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(function() {
  var AbstractChosen, SelectParser, _ref,
    __bind = function(fn, me){ return function(){ return fn.apply(me, arguments); }; },
    __hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty,
    __extends = function(child, parent) { for (var key in parent) { if (__hasProp.call(parent, key)) child[key] = parent[key]; } function ctor() { this.constructor = child; } ctor.prototype = parent.prototype; child.prototype = new ctor(); child.__super__ = parent.prototype; return child; };

  SelectParser = (function() {
    function SelectParser() {
      this.options_index = 0;
      this.parsed = [];
    }

    SelectParser.prototype.add_node = function(child) {
      if (child.nodeName.toUpperCase() === "OPTGROUP") {
        return this.add_group(child);
      } else {
        return this.add_option(child);
      }
    };

    SelectParser.prototype.add_group = function(group) {
      var group_position, option, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
      group_position = this.parsed.length;
      this.parsed.push({
        array_index: group_position,
        group: true,
        label: this.escapeExpression(group.label),
        title: group.title ? group.title : void 0,
        children: 0,
        disabled: group.disabled,
        classes: group.className
      });
      _ref = group.childNodes;
      _results = [];
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        option = _ref[_i];
        _results.push(this.add_option(option, group_position, group.disabled));
      }
      return _results;
    };

    SelectParser.prototype.add_option = function(option, group_position, group_disabled) {
      if (option.nodeName.toUpperCase() === "OPTION") {
        if (option.text !== "") {
          if (group_position != null) {
            this.parsed[group_position].children += 1;
          }
          this.parsed.push({
            array_index: this.parsed.length,
            options_index: this.options_index,
            value: option.value,
            text: option.text,
            html: option.innerHTML,
            title: option.title ? option.title : void 0,
            selected: option.selected,
            disabled: group_disabled === true ? group_disabled : option.disabled,
            group_array_index: group_position,
            group_label: group_position != null ? this.parsed[group_position].label : null,
            classes: option.className,
            style: option.style.cssText
          });
        } else {
          this.parsed.push({
            array_index: this.parsed.length,
            options_index: this.options_index,
            empty: true
          });
        }
        return this.options_index += 1;
      }
    };

    SelectParser.prototype.escapeExpression = function(text) {
      var map, unsafe_chars;
      if ((text == null) || text === false) {
        return "";
      }
      if (!/[\&\<\>\"\'\`]/.test(text)) {
        return text;
      }
      map = {
        "<": "<",
        ">": ">",
        '"': """,
        "'": "'",
        "`": "`"
      };
      unsafe_chars = /&(?!\w+;)|[\<\>\"\'\`]/g;
      return text.replace(unsafe_chars, function(chr) {
        return map[chr] || "&";
      });
    };

    return SelectParser;

  })();

  SelectParser.select_to_array = function(select) {
    var child, parser, _i, _len, _ref;
    parser = new SelectParser();
    _ref = select.childNodes;
    for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
      child = _ref[_i];
      parser.add_node(child);
    }
    return parser.parsed;
  };

  AbstractChosen = (function() {
    function AbstractChosen(form_field, options) {
      this.form_field = form_field;
      this.options = options != null ? options : {};
      this.label_click_handler = __bind(this.label_click_handler, this);
      if (!AbstractChosen.browser_is_supported()) {
        return;
      }
      this.is_multiple = this.form_field.multiple;
      this.set_default_text();
      this.set_default_values();
      this.setup();
      this.set_up_html();
      this.register_observers();
      this.on_ready();
    }

    AbstractChosen.prototype.set_default_values = function() {
      var _this = this;
      this.click_test_action = function(evt) {
        return _this.test_active_click(evt);
      };
      this.activate_action = function(evt) {
        return _this.activate_field(evt);
      };
      this.active_field = false;
      this.mouse_on_container = false;
      this.results_showing = false;
      this.result_highlighted = null;
      this.is_rtl = this.options.rtl || /\bchosen-rtl\b/.test(this.form_field.className);
      this.allow_single_deselect = (this.options.allow_single_deselect != null) && (this.form_field.options[0] != null) && this.form_field.options[0].text === "" ? this.options.allow_single_deselect : false;
      this.disable_search_threshold = this.options.disable_search_threshold || 0;
      this.disable_search = this.options.disable_search || false;
      this.enable_split_word_search = this.options.enable_split_word_search != null ? this.options.enable_split_word_search : true;
      this.group_search = this.options.group_search != null ? this.options.group_search : true;
      this.search_contains = this.options.search_contains || false;
      this.single_backstroke_delete = this.options.single_backstroke_delete != null ? this.options.single_backstroke_delete : true;
      this.max_selected_options = this.options.max_selected_options || Infinity;
      this.inherit_select_classes = this.options.inherit_select_classes || false;
      this.display_selected_options = this.options.display_selected_options != null ? this.options.display_selected_options : true;
      this.display_disabled_options = this.options.display_disabled_options != null ? this.options.display_disabled_options : true;
      this.include_group_label_in_selected = this.options.include_group_label_in_selected || false;
      this.max_shown_results = this.options.max_shown_results || Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
      this.case_sensitive_search = this.options.case_sensitive_search || false;
      return this.hide_results_on_select = this.options.hide_results_on_select != null ? this.options.hide_results_on_select : true;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.set_default_text = function() {
      if (this.form_field.getAttribute("data-placeholder")) {
        this.default_text = this.form_field.getAttribute("data-placeholder");
      } else if (this.is_multiple) {
        this.default_text = this.options.placeholder_text_multiple || this.options.placeholder_text || AbstractChosen.default_multiple_text;
      } else {
        this.default_text = this.options.placeholder_text_single || this.options.placeholder_text || AbstractChosen.default_single_text;
      }
      this.default_text = this.escape_html(this.default_text);
      return this.results_none_found = this.form_field.getAttribute("data-no_results_text") || this.options.no_results_text || AbstractChosen.default_no_result_text;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.choice_label = function(item) {
      if (this.include_group_label_in_selected && (item.group_label != null)) {
        return "" + item.group_label + "" + item.html;
      } else {
        return item.html;
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.mouse_enter = function() {
      return this.mouse_on_container = true;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.mouse_leave = function() {
      return this.mouse_on_container = false;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.input_focus = function(evt) {
      var _this = this;
      if (this.is_multiple) {
        if (!this.active_field) {
          return setTimeout((function() {
            return _this.container_mousedown();
          }), 50);
        }
      } else {
        if (!this.active_field) {
          return this.activate_field();
        }
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.input_blur = function(evt) {
      var _this = this;
      if (!this.mouse_on_container) {
        this.active_field = false;
        return setTimeout((function() {
          return _this.blur_test();
        }), 100);
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.label_click_handler = function(evt) {
      if (this.is_multiple) {
        return this.container_mousedown(evt);
      } else {
        return this.activate_field();
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.results_option_build = function(options) {
      var content, data, data_content, shown_results, _i, _len, _ref;
      content = '';
      shown_results = 0;
      _ref = this.results_data;
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        data = _ref[_i];
        data_content = '';
        if (data.group) {
          data_content = this.result_add_group(data);
        } else {
          data_content = this.result_add_option(data);
        }
        if (data_content !== '') {
          shown_results++;
          content += data_content;
        }
        if (options != null ? options.first : void 0) {
          if (data.selected && this.is_multiple) {
            this.choice_build(data);
          } else if (data.selected && !this.is_multiple) {
            this.single_set_selected_text(this.choice_label(data));
          }
        }
        if (shown_results >= this.max_shown_results) {
          break;
        }
      }
      return content;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.result_add_option = function(option) {
      var classes, option_el;
      if (!option.search_match) {
        return '';
      }
      if (!this.include_option_in_results(option)) {
        return '';
      }
      classes = [];
      if (!option.disabled && !(option.selected && this.is_multiple)) {
        classes.push("active-result");
      }
      if (option.disabled && !(option.selected && this.is_multiple)) {
        classes.push("disabled-result");
      }
      if (option.selected) {
        classes.push("result-selected");
      }
      if (option.group_array_index != null) {
        classes.push("group-option");
      }
      if (option.classes !== "") {
        classes.push(option.classes);
      }
      option_el = document.createElement("li");
      option_el.className = classes.join(" ");
      option_el.style.cssText = option.style;
      option_el.setAttribute("data-option-array-index", option.array_index);
      option_el.innerHTML = option.search_text;
      if (option.title) {
        option_el.title = option.title;
      }
      return this.outerHTML(option_el);
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.result_add_group = function(group) {
      var classes, group_el;
      if (!(group.search_match || group.group_match)) {
        return '';
      }
      if (!(group.active_options > 0)) {
        return '';
      }
      classes = [];
      classes.push("group-result");
      if (group.classes) {
        classes.push(group.classes);
      }
      group_el = document.createElement("li");
      group_el.className = classes.join(" ");
      group_el.innerHTML = group.search_text;
      if (group.title) {
        group_el.title = group.title;
      }
      return this.outerHTML(group_el);
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.results_update_field = function() {
      this.set_default_text();
      if (!this.is_multiple) {
        this.results_reset_cleanup();
      }
      this.result_clear_highlight();
      this.results_build();
      if (this.results_showing) {
        return this.winnow_results();
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.reset_single_select_options = function() {
      var result, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
      _ref = this.results_data;
      _results = [];
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        result = _ref[_i];
        if (result.selected) {
          _results.push(result.selected = false);
        } else {
          _results.push(void 0);
        }
      }
      return _results;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.results_toggle = function() {
      if (this.results_showing) {
        return this.results_hide();
      } else {
        return this.results_show();
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.results_search = function(evt) {
      if (this.results_showing) {
        return this.winnow_results();
      } else {
        return this.results_show();
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.winnow_results = function() {
      var escapedSearchText, highlightRegex, option, regex, results, results_group, searchText, startpos, text, _i, _len, _ref;
      this.no_results_clear();
      results = 0;
      searchText = this.get_search_text();
      escapedSearchText = searchText.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&");
      regex = this.get_search_regex(escapedSearchText);
      highlightRegex = this.get_highlight_regex(escapedSearchText);
      _ref = this.results_data;
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        option = _ref[_i];
        option.search_match = false;
        results_group = null;
        if (this.include_option_in_results(option)) {
          if (option.group) {
            option.group_match = false;
            option.active_options = 0;
          }
          if ((option.group_array_index != null) && this.results_data[option.group_array_index]) {
            results_group = this.results_data[option.group_array_index];
            if (results_group.active_options === 0 && results_group.search_match) {
              results += 1;
            }
            results_group.active_options += 1;
          }
          option.search_text = option.group ? option.label : option.html;
          if (!(option.group && !this.group_search)) {
            option.search_match = this.search_string_match(option.search_text, regex);
            if (option.search_match && !option.group) {
              results += 1;
            }
            if (option.search_match) {
              if (searchText.length) {
                startpos = option.search_text.search(highlightRegex);
                text = option.search_text.substr(0, startpos + searchText.length) + '' + option.search_text.substr(startpos + searchText.length);
                option.search_text = text.substr(0, startpos) + '' + text.substr(startpos);
              }
              if (results_group != null) {
                results_group.group_match = true;
              }
            } else if ((option.group_array_index != null) && this.results_data[option.group_array_index].search_match) {
              option.search_match = true;
            }
          }
        }
      }
      this.result_clear_highlight();
      if (results < 1 && searchText.length) {
        this.update_results_content("");
        return this.no_results(searchText);
      } else {
        this.update_results_content(this.results_option_build());
        return this.winnow_results_set_highlight();
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.get_search_regex = function(escaped_search_string) {
      var regex_anchor, regex_flag;
      regex_anchor = this.search_contains ? "" : "^";
      regex_flag = this.case_sensitive_search ? "" : "i";
      return new RegExp(regex_anchor + escaped_search_string, regex_flag);
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.get_highlight_regex = function(escaped_search_string) {
      var regex_anchor, regex_flag;
      regex_anchor = this.search_contains ? "" : "\\b";
      regex_flag = this.case_sensitive_search ? "" : "i";
      return new RegExp(regex_anchor + escaped_search_string, regex_flag);
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.search_string_match = function(search_string, regex) {
      var part, parts, _i, _len;
      if (regex.test(search_string)) {
        return true;
      } else if (this.enable_split_word_search && (search_string.indexOf(" ") >= 0 || search_string.indexOf("[") === 0)) {
        parts = search_string.replace(/\[|\]/g, "").split(" ");
        if (parts.length) {
          for (_i = 0, _len = parts.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
            part = parts[_i];
            if (regex.test(part)) {
              return true;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.choices_count = function() {
      var option, _i, _len, _ref;
      if (this.selected_option_count != null) {
        return this.selected_option_count;
      }
      this.selected_option_count = 0;
      _ref = this.form_field.options;
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        option = _ref[_i];
        if (option.selected) {
          this.selected_option_count += 1;
        }
      }
      return this.selected_option_count;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.choices_click = function(evt) {
      evt.preventDefault();
      this.activate_field();
      if (!(this.results_showing || this.is_disabled)) {
        return this.results_show();
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.keydown_checker = function(evt) {
      var stroke, _ref;
      stroke = (_ref = evt.which) != null ? _ref : evt.keyCode;
      this.search_field_scale();
      if (stroke !== 8 && this.pending_backstroke) {
        this.clear_backstroke();
      }
      switch (stroke) {
        case 8:
          this.backstroke_length = this.get_search_field_value().length;
          break;
        case 9:
          if (this.results_showing && !this.is_multiple) {
            this.result_select(evt);
          }
          this.mouse_on_container = false;
          break;
        case 13:
          if (this.results_showing) {
            evt.preventDefault();
          }
          break;
        case 27:
          if (this.results_showing) {
            evt.preventDefault();
          }
          break;
        case 32:
          if (this.disable_search) {
            evt.preventDefault();
          }
          break;
        case 38:
          evt.preventDefault();
          this.keyup_arrow();
          break;
        case 40:
          evt.preventDefault();
          this.keydown_arrow();
          break;
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.keyup_checker = function(evt) {
      var stroke, _ref;
      stroke = (_ref = evt.which) != null ? _ref : evt.keyCode;
      this.search_field_scale();
      switch (stroke) {
        case 8:
          if (this.is_multiple && this.backstroke_length < 1 && this.choices_count() > 0) {
            this.keydown_backstroke();
          } else if (!this.pending_backstroke) {
            this.result_clear_highlight();
            this.results_search();
          }
          break;
        case 13:
          evt.preventDefault();
          if (this.results_showing) {
            this.result_select(evt);
          }
          break;
        case 27:
          if (this.results_showing) {
            this.results_hide();
          }
          break;
        case 9:
        case 16:
        case 17:
        case 18:
        case 38:
        case 40:
        case 91:
          break;
        default:
          this.results_search();
          break;
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.clipboard_event_checker = function(evt) {
      var _this = this;
      if (this.is_disabled) {
        return;
      }
      return setTimeout((function() {
        return _this.results_search();
      }), 50);
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.container_width = function() {
      if (this.options.width != null) {
        return this.options.width;
      } else {
        return "" + this.form_field.offsetWidth + "px";
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.include_option_in_results = function(option) {
      if (this.is_multiple && (!this.display_selected_options && option.selected)) {
        return false;
      }
      if (!this.display_disabled_options && option.disabled) {
        return false;
      }
      if (option.empty) {
        return false;
      }
      return true;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.search_results_touchstart = function(evt) {
      this.touch_started = true;
      return this.search_results_mouseover(evt);
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.search_results_touchmove = function(evt) {
      this.touch_started = false;
      return this.search_results_mouseout(evt);
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.search_results_touchend = function(evt) {
      if (this.touch_started) {
        return this.search_results_mouseup(evt);
      }
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.outerHTML = function(element) {
      var tmp;
      if (element.outerHTML) {
        return element.outerHTML;
      }
      tmp = document.createElement("div");
      tmp.appendChild(element);
      return tmp.innerHTML;
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.get_single_html = function() {
      return "\n  " + this.default_text + "\n

