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package com.netflix.conductor.core.execution.mapper;

import java.util.*;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
import org.mockito.Mockito;

import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskDef;
import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskType;
import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.workflow.DynamicForkJoinTaskList;
import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.workflow.WorkflowDef;
import com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.workflow.WorkflowTask;
import com.netflix.conductor.core.exception.TerminateWorkflowException;
import com.netflix.conductor.core.execution.DeciderService;
import com.netflix.conductor.core.utils.IDGenerator;
import com.netflix.conductor.core.utils.ParametersUtils;
import com.netflix.conductor.dao.MetadataDAO;
import com.netflix.conductor.model.TaskModel;
import com.netflix.conductor.model.WorkflowModel;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

import static com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskType.TASK_TYPE_FORK;
import static com.netflix.conductor.common.metadata.tasks.TaskType.TASK_TYPE_JOIN;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyMap;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public class ForkJoinDynamicTaskMapperTest {

    private IDGenerator idGenerator;
    private ParametersUtils parametersUtils;
    private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
    private DeciderService deciderService;
    private ForkJoinDynamicTaskMapper forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper;

    @Rule public ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none();

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        MetadataDAO metadataDAO = Mockito.mock(MetadataDAO.class);
        idGenerator = new IDGenerator();
        parametersUtils = Mockito.mock(ParametersUtils.class);
        objectMapper = Mockito.mock(ObjectMapper.class);
        deciderService = Mockito.mock(DeciderService.class);

        forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper =
                new ForkJoinDynamicTaskMapper(
                        idGenerator, parametersUtils, objectMapper, metadataDAO);
    }

    @Test
    public void getMappedTasksException() {

        WorkflowDef def = new WorkflowDef();
        def.setName("DYNAMIC_FORK_JOIN_WF");
        def.setDescription(def.getName());
        def.setVersion(1);
        def.setInputParameters(Arrays.asList("param1", "param2"));

        WorkflowModel workflowModel = new WorkflowModel();
        workflowModel.setWorkflowDefinition(def);

        WorkflowTask dynamicForkJoinToSchedule = new WorkflowTask();
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setType(TaskType.FORK_JOIN_DYNAMIC.name());
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setTaskReferenceName("dynamicfanouttask");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksParam("dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksInputParamName("dynamicTasksInput");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasks", "dt1.output.dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasksInput", "dt1.output.dynamicTasksInput");

        WorkflowTask join = new WorkflowTask();
        join.setType(TaskType.JOIN.name());
        join.setTaskReferenceName("dynamictask_join");

        def.getTasks().add(dynamicForkJoinToSchedule);

        Map<String, Object> input1 = new HashMap<>();
        input1.put("k1", "v1");
        WorkflowTask wt2 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt2.setName("junit_task_2");
        wt2.setTaskReferenceName("xdt1");

        Map<String, Object> input2 = new HashMap<>();
        input2.put("k2", "v2");

        WorkflowTask wt3 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt3.setName("junit_task_3");
        wt3.setTaskReferenceName("xdt2");

        HashMap<String, Object> dynamicTasksInput = new HashMap<>();
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt1", input1);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt2", input2);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasks", Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasksInput", dynamicTasksInput);

        // when
        when(parametersUtils.getTaskInput(anyMap(), any(WorkflowModel.class), any(), any()))
                .thenReturn(dynamicTasksInput);

        when(objectMapper.convertValue(any(), any(TypeReference.class)))
                .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));

        TaskModel simpleTask1 = new TaskModel();
        simpleTask1.setReferenceTaskName("xdt1");

        TaskModel simpleTask2 = new TaskModel();
        simpleTask2.setReferenceTaskName("xdt2");

        when(deciderService.getTasksToBeScheduled(workflowModel, wt2, 0))
                .thenReturn(Collections.singletonList(simpleTask1));
        when(deciderService.getTasksToBeScheduled(workflowModel, wt3, 0))
                .thenReturn(Collections.singletonList(simpleTask2));

        String taskId = idGenerator.generate();

        TaskMapperContext taskMapperContext =
                TaskMapperContext.newBuilder()
                        .withWorkflowModel(workflowModel)
                        .withWorkflowTask(dynamicForkJoinToSchedule)
                        .withRetryCount(0)
                        .withTaskId(taskId)
                        .withDeciderService(deciderService)
                        .build();

        // then
        expectedException.expect(TerminateWorkflowException.class);
        forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper.getMappedTasks(taskMapperContext);
    }

    @Test
    public void getMappedTasks() {

        WorkflowDef def = new WorkflowDef();
        def.setName("DYNAMIC_FORK_JOIN_WF");
        def.setDescription(def.getName());
        def.setVersion(1);
        def.setInputParameters(Arrays.asList("param1", "param2"));

        WorkflowModel workflowModel = new WorkflowModel();
        workflowModel.setWorkflowDefinition(def);

        WorkflowTask dynamicForkJoinToSchedule = new WorkflowTask();
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setType(TaskType.FORK_JOIN_DYNAMIC.name());
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setTaskReferenceName("dynamicfanouttask");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksParam("dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksInputParamName("dynamicTasksInput");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasks", "dt1.output.dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasksInput", "dt1.output.dynamicTasksInput");

        WorkflowTask join = new WorkflowTask();
        join.setType(TaskType.JOIN.name());
        join.setTaskReferenceName("dynamictask_join");

        def.getTasks().add(dynamicForkJoinToSchedule);
        def.getTasks().add(join);

        Map<String, Object> input1 = new HashMap<>();
        input1.put("k1", "v1");
        WorkflowTask wt2 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt2.setName("junit_task_2");
        wt2.setTaskReferenceName("xdt1");

        Map<String, Object> input2 = new HashMap<>();
        input2.put("k2", "v2");

        WorkflowTask wt3 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt3.setName("junit_task_3");
        wt3.setTaskReferenceName("xdt2");

