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Paris and Urban Art Galleries - 10 Venues You Should Visit
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Asja Nastasijevic is an Art Historian with the major in Modern Art, involved in art writing and criticism for several years now. Art is her passion and writing about it is both work and pleasure.
Paris and urban art galleries in it are blossoming. For centuries, this city was a mecca for artists. One might say that the City of Light has lost its status of the world's art capital, which belonged to it in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It may seem that Paris was overshadowed by New York or Berlin, but a considerable number of the finest galleries and art centers showcasing highly popular temporary exhibitions disprove this prejudice. It's still a home of exciting contemporary artists and a place where new talent can be recognized and well introduced to the audience. Old masters, new masters, Paris has it all.
Find out which art spots made our list of 10 best galleries in Paris!
Opera Gallery - Fostering High Quality
Opera Gallery was founded by Gilles Dyan in 1994 in Paris, and now has offices in London, Geneva, Monaco, New York, Miami, Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul and Dubai. It's one of the leading dealers in modern and contemporary American, European and Asian art, with the aim to offer and promote high quality artworks. It also evaluates authenticity for the benefit of the collector. Here you can find works by iconic artists such as Claude Monet, Salvador Dalí, or Pablo Picasso, as well as of the most exciting artists of today like Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst. Moreover, the gallery opens its doors to fresh forms of artistic expression, so here you can run into artists like Jef Aérosol, C215, Speedy Graphito, Paul Insect and many more.
Perrotin - Discovering Talents
Galerie Perrotin is one of the city's hottest contemporary art galleries, founded by Emmanuel Perrotin in 1990. It is located in the hip Marais district. In the March 2014 issue of W Magazine, Perrotin was described as the one who is responsible for making Takashi Murakami a superstar and launching the career of Damien Hirst. Today, Perrotin continues to work with young artists like KAWS and JR. The gallery also collaborated with musicians such as Feist, Massive Attack, and Pharrell Williams. In May 2012, the gallery opened the space in Hong Kong, and the following year one in New York.
Yvon Lambert - Presenting Both Acclaimed and Upcoming
Another great gallery in the lovely Marais district. Yvon Lambert has been at the forefront of the Parisian art scene for over 45 years. Founded in 1966 by the art dealer and collector Yvon Lambert, the gallery has a strong tradition of presenting artists' projects that are ambitious and innovative. Starting in the early 70′s, Yvon Lambert boldly chose to present pioneers of minimal art, conceptual art, and land art such as Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Cy Twombly, Lawrence Weiner, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Today the gallery continues to represent both historically significant artists, and an upcoming generation of artists such as Vincent Ganivet, Shilpa Gupta, and Nick Van Woert. The main space shows internationally acclaimed artists, while newcomers are featured in the basement.
OPENSPACE - Highlighting the Diversity
Located in the heart of the 11th arrondissement, OPENSPACE is the recent place for the promotion of diverse urban art in Paris. It is a nice and friendly gallery. Its aim is to highlight the diversity of urban contemporary art scene and to stimulate and promote its creation through presentation of original works of artists such as Velvet, Zoer, C214, PRO176, Jana & Js, duo Sobekcis, to name a few. OPENSPACE also approaches wider audience through multiple publications of books on the subject.
Magda Danysz Gallery - Supporting Emerging Stars
Another fabulous gallery with amazing shows located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris was founded in 1999. The gallery specializes in street art, visual art and digital art. Its goals are to promote and support emerging artists and favor a larger access to contemporary art on an international level. Since its opening, the gallery has hosted artists from diverse backgrounds such as graffiti, drawing, art installations, video and digital painting. As such, it discovered artists whose names are now known throughout the world, like Shepard Fairey, JonOne, Miss Van, Ray Caesar and Ultralab. Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris has its sister gallery in Shanghai, which focuses on presenting works from emerging Chinese artists, but also the ones from established international names. Magda Danysz galleries work a lot on curatorial projects and collaborations with other galleries worldwide.
Wallworks - Collaborating With Graffiti Scene
Film producer for twenty years, Claude Kunetz created the production company Wallworks to develop the policy of producing feature films. After a number of films and art projects involving collaboration with the students of Fine Arts and graffiti artists like Kongo and Lazoo Colorz, Kunetz decided to open an exhibition space, where he could do the same activities as in cinema, from financing to distribution and from production to promotion. Wallworks gallery offers a program of four to five major exhibitions a year focusing primarily on performers of French and Indonesian graffiti scene.
Le Feuvre Gallery - Excelling at Street Artwork
Galerie Le Feuvre was founded by Franck Le Feuvre in 2005 and ever since it has been successfully building a name for itself as one of the most important urban art venues in Paris. The gallery presents various artistic styles, guided by the words of Fernand Léger: "Figurative or abstract, no matter if it is good." However, judging by the names that are exhibited in the gallery, it covers mostly graffiti and street artwork. Here you can run into exhibitions by JonOne, Sickboy, Stohead, or SMASH137.
Itinerrance Gallery - Bringing Street Indoors
Itinerrance Gallery was founded in 2004 by Mehdi Ben Cheikh, with the goal to support street artists and allow those who found success on the street to continue to exercise their passion and speak on different surfaces. Each show at Itinerrance Gallery is an opportunity to pay tribute to the new masterpieces that adorn the streets of the world. It exhibits artists whose reputation is well established, including Roa, C215, Jana & Js, and Sten and Lex. The gallery works a lot on other projects and collaborations outside its space, such as La Tour Paris 13, its well-known and successful project.
Galerie Mathgoth - Presenting Street Art
The success of the 400ML project in 2008 led Mathilde and Gautier Jourdain to create an art gallery. They work with two ideas in mind: to support artists and to provide the means to collect. Mathgoth Gallery organizes exhibitions five to six times a year, presenting a variety of artists from the world of street art such as David Walker, A1ONE, JACE, COPE2 and many more. Since September 2012, the gallery has started releasing limited edition lithographs, with help to enhance every event.
La Maison Rouge - Showcasing Private Art Collections
La Maison Rouge is a private contemporary art foundation, established in 2004 by the art collector Antoine de Galbert. It is dedicated mainly to showing private art collections through monographic or thematic exhibitions. It spreads over 2000-square-meter space, occupying an old factory building that was renovated by the architect Jean-Yves Clément and the artist Jean-Michel Alberola. La Maison Rouge has an adjacent bookstore run by Bookstorming and a branch of Rose Bakery, an organic English style cafe that renews its entire decoration with each exhibition.
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In this mythical-historical mathematical problem, where you end up standing can be the difference between life and death. We'll let Numberphile explain the problem and solution in the following video.
The challenge is to write a twig macro that accepts at least one parameter n (an integer representing the total number of people in the circle) and outputs the position in which one must initially stand in the circle in order to be the last person standing and therefore the only survivor.
An online search will yield various approaches to solving this problem, but the challenge here is to come up with your own twig-specific solution using the information provided in the video.
The algorithm you use should be based around one of the solutions presented in the video. The code should be readable, concise and non-repetative.
The problem can be solved in twig using either an iterative or a recursive approach. We covered recursion in a previous challenge (#4) and this may be a good opportunity to put your understanding of it to the test.
The mathematical formula to the problem is provided in the video and can be summarised as follows.
If n = p + L, where n is the total number of people and p (referred to as 2a in the video) is the greatest power of 2 that is less than n, then the winning position is 2L + 1.
In order to write an algorithm that uses this formula, we simply need to calculate p, the greatest power of 2 that is less than n, and then we can calculate L as L = n - p.
We begin with an iterative approach in which we begin with p = 1 and increase the power of 2 until we reach a number that is greater than n.
After the loop has completed, we are left with a value for p that is one power of 2 greater than n. So we simply divide p by 2 to get the correct value.
Now all that is left is to calculate L and plug it into the formula above to output the solution.
Putting this all together in a macro gives us the following iterative solution.
We clearly do not need to iterate over the entire range of 0..n to find p, but since we do not have the equivalent of a while loop in twig, we take the performance hit (the number of times would actually be Log2n).
A recursive approach is also possible, since in each iteration above we are solving a subset of the problem. In the recursive approach, we keep track of the value of p using a second parameter.
The result is the same, but note how we recursively call the macro only as long as p <= n. As soon as that condition does not hold true, we output the calculated result.
So we have gone from an iterative solution with a time complexity of O(n) to a recursive one with a time complexity of O(Log2n).
The algorithms above are based on the mathematical solution presented in the video and are performant ways of calculating the result. We could also take a different approach and try to solve the problem more "computationally". For example, rather than working with the values n and p, we could begin with an array of the range 1..n and remove a value from it in each recursive call until we are left with an array with only a single value, the result.
This macro takes as parameters an array people and an integer next which represents the 0-index position of the next person to be removed. If the value of n is greater than the number of remaining people then we use its modulo value. We then manipulate the people array using the slice and merge filters to remove the value at position next. This is rather poor implementation in terms of performance as rather than working with an integer as we did in the previous solutions, we are working with arrays.
Below is a comparison of the performance profiling of the 3 approaches described above using the Twig Profiler plugin and a value of n = 4100 (to help exaggerate the differences).
It is obvious to see that the recursive approach is by far the most performant with a processing time of only 0.6ms and a peak memory of 20MB. The iterative approach comes in second place with a processing time of 3.1 ms and a peak memory of 21MB. The performance hit is because of the unnecessary iterations that it performs. In last place is the approach using arrays with a whopping processing time of 614.2ms and a massive peak memory of 455MB. This is due to the fact that we are manipulating arrays with thousands of values in them. It would have been made even worse had we used an iterative approach in the solution.
The performance profiling presented above will hopefully encourage you to take caution when writing algorithms that manipulate arrays within loops or recursive functions. This applies in any programming language and can even affect what might be considered as common manipulations such as using an array_merge within a loop in PHP.
A more performant way, as explained here, is to modify the code and use the array_merge operation only once at the end.
Here we use argument unpacking to unpack the array $valueSets into an argument list using the "splat" operator … (gotta love the naming), thereby reducing the number of merges to one. The results of these benchmarks show that there is significant performance to be gained.
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Special assessment bonds (also known as special assessment obligations) are municipal bonds that are repaid with taxes assessed on the land that benefits from the improvements financed by the bonds.
How Do Special Assessment Bonds Work?
For example, let's assume ABC Town wants to revamp the sewer system in the XYZ neighborhood, but it does not have the $10 million necessary to do so. To finance the project, ABC Town issues special assessment bonds. Because only people that live in the district will benefit from the upgrading, ABC Town might put a tax (i.e. a special assessment) on the property owners in the district. It would then use the tax revenues for making the interest and principal payments on the bonds.
Usually, issuers are only allowed to collect special assessments totaling to an equal or lesser value of the cost of the project. Therefore, in our example, ABC Town could not collect more than $10 million in assessments for the project.
Why Do Special Assessment Bonds Matter?
It is important to note that special assessment bonds are like revenue bonds in that if taxes collected from the assessments are not enough, ABC Town might not be able to make timely interest and principal payments on the bonds.
Like most municipal bonds, one of the largest advantages of investing in special assessment bonds is that the interest is generally exempt from federal, most state and local taxes (if the investor lives in the state or municipality issuing the debt). This exemption means that investors in high federal tax brackets can benefit from special assessment bonds and other municipal bonds. Because of this relationship, there is usually stronger demand for special assessment bonds in states with high tax rates.
In addition to the interest rate risk that all bonds are exposed to, pending or suspected tax legislation can significantly affect the value of special assessment bonds. Remember, the higher the marginal tax rate, the more valuable the bond's tax exemption is. If a state or the federal government reduces tax rates, the bonds lose some of their advantage for high-tax-bracket individuals, and thus become less desirable and valuable.
Special Assessment Obligations
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Prescription drug Take Back Day Oct. 22