\n\n
\n
\n    <input class=\"chosen-search-input\" type=\"text\" autocomplete=\"off\" />\n
\n

\n
";
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.get_multi_html = function() {
      return "
\n
\n    <input class=\"chosen-search-input\" type=\"text\" autocomplete=\"off\" value=\"" + this.default_text + "\" />\n
\n
\n
\n

\n
";
    };

    AbstractChosen.prototype.get_no_results_html = function(terms) {
      return "
\n  " + this.results_none_found + " " + terms + "\n
";
    };

    AbstractChosen.browser_is_supported = function() {
      if ("Microsoft Internet Explorer" === window.navigator.appName) {
        return document.documentMode >= 8;
      }
      if (/iP(od|hone)/i.test(window.navigator.userAgent) || /IEMobile/i.test(window.navigator.userAgent) || /Windows Phone/i.test(window.navigator.userAgent) || /BlackBerry/i.test(window.navigator.userAgent) || /BB10/i.test(window.navigator.userAgent) || /Android.*Mobile/i.test(window.navigator.userAgent)) {
        return false;
      }
      return true;
    };

    AbstractChosen.default_multiple_text = "Select Some Options";

    AbstractChosen.default_single_text = "Select an Option";

    AbstractChosen.default_no_result_text = "No results match";

    return AbstractChosen;

  })();

  this.Chosen = (function(_super) {
    var triggerHtmlEvent;

    __extends(Chosen, _super);

    function Chosen() {
      _ref = Chosen.__super__.constructor.apply(this, arguments);
      return _ref;
    }

    Chosen.prototype.setup = function() {
      return this.current_selectedIndex = this.form_field.selectedIndex;
    };

    Chosen.prototype.set_default_values = function() {
      Chosen.__super__.set_default_values.call(this);
      return this.no_results_temp = new Template(this.get_no_results_html('#{terms}'));
    };

    Chosen.prototype.set_up_html = function() {
      var container_classes, container_props;
      container_classes = ["chosen-container"];
      container_classes.push("chosen-container-" + (this.is_multiple ? "multi" : "single"));
      if (this.inherit_select_classes && this.form_field.className) {
        container_classes.push(this.form_field.className);
      }
      if (this.is_rtl) {
        container_classes.push("chosen-rtl");
      }
      container_props = {
        'class': container_classes.join(' '),
        'title': this.form_field.title
      };
      if (this.form_field.id.length) {
        container_props.id = this.form_field.id.replace(/[^\w]/g, '_') + "_chosen";
      }
      this.container = new Element('div', container_props);
      this.container.setStyle({
        width: this.container_width()
      });
      if (this.is_multiple) {
        this.container.update(this.get_multi_html());
      } else {
        this.container.update(this.get_single_html());
      }
      this.form_field.hide().insert({
        after: this.container
      });
      this.dropdown = this.container.down('div.chosen-drop');
      this.search_field = this.container.down('input');
      this.search_results = this.container.down('ul.chosen-results');
      this.search_field_scale();
      this.search_no_results = this.container.down('li.no-results');
      if (this.is_multiple) {
        this.search_choices = this.container.down('ul.chosen-choices');
        this.search_container = this.container.down('li.search-field');
      } else {
        this.search_container = this.container.down('div.chosen-search');
        this.selected_item = this.container.down('.chosen-single');
      }
      this.results_build();
      this.set_tab_index();
      return this.set_label_behavior();
    };

    Chosen.prototype.on_ready = function() {
      return this.form_field.fire("chosen:ready", {
        chosen: this
      });
    };

