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Recommended Reading List: May 2011
Posted: July 16, 2011/Under: On Writing, Recommended Reading/By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
All the President's MenBill CriderCindy GerardDoc FordEd GormanEd McBainEileen DreyerErnest HemingwayEvan HunterGreg BardsleyJeffrey ToobinJFKLaura GriffinLawrence BlockMark AraxMartin H. GreenbergMichael Feeney CallanMichael J. MooneyMichael Joseph GrossMichael NethercottMystery Scenepulp fictionRandy Wayne WhiteVanity Fair
Once again, I'm late posting my recommended reading list. I wanted to put this up in June. Fingers crossed that I'll get the June list up before the end of July. (I have my doubts.) Anyway…
I traveled in May and I had more deadlines than I even want to think about now. But somehow I managed to read a lot as well. Maybe I didn't sleep. I liked some of what I read, and now, a month later, can't remember most of it. But I do recall that I thought May a surprisingly good reading month, despite all the hecticness. Or maybe because of it.
Here's the best of the best:
Arax, Mark, "The Zankou Chicken Murders," The Best American Crime Reporting 2009, edited by Jeffrey Toobin, Ecco Books, 2009. Superbly written piece about a man who built a chicken franchise out of nothing in Los Angeles. Then, one morning, he got up, got dressed up, drove across town, and shot his mother and his sister to death before turning the gun on himself. Sounds lurid, but it's not. It's a meditation on family, on loss, on being an immigrant in America, and on survival after something horrific. Plus it's exceedingly well written. Worth the cost of the volume all by itself.
Bardsley, Greg, "Crazy Larry Smells Bacon," By Hook and By Crook and 27 of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year, edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Tyrus Books, 2010. This story surprised me. I can't say much more than that except that with each turn, I got more and more intrigued. By the end, I was happily surprised. Loved it.
Block, Lawrence, "Murders in Memory Lane: Evan Hunter Part 1," Mystery Scene Magazine, Winter, 2011. Lawrence Block's "Murders in Memory Lane" column are worth the price of a Mystery Scene subscription all by themselves. I've loved each one I've read.
This one is about Block's memories of Evan Hunter, whom most of you know as Ed McBain. Neither name is the one Hunter was born with, nor are both names the only names he wrote under. Block's columns are always personal essays about the people he remembers. This is no different. But it's fascinating to read about the prolific Hunter, who managed both literary stardom and bestsellerdom under two different names. Writers and readers alike should find these columns and read them.
Callan, Michael Feeney, "Washington Monument," Vanity Fair, April, 2011. I thought I had read everything about All The President's Men, and it turns out I have—the book. But I knew next to nothing about the movie. This article rectified that. Worth reading to see how movies got made decades ago, but also to see how creative decisions and political ones collided. An interesting portrait of Robert Redford as well.
Crider, Bill, "Pure Pulp," By Hook and By Crook and 27 of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year, edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Tyrus Books, 2010. A story set in the days when pulp writers lived in the same apartment house in New York—which they did. (Robert Silverberg deals with this in his autobiography. In fact, I think Crider uses that very apartment building, near Columbia, as the setting for this story.) "Pure Pulp" is a locked room mystery with a trace of superhero magic. Pluse it's a marvelous writer story. One of my very favorites in the volume.
Dreyer, Eileen, Never A Gentleman, Forever Books, April, 2011. Eileen Dreyer's romance novels are always challenging. Not to read, because her writing is superb. But because her characters aren't nice, and sometimes aren't heroic. This book is a case in point. Diccan is a spy for Her Majesty's Government whose cover is his incredible social standing. He's tracking down a plot to assassinate Wellington. Others tracking this plot down have been murdered. Diccan gets compromised so that he's marginalized for reasons he has to figure out. In other words, why didn't they just kill him?
How is he compromised? He's drugged and wakes up naked in the bed of the estimable Grace Fairchild. Who is considered an ugly old spinster (with a limp) whom no one would ever want to marry. The bad guys figure our hero will walk away from her, ruining his reputation. Instead, he marries her, doing the right thing. And the book goes from there.
But it's not a standard marriage-of-convenience plot. In fact, there's some incredibly icky behavior on the part of Diccan, and it's understandable, but horrible. There's also a plot point that I usually hate, which is: If these people would only talk to each other, there would be no plot. (Or in this case, there would be a different plot.) However, these two people don't know each other, and he's a spy in a world where the man is king of his own castle—in all ways, he owns the woman he's married to. He has no reason to talk with her, and she tries to talk to him.
Quite believable, quite frustrating, and quite riveting. The book does show—graphically—how intelligent women must have felt in that time period, when they married and were at the whim (often) of a man they didn't know. I liked it, even if I don't know if I could have forgiven someone who did those things, even in the name of King and Country.
Well done. I couldn't put the book down.
Gerard, Cindy, "Leave No Trace," Deadly Promises, Pocket Star, 2010. A fast-paced romantic suspense novella about a humanitarian stuck in a labor camp in Myanmar, and the deep cover operative who manages to rescue her. I haven't read anything this breathlessly suspenseful in months. And, unlike so many romantic suspense stories, the relationship flows seamlessly into the narrative. If you haven't read any Cindy Gerard, this is a good place to start.
Gorman, Ed and Greenberg, Martin H., By Hook and By Crook and 27 of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year, Tyrus Books, 2010. This is always my favorite mystery volume of the year because the quality is so consistently high. In fact, sometimes it's hard to remember that the reason I don't have as many favorites is because the baseline quality starts at good and goes up to exceptional. I listed some favorites last month, and the rest this month, but I did enjoy the entire volume. It's also the only year's best mystery anthology that covers the entire genre—from Sherlock Holmes stories (which I'm not fond of) to gritty noir. Highly recommended.
Griffin, Laura, "Unstoppable," Deadly Promises, Pocket Star, 2010. Top-notch romantic suspense about a forensic anthropologist working too close to the Mexican border. At first, I thought the story would be about illegal immigration, and it isn't. Griffin surprised me. She manages to pack an entire novel's worth of plot into the novella, and she writes a damn fine relationship story. This is the first piece I've read of hers, and I will read more.
Gross, Michael Joseph, "A Declaration of Cyber-War," Vanity Fair, April, 2011. Fascinating article on the Stuxnet virus, how it was designed, what its target was, and what it means for the future of warfare. Some of this I knew because it had made its way into the press, but much of it I didn't. Worth reading.
Hemingway, Ernest, "The Hills Like White Elephants," (There are many collections; take your pick. I read it in a tattered old volume from 1940). Yes, I read this short story in high school. I remember the experience vividly. My teacher claimed the story was delicate, a piece that was subtle and powerful. Then he asked us if we understood it. Yep, I said to myself, I understood it. It was short, it was beautifully written, and it was—um, vague. Yep, that's it. It was vague.
So thirty-some years later, I reread the story because I was getting ready to teach a short story class, and I think Hemingway's stories are among the best ever written. I get to "The Hills Like White Elephants," and realize I hadn't understood a word of it in high school. My teacher was right. It is subtle. It is delicate. It is powerful.
It is beautifully done.
It just proves to me again that certain stories/books don't make sense until you've acquired a bit of life experience, which I most certainly did not have back then.
Mooney, Michael J., "The Day Kennedy Died," The Best American Crime Reporting 2009, edited by Jeffrey Toobin, Ecco Books, 2009. So here I've been bitching about Vanity Fair's Kennedy obsession. (You'll note I did not recommend April's Kennedy story.) And then I recommend this piece. Only this isn't about Kennedy so much as about Dr. Robert Nelson McClelland, who was one of the ER doctors who worked on Kennedy. I've read a lot of Kennedy assassination stuff over the years, and I've never read this man's account of what happened. It's fascinating for two reasons: First, it shows the way that people react in a crisis, especially folks trained for that crisis; and second, it does show, as the author says, that history is made up of real people, with real bones, and real blood. Excellent.
Nethercott, Michael, "O'Nelligan's Glory," By Hook and By Crook and 27 of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year, edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Tyrus Books, 2010. A wonderful traditional mystery with some fantastic characters. This is a classic whodunnit with a detective and his sidekick—or rather, a sidekick and his detective. Lots of fun.
White, Randy Wayne, Deep Shadow, Berkeley mass market, 2011. I brought two short story collections with me on my Los Angeles trip, not to mention five novels on my Kindle, so what did I do? I browsed books at Portland International Airport, and saw an intriguing cover on Randy Wayne White's Deep Shadow. I picked up the book, read the back cover copy, and read the book on the spot.
It's not fair to say that I bought Randy Wayne White blind. I'd been meaning to pick up his work for about a year now. But this particular novel is about cave diving in Florida and those of you who have read my novel Diving into the Wreck know I'm a sucker for diving books.
White's book is a thriller featuring his long-time character Marion "Doc" Ford. I obviously don't know all the ins and outs of Ford, and I know I was supposed to have particular reactions when characters appeared. I didn't because I hadn't read the previous 17 books in the series. But, get this, I hadn't read the previous 17 books—and I'm still recommending this one to you.
I read it as fast as I could, given I had no time in Los Angeles, and I only had two-hour flights in each direction. The book takes place in less than 24 hours and, for the most part, has a relentless pace. There is a three-page info dump digression in the middle of some major action that made it clear to me this information was very important, but other than that, the novel is quite smooth. When things are unbelievable—and a lot here is unbelievable—White acknowledges it, and then explores it a bit, and then lets us in on the secret: Yep, we're reading a thriller. Hang on and enjoy the ride.
Vividly described, with excellent characters. I felt I was there in the muggy Florida heat, diving a remote lake, with something not human lurking nearby and two desperate killers ready to take on Our Heroes. Nicely, nicely done. I already have another Doc Ford novel, and four more on order. If that's not a recommendation, nothing is.
8 responses to "Recommended Reading List: May 2011"
Annie Reed says:
I always find cool new things on your recommended reading list. This time around it was Deadly Promises and By Hook and By Crook. A sample of Deep Shadow is on my Kindle. So many things to read…
I'm glad it helps you find stuff, Annie. I figure the list is like a conversation we'd be having in person. Here's what I read recently. And I know…so much to read!
Richard Prosch says:
A splendid list, Kris! I agree completely re: shifting comprehension with certain stories. "The Hills Like…" is a perfect example. I recall, along those same thematic lines, watching Garbo in "A Woman of Affairs" as a college freshman–not picking up at all on the "flowers scene" until I saw it again a few years back. Reading, viewing –the same maturation process must hold true for writing too?
I think it does, Richard. They say that writers and politicians are young at 50. I think that's true. There's a certain richness that maturity brings–not just to the reading/viewing, but to the writing as well. (Politicians and maturity, well, not in this country. [sigh])
Mark Terry says:
Yeah, he's got some books that are straight ahead thrillers, something almost border on the supernatural, some that have that weird Travis McGee feel, etc.
I'm currently reading The Man Who Invented Florida. Completely different feel from the others. I'm enjoying it though
A couple comments about Randy Wayne White. I think DEEP SHADOW was one of his best. He's uneven. I hated his last one. Your mileage may vary. The first couple books in the series are in third-person before he moved into first-person. Just my opinion, but I've read all of them.
If you ever get the chance to meet the man or interview him, do it.
A number of years back I was writing author profiles & such for The Oakland Press and I interviewed Randy on the phone. I've done dozens – probably 150 or so – of these types of author interviews over the years for various publications and I still think of the one with Randy as being my favorite. I suspect it's partly his personality and partly that he was a fishing guide for years and fishing guides are in the business of shooting the breeze with strangers. It was one of the most enjoyable 30-minute phone conversations I'd ever had, even if at the end I looked down at my notes and said, "Damn, what am I going to use in the interview?" But it sure was fun.
Always worth reading.
Thanks, Mark. I'm already 3 books in and noticing that he's constantly experimenting, which I appreciate a lot. It reminds me of Ian Rankin–not each book is equally great, but always something interesting to read.


