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Q: How to resend HttpStatus from used REST service from another REST service Problem:
My REST application is using another REST application as it is a "hub" for several other applications.
When a request to this "hub" creates a HttpClientErrorException on one of the other REST applications it is managing, I want that StatusCode (with message) to be presented to the user of my "hub" and not just the standard internal server 500 error...
How can this be done?
I am using spring-boot 2.1.4 for my "hub" REST application which is sending requests to other REST applications...
Simple failing test spring-boot test case:
@Test
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@DisplayName("should use original rest exception")
void shouldUseRestException() {
  when(restTemplateMock.exchange(anyString(), any(), any(), any(ParameterizedTypeReference.class)))
      .thenThrow(new HttpClientErrorException(HttpStatus.I_AM_A_TEAPOT, "holy crap!"));

  assertThatExceptionOfType(RestClientException.class).isThrownBy(() -> testRestTemplate.exchange(
      url("/1001"), HttpMethod.GET, null, listOfMyGenericTypes()
  )).withMessage("Http client says: holy crap!");
}

My RestControllerAdvice:
@RestControllerAdvice
public class HubControllerAdvice {

  @ResponseBody
  @ExceptionHandler
  public ResponseEntity<Object> handleHttClientErrorException(HttpClientErrorException httpClientErrorException) {
    throw new HttpClientErrorException(httpClientErrorException.getStatusCode(), "Http client says: " + httpClientErrorException.getMessage());
  }
}

JUnit failure:
org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError:
Expecting message:
 <"Http client says: holy crap!">
but was:
 <"Error while extracting response for type [java.util.List<MyGenericType>] and content type [application/json;charset=UTF-8]; nested exception is org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException: JSON parse error: Cannot deserialize instance of `java.util.ArrayList` out of START_OBJECT token; nested exception is com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException: Cannot deserialize instance of `java.util.ArrayList` out of START_OBJECT token
 at [Source: (PushbackInputStream); line: 1, column: 1]">

I have a working solution, but this will change the behaviour of the service and I would really want to avoid that. This is to actually return the response entity with status code of the exception as a header in my api... although this works (see below), it requires that users of my hub change their expectations of how it works:
My RestControllerAdvice:
@RestControllerAdvice
public class BidragDokumentRestControllerAdvice {

  @ResponseBody
  @ExceptionHandler
  public ResponseEntity<Object> handleHttClientErrorException(HttpClientErrorException httpClientErrorException) {
    return ResponseEntity
        .status(httpClientErrorException.getStatusCode())
        .header(HttpHeaders.WARNING, "Http client says: " + httpClientErrorException.getMessage())
        .build();
  }
}

My now working JUnit test:
@Test
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@DisplayName("should return empty response with original exception warning")
void shouldReturnEmptyResponseWithOriginalExceptionWarning() {
  when(restTemplateMock.exchange(anyString(), any(), any(), any(ParameterizedTypeReference.class)))
      .thenThrow(new HttpClientErrorException(HttpStatus.I_AM_A_TEAPOT, "holy crap!"));

  var errorResponser = testRestTemplate.exchange(
      url("/1001"), HttpMethod.GET, null, listOfMyGenericTypes()
  );
  assertThat(Optional.of(errorResponse)).hasValueSatisfying(responseEntity -> assertAll(
      () -> assertThat(responseEntity.getStatusCode()).as("status").isEqualTo(HttpStatus.BANDWIDTH_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
      () -> assertThat(responseEntity.getBody()).as("body").isNull(),
      () -> {
        HttpHeaders httpHeaders = errorResponse.getHeaders();

        assertAll(
            () -> assertThat(httpHeaders.get(HttpHeaders.WARNING)).as("warning header").isNotNull(),
            () -> assertThat(httpHeaders.get(HttpHeaders.WARNING)).as("header value").isEqualTo(List.of("Http client says: 509 holy crap!"))
        );
      }
  ));
}


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Q: Java overriding hashCode() gets StackOverflowError so I'm not well versed in overriding hashCode and I seem to have some infinite recursion somehow going on with the hashCode method.
Here is my scenario, I have a class DuplicateCache that is a cache object that checks for duplicate objects in our system. I have a static inner class Duplicate which represents the Duplicate objects.
The DuplicateCache maintains a HashMap to keep track of all its entries. Each entry consists of a Duplicate object as the key and a Long object as the value.
I am performing all my operations using the Duplicate object keys, and when I run the put method into the HashMap, there becomes infinite recursion in the hashCode() method of the Duplicate object.
The hashCode() method in duplicate calls a hashCode of another class I had to override, so I'll include that after
Without further ado, here is my code for the offending Duplicate class:
public static class Duplicate{
    private String merchId;
    private String custId;
    private MagicPrice price;
    private int status;
    private boolean compareStatus;

// snip methods

    @Override public boolean equals(Object o){
        cat.debug("In the override equals method of Duplicate"); //DELETEME

        if(o instanceof Duplicate)
            return equals((Duplicate) o);
        else
            return false;
    }

    @Override public int hashCode() {
        return merchId.hashCode() + custId.hashCode() + price.hashCode();
    }

    /*Equals method vital to the HashMap cache operations

    How the compareStatus and status fields change this:
    if both objects have true for compareStatus -> Equals will compare the statuses
    otherwise                                   -> Equals will not compare the statuses

    If we only want to do an in_progress check, we need to compare status.
    On the other hand success checks need to ignore the status.
    */
    public boolean equals(Duplicate d){
        try{
            if(merchId.equals(d.merchId) && custId.equals(d.custId) && (price.compareTo(d.price)==0)){
                if(this.compareStatus && d.compareStatus && this.status != d.status)
                    return false;

                return true;
            }
        }catch(PriceException pe){
            //Catching from MagicPrice.compareTo object method, return false
            return false;
        }

        return false;
    }
}

That does it for the Duplicate object, now the MagicPrice hashCode() method:
@Override public boolean equals(Object o){
    if(!(o instanceof MagicPrice))
        return false;

    MagicPrice p = (MagicPrice)o;

    if(this.iso4217code.equals(p.iso4217code) && this.value.equals(p.value))
        return true;

    else return false;
}

@Override public int hashCode(){
    return value.hashCode() + this.iso4217code.hashCode();
}

In this class the value field is a BigDecimal and the iso4217code is a String. For what its worth the stackTrace finally dies in the BigDecimal hashCode() method, but I wouldn't believe the BigDecimal hashCode() method would be broken.
Could someone please explain to me what I am missing about this hashCode() overriding? I know there must be something I'm doing wrong to generate this behaviour.
Here is the stack trace from my log file:
java.lang.StackOverflowError
    at java.math.BigDecimal.hashCode(BigDecimal.java:2674)
    at com.moremagic.util.MagicPrice.hashCode(Unknown Source)
    at com.moremagic.core.DuplicateCache2$Duplicate.hashCode(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.HashMap.get(HashMap.java:300)
    at com.moremagic.util.ExpirableHashMap.get(Unknown Source)
    at com.moremagic.core.DuplicateCache2.put(Unknown Source)
    at com.moremagic.core.DuplicateCache2.put(Unknown Source)
    at com.moremagic.core.DuplicateCache2.put(Unknown Source)
    at com.moremagic.core.DuplicateCache2.put(Unknown Source)
    <... and it continues with the put references for a looong time ...>

Also that trace references a proprietary get method so heres that for you:
public Object get(Object key) {
expire();
return hashtable.get(key);
}

expire() is a method that does time based removal of old entries in the table
hashtable is the HashMap object
Thanks!

A: With a StackOverflowError, it's not important where the stack trace ends (that's basically random, and may be completely unrelated to the problem), but what the repeating sequence before that is - and that should point out exactly what your problem is.
Your hashCode() methods look fine, they shouldn't be able to cause a StackOverflowError.

A: Post the stack trace.  If you're getting a SO Exception then you've obviously got a referential loop in the object definitions somewhere.  The stack trace should make it immediately apparent where.

A: In most cases StackOverflowError means that you have endless recursion in your execution path.

