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Art at the End of the World: A Pre-show Chat with Dragonfire Players
In the Soil
April 21, 2014 at 9:52 pm • 1 Comment
Critic in residence Nicholas Leno writes,
In the not too distant future our over-populated planet is nearly wiped out by a deadly super-virus that kills its hosts in their sleep. A year has passed since the virus' spread, and Jackson, hero of Dragonfire Players' new show The After Year, leads a group of survivors as they attempt to endure the hardships of their new post-apocalyptic life.
On Saturday, Hayley and I sat down with Anna MacAlpine and Tanisha Minson of Dragonfire Players for the first interview of my 2014 In The Soil Arts Festival coverage. MacAlpine and Minson, along with their team of actors, have constructed an unusual story in a very unusual way.
The Year After sets itself apart from other apocalypse stories through its exploration of relationships and the need for human interaction. "Forget about the actual physical logistics of surviving an apocalypse," says co-creator Minson – their story explores what happens to a person's understanding of themselves and others when they inhabit a world without rules.
For playwright and actor MacAlpine, the question of survival is not rooted in violence or in battling the world's deadly natural forces, but a question of "What is art now that the world has ended?" Her characters pursue past times and pleasures, such as reading books or playing make-believe, as a means of escaping their terrifying realities. The After Year calls on the genres of fantasy and science fiction, where elaborately detailed stories of other worlds allow us to escape the hum drum of daily life. MacAlpine shows a love for the tropes of science fiction, not only through the construction of her own intricate world, but through her character's employment of stories to escape the world around them. The Year After explores the resiliency of the human mind and its ability to keep one's spirit alive even in a time of crisis. As Minson says, "If a group of people are going to survive, that's the most important part, keeping their humanity alive along the way."
What's interesting about the Dragonfire Players is their creation process. Through improvisation and exploration, what started as a "collective brainchild" between MacAlpine and Minson grew into a body of work that informed MacAlpine's writing process. "The whole company does get to help write," says Minson. Although MacAlpine drafts scenes and does her rewrites alone, the entire company is encouraged to give feedback and inform MacAlpine of their character's position within the story. Ultimately choices of story construction lie in MacAlpine's hands, but she admits, "As a writer I have to play all six characters, but because I'm spread throughout six characters I can't be as in-depth into one character's head as an actor is, because they only have to focus on that one character's brain."
It seems to me that MacAlpine is certainly a brave playwright, releasing a piece of text into an actor's hand before it is completely finished. Then again, improvised work with actors allows MacAlpine to take home new discoveries and revise with the added insight of the whole company. This level of collaboration requires complete trust in the ensemble's ability to explore MacAlpine and Minson's world, and both creators agree they could not have undertaken such an enormous task with just any group of actors.
But the collaboration doesn't end with just the writing! MacAlpine and Minson pushed their ensemble's method of free discovery even further by releasing the central role of a director. "We wanted everyone to be able to act, so we do internal directing," MacAlpine said. Every company member is responsible for their own discoveries and informing their own acting; occasionally members step out of a scene to ensure a stage picture is being constructed effectively. Minson explains, "We don't have someone sit down with their script and tell people where to go." Blocking is established through the actors' impulses or where they feel they need to be in the moment. While all finial decisions do go through Minson and MacAlpine, the actors have a large amount of choice not only in the construction of the story but in the way it's told.
While the creators enjoyed the challenges posed by the process immensely, they both acknowledge having their share of difficulties and even admit to preferring the structure of a single director. But what really makes a project like this possible is the shared vocabulary and knowledge of acting the company has gained through their time in the Dramatic Arts program at Brock University. "I don't think we would've been able to use this method with people we didn't know or who didn't have the same training as us," Minson speculates. Through their years of working together as students at Brock, the company has already formed the foundation of trust needed to self-direct. The creators are grateful for the high quality of education they received from Brock's committed instructors, and for the continuous encouragement Brock and the surrounding theatrical community has given them in pursuing their goals as local theatre makers. "It's not about being better or getting more people out to your show, it's just pure creation that people seem to value in this area," Minson concludes. It was a great way to end an interview, and an even better way to kick off my In The Soil Arts Festival coverage – let the celebration of local art begin!
The After Year will be playing April 25-26 at the Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre.
Friday April 25 at 7pm
Saturday April 26 at 4pm
Admission is $10 a Festival Pass
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The objective of this study was to characterize the avifauna present within the native prairie near Rothsay, MN, and ultimately identify management options to enhance the opportunities for prairie avifauna on the area. Information on bird presence on the Rothsay Prairie study area was gathered using a technique similar in design to the Breeding Bird Study (BBS) (Robbins and VanVelze, 1967, 1969; Erskine, 1970, 1973; Smith, 1973). The study also gathered information on habitat. Individuals representing 53 different species, 22 families and 12 orders were identified on one or more study plots during the 1989 field season. Eleven species were classified as uncommon in the breeding records: killdeer, least flycatcher, veery, yellow-headed blackbird, American robin, alder flycatcher, gray catbird, American goldfinch, Brewer's blackbird, house wren, and dickcissel, respectively. Six species were considered uncommon in the nonbreeding records (decreasing order): song sparrow, swamp sparrow, mallard, Eastern kingbird, American robin, and mourning dove. The American robin was the only species considered uncommon based on both breeding and nonbreeding records. Five species were considered rare based on both breeding and nonbreeding records: ring-necked pheasant, common snipe, Northern flicker, horned lark, and tree swallow. The five most widely distributed breeding bird species on the site (as measured by the total number of plots in which they were recorded) were: 1) savannah sparrow (83.2%), 2) bobolink (77.4%), 3) western meadowlark (72.2%), 4) common yellowthroat (67.7%), and 5) sedge wren (65.8%). Two possibilities are suggested for these wide distributions: 1) these species may be habitat generalists and thus, have a large range of different habitats that satisfy their life requirements, and 2) these species have very specific habitat requirements and the Rothsay area is representative of their preferred habitat. No species listed as threatened or endangered occurred on the Rothsay Prairie Landscape.
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When Can Killers Claim Sleepwalking As a Legal Defense?
A 16-year-old Kentucky girl, dreaming that burglars were breaking into her home and murdering her family, got up in her sleep, picked up two revolvers and fired into the dark house, killing her father and 6-year-old brother and injuring her horrified and bewildered mother.
A vacationing detective, recovering from a nervous breakdown, called upon to help solve a seemingly motiveless murder of a bather on a beach in France, realized after finding prints in the sand made by a stockinged foot that was missing a toe that he himself was the perpetrator, having shot the man with his pistol while walking in his sleep.
A 23-year-old Toronto man with a wife and infant daughter, suffering from severe insomnia caused by joblessness and gambling debts, arose in the night and, still asleep, got in his car and drove 14 miles to his in-law's home. He stabbed to death his mother-in-law, whom he loved and who called him "a gentle giant," and tried to kill his father-in-law. He then drove to the police and said "I think I have killed some people . . . my hands," only then realizing he had severely cut his own hands.
Dr. Kryger said in an interview that in an increasing number of violent crimes, defendants are contending that they were asleep at the time and therefore not accountable for their actions.
These three cases are among the more dramatic examples of a phenomenon known as sleep-related violence, in which part of the brain wakes up enough to allow the person to perform complex acts while the rest of the brain remains unconscious with sleep. To sleep specialists and increasingly to the law, it is called "noninsane automatism" — an act done by a sane person but without intent, awareness or malice. The person who commits the act is typically horrified by what has happened and has no memory of having done it.
Some sleepers have strangled wives they seem to have loved, some have thrown their children out of windows, and some — with eyes open but conscious minds asleep — have driven cars and killed pedestrians or people in other vehicles. Still others have seriously injured themselves by walking through upper-story windows or plate-glass doors.
Despite a few dramatic cases of sleep-related violence that have come to trial, doctors in this country remain largely unaware of the potential dangers of sleep disorders. Millions of Americans have these sleep disorders, though only a small percentage become violent. When such sleep disorders are finally brought to medical attention, patients are often told that they have an emotional problem and are referred for psychotherapy to unearth some unconscious reason for their bizarre behavior.
But psychiatrists and neurologists who specialize in sleep problems insist that most of the disorders that lead to sleep-related aggressive acts are not a result of underlying mental illness. Although severe stress, like having survived a traumatic event, can sometimes trigger the expression of underlying sleep problems, their fundamental cause is a physiological or neurological aberration that disrupts the normal behavior of the brain during sleep and results in partial and often confused arousals.
Researchers have found that the disorders that lead to sleep-related violence can usually be treated effectively with one or more medications, including antiseizure drugs and tranquilizers, that "quiet" the overly active parts of the brain and help to prevent partial arousals during sleep. Patients may also receive counseling to relieve stresses that contribute to their sleep disturbance.
One type of problem, REM sleep behavior disorder, which most often affects men over 60, is especially hazardous because it allows people to act out their dreams while still asleep and thus removed from conscious controls and inhibitions, said Dr. Mark W. Mahowald, who first described this phenomenon in 1986. Normally, during REM, or dream sleep, motor functions are paralyzed, said Dr. Mahowald, a neurologist with the Minnesota Sleep Disorders Center at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. The eye muscles, diaphragm and heart continue to function, but people cannot walk, talk or thrash about, he said.
But when a person with the REM disorder is dreaming, all the muscles can continue to work, which would allow a man dreaming about an intruder to bludgeon his sleeping spouse, or a woman dreaming her house is on fire to toss her children from the window.
Somewhat better known are disorders like sleepwalking and night terrors that occur during non-REM sleep — typically the deeper stages of sleep known as slow-wave sleep, stages 3 and 4. Children and adults who sleepwalk or who emit blood-curdling screams, sweat profusely and appear terrified in the course of a night terror are not dreaming.
In the journal, Dr. Carlos H. Schenck, a psychiatrist at the Minnesota center, tells of a 43-year-old man with a non-REM disorder, sleepwalking. The man, he said, "had injured his wife on many occasions by punching her and had once attempted to strangle her." He had also broken his fingers punching hard objects, injured his knees and ankles when he collided with doorways and furniture or fell down the stairs while walking in his sleep. When the problem was finally brought to medical attention, it was found to be longstanding. The man had begun sleepwalking at the age of 5, often jumping from his bed and running around the house. At 25, while in pajamas and believing that someone was in the house and about to attack him, he got in his car and, still asleep, drove five miles to his parents' home. During his 15-year marriage, near-nightly sleep episodes included once flinging his wife into the air, then dropping her onto a hardwood floor.
