This place, it's my therapy," one person told me. Another guest said, "this is my happy place. And it feels so good to be happy again."
In these surreal times, I've discovered a deeper sense of what the theater means to me, and how it's come to be part of my identity. I didn't realize how much until it was taken away in March, when we were forced to close. Being able to come back, and once more being her caretaker has renewed my sense of purpose. This graceful Great Lady is my sense of normal, my therapy. By helping to preserve her past and get her through the perilous present, I get to do my small part to help people get through to the other side.
Until that time, new memories are being made and wonderful experiences are still being had. She has become a safe place to gather for families and friends. Couples will remember the anniversary they spent during the Pandemic of 2020. They will remember how they spent it together, watching their favorite film on the big screen. They will remember how through all the darkness and uncertainty of that time, they had light. And they will remember that they found it at the Cedar Lee Theater.
Elizabeth Waski grew up in Bedford and attended Kent State University. Since 2011, she has been the general manager of the Cedar Lee Theater. This is her first published essay.
Elizabeth Waski

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It is not always easy to attribute early signs of psoriasis to this particular disease, as other skin conditions or ailments may also cause the same problems. The various factors, which can accompany multiple health issues, require a doctor to confirm your assumed diagnosis, a process that may take some time, as you must eliminate any other possible causes.
It is normal for you to find the process frustrating but if you are aware of the early signs and the ways they differ among the various types of psoriasis, you have a better chance at a successful treatment.
Nail psoriasis has many signs, all of which may make you self-conscious about your appearance but are usually less painful or cause milder discomfort than the other types of this skin condition. In general, the signs of nail psoriasis mostly occur as discoloration, usually red and yellow, or as a weakening of the nail, causing it to loosen, crumble, or wear away in small areas, resulting in pit-like formations.
In some cases, the nail may show a horizontal line, small white areas or black vertical lines that go all the way through to the cuticle. Fungal infections may also occur and people with psoriasis and arthritis are more susceptible to these cases of the disease than those without arthritis.
Contrary to what you might think, hand psoriasis is not the same as nail psoriasis, as the two are quite different in their signs of psoriasis. To start, psoriasis of the hands and feet is more uncomfortable, particularly because people use these parts of their body so often throughout the day.
The continuous use can aggravate the brown, round and scaly pustules that take time to dry out and peel off the hands' palms and the soles of the feet. This may also be the same reason as to why this particular form of psoriasis has a tendency to reoccur as frequently as every few days.
Inverse psoriasis is most common among individuals who are overweight but, as with any ailment, everyone is susceptible to obtaining this disease. Different from other skin conditions in this family of infection, the signs of psoriasis in this case tend to include a higher level of pain and itching but no scaling.
Instead, inverse psoriasis plagues the individual with smooth patches of inflamed, red skin that worsen with exposure to sweat and rubbing of the skin folds. Unfortunately, it is difficult to avoid these triggers since inverse psoriasis appears in sweat prone areas, such as the groin, between the buttocks, the armpits and under the breasts or folds of the belly.
Although psoriasis is mostly an adult disease, plenty of children also suffer from one form of this skin condition known as guttate psoriasis. In these cases, small plaques develop anywhere and everywhere on the body, with the only exceptions being the feet and hands. It is most likely for a child to contract this disease after a strep throat infection, which means it is also likely to completely disappear over time, though this is not always the result.
Other forms of psoriasis, such as scalp of pustular, have their own range of symptoms, as do rarer types of this condition. For this reason, it is important that you see a doctor so he or she can determine whether you are exhibiting signs of psoriasis.


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Book Review: Independence Day: Crucible (2016)
Last week I saw the big-budget science fiction epic Independence Day: Resurgence , a film that left much to be desired. Here's my review. The podcast Myopia: Defend Your Childhood will be doing a special podcast to discuss the film, much like we did for Jurassic World last summer. I'll also do a "how I would have done it" post like what I did for the original Mortal Kombat and Star Wars The Force Awakens, but until then, content yourself with my review of Greg Keyes' new novel Independence Day: Crucible that covers the twenty years after the original Independence Day ...
Twenty years have passed between the War of 1996 in which the genocidal Harvester aliens were narrowly defeated on the Fourth of July. Independence Day: Resurgence opens up with a world at peace, transformed by the widespread adoption of alien technology and where petty human feuds have been put away to face a dangerous universe. Only the dregs of the Harvester threat remain, locked in battle with warlords in central Africa, and they're obviously on the way out.