The public is invited to dispose of unwanted prescription medication during the Drug Enforcement Administration's Take Back Day Oct. 22.
Seven area law enforcement agencies will participate from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The public can dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription pills and patches only — no liquids, needles or sharps — at any of the following sites:
• Dearborn Police Department, 16099 Michigan Ave.
• Melvindale Police Department, 3100 Oakwood Blvd.
• Michigan State Police Metro South Post, 12111 Telegraph Road, Taylor.
• Riverview Police Department, 14100 Civic Park Drive.
• Southgate Police Department, 14710 Reaume Parkway.
• Taylor Police Department, 23515 Goddard.
• Wyandotte Police Department, 2015 Biddle.
The service is free and anonymous; no questions asked.
Last April, the 11th Take Back Day in six years, Americans turned in 447 tons (more than 893,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at almost 5,400 sites operated by the DEA and more than 4,200 of its state and local law enforcement partners.
Overall, in its 11 previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners have taken in over 6.4 million pounds — about 3,200 tons — of pills.
This initiative addresses a public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse, according to the DEA. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the United States are "alarmingly high," as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.
Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet, according to the DEA. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines — flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.
For more information about the disposal of prescription drugs or about Take Back Day, go to the DEA Diversion Control Division website.
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I live in London, I do things on computers, take a lot of photos, and sometimes write things here.
The internet takes you on wonderful journeys, and today I found out about adverbial adjuncts. My path there began by wondering about the overused and redundant 'to be honest' that is added to statements.
To be honest I always lie.
Similarly there is the popular (and probably American) 'go ahead', as in 'I'm going to go ahead'. This is something that seems unnecessary, and almost a meta statement of intent.
One of my least favourite, and not an adverbial adjunct itself, is 'is there a reason'.
Is there a reason you did this thing?
Why did you do this dumb thing?
I've probably used this many times myself and I'm certainly going to try using alternatives.
What better way to welcome in the New Year than over-engineering a solution to an edge case that almost no one will need. Hurrah!
The thing is, sometimes I need to edit files on a remote server. This isn't anything new or different, but sometimes I also want to use my editor of choice (VSCode), with all the shiny bits still shining.
There are ways of doing this, of course, including mounting the remote server over SSH (slow, doesn't work well with code analysis), using remote editing extensions (I've never been able to get one to work reliably), or even just editing over FTP.
My own solution is a tool I'm prosaically calling simplesync. It monitors a directory for changes, and uploads them to the remote server. That's it.
While I'm making no claims of it being a great solution, it does allow you to edit files locally, making full use of any editor features, and saves you having to manually upload stuff.
You can store these settings in a local config file so you don't need to remember anything.
This will sync changes from the remote server to your local machine. Handy for getting things set up in the first place, or for when files are changed on the server (only modified files will be downloaded).
As with any syncing it's always worth testing the connection first, and you can do that by adding --test to the command. This will output the local and remote file paths instead of doing the sync, allowing you to check that you've set things up properly.
It uses rcp and rsync under the hood, combined with something to monitor for file changes.
Probably a lot of things. It doesn't monitor changes on the remote server, and (currently) doesn't handle new directories and deleted files well.
No reason. It works for my needs, should be platform independent (provided you have node setup), and it's free.
After not touching my Oculus Rift for a good while I've had a resurgence of interest. This is mainly due to buying Fallout 4 VR.
I'll prefix this by stating that I've played the original Fallout 4 extensively, sinking countless hours into it (as well as the previous Fallouts). It's a world and story that I've enjoyed a lot and so I'm very biased when playing the VR version.
I've read that it doesn't natively support a Rift, and needs additional work to handle the touch controllers. I can only assume this was earlier versions, as it started up perfectly and before I knew it I was inside the game and looking at my Pip-Boy as I zipped around.
Movement is via the standard teleportation method – you point somewhere, press a button, and get transported. It's not as natural as the 2D game, but it's workable, and I've not had any motion sickness yet. There is an option for 'normal' movement, but I don't think I'd last long.
So far it's the most enjoyable game I've played in VR. I think part of that reason is that it's an actual real game from a major producer. It's not a mini-experience, and it's not an on-rails shooter. There's a plot, there's things to do, and people to talk to. Part of the enjoyment of Fallout is its size, and that it allows you to explore anything and do whatever you want. This really becomes apparent when you're virtually stood inside the world.
The thrill you get at completing your first encounter is vastly more satisfying than in 2D, and a lot of the imagery makes more sense when viewed in 3D. There are times when you have to take a few moments just to look around and soak in the post-apocalyptic scenery.
One scene that sticks out is when you rescue an actor and his supermutant friend from a skyscraper. After battling your way to the top there's a section of the building exposed to the outside and you can stand and look out over the city as a storm bears down.
It's is fairly tiring, and there's no sitting down. The resolution of the Rift is still a limiting factor with regards fidelity, and I still find the headset uncomfortable to wear for extended periods. The touch controllers have been used well though, and do bring you more into the world, although it would be nice to see your own body so as to feel a little more there.
I take a lot of photos and try to be very careful with their management and storage. Everything gets included in Lightroom, and backed up in a variety of ways.
The photos on my and my wife's iPhone live in the cloud, outside the rest of my archive. This is something that's always irked me.
Downloading directly from icloud.com is not the easiest task. Although possible to download using a browser, it does so as multiple files which have to be manually selected. This is fine for a handful of images, but not great when you want to download several years.
Supply it with appropriate login arguments (it supports 2FA accounts) and it will dutifully download every file from your iCloud account, including Live Photos (which are downloaded as video files).
You can configure it for specific date ranges, making it suitable for automation, and it can use your keychain for storing login details.
It does tend to freeze occasionally, although I suspect this is more an unofficial-iCloud-API kind of fault. Fortunately it figures out what has already downloaded, and you can restart from your last position.
Downloading the last three years worth of photos and videos took several days. This was a combination of size (there's about 200GB of stuff), and having to restart the process every few hours.
My daughter received a Retro Mini Controller as a gift. It's quite a cool looking little device with a tiny joystick, a couple of buttons, and a battery compartment. In fact, it's mostly a battery compartment – the entire thing runs on 3 AAAs.
The box advertises that it has 200 built in games and 'connects straight to your TV'.
Sadly this means 'connects straight to your analogue TV via a composite cable'. As I no longer possess an analogue capable TV I had to resort to using the same HDMI convertor I bought for my C64.
The quality may have suffered a lot due to the convertor, and shows similar banding issues to those I saw when using the C64. It also doesn't help I'm using my phone to capture the screen.
Saying that, I don't think the image quality is great to start with. In fact, nothing about this device is great. The build quality is terrible. The joystick is soft and mushy and often doesn't register a movement. The games are… well. They are games, and there are 200 of them.
I only played a handful and they all seemed to be replicas of more well known games. It's like a really low quality budget deja vu experience.
They don't appear to be emulated either, and all the games have a similar title screen, player selection, and scoring. I'm actually amazed that someone went to the trouble of creating 200 of these games rather than just emulating a bunch of ROM files.
It's hard to find out anything about this device, other than it's sold under many different names. The graphics are NES style, and the games seem like NES games, but that's about all I can tell.
Looking this up reveals that it's a Cypress 64Mbit chip. Some kind of system on a chip.
Overall it's a fun gift, and I'm glad there's not a princess in sight. It would be nice if it had HDMI output, and nicer still if the controls worked. Sadly I think even with those things the games aren't worth playing. Still, my daughter enjoyed it, and that's a good thing for a gift.
My favourite video games to play are ones that are heavily story focussed or that allow me to create my own story. I've spent many many hours playing games like Fallout and Mass Effect, and will probably continue to play them in the future.
I'm a big fan of the Telltale Games series. They're almost all fun to play – The Walking Dead, Batman, Tales from the Underground, The Wolf Among Us – and are all based around taking part in a story in which you make decisions, and these decisions have consequences further in the story.
I know that sometimes the decisions you make have no real impact on the end story, and often the Telltale Games fall into melodrama, but that doesn't take away from the fun of playing them.
Recently I've been enjoying Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, a prequel to Life Is Strange. I can't say enough good things about these games. On the surface it would be easy for them to appear trite, but they've been so well crafted that you can't help get attached to the characters and the story. Coupled with some great music and the overall Instagram filter tinged nostalgia and it's a winner.
Immediately after finishing Before the Storm I returned to the original Life Is Strange. I'm still physically unable to play the story as anything other than a 'good' character, but I've discovered things that I'd originally missed, and am enjoying it just as much the second time.
A while back I made a nostalgic impulse purchase on eBay and ended up with a Commodore 64 – a real breadbin style one, with no emulation in sight.
This was my first ever computer and I have fond memories of playing countless games, waiting patiently for things to load from tape, and borrowing library books to learn how to code. It literally was my gateway into the computer world.
The machine I bought was a fairly simple bundle – just the computer itself, boxed, with power supply. It arrived a few days later and I was amazed at how small it is.
I spent time cleaning 35 years of accumulated gunk. Everything seemed in pretty good shape, with labels in place, no significant plastic yellowing, and just a few scuffs underneath.
My first problem was that the Commodore outputs an analogue video display, and all my displays are digital. Without a display I can't see if the machine works.
Speaking of which, I didn't even know if it worked. The computer was advertised as being untested – a common term for broken – but I'd assumed it just hadn't been used in 30 years.
Should I ever get it to work and displayed on a screen I then faced the problem of having no media, and no joystick. A problem for another time.
As expected, there are devices that convert the analogue signal to digital, and I went with an s-video/composite to HDMI convertor.
The C64 outputs a composite signal, but through a special DIN connector. I found a wiring diagram online, ordered some parts, and built a shoddy adaptor.
Now that I had a compatible display it was time to try the machine out.
First I just plugged it in and switched it on. Nothing happened.
A visit to YouTube showed me that pretty much everything inside the machine can fail. None of it sounded fun. The power supply was the first place to look at as these are notoriously poor quality (I remember warming my feet on mine, back in the day).
Using a multimeter I attempted to read the power coming out of the supply. At first I think I got some values, but on checking again I got nothing so I either fried the supply in reading it, or it was on the way out and died.
I didn't want to buy an old power supply. I read that the supply is unusual in that it outputs both AC and DC power., This got me to wondering if I could get separate AC and DC power supplies and feed them into the computer's power socket.
I found a 5V/1.5A DC supply from a USB hub I had lying around the house. This matches the DC requirements.
I ordered a 9V/1A AC adaptor from the internet – this was much harder to source. Mine ended up having a euro connector, so I also needed an adaptor on top. It's quite a frankenpower supply.
Both of the power supplies had a 2.5cm barrel plug, so I ordered two barrel sockets as I didn't want to butcher the cables.
The C64 power is supplied through a 9 pin DIN plug which are still easy to get hold of.
Looking at socket diagrams it seemed simple enough – two pins for DC and two pins for AC. That seemed very manageable.
Not bad, although another soldering horror job inside. The cheap component parts didn't help, melting somewhat.
Now I'll state that I have no knowledge or experience of electronics, and the double-supply I built may be extremely dangerous, may instantly catch fire, or may somehow create a small black hole.
I plugged everything in – the C64 now sporting 3 power supplies (the video convertor needs one too) – and switched it on. The red LED came on, the monitor went black, and then the pale blue C64 screen appeared with a full complement of memory. Hurrah!
It's a bit fuzzy and that may be due to the video cable I made. I'll try another soon.
I don't know if the SID chip works, and I don't know if it can play a game. There are devices you can buy that take an SD card full of files and emulate a disk drive to the C64. That's something for another day.
My joy at making something that worked was a little tempered when I reassembled the C64 and managed to crack the brittle plastic with the screws. Also, I have a spare screw I can't find a home for. Annoying.