THE 8TH STREET SWING BAND PERFORMS with Janice Pendarvis for the "Heroes, Heartache, and One-Hit Wonders" concert put on by the RMA Jazz groups in the EMPAC Concert Hall on Saturday.
If you didn't go to the Jazz Concert this past Saturday, you missed out! The Rensselaer Music Association organized a very nice one hour long jazz concert called "Heroes, Heartache, and One-Hit Wonders" in the Experimental Media Performing Arts Center. Despite the cold weather, there was a decent crowd of friends, parents, and members of the RPI community that enjoyed a peaceful, rejuvenating concert!
President of RMA Devin Glenn '16 led the night off by introducing himself and giving a synopsis of the beautiful music for the night. Conductor Robert Button mentioned how it was going to be a very special night with the appearance of Janice Pendarvis, a well acclaimed singer known for R&B, pop, jazz, reggae, rock and avant-garde music. She has worked with a bunch of different groups and artists, including The Rolling Stones and David Bowie.
The first group to come out on stage was the 8th Street Swing Band, as conducted by Joseph Bonville. They played two one-hit wonders, then went into playing "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams. I very much enjoyed it because it is in one of my favorite movies, Cheaper by the Dozen. Hearing it live just made it that much better! Then, Janice Pendarvis was welcomed onto the stage for the first time for the night, singing "Summertime" by George Gershwin. When I first heard her voice, I must say, I was blown away; with the live music in the back and the amazing acoustics within EMPAC, this song was amazing!
After four pieces, the Contemporary Jazz Ensemble was next to perform. One song was "Mr. Big Stuff" by Jean Knight, which got the whole audience tapping their feet to the beat! Janice sang along with a few songs of this ensemble but also the Concert Jazz Orchestra. Both these groups were conducted by Robert Button. The first piece on the agenda for the Orchestra was "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles; to this day, no one knows why this famous song, from 1968, was titled "The Horse," but many bands play it today. Next up was Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me," which I realized is from another great movie, Sister Act. The last song of the wonderful night was a classic from 1966 titled, "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted," by Jimmy Ruffin. This song was a nice finishing touch as Janice and all three of the performing groups received a standing ovation afterwards.
Overall, this show was fantastic. I suggest all RPI students go to at least one concert in the near future hosted by RMA or any musical group related to RPI. I'm sure you won't regret it! Just look for signs around campus, online at http://events.rpi.edu/, ask your friends, or even check through upcoming Facebook events. I can't wait to see another RPI jazz group perform again!
mentioned how it was going to be a very special night with the appearance of Janice Pendarvis, a well acclaimed singer known for R&B, pop, jazz, reggae, rock and avant-garde music. She has worked with a bunch of different groups and artists, including The Rolling Stones and David Bowie.
The first group to come out on stage was the 8th Street Swing Band, as conducted by Joseph Bonville. They played two one-hit wonders then went into playing Classical Gas by Mason Williams, which I very much enjoyed because it is in one of my favorite movies Cheaper by the Dozen. Hearing it live just made it that much better! Then Janice Pendarvis was welcomed onto the stage for the first time for the night, singing Summertime by George Gershwin. When I first heard her voice, I must say, I was blown away, with the live music in the back and the amazing acoustics within EMPAC this song was amazing!
After four pieces, the Contemporary Jazz Ensemble was next to perform. One song was Mr. Big Stuff by Jean Knight which got the whole audience tapping their feet to the beat! Janice sang along with a few songs of this ensemble but also the Concert Jazz Orchestra. Both these groups were conducted by Robert Button. The first piece on the agenda for the Orchestra was The Horse by Cliff Nobles; to this day, no one knows why this famous song, from 1968, was titled "The Horse" but many bands play it today. Next up was Fontella Bass' Rescue Me, which I realized is from another great movie, Sister Act. The last song of the wonderful night was a classic from 1966 titled What Becomes of the Broken Hearted by Jimmy Ruffin. This song was a nice finishing touch as Janice and all three of the performing groups received a standing ovation afterwards.
Overall, this show was fantastic. I suggest all RPI students go to at least one concert in the near future hosted by RMA or any musical related to RPI. I'm sure you won't regret it! Just look for signs around campus, online at events.rpi.edu, ask your friends, or even check through upcoming Facebook events. I can't wait to see another RPI jazz group perform again!


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Q: Rails 5: PUT doesn't work using friendly_id Ok... so now I'm at day 2 trying to figure out why on my development env, it works but when I deploy my app to production it doesn't work.
I'm simply trying to create a "like/upvote" button and count the "likes/upvotes" on every post, and then do the same for every comment in a post.
Since I'm using friendly_id to create a slug from the :title field, I'm getting this in my Heroku Logs:

ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [GET] "/posts/test/upvote"):

I obviously get the "This page doesn't exist" error...
Here's the code:

routes.rb

  resources :posts, only: [:create, :index, :show, :destroy, :edit, :update] do
    resources :comments, only: [:show, :create, :destroy, :edit, :update] do
      member do
        put '/upvote' => 'comments#upvote'
      end
    end

    member do
      put '/upvote' => 'posts#upvote'
    end
  end
end

post_controller.rb

  def upvote
   @post = Post.friendly.find(params[:id])
    @post.increment!(:upvotes)
    redirect_to root_path
  end

comments_controller.rb

  def upvote
    @post = Post.friendly.find(params[:post_id])
    @comment = @post.comments.find(params[:id])
    @comment.increment!(:upvotes)
    redirect_to @post
  end

post index.html.erb

<%= link_to "like", upvote_post_path(post), method: :put, style: "color: white;" %>

What's missing here that I'm not seeing?

