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October 25 – Crispin and Crispian and the baron of Renty
From the Chapelle Saint-François de Paule in Fribourg. Swiss National Museum, Zurich
Martyrs of the Early Church who were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their execution is given as 25 October, 285 or 286. It is stated that they were brothers, but the fact has not been positively proved. The legend relates that they were Romans of distinguished descent who went as missionaries of the Christian Faith to Gaul and chose Soissons as their field of labour. In imitation of St. Paul they worked with their hands, making shoes, and earned enough by their trade to support themselves and also to aid the poor. During the Diocletian persecution they were brought before Maximianus Herculius whom Diocletian had appointed co-emperor. At first Maximianus sought to turn them from their faith by alternate promises and threats.
But they replied: "Thy threats do not terrify us, for Christ is our life, and death is our gain. Thy rank and possessions are nought to us, for we have long before this sacrificed the like for the sake of Christ and rejoice in what we have done. If thou shouldst acknowledge and love Christ thou wouldst give not only all the treasures of this life, but even the glory of thy crown itself in order through the exercise of compassion to win eternal life."
When Maximianus saw that his efforts were of no avail, he gave Crispin and Crispinian into the hands of the governor Rictiovarus (Rictius Varus), a most cruel persecutor of the Christians. Under the order of Rictiovarus they were stretched on the rack, thongs were cut from their flesh, and awls were driven under their finger-nails. A millstone was then fastened about the neck of each, and they were thrown into the Aisne, but they were able to swim to the opposite bank of the river. In the same manner they suffered no harm from a great fire in which Rictiovarus, in despair, sought death himself. Afterwards the two saints were beheaded at the command of Maximianus.
Saints Crispin and Crispinian from a c1500 altar panel at Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria.
This is the story of the legend which the Bollandists have incorporated in their great collection; the same account is found in various breviaries. The narrative says that a large church was built over the graves of the two saints, consequently the legend could not have arisen until a later age; it contains, moreover, many details that have little probability or historical worth and seems to have been compiled from various fabulous sources. In the sixth century a stately basilica was erected at Soissons over the graves of these saints, and St. Eligius, a famous goldsmith, made a costly shrine for the head of St. Crispinian. Some of the relics of Crispin and Crispinian were carried to Rome and placed in the church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna. Other relics of the saints were given by Charlemagne to the cathedral, dedicated to Crispin and Crispinian, which he founded at Osnabrück. Crispin and Crispinian are the patron saints of shoemakers, saddlers, and tanners. Their feast falls on 25 October.
Acta SS., Oct., XI, 495-540; BARING-GOULD, Lives of the Saints, XII, 628; BUTLER, Lives of the Saints. 25 October; Bio-Bibl. s. v.
GABRIEL MEIER (1913 Catholic Encyclopedia)
Heinrich Michael Buch, commonly called "Good Henry"
Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the patrons and models of the pious confraternity of brother shoemakers, an establishment begun by Henry Michael Buch, commonly called Good Henry. His parents were poor day-labourers at Erlon, in the duchy of Luxemburg. Henry was distinguished from his infancy for his parts and extraordinary piety and prudence. He was put apprentice very young to a shoemaker. With the duties of his calling he joined constant devotion and the exercise of all virtues. Sundays and holidays he spent chiefly in the churches, was a great lover of holy prayer, and studied earnestly to know and contemn himself, to mortify his senses and to deny his own will. He took SS. Crispin and Crispinian for his models, and, at his work, had them before his eyes, considering often how they worked with a view purely to please God, and to have an opportunity to convert infidels, and to relieve the poor. It was to him a subject of grief to see many in the same or the like trades ill instructed, slothful in the practice of virtue, and engaged in dangerous or criminal habits; and, by his zealous and prudent exhortations and endeavours, he induced many such to assist diligently at catechism and pious instructions, to shun ale-houses and dangerous company, to frequent the sacraments, to pray devoutly; especially to make every evening acts of faith, hope, divine love, and contrition, and to love only virtuous company, and whatever promoted piety and religion.
Saints Crispin and Crispinian, patron of shoemakers in a print of the eighteenth-century printers' Remondini of Bassano, Italy
In this manner, he laid himself out with great zeal and success, when, the term of his apprenticeship being expired, he worked as journeyman; and God so abundantly diffused in his heart his holy spirit and charity, and gave such authority and weight to his words, by the character of his sanctity, that he seemed to have established him the father of his family, to hear the complaints, reconcile the differences, inquire into the distresses, comfort the sorrows, and even relieve the wants of many. The servant of God went always very meanly clad, yet often gave to the poor some of the clothes off his back; he retrenched everything that was superfluous, and often contented himself with bread and water that he might feed the hungry, and clothe the naked. Thus he had lived at his work several years at Luxemburg and Messen, when providence conducted him to Paris, where he continued the same zealous life among the young men of his low rank and profession.
He was forty-five years old when the Baron of Renty, whose piety has rendered his name famous, having heard him spoken of, was extremely desirous to see him. The simplicity and most edifying and enlightened discourse of the poor shoemaker surprised and charmed the good baron, who discovered in him an extraordinary prudence and penetration in spiritual things, and an invincible courage to undertake and execute great projects for the honour of God. He was informed that Henry reformed many dissolute apprentices and children, and, with great address and piety, reconciled to them their angry masters or parents; that he prescribed to many that were so disposed, excellent rules of a pious life: and that he had an excellent talent at instructing and exhorting poor strangers who had no friends, and seemed destitute of comfort, in the hospital of St. Gervaise, which he visited every day. But what gave him the highest idea of Henry's sanctity, was the eminent spirit of prayer and humility, and the supernatural graces with which he discovered him to be endowed.
Frères Cordonniers, which was established for shoemakers and tailors, by the Baron de Renty & Henry Michael Buch.
Thinking him, therefore, a proper instrument for advancing the divine honour, he proposed to him a project of establishing a confraternity to facilitate the heroic exercise of all virtues among persons of his low profession. For this end, he purchased for him the freedom and privilege of a burgess; and made him commence master in his trade that he might take apprentices and journeymen who were willing to follow the rules that were prescribed them, and were drawn up by the curate of St. Paul's, regarding frequent prayer, the use of the sacraments, the constant practice of the divine presence, mutual succours in time of sickness, and affording relief and comfort to the sick and distressed. Seven apprentices and journeymen joined him, and the foundation of his confraternity was laid in 1645, Henry being appointed the first superior. It appeared visibly, by the innocence and sanctity of this company of pious artisans, how much God had chosen to be honoured by it: the spirit of the primitive Christians seemed revived amongst them. Two years after this, certain pious tailors who were charmed with the heavenly life of these shoemakers, whom they heard often singing devoutly the divine praises at their work, and saw employing, in penance and good works, that time which many throw away in idleness and sin, begged of good Henry a copy of these rules, and, with the assistance of the same curate, formed a like confraternity of their profession, in 1647. Both these confraternities are propagated in several parts of France and Italy, and are settled in Rome. The principal rules are, that all the members rise at five o'clock every morning, meet together to pray before they go to work; that, as often as the clock strikes, the superior recites aloud some suitable prayer, at some hours a De Profundis, at others some devotion to honour the passion of our Redeemer, or for the conversion of sinners, &c.: that all hear mass every day at an appointed hour; at their work to say certain prayers, as the beads; and sometimes sing a devout hymn, at other times work mostly in silence; make a meditation before dinner; hear pious reading at table; make every year a retreat for a few days; on Sundays and holydays assist at sermons, and at the whole divine office; visit hospitals and prisons, or poor sick persons in their private houses; make an examination of their consciences, say night prayers together, and retire to their rooms at nine o'clock. It would require a volume to give a true idea of the great virtues and edifying deportment of the pious institutor of this religious establishment. After three years' sickness he died at Paris, of an ulcer in his lungs, on the 9th of June, in 1666, and was buried in the churchyard at St. Gervaise's. (See Le Vachet, L'Artisan Chrétien, ou la Vie du Bon Henri; and Helyot, Hist. des Ordr. Rel. t. 8, p. 175.)