How did we get from Captain Steve Hiller (Will Smith) and Dr. David Levinson (Jeff Goldlum) walking away from the fallen fighter with cigars alight to this brave new world? Well, read Independence Day: Crucible and find out...
*Keyes captures the character voices really well. He does a particularly good job capturing Hiller and Dr. Levinson, in particular Hiller's swagger and penchant for one-liners and Dr. Levinson's Goldblum-esque verbal tics.
*Keyes comes up with a creative use for the aliens' tentacle-driven telepathy--controlling captured humans so the aliens can use human weapons. Hiller, flying a mission in support of Russian troops attacking aliens dug into an old Soviet base after the fall of the City Destroyers, finds out the hard way.
*We see how the friendship between Dylan Dubrow-Hiller (Will Smith's stepson) and the young Jake Morrison (Liam Hemsworth's character) begins. We also see that Dylan had longstanding romantic feelings for Patricia Whitmore, which I said in my review would have improved the characterization in the film no matter how cliched love triangles are in an age of young-adult dystopias like The Hunger Games . We also see the "territory issues" he develops with Jake over Patricia, which should have made it into the movie. We also see the chip on his shoulder the orphaned Jake has due to his familial situation and childhood poverty, his resentment of Dylan, and how Dylan desperately wants to get out from under his stepfather's shadow, all of which are only vaguely touched on in the movies.
*There's a whole back-story for Dikembe Umbutu, the Congolese warlord who controlled the only intact City Destroyer. In the movie we see his lingering anger at his father who, fearing the return of colonialism, refused to allow outsiders to support his people in their war with the remaining aliens and his zeal for defending both his people and all of mankind when the Harvesters return. In the book we follow him for twenty years, from when he's an art student in Britain to his return to his homeland in the aftermath of the first invasion to how he turns against his increasingly-insane father. There's also a whole back-story for the territory he controls--it was originally a province of the Republic of Congo, which broke up after the aliens destroyed the capital Kinshasa.
*The book is clearly built on 1990s geopolitics. Pre-Putin Russia is largely irrelevant and the major international relationship is between the United States and China. When President Whitmore meets with the leader of China (a junior member of the Politburo who took over after most of it died with Beijing), the major issues are Taiwan and Tibet. The one-child policy so hated by human-rights activists comes up several times. This makes a lot of sense--Russia in the 1990s was in a bad place and getting hammered by the aliens would make it worse. China was on the rise and the hammering from the aliens was compensated with all the goodies captured alien technology could provide.
*There's plenty of foreshadowing for Captain Hiller's fate, especially once we start getting into the middle of the book.
*We meet Jiang, future commander of Earth's lunar defense system, and he's just as much of a hardass as he is in the movie even though he's much younger.
*There's friction between Dr. Levinson and his father about children (namely how he and his ex-wife, whom he later remarried, didn't have any) and religion as well. I don't remember the first movie very well but I think the elder Levinson didn't like his son's choice of career, calling him a TV repairman. Here they've just found new issues to fight about.
*Keyes' is very detail-oriented and builds on small stuff from the original movie. Boomer (the dog belonging to Capt. Hiller and his family) appears early in the book, while Hiller's "I COULD HAVE BEEN AT A BARBECUE!" is expanded into a strong love for grilling out.
*The book depicts how much life sucks for ordinary people, even in a wealthy country like the United States, after the invasion. Jake is part of a group of summer campers in the California countryside whose families either die with Los Angeles or are scattered and cannot find them. The "lost boys of Sudan" come to mind. The head of the camp tries to keep them safe in the mountains, but his son's leg injury forces him to bring them down into a refugee camp where his son ends up dying for lack of antibiotics. The group takes control of an abandoned motel, fills the pool with dirt to grow their own food, and becomes the nucleus of a de facto orphanage that ends up including the young Charlie, who arrives on his own after the death of a relative who was raising him after his immediate family was killed.
*The book also explores the problem of poverty and education. Jake and Charlie are two of the few from their orphanage who get an education worth a damn owing to their native intelligence and extreme drive to succeed. Most of their peers end up uneducated due to their poverty and lack of opportunity. The gulf between poor schools and wealthy schools is already an issue in our world--the losses both materially and in lives inflicted by the aliens exacerbate an an already-existing problem. The only other time I can remember the effects of an apocalypse on the educational system is the novel Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle in which a group of survivors defend a nuclear plant from an anti-technology cult so their grandchildren don't become illiterate peasants fearing thunder gods.