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Q: How can you target environments in a Azure YAML Pipeline via deployment job? Goal
Deploy pipeline artifact to VM resources in a Environment via Azure YAML using Deployment job.
YAML
This is the complete YAML pipeline that i'm using. With this YAML file i'm hoping to achieve the following.

*

*Build

*Test

*Publish artifact

*Deploy artifact to resources in RO-TST Environment (VM's on premise)

# CI/CD Pipeline
# https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/apps/windows/dot-net

trigger:
- master

pool:
  vmImage: 'windows-latest'

variables:
  solution: '**/*.sln'
  buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
  buildConfiguration: 'Release'

stages:

- stage: BuildTestPublishArtifact
  displayName: Build - Test - Publish Artifact
  jobs:
  - job: Build
    steps:
    - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1
    - task: NuGetCommand@2
      inputs:
        restoreSolution: '$(solution)'
    - task: VSBuild@1
      inputs:
        solution: '$(solution)'
        platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
        configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'
    - task: VSTest@2
      inputs:
        platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
        configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'
    - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
      inputs:
        targetPath: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\HelloWorld\HelloWorld\bin\$(buildConfiguration)'
        artifact: 'HelloWorld'
        publishLocation: 'pipeline'

- stage: DeployTst
  displayName: Deploy to TST
  jobs:
  - deployment: Deployment
    environment: RO-TST
    strategy:
      runOnce:
        deploy:
          steps:
          - task: CopyFiles@2
            inputs:
              SourceFolder: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'
              Contents: '**'
              TargetFolder: 'D:\Application\'

Result
Steps 1 through 3 are working just fine. In step 4 (deployment job) the copy files task is not running on the resource agents that are registered on the RO-TST environment. But instead the copy files task is running on the hosted agent.
Job initialization:
Starting: Initialize job
Agent name: 'Hosted Agent'
Agent machine name: 'fv-az686'
Current agent version: '2.168.2'
Operating System
Virtual Environment
Current image version: '20200517.1'
Agent running as: 'VssAdministrator'
Prepare build directory.
Set build variables.
Download all required tasks.
Downloading task: DownloadPipelineArtifact (1.2.4)
Downloading task: CopyFiles (2.164.0)
Downloading task: CmdLine (2.164.0)
Checking job knob settings.
   Knob: AgentToolsDirectory = C:/hostedtoolcache/windows Source: ${AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY}
   Knob: AgentPerflog = c:\vsts\perflog Source: ${VSTS_AGENT_PERFLOG}
Finished checking job knob settings.
Start tracking orphan processes.
Finishing: Initialize job

When I target a specific resource (RO-TST.APP1234) in the environment the copy file task does run on the resource agent. This is done by changing the environment value in the deployment job to RO-TST.APP1234.
- stage: DeployTst
  displayName: Deploy to TST
  jobs:
  - deployment: Deployment
    environment: RO-TST.APP1234
    strategy:
      runOnce:
        deploy:
          steps:
          - task: CopyFiles@2
            inputs:
              SourceFolder: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'
              Contents: '**'
              TargetFolder: 'D:\Application\'

Job initialization:
Starting: Initialize job
Agent name: 'APP1234'
Agent machine name: 'APP1234'
Current agent version: '2.168.2'
Agent running as: 'APP1234$'
Prepare build directory.
Set build variables.
Download all required tasks.
Checking job knob settings.
Finished checking job knob settings.
Start tracking orphan processes.
Finishing: Initialize job

I've tried other Deployment strategies like rolling and canary but they don't work with Environment scoped targets. Below the documentation from Microsoft regarding Deployment Jobs.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/deployment-jobs?view=azure-devops
I know that you can use Deployment groups via the "classic" approach seperating CI via YAML and CD via Releases in Azure DevOps. But I would really love to have the complete CI-CD pipeline in one YAML file. So am I missing something in the way the deployment job is setup or is it just not possible to  target multiple resources in YAML via Environments?

A: So I finally found out why my YAML didn't work for the deployment job. Thanks to the example given in the VM resource documentation.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/environments-virtual-machines?view=azure-devops#reference-vm-resources-in-pipelines
This is the modified YAML in which I added the properties name, resourceType and tags. I already had tags on my Environment resources so that worked out fine. After running the pipeline the artifacts were deployed to all resources in RO-TST with the tag Console.
- stage: DeployTst
  displayName: Deploy to TST
  jobs:
  - deployment: Deployment
    environment:
      name: RO-TST
      resourceType: VirtualMachine
      tags: Console
    strategy:
      runOnce:
        deploy:
          steps:
          - task: CopyFiles@2
            inputs:
              SourceFolder: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)'
              Contents: '**'
              TargetFolder: 'D:\Application\'


Born 1974. Lives and works Porto Allegre(BRA).
Túlio Pinto builds his artwork by establishing tensions that defy the law of gravity and provide balance, using materials of opposing nature and behavior. This is how he feels and translates the pulsation of the world of things to be reflected (also) in the world of human relations. An ambiguous game, which, in a first reading may seem circumscribed to the formal combinations that were born from the Brazilian constructivist inheritance or the international minimalism. A second analysis, though, brings the perception that, beyond tradition (which the artist makes referenceto and competently and rigorously expands), there is a consistent authorial poetics, which subverts the already established. It indicates urgencies that remain current: the shifting and utopic territory of harmony among opposition.
The multimedia young artist (he graduated from college in 2009) is extremely focused and prolific. He rose in the Brazilian artistic field at the end of the 2000s, with sculptures in which colored balloons were opposed to thick concrete plates. Something seemed to breathe there, though slowly draining into a sigh. An agonic breath, which reminded us of our own urbanite breathing, surrounded and immersed in heavy living structures.
Túlio started to use the primordial component in making glass. A wide vocabulary for a body of work of irreproachable cohesion and nexus. Sand for sand castles, an ancestral metaphor for dreams. Sand of constructive risk. It was with an enormous cube of wet sand (1.60 m of side),connected to a glass sheet, that the artist faced one of his riskiest bets. During the assembly of the piece for an individual exhibition at Baró Gallery (São Paulo, 2013), the sand cube collapsed in lumps on the floor. Reassemble it? No way. In an emblematic behavior of his working process, Túlio simply incorporated the accident the piece, which grew in eloquence. 'The abyss fascinates me; especially the abyss of limits of resistance for materials,' the artist notes. 'Risk and chance are elements in my work, in the same way that they are present in our lives. If we pay attention, they show us the way'.
The unstable balance made of opposing dualities may incorporate a third element: the insertion of the architectonic space. This is how the artist created Trajetórias Ortogonais (in English, 'Orthogonal Trajectories'): articulating wood blocks that were suspended merely due to the force of gravity and the tensions between walls, ceiling and floor. Or, in an intelligent reference to Giovani Anselmo's Arte Povera and his La SculturaCheMangia (in English, 'The sculpture that eats'), from 1967, he created the installation Práticas de reconhecimento e algumasaproximações (in English 'Recognition practices and some approaches'), from 2012: boxes containing eating vegetable beds pressuring latex balloons. In the end of the exhibition period, part of the piece was served as salad to the visitors, recreating the arch of references between art and life, organic and inorganic.
With an increasing insertion in the international circuit and a fresh repertoire in several art residencies abroad, Túlio Pinto's presence in individual exhibitions is also increasing, thus confirming his solidity of purposes and results.
This was the case for the individual exhibition that took place at Baró Gallery (2016), in which he broadened his poetics even further.He constructs a journey that is filled with the risk and the challenge of experiences, which, in the same way that happened when he was residing in Phoenix (Arizona, 2015),also involve displacements that he calls 'mental sculpting intermediations'.
Those are procedural experiences that may be translated into detailed notes in thejournal of a long journey he undertook on foot or into performances and videos. This is how the video Unicórnio (in English, 'Unicorn'), from 2016, came to be. In this video, he wanders amongst rock formations at the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, during his artistic residence in Phoenix (2015). In Unicórnio , Túlioreverberate the surrealist tradition without cutting the umbilical cord (heliumgas-filled balloons) that he uses to tailor most of his production. They function, then, as colored graphisms in space.Or they signal an unfolding of perceptions that have been irremediably expelled from a shelter (the uterus?), displaced in an inhospitable geography. Unicorn or Minotaur? In any case, these are mythological characters that highlight the inadequacy of humans or otherwise to show the only way possible to stand being in the world: the exercise of wishing and dreaming beyond the roughness of the horizon and reasoning.
The artist is also interested in exploring materials that move between solid and liquid. Even the most contingent of all materials, ice, supplies elements to make his poetics denser. Or tar.
Glass, it is of notice, also slips and makes puddles, although at a speed so slow that can only be perceived after centuries. Perhaps to highlight the changeable instant we all are.
Túlio surprisingly admits he was not a good student of physics, although he is evidently fascinated by the subject. In the larger and riskier pieces, he asks for the support of a structure engineer with the calculations. This is rare, though. He confesses that his main ally in creating the pieces is fear: 'Fear instigates and defies me. It fascinates me like an abyss. I need to get to the edge and look down to see how deep and risky it is. The abyss appears when the material shows its potential, which is sometimes unknown, and we only discover such potential when we use the material in a different way, creating a tangent, a space for the unforeseen'.