    Chosen.prototype.register_observers = function() {
      var _this = this;
      this.container.observe("touchstart", function(evt) {
        return _this.container_mousedown(evt);
      });
      this.container.observe("touchend", function(evt) {
        return _this.container_mouseup(evt);
      });
      this.container.observe("mousedown", function(evt) {
        return _this.container_mousedown(evt);
      });
      this.container.observe("mouseup", function(evt) {
        return _this.container_mouseup(evt);
      });
      this.container.observe("mouseenter", function(evt) {
        return _this.mouse_enter(evt);
      });
      this.container.observe("mouseleave", function(evt) {
        return _this.mouse_leave(evt);
      });
      this.search_results.observe("mouseup", function(evt) {
        return _this.search_results_mouseup(evt);
      });
      this.search_results.observe("mouseover", function(evt) {
        return _this.search_results_mouseover(evt);
      });
      this.search_results.observe("mouseout", function(evt) {
        return _this.search_results_mouseout(evt);
      });
      this.search_results.observe("mousewheel", function(evt) {
        return _this.search_results_mousewheel(evt);
      });
      this.search_results.observe("DOMMouseScroll", function(evt) {
        return _this.search_results_mousewheel(evt);
      });
      this.search_results.observe("touchstart", function(evt) {
        return _this.search_results_touchstart(evt);
      });
      this.search_results.observe("touchmove", function(evt) {
        return _this.search_results_touchmove(evt);
      });
      this.search_results.observe("touchend", function(evt) {
        return _this.search_results_touchend(evt);
      });
      this.form_field.observe("chosen:updated", function(evt) {
        return _this.results_update_field(evt);
      });
      this.form_field.observe("chosen:activate", function(evt) {
        return _this.activate_field(evt);
      });
      this.form_field.observe("chosen:open", function(evt) {
        return _this.container_mousedown(evt);
      });
      this.form_field.observe("chosen:close", function(evt) {
        return _this.close_field(evt);
      });
      this.search_field.observe("blur", function(evt) {
        return _this.input_blur(evt);
      });
      this.search_field.observe("keyup", function(evt) {
        return _this.keyup_checker(evt);
      });
      this.search_field.observe("keydown", function(evt) {
        return _this.keydown_checker(evt);
      });
      this.search_field.observe("focus", function(evt) {
        return _this.input_focus(evt);
      });
      this.search_field.observe("cut", function(evt) {
        return _this.clipboard_event_checker(evt);
      });
      this.search_field.observe("paste", function(evt) {
        return _this.clipboard_event_checker(evt);
      });
      if (this.is_multiple) {
        return this.search_choices.observe("click", function(evt) {
          return _this.choices_click(evt);
        });
      } else {
        return this.container.observe("click", function(evt) {
          return evt.preventDefault();
        });
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.destroy = function() {
      var event, _i, _len, _ref1;
      this.container.ownerDocument.stopObserving("click", this.click_test_action);
      _ref1 = ['chosen:updated', 'chosen:activate', 'chosen:open', 'chosen:close'];
      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref1.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        event = _ref1[_i];
        this.form_field.stopObserving(event);
      }
      this.container.stopObserving();
      this.search_results.stopObserving();
      this.search_field.stopObserving();
      if (this.form_field_label != null) {
        this.form_field_label.stopObserving();
      }
      if (this.is_multiple) {
        this.search_choices.stopObserving();
        this.container.select(".search-choice-close").each(function(choice) {
          return choice.stopObserving();
        });
      } else {
        this.selected_item.stopObserving();
      }
      if (this.search_field.tabIndex) {
        this.form_field.tabIndex = this.search_field.tabIndex;
      }
      this.container.remove();
      return this.form_field.show();
    };

    Chosen.prototype.search_field_disabled = function() {
      var _ref1;
      this.is_disabled = this.form_field.disabled || ((_ref1 = this.form_field.up('fieldset')) != null ? _ref1.disabled : void 0) || false;
      if (this.is_disabled) {
        this.container.addClassName('chosen-disabled');
      } else {
        this.container.removeClassName('chosen-disabled');
      }
      this.search_field.disabled = this.is_disabled;
      if (!this.is_multiple) {
        this.selected_item.stopObserving('focus', this.activate_field);
      }
      if (this.is_disabled) {
        return this.close_field();
      } else if (!this.is_multiple) {
        return this.selected_item.observe('focus', this.activate_field);
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.container_mousedown = function(evt) {
      var _ref1;
      if (this.is_disabled) {
        return;
      }
      if (evt && ((_ref1 = evt.type) === 'mousedown' || _ref1 === 'touchstart') && !this.results_showing) {
        evt.preventDefault();
      }
      if (!((evt != null) && evt.target.hasClassName("search-choice-close"))) {
        if (!this.active_field) {
          if (this.is_multiple) {
            this.search_field.clear();
          }
          this.container.ownerDocument.observe("click", this.click_test_action);
          this.results_show();
        } else if (!this.is_multiple && evt && (evt.target === this.selected_item || evt.target.up("a.chosen-single"))) {
          this.results_toggle();
        }
        return this.activate_field();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.container_mouseup = function(evt) {
      if (evt.target.nodeName === "ABBR" && !this.is_disabled) {
        return this.results_reset(evt);
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.search_results_mousewheel = function(evt) {
      var delta;
      delta = evt.deltaY || -evt.wheelDelta || evt.detail;
      if (delta != null) {
        evt.preventDefault();
        if (evt.type === 'DOMMouseScroll') {
          delta = delta * 40;
        }
        return this.search_results.scrollTop = delta + this.search_results.scrollTop;
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.blur_test = function(evt) {
      if (!this.active_field && this.container.hasClassName("chosen-container-active")) {
        return this.close_field();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.close_field = function() {
      this.container.ownerDocument.stopObserving("click", this.click_test_action);
      this.active_field = false;
      this.results_hide();
      this.container.removeClassName("chosen-container-active");
      this.clear_backstroke();
      this.show_search_field_default();
      this.search_field_scale();
      return this.search_field.blur();
    };

    Chosen.prototype.activate_field = function() {
      if (this.is_disabled) {
        return;
      }
      this.container.addClassName("chosen-container-active");
      this.active_field = true;
      this.search_field.value = this.get_search_field_value();
      return this.search_field.focus();
    };

    Chosen.prototype.test_active_click = function(evt) {
      if (evt.target.up('.chosen-container') === this.container) {
        return this.active_field = true;
      } else {
        return this.close_field();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.results_build = function() {
      this.parsing = true;
      this.selected_option_count = null;
      this.results_data = SelectParser.select_to_array(this.form_field);
      if (this.is_multiple) {
        this.search_choices.select("li.search-choice").invoke("remove");
      } else if (!this.is_multiple) {
        this.single_set_selected_text();
        if (this.disable_search || this.form_field.options.length <= this.disable_search_threshold) {
          this.search_field.readOnly = true;
          this.container.addClassName("chosen-container-single-nosearch");
        } else {
          this.search_field.readOnly = false;
          this.container.removeClassName("chosen-container-single-nosearch");
        }
      }
      this.update_results_content(this.results_option_build({
        first: true
      }));
      this.search_field_disabled();
      this.show_search_field_default();
      this.search_field_scale();
      return this.parsing = false;
    };

    Chosen.prototype.result_do_highlight = function(el) {
      var high_bottom, high_top, maxHeight, visible_bottom, visible_top;
      this.result_clear_highlight();
      this.result_highlight = el;
      this.result_highlight.addClassName("highlighted");
      maxHeight = parseInt(this.search_results.getStyle('maxHeight'), 10);
      visible_top = this.search_results.scrollTop;
      visible_bottom = maxHeight + visible_top;
      high_top = this.result_highlight.positionedOffset().top;
      high_bottom = high_top + this.result_highlight.getHeight();
      if (high_bottom >= visible_bottom) {
        return this.search_results.scrollTop = (high_bottom - maxHeight) > 0 ? high_bottom - maxHeight : 0;
      } else if (high_top < visible_top) {
        return this.search_results.scrollTop = high_top;
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.result_clear_highlight = function() {
      if (this.result_highlight) {
        this.result_highlight.removeClassName('highlighted');
      }
      return this.result_highlight = null;
    };

    Chosen.prototype.results_show = function() {
      if (this.is_multiple && this.max_selected_options <= this.choices_count()) {
        this.form_field.fire("chosen:maxselected", {
          chosen: this
        });
        return false;
      }
      this.container.addClassName("chosen-with-drop");
      this.results_showing = true;
      this.search_field.focus();
      this.search_field.value = this.get_search_field_value();
      this.winnow_results();
      return this.form_field.fire("chosen:showing_dropdown", {
        chosen: this
      });
    };

    Chosen.prototype.update_results_content = function(content) {
      return this.search_results.update(content);
    };

    Chosen.prototype.results_hide = function() {
      if (this.results_showing) {
        this.result_clear_highlight();
        this.container.removeClassName("chosen-with-drop");
        this.form_field.fire("chosen:hiding_dropdown", {
          chosen: this
        });
      }
      return this.results_showing = false;
    };