Yet various tests revealed no psychiatric disorder or history of alcohol or substance abuse. During the day, the man had a stable and enjoyable marriage and family life with four children. But when the Minnesota Sleep Center hooked him up for polysomnography, which includes recording of brain waves and muscle action, all sorts of violent incidents would occur. He would sit up rapidly, look about in confusion, talk, throw punches and try to leave the bed, all while his brain recording showed he was still asleep. At last report he had been effectively treated for more than five years with bedtime doses of a Valium-like drug, clonazepam.
Most people who sleepwalk or suffer night terrors, which afflict about 1 percent of the adult population, do not become violent. In trying to determine who might strike out dangerously during sleep, Dr. Harvey Moldofsky and colleagues at the University of Toronto Center for Sleep and Chronobiology examined 64 consecutive patients who visited their clinic. The 26 who had committed serious violent acts, harming property, themselves or other people, were more likely to be men — only three were women — with disordered sleep schedules, like those who do shift work. They were also more likely than the nonviolent group to have experienced recent distressing events and to consume a lot of caffeine and to use other drugs that could further disrupt their sleep. Finally, they demonstrated a reduced ability to wake up because of disturbances in their deep sleep stages.
Two well-recognized physical ailments, sleep apnea and epilepsy, can sometimes result in sleep-related violence and have been used by defendants who said they had no recollection of committing their sleep-related crimes. Sleep apnea, in which patients stop breathing during sleep and then suddenly resume breathing with a raucous snort-like snore, can result in hundreds of confused, partial arousals during the night. Occasionally, sleepwalking may accompany these partial arousals, according to Dr. Christian Guilleminault, who established the Stanford sleep center and edits the Sleep journal.
He cited a case that occurred two years ago in Butler, Pa. A 37-year-old man fatally shot his wife and contended that he remembered nothing about the incident, which he said must have occurred during a confused arousal precipitated by his severe sleep apnea. The jury rejected this defense and found him guilty of first-degree murder, partly because the man had a history of violence toward his wife during waking hours and partly because he showed no remorse over her death when the police arrived.
In a contrasting case, a man with severe sleep apnea and night terrors who murdered his wife was ultimately acquitted. As recalled by Dr. Moldofsky, one night the man, who had an apparently tranquil marriage, chased his wife into the street, stabbed her repeatedly and finally smashed her head on the pavement, all the while easily brushing off neighbors who tried to stop him. The man then fell asleep in his car and when he awakened seemed very confused and said he could not recall the incident. Although twice convicted by juries, the man successfully appealed both convictions.
Dr. Nofzinger said that for noninsane automatism to be used as a legal defense, the defendant should have a history of a sleep disorder, particularly one that has previously involved aggressive or dangerous acts that are inconsistent with the person's daytime behavior.
In the best of cases, instances of aggressive or violent acts during sleep can be documented during nights spent in a sleep laboratory, although the disorders may not occur frequently enough to make this practical. It also helps, Dr. Moldofsky said, if the defendant had no motive for committing the crime.
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Bitcoin Plunges More Than 25%, Which Is Bad News For These Stocks Today
The world's largest cryptocurrency is bitcoin, and its price is plunging. Bitcoin tokens nearly reached a price of $42,000 late last week. But on Monday, bitcoin briefly dipped below $31,000 — more than a 25% drop in a matter of days.
As might be expected, any stock that has anything to do with bitcoin specifically or cryptocurrencies in general is down today. Several stocks are down by more than 20% as investors take profits off the table following a great run.
Among the hardest hit cryptocurrency stocks today are bitcoin miners like Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ:MARA), Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ:RIOT), Bit Digital (NASDAQ:BTBT), and CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) which were down 10%, 13%, 25%, and 4% respectively as of 1:30 p.m. EST.
While I don't know for sure, it's possible an article from British newspaper The Times sparked the bitcoin crash. According to that article, people won't be able to transfer profits out of cryptocurrency exchanges and into their HSBC bank accounts. If you're buying bitcoin and alt-coins as an investment, you're assuming you'll be able to realize those gains in fiat currency someday. But if HSBC can block transfers, could other banks make similar announcements? It seems the possibility is sparking a panicked rush for the exits from bitcoin.
Operational businesses like Marathon Patent Group, Riot Blockchain, Bit Digital, and CleanSpark are engaged in providing computing power to the bitcoin blockchain network and they generate revenue in bitcoin. So if bitcoin's value relative to fiat currency drops, then revenue for miners is worth less in the real world, explaining the drops in these stocks.
However, bitcoin mining stocks are probably among the most pumped small-cap stocks in this space as well. Many of these are multi-bagger stocks in a matter of weeks, and their trading volume is rivaling that of large-cap stocks. The implication is they're firmly controlled by traders with short-term interests.
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Generally speaking, if short-term traders have bid these stocks up, it's not surprising to see them fall with the first sign that the party is over. There wasn't any company-specific news from Marathon or Riot Blockchain to explain their drops, other than the price of bitcoin. CleanSpark was giving a virtual roadshow, but the stock fell long before it started — nothing bad happened at the roadshow to explain why the stock is down.
As of this writing, Bit Digital's website was down, according to Isitdownrightnow.com. So it's unclear whether this bitcoin miner (which until recently was a car-rental business) has news relevant to shareholders. By the way, if it sounds crazy that a car rental company turned to bitcoin mining, wait until you meet Future FinTech Group (NASDAQ:FTFT), a former fruit juice company that's now developing blockchain technology for e-commerce. Both companies do business in China.
Future FinTech Group owns 60% of DCON DigiPay Limited, which operates in Japan. According to news released today by the company, DCON DigiPay Limited has completed work on a product that will allow e-commerce platforms to accept bitcoin as a form of payment. Since Future FinTech Group has e-commerce sites in China, this technology could likely be integrated quickly. It's the kind of news that would typically send a stock like this flying. But since bitcoin is down and hype is muted today, Future FinTech stock was down 16% despite its press release.
So what if more banks start blocking transfers from cryptocurrency exchanges? If bitcoin remains a popular investment, then that might be good news for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC:GBTC), even though it's down 14% today. The fund trades over the counter, but holds bitcoin. The idea is it allows people to invest in bitcoin through their traditional stock brokerage accounts.
According to the fund's website, the current value of its bitcoin assets is significantly less than the price of shares. This of course seems illogical — why would you pay more for shares of a fund than the underlying bitcoin is worth? But it shows there's demand for this investment vehicle. Not everyone wants to set up an account with a cryptocurrency exchange in order to own bitcoin directly, leaving Grayscale Bitcoin Trust as one of the only options.
If more banks block transfers, then investing through cryptocurrency exchanges would become less attractive. Therefore, it's possible there could be more demand for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. However, the fund's value is still tied to the price of bitcoin. So investors must do research to form an opinion on where bitcoin is headed and whether this fund (with its associated fees) is something that fits their needs.
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Pelasgians were J2 and are still the vast majority in Crete and have big numbers in the rest of the country. R1 is indoeuropean and is present in high numbers, but E-V13's presence is just impressive.
Saying E is present in high numbers because it was assimilated by IE doesn't make much sense in my head. There has to be a better explanation.
The Danaus myth just seems to be too accurate to be bs, comparing the hg of the zones.
What's your thought?
Kanenas
Proto-Greeks had J2, subclades of both J2a and J2b, some subclades of G2a and maybe I2. (Esp. Aeolic Greeks. Even if some/most of the I2 today is Slavic. See the I2 subclades that exist in the Sabellic speaking area, also in the areas with the highest prevalence of Megalithic sites in Ireland, especially SW).
Those who connected proto-Greek with R1b-Z2103, typically some short of R1b supremacists, made no sense.
Concerning E1b1b subclades, the first speculation I had made was that it can be Cardial related. See early Cardial sites in Epirus and Corfu. R1a we may find I think, although I didn't believe it originally, because it has high diversity in Crete (though recent movements can be responsible) but if it existed early it arived with CHG related people.
Both the myths of Danaus and Cadmus seem to indicate movements of people with more southern ancestry, but is not completely clear what the terms Egyptian and Phoenician meant originally, though the sources indicate that the first was about movements from Lower Egypt and Levant and the second about people also from Levant who were, though, originally from Mesopotamia. (Though, there is a source -Diodorus- who implies a movement Egypt>Greece (Argos) for Danaus but Egypt>Mesopotamia>Greece for Cadmus based supposedly on Egyptian claims, and gives to both Cadmus and Danaus a common origin with the people lead by Moses to Judaea)
Greeks were saying that they learned maths from Egyptians and astronomy from Phoenicians.
The Hebrews were from E-M78 lol
dosas
If R is not connected with the first Hellenic speakers, how come the language is part of the IE language family, or is it not?
Johnny ola
Don't confuse genetics with historic facts and other documents.
J2a is mycenaean ydna not pelasgian.The first inhabitants in Greece were people with I2 probably roots like all the mesolithic groups in balkans etc.Now for the EV13 i am sure without to proving anything that this haplo/clade arrived in Greece much much later than neolithic...probably at bronze age-iron age times.Some clades of EV13 in Greek mainland is of arvanite/albanian origins.Dont forget that Albos have high % of this Haplo.If i am not mistaken EV13 has be found in Cucuteni Tripillian culture.
As for r1a is mostly of slavic roots with some exceptions.
Your subclade may have something to do with the Macedonian dynasty, if they really had Armenian origin, or late movements of people from around Armenia.
In general, considering the evidence it makes more sense to assume that Steppe EMBA people were speaking a language more similar to Dagestanian and what is reconstructed as Dene-Caucasian.
Why only Armenian, Z2103 is found all around Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Anatolia (including Armenia and the Caucasus). It's just that a lot of Armenians test that deep compared to other countries so we have more deep subclades from them.
On the FTDNA tree, there's quite a few Bulgarian, Turkish and Greek Z2103s but none of them Big-Ys unfortunately.
Interesting question. Looking at the current (very scarce) aDNA it would seem Greece was mostly J2a until at least LBA. I'm pretty sure by then already some V13 was present, maybe taggin along when IE-speakers came to Greece, whatever Y-Dna group they might have had. Evidently at the end of LBA there were big movements of people that might again have brought some V13 to Greece. In any case a lot of important subcladed of V13 (like CTS9320, L241 and FGC11450) have TMRCA's that cannot have been earlier than say 1500BC, so these guys must have been late arrivals to their current location. This suggests a lot of V13 arrived no earlier than the Iron age. One possibily is immigration of Thracians/Illyrians working as soldiers or craftsmen in Greece (evidently there was also a large influx of slaves from this region, but slaves tend to have a very small genetic footprint).
In the early middle ages Greece became much more of a border area, constantly threatened by invasions from the north. The Byzantines leaned heavily on troops from the Balkans for their military. It's quite possible that in these period people from the north were stationed in Greece and became part of the population, or even were deliberately used to repopulate areas.
Apart from that recent aDNA from Spain has shown that 'Visigothic' peoples had quite some V13, evidently picked up while they were staying in the Balkans. So the same can be assumed for the Slavic tribes that migrated to parts of Greece, although it's reasonable to assume that the netto effect would be a decline in V13 percentages in favor of I2 and R1a.