        HashMap<String, Object> dynamicTasksInput = new HashMap<>();
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt1", input1);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt2", input2);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasks", Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasksInput", dynamicTasksInput);

        // when
        when(parametersUtils.getTaskInput(anyMap(), any(WorkflowModel.class), any(), any()))
                .thenReturn(dynamicTasksInput);
        when(objectMapper.convertValue(any(), any(TypeReference.class)))
                .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));

        TaskModel simpleTask1 = new TaskModel();
        simpleTask1.setReferenceTaskName("xdt1");

        TaskModel simpleTask2 = new TaskModel();
        simpleTask2.setReferenceTaskName("xdt2");

        when(deciderService.getTasksToBeScheduled(workflowModel, wt2, 0))
                .thenReturn(Collections.singletonList(simpleTask1));
        when(deciderService.getTasksToBeScheduled(workflowModel, wt3, 0))
                .thenReturn(Collections.singletonList(simpleTask2));

        String taskId = idGenerator.generate();
        TaskMapperContext taskMapperContext =
                TaskMapperContext.newBuilder()
                        .withWorkflowModel(workflowModel)
                        .withWorkflowTask(dynamicForkJoinToSchedule)
                        .withRetryCount(0)
                        .withTaskId(taskId)
                        .withDeciderService(deciderService)
                        .build();

        // then
        List<TaskModel> mappedTasks = forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper.getMappedTasks(taskMapperContext);

        assertEquals(4, mappedTasks.size());

        assertEquals(TASK_TYPE_FORK, mappedTasks.get(0).getTaskType());
        assertEquals(TASK_TYPE_JOIN, mappedTasks.get(3).getTaskType());
        List<String> joinTaskNames = (List<String>) mappedTasks.get(3).getInputData().get("joinOn");
        assertEquals("xdt1, xdt2", String.join(", ", joinTaskNames));
    }

    @Test
    public void getDynamicForkJoinTasksAndInput() {
        // Given
        WorkflowTask dynamicForkJoinToSchedule = new WorkflowTask();
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setType(TaskType.FORK_JOIN_DYNAMIC.name());
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setTaskReferenceName("dynamicfanouttask");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkJoinTasksParam("dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasks", "dt1.output.dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasksInput", "dt1.output.dynamicTasksInput");

        DynamicForkJoinTaskList dtasks = new DynamicForkJoinTaskList();

        Map<String, Object> input = new HashMap<>();
        input.put("k1", "v1");
        dtasks.add("junit_task_2", null, "xdt1", input);

        HashMap<String, Object> input2 = new HashMap<>();
        input2.put("k2", "v2");
        dtasks.add("junit_task_3", null, "xdt2", input2);

        Map<String, Object> dynamicTasksInput = new HashMap<>();
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasks", dtasks);

        // when
        when(parametersUtils.getTaskInput(
                        anyMap(), any(WorkflowModel.class), any(TaskDef.class), anyString()))
                .thenReturn(dynamicTasksInput);

        when(objectMapper.convertValue(any(), any(Class.class))).thenReturn(dtasks);

        Pair<List<WorkflowTask>, Map<String, Map<String, Object>>> dynamicForkJoinTasksAndInput =
                forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper.getDynamicForkJoinTasksAndInput(
                        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule, new WorkflowModel());
        // then
        assertNotNull(dynamicForkJoinTasksAndInput.getLeft());
        assertEquals(2, dynamicForkJoinTasksAndInput.getLeft().size());
        assertEquals(2, dynamicForkJoinTasksAndInput.getRight().size());
    }

    @Test
    public void getDynamicForkJoinTasksAndInputException() {
        // Given
        WorkflowTask dynamicForkJoinToSchedule = new WorkflowTask();
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setType(TaskType.FORK_JOIN_DYNAMIC.name());
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setTaskReferenceName("dynamicfanouttask");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkJoinTasksParam("dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasks", "dt1.output.dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasksInput", "dt1.output.dynamicTasksInput");

        DynamicForkJoinTaskList dtasks = new DynamicForkJoinTaskList();

        Map<String, Object> input = new HashMap<>();
        input.put("k1", "v1");
        dtasks.add("junit_task_2", null, "xdt1", input);

        HashMap<String, Object> input2 = new HashMap<>();
        input2.put("k2", "v2");
        dtasks.add("junit_task_3", null, "xdt2", input2);

        Map<String, Object> dynamicTasksInput = new HashMap<>();
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasks", dtasks);

        // when
        when(parametersUtils.getTaskInput(
                        anyMap(), any(WorkflowModel.class), any(TaskDef.class), anyString()))
                .thenReturn(dynamicTasksInput);

        when(objectMapper.convertValue(any(), any(Class.class))).thenReturn(null);

        // then
        expectedException.expect(TerminateWorkflowException.class);

        forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper.getDynamicForkJoinTasksAndInput(
                dynamicForkJoinToSchedule, new WorkflowModel());
    }

    @Test
    public void getDynamicForkTasksAndInput() {
        // Given
        WorkflowTask dynamicForkJoinToSchedule = new WorkflowTask();
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setType(TaskType.FORK_JOIN_DYNAMIC.name());
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setTaskReferenceName("dynamicfanouttask");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksParam("dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksInputParamName("dynamicTasksInput");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasks", "dt1.output.dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasksInput", "dt1.output.dynamicTasksInput");

        Map<String, Object> input1 = new HashMap<>();
        input1.put("k1", "v1");
        WorkflowTask wt2 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt2.setName("junit_task_2");
        wt2.setTaskReferenceName("xdt1");

        Map<String, Object> input2 = new HashMap<>();
        input2.put("k2", "v2");

        WorkflowTask wt3 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt3.setName("junit_task_3");
        wt3.setTaskReferenceName("xdt2");

        HashMap<String, Object> dynamicTasksInput = new HashMap<>();
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt1", input1);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt2", input2);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasks", Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasksInput", dynamicTasksInput);