*The book also explores how many cities simply were not rebuilt after the invasion. I would think many of them would simply because the reasons they existed in the first place would still be there and most survivors would want to return home, but there would only be limited funds and many higher priorities. New York, Los Angeles, Mumbai, etc. would likely be rebuilt at least to a degree after such an event, but I could imagine many smaller or less important cities declining or returning to nature entirely.
*The aftermath of the alien invasion could have taken books to cover. The early chapters told from the perspective of the young Dikembe describe a battle with alien survivors in the north of England, while the long battle with the aliens back in his homeland is condensed into a few chapters. Hiller helps Russians fight an army of alien survivors, but that's only one chapter. I doubt Keyes would be given a whole series to cover what happened and he's doing the best he can with what he has, but I would have loved some more detail.
*I don't really find the back-story for Jake and Charlie (played by Travis Tope in the movie) particularly interesting, even if it is a serviceable way to explain what the aftermath of the alien invasion is like for orphans and people not named Levinson, Dubrow-Hiller, or Whitmore. Props for Keyes for trying to show how much life for those who aren't part of the pre-war upper class or war heroes and their families sucks, but it just isn't that interesting.
*We don't see any of the youth and back-story for the Chinese pilot Rain (Angelababy) until nearly halfway through the book, although we do meet her father during the last battle with the first invaders. It would have been interesting to see her grow up amid the rebuilding of China, just like we see the US through the eyes of Dylan, Patricia, Jake, and Charlie. Instead we first meet her when she's 13 and her younger childhood, which we see with the other characters, is summarized.
*I still think New York, Los Angeles, and Mumbai--cities explicitly described in the book as being abandoned--would be rebuilt. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were, after all, and they were probably proportionately more damaged. I could easily imagine the metro areas being largely intact even if the aliens wiped out the high-density urban cores. Rebuilding could proceed from there.
*Racism probably declined rapidly owing to the alien threat and the probability large-scale population movements would have led to interracial/intercultural relationships forming that in other circumstances would not. However, it would be more realistic if the idea Patricia chose Jake instead of him due to his being black at least occurred to Dylan. Even if he immediately becomes angry at himself for thinking such a thought about a girl he'd known since he was a child and had been close friends for years, even though Dylan doesn't have the massive chip on his shoulder Jake does, the thought might pop up whether he likes it or not.
Assuming he was eight years old (the same age as his actor Ross Bagley) in the first film, he would have spent his elementary school years in pre-war Los Angeles not long after the 1992 riots. Even if the world became immediately color-blind after 1996 (doubtful), racism and class prejudice (his mother is unmarried and works as a stripper) would have left its mark on him. This article here includes an account from an African-American man who was given "the talk" about the dangers of getting into trouble with police when he was seven years old.
If the characterization for Jake, Dylan, and Patricia present in the novel actually made it into the movie, it would be much, much better. Keyes also makes a manful effort to world-build, something I always appreciate. However, the book is a mile wide and an inch deep owing to the need to cover so much history in a relatively short space. 7.5 out of 10.
If it were cheaper I'd have fewer problems recommending it, but it's not worth the $7.99 I paid for the Kindle version. I considered ordering a used print version, but with shipping, handling, and tax it would have been equal to or more expensive than the electronic version and taken me longer to get it. I would strongly recommend you either wait for the price to drop or see if your local library has it.
Labels: Africa, alien invasion, aliens, alternate history, books, culture, film, Independence Day, Independence Day Crucible, Independence Day Resurgence, racism, review, writing
I think one of the reasons some of the cities weren't6 rebuilt was simply a matter of time and resources. 20 years isn't that long, and considering how much infrastructure was lost, as well as trained people, it makes since that only a few cities with supreme importance were rebuilt. I'm also guessing there would be a huge technology gap. Between the new, ultra-high-tech and what was left after the first war. The only stuff you would build new, would be the most advanced that you could, leaving those that couldn't afford it stuck in an almost scavenger economy, ala Cuba after the embargo.
Matt July 8, 2016 at 4:57 PM
Good points. CRUCIBLE references the rebuilding of Washington DC for essentially political reasons. With the high costs of the defense grid (Jake references the laser cannon being several trillion dollars and there are a bunch in orbit besides the one on the Moon), much of the *world* might be in a "scavenger economy."
(CRUCIBLE has the test flight of the not-quite-ready hybrid fighter done because people wanted to see what their tax monies were getting them.)
Casey Cho from the Alternate History Online Facebook group compares humanity in this period to the Soviet Union. All the money might be going to the military, stinting everything else. Fortunately Stalinism seems to have been avoided.