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DIr. Craig Roberts, UK, 2015, 84 mins
Cast. Craig Roberts, Emile Hirsch, Sia Bennett, Richard Harrington, Nia Roberts, Aneirin Hughes,
A tale such as Just Jim definitely benefits from knowing as little about the film beforehand, its filmmaker and its star (which in this case is one and the same) – when expectations are at their most open. The debut feature of one of the youngest actors-turned-filmmakers in recent history, Just Jim is a strong start from Roberts in the way of filmmaking.
At such a young age it appears that 24-year-old Craig Roberts has entered a new phase in his already lengthy career. 24 Roberts is hugely talented, and humble with it. A seasoned actor, having been acting since the age of 9, his more notable roles including his role as Rio in the much loved children's TV-series The Story of Tracy Beaker between 2004-6, as well as his role as Robin in Young Dracula between 2006-8, this seamless step that Roberts has made into directing appears to be an incredibly natural career move, with Just Jim affording Roberts the ability to flex his writing and directing skills.
Just Jim is very much like its title suggests; plain, simple, but joyful. The story of a socially inept, slight awkward teenager (to which Roberts admit in his Close-Up Film interview bears some similarities to his younger self) named Jim who lives a lonely existence in his Welsh hometown. However, when a mysterious, flamboyant, worldly American named Dean moves in next door, Jim quickly attempts to, with Dean's help, transform his social status from zero to hero.
A somewhat textbook coming-of age-tale, to this Roberts adds equal measures of darkness and humour, resembling in some respect his star turn role in Richard Ayoade's 2010 smash hit Submarine, Roberts largely utilising his skill at appearing intensely awkward in even the simplest social interactions.
Audiences will be swept into the world Craig creates for his Jim character due to the fact that it is, in many respects, just so darn strange. But strange in the best way: Just Jim plays out as one large warped teenage fantasy which audiences will all have some experience of. Craig presents Wales as a still, disquieting landscape in which you are unsure of the film's timescape. Costume design that indicates a 90s aesthetic coupled with a significant lack of technology within the film really allows audiences to be immersed in the films storyline (which goes to lengths to indicate that a large majority of the film is set in the mind of the film's titular character).
The authenticity and sincerity of Just Jim is largely due to the fact that Roberts filmed not only in his hometown, but used real-life locations directly link to his adolescence. From this audiences gauge a real feeling of the place from which Roberts originates. Roberts also reflects on real-life incidents throughout his life, one example in the film being an ill-fated birthday celebration. From this view, it his hard not to relate to Robert's character who is after a simple goal.
Performances throughout are pitch-perfect, Roberts channeling his best awkward persona to date, whilst Hirsch impresses with his over-the-top, somewhat animated all-American braggadocio. Roberts has allowed the lesser roles considerable screen time too and character-building moments, whist being careful not to overshadow the original focus of the film. Although this is not done perfectly, it is not half bad for a first attempt and Roberts can hardly be faulted for that.
The film has quickly attracted a 'cult classic' label, probably because of resonances with much-loved indie films such as Submarine (Ayoade, 2010) and Napoleon Dynamite (Hess, 2004). I'd say that if Roberts can achieve this in his first feature at such a young age, he has an exciting cinematic future ahead of him.
A black comedy of sorts, with dark yet humorous undertones, there is a duality to Roberts' debut that shows that he is already seasoned in the skills of script writing and directing. We will surely see his name in the future on lists of the best independent films.
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by Claire Thirlwall | 4 June 2013 | Landscape Architecture | 0 comments
As I caught my first glimpse of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from the window of the DLR from Stratford it was hard to imagine the immaculate park I'd last seen last summer. On 28th July 2013, the first day of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the site had been full of people and colour. Now the vivid pictorial meadows and immaculate lawns had made way for site huts and hoardings and the Aquatics Centre was clad in scaffolding as the additional temporary seating sections added to Zaha Hadid's stunning building were removed. However the layout of the park was still recognisable, and seeing the iconic outline of the Olympic Stadium gave me goose bumps as I remembered the sense of expectation and sheer excitement of that sunny day in July.
I'd was on my way to take the Park in Progress tour, which ran from March to June 2013, to see behind the scenes of the £292 million transformation of the Olympic site into its final form. As the whole area was a busy construction site so we were transferred by bus from the tour site office to the ArcelorMittal Orbit where we had a panoramic view of the Park and the wider city.
Our guide had an infectious enthusiasm for the Park and was keen that we passed on the message that the Park will be a free resource. In an area with a significant deficiency in access to nature the provision of 47 hectares of open green space and habitat is as much about improving the quality of life in the local area as it is about world leading landscape design.
The weather was grey and wet but the view from the 115m tower was still impressive.
I'd been lucky enough to visit the Park in the autumn before the Games and knew that large areas of hard paving had been designed to be temporary. The wide boulevards needed to accommodate the 2.4 million people who visited the Park during the Games are not needed for the final scheme so the final Park design has far more soft landscape. The changes to the layout initially made it hard to spot the places we'd visited but following the route of the restored River Lea helped me orientate myself.
Once we reached the Orbit we had as long as we wanted to walk around the viewing platform and look at the exhibition.
I then walked back down the 455 steps that circle the outside of the sculpture – the walkway is enclosed but you still get glimpses of the view as you spiral your way down.
If you would life to visit the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park the North Park re-opens in July for the Open East Festival on 27th July. You can view the timeline for the transformation on the excellent No Ordinary Park site