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Our daily tour begins in the morning with a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage site Naqsh-e Jahan Square (one of the largest squares in the world), the delightfully proportioned and decorated Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Imam Mosque, and richly beautified Ali Qapu Palace (a residential palace which dates back to the Safavid period).
Next, we'll visit the Chehel Sotoun Palace and Garden (with its impressive veranda), and the Qeisarieh Bazaar. It was built in the north wing of Naqsh-e Jahan Square during the Safavid era.
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Q: how to order List through string child element? I must order a list according to a string contained in each element of the list.
I have a ribbonDropDown element which contains a list of ribbonDropDownItem. Each of those item contains a string from which I want to reorder the item position in the ribbonDropDown alphabatically.
I think my problem can be solve just by considering I have a List of object which contain a string field.
I tried this :
List<myObject> myList = aList;
myList.OrderBy(i => i.Name, StringComparer.Ordinal);

and also
myList.OrderBy(i => i.Name);

I expect the result to be order from a->z or z->a depending on the method I use (OrderBy or OrderBy descening).
For now my result is the same order of my list before the operation.
Is it possible to use this method for that or should I use something else ?
I'd like not to use a for loop.

A: You need to reassign the return of the .OrderBy() to the original list.
myList = myList.OrderBy(i => i.Name).ToList();

.OrderBy() does not change the existing list, it returns the input list with the modifications as a new IEnumerable<>.


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Sacred Bloodlines and Mysteries of the Goddess – ROBERT SEPEHR
Forbidden Archeology, Genetics, Hidden History, Mystery Babylon, Occult, Secret Societies
Before Christianity existed, there was what is now commonly known as Paganism, which is also called Polytheism, the belief or worship of more than one God. Various triune or triple goddesses were commonly seen in ancient religions. The details of the rites, ceremonies, and beliefs were kept secret due to persecution, and consistently preserved from antiquity. As their core teaching became unacceptable, the Goddess teachings became the "Mysteries".
Mary Magdalene was a Biblical figure who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus. Some organizations have asserted that her bloodline was of a special lineage, and that her children survive in the royal houses of Europe. The most common symbolic use of the skull is as a representation of mortality, but also with occult knowledge of spiritual immortality.
The mirror is an ancient symbol that is often seen with the Goddess. Besides the Moon, the Goddess is associated with the planet Venus, which is her name in ancient Rome, as it was Aphrodite in Greece, Ishtar in Babylon, Inanna in Sumer, Isis in Egypt, Astarte in Phoenicia, and many others.
Melusine or Melusina is a figure of European folklore and mythology, especially connected with the northern and western areas of France and Luxembourg. The House of Luxembourg (which ruled the Holy Roman Empire from AD 1308 to AD 1437 as well as Bohemia and Hungary), the Counts of Anjou and their descendants the House of Plantagenet (kings of England) and the French House of Lusignan (kings of Cyprus, Armenia, and Jerusalem) are said in folk tales and medieval literature to be descended from Melusine.
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"Life on Mars" New BBC Tv series
· Ancient Astronaut Theorist
The first 2 episodes of this new BBC series is on the Newsgroups and Bittorrent. I watched the first 2 episodes and thought they were great. The show only airs in the U.K. You have to find the episodes on the Internet. It's a 8 episode series.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lifeonmars/about.shtml
John Simm stars as Sam Tyler, a driven and ambitious young detective, determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe. But after a near fatal car accident, he wakes up, dazed and confused, in 1973. Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or has he simply gone insane?
What follows is Sam's 21st century account of 1970s life, where he feels like a fish out of water. He must come to terms with an unfamiliar environment and an archaic CID unit. There, using his modern know-how, he becomes integral to the unit. But he must adapt to their old-fashioned technologies and etiquettes.
Sam works on some of the hardest cases he's ever been involved with. It's a world where witnesses are regularly intimidated, it takes two weeks to process forensics, and his colleagues will nail their suspect whether they have the evidence or not.
Sam's new boss is hard-nosed DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), who gets results by trusting his gut instinct and, all too often, sheer brute force.
The rest of his team have similar attitudes towards their work. Except WPC Annie Cartright (Liz White), an educated and open minded woman. As well as helping Sam battle criminals, she aids his quest to find the truth about his new circumstances.
Jane Featherstone, executive producer of Life on Mars, says, "Life on Mars is a fantastic idea which takes the cop show genre and gives it a unique, humorous and irresistible twist. By taking a character of our time and throwing him headfirst into our recent past, it gives us a chance to explore what makes us who we are today."
John Yorke, Controller of Continuing Drama Series and Head of Independent Drama at BBC explains, "The beauty of Life on Mars is that each week it concentrates on catching criminals through two completely opposing styles of policing. We put a modern DI bang in the world of the old school copper and so explore two totally foreign worlds. Sam's both repelled and fascinated by this prehistoric world, and the drama lies in how he tries to accommodate himself to life on a completely different planet."
Julie Gardner, BBC Wales Head of Drama adds: "We are delighted to have collaborated with Kudos on such an exciting and bold project as Life on Mars. And, to have such a talented cast can only highlight the quality of the writing and the production."
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Wow, sounds really cool. I'm gonna check it out. Thanks!
funbox
I think this is on HBO On Demand for people that have it.
"...there's never been a paperbag for drugs. Until today."
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Vito the TiVo
· Rockin' the Suburbs
BBC is on HBO on demand?
Anyways, its a fun show, sort of an anti-CSI.
"he just seems to really like stirring things up. Kind of like a troll's much cooler cousin." - Rob Helmerichs
Nevermind I'm totally wrong. Its some show called 'From the Earth to the Moon'.
jones07
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We're doomed. It will never work
· Meh.
Maybe it'll show up on BBC America.
Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip, and come on up to the Mothership.
dswallow
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It's really a good show; it's like anti-CSI in a way. It's amazing how far we've come in just 30-some years.
Doug Swallow
porges
It took me a minute to figure out from the description that Sam is from our present. I guess that whole "21st Century" thing hasn't really sunk in.
Mr. Soze
· Back by popular demand
I watched the first 3 this weekend. I absolutely love it. Sam is great,
but Gene Hunt is an awesome character. "I'm 'aving 'oops!"
I can't wait for the next episode.
It is stunning how un-PC they were back then (or at least how they are being portrayed.)
Sam's pleading to be in 1988 vs. 1973 was hilarious.
I was thinking of how far we've come as I was watching a BT'ed show from the
BBC that I put on my Tivo, sitting on my couch in the US, with a cup of tea and an Orange Club bikky.
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porges said:
DITTO! I thought *exactly* the same thing. In fact I thought I read 2066 on the description from the BBC website. Then I started watching it and was like "gee, that future doesn't look very futuristic!"
Bars & Tone
· Will Draw for Food
#12 · Feb 3, 2006
Ok, I've watched eps 1–4 and while it's no 24, I expect I'll stick it out to the end if for no other reason than to see how they resolve everything.
It certainly took him long enough to try and find "himself".
I did get a laugh out of the bit about the one-way glass for suspect line-ups, though.
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Assuming there's no anti-blogwhoring rule around here...
I lived in London from 1970-3, so this series fascinates me since 1973 sort of "is" England to me, even after all these years. I wrote up my reactions to the show here.
Andrew_S
Bars & Tone said:
Ok, I've watched eps 1–4 and while it's no 24,
Yeah, no one has been stuck in a bear trap and menaced by a couger just yet. I've only seen one episode so far, but it's head and shoulders above 24.
mclark11
If anyone remembers this reminds me of of The old comic series Fish Police. Where he and everyone else is some kind of fish and they are police. Eventually it's revealed that he's actually human, but I don't remember the explanation of why everyone was a fish in this other reality....
Sooooo, now that the season is over, what do we think?
I was hoping for more from the last episode, but then I learned that it's being picked up for another run, so I guess Sam has to wander around in 1973 for a while longer.
Sherminator
#17 · Jul 4, 2006
cheesesteak said:
http://www.bbcamerica.com/schedule/schedule.jsp
Judging by the advertisement that I just saw on BBCA and some content on their website, Life On Mars is coming to BBCA.
Will the Admin please ban me or delete my account, I'm sure that some other members can help you out with complaints.
tiellv
· Pluviophile
Sherminator said:
Flashbacktion Weekend
Get a sneak peek at the new series Life on Mars while we air marathons of some of our best retro action series, including The Avengers, starting Saturday, July 22nd.
7thton
· No raindrop ever falls in the wrong place
This show is great. Make sure you set your TiVos for it when it's on BBC America!
TomK
Another 'this show is great' comment. Don't miss it.
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Tünetnek (szimptóma) nevezik azokat a betegségre utaló, a normális testi vagy szellemi működéstől eltérő jelenségeket, amelyekről vagy a beteg számol be, vagy azokat az orvos a beteg kikérdezése, fizikális, eszközös vagy laboratóriumi eredménye alapján észlel és a betegség felismerhető.