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Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England
Chap. XIX. How Coinred, king of the Mercians, and Offa, king of the East Saxons, ended their days at Rome, in the monastic habit; and of the life and death of Bishop Wilfrid. [709 a.d.]
In the fourth year of the reign of Osred,883 Coenred,884 who had for some time nobly governed the kingdom of the Mercians, much more nobly quitted the sceptre of his kingdom. For he went to Rome, and there receiving the tonsure and becoming a monk, when Constantine885 was pope, he continued to his last hour in prayer and fasting and alms-deeds at the threshold of the Apostles. He was succeeded in the throne by Ceolred,886 the son of Ethelred, who had governed the kingdom before Coenred. With him went the son of Sighere,887 the king of the East Saxons whom we mentioned before, by name Offa, a youth of a most pleasing age and comeliness, and greatly desired by all his nation to have and to hold the sceptre of the kingdom. He, with like devotion, quitted wife, and lands, and kindred and country, for Christ and for the Gospel, that he might "receive an hundred-fold in this life, and in the world to come life everlasting."888 He also, when they came to the holy places at Rome, received the tonsure, and ending his life in the monastic habit, attained to the vision of the blessed Apostles in Heaven, as he had long desired.
The same year that they departed from Britain, the great bishop, Wilfrid, ended his days in the province called Inundalum,889 after he had been bishop forty-five years.890 His body, being laid in a coffin, was carried to his monastery, which is called Inhrypum,891 and buried in the church of the blessed Apostle Peter, with the honour due to so great a prelate. Concerning whose manner of life, let us now turn back, and briefly make mention of the things which were done.892 Being a boy of a good disposition, and virtuous beyond his years, he conducted himself so modestly and discreetly in all points, that he was deservedly beloved, respected, and cherished by his elders as one of themselves.893 At fourteen years of age he chose rather the monastic than the secular life; which, when he had signified to his father, for his mother was dead, he readily consented to his godly wishes and desires, and advised him to persist in that wholesome purpose. Wherefore he came to the isle of Lindisfarne, and there giving himself to the service of the monks, he strove diligently to learn and to practise those things which belong to monastic purity and piety; and being of a ready wit, he speedily learned the psalms and some other books, having not yet received the tonsure, but being in no small measure marked by those virtues of humility and obedience which are more important than the tonsure; for which reason he was justly loved by his elders and his equals. Having served God some years in that monastery, and being a youth of a good understanding, he perceived that the way of virtue delivered by the Scots was in no wise perfect, and he resolved to go to Rome, to see what ecclesiastical or monastic rites were in use at the Apostolic see. When he told the brethren, they commended his design, and advised him to carry out that which he purposed. He forthwith went to Queen Eanfled, for he was known to her, and it was by her counsel and support that he had been admitted into the aforesaid monastery, and he told her of his desire to visit the threshold of the blessed Apostles. She, being pleased with the youth's good purpose, sent him into Kent, to King Earconbert,894 who was her uncle's son, requesting that he would send him to Rome in an honourable manner. At that time, Honorius,895 one of the disciples of the blessed Pope Gregory, a man very highly instructed in ecclesiastical learning, was archbishop there. When he had tarried there for a space, and, being a youth of an active spirit, was diligently applying himself to learn those things which came under his notice, another youth, called Biscop, surnamed Benedict,896 of the English nobility, arrived there, being likewise desirous to go to Rome, of whom we have before made mention.
The king gave him Wilfrid for a companion, and bade Wilfrid conduct him to Rome. When they came to Lyons, Wilfrid was detained there by Dalfinus,897 the bishop of that city; but Benedict hastened on to Rome. For the bishop was delighted with the youth's prudent discourse, the grace of his comely countenance, his eager activity, and the consistency and maturity of his thoughts; for which reason he plentifully supplied him and his companions with all necessaries, as long as they stayed with him; and further offered, if he would have it, to commit to him the government of no small part of Gaul, to give him a maiden daughter of his own brother898 to wife, and to regard him always as his adopted son. But Wilfrid thanked him for the loving-kindness which he was pleased to show to a stranger, and answered, that he had resolved upon another course of life, and for that reason had left his country and set out for Rome.