    Chosen.prototype.set_tab_index = function(el) {
      var ti;
      if (this.form_field.tabIndex) {
        ti = this.form_field.tabIndex;
        this.form_field.tabIndex = -1;
        return this.search_field.tabIndex = ti;
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.set_label_behavior = function() {
      this.form_field_label = this.form_field.up("label");
      if (this.form_field_label == null) {
        this.form_field_label = $$("label[for='" + this.form_field.id + "']").first();
      }
      if (this.form_field_label != null) {
        return this.form_field_label.observe("click", this.label_click_handler);
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.show_search_field_default = function() {
      if (this.is_multiple && this.choices_count() < 1 && !this.active_field) {
        this.search_field.value = this.default_text;
        return this.search_field.addClassName("default");
      } else {
        this.search_field.value = "";
        return this.search_field.removeClassName("default");
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.search_results_mouseup = function(evt) {
      var target;
      target = evt.target.hasClassName("active-result") ? evt.target : evt.target.up(".active-result");
      if (target) {
        this.result_highlight = target;
        this.result_select(evt);
        return this.search_field.focus();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.search_results_mouseover = function(evt) {
      var target;
      target = evt.target.hasClassName("active-result") ? evt.target : evt.target.up(".active-result");
      if (target) {
        return this.result_do_highlight(target);
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.search_results_mouseout = function(evt) {
      if (evt.target.hasClassName('active-result') || evt.target.up('.active-result')) {
        return this.result_clear_highlight();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.choice_build = function(item) {
      var choice, close_link,
        _this = this;
      choice = new Element('li', {
        "class": "search-choice"
      }).update("" + (this.choice_label(item)) + "");
      if (item.disabled) {
        choice.addClassName('search-choice-disabled');
      } else {
        close_link = new Element('a', {
          href: '#',
          "class": 'search-choice-close',
          rel: item.array_index
        });
        close_link.observe("click", function(evt) {
          return _this.choice_destroy_link_click(evt);
        });
        choice.insert(close_link);
      }
      return this.search_container.insert({
        before: choice
      });
    };

    Chosen.prototype.choice_destroy_link_click = function(evt) {
      evt.preventDefault();
      evt.stopPropagation();
      if (!this.is_disabled) {
        return this.choice_destroy(evt.target);
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.choice_destroy = function(link) {
      if (this.result_deselect(link.readAttribute("rel"))) {
        if (this.active_field) {
          this.search_field.focus();
        } else {
          this.show_search_field_default();
        }
        if (this.is_multiple && this.choices_count() > 0 && this.get_search_field_value().length < 1) {
          this.results_hide();
        }
        link.up('li').remove();
        return this.search_field_scale();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.results_reset = function() {
      this.reset_single_select_options();
      this.form_field.options[0].selected = true;
      this.single_set_selected_text();
      this.show_search_field_default();
      this.results_reset_cleanup();
      this.trigger_form_field_change();
      if (this.active_field) {
        return this.results_hide();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.results_reset_cleanup = function() {
      var deselect_trigger;
      this.current_selectedIndex = this.form_field.selectedIndex;
      deselect_trigger = this.selected_item.down("abbr");
      if (deselect_trigger) {
        return deselect_trigger.remove();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.result_select = function(evt) {
      var high, item;
      if (this.result_highlight) {
        high = this.result_highlight;
        this.result_clear_highlight();
        if (this.is_multiple && this.max_selected_options <= this.choices_count()) {
          this.form_field.fire("chosen:maxselected", {
            chosen: this
          });
          return false;
        }
        if (this.is_multiple) {
          high.removeClassName("active-result");
        } else {
          this.reset_single_select_options();
        }
        high.addClassName("result-selected");
        item = this.results_data[high.getAttribute("data-option-array-index")];
        item.selected = true;
        this.form_field.options[item.options_index].selected = true;
        this.selected_option_count = null;
        if (this.is_multiple) {
          this.choice_build(item);
        } else {
          this.single_set_selected_text(this.choice_label(item));
        }
        if (!(this.is_multiple && (!this.hide_results_on_select || (evt.metaKey || evt.ctrlKey)))) {
          this.results_hide();
          this.show_search_field_default();
        }
        if (this.is_multiple || this.form_field.selectedIndex !== this.current_selectedIndex) {
          this.trigger_form_field_change();
        }
        this.current_selectedIndex = this.form_field.selectedIndex;
        evt.preventDefault();
        return this.search_field_scale();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.single_set_selected_text = function(text) {
      if (text == null) {
        text = this.default_text;
      }
      if (text === this.default_text) {
        this.selected_item.addClassName("chosen-default");
      } else {
        this.single_deselect_control_build();
        this.selected_item.removeClassName("chosen-default");
      }
      return this.selected_item.down("span").update(text);
    };

    Chosen.prototype.result_deselect = function(pos) {
      var result_data;
      result_data = this.results_data[pos];
      if (!this.form_field.options[result_data.options_index].disabled) {
        result_data.selected = false;
        this.form_field.options[result_data.options_index].selected = false;
        this.selected_option_count = null;
        this.result_clear_highlight();
        if (this.results_showing) {
          this.winnow_results();
        }
        this.trigger_form_field_change();
        this.search_field_scale();
        return true;
      } else {
        return false;
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.single_deselect_control_build = function() {
      if (!this.allow_single_deselect) {
        return;
      }
      if (!this.selected_item.down("abbr")) {
        this.selected_item.down("span").insert({
          after: ""
        });
      }
      return this.selected_item.addClassName("chosen-single-with-deselect");
    };

    Chosen.prototype.get_search_field_value = function() {
      return this.search_field.value;
    };

    Chosen.prototype.get_search_text = function() {
      return this.escape_html(this.get_search_field_value().strip());
    };

    Chosen.prototype.escape_html = function(text) {
      return text.escapeHTML();
    };

    Chosen.prototype.winnow_results_set_highlight = function() {
      var do_high;
      if (!this.is_multiple) {
        do_high = this.search_results.down(".result-selected.active-result");
      }
      if (do_high == null) {
        do_high = this.search_results.down(".active-result");
      }
      if (do_high != null) {
        return this.result_do_highlight(do_high);
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.no_results = function(terms) {
      this.search_results.insert(this.no_results_temp.evaluate({
        terms: terms
      }));
      return this.form_field.fire("chosen:no_results", {
        chosen: this
      });
    };

    Chosen.prototype.no_results_clear = function() {
      var nr, _results;
      nr = null;
      _results = [];
      while (nr = this.search_results.down(".no-results")) {
        _results.push(nr.remove());
      }
      return _results;
    };

    Chosen.prototype.keydown_arrow = function() {
      var next_sib;
      if (this.results_showing && this.result_highlight) {
        next_sib = this.result_highlight.next('.active-result');
        if (next_sib) {
          return this.result_do_highlight(next_sib);
        }
      } else {
        return this.results_show();
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.keyup_arrow = function() {
      var actives, prevs, sibs;
      if (!this.results_showing && !this.is_multiple) {
        return this.results_show();
      } else if (this.result_highlight) {
        sibs = this.result_highlight.previousSiblings();
        actives = this.search_results.select("li.active-result");
        prevs = sibs.intersect(actives);
        if (prevs.length) {
          return this.result_do_highlight(prevs.first());
        } else {
          if (this.choices_count() > 0) {
            this.results_hide();
          }
          return this.result_clear_highlight();
        }
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.keydown_backstroke = function() {
      var next_available_destroy;
      if (this.pending_backstroke) {
        this.choice_destroy(this.pending_backstroke.down("a"));
        return this.clear_backstroke();
      } else {
        next_available_destroy = this.search_container.siblings().last();
        if (next_available_destroy && next_available_destroy.hasClassName("search-choice") && !next_available_destroy.hasClassName("search-choice-disabled")) {
          this.pending_backstroke = next_available_destroy;
          if (this.pending_backstroke) {
            this.pending_backstroke.addClassName("search-choice-focus");
          }
          if (this.single_backstroke_delete) {
            return this.keydown_backstroke();
          } else {
            return this.pending_backstroke.addClassName("search-choice-focus");
          }
        }
      }
    };

    Chosen.prototype.clear_backstroke = function() {
      if (this.pending_backstroke) {
        this.pending_backstroke.removeClassName("search-choice-focus");
      }
      return this.pending_backstroke = null;
    };

    Chosen.prototype.search_field_scale = function() {
      var container_width, div, style, style_block, styles, width, _i, _len;
      if (!this.is_multiple) {
        return;
      }
      style_block = {
        position: 'absolute',
        left: '-1000px',
        top: '-1000px',
        display: 'none',
        whiteSpace: 'pre'
      };
      styles = ['fontSize', 'fontStyle', 'fontWeight', 'fontFamily', 'lineHeight', 'textTransform', 'letterSpacing'];
      for (_i = 0, _len = styles.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        style = styles[_i];
        style_block[style] = this.search_field.getStyle(style);
      }
      div = new Element('div').update(this.escape_html(this.get_search_field_value()));
      div.setStyle(style_block);
      document.body.appendChild(div);
      width = div.measure('width') + 25;
      div.remove();
      container_width = this.container.getWidth();
      width = Math.min(container_width - 10, width);
      return this.search_field.setStyle({
        width: width + 'px'
      });
    };

    Chosen.prototype.trigger_form_field_change = function() {
      triggerHtmlEvent(this.form_field, 'input');
      return triggerHtmlEvent(this.form_field, 'change');
    };

    triggerHtmlEvent = function(element, eventType) {
      var evt;
      if (element.dispatchEvent) {
        try {
          evt = new Event(eventType, {
            bubbles: true,
            cancelable: true
          });
        } catch (_error) {
          evt = document.createEvent('HTMLEvents');
          evt.initEvent(eventType, true, true);
        }
        return element.dispatchEvent(evt);
      } else {
        return element.fireEvent("on" + eventType, document.createEventObject());
      }
    };

    return Chosen;

  })(AbstractChosen);

}).call(this);

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Jan Willem Nienhuys (born 16 April 1942) is a Dutch mathematician, book translator and skeptic. He taught mathematics at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He is also a board member and secretary of Stichting Skepsis and an editor of its magazine Skepter.

Biography
Nienhuys studied mathematics in the Netherlands, and in 1966/67 at Tulane University in New Orleans, where he met his future wife. On 14 September 1970, he earned his doctorate in mathematics at Utrecht University under guidance of his promotor Hans Freudenthal. His dissertation was published the same year in the journal Indagationes Mathematicae (Proceedings). Next, he was mathematics teacher for two years at the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. Since 1973, he taught mathematics at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Furthermore, Nienhuys assisted several writers in completing their books, and translated books to Dutch.