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2015 was a good year for my hobby. I started developing and scanning my own black and white film at home. I acquired, in my opinion, one of the best looking cameras ever made, and I exposed more film than I ever thought I could. One of the reasons I thought it was a success was the fact that I set goals early in the year. Something to strive for.
So to start off 2016, I'm going to set some goals for things I'd like to work on this year.
I did not print a single photo in 2015. Not one. I think as photographers we get stuck in the rut of showing uploading photos to the Internet for people to view on uncalibrated monitors and smartphones. Printing lets me control a number of variables including size, printing material, and how the final image looks. I'm not talking about getting stuff printed at Walmart or Costco, but taking it to someone who knows what their doing. I've already connected with a local print shop and can't wait to work with them to see what they can do.
I also want to learn to print photos in the darkroom. Our local darkroom has enlargers and printing facilities and I think it would be a great experience to have complete control over a photo from shooting it, developing it and printing it all through an analog process. This is a bit lower on the priority list though.
The third kind of printing I was to work on this year is making photo books. Nothing fancy. Just some photo books to capture things like our summer vacation, family photos, and my solo camping/photos. In the past I've simply used the Photos application on my iMac and it seems to work just fine.
Don't get me wrong. I love shooting and developing black and white film at home but that has partially been because the set of chemicals is different for doing colour. Until now, shooting colour film has been really expensive as I have to send it to a professional lab to get it done. Plus the cost of film isn't cheap either. After conducting some research, I've already purchased a bulk roll of 100′ of colour negative film (Rollei CN 200) and hand rolled it into about 21 film canisters. This reduces the cost of purchasing the film by at least 50%. I've also already taken the plunge and purchased a colour development kit which includes all the chemicals required. I just need to go shoot a couple rolls and dive right in. Apparently, the temperature tolerances are much tighter than with black and white film which can be out a couple degrees, so that is my biggest worry.
In 2015, I attended a couple film photo walks and absolutely loved it. Swapping stories and checking out gear of other film shooters was awesome. I've done a bunch of (digital) photo walks in the past, but you don't get that sense of camaraderie, and everyone stares at the back of their screens the whole time. With film shooters meetups, it just feels more social. With Peterborough having one of Canada's longest operating darkrooms, and home to the month long Spark Photography Festival, I figure it would be a great place for fellow film shooters to get together and do a photo walk.
Large format photography is something that I never thought I'd be interested in. The cost and time it takes to get a single shot is well beyond what I'm used to with shooting 35mm film, medium format film, and especially with digital. Early last year, I started reading more and more about large format photography where a single image is made on a sheet of film instead of a roll. The more I read, the more intrigued I became. The image quality was awesome and really lends itself to large prints. Also in 2015, a new 4×5 camera was designed and built in England by the Intrepid Camera Company that offers what I would be looking for in a large format camera for a price that I'd be willing to pay. Fellow Ontarian film shooter Alex Luyckx was lucky enough to back the Kickstarter project and recently received his camera (pictured here). There's also a Kickstarter project for a SP-445 film development system for 4×5 sheet film. Both of these options bring the realm of large format photography within my reach financially.
That's all I have for now. My goals might shift throughout the year and I may add to it. I'm looking forward to diving right into it!
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package org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.api.runtime.migration;