Hereupon the bishop sent him to Rome, furnishing him with a guide and supplying plenty of all things requisite for his journey, earnestly requesting that he would come that way, when he returned into his own country. Wilfrid arriving at Rome, and daily giving himself with all earnestness to prayer and the study of ecclesiastical matters, as he had purposed in his mind, gained the friendship of the most holy and learned Boniface, the archdeacon,899 who was also counsellor to the Apostolic Pope, by whose instruction he learned in their order the four Gospels, and the true computation of Easter; and many other things appertaining to ecclesiastical discipline, which he could not learn in his own country, he acquired from the teaching of that same master. When he had spent some months there, in successful study, he returned into Gaul, to Dalfinus;900 and having stayed with him three years, received from him the tonsure, and Dalfinus esteemed him so highly in love that he had thoughts of making him his heir; but this was prevented by the bishop's cruel death, and Wilfrid was reserved to be a bishop of his own, that is, the English, nation. For Queen Baldhild901 sent soldiers with orders to put the bishop to death; whom Wilfrid, as his clerk, attended to the place where he was to be beheaded, being very desirous, though the bishop strongly opposed it, to die with him; but the executioners, understanding that he was a stranger, and of the English nation, spared him, and would not put him to death with his bishop.
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Returning to Britain, he won the friendship of King Alchfrid,902 who had learnt to follow always and love the catholic rules of the Church; and therefore finding him to be a Catholic, he gave him presently land of ten families at the place called Stanford;903 and not long after, the monastery, with land of thirty families, at the place called Inhrypum;904 which place he had formerly given to those that followed the doctrine of the Scots, to build a monastery there. But, forasmuch as they afterwards, being given the choice, had rather quit the place than adopt the Catholic Easter and other canonical rites, according to the custom of the Roman Apostolic Church, he gave the same to him whom he found to be instructed in better discipline and better customs.
At the same time, by the said king's command, he was ordained priest in the same monastery, by Agilbert,905 bishop of the Gewissae above-mentioned, the king being desirous that a man of so much learning and piety should attend him constantly as his special priest and teacher; and not long after, when the Scottish sect had been exposed and banished,906 as was said above, he, with the advice and consent of his father Oswy, sent him into Gaul, to be consecrated as his bishop,907 when he was about thirty years of age, the same Agilbert being then bishop of the city of Paris. Eleven other bishops met at the consecration of the new bishop, and that function was most honourably performed. Whilst he yet tarried beyond the sea, the holy man, [pg 351] Ceadda,908 was consecrated bishop of York909 by command of King Oswy, as has been said above; and having nobly ruled that church three years, he retired to take charge of his monastery of Laestingaeu, and Wilfrid was made bishop of all the province of the Northumbrians.
Afterwards, in the reign of Egfrid, he was expelled from his bishopric, and others were consecrated bishops in his stead, of whom mention has been made above.910 Designing to go to Rome, to plead his cause before the Apostolic Pope, he took ship, and was driven by a west wind into Frisland,911 and honourably received by that barbarous people and their King Aldgils, to whom he preached Christ, and he instructed many thousands of them in the Word of truth, washing them from the defilement of their sins in the Saviour's font. Thus he began there the work of the Gospel which was afterwards finished with great devotion by the most reverend bishop of Christ, Wilbrord.912 Having spent the winter there successfully among this new people of God, he set out again on his way to Rome,913 where his cause being [pg 352] tried before Pope Agatho and many bishops,914 he was by the judgement of them all acquitted of all blame, and declared worthy of his bishopric.
At the same time, the said Pope Agatho assembling a synod at Rome, of one hundred and twenty-five bishops, against those who asserted that there was only one will and operation in our Lord and Saviour,915 ordered Wilfrid also to be summoned, and, sitting among the bishops, to declare his own faith and the faith of the province or island whence he came; and he and his people being found orthodox in their faith, it was thought fit to record the same among the acts of that synod, which was done in in this manner: "Wilfrid, the beloved of God, bishop of the city of York, appealing to the Apostolic see, and being by that authority acquitted of every thing, whether specified against him or not, and being appointed to sit in judgement with one hundred and twenty-five other bishops in the synod, made confession of the true and catholic faith, and confirmed the same with his subscription in the name of all the northern part of Britain and Ireland, and the islands inhabited by the nations of the English and Britons, as also by the Scots and Picts."