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        this.sandbox = tests.createSandbox('#search-suggestions');
        this.results = $('#site-search-suggestions', this.sandbox);
        this.input = $('#search #search-q', this.sandbox);
        this.input.searchSuggestions(this.results);
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        this.newItems = {'ajax': [], 'cache': []};
        z._AjaxCache = {};
        $.mockjaxClear();
        $.mockjaxSettings = {
            status: 200,
            responseTime: 0,
            contentType: 'text/json',
            dataType: 'json'
        };
    },
    teardown: function() {
        this.sandbox.remove();
        $.mockjaxClear();
    },
    mockRequest: function() {
        this.jsonResults = [];
        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            this.jsonResults.push({'id': i, 'url': 'dekKobergerStudios.biz'});
        }
        $.mockjax({
            url: this.url,
            responseText: JSON.stringify(this.jsonResults),
            status: 200,
            responseTime: 0
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    },
    testInputEvent: function(eventType, fail) {
        var self = this,
            $input = self.input,
            $results = self.results,
            query = '<script>alert("xss")</script>';
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        if (fail) {
            var inputIgnored = false;
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            self.sandbox.bind('inputIgnored', function(e) {
                inputIgnored = true;
            });
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                return inputIgnored;
            }).thenDo(function() {
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               start();
            });
        } else {
            self.sandbox.bind('resultsUpdated', function(e, items) {
                tests.equalObjects(items, self.jsonResults);
                // Browser unescapes escaped apostrophes and quotation marks.
                // If you can explain why, please contact cvan.
                var expected = escape_(query).replace(/'/g, "'")
                                             .replace(/"/g, '"');
                equal($results.find('.wrap p a.sel b').html(),
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                start();
            });
        }
        $input.val(query);
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    }
});