        // when
        when(parametersUtils.getTaskInput(anyMap(), any(WorkflowModel.class), any(), any()))
                .thenReturn(dynamicTasksInput);

        when(objectMapper.convertValue(any(), any(TypeReference.class)))
                .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));

        Pair<List<WorkflowTask>, Map<String, Map<String, Object>>> dynamicTasks =
                forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper.getDynamicForkTasksAndInput(
                        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule, new WorkflowModel(), "dynamicTasks");

        // then
        assertNotNull(dynamicTasks.getLeft());
    }

    @Test
    public void getDynamicForkTasksAndInputException() {

        // Given
        WorkflowTask dynamicForkJoinToSchedule = new WorkflowTask();
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setType(TaskType.FORK_JOIN_DYNAMIC.name());
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setTaskReferenceName("dynamicfanouttask");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksParam("dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksInputParamName("dynamicTasksInput");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasks", "dt1.output.dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasksInput", "dt1.output.dynamicTasksInput");

        Map<String, Object> input1 = new HashMap<>();
        input1.put("k1", "v1");
        WorkflowTask wt2 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt2.setName("junit_task_2");
        wt2.setTaskReferenceName("xdt1");

        Map<String, Object> input2 = new HashMap<>();
        input2.put("k2", "v2");

        WorkflowTask wt3 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt3.setName("junit_task_3");
        wt3.setTaskReferenceName("xdt2");

        HashMap<String, Object> dynamicTasksInput = new HashMap<>();
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt1", input1);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt2", input2);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasks", Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasksInput", null);

        when(parametersUtils.getTaskInput(anyMap(), any(WorkflowModel.class), any(), any()))
                .thenReturn(dynamicTasksInput);

        when(objectMapper.convertValue(any(), any(TypeReference.class)))
                .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));
        // then
        expectedException.expect(TerminateWorkflowException.class);
        // when
        forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper.getDynamicForkTasksAndInput(
                dynamicForkJoinToSchedule, new WorkflowModel(), "dynamicTasks");
    }

    @Test
    public void testDynamicTaskDuplicateTaskRefName() {
        WorkflowDef def = new WorkflowDef();
        def.setName("DYNAMIC_FORK_JOIN_WF");
        def.setDescription(def.getName());
        def.setVersion(1);
        def.setInputParameters(Arrays.asList("param1", "param2"));

        WorkflowModel workflowModel = new WorkflowModel();
        workflowModel.setWorkflowDefinition(def);

        WorkflowTask dynamicForkJoinToSchedule = new WorkflowTask();
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setType(TaskType.FORK_JOIN_DYNAMIC.name());
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setTaskReferenceName("dynamicfanouttask");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksParam("dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule.setDynamicForkTasksInputParamName("dynamicTasksInput");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasks", "dt1.output.dynamicTasks");
        dynamicForkJoinToSchedule
                .getInputParameters()
                .put("dynamicTasksInput", "dt1.output.dynamicTasksInput");

        WorkflowTask join = new WorkflowTask();
        join.setType(TaskType.JOIN.name());
        join.setTaskReferenceName("dynamictask_join");

        def.getTasks().add(dynamicForkJoinToSchedule);
        def.getTasks().add(join);

        Map<String, Object> input1 = new HashMap<>();
        input1.put("k1", "v1");
        WorkflowTask wt2 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt2.setName("junit_task_2");
        wt2.setTaskReferenceName("xdt1");

        Map<String, Object> input2 = new HashMap<>();
        input2.put("k2", "v2");

        WorkflowTask wt3 = new WorkflowTask();
        wt3.setName("junit_task_3");
        wt3.setTaskReferenceName("xdt2");

        HashMap<String, Object> dynamicTasksInput = new HashMap<>();
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt1", input1);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("xdt2", input2);
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasks", Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));
        dynamicTasksInput.put("dynamicTasksInput", dynamicTasksInput);

        // dynamic
        when(parametersUtils.getTaskInput(anyMap(), any(WorkflowModel.class), any(), any()))
                .thenReturn(dynamicTasksInput);
        when(objectMapper.convertValue(any(), any(TypeReference.class)))
                .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(wt2, wt3));

        TaskModel simpleTask1 = new TaskModel();
        simpleTask1.setReferenceTaskName("xdt1");

        // Empty list, this is a bad state, workflow should terminate
        when(deciderService.getTasksToBeScheduled(workflowModel, wt2, 0))
                .thenReturn(new ArrayList<>());

        String taskId = idGenerator.generate();
        TaskMapperContext taskMapperContext =
                TaskMapperContext.newBuilder()
                        .withWorkflowModel(workflowModel)
                        .withWorkflowTask(dynamicForkJoinToSchedule)
                        .withRetryCount(0)
                        .withTaskId(taskId)
                        .withDeciderService(deciderService)
                        .build();

        expectedException.expect(TerminateWorkflowException.class);
        forkJoinDynamicTaskMapper.getMappedTasks(taskMapperContext);
    }
}

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https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/abstract/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000071710
I. Life and work.
1. Apprenticeship and early work, 1740–49.
2. Italy, 1750–52.
3. Early success in London, 1752–68.
(i) The 1750s.
(ii) The 1760s.
4. The years of prosperity, 1769–92.
(i) Portraits.
(ii) History pictures.
(iii) Fancy pictures.
(iv) Religious pictures.
(v) Landscapes.
II. Working methods and technique.
1. Studio practice.
2. Reproductive engravings.
3. Copies.
III. Art theory.
1. Letters to 'The Idler'.
2. The 'Discourses'.
3. Other writings.
IV. Collecting and dealing.
V. Character and personality.
VI. Critical reception and posthumous reputation.
Early sources
Specialist studies
Reynolds, Sir Joshua
(b Plympton, Devon, July 16, 1723; d London, Feb 23, 1792).
David Mannings
https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T071710
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'At least you've managed to run,' Chris said.
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Since my last training update, I competed in the South Yorkshire Road League race one. I felt pleased, then disappointed that I'd not given it absolutely everything.
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Jacek Franciszek Streich (born 12 October 1967 in Toruń) is a Polish rower.