After this, returning into Britain,916 he converted the province of the South Saxons from their idolatrous worship to the faith of Christ.917 He also sent ministers of the Word to the Isle of Wight;918 and in the second year of Aldfrid, who reigned after Egfrid, was restored to his see and bishopric by that king's invitation.919 Nevertheless, five years after, being again accused, he was deprived of his bishopric by the same king and certain bishops.920 Coming to Rome,921 he was allowed to make his defence in the presence of his accusers, before a number of bishops and the Apostolic Pope John.922 It was shown by the judgement of them all, that his accusers had in part laid false accusations to his charge; and the aforesaid Pope wrote to the kings of the English, Ethelred and Aldfrid, to cause him to be restored to his bishopric, because he had been unjustly condemned.923
His acquittal was much forwarded by the reading of the acts of the synod of Pope Agatho,924 of blessed memory, which had been formerly held, when Wilfrid was in Rome and sat in council among the bishops, as has been said before. For the acts of that synod being, as the case required, read, by order of the Apostolic Pope, before the nobility and a great number of the people for some days, they came to the place where it was written, "Wilfrid, the beloved of God, bishop of the city of York, appealing to the Apostolic see, and being by that authority acquitted of everything, whether specified against him or not," and the rest as above stated. This being read, the hearers were amazed, and the reader ceasing, they began to ask of one another, who that Bishop Wilfrid was. Then Boniface, the Pope's counsellor,925 and many others, who had seen him there in the days of Pope Agatho, said that he was the same bishop that lately came to Rome, to be tried by the Apostolic see, being accused by his people, and "who, said they, having long since come here upon the like accusation, the cause and contention of both parties being heard and examined, was proved by Pope Agatho, of blessed memory, to have been wrongfully expelled from his bishopric, and was held in such honour by him, that he commanded him to sit in the council of bishops which he had assembled, as a man of untainted faith and an upright mind." This being heard, the Pope and all the rest said, that a man of so great authority, who had held the office of a bishop for nearly forty years, ought by no means to be condemned, but being altogether cleared of the faults laid to his charge, should return home with honour.
When he came to Gaul, on his way back to Britain, on a sudden he fell sick, and the sickness increasing, he was so weighed down by it, that he could not ride, but was [pg 355] carried in his bed by the hands of his servants. Being thus come to the city of Maeldum,926 in Gaul, he lay four days and nights, as if he had been dead, and only by his faint breathing showed that he had any life in him. Having continued thus four days, without meat or drink, without speech or hearing, at length, on the fifth day, at daybreak, as it were awakening out of a deep sleep, he raised himself and sat up, and opening his eyes, saw round about him a company of brethren singing psalms and weeping. Sighing gently, he asked where Acca,927 the priest, was. This man, straightway being called, came in, and seeing him somewhat recovered and able to speak, knelt down, and gave thanks to God, with all the brethren there present. When they had sat awhile and begun to discourse, with great awe, of the judgements of heaven, the bishop bade the rest go out for a time, and spoke to the priest, Acca, after this manner:
"A dread vision has even now appeared to me, which I would have you hear and keep secret, till I know what God will please to do with me. There stood by me a certain one, glorious in white raiment, and he told me that he was Michael, the Archangel, and said, 'I am sent to call you back from death: for the Lord has granted you life, through the prayers and tears of your disciples and brethren, and the intercession of His Blessed Mother Mary, of perpetual virginity; wherefore I tell you, that you shall now recover from this sickness; but be ready, for I will return and visit you at the end of four years. And when you come into your country, you shall recover the greater part of the possessions that have been taken from you, and shall end your days in peace and quiet.' " The bishop accordingly recovered, whereat all men rejoiced and gave thanks to God, and setting forward on his journey, he arrived in Britain.
Having read the letters which he brought from the Apostolic Pope, Bertwald, the archbishop, and Ethelred,928 sometime king, but then abbot, readily took his part; for the said Ethelred, calling to him Coenred,929 whom he had made king in his own stead, begged him to be friends with Wilfrid, in which request he prevailed; nevertheless Aldfrid, king of the Northumbrians, disdained to receive him. But he died soon after,930 and so it came to pass that, during the reign of his son Osred,931 when a synod was assembled before long by the river Nidd,932 after some contention on both sides, at length, by the consent of all, he was restored to the government of his own church;933 and thus he lived in peace four years, till the day of his death. He died in his monastery, which he had in the province of Undalum,934 under the government of the Abbot Cuthbald;935 and by the ministry of the brethren, he was carried to his first monastery which is called Inhrypum,936 and buried in the church of the blessed Apostle Peter, hard by the altar on the south side, as has been mentioned above, and this epitaph was written over him:
"Here rests the body of the great Bishop Wilfrid, who, for love of piety, built these courts and consecrated them with the noble name of Peter, to whom Christ, the Judge of all the earth, gave the keys of Heaven. And devoutly he clothed them with gold and Tyrian purple; yea, and he placed here the trophy of the Cross, of shining ore, uplifted high; moreover he caused the four books of the Gospel to be written in gold in their order, and he gave a case meet for them of ruddy gold. And he also brought the holy season of Easter, returning in its course, to accord with the true teaching of the catholic rule which the Fathers fixed, and, banishing all doubt and error, gave his nation sure guidance in their worship. And in this place he gathered a great throng of monks, and with all diligence safeguarded the precepts which the Fathers' rule enjoined. And long time sore vexed by many a peril at home and abroad, when he had held the office of a bishop forty-five years, he passed away and with joy departed to the heavenly kingdom. Grant, O Jesus, that the flock may follow in the path of the shepherd."