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A retired Columbia professor says 30 of the world's biggest consumer electronics makers are violating her patents.
What do you do when some of the biggest names in consumer electronics might be in violation of your patents?
Why, try to take away their right to sell their products in the U.S., of course.
Columbia University Professor Emeritus Gertrude Neumark Rothschild says 30 companies are infringing on her patent for laser and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). In response, she wants the U.S. government to ban those companies' imports to the U.S. that are in violation. A lot of companies use LEDs and laser diodes for a variety of reasons--Sony uses blue laser diodes in its Blu-ray players, for example, and LEDs are used as light sources in TV and notebook computer screens.
But the list of 30 companies includes many of the giants of the industry: Sony, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Toshiba, Panasonic, Motorola, Nokia, Pioneer, and Samsung.
Sounds like a bit of an uphill climb, right? (Something she probably knows a bit about--Rothschild was the first woman to be named a chair of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science department at Columbia) Well, the U.S. International Trade Commission gave Rothschild a boost when it recently agreed to investigate all 30 companies over her claim.
She also has a history of standing up to the man: Rothschild sued two companies in 2005 over similar semiconductor patents and settled with them out of court.


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Q: Confusion about uniform convergence of a functional alternating series!! This question has already an answer here that I unfortunately didn't understand....
First, I proved pointwise convergence easily after expanding $sin(\frac{1}{nx})$ ( taylor expansion near zero ).
When it came to uniform convergence, I did this:
$|R_n(x)| = |\sum_{k=n+1}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{k+1}}{k}\sin\frac{1}{kx}| \leq |\frac{\sin\frac{1}{(n+1)x}}{n+1}| \leq \frac{1}{n+1} \longrightarrow 0$.
Please WHY doesn't it converge uniformly on $(0,\infty)$??
I saw an answer that it DOES converge uniformly on $[A,\infty)$, but what is the problem in our domain?!!
When I saw this question, I felt disappointed as I have an exam tomorrow!
I think the main problem is that our doctor gave us only 2 ways ( normal convergence and remainder term ) to check the uniform convergence despite the fact they're many!! Please help me.

A: It appears that you are trying to use the Alternating Series Test on
$$
\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^{k+1}}{k}\,\sin\left(\frac1{kx}\right)\tag{1}
$$
to get that the absolute value of the sum is no greater than the absolute value of the first term, which is no greater than $\frac1{n+1}$.
Unfortunately, the Alternating Series Test requires the terms to be alternating in sign and decreasing in absolute value; that is not the case in $(1)$ when $x$ gets close to $0$.


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Vegetable Oils - are they healthy for you?
I have to admit that before starting this blog on vegetable oils I was reluctant. The subject of vegetable oils is complex, and the subject of oils has become quite controversial. In researching for the blog my conclusion is that much of the controversy stems from misinformation and lack of understanding of the purpose and use of oils in food preparation. Using evidence based information is the best way for you to decide which oils to use and how much is beneficial.
Vegetable oils have been manufactured for millions of years. Even thousands of years before Christ (BC), oil was being extracted from soybeans in China, and from olives in parts of Europe. Food manufacturing developments have made vegetable oils easy and inexpensive to use. The controversy lies on whether vegetable oils are good for your health as was once thought, or detrimental to your health, as many believe now.
As with all food choices, it's important to be mindful of the reasons we eat. We eat for sustenance, but also for pleasure, and often to bond with family and friends and socialize. So there is no reason to suffer through meal planning and preparation or to cook a meal that is not flavorful, but also full of the best possible nutrients you provide. Oil is no exception.
Vegetable oil is a triglyceride produced from plants, high in Omega-6 fatty acid. Used in high amounts they are detrimental to your health. Although the plants used are not all vegetables, the term has been used to distinguish oils from solid animal fats, or hydrogenated fats made from oils. Oils are an essential part of nutrition, providing essential fatty acids and most importantly, a vehicle for fat soluble vitamins to be absorbed, stored and utilized.
Just because an oil is a "vegetable oil", keep in mind that it is not a vegetable but a fat, and as such has the same number of calories as any other fat. Excess fat in the diet no matter what the source is, will definitely cause the same health related issues as most other fats with few exceptions. The concentrated form of calories make it good a choice to add to foods when a person needs to eat a high calorie diet. It mixes well and often without changing the flavor of foods, most often enhancing flavors and making food more appetizing.
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The HILTON LONDON TOWER BRIDGE is a Tourist, Business, City hotel hotel. Located in City Centre - Tower Bridge area. Shopping is accessible by bus/taxi and the nightlife/restaurants are located in the hotel.
Descriptionclass="small" style="text-align: justify; font-size:11px;">Hilton London Tower Bridge is a 4-star property ideally located on the banks of the River Thames, just minutes away to the city's financial and shopping districts and a stone's throw to the famous Tower of London, HMS Belfast and London Bridge. Each guestroom is furnished with air-conditioning, television, mini bar, in-room safe, coffee maker, iron/ironing board, work desk, wireless Internet access, hairdryer and en suite bathroom with amenities. Dining options include restaurant which offers modern European cuisine and a bar that serves a range of snack and cocktail drinks. Additional services and facilities consist of fully equipped fitness centre, concierge, baggage storage, business center, meeting rooms, foreign currency exchange and room service. Heathrow Airport is only 19 miles drive whilst the Gatwick Airport is approximately 29 miles from the hotel.
This hotel, has charged me 4 days after I left even though I settled on departure. I called and spoke to Mattia and he asked me to send my statements which reflect the incorrect charges. Subsequent follow up emails have been ignored for two weeks, no answer on the telephone number: at 2pm in the afternoon on 0044 2030024300. Just zero communication. Overall bad service, and despicable after service!!!
I've emailed towerBridge_Reservations@hilton.com and lontb_frontoffice@hilton.co.za for two weeks, no-one acknowledges anything. Mattia who so kindly took my enquiry has disappeared even though he told me he would pick up my email the same day. That was two weeks ago!!
Service at the hotel was rubbish, a simple burger was char-grilled to death!!! bookings are a mess!!! nothing functions at this hotel. A big thumbs down!!!
Also we are happy that you have spoken with our Front Of House Manager Ferooz, over the phone and email.
Unfortunately we have not received any email, as the last part of the email address is wrong.
I hope the issue will be resolved soon, our Front Of House Manager is on top of that.
My first Hilton in quite awhile (I've been an SPG person, but looking to switch loyalties after the Marriott merge).
The room was wonderful. I had a standard room and it was great. 6 USB plugs. One North American 115V plug. And 6 UK outlets.
Ordered room service once. It arrived at my door in (not kidding) 6 minutes. What? AND, it was good!
The app worked to unlock my door.
Every staff member we encountered was friendly and helpful.
My main complaint would be the price of the hotel It's a fortune to stay here. But it is a great spot.
On behalf of Hilton London Tower Bridge, I would like to thank you for taking the time to complete the review !!
Pease feel free to contact me, if you have any requests for future stays.
On behalf of Hilton London Tower Bridge, I would like to thank you for taking the time to complete the review.!
Please accept my apologies for any shortcomings encountered during your stay.
Also I have shared your comments to our Executive Office, which is currently under investigation.
Reception staff helpful and efficient.
Clean spacious room and bathroom.
Bathroom had quality soaps etc and a bath as well as a shower. Windows open.
Let down badly by Concierge regarding booking a taxi for return journey.
When I asked to speak to Duty Manager he would only communicate by phone and did not really want to know!
I was very disappointed to hear that the service from our staff had lead to a disappointing experience at the hotel. I can assure that this is not the usual standards for service that out team offer, and I have already fed these comments back to the team members, to make them aware of how their actions have been perceived and the negative affect this has had on your stay.
facilities. Staff extremely hospitable, great service. Highly recommended.


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Карл Теодор (; * 10 декември 1724, дворец "Дрогенбуш" при Брюксел; † 16 февруари 1799, Мюнхенска резиденция) е от линията Пфалц-Зулцбах на Вителсбахите и има следните титли:
 пфалцграф и курфюрст на Пфалц – от 31 декември 1742 година;
 херцог на Юлих и Берг (като Карл IV);
 курфюрст на Бавария (като Карл II) – от 1777 година.

Произход и ранни години
Син е на херцог Йохан Христиан от Пфалц-Зулцбах (1700 – 1733) и принцеса Мария Анна Хенриета Леополдина дьо Тюрен и д'Оверн (1708 – 1728), роднина на френския маршал Анри дьо Тюрен.

След ранната смърт на баща му и чичо му Йозеф Карл фон Пфалц-Зулцбах († 1729), той е даден на 10 години от далечния му роднина курфюрст Карл III Филип от Пфалц за възпитание при йезуитите.