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Next Monday marks the 30th anniversary of the dedication of the Jack Kerouac Commemorative in Kerouac Park on Bridge and French streets. On the dedication day, some 200 people gathered for the celebration, joined by journalists from the Sun, Boston Globe, New York Times, New Yorker magazine, CBS-News TV, and international media outlets. Since 1988, the Kerouac Commemorative has become a destination for literary pilgrims of all kinds, from locals across the river in Centralville to travelers from Ohio, Japan, and many other places. Every October, organizers of the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! festival meet at the park to remember the author and his writer-friends. Now, in this anniversary year, the City of Lowell and its partners intend to make improvements at the park and produce more events to increase the vibrancy of this special place. The drawing of the sculpture and park below is by Janet Lambert-Moore, well-known Lowell artist.
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Honoring Jack Kerouac
On Saturday, June 25, a large crowd is expected to gather on the fresh green lawn of Eastern Canal Park downtown to hear speeches and readings that will mark the dedication of the Jack Kerouac Commemorative. By their presence, people will be saying that they are pleased and satisfied to see a permanent remembrance of the author Jack Kerouac. They will be voting with their feet. His family, friends, and fellow artists, along with admirers, the influenced, and the curious will be in the city.
The Jack Kerouac Commemorative, created by Ben Woitena, a sculptor from Texas, breaks new ground in the way we publicly recognize the achievements of American writers. Those who have worked on the project have not seen anything like it anywhere. Typically, a birthplace is preserved or a street is renamed for an author. The Kerouac sculpture is carved into the landscape of Eastern Canal Park, designed by Brown & Rowe landscape architects of Boston. Eight triangular columns of polished granite are inscribed with excerpts from ten of Kerouac's books. The opening paragraphs from his five novels set in Lowell and On the Road are on the perimeter of a plaza, while chunks of text more metaphysical in nature appear on the stone panels towards the center of the space. The pavement and granite benches form circle and cross patterns. The literature is presented in the open air, sandblasted into the reddish-brown granite. The sculpture is a portrait in language. For an artist who so loved the American landscape, it is appropriate that the Kerouac Commemorative is of the American earth. The granite was quarried in South Dakota; the stones were cut in Minnesota; West Virginian graphic designers worked on the text; and the sculptor is a Texan who studied art in Southern California.
Lowell was a wellspring of experience for Kerouac. He came back to this place, these people, time and again for his writing and personal sustenance. It is right that his Lowell books are so large a part of the new sculpture. Pawtucketville, Centralville, South Common—the words are there. But the world is also there on the granite panels: baseball, Hemingway, freedom, Homer's Iliad, Los Angeles, Buddha, God, New York, the road.
In the 1950's, Jack Kerouac added a new voice to the country's literary mix. His language was American speech, delivered in a rush and rhythm that sent readers into a spin. He wrote about worlds that were not usually found in mainstream novels, be it the ethnic, working-class culture of Lowell in the first half of this century or young artists, railroaders, street people, jazz men, and adventurers on the fringes of society. His books continue to speak to people seeking answers to the big questions, like "What are we all doing here?" His writing is direct and honest, full of passion and excitement.
Readers want to know Jack Kerouac; they come to Lowell to touch a part of what he was. They want to see the places he described in gutsy, lyrical prose. Much of Kerouac's Lowell remains; the Lowell High School of Maggie Cassidy; the river of Doctor Sax; the St. Louis de France church of Visions of Gerard. Much is gone as well, but visitors fill in the gaps. Many pilgrims stop at his grave in Edson Cemetery—some leave a rose or a wine bottle.
Kerouac wrote more than twenty books of prose, poetry, dreams, scriptures, and essays. Aside from imagination and intelligence, it takes tremendous concentration to write a book. Kerouac didn't spend his life on the road or at a party. He had good times and bad times, but he also had working time, and plenty of it.
The Kerouac Commemorative is now part of the Lowell streetscape. The sculptor hopes it will be a space for reflection, rest, and play. It can be thought of as a secular sacred place that embodies the breath of a man who was on a spiritual quest. One realizes that after reading the words on site. Kerouac's characters seek truth, joy, and the ultimate ground of being—at times through contemplation on mountaintops, at other times through reckless physical indulgence. And sometimes his characters are sweetly even.
The new sculpture takes its place with others downtown as the city's public art collection grows and begins to link up in series of visual commentaries on the Lowell experience—an urban, industrial culture that is very much the experience of our time. Kerouac was a writer of his time. His fiction foreshadowed major cultural shifts that altered our society in the 1960's and '70's. He never denied his roots and branched farther than he might have guessed. The painter James McNeill Whistler, who did not claim Lowell as his native town, but whom we wisely claim for his genius, has his birthplace preserved as an art museum. It's about time Jack Kerouac had his day.
—Paul Marion, June 23, 1988
One Response to Kerouac Park: Renewal Planned for 30th Year
Debra A Caverly says: June 29, 2018 at 12:24 pm
Hello Mr. Howe,
Congratulations on your very informative essay; I enjoyed reading it.
You may remember me, I'm Debra Caverly; we met recently.
I'm wondering if you know who is in charge of the revitalization of Kerouac Park? More specifically, who makes the decisions with regard to what the park is going to offer?
I'm currently working with Rebecca Duda, coordinator at the Family Resource Center. We're looking for an appropriate area in downtown Lowell to place some stationary (possibly made of stone), chess boards and seating. Similiarly to what you would find in other cities. One idea was to place such along the sidewalk outside of the Family Resource Center, but we question if that's something the city would allow?
It is Rebecca's desire to revive the game of chess in our community and provide a place for high school students to play. The chess team at Lowell High School is typically seeking such locations.
Any help that could aide us in our quest would be greatly appreciated.
Debbie Caverly