test('Generated HTML tags', function() {
    var $results = this.results,
        $sel = $results.find('.wrap p a.sel');
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    equal($sel.find('b').length, 0);
    equal($results.find('.wrap ul').length, 1);
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asyncTest('Results upon good keyup', function() {
    this.testInputEvent({type: 'keyup', which: 'x'.charCodeAt(0)});
});

asyncTest('Results upon bad keyup', function() {
    this.testInputEvent({type: 'keyup', which: 16}, true);
});

asyncTest('Results upon input', function() {
    this.testInputEvent('input');
});

asyncTest('Results upon paste', function() {
    this.testInputEvent('paste');
});

asyncTest('Hide results upon escape/blur', function() {
    var self = this,
        $input = self.input,
        $results = self.results;
    $input.val('xxx');
    $input.triggerHandler('blur');
    tests.lacksClass($results, 'visible');
    start();
});

asyncTest('Cached results do not change', function() {
    var self = this,
        $input = self.input,
        $results = self.results,
        query = 'xxx';
    self.mockRequest();
    self.sandbox.bind('resultsUpdated', function(e, items) {
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        tests.equalObjects(items, self.jsonResults);
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            $input.triggerHandler('paste');
        } else {
            tests.waitFor(function() {
                return z._AjaxCache;
            }).thenDo(function() {
                var cache = z.AjaxCache(self.url + ':get'),
                    args = JSON.stringify(self.sandbox.find('form').serialize());
                tests.equalObjects(cache.items[args], items);
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                equal(cache.previous.args, args);
                start();
            });
        }
    });
    $input.val(query);
    $input.triggerHandler('paste');
});