Facade of the church Saint-Gervais_Saint-Protais in Paris.
An enterprise which the pious Baron of Renty had extremely at heart, was to engage persons in the world, of all professions, especially artisans and the poor, to instruct themselves in, and faithfully to practise, all the means of Christian perfection, of which his own life was a model.
Gaston John Baptist, baron of Renty, son of Charles, baron of Renty, of an ancient noble family of Artois, was born at the castle of Beni, in the diocess of Bayeux in Normandy, in 1611. He was placed very young in the college of Navarre at Paris, and afterwards in the college of the Jesuits at Caën with a clergyman for his preceptor, and a secular governor: at seventeen, he was sent to the academy at Paris, and gained great reputation by his progress in learning, and his address in all his exercises, especially riding and fencing. Piety from the cradle was his favourite inclination, which was much strengthened by his reading the Imitation of Christ. His desire of becoming a Carthusian was overruled by his parents; and, in the twenty-second year of his age, he married Elizabeth of Balzac, of the family of Entragues, daughter to the Count of Graville, by whom he left two sons and two daughters. His great abilities, modesty, and prudence rendered him conspicuous in the world, especially in the states at Rouen, wherein he assisted as deputy of the nobility of the Bailiwick of Vire, and in the army, in which he served in Lorrain, being captain of a select company of six-score men, of whom sixty were gentlemen of good families. His valour, watchful and tender care of all under his charge, regular and fervent devotion, attention to every duty, excessive charity, humility, penance, and the exercise of all virtues cannot be recounted in this place. He was much esteemed by King Lewis XIII; but it was his greatest happiness, that in the midst of the world his heart appeared as perfectly disengaged from it, and raised above it as the Pauls, Antonies, and Arseniuses were in their deserts. In the twenty-seventh year of his age, the sermons of a certain Oratorian who preached a mission, about seven leagues from Paris, made so strong an impression upon his soul, that after making a general confession to that pious priest, by his advice, he entered upon a new course of life, resolving to break all his connexions with the court, resign all public business, and lay aside superfluous visits that he might give his whole heart to God in prayer, and to works of duty and charity. He chose for his director F. Condren, general of the Oratorians, a most holy and experienced master in an interior life, as his pious writings and the history of his life show. As the whole secret of a Christian consists in destroying what is vicious in our affections that grace may reign in us, and in making the old man die that Christ alone may live in our hearts, the baron, by the counsels of his director, redoubled his application to subdue his passions, and regulate all the interior and exterior motions of his heart and senses.
Gaston Jean Baptiste de Renty, Baron of Renty
By vigorously thwarting the inclinations of nature and the senses, he brought them into subjection; and wherever he discovered any symptom of the least irregularity, he strongly counteracted the inclination, by doing the contrary. He made every day two examinations of conscience, at noon and at night; went to confession twice, and to communion three or four times a week: rose at midnight to say matins with an hour's meditation; had regular hours in the day for meditation, mass, and other devotions, and all family duties. His fasts and abstinence were most rigorous and continual; his clothes plain; the interior peace and serenity of his mind demonstrated the submission of his passions to reason and the divine will, and that he very little desired or feared anything temporal, considering God alone, whether in prosperity or adversity. His retrenchment of every superfluity showed his love of poverty. He looked upon himself as the most unworthy and the basest of all creatures; in his letters took the title of sinner, or the most grievous sinner, and lived in a total annihilation of himself before God and all creatures; when he spoke of God, he humbled himself to the very centre of the earth, and he would feelingly say, that so base a creature ought with trembling to adore God in silence, without presuming to pronounce his name. In a sincere love for a hidden and unknown life he shunned and dreaded esteem and honour, insomuch that it would have been a pleasure to him to be banished from all hearts, and forgotten by all men. He earnestly conjured his devout friends to sigh to God for him, that the spirit of his divine Son might be his life, or that he might live in him and for him alone. It was his custom to consecrate frequently to God, in the most solemn manner, his whole being, his body, soul, wife, children, estate, and whatever could concern him, earnestly praying that with the utmost purity, simplicity, and innocency he might do all things purely for God, without the least secret spark of self-love, and without feeling joy or sorrow, or any other sentiment which he did not totally refer to Him. His devotion to the blessed sacrament was such, that he usually spent several hours in the day on his knees before it; and when others wondered he could abide so long together on his knees, he said it was this that gave him vigour and strength, and revived his soul. He often served at mass himself: he rebuilt the church at Beni; and out of devotion to the holy sacrament, he furnished a great number of poor parish-churches with neat silver chalices and ciboriums.
Portrait of Louis XIII by Philippe de Champaigne
It would be too long here to mention his care of his family, and of all his tenants, but especially of his children; frequent attendance upon the sick in hospitals, and in their cottages, and his incredible and perpetual charities not only among his own vassals and in neighbouring places, but also among the distant hospitals, the slaves at Marseilles, the Christian slaves in Barbary, the missions in the Indies, several English and Irish Catholic exiles, &c. After the death of P. Condren, he chose for his director a devout father of the Society of Jesus, and, for some time before his death, communicated usually every day. Prayer being the great channel through which the divine gifts are chiefly communicated to our souls, in imitation of all the saints he made this his ordinary employment, and his whole life might be called a continued prayer. His eminent spirit of prayer was founded in the most profound humility, and constant mortification. The soul must die before she can live by the true life; she must be crucified to herself and the world before she is capable of uniting herself intimately to God, in which consists her perfection. This faithful servant of God was dead to the love of riches and the goods of the world; to its amusements, pleasures, and honours; to the esteem and applause of men, and also to their contempt; to the inordinate affections or inclinations of self-love, so that his heart seemed to be withheld by no ties, but totally possessed by God and his pure love. In these dispositions he was prepared for the company of the heavenly spirits. The latter years of his life he spent partly at Paris, and partly at his country seat or castle at his manor of Citri, in the diocess of Soissons. It was at Paris that he fell ill of his last sickness, in which he suffered great pains without giving the least sign of complaint. Having most devoutly received all the sacraments he calmly expired on the 24th of April, in the year 1649, of his age the thirty-seventh. He was buried at Citri; his body was taken up on the 15th of September, in 1658, by an order of the bishop, to be removed to a more honourable place; and was found as fresh and entire as if he had been but just dead. See his life by F. St. Jure, a Jesuit of singular piety and learning.
Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). Volume X: October.
The Lives of the Saints. 1866, pp 286-288.
This day is called the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
shall stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
and rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and see old age,
will yearly, on the vigil, feast his neighbours,
and say; "To-morrow is Saint Crispian."
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars
and say; "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."
Old men forget. Yet all shall be forgot.
But he'll remember with advantages
what feats he did that day. Then shall our names
familiar in his mouth as household words
–Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester–
be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son.
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
from this day to the ending of the world,
but we in it shall be remember'd.
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
shall be my brother. Be he ne'er so vile.
This day shall gentle his condition.
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
and think their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
who fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
(from Act IV, Scene 3)
Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, October 25, 1415.
So, once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
as modest stillness and humility.
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
then imitate the action of the tiger.
Stiffen the sinews. Summon up the blood.
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage.
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect.
Let it pry through the portage of the head
like the brass cannon. Let the brow o'erwhelm it.
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
o'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide.
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
to his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Dishonour not your mothers. Now attest