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The agencies said the March 28 trial will help the Coast Guard determine how drones can assist during icebreaking operations and will help Transport Canada explore the use of similar technology.
The Canadian Coast Guard, Transport Canada, Canada's National Research Council, and the Royal Canadian Navy tested a drone near Fogo Island, off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, on March 28 to assess its potential to support Coast Guard operations at sea. The drone was launched from the flight deck of the CCGS George R. Pearkes, a light icebreaker, and it sent real-time data on ice conditions to the ship. The agencies said the trial will help the Coast Guard determine how drones can assist during icebreaking operations and will help Transport Canada explore the use of similar technology.
The trial was conducted in partnership with Schiebel, a company based in Austria that developed the drone that was tested. A Schiebel Camcopter S-100, it can operate day and night, under adverse weather conditions, with a range of up to 120 miles, both on land and at sea. Alaska University and Memorial University of Newfoundland also participated in the trial.
"I am pleased that the Government of Canada is collaborating on this important initiative. This trial is an excellent opportunity to explore technologies like UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] to enhance Canadian Coast Guard services for Canadians," said Hunter Tootoo, minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard. Transport Minister Marc Garneau agreed, calling the trial "an important step toward using UAV technology to enhance our operations."


Social policy has the ideal of cohesion and inclusiveness of all citizens, but it has to "play" an active role in creating opportunities for them. It encopmasses in itself primarily a balance between economic efficiency and social solidarity distribution, and strives towards a consensual social model in which the government and the opposition generally agree on the fundamental priorities of society.
Starting from July 1st, 2013, Croatia has been a member of the European Union. What experiences can that country bring to European Union? In spite of the differences between the European countries becoming more and more expressed and bigger, there is a common element: a conscience that social justice and social reconciliation could contribute to an economical development and that are not just an expense; but the opposite: an economical development that must contribute to social reconciliation.
In the process of the preparation for this work and during the process of its realization, I used the methods of reading a lot of literature, including professional books, professional journals and legislation literature. Social policy has been for years one of my major fields of interest, so some facts I knew already.
My research goal is to examine the development so far of the social policy in Croatia, to detect the most important conditions which are necessary to develop high-quality social policies, to discover which are strong sides, and which are weak sides of the Croatian social policy, and therefore what is important to strongly develop, and what is redundant and/or old-fashioned, to throw away or neglect.


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All calculations involving return on investment is done with a ROI calculator.The ROI calculator allows an investor or trader to compare the result of different investmentsby calculating the rate of returns of an investment annually with the use of exact dates. This calculator is mostly used on instances where they are multiple investments or withdrawals on different dates and multiple cash flows.
Return on investment can be very easy to calculate, it applies to a good number of investments and can also be easy to interpret. If after an investment is done and the investment turns out not to have a positive ROI or if the investor himself has other investments with higher ROI, then the calculated value of the return on investment can give him directions on the investment that is more preferable than the other.
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In conclusion, even if calculations on return on investment proves to be a medium of better decision making on investment, one should also keep in mind that the means of calculating ROI and its definition can be modified to suit a particular situation meaning there is nothing like a right calculation since it only measures the profitability of an investment.


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We would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that supported us in 2018.
It is the guests that visit us year after year that make Blanco what it is. Without our guests we are simply just a few country cottages in amongst the beautiful Karoo Mountains. With our guests we are heart and soul, love and laughter, chaos and calm.
We have put together a little video to take those of you who know us down memory lane and to show those of you who don't know us what we are all about. Our vision this year is to simply keep things as wholesome as we can in order to offer a back to basics, back to nature, back to wellbeing experience for the collective families that come here.


Australian and World Number 1 amateur Minjee Lee has finished as the leading amateur at the Kraft Nabisco Championship - her first appearance at a Major championship.
The 17 year-old from Perth finished at even par after rounds of 75-68-73-72 to finish at even par for the championship in a tie for 24th place at Rancho Mirage in California.
Fellow Australian and World Number 5 amateur Su-Hyun Oh from Victoria also made the cut, finishing in a tie for 51st place after rounds of 74-74-73-74.
World Number 5 Australian Karrie Webb finished as the leading Aussie in a tie for 11th at 2-under par.
19-year-old Lexi Thompson beat Michelle Wie into Poppie's Pond, too, capping the breakthrough major victory with the traditional victory leap into the water near the 18th green. "It's just a dream come true," Thompson said.
Thompson closed with a bogey-free 4-under 68 for a three-stroke victory. She birdied four of the first nine holes to open a five-stroke lead and parred the final nine.
"This is what I've worked so hard for," Thompson said. "This was one of my goals coming into the year, to win a major. I've always seen myself winning a Kraft Nabisco. It's such a huge honor with all the history behind the tournament."
Wie was second, birdieing the final hole for a 71. She used her driver only four times, choosing to hit fairway-metal stingers on the other 10 driving holes — leaving her as much as 60 yards behind Thompson. When both hit 3-woods, Thompson also had the advantage.
"I stuck with my game plan and I think it was the right play," Wie said. "Who knows? In hindsight you would do something here or do something there, make a putt there. That's the way golf is. I just couldn't get anything going today."
Thompson became the second-youngest major winner in LPGA Tour history at 19 years, 1 month, 27 days. Morgan Pressel set the record in her 2007 victory at Mission Hills at 18 years, 10 months, 9 days.
Thompson finished at 14-under 274 for her fourth LPGA Tour victory. She opened with a 73, shot a tournament-best 64 on Friday and had a 69 on Saturday to tie for the lead with Wie at 10 under. The 6-foot Florida player had only one bogey — when she missed a 3-footer on the par-5 18th Saturday — in her last 55 holes.
"You have to hit it in the fairway and, if you miss it, just miss it small," Thompson said. "I think just staying into it mentally. When I had a bad hole, I'd just fight right back. Or if I hit a bad shot, just know that I can get it up-and-down or get it on the green."
Thompson won the 2011 Navistar LPGA in Alabama at 16 to become the youngest winner in tour history, a mark broken by Lydia Ko in the 2012 Canadian Women's Open. Last year, Thompson won the LPGA Malaysia and Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
The 24-year-old Wie made her 12th start in the event. She was ninth in 2003 at age 13, fourth the following year and tied for third at 16 in 2006. She also was sixth in 2011.