Брак с Елизабет Августа
През 1742 г., на 17-годишна възраст, Карл Теодор се жени за своята братовчедка Елизабет Августа фон Пфалц-Зулцбах (1721 – 1794), най-голямата внучка на курфюрст Карл Филип, на нейния двадесет и първи рожден ден. Тяхната връзка не е много щастлива.

След почти двадесет години им се ражда единственото им дете, син с името Франц Лудвиг Йозеф, но умира един ден след раждането му на 29 юни 1761 г. в дворец Шветцинген. Те живеят от тогава повечето разделени. Елизабет Августа се оттегля в нейния дворец в Огерсхайм. През 1766 г. той основава родилен дом и акушерско училище.

Управление

Курфюрст на Пфалц
На 31 декември 1742 година умира курфюрстът на Пфалц Карл III Филип, последният представител на линията пфалцграфове на Нойбургската династия на Вителсбахите, и титулът курфюрст отива в следващата по старшинство линия от този дом – пфалцграфовете на Зулцбах. Така Карл Теодор ставя курфюрст на Пфалц под името Карл IV.

Изкуство и наука
През 1753 г. спонтанно го посещава Волтер. В негова чест той прави четири театрални представления. Той така се охарчва, че моли Волтер за 100 000 франка.

През 1763 г. той основава Манхаймската академия на науките с два класа история и природни науки, и в Дюселдорф Collegium Anatomico-Chirurgicum. В Манхайм освен Волтер и Моцарт идват много хора на изкуството, поети, музиканти и философи. Волфганг Амадеус Моцарт дава през 1777 г. в двора на Карл Теодор множество концерти и е учител по музика на княжеските деца.

През 1780 г. Карл Теодор основава Societas Meteorologica Palatina като трети клас на Майнската академия на науките, първата интернационално действаща общност по метеорология.

Курфюрст на Бавария
През 1777 г., след кратка наследствена Война за баварското наследство, Карл Теодор наследява Бавария и става курфюрст на Бавария след курфюрст Максимилиан III Йозеф, с който умира баварската линия на Вителсбахите. Карл Теодор като наследник на трона отстъпва Долна Бавария на Австрия чрез таен договор с император Йозеф ІІ, за когото това е компенсация за Австрийска Нидерландия. Също, Карл Теодор се мести в Мюнхен по силата на договор за наследяване с Максимилиан III Йозеф, сключен малко преди смъртта му.

По време на управлението си премахва изтезанията. С договор от 3 януари 1778 г. районът на Щраубинг е отстъпен на Хабсбургите. По-късно Бавария отстъпва на Австрия и Инфиртел – северозападната четвърт на Горна Австрия, включваща Браунау и Шердинг.

През 1784 г. Карл Теодор забранява тайните общества в Бавария, целейки забрана на Ордена на илюминатите. Като резултат от бунт в Мюнхен, породен от хранителна криза, на 10 октомври 1788 г. курфюрстът нарушава договора за наследяването и премества двора си в Манхайм. Това води до обедняване на града и до успокояване на напрежението. На 2 юни следващата година дворът се връща в Мюнхен.

В следващите години Карл Теодор, съветван от Бенджамин Томпсън (граф Ръмфорд), провежда реорганизация на армията в Бавария и Пфалц и въвежда отглеждането на картофи. По съвет на граф Ръмфорд, Карл Теодор урежда и мюнхенския парк "Английската градина", като той и паркът на двореца Нимфенбург са отворени за широката публика.

Брак с Мария Леополдина
След смъртта на първата му съпруга Елизабет през 1794 г., Карл Теодор (на седемдесет години) се жени на 15 февруари 1795 г. за младата, 18-годишна и темпераментна, ерцхерцогиня Мария Леополдина Австрийска-Есте (1776 – 1848), внучка на Мария Терезия, която отказва всякакъв телесен контакт и те нямат деца.

Смърт и наследник
Умира през 1799 г., на 75-годишна възраст, прав след удар от преди четири дена. Той е погребан в Театинската църква в Мюнхен.

Карл Теодор има множество извънбрачни, но няма законни деца. Затова е наследен от Максимилиан IV Йозеф от Клон  Пфалц-Цвайбрюкен.

Литература
 Silke Herrmann, Carl-Theodor, der himmlische Kurfürst. 48 Seiten, ISBN 978-3-940875-00-6
 Lebenslust und Frömmigkeit, Kurfürst Carl Theodor zwischen Barock und Aufklärung. Handbuch ISBN 3-7917-1679-4; Ausstellungskatalog ISBN 3-7917-1679-4
 Karl Theodor von Heigel: Karl Theodor. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, S. 250 – 258.
 Peter Fuchs: Karl (IV.) Theodor. Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3, S. 252 – 258 (Digitalisat).
 Ingrid Münch: Karl Theodor. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2, Sp. 1171 – 1176.

Външни препратки
 Christian Schönfelder über die Geschichte des Nationaltheaters Mannheim
 Karl Theodor und die Musik in Mannheim
 Kurfürstenglanz und Kurpfuschertum. Historische Hintergründe zum Roman Die Partie
 Tripota – Trierer Porträtdatenbank

Източници

Курфюрст (Пфалц)
Курфюрст (Бавария)
Баварски херцози
Херцози на Берг
Херцози на Юлих
Вителсбахи
Мюнхенци