that those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
And you, good yeoman, whose limbs were made in England,
show us here the mettle of your pasture.
Show us here that you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
For there is none of you so mean and base,
that hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
straining upon the start. The game's afoot.
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
cry; "God for Harry, England, and Saint George!"
(from Act III, Scene 1)
King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt
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FACEIT Announces Quake Pro League for 2019-2020
Credit: Bethesda
Andrew Haywardahaywa Jun 26, 2019 All, Europe, Leagues and Tournaments, News, North America, Prize Pool
FACEIT will operate the official Quake Pro League for Quake Champions, with weekly competition taking place between August 2019 and August 2020.
The 20 chosen players will first compete at QuakeCon 2019 in July to determine the global ranking.
Quake Champions launched in 2017, with more than $2.1M USD in prizing awarded to date, according to Esports Earnings.
Tournament organizer and platform FACEIT announced today that it will host the official Quake Pro League for id Software's Quake Champions, with a year-long season that will take place from August 2019 to August 2020.
FACEIT will choose 20 top Quake Champions players—10 total from North and South America, and 10 picked between Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States—and pit them against each other in weekly online competitions via the FACEIT platform. The broadcasts will be filmed from the FACEIT Studio in Earlsfield, London.
id Software's annual QuakeCon convention will bookend the season at both the start and finish. At QuakeCon 2019, which will be held from July 25-28 in Grapevine, Texas, the 20 chosen players will compete to earn a global ranking ahead of the Quake Pro League start in August.
Offline minor and major events will be held in November 2019, February 2020, and May 2020 ahead of the World Championship at QuakeCon 2020 next summer. The free-to-play first-person shooter has introduced a new game mode, Timed Duel, for Quake Pro League competition.
Related Article: FACEIT Reveals Partnerships with Riot Games, Caffeine
"Quake is part of the bedrock of FACEIT. All founders of the company were heavily involved in the Quake III competitive scene, and it's the title that first ignited our passion for esports," said Michele Attisani, FACEIT co-founder and Chief Business Officer, in a release. "Competitive Quake birthed one of the very first online esports communities, and we're thrilled to be a part of this groundbreaking new league and to help shape the future of this iconic esport. We have huge plans for the broadcast from our innovative studio in London and we can't wait to bring fans around the world a whole year of exhilarating Quake competition."
Quake Champions first debuted in early access ahead of QuakeCon 2017, where the Quake World Championship awarded a $1M total prize pool between Duel and Sacrifice events. Last year's QuakeCon tournaments dropped the total prize pool to $200K, but there have also been several Quake Champions tournaments at DreamHack events over the last two years. Esports Earnings reports that more than $2.1M has been awarded in total prizing to date.
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Biden made the right call on Afghanistan
By Mark Hertling
Updated 5:53 PM EDT, Fri April 16, 2021
Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan is personal for this lawmaker
Editor's Note: Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling is a national security, intelligence and terrorism analyst for CNN. He served for 37 years in the Army, including three years in combat, and retired as commanding general of US Army Europe and the 7th Army. He is the author of "Growing Physician Leaders." He has provided input informally to the Biden campaign on issues of national security. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely his. View more opinion at CNN.
President Biden has weighed the risks and considered the political and personal implications. He has listened carefully to the advice of the military and diplomats, and he has coordinated with our allies, who have nobly supported the fight over the last two decades with their own blood and treasure. Now, the President has made the tough decision to order the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan by September – 20 years after the war there began.
I'm convinced this wasn't an easy call for him or his team, but in my opinion it was time to do so.
Mark Hertling
Many of those who wear or have worn the uniform will be upset with the President's action, feeling betrayed because they were not allowed to "finish the job" in which they have invested so much. They will pour themselves a bourbon, and like so many soldiers in so many past wars, they will ask themselves: What was it all for? As a friend of mine stated: "So much was lost in that country. The war has rewritten my life. Dead friends at Arlington, divorces, years overseas. We gave it our all, but it wasn't enough."
Others who served in Afghanistan will say: It's about time! They know the original mission of defeating Al Qaeda was accomplished many years ago and that we cannot fix Afghanistan's dysfunctional government. They understand that much of our mission in the last few years has been aimless, without objective or strategic vision.
Another friend said it this way: "The biggest lesson we will learn from this war is how we didn't decide from the beginning how it should end, and we didn't get out after we had accomplished what we went in to do. We Americans are filled with hubris, and we have a big appetite. We always want more, and sometimes more ain't good."
Pundits and analysts are hotly debating the risks and rewards of withdrawing from Afghanistan from their national security and academic perspectives. And those who wear or have worn the uniform are also contemplating the President's decision, but from an entirely different viewpoint. For those who have served in Afghanistan, this is deeply personal.
Most of those who fought there will likely keep their thoughts to themselves or will only choose to share with fellow soldiers. They will think of the personal investment they made, and the haunting memories of comrades killed or injured.
President Joe Biden visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Today Biden announced the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America.
Andrew Harnik/AP
Biden's magical thinking on Afghanistan
While some will recite statistics, the toll of the dead and wounded or the money spent on America's longest war, those who went on patrol – conducted hundreds of engagements with police chiefs or local tribal leaders, were ambushed or the target of snipers or rockets or IEDs, coordinated airstrikes or the kill/capture mission associated with defeating terrorists or insurgents – will instead see faces, not numbers. They will have disturbing memories, because they have seen the human side of combat.
The thoughts of those who fought in Afghanistan will always be tainted by their own perceptions of either having made a huge difference … or not having done enough. Some, especially senior officers, will always question what they did right and what they did wrong. They will lament that they were often asked to do too much without enough support from the government or the population, even though that wasn't completely their fault. I know, because I continue to question my actions as a senior leader, years after redeploying from combat. It is what we do.
The Prussian war theoretician Carl von Clausewitz suggested a "trinity" to understand the tensions that exist between government leaders, the people of the society and the military. To be successful, practitioners of war need to understand and influence the actions of the government, the people and the military. To win, the government must establish a viable strategy, the people must see the war as legitimate and provide support and the military must be capable and effective in executing the strategy.
When the US began operations in October 2001, as a reaction to the al Qaeda attacks on 9/11, our government's strategy was clear, the support of the American population was robust and the early military operations were successful. But as years passed, the clear national objectives changed, the support of the public began to lag (as exhibited by polling and the votes by representatives in the Congress) and the military mission became more complex and disjointed.
As we end this war, the government and the people will move on. But those who fought in Afghanistan will continue to be haunted by so many thoughts from so many experiences. When individuals fight hard as part of a military team and achieve success, they are deservedly proud of what they have accomplished and what they have contributed to national and global security.
Stay up to date on the latest opinion, analysis and conversations through social media. Join us at Facebook/CNNOpinion and follow us @CNNOpinion on Twitter. We welcome your ideas and comments.
But when a mission is ended abruptly, without a clear victory, those who fought will regret not having lived up to the oath of protecting and defending the Constitution and doing what they were asked to do: accomplishing the assigned mission.
Those who served in Afghanistan – more than others – will be plagued by doubts about their perceived lack of success: not finishing the missions assigned to them by the nation. Combined with elements of survivor's guilt because they returned home when their buddies didn't, those doubts will be exacerbated. But they did what they were asked to do, and they should be proud of their service.
This article has been updated with a sentence–indicating that it was time to withdraw troops from Afghanistan–that had been omitted due to an editing error.