JAMMU, Dec 6: Despite availability of funds for the development of water sports infrastructure in both divisions, the Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council (JKSSC) has failed to start the project.
Sources informed Early Times that the Union Government had sanctioned worth Rs 200 Crores for development of various sports infrastructures across state. "Under this project, Rs three Crores each was sanctioned for the development of water sports infrastructure at Mansar Lake and Pahalgam Lake but after lapse of year, the project yet to see daylight," sources said.
"Just after the announcement of the project, a team of Union government visits both the spots and found that the spots was not sufficient for organizing sports activities which was mentioned in proposal submitted by State Sports Council before Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports" sources said adding that now the officials of the council has decided the same project would be shifted at Ranjit Sagar Dam and Dal Lake where the project would be kick started soon.
Sources further said that due to inordinate delay by officials of Sports Councils in implementation the project and no action was taken by Jammu Kashmir government so far against them who made faulty proposal of the water sports infrastructure development.
It is pertinent to mention here that under the Rs 200 Crores project, the others infrastructure which was started in beginning of the current financial year including 22 indoor sports halls of worth Rs 88 Crores (four crores each) is still not completed or the construction work going on snail's pace. Whereas the amount Rs 80.86 Crores, sanctioned for Renovation and Development of MA Stadium Jammu and Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar is hitherto lying idle which shows the faulty planning of Sports Council as well as indifferent attitude of the officials toward sports.


In our third year, the Prairie Central High School Trap Team participating in the Illinois High School Clay Target League had a great season. Dalton Breedon, Hunter Robinson, and Storm Gerdes were named to the All-State Team. The team collectively finished second in their conference with Kayleigh Powell placing 3rd for Varsity Females in our conference. The team really put a lot of effort forward to have 11 of 19 compete at the Varsity level and be invited to compete in the inaugural National Championship at Michigan's MTA Homegrounds July 12-15th. We are sending our top 5 shooters in average and two alternates to the event! All 7 will compete in the individual event as well!
During the winter months, the team held a fundraising raffle of Winchester Products(gun, shells, hats) that with help from Prairie Central Sportsman's Club and Livingston County Pheasants Forever was able to raise $3900! The proceeds were halved, $2000 went to the program costs and the remaining money will be used to develop a second trap field at Prairie Central Sportsman's Club to better handle the needs of the growing youth program. Livingston County Pheasants Forever also submitted a $500 grant that helped with the cost of shells.
Prairie Central Sportsman's Club was the hosting range for the 2018 Season with all team members shooting 50 targets per week in the first 4 weeks, then 100 per week in the following 5 weeks. Scores just kept getting better with more practice as the weeks went by. At the end of the 9 weeks, 11 of our 19 students had a 19 or better average out of 25 which received the Varsity Classification!
Onto the State Tournament, 18 of the students made the trip to Brittany Shooting Park in Bunker Hill IL on June 2rd . The weather was overcast hazy and threatening thunderstorms with varying winds, with a storm cell that actually suspended shooting for about an hour! Not a good a day for trapshooting. The team finished the day in 13th place out of the 26 High Schools participating with a 441/500. Unfortunately, none of our team received individual awards at the tournament. The Team was briefed after the tournament of the Invitation to the National Championship, everyone was very excited!
We would like to extend our gratitude to all the students, parents, PCHS Administration, Principal Brad Beyers, Prairie Central Sportsman's Club, Livingston County Pheasants Forever, Rick Allen-R & J Firearms, Richard Pearson-ISRA, Winchester Ammunition, White Flyer Targets, and coaches for once again a successful season!!


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Q: Will laptop Dell Inspiron 15 7000 gaming 7567 work with Ubuntu? I am planning to buy a laptop that meets my requirements and is compatible with Linux,this one meets my desired requirements, but will it run Linux Ubuntu or no?
Dell Inspiron 7567 is said to be certificated, but I'm not sure if this applies to gaming edition, here is the laptop:

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Gaming-15-6-Inch-Screen/dp/B071JPYP1Z/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1529590268&sr=1-4&keywords=Dell+inspiron+7567

A: Looking at the specs, you shouldn't have any problem.

Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series Gaming Edition 7567 15.6-Inch Full HD
  Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5-7300HQ, 1 TB Hybrid HDD, 8GB DDR4
  Memory, NVIDIA GTX 1050 4GB Graphics, Windows 10

This specs is very similar to my Yoga 720 with GTX 1050 except that the Yoga has NVMe store and this one has a hybrid drive. I have no issue running Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 on mine.
If you plan to do dual boot with UEFI installation, make sure the drive is configured as AHCI, then in Windows shink the drive to allow space for Ubuntu installation. You can then use both the Linux grub2 and windows EFI boot manager to boot both OSes.

A: I just wanted to let you know I've   my Inspiron 15 7000 for about 3 months, with Ubuntu 18.04, no problems so far, working quite well, the only thing I would suggest is to add an extra 8Gb of RAM.