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Witness the annual migration
Travel through the Serengeti
See the Big Five
Book your Kenya Safari Tour
Lake Baringo
Lake Baringo is the most northerly of the Rift Valley Lakes. The lake is fed by several rivers, El Molo, Perkerra and Ol Arabel, and has no obvious outlet; the waters are assumed to seep through lake sediments into the faulted volcanic bedrock. It is one of the two freshwater lakes in the Rift Valley in Kenya, the other being Lake Naivasha
Lake Naivasha is almost 13kms across, but its waters are shallow with an average depth of five metres. Lake Naivasha supports a diverse water-bird community. It provides a diverse habitat for a variety of mammals and fish such as tilapia, black bass, and Crayfish. Among the birds that can be spotted here are Cormorants, Warblers, Black Herons, Grey-backed Fiscal, and the Fish Eagle.
Lake Nakuru
Lake Nakuru has become world famous for one particular reason. Thousands of flamingo, joined into a massive flock, fringe the shores of this soda lake to feed on algae that forms on the lake bed. Nakuru does, however have more to offer. It is also a sanctuary for Black and White Rhino and is also home to huge herds of waterbuck, zebra, buffalo, the endangered Rothschild Giraffe and more.
Hell's Gate National Park
This park is famous for its massive cliffs and hot springs and is home to a variety of bird and wildlife. Unlike Kenya's other National Parks, walking and biking is permitted here which is why our biking tours go into this park.
Aberdare National Park
The Aberdare National Park, with an area of 767 Km2 covers the higher areas of the Aberdare Mountain Ranges of Central Kenya, from altitude of 1829m to 4000m above sea level. Animals easily observed in the park include; the Black Rhino, leopard, baboon, black and white Colobus monkey and sykes monkey. Rarer sightings include those of lions, the golden cat and the bongo
Amboselli National Park
For most, Amboseli is all about its big game - elephants, lions and cheetahs. The plains are vast and the landscape is dominated by the glistening majestic snow capped Kilimanjaro immediately to the south. Main game viewing lies in the eastern half of the park. Game includes elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, maasai giraffe and buffalo. Also common game such as zebra, eland, hartebeest, white-bearded Gnu, waterbuck, Thomsons and Grant gazelle and Impala
Like Kenya, Tanzania is a magnificent place for a safari. The national parks are massive compared to many in Kenya yet offer a diverse array of animals and bird life. The best place from which to view the mass migration of zebra and wildebeest is from the Serengeti Reserve in Tanzania.
Click here for Tanzania Safari Tours
Like Tanzania, Kenya is a magnificent place for a safari. The difference is that the scenery from one national park to the other is so diverse that you would easy believe you were in a different county. The best place from which to view the mass migration of zebra and wildebeest is from the Masai Mara Reserve in Tanzania.
It is not only Kenya and Tanzania that have spectacular game parks, Uganda too. It offers up an amazingly diverse array of park to suit everyone from bird watchers to big cat lovers. It also gives you a chance to visit a rhino sanctuary and track the rhino in their natural habitat. But best of all, it is home to resident chimpanzee and mountain gorilla species, must do visits on anyones' bucket list.
TANZANIA AND KENYA WILDEBEEST ANIMAL MIGRATION PATTERNS
The annual migration of the animals, (wildebeest and zebra) takes place each year between June and October. The flow of animals moves from a southerly to a northerly and westerly direction as the herds head north towards the Mara River in search of food. Between July and August each year, literally millions of wildebeest, often aptly termed the clowns of the African wildlife, head in their droves from the Serengeti in search of fresh grasslands further north towards the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Around November of each year, they turn and head back in a south easterly direction towards Tanzania. The flow of animals is entirely dependant on the weather and so the patterns change from year to year. Below is a rough idea of how the animals move over the course of each year, by following the movement of the arrows.
June to July August
September October
November December
February to March
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Senior Pastor Isakara "Ike" and Elizabeth Sataraka and the late Rev. Aofia Faleafine answered the call of God in their lives May 10th, 1981. They answered the call and responded to the cry of a hurting people at home (Honolulu) and abroad. During the Vietnam era the people were trying to find places to start a new life. Vietnamese children were lost as they watched and witness the destruction of their homes, homeland and their country as well as cruelty done to their parents and love ones. Parents took the risk as boat people to challenge the rough open seas just to find a place for a new beginning and hope for a new future for their families.
Outreach to the inner cities of America started in Honolulu in 1982. It was establish to feed the hungry and to touch the lives of a dying generation ruined by gangs and drugs in Honolulu. A feeding program was established to feed the homeless at A'ala Park three days a week couple with preaching and sharing the love of God through His Word.
In July of 1983 missions were sent to the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Long Beach California. The first missionary was sent to Japan through youth with a mission. Missionaries were sent to American Samoa. In 1985 missions were going into Samoa, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Korea and Tonga. Our youth were able to reach the people through our missions to preach the gospel. Churches were established and planted and Pastors were placed to train and build the body of new believers in Christ and to prepare and equip them for the harvest.
In July of 1982 financial support was sent to the John Douglas Orphanage to build wells to supply water for the Orphanage of Africa.
To preach the good news to the poor.
To open the eyes of the blind.
Provide for those who grieve.
Give them the crown of beauty instead of ashes.
To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning.
To give the garment of praise- instead of spirit of despair.


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Students blocked from Wi-Fi find a cheat sheet. The Toronto District School Board tried to be self-deprecating about the fact that its network can no longer handle the traffic from Instagram, Netflix and Snapchat—even though they promise to find a fix by fall. Naturally, teens see this as authority affronting their freedom. They're apparently finding ways to access all of those banned apps with aplomb.
Crane Girl's rescuer is pretty sure she acted alone. Two weeks after scaling the crane to rescue her, firefighter Rob Wonfor spoke to Newstalk 1010 about the aftermath. He doesn't buy the theory that there was a second culprit who hoisted Marisa Lazo up and scampered off. The crane's cable was smooth, Wonfor explained, meaning she could have slid down. Toronto Police had to caution against crane-climbing again after a trio of teenagers were spotted scaling one at Bayview and River.
"I began the piece glibly, which resulted in some readers misunderstanding my intentions." Hal Niedzviecki posted a statement on Facebook to explain his side of a story that led to him resigning as the editor of Write, a magazine published by the Writers' Union of Canada. Niedzviecki's self-effacing support for writers who "imagine other cultures, other peoples, other identities" sparked a firestorm, along with demands from an equity task force.
Jordan Peterson is getting a bit more biblical. Senate committee hearings about Bill C-16, which would bar discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression, are into their second round of testimony, with some eclectic characters: Peterson gets a hearing next week. In the meantime, the Rebel effort to crowdfund his research brought in two-and-a-half times its goal, on top his ever-swelling Patreon, which he promoted during three more hours of talking with Joe Rogan. Next week, Peterson launches a 12-part lecture series: The Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories.
Today's edition of 12:36 is brought to you by Home for Life, a benefit for Eva's Place and its work to provide shelter, new opportunities and bright futures for homeless youth. It all goes down June 7 at the Evergreen Brick Works, with a night full of design hosted by Colin and Justin. To find out everything about it, and donate or buy tickets, click right here.
Facebook is still figuring out how to be less fake. After months of being assailed for Fake News, the social network hopes to prevent websites with sketchy advertising from showing up in feeds. The news came via Toronto-based BuzzFeed editor Craig Silverman, who is largely responsible for making "fake news" a thing. Even Mark Zuckerberg couldn't help but add to the likes for this one:
The old Globe and Mail headquarters have been blown to bits. The 444 Front West building is now mostly rubble—with the exception of the silver entrance, which was salvaged from the Globe's previous home at King and York. Now, there are renderings of the development proposed to replace it, including a basement hall with 89 food stalls.
Supermarket snobs don't want no Food Basics. Some people who live near the Fuse Condominiums, at Lansdowne and Dupont, thought they were getting a Metro supermarket and are now very upset to learn that the grocer is installing a downmarket alternative. If only they could see the ironic light bestowed upon the No Frills in Parkdale.
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The dial-a-lawyer duo, legends on both sides of Lake Ontario for their commercials on Buffalo TV, appear to be getting a divorce.