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how can i Echo "text" only if attached thumbnail resolution is over 500px x 500px in wordpress?
I want to echo a link if the attached thumbnail is bigger than the specified image resolution.
Thanks.

A: Found a Solution
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A: Try this:
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Q: How can I get the minimum values and date of each group? I have two MySQL tables that are related. My purpose is to obtain the minimum values of each group and the dates associated with each minimum value found.
                              TABLE 1
> ------------+--------------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+
> --  Code -- | - IdGroup1 - | - IdGroup2 - | - State - | - NameProtocol -|
> ------------+--------------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+
>    ZZ-100   |   11111111   |    1110000   |     1     |       OSM1      |
> ------------+--------------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+
>    ZZ-200   |   55555555   |    5550000   |     1     |       OSM1      |
> ------------+--------------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+
>    ZZ-300   |   99999999   |    9990000   |     1     |       OSM1      |

Table 1 and 3 are related.
                             TABLE 3
> ---------------------+-------------------+----------------+
> --  NameProtocol  -- | -- Description -- | -- Protocol -- |
> ---------------------+-------------------+----------------+
>         ATC0         |        d1         |      UDP       |
> ---------------------+-------------------+----------------+
>         OSM1         |        d2         |      TCP       |
> ---------------------+-------------------+----------------+

Table 2 is where the new values are recorded.
                                TABLE 2
> ---------+-----------------------+----------------+----------------+
> - Value -| ------- Date -------- | -- IdGroup1 -- | -- IdGroup2 -- |
> ---------+-----------------------+----------------+----------------+
>    10    |  2020-08-16 02:30:10  |    99999999    |     9990000    |
> ---------+-----------------------+----------------+----------------+
>    15    |  2020-08-16 02:31:10  |    99999999    |     9990000    |
> ---------+-----------------------+----------------+----------------+
>    20    |  2020-08-16 02:32:10  |    99999999    |     9990000    |
> ---------+-----------------------+----------------+----------------+
>    115   |  2020-08-16 02:31:20  |    55555555    |     5550000    |
> ---------+-----------------------+----------------+----------------+
>    120   |  2020-08-16 02:32:20  |    55555555    |     5550000    |
> ---------+-----------------------+----------------+----------------+
>    90    |  2020-08-16 02:35:20  |    11111111    |     1110000    |
> ---------+-----------------------+----------------+----------------+
>    100   |  2020-08-16 02:30:20  |    11111111    |     1110000    |