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Secrets of the yellow pages
Russell Hoban, an illustrator and would-be artist, was decorated for bravery against the Nazis. After returning to New York he found success with stories for children. He then moved to England and achieved cult status with his novel Riddley Walker. Now 77, he aims to write a book each year
Nicholas Wroe
Fri 22 Nov 2002 19.23 EST First published on Fri 22 Nov 2002 19.23 EST
Russell Hoban. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian
If you had used a payphone at London's Elephant and Castle tube station on February 4 this year you might have come across a neatly folded sheet of yellow A4 paper which had written on it "MAN WITH HARROW FULL OF CROCKS" - a phrase that is a key to the plot of Russell Hoban's 1974 novel Kleinzeit . The sheets of yellow paper and the London Underground repeatedly feature in Hoban's writing and the message was left as part of a coordinated commemoration by Hoban's fans of the writer's 77th birthday. Yellow sheets with quotations written on them were also left, among other places, at a secondhand bookshop in North Carolina, on a tube train in Melbourne and on a bench in a shopping arcade in Taegu, South Korea.
Some of the most arresting quotes distributed in this way came from Hoban's 1980 novel Riddley Walker . The book, set in Kent 2000 years after a nuclear holocaust, is written in a highly distinctive, phonetically mutated English. This piece of Riddley-speak was left in the Chicago Cultural Center: "the worl is ful of things waiting to happen, Thats the meat and boan of it right there. You myt think you can jus go here and there doing nothing. Happening nothing. You cant tho you bleeding cant. You put your self on any road and some thing wil show its self to you." The book was a critical success, receiving an ecstatic full-front-page review in the New York Times, and both it and Hoban almost instantly acquired a cult status that still goes on - hence the February blizzard of yellow paper and some intensely enthusiastic websites dedicated to his work, to which Hoban occasionally contributes. Last month saw the publication of an expanded edition of the novel, complete with an introduction by Will Self and an afterword from Hoban as well as notes and a glossary.
Peter Carey wrote of the book that "it is no simple business to invent a world, a history, a language, and if Riddley Walker looks, on first glance, like Chaucer in need of a spell-check, do not despair. By the second page you will speak the language like a native". The critic Harold Bloom included Riddley Walker in his survey of literature, The Western Canon, and Anthony Burgess, reviewing it, claimed that "this is what literature is meant to be". Tom Maschler, Hoban's publisher at the time, says the book was called a masterpiece and that while it got "staggeringly good" reviews and did all right commercially "it wasn't a huge financial success: It sort of catapulted him into nowhere; it was very difficult to live up to, but it didn't quite do enough to set him up." Hoban recalls that while he was "on a whole other level for six months or a year, my next novel, Pilgermann , made a front-page review - but it was only half a page. After that everything has been an anticlimax, although generally I still get good reviews."
Hoban's current status as a novelist, hovering somewhere between a cult and a mainstream writer, is in contrast to his consistently elevated reputation as a writer for children. For a decade and a half before he published his first adult novel, and concurrently with his adult fiction ever since, Hoban has written children's books. His series about Frances the bad ger and the children's novel The Mouse and his Child are seen as classics. Professor Alida Allison of San Diego State University, who has written about Hoban and taught his work, says part of the reason he hasn't had greater success is that he is " sui generis ; he is from no real literary tradition and when academics and critics try to place him in one they often find it impossible". She also acknowledges that for many readers his novels can be daunting - "you have to work at them". But in general he has received critical acclaim. Reviews of his most recent novels, Angelica's Grotto (1999), Amaryllis Night and Day (2001) and this year's The Bat Tattoo have been excellent, giving added weight to the theory that he is enjoying a late flowering, although The Bat Tattoo , like several previous works, has yet to find an American publisher.
"I don't know if it is the same in every country, but here if you can live long enough it pays off," says the American-born Hoban, who has been a London resident for more than 30 years. "But I think death will be a good career move for me," he laughs. "People will say, 'yes, Hoban, he seems an interesting writer, let's look at him again'." Nicci Gerrard in the Observer described the world Hoban created in The Bat Tattoo as "exhilarating and eccentric, angry and hopeful, lucid and surreal. Very beautiful. Very batty." In a long and appreciative review in the Times Literary Supplement, M. John Harrison said: "Hoban has always sought the something that gets squeezed out of existence daily in the closing gap between everything that is real and everything that isn't quite."
The role of art and the artist features prominently in The Bat Tattoo as two ill-at-ease people are brought together by a strange coincidence of shared artistic and personal quests. The Orpheus myth and variations on the themes of love, life, art and loss are habitual Hoban subjects, and he says that early exposure to the visual arts and, later, literature, was something of a mixed blessing. He was born in Lansdale, about 30 miles from Philadelphia, in 1925 and says "from the age of about five I drew precociously well and my parents got it into their heads I was going to be a great painter. I laboured under that like a stone on my back for years." His parents were "upward-striding" Jewish immigrants to America from Ukraine. His father went from being a newsboy in Philadelphia to managing editor of the journal, Jewish Daily Forward. Although his parents were agnostic, Hoban stayed home from school on Jewish holidays and says his father was part of the cultural and political Jewish scene in the city; he was also a director of a drama guild where Hoban would occasionally have small parts in Yiddish classics and socially conscious plays about the depression.
"My father was a socialist, and the first things I learned were never to cross a picket line and always to eat the bakers union label off the pumpernickel first, for good luck," Hoban recalls. His early reading comprised picture books produced in the Soviet Union. "I remember Comrade Gulliver , a Russian finding America a very strange place, and fairy tales about workers' children. They were heartbreaking. Nobody had any luck in those stories."
Lewis Dreisbach, a schoolfriend, met Hoban at boy scouts when they were both in their mid-teens. He recalls Hoban as bad at sports but prodigiously clever and talented: "He had been moved up two years ahead of his age and was always the first of the pack. We knew he was bright but had no idea where that would take him." Hoban won a scholarship to Temple University when only 16. "But I was this little guy with a high voice surrounded by big guys with deep voices and girls who were women," he says. After five weeks he left and enrolled at art school. In the year below him was Lillian Aberman. They married in 1944, by which time Hoban was a soldier. He had joined up the previous year, as soon as he was 18: "I wanted to be part of what was happening. I did believe it was a just war but I wouldn't ennoble it any more than that." Dreisbach, a conscientious objector, was unsurprised by Hoban's decision. "He was always fearless. When we were climbing things or crossing things in the woods he would always be 'let's do it'."
Before he left for the army, Hoban, with a self-conscious sense of symbolism, took three of his favourite childhood books - Robin Hood , Treasure Island and the Arabian Nights - and threw them into the incinerator. "That was the end of boyhood," he explains. "And I've been trying to track those books down for years. I did find the same edition of Robin Hood but not the others. I loved those books but I sacrificed them on the altar of manhood."
His army career started with training as a radio operator and then a spell as a military policeman. He volunteered for overseas service and was posted to Italy where, he laughs, as a messenger in the Apennines his sense of direction was so poor he used to tear up ration boxes to leave a trail so he could find his way back to base. While he is wryly self-deprecatory about his active service, saying he never killed anybody or even fired his rifle, he acknowledges seeing "a lot of dead bodies". He was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery in action for delivering orders and supplies to a forward position while under enemy fire.
Hoban's exit from the front line came when he contracted hepatitis. He eventually returned to his wife and a new apartment in New York City. Financed by the GI Bill he tried to become a painter: when this failed he took a succession of odd jobs before becoming a successful commercial illustrator in television and then advertising. "I was young and full of piss and vinegar," he says, "but it was all just misplaced energy. I didn't see myself becoming a great painter but I didn't quite know what else I wanted."
At 30 Hoban became a freelance illustrator and was soon working for Sports Illustrated and then Newsweek and Time magazine, where he contributed covers. His professional writing began with extended captions for Sports Illustrated and then short articles, but his first child-ren's book emerged because of his facility for drawing construction machinery - "I always thought things like power shovels and diggers were some of the most beautiful and best sculpture of our times". What Does it Do and How Does it Work was published in 1959. His first story book, Bedtime for Frances , about a badger family, came the following year. Lillian took over the illustrations for the second Frances book and in all they wrote six in the series in the next decade as well as producing numerous other children's books over the same period. The Frances books were reissued earlier this year, as were two Captain Najork stories from the early 70s.
Edgar Marvin, a writer for radio and television, was a family friend in New York and recalls the Hobans as a "tight-knit family", describing Russell as a "genuinely creative person in that he is someone who makes things out of everything around him. Many of those early books were based on his children. Russell has a tremendous facility for exploring the mind of a child." Hoban's daughter Phoebe wrote last year that "Frances's little songs to this day resonate with my father's wit, love of wordplay and pleasure in the joys of the quotidian". Hoban and Lillian had four children, who all still live in America: Phoebe, a journalist who has written a book about the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat; Brom, who is communications director for a computer firm in Texas; Esme, who lives in Connecticut; and Julia, who went on to write books with Lillian but has not been in communication with her father for some years.
In 1963 Hoban embarked on a more ambitious literary project. "I'd been doing children's books which were maybe 10 pages of typing," he says, "and I thought, 'shit! This isn't man's work'." He had an idea for a book about a wind-up mouse that he thought would run to 36 pages, "but it just kept pulling me". By this time the Hobans were living in a large house in Connecticut, which had put them in "serious debt". So Hoban returned to advertising at the top New York agency Doyle Dane Bernbach, where he finished writing The Mouse and His Child before work, during lunchtimes and in the evening: "For the years it took me to complete it I never got more than five hours' sleep." The book, about the physical and metaphorical quest of father and son clockwork mice, broke through to an adult as well as a children's audience. "It was as much of a novel as I could produce at the time," he says, "but it was sold as a children's book because I had a connection with a children's publisher." It is now regarded as a classic, although Hoban notes that at the time "it got a two-inch review in the New York Times from someone who said it was crap".
Following publication of Mouse in 1968, Hoban abruptly decided it would be a good idea to spend a few years in London, a move partly prompted by his love of British ghost-story writers like MR James and Margaret Oliphant. He says: "This image of Victorian London grew in my mind - heavy fog, a landlord and his wife toasting cheese on the gas ring and a newsboy running down the street shouting 'dreadful murder in the Marylebone Road'. I knew that London wasn't there any more, but I wanted to be where that kind of thing was written. Then we busted up and my wife went back to the States with the kids and I stayed on."
He acknowledges he was going through some sort of mid-life crisis and concedes that his family never wanted to come "but they didn't know how not to". Nevertheless, the move was personally and artistically decisive. "When I got to London I decided I wanted to write about men and women and not wind-up toys and little animals." While he has continued to write children's fiction, his earlier books tended to have neat, moralistic endings compared with his later work which, like his adult fiction, became far more subversive, with Hoban increasingly emphatic about adults not tampering with children's imaginative potential.
Back in America, Lillian continued her career as a distinguished illustrator and worked on more than 100 children's books before her death in 1998. Hoban's new life in London was lived with Gundula Ahl, a German he met in 1970 working as a "book siren". Hoban says: "I would go into Truslove and Hanson in Sloane Street wanting one book and she made sure I left having bought about eight." They married in 1975, the year he and Lillian were divorced, and have three sons: Jake is a systems administrator in London, Ben is a GP in Exeter and Wieland is a composer studying in Frankfurt. The couple have lived in London ever since, with Hoban's novels often using locations round his Fulham home. "But London isn't what it was," he says. "The only change for the better I can think of is residential parking in our street. But whatever London is now or whatever I am now, this is the place where it happens for me. It's my place."
Dominic Power is a radio playwright and a historian at the National Film School and has a regular lunch date with Hoban, who reads him work in progress. He has recently turned up "as a chorus character" in Hoban's books. "He's made me see London anew," Power says. "I've always felt there was a kind of London project with Russell, and something like Riddley Walker , with its dystopian Canterbury plot in the future, in a way seems a slight break."
Hoban's first novel written in London, The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz , published in 1973, was a study of a father-son relationship set in an unspecified middle-eastern location. That it was published by the distinguished British fiction house Jonathan Cape was especially pleasing. Hoban says: "I remember walking with Gundula one winter evening round Bedford Square and looking in through the windows and saying 'that is what I want: Jonathan Cape'." Tom Maschler was happy to oblige, recalling Hoban as having "the most original turn of phrase and way of writing. It was magical and certainly unlike any living writer either here or in America."
Hoban's next book, Kleinzeit , came the following year. In it he drew on his own experiences in hospital to conjure a world in which not only the characters speak but also the hospital, a mirror, the underground and, yes, some sinister yellow pages. This is the book, he says, in which he discovered "his natural voice". Turtle Diary was published in 1975 and later filmed with a Harold Pinter screenplay, although Hoban has complained that the end product was too much Pinter and not enough Hoban.
Riddley Walker was begun in 1974 and took five-and-a-half years to write, but he says he always expected to get a book out of it "even though after two years I knew the 500 pages I had weren't it, so I started again". While writing the book he read extracts to his psychotherapist. "While I was working on the book all my other problems seemed to be subsumed into the writing and I wanted to see how it played - and I'd paid for these sessions so I wanted to hear his response."
Dominic Power, who adapted the book for radio, says Riddley "is a little like Huckleberry Finn in that I haven't quite finished reading it yet. It 's a book you can always go back to." And, Power adds, despite the book's huge impact on his reputation, "Russell is never less than enthusiastic about what he is doing now rather than what he did then". Hoban says he had little notion of the book being more or less significant than any of his other work: "As well as laying on me this idea that I would be a great painter, my parents also instilled a sense of value in whatever I did."
A flip-side to this highly developed sense of self-belief is that Hoban can be seen as artistically isolated. While he admits to admiring Dickens, Trollope, George Eliot, Conrad and others from the canon, he freely admits to not reading any living writers. Tom Maschler says, "I think there might be a clue to his character in his total failure to admire any contempo rary writers whatsoever. Really a writer should be interested in other writers."
Hoban has said that after Riddley Walker he had "ongoing religious thoughts. The Jew in me wanted a voice and Pilgermann happened." He says he has never been particularly political but once had a "little flirtation" with Zionism. As well as the adult and children's fiction, Hoban also continued to write poetry, drama and essays. In the early 90s he was asked to write the libretto to Harrison Birtwistle's opera, The Second Mrs Kong , which was premiered at Glyndebourne in 1994. "It was never a matter of him playing a few bars on the piano and saying 'how does that grab you?'," laughs Hoban. "But between the director Tom Cairns and Harry they got a libretto out of me that functioned."
Cairns both directed and designed the production and recalls Hoban's take on the mythology - again drawing heavily on the Orpheus myth - as "wonderfully off-centre. Despite the fact that we were dealing with the idea of a gorilla - not even the gorilla itself - and a woman from a Vermeer painting falling in love, he made it very human. He brought to it his own brand of how mythology and everyday lives collide. It was very well received."
Hoban parted from Cape in 1998 after failing to agree a new contract. "I'm still enraged by it, but I am very happy at Bloomsbury," he says, declaring himself "grateful to Harry Potter, who subsidises me." His next book, Angelica's Grotto , was about an elderly man's journey into the world of cyber-porn. It also provided a snapshot of Hoban's health: "The character in the book was the same age as me and his catalogue of infirmities and medication was precisely mine." Hoban has had diabetes since 1966, has had a triple heart bypass, has had part of his lung removed because of cancer and spent much of this year laid up with Charcot Foot, a degenerative arthritis to which diabetics are prone.
But he works on. His next novel - which includes the very Hobanesque conceit of a writer finding himself engaged in mind-games with one of his characters - is due for publication in autumn 2003.
"I am simply an addict," he says. "If I am kept away from writing I become physically unwell. It is art and the creation of art that sustains me. Things like Conrad's Nostromo or Schubert's Winterreise or Haydn's Creation or paintings by Daumier make me feel it is a good thing to be part of the human race.
"It gives me energy, and now I've got into this rhythm where Angelica's Grotto was followed by Amaryllis and then The Bat Tattoo. I don't want to miss a year. And besides," he smiles, "when the tank is getting empty I think you drive a little faster."
Life at a glance
Russell Conwell Hoban
Born: February 4 1925, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
Education: Lansdale High School; Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art.
Married: 1944 Lillian Aberman (one son, three daughters), divorced '75; '75 Gundula Ahl (three sons).
Career: 1943-45 US Army; '47-65 commercial illustrator; '65-67 advertising copywriter.
Some children's picture books: 1959 What Does It Do and How Does It Work?, '60 Bedtime for Frances, '61 Herman the Loser, '64 A Baby Sister for Frances, '72 The Sea-Thing Child, '74 How Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen, '86 The Marzipan Pig, '89 Monsters, '93 M.O.L.E. (Much Overworked Little Earthmover), 2001 Jim's Lion.
Children's novels: 1967 The Mouse and His Child, '96 The Trokeville Way.
Poetry: 1997 The Last of the Wallendas.
Essays: 1992 The Moment Under The Moment.
Novels: 1973 The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, '74 Kleinzeit, '75 Turtle Diary, '80 Riddley Walker, '83 Pilgermann, '87 The Medusa Frequency, '96 Fremder, '98 Mr Rinyo-Clacton's Offer, '99 Angelica's Grotto, 2001 Amaryllis Night and Day, '02 The Bat Tattoo. Awards: 1974 Whitbread prize - How Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Hired Sportsmen; '81 John W Campbell Memorial Award - Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban, cult author, dies aged 86
Author of post-apocalyptic classic Riddley Walker as well as numerous children's books described himself as 'an addict to writing'
Russell Hoban obituary
My hero: Russell Hoban by Will Self
Writers' rooms: Russell Hoban
Published: 9 Nov 2007
Guardian book club: Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban