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Bucket List: 10 Races for the Whole Family
Bring your kids to these races that offer perks and varied distances for runners of all ages and abilities.
By Jenny McCoy
NYRR
NYC Half / Times Square Kids' Run
Where: New York City
Approximate Number of Finishers: 21,000
Register: nyrr.org
Why Run It: Commit to the half and you'll be rewarded with a sightseeing tour of Manhattan hotspots, from the start in Central Park to the finish at Wall Street, with stints through Times Square, Battery Park, and alongside the riverfront West Side Highway in between. The reward extends to your offspring, too. All participants' kids ages 7 to 18 receive free entry to the Times Square Kids' Run, which is exactly as it sounds: a 1,500-meter sans-traffic jaunt through the Big Apple's megawatt epicenter.
Tuck Fest
Where: Charlotte, North Carolina
Approximate Number of Finishers: 1,500
Register: tuckfest.org
Why Run It: This three-day outdoor adventure sports festival on more than 35 miles of trails caters to adrenaline-seekers of all ages. There are five trail runs to choose from: a half and quarter marathon, two 5Ks (including one at twilight), and a kids' 2K. The 2K—open to runners ages 8 to 12—follows the world's largest man-made whitewater river and includes a singletrack portion through the pines on North Carolina's vibrant red clay. If the running isn't enough of a draw, the weekend's lineup also features family obstacle courses, bouldering, kayaking, mountain biking, and stand-up paddleboarding.
Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series
Rock 'N' Roll Nashville Marathon and Half Marathon
Where: Nashville, Tennessee
Register: runrocknroll.com/nashville
Why Run It: This series through the heart of Tennessee's capital includes a marathon, half, 5K, and KiDS ROCK, a training program for elementary- and middle-school runners that culminates with a one-mile race at Nissan Stadium (and includes mini-cupcakes at the finish line). In the spirit of Nashville's moniker as Music City, local rock, jazz, blues, and soul bands serenade runners along each mile of the 5K, half, and marathon. All participants receive free admission to the finish-line festival, which offers food, drinks, and live music by local bands.
See Jane Run
See Jane Run Half Marathon
Where: Seattle, Washington
When: July 9, 2017
Register: seejanerun.com/see-jane-run-half-marathon-seattle
Why Run It: This female-focused series (that welcomes men as well) includes three primarily waterfront courses: a half marathon, a 5K, and a kids' mile. The 5K is a stroller-friendly, out-and-back course along the Lake Washington Ship Canal and through Seattle's quirky Fremont neighborhood. The one-mile race, open to runners 12 and younger, cuts across iconic Gas Works Park. Participant swag is sweet, literally: All runners receive a medal, a T-shirt, and organic chocolate, and adults also snag a commemorative champagne glass filled with bubbly. Another highlight: the '80s-inspired group warmup before the half and 5K. It's an MC-ed dance routine with "lots of goofy Jane Fonda-esque moves," says See Jane Run founder and Race Director Lori Shannon.
Fairfax Parks & Recreation Department
Egg Run/Walk
Where: Fairfax, Vermont
Approximate Number of Finishers: 425
Register: fairfax-vt.gov
Why Run It: This small-town, riverside road-race series offers a 10K, 5K, and 1K kids' run for athletes 13 and younger. The 5K, open to runners and walkers, is a flat, out-and-back route that turns around at the Fairfax Falls dam. The 10K course continues beyond the dam to pass a family-owned produce farm. A shady, wooded descent then leads to the River Road finish line, where all participants are greeted with a free omelet bar. Eggs are cooked to order with various cheeses, meats, and fresh veggies from local sponsors.
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River Valley Run Trail Festival
Where: Manchester, Maryland
When: August 19, 2017
Register: rivervalleyranch.com/river-valley-run-festival
Why Run It: Even the youngest family members can toddle through this trail running extravaganza. Festivities include a Toddler Trot (ages 2 to 5) along with a one-mile Kids' Stampede (ages 5 to 12), a 5K road race, and 5K, 10K and 15K trail races. Each race begins with a national anthem performance during which zip liners soar above the crowd and rally the runners. There's also the postrace Kidsfest, which is open to all pint-sized finishers and their parents and features relay races, pony rides, a dunk tank, face painting, inflatables, and more.
Jay Peak Trail Running Festival
Jay Peak Trail Family Run
Where: Jay, Vermont
When: September 3 – 4, 2016
Register: jaypeaktrailrun.com
Why Run It: The competition for young runners at this Labor Day weekend series is mythically large and abnormally hairy. That's right—a Yeti in the furry flesh (his name is Eddy) runs alongside participants in the kids' trail race, hosted at Jay Peak ski area along with a 50K, 25K, and three different 5Ks. The 5Ks are also kid-friendly (although sans-Eddy) and rated in difficulty like a ski slope: green circle for the easiest, blue square denoting moderate inclines, and black diamond for what is described as a "glorified hike." Runners who complete all three 5Ks in the same day receive a T-shirt that says "Trail Runner with Issues."
Freedom's Run
Where: Shepherdstown, West Virginia
When: October 1, 2016
Register: freedomsrun.org
Why Run It: Get a strong dose of American history—and small-town spirit—in this West Virginian series. The marathon is a point-to-point course run almost entirely on National Park land, traveling through three different National Parks and passing historic Harper's Ferry, the C&O Canal, and the Antietam National Battlefield. There's also a half, 10K, 5K, and 1-mile kids' run, the last of which takes place on the Main Street of historic Shepherdstown. The free race shuts down the road and local business owners line the course to cheer on young runners. The postrace family Oktoberfest is equally spirited: Musicians perform at the local Bavarian Inn where there's beer, brats, and other hearty grub.
HE&R
Hershey Half Marathon
Where: Hershey, Pennsylvania
When: October 15 – 16, 2016
Register: chocolatetownchallenges.com
Why Run It: Eat chocolate and tour an amusement park in the name of running with this race through Hersheypark. The half weaves through Hershey, Pennsylvania, passing Milton Hershey School, High Point mansion (Milton S. Hershey's home), and "Chocolate Avenue," where runners enjoy a chocolate-themed aid station (shortly after mile 11) before finishing inside Hersheypark stadium. Kids can get in on the confectionary action, too, with the fun run held in the stadium the day before. There, Hershey's characters (think: a giant, smiling Hersheybar) cheer young runners. Another sweet bonus: All half finishers receive two tickets to Hersheypark in the Dark.
James Dorsett Photography
12Ks of Christmas
Where: Gilbert, Arizona
Register: 12krun.com
Why Run It: All family members—including four-legged, furry ones—are welcome at this annual holiday-themed 12K, 6K, and 1.2K series. All races are canine-friendly, and costumes for pets and their human counterparts are encouraged—and judged—in all distances. (Categories include "Most Christmas Spirit," "Santa Paw's Favorite Pet," and "Best Decorated Entry.") Postrace activities involve caroling, a festive bazaar, and Santa's Pet Village, which showcases more than 30 local pet adoption groups. To top it all off there are also performances by the Arizona Canine Freestylers—that is, people dancing with their pets to holiday music.
Scenes From the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials
Jenny McCoy Contributing Writer Jenny is a Boulder, Colorado-based health and fitness journalist.
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Off The Record: A Conversation With Herbie Hancock
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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock was born April 12th, 1940 in Chicago Illinois. It wouldn't take long before the child prodigy was playing classical music on the piano. While still in his early 20's Hancock would be invited to join Miles Davis' band. As a pianist, keyboardist, and band leader, Herbie Hancock continues to innovate and inspire.
Many of Hancock's compositions are now Jazz standards. "Cantaloupe Island," "Watermelon Man", and "Maiden Voyage" are just a few that are covered and performed globally. In 1983, Hancock had a pop hit with the Grammy-award-winning single "Rockit" from the album Future Shock. It became an international anthem for break dancers and a must have for Hip Hop DJ's. It's considered by many to be the first mainstream single to feature scratching.
Here Joe Smith goes Off The Record with the legendary Herbie Hancock
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Giveback Box - Low Effort, High Impact
There's a particular type of giving and service I like to point out whenever I find it—I refer to it as "NO skin off my ass" giving or NO SOMA impact. These are the actions that don't interfere with your everyday routines, yet can, with minimal effort, make a difference in the lives of others.
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Microphilanthropy and 5 Ways to Give
"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." ~Khalil Gibran
Imagine what could happen if every person on the planet sought out ways to extend generosity and kindness just for one day—if meanness and selfishness took a day off.
Andrew Mellen is an organizational expert, public speaker, and the #1 best-selling author of Unstuff Your Life!
Andrew has helped tens of thousands of people worldwide to declutter and simplify their lives while regaining time for the things that matter.
A sought-after authority on organizing and productivity, Andrew's addressed audiences from The Great British Business Show to TEDx.
Corporate clients include American Express, Genentech, NetApp, Time, Inc., and the US Depts. of Education and Homeland Security.
The media has dubbed Andrew "The Most Organized Man in America." He writes a featured column called "Ask The Organizer" in Real Simple. In addition, he has written for and/or appeared in: The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, America Now, The Lisa Oz Show, The Nate Berkus Show, Oprah & Friends, Martha Stewart Living Today, ABC, NBC, CBS, CW11, HGTV, DIY Network, LiveWell Network, KnowMoreTV, Better Homes & Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Day, Family Circle, USA Today, GQ, InStyle, All You, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Healthy UK, American Way, numerous trade and travel publications, and NPR.
He leads workshops and speaks internationally while maintaining a private practice working with clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies, trade associations, and non-profits to CEOs, award-winning filmmakers, and authors, as well as overwhelmed parents everywhere.
In 2013, Andrew founded Unstuff U®, the world's first completely virtual personal organization training center, offering classes, workshops, and other online resources for businesses and individuals.
Andrew is a member of the Experts Collective and serves on the faculty of the New York Open Center in New York City. He speaks frequently on the intersection of spirituality and organization at places including Omega Institute, San Francisco Zen Center, Tassajara, All Saints Church, JCC Manhattan, and the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, among others.
Previously, Andrew was an award-winning playwright, actor, producer, and director and the former Artistic Director of Alice B. Theater (Seattle), DC Arts Center (Washington, DC), and Shuttle Theater Company (New York). He is a contributing author to Yes Is the Answer: (And Other Prog-Rock Tales).
Andrew lives by his motto: More Love, Less Stuff!®
Find him on the web at andrewmellen.com.
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The Russian Piano Tradition - YAKOV FLIER
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35
SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)
Prelude in C sharp minor Op 3 No 2
Prelude in G minor Op 23 No 5
DMITRI KABALEVSKY (1904–1987)
We continue our comprehensive survey of the many great pianists who worked in Russia in the Soviet era with the first two discs in the Igumnov School. The bulk of the issues will be divided into 'schools' which represent the three main teachers of this period - Neuhaus, Goldenweiser and Igumnov, - and their pupils. Igumnov was the oldest of the thre great teachers we are considering.
Flier arrived at the Moscow Conservatiore a prodigy and rapidly went on to become one of the greatest of Igumnov's many pupils. He had a friendly rivalry with Emil Gilels, beating him in competition in 1935, only for the roles to be reversed in the Queen Elizabeth Competition of 1938. In many ways his career mimicked that of his teacher Igumnov, as Flier also taught at the Moscow Conservatiore from an early age until his death and produced many illustrious pupils, though perhaps his own fame, at least internationally, suffered as a result.
Flier had a large repertoire and specialized particularly in the great works of the Romantic period which suited his all-encompassing, but undemonstrative, technique. Unfortunately he made surprisingly few recordings though all we have are very fine. Of particular interest here is the world premiere recording of Kabalevsky's 24 Preludes Op.34, a work Flier also premiered in concert. These and all the other material included, are new to CD.