I have done many tests and I still manage to get the correct answer, the best approximation was obtained with the following query:
var query = Table2                                              //Outer Table
            .Join(Table1,                                       //Inner Table to join
                         p => new { p.IdGroup1, p.IdGroup2 },   //Condition from outer table
                         e => new { e.IdGroup1, e.IdGroup2 },   //Condition from inner table
                         (p, e) => new {                        //Result
                                          Code = e.Code,
                                          Value = p.Value,
                                          Date = p.Date })
            .GroupBy(gb => new { gb.Code })
            .OrderBy(ob => ob.Key.Code)
            .Select(s => new {  Code = s.Key.Code,
                                Value = (double?)s.Min(a => a.Value),
                                Date = "?" })  // TODO: The date remains to be implemented.
            .ToList();

The result of my query:
> -------------+-------------+------------+
> --  Code  -- | -- Value -- | -- Date -- |
> -------------+-------------+------------+
>    ZZ-100    |      90     |     ?      |
> -------------+-------------+------------+
>    ZZ-200    |     115     |     ?      |
> -------------+-------------+------------+
>    ZZ-300    |      10     |     ?      |

I just need to add the dates for each minimum value found. What should I do to be able to integrate it into my query?
Code:
var query = Table1
        .Join(Table2.Where(w => (w.State == 1)),
                         h => new { h.IdGroup1, h.IdGroup2 },
                         p => new { p.IdGroup1, p.IdGroup2 },
                         (h, p) => new { h, p })
        .Join(Table3.Where(w => (w.Protocol == "TCP")),
                                     pt => pt.p.NameProtocol,
                                     p => p.NameProtocol,
                                     (pt, p) => new { pt, p })
        .GroupBy(gb => new { gb.pt.p.Code })
        .OrderBy(ob => ob.Key.Code)
        .Select(s => new {  Code = s.Key.Code,
                            Value = (double?)s.Min(a => a.pt.h.Value) })
        .ToList();

A: You could try the following:
.Select(s =>
{
    var values = s.OrderBy(x=>x.Value);
    var firstValue = values.First();
    return new
    {
        Code = s.Key.Code;
        Value = (double?)firstValue.Value;
        Date = firstValue.Date;
    }
})

Essentially, we order the items in each group based on the Value property. The one with the minimum value would be the first element after the Ordering. Then we pick that element and read its Value and its Date and we are done.
Update
One fast solution it would be to call ToList, after the Join. This would bring all the data in application's memory and you would perform there all the required processing.
.Join(Table1
      , p => new { p.IdGroup1, p.IdGroup2 }
      , e => new { e.IdGroup1, e.IdGroup2 }
      , (p, e) => new
        {
           Code = e.Code,
           Value = p.Value,
           Date = p.Date
    })
   .ToList()
   .GroupBy(gb => new { gb.Code })
   .OrderBy(ob => ob.Key.Code)
   .Select(s =>
   {
       var values = s.OrderBy(x=>x.Value);
       var firstValue = values.First();
       return new
       {
           Code = s.Key.Code;
           Value = (double?)firstValue.Value;
           Date = firstValue.Date;
       }
   }).ToList();

A: Most effective query for such request is usage of Window Functions, which is not supported by EF and, I think, this will never happen.
So just use SQL and run it via Dapper, whatever.
SELECT
    s.Code,
    s.Value,
    s.Date
FROM
    (
        SELECT
           t1.Code,
           t2.Value,
           t2.Date,
           ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY t1.Code ORDER BY t2.Value) AS RN
        FROM TABLE1 t1
        JOIN TBALE3 t3 ON t3.NameOfProtocol = t1.NameOfProtocol
        LEFT JOIN TABLE2 t2 ON t1.IdGroup1 = t2.IdGroup1 AND t1.IdGroup2 = t2.IdGroup2 AND t2.FechaCaudalHistorico <= @dateFilter
        WHERE t3.Protocol = 'TCP'
    ) s
WHERE s.RN = 1

If you are not a pure EF Core adept and still needs LINQ, you can try linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore extension which has this possibility and query can be written via LINQ:
var dateFilter = DateTime.Parse ("2020-09-16 03:00:00");
var rnQuery =
   from t1 in Table1
   join t3 in Table3 on t1.NameOfProtocol equals t3.NameOfProtocol
   from t2 in Table2.Where(t2 => t1.IdGroup1 == t2.IdGroup1 && t1.IdGroup2 == t2.IdGroup2 && t2.FechaCaudalHistorico <= dateFilter)
      .DefaultIfEmpty()
   where t3.Protocol == "TCP"
   select new
   {
      t1.Code,
      Value = Sql.ToNullable(t2.Value),
      Date  = Sql.ToNullable(t2.Date),
      RN    = Sql.Ext.RowNumber().Over().PartitionBy(t1.Code).OrderBy(t2.Value).ToValue()
   };

var query = from s in rnQuery
   where s.RN == 1
   select new
   {
      s.Code,
      s.Value,
      s.Date,
   };

// switch to alternative LINQ parser
query = query.ToLinqToDB();

var result = query.ToList();

As result you will have identical SQL as described above.

A: you could do this :
var query = Table2                                              //Outer Table
    .Join(Table1,                                       //Inner Table to join
        p => new { p.IdGroup1, p.IdGroup2 },   //Condition from outer table
        e => new { e.IdGroup1, e.IdGroup2 },   //Condition from inner table
        (p, e) => new
        {                        //Result
            Code = e.Code,
            Value = p.Value,
            Date = p.Date
        })
    .GroupBy(gb => new { gb.Code })
    .OrderBy(ob => ob.Key.Code)
    .Select(s =>
    {
        var min = s.FirstOrDefault(x=> x.Value == s.Min(a => a.Value));
        return new {Code = s.Key.Code, Value = (double?)min.Value, Date = min.Date};
    })  // TODO: The date remains to be implemented.
    .ToList();