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NPR Falsely Accuses Don Jr Of Lying In Senate Testimony
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Chuck Ross Investigative Reporter
November 30, 2018 2:45 PM ET
NPR published a report Friday asserting that Donald Trump Jr.'s testimony to the Senate about efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow were inconsistent with Michael Cohen's claims about the same project in his plea deal Thursday.
A transcript from Trump Jr.'s Sept. 7, 2017 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee shows that he claimed the Trump Organization ceased pursuing a deal to build Trump Tower in Moscow in by the end of 2014, NPR reported.
The news organization quoted Trump Jr. as saying that the project "faded away" by "the end of '14."
"But not in 2015 or 2016?" Trump Jr. was asked.
"Certainly not '16," the president's son replied. "There was never a definitive end to it. It just died of deal fatigue."
NPR asserted that the testimony would pose a problem for Trump Jr. since attorney Cohen said in his plea agreement with the special counsel's office that he continued negotiating the building through June 2016. He also said he briefed President Donald Trump and his children that year before the deal fell through. (RELATED: Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty In Mueller Probe To Lying To Congress)
NPR issued a lengthy editor's note to the article five hours after publication but did not retract the piece.
As The Federalist's Sean Davis noted on Twitter, NPR left out parts of Trump Jr.'s testimony where the real estate executive acknowledged that Trump Tower Moscow was being discussed into 2016.
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is pictured. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
"It's been reported that in late 2015 or 2016 when now President Trump was running for office the Trump Organization was pursuing a plan to develop a massive Trump Tower in Moscow. Is that accurate?" Trump Jr. was asked.
"Yes," he replied.
Pictured is a passage from Donald Trump Jr.'s Sept. 7, 2017 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Photo: Screenshot/ Senate Judiciary Committee)
Trump Jr.'s statements about work on a Trump Tower Moscow that ended in 2014 referred to negotiations with Aras Agalarov, a Russian real estate mogul who partnered with Trump to host the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013.
The Trumps and Agalarovs attempted to build a Trump Tower facility, but the deal petered out.
Felix Sater, a businessman with links to Cohen and Russian officials, tried to make a Trump Tower Moscow happen in 2015.
Sater and Cohen worked on the project through June 2016.
Cohen pleaded guilty to the special counsel for lying to Congress in his own testimony in 2017 when he claimed that he stopped pursuing the deal with Sater in January 2016. He also lied about the extent of his meetings with Trump and his children about the project.
This is not the first time that Trump Jr. has been the victim of false reporting. Trump Jr. received an email on Sept. 4, 2016 that included a link to WikiLeaks documents that had yet to be made public, CNN reported on Dec. 8, 2017. But CNN got the date wrong. The email was actually dated Sept. 14, 2016, a day after WikiLeaks had published the documents referred to in the email.
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W10 - can you remove the app store? What is the way forward?
Mr Ed seemed to indicate that the entire point of W10 is that smartphone apps get ported to the desktop and are called "universal apps" -Which I want no part of.
Are they bananas? Forcing the leper colony* of the Windows (Phone...Shhh!) Store, and tiles and Microsoft accounts are everything I DON'T want in a desktop, on a real computer. For me, none of this works out. Game over.
I don't know what to do. Most... No, all of my technology, is due for replacement, and it looks like I have nowhere to go. I want no part of Google/linux/android, or Apple, or (recent) Microsoft. What are we left with? Slide rule and abacus?
I know that there are a lot of people out there like me, and I don't know what to do. It all looks like a lost cause. (Not that I even care at this point, but it also looks like we might need to prepare for the death of Microsoft.) I have been desperately firing off feedback trying to head off disaster, but it now looks like they are married to this titanic of a concept. Ugh. It might not even matter.
*And yes, I own not one, but two recent Lumias. Can't stand them, or the tiles, or the store, or the forced Microsoft account stuff, or the cloud stuff (Guess who doesn't believe in the cloud?) or being treated like a leper every time I go into a technology store for accessories and help. I intend to get rid of them at the first oppritunity, and I might just have to go back to a dumb phone, because It seems like a dumbphone and Windows 7 is the path to the future. I am stunned that things look like a dead end. Can this really be it?
2) deal with it the way things are. That's the future of computing, whether you like it or not.
Ebuka Allison, SamJHannan and anon9059916 like this.
Like you said - pick up a Nokia Asha (or other dumb phone) and stick with Windows 7. No one is forcing you to upgrade. Either get with the times or stick with what's available now.
Absolutely - to be honest, I still use an IBM ThinkPad (at least 10 years old if not more) as a typing machine when I don't want to be distracted by the internet or other apps. I still own a w8 tablet however and definitely think windows 10 is the way forward.
You do realize this is an oxymoron?
Resistance to change is everyone's right. I wish you great good luck.
You need to get with the times, lol. Modern apps are getting powerful to the point that they're just modern programs. Look at the new One Note app, it's powerful and useful. So either stick with out dated software, or embrace change. Personally, I love everything about the new direction Microsoft has taken. I open the new Photos app on my Pc (running latest build) and all the photos from my Windows Phone and my PC show. It's just fantastic! I love the cloud.
Is there a way to click and drag on a thinkpad tablet 10?
Where's the battery in the Nokia 820?
Why can't I use the Go Pro app on my Nokia Lumia 630?
Is there Live Folders on Lumia Cyan ?