Nienhuys married Cheng Shan-Hwei and they have two sons. She was born in Sichuan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and was raised in Taiwan, where she studied mathematics as well, finishing her studies in the United States. Then she taught informatics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Furthermore, she is director of the Chinese School Eindhoven. The couple published an article together in 1979, Onwaar versus onzinnig in the Dutch journal Euclides, and co-authored a book about China, China: Geschiedenis, Cultuur, Wetenschap, Kunst En Politiek (2007).

Skepticism
Nienhuys is a prolific skeptic. Amongst other things he has written several articles on pseudoscience, mainly about quackery such as homeopathy and the anti-vaccination movement. Since the late 1980s he has served as board member and since 2003 secretary of Stichting Skepsis. Moreover, Nienhuys writes articles as editorial staff member of the magazine Skepter. From July 2008 until 6 November 2010, he was editor-in-chief of the website of the Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij.

In 1983, Nienhuys criticised the confluence model of Robert B. Zajonc and Gregory B. Markus. This mathematical model would serve as proof that a connection existed between the order of birth and intelligence to the advantage of the firstborn, as Lillian Belmont and Francis A. Marolla concluded in 1973 from a registration of the Dutch armed forces. This record consisted of the data of nearly 400,000 19-year-old men born in the period 1944–1947, originally collected to investigate the effects of the Hunger Winter (1944–1945) on mental and physical development. According to Nienhuys, Zajonc and Markus's model contained errors in the logic, calculations and methodology used.

Since 2010, Nienhuys has been a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He often lectures at skeptical conferences such as Skepsis congresses and SKEPP conventions. On 4 October 2014, Nienhuys received the Gebroeders Bruinsma Erepenning, an award of the Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij. The society praised Nienhuys for his "enormous engagement, an amazing ability to quickly master certain issues, an enormous productivity and an unparalleled accuracy."

Works
Author
 De Bruijn's combinatorics: Classroom notes (2011).

Co-author
 China: Geschiedenis, Cultuur, Wetenschap, Kunst En Politiek (2007), with Shan-Hwei Nienhuys-Cheng. ;
 Tussen Waarheid en Waanzin: een Encyclopedie der Pseudo-Wetenschappen (1997), with Marcel Hulspas. ;
 Discrete wiskunde (1991), with Jack H. van Lint. ;
 Programmeren met Pascal (1988), with Shan-Hwei Nienhuys-Cheng. .

Contributions
 Leugens over Louwes: Deventer moordzaak (2011), Ton Derksen. ;
 The Mars Effect: A French test of over 1 000 sports champions (1996), Claude Benski et al. .

Translations
Nienhuys has translated many popular science books to Dutch, including:
 Poincaré: wiskundige en filosoof (2013), Umberto Bottazzini. ;
 Turing: bouwer van de eerste computers (2010), Jean Lassègue. ;
 De Natuurwetten: van Archimedes tot Hawking (2010), Clifford A. Pickover. ;
 Wetenschap en Islam: Verslag Van Een Vergeten Bloeiperiode (2009), Ehsan Masood. .

Scientific publications

References

External links

 Publications of Jan Willem Nienhuys in the catalogue of the Eindhoven University of Technology
 Jan Willem Nienhuys in the Poortmans repertorium
 Jan Willem Nienhuys in the Ghent University Library

1942 births
Living people
20th-century Dutch mathematicians
Dutch skeptics
Utrecht University alumni
Scientists from The Hague

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It's our weekly round-up of all the Disney Parks news to come out within the past 7 days! No rumours or hearsay…just good old-fashioned official Disney announcements (and our personal commentary), broken down into bite-sized pieces so you can get all of the important info right at your fingertips. So, without further ado, please enjoy the September 16th, 2019 edition of New Week, New Dis!
Arendelle Aqua
Let's get this worldwide story out, right off the bat. This week, the newest Disney signature colour debuted in every one of the Disney Parks. Personally, it's my favourite so far, though I'm admittedly a terrible judge of colours. Lauren picked up ears in Arendelle Aqua this week and had the most covetous of glances sent her way as guests and cast members alike were already planning their future purchase of something in this colour line. Along with the merchandise, exclusive treats popped up around the parks as well with cookies, churros, and even soft-serve started sporting the Arendelle Aqua!
Add this colour to the growing list of signature colours Disney has amassed in the past few years:
Briar Rose Gold
Potion Purple
Imagination Pink
Magic Mirror Metallic
And now Arendelle Aqua
I'm not a betting man, but if the next colour comes out as some sort of Enchanted Emerald Green, I'll look like a genius.
Now onto the other news:
Beauty and the Beast Lounge Details
We have a name! "Enchanted Rose" will open this Fall at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. The reimagined lounge on the 2nd floor above the lobby will be home to four unique spaces inspired by Belle and the Beast.
The main focal point in the lounge will be an enormous chandelier inspired by Belle's signature golden yellow ball gown. The other 3 spaces will be a garden room (based on the enchanted forest around the castle), an outdoor patio and a library.
If you're expecting a heavy influence of the classic animated Beauty and the Beast, this lounge will offer a much more subtle approach. You'll see nods to the theming and inspiration derived from the movies, both live action and animated, but you won't see Lumiere in the corner. Instead, this elegant lounge will offer signature menu items, and more exclusive cocktails that drive the theme home.
I'm not sure if the fans of classic Beauty and the Beast will be disappointed in this interpretation of the theming. There was a moment when the reimagining was announced, that we thought there might possibly be another spot to get our Beauty and the Beast fill, without struggling to find a Be Our Guest reservation. That being said, I still think the subtle theme and overall elegance will make this a great place to relax…just know that it's nowhere near the immersion of Be Our Guest in the Magic Kingdom.
More Walt Disney Transportation Bus Wraps
If you have been lucky enough to visit Walt Disney World recently, you may have noticed a few new buses driving around, featuring Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto. Well, Disney is rolling out additional new designs to be wrapped around the resort buses.
The Lion King, Monsters Inc., Moana and even Frozen are all getting the bus treatment, with beautiful new designs soon to be seen on the streets of Walt Disney World. Of course, these new looks also come with a new bus inside. New blue seats and laminate flooring make the new buses sleek and current, especially with the addition of USB charging ports for your devices.
We just returned from the Most Magical Place on Earth and I have to say, the new buses are a surprising sight for sore eyes. I never had a problem with the old buses, but as I've learned, it's because we didn't know what we could be having. The new buses are so whimsical and likely will add a splash of creativity to your trip to the parks. The insides still have that new bus smell! Plus, for someone who's phone inexplicably loses all of its battery power while visiting the parks, the charging ports will be critical for park hopping or an evening jaunt to Disney Springs.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Ride Vehicles Revealed
When the attraction was discussed at D23 this year, it was confirmed that this roller coaster will also feature cars that spin a full 360° to give guests a view of the action. It's also going to be Disney's first "reverse-launch" coaster! We don't know much more about the plot or the focal points of the ride, but Walt Disney Imagineering did release a photo (and a seriously overly epic video) of the ride vehicles.
I love the colour scheme and the motion, but it has to be said that I think the only reason we're getting this announcement as "news" is because someone posted a picture online of the vehicles being sent for testing and rather than let someone ruin the surprise, Disney Imagineering got ahead of it by releasing much better photos and the aforementioned overly epic video, which can be seen here if your interest has been piqued!
Animal Kingdom Open for NYE
This New Year's Eve will mark the first time that Disney's Animal Kingdom is open until midnight to celebrate the coming of 2020. Now all 4 theme parks will offer guests the opportunity to ring in the new year in their favourite spots.
In Animal Kingdom, DJs will get the party moving in Asia, Discovery Island and DinoLand U.S.A. New Year's Eve-themed food and drinks will be available throughout the night and as midnight comes close, guests will be invited to the Tree of Life where music and lighting displays will signal the start of 2020.
The Holidays will be a big deal for Animal Kingdom this year as previous news came out about the new additions to the park for the season (check out our New Week, New Dis! from that announcement). I'm glad to see Animal Kingdom offering something for guests on that particular evening.
Magic Kingdom reaches its guest capacity early in the day on New Year's Eve and by all accounts, Hollywood Studios and Epcot are getting equally busy. Plus, I think there are definitely a group of guests who really identify with Animal Kingdom as their favourite park, so who wouldn't want to spend a magical midnight in their favourite place?
Plaza de la Familia Returns
Coming back to Disney California Adventure Park is the seasonal celebration Plaza de la Familia. Based on the Pixar film Coco, this event features live performances, arts and crafts activities for the whole family and deliciosa Mexican food.
"A Musical Celebration of Coco" returns with the incredible puppets and storytellers alongside singing host Mateo and his accompaniment the Mariachi Divas. New this year is a mural for guests to take pictures with. "Recuérdame" ("Remember Me"), depicts the themes explored by the Plaza de la Familia storytellers.
Plaza de la Familia runs from September 6th just past Día de los Muertos on November 3rd, 2019.
I love the rich artistic styles evoked through this festival. I honestly think there should be more of a permanent Coco presence in Disneyland California and more of a presence outdoors in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot. Coco has such wonderful themes of family and memories…and that's such an important reminder as guests travel throughout the parks.
New Pedestrian Bridge between Resort Parking and Downtown Disney
Not so much of a wow factor news piece, but definitely important all the same. Disney has opened their pedestrian bridge over Magic Way on the West side of the Disneyland Resort.
Now guests can either take the resort tram from the Mickey & Friends and Pixar Pals parking structures, or they can walk across the 174-foot (53 metre) bridge, through Downtown Disney and onto the Main Entrance esplanade. All in all, it's a great addition, giving guests an alternative to waiting for a tram and an opportunity to catch a quick glance of Downtown Disney along the way.
A Marvel Hotel
Announced this week, Disneyland Paris will be opening a brand-new hotel, called "Disney's Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel". With more of an Art Deco approach to the styling, the hotel will have Marvel art at the forefront of all its design. When it opens in Summer 2020, it will be the home to one of the largest public collections of Marvel artwork in the world. All of this adds to the already announced Avengers Campus, set to open in phases in 2021 in the Walt Disney Studios Park. Guests wishing to book a star at Disney's Hotel New York, can begin November 5th 2019!
I love to see Disney sharing the Marvel Universe around, worldwide. There are several reasons why Disney isn't going to (or isn't able to) share the same cast of characters in Florida, but I believe that the likely success of Guardians of the Galaxy in Epcot will give us hope for more in Walt Disney World. In the meantime, you can get your future Avengers kick by booking a trip to the nearest of the 3 destinations opening an Avengers Campus – Disneyland in California, Disneyland Paris, or Hong Kong Disneyland.
Frozen-Themed Land Details
We've also known for a while about the Frozen-themed land also coming to Disneyland Paris as a part of the major expansion. This week, we got a glimpse of some of the magic to come!
Firstly, "Frozen: A Musical Invitation" is set to debut Nov 17, 2019. This interactive adventure transports guests to Arendelle to play and interact with their favourite characters over a series of stages.
Secondly, guests will be delighted by a new Frozen show, "Frozen Celebration". Taking place along the parade route, Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven will be joined with incredible acrobats and dancers, along with a beautiful new float. Taking place 4 times a day, this performance doesn't replace "Disney Stars on Parade" since many of the Frozen characters will also be featured in the parade on a Frozen-themed float. This is an exclusive event that runs from January 11th to May 3rd, 2020.
This seems like a great way to get guests excited for the Frozen-themed land, but I would certainly hope there are more announcements on the way, specifically in the attraction department.
With a recent announcement at D23 that Hong Kong Disneyland was getting not one, but two Frozen-themed attractions, I can't help but feel like Disneyland Paris can't exactly be left in the lurch. Sure, one of the attractions in Hong Kong Disneyland is a duplication of "Frozen Ever After" in Epcot. And sure, the other attraction looks similar (but will likely operate quite differently) to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Paris deserves one or both of these attractions, or my personal preference…an innovative attraction unique to Disneyland Paris…one can only dream!