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Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
McCaffrey, Anne. Dragonflight. Ballantine,1968. 303 pages. ISBN 978-0-329-55237-4
Lessa is the sole survivor of the noble ruling family of Ruatha Hold. The rest of her family was killed by a cruel man named Fax, but she survived by disguising herself as a drudge, a menial servant. She made herself look dirty and unkempt, but she used her telepathic abilities to make herself appear older than she was, and she fooled everyone. She became great friends with a watch-wher, a cousin to the dragon, so they are somewhat telepathic and are usually used for guarding the castle. Lessa is trying to make Ruatha Hold unlivable, so that Fax will renounce it, by causing other Hold workers to do less work and become clumsy and inefficient. But on a Search for candidates to bond with a new queen dragon, Lessa is found by F'lar, wingleader at Benden Weyr and rider of bronze dragon Mnementh. F'lar recognizes Lessa for who she really is and defeats Fax in a single combat so that she can claim her birthright as Lord Holder of Ruatha Hold. Lessa gives the right to Fax's newborn son instead and heads to Benden Weyr in hopes of impressing a queen dragon.
This is the first book of the original trilogy of the Dragonriders of Pern that McCaffrey wrote before expanding upon the story. McCaffrey intended this novel to be classified as science fiction, but it is viewed as fantasy as well quite often because of the existence of dragons on this world. Pern is a world unlike any other written in science fiction or fantasy novels. It is what Star Trek fans would call an M-Class world where it is habitable by humans, however, on Pern there is a deadly Thread fall that was unforeseen and makes the world dangerous and this creates the whole premise for the story. Most of the characters are bold, daring and adventurous. The dragons being able to talk in their master's heads adds funny dialogues to the story. It is told in a narrative that moves from place to place and people to people so that you get the full scope of what is going on across Pern's seven territories. McCaffrey has put a lot of social, economic, and religious views into the Dragonriders of Pern and she leaves the reader with a great deal to consider and debate about.
She went from royalty to servant to Weyrwoman and co-leader of Benden Weyr all in a short span of time. What other great feats with Lessa partake in.
Anne Inez McCaffrey, born1 April 1926 and passed way on 21 November 2011, was the second of three children born to Colonel George Herbert McCaffrey and Anne Dorothy McElroy. She had two borther, Hugh and Kevin. She went to Stuart Hall, a girls boarding school in Stauton Virginia, but she ended up graduated from Montclair High School. In 1947, she graduated from Radcliffe College cum laude with at degree in Slavonic languages and literature. In 1950, she married Horace Wright Johnson who passed away in 2009. He shared her interests in music, opera, and ballet. They had three children together, Alec Anthony, born 1952, Todd, born 1956, and Georgeanne ("Gigi", Georgeanne Kennedy), born 1959.
She is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. She has won the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. The White Dragon, part of the Pern series, was one of the first science fiction novels to make the New York Times best seller list. In 2005, the Science Fiction Writers of America named her the 22nd Grand Master. On June 17, 2006, the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted her. She used experiences from her own life to help inspire her work.
Economy, government/politics, social structures
Lessa just may get a second life.
Will she be the one to impress the queen dragon?
I just had to use an Anne McCaffrey book for this blog to honor her and her work.
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Q: "To Africa" vs "in Africa" I'd like to ask is the question "Have you ever been to Africa?" correct? I mean shouldn't we ask "Have you ever been in Africa" instead?