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Cryptography in the age of quantum computers
When a website like Gizmodo, that arguably is more about science fiction than about science, speculates what quantum computer games will be like, it becomes clear that quantum computers are a hot topic even far outside of the scientific community. That this media attention is at least partially justified is due to the far-reaching capabilities quantum computers will have. But how exactly will the arrival of fault-tolerant quantum computers change different areas of computer science? Cryptography is one of the areas which will be most affected. Two of the most well-known examples are Shor's algorithm and quantum key distribution, the former (and its variants) breaking all currently deployed public-key cryptography and the latter providing unconditionally secure key expansion over a public quantum channel, something that cannot be achieved with only classical resources.
As the fields of quantum cryptography and so-called post-quantum cryptography (classical cryptography that is secure against quantum attackers) mature, many more questions of fundamental and practical importance arise. Can we encrypt quantum data with security guarantees comparable to the TLS protocol, the cryptographic protocol behind https? How do we deal with the fact that a quantum attacker can implement public parts of the cryptosystem, like hash functions or cryptographic permutations, on their quantum computer? More generally, what changes if we run classical cryptography on a quantum computer?
These questions are central to my research, as exemplified by contributions to answering the first (pdf), the second (pdf) and the third one (pdf).
Currently, there is a clear hierarchy of importance between the different questions about the interaction of quantum computing and cryptography. While all cryptography that requires a quantum computer to run is in the stage of fundamental research (except for some experimental deployment of quantum key distribution), the development of post-quantum cryptography is very urgent. This fact is consensus among most researchers and practitioners, and NIST is running a standardization project. Recently, I have focused much of my research on answering provable-security questions arising in the context of that standardization effort (resulting in, e.g., these works: 1 2 3 4).
Quantum information processing and its mathematical structure
Quantum mechanics governs many parts of our everyday life, from the fact that plants are green, to the functioning of our electronic devices. Yet it defies our intuition, and features like quantum entanglement are fundamentally different from any classical analogue. With Quantum mechanics as underlying physical theory, quantum information theory exhibits a plethora of interesting and sometimes counter-intuitive features like the no-cloning theorem enabling private capacities of quantum channels, superactivation and data hiding, but also cryptographic functionalities like unconditionally secure key expansion ("QKD"), certified-deletion encryption etc.
My research in quantum information theory has established new insight into quantum correlations and communication protocols. With our intuition being severely limited in the quantum world, it is arguably even more important than in the classical case to develop appropriate mathematical tools. This has been an important feature of my work. As an example, the combined might of representation theory of the symmetric and unitary groups, random matrix theory and spectral theory of differential operators enabled me and my coauthors to determine the resource requirements for port-based teleportation (pdf), a protocol that can be used to circumvent some apparent road blocks due to the no-cloning theorem. Another example is the generalization of the ubiquitous decoupling technique to the conditional (pdf) and catalytic setting (pdf), as well as its application to entanglement theory (pdf).
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Midtown Madness 3 - Xbox
Stuart Miles, Founder and CEO · 10 November 2003 ·
It just doesn't compare to any recent car games or even Crazy Taxi and/or the GTA box set. PC owners are missing nothing.
Multiplayer & the ability to do jobs as well as drive
Only two more cities
Crap stereotyped voices
(Pocket-lint) - The Midtown Madness series fits into two schools of thought - the first is that it's the best game ever created, and the second is that after the initial 15 minutes, the novelty soon wears off and this game becomes dull and unimaginative. Unfortunately for Microsoft while the game is well presented and polished it will soon lose its novelty value.
While Midtown Madness 2 offered the cities of San Francisco and London - both cinematic cities - this time Midtown Madness 3 is based in Washington DC and Paris. While these are both interesting cities, neither is known as well to the British public. Paris offers small streets while Washington a grid like city, but to most there will be nothing familar in the same way London is unless you're well travelled.
As with Midtown Madness 2 there are a number of options available to you - free ride, campaign mode and multiplayer to name but a few. As with most games the campaign mode offers the chance to open up cars and paint jobs in the free ride mode as well as giving the player something to aim for.
Levels see you rising from a pizza delivery boy in Washington up to a chauffeur and beyond while the Paris city sees you starting out as a parcel delivery boy. The campaigns have been split to the separate cities, but the missions are virtually identical. What makes it worse is the annoying in-game characters that are there to insult you as you drive around. The French city sees you trying to steer clear of a badly scripted, badly voiced Frenchwoman. These are stereotypes working to the max.
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Multiplayer gives you the chance to play online via the X-Box Live service and this does add some playability to the game as a whole. However it isn't enough to sway the vote.
Free ride mode offers the chance to change daytime settings, weather conditions and the amount of police that will chase you if you're driving badly. The introduction of the police while a good idea does highlight the major problem with this game. Primarily that it's not Grand Theft Auto. When the original Midtown was released there was nothing else like it. Since then we have been spoiled with the ability to get out of the car when we are bored, gun down police and basically cause mayhem, and because of that Midtown Madness comes across as a poor man's GTA.
While the games maps and graphics are well polished the substance just isn't there. If you're afraid of the GTA games for any reason, whether its because you don't believe in the violence or simply not old enough, this game will fill the void, but if you've ever played GTA - even for five minutes - then you likely to find Midtown Madness 3 both frustrating and limiting at the same time.
Writing by Stuart Miles.
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SESSION is the name of an existing tracing session. lttng list outputs all the existing tracing sessions (see lttng-list(1)).
The current tracing session is used by default when a session can be specified in other commands. See lttng-create(1) for more information about the current tracing session.


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Updates will be sparse for awhile owing to the fact that I'm at the University of Alabama working with Ryan Earley on some hormone work AND because my Mac is still out for repairs.
Rick Karban of the University of California-Davis and his colleagues have discovered that plants the plants are talking to themselves.
These researchers discovered that when a sagebrush plant is cut (as when it has been bitten by a herbivore), it releases chemical compounds that communicate with other branches that are genetically identical. By communicating with itself in this way, the plant is able to coordinate a counter-attack to decrease its likelihood of being further damaged by herbivores. The article can be found here.
Knowing that even plants are talking to themselves makes me feel a bit better about doing it myself.
Huh? This is new? I remember watching a documentary in my childhood about this plant's behaviour. Granted, I'm only in my twenties, but.. Hell, I once toyed with the thought of writing my bachelor's thesis on those plants. In psychology, to find out if they can be conditioned to, for example, release the pheromones (Are they called that in plants?) under learned conditions other than being cut.
I remember reading a news paper article on plants having "emotions" like years ago. It had to do something with releasing certain chemical compounds. So I'm guessing thus study is in the same vein.
Still interesting read (like the rest of your blog, even for someone who studied philosophy and ethics but wrote his dissertation on a medieval biologist).