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Westlife's Mark And Nicky Interview
Popjustice caught up with Westlife stars Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne, where they were asked what people thought about veteran boy band. "People think stools, suits and cover versions," Mark responded. Nicky added, "From the outside in – actually from the inside out as well – I can see why people think some of the things they do about Westlife. The black suits and everything, it's as exciting as watching paint dry, but when you get into Westlife, when you know us personally, when you come to see our live shows it's the complete opposite." Read more.
October 19, 2007 Jeff C News 1 Comment
Westlife 'Home' Video
Westlife are out with the music video to their new single 'Home', from the Irish boy band's ninth album 'Back Home', out November 5th. Watch it below.
October 9, 2007 Jeff C Multimedia No Comments
Nicky Byrne's Twin Boys Get Baptized
Nicky Byrne of Westlife and his wife Georgina were spotted at The Church of St. Sylvester for the baptism of their twin boys, Jay and Rocco on Sunday (July 15) in Malahide, Ireland.
July 19, 2007 Jeff C News 1 Comment
Nicky Byrne And Wife With Twin Boys In Malahide
Westlife's Nicky Byrne and wife Georgina Aherne were photographed with their newborn twins Rocco and Jay at Grand Hotel in Malahide, Ireland on Sunday (May 27). Check out pictures from RexFeatures.
May 30, 2007 Jeff C Photos 1 Comment
Nicky Byrne And Wife Leave Maternity Hospital
Westlife's Nicky Byrne and his wife Georgina Byrne were spotted leaving Holles Street Maternity Hospital after the recent birth of twin boys on Thursday (April 26) in Dublin, Ireland.
May 1, 2007 Jeff C Uncategorized 2 Comments
Proud Papa Nicky Byrne Leaving Dublin Hospital For Westlife Gig
Nicky Byrne was spotted leaving Holles Street Baby Hospital to perform with Westlife after his wife Georgina gave birth to twin sons Rocco and Jay on Friday (April 20) in Dublin, Ireland.
April 24, 2007 Jeff C News No Comments
Westlife Held Over In Sydney
The Mirror reports hydraulics problems forced Westlife and fellow Qantas passengers to stay in Sydney another night on Sunday and instead depart on Monday. "The lads were told that cars would take everyone to hotels but none turned up," a source revealed. "They had to track down someone from their record company to book a car – which arrived over two hours later. Because of the time difference they hadn't even been able to find out where their album had charted. So they rang their manager Louis Walsh and woke him up." After getting news they had edged Oasis to top the UK album charts, the veteran boy band was too tired to party.
November 29, 2006 Jeff C Gossip No Comments
Take That Hope To Knock Westlife Off UK Album Perch
Take That's Gary Barlow spoke with The Sun about their hopes to knock rival boy band Westlife off the top of the UK album chart with 'Beautiful World'. "We will do our best to knock Westlife off #1 but it's a tough job," he said. "They have sold so many albums it's quite unbelievable. I don't know who is buying it, but we will do what we can to make ours #1." Read more.
November 28, 2006 Jeff C Uncategorized 1 Comment
Take That's Barlow Takes Hits At Robbie Williams & Westlife
The Sun caught up with Take That, where Gary Barlow weighed in on former bandmate Robbie Williams' new album. "I didn't like 'Rudebox' at all," he said, "but I really liked 'Lovelight'." The guys also commented on the album chart battle between Oasis and Westlife. "I just don't get the whole Westlife thing," Barlow said. "I don't understand who would go out and buy their records. I haven't got it and I won't be buying it, but I have got the Oasis album. I'm definitely backing Oasis over them – I thought Oasis would storm it to No1 with their best of."
Robbie Keeping The Kids Happy
November 22, 2006 – Robbie Williams tells Neil Sean of Sky News he wants to make his new expletive filled album 'Rudebox' accessible to his younger fans. "I will release a swear-free version of the album in order to keep the kids happy," he said. "I'm also writing a new book about my adventures in LA. It'll be far more upbeat than my previous offering."
November 24, 2006 Jeff C News No Comments
Elton John Backs Westlife Over Oasis In Album Chart Race
Sir Elton John phoned in to talk with The Sun's Victoria Newton and back Westlife in their chart battle against Oasis. Elton is furious at Noel Gallagher after he claimed Elt was too precious to go out for a pint of milk. "I'm so glad Westlife are ahead of Oasis," Elton said. "After what fu**ing Noel Gallagher said about me I couldn't give a sh** about Oasis. I go into fu**ing shops all the time myself, he's just such a tosser. He's an absolute tosser and he looks like Parker from Thunderbirds. They don't deserve to be #1. It's not a greatest hits album because they've left three of their biggest hits off it."
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Almost every discussion of Pakistan, especially in India, inevitably tends to be about the logic and raison d'etre of the country's creation.
The process of partitioning a sub-continent along religious lines did not prove as neat as Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah had anticipated. Mr. Jinnah was a lawyer who saw partition as a solution to potential constitutional problems in an independent India.
It is clear from Mr. Jinnah's statement that he only saw partition as a constitutional way out of a political stalemate, as he saw it, and not the beginning of a permanent state of hostility between two countries or two nations.
This explains his expectation that India and Pakistan would live side by side "like the United States and Canada," obviously with open borders, free flow of ideas and free trade. It is also the reason why the Quaid-e-Azam insisted that his Malabar Hills house in Bombay be kept as it was so that he could return to the city where he lived most of his life after retiring as Governor-General of Pakistan.
We all know now that partition and the birth of Pakistan were not simply the end of an argument about constitutional options, as Mr. Jinnah had thought.
The entire country was plunged into communal violence, hundreds of thousands of people from both sides were butchered and millions had to flee their homes.
Instead of living as good neighbours like the United States and Canada, India and Pakistan have gone on to become adversaries in a state of constant war, a situation that has not benefitted either country but has damaged Pakistan even more.
The territory that constituted Pakistan was undivided India's economic backyard and could not immediately provide trained manpower to lead the new country's administration or military.
While many Muslims migrated from India to Pakistan as a result of the violence that also drove Hindus and Sikhs out of Pakistan and Muslims mainly out of Punjab, others moved to take advantage of economic and employment opportunities in the new country.
For several years after independence, higher educated migrants from India – Muhajirs, as opposed to sons of the soil – secured better jobs and higher positions in the new state of Pakistan.
Over the years, Pakistan evolved into an Islamist ideological state, a short-cut to resolving the complex inter-ethnic, social and economic dynamics among its peoples.
After the loss of its eastern wing, which became Bangladesh in 1971, Pakistan has been completely dominated by one ethnic group, the Punjabis, who tend to favour the ideological model for Pakistan and are heavily represented in the military, the media, and the bureaucracy.
According to Anderson, a nation is a socially constructed community, joined by the imagination of people who perceive themselves as part of that group.
Many writers, including Salman Rushdie, have argued that Pakistan was "insufficiently imagined," given the ambiguities inherent in the demand for Pakistan.
As a Pakistani born well after partition, and who has known no other homeland, I understand much of the critique of Pakistan. But I am unable to dispense with the idea of home and millions like me now know only Pakistan as their country. We are willing to discuss its history objectively and chart a different future for Pakistan but for us Pakistan is our homeland, which we will defend and improve.
Pakistan's median age today is 21, which means that 90 million of its 180 million inhabitants are less than 21 years old and have not seen either the 1947 partition of India or the 1971 separation of Bangladesh.
For the sake of these young Pakistanis, a reimagining of Pakistan is needed, going beyond the bitterness of the 1947 partition and the subsequent disasters inflicted upon Pakistanis by their own rulers and leaders.
Pakistan, like any other nation, is not a monolith. Its people have energy, talent and aspirations for a good life like anyone else. Most foreign visitors to Pakistan, including Indians, will tell you of our hospitality, our warmth and the capabilities of individual Pakistanis they meet.
One can disagree over or even be agnostic about whether the creation of the state of Pakistan in August 1947 was a tragedy or not. But there is no doubt that the failure of Pakistanis to create a more tolerant and democratic state and the difficult reconciliation between India and Pakistan have proved catastrophic.
Ever since their nation's creation, Pakistanis have felt compelled to defend their nationhood and to constantly define and re-define their identity.
Pakistan's unfortunate history may justify the description of Pakistan as being "insufficiently imagined," but imagination is by definition not a finite process.
An entity that is insufficiently imagined can be re-imagined.
Several Pakistanis are working, albeit with great difficulty, to re-imagine Pakistan as an inclusive, pluralist, democratic, modern state that works toward the well-being of its own people, instead of being preoccupied with endlessly defining itself, especially in relation to its neighbours.
From its inception Pakistan was seen as an anachronism by many. It also assumed permanent hostility from India whose leaders were opposed to partition and had predicted the demise of the new nation.
The dispute between the two nations over the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which remains unresolved to this day, enhanced Pakistan's confrontation with India.
Unsure of their fledgling nation's future, the politicians, civil servants and military officers who led Pakistan in its formative years decided to exacerbate the antagonism between Hindus and Muslims that had led to partition.
Very soon after independence, "Islamic Pakistan" was defining itself through the prism of resistance to "Hindu India." The attitude of some in India helped create that binary.
Short of resources and burdened by inheriting a large army, Pakistan also sought great power allies to help pay for the economic and military development of the new country.
The partition of British India's assets in 1947 had left Pakistan with one-third of the British Indian army and only 17 percent of its revenues.
The military started out as the dominant institution in the new state, a dominance it has perpetuated over the years.
After several years of exercising behind-the-scenes influence, General Ayub Khan assumed power directly in 1958 and ruled through martial law. Three further direct military takeovers followed. The military has directly or indirectly dominated Pakistani politics and set Pakistan's ideological and national security agenda since 1958.
The success of the Jihadi experiment against the Soviets in collaboration with the United States and much of the non-communist world encouraged Pakistan's strategic planners to expand Jihad against India, and into post-Soviet Central Asia.
Pakistan's sponsorship of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the presence on its territory of Islamist militants from all over the world, was the outcome of its desire to emerge as the center of global Islamic resurgence.
Ironically, not all Pakistani leaders supporting this strategy were motivated by religious fervor. In most cases, they simply embraced Islamism as a politico-military strategic doctrine that would enhance Pakistan's prestige and position.
The focus on building an 'ideological state', however, has caused Pakistan to lag behind in almost all areas that define a functional modern state.
At the moment the 'insufficiently imagined' Pakistan, is the world's only nuclear-armed Muslim country that has been described as slowly sliding towards state failure for at least the last two decades.
As a Pakistani, it offends and worries me that the rest of the world sees my state as being constantly on the brink of failure. I am not willing to retreat into a shell and blame the rest of the world for asking tough questions about my country. I, along with other of my countrymen, want to find answers to the world's tough questions.
The return of chaotic democracy has exacerbated Pakistan's ethnic, religious and social divisions even as it has had the positive effect of giving its people a voice.
The country's most powerful institution, the military, is having to contend with several parallel insurgencies and is no longer able to fully ensure order or security.
Islamist extremists have become sufficiently emboldened to attack army headquarters and major military installations.
Although almost 36,695 Pakistanis have been killed by terrorists since 2008, both civilian and military leaders have yet to demonstrate resolve in confronting the challenge of terrorism.
Pakistan is strategically located at the crossroads of three significant regions: The Gulf, Central Asia and South Asia. It borders Iran, Afghanistan, China and India, all of whom are important for different reasons.
Still, Pakistan's economy is stagnant, its population is increasing rapidly, and its institutions of state are too tied to a national ideology rooted in Islamist discourse to be able to address its multi-dimensional challenges.
With terrorists trained in Pakistan showing up all over Europe and in places as far from one another as Mali and Indonesia, Pakistan's change of direction is now a global concern.
It is no longer easy for Pakistan's military or civilian elite to create a semblance of stability with covert arrangements with the United States or with China.
If the influence of Islamists in Pakistan continues to rise, it would most likely be increasingly adversarial towards the U.S. and the west.
Islamist enthusiasm for creating an Islamic East Turkestan would not sit well with China. This would only increase Pakistan's isolation.
In any case, Pakistan's direction as a nation cannot and should not be determined by the U.S. and other outsiders and the principal actors in this process would have to be Pakistanis.
Despite the constant re-writing of constitutions, Pakistan is far from developing a consistent system and form of government.
Political polarization persists between Islamists and secularists, between civilians and the military, and among different ethnic and political groups.
Pakistan's pursuit of strategic objectives disproportionate to its capacity has been inadvertently encouraged by its alliance with the United States.
One element of national power –the military one—has been developed at the cost of all other elements of national power.
Pakistan's GDP stands at $222 billion in absolute terms and $ 547 billion in purchasing price parity — the smallest economy of any country that has so far tested nuclear weapons.
Twenty two percent of the population lives below the poverty line and another 21 per cent lives just above it, resulting in almost half the people of Pakistan being very poor.
It is little comfort for Pakistanis living in poverty when they are told that poverty across the border in India or Afghanistan is even starker.
Soon after independence, 16.4 percent of Pakistan's population was literate compared with 18.3 percent of the much larger population in India.
By 2011 India had managed to attain 74.04 percent literacy while Pakistan's literacy rate stood at around 55 percent. What was a 2 percent difference in literacy rates has expanded into a 20 percent difference in 67 years.
With a population of 180-190 million out of which 60% fall in the working age category of 15-64 and another 35% under 14 years of age, Pakistan has a demographic dividend which can also turn into a demographic nightmare.
The low literacy rate and inadequate investment in education has led to a decline in Pakistan's technological base, which in turn hampers economic modernization.
The disproportionate focus on ideology, military capability and external alliances has weakened Pakistan internally.
There is an alternative vision of Pakistan as a pluralist, multi-ethnic, modern democratic Muslim state functioning under rule of law for the material well-being of all its citizens.
But in recent years, those articulating or supporting this alternative vision have been marginalized as a result of the dominance of Pakistan's national discourse by Islamists and Islamo-nationalists.
Reimagining Pakistan involves changing the nature of the Pakistani state, from an ideological Islamic one to a state that that is pragmatic in defining its national interest and functional in attaining it.
The first step in reimagining Pakistan would be to abandon the narrow ideological paradigm of Pakistani nationalism.
Pakistan is here to stay and no one in the world wants it dismembered if it functions effectively as a responsible international citizen.
Armed with nuclear weapons Pakistan does not need to live in fear or insecurity.
The state of insecurity fostered in Pakistan is psychological and should now be replaced with a logical self-confidence.
Once pluralism and secularism are no longer dirty words in my country, and all national discussions need not be framed within the confines of an Islamist ideology, it will become easier for Pakistan to tackle the Jihadi menace.
The shift away from ideological nationalism to functional nationalism –"We are Pakistanis because we were born in Pakistan" as opposed to "We are Pakistanis because our forebears resolved to create an Islamic state"—will help change the milieu in which various Islamist extremist and Jihadi groups recruit and operate in Pakistan.
Pakistan must also overcome archaic notions of national security. Instead of viewing ourselves as a 'warrior nation' we should see ourselves as a 'trading nation' that can take advantage of our location for economic purposes.
High literacy, global connectivity, increased agricultural and industrial productivity, and a prosperous citizenry would be the goals of the state in a re-imagined Pakistan.
These objectives would replace Pan-Islamism, Jihadism, and pursuit of parity with India and Strategic depth which have been Pakistan's unattained ambitions of the past.
Only by reimagining itself can Pakistan find peace with itself and its neighbours and stop being viewed by the rest of the world as a troubled state, a failing state or a crisis state.
A 17-year-old from Pakistan has become the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize—awarded Friday to Malala Yousafzai, for her courage in standing against the obscurantist Taliban and demanding her right to modern education. For this, she was shot in the head in 2012 by Islamist militants.
Malala, as she is known in Pakistan, shares this year's prize with Indian children's-rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. There is great symbolism in a young Pakistani and an Indian children's advocate sharing the world's most coveted award for promoting peace and human rights, at a time when the armies of the two countries are shooting at each other across their contested frontier in Kashmir.
While Malala's courage in defying the Taliban's barbarism won her the admiration of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, her Pakistani detractors' criticism reflects the national malaise that young Malala has committed herself to fight. Hundreds of young Pakistanis, most of them supporters of cricket icon Imran Khan, have started the #MalalaDrama hashtag on Twitter to describe Malala as a tool of the evil West who is seeking to impose Western values on Islamic Pakistan. A few on Twitter even called for her to be charged with blasphemy, the catch-all accusation frequently used in Pakistan against those advocating anything but the most primitive ideas. Luckily, she now lives in Birmingham, England, after having come to Britain for medical treatment for her head wound.
Malala began documenting life under the Taliban in 2009, after they took control in the Swat Valley of northwestern Pakistan and then tried to shut down her school. The Taliban and their Islamist supporters oppose education for girls, and their concept of education for boys is far from enlightened. A young village girl with little outside exposure, Malala wished to connect to the rest of the world. She says she was inspired by the Pakistani Benazir Bhutto, who became the Muslim world's first woman prime minister and was killed in 2007 by terrorists for challenging their ideas.
By rejecting the Taliban's version of Islam—which was being brutally imposed by force of arms—Malala showed greater foresight than many of Pakistan's politicians, generals and public intellectuals who have gradually ceded space to extremist Islamists. She didn't buy into the propaganda description of the Taliban as a nationalist reaction to U.S. dominance or Indian influence, recognizing them as a menace that would set the country back several centuries.
Pakistan's leaders have been in a deep state of denial about their national priorities for a long time. Religious extremism and terrorism are often not seen as a serious threat for a nation that has, since its inception in 1947, focused on acquiring military parity with its much larger neighbor, India. Instead of seeing the Taliban as murderous brutes fighting modernity, Pakistan's strategic planners have considered them as allies against Indian influence in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union.
Terrorist groups with an ideological affinity for the Taliban were assisted by successive Pakistani governments in hopes of resolving Pakistan's long-standing dispute with India over Kashmir. Although Pakistan has lost thousands of its own citizens and soldiers to terrorist attacks since 9/11, strategic delusions continue to prevail.
Anti-Western sentiment and a sense of collective victimhood also have been nurtured as a substitute for serious debate on social or economic policy. The country's resources have been devoted to maintaining a large military and expanding its nuclear arsenal, with inadequate investment in education, health care and other social needs. The result is that Pakistan appears on virtually every list or directory of countries that are facing the potential of state failure. Half of the country's almost 200 million people remain illiterate, population growth remains high, and economic growth has risen only in periods of an increased flow of aid from the U.S.
Mr. Kamran was once a U.S. Fulbright Fellow and could be seen as a poster child for the ineffectiveness of the U.S. government's public-diplomacy programs. Yet he is far from alone in the conviction that Pakistan is being held back, not by the ignorance of many of its leading citizens but by the conspiracies of a hidden American hand. To give just one example, I have heard Pakistani generals attributing the country's recurrent floods to the U.S. ionosphere-research program known as Haarp.
So, alongside her courage, Malala Yousafzai has demonstrated wisdom beyond her age in shunning the obscurantism and conspiracy-theory obsession of the society in which she was born. Malala is already a hero of Pakistan's embattled modernizers, and now her voice has been amplified as never before by the Nobel Peace Prize.