A: Simple way to remember!

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, where have you been?  I have been to London to look at
  the Queen

Have been is generally used to ask whether that person has visited and come back. And if this is the case, we use to.

Have you ever been to Africa?

On the other hand, I also find have been in [somewhere] but then I think it states that you stayed there and not merely visited.
A famous quote by Billy Boyd reads -

After I've been in America for a while, I get homesick for Scotland.

A: Consider these sentences:
Luke worked in Africa last year.
Luke was in Africa last year.
Luke went to Arica last year; he now lives there permanently.
Luke went to Africa last year for three weeks.
Now let's we change our way of looking at these events, and talk about them as parts of Luke's life experiences.

*

*Luke has worked in Africa.

*Luke has been in Africa.

*Luke has gone to Africa.

*Luke has been to Africa.
(3) tells us that Luke  went to Africa at some time in the past and is still there. The idiomatic use of HAVE + been to tell us that Luke went to Africa at some time(s) in the past and came back.   HAVE + been to means approximately the same as VISIT.
That beng so, sentences (1) to (4) are natural, though (2) is less likely to be said - we are normally more interested in the event of the visit rather than the state of being. (However, Luke has been in Africa for six months, which tells us that he is still there, is fine.)
So, Have you ever been in Africa? is far less likely to be asked (though it is not incorrect) than Have you ever been to Africa?

A: I agree with user3169's comment that from your first question it is obvious that you are out of Africa. So 'to' should be used.
'To' in one of its meanings means 'somewhere else'
'In' in one of its meaning means 'here'
Suppose you are asking somebody about a hotel then you might ask

*

*Have you ever been to that hotel ?

But if you run into someone in the same hotel then you can not use 'to' but you should use 'in'.

*Have you been in this hotel before ?
(In this situation you can't use 'to', because at the time of asking this question you are inside the hotel and 'to' means somewhere else)

It may be grammatically correct to use 'to' in the above question but it is not logical.
If I am an African citizen living in Africa then i would ask

*

*Have you been in Africa before ?

(In this situation 'Have you been to Africa ?' doesn't naturally come to my mind.)

A: Normally where-indications are made with "in": in London, in Africa.
But there is a special niche in English where "to" is used instead of "in".
Especially in questions with "Have you (ever) been + place/country".
One has to learn this special use of "to" instead of "in" as a kind of idiomatic use.
I think this dates back to old language where "to" could mean "in" as well.
My guess is based on German. On old engravings you can find the legend "Der Markt zu
München" (The market to Munich). Today nobody would speak that way, one would say
"Der Markt in München" (The market in Munich).
I think there are a few other expressions where "to" is used instead of "in", e.g.
"a visit to London".

A: I guess, have been to is short for have been going to, which is grammatically incorrect tense, or just a mix-up of been in and went to It's informal and widely used.


I'm serving the defence in the Army. I belong to the Brahmin - Namboodiri caste and am looking for a match from the same community. To describe about my family, we are a nuclear family with strong traditional values. I reside in the beautiful city of Kozhikode.
I have completed my higher secondary education and now own a business in Quilandy. I come from a middle class, joint family with traditional values.


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Tufted clubsedge has a circumboreal distribution and in North America it is increasingly common northwards, becoming a major tundra species in the arctic. In New England it is found in alpine plateaus, fens, bogs, ice-scoured river shores in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Scirpus cespitosus L. var. delicatulus Fern.
Our subspecies is Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartman ssp. cespitosum.
tufted clubsedge. Baeothryon cespitosum (L.) A. Dietr.; Scirpus cespitosus L.; S. cespitosus L. var. callosus Bigelow; S. cespitosus L. var. delicatulus Fern. • ME, NH, VT. Alpine plateaus, fens, bogs, ice-scoured river shores.


Full sibling to National Champion AEPA Futurity and Country English Pleasure JTR Brave and Noble (reference picture).
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I've been re-reading Robert McCammon's Blue World. It collects twelve short stories and a lengthy novella for which the collection is named. It's not even close to compiling all his short works, but what it lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality, representing the amazing breadth of his fiction. Sure, there's some horror standards here and a couple of straightforward terror tales, but McCammon's ability to write engaging introspection and tap into our shared human experience elevates even his most trite plots.
However, the true standouts are when he abandons familiar horror territory and finds his own path.
"Nightcrawlers" opens in rural Alabama during a raging thunderstorm. A Vietnam Vet stops at a roadside diner for a few moments of shelter and a cup of coffee to keep him awake. Staying awake is very important. Bad things happen when he falls asleep—terrible and unbelievable things.
"Chico" is a sad tale of a special needs child's quiet revenge against his mother's boyfriend, the latest in a string of abusers.
"Night Calls The Green Falcon" is an adventure story broken into ten chapters, each with a daring cliffhanger. Years ago, Cray Flint was an all-star athlete recruited by the Hollywood serials to play a masked avenger named The Green Falcon. Now, he's a nobody, a has-been who lives in a flophouse. His only friend is the young girl next door, a runaway who prostitutes herself to feed her drug addiction. When he witnesses her murder, he knows no one else will care about her death. Cray does the only thing he can think of—he dons his faded costume and sets out into the heart of the crime-ridden city to find her killer.
"Blue World" is a character-driven, crime thriller. Father John Lancaster understood life and his place in it until a porn star came to his confessional. Lancaster falls in love with the tragic beauty and to save her from a deranged killer intent on carving her up, he must battle his baser desires and descend into world darker than he ever imagined.
There's some good stuff here and some great stuff. My only complaint about the book is the cover: a full moon and clouds above a cemetery, ugly grave stones, and a gargoyle statue come to life. The title and author are written in spoooooky script. Everything is tinged blue and the gargoyle looks like a deformed midget.
It's a shame. I hope it doesn't turn you off from giving the collection a try if you've never read McCammon. I'm not certain whether it's still in print, but I would be surprised if it wasn't readily available on the cheap from somewhere like Amazon. If nothing else, you can visit his website: http://www.robertmccammon.com/. There you can read both "Nightcrawlers" and "Night Calls The Green Falcon" for free.


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Melanotus castanipes is een keversoort uit de familie kniptorren (Elateridae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1800 door Paykull.