Chap. XX. How Albinus succeeded to the godly Abbot Hadrian, and Acca to Bishop Wilfrid. [709 a.d.]
The next year after the death of the aforesaid father,937 which was the fifth year of King Osred, the most reverend father, Abbot Hadrian,938 fellow labourer in the Word of God with Bishop Theodore939 of blessed memory, died, and was buried in the church of the Blessed Mother of God, in his own monastery,940 this being the forty-first year after he was sent by Pope Vitalian with Theodore, and the thirty-ninth after his arrival in England. Among other proofs of his learning, as well as Theodore's, there is this testimony, that Albinus,941 his disciple, who succeeded him in the government of his monastery, was so well instructed in literary studies, that he had no small knowledge of the Greek tongue, and knew the Latin as well as the English, which was his native language.
Acca,942 his priest, succeeded Wilfrid in the bishopric of the church of Hagustald, being likewise a man of zeal and great in noble works in the sight of God and man. He enriched the structure of his church, which is dedicated in honour of the blessed Apostle Andrew with manifold adornments and marvellous workmanship. For he gave all diligence, as he does to this day, to procure relics of the blessed Apostles and martyrs of Christ from all parts, and to raise altars in their honour in separate side-chapels built for the purpose within the walls of the same church. Besides which, he industriously gathered the histories of their martyrdom, together with other ecclesiastical writings, and erected there a large and noble library. He likewise carefully provided holy vessels, lamps, and other such things as appertain to the adorning of the house of God. He in like manner invited to him a notable singer called Maban,943 who had been taught to sing by the successors of the disciples of the blessed Pope Gregory in Kent, to instruct himself and his clergy, and kept him twelve years, to the end that he might teach such Church music as they did not know, and by his teaching restore to its former state that which was corrupted either by long use, or through neglect. For Bishop Acca himself was a most skilful singer, as well as most learned in Holy Writ, sound in the confession of the catholic faith, and well versed in the rules of ecclesiastical custom; nor does he cease to walk after this manner, till he receive the rewards of his pious devotion. For he was brought up from boyhood and instructed among the clergy of the most holy and beloved of God, Bosa, bishop of York.944 Afterwards, coming to Bishop Wilfrid in the hope of a better plan of life, he spent the rest of his days in attendance on him till that bishop's death, and going with him to Rome, learned there many profitable things concerning the ordinances of the Holy Church, which he could not have learned in his own country.


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West Loop History on Halsted: Athenian Candle
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
Halsted Street in West Loop is known for its high density of Greek shops, restaurants, museums, and other cultural sites, many of which are long time neighborhood treasures. Athenian Candle is a specialty spiritual goods shop that's stood the test of time as Halsted Street has evolved over the past century.
Athenian Candle was founded nearly 100 years ago by Themistocles and Efthimia Godelas in 1920. This fourth generation store is the only original Greek Town business standing.
Themistocles Godelas in the original Athenian Candle store in the 1940s
Athenian Candle offers over 7,000 products, including handmade candles as well as cultural and spiritual goods imported directly from Greece for use in special events and ceremonies. Products range from incense, essential oils, statues, rosaries, tapered candles, oil lamps, books for a variety of religious and spiritual faiths, and English/Greek greeting cards, and Greek flags and cook books, to Greek wedding and baptismal items like stafana (wedding crowns) and martirika (baptismal ribbons). Each year, Athenian Candle produces thousands of hand dipped paraffin and beeswax candles, ranging from 8 inches, for candles lit during most Sunday liturgies, to 5 feet, for candles used in wedding and baptismal ceremonies. These specialty candles are then sold in both the Halsted Street store and online and via catalog worldwide. The use of top quality paraffin and beeswax is crucial, as most religious and spiritual groups do not condone burning animal fat. Athenian Candle also offers candle burning and other on-site services.