import static org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.util.ActivityInstanceAssert.describeActivityInstanceTree;
import static org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.util.ExecutionAssert.describeExecutionTree;
import static org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.util.MigrationPlanValidationReportAssert.assertThat;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.bpmn.parser.BpmnParse;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.migration.MigrationPlan;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.migration.MigrationPlanValidationException;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.repository.ProcessDefinition;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.runtime.ActivityInstance;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.runtime.ProcessInstance;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.task.Task;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.ProcessEngineRule;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.api.runtime.migration.models.MultiInstanceProcessModels;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.RuleChain;

/**
 * @author Thorben Lindhauer
 *
 */
public class MigrationMultiInstanceTest {

  public static final String NUMBER_OF_INSTANCES = "nrOfInstances";
  public static final String NUMBER_OF_ACTIVE_INSTANCES = "nrOfActiveInstances";
  public static final String NUMBER_OF_COMPLETED_INSTANCES = "nrOfCompletedInstances";
  public static final String LOOP_COUNTER = "loopCounter";

  protected ProcessEngineRule rule = new ProcessEngineRule(true);
  protected MigrationTestRule testHelper = new MigrationTestRule(rule);

  @Rule
  public RuleChain ruleChain = RuleChain.outerRule(rule).around(testHelper);

  @Test
  public void testMigrateParallelMultiInstanceTask() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    MigrationPlan migrationPlan = rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();

    // when
    testHelper.createProcessInstanceAndMigrate(migrationPlan);

    // then
    testHelper.assertExecutionTreeAfterMigration()
      .hasProcessDefinitionId(targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .matches(
        describeExecutionTree(null).scope().id(testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getProcessInstanceId())
          .child(null).scope().id(testHelper.getSingleExecutionIdForActivityBeforeMigration(miBodyOf("userTask")))
            .child("userTask").concurrent().noScope().up()
            .child("userTask").concurrent().noScope().up()
            .child("userTask").concurrent().noScope().up()
          .done());

    ActivityInstance[] userTaskInstances = testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getActivityTree().getActivityInstances("userTask");

    testHelper.assertActivityTreeAfterMigration().hasStructure(
        describeActivityInstanceTree(targetProcessDefinition.getId())
          .beginMiBody("userTask", testHelper.getSingleActivityInstanceBeforeMigration(miBodyOf("userTask")).getId())
            .activity("userTask", userTaskInstances[0].getId())
            .activity("userTask", userTaskInstances[1].getId())
            .activity("userTask", userTaskInstances[2].getId())
        .done());

    List<Task> migratedTasks = testHelper.snapshotAfterMigration.getTasks();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, migratedTasks.size());
    for (Task migratedTask : migratedTasks) {
      assertEquals(targetProcessDefinition.getId(), migratedTask.getProcessDefinitionId());
    }

    // and it is possible to successfully complete the migrated instance
    for (Task migratedTask : migratedTasks) {
      rule.getTaskService().complete(migratedTask.getId());
    }
    testHelper.assertProcessEnded(testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getProcessInstanceId());
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateParallelMultiInstanceTasksVariables() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    MigrationPlan migrationPlan = rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();

    ProcessInstance processInstance = rule.getRuntimeService()
      .startProcessInstanceById(migrationPlan.getSourceProcessDefinitionId());

    List<Task> tasksBeforeMigration = rule.getTaskService().createTaskQuery().list();
    Map<String, Integer> loopCounterDistribution = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
    for (Task task : tasksBeforeMigration) {
      Integer loopCounter = (Integer) rule.getTaskService().getVariable(task.getId(), LOOP_COUNTER);
      loopCounterDistribution.put(task.getId(), loopCounter);
    }

    // when
    testHelper.migrateProcessInstance(migrationPlan, processInstance);

    // then
    List<Task> tasks = testHelper.snapshotAfterMigration.getTasks();
    Task firstTask = tasks.get(0);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, rule.getTaskService().getVariable(firstTask.getId(), NUMBER_OF_INSTANCES));
    Assert.assertEquals(3, rule.getTaskService().getVariable(firstTask.getId(), NUMBER_OF_ACTIVE_INSTANCES));
    Assert.assertEquals(0, rule.getTaskService().getVariable(firstTask.getId(), NUMBER_OF_COMPLETED_INSTANCES));

    for (Task task : tasks) {
      Integer loopCounter = (Integer) rule.getTaskService().getVariable(task.getId(), LOOP_COUNTER);
      Assert.assertNotNull(loopCounter);
      Assert.assertEquals(loopCounterDistribution.get(task.getId()), loopCounter);
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateParallelMultiInstancePartiallyComplete() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    MigrationPlan migrationPlan = rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();

    // when
    ProcessInstance processInstance =
        rule.getRuntimeService().startProcessInstanceById(sourceProcessDefinition.getId());

    testHelper.completeAnyTask("userTask");
    testHelper.migrateProcessInstance(migrationPlan, processInstance);

    // then
    testHelper.assertExecutionTreeAfterMigration()
      .hasProcessDefinitionId(targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .matches(
        describeExecutionTree(null).scope().id(testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getProcessInstanceId())
          .child(null).scope().id(testHelper.getSingleExecutionIdForActivityBeforeMigration(miBodyOf("userTask")))
            .child("userTask").concurrent().noScope().up()
            .child("userTask").concurrent().noScope().up()
            .child("userTask").concurrent().noScope().up()
          .done());

    ActivityInstance[] userTaskInstances = testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getActivityTree().getActivityInstances("userTask");

    testHelper.assertActivityTreeAfterMigration().hasStructure(
        describeActivityInstanceTree(targetProcessDefinition.getId())
          .beginMiBody("userTask", testHelper.getSingleActivityInstanceBeforeMigration(miBodyOf("userTask")).getId())
            .activity("userTask", userTaskInstances[0].getId())
            .activity("userTask", userTaskInstances[1].getId())
            .transition("userTask") // bug CAM-5609
        .done());

    List<Task> migratedTasks = testHelper.snapshotAfterMigration.getTasks();
    Assert.assertEquals(2, migratedTasks.size());
    for (Task migratedTask : migratedTasks) {
      assertEquals(targetProcessDefinition.getId(), migratedTask.getProcessDefinitionId());
    }

    // and it is possible to successfully complete the migrated instance
    for (Task migratedTask : migratedTasks) {
      rule.getTaskService().complete(migratedTask.getId());
    }
    testHelper.assertProcessEnded(testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getProcessInstanceId());
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateParallelMiBodyRemoveSubprocess() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_SUBPROCESS_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    try {
      rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("subProcess"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();
      fail("Should not succeed");
    }
    catch (MigrationPlanValidationException e) {
      assertThat(e.getValidationReport())
        .hasInstructionFailures(miBodyOf("subProcess"),
          "Cannot remove the inner activity of a multi-instance body when the body migrates"
        );
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateParallelMiBodyAddSubprocess() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_SUBPROCESS_PROCESS);

    try {
      rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("subProcess"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();
      fail("Should not succeed");
    }
    catch (MigrationPlanValidationException e) {
      assertThat(e.getValidationReport())
        .hasInstructionFailures(miBodyOf("userTask"),
          "Must migrate the inner activity of a multi-instance body when the body migrates"
        );
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateSequentialMultiInstanceTask() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    MigrationPlan migrationPlan = rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();

    // when
    testHelper.createProcessInstanceAndMigrate(migrationPlan);