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Quarantine as part of grand strategy
The establishment of quarantine stations in 19th century Australia has to be viewed not only in terms of public health measures, but as part of the grand strategy of the British Empire, in its maritime supremacy of the time, to protect its economic and territorial interests. Immigrants were sent from England to Australia to conquer and to cultivate its frontier lands, which, in their relegation to the disempowered status of terra nullis, completely obliterated the land rights of Indigenous Australians. A great power like the British Empire expanded its colonial sphere of influence through emigration of entrepreneurs and workers from the British stock to a great mass of land like Australia, perceived to be "uninhabited" by the British elite. (This perception was shared by Chinese and Dutch maritime adventurers who visited Australia before the British.) Quarantine was not simply a matter of public health, but also an extension and an expression of political power. Quarantine regulations and stations not only served to protect Australia from deadly infectious diseases, but aided and abetted the British Empire in ensuring that its imago was replicated and firmly established in this far-flung colony in the southern hemisphere: the antipodes to Europe and its advanced civilisation, which at the time was galvanised through the Industrial Revolution that actually began in England. Viewed strategically, therefore, quarantine was both projection and protection of power; the Industrial Revolution, too, contributed greatly to the authority and the technology of Australian quarantine stations. At the North Head Quarantine Station, the autoclaves, the power house and the funicular railway readily come to mind.
Grey, Jeffrey. A military history of Australia. (3rd edition) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Watch the Russian rocket failure that forced two astronauts to make an emergency landing
The two-person crew safely made an emergency landing after their rocket failed on October 11th
By James Vincent
Nov 1, 2018, 11:37 AM UTC |
The Soyuz rocket launching on October 11th, minutes before it aborted its mission.
Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images
The Russian space agency Roscosmos has released footage of the failed Soyuz rocket launch that grounded a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut last month.
The two crew members were on their way to the International Space Station when the Russian-made Soyuz rocket (the only way to ferry humans to the ISS at this point in time) aborted about a minute and a half after takeoff. An official report detailing the cause of the failure is due to be published today, but Russian officials told news agencies yesterday that the problem was an on-board sensor used to track the separation of the rocket's boosters.
The Soyuz is a multistage rocket, meaning it uses groups of engines that fire one after another to push the vehicle out of the grip of Earth's gravity. At the end of the video released by Roscosmos below you can see the first of these engine stages detaching:
Usually, the four boosters fall away perfectly symmetrically (creating a visual phenomenon sometimes referred to as a "Korolev Cross," after Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev). But here you can clearly see one of the boosters clinging to the rocket, sending it into a spin.
The two crew members aboard the Soyuz sustained no injuries from the aborted launch, but did experience extreme G-forces (up to 6.7 times normal Earth gravity) on their unexpected, 31-mile trip back home. NASA astronaut Nick Hague told reporters that the pair experienced a brief moment of weightlessness after the failure, before beginning what's known in the business as a ballistic descent.
"It's like tossing a ball high into the air," said Hague. "At some point gravity takes over and starts bringing it back down."
The Soyuz rocket is currently grounded and it's not clear when it will next fly (although some time in December is suggested). And at the moment, there are three crew members onboard the ISS. Although they can return safely to Earth whenever needed using a capsule attached to the station, NASA wants to avoid leaving the ISS uncrewed for too long.


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Q: Finding closures in a DB table of a given depth with SQLite I have the following table: ( I am using sqlite)
.schema T
CREATE TABLE T (i TEXT, j TEXT, v INTEGER);

select * from T;

i |j |v
x |y |1
x |z |1
y |a |1
z |b |1
a |c |1
c |d |1

I need to find the closure of a particular i to a given depth. However, with SQLite I can't use recursive queries. I tried writing one query but can't invoke it efficiently to get the desired result:
sqlite> Select i,j,v  FROM T WHERE i='x'

...> union

...> SELECT R.i "i",T.j "j",R.v+t.v "v" FROM T JOIN T as R ON R.j=T.i where R.i='x';

i|j|v
x|a|2
x|b|2
x|y|1
x|z|1

This lists all the closures to a depth of 2. But in my particular use case I need to allow for closures up to a depth of 8.
With this types of query I can try:
SELECT   i,j,v FROM T WHERE i='x'

union

SELECT R.i "i",T.j "j",R.R.x+T.v "x" FROM T JOIN (SELECT R.i,T.j,R.v+T.v "x" FROM T JOIN T AS
R ON R.j=T.i where R.i='x') AS R ON R.j=T.i where R.i='x'

union

SELECT R.i "i",T.j "j",R.v+T.v "x" FROM T JOIN T AS R ON R.j=T.i where R.i='x';

i|j|v
x|a|2
x|b|2
x|c|3
x|y|1
x|z|1

This will return closures to a depth of 3, but with redundant select queries. Is there a better way to find the closures?


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Q: Accessing a JavaScript array using a value passed into a function I have a JavaScript array declared in my JavaScript page like so:
var example = [[20,870,5,1,1,16],[28,1250,8,1,1,23]];

This works fine when accessed elsewhere.
I have a checkbox in my HTML page like so:
<input type="checkbox" id="example" onChange="update('example')">Example

I want the function to look something like below. The variable being passed is also the name of my JS array. I will have 20-30 check boxes and I would ideally like to avoid a load of if/else statements.
function update(a) {

alert(a[0][1]);

}

Is there anyway to use the variable passed into my function to access the namesake JS array?
Thanks

A: If example is defined, you can remove quotes surrounding parameter example at update(example) call

<script>
  var example = [
    [20, 870, 5, 1, 1, 16],
    [28, 1250, 8, 1, 1, 23]
  ];