With the blend of historic character and modern additions, Greek Town is a cultural cornerstone of West Loop. Greek Town is conveniently accessible from most of the city via the CTA blue line, the metra trains at Union and Ogilvie stations, and the Kennedy and Eisenhower expressways, making it an equally as convenient place to live as it is to explore on weekends.
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"Vegetable Manchurian" is nothing but vegetable dumplings prepared in an Indo-Chinese style. This recipe of mine is gravy based, but you can try non-gravy version too, in case you are not a big fan of this soupy version. These are made of dumplings made of carrot, cabbage and capsicum primarily. If you having the dry version, then it is a great starter and when you making this gravy one, it is fabulous as main course. You can serve it with rice or noodles and certainly an instant hit with your guests.
Make a dough with this mixture.
Divide the dough into equal parts and make small round balls of it.
Heat oil in a pan/kadhai on medium heat and deep fry them till they are golden brown.
Take them out on a kitchen towel and keep aside.
Now heat another pan on medium heat and add oil. To this oil, add chopped spring onion, ginger and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes.
Add Soy sauce, Chilli sauce, vinegar and ketchup to it and mix well. Add salt, sugar and black pepper powder and mix again.
Add 1 cup of water to it and let the sauce boil. In a bowl add 1.5 tablespoon of cornflour and 2 tablespoon of water and mix it well. Add this to the sauce and let it cook on slow heat till it start thickening.
Add the Manchurian balls and again cook for few minutes. Switch off the flame till you get desired consistency.
Serve hot and enjoy it with fried rice or veg Hakka noodles.
Always fry the veg balls on medium heat. If they are fried on a high heat, then only the outside layer will get cooked and inside it will be raw. Similarly, if fried on a low heat, they will absorb oil and turn soggy.
Do not grate the vegetables in advance otherwise they will be soggy and you won't be able to make a dough. Always ensure to squeeze little extra water with your hands before adding all purpose flour and corn flour. You can add this squeezed water while making sauce.
These are looking very tempting…loved the recipe..


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Q: Parse Cloud Code Save function not working I tried to implement resend email verification link on parse for which i updated my user email id with the existing one which i think triggers the email verification again. But when i tried to do that using admin role i am not able to save the object. I search and various posts but no success.
Cloud Code:-
Parse.Cloud.define("resend_email_verification_link", function(request, response) {

Parse.Cloud.useMasterKey();
console.log("User name:" + request.params.user_find);
var user_name = request.params.user_find;

var mail_user = Parse.Object.extend("User");
var user_save = new mail_user();

var query_user = new Parse.Query(user_save);
query_user.equalTo('username', user_name);
query_user.find ({
    success: function(results)
    {
        if (results.length > 0)
        {
            var email_user = "hemantsuthar20@gmail.com"; //results[0].get("email");
            //var email_user = results[0].get("email");
            console.log("Reults find for user name "+ user_name + "email Id:" + email_user);

            results[0].set("email", email_user);

            results[0].save(null, {
                success:function () {
                console.log("Successfully saved");
            },
                error:function (error) {
                console.log("Could not save" + error.message);
                }
            });

            console.log("Dont mess with me ");
            response.success();
        } else {
            response.error("No User Exists");
        }
    },
    error: function(error) {
        response.error("Query Failed.Error = "+ error.message);
    }
});
});

Logs:-

I2015-12-16T18:48:15.750Z]v58 Ran cloud function
  resend_email_verification_link with:   Input:
  {"user_find":"rahulsmarty"}   Result: undefined
I2015-12-16T18:48:15.779Z]User name:rahulsmarty
I2015-12-16T18:48:15.833Z]Reults find for user name rahulsmartyemail
  Id:hemantsuthar20@gmail.com
I2015-12-16T18:48:15.836Z]Dont mess with me

Please help me in resolving this issue.

A: First of all, updating an email field with what already exists will NOT trigger the email verification resend on Parse. You need to update the filed with something different first, then update it again with the original email address to trigger the verification email. For this purpose I suggest using a unique identifier like the user objectId to build a dummy temporary email address, something like objectId@objectId.com. Save this first to the field and then update it again with your original email address.
Also bear in mind that when you save an object on Parse, you need to wait for that operation to finish before returning response.success() in your Cloud code. Parse save() function is an asynchronous method which means when it returns, its operation is NOT necessarily completed.
An asynchronous method returns a Promise and you need to wait for this promise to be fulfilled before returning response.success() or response.error(). Make sure to read and understand the concept of Promise in Prase documentation: https://www.parse.com/docs/js/guide#promises