    // then
    testHelper.assertExecutionTreeAfterMigration()
      .hasProcessDefinitionId(targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .matches(
        describeExecutionTree(null).scope().id(testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getProcessInstanceId())
          .child("userTask").scope().id(testHelper.getSingleExecutionIdForActivityBeforeMigration(miBodyOf("userTask")))
          .done());

    testHelper.assertActivityTreeAfterMigration().hasStructure(
        describeActivityInstanceTree(targetProcessDefinition.getId())
          .beginMiBody("userTask", testHelper.getSingleActivityInstanceBeforeMigration(miBodyOf("userTask")).getId())
            .activity("userTask", testHelper.getSingleActivityInstanceBeforeMigration("userTask").getId())
        .done());

    Task migratedTask = testHelper.snapshotAfterMigration.getTaskForKey("userTask");
    Assert.assertNotNull(migratedTask);
    assertEquals(targetProcessDefinition.getId(), migratedTask.getProcessDefinitionId());

    // and it is possible to successfully complete the migrated instance
    testHelper.completeTask("userTask");
    testHelper.completeTask("userTask");
    testHelper.completeTask("userTask");
    testHelper.assertProcessEnded(testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getProcessInstanceId());
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateSequentialMultiInstanceTasksVariables() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    MigrationPlan migrationPlan = rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();

    // when
    testHelper.createProcessInstanceAndMigrate(migrationPlan);

    // then
    Task task = testHelper.snapshotAfterMigration.getTaskForKey("userTask");
    Assert.assertEquals(3, rule.getTaskService().getVariable(task.getId(), NUMBER_OF_INSTANCES));
    Assert.assertEquals(1, rule.getTaskService().getVariable(task.getId(), NUMBER_OF_ACTIVE_INSTANCES));
    Assert.assertEquals(0, rule.getTaskService().getVariable(task.getId(), NUMBER_OF_COMPLETED_INSTANCES));
    Assert.assertEquals(0, rule.getTaskService().getVariable(task.getId(), NUMBER_OF_COMPLETED_INSTANCES));
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateSequentialMultiInstancePartiallyComplete() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    MigrationPlan migrationPlan = rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();

    // when
    ProcessInstance processInstance =
        rule.getRuntimeService().startProcessInstanceById(sourceProcessDefinition.getId());

    testHelper.completeAnyTask("userTask");
    testHelper.migrateProcessInstance(migrationPlan, processInstance);

    // then
    testHelper.assertExecutionTreeAfterMigration()
      .hasProcessDefinitionId(targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .matches(
        describeExecutionTree(null).scope().id(testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getProcessInstanceId())
          .child("userTask").scope().id(testHelper.getSingleExecutionIdForActivityBeforeMigration(miBodyOf("userTask")))
          .done());

    testHelper.assertActivityTreeAfterMigration().hasStructure(
        describeActivityInstanceTree(targetProcessDefinition.getId())
          .beginMiBody("userTask", testHelper.getSingleActivityInstanceBeforeMigration(miBodyOf("userTask")).getId())
            .activity("userTask", testHelper.getSingleActivityInstanceBeforeMigration("userTask").getId())
        .done());

    // and it is possible to successfully complete the migrated instance
    testHelper.completeTask("userTask");
    testHelper.completeTask("userTask");
    testHelper.assertProcessEnded(testHelper.snapshotBeforeMigration.getProcessInstanceId());
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateSequenatialMiBodyRemoveSubprocess() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_SUBPROCESS_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    try {
      rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("subProcess"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();
      fail("Should not succeed");
    }
    catch (MigrationPlanValidationException e) {
      assertThat(e.getValidationReport())
        .hasInstructionFailures(miBodyOf("subProcess"),
          "Cannot remove the inner activity of a multi-instance body when the body migrates"
        );
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateSequentialMiBodyAddSubprocess() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_SUBPROCESS_PROCESS);

    try {
      rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("subProcess"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();
      fail("Should not succeed");
    }
    catch (MigrationPlanValidationException e) {
      assertThat(e.getValidationReport())
        .hasInstructionFailures(miBodyOf("userTask"),
          "Must migrate the inner activity of a multi-instance body when the body migrates"
        );
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testMigrateParallelToSequential() {
    // given
    ProcessDefinition sourceProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.PAR_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);
    ProcessDefinition targetProcessDefinition = testHelper.deploy(MultiInstanceProcessModels.SEQ_MI_ONE_TASK_PROCESS);

    try {
      rule.getRuntimeService()
      .createMigrationPlan(sourceProcessDefinition.getId(), targetProcessDefinition.getId())
      .mapActivities(miBodyOf("userTask"), miBodyOf("userTask"))
      .mapActivities("userTask", "userTask")
      .build();
      fail("Should not succeed");
    }
    catch (MigrationPlanValidationException e) {
      assertThat(e.getValidationReport())
        .hasInstructionFailures(miBodyOf("userTask"),
          "Source and target activity must be of the same multi-instance type (sequential or parallel)"
        );
    }
  }

  protected String miBodyOf(String activityId) {
    return activityId + BpmnParse.MULTI_INSTANCE_BODY_ID_SUFFIX;
  }

}

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Most recently having returned from singing at the South Korean Presidential House and greeted by the First Lady, Vancouver born soprano, Dr. Gina Oh was honored as one of the most influential Korean Women Of The World of 2008. Representing Canada, she stands out as a cultural ambassador through music and song. Gina now sits on the board for the Pacific Rim Initiative with Vancouver Opera co-producing a concert series showcasing and diversifying talent from the multi-cultures in Canada. She has been recognized for her good work by the Korean Consulate in Canada, Elite Canadian Politicians, the Canadian National Press and the Vancouver Music Communities.
Gina was a member of the Vancouver Opera OIS Touring Ensemble where she débuted the world premiere of the role Obasan in the newly commissioned opera based on Joy Kogawa's book, Naomi's Road. Performing the role 170 times, she received the Joe Boxer Memorial Award with a career development scholarship as most promising artist from Vancouver Opera.
Gina completed her doctoral studies at l'Université de Montréal where she succeeded her studies in French and was recognized there with the Cedric Ferguson Award. She holds a Master's degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston where she engaged a successful Jordan Hall début with the NEC Chamber Orchestra and she also earned a valued Bachelor's degree from her hometown at the University Of British Columbia, Canada. Alongside her studies, Gina has been recognized as a finalist for the CMC and NATS competitions. Operatic performances include Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Helena from Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mère Marie from Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites and Dorothée from Massenet's Cendrillon. Other principal roles include Mrs. Nolan from Menotti's Medium, Mathurine from Gluck's L'Ivrogne Corrigé and Arminda from Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera.
Gina was a finalist for the Vancouver Star Search produced by the Mount Saint Joseph Foundation, performing in the Pacific National Exposition, broadcast by the Rogers Network. As well, Gina was a quarter-finalist on Bravo's reality TV show called Bathroom Divas produced by Kaleidoscope. Her personal story has been televised and released on BCTV, TVKOREA and the Multicultural Network.
Gina shares her valuable time pursuing a high level of music outreach by way of teaching and performing. Last year, Gina was a Professor of Voice at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York, Potsdam where she held a private studio, taught class voice and lectured on breathing practices, vocal health and nutrition. She is a breathing awareness specialist for singers and has also recently been trained as a CanFitPro Nutrition & Wellness Specialist continuing the learning's of physical health and well-being to a singer's performance. She now teaches at Caulfield School of Dance and assists the Opera program at the Vancouver Academy of Music.
Gina's upcoming projects include producing "Voices of the Pacific Rim" with Vancouver Opera, co-producing Two Divas are Better than One and continuing her music outreach in diverse communities.
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A block pushing puzzle game with 10 default levels to demonstrate the game's mechanics. Includes a level editor so you can make your own levels (which are saved on your local computer). With the exception of naming your level, all input is with a mouse.
This game was a solo project made in Unity. I wanted to design a puzzle game in which every object has a positive and negative attribute. For example, spikes cannot be walked on, but blocks can be pushed onto them. Pushable blocks can trigger pressure plates, but too many blocks become obstacles. Walls prevent you from moving, but they also prevent arrow traps from killing you. The 10 default levels exist to show how these mechanics interact with one another.
Although it was already finished, I continued to work on this project over the summer, adding a story to a JSON, preventing the player from overwriting the default levels, cleaning code, and making the project more memory and processing efficient. My ultimate purpose was to create a mobile port for the game, since the controls were designed to support it from the beginning. However, summer classes (hello, Calculus 2) took away more time than I anticipated, and I determined to place the project on hold through the school year.