About the project "The Russian Museum: the Virtual Branch" | Проект "Русский музей: виртуальный филиал"
The Russian museum has been successfully working on the project "The Russian museum: the virtual branch" since 2003. It has been realised with the help of the joint-stock financial corporation "Sistema". The general sponsor of the project is "Mobile TeleSystems".
The Russian museum – the first state museum of fine arts in the country – was founded in 1895 in Saint-Petersburg. Today the Russian museum is a huge museum complex including six buildings and two historical and architectural parks.
The museum is a unique repository of artistic values, a famous restoration, scientific and research, methodological, educational and cultural centre of Russia. The collection of the Russian Museum numbers about 400,000 exhibits, embraces a thousand-year historic period and reflects all the tendencies of the development of Russian art – its main types and genres, trends and schools. More than 20 years ago the Russian Museum started implementing computer technology into the museum's activities. From the middle of the nineteen nineties the museum has been creating multimedia programs for temporary exhibitions and programs on the history of the palaces and the collection of the museum.
"The Russian museum: the virtual branch" is an international project of the Russian Museum which embodies the idea of making the greatest collection of national art more accessible to the wider public. The possibilities of computer technology let us realise this goal by creating information and educational centres "The Russian Museum: the virtual branch" which are based within institutions of culture and education, both in Russia and abroad.
• to admire the masterpieces from the collection of the museums which are participants of the project.
The structure of the virtual branch consists of an informational and educational class, and a multimedia cinema . The content of the centre is the Mediateka which includes the computer interactive programs together with multimedia and DVD films.
You can learn more about the programs on the portal in the section Mediateka.
The multimedia cinema is the auditorium, equiped with the projecting system, a computer, a DVD-player, audio-system. In multimedia cinema there are films and programs presented that are created with the use of latest achievments of IT. For example, the program "The Virtual World of the Russian Museum" gives an opportunity not only let one have a virtual tour around palaces and parks of the Russian museum's complex and get acquainted with museum's exposition, but also helps users have a look at the reconstructions of the lost interiors etc. Thanks to modern computer technologies users of the program have an opportunity to walk through one painting into another with the help of specially constructed 3D space.
In the informational and educational class-room equipped with computers there are interactive multimedia programs presented along with printed editions on collections of the Russian museum, history of Russian art, history of palaces and parks of museum complex. Here visitors can work with the components of Mediateka on their own, visit the web-portal of the informational and educational centre, the web-site of the Russian museum and the other Internet-resources on cultural heritage of Russia. There are also special classes for children and students held using various educational methods including that of Russian centre for museum pedagogics and children's creative work.
Today there are 179 information and educational centres "The Russian museum: the virtual branch" (136 in Russia, 41 abroad and 2 on Antarctica) open in cultural and educational organisations in Russian and abroad (see more).
The project "The Russian museum: the virtual branch" includes activities on organisation and holding various events the purpose of which is the increase of effectiveness of virtual branches' work and improvement of coopperation among participants of the project and the Russian museum: carrying out videoconferences, annual seminars for the staff of informational and educational centres, creation of new computer programs.