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Another best solution to rip films from websites is by using an online film ripper and one of the best in this field is Free Video Finder. Software downloading or installation is not needed while using this online ripper. You simply need to open https://www.amoyshare.com/free-video-downloader/ and paste the URL of the desired film to initiate the process. This online tool also allows you to select the format and the resolution in which you want the ripped film. Film ripping from many popular sites is facilitated by Free Video Finder, including YouTube, Dailymotion, Facebook, Vimeo and others.
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Step 3 Download information of the film will appear with the options of the format and the resolution. Select the desired option to start the film rip process.
There are many wonderful films on the website, you probably wonder which films are deserved to see, here is a list of top 10 films of 2016 which you can rip and enjoy in your free time given below.
This movie is a comic book adaption from Marvel. Deadpool features Ryan Reynolds as pansexual superhero and a mercenary taking on Ed Skrein's Ajax. Directed by Tim Miller, other star cast of the film includes Mornea Baccarin, T.J. Miller and Ed Skrein. This American Superhero film is the 8th in the X-men series and termed as the 7th highest grossing movie of the year 2016.
Download URL: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431045/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCyqhpz4vV8.
It is also an American superhero film that features the Marvel Comics character. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributed this movie and it is the 14th movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Directed by Scott Derrickson, Doctor Strange's main star cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams and Benedict Wong. The movie revolves around the surgeon Stephen Strange who is after a career ending car accident, learns the mystoc arts from Ancient One.
Directed by Ron Howard, Inferno is an Amercian mystery thriller that is based on the novel by the same name released by Dan Brown in 2013. The movie is the third installment in Robert Langdon series and is sequel to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. The main stars of the film include Tom Hanks, Irrfan Khan, Felicity ones and Ben Foster. The film moves around Robert Langdon who wakes up with amnesia in an Italian hospital and then teams with Dr. Sienna Brooks in order to foil deadly plot.
Directed and written by Matt Ross, Captain Fantastic is a comedy drama where the movie centers on a family who after living in isolation for long is forced to reintegrate in a society due to circumstances. Stars in the movie are Viggo Mortensen, Samantha Isler, George MacKay and Annalise Basso.
This Superhero film is directed by David Ayer and the star cast includes Will Smith, Viola Davis, Jared Leto and Margot Robbie. The film is based on DC Comins antihero team with the same name. Suicide Squad is the third installment in the series of DC Extended Universe. The movie revolves around a secret government agency which is led by Amanda Waller who saves the world from powerful threat by recruiting imprisoned supervillians. The agency with supervillains executes dangerous missions and black ops to reach mission.
This is a science fiction adventure movie that is directed by Justin Kin and the stars are Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Qunito and Zoe Saldana. The movie is based on Star Trek Series by Gene Roddenberry and is the 13th movie in the Star Trek film franchise and 3rd installment in the Reboot series. In the movie , furthest reaches of the uncharted space is explored by USS Enterprise and they encounter new enemy who puts the Federation to the test.
Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane, Finding Dory is a 3D computer-animated comedy drama adventure movie. The film is produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Finding Dory is sequel and spinoff to Finding Nemo released in the year 2003. Starring Ellen DeGeneres, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson and Albert Brooks the movie makes everyone learn about the real family meaning. The film revolves around amnesiac fish Dory and her journey to be reunited with her long lost parents.
Directed by Sang-ho Yeon, Train to Busan is a South Korean zombie horror thriller movie starring Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Dong-seok Ma and Yu-mi Jeong. Less than a month later, prequel to this movie was released and named as Seoul Station. In film, Train to Busan, South Korea is affected by zombie virus attack and then a few passengers struggle in order to survive a train that is moving from Seoul to Busan.
Nocturnal Animals is a psychological thriller movie that stars Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Jake Gyllehaal, Isla Fisher and Michael Sheen. The film is directed, written and co-produced by Tom Ford. In the film, an owner of art gallery is haunted by her ex-husband's novel and then begins a violent thriller and a threat and revenge tale.
Directed by Rob Burnett, The Fundamentals of Caring is a drama movie that is based on the novel by the same name. The movie was released by Netflix and the star cast includes Craig Roberts, Paul Rudd, Alex Huff, Selena Gomez. In the movie, a man who suffers from great loss enrolls in a class about care giving and this change the perspective of the man regarding life.
If you want to own these films and enjoy them offline, iTube Studio and Free Video Finder online site can be considered as the best film ripper tools.


We are an all-volunteer run co-ed hockey association based in Guelph, ON operating since 1975.
This year we will be playing at 3 rinks, the Sleeman Centre, Exhibition Arena, as well as the West End Community Centre.
The Sleeman Centre is located at Woolwich and MacDonnell St in downtown Guelph. The most convenient parking is on the 2nd floor of the West Parkade. However, there is a $2 parking fee to exit the parkade. There is free 2-hour parking on the street.
There is one rink and plenty of parking. It is located right inside of Exhibition Park.
We are an all-volunteer run co-ed hockey association based in Guelph, Ontario operating since 1975. Since that time we have been providing a fun, nurturing, positive hockey experience for kids aged 4 to 17 in the city of Guelph, Ontario. We offer a structured hockey league that is focused on skill development, team play, and most of all fun.
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What It Takes To Be One of the Most Admired Employers in America
By Meghan McCarthy
June 12, 2017 at 6:05 am ET
This article is a part of Morning Consult's Most Admired Employers series. The full rankings are available here.
The workplace perks arms race that started in Silicon Valley has seeped into the broader American consciousness. When it comes to employers they would be proud to work for, Morning Consult polling shows there is no industry that does better than tech juggernauts such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple.
After interviewing more than 220,000 American adults for Morning Consult's inaugural Most Admired Employer rankings, we found that regardless of age, education, income or partisan leaning, people are most likely to say they admire Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple. The Walt Disney Company was the only non-tech company in the top five.
People of all demographics also agreed on what matters most when they take a job: how much money they'll make and whether their job or the company is going to last. A separate Morning Consult State of the Workforce poll found salary and stability were the most important factors they considered when deciding where to work, with 71 percent saying both were "very important." Across demographics, people put these two factors at the top of their lists above benefits, vacation time and whether the company is making a difference.
Beyond the tech love fest, we found some interesting demographic differences when it comes to which companies are admired most. Take, for example, the fact that men and women only share 5 out of 10 of their top admired companies.
RELATED: These Are the Companies Men & Women Most Want to Work For
The big tech companies make both men and women's top 10 lists, but the differences play into well-worn stereotypes: Men have more mechanical companies in their top 10, women have more content-focused firms.
Generational divides also produce different results, with older Americans voicing greater pride in classic American brands. Harley-Davidson was ranked No. 3 by baby boomers, Lockheed Martin came in fourth and Boeing was sixth. Those three firms didn't crack the top 10 for millennials.
RELATED: Why Baby Boomers Prize the Classics
Overall, Millennials were more likely to say they admired a company than any other age group. The number of millennials who say they admire a company is about five to 10 points higher when compared to Generation X or baby boomers.
RELATED: Why Millennials Want to Work for Google & Amazon
Unsurprisingly, there is a similar divide between political parties. Again, Democrats, Republicans and independents agree on the tech companies that make the overall top ten. But after that, Democrats are more likely to say they admire tech and innovation companies, while Republicans prefer companies that focus on manufacturing.
RELATED: The Political Divide Exists for Employers
Finally, there are some big-name brands that don't crack the list of top companies, such as Uber and Starbucks. Neither managed to snag a spot among the top 30, suggesting that being a barista or an Uber driver aren't viewed as attractive jobs, even if people like the products.
RELATED: The Barista Effect: Why Starbucks & Uber Aren't Admired Employers
You can check out the results from Morning Consult's Most Admired Employers here.
Full methodology for the rankings and State of the Workplace Poll is available here.
Meghan McCarthy
Meghan McCarthy previously worked at Morning Consult as the editor-in-chief.


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European Commission Vice-President boycotts Sochi over minority rights
Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, has announced that she would not attend the Olympic Games in Russia this winter.
On Monday, she tweeted that she would "certainly not go to Sochi as long as minorities are treated the way they are under the current Russian legislation".
I will certainly not go to Sotchi as long as minorities are treated the way they are under the current Russian legislation
— Viviane Reding (@VivianeRedingEU) December 9, 2013
She made this announcement on the eve of the International Day of Human Rights, when the large international solidarity campaign Uprising for Love launched to support human rights activists in Russia.
Minorities, including ethnic minorities and LGBT persons, live under an increasingly hostile regime in Russia. Notably, the Foreign Agents Law and Anti-Propaganda Laws severely limit free speech for those wishing to defend human rights.
Calls for boycotting the Sochi games were expressed before, but activists in Russia have responded that the Olympics were a unique platform to show international solidarity.
Sophie in 't Veld MEP, Vice-President of the LGBT Intergroup, commented: "I welcome Ms Reding's clear stance, which sends the right signal to Russian authorities."
"I'm glad the Commissioner stands in solidarity with minorities in Russia."
Michael Cashman MEP, Co-President of the LGBT Intergroup, continued: "I welcome Ms Reding's principled stand, even if her support for LGBT issues inside the EU has been rather tame during her mandate."
" In Parliament we are particularly missing her commitment on an LGBT roadmap, which would ensure a better life for LGBT people. But I welcome her principled stand."
Categories: Press releases, Recent news Tags: european commission, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, propaganda law, russia


As if the blog and site wasn't enough – we now have a Podcast! Below is all the links to the episodes so far so just click on the appropriate link and listen. You can also search and subscribe on iTunes directly, through most podcast apps (like Stitcher) as well as listen directly online. Please subscribe, comment and tell your friends.