  function update(a) {
    alert(a[0][1]);
  }
</script>

<input type="checkbox" id="example" onchange="update(example)">Example

A: Try
function update(a) {
    alert(window[a][0][1]);
}


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About ILF
What is ILF?
The Islamic Learning Foundation (ILF) is an institute developed to provide a solid foundation of Islamic literacy and spiritual development. Considering the myriad social and ideological challenges the Muslim community faces, ILF has been created to give American Muslims the necessary tools for intellectual and spiritual maturation. Ultimately, we wish to build a community of student activists who have internalized the Prophetic personality–noble and resilient.
What Sets ILF Apart?
There are many institutions of Islamic education available to the Muslim community. Each institution brings their own unique methodology of religious instruction, thus fortifying the greater Muslim community through this rich diversity.
ILF seeks to provide a holistic approach of Islamic personality-development through mentorship and didactics. We intend to build a movement of students of the Islamic sciences that have a strong foundation in the Islamic tradition and research methodology. It is this community of students and scholars–with relationships of mutual growth–that shall transcend theoretics to engage the ideological and spiritual ills of society. It is this fusion of knowledge and activism that inspires our entire project.
What Has ILF Done So Far?
The Islamic Learning Foundation has established state-of-the-art classrooms with multimedia and streaming capabilities in multiple cities around the country. Hundreds of students have benefited from the various courses by ILF covering a variety of subjects with an emphasis on integrating modern research and traditional Islamic studies. ILF has also provided opportunities for students to receive Ijazaat (traditional licenses of learning) for hadith collections such as the Forty Hadith of Imam Nawawi and the Shamail of Imam Tirmidhi.
One of our core offerings is the Summer Intensive Program – Indisputable Truth. This program provides students with 60 hours of instruction, laying out principles of Islamic thought rooted in knowledge of the Quran, Sunnah and scholarly discourse. This program also provides students with the intellectual anchoring required to work through doubts and questions about Islam's authenticity and truth.
ILF also has a "Bridge to Quranic Arabic program" where it has sponsored students from the United States, enabling them to study with experts in Arabic instruction and Quran in Cairo and Madinah. Some students have chosen to continue their studies at Al-Azhar and Al-Madinah University with continued sponsorship. They have since returned, serving the community in various capacities as Imams, Arabic instructors, and Islamic studies teachers.
What is next for ILF?
Activist and Mentor Development Program
A thorough study circle system has been developed as an Activist Development Program spanning all levels of Islamic literacy. This weekly program shall provide Islamic workers with foundational Islamic knowledge as well as the essential tools for grounding Islamic thought with established principles of research from the robust Islamic intellectual tradition. The Mentor Development Program shall provide more rigorous study with an emphasis on production of Islamic thought as well as social leadership skills.
As part of ICNA Chicago, the Islamic Learning Foundation has established a community center in the Chicagoland area. At the ICNA Center, we have built a community that is welcoming and inclusive for all people no matter their personal state. Whether it be the new Muslim who is seeking an entry point into the community or the young man or woman who is struggling with their faith, they have a home at the ICNA center. With the forthcoming community cafe, coffee and refreshments will accompany our diverse activities developed for all ages. This will be a place where the entire family can enjoy good company and programming.
One year Islamic Studies program
ILF plans to establish a full-time, 1-year Islamic studies program. This program shall provide instruction of the foundational Islamic sciences while providing essential skill development such as writing arts, speaking craft, therapeutic listening, crisis management, project management, and research methodology. This program is unique in that it will be one of very few programs in the country which will be taught entirely in the English language. However, elective Arabic studies will also be available for students interested.
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Akbarpur (Ambedkar Nagar), een plaats en gemeente in de Indiase deelstaat Uttar Pradesh
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import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;

public class ProgressIndicator extends javax.swing.JFrame {

    /**
     * Creates new form ProgressIndicator
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        this.getRootPane().setBorder(new EmptyBorder(8,8,8,8));
        initComponents();
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
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    /**
     * This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form. WARNING: Do NOT
     * modify this code. The content of this method is always regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
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    private void initComponents() {
        java.awt.GridBagConstraints gridBagConstraints;

        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
        jProgressBar1 = new javax.swing.JProgressBar();
        jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();

        setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        getContentPane().setLayout(new java.awt.GridBagLayout());

        jLabel1.setText("Thanks for checking out ClassiCube client!
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        jProgressBar1.setIndeterminate(true);
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Commissioner says it's time to review N.S. Conflict of Interest Act
Joseph Kennedy is Nova Scotia's conflict of interest commissioner. (Robert Short/CBC - image credit)
Nova Scotia's conflict of interest commissioner says it's time for a review of the province's Conflict of Interest Act.
Joseph Kennedy made the comments to reporters on Wednesday, following a meeting of the legislature's public accounts committee.
"The act hasn't been looked at for quite a while," he said. "It's time to do it."
Kennedy noted that although he gets inquiries from "every aspect of government," the act does not require that his office be contacted. One question to consider is whether that should change, he said.
And while the commissioner has the power to order people to return money or levy fines of up to $10,000, Kennedy said he cannot do either without first doing an inquiry. That's also not a straightforward process.
"I don't do inquiries of my own volition. I have to be asked to do them," he said.
When asked, there is a threshold test that must be satisfied before an inquiry can go forward. Kennedy said he's received several requests for inquiries during his three years on the job, but so far none of them have met the threshold test.
During his time in the role, the former chief justice of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court has written 220 conflict opinions.
Kennedy said it would be to people's advantage to contact his office if they need guidance about something that could blur the lines between their duties as a member of the public service and private sector interests.
His experience is that most people want to follow the rules.
"This is Nova Scotia, not Texas," he said.
"I am regularly happy with the concern that people show for conflict of interest and the people are trying to stay out of trouble, and that's why I've got all those opinions out there."
Recent conflict of interest
Last week, the province's auditor general issued a report that found multiple examples of conflict of interest on the part of the former director of the Metropolitan Regional Housing Authority, Jamie Vigliarolo.
Kennedy said he only learned of the matter when the auditor general came to him seeking an opinion. That opinion is confidential, but Kennedy said he agreed with everything in the auditor general's report.
Housing officials with Nova Scotia's new provincial housing agency told the committee Wednesday that since the auditor general's report, a new conflict of interest policy in keeping with provincial guidelines has been applied to all employees.
People are required to review the policy, training is being made available and all employees are required to sign declaration statements by Feb. 15. Disclosure will be reviewed on a yearly basis.
Pam Menchenton, the executive director of client services for the Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency, said internal auditors are also reviewing the other former district housing authorities to ensure there were no other issues.
"We want to do a deep dive into our operations," Menchenton said. "We're taking this very seriously."
David Laughlin/CBC
The new conflict of interest policy, which follows government practices, calls for senior leadership to make referrals to the conflict of interest commissioner as they deem appropriate.
Deputy housing minister Paul Lafleche told reporters he would be consulting with the deputy minister of justice to determine if that policy should become prescriptive rather than discretionary.
Meanwhile, officials with the Housing Department are waiting to hear from Justice Department officials about whether the conflicts of interest identified last week by the auditor general should be referred to the police.
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A mother's death leads investigators to estranged husband's deadly plot
While New Year's Eve preparations got underway in Times Square, an entirely different type of chaos began to unfold that morning in an upscale apartment on the Upper West Side: 47-year-old mother of two Shele Covlin was found dead after an apparent slip and fall in the bathtub. On the surface, Shele Covlin seemed to be the picture of Manhattan success – a stunning, vibrant woman with a young family and a booming career in finance. A new "20/20" revisits the death of Shele Covlin and premieres Friday, Jan. 27 at 9/8c on ABC and the following day on Hulu.
Dynamic winter storm to drench East Coast in wind-driven rain and snow
A feisty Texas low eyeing Atlantic Canada will bring heavy snow for some, heavy rain for most, and sweep the region with gusty winds all the while.
How to Make This Adorable Sloth Card Box for Your Kid This Valentine's Day
Delight a kid with one of these cute DIY Valentine's box ideas, perfect for filling with cards and sweet treasures. Inevitably, dozens of Valentine's Day cards will come rolling in on the big day. Enter one of our favorite family-friendly craft projects: Valentine's Day boxes!
Chipotle to hire 15,000 workers amid expansion
Yahoo Finance Live anchors discuss the rise in stock for Chipotle following news that the fast food chain is aiming to hire 15,000 workers amid expansion across the U.S. and Canada.
Missing for weeks, cold and snow finally pour back into Alberta
It's been an unusually snowless January across southern Alberta. That trend will soon come to an end.
Two more charged with first-degree murder in Saint John
Two more men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Justin Breau last summer. On Thursday afternoon, Donald Robert Walker, 50, and Dustin Trey Walker-Hammond, 24, were charged with first-degree murder. A day earlier, a third man, Charles William Shatford, 47, was also charged with Breau's first-degree murder. The Crown objected to the release of all three, so they will remain in jail until after bail hearings can be held. On Thursday, Walker and Walker-Hammond were both order
LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Eva Green alleged Thursday that producers of a collapsed film tried to damage the French actress' reputation by depicting her as a "diva." The performer, who played Vesper Lynd in James Bond thriller "Casino Royale," is suing producers for a $1 million fee she says she is owed for "A Patriot." Green, 42, was lined up to star in the sci-fi thriller alongside Charles Dance and Helen Hunt, and was also an executive producer on the project, which collapsed in late 2019. Pr