Típusai
Tehát a tünet kétféle lehet: szubjektív (ezek a panaszok), vagy objektív, ez utóbbiakat az orvos a betegen történő megfigyelése, fizikális vizsgálata, vagy különböző vizsgálati módszerekkel mutatja ki.

Ezek lehetnek általános tünetek, mint pl. a láz, a fájdalom, a  fáradékonyság, viszketés, magas vérnyomás, fehérjevizelés, a köhögés, sárgaság a tüsszentés illetve egy adott betegségre inkább jellemző, mint a hirtelen jelentkező rendkívül erős szegycsont táji fájdalom (pl. Szívinfarktus), kitapintható fájdalmas, jobb oldali alsó hasfali izomfeszülés (pl. Heveny féregnyúlvány-gyulladás) (Appendicitis acuta), hirtelen jelentkező, általános a szemhéjra is kiterjedő vizenyő (pl. Heveny vesegyulladás) (Glomerulonephritis acuta), laboratóriumi vizsgálattal azonosított kórokozó a vérből vagy valamelyik testváladékból.

A beteg által nem észlelt jelenséget nem tünetnek, hanem jelnek nevezik. Az eszközös vagy laboratóriumi vizsgálatok során feltárt, normálistól eltérő sajátosságokra inkább a lelet elnevezést alkalmazzák. A kettő között lényegében nincs éles határ.

Egyes betegségekre meghatározott tünetek együttes előfordulása lehet jellemző, ezt tünetegyüttesnek (szindróma) nevezzük. A tünetek összegzése, a kórismeret felállítása az orvos egyik legjelentősebb feladata.

Tüneti kezelés
A tüneti kezelés az, amikor a beteg számára kellemetlen tüneteket megszüntetik anélkül, hogy az azokat kiváltó oko(ka)t kezelnék. A betegségek kísérő tünete lehet a láz, fájdalom, rossz közérzet, émelygés, hányinger stb. ami a beteg számára rendkívül kellemetlen is lehet, megszüntetésekor a beteg közérzete javul.

Néha a betegség oka nem küszöbölhető ki, ilyenkor az ok megszüntetése nélkül tüneti kezelést alkalmaznak. Az orvosi gyakorlatban a csak a tünetek enyhítésére szolgáló és nem a betegség, probléma megszüntetésére irányuló kezelést palliatív kezelésnek nevezik, a terminális palliatív medicina célja pedig a végső állapotba jutott, a tudomány mindenkori állásfoglalása szerint gyógyíthatatlan beteg testi és lelki szenvedéseinek csökkentése.

Oki kezelés
Az oki kezelésnél a betegséget kiváltó tényező(k) ellen küzdenek, pl. baktériumfertőzéseknél antibiotikumokkal a baktériumok elpusztíthatók.

Lásd még
 Orvosi diagnózis
 Terápia

Jegyzetek

Források
 Petrányi, Gyula: Belgyógyászati diagnosztika. Medicina Könyvkiadó, 1983.
 Szarvas, Ferenc - Csanády, Miklós: A belgyógyászat fizikális diagnosztikai alapjai 3. kiadás, 2002.
 Egészségügyi ABC Medicina Könyvkiadó Budapest, 1974.


Etihad Airways has announced it has adopted new International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) flight tracking protocols ahead of a deadline set by the aviation body.
Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) recommendations were implemented before the June 1 deadline set by the General Civil Aviation Authority.
Having completed ICAO on November 8, 2018, Etihad meets the GADSS recommendation of tracking its flights with position updates every 15 minutes under normal conditions, as well as at the frequency of once-per minute when an aircraft is in distress, which exceeds ICAO's 2021 requirements.
In partnership with multinational information technology company Sita, Etihad has achieved this capability with the adoption of SitaOnAir's Aircom FlightTracker system, which uses FlightAware data services to provide the precise position, speed and altitude of the airlines airborne fleet worldwide.
FlightAware integrates global aircraft position data from the Aireon space-based automatic dependent surveillance, a broadcast (ADS-B) system hosted on the Iridium Next satellite constellation.
The Aireon ADS-B system provides universal coverage of ADS-B equipped aircraft with positions updated at least once per minute globally, enabling Etihad Airways to modernise its flight tracking capabilities across the entire globe.
Vice president of network operations at Etihad Airways John Wright said: "Safety of our guests and crew at Etihad Airways remains our number one priority.
As an international airline operating across some areas with limited ground-based receivers and air traffic surveillance, Etihad now has comprehensive coverage, eliminating gaps over the oceanic regions, large parts of the African continent and polar airspace.
By leveraging existing onboard ADS-B technology, Etihad Airways is able to operate this flight tracking system without the need to install new equipment on its aircraft.


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Montecarlo (italià: Monte Carlo, en monegasc: Munte-Carlu, en occità: Montcarles) és un dels tres barris de Mònaco, i un dels més selectes, sovint concebut de forma errònia com la capital de l'estat, encara que formalment no en té cap (Mònaco és una ciutat estat). Montcarles és coneguda pels seus casinos, pel joc, pel glamur i per la presència de gent famosa. La població permanent (estimada el 1990) és de 30.000 habitants. El barri de Montcarles inclou no solament la zona on hi ha el casino, sinó també els veïnats de Sant Miquèl, la Rossa e Sant Roman, i la comunitat costanera de Larvot e Bas Molins.
Montecarlo és la seu de la major part del Circuit de Mònaco, on té lloc el Gran Premi de Mònaco de la Fórmula 1; també és la seu del campionat mundial de boxa, dels Masters de Montecarlo, pasarel·les de moda i altres espectacles. Montcarles ha estat visitat per les reialeses així com estrelles del cinema durant dècades. El barri de Montecarlo estava connectat amb la línia de tramvies Tramvia de Niça i del Litoral del 1900 al 1953, que connectava parts de Mònaco.

Història

Fundada el 1866, Montcarles té un nom d'origen italià. Va rebre aquest nom en honor del príncep regnant de l'època, Carles III de Mònaco.

En la dècada de 1850 la família regnant de Mònaco estava gairebé en fallida, a conseqüència de la pèrdua de dues ciutats, que proporcionaven la major part dels ingressos del Principat amb el seu cultius de llimona, taronja i oli d'oliva. En aquesta època una sèrie de petites ciutats a Europa estaven creixent en prosperitat amb establiments de joc, especialment en ciutats com les alemanyes de Baden-Baden i Homburg. El 1856, Carles III de Mònaco va donar una concessió a Napoleó Langlois i Albert Aubert per establir una instal·lació de banys de mar per al tractament de diverses malalties i va construir un casino d'estil alemany a Mònaco.

No obstant això, el primer casino que havia estat inaugurat a "La Condamine" el 1862 no va tenir l'èxit esperat i, posteriorment, es va traslladar la ubicació en diverses ocasions en els anys següents a la seva actual ubicació a la zona anomenada "Les Spélugues" (Les Coves) a Montecarlo. L'èxit del casino va créixer lentament, a causa de la inaccessibilitat de l'àrea per a gran part d'Europa. La instal·lació del ferrocarril el 1868, però, va comportar una major afluència de gent a Montecarlo el que li va comportar un creixement econòmic.

El 1911, la Constitució va dividir el principat de Mònaco en 3 municipis; el municipi de Montecarlo va ser creat per l'actual barri de La Rousse/Sant Roman, Larvotto/Bas Moulins i Saint Michel. El 1917, es va tornar a una divisió única per a tot el principat. Avui, però, Mònaco es divideix en 11 barris o districtes.