Once again the Village of Harriman collected new hats and gloves for the children and adults in the community who are less fortunate.
This year we collected 170 pairs of gloves and over 70 hats. The village officials worked with a local group to ensure the items got to the people who need them most.
It is amazing that our local community was so generous to our drive. We would like to thank all who contributed to help those in need.


Reading Leslie Stein's comics – drawn from evanescent moments in daily life and the curious memories they encourage to surface – always feels strangely immersive, like experiencing the inside of someone else's head. As Stein depicts herself wandering New York, tending bar, drawing comics and generally musing, she tinges reality with her own idiosyncratic palette, decorating each page with effulgent colour and expressive lettering. Doodling herself as an abstract, brainy tangle of hair, with two dots for eyes and a squiggle of a mouth, and leaving significant players such as her mom, dad and various exes off the margins of the page, Stein seems less concerned with detailing the outward facts of her own existence than she is with representing how those moments and memories inwardly feel. Her strips don't so much record her life as they retrace her wide-ranging, digressive thinking, turning reflections about childhood or encounters with oddball, sweetheart strangers – a doleful regular at her bar, uninhibited young students at her cartooning workshop – into modest, compassionate epiphanies.


How to Display Battery Status on Status Bar of Android 4.4.4 KitKat Phone?
To keep an eye on the consumption of battery of Android 4.4.4 KitKat phone, it is better to display battery status on status bar of the screen of the phone so that its consumptions and usage can be managed easily. You may set the battery status to 'Hidden' or displayed. It is easy to manage the display of the status. Just follow the instructions.
Command Line: Settings > Status bar – PERSONALIZATION > Battery status style.
1: Follow the Command Line to open up the 'Status bar' screen.
2: See the status of 'Battery status style' which is 'Hidden'. See also the battery status is not displayed at the status bar on the top right corner of the Android phone screen.
3: Tap the 'Battery status style' to set / change it. It will open up a prompt named; 'Battery status style'.
4: See the 'Hidden' status is selected and enabled as the radio button is selected. 5: Select and tap any of the 4 other statuses, such as, Icon portrait, Icon landscape, Circle & Text. I selected the first one, i.e. Icon portrait. It will take you, instantly, back to the 'Status bar' screen where the 'Battery status style' is changed to 'Icon portrait'.
6: At the same time, see the battery status is now displayed on the status bar of the Android phone at the top right corner of the screen.
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I have said this over and over again and will die saying that that these cameras are dangerous. People have to try and feel that short yellow light out the best way is to watch the don't walk sign. If the side facing You says don't walk and is blinking then start to slow down. Walk is cool to go for it and last but not least if it says don't walk and is solid then this spells ticket or rear end collision or very close call.
This video was taken from You Tube and will show that the photo enforcement program is being run by greedy people all out for a fast buck on the human race who dont know any better.


I have a .csv file that is created via batch file with date columns.
I have to edit one of the date columns with another date format.
I can get the column to look how I want it to look, but it is in TEXT format (copied from notepad).
I want to insert this data in to the spreadsheet without causing the whole .csv file to lose its formatting.
When i insert this data, all of the other dates in other columns disappear and even if i format those columns with DATE, they are automically changed to the year 1900.
I have tried to import the data while retaining the comma but it still does not want to have this column that I am trying to insert.


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Terror Birds
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Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus
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Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical
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Party Wire
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I lived at home during my college years, but many of my closest friends were out-of-town students who lived in the dorms. After four years, we finished our undergraduate training and my friends moved away. The first couple of months were really difficult for me. I missed them so much. We'd still keep in touch by phone (this was in the days before texting, email and Skype), but that couldn't compare to seeing them in person, laughing together, and being able to give each other a hug.
One day when I was feeling particularly lonely, I glanced at the Bible sitting on my desk. I knew I should give my concerns to God, but my heart wasn't in it. Reading scripture might help a little, but it wouldn't ease the longing I had for my friends. I reluctantly picked up my Bible and opened it at random. My eyes immediately fell on the verse above: 'all of you will be scattered, each of you to your own home, and I will be left all alone'. That's exactly what had happened to me. 'But I am not really alone, because the Father is with me'.
That verse surged through me like a lightning bolt and I burst into tears. I could hardly believe that God loved me so much He would speak directly to my need at that very moment. When Jesus said those words, He was prophesying about how the disciples would desert him after his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. My friends hadn't abandoned me on purpose, but I certainly felt the emptiness caused by their leaving. Jesus had been there. He understood my loneliness.
In the weeks and months that followed, God brought many wonderful new friends into my life. He cheered me in a very tangible way, but I never forgot that verse.
Perhaps you're feeling lonely today. Trust God with your circumstances and He will fill the void in your life in ways you can't even imagine. He's with you now and will never leave you. That's a promise you can bank on.
(Published in Rise: 32 Weeks of Inspiring Devotions to Fuel Your First Year of College, compiled by Christi Brooks, edited by Kristi Hart, Chaplain Publishing, Lubbock, TX, 2014, p. 125.) Information about ordering can be found here.