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Shigeru Ban Architects
Shigeru Ban was born in Tokyo on August 5, 1957. Ban attended Tokyo University of the Arts to focus on studying architecture where he learned structural modeling using paper, wood, and bamboo. In 1977 Ban searched for a school from which he could transfer and decided to attend the Southern California Institute of Architecture.
In 1985, Ban started his own practice in Tokyo without any work experience. In 2001, Ban was named a professor on the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University. After he won the competition of Centre Pompidou-Metz, he established a private practice in Paris with his partner Jean de Gastines. In 2008 he resigned from Keio University and in 2010, he worked as a visiting professor at Harvard University and Cornell University. In 2011, he became a professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
Ban is currently working on creating architecture, he volunteers for disaster relief, lectures widely, and teaches. He continues to develop material and structure systems.
Source: Collated from Pritzker Architecture Prize website; image courtesy of Shigeru Ban
Paper Loghouse Project
Degirmendere, Turkey
Relief housing based on experience from the 1995 Kobe, Japan, earthquake, redesigned to consider both climate and lifestyles in Turkey. The constructions - made of paper tube walls and roof frames filled with waste paper for insulation - measure 18 m2 each, and are supported on foundations made from beverage crates reinforced with sandbags, and covered by PVC plastic sheets.
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Government of Turkey (client)
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Onagawa, Japan
Post-Tsunami Housing
Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka
Chengdu Hualin Elementary School
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About LRT
Public media and democracy in turbulent times – lessons from Lithuania
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė2022.01.01 12:00
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A fragmented media landscape, political pressure, growing anti-media sentiment and attacks on journalists are the new realities in which Public Service Media (PSM) has to operate. How could public media respond to this fast-changing media landscape, and how can it consolidate, strengthen solidarity and build trust in our ever more divided society? Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė, director general of LRT and member of the EBU Executive Board, reflects on lessons learned by Lithuania's public service media.
We lived through another year marked by Covid. In addition to the many great examples of social solidary in the face of the pandemic, the latter has often been associated with social tensions and growing anti-media sentiment.
Protests against vaccination across European countries have been often accompanied by attacks on journalists. But this wave of anti-media rants did not start with Covid. In Lithuania, anti-vaccine activists and radicals had been demanding LRT's airtime even before the pandemic. Rallies in front of LRT's headquarters have long been an instrument to gain political attention. In recent years, LRT has also come under significant political pressure.
The global health crisis has only highlighted destructive tendencies and deep-rooted problems.
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Political actors among the main sources of manipulation
Today, manipulations of public opinion stand out as the main catalyst of the division and polarisation of society. Interest groups, authoritarian regimes and dictatorships are among the biggest contributors. But so too are politicians in democracies.
Studies show that governments, political parties and politicians are among the biggest generators of digital propaganda and disinformation. The Oxford Internet Institute's 2020 survey from over 80 countries detected disinformation in 93% of political communication, while social media was found to be used for spreading computational disinformation about politics in all the examined countries.
The situation in Lithuania supports the findings. Almost without the help of mainstream media, political forces can fabricate and disseminate lies, mobilise support through them, foment discontent. The formerly ruling Farmers and Greens Union party based its political campaign and political communication partly on a conspiracy theory about LRT.
As a result, there is a general distrust of everything. The media are becoming increasingly vulnerable, and trust in the media in Lithuania has reached record lows.
If in the past populist attacks and attempts to marginalise were directed mainly at LRT, now entire "mainstream" media are perceived as enemies. Journalists face online and physical harassment. Today, Lithuanian journalists also need to take off their insignia in public. What has been happening in France and the Netherlands for several years is now happening in Lithuania.
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė / E. Blaževič/LRT
High public trust imposes responsibility and enables influence
In such a complex environment, it is very important for all media, and especially for PSM, to demonstrate utmost integrity, greatest possible transparency, and a closest possible relationship with their audiences. And to offer the most meaningful content. In this respect, PSM has taken a big step forward, at least in Lithuania.
LRT is the only media group in Lithuania that broadcasts news around the clock. LRT has the widest network of reporters in the regions of Lithuania and a network of partners around the world, from Latvia to the Republic of South Africa. Understanding that we need to further strengthen the relationship with our audience, listen to and respond to various opinions, LRT has recently launched a new section, LRT LISTENS, which addresses topical social issues.
LRT operates a dedicated platform, LRT Lituanica, for the Lithuanian diaspora living abroad and is the only media outlet that offers so much content for ethnic communities and adapts so much of its content for people with special needs.
LRT has been embarked on the constructive journalism genre and also plays a prominent role in verifying and exposing disinformation and promoting media literacy. Recently, with partners from Deutsche Welle and Baltic Centre for Media Excellence, we implemented an information security project for younger audiences on TikTok. LRT journalistic investigations have exposed many issues and prompted authorities to respond to them.
Our mission is to consolidate and strengthen solidarity and unity in our society. Lithuanian Public Service Media LRT has proven its unique ability and role in mobilising the whole society for important initiatives: be it the commemoration of the historic Baltic Chain, the Freedom Way rally in support of the people of Belarus, or the solidarity campaign in the face of Covid.
It has historically been the case that public service broadcasters maintain the highest ethical standards and are closely monitored by the public. Thus, the LRT has also made progress in developing and applying a code of ethics for journalists, as well as consistently training its large pool of journalists on ethical and legal issues.
This high level of trust not only obliges PSM to comply with the standards, but also enables it to set benchmarks for a competitive media environment, which benefits all media. This has been particularly the case in smaller media markets and young democracies, where PSM is the main setter of standards for quality journalism. Ensuring a proper functioning and stable funding of PSM is therefore crucial in such an environment.
Given the nature of the challenges we face and the influence of PSM, we need to further strengthen our contribution to democracy, following the formula Expose, Explain, Educate.
PSM must continue to play a key role in exposing disinformation and fake news. Exposing not only fakes, but also the sources, interests, and techniques behind them. We must show how public space is being misused and what digital trolls and political actors are doing there.
It is absolutely necessary to explain and educate audiences, to strengthen their critical judgement, their ability to recognise manipulations and make well-informed decisions.
Public media needs to invest in strengthening investigative journalism to hold the powerful to account.
This will ensure greater transparency and accountability, and strengthen public trust in democracy and media.
Last but not least, to safeguard democracy and strengthen a society's resilience, governments must employ their best efforts to better communicate their decisions, protect independent media and ensure that journalists are safe.
It is their responsibility to ensure conditions for public service media's independence, competitiveness, and contribution to society through sustainable and sufficient funding.
A strong, credible and free PSM is important for all – media, society, and democracy.
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė is the director general of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) and a member of the Executive Board of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
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" Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. "
Esther means 'secret or hidden' in Hebrew. Bible mention: Esther 2:7. Sparkling like the Heavenly streets of gold, the Esther sparkles around the iconic Christian fish symbol. Shimmering with high quality sourced pavé stones to fill the shape of the Christian fish symbol, this sparkling wonderland is an elegant showstopper. A beautiful compliment + way to accessorize any outfit!