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package com.linkedin.norbert
package network
package server

import org.specs.SpecificationWithJUnit
import org.specs.mock.Mockito
import protos.NorbertExampleProtos
import common.SampleMessage

class MessageHandlerRegistrySpec extends SpecificationWithJUnit with Mockito with SampleMessage {
  val messageHandlerRegistry = new MessageHandlerRegistry

  var handled: Ping = _
  val handler = (ping: Ping) => {
    handled = ping
    ping
  }

  "MessageHandlerRegistry" should {
    "return the handler for the specified request message" in {
      messageHandlerRegistry.registerHandler(handler)

      val h = messageHandlerRegistry.handlerFor[Ping, Ping](Ping.PingSerializer.requestName)

      h(request) must be_==(request)
      handled must be_==(request)
    }

    "throw an InvalidMessageException if no handler is registered" in {
      messageHandlerRegistry.handlerFor(Ping.PingSerializer.requestName) must throwA[InvalidMessageException]
    }

    "return true if the provided response is a valid response for the given request" in {
      messageHandlerRegistry.registerHandler(handler)
//      messageHandlerRegistry.validResponseFor(proto, NorbertExampleProtos.Ping.newBuilder.setTimestamp(System.currentTimeMillis).build) must beTrue
    }

    "return false if the provided response is not a valid response for the given request" in {
      messageHandlerRegistry.registerHandler(handler)
//      messageHandlerRegistry.validResponseFor(proto, mock[Message]) must beFalse
    }

//    "correctly handles null in validResponseFor" in {
//      messageHandlerRegistry.registerHandler(proto, null, handler)
//      messageHandlerRegistry.validResponseFor(proto, null) must beTrue
//
//      messageHandlerRegistry.registerHandler(proto, proto, handler)
//      messageHandlerRegistry.validResponseFor(proto, null) must beFalse
//    }
  }
}

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Le canton d'Épinal-Ouest était une division administrative française, située dans le département des Vosges et la région Lorraine.

Composition

Disparu en 2015.

Seule une fraction de la commune d'Épinal faisait partie de ce canton (13 922 habitants en 2010).

Histoire
Le canton a été créé le  d'une partition du canton d'Épinal.

Démographie

Administration

Conseillers généraux de 1973 à 2015

Voir aussi
 Canton d'Épinal

Notes et références

Epinal-Ouest, Canton d'


The APA conducts an annual singles program that is challenging, fun, and potentially lucrative for APA members. The program consists of three levels of competition. At the Local level, players compete on singles boards for a chance to advance to the Regional level. At the Regional level, players from different league areas meet to compete, with the winners advancing to the Championship level, where over $200,000 in cash and prizes awaits!
The 8-Ball Classic is the singles program for 8-Ball players, and the 9-Ball Shootout is for 9-Ball players. Both programs operate with two qualifying windows. Players who win a singles board between January 1 and June 15 qualify for the Season 1 Regional, which is held in the fall of each year. Players who win a singles board between June 16 and November 30 qualify for the Season 2 Regional, which is held the following spring.
The Regional and Championship levels of the 8-Ball Classic and 9-Ball Shootout are broken into tiers by skill level. There are five tiers in the 8-Ball Classic, a combined tier for 2's and 3's, with separate tiers for 4's and 5's, 6's, and 7's. The tiers for the 9-Ball Shootout are for skill levels 1-3, 4-5, 6-7, and 8-9. Once you reach the Regional level, you only play players within your own tier. To become a champion, all you have to do is win your tier at the Championship level. The APA crowns nine singles champions each year!


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LinkedIn and Facebook Partnership Rumors
Everybody likes a rumor. But Wall Street loves a rumor.
Yesterday, there was chatter about a potential LinkedIn and Facebook Partnership. Who started this rumor? Who knows. It probably comes from a source of a source who overhead something in a bathroom. But yesterday, Business Insider reported that LinkedIn may be reporting on a partnership with Facebook and that it had "maybe something to do with jobs listings."
It's hard if not impossible to tell what drives stock prices, but LinkedIn did have a great day: the stock closed up over 5%. If the chatter has anything to do with that 5% appreciation, it would be clear that investors like the idea of a LinkedIn Facebook partnership deal. Facebook is by far the world's most popular website. However, Facebook has little to do with the professional sphere of life – users tend to separate their profiles into personal updates on Facebook and professional updates on LinkedIn. Any kind of combined partnership would promise the incredibly vast network of Facebook and the focused recruitment aspect and use of LinkedIn.
LinkedIn doesn't appear externally to have any relationship with Facebook except as a competitor. You can't even Facebook like a LinkedIn profile or groups discussion. Conversely, LinkedIn appears to be very friendly with Twitter, and has integrated tweets and Twitter profiles into many aspects of their service. Therefore, a partnership between LinkedIn and Facebook sounds far-fetched.
However, stranger things have happened this year: Google is now in the hardware business and HP is getting out of the computer business. A LinkedIn-Facebook partnership isn't entirely impossible. It would certainly consolidate social media in an unprecedented way, and create an even more significant force in the recruitment marketplace.
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Epidemiological comments The notified cases of African swine fever in wild boars have been detected in the already present area under proper restrictions concerning African swine fever. This area has been established in accordance with the European Union legislation - Commission Implementing Decision 2014/178/UE.
Poland has submitted the following immediate notification and follow-up report (s) to OIE.


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He/She will be responsible for Java/Java EE application development and providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.
Participate in software design meetings, write technical design documents and propose design solutions.
Development of the product / modules independently.
Responsible for writing unit test, integration test, re-factoring, code reviews & documentation.
Understand & maintain existing code-base by regular re-factoring and applying requested fixes and features.
Works within a fast-paced Agile development process.
Maintain application stability by monitoring key metrics and improving code base accordingly.
Should be flexible to learn new technology / require frameworks.
4-8 years of hands on experience in software development.
Should have excellent knowledge of OOPS Concept and experience in Core Java and J2EE (Java, Spring, Hibernate/ MyBatis).
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Should have good knowledge of databases, preferably MySQL and nice to have knowledge of nosql Dbs like mongoDB etc.
Should have good knowledge and hands on experience of any of scripting languages like Shell Script / PHP / Python.
Should have good knowledge of Data Structures.
Should have experience in JUNIT.
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Festive treats for underprivileged at Selangor Family Aid Association
In conjunction with the celebration of Deepavali, Da Ma Cai through its Staff-In-The-Community (SITC) program reached out to Selangor Family Aid Association (SFAA), a welfare centre for the aged and disabled located in Ulu Yam Bharu, Selangor.
The SITC program saw Da Ma Cai employees volunteering for the meaningful community service initiative. Residents at SFAA were excited as they met the volunteers, from the look on their faces, all residents have a story to tell. The hall of the centre turned lively as the volunteers spent the morning engaged in conversation with the residents.
After the fun interaction session, volunteers gathered at the kitchen for lunch preparation. A sumptuous and nutritious briyani set lunch was served to all residents at SFAA.
In the spirit of festive sharing and giving, Da Ma Cai contributed cash vouchers worth RM6,500 to SFAA to alleviates its financial burden.
"We appeal to the society sympathetic and humanitarian sentiments to provide us donation or sponsors for the underprivileged members under our care. My gratitude towards visitation and generous support offered to our Centre," said SFAA Chairman Mr Pusparajah Gunaratnam.
Da Ma Cai volunteers said, "In this festive of joy and togetherness, we are happy to be part of this meaningful program to make even the smallest differences and help those in needs."
Established in 1988, SFAA currently provides care to 95 multi-racial individuals. As many of the residents are elderly or disabled requiring constant medical care, the centre is always looking for funding to improve the livelihood of its residents.
For details or donations, please refer to http://www.sfaa-malaysia.org/
Da Ma Cai is a brand of Pan Malaysian Pools Sdn. Bhd. (PMP), Malaysia's authorised numbers forecast operator. On an annual basis, Da Ma Cai actively supports various causes in the areas of education and social welfare through a wide range of programmes and activities carried out in the country. Following the acquisition of PMP by Jana Pendidikan Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (JPM), all of PMP's net dividends that JPM receives will be donated to The Community Chest. With this structure, Da Ma Cai has effectively been transformed from a for-profit organisation into a social business, providing long term donations to The Community Chest for the benefit of the Malaysian community.