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Things We Saw Today: Chewbacca Was a Total Diva on the Set of Solo: A Star Wars Story, But It's All For Charity
By Teresa JusinoMay 3rd, 2018, 5:50 pm
When you're as big a star as Chewbacca, it should be expected that it might all go to your head. Solo director Ron Howard, as well as the rest of the cast and crew of the film, confirm that Chewie was a bit of a diva on set. However, Howard insists that under all that furry diva-ness beats a Wookie heart of gold.
The above video is part of a campaign to benefit UNICEF called "Roar For Change." Think you've got a quality Wookie roar in you? Record a video of yourself doing one, then follow the instructions in the video for how to post. From Lucasfilm, as reported by /Film:
Lucasfilm and Star Wars: Force for Change today announced Roar For Change, a global challenge in support of UNICEF. The initiative invites fans and families to share their own version of Chewbacca's iconic roar. For each public post, like, or share on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter that includes #RoarForChange between May 3 – 25, 2018, Star Wars: Force for Change U.S. will donate $1 to UNICEF USA, up to $1 million. Funds will be used to support UNICEF's lifesaving work for children around the world.
See? Chewie might have his moments, but he's all about the children.
CASTING RUMOR: Jamie Foxx is rumored to have been offered the role of Spawn in the upcoming Blumhouse Productions take on the comic book antihero. (via CBR.com)
CBS has known about Charlie Rose's sexual harassment for decades. Wait … a network protecting a male star despite knowing about wrongdoing? Shocking, I know! (via Variety)
Have you seen Google's beautiful doodle today, the animated short called Back to the Moon? According to Google, "The Google Doodle, Google Spotlight Stories, Google Arts & Culture, & Cinémathèque Française teams have collaborated to create the first-ever Virtual Reality (VR) / 360° interactive Doodle to celebrate the life and artistry of French illusionist and film director Georges Méliès. Produced by Nexus Studios." Amazing work!
Overlord director Julius Avery is re-teaming with J.J. Abrams on a "subversive superhero movie" called The Heavy, which goes into production later this year. (via Deadline Hollywood)
Do you think that the robot on Netflix's Lost in Space reboot is hot? Netflix thinks "y'all need Jesus." (via SyFy Wire)
What have you seen out there today?
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Q: Android Studio bug? Some Images in assets appear upside down Android Studio 2.3
Build #AI-162.3764568, built on February 24, 2017
JRE: 1.8.0_112-release-b06 x86_64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o

I reported the bug but not sure if anyone else had this problem or what even causes it. Maybe it's an old problem? I guess I should downgrade?


New Delhi: India's spin spearhead R Ashwin has come out and supported teammate Abhinav Mukund and asked people not to make a headline out of the opener's message that fair isn't the only handsome and that abusing people on the basis of their skin tone is sad.
Mukund had reached out to people through social media, asking them to not hurl abuses at people on the basis of their skin tone. In fact, in a series of tweets, he also went on to add that while he has no intention to make it a political issue, he was only sharing a situation he had faced himself.


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Hello sweet friends! I get the honor of sharing a layout + a sketch with you this week on the Felicity Jane blog!
I'm still working on my TN for our trip to PlannerCon2018 and wanted to pair this photo with the older Caroline kit. When I have landscape photos for a TN page, I like to turn my notebook sideways and create the page that way.
Today's sketch is full of ripped paper and layers. So let's jump in!
I started by creating a base of patterned papers that I tore and layered to fit the width of the layout. I wanted to make a spot for the "beautiful" die cut so I made the bottom layer shorter in width so that it felt like it was meant for the title. Then I tucked the quote under that layer. You could add a small piece of paper for journaling or a tag or label there as well. It's a great place for a subtitle.
I used the 2×2 vellum squares from the Brooke collection and trimmed out 3 hearts so I could layer them in the open space.
For the bottom page, I added a darker patterned paper to help provide visual weight. And because the photo has some dark elements, I didn't like how it looked layered on only the lighter papers. I kept it simple by matting the photo with a thin white border and a tiny journaling block to the left. Finishing it off with an acetate number from the Alexis collection that represented us 2 girls and entering our 2nd year of friendship.
My hope is that you find this sketch easy and fun to follow along with and that you have extra fun tearing some papers!