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Ross Barkley Perfect For Manchester United
November 10, 2017 Mark	Leave a comment
Ross Barkley would be perfect for Manchester United. Not the words you'll here from the majority of Manchester United fans, but listen carefully and more and more fans are starting to think Barkley could be exactly what United need.
Barkley is one of those players that seems to have been around forever. But at only 23 years of age that's another string to Barkley's bow that could benefit a club like United who have been caught woefully short of midfielders this last few weeks. Plenty of Premier League experience, creative, fast, strong, Barkley ticks many boxes in the search for a midfielder who can come to Old Trafford and offer some much needed squad depth and exuberance. He's also played with Lukaku and has an understanding of what Lukaku likes in relation to crossing and through balls.
Add in to the above that Barkley's a free agent in May and the question has to be why aren't Mourinho and United all over this deal? Tottenham and Chelsea are both very keen so it's not like Barkley isn't admired by other big clubs.
The issue lies in Barkley's inconsistency and a question mark over whether he has the scope to improve. There's no question that on his day Barkley can be the shining light on the pitch, the issue is there's been too many games for Everton where that light has gone missing. Mourinho was an admirer of Barkley from his Chelsea days but as with Renato Sanches we've already seen that Mourinho's admiration for a player can come full circle in less than twelve months if he sees traits he doesn't like. But with Pochettino interested, it's fair to say that Barkley with the right management can take that next step and become one of the league's best performing attacking midfielders.
The question is will Manchester United put their hat in the ring for Barkley? Personally I think they should. Especially with all the rumours that United don't actually have that much money to spend. A player of Barkley's potential for free is a no brainer.
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Believe it or not, barbecue pits are relatively simple to build and could help you put your own twist to the standard barbecue. Together, with Flogas, a leading gas bottle supplier, we give you this step-by-step guide on how to build a safe and efficient BBQ pit for your garden.
The list below of everything you need to build a BBQ pit.
Planning on where to build your BBQ pit is an important part of the process. Firstly, you will need to consider the style of BBQ pit that you would like to construct as there are several styles to choose from. Check out this handy guide from DIY Cozy Home to help you find a design that's right for you, and don't forget to consider your budget — you don't want a half-finished pit just because you realised during the project that you couldn't afford all the materials.
Once you've decided on the style, you will then need to choose a relevant spot in your garden to build it. We recommend that you aim to build it close to your kitchen or dining room, so that you only need to walk small distances with utensils and food once it's time to grill. Logistically, you should aim for your pit to be at least 15 feet square (3 feet x 5 feet).
Safety should always be a priority, when you start your preparations. Avoid building it in a place where it's likely that smoke is going to blow straight into either your home or one of your neighbour's properties. The pit should be placed away from any overhanging trees, buildings and fences which are at risk of been damaged from the smoke or catching fire. If your home's outdoor space is vulnerable to high winds, aim to build the pit close to a brick or concrete wall which will work to break the force of the wind.
For gas BBQ pits, there are important safety rules and advice that you will need be aware of. Refrain from ever enclosing your barbecue pit, such as by putting a tent or cabin around it. Be aware of the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning once a gas-powered barbecue pit is constructed too. You should stop using a barbecue pit immediately if you begin suffering from a loss of breath, dizziness, headaches or nausea and seek advice from a specialist builder before operating the barbecue again.
The foundations come first when you first start constructing your BBQ pit. The barbecue itself is going to be a substantial weight and will require good foundations to support it.
Begin by digging an 8-inch hole in your garden, wherever you want the barbecue pit to be. Once you have the right size, clear any stones and use your hand tamper to compact the soil at the bottom of the trench. Next, pour a layer of gravel into the trench that is around two to three inches deep and level this off, again using your hand tamper. You will then want to mix your dry mortar with some water and spread a two-inch layer of the mixture on top of the gravel. Level this mixture out using a trowel, though do this quickly as mortar tends to dry-off at a rapid rate.
Once you've built the foundations, you will then need to build the base. Start by placing cinder blocks around the edges of the mortar. A small hole should remain to drain water and any gaps between the blocks can easily be filled using wet mortar. Just be sure to keep removing any excess mortar while remembering that mortar dries off quickly.
Use your carpenter's square and spirit level to check for evenness and corners of your pit. Then, spread more wet mortar on top of the cinder blocks and start placing bricks in a side-by-side format on top of them. By using a double layer of bricks, you will instantly strengthen the entire pit. Once again, don't waste time removing any excess mortar to avoid problems once it's been given time to dry.
Depending on the style that you've gone for, this step may differ. If you've decided on a metal pit, then all that's going to be required is for you to install the metal cylinder or you can over the layer of bricks you've put in place and fit the grill top over the furnace.
Using more mortar, carry on building additional layers of bricks until you reach the optimum height.
Put bricks in the corners first and work outwards.
Keep using your spirit level and your carpenter's square throughout this process.
Reached the penultimate layer of bricks? Then stop and insert metal braces into the mortar so that they face inwards before applying the bricks.
Place the grill top onto the metal braces.
If you've decided to construct a gas-powered pit then, attach the hoses for the gas supply and seek an expert that will consult on checking that the gas transfer is operating properly. Remember, gas taps must be switched off before you change a gas cylinder and you must only carry out this task in an open-air environment.
Once you've checked around your creation and are happy that it's sturdy, celebrate the fact you've built a barbecue pit from scratch and get ready for a nice day to start enjoying outdoor dining!


This is one of the most depressing articles on the Argentine economy I've read yet.
There are 3 replies in this Thread. The last Post ( Sep 25th 2018 ) by Rice.
From Mercopress, where it says that the 60% interest rate is probably the highest in the world and the country will be in recession this year and next.
Also inn the news, talk about dollarising the economy, but that won't fix the deficit because the pie, or what's left of it, will remain the same puny size.
Can anyone please explain what is involved in the physical process of dollarizing? In Ecuador, for instance, does the country buy paper currency and coins from the US, then continuously pay the US to replenish worn bills?
I'm a little surprised that Argentina didn't appear in this eponymous list.
You're right: terribly depressing. We went to Zimbabwe in 2005, 3 years before their worst inflation, but it was heartbreaking. People tried to trade beautiful sculptures for our battered luggage.


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Pakala Village és una concentració de població designada pel cens dels Estats Units a l'estat de Hawaii. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 478 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Pakala Village tenia 478 habitants, 150 habitatges, i 121 famílies La densitat de població era de 79,04 habitants per km².

Dels 150 habitatges en un 25,3% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 64,0% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 10,0% dones solteres, i en un 19,3% no eren unitats familiars. En el 18,0% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 15,3% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 3,19 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,66.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 28,5% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 5,7% entre 18 i 24, un 20,5% entre 25 i 44, un 21,5% de 45 a 64 i un 23,8% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 40,9 anys. Per cada 100 dones hi havia 115,32 homes. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 102,37 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 24.464 $ i la renda mediana per família de 29.000 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 21.875 $ mentre que les dones 14.750 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 9.846 $. Aproximadament el 33,3% de les famílies i el 43,8% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Entitats de població de Hawaii
Comtat de Kauai

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