El barri de Montecarlo va ser connectat per tramvies que unien diverses parts de Mònaco, des del 1900 fins al 1953. El 2003, un nou moll de creuers es va acabar al port de Montecarlo.

Vegeu també
 Casino de Montecarlo
 Òpera de Montecarlo

Enllaços externs

 Monaco (anglès)
 Monaco Portal (francès)

Referències

Barris de Mònaco


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I've come to expect surprises from Bette Lee Crosby's books. Spare Change is no exception and certainly no disappointment.
Meet Olivia Westerly, a fifty-eight year old woman who falls in love late in life. She marries Charlie Doyle and they whisk off to Miami Beach to celebrate their honeymoon. Unfortunately, the honeymoon is cut short when Charlie dies of a heart attack.
Enter eleven-year-old Ethan Allan Doyle, Charlie's only grandson. When Ethan witnesses murder, he strikes out with the hope of living with the grandfather he's never met. Instead he meets his newly-widowed grandmother who isn't prepared to take care of this roguish boy.
Crosby's characters are sometimes quirky, sometimes frustrating and always authentic. Their personality traits are sometimes endearing and sometimes off-the-wall. For instance, Olivia is superstitious: she has a phobia of the number eleven. So when an eleven-year-old knocks on her door, she is immediately skittish about the number as well as the boy. Ethan, raised without discipline and hardly any attention, curses randomly and with passion and has little trust of this stranger.
Crosby deftly weaves the story introducing the characters in a way that doesn't make the outcome obvious. It keeps the reading interesting when you don't know where the story is going until you get there.
What I enjoy most about Crosby's writing is she gives us intimate glimpses into the characters by dedicating a chapter to an individual character's thoughts, feelings and perceptions. It's a wonderful technique and Crosby handles it with finesse.
I enjoy a well-written tale where characters undergo changes, for better or worse. Spare Change fills the bill.


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Djokovic savours reception 'I could only dream of' at Australian Open
Novak Djokovic said he felt "very much appreciated" as he made a perfect return to the Australian Open with a ruthless victory over Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena on Tuesday.
The Serb enjoyed a rousing reception at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne following his deportation a year ago as he launched his bid for a 10th Australian Open title in style.
The 35-year-old, who missed last year's Grand Slam because of his stance on Covid vaccines, showed few signs of the hamstring niggle he picked up in Adelaide this month as he raced to an emphatic 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 win.
There were concerns over how the former number one might be received by fans at Melbourne Park following the deportation saga 12 months ago.
The city endured lengthy lockdowns during the height of the pandemic.
But, as in Adelaide, the fourth seed walked out to loud cheers and chants of "Nole", with vocal backing during the match from a stadium awash with Serbian flags.
"Thank you for giving me such a welcoming reception that I could only dream of," said Djokovic, who is chasing a record-equalling 22nd major title.
"I feel really happy that I'm back here in Australia and on the court where I have had the biggest success in my career.
"Definitely this court is the most special court in my life and I couldn't ask for a better start to the tournament."
He arrived at Melbourne Park in sizzling form after ending 2022 by winning another ATP Finals title, then followed that up by triumphing at the Adelaide International.
As if that wasn't daunting enough for 75th-ranked Carballes Baena, Djokovic came into the clash having won his last 21 Australian Open matches.
He opened with an ace, but didn't have it all his own way at first, needing to save three break points in the fifth game.
But he quickly settled and broke the next game to love for a 4-2 lead and closed out the set.
His hamstring appeared to trouble him briefly when he slid for a shot at 2-2 in the next set, but he pressed on and broke again for 4-3 when Carballes Baena netted a forehand.
Djokovic stepped up a level as the clock ticked passed midnight in Melbourne and he immediately broke in the third set, with the Spaniard out of answers as the former world number one surged to victory.
Asked afterwards about the welcome he was given, Djokovic said: "Very much appreciated. I felt very welcome on the court, especially the Serbian community that is big here in Australia has welcomed me in an incredible way.
"So much support. So much love. I could not ask for a better start of the tournament in terms of support, in terms of how I felt on the court and also playing."
He will play Bolivian Hugo Dellien or French qualifier Enzo Couacaud in the second round.
- 'Really glad' -
In Djokovic's absence last year, long-time rival Rafael Nadal won the title to claim a 21st Grand Slam which he stretched to 22 at the French Open.
Djokovic won Wimbledon to take his haul to 21 and he has made no secret about wanting more.
He said the left hamstring problem which has been bothering him for more than a week had been of no real concern.
"The leg is good. It's not ideal, but it's getting there. Today was a really good test," he said.
"Haven't had too much training in the last few days, to be honest with you, tennis-wise.
"I'm actually really glad that it felt better as the match progressed. The third set was great. That's a good signal, a good sign."
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky branded Vladimir Putin a "nobody" as he suggested that it was too late for face-to-face talks with the Russian leader to make any difference.Mr Zelensky, who turned 45 on Wednesday, also praised his "special bond" with Boris Johnson but declined to say whether he would like to see him return as prime minister one day.In an interview with Sky News, Mr Zelensky described the Russian president as a "man who said one thing and then did another" as he said he was not interested in meeting him.
Martin McDonagh noticeably absent from top WGA screenplay category nominations
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William and Kate help out at food bank in Windsor
The Prince and Princess of Wales paid a surprise visit to help pack deliveries at a food bank in Windsor on Thursday.
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Residents are being invited to have their say on initial ideas to replace the ageing King Alfred Leisure Centre.
Ukraine war: Will German tanks be enough to deter Vladimir Putin?
Faced with accusations it has lost vital time dithering over tanks for Ukraine, Germany put on a military show and fought back against its critics. Puma armoured fighting vehicles raced through the freezing fog of the Altengrabow training base in eastern Germany and fired 30mm live rounds at imaginary enemies. Boris Pistorius told Sky News there had been no hesitation over sending the Leopard 2 tanks as he arrived.
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A WING-HALF with a bone-crunching tackle, Roy Warhurst's all-action effort was loved by Birmingham City FC' fans, but made him unpopular with opposition supporters.
A WING-HALF with a bone-crunching tackle, Roy Warhurst's all-action effort was loved by Blues' fans, but made him unpopular with opposition supporters.
He started out as a winger, possessing good skills and neat control. But when transformed into his new role, he became a notorious 'destroyer', the sort of player every manager wants in his team.
Born in Sheffield in 1926 he played for Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United before moving to Blues for £8,000 in 1950. In his first full season, he had to make do with a diet of reserve-team football before getting a break in September 1951 and never looking back.
With fellow half-backs Len Boyd and Trevor Smith alongside him, Blues' fortunes began to turn and he was a key player in the 1955 Second Division Championship-winning side.
The next season Warhurst starred in Blues run to the FA Cup Final. He was a real driving force in Arthur Turner's exciting outfit.
But he missed the semi-final win over Sunderland through injury and Johnny Newman got his place in the showdown itself with Manchester City.
Many observers say his absence was a crucial factor why Blues crashed 3-1.
Somewhat surprisingly, he was transferred to Manchester in the summer of 1957 after 239 appearances and 10 goals for Blues.
He went on to play for Crewe Alexandra and Oldham Athletic before retiring in 1964 from non-league Banbury Spencer aged 38.
He then worked as a scrap metal dealer in Lichfield and Birmingham.


Tasfaya Lanago (centre, right) is 18 years old. He left Ethiopia due to economic hardships and dreams of getting to South Africa. But upon arrival in Malawi he was arrested for illegal entry and sentenced to six months imprisonment at Maula prison. While in prison he developed sores from sleeping on cement floor next to the chamber that is used as a toilet.
Overcrowding is a dire issue in Maula prison. It is currently at three times its intended capacity. In July 2015 there were 193 Ethiopian migrants detained in this single cell designed to house 60 people. 160 of them had finished their sentence the previous month but were still detained. The overcrowding has also meant the prisoners share one toilet to 120 people and one tap to 900.
In Malawi's Chichiri prison meanwhile, inmates share one shower for 180 people, whereas the minimum MSF standard during humanitarian crisis is one shower for 40 people. Thanks to MSF's intervention the prisoners have been given access to the water throughout the day in several sections of the prison.
Prisoners are fed just once a day, due to the small budget the Malawian government allocates to the penal system. The quality of the food is miserable – six days of Nsima (boiled corn flour with no salt or other ingredients) and boiled beans once a week.
Nutrition is a major concern in Maula and Chichiri prisons as inmates receive an inadequate supply of food. Protein is almost entirely absent from their diet and the Ethiopian group in particular is suffering from skin conditions related to protein deficiency because the Malawian staple food is incompatible with their traditional eating habits (the Ethiopian staple is Nnjera, a protein rich pancake).
A group of Muslim detainees from Ethiopia perform their prayers in Chichiri prison. Many prisoners are detained after they have finished their sentence because of the lack of means to repatriate them to Ethiopia. The prisoners are expected to pay their own repatriation expenses.
This classroom is in the female section of Maula prison. Around 50% of female inmates study at the prison's school during their incarceration.
A Congolese man sits in his cell in Chichiri prison as he practises his English in preparation for his final school exam.