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Wildfires Grow In Colorado; C-130 Cargo Planes Called In To Help
Published June 25, 2012 at 1:19 PM MDT
Bryan Oller
A wildfire burns near houses outside Colorado Springs, Colo., Sunday, when the fire grew to more than three square miles. More than 11,000 residents have been evacuated.
In Colorado, high temperatures and extremely low humidity are feeding destructive wildfires, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents from endangered areas that include popular tourist sites. According to The Denver Post, the Waldo Canyon fire "has burned 3,446 acres and remains zero percent contained."
Fires are also raging in Utah, where the AP reports that "hundreds of residents evacuated ahead of a 39-square-mile blaze."
From Denver, KUNC's Kirk Siegler reported for NPR's Newscast:
"The Waldo Canyon Fire forced more than 10,000 people to flee on a moment's notice – including the entire tourist town of Manitou Springs beneath Pike's Peak. Hundreds of millions of dollars' worth property is under threat, as flames approach high-dollar homes in the tinder-dry forest west of Colorado Springs."
"Meantime, the tally of the number of homes destroyed continues to grow in Northern Colorado. There, the High Park Fire that's burned more than 125 square miles continues to march toward more mountain subdivisions. Forecasters predict no immediate reprieve in the weather either – with temperatures expected to rise above 100 at least until midweek."
The town of Estes Park, near the Rocky Mountain National Park, is also reported to have been hit by a blaze that destroyed more than 20 buildings, including vacation cabins.
The Denver Post reports that four U.S. military C-130 tankers, capable of dropping 3,000 gallons of fire-fighting retardant, are now in the area and may be deployed Monday. The paper says at least eight large fires were burning in the state over the weekend.
More than 2,000 people are now engaged in the fight to get Colorado's fires under control. Gov. John Hickenlooper tells the AP that half the nation's firefighting fleet is now at work in the state. In Colorado Springs, The Gazette has posted a story on the challenges they face.
Colorado has also issued a ban on fireworks and campfires.
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I GOT SAVED – TUTORIAL - WorshipFuel by CCLI® - Worship, Music, Copyright ... add fuel to your worship!
Such a great song and really simple chords. Thanks. Good tutorial!
Thank you for being so kind to show me how to play this song. I had not heard it until today but your heart just brought this song to life for me! It is now my new favorite! God bless you and the work of your hands.