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If you live in France and need to pay bills, make a payment or even transfer money to friends, at some point, you'll be asked for your French RIB. But what is it, how do you get one and how does it differ from an IBAN or bank routing number??
Why do you need a French RIB number in France?
When I moved to France with my husband and three children in 2011, I knew one of the things I absolutely needed to do first was to set up our home utilities, mobile phone service and internet for our apartment.
Within days of landing in France, I headed straight to the electric company, of course, which in our area was EDF (Électricité de France.) Our landlord had electricity set up but told us we needed to switch the account over to our own name.
To my surprise, I was asked for my RIB. (Pronounced as a single word.)
"RIB? What's a RIB?" I asked.
The woman stood there and said, "why, it's your "bank RIB madame." Still not understanding what this "RIB" thing was and why she needed it, I asked her if I could use my credit card or get billed later.
I absolutely needed this elusive bank RIB thingy. As the old saying goes, you don't know what you don't know.
We left feeling a little defeated because we didn't have a French bank account yet but not for a lack of trying.
You first need a French bank account! Good luck with that!
A few days before heading to the electric company to set up our utilities, I "TRIED" to open a French bank account.
I say try because we were missing one of the crucial documents needed to open a French bank account which was "proof of address" in the form of a water bill, gas bill or electric bill.
In other words, we were caught in a chicken-egg scenario.
We needed to open a bank account to get a RIb to open our utility account
We needed a utility bill with our home address on it to open a French bank account.
How do we proceed?
Issues like this happen often enough when you first move to a foreign country but in France, it's especially omnipresent.
We eventually opened our French bank in France by providing them with a "quittance de loyer" (rent receipt) as proof of address which oddly enough was just a handwritten letter from our landlord, with our address, date and amount we paid for rent.
It wasn't the bank rep who told us we could use a rental receipt, it was our landlord.
Why the person at the bank didn't tell me I could use a quittance in the first place baffled me.
Once we opened our Frech bank account, I explained to our bank rep what had happened at the Electric company and asked her where to find my bank RIB.
She opened our bank folder, pulled out a piece of paper, and said, "Voila! This is your bank RIB."
WHAT IS A French RIB, And What Information Does It Contain?
So what is a French bank rib?
Is it a number, a document or something else? It turns out it's a bit of both.
Here's what you need to know about the Bank RIB in France.
RIB is a French acronym which stands for Relevé d'Identité Bancaire (in English: Bank Details Statment).
Think of a FRENCH BANK RIB as a banks identity card: a small document containing all of your bank branch details and personal account details.
French RIB, IBAN, Swift, BIC, Routing numbers! What's the difference?
In the world of banking, there are a lot of confusing acronyms and terms that do basically the same thing.
IBAN, SWIFT, BIC and Routing numbers are four of the most common ones banks use to determine where your money needs to go when being transferred but in France, it's the almighty RIB.
Forget routing numbers:
You'll never be asked for a bank routing number in France.
As far as I can tell, the USA and Canada are the only two countries that use ABA Routing Numbers to identify individual bank branches and transit information to process cheques, payments, and transfers. The majority of countries around the world rely on IBANs to send and receive currencies.
What information is included in a French RIB document?
To understand what a French RIB number is, you first have to understand what IBAN, SWIFT codes and BICs are because they are a part of the French RIB document.
Bank RIB layouts and designs look slightly different depending on the bank, but all French bank RIBs consist of the following details which I've explained below.
Details on a French Rib with a French name
I've broken down each of the RIB components below and included the French word with English translation for you.
1) Bank name: (Banque)
Ribs will always have the bank name and usually a logo also.
2) Bank address: (Domiciliation)
Self-explanatory.
3) NAME: (Titulaire de Compte )
The first and last names or company name of the account holder. Joint accounts will have all account holder names.
4) Bank code: (Code Banque )
-5 digits long: A bank code refers to the bank chain you're with. For example, Société Générale bank code is "30003" and Banque Populaire's bank code is "14607".
5) Branch code (Code guichet)
-5 digits long: Each branch within the same bank has a different branch code. For example, BNP Paribas in Paris will have a different branch code than BNP Paribas in Montpellier.
6) Account number: (Numéro de compte: )
-11 digits long
7) RIB key: (Clé RIB:)
-2 digits: In France, the RIB key is a two-digit number between 01 and 97
8) IBAN number: (Numéro IBAN)
-27 digits and letters
IBAN, an acronym for "International Bank Account Number," is an internationally agreed-upon format of letters and numbers that contain all of the country and bank account details necessary to send and receive money internationally. International IBAN account numbers are used mainly throughout Europe and some areas in the Middle East, the Caribbean, and North Africa.
IBAN account numbers can contain as many as 34 characters; however, French IBAN codes have 27 characters and are formatted a specific way into (6 groups of 4 characters and 1 group of 3), like this- FR76 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXX.
The 27 letters and numbers that make up the French IBAN code are a combination of the following information:
Country identifier: (FR for France)
All IBAN codes start with a 2 letter country code.
Control key: (usually 76 in France)
The bank control key is a two-character check code. For France, it's usually 76.
Combination bank + account info (21 characters)
bank code -5 digits
branch code -5 digits
account number -11 digits
RIB KEY: last 2 digits of an IBAN code.
9) SWIFT Code Or BIC code (Business Identifier Code)
8 to 11 characters:
While the IBAN is your international account number, the SWIFT code (also known as BIC) is the "Bank identifier code".
What does SWIFT stand for? (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), the international organization in charge of registering BIC codes.
The IBAN number and BIC SWIFT code are often used together and have become the new standardized RIB banking format for the Eurozone to facilitate international transactions.
Eventually, this format should permanently replace all other bank credentials.
How do I get my French bank RIB?
There are several ways to get your hands on your French bank RIB document, either in digital format or paper version, which you can download and print.
The image above is an example of what a sheet of 4 RIBs would look like on a printable pdf document which you can obtain in several ways. I've listed the diferent methods below.
On your bank's website in your account dashboard
You can log on to your bank's dashboard and download a PDF version of your French RIB which will contain a grid of 4 RIBs. Cut them out and put them in your wallet so that they are handy.
On your Frech banks phone app :
In your bank's phone app, there should be a menu item Labeled RIB, or it could be located in the Documents folder within the bank phone app.
From within the app, you can download your bank RIB onto your phone as a PDF. You can then attach it to emails or print it at home.
You can also send the RIB details in an SMS message, WhatsApp message or email. (see screenshot above of what that might look like.)
In the back of your chequebook register.
If you order a chequebook with your checking account, you'll find a few pages at the back with your bank RIB. This is my actual chequebook but I've blurred out my banking account details.
Other places you can obtain your French RIB document
You can also get your RIB by going directly to your bank and asking for it at the counter.
You should also be able to get a copy of your RIB banking document at your French Banks ATM machine.
Examples of when you might be asked for a RIB in France
This isn't an exhaustive list, but here are some examples of when you might be asked to provide a RIB to receive and send payments.
Your employer in France: They will need your bank RIB details so that they can automatically deposit your salary into your French bank account.
Opening up utility accounts in France:
To pay for your child's monthly school tuition. public school in France is free of course however if you enrol your children in private schools in France, the school may ask for your bank RIB so they can automatically deduct the monthly tuition.
To get reimbursed for medical expenses: If you become part of the French health care system, you will have to pay for your health costs upfront when you see a doctor. The French health care system will then reimburse your account up to 70 percent of what you paid to the hospital or doctor. But to be reimbursed, you must provide your RIB in the dashboard of your online Amelie account.
To transfer money to someone's account: Need to send money to a friend? Ask them for their RIB number and input them into your bank as a beneficiary so you can initiate a transfer of funds to them.
Wrapping up the French Bank RIB
Without a French bank RIB, it's next to impossible to live in France.
Remember, open a French bank account first. Once you have a bank account in France, you will have a French bank RIB and can use it to send and receive money.


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'Make it fun for yourself': The 3 things this man did to lose 105 pounds
When Guillermo Flores was in his early 30s, he worried his weight was impacting his health. An app helped him shed 105 pounds in 18 months.
By Meghan Holohan
No matter the event, food was a major part of the occasion at the Flores household. Like so many families, life revolved around eating — in good and bad times.
"Food is a celebration," Guillermo Flores, 34, of Los Angeles, told TODAY. "Food, especially for my mother, was about showing love and compassion."
In 18 months, this man lost 105 pounds - and feels better than ever
But this also meant that Flores never learned healthy eating habits. When he was in middle school, he often spent his lunch money on junk food, such as corn nuts and chips. In college, he skipped fruits and vegetables and ate Happy Meals. When he was stressed out, his eating habits became worse as he relied on fatty foods to soothe his feelings.
"I started expanding a little too fast," he said.
After college, he continued gaining and eventually weighed 252 pounds at 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Guillermo Flores didn't have healthy eating habits and never exercised, which caused him to gain weight. Courtesy Guillermo Flores
"I'd try a little (to lose weight) but then a distraction would happen," he said.
In 2015, his mom suffered a stroke. As he watched her recover and saw how difficult it was for her, he started worrying about his own heath. His doctor had already talked to him about medication to control his high blood pressure.
"I thought, 'Do I really want to be in my 30s and on blood pressure medication?'" Flores said.
In just 18 months, Flores went from wearing a 2XL to a size small.Courtesy Juan Alaniz
At the suggestion of his doctor, he made small changes, such as eating more salads and chicken. Immediately, he started losing weight. He realized counting his calories made it easier. But he didn't want to keep a diary, so he looked into apps and found Lose It! After using it for a short time, he saw results.
"I was losing weight faster," he said. The app encouraged him to exercise regularly because he could see that on days when he worked out, he could eat more calories.
"It made me want to exercise even more to the point where I got creative," he said.
He placed a stationary bike and some free weights in his bedroom. When he got home, he would ride the bike for 30 minutes or lift weights while watching Netflix.
"It made me do things that I normally wouldn't have," he said.
While the app prompted him to exercise more and eat more fruits, vegetables and lean protein, Flores used his data to create challenges for himself.
"I made it into a fun game," he said.
Flores relied on food to comfort himself when he was stressed. At his heaviest, he weighed 252 pounds.Courtesy Guillermo Flores
He'd try to exercise more or eat fewer calories than he did the week before. He looked at it like, "I am going to kick Guillermo in the past's (behind)."
This kept him motivated. In 18 months, he lost 105 pounds. He went from a 2XL to a small in clothes. While he loves how he looks and feels, he also likes what he learned about himself.
"Knowing your weakness and how you can come around is (the) harder part — and emotional part," he said. "I am definitely where I want to be."
Flores shared this advice to others hoping to shed pounds:
Creating challenges against himself contributed to Flores' success. He encourages others to think of weight loss as enjoyable instead of work.
"Make it fun for yourself," he said. "Yes, it is serious, but I tried not to take it too seriously or to the extremes."
In 18 months, Flores lost 105 pounds by using the weight-loss app, Lose It!Courtesy Guillermo Flores
2. It's not a 'quick fix.'
Since November 2017, Flores has maintained his weight by sticking with his healthy eating habits and exercise routine. He will always stick with these habits because being healthy requires a real investment.
"It is a lifestyle change and it is not a quick fix," he said.
3. There are 'bumps in the road.'
Some weeks, the number on the scale didn't budge. Or worse yet, it'd go up. Other times, Flores would eat pizza or a burger and fries. But he didn't let those missteps derail him.
"You are going hit some bumps on the road," he said. "A day is blown. It is not the freaking end of the world. Try to be lighthearted about it."
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There are productions that I approach with sculptural shapes in mind. Sometimes this is motivated by references in the narrative [as in the Twelfe Night for Seattle Rep among the images here] but as often as not I get the urge to make shapes in response to the particular performance space and an energy in the play. Form is fused with a material, and the material is a sensual response to the themes in the play. Whether the shapes shift is a response to the dynamics (rhythms and energy) in the play. I play with the play and I often find I test myself and the technical team by designing structures in the maquette that I don't know how to construct full-size. These spaces also usually tower or stretch beyond the character's awareness of its limits – they are consumed, enveloped in a metaphor and only the audience can appreciate their relationship to it in relation to the story. I usually attempt to reach out to the audience though, teasing them in to the space and allowing for characters to tread close to the viewer, on the very edge of the shape, but no further. Thrust stages are great for this… they tantalise.
Shakespeare and Brecht are theatricals – obvious, but the wonder of their writing is that it leaves plenty space for other theatricals to refresh their stories and claim them for themselves generation after generation. The latitude they give in their constructed narratives, dealing both openly with poetics but always reminding their audience of how present and live the performance has to be, is a gift for a designer: poetry + space = shape. It is for this and other reasons that Shakespeare rarely works on screen and Brecht has rarely been adapted for it – the closest the cinema has come to an equivalent experience in recent years is the work of Baz Luhrmann and Quentin Tarantino who would both, I feel sure, would acknowledge Bill & Bertie's influence.
Stretching shapes of bodies is a challenge in that it effects so much of the production – footware particularly. The drawings and production shots below are for The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the set was a steeply raked slate slab, scratched into and announcements of each episode were projected onto it in aggressively scrawled chalk script. All the costumes extended the body in some way – height, footfall, bulk etc so that the audience were given the impression of a fable that had been distorted in their [childhood] memory. Bunraku puppetry techniques were also used to suspend further, disbelief. They were all made from natural unbleached wools, wool felts, linens, calicos and muslins: fabrics harvested on the plains and hillsides and the character's status was simply defined by their structure, weight and shape.


No stranger to recording, Forster contributed backing vocals to Ward's debut album Duet for Guitars #2, released in 1998. More notably, he helmed the San Francisco band for Stars from the late nineties to 2002, producing three acclaimed albums. In the wake of the band's dissolution Forster went on to study and then practice psychoanalytic theory and psychotherapy. He now works in private practice and community metal health in San Francisco.
Ward's laid back approach to recording was welcome, though at times foreign and anxiety-inducing for Forster. Having rarely ever done less than a twelve hour day in the studio with for Stars, he was surprised when after three or four hours of recording Ward and Coykendall would call it quits for a couple hours to take a walk, get a beer, and maybe some tacos. Forster befriended Coykendall years earlier in San Francisco when he engineered much of For Stars' Windows for Stars . Forster later connected him to Ward when he moved to Portland. As a consequence, it was a kind of reunion amongst good friends. This can surely be felt in the relaxed, unhurried atmosphere of the record. Tim Mooney (American Music Club) and Forster put the finishing touches on the record, mixing it in San Francisco at Mooney's Closer Studio.


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Interpol issues new Red Notice for Red Bull heir sought by Thailand
Interpol issued a "Red Notice" last week informing member countries that Thailand sought the arrest of a Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune involved in a 2012 traffic accident that killed a police officer, Thai police said Monday.
Police Deputy Spokesman Col. Kissana Phathanacharoen told The Associated Press that the France-based police cooperation agency issued the notice last Wednesday. He said Thai police are contacting the 194 members of Interpol to ask them to provide information about the whereabouts of the 38-year-old Vorayuth Yoovidhya, who is better known by the nickname "Boss."
A Red Notice is a request to police forces around the world "to locate and provisionally arrest an individual, pending extradition." Some are made public but others are not in some circumstances. Interpol routinely declines to comment on individual cases on privacy grounds.
Vorayuth's Ferrari ran into the police officer's motorcycle on a Bangkok street in the early morning hours of September 3, 2012, killing the officer. He avoided court appearances for several years and continued to live a jet-set life before fleeing abroad following the issue of an initial arrest warrant in 2017.
Vorayuth has not commented publicly on the recent developments and his current whereabouts are unknown.
Police announced in July that prosecutors had dropped a charge of reckless driving causing death after several other charges had expired under the statute of limitations. A previous Red Notice consequently was also dropped.
A public uproar and investigation led the reinstatement of the charges of reckless driving causing death and use of a narcotic substance.
Suspicion was widespread that Vorayuth's family used its money and influence to induce the dropping of charges, lending credence to the belief that Thailand's rich and well-connected have impunity from justice.
The controversy triggered several investigations, the most important of which concluded in September that there was a conspiracy to shield Vorayuth from prosecution and recommended that those involved — including government officials, lawyers and a prosecutor — face charges.
The Yoovidhya family owns about half of the Red Bull empire, and is listed by Forbes magazine as the second richest in Thailand with an estimated wealth of $20.2 billion.
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