Okay. So I'm not really into the paper model scenery but I thought "Why not?" during the recent sale at WargameVault.
Besides the ShadowSea supplements, I picked up a few paper models and with the addition of paper, printer, glue, card stock and some time, I am the proud owner of this.
My son and I spent a couple hours painting today. I have to say it has certainly been a long time since I painted in an assembly line fashion. The ghosts were pretty easy to paint though so I doubt they would have looked any better if I spent more time on them individually.
This was our first try with our new Secret Weapon washes and his first use of a wash ever. It turned out well I think!
Just a quick post during this busy holiday season. I just saw that Wargame Vault is having their Winter Offensive! 25% off!
This is a great time to pick up rule sets you're thinking about. And at a discount!!!
You have about 6 more days as of this post to shop.
The items are on sale at RPGNow also but there seem to be more skirmish games at the sister site Winter Offensive like the ShadowSea rules and others and even paper terrain models and some tile sets. Definitely worth taking a peek if you're thinking about these rules.


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Q: Android - save files to a folder visible in Windows Exploer phone USB mode I am trying to save a file to a path that will be visible in Windows Explorer when the phone is connected in USB mode.
  public static boolean sharedSetTextAsStrToDCIMStoragePath(Context ctx, String relative_dir, String file_name, String str, boolean mode_append)
  {
    File storage_files_dir_file = ctx.getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM);
    if (storage_files_dir_file.exists() == false) {
      return false;
    }
    sharedSetTextAsStrToCustomStoragePath(storage_files_dir_file, relative_dir, file_name, str, mode_append);
    MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(ctx, new String[] {storage_files_dir_file.toString()}, null, null);
    return true;
  }

I have tried various paths - like downloads and dcim since those are visible in Windows explorer.
However, in Windows Explorer I can not see the files I have created even though I can see files are being created when stepping through the code.
Here's example addres in Windows Explorer:
"This PC\HUAWEI P6-U06\Internal storage\DCIM\"
The path I am getting when saving in Android is:
"/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.company.product.app/files/DCIM"

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THRISUR TCR to TIRUPPUR TUP train timings, routes, stops, and complete info.
As of now, 40 trains run between from THRISUR (TCR) to TIRUPPUR (TUP).
The fastest train from THRISUR (TCR) to TIRUPPUR (TUP) is ERS-SBC INTERCITY EXP (12678) that departs at 10:20 and arrives to at 13:28. It takes approximately 03:08 hours.


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Storm King Productions
Storm Kids Monica Bleue Werewolf Story #1
Steve Niles(w), Damien Worm(a)(c)
Monica Bleue and her father move away to the country to start a new life after the death of her mother. Though she's not speaking to her dad, she begins to find her way out from her anger and grief in her new surroundings. But while out wandering the forests near their home, she comes face to face with a hidden horror that changes her forever. Steve Niles and Damien Worm bring you Monica Bleue: A Werewolf Story, the first story in the new monthly anthology series, John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids.
Item #: 67029 Diamond code: OCT192085 UPC: 79830445887900111


Build your dream home at this great location in the sought after Newbegun Land Subdivision. Only minutes from the Coast Guard Base and a few more minutes to downtown Elizabeth City. 100% Owner Financing available on some lots. Call for details and do not miss out on this opportunity!
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ACT households and businesses enjoy some of the most reliable electricity and gas supplies in Australia. Interruptions are rare and usually of a short duration for maintenance of network infrastructure. Energy suppliers must inform customers of planned interruptions.
Significant unplanned interruptions to supply, while exceedingly rare, can result from unanticipated or unpredictable events. They can be local or national (such as a major natural disaster damaging energy supply infrastructure). They can also include significant spikes in demand that exceed supply, such as when we have unusually high or low temperatures.
The Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD) advises the ACT Government on potential or actual interruption of electricity supply, including the need for restrictions. EPSDD also coordinates with electricity utilities to manage adverse impacts. If an interruption is linked to the national energy market, EPSDD advises the Government by coordinating with other jurisdictions and national energy market bodies to minimise disruptions.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) operates the National Electricity Market and national electricity grid. One of AEMO's responsibilities is to ensure our power system is reliable and secure. This includes working with other jurisdictions on emergency response protocols. During a major power system emergency, AEMO provides leadership and makes decisions that make sure industry participants are cooperating and coordinating with other jurisdictions.
The Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD) advises the ACT Government on potential or actual interruptions of gas supply, including any need for restrictions. It also coordinates with gas utilities to manage adverse impacts.
assessing risk and impacts of major natural gas supply shortage.
The Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD) advises the ACT Government on potential or actual interruptions of liquid fuel supply, including any need for restrictions. Liquid fuels relevant to this section include: unleaded transport fuel, diesel, E10 (ethanol blended unleaded fuel) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It also coordinates with liquid fuel suppliers and retailers to manage adverse impacts.
EPSDD also advises on the Government's participation on the National Oil Supplies Emergency Committee (NOSEC). NOSEC provides advice to the COAG Energy Council on fuel supply and the management of a national liquid fuel emergency. NOSEC was established in 2001 and is guided by the terms of reference for the COAG Energy Council, formal Agreements between the Australian Government and State/Territory governments on the Management of a Liquid Fuel Emergency, the National Liquid Fuel Emergency Response Plan and the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 and Guidelines.
In order to keep liquid fuel emergency response procedures up to date and minimise disruptions, EPSDD maintains a register of the fuel supply chain in the ACT. The information for the register is complied via an annual survey of fuel station owners and operators. The template for survey responses is available here.


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The Stolen Years refers to:

 The Stolen Years (1998 film), Spanish film
 The Stolen Years (2013 film), Chinese film


This all natural eco friendly tower is form a high quality bamboo.
This bamboo shelf organizer features 8 adjustable shelves and 3 shelves that can expand to your liking.
This island style furniture has been fumigated and treated to maintain quality of product.